From Barkey Lake Tennessse... October 2nd, 2010... Den gave it his best shot
but keepers were hard to come by. Den finished in 19th place with 2.44 lbs
he was competeing for a brand new 21 foot triton valued at over 50 grand.
10/01/2010 Practice Day.....
Wayne and I practiced on friday and we caught fish just about every where we went.
Started get them on buzzbaits first thing. Wayne was killing them all day on a sammy.
We figure between the two of us we had about 50 for the day. probably half were
less then 12 inches, but the other half were 12 to 14 inches, with only 2 keepers
just over 15 inches. We just had a blast getting fish all day, on just about everything
we threw.
10/01/2010 The night before.....
Just about all the guys called or sent messages wishing me the best of luck.
Thanks guys! But one message stood out. Jeff our 2009 AOY sent one simple
message, "Dont SUCK"!!!! Sorry Jeff but I sucked :)
10/02/2010 AOY Tournament Day.....
Hit the water about 5:30am, floated around in the fog til 9am. When we finally got
started I was boat 39 out of 41 so you know there was already a boat on just about all my spots as I ran up
the lake, The day went pretty much like friday, lots of fish but all short. It must have been 1 or 2 in
the afternoon, fishing a drop shot on a bluff wall got a good bite. Get him in the boat
and he measures 16 - 17 inches, YES!!!! a keeper, but wait this fish looks funny, dam its a sm.
sm have to be 18 inches, I cry and throw him back. But 10 minutes later hook another 17 incher
but this time its a lm. That's all i could manage for the day. But I had a great time.
Would love to fish Barkley again anytime.
Now on the the National Championship on Kentucky Lake.
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Den
October 2, 2010
Den Budzitowski, AOY Final Round
LEADER BOARD
AOY
1
Wayne Alker
569
2
Den B
560
3
Joe D
419
COY
1
Mike Hsiao
377
2
Rob Santos
188
2
Randy Iorio
188
Mike Piccolo lead much of the year based on 3 earily season wins on the flats. But that
did nothing but cause Dale Gorrell to focus. Conditions were tough with high muddy water
But Dale managed the only limit on
the final day to tie Mike for the points lead. Causing a special tie breaker tournament
in which Dale prevaled. Randy Iorio locked up COY for the 3rd straight time, can anybody beat
this guy?
2011 AOY Dale Gorrell
2011 COY Randy Iorio
Going into the 2 day, four guys within 5 pts of the AOY lead.
Den didn't think he had much of a chance but 2 solid limits
propelled him to win both the Division Championship and AOY.
Randy had a great season, his win on the flats gave him a
commanding lead going into the finals, and a solid limit on
day one sealed the deal for COY.
2010 AOY Den Budzitowski
2010 COY Randy Iorio
Jeff Lead all year but Tim K, Mike T and Chris D closed the gap and gave us all an exciting finsh to the season.
Jeff was trailing after day 1 but brought in a limit on the last day to win both the division championship and AOY.
Randy broke into a good lead after the final one day event, and slamed the door shut with a good limit on day one
of the finals.
2009 AOY Jeff Warner
2009 COY Randy Iorio
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Ricky D, and Ralph Ferguson were in a tight race all year, but Rick Hung on to his lead on the last day winning both the
Division championship and nailing down AOY. Ray M pulled a great come from behind
win over defending co-angler champ Randy Iorio during the two day.
2008 AOY Rick DiIenno
2008 COY Ray Marcinkiewicz
Johnny V and Dave Seemans were in the closest AOY race ever, after day 1 of the championship they were separated by only 0.05 lbs.
But John came thru on the last day with a big 13 lb. sack winning both the Division championship and AOY.
The Co-angler race was tight as well with Randy, Rob Santos, Cody Shwartz and Ed Barry all in the running on the last day.
But Randy's experience paid off with a good sack winning COY.
2007 AOY John Vanore
2007 COY Randy Iorio
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Dave Seemans dominated in 2006 with 2 wins, 4 seconds and a 3rd place finish. But Trail Oliver deleiverd an
impressive 21 lb sack for the two day edgeing out Dave for the 2 day championship. But Dave's second place
was more than enuough to earn him well deserved AOY honors.
