2006 Point Tournament #3 Recap

by Dave Kooser

Trinidad Reservoir Wrap up July 15^th and 16^th 2006

For weeks before the tournament, we had been hearing about the big walleye that were being caught at Trinidad. We also heard of the low water levels. Both proved true in the third of four CWA points tournaments at Trinidad Reservoir on July 15^th and 16^th.

Fourty eight teams launched and were fishing by 7:20 Saturday morning. By 8:30 the weigh station had its first visitor, a 9.69lb. walleye that was brought in by the Steve Spock/Bob Schafer team. As the mid morning heat climbed, the trips to weigh in diminished. Despite the low water conditions and reduced shoreline, all teams seemed to have enough space to search for and catch fish…even if not all were keeper size. Saturday’s total of fish caught was 50 for 108.65lbs.

Sunday was a repeat of Saturday as the largest walleye of the two day tournament was brought in about 8:45 by the Tim Heberleim and Tim Cunoe team, a 9.85lb fish. Using live bait on either jigs or lindy rigs seemed to get the majority of the fish while bottom bouncers and trolling cranks were the least used methods. Sunday’s totals, 53 fish for 99.48lbs.

Top 10 Teams
				Combined
Place	Angler 1	Angler 2	M/Y	fish	weight
1	Rich Stebbins Jr.	Bill Ianiro		8	23.4
2	Tim Heberlein	Tim Cuneo		2	14.76
3	Steve Spock	Bob Schafer		5	14.61
4	Ronnie Synder	Lonnie Synder		5	13.7
5	Bill Mueller	John Mueller		7	11.89
6	Luke Eachus	Dave Pettigrew		5	10.42
7	Mark Bollig	Joel Ratham		6	10.09
8	Gene Metschke	Larry Call		6	8.72
9	Ken Shepard	Kurt Miller		5	8.06
10	Jeff Dewey	Mark Schoning		4	6.93

Top Mixed Teams
			Combined
Place	Angler 1	Angler 2	fish	weight
1	Kevin Werre	Alissa Werre	3	6.52
2	Bryan Dunaway	Jodie Marquez	4	5.67
3	Derek Kathol	Gail Kathol	2	3.66

I would like to thank Rick Gardner and his State Parks staff as they were very pleasant to work with and talk to. Their interest in what we were doing and their supportive attitude was very refreshing. Next time at Trinidad, stop by and say hello to Rick and his staff, they are genuinely friendly and helpful people.

Ranger Cup:

Saturday at the winners check hand out I had a hard time finding my dry erase marker used to change the winners names and dates on the Ranger Cup check. The team of Steve Spock and Bob Schafer must have foreseen my dilemma Saturday morning as they again, for the third time in a row won the Ranger Cup. Their foresightedness only required me to erase the date from the previous time they had won the Ranger Cup. Steve and Bob took 2nd place on Saturday with 12.38lbs. and weighed in the big fish for Saturday.

By Sunday I had located my dry erase marker as it was going to be needed. Ken Shepherd and Kurt Miller took the Ranger Cup, now their second time this season, with a Sunday finish of 13th place.

Saturday	Sunday

Steve Spock and Bob Schafer	Ken Shephard and Kurt Miller

See All Ranger Cup Winners

The last of the 4 points tournaments for 2006 will be at Horsetooth Reservoir. Horsetooth will be new waters for a lot of the CWA field. Expect trolling cranks to bring in most of the fish.

