Fuqua & Young Top Lake Casitas Night Tournament Field

[Ron C]

Popular Port Hueneme sportfishing skipper John Fuqua and partner Ryan Young, also of Port Hueneme, put down their saltwater gear and picked up their bass fishing gear and captured their first ever J&T Tackle Night Team Tournament Series victory on Saturday evening, July 28th at Lake Casitas in Ventura County. Under a bright full moon, the pair topped the 48-team field with a five-fish limit weighing a very impressive 30.19 pounds. Included in their bag was a huge 11.24 pounder, the largest bass of the contest.

“We caught all of our fish before dark, including the eleven-pounder,â€

[Ron C]

7-28-2007 J&T Tackle Lake Casitas Night Team Tournament Series Results
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Place - Name - Fish - Big Bass - Total - Winnings
1. - John Fuqua-Ryan Young - 5/5 - 11.24 - 30.19 - $4,825
2. - Dennis Taylor-Mark Taylor - 5/5 - 8.07 - 27.37 - $1,310
3. - Eric Elshere-Larry Elshere - 5/5 - 7.37 - 24.65 - $970
4. - Mike Brakebill-Chris Rodino - 5/5 - 6.12 - 22.35 - $640
5. - Don Smith-Ron Smith - 5/5 - 5.66 - 21.89 - $790
6. - Shannon Harris-Randy Yamanouye - 5/5 - 9.27 - 21.46 - $540
7. - Cliff Gregory-Ryan Gregory - 5/5 - 7.78 - 21.18 - $200
8. - Jerry Ballesteros-Gene Iovino - 5/5 - 5.90 - 20.32 - $150
9. - Mark Armenta-Dan Proctor - 5/5 - - 20.14 - $150
10. - Doug Hanson-Dave Poolman - 5/5 - - 19.28 -
11. - Kelly Ripa-John Younce - 5/5 - 8.93 - 18.96 -
12. - Barry Callaway-Pete Marino - 5/5 - 7.37 - 18.58 -
13. - Paul Bailey-Max Escamilla - 5/5 - 9.16 - 17.36 - $190
14. - Doug Frasco-Mark Frasco - 4/4 - 6.26 - 16.89 -
15. - Tim Grinolds-Sean James - 5/5 - 6.36 - 16.60 -
16. - Jeff Armstrong-Greg Erickson - 5/5 - 4.70 - 16.05 -
17. - Erik Shortenlans-Sam Thomas - 5/5 - 7.61 - 14.87 -
18. - Justin Kerr-David Peltier - 5/5 - - 14.73 -
19. - Andy Vincioni-Pete Vincioni - 5/5 - 5.14 - 14.47 -
20. - Brian Bailey-Richard Rawnsley - 3/3 - 8.51 - 14.33 -
21. - Hugh Mitchell-Doug Norvell - 5/5 - 7.71 - 13.96 -
22. - DeLynn Davies-Steve Davies - 5/5 - - 13.75 -
23. - Shaun Bailey-Doug Riha - 5/5 - - 13.73 -
24. - Chris Chandler-Brian Vasey - 5/5 - - 12.51 -
25. - Daniel Lee-Russell Slayman - 5/5 - - 12.08 -
26. - Dan Barrios-Gabe Loiseau - 5/5 - - 12.03 -
27. - Kathey Hartman-Dale Honda - 2/2 - 7.32 - 11.33 -
28. - Tats Gotanda-Allen Hayashi - 4/4 - 4.29 - 10.74 -
29. - Gary Maki-Edgar Uyema - 5/5 - - 9.54 -
30. - Jim Basham-Rick Nelson - 4/4 - 3.45 - 9.00 -
31. - Kurt Ebken-Robert Shirk - 3/3 - - 7.24 -
32. - Jim Biloff-Vito Rubino - 3/3 - - 6.65 -
33. - Marc JeuDeVine-Keith Rini - 2/2 - - 4.94 -
34. - Fred Long-Bob Yocum - 2/2 - - 4.92 -
35. - Brian Gregory-Dale Jennings - 1/1 - - 2.19 -
36. - Rob Cummings-Dave Roberson - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Mike Lander-Jess Settem - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Randy Brandes-Zak Salter - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Mike Reese-Dave Wilson - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Ken Webb-Kenny Webb - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Bradley Curnel-Jason Curnel - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Tyler Beck-Noah Cook - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Chris Hagen-Ron Hagen - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Keith Cummings-Joseph Payne - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Aaron Johnson-Pat Winningham - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Steve Fernandes-Mark Pollorena - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Davis Beckham-Darin Markarian - 0/0 - - 0.00 -
36. - Matthew Lindsey-Mandy Venegas - 0/0 - - 0.00 -

