MBA Falcon Lake Bass Classic

MBA FALCON LAKE BASS CLASSIC
MAY 11, 2019 PC: Marcel Laferriere

MAY 11, 2019

This event, deliberately scheduled on the Manitoba open water season opener, marks the beginning of the tournament season in Central Canada. The first tournament on the Manitoba Bass Anglers association’s schedule, it’s unique in that no competitors can pre-fish Falcon Lake as the season is still closed until tournament day. Combined with quite often difficult post-winter /pre-spawn bass, this tournament can test even the most seasoned bass angler’s mettle. This is also the Kick-off tournament for the MBA Amateur Bass Trail.

For more information about this year’s tournament go to the Manitoba Bass Anglers website.

PC – Darryl Melnyk

2019 Final Results

Place	Captain	Partner	TOTAL	Big Bass	# of Fish	TEAM
1	Jamie Bruce	Brian McNanney	14.21	4.10	5	29
2	Steve Ellie	Ted Stewner	12.7	3.65	5	45
3	Darryl Keszler	Alex Keszler	12.41	3.99	5	30
4	Jamie Hubatka	Steve hassett	11.59	2.82	5	22
5	Mark Walker	John Gaudette	9.83	4.13	3	9
6	Kevin Christianson	Mike Dotoli	8.26	3.32	4	12
7	Mike Miles	Dana Fast	7.62	2.31	5	37
8	Darryl Melnyk	Chris Klassen	7.57	2.52	5	16
9	Derek Stannard	Chris Tholl	7.32	2.87	3	21
10	Jay Samsal	Scott Dingwall	6.40	2.36	4	27
11	Lori Bazelo	Corey Doerksen	5.77	3.15	2	41
12	Josh Peacock	Clay Lajeunesse	5.24	3.24	2	32
13	Amanda Keszler	Logan Zimmerman	5.20	2.07	3	13
14	Tony Shirley	Paul Marion	4.02	0.00	2	44
15	John Guzej	Rick Loeb	3.76	2.05	2	17
16	Tyler Campbell	Ryan Montgomery	3.27	0.00	3	3
17	Devon McDougall	Phil Litton	2.79	2.79	5	14
18	Gianni Nevieri	Chris Franklin	2.78	0.00	2	28
19	Dino D'Andreamatteo	Chris Wantzing	2.30	0.00	2	34
20	Eric Labaupa	Jeremy Santos	2.24	0.00	2	35
21	Campbell Malko	Matt George	1.87	1.87	1	50
22	Mike Borse	Bruce Huynen	1.83	1.83	1	25
23	Matt Haarsma	Teal Moszynski	1.55	1.55	1	42
24	Carter Tresoor	Owen Stebnitsky	1.47	1.47	1	5
25	Steve Sasaki	Garther Cheung	1.34	1.34	1	15
26	Ty McNaughton	Jay McNaughton	1.21	1.21	1	48
27	Jayden Symonds	Coel Forsyth	0.97	0.97	1	49
28	Tye Hiebert	Luke Hiebert	0.79	0.79	1	20
29	Josh Haisell	Jeff Thompson	0.00	0.00	0	1
30	Jason Hurd	Grant Lethbridge	0.00	0.00	0	2
31	Chris Millman	Devun Groot	0.00	0.00	0	4
32	Brad Melnyk	Kirk Gustafson	0.00	0.00	0	6
33	Garret Barker	Eric Barker	0.00	0.00	0	7
34	Eric Miller	Quinton Mohammed	0.00	0.00	0	8
35	Byran Halliday	Mat Favreau	0.00	0.00	0	10
36	Justin McGinnis	Grad King	0.00	0.00	0	11
37	Tim Sinnock	Scott Kuz	0.00	0.00	0	18
38	Riley Smith	Eric Rey	0.00	0.00	0	19
39	Eric Popoff	Daryl Popoff	0.00	0.00	0	23
40	Danny Toth	Eden Toth	0.00	0.00	0	24
41	Tyler Mandziuk	Justin Surla	0.00	0.00	0	26
42	Darryl Rempel	Rylan Rempel	0.00	0.00	0	31
43	Blake Morken	Rick Wheeler	0.00	0.00	0	33
44	Bryan McCaughan	Robert Fedon	0.00	0.00	0	36
45	Thomas Hassan	Misty Hassan	0.00	0.00	0	38
46	Tim Strempler	Terry McClymont	0.00	0.00	0	39
47	Mark Taraschuk	Joe Urbanic	0.00	0.00	0	40
48	Steven Chambers	Gavin Kaisaris	0.00	0.00	0	43
49	Aaron Genaille	Chad Tritthart	0.00	0.00	0	46
50	Andrew Csupak	Nolan Plew	0.00	0.00	0	47
51	Jeff Meyer	Nick Meyer	0.00	0.00	0	51

