Ever-Bloom
Ever-Bloom Tournament
Hakes and Hakes Win at Evergreen!
Cloudy skies, very little wind and fish in all stages of the spawn greeted competitors at Lake Evergreen May 12th. What set up as perfect conditions and high expectations turned just the opposite with only 26 total bass brought to the scales.
Brothers Randy and Rob Hakes took home first at the second Sam Leman EverBloom event with 4 fish weighing 10.53 pounds. They are also leading the Sam Leman Heavyweight of the Year standings after two events with 20.89 pounds.
Ever-Bloom Tournament
Stormy, wet, and cool conditions met a full field of 25 boats at the first Sam Leman Ever-Bloom Tournament at Lake Bloomington April 14.
Main lake fish seemed to dominate the field and last years Sam Leman Heavyweight and Classic winners Brad Norris and Jamie Maisenbacher got an early start on a repeat performance in 2012 with a winning 5 bass limit of bass weighing 14.45 pounds. In second place was veteran crankbait experts Dave Norris and Greg Bayles with 5 that weighted 12.81 pounds. Norris fished most of the day with a crankbait attached to his hand as result of a mishap early in the day. That is one tough guy!
Just Around the Corner!
The Sam Leman EverBloom Tournament Trail, presented by Zoom Bait Company, is just around the corner and its time for those who fished with us last year to get your entries in. You have first chance as a prior angling team. All entries have to be received in the Wired2Fish offices by March 15 as a priority entry. New angler team entries will be accepted after that. Make sure you drop by and pay your entry if you want to fish with us this year. We look forward to see all of you fishing this year.
2012 Schedule
Here is the schedule for 2012:
April 14 - Lake Bloomington
May 12 - Lake Evergreen
May 26 - Lake Bloomington
June 9 - Lake Evergreen
June 23 - Lake Bloomington
July 28 - Lake Evergreen
August 11 - Lake Bloomington
August 25 - Lake Evergreen
September 15/16 - Everbloom Classic
Evergreen Day One, Bloomington Day Two
Ever-Bloom Classic
Ever-Bloom Tournament
Terry Brown and Mike Blake won the last regular season tournament on the Rapala EverBloom Tournament Trail at Lake Bloomington Saturday August 27 with 5 fish weighing 16.34 pounds. Jerry Martoglio and Joe Snyder had a limit that weighed 15.68 pounds for second. In third, also with a limit of fish and winners of the Duckett Fishing Microguide fishing rods were Jamie Maisenbacher and Brad Norris with 13.29 pounds. Fourth place was Dave Whalen and Ryan Robinson with 12.30 and rounding out the top 5 were AJ Bailey and Scott Bree with 9.03 pounds. Big Bass was caught by Dave Norris and Greg Bayles and weighed 6.04 pounds.
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Anglers Face Tough Fishing on 7th Stop
Sam Leman Heavyweight Race Heats Up
Full moon, calm conditions and light cloud cover meant fishing was tough on Evergreen Lake on the 7th stop on the Rapala Ever-Bloom Tournament Trail July 13th.
Brian Bounds and Jon Hodge brought the only limit to the scales with 5 fish weighing 10.60 to take home the victory. Terry Brown and Mike Blake took second with 2 bass weighing 8.86 pounds anchored by a 4.67 pounder. The third place winners of the Duckett Fishing Microguide Rods were Michael McDowell and Sam Wheeler with 8.53 pounds..
The Sam Leman Heavyweight race tightened up with Aaron and Mike Therien still in the lead with 60.52 pounds followed by Blake and Brown with 57.84 and Bounds and Hodge with 57.24.
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Therien and Therien Rapala Ever-Bloom Winners Leading Sam Leman Heavyweight for Team of the Year
The Therien Brothers, Mike and Aaron, are on a roll and even with temps near 95 degrees and reports of tough fishing they brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 17.78 to win the Rapala Ever-Bloom Tournament at Lake Bloomington this past weekend. (July 30). They currently hold a 9.32 pound lead in the Sam Leman Heavyweight of the Year Standings over Terry Brown and Mike Blake. Brown and Blake finished second in this event with 5 bass weighing 15.59 pounds followed closely by Brad Norris and Jamie Maisenbacher with 5 that weighed 15.19 pounds. Norris and Maisenbacher had big bass of 5.84 pounds.
