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We kicked off the West Vriginia Chapter at 7 am and it very foggy. Six teams would show up to the first of many West Virginia tournament. The bite was slow as the river had drop a few feet over the last 3 days. But all teams seem to find a few channel cats and had a great time during so. 1st place went to Todd , tristan & Jason Lutman with 5 fish at 16.4 lbs and big fish of the day at 4.6 lbs they would take home $166.00 for 1st and 120.00 for big fish 2nd place would be Michael Pippenger with 13.2 lbs and taking home 75.00 for 2nd place other teams would be Mike Corbin / Steve Baum 13.0 lbs Rob & Rose Wills / Bobby Bartgis 11.0 lbs Tim Hagan / Jeff Fink Jr 10.0 lbs Kenneth Kalbaugh 2.4 lbs |
May 24 Potomac River dam #5 four locks. the tournament started at 7 pm with lots of sun and falling water. Temps was mid 70's to start out but as night fall start to move in the temps start to move down to low 40's by weigh in time. The bite would also be slow all night as the water would drop some 18" over night. But all 11 teams would hang around to see who would be the luck ones at this outting. 1st place would go to Luther & Robert Ardinger with 31.6 lbs taking home $220.00 for their win and another $220.00 for big fish with 8.8 lbs. 2nd place would go to two new members of the west virginia chapter Cliff Wolfe & Steve Reed with 22.0 lbs and $138.00 3rd place would be Mike Corbin & Carroll Greenfield with 19.8 lbs and taking $83.00 4th place Kenneth Kalbaugh / William James / Donny White with12.6 lbs Other teams was Kevin & Bobby Bartgis 12.2 lbs Alfie Fisher Jr / Chris Wolfe 11.6 lbs Michael Pippenger / Steve Baum 10.0 Alfred Simth jr & III / Mitch Willis 4.4 lbs Tim Hagan / Rob & Rose Wills 2.0 lbs Greg , Jason & Howard Hagan 1.2 lbs Stewart & Edward Ardinger - |
June 28 Potomac River Dam #4 this was a very nice turnout with 26 teams showing up to fish. Many showing up 2 or 3 hours before just to setand around and talk with other anglers. Short after the start of the tournament a big storm blowed over and for about 20 mins is was all out raining. Winds reported over 60 MPH and over 1" of rain.Then is was over as fast as it came in and the bite was alot better than it has been in the last few weeks. This was the first tournament for the new west virginia officers Kenneth Kalbaugh is now the chapter president - Carroll Greenfield as Vice president & Mike Corbin as Tournament Director Thanks for stepping up and working to keep this chapter growing even more. Members in blue Tim Hagan / Rob & Rose Wills 20.6 lbs 1st places $455.00 Cliff Wolf / Steve Reed 17.6 lbs 2nd place $ 260.00 Robert Ardinger / Luther Ardinger 3rd place 17.2 lbs $ 195.00 Jeff Fink / Robert Geiger 15.6 lbs 4th place $130.00 Edward Ardinger / Stewart Ardinger 12.8 lbs Shawn Wetzel / Thomas Waldrop / Luke Keener 12.8 lbs Kenneth Kalbaugh / Donny White 12.2 lbs Paul Foltz / Allen Peterson / John Lum 12 lbs / slip big fish pot with 6.4 lb channel $260.00 Brad Minnick / Sam George 11.2 lbs James Ewing / Mike Dixon 9.2 lbs / slip big fish pot with 6.4 lb channel $260.00 Thomas Canfield / D.J Hamrick 9.2 lbs Devon Bryd / Michael Bryd 9.0 lbs James Williams / James Tyler 8.8 lbs Ricky Davidson / Tom Wiles 8.8 lbs Mike Corbin / Carroll Greenfield / Todd Greenfield 8.6 lbs Kevin Bartgis / Bobby Bartgis 1.8 lbs Teams with no fish Michael Pippenger / Vince Rodger Gary Long / David Long Chris Gaver / Daniel Rippeon Michael Canfield / Miranda Martin / Terry Canfield Ben Clupper /John Canfield / Chris Martin Jereme Leedy / Garnet Humelsine David Lond / Sean Lewis Brad Minnick jr / Alex Fogle Eric Beard / Ronnie Curry Todd Carbaugh / Aaron Shaffer |
