June 23 - White Lake and Lighting

Blast Off

Waiting to weigh in

Nice catch !!!

Tod Glover - Big Bass 4.68 lbs

Mark Semple & Alex Cataldo - first place 15.65 lbs

Once again division 40 anglers braved the storms and waited out the rain in what turned out to be a great night of fishing. We had 30 boats and a ton of fun. Congratulations to Todd Glover who won big bass this week with an absolutely stunning small mouth weighing in at 4.68 lbs. Not to be out done was our first place team of Mark Semple and Alex Cataldo with a great sack of fish on any lake weighing in at 15.65 lbs.

We had a total fish count of 81 with none dead and 11 teams bringing 9lbs plus to the scales. There were 13 fish over 3 lbs and four fish over 4 lbs. Great Job and nice fish. Thank you for taking care of your fish and helping to return them to the lake to be caught again another day.

A special thanks to Terry Horak who took time to go with me to set up all of the parking with Mitchell's bait shop. Also thanks to Bill Mitchell for allowing us to park in his lots.

Our sponsor of the night was Dad's Deli in Waterford. They provided us with 3 gift certificates good for a sandwich, drink and chips. Larry, the owner, has told me that some of our anglers have been in and thanked him for sponsoring division 40. Please continue to let him know how much we appreciate his support when you are in picking up a fantastic sandwich. Once you try them you will be hooked I guarantee it. If you have a need for a caterer they do a great job on that as well.

Next week we will be at Kent Lake in Kensington State Park. We will be launching from the West ramp and look forward to another great night of fishing. Who knows maybe it won't rain on us for once you never can tell, See you there.

Sorry Jack

Just wanted to post an apology to Jack at NBAA. I did not mean to inply that the late results were all his fault. :-)

The Results are in!

Jack at NBAA updated our division on the NBAA website on Thursday so we were able to enter in the results from Monday. Sorry for the delay. We are still missing a few anglers on the website so once again the results will not be accurate. Thanks for your patience :-)

June 16 - Record Breaking Lk. Orion!

Nice Shirt

Oakland County Sheriffs / Waiting to launch (Isn't that a movie?)

Getting ready to fish

Coming in / What a night

Weigh In / Big enough?

Which one? / Hold still

Matt & Aaron 1st place - 12.66 lbs. / Jenny Wilbur 1st place Big Bass - 4.60 lbs.

Congratulations to all of you... We had 32 boats that fished on Lake Orion !!!!!!! That is the most we have ever had in four years. Thank you to all that fished and we hope to see all of you next week at White Lake. Thank you to Mr. Billington for the give aways last night and to Lunch Money Lures for their weekly contribution for one out of the money. Remember to go and visit the fine folks at Hanks Fly Fishing shops and to thank John and his father for their support of division 40. Don't forget to check out our other sponsors, most listed on the blog.

We had a great weigh in last night with a total of 74 fish that came to the scales and no dead fish. Thank you for taking care of your fish and getting them back to the lake happy and healthy.

First place honors went to Matt Mosier and Aaron Kuschel with 12.66 lbs. First place Big Bass went to Jennifer Wilbur with a beautiful large mouth weighing in at 4.60 lbs. (Enjoy that traveling trophy) Many thanks to Jason for netting all of her fish last night. Second place went to Jason and Jennifer Wilbur with a nice weight of 12.01 lbs and second Big Bass went to Paul Mitchell with another nice large mouth bass with a weight of 4.56 lbs.

We would also like to thank our friends from the Oakland County Sheriff Dept. for keeping a watchful eye on us and standing ready to help with any problems. If you see them please let them know how much we as anglers appreciate them.

Thanks again for making Lake Orion the biggest tournament so far and we look forward to breaking that mark soon. See you at White Lake.

June 9th - Sylvan Lake

Alot of Big fish were caught!

1st Place

Scott & Kelly Tyrell - 10.30 lbs.

Big Bass

MAtt Malmquist - 4.29 lbs.

Sorry for the delay on the NBAA website results. We didn't have electricity or internet until Thurs. afternoon. We did have a generator but the internet was out as well so it didn't matter. We still have about 8 anglers who are not in the NBAA database yet so the results are still not accurate.


Well, despite the threat of bad weather and the lack of a good ramp we appreciate the 21 boats that showed up to fish on Sylvan Lk. We are thankful that the weather held out until the end of the tournament and then only rained during the weigh in. All in all it was a nice evening to fish. Congratulations to the Tyrells who took first place with 10.30 lbs. and to Matt Malmquist with a nice small mouth weighing in at 4.29 lbs. There were alot of good sacks weighed in, once again we had a great time. We look forward to seeing all of you at Lake Orion on the 16th of June. It should prove to be another good weigh in as I have heard that the bite is pretty good on the lake. Thanks again for fishing with us in Division 40. Remember to visit Hanks fly fishing shop and all of the other great sponsors that support us. Korri will have all of the sponsor information updated on the blog shortly so watch for them.

June 2 - Great Start At Pontiac Lake

Shirt Giveaway

Pre-Tournament Meeting /Anglers waiting for tournament to start

Boats coming for Check-In/Fish to be weighed in /Bob a "little" wet from weigh in

Steve D. Smith /Homer Mayberry

First place /Big Bass

FANTASTIC... Thanks to all of the anglers that fished with us on Monday Night. Pontiac Lake proved to be productive for all 31 teams with each boat catching fish. We weighed in 111 fish with only 1 dead fish coming to the scales. Thank you for taking care of your fish and allowing them to be released happy and healthy to be caught again another day. Congratulations to Steve Smith for a nice sack of fish and first place last week. Not to be forgotten is Homer Mayberry with the winning Big Bass and the first recipient of the Div. 40 traveling trophy.

Thanks again to Dad's Deli, K&E Tackle and Hanks Fly Fishing Shops for the awesome prizes that were donated and given to the lucky winners of the first 08 drawings. Please remember all of our sponsors and when you visit them let them know you fish with division 40 and appreciate their support. Also, remember you only have until June 16Th to take advantage of the generous 40% off coupon at Hanks Fly Fishing shops.

Please remember that not everyone has been entered into the NBAA membership data base yet. We check it daily and as your names appear we will update the standings.

Thanks again to all of you that helped make the start to this new season a huge success. We look forward to seeing all of you at Sylvan Lake on Monday night, June 9Th.