The South Lake Bass Anglers held it's end of the year 2-day
Classic Tournament at Crooked Lake, which is located south of
Lake Wales in Polk County. The launch site was at Bob's Landing.
Day 1 blastoff was delayed about 45 minutes due to heavey fog.
At weigh-in 19 of the 20 anglers had fish to be weighted. The
first place leader was Lonnie Galassi with 5 fish weighting 14.55#,
and big bass of 5.35#. After all the fish were weighed in 88 bass
were caught with a total weight of 159.84#. With a clear morning
on Sunday 21 anglers set out to catch Lonnie and take this years
Classic. At weigh-in 20 of the 21 anglers caught fish. The top five
were, fifth place Manolo Bejar of Orlando with 10 fish weighing 21.11#.
fourth place was Rick Adams of Clermont, he had 10 fish that weighted
21.47#. Third place from Clermont, Brian Olson, he had 10 fish that went
21.61#. Second place was Scott Pritt of Clermont. Scott weighted in 10
fish that weighted 21.64#, Scott also had big bass for day 2 with a
7.57# bass and wins big bass for the tournament, and for the year by
edging out Rodney Harville who had a 7.43# bass. First place goes to day 1 leader Lonnie Galassi of Groveland with 10 fish weighting 24.60 #.

On day 2 the club
had caught 85 bass for 162.93#. A 2 day total of 173 bass were weighed
in for a total of 322.77#.
Year end top ten ( note: Manolo and John Bloom sr. was tied with points and with the number of fish caught. Final tie breaker was total weight. Manolo had 83.50 pounds and John Bloom sr. had 83.04 pounds.

Club Champion Paul McDonald.....2410
2nd. Manolo Bejar......2335*
3rd. John Bloom Sr.....2335*
4th. Lonnie Galassi....2315
5th. Brian Herndon.....2305
6th. Al Smith..........2245
7th. Scott Pritt.......2175
8th. George weidman....2170
9th. Bo Fairfield......2165
10th. Dave Spence.......2120

Top 5



( L-R ) Manolo , Rick, Brian O , Scott, and the winner Lonnie )





Big Bass day 1 Lonnie. Big Bass Day 2 and for the Classic Scott