Anyone else anxiously awaiting the BWC results? [Archive]

mrymar

05-21-2006, 10:17 PM

Hats off to Rawhide for putting 2 days together.

Fishing was tough, 4 days of north wind and the low that sat over georgian bay had the lakers lockjawed. Pink Salmon are everywhere! Chinooks, steelhead, coho are spreadout everywhere and you can expect about 1 every trip out of late.

Kind of weird how the Sanilac and Lex tournaments both had heavy coolers last weekend and this weekend the fish are pretty tight lipped. The guys that can turn fish did but most struggled.

Getaway

05-22-2006, 08:01 AM

Wow, boats actually went out yesterday????

Congrats Jason.

I don't know what the big lake looked like, but the flag at my house was standing straight out for most of the day..

Iceman1

05-22-2006, 08:35 AM

I cant imagine, what the lake looked like yesterday, I was in holland, and the wind was blowing pretty good. Temps in the 50's, but felt like 30's.
Does anyone have the top ten?

Mike what do u mean u were D'Q. Sorry to here about that.

Fletch09

05-22-2006, 08:49 AM

Thanks guys. It was a real battle out there yesterday. When we turned Harbor Beach on the way to Port Hope the waves were 6 feet plus and stacked right on top of each other. By 10 AM they were 8-12 footers, northwest 25 knot winds with 35+ knot gusts. Sleet, rain, etc, bad stuff. My crew (which included site members Chasin, Idylmoments and Inthenet) did an amazing job of keeping our stuff in the water and untangled. For a while, it was all we could do to slow the boat down and keep it going in a half way steady direction. We had 9 mud chickens, a king, a steely and a pink on day one (also lost a nice king) for 65 lbs. 9 trout for 51 lbs on day two. King fishing was much better for us on Wednesday before the weather went to hell.

The good news is the kings are looking healthier than last year and the big king was 11lbs, 2 lbs better than last year. There have been 15 lbers caught on the Canadian side, where there seems to be a lot more smelt running. It seems last year was the bottom and Lake Huron is on the way back up.

Congrats to the other boats in the top ten for a job well done in nasty conditions. Maybe someone can fill in the blanks or correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the rest of the top ten was:

2. Gone Bad (very impressive 61 lbs Sunday)
3. Steve Cutler and crew (can't remember the boat name...)
4. Circus Act
5. Flippin Silver (only boat in top ten not out of Port Sanilac, fished Port Huron)
6. Ivanhoe
7. One in the Box
8. Bandit
9.
10. (Lake Ontario tourney team, not sure of boat name)

SuperHunter18

05-22-2006, 09:32 AM

Congrats Rawhide!

We fished out of Sanilac this weekend but were not in the tourney. We got out for an hour or two yesterday morning and got a double header on greasers and called it a little while after that. It was already pretty nasty and building!

mrymar

05-22-2006, 09:47 AM

Mike what do u mean u were D'Q. Sorry to here about that.

We were late for the weigh-in at port huron. No biggie, as we only had 2 small trout. Rules are the rules, and I had no problem with the decision. We left Sanilac kind of late (4:10) and could not get to the weigh-in line by 5pm. There were 2 construction zones, and the bridge at the black river went up right in front of us. I was less than 40 ft with cooler in hand when they called the time. We were late, end of story. We made up for it Sunday though lucking out with the biggest fish of the tournament.

BallsRdragn

05-22-2006, 10:09 AM

We couldnt participate in the BWC due to engine troubles Friday afternoon... we had the Port Sanilac :help:tow boat come get us in those 6-7 footers friday up by the Beach.

Congrates to the top finishers...and the ones that toughed out the weather. We tested our rigg Sunday and lost track of all the boats that kept coming in to the harbor early.

Ben

P.S. If you dont have insurance for towing. I suggest you look into it. It's one of those things your glad you spent the few bucks for.

CAPT HEAVY

05-22-2006, 11:25 AM

Congrats Jason and the crew of Rawhide. It sounds like the conditions were typical of the classic! Also a great finish from my buddies on the "Circus Act" wish I could have made it down for the weigh in.

MakoWish

05-22-2006, 11:38 AM

Congratulations to all the teams that fished. We did what we could and I thought we did fairly decent for what we went through. We can't hang with the big boys but we hung out near the harbor (withing 4 or 5 miles) for one heck of a rollercoaster ride. 4 for 5 or 6 Saturday and we did 6 for 12 yesterday. Looking forward to next year!

