Haney Wins Bass Fishing Tournament on Bays De Noc

August 14, 2009
B.A.S.S. News - Archived

ESCANABA, Mich. -- Three times is the charm for Wisconsin's Wes Haney, who put together a three-day total of 52 pounds, 0 ounces, to win the BASS Federation Nation Northern Divisional bass fishing tournament on Bays De Noc and earn his first trip to the BASS Federation Nation National Championship.

   "It's just a dream come true," said Haney. "You know how much work it takes to get here, and then to have a chance to win is amazing. The emotions just come out."

   Haney, who fished one other divisional as a state team member and served as an alternate on another state team, braved extremely rough water today to even make it to Big Bay de Noc.

   "I knew the ride was going to be rough, and the ride back was going to be worse," Haney said. "I've been on Erie, St. Clair, Sturgeon Bay, and this is probably as rough of waves as I've ever been in.

   "It seems like in those other areas the waves were rollers and you could kind of drive over them. These weren't rollers today; they just kind of break hard and they just sort of beat you up, and they were big."

   Clouds rolled in last night, and stiff winds stirred up Little and Big Bays de Noc into what several anglers said were up to 10-foot seas.

   Haney said he caught his first two days' limits primarily on Big Bay de Noc Shoal, but had to move to Garden Bluffs farther inside Big Bay de Noc today to catch his 15-pound, 1-ounce limit that clinched the tournament.

   "The rest of my team was in there, and they helped me catch the fish that put me over the top," Haney said.

   Rounding out the top five in the individual competition were Michigan's Randy Wieczorek (50-10), Wisconsin's Mike Mattis (49-0), Minnesota's Dean Capra (48-8) and Wisconsin's Kevin Fassbind (48-0).

   Haney and seven other anglers also earned berths in the BASS Federation Nation National Championship slated for October on Florida's Harris Chain of Lakes.

   Joining Haney as state team winners were Illinois' Gerald Sobkowiak (35-13), Indiana's Brian Hensley (39-9), Iowa's Ron Cherkas (41-11), Michigan's Brandon Rose (43-15), Minnesota's Randy Wieczorek (50-10), Ohio's Jody Adkins (38-14) and South Dakota's Shane Cowan (48-0).

   In the team competition, where the division's eight state teams competed for a $30,000 Skeeter/Yamaha package, Michigan won with a cumulative weight of 388 pounds.

   It was the Junior Bassmaster competitors from Michigan that pushed the team over the top. Two youngsters fish as part of each state team, primarily competing for berths in the Bassmaster Junior World Championship in two age classes, and their weights are added to the adults' catches for state-team competition.

   Michigan swept the Junior Bassmaster competition, with Danny Sprague winning the 11- to 14-year-old division with 11 pounds, 9 ounces and Cody Harris taking the 15- to 18-year-old class with 11 pounds, 4 ounces.

   "They're just as big a part of the team as anybody," Michigan state team captain Derek Cummings said.

   Wisconsin placed second in the team competition with 386-3, followed by South Dakota with 359-1 and Ohio with 318-8. Iowa was fifth with 289-1, Minnesota was sixth with 277-12, Illinois finished seventh with 267-12 and Indiana wrapped up on eighth place with 220-2.

FEDERATION NATION FINAL STANDINGS- NORTHERN DIVISIONAL

 

   Angler                  Hometown                        No./lbs-oz  Total $$$

 

