For 2011 we visited Mosquito Lake in Cortland , Ohio for our annual classic. With help from our awesome sponsors , over in cash and prizes were awarded to our anglers who attended this event.
2011 Team Series Classic !
As mother nature woould have her way with us , we seemed to have picked the wrong weekend to host the event. The weekend prior and the weekend after had awesome weather. Saturday morning the 28 teams paticipating were awakend to a drastic cold front that had moved in over the last 12 hours. The winds were howling from the north and the lake became a force to be recond with. The rain also found it's way into the area off and on throughout the day. By 9a.m. the waves had increased to around three foot white caps which were beating up both the east and west sides of the lake. This unfortionatly made most of the main lake unfishable. The mudd line progressed its way south and the fishing went there as well. Only 81 fish were brought to the scales on this day. As usuall , some anglers were able to come up with a limit. 8 teams had a limit to be exact. Leading day one was the team of Matt and Marlin Temme from the Mid Buckeye Division with a 5 fish limit weighing 9.58# . Mike Shoemaker and Chris Shoemaker from the Mid Buckeye Division were right behind them with 5 fish weighing 8.98#. They were followed by the team of Sabo and Hanning form the Muskingum Division with 4 fish weighing 8.32#. The day one weights were definatly down compared to the previous times that we had been to the lake. Day one big bass weighed 3.39# and was caught by the team of Matt and Marlin Temme.
Day 2 brought even colder weather and more rain. If it had been much cold , it would have possibly snowed! The winds had decreased but most of the main lake was unfishable again due to above average waves. Only 60 fish were brought to the scales proving that the weather was getting the best of both the anglers and the fish as well. Some teams just could not withstand the weather and decided to go home early. Only 5 teams were able to bring a limit to the scales on day 2. Scott Newlon and Kevin Collins were able to bring in the largest limit of the event weighing 10.17#. The second largest catch of the day weighing 9.41# went to the day one leaders, Matt and Marlin Temme. The team of Shawn Magors and Dave Miller were able to drum up a limit weighing 9.40# after the winds died down and they were able to get back on their spot. Big Bass on day 2 weighing 3.88# was weighed in by the team of Fuks and Fulks. This was also Big Bass of the event.
Money Winners
Prize winners
