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17th Annual Crappie Buddy Tournament

THE BOB REDDICK MEMORIAL

17TH ANNUAL LAKE ARTHUR

CRAPPIE BUDDY TOURNAMENT

MAY 23, 2010

7:00 am To 3:00 pm

Guaranteed $1,000 1st Place


$50 Team Entry Fee (includes $5 lunker pool) (After May 16, $5 late fee will be added)

Rules

“Please read and follow these rules precisely, as there will be no Pre-Tournament Meeting”

1. 100% Pay-out based on total entries: pay 1 place per 10 boats (Example: 50 boats – 5 places, etc.)

2. Smallest Total weight will win the Waterbec T-Shirt Award.

3. Fishing off limits May 23,2010,12:01 am to 7:00 am starting time.

4. Any entries after May 16, 2010 cash only (can also be accepted at Bait Boy Inc., Bob Warren Boat Sales.)

Also cash at 528 Boat Launch on May 23, 2010 from 6:00 AM to 6:30 AM.

5. MANDATORY BOAT CHECK AT 528 BOAT LAUNCH, STARTING AT 5:30 AM, AFTER BOAT CHECK YOU MAY

LAUNCH FROM ANY BOAT LAUNCH, BUT CAN NOT LEAVE THE BOAT LAUNCH UNTIL 6:00 AM. NO FISHING

UNTIL 7:00 AM.

6. BOTH TEAM MEMBERS MUST BE PRESENT, ON THE WATER, AT TIME OF CHECK-IN AND WEIGH-IN TO WIN PRIZES. You must fish together in the same boat and are not allowed to leave boat (except in dire emergency). No spectators allowed on your boat. NO FISHING WITHIN 50 YARDS OF OPPONENTS ANCHORED BOAT.

7. Tournament will be held regardless of weather.

More rules on Application

Last Years Top 5

1st Place $1000

Don Wagner & Robert Wagner – 11.36 lbs.

2nd Place $415

Ken Zaludek & Sonny Daniels -8.62 lbs.

3rd Place $265

Bob Barnes & Scott Barnes – 8.21 lbs.

4th Place $165

Robert McAnallen & Zach Sawyer – 7.95 lbs.

5th Place $100 Cash – Main St Florist

Andy Radwanski & John Reep – 7.19 lbs.

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See Full Rules and Download your Application Here

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Final Tournament of the Year – Lake Arthur

arthur110809 The final bass tournament of the year has come and gone.  The bass club I fish in, West Penn Bass Hunters, had there final tournament of the year on Lake Arthur last Sunday.  I had not pre-fished for this tournament, but Lake Arthur is my home lake so I had a good idea where the fish might be.   After looking through my notes from the past few years, I decided that I would need to fish shallow weedlines and/or wood to get my fish.   We launched from 528 launch at 8am, with clear skies, no wind, warmer than average air temp, and the water temp was 49°.  My first stop of the day was a cove about half way down the lake.  Not knowing exactly where the fish would be I picked up my white chatterbait and started down the bank.  It didn’t take long to get my first hit, maybe 15-20 minutes, but it was just a 13” largemouth.  My next bite, coming just a few minutes later was much better, a solid 4.56lb largemouth.  After getting that big girl so early, I was planning on having a great day of fishing.  I fished around that cove for the next few hours, changing my lures and trying a spinnerbait, jig, jerkbait, and a beaver but was only able to get few more dinks.  I moved down around Bear Run next but didn’t get anything down there so I decided to make the run all the way back up to muddy creek.  I fished around in weeds with a spinnerbait and chatterbait for a few more hours with no success, so I decided to try dragging a beaver.  I was able to get one hit on the beaver, which ended up being my last keeper of the day, a 3lb largie.   My final stop of the day was up in Shannon’s Bay where I got one more dink on a chatterbait.  It was time to take in my fish in and see how everyone else did.  My total weight with my two fish was 7.65lbs and it was just enough to squeak out the win over two other guys that had three fish limits.  It was a great day to be on the water as the weather was nice and even though the fishing wasn’t great the size of the fish I got made up for the low number of fish I caught.

