Butterfield Lake
September 13, 2003

Top 5 Finishers,Left to Right,1st to 5th place:
Steve Sharland, Fred Blom, Lance Butts
Burnell Haney, Don Kinney

This is the first tournament that the points count for the 2004 season. We had 16 anglers at this event. It was a beautiful warm, indian summer day! Most of the anglers were psyched because they knew that the Nationals were coming up! Ten of our anglers attended the Nationals this year, which is the best turn out that we have ever had.

The air temp was in the mid to high 60’s…bluebird day, with light winds blowing this day. The water temp was in the mid to low 60’s. Not many anglers were willing to share information today. Not sure why. Perhaps it could have been we had a lot of people watching the weigh in that were going to be fishing the following day….not the same lake, but just a few miles away. However, I will share what I know to be used. My first two fish came on top water. My next three were on a variety of baits. Two were a leech, one on a lizard..culled a couple with a senko, and jig and pig. Just couldn’t find the big ones today! Some of the other anglers were using lizards, senkos, jig and pig, and drop shot rigs.

1st Place Steve Sharland 14.08 lbs
2nd Place Fred Blom 13.94 lbs
3rd Place Lance Butts 12.76 lbs.
4th Place Burnell Haney 9.31 lbs.
5th Place Don Kinney 8.87 lbs.

Big Fish Steve Sharland (Sorry weight not available) See Lunker page!