I really enjoyed the day even with the heat. Looking forward to next month at Newnan's.
Saturday, May 9th, 2015
Lake Lochloosa
Public Ramp
Lochloosa, Fl
Saturday opened, very little wind,
clear skies. 7am - water temp 75.4,
by 11:30 -83.4 temp. Wind came out
of Noth 4-6 mph most of the day.
heat temp 76 @ 7am - 91 by 1pm - all
scorching sun. (Thurs-Fri practice day,
wind varied from 7.4 mph - 10 mph gusting between 16.1 - 20.7 mph out of n & nw.) Bara pressure helped on Sat. being low 30:03 @ 7am - 30:06 by 11.
than another fall to 30:00 by 3pm
This was first time FCC had been on Lochloosa this time of year.
Twenty (23) teams went out (practice
weights had been running around 5 - 6 lbs in windy prefish conditions.
Two(2) positions paid for "Big Fish"
1st: Randy Temples
1 lb 15.8 oz
2nd: Al & Alan jr Green
1 lbs 15.7 oz
10th of oz difference - caught in
separte parts of lake.
Four (4) positions paid for "7 fish total
catch weight"
1st: Randy Temples
10 lbs. 06.4 oz
2nd: Al & Alan Green
10 lbs. 05.0 oz.
3rd: Darryl & Terri Cole
9 lbs 15.2 oz
4th: Don Collins / Rusty Booth
9 lbs 10.6 oz
Team Temple: Rods unkn, fishing with
Jiffy Jigs: Orange/wild cat - Chart. pumpkin - orange-drk orange. 10 -11ft
water, spider rigging, minnow tipped
Tean Green: Southern rods, spider rigging
Rons zip jigs: orange head, blk collar,
orange mylar tail. Also working slider,
sour grape, minnow tipped. Working 10-
12 ft water
Team Cole: Wally Marshall rods, Skippers
& Ron zip jigs, spider rigging, minnow tipped. Orange /black combinations,
orange head/black collar, Orange mylar
tail. Working 7 - 8.5 ft water
Team Collins: Wally Marshall rods,
spider rigging, double jigged, minnow tipped. open hook top, Lake Fork 8th oz
lower jigs - orange/black, working 7 -8ft
water
Amazing after 3 days of high winds, water
stirred up to looking like bad chocolate
syrup - catch rate jumped from 6 lbs to
over 10 lbs.
Teams participating at Lk Lochloosa
event.
Randy Temples - first time participating
in event. congrats & tip of hat
Alan & Alan Jr Green
Darryl & Terri Cole
Don Collins / Rusty Booth
Tommy Kinsler / Angela Carpenter
Larry Durden
Sam Adams / Russell Cheetham
Robert Bush / James Glover
Fred & Charles Walker
John Young
Harold McGhee / Dave Triester
Chuck Rayburn / Tom Osborne
Bill Bercaw / Ted Harry
John Peyton / Mike Herbst
Nate Smith
Sylvester & Larry Smith
Scott & Donna Lawson
Bill Fee / Wayne Loy
Mike Moore / Jim Hill
Danny Blankenship / Greg Humphries
Windel Connor
I really enjoyed the day even with the heat. Looking forward to next month at Newnan's.
Enjoy reading your fishing reports Harold, thanks for posting.
My error, failed to mention that Ricky Williams out of Jacksnville area was also
in tournament and competed quit well.
Failed to properly count number of competitors.