KIWANIS WALLEYE WORLD PIKE DIVISION WINNER REELS IN MONSTER PIKE AND BRIGHTON BAY PUTS OUT WINNING WALLEYEThe talk throughout the weekend was about the pike division and the big pike that weighed in at 19.99 lbs. The fish was a monster at 42" and in the picture shown here Tom is clearly showing the girth of the fish. When asked if he was surprised to see a pike on the end of his line he answered no. "The fish started stripping line off my drag right away and last year I had the same thing happen, in the same area, except the pike bite through the line and I lost it. So this year I found some good leader material just incase it happened again. I usually never fish for walleye with a leader am I ever glad I did!" The fish was caught with a Rapala Husky Jerk 12 in firetiger color, at 2am, while trolling near the cement plant of Picton Bay. This was Toms second year fishing the Kiwanis Walleye World event. He wanted to be sure his partner "Al" was mentioned as he had taught him everything about fishing. The walleye division was a tight race with less than half a pound difference between 1st and 7th place. In the end it was Ralaph Knox and partner Ryan Herley who ended up top of the leader board. The pair had launched their boat at midnight and quickly caught a fish. They were the first of those in the tournament to weigh in a walleye. That walleye weighed 7.45lbs but quickly was dethroned from the leader board. The pair undeterred continued fishing. In fact with a very short break from the water they were out from midnight Friday until they finally caught another walleye worthy of weighing in Saturday evening at 8pm. In total 20 straight hours of fishing. This time the 11.89 lb walleye stayed on top of the leader board. During that 20 hours of fishing the pair reported catching over 50 pike. When Ralaph was asked on stage what he was used to catch the winning fish he responded "A cane pole and a home made lure". With further questions he did share they were trolling very slowly with stickbaits in Brighton Bay. It was the pairs second year fishing this event. Overall the weekend was another success. Ticket sales were only 40 tickets short of last years total and given the weather predictions of heavy rain the Kiwanis were expecting the last minute ticket sales would be awash. They were happy to be wrong. It shows just how hardy and dedicated the fishing fraternity people are to the Kiwanis and their opening weekend derby. The next big event on the Bay is the Quinte Fishing Series walleye tournament. The tournament will be held in Deseronto on Sunday May 25th. This is open to everyone and entery fees must be in one week prior. For further information go to www.quintefishing.com/qfs.htm
|
ikeWinner.jpg)