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Photos from the LOZ

We have a few photos sent in that are in the photo gallery, but if you have any photos from the State Tournament, please e-mail them to admin@nebraskabass.com and we'll post them on the website. 

 

We are also wanting photos of the top 13 finishers for the website and for publishing in the Nebraska Bass Angler Newsletter. We do have photos of a few of these anglers, but current photos with the proper amount of gray hair showing would be better....

 

B.A.S.S. Federation Nation 2009 Central Regional Tournament Champions Nebraska B.A.S.S. Federation
	1 (1) Richard Risewick Norton, KS Milligan Bass Anglers 11 bass 23 lbs. 12 oz.
	2 (8) Pat Hayes Omaha, NE Douglas County Bass Club 12 bass 18 lbs. 11 oz.
	3 (11) Gene Francois Bellevue, NE Sarpy County Bassmasters 10 bass 18 lbs. 0 oz
	4 (17) Dale Burriell Omaha, NE F.U.N. Bassmasters 9 bass 16 lbs. 15 oz.
	5 (19) Greg Flickner Kearney, NE Fort Kearney Bassmasters 8 bass 16 lbs. 3 oz
	6 (23) Jerry Pape Louisburg, KS F.U.N. Bassmasters 11 bass 14 lbs. 14 oz.
	7 (26) Doyle Helmink Lincoln, NE Lincoln Bass Club 7 bass 14 lbs. 2 oz
	8 (36) Doug Pinkley Leigh, NE Platte Valley Bassmasters 7 bass 11 lbs. 2 oz.
	9 (43) Rick Sitzman Lincoln, NE Capital City Bass Club 6 bass 10 lbs. 0 oz.
	10 (56) Dan Bowlin Clarkson, NE Platte Valley Bassmasters 4 bass 7 lbs. 9 oz.
	11 (62) Terry Jelinek Claremore, OK Blue Valley Bass Club 6 bass 7 lbs. 3 oz.
	12 (75) Pat Klausen Lincoln, NE Fort Kearny Bassmasters 3 bass 5 lbs. 11 oz.
	13 (103) Brad Schaefer Omaha, NE 1 bass 1 lbs. 12 oz.
	14 (106) Jake Schaefer Omaha, NE 0 bass 0 lbs. 0 oz.

2009 NBF Tournament Results

 

NBF State Tournament

April 26th - 30th, 2009 - Lake of the Ozarks, MO

 

Doug Borer of the Blue Valley Bass Club Wins State Tournament

State Tournament - Lake of the Ozarks, MO

 

     On the third and final day of the state tournament, Doug Borer of the Blue Valley Bass Club brought in a five bass bag totaling 14.78 lbs. to win the tournament.  Doug finished the tournament with 47.38 lbs. beating Kenny Wasmund by only  2/10 of a pound.  Kenny finished in second place with 47.18 lbs. and a five bass bag totaling 10.66 lbs.  Duane Hanzlik also of the Blue Valley Bass Club finished in third with a three day total of 42.08 lbs.

     F.U.N. Bassmasters won first place in the club standings with 184.20 lbs. from 72 bass, Blue Valley Bass Club was second with 181.76 lbs. and Big Eight Bassin' finished third with 178.52 lbs.

     Overall big bass honors went to Nick Ash of the Midwest Bass Anglers with a 6.78 lbs. bass from day three.  Gill Monif of the Sarpy County Bassmasters caught the big bass on day one with 6.13 lbs bass and Dick Manthey also of the Sarpy County club caught the big bass on day two with a 6.20 lbs. bass.

     We will post photos here on the website, so if anyone has any photos from the tournament they would like to share with everyone, please e-mail them to admin@nebraskabass.com.   

 

     Please select the following links to download the complete results from the state tournament...

 

2009 NBF State Tournament Individual Results (pdf)

2009 NBF State Tournament Club Standings (pdf)

2009 NBF State Tournament Daily Results by Club (pdf)

 

The rest of the top 13 finishers....

 

2nd Place   Kenny Wasmund Lincoln Bass Club	3rd Place    Duane Hanzlik Blue Valley Bass Club	4th Place    Dave Fuhr Platte Valley Bassmasters
5th Place   Doyle Helmink Lincoln Bass Club	6th Place   Rob Weberg Big Eight Bassin'	7th Place    Rob Hime Big Eight Bassin'
8th Place    Lee Wubbles Great Plains Bass Club	9th Place   Dick Herringer Douglas County Bassmasters	10th Place    Joe Baack Blue Valley Bass Club
11th Place    Chris Brokman Big Eight Bassin'	12th Place    Brad Schuman Plum Creek Bass Club	13th Place    Monte Wagner Willow Rippers Bassmasters

 

Risewick Wins Central Regional Tournament

Nebraska Team Takes First Place in the Overall Team Competition!

B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Central Regional Tournament

June 22nd - 26th, 2009 - Greers Ferry, AR

Day 3 - June 26th, 2009

 

Rich Risewick of the Milligan Bass Anglers and the Nebraska B.A.S.S. Federation won the 2009 Central Regional Tournament.  Rich was in 2nd after the first day and dropped to 3rd on the second day.  On the third day he brought in 4 bass weighing 7 lbs. 14 oz. to leap into first place overall.  He had a three day total of 11 bass weighing 23 lbs. 12 oz.  Rich edged out Mark Warner from Kansas, who finished in 2nd overall with 22 lbs. 15 oz. and Jason Baird of Kansas, who finished 3rd overall with 21 lbs. 4 oz.

