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the threat of thunderstorms all night, a few brave anglers came to play
for the night on Winnipesaukee on July 24th.
Story by Reggie Goulet
The sky was cloudy and the weather was warm
as 8 boats took off from West Alton Bay Marina. Marc Hamel and Reggie
headed towards Moultonborough followed by Dave Pfieffer and Eric Lally.
The rest of the pack took off in different directions. Marc and Reggie
hit their first spot and the first keeper came to the boat for Reggie. It
looked like a good sign. The next few hours were spent in a cove where
the bites were sporadic, but a few more keepers came to the boat. Around
2 am in the morning, Marc and Reggie headed in to Lees Mills area. Again,
just a few sporadic bites and some short fish were caught. Then it came.
The sky turned black and the rains came down hard and fast. Marc decided
to go back to a spot where he had lost what felt like a huge fish, while
Reggie decided to sit it out and take a nap. All of a sudden Marc woke
Reggie up and called for the net. He figured he had the fish from
earlier. It may have been a different one, but it didn’t matter. After
what seemed like an eternity of line and drag running, they saw the head
come up toward the boat. It was a toad!! Reggie got the net under it and
Marc landed a nice 6.73 lbr. It was enough to lock him in to a second
place spot to cash a check. The rest of the night was slow and a few more
fish hit but just weren’t hooking up.
Meanwhile, Joe Spinello was on the opposite
end of the lake fishing in Paugus Bay. He reported that he was able to
land about 20 keepers, which landed him the winning bag at 14.66 lbs. He
was the only angler to bring in a limit. Joe says he spent most of the
night fishing a buzz bait around and in between docks. Joe has now cashed
himself a check at the last 2 tournaments.
At the weigh-in, the sky cleared up and
allowed us to have a dry time at the scales. The anglers that were left
all told of the stories of just a few bites and missed fish. It seemed
like a tough tourney for most, except for Mr. Spinello. Ryan Nutting also
brought himself in a check cashing bag for first losers pool. Congrats to
the winners and thanks to all who came out to brave the storms.
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