Detroit River
 July 29, 2012
Event: Detroit River NOTES:
Date: July 29, 2012
Time: 6:30 - 3:30
Ramp: Optional Big Bass: Don Ratcliff 4.59 Lbs
The Trophy Bassmasters enjoyed a very productive day on the Detroit River, Lake Erie, and Lake St. Clair. All 17 anglers brought at least 1 keeper to the scales and 10 of them caught 5 fish limits. A total of 64 keepers were weighed and released weighing a whopping 163.36lbs for better than a 2 1/2lb average. Don Ratcliff repeated his success from the last tournament as he once again landed the 1st place position as well as the big bass for the day. Ratcliff brought in 16.26lbs in 5 smallmouth bass and his big fish weighed 4.59lbs. Virgil Grant also was a repeat winner as his 2nd place finish duplicated his Mazurik finish. Grant brought in 15.08lbs in 5 bass to earn the spot. Kelly Dearwester continues his rookie success as he caught 14.44lbs in 5 fish for 3rd place. Dearwester is not really a rookie as he competed for several years in the Northside Bass Club based out of Indian Lake but this is his 1st season with the Trophy club. With his recent success Ratcliff has started to put a little distance between himself and the rest of the field in 2012 Angler of the Year race. Although John Clark only trails Ratcliff by 3 points in the standings Ratcliff has amassed his points in 7 tournaments while Clark has used 8. The club competes in 14 events but each angler counts only his best 9 for AOY points.
  Pairings     Finish    
1 Guy Gerber Andy Cripple   1 Don Ratcliff 5 16.26
2 Virgil Grant Don Kraft   2 Virgil Grant 5 15.08
3 Kelly Dearwester     3 Kelly Dearwester 5 14.44
4 Boyd Downey Tom Leber   4 Logan Gerber 5 13.75
5 Mike Robel Mark Dairy   5 Boyd Downey 5 13.17
6 John Clark     6 Guy Gerber 5 12.95
7 Bert Grubbs Dave Morrow   7 Don Kraft 5 12.20
8 Bob Flowers 8 Mark Dairy 5 12.14
9 Mike Atchinson     9 John Clark 5 11.96
10 Steve Ganger     10 Steve Ganger 4 10.08
11 Don Ratcliff Logan Gerber   11 Andy Cripple 5 9.78
12       12 Bob Flowers 3 6.51
13       13 Mike Atchinson 2 4.92
14       14 Mike Robel 2 3.56
15       15 Dave Morrow 1 2.59
16       16 Tom Leber 1 2.52
17       17 Bert Grubbs 1 1.45
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