AllStar Bass AllStar Bass Season Opener At Roosevelt Won by Rookie Team

10/08/2001 - Phoenix, AZ .... Jed Bozeman of Peoria and Steve Shintani of Phoenix teamed up to win their first AllStar Bass team tournament with a limit of six bass weighing 15.11 pounds. The event, held at Roosevelt Lake on Saturday, October 6, was the first in the series of seven such events for the AllStar Bass Team Tournaments 2001-2002 season. The pair received checks totaling $3,805. More than $25,000 in cash was paid out to top finishers.

Bozeman and Shintani fished crawdad crankbaits along creek channels in the Goose Flats area of the Tonto Creek arm and 6-inch Texas-rigged custom oxblood worms off ledges around Windy Hill.

Second place went to Scott Guetti of Scottsdale and John Courtemanche of Glendale for a limit weighing 13.55 pounds. They received checks totaling $1,800. The team fished rattling lipless crankbaits on points in the Salt River arm.

Third place went to Raymond Earven and Shawn Barrowdale, both of Claypool, for a limit weighing 13.44 pounds. They received checks totaling $2,050. The pair fished crankbaits off rocky shores and point near the entrance to Salome Cove. The team is sponsored by Action Automotive & Towing; Earven is also sponsored by Guayo's on the Trail; Barrowdale is also sponsored by Tri-City Sanitation.

Fourth place went to Jeff Eagar of Glendale and David Schultz of Chandler for a limit weighing 11.82 pounds. They received checks totaling $950. The partners fished crankbaits and Carolina rigs around Windy Hill.

Fifth place went to Dan Parris and Fred Peters, both of Phoenix, for a limit weighing 10.53 pounds. They received a total of $875. They fished jigs and crankbaits around Windy Hill and Rabbit Island.

Rounding out the top ten were (6) Troy Bell, Mesa, and Scott Hall, Cave Creek, with 10.48 pounds worth $525; (7) Rick and Steve Grier, both of Peoria, 10.40, $1,675; (8) Keven Finley, Surprise, and Gary Senft, Phoenix, 10.34, $1,400; (9) Gary Chitwood and Brian Marshall, both of Payson, 10.17; and (10) Steve Czerniski, Mesa, and Alex Dombrowski, Tucson, 10.06, $1,575.

The Big Fish award of $1,000 went to Phillip DiJulio and Pat McCarville, both of Phoenix, for a 4.80-pound largemouth. Thirty-six teams received cash and merchandise prizes.

The huge field of 250 contestants faced bright pre-frontal conditions during the day. Remnants of a tropical storm from Baja moved across the lake shortly after weigh-in bringing gallons of rain, wind and dangerous lightning. Fortunately, everyone got off the lake without incident.

The second AllStar Bass team tournament of the season is scheduled for Saturday, December 1, again at Roosevelt Lake. For more information, entry forms and rules, call (480) 894-2775.

AllStar Bass Fishing Tournaments, Inc., is sponsored by Stratos Boats; Javelin Boats; Johnson Outboards; Evinrude Outboards with FICHT Ram Fuel Injection; Johnson and Evinrude Electrics; Berkley Trilene; Berkley Power Baits; Plano Tackle Systems; Bill Johnson's Big Apple Restaurants; The Arizona B