11th Annual 17th St. Bar & Grill Bass Tournament

91 boats showed up on Saturday at Kinkaid Lake for the 11th Annual 17th St. Bar & Grill Bass Tournament. The weather started out nice but soon the clouds rolled in and then came the rain. Finally the sun popped out for the afternoon weigh in. Previous fishing reports had been mixed with the shallow water bite good and yet some fish had moved out deep. The weigh in was not disappointing .Most of the teams caught fish shallow but some were able to catch a few out deep. There was a ton of fish weighed in. Over a dozen five fish limits were weighed in, but none topped the winning team of Hastings and Copedge in which their five fish limits topped the scales at 18.09 pounds. They took home $2200.00 for their catch. Second place was not far behind as the team of Berner and Toiges weighed in 17.60 pounds. They received $1400.00 for their efforts. Third place was within ounces of second as the team of Sweitzer and Hublar weighed in 17.58 pounds. They received $1000.00. Big Bass honors was taken by the team of Estel and Carruthers. Their 5.55 pound bass put $600.00 in their pockets. Here are the rest of the top eleven that took home cash prizes.
4th place- Kirkland/Kirland 17.17 pounds. $800.00
5th place-Mileur/Alexander 17.07 pounds. $600.00
6th place-Feltman/Link 16.17 pounds. $500.00
7th place-Mueller/Korando 16.14 pounds. $400.00
8th place-Evans/Thompson 15.55 pounds. $300.00
9th place-Armstrong/Armstrong 15.13 pounds. $200.00
10th place-Trollinger/Trollinger 14.28 pounds. $150.00
11th place-Shoot/Johnson 14.11 pounds. $100.00
I would like to thank all of the fishermen who showed up for the event. The crowd at the weigh in was great and everyone had a good time. I also want to thank the sponsors of this event. Without them this tournament would not be what it is today. 17th St. Bar & Grill for all of the free BBQ. Thank you Mike Mills. Miller Lite for all of the anglers. We had more than enough this year. Chris Brown from Strike King Lure Company. Every year we have so many Strike King goody bags for the competitors. Sure-Life Catch and Release. Tony Chachere’s Creole Seosoning. Kinkaid Marina. The Southern Illinois Bass Club for donating their scales.Thank you all for your continuing support. Look for next year’s event to be around the same time as this year. I hope you all can make it again and look forward it.