 Gary
Croteau prevails over the windy conditions for the Winnipesaukee win.
Story by Rob Frye
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Bubba Bassin club had their draw trail
event at Winnipesaukee for the second time in 2007 with the first one on
June 30th and with the most recent on August 18th. This event was
sponsored by Arma Coatings of New Hampshire who we want to thank for
their support of Bubba Bassin. They donated gift certificates for a
spray on bedline to the top 3 places as well as a few more for door
prizes. Thanks again to Arma Coatings of New Hampshire who will also be
sponsoring the upcoming Midweek and Team Bubba events scheduled also on
Winni. On this day 61 anglers came out to play on a very windy day. The
weather forecast was set for partly sunny skies with winds in the 10 to
20 mph range. Basically, that's how the day started but we saw 30+ mph
gusts and constant 20+ winds. With the West/Northwest winds came the big
waves and those venturing across the broads were set for a very rude
awakening.
 Mike
Spurr reels in unbelievable 20 plus pound sack of smallies on Ossipee
Night Tournament sponsored by Quinn's Trading Post
Story by Rob Frye
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Long distance drive for a long distance tournament for most of the Bubba
Bassin Club members who fished the annual night tournament hosted this
year on Ossipee Lake. Ossipee Lake is the furthest North tournament
scheduled on the Bubba Bassin trails. A Very Special Thanks to Quinn's
Trading Post from Wakefield, NH who is sponsoring all three of the Bubba
Ossipee tournaments, one from each trail.
 Lucky
"3" for Rob Frye's win at the Bubba Bassin Draw on Winnipesaukee
sponsored by Northeast Battery with the weigh-in presented by the New
Hampshire Radio Network
Story by Rob Frye
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Bubba Bassin Club had their 6th 2007
draw trail tournament on Lake Winnipesaukee on June 30th launching out
of Ames Farm. Special thanks to the NH Radio Network for their onsite
setup during the weigh-in and the tournament's sponsor, Northeast
Battery. It was the day after a cold front had moved through and the
day's forecast was for mostly sunny, highs in the upper 70's and wind
5-10 mph. The wind certainly was higher with wind gusts over 30 and
large rollers out on the broads. With the combination of the waves from
the high wind and the heavy weekend boat traffic we ended up with a
couple of broken boats by the end of the day. Still all 63 anglers came
in by the 3:30 return time to weigh-in their catch. All anglers who
weighed in fish would then stick around for prizes to be given away
including a brand new Trojan Battery provided by Northeast Battery and
their representative, Jack Roy.
 A
Dominating Day for Greg Day on Winnisquam.
Story by Rob Frye
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Bubba Bassin club fished the the half
way point of the Bubba Bassin Draw trail on Lake Winnisquam on June
16th. After the New Hampshire cut-off our members were happy to return
to NH waters to fish another Bubba Bassin tournament. With lots of
positive and productive reports coming from those pre-fishing Winnisquam
we were expected another stellar day out of majority of the 62 anglers.
Winnisquam was on fire with all the reports so there was much
anticipation of a lot of catching and having fun for our anglers. The
weather forecast was even promising and indeed it provided us with a
beautiful day with 88 degree weather and mostly sunny with very mild
winds on the big lake.
Bubba Bassin club
returned to their annual trip to Shirley Reservoir during the
Massachusetts Free Fishing weekend on June 3rd, 2007. This waterbody
always has a great turn-out for a Bubba tournament, as well as other
organizations. Shirley Reservoir is a 354 acre impoundment that
borders Shirley and Lunenburg, MA. It may seem small in acres but it
has plenty of shoreline with over 16 coves and sub-coves. This lake
does see the pressure with a tournament on this lake almost every
weekend of the tournament season.
 Rob
Frye goes all the way for a win on Pawtuckaway.
Story by Rob Frye
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Bubba Bassin Club members fished the third draw trail tournament of the
2007 season on Lake Pawtuckaway in Nottingham/Raymond, NH on May 12,
2007. The day's forecast was expected to reach 65 degrees with up to 10
mph out of the ENE and eventually changing to ESE. The clouds
intermittently blocked the sun’s rays but the sun stayed out most of the
day which played a key role in a lot of the angler’s patterns to find
fish. The water temps ranged around 66 to 69 degrees through out the
lake.
 Congrats
to Marc Hamel taking a BIP commanding WIN
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Story by Rob Frye
Saturday's tournament started off as a
wet and cold morning with the sunshine to break out in the early
afternoon. Water temps were pretty stable around 48 to 50 degrees. Lots
of stories of most of the bites coming off of jigs and silver buddies.
