Mike Faez wins FPT Clear Lake with 29 pounds - in 14- foot aluminum boat...Flyin Solo!

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Mike Faez wins FPT Clear Lake with 29 pounds - in 14- foot aluminum boat...Flyin Solo!

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When anglers arrived for Friday’s Clearlake pre-fish, they were met with the warm temperatures and the flat clam wind conditions predicted all week long by various forecasting agencies.

But nature, as it is known to do, had plans of its own, and contradicting all previous forecasts, dropped lower temperatures and sustained winds in the 20 to 25 mph range, on anglers all day long, ruining the plans many had for targeting big females spotted on various spawning beds throughout the lake.

And while many participants with fully rigged 18-20 foot bass boats posed aggressively at blast-off, preparing to battle the elements as they were, one angler, Mike Faez, played it as safe as possible and navigated his 14 foot aluminum boat to an area within eye-sight of the Redbud Park ramp to bag a 5-fish limit that went shy of 30 pounds, and proving the old saying “Boats don’t catch fish…fishermen do”, is alive and well.

Mike indicated that he had his hands full trying to keep his small boat positioned in the howling winds, and found netting fish was not so easy without the help of his absentee partner Jon Serengrini. And staying in that area all day, he used Yamamoto and R2Sea soft plastics to win the day and capture his very first Future Pro Tour win.

Congratulations Mike Faez on a well-deserved victory that was way overdue!

Youth Angler League kids show up in force!

The FPT’s Youth Angler League – presented by Gone Fishin Marine and Daiwa, a division designed for grade thru high schoolers to participate in, saw lots of youngsters building on their bass fishing skills, with some youth having weights better than our equal to the top ten finishers in the adult division!

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Young Murdoc McGinnis captured 1st place honors in this division, earning a new Sea Eagle boat and a custom trophy, with an 18.28 pound 5-fish limit, and Logan Dicon took 2nd place on the strength of his 17.86-pound bag.

Logan’s 2nd place finish was good for a $100-dollar cash prize. Rounding out third was Timothy Albrecht with 14.95 pounds, receiving $75 cash for his efforts.

The Youth Anglers division allows kids to fish from the bank, and even though he had to do just that, up and comer Westly Gritts finished just out of the money with a 14.66-pound limit that earned him some great prizes for 4th place!

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What a great event! And a big THANKS to all that came out to be part of it.

Next up…the Future Pro Tour rolls into Lake Camanche on May 18th to see if some of those Motherlode region bass feel like playin!

See you there!

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bustemup
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Re: Mike Faez wins FPT Clear Lake with 29 pounds - in 14- foot aluminum boat...Flyin Solo!

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I'm glad everyone got smoked, and weren't able to pick the beds clean like every other year you guys schedule this one for big weights in April.
Awesome job to dude in the 14 footer!
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Re: Mike Faez wins FPT Clear Lake with 29 pounds - in 14- foot aluminum boat...Flyin Solo!

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bustemup wrote:I'm glad everyone got smoked, and weren't able to pick the beds clean like every other year you guys schedule this one for big weights in April.
Awesome job to dude in the 14 footer!
Did you not see the weights?
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