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Long and Devine Win Rapala EverBloom Qualifier
Ron Long and Al Devine were the last boat out at take out but at the end of the day weighed the most fish to take the Rapala EverBloom Tournament Trail Qualifier at Lake Evergreen June 25th. They weighed 5 bass at 15.06 pounds. In second place were Jamie Maisenmacher and Brad Norris with 5 bass weighing 12.83 pounds. In third were Brian Bounds and Jon Hodge with 11.24 pounds. Fred Myers had Sam Leman Big Bass for the event with a 5.06 pounder.
The Sam Leman Heavyweight Leaders are Aaron Therian and Mike Therian with 40.52 pounds. In second are Ryan Robinson and Dave Whalen with 34.20 pounds. Third is Terry Brown and Mike Blake with 33.39 pounds.
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Good Weather...finally!
The Fish Gods finally smiled and we had a great weather day on Lake Bloomington for stop 4 of the Rapala EverBloom Tournament Trail June 11. Its about time!
The team of Sam Wheeler and Michael McDowell won the event with 5 fish weighing 16.89 pounds. In second were Rob and Randy Hakes with 15.10 pounds. They also had big bass of 5.50 pounds. In third were Butch Ridgeway and Larry Hagar with 14.16 pounds.
Randy and Rob Hakes are leading the Sam Leman Heavyweight of the Year Standings after 4 events with 33.03 pounds, followed by Aaron and Mike Therian with 32.19 pounds and Terry Brown and Mike Blake with 28.03 pounds, respectively. Rod Wallace and Pat Welch still have the Sam Leman Big Bass with an 8.65 pound giant.
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Is Mother Nature is mad at the Rapala Ever-Bloom Tournament Trail presented by Sam Leman Automotive Group? Three events and three rainy days. This time however temperatures were a bit more tolerable but fishing was super tough. Anglers reported catching lots of fish but measurable bass were tough to find.
Brother Team of Randy and Rob Hakes found 3 bass that weighed 10.68 for the victory. In second were the veteran team of Jerry Martoglio and Loren Peters with 4 bass weighing 8.19 pounds. In third were Mike and Aaron Therien with 7.50 pounds. They also had big bass of 5.16 pounds. They won the two Duckett Fishing Microguide Rods. Scott Bree and AJ Bailey won the first out of the money Rapala Tackle package.
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Bad Weather Again!
Seems like every Rapala Ever-Bloom Tournament has Mother Nature's bad list. Cold temps, high north winds and over 2 inches of rain followed a 80 degree day presenting miserable fishing conditions for the second Rapala Ever-Bloom Tournament Trail event presented by Sam Leman Automotive Group at Lake Bloomington.
No hill for a climber as the father and son team of Randy and Hunter Ferguson had a limit of bass weighing 12.92 to take home the victory. Jamie Maisenbacher and Brad Norris, also with a limit of fish finished second with 11.54 pounds. In third were Duckett Fishing Rod winners Aaron and Mike Therien with 11.01 pounds.
Ever-Bloom Tournament
Brutal conditions met anglers for the first Rapala Ever-Bloom Tournament on Evergreen Lake for 2011. High winds, rain/snow and 38 degrees greeted 23 teams. This was without hesitation this was one of the most brutal days of fishing ever encountered in the 9 year Rapala Ever-Bloom Tournament Trail history.
The Rapala Ever- Bloom Tournament Trail has the best anglers in Central Illinois and big fish was the rule on this super tough day.
Terry Brown and Mike Blake flipped the mid portions of the lake and won the event with 4 fish weighing 12.92 pounds.
