2009-East Division
Lake Holcombe-5/23/09
Host Site:  East Bay Restaurant and Dam Bar

Holcombe Standings

First Place and Big Bass Big Bass 5.20lbs 5 Bass 19.46lbs Rick Wilhelm and Scott Wilhelm	Second Place 5 Bass 17.74lbs Tim Fitzmaurice and Mike Oliver
Third Place 5 Bass 16.04lbs Gary Jarosinski and Tom Hegge	Fourth Place 5 Bass 15.24lbs Bill Sprague and Bruce Sherman
Fifth Place 5 Bass 13.79lbs Rob Yule and Pat Schlapper	Sixth Place 5 Bass 13.21lbs Rod Gaskill and Larry Felten
Seventh Place 5 Bass 12.97 lbs Bryan Johnson and Ron Kubin	Eighth Place 5 Bass 12.73lbs Jason Reed and Jamie Gibson
Ninth Place 5 Bass 12.63lbs DJ Brantner and Brain Zinn	Gun Winner Donated by General Coin and Gun Exchange Ed Monette
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Markquart Tow Vehicle Winner Dan Allen	Markquart Tow Vehicle Second Place Mike Calkins

This was WTC’s first visit to Lake Holcombe and it was the kick-off tournament to the East Division’s 2009 season.  And a great opening tournament it was.  The hospitality extended by our hosts at East Bay, Rick and Sue, the owners, and Bill and Tonia, the managers was GREAT!  They have a beautiful facility; please take a moment on this site to view the pictures of East Bay.

The weather was perfect.  Temperatures got into the mid-70’s with only a slight breeze.  I need to mention, they grow BIG mosquitoes on Lake Holcombe.  They are big enough to carry away small animals.  Shortly after the sun came up, however, they left the area.

The competitive field at Lake Holcombe was full at 48 teams.  These teams brought 146 bass to the scales weighing an impressive 349.79 pounds.  16 teams brought in a tournament limit of 5 bass.  There seemed to be an even split between largemouth and smallmouth brought to the scales.  First place honors went to the team of Scott Wilhelm and Rick Wilhelm.  Their bag consisted of a 5-fish limit weighing an impressive 19.46 pounds.  They also captured Big Bass honors with a hog weighing 5.20 pounds.  Their total paycheck was $1680.

Markquart Motors’ contingency money of $150 for the highest placing team driving a tow vehicle purchased from Markquart Motors went to Dan Allen.  Second place, an Ultimate Detailing Package from Markquart Motors, went to Mike Calkins.

The winner of the Marlin 22 rifle from General Coin and Gun was Ed Monette.  Ed was given the ticket by someone who could not stay for the drawing.  I think I would have bought a lottery ticket on Saturday if I were Ed.

Check out all the results and photos of the Lake Holcombe tournament on this site.

The chase to the Classic and Top Team will begin heating up now.  The East Division’s next tournament will be on the Chetek Chain, hosted out of the Pokegama Inn, on June 27, 2009.

Holcombe Standings