Good Payday for Asselstine/Sexsmith!
Sixty three teams headed out at 7:00 and 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, July 17th
for the third event of the 2011 Quinte Fishing Series season. Wind and
water were relatively calm as teams left with check-ins at 4:00 and 4:30
p.m. but weather forecasts were calling for higher winds in the afternoon
which would affect the outcome of the day.
As the first flight started to trickle in, locals Danny Elliot and Ed
Bunnett took the early lead with a good weight of 20.00 lbs. but that was
erased a short time later when Campbellford’s Tom Brooke and Dan Crawford
from Lakefield move ahead of them with another good weight of 20.30
lbs. But that all changed when Andy Asselstine from Napanee and partner
Jason Sexsmith from Marlbank took the lead with a great weight of 21.55
lbs. and with that the tournament win! For their efforts, Andy and
Jason took home $3,300.00 plus two prints courtesy of BassTazz Art and a
$50.00 gift certificate from Kelsey’s/Montana’s, Belleville. They
added to their winnings as they also had big fish for the day, a
smallmouth at 6.60 lbs. which gave them an additional $1,260.00. They
also received two $75.00 gift certificates courtesy of Canadian Tire,
Belleville as well as two $25.00 gift certificates courtesy of the
Boathouse Seafood Restaurant in Belleville, “Big Fish” plaque and BassTazz
Art prints – all in all, a pretty good day of fishing!!
Brooke’s and Crawford remained in second place and took home $2,200.00
and keeping the third place spot were Elliot and Bunnett with 20.00 and
they received $1,200.00. Taking home $900.00 for their fourth place
weight of 19.10 lbs. were the father/son team of Rick and Rob Bowen of
Napanee and weighing in 18.90 lbs. in fifth were Brad Arnott and Jay
Martin from Toronto and they claimed $600.00.
Dean Thompson from Deseronto and partner Mike Burriss from Napanee took
sixth place with 18.85 lbs. and received $450.00 and in seventh were
locals Mat Seeley and Steve Yarrow who took home $350.00 for their weight
of 18.45 lbs. Colin Hunter of Toronto and partner Eric Thompson from
Belleville claimed the eighth place money of $175.00 for their weight of
18.30 lbs. and in ninth were Kingston area’s Bruce Tufts and Lee Sprague
who also received $175.00 for their weight of 18.05 lbs.
Last year’s “Team of the Year”, the Asselstine’s, Darcy and Ben, took
the final spot with a weight of 17.50 lbs. and also received $175.00 and
the top team in the 115 H.P. and Under division were another father /son
team from Trenton, Tom and Jeff Adair, who received $175.00 for their
weight of 17.15 lbs.
The Shimano Canada, second biggest fish award went to Toronto’s Alvin
Tung and Charlie Lam with a 5.65 lb. fish that gave them two Cumara
Shimano rods.
The “Back At Ya At Bay” angler appreciation award went to team #27,
Bruce Tufts and Lee Sprague and they received their entry fee back -
$175.00! Our thanks to Bay Marine for sponsoring this added draw prize.
“We have a bit of a break now until our next event on August 13/14th
, so get your entries in, stated tournament director Pete Thompson, as we
would like to keep our numbers in the sixties for the rest of the year”.
