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2023 Club Tournament results
06/21/2023 The first club tournament on the Maurice river featured Mark A taking first place with 5 bass for a total of 13.07, he also took lunker with 3.15. Mark W. took second with 5 fish weighing 6.04. Third place was by Bob P. with 2 bass for 3.06. 4th was John C. with 1 fish for 1.12. 5th Kevin O. 2 for 1.11. 6th, Bob R., 1 for .13. There were 7 anglers with 6 weighing in for a total of 16 bass for a total weight of 30.16 lbs. for an average weight of 1.88.
06/28/2023 Our tournament on Union Lake had 15 anglers competing with a total 23 largemouth and 3 smallmouth were brought to the scales for a total weight of 48.45 lbs. . Timmy M. Took first with 5 bass for 10.02 lbs., Howard B. took second with 4 bass for 7.71, he also took lunker with a 3.61 bass. John F. took third with 3 bass for5.03. 4th, Jim C. 2 for 4.34. 5th, Bob R. 2 for 4.05. 6th, Troy P. 2 for 3.43. 7th, Ken O. 2 for 3.37. 8th, Lally P. 1 for 2.90. 9th, Jay B. 2 for 2.50. 10th, Vinny P. 1 for 2.45. 11th, Al F. 1 for 0.98. 12th, Mark W. 1 for 0.67. Average weight per bass was 1.93.
07/05/2023 Lake Audrey gave up a lot of bass for the 19 anglers fishing it. A whopping 84 bass were caught for a total of 90.88 lbs. First place honors go to Bob P. with 5 bass for 6.72, second went to Kevin O. with 5 for 6.14. Third was John F. with 5 for 6.00. 4th Joe F. with 5 for 5.90. 5th Howard B with 5 for 5.87. 6th John C. with 5 for 5.73. 7th Vinny P. with 5 for 5.73 (tie breaker for 6th and 7th determined by biggest bass length) 8th Mark W. with 5 for 5.40 9th Larry P. with 5 for 5.14 10th Bob R. with 5 for 5.11 11th Jay B. with 5 for 5.09 12th Dominic S. with 5 for 4.92 13th Jim C. with 5 for 4.59 14th Mark A with 5 for 4.41 15th Troy P. with 5 for 3.35 16th Al F. with 2 for 1.67 15th Steve P. had no bass weighed in. Guest Ayden had 5 for 6.22 and he also had lunker at 2.71 John F. Jr. had 2 for 2.89. Average weight per bass was 1.09.
07/12/2023 Sunset Lake was hot with light winds. With 15 club members and 4 guest, a total of 39 Bass were caught for 58.17 lbs.. Mark W. took first with 5 bass for 8.40. He also took lunker with 2.31. Second went to Joe F. with 5 bass for 7.70. Third place went to John F. with 5 bass for 7.67. 4th, Vinny P. with 5 bass for 7.59. 5th was Bob P. with 4 bass for 5.12. 6th was Howard B. with 4 bass for 4.97. 7th was Bob R. with 3 bass for 4.63. 8th was Brian N. with 2 bass for 2.78. 9th was Timmy N. with 2 bass for 2.73. 10th was Jim C. with 2 bass for 2.68. 11th was Jay B. with one bass for 1.56. 12th was Al F. with one bass for 1.00. Guest Ayden had one Bass for 1.34. Mark A., Lou Z., Bethany and Dave R. did not weigh in. Average weight per bass was 1.50.
07/19/2023 Shepperd's Mill had a very dismal catch. With 10 anglers fishing, only 9 keeper bass were weighed in for 6.25 lbs.. There were plenty of sublegal bass caught though. First place honors went to Joe F. with 3 bass for 2.33. He also had lunker weighing 1.06. Second place went to Bob R. with 1 bass for 0.90. Third place was Bob P. with 1 for 0.72. Fourth place was a tie with Troy P. and Vinny P. both catching a bass for 0.62. 6th place was Kevin O. with 1 for 0.56 and 7th place was Brian N. with one for 0.50. John F., Howard B. and Dave B. did not bring any to the scale. Average weight per bass was 0.70
07/26/2023 Salem Canal had 14 Anglers catching 38 bass for 59.74 lbs. First place honors went to Kevin O. with 5 bass for 11.53, Second place was Jay B. with 5 bass for 11.49, 3rd was Troy P. with 5 Bass for 6.66, 4th was Mark W. with 5 bass for 6.10 5th was Bob P. with 4 bass for 5.75, 6th was Howard B. with 2 for 4.98, he also had lunker with 4.00. 7th was John F. with 4 bass for 4.13, 8th was Joe F. with 2 for 3.11, Vinny P. took 9th with 2 for 3.08, 10th went to Trent C. with 1 for 1.79, 11th was Justin F. with 1 for 2.00, 12th was Bob R. with 1 for 0.82. Jake B. and John C. did not bring any to the scale. Average weight per bass was 1.57
08/02/2023 Malaga Lake had 16 anglers catching 26 bass for 39.19. Mark A. took 1st with 5 fish for 9.78. 2nd place went to Bob R. with just 1 bass weighing 4.00 which also took lunker. 3rd was Jim C. with 2 Bass for 3.63. 4th was John C. with 3 fish for 3.25. 5th was Larry P. with 2 for 2.79. 6th was Kevin O. with 2 for 2.56. 7th Mark W. with 2 for 2.48. 8th John F. with 2 for 2.46. 9th was Steve P. with 2 for 2.16. 10th was Howard B. with 2 for 2.03. 11th was Joe F. with 1 for 1.84. 12th was Bob P. with 1 for 1.28. 13th was Troy P. with 1 for 1.23. Trent C., John F. Jr. and Brian did not weigh any in. Average weight of bass was 1.51
08/09/2023 Clarks Pond had a very dismal catch for the 11 anglers fishing. Only 7 Bass weighing a total of 14.36 lbs. were weighed in! 1st place went to Mark W. with 2 bass for 5.22, he also had lunker with 3.77 lbs. 2nd was John F. with 2 bass for 3.74. Kevin O. took 3rd with 2.41, 4th was Bob P. with 1 for 1.70. 5th was Mark A. with 1 for 1.39. Jim C, Troy P., Bob R., Al F., Howard B. and Brian N. did not weigh in.
