CWA Points Tournament #1 @ Jumbo Reservoir April 30-May 1, 2011 Recap
Category: npaa
May 4th, 2011 by OutdoorsFIRST
Modified May 4th, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Jumbo Reservoir-what a quality Walleye lake this sleeping beauty has become in only 5 years after being completely drained. Coming in at 1600 acres the walleye caught were very impressive to say the least. A special thank you goes out to all the surrounding towns (Sterling, Crook, Sedgwick, Julesburg and Sidney NE) for their hospitality and support of our tournament anglers.
On Saturday our tournament was cancelled based on excessive wind. The forecasts were correct with wind gusts exceeding 58 mph reported with sustained winds ranging from 30-35 mph all day. The conditions present on Saturday were neither safe nor conducive for our tournament anglers and day 1 of our competition was cancelled for safety reasons.
On Sunday there was a mix of trollers, jiggers, spoon enthusiast and live bait riggers but it seemed the live bait anglers dragging Tech-Stiks and Lindy Rigs had the winning presentation for Jumbo Reservoir Walleye. With one of the fastest finishes in many years, the team of Brent Henry and Shane Klein were on the keepers immediately and comfortably off the lake by 9 am. Congratulations to the team of Gene Metschke and Larry Call coming in with a 5 fish limit weighing a very respectable 16.45 pounds. Gene and Larry’s s winning pattern was live bait rigging and pure determination. Big fish for the day went to Chet Williams and Koby Kielman at 4.49 lbs. We had a total of 5 fish exceeding 4 lbs for the tournament and a total of 82 fish were weighed over our 15.25″ minimum size requirement, for a grand total of 215.88 lbs of Walleye turned in by our anglers.
Our Ranger Cup winners were the team of Brent Henry and Shane Klein who received additional $150 from Ranger Boats. The top Sylvan or Smoker Craft award on behalf of Crowley Marine for $50 went to the overall top team of Gene Metschke and Larry Call. Our top placing Cabela’s Angler Cash went to the team of Don and Andreas Watt. During the random drawing the team of Mike Latimer and Preston Vines offset their fuel cost with a $100 fuel card courtesy of Centennial Leasing and sales. Please thank all our sponsors for their contributions and support. Please visit them following the links below for you next purchase.
We had many anglers who had not heard of this lake prior to our announcement of our first point’s tournament and at the end of the tournament, I can confidently say many of us will be back to Jumbo to enjoy another great day on the water. I want to thank everyone for your participation and support of the Colorado Walleye Association and the DOW for granting us the opportunity to hold our event on Jumbo Reservoir. We have a great club and excellent fisherman and if you have not fished one of our tournaments, please take the time to check us out at www.cowalleye.com. Please visit those who support our club and thank the DOW for all their efforts.
Our Top 10 Finishers:
Team Team Weight # Fish
Gene Metschke Larry Call 16.45 5
Justin Jones Randy Allenbaugh 15.94 5
Brent Henry Shane Klein 15.00 5
Jim Smid Chris Vaith 14.05 5
Dave Kooser Powers Cayce 13.90 5
Don Watt Andreas Watt 12.70 5
Barry Cundiff Eric Thorn 12.50 5
John Fast Brian Henry 11.89 5
Steve Katz Bob Katz 11.09 3
Mike Latimer Preston Vines 10.29 4