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| 20 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 3, 1985 Sports Bass Derby yields lots of big ones Anyone who thinks there are no fish in Lake Sc¢ugog was proven wrong over the July 1 weekend, as nearly a half-ton of largemouth bass was taken in the Se- p NARA MN cond Annual Pro Bass Derby hosted by the Westmount Kiwanis Club of Oshawa. The two day event at- tracted 72 two-man fishing teams, some from as far away as New York State, and they took a total of 402 fish weighing 907 pounds. At the final weigh-in Sunday afternoon at the Latcham Centre on Port Largemouth bass, like these two were commonplace at the weigh-in station. All fish were weighed and then released alive back info the lake. Perry's waterfront, there were plenty of ooohs and aaahs from the spectators as largemouth bass in the four to five pound range were hefted onto the scales. The eventual winner of the event was the well known fishing team of Bob and Wayne Izumi. They landed the max- imum ten fish with a total weight of 32.7 pounds. They also landed first place prize money of $1256. Second place went to the team of Pete Pokulok and Andy Clements with a total weight of 28.8 pounds over the two days, and that was worth $880 cash to the team. Weather conditions on Lake Scugog for both days of the event were near perfect, and two of the more popular baits were jigs and brightly coloured artificial Photos and story by John B. McClelland Wayne and Bob Izumi won the event with more than 32 pounds of bass. Also in photo are Charlie French of Red Man Tobac- co, Mike Postill of Mercury Marine, Frank Ball and Andrew Koziar with Oshawa West- mount Kiwanis Club which acted as host for the Derby. worms. In fact, the largest bass of the Derby, a nice 5.8 pound lunker hit a rawfish coloured six ch culprit worm. That fish was caught Saturday morning by Keith Farmer of Toron- to. He and his partner ° were fishing the Scugog River near the mouth of the Mariposa Creek in less than two feet of water. He said that with six pound test line, the big bass put up quite a struggle. The Derby, whick was sponsored by Red Man Chewing Tobaccp, was "'live-release." Each team was allow- ed to bring in five fish per day, kept alive in the wells built into the specially equipped bass boats. At weigh-in, the fish were taken from the wells in plastic bags fill- ed with water, weighed and then released alive back into the lake. Charlie French, a representative with Red Man Tobacco said organizers were pleased with the number of en- tries, and it is likely the Derby will be held again on Lake Scugog next year. a EFAS AN Paul Cammarano of Lockport, New York, hefts a nice largemouth that tipped the scales at more than four pounds. Keith Farmer (left) of Toronto nailed the largest fish of the Der- by. a 5.8 pound beauty, caught in the shallow water in the Scu River. With Keith is Mike Postill of Mercury Marine. 909