New Clear Lake tournament record

Ross England · Post by **Ross England** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:50 am

Congrats to Russ Stansbury and Andy Parsons for posting a new one day tournament record for a 5 fish limit on Clear Lake. They brought over 44 pounds to the scales Sunday during the Holder Ford team tournament including an 11 and a 14.

As the former record holder with almost 42 pounds, let me be the first to congratulate their awesome day on the water! Speaking with them both after the event it was apparent they were still somewhat amazed at what they had accomplished, I remember that feeling.

Couldn't happen to a nicer pair of guys!

Lake · Post by **Lake** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:55 am

Awesome job and congrats to my fellow kickboaters. You guys rocked

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:23 am

GREAT JOB , WHAT A DAY !!!! CANT WAIT TO SEE WANT IT TOOK TO CASH A CHECK, WHATS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT WEEK TWO RECORDS IN TWO WEEKS WOW WHAT A FISHERY.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:23 am

i thought the record would be more than that. Don't get me wrong that is a monster sack!!!!! congrats. Does anyone know what the Delta record sack is?

lionkiller · Post by **lionkiller** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:08 pm

What about that thread a week or two back that said there weren't any big bass left in Clear Lake? Didn't those guys read that?.....

Seriously. When it takes over 70 to win, you know you're in an awesome fishery. We had to make two trips in the release boat on Saturday!

& stay tuned for BASS......

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:11 pm

WoW! Just think, if they only had a kicker fish!

Tobe · Post by **Tobe** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:52 pm

What about that thread a week or two back that said there weren't any big bass left in Clear Lake? Didn't those guys read that?.....

Lionkiller,

The thread you are referring to was " Clear Lake record bass"

We all know that big bass (10-14lbs) are caught on a rather regular basis in Clear Lake, but the huge bass that this lake is capable of producing has eluded anglers for quite some time.

The recent tournament weights to some extent have proven this theory, if a planting program was implemented to maintain the Florida strain bass we may be seeing more 14-18 lb bass and possibly some 20lbers.

Just a little food for thought!

aparsons · Post by **aparsons** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:25 pm

Thanks, Ross. It was an unbelievable day, one that I'm sure neither of us will ever forget. It really is great to see Russ taking off as an angler - he's definitely paid his dues, & it is paying off.

Here's a photo of Russ with his 14.5 & 11.2 lb fish, courtesy of Tim Goldberg:

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And here's one of Russ & me. I'm holding the 7 lb'er that I caught that's dwarfed by Russ' 14.5 lb fish:

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Thanks, Korny, for another well-run, fun event. The weigh-in went smoothly, the dinner was terrific, & the fishing was epic. Over 50 lbs for 2 days to get in the top 12 or so? Wow.

Andy

CATCHEMCARO · Post by **CATCHEMCARO** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:40 pm

WOW, those guys rock! I think they both got their start in float's.
Good going guys, way to represent.
Rich

StockOption · Post by **StockOption** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:39 pm

Unreal sack, nice work

All I can say about Clear Lake right now is one word:

A M A Z I N G

The bite is off the hook.

TTCal · Post by **TTCal** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:47 am

StockOption wrote:Unreal sack, nice work

All I can say about Clear Lake right now is one word:

A M A Z I N G

Ditto.... WOW

Tobe · Post by **Tobe** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:12 am

Unbelievable, fantastic job guys.

That record will be hard to beat.

Fish Chris · Post by **Fish Chris** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:04 am

That is just unreal ! I mean, from a personal standoint, the total sack weight is fairly impressive, and congrats to these guys for the win.
But I'm just not sure how many people, understand how "huge" of a deal a 14.5 from Clear Lk. is !

I honestly can't remember the last time I heard of a bass this big from Clear which was actually weighed !

I mean from Berry, or Pedro, or even the Delta, a few bass of this size, or even larer can basically be expected every year. But from Clear ? Whooo hooo !

Awesome fish !
Peace,
Fish

Ron C · Post by **Ron C** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:58 am

...a 14.5 is the biggest bass that I have heard being caught at Clear Lake in a long time. I have a feeling that the BASSMASTER Elite Series tournament there in two weeks will crush the existing four-day/20 fish winning weight record of 115-15.

Congrats to Russ Stansbury and Andy Parsons on their great victory.

BassTraveler · Post by **BassTraveler** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:32 am

Congrats to Russ Stansbury and Andy Parsons on their great victory.

With the looks of things...I guess Russ has brought back the Don Johnson look.
Great, now we have to have a five o'clock shadow just to catch 14+pound fish!:shock: