Pet Senecal and Roger Tetreault Win on Lake Nipissing
July 17th
Lake Nipissing is a great fishery,loaded with big fish, you have Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass spread out all over the
Lake, and every kind of structure you could wish for. The Lake can be dangerous, and anglers need to have respect for the
Lake and Mother Nature, but most of the time you can always find a place to fish. This year we decided to run the Tournament
out of Hunters Bay, who also sponsored the event this year. Hunters Bay has lots of protection for small boats and is alot
easier on old timers like my partner and I, who cant take the pounding any more when the Lake gets up.
But as usual every time we hold a Tournament on one end of the Lake everybody runs the other way to fish, the farthest part
of the Lake, if the weather is right. Today was no different, because after the blast off there we where sitting in the bay
wondering where everybody went. Within the first hour I was thinking about going for a run myself, just to cool off,because
it was hot enough to fry a egg on a repala. Today it would be anybodys game as some teams would go for Smallmouth,
others for Largemouth and the weather was just right for anglers to fish for what they liked best.
Pet Senecal and Roger Tertrutt from Sturgeon Falls and Ottawa really like fishing Largemouth on Nipissing and with the weather just right for that, the
team went to a area they knew had good fish.You really have to like fishing Largemouth because it can be a hot,slow,slugfest
some times but if you can handle it you can get a good weight.Thats just what the team did and came back to the scales with
18.72lbs of fish to take the 1st place prize.
Next to the scales would be the Team of Pat & Eric Bazinet, the team also made the run to the other end of the Lake for a
mixed bag of Smallmouth and Largemouth. These 2 you fellas can fish, and they have seen the top of the leader board
more than once before, on all different bodies of water. I asked the boys where they fished and they told me out there.
MMMMM,, Maybe I wasn,t out there far enough. The team brought 18.42lbs to the scales for the 2nd place win.
Third place would go to the North Bay team of Andrew Poitras and Gary Neal,with 17.80lbs who turned east to fish a area they know well.
Andrew and Gary do alot of Tournaments on Lake Nipissinging and they have learned many good spots over the years that have
worked out for them and given the team valuable insight on the Lake.
There where lots of Big fish caught this weekend but the husband and wife team of Calven and Carole Neill from Thornloe
mannaged to pull in the biggest Bass Sunday weighing 4.74lbs.
Rounding out the top 8 spots where.
4th place Brent and Darren Belanger with 17.74lbs.
5th place Brian Milne and Rodney Deforest with 17.34lbs.
6th place Tim Ells and Brad Gilson with 17.10lbs.
7th place Gabe and David Feher with 16.20lbs.
8th place Ben Sabourin and Rob Campaner with 15.44lbs.
What pictures I do have of the weigh-in Sunday will be on the Dates and Results page soon, but with the heat and a
multitude of problems we ran into Sunday at the weigh-in, I did not get alot of pictures. One of our main issues in
Tournament fishing is the protection of fish that have already been stressed from being in the live well all day.
We have had on average a 98% to 100%,live release record thanks to you the anglers, Sunday we lost 6 fish which is
unexceptable. There was no weight that was not right,and yes we did have to reweigh 2 teams at the last because we were
absolutely sure the weight was wrong. We know what happened near the end and adjusted for it, but because the scales were
slow we had as many as 10 teams standing in line with fish in 100 degree heat, thus a loss of some fish.
Temiskaming Smallmouth Bass Series is not perfect, and just like any other Series in the world things can go wrong,
and if anyone tells you they have never seen anything like that happen, I can tell you they have not fished alot of
Bass Series. I have fished everything from the F.L.W. to every big Tournament that Canada has ever had, and seen it for
myself. We not only know what happened but have aready arranged to make sure that safe gaurds are in place from now on
so that everyone can have a good time and be proud to say my fish where all good.
Things happen and when they do as Tournament Director I take full responsibility for that,and I apologize for the
inconvience it may have caused so any questions please feel free to call me any time, at 1-705-563-8307.
Next Tournament is Port Loring on the Pickeral river system Aug.14th.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
stay Safe have Fun
Dave LaFontaine
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