Miscellaneous

     THe Aitkin Anglers were in action Sunday in the 2nd Lund Virtual Tournament. Aitkin put 19 anglers on the water in this one with their best finish being a 7th place by Noah Moss/Garrett Guida with 30.37 lbs. The next highest finish for Aitkin was 26th place with Noah and Lenny Hughes with 22.55 lbs. Dalton Defoe was 31st, Dawson Weimer was 49th and Mason Guida was 60th. The target again was Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass with fish needing to be at least 12 inches to qualify. 

     The Aitkin Anglers wrapped up their second SATT Tournament in Red Wing this weekend. Tournament waters included Mississippi pools 4, 5 and 5a and Lake Pepin. Aitkin had 6 boats in the water with 4 placing in the top 50%. There were 167 boats registered to fish in the tournament. Anglers were after smallmouth and largemouth bass, and the fish had to be a minimum of 12" to be scoreable. The top 7 fish for each boat counted toward their final standings. Here's how the Aitkin anglers finished. 16th place-Noah Moss and Garrett Guida with 19.61 lbs, 28th place-Colton Weimer and Gauge Tscheu with 17.75 lbs, 68th place-Dawson Kazmerzak and Dawson Weimer with 11.88 lbs, 75th place-Lenny Hughes and Noah Hughes with 10:59 lbs and 134th place-Sawyer Johnson and Kayden Boser with 0.97 lbs. Finn Nelson and Abbey Baierl were on the water today and while they didn't have any scoreable bass, they did bring in a few non-target species. Aitkin also had 2 anglers in a 4-way tie for 4th place on biggest fish. Gauge Tscheu and Noah Moss both brought in 20" smallmouth. The top 17 teams from this tournament qualified for the Tournament of Champions in August. Noah Moss and Garrett Guida will be moving on to the TOC.