Shaw Kenora Bass International - 2nd place
Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 1:39PM The 24th annual SKBI tournament took place last week on Lake of the Woods. The tournament went awesome as usual - many thanks to all the directors and volunteers that put in all the time that they do, year after year - the anglers appreciate it!
Chris Savage and I had a great tournament and ended up 2nd with a three day total weight of 50.53 pounds. We were just edged by our friends Mark Libitka and Dave Bennett, also of Kenora. Their total of 50.67 pounds took the first place prize of $25,000. Congratulations to Mark and Dave! They earned it.
We weighed in 9 smallmouths and 6 largemouths over the weekend and never weighed one fish that hurt us. All of our fish were over three pounds, so we were proud of that. We caught our fish on a variety of baits and had to adapt to the weather conditions each day of the event.
Smallmouths: We caught them on #8 X-Raps, X-Rap Poppers, and some small prototype Northland Impulse tubes. All fished on Shimano Cumara spinning (X-Rap and tube) and baitcast rods (Popper). Shimano Stradic CI4 reels (3000 size) - 10 pound Power Pro Line for the spinning rods, Shimano Curado 200E7 baitcast reel and 30 lb. Power Pro for the popper.
Largemouths: We caught them all on Northland Jungle Jigs tipped with Trigger-X Flappin' Craws on the back. We fished these jigs on a 7'5" G. Loomis GLX flippin' stick matched with Shimano Curado 200E7 reels - 65 lb. Power Pro line.
| 1 | 88 | 18.46 | 14.30 | 17.91 | 50.67 | DAVE BENNETT | SIOUX NARROWS | MARK LIBITKA | KENORA | |
| 2 | 4 | 16.35 | 16.42 | 17.76 | 50.53 | JEFF GUSTAFSON | KENORA | CHRIS SAVAGE | KEEWATIN | |
| 3 | 5 | 15.05 | 14.10 | 18.68 | 47.83 | JESS SWENSON | SIOUX NARROWS | MICHAEL REID | SIOUX NARROWS | |
| 4 | 2 | 18.76 | 13.52 | 15.11 | 47.39 | BRIAN MCNANNEY | SIOUX NARROWS | MATTHEW RYDBERG | SIOUX NARROWS | |
| 5 | 32 | 11.95 | 15.45 | 18.92 | 46.32 | JAY SAMSAL | KENORA | TROY NORMAN | FORT FRANCES | |
| 6 | 10 | 18.79 | 12.20 | 14.18 | 45.17 | ALEX KESZLER | WINNPEG | WAYNE WAGNER | ST. ANDREWS | |
| 7 | 26 | 13.86 | 17.39 | 13.80 | 45.05 | ADAM BACHYNSKI | KEEWATIN | ANDREW BEERNAERT | GLADSTONE | |
| 8 | 9 | 16.07 | 14.92 | 14.00 | 44.99 | KURT DAFCIK | KENORA | STEVE HARGER | MATHEWS | |
| 9 | 16 | 13.91 | 18.33 | 12.31 | 44.55 | JOE PRITCHETT | KENORA | HIRAM ARCHIBALD | SIOUX NARROWS | |
| 10 | 3 | 15.94 | 14.31 | 14.06 | 44.31 | BEHN CARLSON | KENORA | JON PEARSON | KENORA |
We were in 1st place after two days - this was moments before blast-off on day three.
Savy with a big smallmouth he caught in practice on a #8 X-Rap - 4 pound smallmouth
Team Canada won the Can/Am Challange and the Frank Townsend Memorial Trophy. Left to right - Mike Reid, Behn Carlson, Jon Pearson, Brian McNanney, Chris Savage, Jeff Gustafson, Jess Swenson, Matt Rydberg
You can find full results at the tournament website www.kbifishing.com
Reader Comments (1)
Way to go Jeff! I'm so proud of you!
Keep up the great fishing!