Herelein and Cunoe with their 9.85 pound Walleye thumbnail

Spock and Schafer with their 9.69 pound Walleye thumbnail

Overall Results
				Day 1		Day 2		Combined
Place	Angler 1	Angler 2	M/Y	fish	weight	fish	weight	fish	weight	points
1	Rich Stebbins Jr.	Bill Ianiro		4	17.92	4	5.48	8	23.4	100
2	Tim Heberlein	Tim Cuneo		1	4.91	1	9.85	2	14.76	99
3	Steve Spock	Bob Schafer		3	12.38	2	2.23	5	14.61	98
4	Ronnie Synder	Lonnie Synder		2	3.58	3	10.12	5	13.7	97
5	Bill Mueller	John Mueller		2	3.11	5	8.78	7	11.89	96
6	Luke Eachus	Dave Pettigrew		0	0.00	5	10.42	5	10.42	95
7	Mark Bollig	Joel Ratham		5	8.84	1	1.25	6	10.09	94
8	Gene Metschke	Larry Call		4	6.09	2	2.63	6	8.72	93
9	Ken Shepard	Kurt Miller		3	5.53	2	2.53	5	8.06	92
10	Jeff Dewey	Mark Schoning		2	3.04	2	3.89	4	6.93	91
11	Kevin Werre	Alissa Werre	M	1	2.10	2	4.42	3	6.52	90
12	Brian Stangel	Dan Duren		2	4.46	1	1.45	3	5.91	89
13	Bryan Dunaway	Jodie Marquez	M	1	1.40	3	4.27	4	5.67	88
14	Wesley Huntley	Mike Huntley		3	5.60	0	0.00	3	5.6	87
15	Dan Giordano	Bob Giordano		3	5.21	0	0.00	3	5.21	86
16	Stan Citrowski	Darrel Jarred		2	3.69	1	1.30	3	4.99	85
17	James Longmeyer	Joe Longmeyer		0	0.00	2	4.69	2	4.69	84
18	Brad Qualley	Mitch Petersen		0	0.00	2	4.15	2	4.15	83
19	Derek Kathol	Gail Kathol	M	2	3.66	0	0.00	2	3.66	82
20	Kyle Mangnall	Harley Henry		1	1.84	1	1.48	2	3.32	81
21	John Flaherty	Ronnie Synder		1	1.74	1	1.46	2	3.2	80
22	Scott Hinton	Kyle Welch		1	1.88	1	1.05	2	2.93	79
23	Ralph Garcia	Mark Borrego		0	0.00	1	2.77	1	2.77	78
24	Ricardo Baca	Edda Baca		1	1.29	1	1.29	2	2.58	77
25	Jim Thibodeau	Larry Bolin		0	0.00	2	2.39	2	2.39	76
26	Peter Van Wyhe	Orrin Van Wyhe		0	0.00	1	2.16	1	2.16	75
27	Don Engelhardt	Ryan Veach		1	1.97	0	0.00	1	1.97	74
28	Jack Blair	Werner Karlson		1	1.85	0	0.00	1	1.85	73
29	Scott Cover	Donald Broeren		0	0.00	1	1.72	1	1.72	72
30	Brent Henry	Shane Klien		1	1.69	0	0.00	1	1.69	71
31	Steve Katz	Robert A. Katz		0	0.00	1	1.52	1	1.52	70
32	Oscar Cuellar	Ken Melanson		1	1.43	0	0.00	1	1.43	69
33	Philip Green	Rich Bellquist		0	0.00	1	1.42	1	1.42	68
34	Cary Weaver	Nathan Hamm		1	1.31	0	0.00	1	1.31	67
35	Howard Binkley	Jeff Tams		0	0.00	1	1.22	1	1.22	66
36	Eric Coe	Judy Coe	M	0	0.00	1	1.19	1	1.19	65
37	Frank Becvar	Todd Christofferson		0	0.00	1	1.19	1	1.19	65
38	Glen O'Connor	Vinay Khiem		0	0.00	1	1.16	1	1.16	64
39	Shane Krusmark	Micheal Hall		1	1.13	0	0.00	1	1.13	63
40	Robert L. Katz	Alan Katz		0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	5
40	Ray Salvatori	Mariane Salvatori	M	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	5
40	Bill Willingham	Doug Beane		0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	5
40	Gregor Eigsti	Charlie Lennox		0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	5
40	Micheal Etl	Thomas Remington		0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	5
40	Dean Gorell	Barry Hogg		0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	5
40	James Welch	Jim Welch		0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	5
40	Dave Stockhaus	Scott Petri		0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	5

See all Tournament Results here.