Top Bass Tournament Trail - St Helen 8-5-23

TOP BASS

TOURNAMENT TRAIL

The Gold Eagle Open

August 5th, 2023 on Lake St. Helen

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Shoe’s Top Bass Tournament Trail, held its 7th tournament of the 2023 season, on Lake St. Helen.

The tournament, went out of the St. Helen ramp.

This tournament was named “The Gold Eagle Open”, after one of our great sponsors. Gold Eagle makes quality 303 Products and Sta-BiL. Make sure you try their products on your boat and motor.

The weather for the tournament was P. Coudy with normal winds and a temp in the low 80’s.

Congratulations to Steve Slackta, from Grand Blanc, who won his first ever tournament with Top Bass. Steve had a quality 5 fish limit @ 16.43#. 2nd Place went to Bill Booth, from Midland with 14.20#, which included Big Bass for the tournament @ 3.79#. Bill Hurley, from Waterford, followed in 3rd Place with 13.61#. 4th Place was held down by Andy Maier, from Midland with 13.30#. We had 43 limits come to the scales.

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

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS – Top 30 only

Steve Slackta, Grand Blanc 16.43#
Billy Booth, Midland 14.20#
Bill Hurley, Waterford 13.61#
Andy Maier, Midland 13.30#
John Franko, Clare 12.93#
Keith Gyulveszi, Clare 12.62#
Kevin Vida, Clare 12.30#
Jim Clevinger, Beaverton 12.18#
Mark Reinke, Gladwin 11.90#
Steve Bigelow, Gladwin 11.71#
Trevor Bowland, Sanford 11.70#
Jeff Plutt, Houghton Lake 11.58#
Steve Glynn, Midland 11.55#
Steve Mather, Alpena 11.46#
Travis Green, Grand Blanc 11.09#
Michael Sielinski, Gladwin 11.06#
Randy Yochum, Alpena 10.87#
Tom Shoemaker Jr, Pinconning 10.56#
Ron Conner, Oxford 10.41#
Bob Wingate, Lake 10.40#
Cal Tomlinson, Midland 10.32#
Jim Baker, Bay City 10.20#
Fred Mosley, Flint 10.20#
Elmer Daniels, Jackson 10.13#
Brandt Wisniewski, Bay City 9.97#
J C Schneider, St. Helen 9.96#
Phil Stevens, Goodrich 9.73#
Tom Shoemaker Sr,Pinconning 9.52#
Dave Newcomb, Sanford 9.48#
Ken Vincent, Zeeland 9.35#

2023 Angler Of The Year Race – after 7 tournaments

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

Jeff Plutt, Houghton Lake 93.36#
John Franko, Clare 92.65#
Tom Shoemaker Jr., Pinconning 88.46#
Billy Booth, Midland 86.36#

Next Tournaments

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

Aug. 26-27, 2023 The Northwoods Wholesale Outlet 2 Day CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT- Saginaw River/Limited Bay – Independence Bridge Launch – (By USS Edison Battleship). To qualify – you MUST have paid for 2 of the one day tournaments, to fish this event. REMEMBER the entry for the 2 days - $140

FOR INFORMATION – CALL – ELMER DANIELS (517) 962-2345

E-MAIL topbass2@comcst.net or- TOM SHOEMAKER (989) 313-0700