Team Trout Tournament

[Phil Lilley]

First the bass tournament held yesterday- had 7 contestants and only had one come back and weighed in- Tony Weldele weighed 6 bass at 8.28 lbs, big bass of 2.76.

31 boats started this morning at 8 am. Snow flurries most of the morning provide great fishing conditions (I've always caught fish in the snow!). No one knew what fishing was really going to be like. It was good... shall I say THE best weights I've seen in ALOT of years. MDC has stocked some very nice rainbows- 14-15 inches and fat. Most were caught from Cooper Creek down to the bridges on jigs, spinners and spoons. This was an artificial only tournament.

9 teams fished up. None weighed in any keepers over 20 inches. Had 2 keeper browns, one caught with a brown jig around Short Creek by Tom Burckhardt at 21.5 inches, 4.80 pounds and the other caught down by Monkey Island on a rapala caught by William Slagle, 22 inches- 5.20 pounds. Both were released. Most of the trout caught today were released.

1st Place William and Zachery Slagle

2nd Place Biermann, Burckhardt

3rd Place Cross, Burkin

4th Place Dielt, Hittler

Big Rainbow, GT Bracy

Big Brown, William Slagle

Tom Burckhardt