haha thanks oly  .  congrats on rookie of the year Brian!

troy

I concurr.  Nicely done, and the tin boat is flying high, once again.

Congratulations Troy.    You definitely figured out how to catch those elusive Lake Chelan smallies-The lake sure got tougher as the year progessed....

Bob

Bob,

Your right I never imagined that 23lbs would win it. When I stuck all those fish in July I expected at least 36-40lbs. It was like catching fish in a barrel. You threw out and stuck a 5+ and 4 more were following it that were the same size or bigger, so you threw back out and caught another, and so on.

The wind was a good pattern as I took advantage of it on saturday fishing a point with Mark. I just couldn't put it together on Sunday and when my knee swelled up in the first hours of sunday and started to throb my attitude went down fast. We fished mostly deep due to not seeing any fish shallow at both ends of the lake but it wasn't to be.

I love Lake Chelan and if the wind didn't happen and the weather was stable we would have seen much bigger bags from all contestants.

Its great to see someone like Troy really figure it out like I did at last years event.

Russ

Well, boys.  Now comes the fun part.  Remaining consistent for a season is an amazing feat, maintaining that level of performance is what makes tournament bass fishing year in and year out is what you are after.  See you on the water.

Troy,

Many congratulations on your wins! It is awesome to see the Tracker taking home the hardware.

Chris

P.S. I apologize for leaving before the weigh-in. We usually stick around for all the events, but circumstances led to us having to leave early.

Great Job Troy and Brian!! you guys showed what it takes and stayed focused when alot of us faded...Great Job!!