2007 Wayne County Lake Ontario Pro-Am
WAYNE COUNTY FINAL RESULTSLake Ontario was pulling no punches, July 14th, the second day of the Wayne County Lake Ontario Salmon and Trout Team Tournament; however Captain Greg Gehrig’s Top Gun Team rode-out the 7 footers and with some last hour maneuvers, came in with an impressive box of kings to win the Pro Division of the lake wide contest. Gehrig, from Oswego, and crew nearly matched their first day score of 276.05 when the second day was tallied at 276.75. The two day score was an impressive 552.80, netting Team Top Gun a $10,117 cash and prize package. Gehrig said he changed his strategy 2 hours before the tournament ended. “I caught some nice kings, fishing 6 miles west of Sodus Bay, he said. We continued our trolling, heading east with the waves, and caught nothing. I decided to pick-up and return to our original location.” The Captain headed back into the nasty Lake Ontario waves, set-up and boxed two more kings, and still had time to make the Sodus Point Pier heads by 2pm, the tournament’s official finish time. During practice, Gehrig’s program was flies in the morning and spoons for the afternoon, however during the competition the game plan was altered, “I started with the flies, but nothing hit, and after 45 minutes I changed everything to Michigan Stinger spoons,” he said. “I fished in water between 140 and 200 feet the entire two days. Most the fish came deep.” Second Place in the 2007 Wayne County Pro-Am was Team Thrillseeker with Captain Vince Pierleoni’s team bringing in a total of 22 fish over the two day tournament. The Thrillseeker team’s two day score was 498.58 and captain and crew took home $4,446 cash and prizes for their effort. Third Place was Team Free Spirit/ Siggs Rigs with Captain Paul Czarnecki’s team scoring 480.45 for the two day contest. Czarnecki and company took home $2,650 value, cash and prizes for third place. In the Amateur Division the Spoonfed Team battled the rough Ontario and limited out by 11:30 am. Captain Greg Gervais, from West Springfield Massachusetts was in the pre-check area early, and when the official weigh-in took place Gervaiss’ team scored 187.14 with a two winning total of 329.73. The Captain took home a total value $4,878 cash and prize package. Second Place Amateur Division winner was Screamer/A-Tom-Mik with Captain Dave Antenori running the show. The Peckville Pennsylvania team leader won last year’s Challenge Cup, which is given to the highest scores from the four port contest. Third Place Am boat winner was Team Fish Chopper, from Rockaway New Jersey. Team Captain Ray Hopping scored 248.56 for the two day event. Scores for the Pro-Am are based on 10 points per fish and 1 point per pound. The Lake Ontario Pro-Am started in Orleans County Memorial Day weekend, moved to Niagara, followed by Oswego, and finished at Sodus Point on July 14th and 15. Teams also compete for the Challenge Cup, which is presented to the team with the most points scored for the four port series. During the 2007 event teams had the choice of fishing the Best of the East Cup and the Best of the West End Cup, in addition to the overall Challenge. After all points were tabulated, Pro Team Top Gun walked away with the Challenge Cup by an accumulated score of 1099 points. Second Place was awarded to Cold Steel/A-Tom-Mik with Captain Tom Burke and team scoring a close second of 1073 points. Third Place Challenge winner in the Pro Division was Vision Quest. Captain Pete Alex accumulated 1048 points for the four port cup. The final scores prove that a few fish can make the difference….the competition during Pro-Am fishing is very intensive. The Challenge Cup for the Amateurs was won by Team Screamer/A-Tom-Mik with Dave Antenori accepting the coveted cup. Antenori keeps the cup, as he took the honors during the 2006 competition. His total score was an impressive 1169. Second Place for the Challenge Cup was won by Del Casterline and Team Liquid Plumber. Casterline, who fishes the entire Pro-Am Series, resides in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania. Casterline and crew finished with 1111 points Third Place Cup winner was The Real Team, with Ed Malinowski Jr. taking the honors with a total score of 1038. The complete leader board for the Pro-Am Series is posted on this web page. A special thanks to Wayne County area sponsors: Sodus Point Bait Shop (Abe’s Tackle Box) Sodus Point Pit Stop, Sodus Point Fire Department, The Prop Shop, Captain Jacks, Connelly’s Cove, Hots Point, Krenzer Marine, Prime Time Storage, and Skippers Landing.
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