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The first WBSA walleye tournament was held at the Black River Wharf in Lorain, Ohio. It was scheduled for June 19th, but because of bad weather, it was postponed until June 20th. The weather was great with low winds. Although fish were marked in many places, the bite was pretty slow. We had a total of 18 teams with 17 hopefulls entering the pot for big fish. This was a total of 58 people fishing. There were 3-2 man teams, 10-3 man teams, 3-4 man teams, and 2 5- man teams. Takeoff went very well with Steve Carlson giving the rules as the boaters idled their way down the river. All teams were back in by check in time. 10 teams weighed 5 fish each, 3 teams weighed 3 fish each, and 5 teams weighed no fish. Winners were:
1st Place- Ronnie Rhodes / Guy Ledman
5 fish for #28.5 Payout $1,253.00
2nd Place- Steve Carlson / Jim Stedke / Jay Parks
5 fish for #27.85 Payout $626.00
3rd Place- Rich Benoit / Vince Villanucci / Tony Villanucci
5 fish for #25.80 Payout $281.00
Big Fish Winners were:
1st Place- Rich Benoit / Vince Villanucci / Tony Villanucci
27 5/8 inch. # 8.35 Payout $350.00 PLUS
bonus from South Shore Marine of $150.00
2nd Place- John Bogdan / Pete Bogdan / Eric Marcinkowski
29 3/8 inch. # 7.60 Payout $75.00
We had drawings for prizes after the payouts for numerous fishing items such as rods, reels, gift certificates, and lures. These were generously donated by area merchants. We had a total of $1,210.00 in merchandise donations. Thank you to the following merchants who donated items.
Reef Runner Lures, Marblehead / Cranberry Creek Marina, Huron / Sportsman's Outpost, Vermillion / Fisherman's Warf, Pt. Clinton / Rodmakers, Strongsville / Erie Outfitters, Avon / South Shore Marine, Huron / Hi-Way Bait, Marblehead / Dave's Bait, Vermillion / Moonlight Fishing Co., New York / Pa's Lures.
RESULTS
TEAM MEMBERS
# of FISH
TOTAL WT
BIG FISH LENGTH
BIG FISH WEIGHT
Ronnie Rhodes / Guy Ledman
5
# 28.50
27 1/4
# 7.20
Steve Carlson / Jim Stedke / Jay Parks
5
# 27.85
27
# 6.85
Rich Benoit / Vince Villanucci / Tony Villanucci
5
# 25.80
27 5/8
# 8.35
John Bogdan / Pete Bogdan / Eric Macinkowski
5
# 24.55
29 3/8
# 7.60
Matt Davis / Kelly Buchenroth
5
# 23.00
26 1/4
# 5.75
Sean Boutin / Scott Brugger / Rich Nichols / Lynn Bolen
5
# 22.35
24 3/4
# 5.70
Gary Zart / Nicholas Zart / Brandon Zart / Wayne Jesionowski / Miguel Valencia
5
# 21.15
0
0
Michael Zaborski / Stanley Zaborski / Edmund Zaborski
5
# 19.60
22 1/2
# 4.20
Matt Esser / Dick Esser / Ralph Smogula / Steve Smogula / Jim Esser
5
# 18.80
0
0
Ray Woody / Bob Hanko / Jeff Park
5
# 14.55
0
0
Nate McConoughey / Grant Hatfield / Gregg Hatfield
3
# 10.80
22 7/8
0
David Davidson / Thomas Sibert / Tommy Sibert
3
# 9.60
22 3/4
0
Tim Joseph / Don Marston / Dick Chicoine
3
# 8.75
0
0
Marc Bottone / Don Kasner / Willliam Lundberg
0
0
0
0
Charles Clark / James Everett / Howard McCafferty / Ken Swope
0
0
0
0
Tim Croft / Bill Croft / Bob Kaisk
0
0
0
0
Chris Miller / Rick McGuckin / Jim Wilson / Kevin Schwake
0
0
0
0
Chad Schilling / Dennis Schlabach
0
0
0
0
At least 3 of the teams had fish but decided not to weigh because of higher weights already posted.
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Thanks to everyone that fished the event and to all of the sponsors that donated to the event. I believe each team that stayed around until the end of the event received at least one item that was doanted by the sponsors. We had some really generous tackle donations.
It was a tough bite for sure. The top 4 placing teams fished out in an area known as "the hole" which is north of Cleveland. 33-35 miles at 30 degree compass heading from Lorain. Jay Parks & I fished this area on Friday afternoon and caught 4 eyes in about an hour and a half with 3 of the 4 being over 7 pounds. Decided this was the place to go and really expected to handle 15-20 eyes on Sunday. We started out wiht a nice 7# eye 10 minutes into the day on a size 1 dispey set at 105 feet pulling a firetiger worm harness at 2.4 mph. This was a double willow bladed harness designed for running faster than conventional harnesses. Had another shot on this setup 20 minutes later but we lost it. Caught some nice (8-10 pound) steelhead in the next couple hours but no walleye for a while. Then found some active eyes and popped two on a 3 setting dipsey back 165 feet on a chrome full size Michigan Stinger Mixed Vegies spoon. Another dry spell and I made a move back to where I had marked fish on the way out about 2 miles from where we had been fishing. With 40 minutes to fish we were stuck at 3 walleye but managed to pop 2 more on harnesses on the 2 setting dipsey back 105. I know that Rich Benoit's third place Lotta Gray team caught all their fish on dipseys and spoons. I believe 135 feet back on a 3 setting with Mixed Vegies was their best. The winner pulled most (maybe all) of his fish on worm harnesses.
Steve Carlson
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Erie Lorain WBSA tournament results