Brueggen best boater on Mississippi River
Vandermeer winning co-angler
Boater Mike Brueggen of La Crosse, Wis., caught a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 10 ounces Saturday to win $4,037 in the BFL Great Lakes Division tournament on the Mississippi River. Brueggen used Lethal Bombs and frogs in Pool 10 to catch his limit. He targeted current breaks and weed mats to sack his limit.
Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Jeff Ritter, Prairie Du Chien, Wis., five bass, 15-5, $2,019
3rd: Dan Mohn, Lansing, Iowa, five bass, 15-1, $1,345
4th: Paul Malone, Pleasant Valley, Iowa, five bass, 14-15, $942
5th: Clayton Reitz, Morton, Ill., five bass, 14-11, $807
6th: Wells Kaiser, Cuba City, Wis., five bass, 14-6, $740
7th: Curtis Samo, Rochelle, Ill., five bass, 14-5, $673
8th: Jim Caulum, Rockland, Wis., five bass, 14-3, $606
9th: Brian Fitzpatrick, Lacrosse, Wis., five bass, 14-2, $1,538*
10th: Chris Aswegan, Lisbon, Iowa, five bass, 14, $471
*Includes $1,000 Evinrude bonus
Vandermeer winning co-angler
Don Vandermeer of Loves Park, Ill., caught a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 14 ounces to win $2,019 in the Co-angler Division on the Mississippi River. Vandermeer was using white frogs in the Lansing Pool to catch his limit.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Mike Puterbaugh, Montello, Wis., five bass, 14-5, $1,009
3rd: Ted Stardig, Winona, Minn., five bass, 13-3, $675
4th: William Payton, Waterloo, Iowa, five bass, 13, $471
5th: Nick Kasten, Lake Geneva, Wis., five bass, 12-15, $404
6th: Tyler Christopherson, Chana, Ill., five bass, 12-10, $370
7th: Stephen Mui, Bartlett, Ill., five bass, 12-6, $336
8th: Dave Aldrich, Mukwonago, Wis., five bass, 12-5, $303
9th: Dennis Marcinek, Chicago, five bass, 12-4, $269
10th: Frank Cipra, Prairie Du Chien, Wis., five bass, 12-1, $235
Coming up
The next and final BFL Great Lakes Division tournament in 2010 is scheduled for Aug. 28-29, a Super Tournament at the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wis. After that, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 21-23 Regional Championship at Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Ky., where boaters will compete for a top prize of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.
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