1.  Wes Haney             Baldwin, Wisc. (WI)              15  52-00

2.  Randy Wieczorek        Buffalo City, Wisc. (MN)         15  50-10

3.  Mike Mattis           Hudson, Wisc. (WI)               15  49-00

4.  Dean Capra             Blaine, Minn. (MN)               15  48-08

5.  Kevin Fassbind         Cottage Grove, Wisc. (WI)        13  48-03

6.  Shane Cowan            Pierre, S.D. (SD)                15  48-00

7.  Thomas Logue           Tyndall, S.D. (SD)               14  46-09

8.  Joe Kippes             Mitchell, S.D. (SD)              14  45-08

9.  Brandon Rose           Saginaw, Mich. (MI)              12  43-15

10. Jason Hurst           Keego Harbor, Mich. (MI)         13  42-00

11. Ron Cherkas           Grimes, Iowa (IA)                14  41-11

12. Kirk Simpson           Waterford, Mich. (MI)            14  41-08

13. Derek Cummings         Mason, Mich. (MI)                15  40-10

14. Brian Hensley          Edwardsburg, Mich. (IN)          14  39-09

15. Michael Prince        Woodbury, Minn. (IA)             14  39-07

16. Jody Adkins           North Canton, Ohio (OH)          13  38-14

17. Phillip Rummel         Mount Vernon, Ohio (OH)          13  37-08

18. Gerald Sobkowiak       Granville, Ill. (IL)             13  35-13

19. Justin Rowse          O'Neill, Neb. (SD)               13  34-07

20. John Grimm             Churubusco, Ind. (IN)            13  34-05

21. Brad Fielder           Conover, Ohio (OH)               12  34-03

22. Todd Stiehl           Winner, S.D. (SD)                13  33-06

23. Tom Wiese              Muskego, Wisc. (WI)            11  31-13

24. Jeff Wiederman         Flint, Mich. (MI)                 9  31-12

25. Shawn Kellough         Chillicothe, Ohio (OH)           11  31-10

26. Brian Brown           Breezy Point, Minn. (MN)         12  31-08

27. Dan Brovarney          Wauwatosa, Wisc. (WI)            12  30-03

28. Jason Stangel          Two Rivers, Wisc. (WI)            9  30-01

29. Kevin Keen             Marshall, Mich. (MI)             10  28-10

30. Bob Slama              Harrisburg, S.D. (SD)             9  28-09

31. John Gipson            Niles, Mich. (MI)                 9  28-09

32. Bill Skowronski        Hennepin, Ill. (IL)              10  28-05

33. Brad Rockwood          Knoxville, Iowa (IA)             12  28-04

34. Thad Takes             Center Point, Iowa (IA)           8  28-04

35. Harry Heins            Monona, Iowa (IA)                10  28-03

36. Terry McWilliams       Greenfield, Ind. (IN)            13  27-13

37. Bob Garman            Center Point, Iowa (IA)          11  27-09

38. Kevin Rebouche         Frankfort, Ill. (IL)              9  27-08

39. Richard Lindgren       Lakeville, Minn. (MN)            10  27-07

40. Paul Amstutz          Gambier, Ohio (OH)               12  27-01

41. Scott Fischer          Lewiston, Minn. (MN)             10  26-12

42. Eric Stiles            Gren Bay, Wisc. (WI)              9  26-10

43. Randy Eddy            Holmen, Wisc. (WI)               11  26-02

44. Paul Soma              Traverse City, Mich. (MI)         8  25-11

45. Chad Ekroth            Yankton, S.D. (SD)               11  25-09

46. Randy Burch           Ladysmith, Wisc. (WI)            10  25-09

47. Ben Potaracke          La Crosse, Wisc. (WI)            10  25-07

48. John Williams         South Elgin, Ill. (IL)            9  25-03

49. Jesse Weener           Zeeland, Mich. (MI)              10  24-06

50. Joe Pruss              Springfield, S.D. (SD)           11  23-14

51. Brent Lindus          New Richmond, Wisc. (WI)          8  23-07

52. Denny Cook             Auburn, Ind. (IN)                 7  23-05

53. Terry Laverack         Martin, S.D. (SD)                 7  23-02

54. Jim O'Malley           Elmhurst, Ill. (IL)               8  23-01

55. Michael Rubino        Hoffman Est, Ill. (IL)           10  23-00

56. Ed Schmidt             Granville, Ill. (IL)              8  23-00

57. Richard Hladky        Yankton, S.D. (SD)                6  23-00

58. Blair Gordon           Marion, Iowa (IA)                 8  22-08

59. Jeff Kellogg           Rockford, Mich. (MI)              7  22-01

60. R Blumenstein          Bolingbrook, Ill. (IL)            8  21-15

61. Brian Runyon           Mc Arthur, Ohio (OH)              8  21-13

62. Timothy Clark          Canton, Ohio (OH)                 7  21-12

