Day 2, dry and clear.
Aahhh..
CAN-AM 2001 Day
2 Results
| Angler |
Team |
Peg#
|
Weight
|
Pts
|
| Lonnie King |
Canada |
11
|
42.08 |
1
|
| Mick Thill |
USA |
18
|
19.44
|
2
|
| Mircea Dascalescu |
USA |
6
|
13.62
|
3
|
| Fritz Vatter |
Canada |
7
|
6.56
|
4
|
| Simon Knebl |
Canada |
21
|
5.12
|
5
|
| Kevin Hendren |
USA |
10
|
4.84
|
6
|
| Lewis Jones |
Canada |
9
|
4.48
|
7
|
| Steve Noyes |
Canada |
19
|
3.06
|
8
|
| Bob Esbensen |
USA |
22
|
2.60
|
9
|
| Ian Hooper |
USA |
8
|
1.78
|
10
|
| John Wilkins |
USA |
2
|
1.58
|
11
|
| Lee Young |
USA |
16
|
1.54
|
12
|
| Chris Taglieri |
USA |
20
|
0.80
|
13
|
| Daniel Murillo |
USA |
12
|
0.40
|
14
|
| Jeff Kolodzinsky |
USA |
4
|
0.30
|
15
|
| Jeff Turner |
Canada |
15
|
0.12
|
16
|
| Tony Benham |
Canada |
13
|
0.08
|
17
|
| Barry Croke |
Canada |
5
|
0.06
|
18
|
| Allen Leeson |
Canada |
1
|
0.04
|
19
|
| George Allen |
Canada |
3
|
0.02
|
20
|
| Jon Rasmussen |
USA |
14
|
0.18
|
-
|
| Total |
|
21 pegs
|
108.7
|
210
|
Section Winners
1 - Lonnie King, CAN 2 - Mick Thill, USA
USA: 95 pts
CAN: 115 pts
USA wins day 2 by
20 pts
2 Day Tournament
Total: 491 pts
USA: 226 pts
CAN: 265 pts
USA wins by 39 pts
Jeff Turner
goes over the rules.
|
Team USA's Lee
Young
|
Sunday started off warm
and clear, a welcome change from Saturday's downpour. The forecast
did call for rain later in the afternoon, but the bulk of the day stayed
clear. Expectations ran high for stronger catches from everybody,
with the general plan of feeding and catching the less spooked smaller
fish first (and getting on the board), then concentrating on the larger
fish. For the second day, everybody that fished section 1 now fished
section 2, and vice versa.
carp on..
|
..and safely
in Mick's hands
|
Team captain Mick Thill
drew a mid peg in the tougher south section, but he worked on all areas
of his peg, drawing fish from where he could, with a few carp from the
far wall with a waggler rod and reel. He was also pegged next to
the mad bomber, who lobbed softball-sized ground bait balls into his swim. Then he followed that up with additional loose corn - that's a lot of feed. Still, Mick was able to pull a very impressive 19.4 lbs., more than double
the combined weight of every angler in his section, winning the section and second place overall. Always in motion, with the presence of mind to keep the fish
feeding, he hurled maggots with one hand and battled a carp with the other.
Mick showed how devastating a take-apart pole, shock-absorbing elastic,
1 1/2 lb. test line, the proper sensitive float, and a hook the size of
this letter "G" can be on a wide variety of species and sizes.
