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Pioch/Belcher Strike Triton Gold
[May 12, 2003] - By Jim Matuga
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| Threatening skies greeted the 94 teams competing in the third WVBF
Buddy Trail event May 10, 2003 at Summersville Lake. |
Tournament #3 of 6
Saturday May 10, 2003
Summersville Lake
By all accounts, the 2003 season of the West Virginia BASS Federation Buddy Trail has been a huge success thus
far. With three of the six events in the books, the team trail has been averaging 96 teams per event. And the Summersville
Lake tournament saw one of the largest payouts in the history of the trail. More than $7,000 was paid out Saturday.
The team of Pioch/Belcher took home the honors of first place and a $3,729 payday which included $1,000 in Triton
Gold money and $500 from H & S Sporting Goods in Princeton, West Virginia.
Howard Hill, Owner of H&S Sporting Goods, A Triton Boats Dealer, was very enthusiastic about the opportunity.
"The fact that these guys won the tournament , that they won the Triton Gold money and the prize money from
my store is awesome." Next year any Triton Boat owner who wins a buddy trail event with a Triton Boat and
they bought their Triton at H & S, they'll win an extra $500 from H & S," Hill said.
The next WVBF Buddy Trail event will be Sunday, June 1, 2003 on the Kanawha River in Charleston, West Virginia.
May 10, 2003
Summersville Lake
Statistics:
Hours fished: 9
Total Teams: 94
Total fish weighed: 294
Total Dead Fish: 5
Total Weight: 357 lbs 12oz
Average Weight per bass: 1lb 3oz
Species: Largemouth - 78 Smallmouth - 216 Spotted - 0
Weather conditions: Mostly cloudy and overcast, with stiff breeze most of the day, air temp in the mid-70s,
water surface temps in the mid 60s. Thunderstorm late in the afternoon with driving rainstorm from 3 pm to 4pm.
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| A nice Summersville lunker smallmouth caught by the team of Newman/Ball
took home the big fish prize of $300. |
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| Anthony Crumbliss wonders where the elusive 6th keeper was during Saturday
s weigh-in. Crumbliss and partner Gary Ross weighed 5 bass for 6-03 and a 21st place finish. The team is third
place overall in the year-to-date standings. |
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| WVBF Tournament Director Steve Jackson (l) and H & S Sporting Goods
Owner Howard Hill enjoy the weigh-in at Summersville Lake. |
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