Post by joemitchem on Sept 18, 2017 22:28:12 GMT -5
Ohio River Buddy Trail Belpre 9/16/2017
A beautiful day greeted 55 teams fishing the last regular season of the ORBT in 2017 , who left Belpre
before the fog set in trying to hinder a slow day for bites and low and behold the largemouth bass
finally showed up in numbers and dominated the catch for the first time this year. 62 largemouth
25 smallmouth and 11 spots made up the catch for a total of 98; with no dead and a weight of 129.01.
Big Bass was a smallmouth at 4 # 7 oz. The points race this year was the closest in several years, with
Bruce and Patrick Johnson (516) holding off Shayne and Ben Lockhart (514) and Jerry Burkhart and
Phil Gillian (509), on the final day. Joseph and Joe Mitchem (498) and Tim Schwall and Mike Hansen
(486) made up the top five teams this year. Each will receive plaques from Constitution Bait and Tackle.
I also would like to thank the other sponsors who have supported the ORBT for six years now;
Schwarzel Marine; Wright’s Riverside Marine; Forshey Marine; Schubert Storage; Blair Construction;
Ken’s Car Care; Constitution Bait and Tackle; and Polymer Services of Ohio. They make this trail
Possible. Thanks to Ohio River Outdoors for sponsoring the Big Bass money for the last three years
also. Can’t forget Cecil and Shelia Brown for preparing the hot dogs and sauce for each tournament;
and all the ORBT staff. I still have some openings for The Fall Ohio River Challenge; also I have checked
the attendance and there are 49 teams that have qualified for the ORBT Championship on October 14,
at the Frontier Ramp. It all gets paid back then; here is how it was paid out Saturday.
1st place – Johnny Thompson/ Ed Ayers (5) 7 # 12 oz. $ 950.00
2nd place – Justin Hoon/ Jimmy Powell (5) 7 # 8 oz. $ 480.00
3rd place – Brad and Tom Berga (5) 7 # 2 oz. $ 220.00
4th place – Zach Cowman (4) 6 # 15 oz. $ 190.00
5th place – Joseph and Joe Mitchem (4) 6 # 10 oz. $ 160.00
6th place – Terry Tompkins/ Corey Guinn (5) 6 # 4 oz. $ 150.00
7th place – Pat Gillian/ Toby Workman (5) 6 # 3 oz. $140.00
8th place – Jonathan and Tyler Thompson (5) 5 # 13 oz. $ 120.00
9th place – Brian Rose/ Howard Knopp (5) 5 # 11 oz. $ 110.00
10th place – Tim Schwall/ Mike Hansen (5) 5 # 10 oz. $ 60.00
11th place – Mike Lockhart/ Keith Davis (2) 5 # 9 oz. $ 60.00
Big Bass – Mike Lockhart/ Keith Davis (sm) 4 # 7 oz. $ 250.00
Thanks to all who participated in the ORBT this year….. Joe Mitchem
A beautiful day greeted 55 teams fishing the last regular season of the ORBT in 2017 , who left Belpre
before the fog set in trying to hinder a slow day for bites and low and behold the largemouth bass
finally showed up in numbers and dominated the catch for the first time this year. 62 largemouth
25 smallmouth and 11 spots made up the catch for a total of 98; with no dead and a weight of 129.01.
Big Bass was a smallmouth at 4 # 7 oz. The points race this year was the closest in several years, with
Bruce and Patrick Johnson (516) holding off Shayne and Ben Lockhart (514) and Jerry Burkhart and
Phil Gillian (509), on the final day. Joseph and Joe Mitchem (498) and Tim Schwall and Mike Hansen
(486) made up the top five teams this year. Each will receive plaques from Constitution Bait and Tackle.
I also would like to thank the other sponsors who have supported the ORBT for six years now;
Schwarzel Marine; Wright’s Riverside Marine; Forshey Marine; Schubert Storage; Blair Construction;
Ken’s Car Care; Constitution Bait and Tackle; and Polymer Services of Ohio. They make this trail
Possible. Thanks to Ohio River Outdoors for sponsoring the Big Bass money for the last three years
also. Can’t forget Cecil and Shelia Brown for preparing the hot dogs and sauce for each tournament;
and all the ORBT staff. I still have some openings for The Fall Ohio River Challenge; also I have checked
the attendance and there are 49 teams that have qualified for the ORBT Championship on October 14,
at the Frontier Ramp. It all gets paid back then; here is how it was paid out Saturday.
1st place – Johnny Thompson/ Ed Ayers (5) 7 # 12 oz. $ 950.00
2nd place – Justin Hoon/ Jimmy Powell (5) 7 # 8 oz. $ 480.00
3rd place – Brad and Tom Berga (5) 7 # 2 oz. $ 220.00
4th place – Zach Cowman (4) 6 # 15 oz. $ 190.00
5th place – Joseph and Joe Mitchem (4) 6 # 10 oz. $ 160.00
6th place – Terry Tompkins/ Corey Guinn (5) 6 # 4 oz. $ 150.00
7th place – Pat Gillian/ Toby Workman (5) 6 # 3 oz. $140.00
8th place – Jonathan and Tyler Thompson (5) 5 # 13 oz. $ 120.00
9th place – Brian Rose/ Howard Knopp (5) 5 # 11 oz. $ 110.00
10th place – Tim Schwall/ Mike Hansen (5) 5 # 10 oz. $ 60.00
11th place – Mike Lockhart/ Keith Davis (2) 5 # 9 oz. $ 60.00
Big Bass – Mike Lockhart/ Keith Davis (sm) 4 # 7 oz. $ 250.00
Thanks to all who participated in the ORBT this year….. Joe Mitchem