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October 20, 2007 – The President’s
Challenge is a tournament that is put on by the Wisconsin B.A.S.S.
Federation Nation board and is designed as an end of the year fun
tournament for all of its members. If the President and his
partner win the tournament, the money goes towards the treasury of
the WBFN. If anyone else wins, the money is split amongst the top
three finishers.
It was a cool and fairly windy day in
Madison
; the bite was pretty tough for everyone. High pressure and wind
were the conditions on the Chain, which yielded only 3 limits on
the day.
First place was Kevin Fassbind and Cesar
Salas, who came in with a limit of 6 fish for 14.5lbs, and had a
4.1lb kicker. They mainly stayed shallow all day and caught their
fish on weedlines with senko’s and Brovarney swim jigs. Kevin
said he caught his big fish on a spot within a spot that normally
holds one good fish. Well, he got that one fish that propelled
them to victory.
In second place were Brian Christianson and
Jeremiah Shaver with a limit of fish weighing in at 13.5lbs. Their
original plan was to fish deep weedlines with cranks and Carolina
Rigs, but without any bites by 10am, they decided to move shallow.
Using the wind to their advantage, they drifted through shallow
weedlines casting 1/4oz Brovarney swim jigs (Blue Devil), and
slowly bringing it through the weeds.
Coming in third place is the designer himself
of Brovarney swim jigs, Dan Brovarney. He had the privilege of
fishing along side the two WBFN Jr. State Champions, Max Brovarney
and JP Weber. This team also fished shallow with swim jigs and
managed to catch a limit of 10.7lbs.
A picnic with food and refreshments followed the tournament
along with some smiles and some fishing stories. Overall, a great
time was had by all despite the wind and tough fishing conditions.
A big thank you goes out to the WBFN board for their hard work
putting this on!
Brian Christianson
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