BDNGLSF Spring Perch Tournament & spring meeting

[The Bait Shop Guy]

The Bay de Noc Great Lakes Sport Fishermen will be holding their annual Spring Perch Tournament on Saturday, May 5th.

Come enjoy a great day of perch fishing with friends and family!

RULES

All participants must be members of the BDNGLSF. 16 and under - free membership. 17 to 54 - $20. 55+ - $10.

Boat inspection starts at 10:30 am in the Kipling boat launch.

Rules meeting to start at 11:30 with boat launch to follow.

You may use any boat launch you want, but you must stay in the waters of Little Bay de Noc (slot limit boundaries.)

Entry fee is $25 per boat, plus $10 per team for the optional “BIG FISH” pot for the largest perch. Fish by yourself, with a friend, or the whole family. Total number of fishermen per boat must not exceed the USCG capacity rating for the boat.

Weigh-in will be in the parking lot of the Shorewood Motel (across from the Kipling boat launch.) You must be in the parking lot by 6pm. Any teams arriving after 6pm will be disqualified.

Each team will weigh their 10 largest perch. 80% payback to the top 3 teams. 100% pay back on the “BIG FISH” money. Proceeds to benefit the BDNGLSF to help fund local fishing projects.

Entry forms will be available at Bay View Bait and Tackle, and Bayshore Bait and Tackle.

Contact tournament director Chris Wahl at 786-1488 or 786-8634 if you have any questions.

GOOD LUCK!

[The Bait Shop Guy]

Forgot to mention that the Sport Fishing Club will also be holding it's annual spring general membership meeting the following day at the Great Lakes Sport and Rec club, starting at 4pm.

[The Bait Shop Guy]

Good luck to everyone today!

[The Bait Shop Guy]

Only ended up with 9 teams this year, but it's better than the 6 that showed up last year! Couldn't have asked for a much better day to be out on the water. Actually, that's not entirely true - we could have used just a little more wind to light the fish up a bit. Tough bite for most people Saturday. There was no shortage of fish, they just wouldn't bite. The times when the wind blew hard enough to get the boat moving and bouncing, then they were a little more active.

The team of Jim Hubert (Jr and Sr,) Jeff Sacheck, and Amber Benjamin won the "Biggest Other Fish" prize with a 1.7 pound sucker.

Kevin Bellamore, John Sliva, and his daughters Lucy and Laura, and their friend Brooke McGee, took 3rd place with 2.5 pounds of fish.

My partner Denny Merrill and I took 2nd place, (second year in a row for my team,) with 4.1 pounds. We had a pretty good day of fishing compared to most. We caught a lot of perch, just not enough of the quality fish to take first place. We ended up keeping 26 fish, but had to wade through at least that many throwbacks, and 40 to 50 suckers and walleyes! Denny also caught 2 white bass.

In the end, Ron Young and his Grandson Aaron took 1st place with 4.6 pounds. They only weighed 8 fish, but Aaron's first fish of the day was a whopping 1.5 pounder! In addition to their first place check, they also won the "Big Fish" pot. Way to go, guys!

Thanks to Jim and Amy Shantz of the Shorewood Motel for hosting the weigh-in. Jim and his daughter Mariette fished with Steve Lawonn. Mariette caught her very first walleye, during the tournament. To make the story even better, she caught it on one of the rods that the fishing club gives away to kids at our various events. Congrats to Mariette, hope you catch a lot more on it!

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Very Nice Aaron!!! When you start guiding call me first!
Mike

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Congrats !!! Winning on a tough bite means more than winning on a hot bite.