Greetings! Sunday's field of 89 teams met at Berlin for the 3rd qualifier for the season. The day was absolutely crappy as it was cold, windy and rainy. The water had been fluctuating up and down because of recent rains and anglers found Berlin with high water. Water temps around 71 degrees. The post-spawn and high waters found the fish scattered and hard to find. A few anglers (7 teams) did manage to catch a 6 fish limit. There was 196 bass caught and 195 treated and released alive. Total weight was 281.72 for an average size of 1.44lb per fish. Winning patterns not known as this angler had to leave before the weigh-in for work and couldn't interview top anglers. Rumor has it top water bite played a role in one of the top 3 finishers. Event paid 11 places and 3 big bass prizes. Here are the results.
1st- Lance Gunter and Andy Berger from Clinton 12.38lb $1000 2nd- John and Matt Schneider from Massillon 11.41 $800
3rd- Rick Tschantz & Scott Burgess from Canton 10.08 $600 4th- Dan and Joe Watson from Massillon,Macedonia 8.65 $500
5thSam Capestrain & John Werren N.Lawrence N. Canton 8.49 $450 6th-Tony Lopane & Joe Reed Kent,Mogadore 8.34 $400
7th- Forest Friley & Mike Smith Canton Fredericktown 7.72 $350 8th- Ron and Phil Berish from Akron 7.45 $300
9th- James and Eric Lukens from N. Canton 7.43 $250 10th-Houston Hooper and Steve Sigmund Canton,Akron 7.30 $200
11th- Jerry & Jonathan Barnette from Uniontown 6.09 $200 Big Bass-John Davis & Bill Mickey Louisville,Salem 3.92lb $1000
2BB-Rory Franks & Greg Seith from Ravenna 3.53lb$500 3rdBB- Robert Smith & Brian Gnagey Mantua,Newbury 3.04lb $300
Thanks! Louie Kunkle ~ Director