[Ron C]

2007 J&T Tackle Night Team Tournament Series Heavyweight Standings (after two events)
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Place - Team - Events - Fish - Big Bass - Total
1 - Mike Brakebill-Chris Rodino - 2 - 10/10 - 9.75 - 54.07
2 - DeLynn Davies-Steve Davies - 2 - 10/10 - 8.74 - 48.21
3 - Eric Elshere-Larry Elshere - 2 - 10/10 - 7.39 - 47.15
4 - Don Smith-Ron Smith - 2 - 10/10 - 6.62 - 47.10
5 - Cliff Gregory-Ryan Gregory - 2 - 10/10 - 7.78 - 45.43
6 - Chris Chandler-Brian Vasey - 2 - 10/10 - 8.16 - 45.30
7 - Dennis Taylor-Mark Taylor - 2 - 10/10 - 8.07 - 41.21
8 - Kelly Ripa-John Younce - 2 - 10/10 - 8.93 - 41.13
9 - Mark Armenta-Dan Proctor - 2 - 10/10 - 7.12 - 40.57
10 - Doug Frasco-Mark Frasco - 2 - 9/9 - 6.66 - 39.98
11 - Shaun Bailey-Doug Riha - 2 - 10/10 - 7.67 - 39.18
12 - Tim Grinolds-Sean James - 2 - 10/10 - 8.32 - 37.67
13 - Jerry Ballesteros-Gene Iovino - 2 - 10/10 - 5.90 - 34.04
14 - Gary Maki-Edgar Uyema - 2 - 10/10 - 7.96 - 32.78
15 - Jeff Armstrong-Greg Erickson - 2 - 10/10 - 8.83 - 31.14
16 - Paul Bailey-Max Escamilla - 2 - 10/10 - 9.16 - 29.92
17 - Justin Kerr-David Peltier - 2 - 10/10 - - 26.80
18 - Tats Gotanda-Allen Hayashi - 2 - 9/9 - 4.29 - 26.07
19 - Rob Cummings-Dave Roberson - 2 - 5/5 - 8.21 - 22.14
20 - Ken Webb-Kenny Webb - 2 - 5/5 - 7.65 - 22.02
21 - Brian Gregory-Dale Jennings - 2 - 6/6 - - 20.49
22 - Jim Basham-Rick Nelson - 2 - 9/9 - 3.52 - 19.75
23 - Mike Reese-Dave Wilson - 2 - 5/5 - - 19.26
24 - Randy Brandes-Zak Salter - 2 - 5/5 - 7.76 - 19.20
25 - Mike Lander-Jess Settem - 2 - 5/5 - - 18.24
26 - Andy Vincioni-Pete Vincioni - 2 - 5/5 - 5.14 - 14.47
27 - Bradley Curnel-Jason Curnel - 2 - 5/5 - - 14.21
28 - Jim Biloff-Vito Rubino - 2 - 5/5 - - 11.59

[Pete Marino]

Props to You and your staff for your efforts...

I fished this event with Barry ,aka "NetB****", here on westernbass. It was his first tournament ever.
He has been wanting to do a tournament so I figured what better way to get him started than to let him experience Casitas at night.

We threw buzzbaits for the 1st two hours with no takers. Then I bust out the dropshot and caught one on my 1st cast. Then Barry yelled, "I got one" and I netted our 2nd keeper. Then five minutes later I got our 3rd keeper.
Then we made a quick move accross the cove and Barry said, "I got one". I asked him how it felt and he said "okay". As it came up next to the boat it became apparent that it was better then "Okay". It was a 5+ LBER. After I missed it with the net 2-3 times we were finally able to get it in the boat. Barry let out a HUGE yell because he had just landed his biggest bass ever. ( 5.24 lbs.) Thanks for giving him a courtesy weigh Ron.
A few minutes later he caught a rat. Then I told him I was going to throw a bait that I always seem to catch 8lbers on. (8" curly tail Gee Gee bait black zipper) On the first cast I feel "tick". I reel down and cross its eyes. Just then a donkey comes flying out of the water next to the boat. I work it around to the deep side and after Barry got done fumbling with the net light, falling down and swinging and missing the fish 2 times, she was in the boat. She weighed 7.37 lbs. We caught a few others the rest of the night and time seemed to fly by. We wished we had another hour to get another "good one", but it wasnt to be.
We ended up in 12 place, 3 spots (mere ounces) out of a check.
We didnt cash a check but I think Barry is HOOKED.

It was a fun time....

Pete

[John Barron]

John and Ryan have been on a terror. I think that's 5 out of the last 6 tournaments they have won. Good job guys keep it up.
jb