Top Bass Tournament Trail - Houghton Lake 7-25-26

TOP BASS

TOURNAMENT TRAIL

July 25th, 2026 on Houghton Lake

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Top Bass Tournament Trail held their 6th tournament of the season on Houghton Lake, out of the West DNR Ramp. The event was named “The EGO Fishing & Yamaha Outboards Open” after two of our very good sponsors.

The weather for the tournament was nice, for a change, on Houghton Lake, with normal winds, sunny skies, and temps reaching 80.

The fishing was very tough, with only 16 limits coming to the scales. Many of the anglers did not even weigh their 1-4 fish, and put them back into the lake, as when taking their boats out, the parking was very congested, and they just headed back home.

Congratulations to John Franko, from Clare, who won this tournament with a very nice limit that hit the scales at 17.25#. Second Place went to Bret Holling, from Prudenville, with a quality limit at 16.50#. Third Place went to Jamie Sochocki, from Bridgeport, with another nice limit at 16.32#. Michael Sielinski, from Gladwin, held on to take Fourth Place with a limit at 14.79#. Big Bass for the tournament went to our own Tom Shoemaker, from Pinconning with a nice 5.09# smallmouth. Great job to all, as we had a 100% live release of all the fish weighed in.

A Special “Thank You”, to EGO Fishing & Yamaha Outboards, for being the title sponsors of this event.

Thanks to all those who help take down the tournament site, after the tournament. We VERY MUCH appreciate your help. Thanks Again!!

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

Top 14 only

John Franko, Clare 17.25#

Bret Holling, Prudenville 16.50#

Jamie Sochocki, Bridgeport 16.32#

Michael Sielinski, Gladwin 14.79#

Bob Wingate, Lake 13.11#

Kevin Vida, Clare 12.97#

Keith Gyulveszi, Clare 12.92#

Nathan Troyanek, New Boston 12.75#

Jim Baker. Bay City 12.59#

Tom Shoemaker, Pinconning 12.16#

Elmer Daniels, Jackson 11.29#

Dan Johnson, Gladwin 10.91#

Jim Clevinger, Beaverton 10.58#

Paul Affholder, Traverse City 9.88#

ANGLER OF THE YEAR RACE

(Angler Of The Year will be the person with the most points for all 9 tournaments)

The winner of each tournament will receive 100 points. Then each place after first, will receive one less point per position going down (100-99-98-97 and so on.)

Point race – after the first 6 tournaments

Michael Sielinski 585

John Franko 569

Keith Gyulveszi 553

Kevin Vida 535

Tom Shoemaker 533

Remember – the 2 Day Championship, all points are doubled. (The difference from 1st to 5th place will be a 10 point difference, as an example).

AOY leader Michael Sielinski

NEXT TOURNAMENTS

August 8, 2026 The Jay's Sporting Goods Open - Missaukee Lake – Missaukee Co. Park Launch

August 22, 2026 The Dick's Sporting Goods Open - Lake St. Helen– St. Helen Ramp

Sept. 19-20, 2026 The Northwoods Wholesale Outlet - 2 Day CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT- Saginaw River/Limited Bay – Independence Bridge Launch – (By USS Edison Battleship). To qualify – you MUST have fished at least 2 one day 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