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Martin and Engle win Kanawha River Tournament
[By Jim Matuga, May 24, 2004]
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| Kevin Martin and Greg Engle won the 2004 WVBF Buddy Trail Kanawha River
tournament with their winning bag of 11-05. |
Tournament #3 of 6.
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Kanawha River
"Boy, this river is tough right now!" That was a comment heard numerous times at the weigh-in following
Sunday's WVBF Buddy Trail tournament on the Kanawha River. A field of 87 teams fished for nine hours and weighed
in only 75 bass with a total weight of 97-11.
As the tournament played out Sunday, Kevin Martin and partner Greg Engle would catch a 6-fish limit weighing 11-05
anchored by a 2-08 big fish to win the third event of the season and collect the $2,055 first place prize.
The team of Kevin and Mike Goff finished in second with 7-00 anchored by a 3-07 smallmouth caught in the waning
minutes of the tournament and garnered the team big fish honors. Taylor-Thompson finished third with 5-15. Holstein-Payne
finished fourth with 4-01 and rounding out the top five was Dillon-Hall with 4-01 (big fish was the tie-breaker).
The next stop on the WVBF Buddy Trail is the Ohio River at Ravenswood June 5th.
Kanawha River statistics:
- Hours fished: 9
- Total Teams: 87
- Total fish weighed: 75
- Total Dead Fish: 3
- Total Weight: 97lbs 11oz
- Average Weight per bass: 1lb 4oz
Weather conditions: Mostly sunny and breezy, with 5-10 mph winds most of the day, air temp in the mid-80s, water
surface temps in the high 70s.
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