Thanks Again Wishtofish and Goosebuster79 for a great time and an enclosure from the waves.

Mike, I'm not sure your board name.:confused:

wishtofish

05-22-2006, 12:48 PM

Yep:

We are a medium sized boat (27' Sportcraft). Team WishtoFish weighed in 4 lakers at 18+ pounds on Saturday. I thought that it was respectful for our 1st time fishing in the Blue Water. We worked both sides of the Port Sanilac Harbor, starting north & finishing south.

It was a wild ride on Sunday. Started north of the Harbor a few miles and picked up our 1st laker of the day. Seas were building as the wind was turn into a gale. Boats were on the radio announcing that they were returning in to the harbor. We decided to pull everything up. We were going to call it a day.... but worked our way in south of the harbor inside some of our marks from Friday & Saturday. We found some protection from the harbor to our backside & dropped the lines. We had 3 rips & boated 2 lakers on our 1st pass. We decided to pickup & go back north, we dropped back in over the same area & got a doubleheader..... one on the leadcore 7 colors & a lot of backing out....... Two of my crew were fighting fish & we had every bit of a 10' swell behind the boat.... what a rush..... We boated those last 2 fish & called it a day. We weighed in 5 fish on Sunday at 28+ pounds.

Team WishtoFish finished with over 47 pounds for the BWC.... I would like to know the final standings, not just the Top 10.............

Thanks to a great crew of Michigan Sportsman members Goosebustr79, Makowish & Gonzo. GREAT JOB GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :fish:

GreatWhite

05-22-2006, 08:14 PM

Congratulations Rawhide. Very good showing in tough conditions. Anyone know how long it usually takes to post the results? This was our first year, so I'm curious how it stacked up. Though the weather was tough, the results are encouraging if this weekend is any indication of the rest of the season. We had a fair day Saturday going 5 for 7 (4 lakers and 1 coho). We stuck it out until about 10:00 on Sunday when the waves and some electronics trouble chased us off the water. We managed to hit 2 lakers and a nice 9 lb king around 9:00, just couldn't justify the risk of staying out. We ended up with 24 and 22 lbs for the 2 days.

daakota

05-22-2006, 11:23 PM

Chasin

05-23-2006, 07:48 AM

great job on the win from the crew of the 1st two time winner of the bwc didnt fish this year due to last years poor results [i.e. laker fest] will keep an eye on the lake this year sounds promising for next year. concentrating on walleye to make a couple of bucks. AGAIN GREAT JOB KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO HAVE TO PUT TO GREAT DAYS TOGETHER. SEE YA NEXT YEAR FOR SURE.

We were joking about that at the way in. We felt bad for Tom. Now he has to change all his brouchers. If you guys are fishing next year maybe he should hold off. As of yet theres never been a three time winner.

See ya next year..;)

Lil' Tanker

05-23-2006, 09:42 AM

Towing insurance is a great idea.

I don't have enough tiome to explain what we went through this weekend.
We only made it to our spot on Saturday and only got to fish for an hour before we had to head back to weigh in. We boated an 11 pound laker and a 3 pound coho and lost another laker right at the net. The fish were there and feeding we just could not get to them.

To say we had boat trouble in an understatement. The Lil' Tanker went down Friday morning during the prefish and hads to be towed in. We sheared a disrtibutor gear and bent a valve.
We pulled our stuff and rigged it on my father in laws (Miller's Time) other boat a 24 foot penn yen and made it to the captains dinner just in time to enter the tourney. We had a carburator pboblem with that boat on Sat. and did not get to our hole until 10:30. We then had to head back at noon to make it to weigh in because the boat would only go 10 MPH.
Sunday we broke down again and got stuck right under the BW bridge in the current. Had to cut my anchor and pay $200 to be towed in.

What a disapointing weekend. Would like to know what we are capable of if we could actually fish the whole tournament. This is 2 years in a row we have had trouble. Next year is our year. :cwm27: :cwm27: :cwm27:

Trout Scout

05-23-2006, 12:37 PM

Jason
Congrats on win. Lake Huron was true to form for a May fish. Great seeing you Thursday; I'm actually glad I left. I talked to Larry H yesterday and he was still beat up. I told him he should just let you young bucks go but I guess we still have the fire! You are probably going to that other Lake now but if you stop over give me call. Capt Ed

BITE_ME_TOO

05-23-2006, 12:53 PM

Congrats Fletch. Nice win for sure! And, credit to all that placed in the top ten as well to all that even fished in this years classic.

