The groups that attended this year's trip were:  Fred Lentz & Rick Lentz; Scott Bowen & Bill Ridel; Mike Miller Sr, Mike Miller Jr & Jim Miller; and Bill Duckardt & Dennis Snyder.  On this trip we held two lunker contests and one five-bass contest.  In general the fishing was better than usual, maybe the best ever for quantity.  The water level was at about 302.70 feet when we arrived and about 301.50 on the last day, which is pretty good.  The weather was brutally hot and sunny on Wednesday, cloudy with light drizzle on Thursday, Friday & Saturday and then sunny and very windy on Sunday.  It rained during the night on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday nights.  The biggest bass weighed in during the trip was a 3 lb 10 oz fish brought in by Bill Duckardt.  Fantastic group meals were hosted on the four evenings by each of the four groups.

Thursday, May 3 am (Lunker, 15" minimum)
1.  Dennis Snyder -- 3 lbs 4 oz
2.  Fred Lentz -- 2 lbs 6 oz
No other 15" fish caught.

 

Scott Bowen with a small one	Fred's boat as seen from Scott's boat
Scott's rig at his campsite	Bill Ridel at the Bowen/Ridel campsite
Scott's boat at his site	Scott's boat pulled up to the shoreline (note that carpeting has been used to prevent scratches from the many shoreline rocks)
Mike Miller Jr with two good ones	Mike Jr's fish from another angle
Duck's Friday lunker winner	Close up of Duck's lunker winner
Scott with a nice chunk	Rick Lentz & Fred Lentz with their Saturday bag
Bill R with his unofficial Saturday lunker winner	Jim Miller with a nice one
Bill Duckardt & Dennis Snyder with their winning Saturday bag	Fred Lentz with one of his lunker entries
Another view of Fred's lunker entry	One of Rick's better ones
Fred with another one	Scott's lunker entry
Rick again	Fred again
Dennis' big one of the trip	The Miller clan with their bag of fish on Saturday
Fred	Fred's boat in foreground; Duck's in background
Lentz campsite	The group gets ready for Wednesday night's meal
Scott at the stove	Bill Ridel doing what he does best
Rick with Fred's boat	Duck weighing Fred's lunker
Fred with a rare Kerr pickerel