Spiritwood Sluggers

north dakota bass fishing

Matt Schnieder & Matt Rose capture 1st!

The morning of May 22nd was looking to get a little western as thunder, lightning, and heavy rain was present as anglers started filing into Spiritwood lake to kick off a back-to-back tour of eastern North Dakota’s best smallmouth fisheries. 18 teams arrived from all directions ready for showdown on Spiritwood lake. Although overnight was rather eventful with the weather, the worst of the weather broke prior to launch and conditions were good to fish!

Although weather conditions were better for the people fishing, all discovered that fishing that day was going to be TOUGH. Post-frontal, calm, and late spawn made for some incredibly tough fishing. But as always during tournament fishing, there are those that have done their homework and brought in some good bass!

In first place was team Matt Schneider and Mat Rose with a great bag weighing 11.6 pounds for 3 fish! Right on their tails was team Bullinger weighing in 11.17 pounds, and not far behind was team Todd & Gary Burks who brought in 10.54 pounds with a 4.19-pound kicker taking the big fish honors for the day!

As stated earlier, post-frontal spawn conditions make for a tough day of fishing and for the teams that were most successful, being the first on bedded fish with ned rigs and drop shots proved to pay dividends! Although fishing was tough, all learned a valuable lesson in bed fishing and are ready to get to the next day’s tournament on Ashtabula!
-Tanner Mallams

Spiritwood Lake

May 22

#	TEAM		TOTAL WEIGHT
1	Matt Schnieder	Mat Rose	11.6
2	Scott Bullinger	Brandon Bullinger, Logan Bullinger	11.17
3	Ryan Todd	Gary Burks	10.54
4	Colton Blomberg	Jamie Blomberg	10.32
5	Dan Martel	Alex Martel	9.72
6	Joe Schultz	Robert Schultz	9.61
7	Drew Morgan	Felipe Ferreira	8.18
8	Tanner Mallams	John Lancaster	6.83
9	Lewis Kuppler	Luke Lundberg	6.15
10	Wes Hall	Tyler Hardy	5.58
11	Bob Reinbold		3.6
12	Michael Messall	Angela Messall	3.56
13	Travis Dewald	Carsen Dewald	3.43
14	Paul Reinbold	Deryk Voller	3.04
15	Steve Aesoph	Easton Aesoph, Vaughn Aesoph	0
15	Bryan Coble	Becky Martillo	0
15	Kim Fundingsland	Kelli Fundingsland	0
15	Brycen Johnson	Jameson Mutschlier, Greg Johnson	0

Team Member 1	Team Member 2	Team Member 3	Youth	Number of Fish	Big Bass	Species	Gross Weight	DOA	Final Weight	Place	Points	Average Weight
Matt Schnieder	Mat Rose			3	4.07		11.6	0	11.6	1	100	3.87
Scott Bullinger	Brandon Bullinger	Logan Bullinger		3	3.83		11.17	0	11.17	2	99	3.72
Ryan Todd	Gary Burks			3	4.19		10.54	0	10.54	3	98	3.51
Colton Blomberg	Jamie Blomberg			3	3.61		10.32	0	10.32	4	97	3.44
Dan Martel	Alex Martel			3	3.38		9.72	0	9.72	5	96	3.24
Joe Schultz	Robert Schultz			3	3.65		9.61	0	9.61	6	95	3.20
Drew Morgan	Felipe Ferreira			3			8.18	0	8.18	7	94	2.73
Tanner Mallams	John Lancaster			3			6.83	0	6.83	8	93	2.28
Lewis Kuppler	Luke Lundberg			3			6.15	0	6.15	9	92	2.05
Wes Hall	Tyler Hardy			2			5.58	0	5.58	10	91	2.79
Bob Reinbold				2			3.6	0	3.6	11	90	1.80
Michael Messall	Angela Messall			2			3.56	0	3.56	12	89	1.78
Travis Dewald	Carsen Dewald			1	3.43		3.43	0	3.43	13	88	3.43
Paul Reinbold	Deryk Voller			1	3.04		3.04	0	3.04	14	87	3.04
Steve Aesoph	Easton Aesoph	Vaughn Aesoph		0	0		0	0	0	15	50
Bryan Coble	Becky Martillo			0	0		0	0	0	15	50
Kim Fundingsland	Kelli Fundingsland			0	0		0	0	0	15	50
Brycen Johnson	Jameson Mutschlier	Greg Johnson		0			0	0	0	15	50

Biggest Bass	4.19
Biggest Bag	11.6
Average Fish Weight	2.92
Average Fish Weighed	2.5
Total Pounds Weighed	103.33
Total Fish Weighed	18
Number of Boats	18
Number of Fishermen	38
Anglers W/Zero	4