Masters Trout Tournament 2010 Results

[Phil Lilley]

What started out as a yucky day, ended a real nice, sunny winter day here on Taney.

And the fishing was great. Nice rainbows weighed in. Eleven teams, the smallest number by far in the history of trout tournaments, at least out of our place.

Water ran all day - about 3 units.

Talking to some of the guy who fish today, this contest was fished in a very unique way. There were trout caught from Fall Creek all the way to Powersite and all points inbetween. I know people who caught - and weighed in - rainbows caught at Powersite and just below Fall Creek, caught around the Landing, Kanakuk's Camp off Lakeshore Dr., down close to Bee Creek, Bull Creek, Cedar Point and further down. Heard of one nice rainbow caught close to Short Creek but the rest of the nicer rainbows were all caught down lake, from the Landing down.

Most were caught on jigs but some were caught throwing or trolling rogues and casting spoons. Lots of dark males weighed in. If someone caught one, there were usually more in that school and they caught more than one.

Big trout was a 1.94 rainbow caught by one of the Hawkins brothers... sorry I didn't get which one it was. I'll find out and post his first name. Had another rainbow at 1.92 - pretty close!

First place - Byron Wheeler/Josh Wheeler - 9.38

Second - Shawn Pingleton/Vince Elfrink - 9.26

Third - Jason Lutz/Mike Fitzhenry - 9.12

Forth - Wil Long/Chad Estes - 8.94

8.72, 8.70, 8.64, 8.20, 6.68, 6.60 were the other weights.

Big rainbows - 1.94, 1.90. 1.80, 1.48, 1.40, 1.34, 1.24 ... these were "big fish" from each bag.

These are some of the best bags we've seen in years, but again, they're finding these trout in completely different areas than in past years. It spreads the field, so to speak.

Good fishing!! Great fellowship!!!!! Great bunch of guys, we're honored.

[freelancer 11]

Glad to see good fish still coming to the weigh-in. Obviously no keeper browns, but any report of browns being caught at all?

[Gatorjet]

Looks like I missed a good time. Hope they're still biting like that next Saturday!! See ya Monday afternoon.

[JD Dudley]

Glad to see good fish still coming to the weigh-in. Obviously no keeper browns, but any report of browns being caught at all?

Caught two 16 inch footballs... looked like they were about to pop. Didn't do us any good in the tournament, but a heck of a lot of fun to catch in that moving water especially as the first one came up doing cartwheels about 1 1/2 foot out of the water. Other than that a ton of fish and alot of fun and great fellowship. Thanks again Phil and Marsha!

[Ping]

As always, it was a lot of fun. It's fun to fish, but we can do that anytime. What is special about these tourneys are the friendships made and lies...ooops stories shared. Thanks Phil for hosting them, it would not be possible without you and all the fine folks at Lilley's Landing.

[bigdub]

Great tourney Phil, a cold morning gave way to a pretty nice January day considering. My father and I had a blast, the chili was great and the trophies look good on the mantle LOL!!! Great experience, great people and an overall awesome time. Good luck out there to all!!!