2004 Great Lake Tournaments
| Date |
Event |
Port |
Place |
Weight |
Crew |
| Apr. 17 |
Muskrat
Classic
|
Algonac/Marine
City
|
5th |
13 lbs |
Yes |
| Apr. 17 |
|
Port
Huron
|
Skipped |
|
|
| Apr. 24 |
Algonac
Lions Salmon Tournament
|
Algonac/Marine
City |
Missed |
|
Yes |
| Apr. 24 |
|
Southern
Lake Huron
|
Missed |
|
|
| May 1 |
Muskrat
Northland Tournament
(INVITE ONLY)
|
Port
Sanilac
|
Missed |
|
|
| May 1-2 |
Fish-On
Tournament
|
Harbor
Beach
|
Missed |
|
|
| May 8 |
|
Port
Sanilac
|
2nd |
~35
lbs |
Yes |
| May
8 |
MSSC
|
Port Sanilac
|
|
|
|
| May 14-16 |
|
Port
Huron, Lexington, or Port Sanilac
|
28th
? |
~35
lbs |
Yes |
| May 22 - 23 |
GLPAA
#1
|
Harbor Beach |
Skipped |
|
|
| May 22 - 23 |
Blue
Water Sportfishing Club Tour
|
Port
Sanilac |
Skipped |
|
|
| Jun. 4 |
|
Weigh-in
at Sarnia
|
Skipped |
|
|
| Jun. 5 - 6 |
|
Sarnia,
Ontario, Canada
|
Skipped |
|
|
|
Jun.
4 - 6
Jun. 4
Jun. 5 - 6 |
Offshore
Challenge
Ladies & Kids Pro/Am
Offshore Challenge Pro/Am
|
Grand Haven
|
5th
AM
division |
~316
pts |
|
| Jun. 13 |
|
Harbor
Beach
|
Skipped |
|
|
| Jun. 27 |
|
Port
Austin
|
Skipped |
|
|
| Jun
27-28 |
|
Manistee
|
5th
Pro |
323
Pts |
|
| Jul. 10 |
|
Port
Sanilac |
Skipped |
|
|
| July
10 - 11 |
GLPAA
#2
|
Oscoda |
Skipped |
|
|
|
July 10 - 11 |
Ludington
Offshore Classic
Gander Mountain Pro/Am
|
Ludington |
20th |
358.7 Pts. |
|
| Jul. 17 - 18 |
|
Harbor
Beach |
1st |
98.1
Lbs |
|
| Jul. 16 - 18 |
|
Weigh-in
at Port Austin
|
Skipped |
|
|
|
Jul. 16-25
Jul.
17-21
Jul.
22
Jul.
24-25 |
5
Day Special
JD
Ladies Classic
Pepsi
Super
|
Alpena
|
Skipped |
|
|
| Jul. 31 - Aug 1 |
|
Rockport
|
Skipped |
|
|
| Jul.
31 - Aug 1 |
GLPAA
#3
|
Ludington |
Skipped |
|
|
| Aug. 7 |
|
Ludington |
Skipped |
|
|
| Aug.
7 - 8 |
GLPAA
#4
|
Alpena
|
Skipped |
|
|
| Aug. 7-8 ? |
King
of Kings
|
Roger
City
|
Skipped |
|
|
| Aug. 14 |
|
Ludington |
Skipped |
|
|
| Aug. 21-22 |
|
Ludington |
2nd |
160+ lbs |
Yes |
| Aug.
21 - 22 |
GLPAA
- SHOWDOWN (Invitation Only)
|
Roger City
|
|
|
|
| Sept. 10 - 11 |
Last
Chance
|
Roger
City
|
|
|
|
Aug. 21-22 BWSA Club Tour - Ludington
We fished the first day of the BWSA club tournament out of
Ludington and had a limit catch at 11:20am. We were in first place
by 2 lbs. with our 5 largest fishing weighing 86+ lbs.
We fished the second day of the BWSA tournament. Fishing was
very rough in 4-7 foot waves and the field quite at 11:00am. We
managed to pull 7 kings. Our largest 5 gave us another 73+ lbs, and
top catch again for 5 fish. Our second day partner struggled and the boat that was in 3rd
place (SeaDuce) on day 1 ended up beating us. Not the win we wanted,
but still took 2nd place with 160 lbs.
Crew - Captain Dave Rymar, Mike Rymar, Larry Rymar,
& Sara Bauer
July 17-18 BWSA Club Tour - Harbor Beach
The Fishigan crew entered into the BWSA Harbor Beach tournament.
We skipped the DAS event due to the fact that we had 7 guys as a crew, and
could not come up with the entry fee for 7 guys. The
Fishigan had won this tournament the last two year and was set on
defending its title. The standings were tight after day 1, but the
Fishigan had a slim lead over the 8 boat field. Sunday everyone
struggled. At 10:00, Fishigan was only 2 for 5. Then their
program started to heat up the last two hours and they ended the day with
15 fish in the box, 1st place, and a 3-peat. It was almost crazy to
boat that many fish in the winding moments of the tournament.
Crew - Captain Mike Rymar, Dave Rymar, Lloyd Rymar,
Jeremy, Jason, Gary LaBelle, Joey Lebelle.
Ludington Offshore Classic July 10-11
Again Mike R. got to fish with the Rawhide crew in the Ludington Offshore
Classic. Dave R. also got an invite to fish aboard Billfish by
Captain Steve
Lamb. The Rawhide crew ended up with a limit catch Saturday, but
they lacked weight and found themselves in the middle of the pack.
