TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Top Bass Tournament Trail, held its seventh tournament of the season, on Lake St. Helen. This event was named “The Spro & Gamakatsu Open”, in honor of one of our long time great sponsors.
The weather for the tournament was very Hot, with P. Cloudy skies, and temps at about 90+.The fishing was not too bad, as we had 28 five fish limits come to the scales, and a total of 179 fish in total. Of the 179 fish that came to the scales all but one was returned to the lake alive. We only had 7 anglers who did not weigh-in.
A special “Thank You” to all the St. Helen people that helped make this event happen.
Congratulations to Billy Booth, from Midland, who edged out the Second Place finisher, by .02#. Billy had a 5 fish limit for 13.93#, to take First Place. Following right behind him in Second Place was Tom Shoemaker Jr. from Pinconning, with a limit at 13.91#. Third Place went to Mark Reinke, from Gladwin, with 13.40#. John Franko, from Clare, held down Fourth Place with 11.65#. Right behind him, was Jim Baker from Bay City, with 11.62#, to take the Fifth Place spot. There was a tie for 5th Place, as Keith Gyulveszi, from Clare, also had 11.62#, but was beat out of the 5th Place spot, by the tie breaker, which was their big bass. Baker had a bass @ 3.36# and Gyulveszi @ 3.15#. There were lots of very close weights that hit the scales. Good job to all who fished
TOURNAMENT STANDINGS – Top 20 only
Billy Booth, Midland 13.93#
Tom Shoemaker Jr. 13.91#
Mark Reinke, Gladwin 13.40#
John Franko, Clare 11.65#
Jim Baker, Bay City 11.62#
Keith Gyulveszi, Clare 11.62#
Andy Maier, Midland 11.51#
Andrew Blust, East Tawas 10.78#
Kevin Vida, Clare 10.65#
Steve Bigelow, Gladwin 10.51#
Brenden Gyulveszi, Clare 10.19#
Travis Vida, Clare 10.10#
Brian Ward, New Baltimore 10.05#
Matt Mosby, Dryden 9.50#
Aaron Charland, N. Haven 9.39#
Ron Conner, Oxford 9.21#
Elmer Daniels, Jackson 9.16#
Peter Jones, Midland 9.10#
Michael Sielinski, Gladwin 9.03#
Trevor Bowland, Sanford 8.94#
ANGLER OF THE YEAR RACE – Best 5 of the first 7 Tournaments – (dropping 2)
(Angler Of The Year, goes to the person who weighs in the most total weight for their best 7 of the 9 tournaments)
Billy Booth, Midland 70.27#
Mark Reinke, Gladwin 67.44#
Kevin Vida, Clare 65.45#
Andy Maier, Midland 64.30#
NEXT TOURNAMENTS
August 20th - Saginaw River/Bay - Dick's Sporting Goods Open
August 27-28 - Saginaw River/Bay - Hummingbird/Minn Kota 2 Day CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT presented by Northwoods Wholesale Outlet (To qualify – you MUST have paid for 2 of the one day tournaments to fish this event)
Also remember, that the Entry is $140, and option & BB pots are doubled.
If you were not able to get 2 tournaments in, and want to fish this, call Elmer to see what can be done.
Cash & Prizes to the top 15 finishers, with 15th Place receiving over $275 in cash & Prizes. For those who are not in the top 15, there will be picks, larger than normal for all those who stay for the complete weigh-in.
FOR INFORMATION – CALL – ELMER DANIELS (517) 962-2345 E-mail – topbass2@comcast.net
OR - TOM SHOEMAKER (989) 313-0700