The Butler County Bassmasters club hold a fish-off every year that consists of a two day tournament. Because the club had such a good time last year at the fish-off we voted in The Green River again this year. We had a great time and caught some fish. Ernie Shuler would take the win weighing in 4 bass for 8.25lbs which also included the overall Big Bass of 4.25lbs. Congrats to Ernie on the win. Andy Tobe would weigh in 6 bass weighing 7.62lbs to take second place. Nice job Andy! Rounding out the top 3 Herman Baker weighed in 3 bass for 4.93lbs. Good job Herman! Due to Ernie wanting to keep the sure money he did not want to let his big fish ride for day 2 which gave the group another chance to catch a big bass. Bob Farmer would take the day 2 big bass weighing one in at 3.42lbs to win a little money! Good job Mr. Farmer! Another great Fish-Off and everyone had a great time. Lots of food and stories!
On a very strange day at Tanners Creek where no one in the club would weigh in more than 1 fish Herman Baker found the biggest to win the event. Herman weighed in 1 nice largemouth that obviously would also take big bass at 3.15lbs. A very nice river bass. Josh Zeller also brought a nice largemouth to the scales weighing 2.58lbs and would take second place. Bob Farmer would round out the top three with a largemouth weighing 1.04lbs.
Andy Tobe would bring the only 5 bass limit to the scales at Rising Sun on our sixth stop of the 2023 Tourney season. Andy’s 5 bass weighed 4.35lbs and would be enough for the win. Josh Zehler would come in second place weighing 3.90lbs and would also take big bass with a 1.85lb largemouth. Rounding out the top three would be Matt Townsley with 3 bass weighing 3.26lbs. Congrats to all!
On an overcast day on the river the fishing was tough. There were no limits caught and several club members did not weight in a fish. However, there were a few guys that found some fish. Pokie (Kenneth Reatherford) found 4 fish to weigh in for 5.12lbs and took first place for his first win in the club! Congrats Pokie! Herman Baker (a new club member) weighed in 3 fish for 4.35lbs and would take second place. Herman would also take big bass with a 2.75lb largemouth. Congrats Herman! And rounding out the top 3 spots would be Darrell Penny weighing in 2 fish for 2.57lbs. Congrats to all who weighed in fish!
There has been a bit of a shake up in the angler of the year standings. Below are the standings as of Summit Lake.
The BCB would fish a new lake on June 18th as part of the 2023 tourney season. An idle only lake in Indiana. Bill Schneider would pull out the win with 4 fish weighing 9.88lbs. Coming in a very close second would be Josh Zehler weighing in 5 bass for 9.55lbs. Rounding out the top three would be Darrell Penny weighing in 2 fish for 6.09lbs. Darrell would also have big bass weighing 4.23lbs.
