Lake Audbon
Despite the tough weather conditions the first Badlands Bass Bandits tournament of the 2024 season has been completed from Lake Audobon. There were 17 teams that braved the cold and windy weather in hopes of finding the winning bag of fish! The smallmouth were sparse in a lot of areas of the lake with the majority of the population still moving up from their winter holes. As anglers moved around the lake so did the smallmouth. Most anglers found bass moving up shallow anywhere from 8 feet or less, some as less than 2 feet of water. A few teams were able to locate bigger schools of fish a bit deeper making it a fun day of catching both size and numbers. As expected, the bass were caught on jerkbaits, square bills, tubes and drop shot which lead to a record breaking day! Taking home first place prize was team Jason Mitchell, Jason Votava and Scott Winkels with a whopping 20.26 lbs, a new Lake Audobon club record! Also having a great day was team Josh Birchet and Chuck Gaston bringing in a heavy bag of smallmouth that weighed 19.73 lbs which also topped the old club record, they also won the big bass award with a 5.00 lb smallmouth. No strangers to the winner circle team Logan and Brandon Bullinger and Bryce took home the 3rd place prize by bagging a 5 fish limit of 19.34 lbs.
Overall the fishing was good and most anglers had a good day. Looking forward to our New Johns tournament, please note that we will be launching from East Park lake on May 18th!
Classic Championship Weekend
Final results of 2023 Classic Championship! Congratulations to Team Ron and Cody Arth! Congratulations to our JR Division champion Mariah Maslanka!! Big fish honors went to Team Olson with a 4.70lb smallmouth!
Spiritwood Showdown
Club Camping Weekend Update
Listed below is the itinerary for that weekend as well as campsite information.
Lake Sakakawea
Lake Sakakawea Tournament Update
Lake Oahe Results
July 8th Lake Oahe, SD from Indian Creek State Park
1st - Mike Reid & Richard Mollison - 11.77
2nd - Team Bullinger - 11.61
3rd - John, Gayla & Cordell Wadsworth - 10.44
4th -
Team Reinbold, Paul - 10.13
5th - Bob & Matt - 7.25
6th - Team Massal - 6.45
7th - Joe, Lorie & Alex Reinbold - 6.06
8th - Team Arth - 3.72
9th - Team Eldridgy - 2.85
Lake Oahe
July 8th Lake Oahe, SD from Indian Creek State Park
Lake Audubon
New John’s
*Froelich Dam Tournament Moved To East Park Lake (New Johns)*
Due to bad gravel/dirt road conditions from the highway to Froelich Dam, our tournament event has been moved to East Park lake (aka New Johns) We had a club member check the road to Froelich this morning and got stuck. With more rain expected it is best to move our event location . We will be launching from East Park lake. See you there. Froelich Dam Tournament Moved To East Park Lake (New Johns) |
Nelson Lake Recap
2023 Ice Bowl
Taking home top honors were Colton Blomberg and John Lancaster whose best 5 bass totaled 88 inches, they also took biggest bass honors with a 20.25 inch beauty! Taking home second place and doing it all by fishing from the confinements of the shores of Lake Nelson was team James and Brayden Francis of Minot with a total length of 76.75 inches with a 17.5 inch bass anchoring their best 5. Coming in with a very close 3rd place finish that boasted a 75.5 inch limit of 5 was Matt Schnieder and Matt Rose.