St Johns / Astor,Fl tournament results - biggest fish caught in FCC in 15 yrs

April 11th, 2015

St Johns River
Pulic Ramp
Astor, Fl

Competitors are allowed to fish Lk George
North to hwy 44 bridge, Deland south,
including Dexter & Woodruff.
At 7am, pressure 30:06 rising fast t0 30:13
by 10a, before starting down to low 30:06
by 2pm. Between 10:30 and 2 pm fishing
went extremely slow.
Winds varying from calm to reippls 5 mph
wsw to picking up to 8 mph by 1pm Heat
temp was ugly, blue bird skies, nothing
but sun 83 - 91.4 at 2:30pm
Fourteen (14) teams went out to shake
and bake to catch the "big one".

Two (2) positions paid for "Big Fish"

1st: George Parker / Tim Eberly
3 lbs. 0.1 oz 18 inches long

Spawned out female
Biggest fish ever caught in Fcc 15yr Tournament competition history

2nd: Don Collins / Rusty Booth
1 lb 14.0 oz

Three (3) positions paid "7 fish
catch weight"

1st: George Parker / Tim Eberly
13 lbs 3.2 oz

2nd: Don Collins /Rusty Booth
11 lbs 9.8 oz

3rd: Darryl & Terri Cole
10 lbs. 14.8 oz

1st Place: Parker team, Wally Marshall
10' rods, single pole jigging bottom
structure Lake George -bombing range,
targets & Jetties, usking Skippers Jigs-
"crappie bites", rellow/black & pink/white
streamers.

2nd Place: Collins team Wally Marshall
10' rods, single pole jigging old targets,
Lk George bombing range using Lake Fork
"baby shad" & Strike King "Joker jigs" -
electric chicken.

3rd Place: Cole team Wally Marshall
long poles 14 & 16', spider rigged,
minnow tipped fished Lake Woodruff in
6 - 9 inches under water with 84 water
temp running 1.0 mph using Skippers Jigs
yellew & Ron's Mylar jigs white/orange

Teams participating in St Johns event

George Parker / Tim Everly
Don Collins / Rusty Booth
Darryl & Terri Cole
Bill Fee / Wayne Loy
Scott Lawson / Dave Troester
Wendel Connor / Jim Whitt
John Peyton / Mike Herbst
Nate Smith
Tommy Kinsler / Angela Carpenter
John Young / Enoch Harris
Dave Blankenship /
Herrell Smith / Joe White
John Young / Enoch Harris
Alan sr & jr Green

Next tournament will be April 23rd,
Lake Rosalie, 10730 Camp Mack Rd,
Lake Wales, Fl. (Waters Edge Fish Camp)
4,597 acres lightly stained water,
upside down fish bowl-spring fed 4-16ft
deep. some weed lines - 2 creeks in/out
Directions: Lake Wales east 7 mi to
Boy Scout Rd, (right) to dead end -(left)
Camp Mack Rd, 2 miles to Fish Camp on
right. Bait store & sign in will be open
5:45am
Anyone needing assistance or motel
accomodations cal Harold McGhee
813 215-9759 or Darry Cole 352 516-0869