Bob Esbensen
nets a..
|
..large orange
& black goldy
|
Team Canada's Lonnie
King with one of seven carp
Canada's Allen
Leeson with 0.04 lbs - peg 1
|
USA's John Wilkins
with 1.58 lbs. peg 2
|
Canada's Barry Croke with 0.06 lbs - peg 5
|
Last year Canada's Allen
Leeson dominated with his heavy carp and goldfish catches, but this year
was a different story, especially after drawing pegs on each side of the
plants outflow over the two days. Last year that very end peg was the site of his domination, but this year with the downpour and new peg section, things were a little different. Being the good sport that he is, Allen proudly displays his catch of four shiners. USA's John Wilkins
did outstanding for his peg, actually catching a number of "edible" fish like bluegills and a perch, as well as a goldfish and shiners. John
also did well considering his thumb got wrenched by some moronic dog owner whose pet was running around freely, breaking one of the rod tips on his
take-apart poles. It's amusing now, but it wasn't so darn funny then (wish we had a picture of the dog). Cops became involved, but a major
international incident was avoided. Cell phone provider Jerry Brown (from Chicago) must be wondering what his international roaming charges
will look like ;-)
USA's Mircea
Dascalescu weighing in his 11.8 lb. overtime carp
|
Mircea with
one of two 11's
|
Team USA's Mircea Dascalescu
also did extremely well, especially from a central peg (6) location.
Team Captain Mick Thill is the first to say that Mircea did just as well
as he did, and more so, if that last 11 pound carp, which was hooked before
time ran out, was landed just a few minutes earlier before the final whistle.
Canada's Fritz
Vatter with 6.56 lbs - Peg 7
|
USA's Ian Hooper
with 1.78 lbs. - Peg 8
|
Canada's Lewis
Jones with 4.48 lbs. - Peg 9
|
USA's Kevin
Hendren with 4.84 lbs. -Peg 10 "where's that bullhead?"
|
This stretch of the
Little River proved relatively productive for these neighboring anglers.
Fritz scored well with 2 carp, 1 goldfish and a gobie, while Ian caught
2 goldfish and a number of shiners. Lewis also caught a number of
"edible" fish, including 11 perch, 3 bullhead catfish and a sunfish.
Kevin weighed in one near five pound carp, while one bullhead mysteriously
disapeared from his keepnet - "there shouldn't be any holes, it's brand
new!" Kevin came the longest way for the match, flying in from Atlanta - he's the first southern angler to represent Team USA. This leads us to the top spot and the events heaviest total...
Lonnie King
with part one of his total of 42 lbs..
|
..and with part
2 for lowest score - Peg 11
|
Team Canada's Lonnie
King drew the previous day's winning Peg 11, and took full advantage with
7 carp and 1 goldfish for a whopping 42.08 lbs. and the event's highest
individual total. He concentrated solely on the carp and goldfish,
using a stouter pole and heavier line. The strategy certainly paid
off. With the clearing and more stable weather, Sunday provided much
stronger results with 108.7 lbs. of fish and zero scratches. Several
anglers lost a number of larger carp, which could have made standings jump
around, including Mick in his section, and Fritz and Ian in theirs.
The Medalists
1st - Lonnie King,
CANADA
3rd - Mircea Dascalescu,
USA 2nd - Mick Thill,
USA
TEAM USA
Front - Jeff Kolodzinski,
Chris Taglieri, Danny Murillo, John Wilkins
Back - Jon Rasmussen,
Mircea Dascalescu, Bob Esbensen, Mick Thill, Lee Young
Missing - Kevin Hendren, Ian Hooper (who was taking Kevin to the airport)
Team USA still won the days match, 95 pts to 115 pts, and the two day overall victory of 226
to 265. However, the margin of victory has become much smaller than last year's trouncing, indicating a stronger core of talented Canadian
anglers. The U.S. team missed international veterans Ray Wilson (stationed in Yugoslavia with the U.S. Air Force) and Renato Malafarina. The team also welcomed newcomer Jon Rasmussen, who was on leave from the Navy and his nuclear submarine duties. The team also wanted to express thanks to Jerry Brown, Tony Safranski and myself for helping coach the team, and Bill Taglieri for transporting bait, assisting with the weigh-in, and being a good dad. Also, kudos to Team
Canada's Jeff Turner for organizing a successful match. A tentative rematch on U.S. soil is being
scheduled, possibly in October. Until then, tight lines...
Jim Sugihara
1st page | day 1 results
CAN-AM 2000 match
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