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2007 Tournament Results |
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Jurgo Wins at Geist!
White River Bass Masters 2006 Angler of the Year Craig Jurgonski won the opening tournament of the 2007 season with a 5.2 pound largemouth. This is the second consecutive year that Jurgo has won the season opener with one big fish. Jurgo’s fish took Big Bass honors as well. Jurgo said he caught the fish on a bubblegum Senko on a main lake point.
Second place honors go to Tim Denny with one fish that weighed 3.69 pounds. Rookie Justin Kivett took third place with 2 fish that weighed 3.31 and was the only angler to weigh in more than one fish.
Heavy rains the week prior to the tournament left the lake high and muddy. The weather on Sunday was near perfect with a launch time temperature around 60 degrees and an afternoon high near 80. Twenty four anglers participated with 9 weighing 10 fish with a total weight of 25.78 pounds.
White River Bass Masters next tournament will take place at Morse Reservoir north of Noblesville on April 22nd. For complete tournament results visit www.whiteriverbass.com/index_files/Page1724.htm. Anyone interested in joining White River Bass Masters should contact club president John Green at treystriton@sbcglobal.net. |
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Jurgo Wins at Morse Makes it 2 in a row Ties Club Record
White River Bassmasters Craig Jurgonski won the clubs second tournament of the year at Morse Lake on Sunday. Jurgo led the field with a 3 fish bag that weighed 8.13 pounds and included a 3.64 largemouth that took the Big Bass pot as well.
Dustin Kelso took second place with 3 fish weighing 7.03 pounds with a 3.52 kicker fish.
Tim Denny took third with a single 3.5 pound largemouth. (For Complete Results visit http://www.whiteriverbass.com/index_files/Page1724.htm )
Fishing pressure was high on Morse Lake Sunday with 4 tournaments sharing the lake. Anglers could not have asked for nicer weather with clear sky’s and a high temperature over 80.
Good luck to our 2007 Top 8 Team who will fish Morse and Geist this weekend. The team includes Craig Jurgonski, Bob Foxworthy, John Green, Rick Martlage, Richard Ray King, Jeff Pontius, Tim Denny, and Byron Johnson.
White River Bassmasters will host the season’s third tournament on Sunday May 6th at Geist Lake. New members are encouraged to contact club president John Green at treystriton@sbcglobal.net.
2nd Dustin Kelso 3rd Tim Denny 6th Justin Kivett |
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Ben Dietzel Wins His First WRBM Giest 2 May 6th 2007
Congraulations to Ben Dietzel for his first win in three years since joining WRBM in 2005. Ben’s sack of 4 fish 8.98 lbs just edged out his partner Rick Martledge who weighed in a 3 fish sack of 5.95 pounds. These 2 decimated the field of 25 anglers the rest of which blanked except for Todd Irwin Big Bass (2.61lbs) and Club President John “Trey” Green both of which weighed in 1 fish.
The day started off with a windy cold front pushing thru during the previous evening and continued all day. The lake temperature was approaching 70 on satureday, By Sunday Morning with a 15mph wind and 50 deg temperature had driven the lake down to the lower 60’s overnight. This resulted in the entire Top 8 in the standings blanking and turning the season into a horse race with the top 5 now only separated by 10 points and next 7 separated by only 8pts.
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I am the Champion |
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Runner—Up |
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3rd & Big Bass Todd Irwin |
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4th John Green |
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John (Trey) Green Wins Monroe |
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Lake Monroe, Bloomington Indiana June 3rd 2007
White River Bassmasters Club President won the clubs 4th tournament of the year on June 3rd at Lake Monroe. Green won with 4 fish that weighed 8.46 pounds. The night before the tournament Green said he was planning to fish the same 200 yard stretch of bank all day and that is exactly what he and partner Ryan Ashby did. Ashby finished 5th with 2 fish weighing 3.69. All of Green and Ashby’s fish were caught on Texas Rigged worms.
Tim Denny finished second with 3 fish that weighed 6.64 and included the Big Bass for the tournament, a 3.37 pound large mouth. Brian Vorhis finished 3rd with 2 fish that weights 4.24 pounds, Bob Foxworthy finished 4th with 2 fish weighing 3.73 pounds.
The Angler of the year race is heating up; with 346 points Tim Denny now holds the number 1 position by one point over Craig Jurgonski. With the win, John Green has moved up to 3rd position with 340 points while Dustin Kelso is just 2 points back at 338.
White River Bassmasters will host their next tournament Sunday July 13th at Raccoon Lake.
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Dave Replogle Gets His 1st WRBM Title At Raccoon |
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Jurgo Wins in a Record Setting Day on the White River |
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August 20, 2007 by Ben Dietzal
White River Bass Masters 5th tournament of the 2007 season was held on the Broadripple pool of the White River in Indianapolis in on Sunday August 19th. Craig Jurgonski won the event with a five fish limit of smallmouth that tipped the scales at 7.79 pounds. Craig’s sack included a 3.39 pound smallmouth that broke the record previously held by Glen Miller. Craig also recorded the 4th limit weighed in club history and the 1st in since March 2005.
Second place went to Kevin Voorhis with three fish bag that included 2 largemouth and one smallmouth that weighed 5.25 pounds. Todd Irwin took third place with two largemouth and one smallmouth that weighed 4.37 pounds. Dave Replogle took Fourth place and won the big bass pot with a single largemouth that weighed 3.96 pounds. Dustin Kelso finished in fifth place with 2 smallmouth that weighed 2.94.
Two additional club records were set on the day. Brent Hummel set the club record for bluegill with a ½ pounder that hit a large crankbait. Ben Dietzel now holds the club record for 2nd smallest bass ever weighed in a club tournament with a smallmouth that weighed .8 pounds. The fish was weighed measured 4 times including once after being weighed to assure that it was a legal catch. The tournament saw 19 entrants with 13 catching fish that weighed 34.8 pounds.
The Angler of the Year and Top 8 races are all up for grabs with one event remaining in the 2007 season. John Green maintained his first place position with 530 points. Craig Jurgonski is just 35 points back in second place with 495 points. Tim Denny is in third place with 491 points, Dustin Kelso is in fourth place with 484 points Dave Replogle is in fifth place with 483 points, Gina Lynam and Ben Dietzel are tied for sixth place with 389 points, Rick Goodyear rounds out the top eight with 388 points. The top 5 anglers still are mathematically alive for the Angler of the year title while 19 are still alive for the Top 8 team. John Green, Craig Jurgonski and Tim Denny have locked up a place in the 2008 Top 8 Team.
White River Bass Masters will hold our 6th and final tournament of the season at Mississinewa Lake on September 23. White River Bass Masters is accepting new members, for information contact club president John Green. |