This was Rich's first divisional tournament and won the tournament as a non-boater.  Rich now qualifies for the BASS Federation Nation Championship that will be held on October 25-31 at the Harris Chain of Lakes in Tavares, FL.  Congratulations Rich and good luck this fall in Florida!

The Nebraska team won the overall team competition with an impressive total of 165 lbs. and 14 oz.... 23 lbs. more than the second place Kansas team.  Seven of Nebraska's twelve anglers finished in the top 26. Winning the team competition earned the Nebraska B.A.S.S. Federation an impressive prize of a $30,000 Skeeter bass boat rigged with a Yamaha motor.

Click here to download the complete final standings and results.

For more information about the tournament from the B.A.S.S. website, click here.

 

Nebraska's 2009 Central Regional Team

(from left to right) Gene Francois, Pat Klausen, Greg Flickner, Terry Jelinek, Dan Bowlin, Jerry Pape, Rich Risewick, Dale Burriell, Doug Pinkley, Pat Hayes, Rick Sitzman, and Doyle Helmink.
(photo courtesy of Doyle Helmink)

 

Central Regional Tournament Day 2 - June 25th, 2009

 

Nebraska stays on top after day two with a total weight of 109 lbs. 4 oz.  Three other state teams are in 2nd, 3rd and 4th with weights between 84 lbs. 7 oz. and 84 lbs. 1 oz.  Nebraska's lead going into the last day of competition is over 24 lbs.  Rich Risewick still leads the Nebraska team with 15 lbs and 14 oz. and is in 3rd place overall.  Nebraska has 8 guys in the overall top 24! 

Click here to download the complete results from day two.

Doyle Helmink of the Lincoln Bass Club
Big bass of the tournament - 4 lbs. 4 oz.

 

Central Regional Tournament Day 1 - June 24th, 2009

 

Nebraska tops the team standings with 50 lbs. 6 oz. after the first day of the 2009 Central Regional Tournament.  Rich Risewick (shown left) of the Milligan Bass Anglers tops the Nebraska team with 5 bass weighing in at 11 lbs. 4 oz.  and sits in 2nd place overall, only 7 oz. behind his day one partner, Daniel Stark of the Missouri Bass Federation.

 

 Click here to download the complete results from day one.

 

 

Mr. Bass Tournament

July 31st - August 1st, 2009 - Merritt Reservoir, NE

 

RANK	ANGLER	CLUB	BASS CAUGHT	LIVE BASS	DEAD BASS	BIG BASS	TOTAL
1st	Monte Wagner	Willow Rippers Bassmasters	4	4	0	0.00	9.36	lbs.
2nd	Tom Harmon	Fort Kearny Bassmasters	2	2	0	4.40	8.18	lbs.
3rd	Tom King	Lincoln County Bassmasters	3	3	0	0.00	8.10	lbs.
4th	Doug Pinkley	Platte Valley Bassmasters	3	3	0	0.00	6.90	lbs.
5th	Nick Ash	Midwest Bass Anglers	2	2	0	0.00	4.78	lbs.
6th	Dave McCoy	River City Bass Club	2	2	0	0.00	4.66	lbs.
7th	Dan Garner	Omaha Bass Club	2	2	0	0.00	4.64	lbs.
8th	Dennis Kotas	Milligan Bass Anglers	1	1	0	4.12	4.12	lbs.
9th	Terry Johnson	Twin Rivers Bass Club	2	2	0	0.00	4.06	lbs.
10th	Doug Lucia	Omaha Bass Anglers	1	1	0	0.00	3.80	lbs.
11th	Doug Borer	Blue Valley Bass Club	1	1	0	0.00	2.68	lbs.
12th	Mark Madison	Great Plains Bass Club	1	1	0	0.00	2.44	lbs.
13th	Lee Cooper	Douglas County Bass Club	1	1	0	0.00	2.42	lbs.
14th	Frank Novak	Nemaha Valley Bassmasters	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	lbs.
14th	Gene Francois	Sarpy County Bassmasters	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	lbs.
14th	Gerald Bretschneider	Norfolk Bassmasters	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	lbs.
14th	Jerry Avis	F.U.N. Bassmasters	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	lbs.
14th	Kenny Wasmund	Lincoln Bass Club	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	lbs.
14th	Wayne Remington	Blade Runners	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	lbs.
	TOTALS		25	25	0	---	66.14	lbs.

Pat Klausen & Shawn Holly

1st place 2009 NBF Open - 15.12 lbs.

2009 NBF Open Tournament

September 19th & 20th, 2009

Lake Okoboji, IA

(posted October 3rd, 2009)

Pat Klausen & Shawn Holly teamed up to win the 2009 Nebraska BASS Federation Open Tournament on Lake Okoboji, IA.  They caught 7 bass weighing in at 15.12 lbs.  Kent Priel & Kelly Bailey finished in 2nd place with 4 bass weighing a total of 11.26 lbs. and Romas Zaliuskas & Dale Burriell finished a close 3rd with 5 bass weighing 10.54 lbs.

There were 22 teams present catching a total of 63 bass weighing a total of 145.54 lbs.  More photos are available in the photo gallery.

 

Click here to download the complete results (.pdf).