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By most measures, it was an excellent event. After several day of howling winds and sloppy ice conditions, the weather Gods gave us a break and tournament day was as beautiful as anyone could ask for. And fish that had been tightliped during the days leading up to the tournament decided to cooperate, at least for those that figured them out. And of course, the fact that most of us were staying at the EgdeWater Resort, so named because it is literally at the waters edge, only made the whole experience better. A big congrats to the team of Dave Harrison & Fred Janiec who weighed in a limit of perch that totaled a whopping 10.24lbs and locked in their first win of the season, at the last tournament of the season. Second place honors went to the team that loves to finish in that position, or so it seems, since this was their third second place of the season. Chad Beale & Jeremy Brittenbaugh came to the scales with 9.91 lbs which included the Big Fish of the tournament, a 1.02lb perch. Local favorite Ron Beayon put together a limit that came in at 9.61lbs, good enough for the third spot. Mike Kuna & Bob Giffith weighed in 7.93lbs, but when that weight was added to their other top three weights (which included two first place finishes) it was good enough to earn them the Angler Of the Year (AOY) award, good job guys. Interesting to note that they only beat AOY runner ups (Chad & Jermey) by .36 points, or a little over three tenths of a pound. Kevin Riley & Darrell Horton finished in fourth place. Nathan Krusko & Christopher Jones came in fifth. Ron Wagner & Chris Neal came in 6th. Mike Kuna & Bob Griffith came in 7th. And 8th place was taken by Lee Mnich and Kyle Holbritter, who spent the day fishing within 200 yards of the weigh in, thanks for entertaining me.

Thanks for posting these Tim, we appreciate it. And another congrats to Kevin and Darrell who squeeked out a first place win at our first event.