Ray Willick and Don MacDonald Win on Trout Lake with one big kicker fish.
Everytime we have a Tournament on Trout Lake, the weather is always great,the cottagers and home owners are great,
and you can be sure that somewhere in the Lake there is a big fish that is going to make one team as proud as
a peacock at weigh in time. This year it would be the Team of Ray Willick & Don MacDonald who would bring 14.64lbs to
the scales to take 1st place and with one of those fish being a 6.04lb Smallmouth they would have no problem
takeing the Big Fish award. Just think of this, because this is a live release Bass Series that same Bass next
year will be bigger and meaner, and I sure hope the swimers are safe.
 
I,am not sure how many times I have told new anglers that you are not just going to go out on the water in a Bass
Tournament and beat your fellow anglers who have years of experiance. You need to learn what to use, how to use it,
and most importantly have confidence in what you are useing. The father and son team of Monty & Eric Cummings have
been doing Tournaments for the last 4 years now and learning new tricks every year,plus getting more confident.
This weekend it all come togeather as the team came to the scales with 12.96lbs to take 2cd place on water that
they have never fished before, and beat some of the best Trout Lake anglers around.
 
Every year we are getting more and more husband & wife, father & daughter, mother and son and boy friend girl friend
teams coming out to fish the events. At first they fish for fun and day on the water, "BUT" then the competitive side
starts to come out,( I think its the ladies ) and they start fishing hard. Carole and Calven Neill have been fishing
our Series from the start, and pileing up top 3 finishes like cord wood. Once again the team would end up on the
leader board with 11.82lbs for 3rd place. Next year Carole told me they are going for Angler of the Year, and I
beleave they just might do it.
For the full story and pictures go to Dates and Results page Trout Lake .
Mike and Howard Gifford prove Smallmouth still win on Lake Nipissing
With 40 mile a hour winds predicted for Sundays event on Lake Nipissing and low water levels alot of anglers did
not show up to fish what would be one of the comest days I have seen in years on lake Nipissing. Anglers that did
show up had no problem getting to any spot they wonted to fish on the lake and surprizingly the water levels did
not effect safty issues at all.
Teams reported that they seen shcools of fish , and alot of big fish that would just not hit, but the Team of
Howard and Mike Gifford figured out how to make those big fish bite, an the brothers came to the scales with
19.26lbs of Smallmouth Bass to take 1st place. The team said some day they will take me out and show me a few
tricks they use.
 
Another team that can figure out how to get the Bass to bite , or just pester them so bad that they bite out
out of anger is Sean Strang and Chris Sheffield. This team is no stranger to the winners circle and with 18.36lbs
the team had no problem taking 2cd place. The team also said they will take me out some day and show me a few
tricks they use.
 
When it comes to Lake Nipissing Brian Milne says he just gets excited to go to a Tournament there, and Brian and
his partner Greg Gilson showed us why when they came to the scales with 17.34lbs to take 3rd place and a
4.60lb Smallmouth which would take the Big Fish award. Its starting to get odd now because Brian and Greg said
they would take me out and show me some tricks they use, LOL.
 
This was the last qualifier of the year for the 2010 Classic and Anglers are reminded too get your money in for
the Classic if you are going to fish it. With roughly $40,000.oo in cash and prizes, including the FREE draw for the
boat motor and tralor which will go to one of the teams fishing the Classic and a few laughs too boot, this will
be one event you dont wont to miss. If your not planning on fishing it come on out Sunday Sept.26th at 3pm and join
in the fun.
For the full story and pictures go to Dates and Results page Lake Nipissing Sturgeon Falls .
Stay Safe have Fun
Dave LaFontaine
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