Chris Dombkowski dominates at Ute!

Wins 2009 Angler of the Year!  

Chris Dombkowski wins the seasons final tournament at Ute Lake, New Mexico with a 5 lb. advantage over second place finisher Bob Radney.  

Third place went to Larry Krueger, who was a meager 4 ozs behind Radney. The win gave Chris a two point advantage over Todd Gentzel for "2009 Angler of the Year" honors.

This was the last tournament of the year and finalized the Top 10 standings.  The Top 10 are the result of the 3 best tournaments an angler fished over the course of the year.This year’s Top 10 are as follows: 

     ANGLER                                    POINTS

1.    Chris Dombkowski                              300

2.    Todd Gentzel                                       298

3.    Larry Krueger                                      293

4.    Bob Radney  (BB 2.9)                         291

5.    Frank Bianchi (BB 2.8)                       291

6.    Joe Conway                                         289

7.    Mike Rathe                                          286

8.    Mike Garrett                                        285

9.    Steve Dixon                                         283

10.Doug Shatto                                        282  

The Championship will be held at Lake Conchas, NM on September the 12^th and 13^th.  The Championship is open to any angler who has fished a minimum of 3 tournaments over the tournament season.  Sign up will be     at the next meeting scheduled for September 8^th. Thanks to all members who have made this another enjoyable year! 

Larry Krueger

Tournament Director

Pikes Peak Bassmasters

Krueger Rallies to Win

2009 PPBM Club Championship!

Larry Krueger came back from an 8^th place start with a 2^nd day bag of 10.11 lbs., for a total wt. of 16.14 lbs., to win the 2009 PPBM Club Championship held Sept. 12^th and 13^th on Pueblo Reservoir.

Todd Gentzel moved up from 4^th to take 2^nd place with 15.6 lbs.  This was Todd’s third 2^nd place finish on Pueblo this year.

Bob Radney, Saturdays leader, held on for 3^rd with a two day total of 14.6 lbs.

Doug Shatto 2.9 lb fish was big bass on Saturday

Mike Garrett’s 3.12 spotted bass took big bass honors on Sunday and was also Big Bass for the year. Congrats Mike!

This concludes another enjoyable fishing season with the Pikes Peak Bassmasters.

"Year End" plaques and trophys will be handed out at the October meeting.

See you all there!

Larry Krueger

Tournament Director

Dombkowski Conquers Pueblo

by Larry Krueger, Tournament Director 

Chris Dombkowski wins his second tournament of the year on Pueblo Res. with 11lb.7oz. edging out Todd Gentzel by 4 oz.  Seventeen(17) club members tackled Pueblo for our annual all night tournament.   As usual, some found fish and some did not-with lots of stories about lost fish.  The good news was that everybody weighed in fish! 

Todd Gentzel took Big Bass honors with a last minute keeper that weighed 3lb10oz!

Day Money was taken home by Dombkowski and rookie, Steve Dixon.  Nice job guys!

Todd Gentzel still holds a tenuous 3 point lead over Chris Dombkowski in the "Angler of the Year" race.

 The next tournament is at Ute Res.  Remember, you need to enter 3 tournaments to fish the "Championship" and your top 3 tournaments will be used to decide the Top 10 year end standings.  Registration for the Ute Res. tournament is at the August 2nd meeting.

 See you there!

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TRINIDAD TOURNAMENT-#3

"Larry Krueger wins 3rd tournament of 2009 by 4 lbs!"

Tough weekend at Trinidad! 

by Larry Krueger, Tournament Director 

The 3^rd tournament of the year was held at Trinidad Reservoir. Falling water levels made this event unusually tough for the majority of the field.  Saturday found the anglers battling 20+ MPH winds most of the day and Sunday was sunny and calm. While most weights were low for Trinidad, a few anglers cracked the code, led by Larry Krueger who pulled away from the field with a two day total of 15lbs 5oz.  Krueger’s Sat. bag was anchored by a pretty 3lb 5oz smallmouth that was also big bass for the day.

 Frank Bianchi finished 2^nd with 11lbs 8oz. This was Frank’s best finish to date! Frank was 2^nd for Big Bass both Sat. and Sun.

 3^rd place went to the ever steady Todd Gentzel who bagged 10lbs 12oz for two days. Todd’s 2lb smallie was Big Bass for day two.

Day money for Sat. went to the duo of Krueger/Fletcher with 12lbs 8oz.

Day two saw the twosome of Gentzel/Miller take home Day Money honors with a combined wt. of 9lbs 8oz.

The next tournament will be our annual night tournament at Pueblo Reservoir on July 31^st.  It will run from 7pm-7am.

See Ya'll There!

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Pueblo Res. Tournament-#2

 by Larry Krueger, Tournament Director 

"A Great Day at Pueblo Res."

We just finished our 2nd Tournament of the year....a one day event held at Pueblo Reservoir.  The weather was great, boat traffic was manageable, and the fishing was very good.  When the sun was out most of the field was able to take advantage of some good site fishing.  While no one was able to find the big 4-5lb. fish that were taken earlier in the year, a lot of fish over 2lbs were caught. 

Todd Gentzel took big bass honors with a 3.1 bass.

The contest was very close with only 15oz separating the top 6 finishers! Only 4oz separated 1st and 3rd.

Chris Dombkowski came out on top with a total weight of 10lb.4oz, followed closely by Todd Gentzel with 10lb.3oz!  Joe Conway finished in 3rd with 10lb. even.

 The club will take June off to allow the members to fish in the State Qualifier.The next tournament will be a 2 day event held at Trinidad Res, July 18^th and 19^th. Sign up will be at the July 6^th Meeting, See you all there.  

Larry Krueger

Tournament Director

Chatfield Tournament-#1

By Larry Krueger, Tournament Director 

We just completed the 1^st Tournament of the year at Chatfield Res. and it turned out to be one of the toughest we have had in years.  The front blowing through, and the 20 degree temperature drop, really shut down the Chatfield Smallmouth bite.  Out of 16 anglers only 12 fish were caught by 5 anglers! 

Todd Gentzel hauled in a limit of 5 fish weighing 6lbs-1oz, followed closely by Joe Conway with 4 fish weighing 4lbs-4ozs.  New comer Mike Klabon had big fish of the day with a nice 2lb-3oz Smallie.  

The other two competitors to weigh in fish were Chris Dombkowski and another new competitor Terry Howard.  As my co-angler, Rich Bolitho said, “It still beats working!” 

Our next tournament will be Sat. May 23^rd at Pueblo Res. Sign up will be at our May 4^th meeting.   See you all there!