63. Tim Lawrence          Flushing, Mich. (MI)              8  21-04

64. Walter Hart            Washington Court House, Ohio (OH) 8  20-09

65. Blaine Bucy            Wellsburg, W.Va. (OH)             9  20-07

66. Brad Ballard           Winona, Minn. (MN)               10  19-09

67. Rob Werner             Lewisburg, Ohio (OH)              7  19-09

68. John Zvorak            Kerkhoven, Minn. (MN)             8  19-03

69. Tad Tinlin             Des Moines, Iowa (IA)             6  18-07

70. Jim Pinke              Hastings, Minn. (MN)              6  17-08

71. Mark Rodenburgh        Waterloo, Iowa (IA)               5  16-12

72. Michael Richetta      Spring Valley, Ill. (IL)          6  16-10

73. Dan Hamdorf            Lowden, Iowa (IA)                 5  15-09

74. Stacy Moore            Huntingburg, Ind. (IN)            8  15-08

75. Jim Blumenstein        Boilingbrook, Ill. (IL)           7  15-06

76. Alvin Ling            Paw Paw, Mich. (MI)               6  14-13

77. Tim Vondersitt         Calmar, Iowa (MN)                 6  14-09

78. Ed Rounsaville         Indianapolis, Ind. (IN)           5  14-09

79. Rich Newell            Aurora, Ill. (IL)                 4  13-09

80. Todd Thompson         Heath, Ohio (OH)                  5  13-04

81. Steven Brown           Danville, Ill. (IL)               6  12-12

82. Monte McCleerey        Norwalk, Iowa (IA)                5  12-11

83. Randy Peck            Mt Ve Rnon, Ohio (OH)             6  12-04

84. G W Ekroth             Gregory, S.D. (SD)                5  11-11

85. John Schlee            West St. Paul, Minn. (MN)         6  11-10

86. Danny Sprague          Hastings, Mich. (MI)              5  11-09

87. Cody Harris           Grand Blanc, Mich. (MI)           5  11-04

88. Brody McWilliams       Greenfield, Ind. (IN)             4  11-00

89. Jeff Davidson          Brookville, Ind. (IN)             4  10-14

90. Calvin Davidson        Plainfield, Ind. (IN)             5   9-15

91. Dan Parker             Coultenberg, Iowa (IA)            3   9-12

92. D J Plotner            Powell, Ohio (OH)                 4   9-11

93. Joe Powell             Salt Lake City, Utah (IN)         3   9-06

94. Andrew Nitchals        Willmar, Minn. (MN)               3   8-13

95. Mike Mckinney          Laurel, Ind. (IN)                 3   8-09

96. Eddie Levin            Westerville, Ohio (OH)            2   6-14

97. Cade Laufenberg       Stoddard, Wisc. (WI)              2   6-11

98. Windwalker Gruber      Fort Pierre, S.D. (SD)            2   6-10

99. Thomas Toney           , United States Of America (IN)   3   6-06

100.Austin Kaul            Springfield, S.D. (SD)            3   6-04

101.Michael Bodsberg      New Richmond, Wisc. (WI)          2   5-15

102.Greg Raider            Rushville, Ind. (IN)              1   5-03

103.Dan White              Spring Valley, Wisc. (WI)         2   5-02

104.Tyler PENDYGRAFT       Greenwood, Ind. (IN)              1   3-12

105.Daryk Eckert           Stockport, Ohio (OH)              1   3-01

106.Kane Kortum            Fort Pierre, S.D. (SD)            1   2-08

107.Doug Pietrzak          Cadiz, Ky. (MN)                   1   1-11

108.Ronnie Putnam         Altamont, Ill. (IL)               1   1-10

109.Matt Burchfield       Diamond, Ill. (IL)                0   0-00

109.Cole Herb              Cedar Rapids, Iowa (IA)           0   0-00

109.Micah McKinstry        Walford, Iowa (IA)                0   0-00

109.Joe Ponessa            Shoreview, Minn. (MN)             0   0-00

109.Connor Wendt           Saint Cloud, Minn. (MN)           0   0-00

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Totals

Day   #Limits    #Fish     Weight

 1       46       344     1036-11

 2       43       322      906-04

 3       19       222      563-08

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        108       888     2506-07

 

TEAM STANDINGS Day 3

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   State                          Lbs-Oz

  1 MICHIGAN                       388-00

  2 WISCONSIN                     386-03

  3 SOUTH DAKOTA                   359-01

  4 OHIO                           318-08

  5 IOWA                           289-01

  6 MINNESOTA                      277-12

  7 ILLINOIS                       267-12

  8 INDIANA                        220-02

 

