Gillespie Bass Club

Just a reminder. Shelbyville tourney is slated for September 18th, 2011, 6:30-2:30, Opossum boat ramp.

On August 14, 2011, family and friends of the Gillespie Bass Club got together for the annual kids tournament on Litchfield Lake. As always, a great time was had by all! A great amount of thanks goes out to all that donated.

Photos are HERE

On August 7, 2011, the Gillespie Bass Club held their 10th tournament of the season on one of the largest lakes in Illinois. Carlyle. A lake that could overwhelm any angler with it’s abundant fishing spots, the winner of this tourney concentrated his fishing to just a few spots and came out on top. Again! Normally I don’t go into great detail about who wins the tourney or what that angler has done throughout the year but I think in this case, recognition is deserved. Greg has taken 1st AND Big Bass in the last three regular scheduled tournaments put on by the Gillespie Bass Club. Not only does this guy win the tournament with total weight, he also manages to find a quality fish to boot. Not far away, Greg and his son Chad take part in an open buddy tournament held every Wednesday night on Gillespie New Lake. Stop by the lake some night and I’m sure you’ll hear their names called out with the money winners. Ask him what he thinks and he will brush it off as luck. Either way, this angler is doing something right and he is making it tough on anglers from all around. Good Job Greg!

And now back to the winners from Carlyle. The are as follows:
1st, Greg Satterlee, 3 fish, 8.02 lbs.
2nd, Gus Viehweg, 3 fish, 7.38 lbs.
3rd, Mike Grejtak, 3 fish, 7.10 lbs.
Big Bass, Greg Satterlee, 4.12 lbs.

23 anglers participated with 13 weighing in 23 fish for a total weight of 57.58 lbs.
YTD standings are HERE

Complete tournament results are HERE

Photos are HERE

On July 24th, the Gillespie Bass Club held their 9th tourney of the season on well known “Big Bass” lake, Jacksonville. A lake that has a reputation of consistantly producing 7 lb + fish!!! None of those fish made their ways to the scale on this particular tournament, but a good day on the water none the less. The winners are as follows:

1st, Greg Satterlee, 3 fish, 14.25 lbs.
2nd, Gwaine Crawford, 2 fish, 8.51 lbs.
3rd, Glenn Fulton, 3 fish, 8.00 lbs.
Big Bass, Greg Satterlee, 5.62 lbs.

27 anglers participated with 26 weighing in 53 fish for a total weight of 136.70 lbs.

Standings are HERE

Complete tournament results are HERE

Photos are HERE

On July 10th, 2011, the Gillespie Bass Club fished their 8th tournament of the season on Vandalia Lake. Summer had official set in and the heat was with us. Fishing wasn’t all that bad though. The winners are as follows:

1st, Greg Satterlee, 5 fish, 13.98 lbs.
2nd, Mike Grejtak, 5 fish, 13.03 lbs.
3rd, Butch Revelle, 5 fish, 9.77 lbs.
Big Bass, Greg Satterlee, 5.14 lbs.

32 anglers participated with 26 weighing in 65 fish for a total weight of 141.93 lbs.

Standings are HERE

Complete tournament results are HERE

Photos are HERE

On June 25 and 26th, the Gillespie Bass Club hauled their boats to the Ohio River to participate in their 7th tournament of the season. Smithland Pool is the section of the river they fished and they put in at Golconda Marina. One of the more anticipated trips of the season because the anglers usually have two to three days of quality fishing on the pool. A day or two to scout the river and pre-fish followed by two intense days of figuring out these pesky river fish. Day 1 had the river about 6 inches above normal pool. A little bit of color and a steady current on the main river. Good fishing. The early morning hours of Day 2 was another story though. The anglers were greeted with pretty good thunderstorms causing the river to take on a different look. Fish were still caught though. The winners are as follows: ( two day results)

1st, Mike Slightom, 7 fish, 15.30 lbs.
2nd, Mike Grejtak, 8 fish, 13.53 lbs.
3rd, Bill Augustine, 8 fish, 13.42 lbs.
Big Bass, Mike Slightom, 4.09 lbs.

28 angler participated with 28 weighing in 131 fish for a two day total weight of 205.86 lbs.

Complete tournament results are HERE

YTD standings are HERE

Photos are HERE

On June 12, 2011, the Gillespie Bass Club held their 6th tournament of the season on Lake Lou Yaeger. Also known as Litchfield Lake, it’s a lake the club has fished for many years. Open buddy tournaments are often held on this fishery and anyone who has spent some time on the water will tell you that this body of water can produce some good numbers. It can also humble the honest fisherman. Those who found fish are as follows:

1st, Nathan Troeckler, 3 fish, 7.80 lbs.
2nd, Brad Genetti, 3 fish, 7.76 lbs.
3rd, Jeff Augustine, 3 fish, 7.51 lbs.
Big Bass, Gus Viehweg, 5.31 lbs.

32 anglers participated with 22 weighing in 40 fish for a total weight of 63.07 lbs.

Complete Tournament Results are HERE

YTD standings are HERE

Photos are HERE

On May 15th, 2011, the Gillespie Bass Club headed back to Gillespie New Lake to compete in their fifth tournament of the season. An average day on the water, fishing was kinda tough. The winners are as follows:

1st, Glenn Fulton, 2 fish, 8.99 lbs.
2nd, Bill Augustine, 3 fish, 8.71 lbs.
3rd, Mike Grejtak, 3 fish, 8.38 lbs.
Big Bass, Glenn Fulton, 6.34 lbs.

36 anglers participated with 25 weighing in 44 fish for a total weight of 111.52 lbs.

YTD standings are HERE

Complete tournament results are HERE

Photos are HERE

On May 1st, 2011, the Gillespie Bass Club held their 4th tournament of the season on well known Gillespie New City Lake. The “home” lake of the bass club, one would think that anglers in this club would know the fish in this lake by a first name basis. That is not the case. Gillespie lake is in fact one of the better lakes in the state of Illinois, but catching in this lake can be TOUGH. Yearly creel surveys show a great population of BIG fish in this lake. Competing with the large forage base these fish have and the diverse ever changing structure of the lake can make any fisherman scratch his head. Someone always finds fish though. Here are your winners:

1st, Mike Slightom, 2 fish, 8.46 lbs.
2nd, Gwaine Crawford, 3 fish, 7.48 lbs.
3rd, Matt Stieren, 3 fish, 7.30 lbs.
Big Bass, Chad Satterlee, 4.98 lbs.

34 angler participated with 22 weighing in 35 fish for a total weight of 95.48 lbs

Complete Tournament Results are HERE

YTD standings are HERE

Photos are HERE

Just a reminder for the Gillespie tournament scheduled May 1st. Anyone interested in having a good breakfast before the tournament, feel free to stop in at the Gillespie Fire Dept. around 4:30am. Plenty of trailer parking. See you then.