2005 Beaver Dam "Big Bash" Results

2005 Beaver Dam
"Big Bash"

Tournament Results

Beaver Dam Swamp
21 May 2005

Tournament Report by Neal Robinson
The Beaver Dam “Big Bash” held its 3rd Qualifying Tournament Event for the year and surprisingly, the turnout didn’t produce a full field of 50 Teams; instead there were only 45 Teams which consisted of 84 total anglers participating. The weather was great; plenty of sun and not too windy as earlier prediction were made. It was cool in the morning, but tolerable and Water temps started off at 65-degrees and ended up around 74-degrees by tournaments end. The spawn has pretty much come and gone, with small signs of the spawn being left; old silted over beds and even fewer fry were seen. The technique/pattern on this day was a Junk Fest where anglers basically tossed the box at the fish, but were still catching fish; primarily in the morning. Plastics were probably the primary lure of choice, used with a variety of techniques. Obviously, the spawn is over, and like the Pre-Spawn the fish are starting to move out a little. Some anglers said that they caught a few fish on beds, but there weren’t many on them and they were too small to make the weight count. Those few beds remaining were probably affected by the cold front and the fish pulled off from the beds. As usual, the dominating area was the Rte 606 Creek Arm. There were plenty of limits brought into the scales; 26 in total and a total of 164 fish caught for the event. This tipped the days total tournament weight to a decent 290.05lbs (Avg of 1.76lbs per fish). John Permelia & Todd Taylor fished their traditional deep water patterns to pull in a winning sack that went over 15lbs, which was also anchored with the Big Fish for the day. Coming in 2nd was the Team of Jerry Jenkins & Ricky West and a half-pound behind them was Richard Thurston who has been fishing well this year by himself for the “Big Bash” events. Here is the entire field of anglers and their results...
PL	ANGLER NAME(S)	TOTAL FISH	BIG FISH	TOTAL WEIGHT	BVD POINTS
1^st	John Permelia Todd Taylor	5	4.35	15.10	242
2^nd	Jerry Jenkins Ricky West	5		13.35	214
3^rd	Richard Thurston	5	3.85	12.85	206
4^th	Gerald Gentry Jimmy West	5	4.15	11.70	187
5^th	Jimmy Reed Jerry Hogge	5	3.25	11.10	178
6^th	Chris Eckstein Lynn Hoeffer	5		11.05	177
7^th	Lonnie Childress Jr. Kevin Childress	5	2.85	10.65	170
8^th	Fred Seminario Ron Hanke	5		10.35	166
9^th	David Woolard John Woolard	5		9.80	157
10^th	Tommy Clarke Robert Jensen	5		9.65	154
11^th	Brad Webb Sam North	5		9.60	154
12^th	Alan Gallagher Kevin Johnson	5		9.40	150
13^th	Andy Wasney Rodger Stanforth	5	3.10	9.35	150
14^th	Clarence Jenkins JC DeBose	5		8.80	141
15^th	Orece Robinson Neal Robinson	5		8.75	140
16^th	Del Dautrich Keith Kuehn	5		8.45	135
17^th	Dale Payne	5		8.15	130
18^th	Robert Rife Richard Newberry	4		7.95	127
19^th	Jason Carlton Dennis Mitchell	5		7.90	126
20^th	Daniel Crowe Daniel Crowe Jr.	3		7.80	125
21^st	Aaron Tisdale Sr. Tommy Lawson	5		7.65	122
22^nd	James Williams Jack Worton	5		6.75	108
23^rd	Rudy Michaud Mike May	5		6.30	101
24^th	Bill Bower Jr. Bill Bower III	3		6.10	98
25^th	Ron Denton	5		5.90	94
26^th	Mike Hicks Greg Hicks	5		5.60	90
26^th	Ted Lilley Matthew Boring	5		5.60	90
28^th	Jason Robinson Joanna Knealeb	5		5.40	86
29^th	Doug Gwaltney Vivian Gwaltney	3		5.30	85
30^th	Don Karetka Shelby Karetka	3		5.00	80
31^st	Quillie Countiss Robert Countiss	4		4.85	78
32^nd	Ronnie Myers Frank West	5		4.60	74
33^rd	Chuck Conger Charlie Propst	3		3.85	62
34^th	Leroy Freeman	2		3.35	54
35^th	Richard Lowther Hank ???	2		3.25	52
36^th	Frank McPherson	2		3.05	49
37^th	Leo Rathbun Frank Matard	3		2.90	46
38^th	Tom Olexa Chris Loftis	1	1.75	1.75	28
39^th	Nathan Spear William Belvin	1	1.10	1.10	18
40^th	Thomas Reamer Glen Timberlake	--		--	0
40^th	Willie Wright	--		--	0
40^th	Jesse Kimrey Addison Kimrey	--		--	0
40^th	Jason Skinner Richie Thomas	--		--	0
40^th	Steve Harger David Smith	--		--	0
40^th	Zabdyr Waclaw Todd Godfrey	--		--	0
45	TOTALS	164	4.35	290.05

Tournament Photos by Neal Robinson
1^st Place Todd Taylor John Permelia	2^nd Place Jerry Jenkins Ricky West	3^rd Place Richard Thurston
4^th Place Jimmy West Gerald Gentry	5^th Place Jerry Hogge (Not Shown) Jimmy Reed	John Permelia Big Fish Honors
Time to Weigh'em In	Couple of nice Beaver Dam Chunks	Big Bash Staff Chuck Hyde Roy Moon

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Tournament Director:
Roy Moon at (804) 694-5562
Chuck Hyde at (804) 693-2107

Chuck Hyde can also be reached at the following email address: chyde@gloucesterva.info

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Tournament Directors:
James Williams at (757) 503-2210
Neal Robinson at (757) 870-5431