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Bass'n
Stars 2005 Classic Report
Everyone had fun at the Classic this year (well
most everyone). The site ended up being
East and West Crooked Lakes out near Brighton.
The wind kicked up and the air had a chill to it
but at least the rain held out. We had a
great turn out of the top ten with 9 out of the
ten fishing this year.
 We
had 2 other members show up to fish the "Judges"
side along with Nicks son Bryan, Chris' son Zach
and Mike's nephew Derrick. Mike Rusher
took the honors as the winner this year.
Mike caught a total of 10.53 pounds.
 His
nephew, Derrick managed to take the Big
Fish Award for the day with a 2.93 pound
largemouth. Bryan Kurlovich took
first place out of all the Judges this year.
His 6.20 sack of Largemouth was very impressive.
Bryan was last seen grinning ear to ear,
mumbling something about showing his dad how
it's done...
CLICK HERE,
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Final Standings
for the 2005 Season...
CLICK HERE |
2005 Foote and
Cooke Dam Ponds Report
The Foote and Cooke Dam Pond
Tournaments were tough ones. There were a
total of only 22 fish caught during the two day
event. Paul Wagner ended up taking First
Place with a total of 11.41 pounds, with 6 fish.
That was Paul's first win since his first
tournament he fished with the club. Paul caught
the only 4 fish limit all weekend. Fred
Anstead had second place secured with 9.96
pounds with 5 fish. The Second Place
Finish helped Fred Secure the Angler of the Year
and Mr. Bass awards.
There were actually more Smallmouth caught than
Largemouth over the weekend. The weather
was beautiful on Saturday but Sunday brought
some early thunderstorms. After the storms
cleared it got nice out. Pictures are
limited for the tournament, the photographer
apparently did not push the button or something
on the winning creel of fish. We will work
on that for next year...
CLICK HERE
to go to the Picture gallery. The rest of
the results are also posted. If you want to see
how everyone finished,
CLICK HERE. |
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2005 Lake St.
Clair Report
 Mike
Rusher and Drew Rodgers managed to take first
place at Lake St. Clair this year. Their
winning sack of 16.48 pounds was pretty
impressive. Their bag of Smallies averaged
around 3-1/2 pounds. Second place was
taken by the Nodacker / Bishop team with 15.84
pounds. Chris Bishop also took the Big
Fish for the day with a 4.36 pound Smallmouth.
Third place was secured by Karl Gohrmann and
Fred Anstead. If you want to see the complete
list of fish and where everyone finished,
CLICK HERE.
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2005
Maceday-Lotus Lakes Report
 With
the weather just not cooperating, between the
heavy rain, lightning and at times high winds,
there were quite a few fish caught, considering.
A total of just 4 limits were caught out a
possible 14, it was a tough day all around.
Mike Rusher managed to squeak out Dave Gutuskey
for First Place by just 0.02 of a pound. Third
Place went to Dean Carroll. Dave
Gutuskey took Big Fish for the day with a 3.90
pound Largemouth. If you want to see all
of the stats for the tournament
CLICK HERE.
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2005 Burt Mullett
Tournament a Success
 Dean
Carroll and Mike Borashko did a great job of
finding fish both days on Burt Mullett. Their
first day winning 5 fish limit sack was an
impressive 20.70 pounds. That was over a 4 pound
average per fish. Most everyone ended up
catching fish both days. If you would like
to see the stats,
CLICK HERE,
if you want to see a Photo Gallery of the two
day Tournament,
CLICK HERE. |
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Michigan
BASS Chapter Federation Patches are Available |
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 The
newest MBCF patches are now available to club members.
President Wagner picked up several of them at the recent MBCF
Presidents meeting. The patches are $2 each. If you
want to order one, please contact our club President at
bnspresident@bassnstars.com.
He also has some of the National B.A.S.S. Patches, if you need
any. They are also $2 each.
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2005 St. Clair Friendly
Tournament on August 20th
 A
lot of us got together the day after the St.
Clair Tournament and fished another day.
Karl Gohrmann and Dean Carroll teamed up to win
a 5 fish tournament with 10.01 pounds.