2011 Ever-Bloom Tournament Trail Schedule
Here is the schedule for 2011:
May 14 - Bloomington
May 28 - Evergreen
June 11 - Bloomington
June 25 - Evergreen
July 30 - Bloomington
August 13 - Evergreen
August 27 - Bloomington
September 17/18 - Bloomington/Evergreen
Ever-Bloom Tournament
The last regular season event of the Strike King Ever-Bloom TT was held August 28. Super low water conditions with the lake dropping nearly 5 feet in the last two weeks took much of the vegetation out of the equation, but as always the teams in this trail rose to the occasion with two limits and two 12 pound sacks of bass were brought to the scales.
Ever-Bloom Tournament
The Strike King Ever-Bloom Tournament trail got a "big show" on Saturday August 14 as Brian Bounds and John Warmbir smoked the field with 22.97 pounds of bass to take the next to last regular season event. They won by over 14 pounds! They had the only limit and also had big bass of the tournament with a 6.45 pounder. That big bass was also the Sam Leman Big Bass of the Year so far in 2010. This is the largest 5 bass limit in SKEBTT history besting Tim Fauth and Scott Anderson's Evergreen limit of 21.97 pounds in 2006. Congrats guys and what a day!
In second place was Brad Norris and Jamie Masenbacher with 7.99 pounds followed by Brian Estes and Dusty Whitacre with 7.79 pounds.
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The Strike King EverBloom Tournament Trail event on Lake Evergreen was a tale of two days. The fishing day was very hot and humid with temperatures in the 90's. At 2 pm a major storm blew in with heavy rain and lightning but the anglers from the SKEBTT proved tougher than the weather.
Rain soaked weigh ins are not fun but just about every team braved the elements to stay and watch. Thanks to Pat Welch, Dusty Whitacre and Mike Blake for making sure we got the fish weighed in and back into the water. Tough conditions for sure.
Ever-Bloom Tournament
The 5th Strike King Ever-Bloom Tournament was held June 26 at Lake Bloomington. It started out with high humidity, stormy conditions and overcast skies and the bass were ready. Several bass over 5 pounds were weighed in and it was a slugfest.
Terry Brown and Mike Blake made it two in a row with a 5 bass limit weighing 19.62 pounds anchored by a 5.44 big bass.
In second was the team of Brian Bounds and John Hodge with 5 bass weighing 18.86 pounds.
Third place was Brad Norris and Jamie Maisenbacher with 4 bass weighing 12.90 pounds. Dave Norris and Greg Bayles had big bass of the event with a 6.28 pound bass. They also got 4th place with 10.58 pounds.
There were 34 bass weighed in weighing 92 pounds for a 2.71 average.
Ever-Bloom Tournament
The Strike King EverBloom Tournament Trail competed on June 12 at Evergreen Lake. Hot humid conditions with little wind greeted the anglers.
Terry Brown and Mike Blake won with 5 bass weighing 17.32 pounds. They also had big bass of the event with a 5.44 pounder. They currently lead the Sam Leman Heavyweight of the Year standings with 34.71. Dave Whalen and Ryan Robinson are in second with 32.56 pounds.
In second was the team of Dusty Whitacre and Brian Estes with a 5 bass limit of 15.33 pounds. They were followed by Randy Ferguson and Larry Russell with a 5 bass limit weighing 13.67. Whalen and Robinson finished 4th with 5 bass weighing 10.86 pounds.
The next SKEBTT event will be June 26 at Lake Bloomington.
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Whalen and Robinson win at Bloomington...
Full moon, no wind, a beautiful day with light boat traffic and Dave Whalen had the flu. You couldn't tell it though as he and his partner Ryan Robinson walked away with the 3rd stop on the EverBloom Tournament Trail on Lake Bloomington with a 5 bass limit weighing 14.13. Whalen and Flynn have been on a tear recently and even the flu and a hat on sideways couldn't keep them from taking this event and also taking over the lead for the Sam Leman Heavyweight of the Year. They have 21.70 pounds after this event. They are followed by Ken Petersen and Fred Myers with 20.61 and Terry Brown and Mike Blake with
17.39 pounds.
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