Duke cranks up another win at Kerr!

Duke Bevard, 1st Place, 7.81#

Sheldon Godfrey, 3rd place, 6.09#

Mark Cannon, Big Fish, 3.14#

      Leesville BASSMasters finished out our 2018 season where it all started:  Kerr Lake.  Just a couple of weeks earlier, Kerr had been nearly 14 feet above normal pool due to the passage of Hurricanes Florence and Michael.  By the time we arrived, however, the Corp had slimmed Kerr back down to a much more normal 301 and change.  Temps were in the upper 40s at blast-off, rising to around 60 at weigh-in.  Water temps were in the low-mid 60s with a building, gusty WSW wind. 
      After all fish had been called to the scales, Duke Bevard (4 fish, 7.81#) took 1st place, capping off a run of three wins in the last four tournaments of the season.  Wes House (3 fish, 7.12#) came in second, followed by Sheldon Godfrey (4 fish, 6.09#) in third.  Mark Cannon took big fish honors for the day with 3.14#.  Duke caught all of his fish on squarebills and a Bandit 300.
      With the last tournament, points scores are finalized and the field for our 2019 money tournament is set:  Mark Cannon, Duke Bevard, Wes House, Sheldon Godfrey, Mike Lee, and Craig Koefler.  Site selection will be determined in February 2019, when the competitors put their selection of one regular season tournament during the 2019 season in a hat, and one entry is drawn at random.  The money tournament is fished at the selected site in "tournament within a tournament" format.
      With our 2018 season at a close, we're looking forward to our annual Christmas Party/Awards Dinner on December 9th where we'll enjoy an evening together with our spouses and significant others, hand out awards to our top finishers for the season, and crown our 2018 champion.  We're also looking forward to 2019 and another season of fishing, fun, and fellowship.  See you in 2019!