The Upper potomac river on a great night cool with very little wind. 23 teams would fish this tournament and some nice fish would come to the scales. Thanks to Danny Kings Catfish Bait for handing out 10 cans of bait before the tournament. Michael Byrd / Devon Byrd 33.8 lbs $402.00 + Big Fish 10.2 lbs $440.00 Mike Corbin / Carroll Greenfield 32.4 lbs $230.00 Frank Skipper / Rick Gladhill 26.2 lbs $173.00 Chuck Mongold / Bobby Stutler / 25.2 lbs $118.00 Cliff Wolfe / Steve Reed 22.0 lbs Jerry & Corey Gray / Corbin Beehing 18.8 lbs Michael Franks / Steve Sullivan 18.2 lbs Stuart Butler / Butch Markley 17.0 lbs Thomas Canfield / John Canfield 16.0 lbs Aaron Shaffer / Alan Scott 15.8 lbs Tim Hagan / Rob & Rose Wills 15.8 lbs Thomas Butler / C J Markley 11.2 lbs Todd Greenfield / Lee Balash 10.8 lbs Robert May / Harry May 9.0 lbs Bobby Bartgis / John Ashton 7.4 lbs Kenneth Kalbaugh / Donnie White 6.0 lbs Michael Pippenger 3.6 lbs John Martin / John Gladhill 3.0 lbs Luther Ardinger / Robert Ardinger ED Ardinger / George Ardinger Matthew Markley / Derek Rickand Dustin Farris / D Mills / Tim Row / R Campbell C Yost / Jason & Brian Shives |
It was a hard night of fishin the grass and low water levels with very little water flow at all made it hard to get to the fish and the target weight of 19 lbs. A lot of the jet boat had to pull there boats off rocks this night. But it was still a great night to be fishin but a cool one as temps dropped into the mid 40’s. We also would like to welcome the 12 new members that signed up to the catfish Nation last night as well. [ members in red ] 1st place Frank Skipper / Dave Snoke 18.8 lbs + big fish 8.2 Chuck Mongold / Bobby Stutler 19.2 lbs 2nd place Mike Cobin / Todd Greenfield 10.4 lbs 3rd place Rob & Rose Wills / Tim Hagan 9.8 lbs 4th place Butch Markley / Stuart Buther Jr 8.6 lbs Other teams Rick Gladhill / Cody Gladhill 8.0 lbs John Martin / John Gladhill 6.0 lbs Steve Reed / Jeremy Leedy 4.0 lbs Bobby Bartgis / Kevin Bartgis 3.4 lbs Dwight Stenger / Allen Peterson Fred Corbin / Corey gray / Corbin Beeghing Derek Richard / Matthew Markley Thomas Butler / C J Markley Devon Byrd / Michael Byrd Bruce Martin / Mike Gladhill Kenneth Kalbaugh |
The West Virginia Championship was the best day of fishing this season with a nice cool day in the 60’s and very little wind. The bite was slow for some and great for others like always finding the right water for the day. We would like to thank the Potomac fish & Game club for letting us use their ramp for this tournament. Was great to see a lot of their members come down just to watch the weigh in and meet some of the gang. After the weigh in we would award the chapter champs for 2008 Frank Skipper & Dave Snoke and the 2008 angler of the year Mike Corbin. 1st Frank Skipper / Dave Snoke 34.40 & big fish 10.15 2nd Charles Markley / C J Markley 29.70 & 2nd big fish 8.95 3rd Chuck Mongold / Bobby Stotler 25.50 4th Cliff Wolfe / Steve Reed 25.00 5th Matthew Markley / Derek Rickard 21.80 6th Jeff Fink Sr / Jeff Fink Jr 19.10 7th Michael Bryd / Steve Kirby 17.80 8th Mike Gladhill / Rick Gladhill 15.45 9th Mike Corbin / Todd & Carroll Greenfield 12.15 10th Bobby & Kevin Bartgis 11.15 11th Robert Geiger 9.55 12th Tim Hagan / Rob & Rose Wills 7.90 13th Thomas Butler /Stu Bulter / Lois Butler 3.25 14th Kenneth Calabash / Donny White /William James 0 We would also like to thank our sponsors for the 2008 season. Blackhorse Custom Rods where Charles Markley is the winner of the rod raffle and will be getting his own Blackhorse rod to start off next season. Danny Kings Catfish Punch bait for all the bait we have handed out this season. And our newest sponsor Bowers Marine for the donations at the tournaments. The 2009 Tournament dates will be posted soon and look for a bigger and better tournament trail in 2009. Chapter Champs for 2008 1st Frank Skipper / Dave Snoke $245.00 2nd Charles Markley / C J Markley $143.00 3rd Chuck Mongold / Bobby Stotler $92.00 Anglers of the year for 2008 1st MIKE CORBIN 397 points $245.00 2nd ROB & ROSE WILLS 392 points $143.00 3rd TIM HAGAN & STEVE REED 391 points $92.00 |