The other early Spring bait such as jerk baits, crankbaits and
spinnerbaits were not as productive.
 Congrats
to our Lucky Winners on Massy Draw
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Bubba Bassin Club had their season
opener on Lake Massabessic with 54 anglers coming out to play. The
lake has been open for just over a week which kept the water temp low
around 39 to 40 degrees thruout the whole lake. The weather also made
things a little uncomfortable with winds blowing down the lake from
the North/Northeast at 10 to 15 mph.
The bite was far from the best with only 6 anglers catching limits and
a total of 24 fish brought into the weigh-in. Congrats to John Diacco
for taking first place with 2 largemouth at 6.11 lbs with his biggest
weighing in at 4.19 lbs. John used a wide variety of baits but his
only two bites of the day came off of jerk baits in 5 feet of water.
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2007 Team Bubba Open Trail |
 Dave
and Carrie Fontone's Golden Win on Team Bubba's Squam Lake Tourny.
Story by Mike McNamara
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Absolutely beautiful day on Golden Pond.
The day started off with very cool fall weather under wonderful blue skies
– 37°. I think we saw frost. Bubba Frye you were missed, but we all
realized that the long arm of Bubba is always there.
Now on to our winner’s circle.
 Team
Frye & Acox take their third Team Bubba Win, this time on Winnipesaukee.
Story by Rob Frye
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The Team Bubba Trail fished Lake
Winnipesaukee for their 8th event of the 2007 Season on September 2nd.
Forty One teams came out to compete for this event that was sponsored by
Arma Coatings of New Hampshire. Bubba Bassin again wants to thank Arma
Coatings of NH for all their support with this being the 3rd event they
were donating certificates for spray-on bed liners to the top 3 teams.
 Alan
Denise and Scott Canelas fish with patience to overcome a Win on
Ossipee.
Story by Rob Frye
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On August 12th the Team Bubba Open
trail brought us back to Ossipee Lake for our final Bubba Bassin event
on this great body of water. The two previous tournaments from the Bubba
Draw trail and the Bubba Midweek trail brought in some impressive
weights with the winners averaging around a 4 pound average. Once again
this Ossipee tournament was sponsored by Quinn's Trading Post from
Union, NH. Special thanks to Bill and Chrissy Quinn for all their
support.
 Rob
Frye and Bruce Acox take advantage of the evening bite for the
Pawtuckaway Night Tourny
Story by Rob Frye
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The Team Bubba trail went to
Pawtuckaway Lake in Nottingham, NH for their annual night tournament for
the 2007 season on Saturday, July 21st. The Bubba night tournaments are
scheduled to start at 7:00 PM with a 12 hour duration until the
scheduled weigh-in time at 7:00 AM. Night tournaments can be very fun
and productive with multiple time frames for a productive bite including
the evening bite, the night-time bite and the early morning bite that
you don't see during a conventional 7AM to 3 PM tournament. Mother
Nature once again has given us a beautiful forecast for this night. The
humidity was low and no chance of any precipitation. The temps were
going to plummet to a much colder night than normal.
 Last
minute heroics take Goss and Campisi for the win on Stumpfield.
Story by Rob Frye
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Bubba Bassin Team Open Trail had
their fifth event of the 2007 season on Stumpfield Lake in
Hopkington, NH on July 1st. We had a stupendous turn-out for this
event with 37 teams coming out to play in the water body that's
known and named for its plethora of stumps and logs. The weather
forecast was for mostly cloudy with cold Canadian winds blowing from
the Northwest at 15 to 20 mph. After everyone had finally launched
and parked their trucks and trailers in the somewhat tight quarters
we took off just after 7 AM with David Tsao and Bob Hurst as our
send-off boat. |
 Winnisquam
Father's Day Win for Mike Spur and Deb Ash
Story by Rob Frye
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Another "day after" tournament for the Bubba Bassin Team trail for the
4th trail event of the year. Our annual Father's Day event took us to
Lake Winnisquam on June 17th launching out of Martel's Bait and Tackle.
We had a great turn-out with 38 teams trying Winnisquam again the day
after the Bubba Bassin draw trail just fished it with an impressive
winning weight of 9.11 lbs by Greg Day for his 2 fish limit. The
forecast again informed us of another repeat day of beautiful weather
with the temps in the mid 80's and becoming partly cloudy to all clouds
with a temptation of a Thunderstorm brewing in from the west.
 Team
Peake & Jean blowout the rest of the field on Shirley.
