Wapogasset

A very nice day treated the anglers at the recent Wapogasset tournament & after eleven long years for Pete Lukasik & five for Doug Bierman they got their first victory in the Up North Bass Circuit after weighing in a big bag (16.95 lbs.) of largemouth bass anchored by Doug's big bass winner at 4.94 lbs. Congrats fellas. Placing second & in the money for the second consecutive tourney were brothers Tim & Chad Andrea who weighed in 16.18. Third place was Gene & Larry Henck w/16.14 a mere 4 hundreths of a pound out of second. Word was Larry caught two 3 3/4 pounders in the final minutes of the derby. After having battery issues at Long this one felt pretty good getting them back in the AOY race. Fourth place was Team YOUNG GUNS counsin's Hunter & Kody Hermansen weighing in 14.95, this being their 3rd year in the circuit it seems they have turned the corner & are going to be a force for a long time. Taking fifth & in the money once again were Todd Larson & Steve Warren w/13.78. Winners & match ups for the semi finals in the Head to Head Tourney are Hunter/Kody taking on uncle Brad & Corn Dog while Chad/Cruz go up against the defending champs their dad & grandpa Killer & Doug. The AOY is taking shape at the half way point & there's some new teams vying for that title Team Andrea sits at the top & after 15 years in the circuit believe me there's nothing that would make them happier than winning it. In second 3 points back are the up & coming hammers Team Young Guns. In third 5 points out are Randy & Dewy who won it back in 2012. But DO NOT COUNT OUT the fourth & fifth place teams who are well accomplished teams, Team Henck also 5 points back are looking for their sixth AOY title & third in a row, they have a very good track record on the two upcoming lakes as well. In fifth just six points out is the former touring pro Rob Newhouse & the leading guy in the country's tackle industry Mike Anselmo these guys are former two time AOY champs & want another one bad so DON'T FORGET ABOUT THEM as well.

Long Lake

Tournament number one was held at Long Lake on a pretty nice day despite the windy conditions, when it was all said & done Randy Grinnell & Derek Andersen came away with the title weighing a big bag of largemouth that tipped the scale at 15.98 lbs. anchored by Randy's 4.92 big bass winner which makes him the circuit's all time leader in big bass awards with six. They took full advantage of Dewy's flat bottom Ranger getting into some pretty shallow water to get the job done. It was a long time between victories for the boys their last win came back in 2012 on Nelson so this one was a long time a coming, GREAT JOB BOYS. Second place went to Rob Newhouse & Mike Anselmo who are no strangers to the winners circle, when the circuits on smallmouth water their ALWAYS catching them and at Long was no differant their stringer of brownies went 15.27 lbs. Rob's getting married in the next few days & if she dosen't change her mind it'll be the best catch of his life, hopefully married life slows his fishing down giving the rest of us a chance. Third place was the father son team of Chad & Cruz Constantineau who weighed in 13.77 lbs. Taking fourth were brothers Tim & Chad Andrea w/13.48 lbs. Coming in fifth the last spot in the money were the YOUNG GUNS counsin's Hunter & Kody Hermansen who had 13.07 lbs. Team Constantineau & Team Andrea's five fish limit was their 21st consecutive limit tying them all time for second with Team Henck & at the next tournament they'll both have a shot at tying the record holder Newhouse/Anselmo at 22. Head to Head Tournament winners & match ups in in the quarter finals are Newhouse/Anselmo vs Andersen/Hermansen, Wilcox/Hermansen vs Hermansen/Hermansen, (thats a lot of Hermansens) Constantineau/Constantineau vs Cran/Edwards & Grinnell/Andersen vs Constant/Richert.