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Kevin Adams and Pat Schutte win MWS

Category: Tournament

 Aug 26th, 2012 by OutdoorsFIRST 

Modified Aug 26th, 2012 at 12:00 AM

Congratulations and THANKS to all 69 teams that fished the MWS Menominee tournament. This was the final regular tournament for the eleventh year of the MWS. The MWS championship will be September 22nd in Green Bay for the top twenty five teams in the point’s standings.
Anglers were greeted by light rain early morning, around noon the rain quit temps were perfect. Cloudy skies and light winds made for some great fishing. Many teams stated their bigger fish did not cooperate Most of the success came on crawler harnesses and the bigger fish seem to come deep. Forty three teams weighed a three fish limit. There was a total of 157 fish caught weighing a total of 1015.78#
The team of Kevin Adams and Pat Schuette took first place with a three fish limit weighing 29.38 # winning them $3,700. Kevin and Pat had the big fish of the tournament with a 10.74# walleyes winning them each a plaque donated by All Sport and Trophy, a thirty dollar gift certificate from Anglers Pride Specialty, and a fifty dollar gift card from TRS the Reel Shot. Second place went to the team of Derek Navis and Korey Sprengel with three fish totaling 27.82# for $1,900. Third place went to the team of Josh Hafner and Matthew Huempfner with three fish weighing 26.12# for $1,000 Fourth place went to the team of Chad Burns and Jim Kissinger with three fish weighing 25.58# for $850. Fifth place went to the team of Gary Gevaert and Eric Balstad with three fish weighing 25.16# winning them $650.

The Navionics Award went to the team of John Schneider and Bill Bobber
The Tommy Harris award went to the team of Greg Wierzba and Tim Skenandore
The Ego2 Net award went to the team of Gary Nuemann and Sierra Burnett
The Intruder award went to the team of Rick Henriksen and Tom Zollar

The MWS 2011 for Team of the Year is Matt Miller and Jason Miller.
The Sibling Team of the Year was also Matt Miller and Jason Miller.
The parent/child Team of the year is Mike Gengalo Sr and Mike Gengalo Jr.
The Husband/wife team of the year is Ron Goldapske and Vickie Goldapske.
Complete standings can be found on our web page www.fishtfm.com

Major sponsors of the Series are Mercury Marine, Ranger Boats, Motorguide, and Mills Fleet Farm.
Super Sponsor TRS The Reel Shot Home of the JJ Keller fishing team
Tournament Sponsors of the Series are Smooth Moves seats Mounts, MW Marine, Navionics and Lindahl LTD
Supporting sponsors include Anglers Pride Specialties, All Sport Trophy, Intruder Products, Enviosionink, Tommy Harris blades, and Egop2 Nets.
The next tournament will be the Championship September 22nd for the top twenty five teams of the season fishing the Bay of Green Bay out of Green Bay. If you would like more information e-mail us at [email protected] or call 920-731-3474