Top Bass Tournament Trail - Missaukee Lake July 8th

SHOE'S TOP BASS

TOURNAMENT TRAIL

July 8th, 2023 on Missaukee Lake

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Top Bass Tournament Trail held its fifth tournament of the 2023 season on Missaukee Lake on July 8th, 2023. The tournament went out of the Missaukee Park ramp, on west side of the lake.

This tournament was named “The EGO Fishing Open”, after one of our great sponsors. EGO makes quality landing nets, and many other great products that you can check out online.

The weather for the tournament was “WET”, as it rained off and on, almost the entire tournament, up to an hour before weigh-in. The temp was mostly in the middle 60’s until about weigh-in then 75+.

Even with the wet weather, the fishing was very good. We had 38 limits come to the scales, with 25 bass over the 3 pound mark.

Congratulations to Tom Shoemaker Jr., from Pinconning, who took the 1st Place Win, with 16.70#. Tom’s limit was anchored by Big Bass for the tournament at 5.08#. This was Tom’s 2nd win in the last 3 tournaments, both contained Big Bass for the events.

Second Place saw Ron Conner, from Oxford put a nice limit of 15.25# on the scales.

Billy Booth, from Midland, held down 3rd Place, with 14.85#. Close behind Billy, was Michael Sielinski, from Gladwin, in 4th Place, with 14.60#. Fifth Place went to Brian Anderson, from Linwood with 13.41#

A special Thank You, to EGO Fishing, for being the title sponsor of this event.

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

Top 30 only

1. Tom Shoemaker Jr. Pinconning 16.70#

2. Ron Conner, Oxford 15.25#

3. Billy Booth, Midland 14.88#

4. Michael Sielinski, Gladwin 14.60#

5. Brian Anderson, Linwood 13.41#

6. Jeff Plutt, Houghton Lake 13.34#

7. Bill McQuarrie, Newaygo 13.00#

8. Keith Gyulveszi, Clare 12.98#

9. Randy Yochum, Alpena 12.82#

10. Kevin Vida, Clare 12.60#

11. John Franko, Clare 12.46#

12. Elmer Daniels, Jackson 11.98$

13. Bill Hurley, Waterford 11.89#

14. Kyle Kigar, Gladwin 11.88#

15. Jim Clevinger, Beaverton 11.81#

16. Brent Clark, Sanford 11.79#

17. Jordan Dopp, Sanford 11.37#

18. Travis Vida, Clare 11.22#

19. Ryan Minzey, Falmouth 11.18#

20. Jacob Jackson, Houghton Lk 11.22#

21. Ken Vincent, Zeeland 11.05#

22. Mike Winnie, Gaines 11.03#

23. Brandt Wisniewski, Bay City 11.02#

24. Trevor Bowland, Sanford 10.98#

25. Zack Wiggers, Muskegon 10.85#

26. Andy Maier, Midland 10.76#

27. Travis Green, Grand Blanc 10.64#

28. Tom Shoemaker Sr Pinconning 10.36#

29. Mark Reinke, Gladwin 9.97#

30. Mike Parsons, Clare 9.96#

2023 Angler Of The Year Race – after 5 tournaments

(Angler Of The Year, is the person who weighs-in the most total weight for All 9 tournaments)

1. Billy Booth, Midland 72.16#

2. Jeff Plutt, Houghton Lake 66.76#

3. Tom Shoemaker Jr. Pinnconing 66.32#

4. John Franko, Clare 64.81#

NEXT TOURNAMENTS

July 22, 2023 The Hummingbird/Minn Kota Open- Houghton Lake – West End DNR Launch

August 5, 2023 The Gold Eagle Open - Lake St. Helen–St. Helen Ramp

August 19, 2023 The Dick's Sporting Goods Open - Saginaw River/Limited Bay – Independence Bridge Launch – (By USS Edison Battleship)

FOR INFORMATION – CALL – ELMER DANIELS (517) 962-2345 E-mail – topbass2@comcast.net

OR - TOM SHOEMAKER (989) 313-0700