June 30, 2022 at 11:12 a.m.
UMBCS teams take on Boom Lake
High winds make for tough fishing
UMBCS teams take on Boom Lake
Tournaments on Boom Lake always add an element of strategy that make them a bit different than on some other bodies of water. At take off, teams decide whether they want to head up the river and through the long no-wake section to chase smallmouth, or stay closer to the lake and take their chances on largemouth. In recent years, the smallmouth brought in have been bigger overall, although some big largemouth still cross the scales. The field is usually split as far as which fish teams target. That was the case for the UMBCS tournament last Sunday as well. Overall, 97 fish were brought to the scales. Of those, 54 were smallmouth and 43 were largemouth.
Twelve of the 20 teams were able to grind out a five-fish limit of fish to bring to the scales by the end of the day. Only two teams were unable to boat a legal bass that day.
In the end, Ty Jesse and Chase Vaughn, who are always favorites to place well if not win on Boom Lake, won the day with a 16.66 pound limit of smallmouth. They also took big bass at 5.09 pounds.
Ben Otto and Casey Gallagher took second with 14.79 pounds. This was a redemption year for them after coming in at last year's UMBCS tournament without a fish to weigh.
Third place was the father and son team of Ron and Kyle Martinson with 14.73 pounds. It was the first tournament they had fished together, with a great result.
Fourth place was Chinou Xiong and Thomas Vang with 13.21 pounds. Fifth place was rounded out by Tom Perkins and Blake Melvin.
The next stop for the UMBCS Central Division will be on July 17 on the Willow Flowage. Several tournament trails have enjoyed fishing the Willow in the last several years. The Flowage has become a favorite for many bass tournament anglers.
Beckie Gaskill may be reached via email at [email protected].
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