Portage River

Portage River

Indian Lake 4/5	St Marys 5/17	Alum 6/7	Knox Lake 6/28	St Clair 7/19	Sandusky Bay 8/2
Delaware 8/16	West Harbor 8/30	Loramie 9/13	Mazurik 9/27	Portage 10/11	Club Classic 10/25

Event:	Portage River	NOTES:
Date:	Oct, 11, 2009
Time:	7:30 - 3:30
Ramp:	Choice	Big Bass: Mark Dairy - 3.61Lbs
Steve Ganger took most of the suspense out of the 2009 Angler of the Year race with his performance in the Trophy Bassmaster’s final club tournament of the season this past weekend at the Portage River and Lake Erie. Ganger held a comfortable margin over 4 challengers going into the tournament but a top finish by any of the 4 and a poor performance by Ganger could have made for a photo finish. Back to Ganger in a moment. The tournament had the proper conditions for poor performances as a chilling cold front pushed through on Friday evening. The drop in temperatures along with considerable rainfall which muddied much of the backwater areas in the bays and harbors set the stage for tough fishing. Mark Dairy solved the mystery in an outstanding fashion as he netted a 5 fish limit that pulled the scales to 15.23lbs which is the largest 1 day catch this year. He also had the big bass of the day with a 3.61lb smallmouth. Second place went to Virgil Grant. Grant had the only other limit of 5 fish. His creel weighed 11.40lbs. Dave Wedertz had 7.60lbs and 4 fish for the 3^rd place award. Only 9 of the 14 anglers weighed in a keeper during the 8 hour day with only 24 fish and 51.60lbs scored and released alive. That brings us back to Ganger who had 2 fish and 4.98lbs to finish 4^th and nail down the Angler of the Year title with a 17 point margin. Ganger also finished the year with the Big Bass of the year. He brought in a 4.81lb largemouth at the last club tournament at the Lake Erie tournament out of the Mazurik boat ramp. The club has 1 more outing as they will compete in a year end Classic later this month. No points are awarded so Ganger’s tiles are secure. The 2009 Angler of the Year point totals were very close in several spots as predicted. One fish throughout the year in many cases made a big difference in the standings.

Pairings			Finish
1	Bob Flowers		1	Mark Dairy	5	15.23
2	Steve Ganger		2	Virgil Grant	5	11.4
3	Skip Butler		3	Dave Wedertz	4	7.6
4	Bert Grubbs		4	Steve Ganger	2	4.98
5	Boyd Downey		5	Vern Boecher	3	4.77
6	Virgil Grant	Rick Schifer Sr	6	Boyd Downey	1	2.24
7	Dave Wedertz	Mark Dairy	7	Heath McGrew	2	2.1
8	Vern Boecher		8	Don Kraft	1	1.67
9	Don Kraft	Heath McGrew	9	Rick Schifer Sr	1	1.61
10	Steve Barker	Logan Barker	10
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