Top Bass Tournament Trail - Lake St Helen 8-2-25

SHOE'S TOP BASS

TOURNAMENT TRAIL

August 2nd, 2025 on

Lake St Helen

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Shoe’s Top Bass Tournament Trail held its 7th tournament of the 2025 season, on Lake St Helen in St Helen, MI on August 2nd, 2025.

This tournament was named “The Dick’s Sporting Goods Open” after one of our great sponsors. Dick’s Sporting Goods has been one of our very loyal sponsors for many years. So whenever you have any sporting goods needs, check them out first, you won’t be sorry that you did.

The weather for the tournament was the best that we have had this season. Mostly sunny, with light winds, and temps in the 70’s. The fishing was very good, as we had 43 limits come to the scales, and a 100% live release.

Congratulations to Keith Gyulveszi, from Clare, who won this event with a nice limit at 15.14#. Second Place went to Peter Jones, from Midland with 14.87#. Following right behind Peter, was Paul Affholder, from Traverse City, with 14.54#, to take Third Place. Fourth Place went to Steve Bigelow, from Gladwin with 14.27#. Our Fifth Place angler was Steve Glynn, from Midland with 14.05#, and it was anchored by Big Bass for the tournament with a 4.53# largemouth.

A special Thank You to Dick’s Sporting Goods, for being the title sponsor of this event.

From L to R: Steve Glynn, Keith Gyulveszi, Peter Jones and Paul Affholder,

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

Top 30 Only

1. Keith Gyulveszi, Clare 15.14#

2. Peter Jones, Midland 14.87#

3. Paul Affholder, Traverse City 14.54#

4. Steve Bigelow, Gladwin 14.27#

5. Steve Glynn, Midland 14.05#

6. John Franko, Clare 13.90#

7. Randy Yochum, Alpena 13.75#

8. Mike Sielinski, Gladwin 13.24#

9. Bob Wingate, Lake 13.17#

10. Andy Maier, Midland 13.02#

11. Trevor Bowland, Sanford 12.77#

12. Billy Booth, Midland 12.58#

13. Brendan Gyulveszi, Clare 12.56#

14. Justin Dankert, Saginaw 12.29#

15. Jim Baker, Bay City 12.02#

16. Ron Conner, Oxford 11.79#

17. Kyle Bigelow, Gladwin 11.57#

18. Mike Parsons, Clare 11.47#

19. Todd Hamilton, Lewiston 11.45#

20. Randy Bigford, Spruce 11.31#

21. Tom Shoemaker, Pinconning 11.15#

22. Steve Slackta, Grand Blanc 11.15#

23. Elmer Daniels, Jackson 11.11#

24. Nathan Troyanek, New Boston 11.09#

25. Chris Santti, Redford 10.89#

26. Bill Hurley, Waterford 10.75#

27. Ken Wisniewski, Bay City 10.67#

28. Jeff Griffiths, Alpena 10.39#

29. Tom Ulanski, Montrose 10.35#

30. Andrew Blust, Tawas 10.31#

Thanks to everybody who showed up for the weigh-in!

2025 Angler Of The Year Race

(after 7 tournaments)

(Angler Of The Year, is the person who totals the most points for all 9 tournaments)

John Franko, Clare 226 pts
Keith Gyulveszi 199 pts
Peter Jones 198 pts

NEXT TOURNAMENTS

August 16, 2025 Jay's Sporting Goods -Houghton Lake – West End DNR Launch

Sept. 6-7, 2025 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 at least 2 tournaments to fish this event. REMEMBER the entry for the 2 days is $140 with day 1 weigh in at 3:00pm - day 2 weigh in at 2:00pm.

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

OR - TOM SHOEMAKER (989) 313-0700