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Dateline: September 17th, 2006
Castaic Lake Main Ramp
Members of five different club converged on the West Ramp for the 13th annual Castaic
Bass Club challenge tournament. The format was different this year as members of
clubs fished with members from their own club in an attempt to get their names
engraved on the Sun Country Marine Cup. Club in attended included Antelope Valley,
Ventura County, South Orange County, 911 and the host Castaic Bass Club.
Things got off to a start the night before with an all you can eat tri tip BBQ. This was
especially enjoyed by SOCB members Gerry Mahieu and Brian Day, and we all watched
as fire helicopters flew overhead in pursuit of the persistent Day Fire.
The next morning everyone gathered at the ramp, paid their option money, and blasted
off in search of the winning pattern. It quickly became apparent that the biggest
problem would be weeding through the feeding stripers. I addition to catching a huge
striper, Michael Stern of CBC caught a nice largemouth of 6.21lbs, the big fish of the
event. I think he may have caught in on light line, as his partner,
Mike Gioia, started yawning as he waited to net the striper! Too bad he couldn’t count
that one!
Weigh in was 1PM, and the after tournament schedule included another BBQ along with
a raffle.Checks were given out for the top three big fish along with top three total
weight. Great Job to Gerry Mahieu and Kirk Rossi for getting the largest sack of 14.33
lbs! They also had the 2nd big fish of 4.27lbs! Great job guys!
Taking second for total weight were Bredon O’Dell and Bo Viesces of CBC with 11.37
lbs, and taking third were Jeff Jue and Marcia Thompson of CBC with 10.51lbs. These
nice sacks helped CBC retain the trophy with the overall top weight for their top three
teams! Finishing a close second was SOCB, these guys have some great fisherman
and guys like Gerry are a threat to win no matter what lake they are on.
I want to thank our great sponsors for this event, incuding Val White at Action Fishing
Tackle, Steve Gallion of Gallion’s Corner Market, Amir at Lakeside Marine, and Grant
Powell of Sun Country Marine. These were the great folks who supplies marchandise as
well as gift certificates for our after tournament raffle. A big thanks goes out to Larry
Wild selling the raffle tickets.
I want to thanks our great cooking crew as well.. Karl sliced up the decicious tri tip, and
Richard and Linda Cook spent plenty of time cooking it. Thanks very much to Mike and
Donna Iljin for not only bringing out food but also for helping to s lice it and cook it.
Thanks also to Clyde Crow and Linda Bell for bringing out plenty of cold drinks. And
thanks especially to Bo Viescas for bringing out a ton of food and charcoal. Anything
that was not accounted for was brought out by Bo in several huge ice chests! Great job
Bo!
This was by far the most organized challenge event so far, and kudos go out to Mike Iljin
and Michael Stern for taking charge, along with Linda Bell for collecting option money.
And great job to Jake Viescas and Mark Poulson for running a fast and efficient weigh
in. Thanks so much to the fisherman, only one fish died this time, great job in keeping
them alive!
Folks, please keep in mind next year’s event, scheduled for September 16th, 2007. We
hope to see all of you out there!
Castaic Lake Main Ramp
Members of five different club converged on the West Ramp for the 13th annual Castaic
Bass Club challenge tournament. The format was different this year as members of
clubs fished with members from their own club in an attempt to get their names
engraved on the Sun Country Marine Cup. Club in attended included Antelope Valley,
Ventura County, South Orange County, 911 and the host Castaic Bass Club.
Things got off to a start the night before with an all you can eat tri tip BBQ. This was
especially enjoyed by SOCB members Gerry Mahieu and Brian Day, and we all watched
as fire helicopters flew overhead in pursuit of the persistent Day Fire.
The next morning everyone gathered at the ramp, paid their option money, and blasted
off in search of the winning pattern. It quickly became apparent that the biggest
problem would be weeding through the feeding stripers. I addition to catching a huge
striper, Michael Stern of CBC caught a nice largemouth of 6.21lbs, the big fish of the
event. I think he may have caught in on light line, as his partner,
Mike Gioia, started yawning as he waited to net the striper! Too bad he couldn’t count
that one!
Weigh in was 1PM, and the after tournament schedule included another BBQ along with
a raffle.Checks were given out for the top three big fish along with top three total
weight. Great Job to Gerry Mahieu and Kirk Rossi for getting the largest sack of 14.33
lbs! They also had the 2nd big fish of 4.27lbs! Great job guys!
Taking second for total weight were Bredon O’Dell and Bo Viesces of CBC with 11.37
lbs, and taking third were Jeff Jue and Marcia Thompson of CBC with 10.51lbs. These
nice sacks helped CBC retain the trophy with the overall top weight for their top three
teams! Finishing a close second was SOCB, these guys have some great fisherman
and guys like Gerry are a threat to win no matter what lake they are on.
I want to thank our great sponsors for this event, incuding Val White at Action Fishing
Tackle, Steve Gallion of Gallion’s Corner Market, Amir at Lakeside Marine, and Grant
Powell of Sun Country Marine. These were the great folks who supplies marchandise as
well as gift certificates for our after tournament raffle. A big thanks goes out to Larry
Wild selling the raffle tickets.
I want to thanks our great cooking crew as well.. Karl sliced up the decicious tri tip, and
Richard and Linda Cook spent plenty of time cooking it. Thanks very much to Mike and
Donna Iljin for not only bringing out food but also for helping to s lice it and cook it.
Thanks also to Clyde Crow and Linda Bell for bringing out plenty of cold drinks. And
thanks especially to Bo Viescas for bringing out a ton of food and charcoal. Anything
that was not accounted for was brought out by Bo in several huge ice chests! Great job
Bo!
This was by far the most organized challenge event so far, and kudos go out to Mike Iljin
and Michael Stern for taking charge, along with Linda Bell for collecting option money.
And great job to Jake Viescas and Mark Poulson for running a fast and efficient weigh
in. Thanks so much to the fisherman, only one fish died this time, great job in keeping
them alive!
Folks, please keep in mind next year’s event, scheduled for September 16th, 2007. We
hope to see all of you out there!
