Week 9 on Bone Lake wrapped up our 2013 fishing league season in a very exciting fashion! Lots of nice, healthy bass measured in this week. Team Hooters who claimed they were completely bone dry out on bone lake were looking for a little pick me up and that is exactly what they got ending up with 18 solid points worth of bass, U Smell Fish? racked up 16 points worth of bass, and No Muskie No Problem! hauled in 11 points worth of bass.
Congrats goes out to Gulp This who had a record breaking season with 102 points and the crown of the 2013 league champion! No Muskie No Problem! and U Smell Fish? tied for the 2nd highest points with 96 points. Unfortunately for U Smell Fish? it was U smell 2nd place? We had our first ever end of the season tie. The rules state that the tie breaker goes to the highest weekly points in a single week. That tie breaker went to No Muskie No Problem! with their 21 point week on Big Carnellian. U Smell Fish? had 20 points on Big Carnellian, so the tie breaker basically came down to one point.....crazy! Another exciting thing that happened this year is that the big fish winners were not one of the top three teams....so the prize money was spread around.
This was a record breaking season all around. With one extra week of fishing this year, the points scored by all teams was ridiculous....102 points for first place was almost double the first place team last year and any year prior. 21 points for a single week broke the record for highest points in a single week by 3 points and there were a handful of 18-20 point weeks this year. The longest Northern was the longest ever measured in at 34.5 and there were also three 10 point Northern's caught. The longest Bass was also the longest ever measured at 20.25 inches and was the only 10 point bass ever brought in.
Next Tuesday August 27, 2013 we will be meeting at Jimmy's in Vadnais Heights for happy hour at 5:30 pm.....come out and have some fun! One of the biggest things that I wish could be different about league is having more time to socialize. This will be your opportunity to socialize and I will hand out money to the winners! If you cannot make it and are receiving money, please let me know and I will get it mailed out to you.
Thanks for fishing and way to go everyone.....to bad we have to wait 10 months before we get to start up again! I have posted one last online pole under the league poles section of this website....check it out and vote if you get a chance. Have a great rest of the year and look forward to another great season in 2014!