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West Division

2006 Tournament Results

Miss.River 4 Chetek Bone Red Cedar Wapogasset

Allen and Whiting Flip Their Way to First

The 2006 Fishers of Men Wisconsin West season opened on Saturday, April 22 on Pool 4 of the Mississippi River. Bob Allen and Nathan Whiting came up with an afternoon largemouth bite that weighed 16.3 lbs. and that catapulted them into first place over 43 other teams. Allen and Whiting’s bigger fish came later in the day by flipping wood in the backwaters. Soft plastics and jigs worked best, but the team did not disclose brands or sizes. A 5.2 lb. bass that was the biggest of the tournament anchored their catch. Not bad for a team that stated that they didn’t have any pattern going. Look out in the next event if they do get one going! Great win! Finishing second was Jason Berg and Brad Cline with a mixed bag of smallmouth and largemouth. Their catch of 16.2 was just an ounce shy from first. Their smallmouth came earlier in the day using Carolina rigs. Cline caught a beautiful 4lb 10 oz smallmouth for 2nd Big Bass. In third was the familiar father son team of Ted and Dean Capra. Their catch of 15 1/2 lbs. was the only all smallmouth limit. Nearly half of all the teams came in with a five fish limit. We were all grateful to The Good Lord for the nice weather.

The dinner/meeting on Friday night was a festive time of fellowship for all the anglers who had not seen much of each other over the winter. Everyone seemed to share the excitement and optimism of another season. This event was combined with the Minnesota West division and Lee Danielson, the new director, was our speaker. Danielson has been around bass fishing for many years and his experience will be beneficial during their season. Danielson spoke about God’s grace and the fact that we will never be “good enough” to go to heaven. The Bible says it is only through Jesus Christ and believing that He died for our sins to make us “good enough” to live in heaven. This only happens through God’s grace and us accepting Jesus as our Lord!

The next stop for FOM West Wisconsin is the beautiful Chetek Chain in Chetek, WI. on May 27. We will be meeting at 6pm at the Northwoods ( 715 924-4861) on Lake Pokegama at 6pm on Friday, May 26. Please mail your entries to me postmarked by May 20 to avoid the $25 late fee. Please check www.wifom.com or www.fomntt.com for  details and results.

God Bless and Good Fishin’,
Jeff Bosshardt
bosshardt@minnehahaacademy.net
612 728-3754 or 612 817-8880

Local Sponsors: MG Lures, Stamina Quality Components, All-Terrain Tackle, Spanjers Insurance, Chetek Marine, Warner’s Dock, St. Croix Stone, Crosstown Covenant Church, Georgetown Lutheran.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the fine companies that make Fishers of Men possible; Triton Boats, Mercury, Strike King Lure Company, All Star Rods, Solar Bat, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Keelshield, Marshall’s Marine Lake City SC, Kistler,
Jones Chevrolet, All-Terrain Tackle, Dual Pro Charger, XTools, Lowrance, Buckeye Lures, Stanley Jigs, Castrol, Deka Marine Master Batteries, Spike-It, Jacobs Glass, Motorguide, Hooah Energy Bars & Drinks, Hot Rods Marine Care Products, SOSPENDERS, River Bottom Lures, Shakespeare, Diamond Cut Jeans, T&H Marine BASS Rx, and Keep Alive

43 teams
137 bass caught
21 (5 bass) limits caught

  Team No Big Bass Weight Tourney
Points		 Meeting
Points		 Total
Points		 LM SM
1 Bob Allen / Nathan Whiting 5 5.2 16.19 150 50 200 4 1
2 Brad Cline / Jason Berg 5 4.1 16.13 149 50 199 2 3
3 Dean Capra / Ted Capra 5 15.50 148 50 198 5
4 Chris Amiot / Maurice Amiot 5 14.44 147 50 197 5
5 Craig Tanner / Michael Schnur 5 14.19 146 50 196 5
6 Mark Meyers / Jon Blood 5 13.13 145 50 195 5
7 Mike Mattis / Ken Snow 5 13.00 144 50 194 1 4
8 Matt Larson / Brent Haimes 5 12.81 143 50 193 4 1
9 Greg Savino / Frank Savino 5 12.44 142 50 192 5
10 Chris Gulden / Paul Strege 5 11.88 141 50 191 2 3
11 Steve Hauge / Ben Miller 5 11.81 140 50 190 4 1
12 Andy Young / Larry Wittig 5 11.75 139 0 139 2 3
13 Mark Schutz / Brian Block 5 11.63 138 50 188 3 2
14 Rob Keller / Steve Bahls 5 11.56 137 50 187 5
14 Eric McClellan / Jim Guenther 5 11.56 137 50 187 5
16 Chuck Postle / Jay Slagstad 5 11.44 135 0 135 5
17 Josh Miller / Stan Miller 5 11.31 134 50 184 4 1
17 Rob Stoltz / Monroe 5 11.31 133 50 183 5
19 Bobby Benbo / John Repavich 5 11.19 132 50 182 4 1
20 Grant Miller / Todd George 5 10.13 131 50 181 5
21 Tim Andrea / Chad Andrea 5 9.75 130 50 180 4
22 Brent Lindus / Rick Lindus 4 9.31 129 50 179 4
23 Mike McEvoy / Jason Sosebee 4 8.31 128 50 178 3
24 Patrick Larson / David Briese 3 8.00 127 50 177 3
25 Tony Peterson / Adam Hermsen 3 7.06 126 50 176 1 2
26 Duane Johnson / Chuck Richardson 3 6.75 125 50 175 1 2
27 Troy Miller / Mark Tobias 3 6.63 124 50 174 2 1
28 George Sigsworth / Greg Tilton 3 5.56 123 50 173 3
29 Joe Wilcox / Adam Peterson 3 5.13 122 50 172 2
30 Troy McCann / John Hess 2 4.31 121 50 171 1
31 Josh Schindeldecker / Tom Schindeldecker 1 2.31 120 50 170 1
32 Eric Musgrave / Turner Musgrave 1 2.25 119 50 169 1
33 Michael Hansen / Steve Hansen 1 2.13 118 50 168 1
34 Michael Yarrington / Terry Yarrington 1 2.13 118 50 168
35 Harold Dye / Ed Monette 0 0.00 116 0 116
35 Rob Newhouse / Paul Singerhouse 0 0.00 116 0 116
35 Randy Boos / Steve Docker 0 0.00 116 50 166  
35 Jon Bentley / Paul Schultz 0 0.00 116 50 166
35 Dustin Danielson / Bob Quade 0 0.00 116 50 166
35 James Sigsworth / Darren Sigsworth 0 0.00 116 50 166
35 Craig Radle / Nick Radle 0 0.00 116 50 166
35 Wayne Borgen / Brad Borgen 0 0.00 116 50 166
35 Tedd Spencer / Troy Quade 0 0.00 116 50 166