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1 Volume 2013, Issue 10 O R A N G E C O U N T Y B A S S C L U B N E W S L E T T E R B A C K L A S H Oct 5, 2013 Lake Havasu TOP FIVE 1st Place: Chris Grogan 2nd Place: Jonathan D. 3rd Place: Mitch Garcia 4th Place: John Demonet 5th Place Rick Anderson Angler of the Year Points (Final) 1. John Demonet 259 pts 2. Jonathan D. 251 pts 3. Mike Byrum 201 pts 4. Brian Barrett 198 pts 5. Chris Grogan 192pts 6. Rick Anderson 191pts 7. Christopher G. 188 pts 8. Tony Ragusa 180 pts 9. Mitch Garcia 179 pts Chris Grogan wins on the Deep Bite 2013 is in the history book for the Orange County Bass Club, and Chris Grogan found fish from zero to fifty feet deep to win ish using a bluegill colored spinner bait and a blue gill Triple Trout swimbait to put 4 bass in his boat for pounds. getting the nickname of Margarita Mutilator III Man since that is his confidence bait and it has paid off for him several times this year, and this tournament was no the final regular tournament of Mitch Garcia seems to have the the year. Chris gained great confidence different. Rick hook the fifth in his electronics as he spotted fish on his Lowrance and dropped a drop shot worm down to catch the fish. He also caught market on big fish at DVL as he took third place with a 6.35 pound kicker fish to anchor his three bass of pounds. spot at DVL, catching three 15 inchers that tipped the scale to 7.28 pounds. The fishing was a challenge for one on a Spook and one on a I personally got to see John Demonet go to work catching four the 14 OCBC members and two Brushog in twenty feet of water. guests, Angela Ragusa fishing He had 7 keepers for the day and with her dad and Christopher weighed in his best 5 for a total keepers on a Slim Senko Texas rigged without a sinker in the Bowman who fished with Danny weight of pound, the only Caldwell, but I think we all five fish limit brought to the shallow grass. John s 9.87 pounds garnered him a fourth would rather be out there trying scale. than not. Congratulations to place finish. Chris Grogan for his win and Jonathan Demonet finished out Rick Anderson is in danger of Mitch Garcia for his big fish of the year with a second place fin- the day on Diamond Valley Lake. John Demonet is Angler of The Year for Steve Steward 163 pts Club Meetings To say that John Demonet had a good year would be an and set a new two day weight record of pounds. of pounds (Santa Margarita) and the largest bass October 21, 2013 November 18, 2013 December 16, 2013 January 20, 2014 understatement. Along the way to winning the AOY Championship for 2013 he won two tournaments, placed second in three tournaments and third in one tournament, John is also the only person to hold all three records at the same time, the one day weight of pounds, (San Vicente) the two day weight caught in an OCBC tournament of pounds (Silverwood). Congratulations John Demonet.

2 1st Place: Chris Grogan pounds 2nd Place: Jonathan Demonet pounds 3rd Place: Mitch Garcia pounds with a big fish of 6.35 pounds. Fourth Place: John Demonet 9.87

3 Rick Anderson Danny Caldwell Mike Byrum Brent Oldham

4 Orange County Bass Club Newsletter BACKLASH President: Richard Cabori Vice President: John Demonet Treasurer: Brent Oldham Secretary: Brian Barrett Sgt. At Arms: Crazy Rick Editor News: Dan Vance Web Master: Richard Cabori Video Mgr: Danny Caldwell Orange County Bass Club Records John Demonet Biggest Bass: Pounds Silverwood, June 2001 Cast From the Past November, 2010 Keith Beever on a roll and Wins the TOC Havasu was a great pick for the TOC as the 12 qualifiers and 2 guests plied the waters for the elusive bass. Keith Beever was on a roll after his win at DVL last month and just kept on, winning the TOC for After losing a couple of nice 3-4 pound smallmouth fishing a Triple Trout with the drag cranked down he figured out that you couldn t horse the smallies in; the hooks would pull out. After loosening the drag, the fish came to the boat without any more problems. On day one Keith brought in 5 bass tipping the scales to pounds, and followed up on day two with pounds for the win and also caught the big fish each day with two 3.89 pound twin beauties. Keith won in style with pounds. Steve Steward brought 5 bass to the scales on day one for pounds and followed up on day two with 3 more fish for 6.87 pounds to edge out Jonathan by.04 for Second Place. Steve caught his fish on a Spit n Image and Gary Yamamoto watermelon Hula Grubs fishing the main lake points. Jonathan Demonet took 3rd place and was very consistent with 8.86 pounds on day one and 8.66 pounds on day two for a total of pounds. Jonathan was also fishing the Triple Trout on the main lake points. The heaviest bag was brought to the scales by John Demonet with a 5 fish limit on day one loading the scales to pounds. John followed up on day two with 2 fish for a total of pounds for his 4th place finish. One-Day Tournament: Pounds San Vicente August 2002 Two-Day Tournament: lbs Santa Margarita April 2013 Rick Anderson finished in 5th place with 4 fish on day one totaling 7.98 pounds and 2 fish on day two for 3.24 pounds to bring his total weight to pounds. Tom Voth said he had a ball fishing in his first TOC bringing in 1 fish on day one and 2 fish on day two for 8.88 pounds and a 6th place finish. Richard Cabori landed 3 fish on day one for 7.03 pounds and one fish on the second day for a total of 8.70 pounds. Brent Oldham managed 1 fish each day for 4.71 pounds total. John Moch caught 2 fish the first day but they didn t like his Moch Special on day two so he ended up with 3.21 pounds Crazy Rick brought one fish to the scales on day one for 2.95 lbs. but gave the fish the day off on day two. It was great to have Mike Stevens and Al Morris fishing as guests and letting the club catch the fish.

Jonathan wins the Bighorn Bash at Lake Mead

Volume 2013, Issue 06 ORANGE COUNTY BASS CLUB NEWS LETTER BACKLASH May 31 - June 1, 2013 El Capitan TOP FIVE 1st Place: Jonathan Demonet 2nd Place: John Demonet 3rd Place: Jonathan wins the Bighorn Bash