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 3

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MICHIGAN

    Angler              Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$

  1 Brandon Rose         Saginaw, Mich.            12  43-15

  2 Jason Hurst         Keego Harbor, Mich.       13  42-00

  3 Kirk Simpson         Waterford, Mich.          14  41-08

  4 Derek Cummings       Mason, Mich.              15  40-10

  5 Jeff Wiederman       Flint, Mich.               9  31-12

  6 Kevin Keen          Marshall, Mich.           10  28-10

  7 John Gipson          Niles, Mich.               9  28-09

  8 Paul Soma            Traverse City, Mich.       8  25-11

  9 Jesse Weener        Zeeland, Mich.            10  24-06

 10 Jeff Kellogg         Rockford, Mich.            7  22-01

 11 Tim Lawrence         Flushing, Mich.            8  21-04

 12 Alvin Ling           Paw Paw, Mich.             6  14-13

 13 Danny Sprague        Hastings, Mich.            5  11-09

 14 Cody Harris         Grand Blanc, Mich.         5  11-04

 

WISCONSIN

    Angler               Hometown                  No./lbs-oz Total $$$

  1 Wes Haney           Baldwin, Wisc.             15  52-00

  2 Mike Mattis         Hudson, Wisc.              15  49-00

  3 Kevin Fassbind       Cottage Grove, Wisc.      13  48-03

  4 Tom Wiese            Muskego, Wisc.            11  31-13

  5 Dan Brovarney        Wauwatosa, Wisc.          12  30-03

  6 Jason Stangel        Two Rivers, Wisc.           9  30-01

  7 Eric Stiles         Gren Bay, Wisc.             9  26-10

  8 Randy Eddy           Holmen, Wisc.              11  26-02

  9 Randy Burch         Ladysmith, Wisc.           10  25-09

 10 Ben Potaracke        La Crosse, Wisc.          10  25-07

 11 Brent Lindus         New Richmond, Wisc.         8  23-07

 12 Cade Laufenberg     Stoddard, Wisc.             2   6-11

 13 Michael Bodsberg     New Richmond, Wisc.         2   5-15

 14 Dan White            Spring Valley, Wisc.        2   5-02

 

SOUTH DAKOTA

    Angler              Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$

  1 Shane Cowan          Pierre, S.D.              15  48-00

  2 Thomas Logue        Tyndall, S.D.              14  46-09

  3 Joe Kippes          Mitchell, S.D.             14  45-08

  4 Justin Rowse        O'Neill, Neb.             13  34-07

  5 Todd Stiehl          Winner, S.D.               13  33-06

  6 Bob Slama            Harrisburg, S.D.            9  28-09

  7 Chad Ekroth          Yankton, S.D.              11  25-09

  8 Joe Pruss            Springfield, S.D.         11  23-14

  9 Terry Laverack       Martin, S.D.                7  23-02

 10 Richard Hladky      Yankton, S.D.               6  23-00

 11 G W Ekroth          Gregory, S.D.               5  11-11

 12 Windwalker Gruber   Fort Pierre, S.D.           2   6-10

 13 Austin Kaul          Springfield, S.D.           3   6-04

 14 Kane Kortum         Fort Pierre, S.D.           1   2-08

 

OHIO

    Angler              Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$

  1 Jody Adkins         North Canton, Ohio         13  38-14

  2 Phillip Rummel       Mount Vernon, Ohio        13  37-08

  3 Brad Fielder        Conover, Ohio             12  34-03

  4 Shawn Kellough       Chillicothe, Ohio         11  31-10

  5 Paul Amstutz        Gambier, Ohio             12  27-01

  6 Brian Runyon         Mc Arthur, Ohio            8  21-13

  7 Timothy Clark        Canton, Ohio               7  21-12

  8 Walter Hart          Washington Court House, O   8  20-09

  9 Blaine Bucy          Wellsburg, W.Va.           9  20-07

 10 Rob Werner          Lewisburg, Ohio           7  19-09

 11 Todd Thompson       Heath, Ohio                5  13-04

 12 Randy Peck           Mt Ve Rnon, Ohio           6  12-04

 13 D J Plotner         Powell, Ohio               4   9-11

 14 Eddie Levin          Westerville, Ohio         2   6-14

 15 Daryk Eckert        Stockport, Ohio            1   3-01

 