I have trolled in some big rollers b4, but never sideways b/c of the wind:dizzy: We could only keep 2 riggers going with the direction that the boat was being pushed. We ended up in about 130 FOW near White Rock and had a wave come over the side- that is when we called it. So we moved in closer to shore and tried to bump some grease in 40-60 FOW.

Again, congrats Fletch, Idyl, Chasin, InTheNet........

Jeff- BMT

beer and nuts

05-23-2006, 01:16 PM

Fletch09

05-23-2006, 01:27 PM

OK I'll ask! Why in the world was the tourney NOT cancelled on Sunday? Just reading the posts, seems a bit stupid, even the "scalefish tournaments"(ie walleye guys!) have some common sense when it comes to weather. What a total disadvantage to the smaller boats. Is this competition now only worth it if you have a 25-27 foot boat and bigger?!? Just playing devils advocate here. And I'll add: no fish is worth what some on here describe.

I hear you, but there were some unique things going on here.....

First off, the water was flat and the wind was calm at the shotgun start. The gales didn't arrive until about 6:20, or 0:20 after the shotgun star. In the BWC it is "captain's discretion" once the boats are released for fishing. IMO thats the way it should be because there is no way to ensure that all boats can be reached by radio in the event of a cancellation after the tourney starts. I'm sure some disagree (see: Ludington Gander Mountain 2005)

Secondly, if you wanted to fish 20-30 FOW near the harbor (like the 2nd place boat, Gone Bad, who weighed 61 lbs on Sunday), it was quite fishable/safe given that it was a northwest wind and land provided protection.

The tournament committee did the right thing in this case. If any accessable tourney water is safe to fish, then they have to let you go.

wishtofish

05-23-2006, 02:54 PM

I have trolled in some big rollers b4, but never sideways b/c of the wind:dizzy: We could only keep 2 riggers going with the direction that the boat was being pushed. We ended up in about 130 FOW near White Rock and had a wave come over the side- that is when we called it. So we moved in closer to shore and tried to bump some grease in 40-60 FOW.

Again, congrats Fletch, Idyl, Chasin, InTheNet........

Jeff- BMT

Jeff:

We fished up there a few weekends ago. I had a friend on WishtoFish with Don & I. It got a little rough that Saturday, but nothing like it was this past Sunday.

We ran in close (30-40' of water) south of the harbor for some protection from the wind.... We picked up 4 fish in tight & we should have pulled up and moved in earlier. All in all it was a good tournament for us. It was our 1st time fishing the Blue Water. I am looking forward to next year.....

Chasin

05-23-2006, 03:17 PM

OK I'll ask! Why in the world was the tourney NOT cancelled on Sunday? Just reading the posts, seems a bit stupid, even the "scalefish tournaments"(ie walleye guys!) have some common sense when it comes to weather. What a total disadvantage to the smaller boats. Is this competition now only worth it if you have a 25-27 foot boat and bigger?!? Just playing devils advocate here. And I'll add: no fish is worth what some on here describe.

What makes the Classic unique is the fact that the harbors you can fish out of are 45 miles apart. Very bad water at one port my not be the same at the next. and by having one of the ports being Port Huron there is always the ubility to fish the river. Several years ago when Harbor Beach was opened there was a big blow and I remember guys trolling inside the harbor and catching fish. I believe that was the same year that Fletch had his flybridge about ripped off the boat when he cleared the pier heads in Port Sanilac.:yikes:

mrymar

05-25-2006, 09:42 PM

HERE WE GO

10TH PLACE JOHN BOGDAN SHIRLEY B
9TH PLACE GREG RAHN STRICKLY SALMON
8TH PLACE DALE BARTLETT BANDIT
7TH PLACE MATT ASOKLIS ONE IN THE BOX III
6TH PLACE MARTY BRINGARD FLIPPIN' SILVER
5TH PLACE JAY KORNEFFEL IVANHOE
4TH PLACE SKIP BRAUN CIRCUS ACT
3RD PLACE STEVE CUTLER PLAYIN HOOKY
2ND PLACE CRAIG MACPHEE GONE BAD
1ST PLACE JASON FLETCHER RAWHIDE
4-10TH PAID $410.00 EACH
3RD PAID $1500.00
2ND $3000.00
1ST $10,000.00

BIGGEST FISH MIKE RYMAR H-DIX 11.66 $1000.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM BIG JONS

