For the past 12 years the Tri-County Bass
Club has hosted a 4-man bass tournament at Brushy Creek.
This was an idea I had back in 2005 when I saw the neighboring state of
Minnesota conducting similar events. I am always willing to try different
things, and the idea has caught on, this year it brought anglers from
Nebraska, Missouri and Texas. This is one of the biggest tournaments
of the entire year at Brushy Creek each and every year. I, along with the
Tri-County Bass Club are pretty proud of that fact. Needless to say a lot
of planning goes into an event like this before the event takes place. I
would like to publicly thank Don Henry for the hours of work behind the scene
he does each year, Zach Maxfield and Doug Chaloupek for helping each year with
boat inspections and weigh-ins, and finally Dennis Meyer who did a fantastic
job at being the weigh master at this years event. As a group we make
sure every angler that enters these events has a fair and equal shot at
collecting prize money. Speaking of that, this club fundraiser pays out
over 80% each year back to the participants for their great catches.
The team I participate on each year has stayed constant that past several years; Doug Chaloupek, Dave Jordan, Don Henry and myself, all from Marshalltown. However, this year Dave Jordan had to sit things out as he fights an illness, so Zach Maxfield stepped in for him. We have a great time with each other, and even though we are there to "work" the event we don't let that get in the way of fishing too much. As a group this year we caught 7 keeper bass, Don and Doug had a couple bass as they fished right up to the last few minutes of the event. Zach and I managed a limit and culled a couple to bring in 14.95#. Zach and I both love throwing our Quantum PT rods and reels and today, they performed flawlessly once again. We caught our two biggest bass on an Optimum Baits Furbit Frog in a key area of grass. Two bites was all, but those two bites turned into about 8 pounds of bass! Other bass that day fell to the Hot Rod Baits "Jelly" Stickbait. As a 4-Man team we weighed 18.74 pounds for our 7 keepers, this put us in 7th place our of 16 teams. Not what we had hoped for, but all in all it was a great day of fishing, and the tournament, with the help of many club volunteers went off without a hitch! Full results can be found here: Tri-County Bass Club
The team I participate on each year has stayed constant that past several years; Doug Chaloupek, Dave Jordan, Don Henry and myself, all from Marshalltown. However, this year Dave Jordan had to sit things out as he fights an illness, so Zach Maxfield stepped in for him. We have a great time with each other, and even though we are there to "work" the event we don't let that get in the way of fishing too much. As a group this year we caught 7 keeper bass, Don and Doug had a couple bass as they fished right up to the last few minutes of the event. Zach and I managed a limit and culled a couple to bring in 14.95#. Zach and I both love throwing our Quantum PT rods and reels and today, they performed flawlessly once again. We caught our two biggest bass on an Optimum Baits Furbit Frog in a key area of grass. Two bites was all, but those two bites turned into about 8 pounds of bass! Other bass that day fell to the Hot Rod Baits "Jelly" Stickbait. As a 4-Man team we weighed 18.74 pounds for our 7 keepers, this put us in 7th place our of 16 teams. Not what we had hoped for, but all in all it was a great day of fishing, and the tournament, with the help of many club volunteers went off without a hitch! Full results can be found here: Tri-County Bass Club
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Brushy Creek Lake limit of 14.95#, 4.51 big bass |