IOWA

    Angler              Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$

  1 Ron Cherkas         Grimes, Iowa              14  41-11

  2 Michael Prince       Woodbury, Minn.          14  39-07

  3 Brad Rockwood        Knoxville, Iowa           12  28-04

  4 Thad Takes           Center Point, Iowa         8  28-04

  5 Harry Heins         Monona, Iowa              10  28-03

  6 Bob Garman          Center Point, Iowa       11  27-09

  7 Blair Gordon         Marion, Iowa               8  22-08

  8 Tad Tinlin           Des Moines, Iowa           6  18-07

  9 Mark Rodenburgh      Waterloo, Iowa             5  16-12

 10 Dan Hamdorf         Lowden, Iowa               5  15-09

 11 Monte McCleerey      Norwalk, Iowa              5  12-11

 12 Dan Parker          Coultenberg, Iowa          3   9-12

 13 Cole Herb           Cedar Rapids, Iowa         0   0-00

 13 Micah McKinstry     Walford, Iowa              0   0-00

 

MINNESOTA

    Angler              Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$

  1 Randy Wieczorek      Buffalo City, Wisc.       15  50-10

  2 Dean Capra           Blaine, Minn.             15  48-08

  3 Brian Brown         Breezy Point, Minn.       12  31-08

  4 Richard Lindgren    Lakeville, Minn.          10  27-07

  5 Scott Fischer        Lewiston, Minn.           10  26-12

  6 Brad Ballard         Winona, Minn.             10  19-09

  7 John Zvorak         Kerkhoven, Minn.           8  19-03

  8 Jim Pinke           Hastings, Minn.            6  17-08

  9 Tim Vondersitt      Calmar, Iowa               6  14-09

 10 John Schlee          West St. Paul, Minn.        6  11-10

 11 Andrew Nitchals      Willmar, Minn.             3   8-13

 12 Doug Pietrzak        Cadiz, Ky.                 1   1-11

 13 Joe Ponessa          Shoreview, Minn.           0   0-00

 13 Connor Wendt         Saint Cloud, Minn.         0   0-00

 

ILLINOIS

    Angler              Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$

  1 Gerald Sobkowiak    Granville, Ill.           13  35-13

  2 Bill Skowronski     Hennepin, Ill.            10  28-05

  3 Kevin Rebouche       Frankfort, Ill.            9  27-08

  4 John Williams       South Elgin, Ill.           9  25-03

  5 Jim O'Malley         Elmhurst, Ill.             8  23-01

  6 Michael Rubino      Hoffman Est, Ill.         10  23-00

  7 Ed Schmidt          Granville, Ill.            8  23-00

  8 R Blumenstein       Bolingbrook, Ill.          8  21-15

  9 Michael Richetta    Spring Valley, Ill.        6  16-10

 10 Jim Blumenstein     Boilingbrook, Ill.         7  15-06

 11 Rich Newell         Aurora, Ill.               4  13-09

 12 Steven Brown         Danville, Ill.             6  12-12

 13 Ronnie Putnam       Altamont, Ill.             1   1-10

 14 Matt Burchfield     Diamond, Ill.              0   0-00

 

INDIANA

    Angler              Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$

  1 Brian Hensley       Edwardsburg, Mich.        14  39-09

  2 John Grimm          Churubusco, Ind.          13  34-05

  3 Terry McWilliams     Greenfield, Ind.          13  27-13

  4 Denny Cook           Auburn, Ind.               7  23-05

  5 Stacy Moore         Huntingburg, Ind.          8  15-08

  6 Ed Rounsaville       Indianapolis, Ind.         5  14-09

  7 Brody McWilliams     Greenfield, Ind.           4  11-00

  8 Jeff Davidson       Brookville, Ind.           4  10-14

  9 Calvin Davidson      Plainfield, Ind.           5   9-15

 10 Joe Powell           Salt Lake City, Utah       3   9-06

 11 Mike Mckinney       Laurel, Ind.               3   8-09

 12 Thomas Toney         , United States Of Americ   3   6-06

 13 Greg Raider         Rushville, Ind.            1   5-03

 14 Tyler PENDYGRAFT     Greenwood, Ind.            1   3-12