Ahh, what a beautiful day. The sun was shinin, the weather warm, and the wind was blowin, steady at 30-40mph. Even West Branch was rockin! Especially the launch ramps with 4'+ whitecaps crashing in on the ramps. Despite all mother nature threw at us, the guys (and gals) still caught bass, and made it ashore safely. Another prayer answered!
60 teams met to compete at WB on Sat May 9th. Event paid 8 places and 3BB
Here are the top 5 teams and Big Bass:
1st- Rory Franks and Jon Jonela from Ravenna 12.28 $1100 + $1100 STRATOS BOATS 2X BONUS = $2200
2nd- John and Matt Schneider from Massillon 11.49 $900.
3rd- Matt Gunter and Mike Roberts from Clinton 10.63 $700.
4th- Mark McQuate and Steve Hatfield (Ashland,Mifflin)10.23 $500.
5th- Mike Urbania and Rich Hall from Cleveland, Hiram 9.88 $400.
Big Bass- Rick Machonachy from Akron 4.74 $650.
A big "Thank You" to Accurate Auto Glass for an additional $50 bonus on Big Bass and to Land Big Fish for 2 additional gift cards for 2nd and 3rd Big Bass.
This will be an event that will come up in conversation years from now!
This came up again Sat. Do you remember the Tappan opener in 2002........
Next event will be at Mosquito Lake on 5-31-09
2009 LAKES TRAIL FINAL QUALIFIER#2 WEST BRANCH 5/09/09
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