2009-West Division
Tainter Lake-5/16/2009
Host site:  Jakes Supper Club

Tainter Lake Standings
 

First Place and Big Bass 5 Bass 10.26lbs Big Bass 2.84lbs Barry Rettke	Second Place 5 Bass 8.78lbs Steve Crotteau/Gregg Kiewski
Third Place 5 Bass 8.73lbs Cory Hauk/Andy Bylander	Fourth Place 5 Bass 7.83lbs Jared Bauer/Jeff Bauer
Fifth Place 4 Bass 7.67lbs Cody Landt/Brad Hoyt	Sixth Place 5 Bass 7.59lbs Chad Maves/Dennis Rhead
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Seventh Place 4 Bass 6.38lbs Rod Platson/Tony Nadler	Gun Winner Donated by General Coin and Gun Exchange Chad Maves

The May 16^th tournament on Tainter Lake kicked-off the 2009 Wisconsin team Circuit season.    Our host site, Jake’s Supper Club, did a very nice job by providing hot coffee and warm, delicious, home-bake rolls for the competitors.  This made the weather seem a little more tolerable.

It could be classified as one of the worse weather days to fish a tournament.  It was cold(40’s) and the wind was coming out of the Northwest, gusting to 35 MPH.  This extreme cold front had an adverse effect on the fish, preventing Tainter Lake from demonstrating its’ true nature as a great May Smallmouth Bass fishery.  The females had no desire to put on their spawning ritual; all the fish brought to the scales were small males.  Despite the adverse conditions, 36 teams brought 75 bass to the scales, weighing a total of 126.92.  1^st place honors went to Barry Rettke, fishing alone on behalf of the team Mike Mattis and Barry Rettke.  Barry brought a tournament limit of 5 bass, weighing 10.26 pounds, to the scale.  This earned him a check of $1000 for his efforts.  In addition, Barry caught the biggest bass of the tournament, weighing 2.84 pounds.  This earned him an additional $330.

Markquart Motors, the Official truck and car sponsor of WTC, offers contingency money to the top finisher that drives a Markquart Motors tow-vehicle.  The check for $150 went to Dennis Rhead.  In addition, George Diller received a free Ultimate Detail Package, worth $129, from Markquart Motors for his 2^nd highest finisher driving a Markquart Motors tow-vehicle.  You can learn more about Markquart Motors and Skeeter Boat Center’s contingency programs for WTC competitors by simply clicking on their logos on this site.

General Coin and Gun, the Official gun shop of WTC, provided a 22 rifle that was raffled to a maximum of 30 contestants.  Each participating contestant also received a hat, sporting the WTC logo.  The winner of the gun was Chad Maves, who chose the Remington with a scope.

All of the results and photos of this tournament can be found on this site.

Tainter Lake Standings