By Luigi De Rose
Rice Lake is one of the most heavily fished lakes in southern Ontario yet it continues to draw anglers to its rich waters. On Saturday, July 18 Top Bass attracted 132 teams to compete and the anglers were not disappointed. The dynamic duo of Jarrod Dean and Gerrard Cocks bested the field with a winning weight of 19.45 lbs for five bass. Dean gave credit to Cocks for catching the majority of the largest bass that day as he battled an unknown rash that was most distracting. Big bass, a 5.39 lb beauty was caught by the team of Joe Ford and Shawn McCaul.
| POS | Weight | Captain, Surname | Captain, Given | Partner Surname | Partner, Given |
| 1 | 19.45 | COCKS | GERRARD | DEAN | JARROD |
| 2 | 18.91 | JOHNSTON | CORY | JOHNSTON | CHRIS |
| 3 | 17.98 | WEILER | FOREST | FORLER | TIM |
| 4 | 17.54 | CHEN | WILL | CHEUNG | EDWIN |
| 5 | 17.5 | BAKER | ED | BAKER | BRANDON |
| 6 | 17.36 | AGOUROS | SPIRO | PRIMO | SCOTT |
| 7 | 17.06 | THORNTON | RYAN | LEWIS | JOSH |
| 8 | 16.7 | SECORD | GREG | HILBERG | RANDY |
| 9 | 16.58 | MCCAUL | SHAWN | FORD | JOE |
| 10 | 16.51 | CHAN | TRISNO | HUANG | BOBBY |
