Place: Sassafras River, Georgetown, MD
Date: Sat. May 22, 2021
Time: 5:30am-1:30pm
Weather: Very warm and Humid morning start with air Temps around 73 degrees. Warming up sunny/blue bird skies and scorching 92 Degrees.
Water Temps: Initially 73.5 Degrees varying up to 78.5 Degrees depending on which creek one was in. Much lower in eastern creeks of the Sassafras River
Water Clarity: 1'~1.5'
Wind Gust: 5-10 MPHs
Best Lure: Chatterbaits, crankbaits, and smaillie beavers,
Depths fished: 2'~5'
Limit: 3 Bass
---------------------------------------------- Can you say "Let's Get Ready To Rumble"!!!!!
Welcome to round #6 of the SJHT 2021 season where 14 members came out to battle for the Big Girls down on the SASS. River. [/b]
Anglers were very excited being able to kick start todays event with everybody being early and all set to go on the water. With the tide somewhat already going out, many anglers had some good early bites.
Myself included. But the Sass would have her laughs later as there were some Big Fish missed.
Without further adieu, please give a big congrats once again to NorthEast River MD winner and now the Sassfras River winner 1st place Rob *Ram1212* Masterson for weighing in 3 Bass going 10.59lbs. Rob had a 3.93lb Lunker but that wasn't Top Lunker.. 2nd Place was won by Brian *SubFish* McCulley with 3 Bass going 9.15lbs. This was Brian's almost exact weights up on at the NorthEast River, MD 2 weeks ago. 3rd Place was won by Dan Fitzpatrick with 3 Bass going 8.42lbs.. Today's overall Lunker was won by the "BoogeyMan* AKA Mike Del Monico with a 4.56lb Hog.
Misc. was won by Matt *Always chasing Monster SnakeHeads* Renschler with a SnakeHead that went 9.41lbs. See pics for reference.
SASSAFRAS RIVER, MD TALE OF TAPE:
Rob's 1st Place Winner :
Brian's 2nd Place:
Dan's F. 3rd Place winner:
Mike Del Monico's Lunker Winner:[b]
[b]Matt's R. Misc. 9.41lb SnakeHead Winner:
Other Anglers Bass:
Mike White's Bag:
Jiggen Den's Bag:
Matt's Bag:
2021 SJHT Rookie 1st Keeper Scott S. :
Bill *The Hammer* L. loving the Sass:
BN06 Keeper and Misc. Shad and shorts:
Summary: The Sassafras River showed *Who we thought she was*. That is a great fishery with many species, quality bass, and never knowing when Moby Dick will break you off or spiral in the air and say *Beep...Beep* See ya Later!!!!
Anglers reported having limits before 6:30am (i.e. as the Tide was still a little higher) and still catching\loosing the same Bass at least 3 times in a row! Sorry Rob. LMAO!!!
Judging by the Tale of the Tape, the bass were avg in size and weight and didn't show any signs of that LargeMouth Virus that's going on further South on the Chesapeake Bay.
In All, all 12 out of 14 SJHT Anglers caught at least 1 Bass. There were 22 Bass caught overall. The SASSAFRAS River Bass gave way to total of 64.83lbs caught overall. That was nearly 8lbs more than the NorthEast River previous tournament with 2 more Bass caught than that event. The SASS avg. weight was 2.95lbs whereas the NorthEast River had an avg. of 2.81lbs with 2 less Bass.
4 Anglers caught there 3 Bass Limit. Another great turnout in spite of the BFL's launching out of the NorthEast River Anchor Marine areas and other smaller club events going on.
Congrats to Rob, Brian, Dan, Mike Del Monico, and Matt on your performance.
SJHT 2021 Official Standings after SASSAFRAS RIVER, MD Event:
T's fished Name Points Lunker YTD Fish YTD Wgt
6 Brian M. 64.57 3.73 15 33.57
6 Dan Fitzpatrick 44.34 3.31 13 24.34
4 Jackson Fu 42.43 3.21 8 20.43
4 Mike Del Monico 41.78 4.56 8 23.78
3 Rob Masterson 40.27 3.93 6 21.27
4 Mike White 40.18 3.65 10 23.18
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5 Bill Leach 32.48 2.75 9 15.48
4 Tom Greene 29.16 3.14 8 16.16
4 Andy Trapper 21.55 5.33 3 9.55
3 Layne Ell 19.67 2.5 5 8.67
5 Dennis Tolentino 19.59 2.84 5 9.59
2 Matt R. 16.71 4.26 3 10.71
4 Joe Reed 16.7 3.61 4 7.7
5 Big Nasty 16.38 3.13 4 7.38
3 Wayne *Moe* Sr. 14.07 2.55 4 7.07
3 Paul T. 12.5 1.58 4 5.5
2 Mick Jaeger 12.18 2.83 3 7.18
5 John P. 11.93 1.58 3 3.93
4 Mike Leach 8.95 1.86 2 2.95
3 Scott S. (R) 8.83 3.01 2 3.83
2 Gary K. 6.91 - 2 2.91
1 Carlos J. 6.62 - 2 3.62
1 Bill *Trooper* C. 3.53 1.53 1 1.53
- John Barrett - - - -
- Bob Van S. - - - -
- Chris P. - - - -
- Bill Barino - - - -
- Ryan W. (R) - - - -
Tightlines,
BN06
Edited by BigNasty06 on 05/23/2021
BN06, President
