Blosser and Niklasch win Menominee MWS

[Jim Coon]

Congratulations and THANKS to all 73 teams that fished the MWS Menominee tournament. This was the final regular tournament for the tenth year of the MWS. The MWS championship will be September 17th back in Menominee for the top twenty five teams in the point’s standings.

It was a little cool, in the morning but soon warmed up to comfortable temperatures. The winds made for some bumpy rides for the teams. Most of the success came on crawler harnesses. Thirty seven teams weighed a three fish limit. There was a total of 131 fish caught weighing a total of 756.48#

The team of Robert Blosser and Lynn Niklasch took first place with a three fish limit weighing 26.92 # winning them $3,200. Second place went to the team of Mike Gengalo Sr and Mike Gengalo Jr with three fish totaling 25.42# for $2,000. The teams of Lynn and Robert and Mike and Mike tied for big fish of the tournament with their 10.28# walleyes winning them each a plaque donated by All Sport and Trophy, a thirty dollar gift certificate from Anglers Pride Specialty, and a fifty dollar gift card from TRS the Reel Shot Third place went to the team of Gordon Rabetski and Jim Leanna with three fish weighing 22.72# for $1,100 Fourth place went to the Father/Son team of Wayne Butz and Connor Butz with three fish weighing 21.66# for $700. Fifth place went to the team of Russell Ory and Marcel Cardinal with three fish weighing 21.60# winning them $700.

The Jack’s Jig and Big Eye Custom Lures award went to the team of Mark Dunn and Bud Bays

The Intruder award went to the team of Steve Slabe and Lance Busse

The Drop n Stay award went to the team of Brian Kaczmarek and Shawn Dougherty.

The MWS 2011 for Team of the Year is Steve Slabe and Lance Busse.

The Sibling Team of the Year is Chris Schrader and Scott Schrader.

The parent/child Team of the year is Steve Wiedmeyer and Mike Wiedmeyer.

The Husband/wife team of the year is Ron Goldapske and Vickie Goldapske.

Complete standings can be found on our web page www.fishtfm.com

Major sponsors of the Series are Mercury Marine, Ranger Boats, Motorguide, and Mills Fleet Farm.

Tournament Sponsors of the Series are TRS The Reel Shot, Smooth Moves seats Mounts and Lindahl LTD

Supporting sponsors include Anglers Pride Specialties, All Sport Trophy, Intruder Products, Jack’s Jigs, Drop-n-Stay, Marine General, MW Marine, and Big Eye Custom Lures.

The next tournament will be the Championship September 17th for the top twenty five teams of the season fishing the entire Bay of Green Bay out of

[Juls]

Congratulations guys! Job well done...

Juls

[Robert Cardenas]

Congrats RBB and Niklasch, some nice fish. Keep up the good work and good luck to you Bobby, out in SD.

[Mark Komo]

Nice work Rob and Lynn.

I see Rabetski placed high too. Great work guyes.

[TAH]

Sounded like rough seas. Congrats!