Reinbold Scores Big on Pudwell Dam

  Club camping weekend was held recently and it was a success with a lot of people showing up and good times had by all! first tourney of the weekend was a stop in Pudwell dam in South Dakota, prefishing was great with a lot of nice fish being caught tourney day rolled around and of course yet another front rolled thru the area and made fishing tough for some! Paul Reinbold used his local knowledge to his advantage and produced his first win of the season. Top 3 anglers were

1st place: Paul Reinbold 10.11 lbs (3 LMB)
2nd place: Jay Boldt 9.37 Lbs (3 LMB)
3rd Place: Dick Rolland 8.23 Lbs (3 LMB)
Big Bass: Levi Goldad 3.5 Lbs

A total of 22 anglers caught 43 fish weighing 95.98 Lbs for an average of 2.23 lbs per fish.

After Pudwell we picked up camp and headed north to Raleigh reservoir in North Dakota the endless fronts were still coming thru the area with nonstop thunderstorms on the horizon! Everyone set up camp and then we sat down and had a good meal together. Thanks geo and Mike for providing all the equipment as usual for the feast! When the food was done everyone gathered together for the annual Lawn Golf competition! For the second year in a row Shawn Kenna went into the final round undefeated only to go down in flames! Good times were had by all. Results for lawn golf:

1st Geo Wentz and Eric Ehn
2nd Shawn Kenna and Janine Wetzel
3rd Marty Mantz and Dick Roland

On to the tournament the morning of the skies looked gloomy and cloudy and it was windy a typical day it seems for us this year! Fishing was tough and a lot of anglers struggled all day to find fish, in the end it was Marty Mantz who conquered the competition for his second win of the year so far. Here's your top 3.

1st place: Marty mantz 9.09 Lbs (3 bass)
2nd place: Paul Reinbold 6.01 Lbs (2 bass)
3rd place Janine Wetzel 5.88 Lbs (2 Bass)
Big Bass Curt Manley 3.90 Pd (LMB)

A total of 18 anglers caught 14 fish weighing 39.12 Lbs for an average of 2.79 lbs per fish. In the tournament within a tournament chips were drawn for partners and we had a partner tourney for the weekend combined weight for Raleigh and Pudwell, results for that are as follows.

1st place: Paul Reinbold and Janine Wetzel
2nd place: Marty Mantz and Cody Roland
3rd place: Cody Arth and Mike Wentz

It was a good weekend and the angler of the year race has taken a interesting turn Paul with his win and his second place finish has put himself right back in it and it is virtually a tie right now with the end of the the first half of the season between Paul, Marty, and Matt! It's going to be a rock em sock second half of the year to see who wins it and well have a lot of fun along the way! Next stop on the tourney trail is our second visit to New Johns Lake on July 30th, see ya there! And thanks again to Geo and Mike for all the outstanding food and support you give us guys.