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Pomona Lake April 12 4 teams fished Mark Thompson / Gunner Thompson 5 fish Channel 15.6 total wt. 3.6 lbs Big Fish George Harris / Tina Harris / Trey Harris 0 fish Bob Stockmyer / Duane Smith 0 fish David Rolland / Debra Rolland / David JR. 0 fish Boat Broke down at entey Billy Moss / Bill moss Sponcer at tournament Back Yard Bait (with give away baits) North Shore Marina ( with a warm place to weigh fish ) Also had Tracy Blanco at the weigh in and talk to the other teams. It was a blustery 34 with a wind chill of 22 at the start. Wind NNW 15-20 with guest 25 mph.Snow Flurries off and on all day. at end of tournament temp. around 45 .Every one had fun and was ready for the next tournament . May 10 at Melvern Lake. ****************************************************************** May 10 Melvern lake It would be cloudy all day with a east wind at 10-15 mph and temps at 52 degrees at the start of this tournament. The winds would shift to the south at 5 - 10 mph and it would warm up to around 65 degrees toward the end of the tournament. There was a chance of thunderstorms most of the day, But we managed to finish the tournament without getting rained on. 12 teams would show up for the 2nd Kansas Chapter tournament and with the help of our sposnor Back Yard Baits everything went off just great and everybody seem to have a great time. We would pick up 5 new members at this tournament and had alot of people talking about the next one that will be on may 31 at John Redmond Reservoir. 1st place today would be David Studebaker / Ray Burns 5 fish that weighed in at 42.6 lbs an taking home $240.00 with the win 2nd place would be Troy & Josh Kuhlmann with 3 fish at 37.4 lbs an winning $150.00 plus $220.00 for big fish at 20.7 lbs 3rd place Ryan Gnagy 5 fish at 34 lbs and picking up $90.00 other teams would be Virgil Brown / Clinton Young 25 lbs Ronald Summer / Chris Brammell 15.2 lbs Mike Line / Jon Breashears 14.6 lbs Bob Stockmyer / Duane Smith 12.4 lbs Floyd Rolland / Frank Simmons / Tray Harris Billy Moss / Bill Moss David Rolland / Debra Rolland Richard Stahl / Tracy Ray Dustin Dane / Cecil Dane ****************************************************************** John Redmond Tournament May 31 We started our tournament with light showers that lifted quickly. The sun came out and we had a great day. Lake conditions were poor. It was 12 foot above normal and they started opening gates 16 hours before the tournament, and continued discharging throughout the tournament. Fish were touchy and light to the bite. An assortment of baits were used throughout the teams. *Denotes Member 1st place ---*Virgil Brown and *Clinton Young with 34.8 pounds-5 fish 2nd place---*Troy Kuhlman and *Josh Kuhlman with 33.4 pounds-5 fish Big Fish-11.2 pound channel cat 3rd place---*Mike Line, *Peggy Line and *Jon Breshears with 31.4 pounds-5 fish 4th place---Read Harmon and Brandon Ferguson with 19.2 pounds-4 fish 5th place---*Kevin Parks and *James Webster with 12.2 pounds-3 fish 6th place---*Ryan Gnagy and *CJ Blankenship with 9.8 pounds-1 fish 7th place---*Bill Moss and *Billy Moss with 6.8 pounds-2 fish 8th place---*Bob Stockmeyer and *Duane Smith with 6.6 pounds-2 fish No fish caught *Floyd Rolland and *Frank Simmons *JR Harris, Tina Harris and *Trey Harris *Robert Kroulik III, Robert Kroulik Jr., Joseph Kroulik Gary Miser, Eric Charboneau, Eric Charboneau II *David Rolland, *Debra Rolland, *David Rolland Jr. The greatest thing about this tournament that I saw was not the amount of fish or the biggest fish, but what a truly outstanding group of fishermen that attended. Before the tournament, they were helping one another with boat repairs, finding bait, swapping bait, helping each other load and unload boats, let them use fish finders and portable live wells. All team players. ****************************************************************** Pomona Lake--June 12 Our Pomona Lake tournament started and ended with unforecasted rain. Regardless of the rain, we had a good turnout and everyone had a great time. We had 15 teams participate. Four new teams participated for the first time and one new fisherman joined. 