The Trophy Bassmasters year end classic turned into a real horse race as no fewer than 11 anglers had a 5 fish limit while 2^nd through 9^th places were separated by less than 1lb. It was feast or famine as no angler in the remaining 18 man field had more than 2 keepers. Dave Wedertz won his 2nd event in a row with some last minute heroics. With only 3 small keepers in his livewell for a little over 6lbs and under 10 minutes to go until weigh in, Wedertz tied on a small square billed crankbait and caught 2 big largemouth bass on back to back casts to outdistance the field by over 1.5lbs. One of those last minute fish was also the days’ big bass at 4.72lbs making him a double winner. Mechanical problems once again altered Wedertz’s tournament just like the Portage event a month earlier as he was forced to finish out his day close to the launch ramp which is where he boated the last 2 winning fish. His 5 bass limit weighed in at 13.05lbs. Completing an outstanding season in which he was the only angler to weigh a keeper bass at every event was Heath McGrew. McGrew caught a mixed bag of 2 smallmouth and 3 largemouth totaling 11.50lbs for a second place finish. With his 1^st top 3 finish of the year was Rick Schifer Jr. Schifer’s 5 bass weighed just over 1oz less than McGrew’s catch at 11.42lbs.

The 18 anglers scored 62 keeper bass tipping the scales at 135lbs. All were released alive. This is the club’s final event of the season. The tournament schedule will resume next April. For membership or further info on the club log onto www.trophybass.org

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1^st & Big Bass             Dave Wedertz
2^nd                                Heath McGrew
3^rd                                Rick Schifer Jr.