2018 Final Results

Place	Captain	Partner	Total Weight	Big Fish	# of Bass	Boat #
1	Jamie Bruce	Brian McNanney	13.63	3.67	5	1
2	Jamie Hubatka	Steve Hassett	13.27	3.58	5	36
3	Luke Hiebert	Tye Hiebert	12.10	3.03	5	26
4	Tony Shirley	Paul Marion	10.18	0.00	5	17
5	Tim Strempler	Terry McClymont	10.04	2.28	5	18
6	Darren Zalitach	Tal Taylor	9.40	2.38	5	40
7	Ian Waterer	Jayden Symonds	9.38	2.35	5	31
8	Matthew Haarsma	Chuck Haarsma	8.99	3.00	4	4
9	Leslie Harrison	Tanner McCrae	8.72	1.94	5	12
10	Derek Stannard	Chris Simmonds	8.67	1.98	5	3
11	Erik Miller	Quentin Mohammad	8.50	2.83	4	44
12	John Guzej	Rick Loeb	8.14	2.27	4	34
13	Logan Zimmerman	Amanda Keszler	7.56	2.17	4	16
14	Jay Samsal	Bryan Gustafson	7.33	2.92	3	23
15	Blair Dingwall	Jeff Dingwall	7.24	0.00	5	39
16	Steven Chambers	Scott H.	6.44	0.00	4	43
17	Tim Sinnock	Scott Kuz	5.59	2.81	3	2
18	Josh Peacock	Clay lajeunesse	5.42	0.00	3	22
19	Eric Ropoff	Daryl Ropoff	5.38	2.03	3	19
20	Aaron Genaille	Chad Tritthart	4.78	2.97	2	14
21	Darrell Keszler	Alex Keszler	3.87	2.43	2	20
22	Rob Reimer	Andrew Moffat	3.82	2.24	2	8
23	Justin Surla	Tyler Mandziuk	3.12	3.12	1	45
24	Darryl Melnyk	Chris Klassen	2.41	2.41	1	5
25	Devon McDougall	Justin Stapon	2.16	2.16	1	13
26	Josh Haisell	Malcolm Tisdale	2.11	2.11	1	24
27	Eric Labaupa	Jeremy Santos	1.88	1.88	1	27
28	Chris Coward	Jodi Recksiedler-Coward	1.80	1.80	1	7
29	Bruce Huynen	Mike Borse	1.49	1.49	1	32
30	Scott Kilpatrick	Steve Sasaki	0	0	0	6
31	Justin Crump	Neil Crump	0	0	0	9
32	Cliff Juer	Kyle Verplaetse	0	0	0	15
33	Mike Miles	Dana Fast	0	0	0	21
34	John Frost	Andrew Rogzinski	0	0	0	25
35	David Futros	Rachael Swift	0	0	0	28
36	Ted Stewner	Steve Ellie	0	0	0	29
37	Tyler Campbell	Ryan Montgomery	0	0	0	30
38	Brad King	Justin McGinnis	0	0	0	33
39	Ernie Waldner	Annette Walder	0	0	0	35
40	Brad Melnyk	Adam Ryan	0	0	0	37
41	Jason Hurd	Grant Lethbridge	0	0	0	38
42	Mike Cote	Natalie Cote	0	0	0	41
43	Chad Wattam	Remi Chartier	0	0	0	42
44	Danny Toth	Mike Dotoli	0	0	0	10
45	Riley Smith	Eric Rey	0	0	0	11

