Auburn NY…. The New
York BASS Chapter Federation (NYBCF) held its annual
six-man Club Team Championship (CTC) Aug 21 &
22 on Owasco Lake. Rochester Bassmasters secured the
day one lead and rode it wire-to-wire to successfully
claim the title.
Twenty four clubs participated for a tournament field
of 72 boats and they sampled the fishery of Owasco
Lake with two very different days of fishing. On Saturday,
the winds were out of the southeast with scattered
clouds. Sunday, the day started with a light drizzle
that developed into a steady downpour with winds from
the south shifting to NNE by the afternoon weigh-in.
A couple of weeks prior to this event, a local tournament
produced four bags over 17 lbs. and many CTC anglers
anticipated similar success upon their arrival. Unfortunately,
the lake decided to make them work for every fish
and by the end of official practice on Friday many
predicted the weights would fall well short of that
mark with 6-8 lbs. a day being respectable.
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