Story by Rob Frye
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The third Team Bubba Open occurred on June 4th on Shirley Reservoir the
day after the club trail held their event. On this day Mother Nature
showed us how she could change the New England weather with the snap of
her fingers. On Saturday during the club trail the weather was in the
low 90's and hot and muggy, zapping the energy out of many of our
anglers. On Sunday, the weather changed to breezy and colder temps
around the high 50's. Would this affect the bite, one would assume so
but of course, someone always finds those fish for the weigh-in.
 Team
Frye & Acox make their move on Massabessic.
Story by Rob Frye
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The day started off with temps in the mid 40's for a chilly start with
cold winds blowing 10+ mph out of the NNE. The forecast was calling for
a colder day with a high of 55 degrees, compared to the previous days of
60+ degrees. If you were positioned in the wind it felt much colder but
if you were out of the wind and if the sun peaked thru the clouds it
felt like it was in the high 70's. That's the way the day went, one
moment you were shedding clothing and then a few minutes later you were
throwing them back on.
 Congrats
to our Richardson/Smith Winners on Team Bubba Open on Winni
We were very happy to see all the teams
that made it to our first 2007 Team Bubba tournament on Lake
Winnipesaukee. Mother Nature made sure that the tournament committee had
to second guess where they were going to have their first tournament. We
prevailed on keeping it on Winni and had 32 anxious teams that were
ready to play in the 44+ degree temp waters. On tournament day the
forecast was expected to be sunny with air temps in the 70's. It was
indeed a beautiful day to be out on the water and on Winni. The
tournament started on time at 7:00 with a safety stipulation of an
off-limits anything below southern neck of Moultonborough Bay. At the
time of the tournament there was still ice blocking the neck heading
towards 20 mile bay and the Graveyard.
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2007 Bubba Midweek Open Trail |
 It's
all about Timing for Rob Frye's win at the final 2007 Bubba Midweek on
Winnipesaukee.
Story by Mike McNamara
[Results] [Photos]
[Standings]
We had a cool start for our 36 players
for our Halloween Midweek, the last official midweek of the 2007 season.
(Yes I did say official, more to come later). It was a nice day, no
wind, plenty of sun and just a wonderful day to be fishing. First to
weigh in, who is known to be Mr. Sand Bagger, Rob Frye with 14.67 lbs of
Winnipesaukee largemouth. [Full
Story]
 Mark
Miner cranks 'em deep for the winning pattern on Winnisquam
Story by Mike McNamara
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What a cold cold start we had to our 7th Midweek of the season. Not only
was it cold, it was foggy. This caused a delay in starting for our 38
Bubba’s that came to play. Despite the cold, and fog and the drama a
great time was had by all. Taking first place was Mark Miner with a
sweet kicker smallmouth for 4.43 giving him a nice bag of 15.32. Mark
caught that beauty on a DD22 in 15’ of water. He also caught a bunch
using a Spook.. He had his limit by 8:30am. [Full
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 Alan
Denise putting on a mid-week clinic with another win on Squam
Story by Mike McNamara
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What a wonderful piece
of water. We had 62 players on such a wonderful day. Everyone enjoyed
the sunny day. Morning start off was a little cooler, just ask our polar
bear swimmers. Greg Day was the first to take a dive, followed by Matt
Davis joining in the fun (not intentionally). Bobby (girl) Hurst
oversleeps. Must be getting old. We all missed him.
Bubba Good Deed: I
also want to take the time here to thank Brian Lafrancois for giving up
his weigh in to tow an old buck clear across Squam to his dock. Brian
contacted Rod Laferriere and said “taking one for the team”. Thank you
for your compassion.
Rod Laferriere brings the smack-down
on Winnipesaukee
Story by Mike McNamara
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Thank you to our tournament sponsor –
Arma Coatings. The first 6 places received gift certificates along with
our First Loser. So in all 7 spots. Wonderful. Thank you again.
Another wonderful day on Winni. We had a
great turnout again today, 69 players on the water. What a sight. Great
job to all those playing today. Rob, we missed you today, but hope that
you are having a great vacation.
 Rick
Wentworth Claims the Bubba Midweek win on Winnipesaukee
Story by Mike McNamara
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Well, another nice day on Winni and it
looks like the answer to last’s tournaments question – Does anybody work
anymore? is not many. We had a great turnout for our 3rd Midweek
tournament which also was our second and final sanctioned tournament for
the Nitro boat giveaway. Our First place winner Rich Wentworth is going
to the Nitro boat giveaway tournament in October along with Peter Weeks,
the highest placing Nitro / Tracker owner. Good luck to all of you. Had
a little bit of confusing time at the end of the day figuring out the
highest placing nitro / tracker boater thinking it was Mike McNary, but
when the results were all in and tabulated, it was Peter Weeks, just
beating him by 11.10 to 10.90. Sorry Mike, Congrats to Peter.