08/16/2023 Union Lake had a decent catch with 11 anglers catching 23 bass for a total weight of 34.98. First place went to Howard B. with 5 bass for 6.81, Second was Mark W. with 4 bass for 6.60, Third was Mark B. with 5 bass for 6.21, 4th was Joe F. with 3 bass for 5.23. He also took lunker with a smallmouth of 2.97, 5th was Bob P. with 3 bass for 4.97, 6th was Troy P. with 2 for 4.37, 7th was Al F. with one bass for .82 Bob R., Brian N., Steve P. and Keith O. did not bring any to the scales.
08/23/2023, Salem Canal featured 13 Anglers and 30 bass were caught for a total of 44.46. Tim N. took first place with a decent catch of 5 bass for 10.04. Kevin O. took second with 5 bass for 9.55. He also took Lunker with a 2.91 bass. Jay B. took third with 4 bass for 4.37. 4th was Mark W. with 3 bass for 4.19. 5th place went to John F. with 3 bass for 3.36. 6th was Mark A with 2 bass for 3.13 7th was Joe F. with 2 bass for 2.30. 8th was Bob Potts with 2 bass for 2.20. 9th was Howard B.. with 1 bass for 1.73. 10th went to Trent C. with 1 bass for 1.59. 11th was Troy P. with 1 bass for 1.02. 12th was Bob R. with 1 bass for 0.99. Brian N. did not weigh any in.
08/30/2023 Lake Audrey did not disappoint and as usual, the bass were on the small size. 18 anglers caught a total of 65 bass for 69.34 lbs. 1st place went to Jay B. with 5 bass for 7.36 lbs. 2nd place went to Kevin O. with 5 fish for 6.69, 3rd place honors went to Joe F. with 5 for 5.99, 4th place was Vinny P. with 5 bass for 5.66, he also took lunker with a 1.96 bass, 5th was Bob R. with 5 for 5.65, 6th was Mark W. with 5 for 5.57, 7th was John F. with 5 for 5.49, 8th was Brian W. with 4 for 5.02, 9th was Larry P. with 5 for 4.90, 10th was Al F. with 4 for 4.27, 11th was Troy P. with 4 for 4.14, 12th was Bob P. with 3 for 3.43, 13th was Ayden B. with 3 for 3.34, 14th was Mark A. with 3 for 2.80. 15th was Trent C. with 2 for 2.27 Jim C. and Steve P. did not weigh in.
09/06/2023 Temperature wise the club tournament at Sunset Lake was the hottest one of the year, but there were 37 bass caught for 54.16lbs. Unfortunately the scale malfunctioned and we had to use a hand scale, so weights were in pounds and ounces. First place went to Brian N. with 5 bass for 9 lbs, 9oz. Second was Mark A. with 5 for 7lbs, 14oz. Third place went to Jay B. with 5 bass for 7lbs, 7oz. Jay also took lunker with a 2lb, 6oz Bass. 4th had Joe F. weigh in 4 bass for 5lbs, 12oz. 5th was John F. with 4 for 5lbs, 9oz. 6th was Bob P. with 4 for 5lbs, 3 oz.7th was Bob R. with 4 for 4lbs, 8oz. 8th was Mark W. with 3 for 3lbs, 14 oz. 9th was Al F. with 1 bass for 1lb, 11oz. 10 place was Kevin O with 1 for 1lb, 8oz. 11th was Trent C. with 1 bass for 1lb. Troy P. and Howard B did not weigh any in.
09/13/2023 Our final regular season tournament was held on Union Lake with 12 anglers participating. A total of 18 bass were caught for a total weight of 31.33 lbs., which included one smallmouth bass. First place went to Jay B. with 3 bass for 4.88 lbs. Second place was Mark W with 2 bass for 4.44 lbs. He also took lunker with a 2.73 lb. bass. Third was Bob P. with 3 fish for 4.31. Al F. took 4th with 4.15 lbs. John F. took 5th with 3.86 lbs. 6th was Brian N. with 2 for 2.99 lbs., 7th was Mark A. with 1 bass for 2.64 lbs. 8th was Bob R. with 1 bass for 1.53 lbs. 9th was Kevin O. with 1 for 1.28 lbs. 10th was Joe F. with 1 for 1.15 lbs. Troy P. and Howard B. did not bring any to the scales.
