Big Bass Open - Bi - Hourly Payout - Chester County Bass Masters - August 19

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Chester County Bass Masters
Bi - Hourly Big Bass Open Tournament
Saturday August 19th, 2017
Upper Chesapeake - Anchor Marine

This is a Big Bass Open where teams will have four different chances, once every two hours, to win the cash prize for the biggest single fish of each 2 hour period.

Bi - Hourly weigh - in periods will be at 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12 Noon and 2:30 pm.


Example payout : for a 40 - boat field, each period will pay $ 1000.

2nd biggest bass of each period will receive a $ 125 Sunoco gas card


Sponsored by:

Sunoco
Susquehanna Fishing Tackle
Dobyns Rods
Zee Bait Company
Cal Coat Fishing - Clip n Cull
Hi Seas fishing line
Bass Cat
Wood Boat and Motors Sales
ServPro of Hunt Valley
ProAction Restoration
River Bottom Reels
Cabela's Christiana Mall
Nauti Goose Restaurant - North East Maryland
Jim Schmucker Fiberglass & Gelcoat Repair
GRT Jigs



Entry fee: $ 125.00 per boat
Prize money: 80% payback
Registration : 4:30 - 6:00 a.m. at the ramp (Anchor Marina) or ( Mail In the form linked below )
Launch: First light ( 6:00 a.m. )
Tx ends at 2:30 (number must be turned in at registration table)


Field Format: One or two anglers per boat.

Bi - Hourly weigh in periods will be at 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12 Noon and 2:30 pm.

Each team can weigh one ( 1 ) fish per period.

No phones, computers, or other devices may be used to share information about what has been weighed in hourly. Anglers must visit the weigh station in person to get updates.

A Contestant must be in the official weigh in line with their fish to be weighed at conclusion of time period in order to be counted for that time period. If not in line the fish will be weighed for the next time period.

Once weighed, fish are released into the recovery tank.

For reasons of conservation, all bass brought to the official weigh-in station must be in a weigh bag with adequate water. If a Participant does not have a weigh bag, one will be provided by TX Staff. Bass must be alive to be weighed-in. Any Participant that is found transporting bass to weigh-in without adequate water in the weigh-in bag will not be allowed to weigh bass during that official period. Subsequent violations will result in forfeiting that bass from official weigh-in. Any Participant that transports more than one (1) bass in a weigh-in bag will not be allowed to weigh-in during that official period. Subsequent violation may result in Participant(s) forfeiting their bass from official weigh-in.

Payouts will be made at the conclusion of the final weigh period.

Payouts will be cash for the largest bass weighed in each of the 4 periods.

No more than 3 fish in livewells at any time.

The tournament is Bass Cat Quest certified, if the overall big fish winner is in a registered Bass Cat and there are 30 or more entries they will receive $ 250 from Bass Cat.


Downloadable entry form can be found on our Open Tx Page, left side :

http://chestercountybassmasters.weeb...--results.html


Complete Big Bass Tournament rules can be found here :

http://www.chestercountybassmasters....p?topic=5191.0

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Saturdays weather looks good, partly cloudy, winds 5 - 10.

We'll be at the ramp at 4:30 for registration.


Chester County Bass Masters
Bi - Hourly Big Bass Open Tournament
Presented by Sunoco
Saturday August 19th, 2017

This is a Big Bass Open where teams will have four different chances, once every two hours, to win the cash prize for the biggest single fish of each 2 hour period.

Bi - Hourly weigh - in periods will be :

6:00 am - 8:00 am

8:00 am - 10:00 am

10:00 am - 12 noon

12 Noon and 2:30 pm.

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Results ? Thanks

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Chester County Bass Masters held their Inaugural Bi - Hourly Big Bass tournament on August 19th out of Anchor Marine in Northeast Maryland.

14 Teams showed up to fish a unique style tournament where every team could weigh 1 fish each two hour interval.

Weigh in periods were 6 to 8, 8 to 10, 10 to 12 and 12 to 2:30.

Air temps at launch were around 70 and humid with very light winds. The tournament launched at 6:00 under partial cloud cover with a forecast high of 85.

Water temps were in the 82 to 85 degree range depending on where you fished. Water in the Northeast was muddy after 2 inches of rain fell on the area Friday with a little better water out on the Flats and Susky.

Launch was on a rising tide with a high tide around 9:00.

The Flats were busy as a few other tournaments were launched on various ramps thru out the bay and as usual this time of the year per August fishing the largemouth can be elusive.

All bass were released alive and healthy.

Thanks to everyone who came out to fish, we and our sponsors appreciate the support and friendly competition.

Thanks to Sunoco Fuels for awarding over $ 500 in gas cards to our second place finishers in each period.

The next regular Chester County open of 2017 will be on Saturday, September 16th out of Anchor Marine.
http://www.chestercountybassmasters....p?topic=5205.0

Period 1 weigh in started at launch around 6 am and would last until 8 am.
4 teams would eventually weigh fish with each coming in to weigh fish between 7:15 and 7:50.

Taking 3rd place and a Hi Seas fishing line package was JR Shoener and Dave Wilt with a 2.16 Lb largemouth.


2nd place and $ 130.00 in Sunoco gas cards went to the team of Paul and Stephan Sirochman with a 2.64 Lb bass.



1st place cash went to the team of Sam Rineer and Rich von Nordeck who weighed in a 3.52 pounder.


Period 2 weigh in started at 8 and ran until 10.
Only 2 teams would venture back to the scales this period.

2nd place $ 130 Sunoco gas cards went to Dan Raftovich and Jim Boulden with a 3.89 Lb largemouth.



1st place cash went to Team Murphy, Steve and Austen who brought in a healthy 6.03 bass to also take the big fish for the day.


Period 3 weigh in started at 10 and ran until Noon.
5 teams would come in at various times to weigh their fish.

3rd place Hi Seas line pack went to Chet Berkey and Chris Patton who brought in a 3.40 big fish.


2nd place and the $ 130 in Sunoco gas cards were awarded to Lou Croce and Jim Pitcherello for weighing a 4.43 largemouth.



1st place money went to Steve Jagodzinski fishing solo who brought in the 2nd biggest fish of the day a nice 5.16 bass.


Period 4 weigh in ran from Noon until check in time at 2:30.
7 teams would weigh in this final period.

Third place Hi Seas line went to Jimmy and Richard Hayden with a 4.54 big fish.


2nd place and the $ 130 in Sunoco gas cards would go to Steve Jagodzinski who weighed in a 4.87 fish almost matching his 3rd period bass.



1st place cash was won by Ron Lutz and John Detwiler, winning by only 0.04 of a lb with a 4.91 largemouth.


First period :
Rineer - Von Nordeck - 3.52 Lb.
Sirochman - Sirochman - 2.64 Lb.
Shoener - Wilt - 2.16 Lb.
Weimar - Marshall - 1.66 Lb.

Second period :
Murphy - Murphy - 6.03 Lb.
Raftovich - Boulden - 3.89 Lb.

Third period :
Steve Jagodzinski - 5.16 Lb.
Croce - Pitcherello - 4.43 Lb.
Berkey - Patton - 3.40 Lb.
Raftovich - Boulden - 3.11 Lb.
Hayden - Hayden - 3.00 Lb.

Fourth period :
Lutz - Detwiler - 4.91 Lb.
Steve Jagodsinzki - 4.87 Lb
Hayden - Hayden - 4.54 Lb.
Murphy - Murphy - 4.51 Lb.
Reams - Murphy - 3.79 Lb.
Rineer - von Nordeck - 2.92 Lb
Sirochman - Sirochman- .97.Lb