PMTT Chip Event Results

The third event of the 2010 Professional Musky Tournament Trail took place on the historical Chippewa Flowage this past weekend with 150 anglers competing in the tournament. Weather conditions the weeks leading up to the tournament were very rainy to say the least. The rainfall produced some of the highest water levels in the flowages history.

Saturday was relatively nice with 80 degree air temperature with a cold front approaching for Saturday night into Sunday. You could anticipate that someone was going to get into them and get into them they did. There were a total of 28 muskies caught, 14 muskies caught on Saturday and 14 muskies caught on Sunday.

The team of Scott Donovan and Chris Riebe both from Illinois found a small bay with a cold water inlet pouring into it. This must have helped draw baitfish into the bay which helped draw the muskies into the bay also. The two anglers caught 5 muskies that were 36, 39.25, 43.25, 43.50, and 45 inches. Their presentation was Llungin Lures buck tails. The most incredible thing about their catch is that the two did not catch a fish on Saturday. The two gentlemen caught all 5 fish in one day on Sunday which was a first for any team to catch that many fish on day 2 in a PMTT event!

The team that pulled through with the win is no stranger to winning tournaments. The two anglers were the prestigious top team (top Gun) on the PMTT in 2009. The two savvy anglers took home the first place trophy and also a check for $10,880.

Second Place went out to Scott Kieper and Guy Mittlestadt of Stone Lake, WI... Their presentation consisted of throwing heavy Bulldogs over deep water structure with baitfish. Kieper said that the anglers had to make their lures stick out from the baitfish. In turn this means working the bait very violently to get the fishes attention. This paid off for the two anglers who also caught the big fish of the day award with a 43.25” caught on Saturday.

Third Place went out to Tom Olsen of Northern Illinois and Tanner Wildes local musky fishing guide of Hayward, Wisconsin. Their muskies were 34 and 45.25 inches in length. The two anglers used a presentation of cowgirl buck tails in weeds in flame green color.

Fourth Place went out to Jeff and Joe Anderson from Baxter and St. Cloud, Minnesota respectfully. A 40 and 37.75 inch muskies fell to this teams bait presentation. They chose casting depth raider crank baits to the deep edge of the weeds where it changed to rock making sure they were contacting the bottom with their lure as they retrieved it.

Fifth Place was taken by Del Colvin of Es**** IL and Jeff Kozlowski of Lemont, IL. The two anglers caught and released a 47.25 inch flowage beauty caught on a mafia spinner. The fish also made them the big Fish of the day winner for Sunday.

Here are the Top 15 Places:
1. Scott Donovan & Chris Riebe – 5 Fish
2. Guy Mittlestadt & Scott Kieper – 2 Fish
3. Tanner Wildes & Tom Olson – 2 Fish
4. Jeff & Joe Anderson – 2 Fish
5. Del Colvin & Jeff Kozlowski – 2 Fish
6. Austin Vig & Andrew Matz – 1 Fish
7. Brian Clepper & Chuck Smida – 1 Fish
8. Tom Ustaszewski & Jon Michalec – 1 Fish
9. Ben Olsen & Andy Hamm – 1 Fish
10. Jerome Morris & Eric Burquest – 1 Fish
11. Jim Stella & Ty Sennett – 1 Fish
12. Jason Summers & Troy Bilbery – 1 Fish
13. Mark Lijewski & Clay Schroeder – 1 Fish
14. Bill Ramsey & Shamus Hanley – 1 Fish
15. Ross Korpela & John Adkins – 1 Fish

I still can't get over how awesome that is! 5 fish on Sunday with only 6 hours to fish! Congrats to Scott and Chris!

This happened in my boat many years ago guiding some clients on the Fox Chain and right before a major/nasty storm blew us off the water for the remainder of the day. It just did not matter what baits; the fish were following, eating and even getting off.

Even bigger accomplishment during a high pressured tournament event!

Curious to know if there was even another PMTT boat near them or they had the area to themselves?

It's funny you say that because I was just thinking about that earlier today. I know the chip is pretty big but as we all know, its pretty tough to find a spot all to yourself during a tournament.