Bear’s Series-Lake Wapogasset-June 11, 2006
Sponsor:  First Bank and Trust, Menomonie, WI

Lake Wapogasset Standing

First Place 5 Bass - 11.31 pounds Frank Savino and Greg Savino	Second Place 5 Bass - 11.29 pounds Robby Newhouse and Mike Anselmo
Third Place 5 Bass - 10.50 pounds Dennis Rhead and Chad Maves	Fourth Place 5 Bass - 10.31 pounds Bear Schutts and Bill Schutts
Fifth Place 5 Bass - 9.91 pounds Greg Tilton and George Sigsworth	Sixth Place 5 Bass - 9.46 pounds Gene Parker and Kurt Scheer
Seventh Place 5 Bass - 9.36 pounds Scott Sigsworth and Chad Sigsworth	Big Bass 3.94 pounds Jeremy Sigsworth and Josh Handrahan

We were in the 3^rd day of the same cold front the anglers faced yesterday on Balsam Lake, in the Bill’s Series.  As with Balsam Lake, the front did not seem to have an adverse affect on the bass in Wapo.  30 teams managed to bring128 bass to the scales weighing a total of 232.83 pounds.  The First Place honors and $600 went to the team of Frank Savino and Greg Savino, with a 5-fish limit of 11.31 pounds.  There were 19 limits brought to the scales.  Just about everyone commented on large numbers of fish they caught throughout the day.

It was unfortunate our host site, Waterside Bar and Grill, suffered a fire a couple of months ago that totally destroyed the building.  A special thanks goes out to the owners, Ray and Pam Johnson, for allowing us to use the site and launch, despite their loss.

Dale Kastner, President of First Bank and Trust, Menomonie was on hand to award the trophies and checks.

Be sure to check out all the results from this tournament, plus the YTD point standings.  A team needs to accumulate a total of 300 points to qualify for the 2006 Wisconsin Bass Classic to be held on the Minocqua Chain of Lakes in September.  The top point earning team will receive “Top Team of the Year”, which includes free entry into next year’s Bear’s Series WTC tournaments and 2 St. Croix Rods.

Our next Bear’s Series tournament will be held July 9^th at Balsam Lake.  The host site will be Paradise Landing and the sponsor is Bill’s Distributing(Budweiser) of Menomonie. 

Lake Wapogasset Standing