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| The WORLD MUSKIE TOURNAMENT SERIES™ (WMT Series™) made its first stop on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes for the 2012 tournament season with the PROFESSIONAL MUSKIE ANGLER CIRCUIT™ (Pro-MAC™) Muskie Masters Open Championship™ qualifying event, the fourth of six major open championships on the circuit. The WMT Series™ will revisit the waters of Eagle River on October 6 th and 7th with the season ending Invitational Championship™ that will set the record for the all time highest pay-out for a muskie tournament circuit when the “dust" of competition settles on that historic Sunday afternoon. But first the Eagle River Muskie Masters Open Championship™ on August 25th and 26th had to be challenged by the tournament competitors who were hungry to battle with the resident toothy muskies not only to win the event, but to put fish “on the board" for the very important qualifying points to make it to the Championship. Fortunately, the muskies were equally as hungry, cooperating forty five (45) times for the day and a half of fishing with twenty six (26) muskies on Saturday and nineteen (19) on Sunday.
The first muskie to be registered on Saturday would come from the team of Jared Adamovich and Jeremy Barber at 6:12am with a 35.25 incher but the local anglers from Eagle River weren't done there, they would continue to score on a 39“shortly after at 7:04am finishing the duo's day of competition but landing the team in fourth place at the end of the first day of competition. The next team to double up for the competition would be Scott Lewandowski and Dan Dassow with fish of 39.50 inches at 7:31am and 37 inches at 8:39am putting the two on top of the leader board by the end of day one of competition. Scoring on the biggest fish of the day would be Rick McClellan and Ryan Wahlgren that measured 43.50 inches at 12:01pm. At 1:15pm, John Cestkowski and David Godin would tie the leaders with a 35.50" muskie, adding to their previous day's catch of 41 inches at 6:20am but by virtue of the tie breaker rule of time, they would own the second place standings at the conclusion of Saturday's fishing. The fourth and final team to double up for the day would come from Randy Kauranen and Phil Markgraf with muskies of 39.50 inches at 7:18am and a 35.25 incher at 2:14pm.
Between the two days of competition, it would have appeared that Sunday's cloudy skies would trump the sunny skies of Saturday in production but appearances aren't always as they seem as Sunday's fishing started out much slower than the previous day's totals, only to have the action finally pick up after 8:15am. However, Sunday's slow start didn't make a difference to the angling team of Randy Miller and Joe Brezinski when they would battle a beast of a fish that measured 49.50 inches at 6:25am, giving the duo a shot at winning the 2012 Hunter Trophy™ for the largest muskie of the season and a chance to win a free Fittante Taxidermy graphite reproduction of their trophy fish. Several teams who landed muskies on Saturday would also register additional fish on Sunday including the winners Adamovich and Barber with two muskies of 39 inches at 8:54am and a 35 incher at 10:10am to be the only team to quadruple. Also catching two muskies on Sunday were Ryan Bock and Tim Rutzen with a 35.75" at 6:24am, a 42 incher at 11:36am and when added to their previous days catch of a 35.50 inches at 1:13am gave the team a second place finish. Landing the last fish of the contest and a third place finish was Tony Piantek and Bill Vierkandt with a 39" muskie at 11:51am adding to their first day's tally of 39.75 inches at 7:50am.
Other anglers to score on muskies Saturday were: Keith Krejci & Brad Wirt 34.50" at 6:20am, John Michalec & Scott Gindt, David VanVleck & Kyle Krohn 42.50" at 9:25am, Dave Mueller & Ron Terkel 37.50" at 10:05am, Don Groskopf & Dan Winkler 34 “at 10:20am, Dan Buss & Todd Luedtke 42.25" at 10:37am, Scott & Kevin Abendroth 34.50 " at 11:15am, Patric McCabe & Marty Kwick 35.75" at 11:50am, Rick McClellan & Ryan Wahlgren 43.50" at 12:01pm, Rick Godager & Aaron Stack 34.75" at 12:55pm, Andy Hesselink & Jeremy Weeks 37" at 1:25pm, Kent Stadler & Doug Bloch 42" at 2:10pm, Jeremy & Nathan Naze 36" at 2:30pm, Pete Huettl & Chris Sinnott 41" at 2:35pm, Dave Schmitz & Jim See 35.25" at 2:44pm and Andy Jackson & Brandon Leinon 36" at 2:52pm.
Other teams to tally muskies on Sunday were: .Nate Hoelzel & Craig Locy 34" at 6:35am, Justin & Ryan Reynolds 36" at 7:05 and another 36" at 8:40am, David Castonia & Steve Tilque 34.50" at 8:15am and another 34.50" at 9:13am, Keith Krejci & Brad Wirt 38" at 8:30am, Ron Meyer & Wyatt Hill 41.50" at 9:26am, Matt Raley & Jeff VanRemortel 34.50" at 9:41am and a 35" at 11:10am, Bob Lass & Gary George 36.50" at 9:43am, Bob Dekker & Chip Boetrell 40.50" at 9:44am, Don Groskopf & Dan Winkler 41" at 10:00am, and Doug & Don Grant 39.50" at 11:15am.
The Pro-MAC™ Eagle River Muskie Masters Open Championship™ top twelve places were:
1st – Jared Adamovich/Jeremy Barber
2nd – Ryan Bock/Tim Rutzen
3rd – Tony Piantek/Bill Vierkandt
4th – Scott Lewandowski/Dan Dassow
5th – John Cestkowski/David Godin
6th – Don Groskopf/Dan Winkler
7th – Randy Kauranen/Phil Markgraf
8th – Keith Krejci/Brad Wirt
9th – Justin & Ryan Reynolds
10th – Matt Raley/Jeff VanRemortel
11th – David Castonia/Steve Tilque
12th – Joe Brezinski/Randy Miller
The next tournaments for the WMT Series™ are Muskie Country Tournament Circuit™ (MCTC™) qualifiers on Bone Lake and Wapogasset Lake on September 8th and 9th. The tournaments still has some open spots left. . If you are interested in fishing the MCTC™ Bone and or Wapogasset tournaments, you can sign up for them the Friday before the event, September 7th at Wilkin's Bar and Resort on the west shore of Bone Lake at 1091 238th Avenue, at 5:30pm until 7:30pm or if you are only interested in the Wapogasset event registration is Saturday from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at Waterside Bar and Grill on the Wapogasset Lake on 1342 lone Pine Lane.
The WMT Series™ events are open to the public. If you are interested in expanding your muskie knowledge and enjoying the competition with others who share your interest, log on to www.WMTSeries.com web site or www.professionalmuskieanglercircuit.com for info and an entry form or you can call 715-277-4411.
Sponsors of the 2012 WMT Series™ are: Tooth Tamer Rods, Fittante Taxidermy, Tackle Industries Super D's, Dream Catcher Bucktails & Tackle, T's Tackle, Suick, Yakima Bait Company, Worden's Lures, Poe's, www.Mudpuppylures.com , Trophy Hunter Accessories – Glittertail, River Run Tackle, Super Slayer Tackle Company, Optimum Bait Company, Figure 8 Lures, Lucky Craft Lures, and Salmo Performance Fishing Lures. | |
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