Date:   June 22, 2003

Location:  Union Lake

Host Club:  South Jersey Bass Club Association

Results:
Click on underlined names for photos.   New photos added on August 28 are at bottom.

Place	Boater	Partner	No. of Fish	Total Weight
1	John Taylor	Joe Taylor	7	14.95 lbs
2	Chris Smith	Mitch Smith	7	14.50 lbs
3	Shawn Mangan	Michael Morgan	7	14.34 lbs
4	Rich Weatherby	Mark Weatherby	7	12.85 lbs
5	Mike Torrissi	John Scianni	6	12.29 lbs
6	Joe DiDomenico	Mike Reynolds	5	11.63 lbs
7	Drew Scarpa	Joe Zohil?	6	11.31 lbs
8	Brian Tirelli	Tom Bernardi	7	10.21 lbs
9	John Malick	Tom Miskofsky	4	9.69 lbs
10	Pablo Velazquez	Martin Burger	5	9.65 lbs
11	Mike Stevanius	Mike Fichcera	6	9.28 lbs
12	Roger Knudsen	Clayton Edmonson	6	9.21 lbs
13	John Franchetta	Roy Henry	4	8.57 lbs
14	Greg Stretch	Nelson Hares	?	8.03 lbs
15	Scott Schappell	Ed Kaplan	5 (1 dead)	7.94 lbs
16	William Murrey	Joe Murrey	4	7.91 lbs
17	Ed Adams		3	7.38 lbs
18	Ted Bowman	Jim Magee	6	6.90 lbs
19	Al Purdy	David Hayes	4	6.21 lbs
20	Mark Bower	Sonny Pappalardo	4	5.93 lbs
21	Michael Wright	Ken Wright	4	5.87 lbs
22	Craig Townsend	Kenn Don	3	5.62 lbs
22	Steven Cram	Rob Casmer	3	5.46 lbs
24	Chris Oeser	Ken Merlock	3	5.44 lbs
25	Thomas Haddock	Brian Smith	2	5.00 lbs
26	Ted Cannon	Ted Henning	3	4.71 lbs
27	Bill Jakymczuk	Mike Simms	1	4.02 lbs
28	Dave Ruble	Steven Smith	3	3.83 lbs
29	Kirk Hewitt	Jerry Lilly	2	3.78 lbs
30	Mike Marino	Nick Marino	3	3.66 lbs
31	Fred Lentz	Bill Duckardt	2	3.62 lbs
32	Chad Funk	Jake Fowler	2	3.03 lbs
33	Walter Moler	Victoria Moler	2	2.91 lbs
34	Bill Weathers	Tom Harding	1	2.64 lbs
35	Bobby Griffith	Mike King	1	2.33 lbs
36	Tino Calabrese	J Bermedez	1	1.24 lbs
37	Brian Keister	Tom Mason	?	?
37	Mike Coply	Dave Pierce
37	Rick Starn	Doug Starn
37	Troy Burger	Jason Burger
37	Bill Patton	John Sweet
37	Albert Martha	Greg DiPalma
37	John Bell	Kevin Kuziw?
37	Rich Brunis	Francis Pratt
37	Rich Naticchione	Don Souders
37	Don Reed	Doug Reed
37	Rich Nickel	Mike Volpe
37	Lee Sockwell	Allen Lorenzo
37	John Carpenter	Dave Laurelli

"The New Jersey Angler" Magazine Morning Lunker Winner:
 

Boater	Partner	Weight
Bill Jakymczuk	Mike Sims	4.02 lbs

Overall Lunker Winner:
 

Boater	Partner	Weight
Greg Stretch	Nelson Hares	4.82 lbs

Comments:  49 boats were entered.  Of 143 bass weighed in, all but two were released alive.  The top five finishing teams received cash prizes.  The top three finishing teams were also awarded plaques, as were "The New Jersey Angler Magazine Morning Lunker" winner and the overall lunker winner.  Also, free copies of The New Jersey Angler magazine were given out and the winners of "The New Jersey Angler Magazine Morning Lunker" were given NJA hats.
 
 

Winners - Jack Taylor & Joe Taylor with SJBCA President Carmen Bersani (blue shirt)	2nd - Mitch Smith & Chris Smith with Carmen Bersani
3rd - Shawn Mangan & Michael Morgan with Carmen Bersani	4th - Rich Weatherby & Mark Weatherby with Carmen Bersani
5th -Mike Torrissi & John Scianni with Carmen Bersani	"The New Jersey Angler" Morning Lunker -  Bill Jakymczuk & Mike Sims with Carmen Bersani
Overall Lunker - Nelson Hares & Greg Stretch with Carmen Bersani

New Photos Added on August 27 (photos provided by Curt Bobzin of The New Jersey Angler)
 

Joe Taylor with one of his team's winning bass.	Chris Smith with two of his 2nd place team's beauties.
Greg Stretch with his lunker winner.	A couple of nice Union Lake bass (one of each flavor!).
SJBCA President Carmen Bersani and Vice President Steve Steinmetz handle the weigh-in duties.