NWC 2005 - Final Results

After Day One, it was a typical, TOUGH bite. With 12 anglers fishing, only 4 people weighed in fish. Other anglers that I talked to were complaining of "No Fish" and the local bait shops were reporting no smallmouth activity either.

4:00 came all too soon and the fish were weighed.

Kevin was the leader, with 2 fish weighing 24lbs. 2 oz.

Second Place was me, with one fish weighing 1 lb. 11 oz.

Joe H. had third nailed down with a whopping 1 lb. 9 oz.

And Gary Wilbur had 4th with 1 lb. 6 oz.

Day Two dawned clear with warming temps. Everyone has left for the night, the fun is over and I'm too tired to get into all the details, but here's how things shook out.

Tied for 8th Place were:

Brandon (Inky), Brion, Pat, Moe, Doc and Gil

7th Place - Terry 1 lb. 5 oz. (1 fish)

6th Place - Joe H 1 lb. 9 oz.(1 fish)

5th Place - Ronnie 2 lb. 8 oz.(1 fish)

4th Place - Chris Rennert 3 lb. 15 oz. (2 fish)

3rd Place - Kevin 4 lb. 2 oz. (2 fish)

2nd Place - Steve 5 lb. 14 oz. (3 fish)

1st. Place - Gary Wilber 13 lb. 2 oz. (6 fish) The first limit of bass caught in the history of the NWC, Gary brought in 11 lb. 12 oz today.

Gary made a clean sweep, taking first place, Big Bass and he caught a 36 inch muskie for Big Non Bass Honors on Day One of the Tourney.

For you guys that didn't make it, you missed a fun tourney. We worked for some fish, a lot of muskies were caught and a good time was had. We laughed a lot, swapped true stories and I'm already looking forward to next year!

I'll fill in the details later, but you really need to consider making time to come next year.

Wow.

I didn't get to pre-fish, or fish on day 1, so I spent the day running around the lake just trying to find something that resembled a pattern, especially with the bite the way it was on day 1. My first stop offered me 3 legal fish, but unfortunately I only accepted one of them, and the lake got to keep the other two for reasons that just go beyond explanation. I also want to thank the train tressel near the launch for consuming 3 of my "NO SNAG" sinkers. It sucks when you are drop shotting, and set the hook on a fish to find the weight snagged, and the fish gets off (another story). It was a great lake to fish, and just wish I could have had one day of practice, but it made it the ultimate challenge, and it was fun. My 2nd legal came on a white swim jig around some wood right off the main channel which seemed to have the same characteristics as my first spot, but as you can see by my final weight the pattern didn't hold up.

That is the way she goes, it was nice seeing everyone that made it, and I hope I get to talk to you all soon.

Chris

You're welcome to fish with me any day.

I'm fishing the Northern Everstart on Lake Champlain in a week or so, and the wife just couldnt let me spend more cash so close lol...

Warren

Thanks again,

Chris