August 18 - THANK YOU!!!

49 Boats!

Number 50?

Jim and Jack came to fish

Blast off!

Set up and Give aways

New sponsor - KD Outdoors -Ken Neeley

Weigh in...

Eew!

2nd place BB and 2nd place bag

Matt Malmquist 3.35 lbs & Derrel Zdeb and Chris Schultes 9.00 lbs

John and Dylan Matheis - First Place 9.20 lbs (top)

Alex Cataldo - Big Bass 4.23 lbs (bottom)

Well, Well, Well... Congratulations to all of you that came out and help to break the record for the largest weeknight (overtime challenge) tournament ever in the history of NBAA. We had a total of 49 boats and a great night of fun and fishing.

There was a total of 60 fish that were caught with a good mixture of both Small Mouth and Large Mouth Bass.

First place went to the team of John and Dylan Matheis with a great weight of 9.20 lbs. Second place with a weight of 9lbs even went to Zbdeb and Shultes . Third place went to the team of Standhardt and Kelly with 8.24lbs.

Big Bass honors went to Alex Cataldo with an absolutely BEAUTIFUL Smallie weighing in at 4.23lbs. Second place big bass went to Matt Malmquist with a NICE large mouth weighing in at 3.35lbs.

We hope that everyone had a great time and really appreciate those that usually do not fish with us for coming out to help break the record.

Many thanks to Ken Neeley, owner of KD OUTDOORS, for his generous offer of a 25.00 gift certificate if you spend 100.00 or more in his store in any one visit. Please remember you must take the card we gave you to the store to take advantage of this offer. Also, please remember that Ken is also the local Minnkota dealer so if you have a problem or need parts please go and see Ken or Mike at KD OUTDOORS.

To all of those that contributed to the much appreciated card and gift certificates that you gave to our family THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!! Korri and Rachel have already taken advantage of the Nailtopia certificate and both got their finger and toe nails done. We truly appreciate each of you and can't believe that the regular season is actually over.

We hope to see everyone at the divisional championship (For those that qualify) on Sept. 13Th, Pontiac Lk. Check in will start at 6am. If you have any questions please call me anytime.

Thank you for a great season and for being the best group of anglers that a director could ask for.

See you on September 13Th !!!!!!!!

August 11 - Oh What a Feeling !!!!

Another great shirt...

Hey Jon, look your picture's on the blog...

How many fish did you get?

Aah how cute!

Blast Off...

Nice day to fish...

Division 40 the next spectator sport

Alot of good size fish caught...

Derrek Zdeb & Chris Schultes - First Place 14.03 lbs. (top)

Mike Mortensen - Big Bass 5.46 lbs. (bottom)

Well, while some of us didn't do so well, others were on their game. What a feeling with some really nice fish coming into the scales. Two fish over five pounds for the first two 5lb. license plates to be awarded from our division. We are also thankful for the generosity of the church allowing us to park and hold the weigh in on their property. Thanks Sandy for making the arrangements. As you may or may not have noticed we also had many new spectators last night taking pictures and asking questions about NBAA.

We had a total of 49 fish weighed in and 0 dead. We appreciate Garry allowing us to use his truck to transport the fish to the lake. All of them went in alive and happy to be back I am sure.

Congratulations to the team of Zdeb and Schultes with the only limit of the night and a nice weight of 14.03lbs. Second place went to the team of Mortenson and Corbin (first time fishing with division 40) with two fish weighing in at 8.97lbs. The team of Malmquist and Barr (with a boat that was running well!) came in third with 8.93lbs. First place big bass and the traveling trophy (please bring it back next week) went to Mike Mortenson with a monster large mouth weighing 5.46lbs. Second place big bass with another monster went to Scott Tyrell with a beauty weighing 5.02lbs.

We want to thank Brian Ward from Selfridge Tackle for the give aways that he provided last night. Also, Dads Deli for the gift certificates and Lunch Money Lures for the tubes. We have the best sponsors and if you get a chance be sure to go and see them.

Please remember next week on Cass Lk. is our last regular season tournament. We are making this a super tournament and looking for 50 boats. We have already had good response to the flyer's, emails and calls.

KD Outdoors is stepping up with a really nice offer for next week. You will receive a special card that if you take it back to KD and spend $100.00 or more at one time you will get a 25.00 gift certificate to go with it. Make sure you let Ken know when you are at KD that we appreciate his support as well. Remember you will have to take the card we give you on Cass Lk. at the time of purchase to receive this offer.

Well, have a great week and we will see you at Cass Lk. on Monday night.

August 4 - Pontiac Lk. comes thru again !!!!

Putting the boats in...

Loading the boats...

Ready for weigh in...

Give aways...

Checking fish...

Doug Ratliff & Charles Shaw - First Place 10.05 lbs. (top)

Zachary McGowen - Big Bass 3.64 lbs. (bottom)

Well, Pontiac Lk. held up to yet another good tournament. We had 30 boats and a great night to fish.

Congratulations to Doug Ratliff and Charles Shaw who took first place with a nice weight of 10.05 lbs. Mark Semple and Alex Cataldo were not to far behind with 9.75lbs in second. Zachary and David McGowen placed third with 9.64lbs. First place big bass and the traveling trophy went to Zachary McGowen with a 3.64lb. large mouth. NICE JOB !!!!!

We had a total of 107 fish weighed in and only 2 dead. On such a hot night with extremely warm water temperatures you did a fantastic job of taking care of the fish, thank you, thank you, thank you.

As you know we have had to change our lake for the Divisional Championship. We will be announcing the new lake August 11Th at the weigh in on Macadey Lake. We have been able to secure most of the plans and the lake is good to go so don't leave until we announce it on Monday.

August 18Th is our last regular season tournament. We have extended an invitation to several other divisions and NBAA members to come and fish with us. This will be a division 40 tournament and will NOT be "combined" We would like to set the record for the most boats ever on a weeknight tournament without combining with another division. If you know someone that you would like to have fish with us and they are NBAA members please invite them to come to Cass Lk. on Aug. 18Th. We are shooting for 50 boats and have every confidence that we can achieve our goal with your help. We also want other division to see the great friendships we have and the awesome anglers that fish Div. 40. We truly appreciate each and every one of you and want to say thanks again for making it a pleasure to direct this division.

See you at Macadey Lk. on Monday night. Don't forget overflow parking will be at the church at the corner just down from the ramp.

We also want to thank our sponsor of the night, Dads Deli, if you haven't been there yet you do not know what you are missing!!!! Go see Larry and Sue and let them know you fish Div. 40, they appreciate hearing from you every chance they get.