Fishing made easy

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Last weekend on Wampler’s Lake in Brooklyn, Knutson’s Bait and Tackle ran  the MidWest Open.  It was a bluegill and crappie tournament where teams of two had to bring in 8 of each species. Some of the best teams that used to dominate the old Trap Attack series were entered and many were on top of the standings at day’s end.

Here is Tim Angel from Branch County I believe.  He is the other half of a Tim and Tim team, with his partner being Tim Tesmer.  Past winners on Wampler’s, these two have made a few trips to the championship event.

Here is a shot of the lake during the tournament.  Notice how everyone is closed up in their shanties?  Even though the weather was warm there is a good reason for this.  Wampler’s like many of the lakes in the region has extremely clear water, and this allows for sight fishing.  It is best done inside an enclosed fish house, where the angler can actually look down the hole while he or she is jigging for the bigger fish.  Its like watching TV, and really helps in playing keep away from the smaller fry.

This is a shot of the contestants coming back to get their buckets weighed.  This year there was a new twist that seems to have gone over fairly big, the weigh-in was held indoors at one of the Brooklyn high schools.  Seems to have gone over fairly big, instead of waiting around in the cold to see what everyone caught.

This is IceMan Barry Williams, with his son Jason.  Barry has a real gift when it comes to making true ice flies.  Sometimes a generic term applied to all ice jigs, in recent years he has perfected some weighted spiders and flies made with tungsten beads allowing for a slow and realistic drop while ice fishing.

This is Jeff Wright, who teams up to fish with his brother Ben.  These guys are also past winners on Wampler’s, and the first team to win the North American Ice Fishing Championship.  They’ve got the gold rings to prove it.  Everyone was given a bucket for transporting their limit to the school for the weigh-in.

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