Tresenriter Drifts to Victory

Sawyer top dog from the back on St. Clair

Lance Tresenriter of Syracuse, Indiana, caught five bass weighing 23 pounds, 6 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Michigan Division tournament on Lake St. Clair presented by Navionics. For his efforts, Tresenriter took home $5,505.

 

“I spent the majority of the day mid-lake in 16 to 18 feet of water,” says Tresenriter, who notched his first career-victory in FLW competition. “I probably drifted through a half-mile stretch five or six times. The stretch had a lot of grass and perch. If there was a bare spot, there weren’t any bites. The perch were key for me, though.”

 

Tresenriter used a Smoke Purple-colored LureCraft Original “D” Darter on a drop-shot rig, and a Yellow Perch-colored Rapala DT10 Crankbait to catch approximately 10 keepers at his first area.

 

“I eventually moved to the northern end of the lake to a stop in Anchor Bay,” says Tresenriter. “Again, there was a lot of grass, but not as many perch as far as I could tell. I used a Perch-colored (Rapala) DT6 Crankbait and made two good culls to finish out the day.”

 

The top 10 boaters:

              

1^st:          Lance Tresenriter, Syracuse, Ind., five bass, 23-6, $3,505 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

              

2^nd:         John Devries, Fishers, Ind., five bass, 22-14, $1,753

              

3^rd:          Jeffrey Kindy, Wyandotte, Mich., five bass, 22-2, $993

              

3^rd:          Rob Campbell, Trafalgar, Ind., five bass, 22-2, $1,193

              

5^th:          Matthew Malmquist, White Lake, Mich., five bass, 21-13, $772

              

5^th:          Kyle Greene, Ortonville, Mich., five bass, 21-13, $772

              

7^th:          Scott Dobson, Clarkston, Mich., five bass, 21-8, $584

              

8^th:          Dan Mittlestat, Woodhaven, Mich., five bass, 20-14, $526

              

9^th:          Jerry Arnett, Mexico, Ind., five bass, 20-11, $467

              

10^th:        Terry McWilliams, Greenfield, Ind., five bass, 20-3, $409

 

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.  

 

Jonathon Dewey of Port Huron, Michigan, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $440.

 

 

Sawyer wins co-angler title

 

Justin Sawyer of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, caught five bass weighing 20 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $1,973.

 

The top 10 co-anglers:

              

1^st:          Justin Sawyer, Dearborn Heights, Mich., five bass, 20-11, $1,973

              

2^nd:         Alex Newman, Wapakoneta, Ohio, five bass, 20-7, $876

              

3^rd:          Vickie Maisch-Rumer, Lima, Ohio, five bass, 19-15, $685

              

4^th:          Mike Raber, Wolcottville, Ind., five bass, 19-7, $409

              

5^th:          Curtis Hall II, Battle Creek, Mich., five bass, 18-8, $336

              

5^th:          Eric Polenz, Maybee, Mich., five bass, 18-8, $386

              

7^th:          J.J. Smith, Avon Lake, Ohio, five bass, 18-3, $292

              

8^th:          Olivia Sheely, Brooklyn, Mich., five bass, 18-2, $263

              

9^th:          Dewayne Eck, Angola, Ind., five bass, 18-0, $234

              

10^th:        Mark Saunders, Medina, Ohio, five bass, 17-12, $204

 

Sawyer also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 5 pounds, 6 ounces – and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $220.

 

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 12-14 BFL Regional Championship on the Barren River in Scottsville, Kentucky. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.