Sunday the Rawhide crew decided to fish a different area to search for
some larger fish. It did not work out as planned and they struggled
all morning and finally found a concentration of fish at noon, but it was
too late. They found 7 nice kings, but 5 fish short of the limit
killed them. The Rawhide team ended up in a disappointing 20th place
out of 60 Pro boats. Billfish struggled all weekend and took 47th
place.
Crew - Captain Jason Fletcher, Gary Fletcher, Andrea
Fletcher, Jeremy Barber, & Mike Rymar
Manistee Budweiser June 26-27
Pro Fishing team Rawhide had an open spot on their
boat for this tournament, and Mike Rymar was very luck to fill the spot.
Fishing was a bit slow for us on Saturday and we
were in the middle of the pack. Sunday our luck changed and we had
the heaviest cooler of the entire tournament with 95 lbs for the one day
catch. It pushed
us into 5th place on the Pro side, and we took home the Sunday side bet.
Crew - Captain Jason Fletcher, Brian Meredith, Jeremy
Barber, and Mike Rymar
6-5 thru 6-6 Offshore Classic - Grand Haven
Finally
recovered from a long 4 day weekend fishing the Offshore Challenge. We
had an excellent trip. Thursday we fished close to Grand Haven in 4
footers and went 7 for 7. Thursday night we had a team meeting with 3
other boats (FISHWHORE, RAWHIDE, and OVER UNDER) to try to cover as much water
a possible. Friday we were to fish between Whitehall and Muskegon, and
the other boats were to be north of us. We did ok, going 16 for 20.
FISHWHORE and OVER UNDER were the two middle boats and both reported 30-40
salmon on, which gave us a spot to fish the tournament. Saturday we
limited early, going 14 for 14. We had to release two small trout that
were under 20 inches. That gave us around 178 points for a day one catch
and good for 7th in the AM division. Sunday, we struggled and somehow
managed to go 8 for 8. We climbed 2 spots in the standings and ended up
in 5th place out of 96 boats. We also took Big Lake Trout honors on
Sunday with a 15 lb trout. 22 for 22 in tournament hours was a huge part
of us doing well, and probable won't ever be repeated.
Big
thanks to FISHWHORE, RAWHIDE, and OVER UNDER to helping us out. Without
them there is no way we could have done what we did. FISHWHORE ended up
finishing just above the middle of the pack in the very tough PRO division.
RAWHIDE had the fish on to probable get in the money on the PRO side, but
struggled getting them to the boat.
Crew
- Capt. Mike Rymar, Dave Rymar, Adam Heinrich, and Jim Frazier
5-13-04 thru 5-16-04 BW Classic -
Port Sanilac
We
got out for a little while on Thursday evening. Fog cut our trip
short. We stayed close to the harbor and managed a laker and a few
pinks.
Friday
was foggy again and again we stayed close to the harbor. We could not
get anything to go except for one 7 lb steelhead and a few lake trout.
So much for getting out and prefishing!
Saturday
we ran a long ways north. It was not long after we had all rods set when
we got attacked by Lake Trout. From 8:30 till 10:30 we constantly had a
trout on. In that time period, we did manage to take a 2 kings too (5
lbs and 6 lbs). Our first day totals gave us three fish to weigh and 19
lbs. The leader had 39 lbs and tenth place only had 21 lbs.
Since
we were only 2 lbs out of the top ten, we decided to fish the same
program. This both helped us and hurt us. There seemed to be some
better action south, mostly smaller fish and some steelhead. Where we
were at, the fish were larger, but less of them. If we could get a
couple in the boat, we could have moved up. But instead, we bombed
out. We had the same trout attack in the morning. But when we got
a good rip on a diver, we lost it. Then a while later we took a king on
a half core. Final tally was 1 weighable laker and 1 king for 16
lbs. That gave us a total of 35 lbs. All we need to do was get 10
lbs to break the top ten, but it did not happen.
The
winning boat was Russ Pilette captain of Fishwhore. Big congratulations
to them. They fished hard all spring and pulled out a win in the largest
spring tournament.
Crew
- Captain Dave Rymar, Mike Rymar, Adam Heinrich, and Phil Clark
Tim
Cook, Captain of King Kong, was nice enough to offer us a trip out seeing that
our boat was not ready and he had room on his boat for an extra guy. So
Mike Rymar jumped aboard with him.
We
took fish all day long fishing mostly straight out of the harbor. Final
total was around 10 lakers, 1 steelhead, and 3 kings. We only lost on
quality fish that was a large steelhead that made 2-3 nice leaps in the air
and then the hooks pulled out.
We
ended up with our 5 largest fish weighing about 35 lbs and in second
place. We got beat by less than 2 lbs.
Thanks
for the ride Tim.
Crew - Captain
Tim Cook, Scott, Tyler Cook, & Mike Rymar
5-1-04 thru 5-2-04 Harbor Beach -
Fish-on
Still boat is at SeaRay dealer. No
fishing for our Team
4-23-04 Algonac - Lions Tournament
We did not fish the tournament.
We ended up having lower unit problems and took the day to drive the boat
the the SeaRay dealer in Algonac.
4-17-04
Marine City - Muskrat Classic
We were extremely happy to break our
curse of 4th place finishes in this tournament by taking a 5th place.
We went 4 for 5. A nice 8 lbs
King, 2 small Kings, and a Coho.
There were 13 boats entered, 7 of them
weighed in fish.
Crew - Captain
Dave Rymar, Matt Gordon, Craig Waelens, Dave Goldenbogen, Phil Clark, and Mike
Rymar
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