Fall Open Trophy Ceremony

It took a while, but the trophy celebration for Tim's fourth straight victory in the Fall Open was held on December 7th.  Here's the photos:

Tim adds his signature for the fourth time to the Fall Open Trophy

Tim signs as Chuck looks on

The prestigious Fall Open trophy

The party was held in the recently revamped ConFESSional

After pizza conversation

The Week in Fishing - 31AUG12

Almost everyone made a run at Tim in the final week of 2012 Fall Open, but alas came up short leaving Tim with bragging rights for another year.  Congratulations to Tim!

Here's the creel count:

28AUG12 - MI-60

Tomski -3 lb 2 oz smallmouth bass

Bridgett: 1 lb 15, 2 lb 6 and 2 lb 13 oz

Skunk List: Steve

29AUG12 - MI-60

Bridgett: 0 lb 6, 0 lb 10 and 2 lb 4 oz

30AUG12 - MI-14, MI-40 and MI-60

Andrew: 1 lb 8 oz
Skunk List: Steve, Tomski, Tim and Chuck

Tomski - 3 lb 2 oz Smallmouth Bass

Bridgett - 1 lb 15 Smallmouth Bass

Bridgett - 2 lb 6 Largemouth Bass

Bridgett - 2 lb 13 Largemouth Bass

Andrew - 1 lb 8 lb Largemouth Bass

The Week In Fishing - 24AUG12

Tomski finally broke thru and made the leaderboard with a decent 2 lb 3 oz bass this week.  Here's the creel count:

20AUG12 - MI-60
Tomski: 2 lb 3 oz
Skunk List: Steve

Here's the picture:

Tomski - 2 lb 3 oz Largemouth Bass

The Week In Fishing - 17AUG12

Tim continues to land decent size fish with little to no competition.  Here's the creel count:

14AUG12 - MI-14
Tim:  3 lb 1 oz
Skunk List:  Steve and Tomski

Tim - 3 lb 1 oz Largemouth Bass

The Week In Fishing 10AUG12

Not content to let Bridgett hold the lead too long, it took almost two days for Tim to best her by a full pound to set the new lead of 3 lb 4 oz (with a smallmouth to boot!)  Here's the creel count:

06AUG12 - MI-60

Tim: 0 lb 6 oz and 0 lb 8 oz

Steve: 2 lb 9 oz

Skunk List:  Tomski

07AUG12 - MI-14

Tim: 2 lb 0 oz, 3 lb 4 oz

07AUG12 - MI-20/MI-40

Steve: 1 lb o oz, 2 lb 8 oz

Skunk List: Tomski

Here's the pictures from 06AUG12

Tim - 0 lb 6 oz Largemouth Bass

Tim - 0 lb 8 oz Largemouth Bass

Steve -  2 lb 9 oz Largemouth Bass

                                  Here's the pictures from 07AUG12

Steve- 1 lb 0 oz Largemouth Bass

Steve - 2 lb 8 oz Largemouth Bass

Tim - 2 lb 0 oz Smallmouth Bass

Tim - 3 lb 4 oz Smallmouth Bass - Scale

Tim - 3 lb 4 oz Smallmouth Bass

The Week In FIshing - 27JUL12

Finally someone actually visited the ponds!  Congrats to Bridgett for landing the first fish of the 2012 Fall Open.  Here's a picture of the 2 lb 4 oz leader

Bridgett - 2 lb 4 oz Largemouth Bass

Pizza Party and Trophy Presentation

The Tournament Office hosted a pizza party/trophy presentation at lunch today.  Here's the photos:

Tim hands over the Spring Open Trophy to Andrew



Andrew signs the Spring Open Trophy



The Bass Assassins and the 2012 Team Invitational 2nd Place Trophy
(Tim, left and a much younger Ron at right)





The Fish Leadership Team with 2012 Team Invitational Champion Trophy
(Steve, left and Tomski)



2012 Team Invitational Trophies

The Fermi/Argonne Lake Michigan Challengee Trophy was present