The 2025 Tournament of Champions will be held on March 22nd at San Vicente Reservoir. Check-in time is 5am in the lower parking lot. The weigh-in time is 2pm at the ranger dock. Entry fees ($150) and waivers are due at the March 5th meeting. We also need to know the shirt size for the angler representing your club.
Congratulations to Hookers Bass Club for winning the 2024 Top-Six tournament at El Capitan Reservior on September 21, 2024. Not only did they have 47 pounds, but they did it with only four guys. Each of their boats had a nice limit of bass. Second place was Bass Company and third place was East County Bassmasters. Larry Ward from San Diego Bassmasters caught the big fish for the tournament.
I want to thank Gary Andrews and Eric M. from East County Bassmasters for helping inspect and launch all of the boats in the morning. Gary Andrews, Pete Graves and Victorria Meyer did an outstanding job handling the weigh-in and getting all three flights weighed-in as quickly as possible. Dave Seaberg was a huge help emceeing the event, announcing the raffle and keeping the agenda moving. Regina Seaberg took some great photos that we hope to post to the Council website within the next week or two. We appreciated the assistance from those that stayed after the event to help us clean up and reload all of our gear back into the Council trailer. It was great having Sean Howarter and the Junior Bass Anglers at the tournament assisting us at the weigh-in, the raffle and I believe a few of them earned some extra cash by wiping down some boats. We're hoping to continue partnering up with them in the future.
2024 Tournament of Champions
Congratulations to Jesse Hinkley of Bass Company for winning the 2024 Tournament of Champions at Lake San Vicente on March 2, 2024. His total weight of 19.02 lbs gave him significant lead over second place. Jesse also caught a 4.73 lb bass, the tournament's biggest fish. Herman De La Garza of North County Bass placed second, and Larry Ward of San Diego Bassmasters finished third.