misfish Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 It was a sight to see thats forsure. When we arrived it was the whos who, of the bass fishing wolrd. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v731/mis...Simcoe07049.flv Big and small,they were all there. The winds were almost nil, but the forcast was for hard winds come noon and it was not wrong. The morning was the time to get your fish and get them we did not. Managed just a chunky 3+ for our efforts. It was hard to move around once the winds picked up. Reports of 5+ rollers were reportd by some and we were in 4,s our ourself. Most of the day was spent draging tubes,dropshot and jerk baits.The fish that were found on Wednesday by my partner were gone. My good friend Mark Kulic took my advice thou,I said Mark,when you get out there Just drop your bait over the boat and you will get a 7+ smallie and win big fish.LOLJ/K Mark did win the big fish for the event and it was a horse. Congrats to you. There were others aswell that did well that we all know. Greg Klatt David Chong JPD Charles was tucked away on this ride.Think we was having a nap. Mr. Mercer was well,Mr.Mercer.LOL The MNR was there to take scale samples and tag. If you catch a tagged fish,please inform the MNR. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v731/mis...Simcoe07050.flv I leave you with the pics. Winning team.Just missed the 30 pound mark.
lew Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Brian, in the 10th picture down, who's the fella standing beside Mercer in the black sweater with red writing on the front ?? I see him around town the odd time.
Roy Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Thanks for the update Brian. Looks like a great event. Certainly lots of OFNers in there.
steverowbotham Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Brian, in the 10th picture down, who's the fella standing beside Mercer in the black sweater with red writing on the front ?? I see him around town the odd time. Andy Pallotta ... he runs the Canadian Sport Fishing League
lew Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Andy Pallotta ... he runs the Canadian Sport Fishing League Thanks Steve, I don't know the name, but certainly recognize the face.
Mark Kulik Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Nice pics as usual Brian, and yes the advice paid off big time!LOL it was an exciting event for Dave Kennedy and myself, the high winds kinda made it tough to fish our technique-drop shoting but we managed to put a decent bag together.
charlesn Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Taking a nap Brian, I wish, more like comatose. I learned, the hard way as usual, not to experiment with new drugs in a tourney. I tried Ginger based chewable Gravol instead of the usual double dose of extra-strength Gravol I take before any Simcoe or Erie events. I went to tie a few knots early and was starting to get the "yawns" "burps" and general nausea that comes with seasickness within minutes. By 9:30 AM I was fighting it as best I could, but my heart wasn't in it. It was good to see so many guys out there braving the weather and bringing in big bags. My partner caught a 5.26 on the first drift in the first 5 or so minutes. After that, I had a fish on for about 5 turns of the handle. That was it. We were too far from the Virginia Beach restaurant for my plan B, so we stuck it out, but I can't say I enjoyed the day too much as it was a rough ride and got cold and wet and generally nasty. It's a lot easier to tolerate though when you're catching fish... lol Great pictures and congrats to all the prize winners. Charles
mikeh Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 great post Misfish, do they have a final standings somewhere? I'd like to check it out.
PatrickGG Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Awesome Photos thanks for sharing them all and Congrats to Mark on the big fish that looks like one hell of a pig you caught.
fishdawg Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 thanks for sharing Brian - allwayts some outstanding numbers/results come from that tourny we were on a different end of Simcoe yesterday... managed a good haul of perch & was off just as it was beginning to blow up
Minnow Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Those are some pigs! Nice fish everyone and congrats to the tourney winners with 29.2 lbs! WOW Does anyone know where I can see the full results? Wanted to check out the top 10 weights Thanks!
