Float Tube Derby Recap - Sept. 21, 2019
Dateline - September 21, 2019
Castaic Lagoon
Dateline September 21,2019: 18 Tubers gathered on Castaic’s famed Lower Lake to compete in the 3rd and last event of the year for the Friends of Castaic Lake float tube bass tournament series. Weather conditions were cool in the morning, but grew warm and windy as the day wore on. The bluebird skies made for some challenging fishing, but as usual, the cream rises to the top. Here are our top five finishers:
- Jeff Boline: 8.40 lbs, which also was event big fish!
- Vince Chemelsky: 5.08 + winner of a Phenix Rod!
- Chris Perez: 2.33
- Rich Boline: 2.15
- Herbert Pinneda: 1.12
Jeff has been tough to beat the last two years, as for the second straight year he won the Jim Mcelfresh Memorial Angler of the year title. Jim was one of our most avid float tube anglers and was the definition of a true Sportsman and Gentleman. Great work Jeff!
Also, for you folks who are on the fence about fishing our events, for a $40 investment, Jeff won a tube, gift certificates from Tackle express, Angler clothing company, and Bass pro shops, along with $90 for catching the big fish…$400 worth of loot!
Afterwards, a great BBQ lunch was prepared by Howard Gross.
The folks that make these events possible are the great sponsors that provide product for our prize packages. These great people include Vince Borges of Phenix Rods, Alex Ramirez of Outdoor specialty products, Mark Taylor or Roboworm, Rich Tauber of Rich Tauber Fishing, Bob Minor of Bass Pro Shops outdoor world Ranch Cucamonga, Richard Crow of Crows Custom cookies, Mat Herrera of Anglers Clothing Company, Chad Curtis of Tackle Express, Ben Green of Ben Green Insurance, Roger Larocque of Peregrine 250, Steve and DeLynn Davies of Team Davies Fishing, Thomas Bullis of Brandt Building services, Marcos Alcantar of Moone Worms, Gary Schiebler of the Thursday night fishing club, and Mark Anthony Tolliver and Brandon Veal of the Big Belly boat bass crew.
A huge thanks to all of our great volunteers. On shore we had Marcia Thompson, Arnold Katz, Melissa Alvarado, and Tony Hoffman. In boats weighing fish, we had Grant Powell, Jim Atwell, Brad Van, Marty Lorentzen, Mike Waters, Javier Franco, Dave Baltes, Mike Munson, Tony Franks,Tony Kim, Dave Baltes, and Keith and Mo Lutge.
Thanks much to lifeguard Tracy Hild for her assistance with our event, and Marcelino of the lake staff, who set up our EZ ups and brought out the grill and our PA system.
Next year’s events start up in April! We will see you then!