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Basscasters Wednesday Evening Championship

Classic – McDaniels

PlaceAngler(s)# FishWt.
1stErnie Pate / Ken Pate49.57 lbs
2ndCraig Wozniak / Joe Wozniak39.47 lbs
3rd Chuck Palace / John Grystar39.38 lbs
4thJustin Richardson / H. Kyle Richardson49.22 lbs
5thLarry Weitzel / Howdy Regis39.16 lbs
6thMark Keene / Nate Smith27.93 lbs
7thScott Kinard / Mike Doerflinger47.80 lbs
8thJim Lambert / Mark Towne37.11 lbs
9thJohn Keene Sr. / Dave Adam26.87 lbs
10thTom Rozic26.78 lbs
11thLeo Cancilla / Ron Cancilla26.46 lbs
12thRandy Rose / Dean Cercone36.40 lbs
13thGreg Rogerson / Garett Murphy35.74 lbs
14thDan Grove, Sr. / Dan Grove Jr.25.21 lbs
15thJerry Moser25.16 lbs
16thJohn Keene Jr. / Renee Keene24.24 lbs
17thScott Casper / Tim Byers24.02 lbs
18thKevin Kniess / Steve White23.82 lbs
19thKen Zaludek / Josh Macko23.80 lbs
20thBen Snyder / Frank Snyder13.50 lbs
LunkerChuck Palace / John GrystarLM5.55 lbs

For a year to date summary  Basscasters Wednesday Evening Summary 2009

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Basscasters Wednesday Evening Tournament – #12

Week #12 – 528 Launch

PlaceAngler(s)# FishWt.
1stBill Heller / Mark Shick310.92
2ndMark Towne / Jim Lambert36.08
3rd Rick Nelson / Clyde Snyder24.12
4thChris Rozic / Tom Rozic14.05
5thPaul Anderson23.88
6thPaul Iman / Joe Iman13.81
7thJim Thalman / Jeff Hall23.6
8thChris Sumansky / Dan Gray23.6
LunkerBill Heller / Mark ShickLM5.35

For a year to date summary  Basscasters Wednesday Evening Summary 2009

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Practice Doesn’t Always make Prefect

This weekend was a mixed bag of fishing for me to say the least. My buddy and I were signed up to fish the Mcfeely Tournament at Lake Arthur on Sunday, which is a great tournament for a worthy cause, put on by the guys at Consumer Direct Sports Supplies every year.  I had been getting a few nice fish out of the weeds just about every trip out there this year, but it had been less consistent as of late.   I  wanted to go practice the day before the tournament to check some spots and try to find some more spots to make sure I was on fish.  I told myself going in I was going to stick one fish in each spot I hit just to make sure they were the quality of fish I was looking for.

5lb 13 oz Lake Arthur Largemouth

5lb 13 oz Lake Arthur Largemouth

The morning started off better then I could have hoped for.  I punched my black and blue Picasso jig with 65lb braid into the first patch of weeds I came to and bang, a nice 4lb largemouth.  So I left and went to my next stop.  On the first cast, I got a small keeper.  I left that spot and went punching pads in th next area I wanted to fish and got a nice mid 40’s musky.  The first of three musky I had hit in Bear Run that day, other two got off.  I did have to give her my jig because I couldn’t even see it in her craw and I didn’t want to killer her trying to remove it.  I didn’t get any bass in the pad so I made a run down the lake to check some other holes I hadn’t fished yet this year.  At my next stop I punched into some weeds and pulled up a nice 5lb 13 oz largemouth.  (Sorry for the bad picture all we had was a cell phone to take the picture.) After that I thought I was going to be in great shape going into the tournament the next day.

Well sorry to say my buddy and I never got a keeper during the tournament.  I’m not sure if it was the weather difference that changed everything or what.  Saturday was sunny and nice and Sunday was overcast and cold.  We did catch some fish but never got a good one.  We did, however, have another musky attack but it didn’t hook up.  On that note, if anyone is looking for musky, Lake Arthur seems to be really picking up right now.

