Tuesday, August 25
5th Tournament Flips Leader Board Upside Down!
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 12th and 13th. 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 8th. Thanks to all members who have made this another enjoyable year!
Larry Krueger
Tournament Director
Pikes Peak Bassmasters
Championship Comeback!
Krueger Rallies to Win
2009 PPBM Club Championship!
Larry Krueger came back from an 8th place start with a 2nd day bag of 10.11 lbs., for a total wt. of 16.14 lbs., to win the 2009 PPBM Club Championship held Sept. 12th and 13th on Pueblo Reservoir.
Todd Gentzel moved up from 4th to take 2nd place with 15.6 lbs. This was Todd’s third 2nd place finish on Pueblo this year.
Bob Radney, Saturdays leader, held on for 3rd 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
 | | Chris Dombkowski chasing down Gentzel for "AOY" award! |  |
4th Tournament is De Ja Vue!
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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 | | Larry Krueger with a 3.5lb "Hammer" prior to "smashing" the competition with it! |  |
3rd Tournament a BLOWOUT!
TRINIDAD TOURNAMENT-#3
"Larry Krueger wins 3rd tournament of 2009 by 4 lbs!"
Tough weekend at Trinidad!
by Larry Krueger, Tournament Director
The 3rd 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 2nd with 11lbs 8oz. This was Frank’s best finish to date! Frank was 2nd for Big Bass both Sat. and Sun.
3rd 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 31st. It will run from 7pm-7am.
The next membership meeting will be August 3rd.
See Ya'll There!
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 | | Chris Dombkowski wins 2nd tournament of the year by 1 ounce! |  |
2nd Tournament is a "SQUEAKER!"
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.
"Day Money" went to the threesome of Howard, Miller and Shatto with a total weight of 23lb13oz.
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 18th and 19th. Sign up will be at the July 6th Meeting, See you all there.
Larry Krueger
Tournament Director
 | | Todd Gentzel wins 1st Tournament of the Year! |  |
1st Tournament in the Books!
Chatfield Tournament-#1
By Larry Krueger, Tournament Director
We just completed the 1st 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 23rd at Pueblo Res. Sign up will be at our May 4th meeting. See you all there!
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