Here's an article on crankbaits in emergent grass and lily pads that was published in FLW Outdoors in October 2013.  Click on the picture to get the full size version. 

Nice Finish

It was our season ending tournament at Lake Erie for the Delphos Bass Club. I was happy to get the win with 5 smallmouths weighing 19.12 lbs.  I also won 1st & 2nd big bass with 2 smallmouth weighing 4.96 lbs and 4.65 lbs. Dave Teman came in 2nd with a limit of largemouth weighing 13.16 lbs. Travis Tenwalde had 5 fish weighing 11.93 lbs. Ryan Kriegal got 4th with 5 fish weighing 11.24 lbs. Below were the results:

3rd Place

The Delphos Bass Club held it's Indian Lake tournament back on June 1st and I was happy to get some 3rd-place hardware.  Rob Lucas on the right won 1st-place for five fish weighing 10.26 pounds and also got Big Bass with a nice catch weighing 2.95 pounds.  Next was Butch Lucas getting 2nd-place for five fish weighing 9.06 pounds.  Butch also had the second biggest bass weighing 2.81 pounds.  My five fish weighed 8.29 pounds.  Finally, Chad Buzard got 4th-place with five going 7.45 pounds.

Taking First Place

The Delphos Bass Club held a tournament at Grand Lake St. Mary's on May 4th. I'm pictured on the left winning 1st-place for five fish weighing 10.96 pounds and I also had the 2nd-place big bass weighing 3.55 pounds. Next is Dave Teman who finished in 2nd-place with five fish weighing 10.83 pounds, next is Travis Tenwalde in 3rd-place with 10.80 pounds, next is Rob Lucas in 4th-place with 10.76 pounds, and finally Jason Gordon who got 1st-place for Big Bass with a largemouth going 3.60 pounds.