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2010 National Championship
From Kentucky Lake Tenn... Oct 8, 2010... Dale Gorrell takes 30th place with
his 3 day total of 13.74 lbs. Dale also took 4th place on the Navy Team.
Wayne Alker, unfortunatly had to withdraw from the nationals due to a
back problem but his points still earned him a spot on the Union Team.
Den Budzitowski had a tough time finding keepers and ended up with 6 lbs even.
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Den's Blog
What a great event, we all had a wonderful time!! Lets see in summary,
stopped by the PA state troopers once, two flat tires, a torn boat cover,
a back injury, a trip to the ER, oh yeah and a little fishing!!!!
Mishaps... Wayne was leading the way west on the PA turnpike him towing the
USS Enterprise and me towing my little rig. First Wayne's boat cover rips so we stop
and take the cover off.
Then not an hour from home a state trooper
pulls up beside me and I slow down, then he pulls up beside wayne and stays
there for about 5 minutes, Wayne keeps going slower and slower, I look in my
mirror and the cars are lined up behind us forever. Anyway after a long time
the trooper pulls Wayne over, and I wave as I go by :)
The trooper complains that we were doing 75 but then asks Wayne how much his
boat weighs. The trooper was concerned that Wayne's rig was heavy enough to
warrent an inspection but in the end just let him go.
About an hour later we pull over for our first gas stop and I notice my trialer
tire is going flat (it's only 2 months old). Thank goodness my spare had air in it.
Believe it or not once we got out of PA we made the rest of the way without mishap.
Wayne acted as a observer in the AOY tournament he of course had to ride
with another competitor. But the guy took a big wake way to fast and caused
Wayne's back to go out of whack, forcing him to with draw from the nationals.
A really bad break considering 15 hrs to tow his boat down there.
The day after the AOY tournament my foot was hurting (no idea why) so I just took it easy.
The next morning I could hardly get out of bed. Barb took me to the ER at 5am.
They took xrays and what not, but could not find anything wrong. So they
gave me some pain pills and I was on the water by 10am.
Driving home we had trouble finding hotels with any vacancy, finally about
midnight we find one and lo and behold Wayne two week old trailer tire is
going flat!!!! oh course we just entered PA...
Practice... Fishing was so great on Barkley, but a cold front came thru
and shut them down on us. We did get some fish later on in the day but I didn't
get any keepers on the first day of practice, but I did manage some on a riprap
bank the second day. Wayne did use his boat the
one day but I guess it hurt to much as that was the last time
he went out. Matt did the best by far both practice days as he did managed a
few keepers each day.
Day 1...
Drew another boater, nice guy from florida Ken, Used my boat, I wanted to run south but there was
this unbelievable fog just a mile south of the ramp. So I hit my riprap spot but nothing doing there.
So the fog is still there, rather then run it we hit the ledges and I get a nice keeper right away.
Ended up fishing those ledges all day and catching a good number but again keepers are hard
to find. I had two keepers my partner got one, all on worms.
Day 2...
Got paired with one of the guys that fishes the potomac all the time,
A Commander in the USCG.
Was my first ride in a basscat, really nice rig. And he is
a hell of good fisherman. We ran about 30 miles
fishing points. I got the first keeper on a worm, but he started nailing
them on spinnerbaits and spooks, in the end I just had the one keeper.
And I think he had 3.
Day 3...
I got paired with Jim but he didnt bring his boat, so again I got to use mine 2 out of the 3 days.
Jim and I tried everywhere but getting any bite was tough. We did get a few but not many, I had one that was
close at the end of the day, but it really didnt matter so I threw it back.
Despite all the mishaps, I had a great time. All the guys I fished with were great
and I cant wait to do it again next year!!!!
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Den
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October 8, 2010
Dale Gorrell 13.74 lbs
October 8, 2010
Dale Gorrell 30th
Dale Gorrell Navy Team 4th
Matt's Hotel
Matt Padden
Wayne Alker Union Team
Den B
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| AOY |
| 1 | Wayne Alker | 569 |
| 2 | Den B | 560 |
| 3 | Joe D | 419 |
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| COY |
| 1 | Mike Hsiao | 377 |
| 2 | Rob Santos | 188 |
| 2 | Randy Iorio | 188 |
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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?
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2011 AOY
Dale Gorrell |
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2011 COY
Randy Iorio |
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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.
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2010 AOY
Den Budzitowski |
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2010 COY
Randy Iorio |
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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.
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2009 AOY
Jeff Warner |
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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.
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2008 AOY
Rick DiIenno |
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2008 COY
Ray Marcinkiewicz |
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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.
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2007 AOY
John Vanore |
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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.
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2006 AOY
Dave Seemans |
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