Kurlovich and Borashko took Second place with
8.8 pounds, Paul Wagner had 3rd covered with
7.55 pound and Mike Rusher secured 4th with 6.57
pounds. Everyone had a pretty good time,
and the weather cooperated much better the
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Michigan Bass Invitational for
2005
The 2005 MBI on Lake St. Clair on September
18th was a great success. It took a total of 65.09
pounds to win it. Our Club
managed a impressive 58.6 pounds. Our Club Team took a fairly
close Second Place, just a couple
more fish would have done it!. We could
not quite overtake the first place
team this year. Our team did
have the top two Boat weights with
Gordy Nodacker and Drew Rodgers
taking top weight with 26.77 pounds
for 7 fish. Paul Wagner and
Fred Anstead took the second place
weight with 20.32 pounds with 7 fish
(all Smallies, believe it or not).
No other teams, out of the 24 teams
fishing, brought in over 20 pounds.
Drew and Gordy also won the Big Bass
Pot with a nice 5.51 pound
Smallmouth Bass they caught.
Everyone on our team wants to thank
Rod Evans and his guys for
all of the effort and the fine job
they did organizing the tournament.
Things went very well. They should
be very proud.
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Drew and Gordy show off the $240 they won with their 5.51 pound Smallmouth. It was the Big Bass Winner for the day.
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Drew, Gordy and Paul show off some of Drew and Gordy's 26.77 pound catch. This sack was the top weight out of all the teams for the day.
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2005 MBCF State Championship
is complete
The 2005 Michigan BASS
Chapter Federation, State Championship was held September 8, 9 and 10 on Lake St.
Clair. The results are posted on the
MBCF Web Site. |
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2005 Lakeville
Lake, another success
Gordy Nodacker managed to bring in a 4 fish
limit on a very hot day at Lakeville on July
10th. He brought a total of 9.25 pound to
the scale to bring him a win for the day.
Gordy also brought in the big Bass of the
tournament with a 4.31 pound Largemouth.
Gordy is Back!! after taking a year off
to obviously practice his techniques.
Second place at Lakeville was taken by Dean
Carroll with 8.94 pounds. Fred Anstead
managed a good third with 8.01 pounds. All
14 anglers caught some fish. Which is a
lot to say for their skills, being it was around
90 degrees and sunny. Everyone should be
proud of them selves. Sorry there were no
pictures, the President forgot to get the camera
out of the truck!
If you would like to see the stats,
CLICK HERE
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Bass'n
Stars 2005 Tournament Schedule
(Photo Gallery)
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DATE |
LOCATION |
FORMAT |
PAYOUT |
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June 11 & 12 |
Burt / Mullet |
Team
/ Random Draw |
1st & 2nd |
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July 10
(Sunday) |
Lakeville Lake |
Individual / Partner Choice |
1st,2nd,3rd |
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July 24
(Sunday) |
Maceday / Lotus
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Individual / Partner Choice |
1st,2nd,3rd |
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August 19
(Friday) |
Lake St. Clair
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Team
/ Random Draw |
1st & 2nd |
Sept 24 & 25
(Sat. & Sun.) |
Foote / Cooke Dam
Ponds
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Individual
/ Random Draw
Cumulative Total Weight for Both Days |
1st,2nd,3rd |
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October 8
(Saturday) |
E. & W. Crooked
Lakes |
BASS'N STARS CLASSIC TOURNAMENT
Top
Ten Anglers for Classic / Judges separately |
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Our club was invited to an invitational tournament
at Devil's Lake in Lenawee County on September 19th. We sent 4 boats with two of our club members on each boat. 
The Salmon had started moving up into the lake. Paul
Sack was chosen as the Chairman for the MBCF. This year, our President
was appointed as Co-Chairman for the Championship. 
After
a last minute change in locations, the final tournament of the
season went off with out a hitch. The lake did not produce
any monster fish but did yield a few nice sacks. There were
a total of only 3 limits brought in to the weigh-in. Dave
Gutuskey, Drew Rodgers and Paul Wagner managed to find 4 fish
each. The rest of the 13 club members as well as a guest (Richie
Rottenberk) brought in various sacks of mostly Smallmouth.
Dave Gutuskey tricked the largest batch of fish for the day, he
had a sack of 11 pounds 7 ounces. There were a couple
of skunks and we won't mention their names, because they almost
always DO catch fish. 
Bass'n Stars
2004 Classic
Report
Two fish over 5 pounds and one 4-1/2
pounder were caught by the guys. Paul
Wagner got the Lunker of the day. It was a nice 5
pound 4 ounce Largemouth. Tony Scagnetti wasn't far
behind with a 5 pound 3 ounce Largie. Barry
Whitehead pulled a 4 pound 8 ounce Largemouth from the
lake also. .JPG)
All in all, it was a good
day.