SHOE'S TOP BASS

TOURNAMENT TRAIL

The SPRO & Gamakatsu Open


August 6th, 2022 on Lake St Helen

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

  1. Billy Booth, Midland 13.93#

  2. Tom Shoemaker Jr. 13.91#

  3. Mark Reinke, Gladwin 13.40#

  4. John Franko, Clare 11.65#

  5. Jim Baker, Bay City 11.62#

  6. Keith Gyulveszi, Clare 11.62#

  7. Andy Maier, Midland 11.51#

  8. Andrew Blust, East Tawas 10.78#

  9. Kevin Vida, Clare 10.65#

  10. Steve Bigelow, Gladwin 10.51#

  11. Brenden Gyulveszi, Clare 10.19#

  12. Travis Vida, Clare 10.10#

  13. Brian Ward, New Baltimore 10.05#

  14. Matt Mosby, Dryden 9.50#

  15. Aaron Charland, N. Haven 9.39#

  16. Ron Conner, Oxford 9.21#

  17. Elmer Daniels, Jackson 9.16#

  18. Peter Jones, Midland 9.10#

  19. Michael Sielinski, Gladwin 9.03#

  20. 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)

  1. Billy Booth, Midland 70.27#

  2. Mark Reinke, Gladwin 67.44#

  3. Kevin Vida, Clare 65.45#

  4. 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