Top Stick Joes July 11 Results

[John Barron]

1 Joe Payne/ Keith Cummings 11.33
2 Steve Iwashta/Edgar Unema 11.00
3 Mario Ringo/Mark Bowman 10.99
4 Jae Cho/Lee Soon Chul 10.97
5 Steve Derbyshire/Chad Pierce 10.64
6 Daren Lacher 10.54
7 James Benudiz/Marissa Rogers 10.52 BF 4.20#
8 James Campbell/Richard Thomas (-.50) 10.43
9 Scott Swank/Karen Usher 10.36
10 Jim Basham/Dave Cuningham 9.95
11 Jeff Jue/David Sanchez 9.23
12 Brad Szarkowski/Len Scinto 9.19
13 Mike Austin/Jesse Austin 9.15
14 Dave Handy (.46 stripper) 9.10
15 Donnie Peterson/Ryan Mitchell 8.63
16 Lance Karafelas/Dan Proctor (catfish 4.25) 8.52
17 Mike Robinett/Tom Fruh 8.37
18 Shane Morgan/Dennis Morgan 8.15
19 John DeMonet/Krystal Lakes 8.05
20 Big Ed/Vince Perkins 7.97
21 John Younce/Eric Prada 7.17
22 Psalm Respress/Josh Repress 0.00

[John Barron]

I wanted to welcome James Benudiz and Marissa Rogers to their first tournament with the Top Stick Joes. Marissa's big fish of the tournament weighed in at 4.20#.

Marissa said she caught the fish on her first cast of the morning, around 9:30 or so. While Marissa's comment about when she caught the fish confused me it did get me to thinking about a Husband Wife only league.

I know my wife struggles to get up early and go fishing so how about we have a series that blasts off at 9 AM. Come in for a picnic style lunch around noon and go back out again around 1 or so and fish until around 3.

Since James and Marissa don't know me I will tell them now I'm kidding you guys and I'm glad you came out to fish. You guys did well on your first event with us and hope you will come back out next season.
jb

[Big Ed]

I know my wife struggles to get up early and go fishing so how about we have a series that blasts off at 9 AM. Come in for a picnic style lunch around noon and go back out again around 1 or so and fish until around 3. jb

Maybe you could start one hour earlier and squeeze in a little shopping for the lunch break?? My wife would go for that!

[Ray L.]

If there is a lake close to a mall maybe we can take care of that for you Ed

James and Marissa were real good sports at the awards. We did have some fun
I hope they will be back next season.
On a side note if she can catch a 4 pounder at 9 a.m. on Castaic I am looking for a new partner for a team circuit next year at Castaic. I can't even catch a 4 pounder anymore on Castaic.