WON Vineyard @ Clear Lake.....38.04 to win

WON Teams · Post by **WON Teams** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:52 pm

WON Vinyeard top 5

Simard/Welch 38.04 big fish 13.31
Hage/Seals 29.20
Church/Kidder 25.37
Raza/Vignolo 21.69
Saraiba/Mayhen 21.43

complete results tomorrow on wonbass.com

Thanks to all who came out. Congratulations to Alan Welch on the fish of a lifetime!

Slippy · Post by **Slippy** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:44 pm

13.31 damn!

Bob Simard · Post by **Bob Simard** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:05 pm

Smooth blastoff, easy weighin, quick awards. Another great job Gary and crew.

Al's wife tells me he's been smiling since he got home! My hands have been shaking since I saw that Big Dog boil 20 feet from the boat striping line... what a day.

We'll see you in a few months at Berryesa... hopefully last to weigh in again!

Best Regards,

Bob Simard

JamesH · Post by **JamesH** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:57 pm

Nice job guys. That is a huge fish and a huge sack. Come on Bob spill the beans, let's hear the whole story....

James Huffmon

BassTraveler · Post by **BassTraveler** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:29 am

WOW! Bob,
Congrats on the HUGE Bag.
One of those days you'll never forget!
When you take out the 13+, you guys still had an over 6 pound average.

You both did good!

tommypV2 · Post by **tommypV2** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:55 am

Dang Bob -
That's a great weight.. congrats! What a toad...

StockOption · Post by **StockOption** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:38 am

Yeah Seig that's what amazed me too.

Even without that 13+ monster the 6lb average is quite impressive in and of itself.

Nice catches for sure

Bob Simard · Post by **Bob Simard** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:06 pm

Hey Boys,

Yep - Sieg, one of those days... caught a pod of big girls up chewing. First a 6, then 7, then... 13.3 oh my God, then an 8, then a heavy 4... We could have culled the 4 but at that point, I knew we had FU weight and didn't really want to be seen so we left, got close, and started running fresh water and Rejuvenate through the wells...

the old "run-and-gun in Big Fish water and hope they're up" deal.... We did, they were.

When that big fish hit I had the boat moving forward. Al gets bit and just say's "It's big." I honestly thought he had a tail hooked carp she was stripping line so fast heading deep. I got the boat stopped and we ran it down. She boiled 20 feet or so from the boat and I knew she was quality but not until I got the net in water and saw the depth to the fish did my knees start shaking. She was 27 inches long and 22 inches in girth. A Big, Fat girl! Imagine here in 4 months! (She was real lively going back in the water - tore a big gash out of my thumb!)

God I love that Pond!

Regards,

Bob Simard

JimmyReese · Post by **JimmyReese** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:34 pm

Great job Bob!

Unreal weight! Thanks for the story but I dont think anybody would of seen ya if your were fishing the DAM!

You shoulda stayed there til ya hit the 50 mark!

Next time!!!

(Smart

)

Jimmy

MIKE TREMONT · Post by **MIKE TREMONT** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:59 pm

Wow, great job gentleman, all of you guys. 29+ for second!

I haven't been doing this to long, but it wasn't but a few years ago that 12-15 lb. sacks would win up that way this time of year.

Wonder what your all going to do when this swimbait thing wears out, or will it?