2017 Final Results

Place	Captain	Partner	Total Weight	# of Fish	Big Bass	Boat #
1	Darrell Keszler	Alex Keszler	13.07	5	3.67	9
2	Mike Borse	Bruce Huynen	12.87	5	3.70	8
3	Scott Dingwall	Jay Samsal	12.85	5	3.35	5
4	Eric Labaupa	Jeremy Santos	12.83	5	3.42	35
5	Josh Peacock	Clay Lajeunesse	12.81	5	3.48	13
6	Jamie Bruce	Brian McNanny	12.80	5	3.88	3
7	Mike Miles	Steve Sasaki	12.78	5	3.54	10
8	Tim Strempler	Terry McClymont	12.69	5	3.44	1
9	Chris Coward	Jodi Reeksiedler-Coward	12.65	5	3.34	12
10	Rob Rez	Shawn	12.50	5	4.42	40
11	Logan Zimmerman	Amanda Keszler	12.28	5	3.11	18
12	Danny Toth	Mike Dotoli	12.16	5	3.81	17
13	Derek Stannard	Chris Tholl	11.96	5	2.69	32
14	Tyler Campbell	Ryan Montgomery	11.70	5	2.98	27
15	John Guzej	Rick Loeb	11.59	5	4.15	21
16	John Frost	Andrew Rogozinski	11.35	5	2.87	33
17	Luke Hiebert	Tye Hiebert	11.00	5	2.21	16
18	Steven Chambers	Gavin Kaisaris	10.90	5	3.79	14
19	Garther Cheung	Jordan Harder	10.76	5	4.13	39
20	Brad Melnyk	Cody Melnyk	10.70	5	3.00	23
21	Erik Miller	Riley Smith	10.56	5	2.98	30
22	Jason Mann	Matt Fast	10.35	5	3.09	29
23	Andrew Klein	Elliott Panciera	10.30	5	2.46	34
24	Chad Wattam	Sylvie Wattam	10.11	5	2.60	26
25	Les Harrison	Paul Chartrand	9.83	5	3.13	15
26	Mark Walker	John Gaudette	9.17	4	3.37	6
27	Brad King	Gord Adams	9.11	5	2.62	2
28	Ian Waterer	Jayden Symonds	8.85	5	2.48	20
29	Jamie Hubatka	Steve Hassett	8.81	5	1.84	11
30	Rob Reimer	Ashley Van Oeveren	8.29	5	2.07	4
31	Aaron Genaille	Chad Tritthart	6.73	3	3.45	24
32	David Futros	Eric Rey	2.86	2	1.63	19
33	Tim Sinnock	Scott Kuz	2.79	2	1.68	28
34	Ernie Waldner	Adam Moore	2.06	1	2.06	7
35	Kevin Gosselin	Pete Howitt	1.70	1	1.70	22
36	Eric Popoff	Daryl Popoff	1.08	1	1.08	36
37	Joey Labossiere	Rorie Smith	0.96	1	0.96	25
38	Chris Franklin	Gianni Nevieri	0.00	0	0.00	38
39	Dustin McLeod	John McLeod	0.00	0	0.00	41

2016 Final Results

The first tournament of the season took place on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the annual MBA Falcon Lake opener. The G-Loomis Skeleton Cup was also the first qualifying event on the Kickerfish Bass Series. The fishing is always tough on opening day (read more in Steve Sasaki’s article: Opening Day Tournament Provides a Fun and Difficult Day on the Water) but this past Saturday’s tournament proved to be even tougher due to the sudden drop in temperature from the mid-twenties Manitoba had been seeing days before May 14. Tough as it was, Derek Stannard and Chris Tholl managed to catch their 5 bass limit, winning the tournament with a total weight of 12.27 lbs with a kickerfish of 3.27 lbs! Their big bass came in second to the Big Bass Award of 4.29 lbs brought in by the team of Josh Peacock and Clay Lajeunesse.