Note: The lunker pot will be tallied at $5 per angler and will be a flat payout of $50 after 10 anglers!
2023 Tournament Schedule
Date/Location
June 21 Maurice River
June 28 Union Lake
July 5 Lake Audrey
July 12 Sunset Lake
July 19 Sheppard's Mill
July 26 Salem Canal
August 2 Malaga Lake
August 9 Clarks Pond
August 16 Union Lake
August 23 Salem Canal
August 30 Lake Audrey
September 6 Sunset Lake
September 13 Union Lake
September 30 Classic Newton Lake
2023 Open Buddy Tournaments
Date Time Location Notes
Saturday, May 20 7-3 Union Lake Pickerel
Saturday, July 22 6-2 Union Lake
Saturday, July 29 6-2 Salem Canal
Saturday, August 12 6-2 Union Lake
Saturday, October 7 7-3 Union Lake - just added
Club Records as of 09/13/2023:
Heaviest 5 Bass limit caught by Mark A. on Union Lake on 06/21 - 13.07
Largest Lunker caught was tied by both Howard B. and Bob R on
Salem Canal 07/26 and Malaga Lake 08/02. 4.00 even.
Biggest Smallmouth, Caught by Joe F. on Union Lake on 08/16/2023 2.97 lbs.
Lake with the most total bass - Lake Audrey on 07/05, 84 Bass
Lake with the heaviest total weight - Lake Audrey on 07/05 90.88
349 total caught with an average catch for 13 Lakes - 27.58 per Lake
Total weight of 567.11 for an average weight for 13 lakes fished: 43.62
Bob Potts, John Franchetta, Al Franchetta,
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Club News and other information!
After the classic, the top six point getters are eligible to participate in the SJBCA Bass Bowl.
An open buddy tournament was added for October 7, 2023 on Union Lake!
*ATTENTION*
Club members must attend at least 9 regular season tournaments to participate in the end of the year classic!
Tournament Time for Lake Audrey will be 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
The top six place winners at the end of the season will be eligible to fish in the SJBCA Bass Bowl.
Due to permitting conflicts, the SJBCA Bass Bowl, which was scheduled for Beltzville Reservoir on October 15, 2023 has been switched to the second place vote of Union Lake!
The SJBCA fisherman's flea market will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
Cumberland County Bassmasters was formed in 2005 by John and Al Franchetta to promote individual, competitive and fun bass fishing tournaments. It initially was a member of the B.A.S.S Federation, but there was not enough interest to stay in it. We fish local lakes and hold 4-5 open buddy tournaments per year. At the end of the season we hold an awards banquet at a location voted on by our members. As we are a member of the South Jersey Bass Club Association, we participate in the annual Bass Bowl, which takes the top six members of each club (there at this time 22 clubs in the association) at the end of the season, usually the 2nd or third Sunday in October in which the member clubs of the association vote on the location. Also at the end of the year we hold an awards banquet to honor those in the club that excelled in the tournaments.
At this time, we are not accepting new members, but sometimes will let a guest fish with a member upon club approval!
Point Race
As of 09/06/2023
Name Maurice River, Union Lake, Lake Audrey, Sunset Lake, Sheppard's Mill, Salem Canal, Malaga Lake, Clarks Pond, Union Lake, Salem Canal, Lake Audrey, Sunset Lake, Union Lake, Classic Total
Bob P. 90 0 100 80 90 80 50 85 85 65 50 70 90 935
Mark A. 105 50 50 50 0 0 100 80 90 75 50 95 65 800
Mark W. 95 50 65 105 0 85 65 105 95 85 70 60 95 975
Joe M. 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
Bob R. 75 80 55 70 95 50 100 50 50 50 25 65 60 825
Kevin O. 80 65 95 0 75 100 70 90 50 100 95 50 55 930
John C. 85 50 75 50 0 50 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 395
Howard B. 0 95 80 75 50 80 80 50 100 60 50 50 50 770
John F. 0 90 90 90 50 70 60 95 0 80 65 75 75 840
Jim C. 0 85 50 55 0 0 90 50 0 0 50 0 0 380
Larry P. 0 60 60 50 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 250
Vinny P. 0 50 70 85 85 60 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 440
Troy P. 0 70 50 0 85 90 50 50 80 50 50 50 50 680
Timmy N. 0 105 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 265
Steve P. 0 50 50 0 0 0 55 0 50 0 50 0 0 255
Al F. 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 50 75 0 55 55 80 465
Jay B. 0 55 50 50 0 95 0 0 0 90 100 90 50 585
Joe F. 0 0 85 95 105 65 50 0 90 70 90 80 55 730
Dominic S. 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
Brian N. 0 0 0 65 75 0 0 50 50 50 60 100 70 520
Trent C. 0 0 0 0 0 55 50 0 0 50 50 50 0 255
Throw out points will be posted at the end of the season!
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