Tournament Report by Neal Robinson
This mornings weather was pleasant; a bit brisk, but tolerable and by day break, it warmed up. The day was breezy, but excellent for    fishing, unfortunately, someone forgot to tell the fish about that. Water temps didn’t fluctuate too much ranging from 57- to 60-degrees    throughout the day. Due to the lake draw down at Burnt Mills, we had to remove that from the lake drawings. Phil Schuyler had the    honor of drawing the lake, which was Lake Cohoon. With the Club vs. Club the day before, we were only able to conger up 16 boats    today (28 Anglers).    There just weren’t a lot of fish caught today. Nothing was reported biting…NOTHING!!! Anglers reported not receiving any bites from    Blue Gills, Pike, Bowfin, Gar and Bass. The bite just didn’t happen; there were no reports of just catching a bunch of small fish, pecks    from gills, the bite just wasn’t there. With 16 teams fishing, there was concern about being able to payout the 4 Places, else the pot    would have had to been split. It was so bad, that no one caught more than 2 fish and anglers with a fish had a shot at winning.    NOTE: There were several Boot’Legg All-Time Lowest Records broken and/or tied. Of the 8 fish caught, there was a tournament total    weight of 10.20lbs (record), Big Fish (record) and 2 consecutive back-to-back wins (tied).    Primary Pattern/Technique: HOPE was the primary pattern and technique. All anglers could do today was hope to catch a fish. If they    did, they were in contention of winning or placing in the money. A couple of fish were caught on the well-known #5 Shad Rap and the    others were from various plastics.    In Back-To-Back fashion, Parish Malone & Phil Schuyler took 1st Place once again and they also took Big Fish Honors with a dinky    1.58lb whopper. Fishing solo in 2nd Place was the Single Man’s Tournament Director, Rich Huyrn, who caught his fish near the end of    the day on consecutive casts. In 3rd Place was the Father & Son team of David & Derek Sandhoff. Coming in 4th Place was Steve    Plude & Randy Guess and in 5th Place were the brothers James & Bryan Dear. Sadly enough, there were 10 Teams that went without    a fish to way in. This was a tough day.    Thanks:    Once again, the Boot’Legg Legg Trail would like to thank those who participated on our last event on the Southside. We also would    like to recognize Todd Thompson for assisting at the weigh-in.    Special Thanks:    Lenny Shane & his wife provided the Boot’Legg Tournament Officials with 2 cakes to share with the Anglers. Per conversation with    Lenny, it was just a Thank You from him & his wife for all that the Trail has done for not just them, but for the Anglers on the    Southside. Oh, someone provided us with a knife to cut the cake, but we can't remember who, Thanks!!!    Lenny, we would like to THANK YOU as well for your support, generosity, companionship and more. You are not only a pioneer to    the areas anglers, but a true gentleman. We love you and we will see you on the water.
PL	ANGLER NAME(S)	TOTAL FISH	FISH ALIVE	PENALTY	TOTAL WEIGHT	BIG FISH	POINTS
1.	Parish Malone  Phil Schuyler	2	2		2.78	**1.58**	196
2.	Rich Huyrn	2	2		2.76		195
3.	David Sandhoff  Derek Sandhoff	1	1		1.30	1.30	194
4.	Steve Plude  Randy Guess	1	1		1.26	1.26	193
5.	Bryan Dear  James Dear	1	1		1.12	1.12	192
6.	Tim Langdon  Todd Thompson	1	1		.98	.98	191
7.	John "Rebel" Plyler  Jerry Patterson	--	--		--		50
7.	Lenny Shane	--	--		--		50
7.	James Williams  Gene North	--	--		--		50
7.	Orece Robinson  Neal Robinson	--	--		--		50
7.	Drew Brown  Wayne Garrett	--	--		--		50
7.	Doug Roberts  Mark Barnes	--	--		--		50
7.	Robby Frame  Cab Beedie	--	--		--		50
7.	Stan Stockton  Sean Peregoy	--	--		--		50
7.	Mike Gizara	--	--		--		50
7.	Steve Coffer	--	--		--		50
16	TOTALS	8	8		10.20	1.58

Tournament Photos by Neal Robinson
Lake Cohoon Weigh-In Mike Gizara (Suffolk)    Rich Huyrn (No. Carolina) Todd Thompson (Newport News)    Tim Langdon (Newport News) Orece Robinson (Hampton)    James Williams (Newport News) Cab Beedie (Suffolk)
1st Place Big Fish Honors Phil Schuyler (CHESAPEAKE) --Not Shown-- Parish Malone (VA BEACH)	2nd Place Rich Huyrn (North Carolina) Single Man's Tournament Director
3rd Place Derek Sandhoff (VA BEACH) David Sandhoff (VA BEACH)	4th Place Randy Guess (SUFFOLK) Steve Plude (SUFFOLK)

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