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Air
Temperature: 75 degrees
Water Temperature: 71.4 degrees
Water Clarity: Stained
Skies: Thunderstorms and cloudy
Winds: S/SE at 0-5
On
a day dominated by the weather, 29 boaters went out into the heavy
rains and cool temperatures to chase after a first place prize of
$1000. The fisherman left the docks to skies threatening to start
their days and the skies did not disappoint. It rained from about
7:45 until 11:45 and it drizzled most of the remaining time. With
that being said many people still managed to get a solid pattern
on the post spawn bass. There was also a cut off point at the I 39
bridge in
Portage
.
1st Place
Josh
Duggan and Tim Willinhganz came to the weigh in today with a 7
fish bag of smallies today and were rewarded with a first place
prize of $1000 dollars. A 4 pound 10 ounce small mouth that also
won the big bass of the day, for an additional $250, anchored the
duos bag. These two went up the river to pattern smallies in 5-10
foot of water and used plastics to catch there fish. They finished
with 20.33 pounds for the day. Duggan comes from
Lodi
and Willinhganz is from Pardeville.
Dan
and Marty Sickenberger, of Poynette and Deforest respectively,
also ran the river to catch their fish today. They were rewarded
with a bag of fish that went 18.1 pounds. To catch their fish
today, these two were focusing on water 5-10 feet deep and used
mostly spinnerbaits and plastics to catch their fish. They ended
up catching all smallies to cash their check for $600.
3rd Place
Rounding
out the top three were Bert West, of Okee,
Wisconsin
and Chuck Pohlenan, of
Sauk
City
. These two fished the lake to catch 17.21 pounds of large mouths
that earned them a check for $500. These two were fishing plastics
in 5-10 feet of water to catch their fish. They would like to
thank their sponsors,
Gander
Mountain
, Flambeau, and Westland Restoration for their support.
I
would like to take this time to thank Bayview Bassmasters for
putting on this event and to thank their sponsors, Beck’s on the
Water, Windsor Roofing and Construction LLC, Mike’s Prop Shop,
Dorn Hardware and Insty Prints.
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