May 27th, 2008

THE CITY of NORTH BAY HOSTS
2 BASS TOURNAMENTS on JULY 5 & 6th
on TROUT LAKE & LAKE NIPISSING

As the sun started to raise Saturday morning 27 teams slipped into the water on Trout Lake to have some fun and catch some fish, even little Brianne who is 5 years old decided to help the Bazinette brothers find the big Bass and was ready to go at 6am.

There is no question that every one of these teams also want to win 1st and take home the cash that goes along with it, but just being on the water fishing with friends or family and having fun is rewarding in it’s self.

At 7am the Tournament started and anglers spread out all over the lake fishing every rock hump, stump, weed bed , or drop off they could find, because they new that Trout Lake has a great population of Bass.

Cast after cast the anglers looked for the 5 fish that it would take to win , and every one new that some one would have them by the end of the day, and sure enough the team of

DenisAubin & Wayne Barnes showed they had what it takes, and brought in 5 fish weighing 13.54lbs and the big fish of the day at 4.72lbs.

Second place would go to Brad Gilson & Tim Ellis with the weight of 12.36lbs

The team of Ray Willick & Don MacDonald found 12.26 lbs which would put them in 3rd place.

Sunday anglers moved to Sturgeon Falls where the take off would be for the Nipissing event. With more anglers showing up to fish now 30 teams would ride the waves to find the fish needed to win on this Bass filled Lake.

Teams looked for both Smallmouth and Large Mouth and it would be that very trick that would bring the team of

Pete Senecal & Roger Tetreault the 1st place win with a total weight of 19.70 lbs

Hot on the winners heels was the team of Michel Duaime & Steve Clark who also brought in a nice bag of fish for a total weight of 19 lbs which would give them 2 place.

The 3rd place team of Andrew Poitras & Gary Neal also brought in a nice weight of 18.62 lbs

The Big fish of the day at 5.34lbs would go to Pat Basinette & Natasha Labelle, who where also the Tournament Coordinators for this event.

Once again we would like to thank Wayne the owner of River Side Lodge for all his help and a great time.