St Mary

St Mary's

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:	Grand Lake St Mary's	NOTES: Convoy leaving Village Pantry Marathon ( Old Shell station) @ 4:30 AM sharp.
Date:	May 17, 2009
Time:	6:30 - 3:30
Ramp:	East Ramp "Marina"	Big Bass: Ken Treece 2.83
The Trophy Bassmasters had their 2^nd successful club tournament in a row as they traveled to nearby Grand Lake St Marys. Twenty members made the 1 hour trip west to the largest inland lake in Ohio for a 9 hour competition day. St Marys has been very stingy with its’ finny bounty the past several years which led to a 2 year hiatus from the lake. The return would have to be deemed a success though as 26 keepers were brought to the scales for a total of 36.30lbs of largemouth bass. All were released alive. This might not seem to warrant a successful tag but compare it to 8 keepers in 2006 and 9 keepers in 2005 and the day looks pretty good. Over half the field weighed at least one 12” keeper with John Wadding taking the first place spot. Wadding had the only 5 fish limit of the day which tipped the scales at 6.87lbs. This is Waddings’ 2^nd top finish in as many tournaments giving him the early lead in the Angler of the Year race. Don Kraft brought in 4 bass that weighed 6.23lbs for 2^nd place while Bob Flowers had 4.42lbs in 3 fish for 3^rd. The Big Bass of the day went to new member Ken Treece. He netted 1 nice largemouth at 2.83lbs for the honor. The club will travel to Alum Creek and Knox Lake this month before heading to the big waters of Lake Erie and Lake St Clair for the summer months. For more information on the club log onto: www.trophybass.org

Pairings			Finish
1	John Wadding		1	John Wadding	5	6.87
2	Boyd Downey	Paul Sandrus	2	Don Kraft	4	6.23
3	Don Kraft		3	Bob Flowers	3	4.42
4	Steve Barker		4	Bert Grubbs	4	4.23
5	Dave Wedertz		5	Jim Miller	2	3.04
6	Bob Flowers	Lance Blevins	6	Kenny Treece	1	2.83
7	Steve Ganger	Rich Schiffer SR	7	Steve Ganger	2	2.31
8	Vernon Boecher	Heath McGrew	8	Heath McGrew	1	2.28
9	Skip Butler	Rich Schiffer JR	9	Boyd Downey	1	1.92
10	Virgil Grant	Oliver Heldman	10	Dave Wedertz	1	1.45
11	Bert Grubbs	Mark Dairy	11	Paul Sandrus	1	.72
12	Kenny Treece		12
13	Jim Miller		13
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