Steve Ballan (Fort Frances) and Doug McBride (Devlin) finished sixth to emerge as the top local duo in the 120-team field competing in the eighth-annual Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls “Bassin” for Bucks” tournament Sept. 10-12 on Lake of the Woods.
They finished with 39.36 pounds—6.29 behind the winning team of Jerry Millar and Scott Cook, both of Winnipeg.
Meanwhile, Norm Lindsay (Sioux Narrows) and Bill Godin (Devlin) finished in 15th place overall with 36.28 pounds in the event, which fishes for both largemouth and smallmouth bass.
Other local teams of note were:
21. Rod Halliday and Lorne McNay (Fort Frances)—34.18 pounds
54. Terry Gill (Morson) and Chad Hanson (Fort Frances)—27.07
57. Keith Wilson (Atitokan) and Terry Wilson (Fort Frances)—26.66
71. Mike Maxton and Bill Galusha (Fort Frances)—23.31
76. Jess Swenson (Sioux Narrows) and James Asplund (Fort Frances)—21.97
83. Don Wood and Dan Fraser (Fort Frances)—19.07
86. Pete Martinuk (Sioux Narrows) and Ron Martinuk (Fort Frances)—18.65
92. Murray Alexander and Brian Dent (Fort Frances)—17.26
96. Guy Johnston and Dour Wright (Fort Frances)—16.73 pounds
99. Rick Socholotuk and Tracy Gibson (Fort Frances)—14.82 pounds
116. Dale LaBelle (Devlin) and Jody Shypit (Devlin)—4.11
119. Mandi and Ken Olson (Fort Frances)—0.00
A reminder that the Rainy River Walleye Tournament will be held this Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 25-26) in Rainy River while the Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic goes from LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp on Northwest Bay.
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