Sunday morning, August 4,2002 3:00am at Cutright Point shelter house at that time only 21 teams entered in the tournament by 5:30am 49 teams entered into the event. With temperatures in the high 70's with a forecast of 97 degrees with a heat index of 107 bright blue skies 47 out of the 49 teams entered where released to search for that early morning bite at 5:30am with a check in time of 1:30pm. The temperature did exactly what was forecast a blistering hot humid day. The tournament crew set-up the scales by noon for those that had enough of the heat or for those that where afriad of losing thier catch.Some of the teams came in early to get out of the heat and weigh thier catch. At 1:30pm all teams where in and the weigh-in was in full swing, 7 lbs.,9 lbs., 11 lbs.,fish where being weighed all over the scales until one team walked up with 2 bags full of water and bass to be more exact 9 bass weighing 34.93lbs. Dan Simmons weigh master had to weigh 3 different bass to detemine which fish was going to be Big Bass and a 6.13lbs was the winner.This was one of the nicest and biggest catches that I have seen in many years on Lake Monroe. The tournament results are as follows: 1st Place - Dave Bennett; New Castle & Phil Hunt; Connersville*    9 Bass - 34.93 lbs. *Big Bass - 6.13 lbs. 2nd Place - Doug Bradley; Syracuse &Larry Coplen;Warsaw    3 Bass - 11.02 lbs. 3rd Place - Dale Brand; Nineveh & Roy Brand; Nineveh    3 Bass - 10.35lbs. 4th Place - Ken Bortlein; West Harrison & Wes Thomas; Hanover    4 bass -- 9.34lbs. 5th Place - Tom Forrester; Bloomington & John Santos; Bloomington    4 Bass -- 8.78lbs. 29 of 47 teams weighed fish 78 fish weighed Total weight - 195.58 lbs Big Bass - 6.13lbs. Major Sponsors of the tournament: Ranger Boats/Rangertrail Trailers -- Keesling's Fiberglass Shop -- Killbuck Valley Sports Ted's Aqua Marine -- Moore's Boats -- Southern Indiana Marine -- SIBS marine Raffle Prize Sponsors -- J & L Tool/Gator Grip -- Joe Landwerlen -- Purdue Basketball -- Gene Keady -- Hank Parker Outdoors Hank Parker -- Solar Bat Sunglasses -- Gary Nesty -- The Outdoorsman -- Doug McPherson -- Ranger Boats/Mike McDonald Indiana Bass Federation Cash Sponsors -- Denny Brauer -- Stu Eversole -- Dan Chopp -- Jerry Smith -- Pittsburg Marine -- John Cain -- Rodney Hardwick Phil & Eva Rambo -- Indiana Paper District -- Fred Felix -- Eldon & Eloise Crabtree -- Zone 3 District 7 Night Benefit Tournament A very special THANKS to the tournament crew Dan Simmons, Ken & Mary Gibbs,Vern Robbins,Paul Hollabaugh & Eloise Crabtree A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to the 49 teams that supported this very special event held in the HONOR of Mr. MIKE JAMES. It was our honor to have at the weigh-in and to present the awards and checks Mrs. Mike (Lori) James and her two sons and Mrs. James ( Mikes Mother). Mike left us 3 days after Christmas 2001 but he left us with memories,friendship and the attitude to always strive to move forward and because of Mike's involvement with the Indiana Federation for my 23 years we have always moved forward although Mike is gone he will never be forgotten and you the fisherman of this event have started a memorial that will continue for many years to come. May GOD BLESS YOU ALL and The JAMES FAMILY Eldon Crabtree