LARGEST COHO 3.76 DRAGON BALLS JEROME SENSKE $250.00 CASH
2ND LARGEST NICK KAMMER DA JIMMER DUCK HUNT

LARGEST LAKE TROUT 11.56 MATT ASOKLIS ONE IN THE BOX III DREAMWEAVER SPOONS W/CASE
2ND LARGEST LITTLE TANKER TROY TANK 10.76 COPPER ROD/REEL COMBO

LARGEST STEELHEAD 4.60 TOM CURCURRI PRETTY WOMEN $200.00 CASH
2ND LARGEST 4.10 JAY KORNEFFEL IVANHOE DUCK HUNT

LARGEST WALLEYE 5.66 MATT ASOKLIS ONE IN THE BOX III $500.00 CASH

LARGEST KING ANTICIPATION TIM PARKER 11.0 100 SPOONS W/ CASE WOLVERINE
2ND LARGEST MATT ASOKLIS ONE IN THE BOX III 10.90 $200.00 CASH

KING DERBY SAT TIM PARKER ANTICPATION $1000.00
KING DERBY SUNDAY MARTY BRINGARD FLIPPIN SILVER $920.00

CALCUTTA
1ST JASON FLETCHER RAWHIDE
2ND STEVE CUTLER PLAYIN HOOKY
3RD JAY KORNEFFEL IVANHOE
4TH MARTY BRINGARD FLIPPIN SILVER
5TH MATT ASOKLIS ONE IN THE BOX III
6TH DALE BARTLETT BANDIT

PORT PRIZES
SAT
LEXINGTON
1ST HAWKEYE 48.08 $750.00 DOLLARS
2ND GREY WOLF 36.46 $250.00
PORT SANILAC
RAWHIDE 65.62 $750.00
CIRCUS ACT 52.16 $250.00
PORT HURON
FLIPPIN SILVER 48.08 $750.00
C-DOG 21.90 $250.00

PORT PRIZES SUNDAY
LEXINGTON
GREY WOLF MARK GOODEERIS 30.54 $750.00
MY TREASURE 17.38 $250.00
PORT SANILAC
CRAIG MACPHEE GONE BAD 62.50 $750.00
JASON FLETCHER RAWHIDE 51.34 $250.00
PORT HURON
MARTY BRINGARD FLIPPIN SILVER 41.66 $750.00
JEFF GOAN GOAN FISHIN 27.84 $250.00

SPONSOR TROPHY JASON FLETCHER RAWHIDE FOR WOLVERINE TACKLE

Sorry for the late response. Our Tournament Director, Debbie, had emergency surgury on Monday. She is doing well.

mrymar

05-25-2006, 10:02 PM

A message from the BW Classic Chairman

The Classic this year was a great event. As a first time chairman I know there are bumps to work out and I am looking forward to year 2. A huge thank you needs to go to the top notch committee of the Classic this year. When you see Karen & Bob Roskey, Bob Lane, Preston Schroeder Jr, Mike Rymar, Mike Warshefski, Bill Lill, Paul Baker, & Rob Helzer tell them thanks for enhancing this club the way that they do. The Port Huron team was headed by Karen Roskey and what a spectacular job she did. Even when the tent fell Sunday in the Gale force winds, Karen never missed a beat and problem solved. She also ran the weigh-in with Jim Glumbowski and Rob Helzer and kept the tournament very professional. Bill Lil had to overcome many obstacles in Port Sanilac, and he & his team were terrific. Mike Warshefski ran Lexington and faced the untimely death of his father during the tournament. Mike came back and with John Coutillo and Frank Biessel and crew they ran that port with remarkable professionalism.

I was blessed this year with help of people I am proud to call friend and next year this tournament will be bigger & better because of the volunteers who will it to be that way.

Thanks to all for making this our best tournament. Have a great summer.
Debby

OTher article
The boat Ivanhoe has been a mainstay in this club for many years. With Jay Korneffel as the captain you can bet his team is top notch. There is one member of the Ivanhoe crew that rates a special mention. His name is Leo Williams. At 81 years young Leo drives the Ivanhoe team to fishing spots that help them place every year. Leo has been fishing since he was a young lad growing up in St. Clair Shores. Imagine, how much knowledge this man brings to a team. And, he has seen it all when it comes to the ups & downs of the fishery. I hope we all have the opportunity to be as active and strong at 81 as Leo Williams is. I wonder if he would give us some of his insights into the fishing or is that an Ivanhoe trade secret. Three cheers for Leo Williams our oldest angler in the Classic
Debby

mrymar

05-25-2006, 10:04 PM

Hats off to Mike Warshefski. Mike was the port captain of Lexington. We usually try to have a camp/base/trailer set up at the ports for the volenteers at the ports. Mike and his father were out during the week prior, cleaning up their trailer to bring to Lexington. Mike's father fell off a ladder had hit his head badly. Mike's father passed away over the weekend during the tournament. Mike still ran the port.
My heart goes out to Mike and his family.