Photos by: Marcel Laferriere

Place	Captain	Partner	Total Weight	Big Bass	# of Fish
1	Derek Stannard	Chris Tholl	12.27	3.27	5
2	Scott Dingwall	Jay Samsal	12.12	3.86	5
3	Josh Peacock	Clay Lajeunesse	11.66	4.29 Big Bass	5
4	Luke Hiebert	Tye Hiebert	8.96	2.98	5
5	Jayden Symonds	Ian Waterer	8.82	2.53	5
6	Aaron Genaille	Chad Tritthart	8.11	4.11	3
7	Tim Strempler	Michael Causyn	7.72	1.82	5
8	Brad Melnyk	Brad King	7.68	2.14	5
9	Steven Chambers	Josh Doherty	6.92	3.10	4
10	Tony Shirley	Marla Murphy	6.83	2.78	4
11	Les Harrison	Paul Chartrand	6.65	2.37	4
12	Jeremy Kantyluk	Myles Pancicra	6.48	2.60	3
13	John Guzej	Rick Loeb	4.89	2.06	3
14	Logan Zimmerman	Amanda Keszler	4.83	1.66	3
15	John Frost	Brandon Kamm	3.03		1
16	Jamie Hubatka	Steve Hassett	2.72	1.33	2
17	Corey Toker	Craig Stapon	2.23	1.37	2
18	Brent Walker	Eric Miller	1.83		1
19	Rob Reimer	Jason Maskell	1.81		1
20	Bruce Huynen	Mike Borse	1.19		1
21	Quinn Parent	Ian Cranston	0		0
22	Kurtis Rak	Blaine Deveson	0		0
23	James Nowe	Cory Dickson	0		0
24	Mike Miles	Cody Robillard	0		0
25	Jeremy Santos	Ken Polvorosa	0		0
26	Darryl Melnyk	Tyler Campbell	0		0
27	Ben Lang	Ashley Van Oeveren	0		0
28	Mark Walker	John Gaudette	0		0
29	Garther Cheung	Matthew Gelley	0		0
30	Nick Schmautz	Kyle Bagan	0		0
31	Tim Sinnock	Scott Kuz	0		0
32	Andrew Howie	Sara Howie	0		0

2015 Final Results

The local 2015 fishing tournament season kicked off with the annual Falcon Lake Bass Classic hosted by the Manitoba Bass Anglers Association. An earlier ice out this spring combined with stable weather leading up to tourney day led to unprecedented weights brought in to the scale this year. A total of 12 teams scored in double digits in pounds weighed which is well above average for an event notorious for being a very difficult fish. The winning team of Steve Sasaki and Garther Cheung beat out a talented field and ran away with the title bringing in a near perfect 14.65 lbs. Considering the Manitoba regulations of only two bass per team over 40cm, the feat is nothing short of astounding. “It truly was a dream tournament,” beamed Sasaki. “We caught the two 4lbers early and then we were able to round out the limit with three perfect slots”. In second place was the Kenora team of Cabela’s Pro Jay Samsal and Darren Marcine. Rounding out the top 3 only a fraction of a pound behind was the veteran team of St. Croix Pro Tim Strempler and Terry McClymont.

Place	Captain	Partner	Total Weight	# of Fish Caught	Boat #
1	Steve Sasaki	Garther Cheung	14.65	5	2
2	Jay Samsal	Darrin Marcine	12.85	5	1
3	Tim Strempler	Terry McClymont	12.80	5	18
4	Josh Peacock	Clay Lajeunesse	12.15	5	23
5	Alex Keszler	Wayne Wagner	11.90	5	27
6	John Gaudette	Mark Walker	11.75	5	11
7	Chris Tholl		11.55	5	28
8	Eric Labaupa	Jeremy Santos	11.40	5	8
9	Brad King	Guyle Sternat	11.05	5	7
10	Paul Chartrand	Leslie Harrison	11.00	5	25
11	Brad Melnyk		10.95	5	16
12	Bruce Huynen	Mike Borse	10.55	5	5
13	Logan Zimmerman	Amanda Kesler	9.65	5	3
14	Julius Schellenberg	George Doerksen	9.20	4	21
15	Cam Dingwall	Jon Pearson	8.55	3	24
16	Luke Hiebert	Steve Hassett	8.30	4	10
17	Mike Struk	Dustin McLeod	7.80	5	26
18	Brad Harlos	John Davidson	4.90	3	15
19	Ben Lang	Ashley Vanoeveren	4.85	3	9
20	James Patterson	Rob Lestrat	3.30	2	20
21	Roy Lemay	Jayden Symonds	3.30	2	22
22	Tim Sinnock	Chase Stewner	2.70	1	4
23	Tony Shirley	Paul Marion	2.45	1	13
24	Rob Reimer	Jason Maskell	2.20	1	17
25	Rob Rez	Jamie Hubatka	2.15	2	6
26	Brent Walker	Mitch Swicki	0.00	0	12
27	Al Parenteau	Heather Amy	0.00	0	14
28	Mike Miles	Cody Robillard	0.00	0	19

