15th Annual Strikeking Tournament Results

Calm winds and sunny skies met the 98 boats that competed in this year’s 15^th Annual Strike King Open Bass Fish Off sponsored by 17^th St. Bar & Grill on Kinkaid Lake in Murphysboro, Il. Bites seemed to be few and far between as most of the fish were coming off of their beds. The team of Steve Powers and Mitch Gosha were able to find three nice fish left on beds and caught those while the other two were caught guarding fry. Their total weight was 20.52 pounds. They won $2400.00 for first and also received $740.00 for Big Bass. The second place team of Marc Sheffer and Kevin Reynolds did about the same as the first place team. They caught a couple of fish off beds and the rest by throwing a Senko to bass guarding fry. They weighed in 16.63 pounds and received $1500.00. In third was Duane Grammer and Todd Hughes. They caught all of their fish on frogs and Skinny Dippers. Their five fish weighed 14.75 and received $1100.00

Here is the rest of the money winners

4^th- Patchett and Williams/ 13.26 pounds. $850.00

5^th- Estel and Gale/11.52 pounds. $750.00

6^th-Neighbors and McReynolds/10.58 pounds. $600.00

7^th-Tucker and Patterson/10.26 pounds. $400.00

8^th- Valentine and Valentine/8.61 pounds. $350.00

9^th- Templeton and Gordan /7.06 pounds. $300.00

10^th- Grammer and Spies/ 6.96 pounds. $200.00

11^th- Deutchmann and Winklemann/ 6.83 pounds. $125.00

12^th- Arning and Kelsey/ 6.57 pounds. $100.00

I would like to thank all the sponsors that donated products. Without these companies, this tournament would not be what it is today. Strike King Lure Company, Ardent Outdoors, Vicious Fishing, Venegoni Distributing, 17^th St. Bar & Grill, Tony Chacheres Creole Seasoning, Kinkaid Marina.

I also want to thank all of the volunteers and fishermen for helping and coming out to fish. This event keeps getting bigger year after year. Congratulations to all the fishermen who got in the top twelve. I look forward to seeing you all again next year.