West Harbor
 Aug 11& 12, 2012
Event: West Harbor NOTES:
Date: Aug 11 & 12, 2012
Time: Sat 1:00 -7:00 PM
Sun 6:30AM -2:30PM
Ramp: Optional Big Bass: Boyd Downey 4.58 Lbs
The Trophy Bassmasters took a page out of the archives and competed in a 2 day tournament over the weekend at West Harbor on Lake Erie. Two day tournaments used to be a regular occurrence on the schedule but time considerations have put them on the shelf until this past weekend. The last one was in the 90s. The 2 tournament days were radically different in production for the 20 competitors. Saturday saw unseasonably cool temps as the club started at 1:00PM for a 6 hour day. Only 20 bass were caught and no one had more than 3. Jim Miller was leading after the 1st day with 5.76lbs. Mark Dairy had 5.06lbs for 2nd and Steve Barker stood in 3rd with 4.72lbs. Sunday proved to be a little better day even though the cold front that moved through on Friday night and stymied the catch rates on Saturday was still causing slower than normal action for this time of year on Lake Erie. Fifteen members brought fish to the scales on Sunday. A total of 45 keepers at 103.02lbs were brought in, scored and released. Boyd Downey topped the leader board for the day with 5 keepers and 15.04lbs. Downey’s Saturday catch of 1 fish and 2.35lbs gave him a tournament best total of 17.39lbs. Downey also had the big bass of the event as he weighed a 4.58lb largemouth for the honor. Second place once again went to John Clark. This is Clark’s 4th runnerup spot this season. Clark brought in 1 bass at 1.23lbs on Saturday and 5 keepers at 13.59lbs on Sunday for a 14.82lb total. Logan Barker also used a big second day to propel him into the 3rd spot. Barker caught his total weight of 5 fish and 12.65lbs on Sunday to earn the position. The Angler of the Year point race had a little shake up following this 9th event of the season.
  Pairings     Finish    
1 John Clark 3   1 Boyd Downey 6 17.39
2 Steve Barker Logan Barker   2 John Clark 6 14.82
3 Steve Ganger     3 Logan Barker 5 12.65
4 Mike Atchson     4 Mary Dairy 6 12.39
5 Virgil Grant Dave Morrow   5 Steve Barker 7 11.38
6 Vern Boecher     6 Bert Grubbs 5 11.28
7 Bob Flowers Andy Cripple   7 Jim Miller 5 9.53
8 Mike Robel Oliver Heldman 8 Virgil Grant 5 9.32
9 Kelly Dearwester 2   9 Steve Ganger 4 7.47
10 Jim Miller     10 Don Kraft 2 7.01
11 Bert Grubbs     11 Vern Boecher 3 6.33
12 Mary Dairy Tom Leber   12 Kelly Dearwester 3 5.47
13 Boyd Downey 1   13 Bob Flowers 2 5.03
14 Don Ratcliff     14 Guy Gerber 2 4.15
15 Don Kraft Logan Gerber   15 Andy Cripple 2 3.35
16 Guy Gerber     16 Mike Robel 1 2.19
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