This years season finale ended with a bang on Sept.17+18th as 57 teams out of 95 qualified to fish this years $19,600. championship at Lake Chautauqua in NY. We had great weather with partly cloudy and warm conditions on day 1 and foggy to hot/sunny conditionson day 2. Water temp was at 70 degrees. There were no surprises this year as the top 4 in points made up thetop 4 at the championship. What's surprising is the number of women entering the competitive ranks. Wehave a good mix of Father/Son teams, Husband/Wife teams, even Grandfather/Grandson teams. Above, picture of Barb Foys from Clinton with a 4.28lb smallmouth that was good for 3rd big bass day 2 of the event, and Joni Dixon with a couple of bass that helped her team to finish in 3rd place. Also a photo of the top 3 teams L to R: Nick Prvonozac 2nd place and Big Bass of the event at 5.83lb, Tom and LanceGunter 1st place, and Ron and Joni Dixon 3rd place.
Other season awards are big string of the seasoncaught from Portage on 5-1-05 by Dean Rahas and Chuck
Monaghan from Brunswick, Parma, 16.98lb. $100.00
Big bass for the season split to Bobby Baily fromUniontown and James Lukens from N. Canton 4.68lb and
4.60lb $50 each.
2005 Season Point Champions were:
1st- John and Matt Schneider from Massillon $500.00
2nd- Tom and Lance Gunter from Clinton $400.00
3rd- Nick Prvonozac and Sien Mosch from Warren $300.00
2005 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
1st day leader bonus, Nick Prvonozac, Warren $100.00
BBass day 1-and overall, Nick Prvonozac 5.83lb $600.00
2BB day 1- Jeff Ring from Alliance 5.62lb $500.00
3BB day 1- Al Gibbons from Canton 5.04lb $400.00
BBass day 2- Mike Pieri from Akron 5.56lb $600.00
2BB day 2- Fred Hunter from Canton 4.86lb $500.00
3BB day 2- Barb Foys from Clinton 4.28lb $400.00
Top 15 places:
1st-Tom and Lance Gunter from Clinton 25.02 $3000.00
2nd- Nick Prvonozac from Warren 24.77 $2000.00
3rd- Ron and Joni Dixon from Minerva 24.44 $1800.00
4th- John and Matt Schneider from Massilon 23.71 $1500.00
5th- Fred and Mark Hunter from Canton 23.57 $1200.00
6th- James Lukens and David Poteet from N. Canton, Minerva 23.35 $1000.00
7th- Mel Balas and Randy King from Clinton,Orville 23.28 $900.00
8th- Joey Reed and George Lonf from Mogadore, Akron 21.63 $800.00
9th-Jeff and Shawn Kungle from Uniontown 21.44 $700.00
10th- Tom Freshly and Mike Pieri from Garrettsville, Akron 20.48 $600.00
11th- Bruce Corrick and Chet Hayes from Akron, Clinton 20.05 $500.00
12th-Al Gibbons and Bill Bucy from Canton 19.88 $400.00
13th- Craig and Ryan Kitson from Solon 19.53 $300.00
14th- Dan Watson from Massillon 19.13 $200.00
15th- Matt Gunter and Mike Roberts from Clinton, Akron 18.41 $200.00
A total of 383 bass were weighed for a total weight of 751.56lb. An average of 1.96lb per bass. Not a bad average. Many reported releasing their bass beforeweighing on day 2 after falling out of contention. The majority of anglers caught a 5 bass limit each day but the winners had a big fish or two in the mix to rise above the rest. Winning patterns includedfishing deep weeds with topwater baits, spinner baits,and texas rigged worms. Many teams fared wellflipping docks with tube baits and senkos. Everyone had a good time and decided to go back there next year
for our finale.
LK
