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Team Denning repeats as Devil Lake AYA Champs

Category: npaa

 Jul 17th, 2012 by OutdoorsFIRST 

Modified Jul 17th, 2012 at 12:00 AM

Mercury/Ranger Pro Don Denning (NPAA#140) and his son Jacob Denning, both of Fargo, ND teamed up with Blake Meyer of Moorhead, MN to catch five walleyes weighing in at 16.11lbs. Their basket was just heavy enough to edge out Team Trana by .09 lbs to win the 2012 Angler Young Angler Regional event on Devils Lake hosted by FM Walleyes Unlimited, Inc., and the Lake Region Anglers Association on July 14th.

Team Denning had their Ranger live well full with a limit within the first half hour by pitching #5 Shad Raps in hot steel and two exclusive Scheels colors (silver blue and bleak) along the edge of weeds and cattails. The team managed to scrounge up one upgrade and were done by 9am. Team Denning’s win was truly a team effort as each angler managed to put two fish into the live well towards the teams bag. Team Denning said they tried pitching cranks for 5 hours in practice the day before the event and wasn’t able to catch a single walleye.  The day of the tournament started out with an overcast sky which the team attributes to the change. Once the clouds cleared the fish stopped biting. With the win, the excited trio has earned a spot at the 2012 Angler Young Angler International Championships to be held in Kenora, Ont in August.

The two time champions took home a new 12′ LUND boat, 5 hp MERCURY outboard motor, with a SHORELANDR’ trailer.  In addition, the team won $500 cash to offset their expenses when they travel to Kenora to compete in the International Angler Young Angler Championship’s.