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Bom Sm ---- "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, July 10, 2001 - V7 Bassmania hits Lake Scugog Port Perry duo take top spot at qualifying tournament wry i Wile: } rd; a hy Pl - #7 ~ \MENT TR/ : J: : : Lake Scugog played host to the annual Bassmania qualifying tournament last weekend and the Port Perry team of Jim Manolakos and Mike Miller captured gold yet again with an amazing inches. catch totalling 41.22 pounds. During the childrens' event, 10-year-old Brandon Agnew of Columbus captured a large-mouth bass which measured 15- Jenn Sullivan photos With the Bassmania Qualifying two day event on Lake Scugog com- ing to an end the team known as the "Untouchables," Jim Manolakos and Mike Miller of Port Perry managed to capture the gold yet again on Lake Scugog with an astonishing weight of 41.22 lbs. Anglers from all across Ontario blasted off from Scugog Bay in the early hours of the morning. Under grey skies, rain and wind the Bassmania Anglers challenged the Gog and came out winning. A total weight of over 890 Ibs. of bass was caught and were released by the outstanding live release systems provided by the two Bassmania live release boats with no causalities. Going into day two, the leaders Tony Dean and Kelly Dean with a weight of 19.26 Ibs. were closely fol- lowed by Justin Fung and Gerard Cocks as well as Port Perry's own Mike Miller and Jim Manolakos all within one pound separating the three teams. Some of the home town boys included Kirk and Kevin Sullivan of Backbay Outfitters, Rob Webster of Janetville, Al Vivian and Mike Deveaux, Dwight Slater and Steve Ball of Washburn Island and Glen Sullivan of Scugog Island. Overall big fish of the weekend was 5.62 Ibs. caught by Mike Miller and Jim Manolakos. - Concluding the event an out- standing weight of 22.60 Ibs. brought in by Mike Miller and Jim Manolakos on day two was enough to capture first place and defend their title from last year's Scugog Opener. As expressed by the champions Jim and. Mike "fishing on Lake Scugog has never been better." Jim and Mike would also like to make a special thanks to their sponsors: Strike Pro Lures, Hastings Marine and Yamaha Motors Of Canada. Bassmania and its anglers would like to thank the community of Port Perry for their continued support and hospitality. Bassmania returns to Palmer Park with a different group of anglers on Aug. 6 for its One Day Adventure Tour series and on Wednesday, Aug. 15 for its Twilight bass event blasting off at 3 p.m. and the weighing in at 8 p.m. CART series coming to Toronto Molson Indy's the highlight of the racing season By J. Wally Nesbitt From Corner Five On July 20, 1986, the first 'IndyCar World Series' con- test was run on the newly created Exhibition Place rac- ing circuit. Drivers competing that day in the inaugural Molson Indy included racing legends Johnny Rutherford, Mario Andretti, Rick Mears and Emerson Fittipaldi with Ohio's Bobby Rahal eventually taking the victory on the Lakeshore Boulevard course. All of those drivers have long since retired, but Toronto's Molson Indy continues as one of the highlights in the CART series schedule. This weekend (July 13 to 15) marks the 16th time that the Champ Cars will ven- ture north of the border to challenge the 1.72 mile long street circuit. Always a popular event for the drivers and fans alike, the week long Molson IndyFest includes such events as a foot race around the Indy track, a celebrity golf tournament, pit stop competitions and autograph sessions. On track activities for the CART cars and their supporting series, (Formula Atlantic, Indy Lights and the CASCAR stock cars), kick off on Friday morning with the weekend's feature event being flagged away at | p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are still available, but call soon. If two-wheeled action is more your style, Mosport's Bike Week 2001 begins this Saturday and culminates on july 22 with the Canadian Super-Bike Championship race. SUPERSHOW Events produces Mosport Bike Week 2001 at the world renowned Mosport International Raceway, with a full schedule of motorcycle activities, presented by Canada Life Primmum Insurance. Mosport Bike Week begins with the Mosport Rally presented by Honda on the weekend of July 14 and 15 with non-stop sport bike activities including organized track sessions for street bike riders. July 16, 17 and 18 offer more track time and personal track instruction with pro racers. One hundred and twenty five bikes are avail- able for rental. The week culminates in total motorcycle racing July 19 to 22 with the Mosport Round of the Parts Canada National Superbike Championship, featuring Canada's top racing teams, a full round of ASM Support Races, and SUPERSHOW Racing crowns the 'King of Mosport.' Race weekend events include motorcycle manufactur- ers' demo rides, a manufacturers' midway, vendors, race team practice sessions and racer autograph sessions, Dyno horsepower shootouts, parade laps, helicopter rides, organized countryside rides, a concours d'ele- . gance, entertainment and camping. Event sponsors Turn to Page 18 ER Fan + | Finesse A Fishing By Chris Hockley 3 Experiment with lures, bait How many countless hours have you spent on the water trying to decide what colour, type, and shape of lure to use? Probably even more than you realize. | Have you ever taken the time to won- der about how fast a lure should be drop- ping? If you have, then great, but surpris- ingly few anglers do. So many anglers use the same size split shot every time and the same size jig head as well because this is what they caught fish on . . . once. If you keep thinking like that you are seriously limiting the number of fish you could be catching. You can increase the number of bites you get by simply giving the drop rate of your lure more thought and consideration. As a general rule, begin with the slow- est drop rate that you can. This is all rela- tive of course. Fish tend to bite most con- sistently while a lure is dropping but if you are fishing in twenty-five feet of water with a 1/16 ounce jig on a windy day, you are liable to turn grey before the jig hits the bottom. On the other hand if you are using an eight-ounce jig in two feet of water, you could be spooking fish. The key word here is 'could' because as in most techniques there are always exceptions. In fact, there are all kinds of exceptions to this generality. Sometimes it is a big splash and fast drop that will catch the attention of fish in the area. If you are rip jigging as ancther example, you are going to want a heavier head to get the jig into the weeds. If you are fishing in clear water, a small jig ovet deep water can interest a fish enough to swim up more than ten feet to hit the subtle looking lure. | have found that when nothing else works, go with a faster drop. This faster drop appeals to nothing more than instinct in a fish. Give a fish time to look at a lure and decide whether it wants to eat, it will sometimes trigger a hunger strike. A fast drop will trigger a reaction strike. There are times that a fish can't say no to an approach like this. It sees something small fly past its face and WHAM! It's a sur- vival instinct. Try some experimentation to see what will work best for you. Start with the obvi- ous. Slow down for inactive and a fast drop for more active fish. From here you can expand and possibly stumble" across a successful technique that you have never used before. If you have an inquisitive mind you may even attempt to alter the drop rate to trigger different types of |' strikes - hunger, territorial, reaction, anger Chris Hockley is a Kawartha Lakes fishing guide.