District 7 Kansas and Missouri TBF National Semi-Finals September 21-22, 2019.

The District 7 Semi-finals set on Wilson lake Kansas was sure to be a test with the recent fluctuations in water levels raising and lowering several time this summer. All the anglers took to the water Saturday morning meeting a breezy South wind that shrank the body of water by quite a bit for accessible fishing water. Fish starting to make the fall move seemed to be the general consensus. Keep the bait and the boat moving was the key for the day. Some nice bags brought to the scales and lots of 1-3 fish bags it would be a close race Sunday. Well Sunday morning came and typical to Kansas 5-10 mph winds turned into 25-30 straight out of the North which made for dangerous conditions and after several delays and talking with Randy Sullivan it was decided it was unsafe to allow the anglers to get on the water day 2.

D7 Ranger Cup Winner Jared Knuth

The TBF of Kansas wants to thank all the anglers for their hard work and on making to the 2019 KS/MO TBF National semifinals. Congratulations to Sheldon Rogge, Justin Harris from Kansas and Jared Knuth, Greg Harris from Missouri for qualifying for the National Championship.

Dell Mettlen Jr.
TBFKS

District 15 Connecticut, New Jersey, and Rhode Island TBF National Semi-Final on September 21-22, 2019.

The 2019 TBF District 15 National Semi-Final Tournament on the 1000 Islands is now in the books. Teams from CT, NJ and RI competed for a chance to advance to the TBF National Championship next spring.
Keith Cleary (CT) was the District Champion of the Boater Division with a two-day total of 39.47 pounds.
Ryan Kusmit (CT) was the District Champion of the Co-Angler Division with a two-day total of 26.33 pounds.
The “State Pride” competition was won by the Connecticut Team with a total weight for the eligible anglers of 200.52 pounds, New Jersey was second with 169.02, and Rhode Island took third with 153.95.

D15 Top 5 Boaters

Boater Division – Top 5
1st place – Keith Cleary (CT): 39.47 lbs
2nd place – Jeremy Sadowski (RI): 34.53 lbs
3rd place – Ken Bugden (CT): 33.45 lbs
4th place – Matt Marinelli (CT): 32.43 lbs
5th place – Nick Diamandas Jr (NJ): 31.27 lbs

Boater Division – Lunkers
Day 1 – Tim Thompson (CT): 7.68 pound smallmouth
Day 2 – Keith Cleary (CT): 5.40 pound smallmouth

D15 Top 5 Co-Anglers

Co-Angler Division – Top 5
1st place – Ryan Kusmit (CT): 26.33 lbs
2nd place – Brian Wisniewski (NJ): 24.54 lbs
3rd place – Jeff Misaiko (CT): 24.22 lbs
4th place – Brian Snowman (NJ): 22.26 lbs
5th place – Lou Basciani (NJ): 21.31 lbs

Co-Angler Division – Lunkers
Day 1 – Jeff Misaiko (CT): 5.48 pound smallmouth
Day 2 – Mike Wotanowski (NJ): 5.30 pound smallmouth

Advancing to the TBF National Championship next spring are the following anglers:
Connecticut – Keith Cleary (Boater) & Ryan Kusmit (Co-Angler)
New Jersey – Nick Diamandas Jr. (Boater) & Brian Wisniewski (Co-Angler)
Rhode Island – Jeremy Sadowski (Boater) & Scott Arruda (Co-Angler)

District 9 Wisconsin and Minnesota TBF National Semi-Final in La Crosse, WI.

The TBF Semi-Final at LaCrosse was a great success on September 21st and 22nd, 2019. It started off with Registration on Friday, September 20th and a great meal provided by TBF member Jim Jones from Wisconsin. The next two days greeted the fishermen with overcast skies, a little rain and wind and really mild temperatures for the end of September. The 46 teams from Minnesota and Wisconsin fished two days and the fishing was pretty good.

D9 Boater Champion

Cade Laufenberg, of Wisconsin, had the most success of anyone. He brought the biggest limit to the scales on both competition days. He won the Boater side with limits of 15-02 and 17-09 for a winning weight of 32-11 pounds. The winning Boater from Minnesota was James Howland who racked up 27-08 pounds during the event. The Co-angler winners from each state were Dave Aldrich from Wisconsin who won the event with 24-12 pounds and Robert Beaman who finished second with 23-13 pounds. All four of these anglers punched their ticket to the upcoming Federation National Championship next spring.

D9 Top 4 FNC Qualifiers

There were numerous limits on both the Boater and Co-angler sides each day. As usual, many different techniques were used to catch their limits. Popular baits were spinnerbaits, frogs, swim jigs, square bill crankbaits and Carolina Rigs. Mike Brueggen of Wisconsin had the overall biggest bass of the event with a nice 4-07 lunker that he caught on day two of the event.

D9 Co-Angler Champion

Wisconsin won the Angler pride part of the event and will have bragging rights until next years TBF Semi-Final event that will be held in Minnesota.