2014 Final Results

Place	Captain	Partner	Total Weight	Big Fish	# of fish caught
1	Ted Stewner	Steve Ellie	10.45	2.55	5
2	Josh Peacock	Clay Lajeunesse	10.15	3.25	5
3	John Frost	Ryan Ewanchuk	10.10	2.50	5
4	Bruce Huynen	Mike Borse	9.95	2.85	5
5	Tim Strempler	Terry McClymont	8.30	2.25	5
6	Tony Shirley	Marla Murphy	7.95	2.50	5
7	Scott Dingwall	Joanna Ripley	5.85	2.55	3
8	Jamie Hubaika	Steve Hassett	5.15	1.55	4
9	Eric Labaupa	Jeremy Santos	4.75	2.55	2
10	Stuart Neniska	John Neniska	4.65	2.90	2
11	Alex Keszler	Wayne Wagner	4.15	2.60	2
12	Jay Samsal	Darren Marcine	3.60	1.65	2
13	Logan Zimmerman	Amanda Keszler	2.50	2.50	1
14	Scott Kilpatrick	Steve Sasaki	2.10	2.10	1
15	Richard Woloschuk	Leslie Harrison	2.00	2.00	1
16	Jamie Bruce	Ashley Haines	1.85	1.85	1
17	John Gaudette	Rob Becker	1.75	1.75	1
18	Chris Klassen	Darryl Melnyk	1.60	1.60	1

2013 event cancelled due to late ice

2012 Final Results

Place	Captain	Partner	Total Weight	Big Fish	# of Fish Caught
1	Scott Dingwall	Joanna Ripley	14.00	4.00	5
2	Darren Marcine	Brian McNanny	13.05	3.55	5
3	Alex Keszler	Wayne Wagner	12.65	3.55	5
4	Thomas White	Arvel White	12.60	3.45	5
5	John Gaudette	Rob Becker	12.40	4.05	5
6	Mark Libitka	Al Ufland	12.05	3.50	5
7	Pat James	Scott Cook	12.05	3.30	5
8	Jay Samsal	Ben Gustafson	11.85	4.10	4
9	Josh Peacock	Clay Lajeunesse	11.35	3.65	5
10	Stuart Neniska	John Neniska	11.00	2.45	5
11	Blair Dingwall	Dylan Smith	10.85	3.10	5
12	Leslie Harrison	Eugene Harrison	10.60	3.05	5
13	Chris Bilenky	Steve Wintemute	9.45	3.05	5
14	Chris Klassen	Darryl Melnyk	9.40	3.05	5
15	Andrew Howie	Bryan Gustafson	9.35	3.65	4
16	Tim Strempler	Terry McClymont	9.35	2.90	5
17	Bruce Huynen	Mike Borse	8.90	2.25	5
18	Chris Tholl		8.50	3.55	3
19	Roy Lemay	Andrew Moore	8.30	2.30	5
20	Logan Zimmerman	Jeremy Pagura	8.25	1.80	5
21	Jamie Hubatka	Luke Hiebert	8.05	2.20	5
22	Brad King	Mark Knutson	7.50	2.20	5
23	George McGowan	Kevin Stefanik	6.65	1.40	5
24	Garrett Paul	Tim Sinnock	6.40	2.05	5
25	Darryl Galusha	Callum Galusha	4.75	2.20	3
26	Cam Dingwall	John Moncrief	4.30	4.30	1
27	Rob Reimer	Don Reimer	4.30	1.70	3
28	George Doerksen	Sadie Doerksen	4.15	2.00	3
29	Steve Sasaki	Scott Kilpatrick	3.80	3.80	1
30	Gary Haiko	B Haiko	3.65	2.30	2
31	Jay Siemens	Luke Fehr	2.85	2.85	1
32	Colin Gluting	Scott Gluting	2.55	2.55	1
33	Derek Stannard	Ryan Marlowe	2.30	1.20	2
34	Tony Shirley	Paul Marion	2.25	1.55	2
35	Coel Forsyth		1.05	1.05	1
36	Dave Gardiner	Don Holowchuk	0.00		0
37	Randy Latta	Cory Loreth	0.00		0
38	Greg Zdep	Jason Tait	0.00		0
39	Paul Janzen	Justin Hebert	0.00		0
40	Tom Neniska	Kyle Mosionier	0.00		0
41	Matt Haarsma	Derek Robinson	0.00		0
42	Scott Rydberg
43	Mike Struk	Bryan Wolfe
44	Darren Neniska	Jack Neniska