| The reigning
2009 Angler of the Year, Joe Abt, won the Classic. Hence the
SWEEP! This has only happened one other time in 2003/2004
when, the then college boy, John Siejak became the first in
the club to achieve the honor.
Joe took this tournament wire to wire
tallying a 5 fish limit Saturday of 14 pounds and then a 4
fish bag of 12.35 pounds to total 26.35 pounds. The second
day bag contained the tournament lunker weighing in at a hefty
4.49 pounds. All told Joe earned $810 for the two days and
winning by nearly 4 pounds over second place finisher Wade
McClurg.
Wade was tied for second place after
the first day with Jeff Kilbury at 13.71 pounds and could
only put 3 fish in the livewell the second day for 8.80 pounds.
Kilbury also struggled and brought 3 fish to the scales that
weighed 4.43 pounds, dropping him to 6th place. The 8.80 pounds
held up for McClurg to remain in second place and to ward
off the hard charging Charlie Mackintosh. Wade took home $337.50
for his 22.51 pound two day total.
Mackintosh, who was in 5th place after
the first day with an 11.19 that contained a dead fish, put
together a second day limit weighing 11.30 pounds for a total
of 22.49 pounds. In the end the .25 pound penalty assessed
for the first day dead fish left him .02 pounds short and
leaving him in third place. He collected $202.50.
Bob Green
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