The Badlands Bass Bandits began their 2017 tournament season with a bang. With the crowd favorite Nelson Lake starting the year off and reports of big fish being caught all winter the anticipation was high for some great fishing. Despite the power plant shutting down their big unit a few days earlier and dropping water temperatures it did not disappoint. An early morning fog delay changed the typical boat launch to a shotgun start and all 22 teams blasted off with a 5mph speed limit until 8am. Fishing was very consistent for most teams throughout the day but for the team of Colton Blomberg and Colton Self a great stretch of rocky bank and a black and blue jig yielded three great Largemouth Bass totaling 15.29 lbs, a new club record for the lake, with a 5.88lb big bass winning kicker fish. 2nd place team of Eric Vossler and Hunter Wood broke in his new Skeeter Boat in the right direction with 12.79lbs of Nelson Lake Largemouth and the trifecta of Bob and Jeanette Reinbold teaming up with Thomas Leintz rounded out the top three with 10.65lbs. It was a great day on the water and an incredible performance by the top teams. Thanks everyone and see you May 20th at New Johns.
1st-Colton Blomberg/Colton Self-15.29lbs and 5.88 Big Bass Award-101 points
2nd-Eric Vossler/Hunter Wood-12.79lbs-99 points
3rd-Jeanette Reinbold/Bob Reinbold/Thomas Leintz-10.65lbs-98 points
4th-Sam Wenner/Wayne Wenner-9.82lbs-97 points
5th-Matt Sullivan/Marty Mantz-8.92lbs-96 points
6th-Jason Bader/Amanda Bader-8.49lbs-95 points
7th-Lance Zent/Amber Pierce-7.83lbs-94 points
8th-Michael Kielar-7.25lbs-93 points
9th-Jason Pierus-6.93 lbs-92 points
10th-Paul Reinbold/Tony Reinbold-6.22lbs-91 points
11th-Denver Tergesen/Tyler Tergesen-5.24lbs-90 points
12th-Josh Trottier/Aaron Stenvold-3.66lbs-89 points
13th-Travis Bush/Stephen Kolobakken--2.60lbs 88 points
14th-Justin Enney/Adrian Estrada/Dustin Jacobson-2.43 lbs-87 points
15th-Mike Zacher/Ryan Zacher-1.87lbs-86 points
16th-Corey Erickson-1.50lbs-85 points
17th-Curt Manley-0.00-50 points
18th-Markus Brown-DQ-0 points
19th-Ethan Eagle Chasing-DQ-0 points
20th-Perry Atkinson-DQ-0 points
21st-Barry Wolfe-DQ-0 points
TBF Results
1st-Colton Blomberg-15.29lbs
2nd-Eric Vossler-12.79lbs
3rd-Bob Reinbold-10.65lbs
4th-Matt Sullivan/Marty Mantz-8.92lbs
5th-Amber Pierce-7.83lbs
6th-Paul Reinbold/Tony Reinbold-6.22lbs
7th-Denver Tergesen/Tyler Tergesen-5.24lbs
8th-Justin Enney/Adrian Estrada/Dustin Jacobson-2.43 lbs
9th-Markus Brown-0.00 lbs
