Top Bass Tournament Trail - Lake St Helen 8-22-26

TOP BASS

TOURNAMENT TRAIL

August 22nd, 2026 on

Lake St Helen

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Top Bass Tournament Trail held its 8th tournament of the 2026 season, on Lake St Helen in St Helen, MI on August 22nd, 2026.

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 sort of a mixed bag, as we had very cloudy at times, a VERY heavy rain storm in the middle, and some sun toward the end. Temps were in the low 70’s at the end, with about normal winds.

The fishing was fair, given the weather. We had only 27 limits, with all but 9 limits, being under 10 pounds. Lots of 1-2 pound fish, came to the scales, but we did have 3 that was over 4 pounds, and one of those just under 6 pounds. We had a 100% live release, so great job to all the anglers.

Congratulations to Andy Maier, from Midland, who took home top prize with a winning limit of 13.34#. Andy’s limit had a hog in it that took Big Bass for the tournament, and weighed 5.60#. Second Place went to Todd Hamilton, from Lewiston, with a limit at 13.23#, which had a nice 4.41# in it. Third Place was held down by one of our young stars, Roco Rosa, from Saginaw. He is new to tournament bass fishing, and netted a limit of 13.10# to cash for the first time and also take home a nice trophy. Congratulations Roco! Bob Wozniak, from Pinconning, took home Fourth Place with 13.02#, which was anchored by a quality 4.42# largemouth. Bringing up the rear in the last pay spot for Fifth Place was Elmer Daniels, from Jackson with 11.58#. Big Bass went to Andy Maier, from Midland with 5.60#.

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

From L to R: Roco Rosa, Todd Hamilton and Andy Maier

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

Top 20 Only

1. Andy Maier, Midland 13.34#

2. Todd Hamilton, Lewiston 13.23#

3. Roco Rosa, Saginaw 13.10#

4. Bob Wozniak, Pinconning 13.02#

5. Elmer Daniels, Jackson 11.58#

6. Billy Booth, Midland 11.31#

7. Travis Green, Grand Blanc 10.62#

8. Bob Wingate, Lake 10.61#

9. Ron Conner, Oxford 10.31#

10. Paul Affholder, Traverse City 10.25#

11. Phil Stevens, Goodrich 10.14#

12. Aaron Charland, New Haven 9.95#

13. John Franko, Clare 9.91#

14. Steve Glynn, Midland 9.89#

15. Dave Newcomb, Sanford 9.71#

16. Keith Gyulveszi, Clare 9.59#

17. Bill Hurley, Waterford 8.89#

18. Michael Sielinski, Gladwin 8.73#

19. Travis Vida, Clare 8.69#

20. Al German, Vassar 8.65#

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

2026 Angler Of The Year Race

(after 8 tournaments)

(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.)

1. Michael Sielinski 764

2. John Franko 757

3. Kevin Vida 709

4. Ron Conner 700

NEXT TOURNAMENT

Sept. 19-20, 2026 The Northwoods Wholesale Outlet - 2 Day CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT- Saginaw River/Limited Bay – Independence Bridge Launch – (By USS Edison Battleship). This is our biggest tournament with lots of $$$ and prizes, all the way down to 15th Place. All other will also pick from prizes twice the size of normal picks.

REMEMBER - All fees for the Championship are doubled with the entry being $140, and both Option and Big Bass at $20 each. There will be both Option pots and Big Bass paid at both days.

SPECIAL FOR THOSE LOOKING TO FISH THE CHAMPIONSHIP – Anyone who has fished at least one Top Bass tournament this season will be invited to fish the Championship. If you have any questions on this please contact Elmer.

Thank you to all of you who fished with Top Bass this season. We hope to see you ALL at the 2 Day Championship on Sept. 19-20. Take Care!

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

OR - TOM SHOEMAKER (989) 313-0700