Tournament Recap

Date:
6/16/2002

Tournament Loc:
Le Homme Dieu

Lake Information

City Alexandria Acreage: 1744 acres Source: Minnesota DNR

County Douglas Maximum Depth: 85 feet Source 8/21/2000

State: Minnesota Water Clarity: 7 feet

Tournament

Launch 5:20:00 AM Distance 140 miles *distance & time estimates are from

Weigh-InTime 2:00:00 PM Estimated 2 hours 28 Bloomington

(by www.mapquest.com)

Launch Directions: I-94 West; MN-29 (exit 103)

Ramp Single - Concrete

Accomodation Information

Days Inn Alexandria $74.00

Lure Type

Lure Type Count Total Wt Avg Wt Big Bass

? 13 19.93 1.53 1.77

Crankbait 2 3.32 1.66 1.75

French Fry 21 26.66 1.27 2.50

Grub 1 1.00 1.00 1.00

Hard Jerkbait 4 7.02 1.76 3.47

Jig 5 7.96 1.59 2.00

Lipless Crankbait 2 3.00 1.50 1.70

Soft Jerkbait 8 15.40 1.93 2.88

Spider Grub 3 7.35 2.45 3.45

Spinnerbait 3 4.51 1.50 1.56

Topwater 9 11.64 1.29 1.90

Tube 10 15.29 1.53 1.85

Worm 32 53.50 1.67 2.55

Totals 113 176.58 1.56

Top Six Finishers Big Bass

1 . McCracken, Cal 10.75 McDonough, 3.47 Storm Thunder Stick Fire Tiger

2 . Smith, Joel 10.74

3 . O'Banion, Troy 10.37

4 . Olson, Robin 10.03

5 . Amos, Rob 9.89

6 . Olson, Andy 8.39

Tournament Pattern

Winning Pattern: Texas rigged plastic worms in cabbage.

Secondary Patterns: Spider grub in feeder creek.

Weather Conditions: General weather prior week was rain and cold early, followed by a gradual warming towards the end of the

week.

Wind AM Calm PM NW 20-25

Sky Partly cloudy AM, sunny PM

Water Conditions: Temp AM 40 MID AM 50 NOON 60 PM 65 Water Temp AM 52 PM 58

Prefishing Patterns: Finesse plastics in cabbage weedlines--thicker the better.

During cloudy skies, spinnerbaits and Wiggle Warts.

Wind blown docks on points.

Topwater early.

Drop shot in current by drop off, (channels)

Senkos & french fries

Miscellaneous Notes: The spawn was just completed and the big females were not to be found.