BITE_ME_TOO

05-25-2006, 10:51 PM

I thought the Calcutta was supposed to pay every 4th place????????

"A Calcutta is an additional tournament and entry that will be run during the Classic. The cost is $100 CASH. 80% of the entry that is taken in will be paid back to the participants. Prizes are awarded for every 4th boat that enters. If 100 boats enter into the Calcutta, there will be 25 prizes. Those are pretty good odds at taking home a prize. The standings are determined by your total weight of your two-day catch. The same rules and tournament committee that govern the Blue Water Classic will be used for the Calcutta."

Looks to me like it payed:

1st
3rd
5th
6th
7th and
8th

What gives???

Jeff- BMT

mrymar

05-25-2006, 11:09 PM

I typed it wrong on the internet. My bad.

The entry at the captains dinner stated:
"Calcutta - The entry is $100 for the weekend. 80% of the entry will be paid back to the participants. A prize is awarded for every 4th boat that enters. If 100 boats enter into the Calcutta, there will be 25 prizes. Approximately 25% of the boats that enter into the Calcutta will receive a prize. The standings are determined by your total weight of fish of your two-day catch."

BITE_ME_TOO

05-25-2006, 11:16 PM

The entry at the captains dinner stated:
"Calcutta - The entry is $100 for the weekend. 80% of the entry will be paid back to the participants. A prize is awarded for every 4th boat that enters. If 100 boats enter into the Calcutta, there will be 25 prizes. Approximately 25% of the boats that enter into the Calcutta will receive a prize. The standings are determined by your total weight of fish of your two-day catch."

I am still :confused: :confused: :confused:

That's exactly the way I wrote it- what is different?

If there where 6 winners then 24 boats out of 75 (?) entered into the Calcutta Side bet. This means that it should pay out:

1st (Rawhide)/ 4th (Flippin Silver)/ 8th?/ 12th?/ 16th?/ 20th?/ and 24th? (not overall, but rather only placing the boats that entered into the Calcutta)

Please confirm...........

mrymar

05-26-2006, 07:46 AM

25 boats entered in the Calcutta. 6 prizes were awarded to the top 6 boats that entered into it.

A prize is award for every 4th boats that enters.

NOT a prize is awarded to every 4th boat.

It was run just like the Algo Lions used to run theirs. Should be nothing new to the BM2 team

mrymar

05-26-2006, 11:56 AM

KING DERBY SATURDAY - We had 25 boats participate. The BWSA made $250 and TIM PARKER ANTICPATION won $1000.00. If we had one more boat enter, we would have paid 2 places....

KING DERBY SUNDAY - We had 23 boats participate. The BWSA made $230 and MARTY BRINGARD FLIPPIN SILVER won $920.00.

CALCUTTA - We had 25 boats participate. The BWSA made $500 and the contantants won a total of $2000.
1ST JASON FLETCHER RAWHIDE $599
2ND STEVE CUTLER PLAYIN HOOKY $460
3RD JAY KORNEFFEL IVANHOE $370
4TH MARTY BRINGARD FLIPPIN SILVER $280
5TH MATT ASOKLIS ONE IN THE BOX III $190
6TH DALE BARTLETT BANDIT $100

We will be sending out a feedback form to all captains that participated in the tournament. This feedback form will be specific to the Jackpots and Calcutta. Make sure you get it back to us.

Lil' Tanker

05-30-2006, 10:41 AM

Chasin

05-31-2006, 09:36 AM

Mrymar,

Lil' Tanker here.

We had boat trouble and had to pull the boat home Sunday A.M.

I was unable to make it to the final way in. How can I collect my prize for 2nd biggest lake trout??

I come through Port Huron a few times a week. Let me know where it is and I can stop and get it thanks.

As long as your correct mailing information is on your entry form, They will send the checks out in the next couple weeks to the captain of the boat.