2012 Kerr Reservoir Trip

The groups that attended this year's trip were:  Fred Lentz/Rick Lentz/Greg Lentz; Scott Bowen/Bill Ridel; Mike Miller Sr/Esteban Pafarias; Bill Duckardt/ Dennis Snyder/Jimmy Ohono; Jim Miller/Mark Edmeads; John Chattley/John Lauria; and Dave Lloyd/Howard Nuttal.  On this trip we held one lunker contest and one five-bass contest.  In general the fishing was sporadic, with all of the boats struggling to put a pattern together and get more than a few fish.  The water level was 300 which is not too bad.  The weather was cool and damp on most of the days with a hard rain one night and during one lunch.  The wind didn't kick up much on this trip.  This year, due to the size of the overall crowd, we had each group do their own meals.

Thursday, April 26 (Lunker, 14" minimum)
1.  Mike Miller -- 2.7 lbs
2.  Scott Bowen -- 2 lbs
All other fish weighed in were under 2 lbs.

Friday, April 27 (5-bass, 14" minimum, weighed in bag & weight of bag included in weights listed below)
1.  Jim Miller & Mark Edmeads -- 5 bass / 10.5 lbs
2.  Dave Lloyd & Howard Nuttal -- 4 bass / 9.1 lbs
3.  Fred Lentz, Rick Lentz & Greg Lentz -- 4 bass / 7.5 lbs
4.  Scott Bowen & Bill Ridel -- 3 bass / 6.8 lbs
5.  Bill Duckardt, Dennis Snyder & Jimmy Ohono -- 3 bass / 6.1 lbs
6.  Mike Miller Sr & Esteban Pafarias -- 3 bass / 5.7 lbs
7.  John Chattley & John Lauria -- 1 bass / 4.2 lbs

Lunker -- John Chattley -- 4.2 lbs including bag

Friday's Five-Bass Tournament Weigh-in

Weighin
Teams arrive for the weigh-in
Weighin
Weighing in a bag of fish
Bill R & Scott B
Bill Ridel & Scott Bowen
John C & John L
John Chattley & John Lauria
with the lunker winner

Howard N & Dave L
Howard Nuttal & Dave Lloyd
Mark E & Jim M
Mark Edmeads & Jim Miller
with the winning bag
Weighin
Club members wait for fish to
be pulled from the livewells

Weighin
Watching the weigh-in
Weighin
Watching the weigh-in
Lentz Bros
Fred, Rick & Greg Lentz
Esteban P & Mike M
Esteban Pafarias & Mike Miller Sr.

Jimmy O & Dennis S & Bill D
Jimmy Ohono, Dennis Snyder & Bill Duckardt

Dennis S
Dennis Snyder with the first Kerr smallie
ever caught by one of our club members

Dave L
Weigh-in recorder/announcer Dave Lloyd
with the results

Various fish & boat photos
Greg L
Greg Lentz's biggest of the trip at 3.5 lbs
 Fred L
Fred Lentz with one of his better fish
 Lentz
Netting a non-bass in the Lentz boat...
Lentz
...what a fattie!
Rick L
Rick Lentz's biggest of the trip

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Stratos
Fred Lentz's Stratos
 Nitro
Scott Bowen's new Nitro Z-8
Scott B
Figuring out the controls on the new Nitro

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Various camping photos
Campfire
Sitting around the campfire
Campfire
Sitting around the campfire
John C
John Chattley dressed up for the party

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