 Alan
Denise wins 1st place at Ossipee and $3000 with his New 2008
Skeeter ZX225
Story by Mike McNamara
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The day started
rather wet with major down pours early in the day starting around
registration time. Our tournament director Mike McNamara was doing his
best during the pre-tournament meeting with the give-aways and the
send-off but was having a hard time with the rain pouring down on us. By
early noon the rain had subsided and the rest of the day left us with
the most beautiful sunlight shining. That gave us plenty of time to dry
off and when we came in it was another great day on Ossipee. Thanks to
Quinn’s Trading Post who sponsored this event as they have at the
previous night tournament and the following Team Bubba open.
Mark Peabody Wins on Winnipesaukee
with a Big One
Story by Mike McNamara
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What a wonderful day to play hooky and
for our 2nd midweek tournament of the year. We never did see any of the
rain. Not only was this our second midweek, which brought out 47
players, it was also the first of two Bubba midweek’s that are
sanctioned as qualifying events for the 591 Nitro giveaway tournament in
October courtesy of Marine USA. Our two Bubba’s, Mark Peabody, our first
place champion and Alan Denise, the top placing Nitro/Tracker owner are
on their way to the October tournament. Keep watching for our next two
winners, which will be decided at our next Midweek tournament on July
25th. Good luck to all.
 Joe
Lucarelli Takes the First 2007 Midweek Win
Story by Mike McNamara
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The first midweek of the 2007 season was greeted by an absolutely
breathtaking sunrise. See a great photo that was taken on the Bubba
Photos Page. We were gifted with a warm but pleasant day out on
Newfound Lake as 33 dedicated midweek fishermen fished their first
midweek this year. Great fishing, great stories and even ones about that
fish that got away could be heard as the day wound down.
To begin this years winning circle, Joe Lucarelli took first place
bringing home his second Midweek win. Congratulations Joe. Joe
proclaims his winning pattern was the use of the watermelon Senko. His
big fish weight of 3.84 was caught in 15 feet of water using the
watermelon Senko. Backing that up with another nice fish 3.67 was also
caught with a watermelon Senko in 15 feet of water.
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2007 Bubba Other Archives |
 Betty
& Alan Denise defend Sweetheart Tournament Crown.
Story by
Rob Frye
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Year's Tournament]
Another beautiful day
with plenty of sun and warm-to-hot temps was blessed to us on the
second annual Sweetheart Tournament on Lake Massabessic for July 14,
2007. We had 38 Sweetheart teams join us that comprised of
Husband/Wife, Boyfriend/Girlfriend, Friend/Friend and Adult/Child
teams. It was an exciting day with much excitement and camaraderie
with all the players. Even the wives who were very unfamiliar with
this type of event showed much excitement and enthusiasm. We want to
thank Jack Roy and Northeast Battery for all their support for Bubba
Bassin and donating the event's Grand Prize. They donated a Trojan
battery to be given away during the weigh-in along with other prizes
donated by our Bubba Bassin supporters and sponsors. |
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Team
Bubba held a Winnisquam T won by Chris
Girard and Peter Burkhart. Where we had 17 teams and it was a
hot day. Though there were only eight teams to weigh in the bags
were heavy. Topped by a 20 lb bag from Chris Girard and Peter
Burkhart. A day that was supposed to be in the 80s turned out to be
93 by the end of the tourney. We had a nice little audience of
future fisherman to watch the weigh in. Many fish were seen swimming
in the shallows but proved hard to coax into a free meal.
Joe
Spinello wins on Winni
The only kicker of the first 2009 club event edges Marc Hamel's win on BIP.
John
Dean and Jake Faneuf jerks up the winning fish on Massabessic
Pete
Weeks catches the big bag at Newfound Midweek
Mike
Vining wins the Midweek Season Opener on Lake Winnipesaukee
Final 2008 Sweetheart trail tournament won by
Denise Allain and Gary Croteau on Winni.
Nashua River prospers with
One Fish Wonders.
John
Wright spanks the field on Winnipesaukee
Congratulations
and well done to Mark Peabody on the first 2008 Bubba Midweek.
Alan and Betty Denise
still Kings of the Sweethearts.
Congrats
to Betty and Alan Denise on the first 2008 Sweetheart T.
Martin
Look bares the load on high pressure Shirley Reservoir for the win.