fishindevil Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Congrats to everyone !!!!!!! hats off to all the fishermen who braved all that crappy weather and still brought in big bags of fish !!!!! its hard work and it does pay off big time....well done brian another great season comes to a close....glad to see all went well,and hey you will get them next year bud,,,,you did great and had fun doing all those tournaments and thats what counts most. ...cheers bud nand keep up the great work....i sure would like to go out with you sometime....fishing....cheers
misfish Posted October 28, 2007 Author Report Posted October 28, 2007 i sure would like to go out with you sometime....fishing....cheers
brandon Posted October 29, 2007 Report Posted October 29, 2007 The Results as posted on BigFatBass BASS PRO SHOPS SIMCOE OPEN AURORA BASSMASTERS LAKE SIMCOE - OCTOBER 27, 2007 Position Angler Co-Angler Weight Pen. Big Fish 1 ROBERT FORMOSA JASON SALIBA 29.22 2 PETER SAVOIA GASPARE COSTIBILE 28.6 3 MARK MORAN JOE MUSZYNSKI 27.66 4 MORGAN CIGNINI JASON GOUGH 25.9 5 DAVE JOHNSON BARRY GRAVES 25.36 6 STEVE HAWKINS JOHN MACDONALD 25.02 7 JIM DODD CHRIS GILES 23.66 8 BILL WALKER CALLUM JOHNSON 23.2 9 CURTIS ARNDT STEVE ALMEIDA 22.84 10 MARK KULIK DAVE KENNEDY 22.7 7.02 11 HOWARD GIFFORD MIKE GIFFORD 22.58 12 DAVE MERCER J.P. DEROSE 21.9 13 MIKE DESFORGES DEREK STRUB 21.52 14 GREG KLATT GEORGE SCHNIEDER 19.62 15 RICHIE TRIPP JASON BARNUCZ 18.9 16 ERNY JANZEN ROB HYATT 17.62 17 MIKE BERTELSEN MIKE REID 17.26 18 KYLE HEELS RYAN ROGERS 17.02 19 DAVID CHONG STEVE SPAGNOLO 16.42 20 MIKE DEVEAUX JIM MACDONALD 12.8 21 KELLY HOLMES RYAN JOHNSON 10.78 22 GORD ROGERS PHIL DUNCAN 10.46 23 PETER BARTONEK CESARE RUSCIO 9.12 24 SIMON FROST MELANIE FROST 8.7 25 JOHN NOEL CHARLES SIM 8.62 26 WIL WEGMAN GERRY HEELS 7.1 27 MARK CAVANAUGH PEPE PERESIEN 6.92 28 ANGELA MITCHELL DIANA CLARK 5.94 29 COLIN MAGUIRE STEVE REIMER 5.46 30 CHRIS HOCKLEY PATRICK WALSH 5.36 31 CHARLES NAHM TODD CURRIE 5.26 32 BOB KENDALL BRIAN OGDEN 5.06 33 JOHN WHYTE DON WILSON 4.64 34 TOM COCHRANE BRAIN BLOWES 3.28 35 JOHN DELICATA PATRICK CHOW 1.86 36 GEORGE SALIBA DES BARNES 1.76 37 LINDSAY SMITH MARCO GRENIER 1.54 38 STU SMITH TRAVIS SURETE 1.3 39 CARLO PUIATTI TOM TSATSKAS 0 40 JAMES PATRY HAROLD NESBITT 0 41 TOM CHOPIN NORM JONES 0 42 NEIL MACINNIS DAVID MACINNIS 0 43 MIKE SMITH CHRIS TIEBER 0 44 DAVE OLDFORD JAMES DEHOOG 0 45 MARCEL CARTWRIGHT RANDY JOHNSON 0 46 JENO HUBER JIM WHITE 0 47 DON SHELDRAKE HARRISON SILLON 0 48 NICK TERPSELAS JIM VENIZELAKOS 0 49 DAN WELLS LEON MALONEY 0 50 GARY MANTIL GORD PYZER 0 51 BUTCH MCRAE MARC CORATTI 0 52 MALCOLM MASON DEAN HORNICK 0 53 BRUCE LEESON FAB MARCHESE 0 54 JAMES GODIN ANTHONY BURGESS 0 55 LEONA CREBER YASMIN KOLODZIECHUK 0 56 ANTHONY BADHAM NIGEL TOUHEY 0 57 JAMIE MCGEE MAT HOLLAND 0 58 JOHN ARDUINI BILL MORRISON 0 59 PAVO KEKKI GREG BUTCHARD 0
Joey Posted October 29, 2007 Report Posted October 29, 2007 Great report Brian. I wondered how you made out in that nasty weather. Thanks for the pics. Joey
Terry Posted October 29, 2007 Report Posted October 29, 2007 sounds like a rough tough day of fishing great report
Spiel Posted October 29, 2007 Report Posted October 29, 2007 ....Hobknobbing with the big names eh Brian, who'd a thunk....lol, and you even bested some of them. Lots of zeros on that tally list, must have been a tough one!
mart Posted October 29, 2007 Report Posted October 29, 2007 Great report Brian, It was awesome to be part of such a great event. Congrats to Mark and Dave on that beast of a smallmouth. Even with some nasty weather/conditions some teams still managed to put it together with some big sacks. My hats off to the organizers and all the teams that fished this memorable tourney. I'll definitely be back next year to erase the donut we ended up with this years. Good to see everyone made it back to the weigh in safe!!!
misfish Posted October 30, 2007 Author Report Posted October 30, 2007 Hey Marcel Good to see you out there again. You probly didnt see us because we were in a different boat,but we seen you. Throwing out those two drift socks to hold on the shoal.LOL We had fish there during the week,but they left,like I had mentioned. Next year I hope to be out there.
mart Posted October 30, 2007 Report Posted October 30, 2007 Hey Brian, Even with 2 socks it was hard to fish properly when the wind picked up. It was a very frustrating day for us but enjoyed the experience. Good to see you too and hey at least you got to weigh in a fish.
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