What can you do?  Sometime you get the bass and sometimes the bass get you.  What else can you say?  I think of it this way, it better to have caught some fish on Saturday and had a good day of fishing then to have never caught them at all.

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Basscasters Wednesday Evening Tournament – #10

Week #10 – 528 Launch

PlaceAngler(s)# FishWt.
1stChris Rozic / Tom Rozic47.19
2ndTim Byers / Scott Casper36.27
3rd Larry Weitzel / Howdy Regis26.09
4thHomer Jenkins / Ben Martin25.91
5thPaul Anderson / Ken Anderson25.25
6thGus Kneidinger / Bill Parenti24.8
7thK. Justin Richardson / H. Kyle Richardson24.64
8thMark Towne / Jim Lambert24.6
LunkerLarry Weitzel / Howdy RegisLM4.28

For a year to date summary  Basscasters Wednesday Evening Summary 2009

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Basscasters Wednesday Evening Tournament – Week #9

Week #9 – 528 Launch

PlaceAngler(s)# FishWt.
1stKeith Brown / Dawn Schaiffner312.69
2ndMike Morgan / Alan Morgan49.75
3rd Chuck Walker49.65
4thJoe Wozniak / Craig Wozniak39.21
5thMark White / Justing White48.42
6thScott Kinard / Mike Doerflinger48.02
7thScott Treaster / Dino Frantangeli47.18
8thKyle Richardson / H. Kyle Richardson26.40
LunkerKeith Brown / Dawn SchaiffnerLM5.89

For a year to date summary  Basscasters Wednesday Evening Summary 2009

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Basscasters Wednesday Evening Tournament – Week #8

Week #8 – Bear Run Launch

PlaceAngler(s)# FishWt.
1stErnie Pate / Ken Pate412.04
2ndJustin Richardson / Kyle Richardson410.45
3rd Scott Kinard / Mike Doerflinger49.56
4thPaul Anderson / Randy Rose48.22
5thChuck Walker / Cole Walker47.63
6thTim Byers / Scott Casper37.19
7thJustin White / Mark White37.18
8thBrad Chupka / Tammy Chupka37.09
LunkerJohn Grystar / Chuck PalaceLM5.15

For a year to date summary  Basscasters Wednesday Evening Summary 2009

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Lake Arthur Tournament

Once again Leo and I fished a tournament again this weekend.  This time we were at Lake Arthur. We put in at the 528 launch around 530am in the pouring rain and started our run up the lake to the tournament launch site at the restaurant. We made it about half way there when an unexpected visitor decided to join us. A bat bounced off the post of the front seat and fell into the bottom of the boat.  After quick stop for Leo to remove the bat from the boat we continued up to the restaurant with the hopes of recovering from a poor showing the previous week at Lake Wilhelm.  We ran to our first stop, a deep weed patch off a point and starting catching fish right away, the issue was they were not keepers.  We worked the area for a few hours but were unable to get anything to put in the livewell.  We then ran to our next stop in a set of pads and once again got fish and had blowups but nothing to take with us.  We made a few quick stops on some brush piles but they didn’t produce anything.  Our next stop was a road bed which got a smallmouth off of but once again it was short.  Our last stop of the day was in the pads again and we got a few blowups on a frog, one of which yielded us our first and only keeper of the day.  So once again we did not do as well as we would have liked to but it was still a good day of fishing with some good stories to tell.

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Basscasters Wednesday Evening Tournament – Week #7

Week #7 – Bear Run Launch

PlaceAngler(s)# FishWt.
1stRich Conlon / Myron Wrona49.98
2ndDonovan Traggai / David Christy49.13
3rd Jon Parker / Ron Parker36.52
4thMike Morgan / Alan Morgan26.46
5thTodd Malinak35.98
6thLeo Cancilla / Ron Cancilla35.85
7thJohn Keene Jr. / Renee Keene25.61
8thJustin White / Mark White35.3
LunkerKeith Brown / Dawn SchaiffnerLM4.56

For a year to date summary  Basscasters Wednesday Evening Summary 2009

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