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Following the Local Bass Fishing Tournaments
By Tom Fagan Force Cub. This was a one- cash price. Two top notch to see a live bait tournament.
day tournament of the best fishermen, Andy Arsenault It is reminiscent of the
uring the months weight for 5 bass, plus the and Mathew Dansereau, way we fished bass years
Dof September and largest bass of the day. Jean
October, I have been to Charles Goulet and Eric won first place with weigh- ago. Nothing can compete;
the final weigh-ins of two Lamarche were first with ins of 5 fish per day for fishing bass with live bait.
bass tournaments. There 5 bass weighing 24.7 lbs. two days. Their weights Keep this tournament going.
were 17.63 lbs and 18.92 We must be grateful to the
were the Renegade Bass The received a beautiful lbs for the cash prize. This Mohawk Nation for keeping
Tournament and the Fishing
tournament the islands commercial free.
Canada Rumble. I also had was held
interviews with Well folks, we go west for
fishermen the terrific Thousand
o n Islands Open. It
is held with
fish
the Pro from the
Bass Canada
St. Lawrence River and
Classic, the Thompson Johnson o n Lake
Memorial Basssssssss outboard motor. St. Louis for Lake Ontario and is a cash
Tournament, and the Maxime Chabot and t h e first day prize tournament. This
Thousand Islands Open. Christien Fournier were and the Richelieu tournament is held with one
The eee Renegade Bass second with aaaaa weight River the second day. hundred entries. After the
Tournament was won by of 24.3 lbs. How close first day of weigh-ins, the
Ian Kinstler and Scott can you get? Christien Congrats to the winners, field is cut by fifty entries,
Lecky, edging out Horbik Fournier won with the the participants, and the with the best fifty fishermen
and Donnelly on the second largest bass of the day. It fans. continuing. The eventual
day. The final weight for weighed 6.2 lbs. That’s Once again, a cash-prize winners were Gary and
Kinstler and Lecky was the biggest bass I have ever event and great fishing Chris Johnston from the
43.83 lbs, while Horbik seen. Nice tournament, in Akwesasne, at the
and Donnelly’s weight great people who applauded Thompson Memorial Bass Peterborough area. They
was 42.19 lbs; oh so close! the winners, and thanks Tournament. This event had a total weight of 79.09
Cornwall winners, Kinstler to the lady who gave me a features fishermen from all lbs. for 15 fish. The weights
and Lecky won a $65,000. beautiful Johnson hat that over the area and further. P. were 27.61 lbs, 27.2 lbs,
bass boat with all the toys. she had won. J. Burns won the tournament and 25.46 lbs for three days.
What a classy tournament! with a weight of over 30 (Can you believe this?)
I was amazed to see so What a great day for the lbs. Congratulations! Blain They sure deserved the cash
many trailers and bass boats father and son team, Mitch MacKay was second. He, prize. I was told by different
and Dennis Guay from
at motels in Cornwall. We too, had a total weigh-in of bass fishermen, that Gary
should be proud. Cornwall at the Pro Bass over 30 lbs. This was a three
Canada Classic. They won and Christ Johnston are the
I watched the weigh- for the biggest bass of the fish per day, for two day very best bass fishermen in
in of the Fishing Canada tournament, for the year. This total weight tournament, Canada. They have proved
Rumble, held behind the Air fish weighed 6.4 lbs. Nice with live bait. I was happy this over the years.
