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Tim Kelley Wins Again on the Delaware River
From Division 9 in Eastern Pennsylvania August 9, 2009.... Tim Kelley from Levittown PA is one step
closer to the ABA National Championship with a 1st Place win and $434.00 in the American Fishing Tour
bass tournament held on the Delaware River this past weekend. Tim’s 4 bass limits weighed in
at 7.24 pounds. Second place went to Chris Dalfonso with a weight of 6.80 pounds, third place
was Randy Iorio with a weight of 5.93 pounds. Big bass was awarded to Randy Iorio for
catching a 3.87 pound large mouth.
With our 2 day finals two weeks away, the Angler of the Year race is very close with 5 anglers within 10 points
of our current leader Jeff Warner
Jeff says he wouldn’t want the race to be any other way. We have a lot of quality anglers in
this division and he plans on taking the finals 1 day at a time.
These anglers are acquiring valuable points to ensure their birth in division’s two-day
championship and the American Fishing Tour National Championship that will be held this fall.
| The Top five anglers were: |
| 1. | Tim Kelley | 7.24 |
| 2. | Chris Dalfonso | 6.80 |
| 3. | Randy Iorio | 5.93 |
| 4. | Rick DiIenno | 5.74 |
| 5. | Dale Gorrell | 5.70 |
For compete results click here.
Conditions:
Heavy rain for the first half of the day followed by clouds and temps in the mid 80’s.
The rain caused many of the creeks to become muddy in a hurry
After a few days of rain the water was stained with visibility of less than 2 ft.
Winning Strategy:
Tim caught his fish down river off walls and rock near grass.
This division’s next tournament will be held August 22nd and 23rd on the Tidal Delaware River from the Neshaminy State Marina ramp.
click
here
for ramp map
For more information on this or any future event in this division contact Wayne Alker at (215) 396-7787 or
by email at Walker4755@verizon.net
The American Fishing Tour offers low cost, close to home bass tournaments that are designed for the
weekend angler. All ABA anglers fish for money and points. The points advance the angler to a same
year National Championship
About American Bass Anglers: American Bass Anglers offers over 1,100 tournaments per year in 40
states that are designed for the weekend angler.
American Bass Anglers commitment is to provide low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend
angler and at the same time offer each an upward path for angler progression. For more information
on American Bass Anglers and the American Fishing Tour, The Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series,
or the American Couples Series, visit
www.americanbassanglers.com/.
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Wayne Alker
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August 9, 2009 (from left)
Randy Iorio - 3rd, 5.93 lbs and Lunker, 3.87 lbs
Chris Dalfonso - 2nd, 6.80 lbs
Tim Kelley - 1st, 7.24 lbs
Tim Kelley - 1st, 7.24 lbs
Chris Dalfonso - 2nd
Randy Iorio - 3rd and Lunker
Rick DiIenno - 4th
Dale Gorrell - 5th
Jeff Warner - 6th
Mike Tenaglia - 7th
Den B - 8th
Mike Smith - 11th
Chris Ring - 12th
Bob Tiller - 13th
Joe Jackson - 14th
Jerry Zoog - 15th
Ray Marcinkiewicz - 16th
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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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