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Northeast Bassmasters

2012 Year End Fishing Facts

*There were 12 Points Tournaments for the 2012

fishing season

*169 fisherman became members of Northeast during

the 2012 season making this year's membership the

largest ever

*81 teams fished the 12 tournament schedule

*137 five fish limits were caught during the 12 events

*61.4 % of the field caught limits this season

*A total of 828 bass were weighed in

*610 were large mouths

*218 were small mouths

*The total weight for the season was 1701.47 pounds

*Average weight of the fish caught was 2.05 pounds

*The team with the most weight for the season goes to

Skip Lerman and Mitch Pierson with 135.56 pounds

*The season's heaviest bag was 18.21 pounds

caught by the team of J. Hammond and H. Zienowicz

*The team of Schmidt and Salvatore caught the big fish

for the year a 5 pound 13.4 ounce large mouth

*The most fish caught for the season was 9 five fish

limits or 45 fish for the 9 events that the team of Skip

Lerman and Mitch Pierson fished

*The only team to fish all 12 events was team Williams

*Our best attended tournament with 28 teams fishing

the event was on May 19, 2012 on Candlewood Lake

Fish Caught:

35 Large Mouth

93 Small Mouth

Total 128

Total weight for fish caught = 346.5 pounds

Average fish weight = 2.7 pounds each

*We averaged 18.6 teams per event

*Top six teams based on points + total weight

1^st Paul Schmidt and Ed Kerr 1967

2^nd Skip Lerman and Mitch Pierson 1876

3^rd Mike Williams 1842

4^th Greg Breen and Chris Strabone 1465

5^th Dave Tierney and Nick Runo 1406

6^th Greg Beattie and Joe Pulice 1359

*2012 Tournament Lunkers

4-14 Hopatcong Mike Wallace 4lb 15.8oz

5-12 Candlewood Joe Follet & John Stanley 4lb 13.2oz

5-19 Candlewood Mike Heller & Art Vitale 4lb 13.8oz

6-16 Hopatcong Gary & Jeff Voss 4lb 10.2oz

6-30 Greenwood Dan Murphy & Don Nichols 4lb 2.6oz

7-14 Hopatcong Paul Schmidt & Len Salvatore 5lb 13.4oz

7-28 Greenwood Len Salvatore & Mike Kloss 3lb 4.2oz

8-11 Hopatcong Rich Kale & Rich Swisstack 3lb 14.8oz

8-25 Greenwood Art Vitale & Mike Keller 4lb3.2oz

9-8 Hopatcong Art Vitale & Ben Keysper 4lb 3.2oz

9-22 Greenwood Dave Tierney & Nick Runo 2lb 15.2oz

9-29 Hopatcong Greg Breen & Chris Strabone 4lb 5.8oz

*Fall Classic October 6^th 2012

*A full field of twenty teams fished the event

*Fish Caught

44 Large Mouth

2 Small Mouth

Total 46

Total weight for fish caught = 93.12 pounds

Average fish weight = 2.12 pounds each

*First Place Skip Lerman & Mitch Pierson 13lb 10.4oz

*Second Place Mike Kloss & Len Salvatore 13lb 9.8oz

*Third Place Gary & Jeff Voss 10lb 15.2oz

*Fourth Place Paul Schmidt & Ed Kerr 9lb 8oz

I hope to see you all on the water for the 2013 season.

Have a Happy, Healthy, and Fish Filled New Year.

Paul