2008 Michigan Bass Anglers Classic Report
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Paul
Wagner managed to pull out a win at Walled Lake on a cool October
day. The day started out very crisp and calm. The lake
was unknown to most all of the contestants. Eight out of the
Top Ten Anglers fished as well as two judges. Doug Ratliff and
Jake Choiniere went along as judges for our very first Club Classic.
Paul brought 3 fish to the scale, weighing a total of 8.64 pounds.
He also go the biggest Bass among the contestants at 3.95 pounds.
Everyone caught fish. Doug Ratliff actually caught the biggest
sack of the day with 13.99 pounds, with a 3.98 kicker fish.
Great job to everyone.
CLICK HERE
to see a slide presentation from the tournament.
CLICK HERE
to see the final results
Lake Nepessing Report
- Water temperature was 79o
- Air temp was varying between 70 and 80 degrees F.
- Winds were out of the west 0-5 mph
- Cloudy with some light showers throughout the morning
Tim
Morris and Jeff Najmowicz (the first Place winners) We started the
morning by fishing the shoreline on the West side of the lake. We
fished top-water utilizing poppers and buzzbaits with no results.
Spinnerbaits were tried and a Senko buy some boat docks. We did not
have any luck shallow except for one short fish. The water was a bit
cloudy in some areas so we decided to move out deeper and find the
break/edge where the weeds stopped in deep water. We slowly made our
way out fishing spinnerbaits and swimbaits and catching one keeper
on a spinnerbait and some short fish. Once we got to the edge we
found an area where the lake went from 12-13 feet of water up to 6
feet (hump) and then down to 16 feet. There was a lot of
weeds/rocks/wood on the hump. We began by positioning the boat deep
and casting shallow to bring our lures over the hump. Senko’s proved
to be the best bait. Black with blue flake and smoke purple proved
to be the best colors (smoke with purple was the best color for the
whole day). We stayed in deeper water and fished the weed edge and
moved around the lake back in front of the launch. We picked up
several keepers and a lot of short fish while moving. The original
hump provided our biggest fish of the day. White spinnerbaits caught
a few fish but senkos proved to be the lure of the day.
Check out more
Pictures and the
Results
for the day.
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Dan
Wagner and Andy Ciantar pull out another win for the 2008 season.
Dan and Andy managed to catch a respectable 5 fish sack of 16.10
pounds. Most everyone had a limit for the day. We got a very
early start this time with a just before daylight launch. Jake
Choiniere stepped up when we had a last minute cancellation, and
fished with Doug Ratliff. Jake held his own with a nice
Smallmouth Bass, his biggest he ever caught. Fred Anstead and
Bill Kandillian helped us out by filling in as boaters. Check
out more
Pictures and the
Results
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The
first day at Grand Lake was kinda cool and rainy. Most
everyone caught fish. Chris Bishop and Jeff Najmowicz managed
to bring in a nice 16.88 pound winning batch of fish, all
Smallmouth. Chris had the big Smallmouth for the day, a nice
4.08 pound fish. The guys from the Alpena Bass Club even stopped by
to catch the weigh in. If you want to see a slide show of more
pictures,
CLICK HERE You can see the full tournament results
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Day
Two was windy, but at least a bit warmer. The overall totals
were mostly down for the day, except for Paul Wagner and Jay Haaseth.
They managed to hone in on a pattern of White Spinnerbaits and Texas
Rigged Senkos. They came up with a pretty nice 14.84 mixed bag
of fish. Paul even caught a very respectable 4.79 Largemouth
Bass. It was the big fish for the weekend.
If you want to see a slide show of more
pictures,
CLICK HERE. You can see the full tournament results
HERE.
We also want to Thank the Parker House Restaurant and Motel for
treating us so well. They even got up very early both days to
make breakfast and sandwiches for everyone. If you head up to
Grand Lake, check them out, and stop by and eat.Kent Lake Tournament Report for May 3rd
The Michigan Bass Anglers held our first official paper tournament on Sunday April 27th at
Thompson Lake in Howell. Dan
Wagner and Jeff Najmowicz managed to win the tournament with a
nice sack of spring time bass. They caught a nice 5 fish
bag of 18-1/2 pounds. Their biggest was a nice 4.46 pound largie.
Everyone enjoyed the tournament, it was nice to get out after a
very long winter. You can check out more
pictures
and the
weigh in report by simply clicking on these links.
Everyone is looking towards fishing Grand Lake in Alpena at the
end of May. Click
Here for a report on what they caught fish on and how.Boy Scout Troop 2000 Seminar at Kent Lake
The
club was invited to come to Kent Lake on Saturday April 19th to
do a short seminar on fishing and other topics for Boy Scout
Troop 2000. Paul Wagner, Jeff Najmowicz and Bill Reed went
out and gave about an hour seminar on topics such as Boat
Safety, Angler Safety, Types of lures to use, and how to scope
out lakes and decide where to fish from. The program was
well received and everyone seemed to have a great time.
The Boy Scouts even got to go out on the lake for a little while
in the Bass Boats.
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The
Team of Fayad Fayad, Bryan Kurlovich and Paul Wagner took First
Place after a tough day on the lake. No limits were
"Brought to the scale" at the end of the day at Kent. The
lake manage to beat up on most everyone, as did the wind.
Fayad Fayad and David
Bobr
both caught a nice 3.21 pound Largemouth Bass during the
tournament, so they both get the Big Fish Title for the day.
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