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The eighteenth annual Lake Auman Sports Club’s Spring Team Bass Tournament took place on Saturday, May 16 on Lake Auman. Thirty-one anglers made up the 12 teams that competed in this four-hour catch-and-release event.
Prizes were awarded to the top three teams with the heaviest total weights for the day and to the top three individuals for the three largest bass caught.
Overall, there were 60 fish at the tournament weigh-in with every team checking in with the tournament five-fish limit.
First place honors went to the family team of Adam and Ronnie Minicucci and their son Kierce, with their five fish weighing 18.428 pounds. In second place was the team of Morris Goins and Russell Jackson with their five fish weighing 15.14 pounds. In third place rounding out the prize winner team list was another family team with Nate Stoven and his sons Blake and Grey whose fish weighed a total of 14.70 pounds.
The top three big bass prizes went to Grey Stoven for catching a 6.0 pound bass, to Ronnie Minicucci for a 5.66 pound bass and to Ryan Lovett weighing in the third largest bass at 4.4 pounds.
A picnic luncheon followed the annual tournament again. Jim Kessler set up the luncheon and was assisted by Don Smith.
Tom Gaffney, Wade Bliss and Jim Beck officiated the weigh-in with Charlie Flinchum lending a hand.
On hand to capture the event on camera, both on shore and on the water, was LASC photographer Steve Reid.
The Lake Auman Sports Club bass tournaments are held each year in the spring. For questions and additional information about tournaments or the Lake Auman Sports Club, contact the tournament organizer, Don Smith.