42 channel cat and 1 flathead were caught. Many more smaller fish were caught. Average weight was 1.92 pounds. *Denotes members 1st place--*David Rolland, *Debra Rolland caught 5 fish -- 18.8 pounds and also Big Fish weighing 4.4 pounds 2nd place--*Mike Line, *Peggy Line, and *Jon Breshears caught 5 fish -- 14.2 pounds 3rd place--*Virgil Brown, *Clayton Young caught 5 fish -- 13.6 pounds *Kevin Parks, *James Webter caught 5 fish -- 10.6 pounds Austin Bailey, Gene Roberts caught 5 fish -- 9.4 pounds Ted Hendricks, Linda Lilja caught 5 fish -- 8.8 pounds *J.R. Harris, Tina Harris, *Trey Harris caught 5 fish -- 6.8 pounds *Floyd Rolland, *Frank Simmons caught 2 fish -- 5.2 pounds Chase Wells, Bobby Roberts caught 5 fish -- 4.2 pounds Charles Snow and J.D. Snow caught 1 fish 2.2 pounds *Billy Moss and *Bill Moss caught 0 fish Joe Kroulik, *Robert Kroulik III, *Chris Baxter caught 0 fish *Barry Nolan, Heather Nolan caught 0 fish *Darin Jones, Marty Buchniver, Martin caught 0 fish Lee Smith caught 0 fish Many of these guys did catch fish but were too small to weigh in. ****************************************************************** Melvern Lake 8/02/08 # 5 Well the fifth tournament went well . Had 16 Teams fish the tournament. Have two new members this tournament.It was sunny all day , temp's made it to 100, wind 5-10 sse . It was nice to see the help with all teams before and after the tournament. Even though it was hot, all the teams fished the entire tournament. We had water and tea on hand at the weigh-in and people were still under the shade trees visiting after 4 o'clock. Members * 1. *Troy Kuhlman , *Josh Kuhlman 5 fish 27.4 lbs. also Big Fish 11.0 lbs. 2. Jerry Elder , Jim Wood 5 fish 26.4 lbs. 3. *Mike Line , *Peggy Line , *Joh Breshears 5 fish 20.2 lbs. 4. *Ted Hendricks , *Linda Lilja 5 fish 13.8 lbs. 5. David Studebaker , Ray Burns 5 fish 12.4 lbs. 6. J D Snow, Jessica Wilson 3 fish 11.6 lbs. 7. Jason Harris , Gerald Shivers 5 fish 11.4 lbs. 8. *Virgil Brown , Earl Murphy 5 fish 10.6 lbs. 9. *Ryan Gnagy 5 fish 9.2 lbs. 10. Dustin Heckathorn , Justin Pearson 5 fish 7.6 lbs. 11. *David Rolland , *Debra Rolland 5 fish 7.4 lbs. 12. *Floyd Rolland , *Frank Simmons 3 fish 4.8 lbs. 13. * JR Harris , Tina Harris , *Trey Harris 3 fish 4.3 lbs. 14. Ronald Sumner , Chance Sumner 2 fish 3.8 lbs. 15. * Billy Moss , Mike McManus 1 fish 1.4 lbs 16. *Kevin Parks , * James Webster 0 fish 60 Channel Catfish 2 Blue Cat 172.3 lbs AVE. 2.77 lbs Next tournament is Sept. 13 at Clinton State Lake Ramp # 3 ***************************************************************** Kansas Chapter Clinton lake Sept. 13,2008 Had 8 teams fish and a new team from Missour. Had Heavy rain at the start of the tournament. winds NE. 10 mph. It was to rain all day.Buy it only rained 1 1/2 hours, thin mostly cloudy the rest otournament.High in the mid 70's . Five inches of rain had fell in the last 36 hours, had some current at the river and creeks making some muddy water.every one caught a lot of fish and some very small. There was a lot tender bites and a lot getting off . Every won is looking forward to the Championship in two weeks at John Redmond. Teams members * 1. * Troy Kuhlmann * Josh Kuhlmann 5 fish 32.8 lbs. big fish 10.4 2. * Bob Stockmyer 5 fish 16.4 lbs. 3. * David Rolland /Mark Thompson 5 fish 16.2 lbs. 4. * Frank Simmons / Floyd Rolland 5 fish 14.8 lbs. 5. * Jr Harris / Trey Harris / Josh Finch 5 fish 10.8 lbs. 6. J D Snow / Charlie Snow 5 fish 9. lbs. 7. Rip Rippe Art 5 fish 8.6 lbs. 8. * Mike Line / Peggy Line / Jon Breshears 5 fish 5.6 lbs. ****************************************************************** KANSAS CHAPTER CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 Members * Big fish $ 1. * Ryan Gnagy / * $ C J. Blankenship 5 fish 43.2 lbs. also Big fish 12.lbs. 2. * Troy Kuhlmann / * Josh Kuhlmann 5 fish 40.6 lbs. 10.lbs. 3. * Virgil Brown / * Clinton Young 5 fish 29.8 lbs. 8.6 lbs. 4. * Mike Line / * Peggy Line 5 fish 20. lbs. 7.5 lbs. 5. * Bob Stockmyer 5 fish 19.8 lbs 4.8 lbs 6. * David Rolland /* Debra Rolland/*David jr. 5 fish 18.4 lbs. 8.4 lbs 7. Gerald Shivers / Joan Roger 3 fish 15.2 lbs. 7.6 lbs. 8. * JR Harris / Tina Harris / * Trey 4 fish 12.6 lbs. 6.6 lbs 9. * Billy Moss / * Bill Moss 5 fish 12. lbs. 6.2 lbs. 10.* Ted Hendricks / * Linda Lilja 1 fish 1.4 lbs 1.4 lbs. 11. * Frank Simmons / * Floyd Rolland 0 fish 12. * Kevin Parks / * James Webster 0 fish 13. J D Snow / Charlie Snow 0 fish This was the first year of Kansas Chapter of Catfish Nation . The Championship Tournament was at John Redmond Resv. Burlington,Kansas.September 27 Weather was great sunny, temp. 89, winds south at 5mph. Had a great Championship and Dinner after. Also had lots and lots of BIG fishin stories, you now how BIG that fish was!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had a lot of giveaways for all the members. Fishin pole, catfish bait, flashlights, and many others. A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSERS CITIZENS STATE BANK Burlington , Gridley , Hamilton , Lyndon , Madison New Strawn all in Kansas BACKYARDBAIT Overbrook , Kansas GUY & MAE'S TAVERN BBQ Ribs Williamsburg, Kansas DANNY KINGS CATFISH PUNCH BAIT Kingston, Ok. TIM HAGAN OUTDOORS YOUR ONE STOP CATFISH SERVICE A BIG THANK YOU TO MY BOARD MEMBERS JR. HARRIS , DARIN JONES ALSO DEBRA We are planing next year and the anglers said it will be bigger and better. |