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Nobody weighed in any catfish during the Kelsey Bass Ranch Team Bass Tournament and Catfish Derby on November 15, but the bass fishing was outstanding. Cloudy skies and scattered light showers dominated the day's weather. Tom Gomez and John Guzman, both from Merced, won the tournament with three fish weighing 8 pounds, 11 ounces. They won a year's pass to Kelsey Bass Ranch. "We caught all of our fish while fishing Rat-L-Traps," said Gomez. "One really big fish bumped an Osprey lure, but it wouldn't take it. Fishing was very good; we caught and released a total of 25 fish The water temperature had cooled down to 56 degrees with the rain." |
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Kelly Dougherty and John West placed second with three fish totaling 7 pounds, 12 ounces. They used crankbaits to catch their fish - and won six passes to the ranch. Bob Borg and Dave Bates took third place with 7 pounds, 9 ounces and won two passes to the ranch. They also caught the second largest fish in the tournament, a 3 pound, 5 ounce largemouth. Ray Carlton took big fish honors with a 3 pound, 9 ounce bass. He was fishing a brown and black Pig-N-Jig with Neil Mathis when he hooked the fish.
Kelsey Bass Ranch is located at 7400 Merced Falls Road in Snelling. Kelsey Reservoir is a 125 acre lake located on the beautiful 7,000 acre Kelsey Ranch in the Sierra Nevada foothills close to Merced, Modesto, and Turlock. For more information, call Jon Kelsey at 209-563-6573. The ranch's website is: www.kelseybassranch.com. |
Gomez also weighed in the third largest bass in the event, a 3 pound, 2
ounce largemouth.
A total of 10 teams fished in the event, which benefited the Merced High
School Wrestling Team.
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