Category: Results

Rank	Angler	AOY	Fish 1	Fish 2	Fish 3	TOTAL
1	Ivan France	100	18.75	16.25	15.75	50.75
2	Nick Matthews	99	18	15.75	15.25	49
3	Mark Howell	98	17.75	15.75	15.25	48.75
4	Anthony Burress	97	17	16	15.5	48.5
5	John McLaren	96	16.75	16	15.5	48.25
6	Jaxton Orr	95	17	16	15	48
7	Jim Orr	94	16.5	15.75	15.75	48
8	Nicholas Smith	93	16.75	15.75	15.25	47.75
9	Basil Romanovich	92	17.5	15.25	14.75	47.5
10	James Olekszyk	91	16.75	15.25	14.75	46.75
11	Sam Robertson	90	16	15.75	14.75	46.5
12	Ryan Platt	89	15.5	15.25	15	45.75
13	Manny Avila	88	17	14.5	13.75	45.25
14	Justin Long	87	15.75	15	14.5	45.25
15	Aidan Darlington	86	16.5	14.25	14	44.75
16	Aaron Wilson	85	15.5	14.5	13.75	43.75
17	Brian Duncan	84	15.25	14.75	13.25	43.25
18	Kevin Stumpf	83	16.75	13.75	12.5	43
19	Todd Moore	82	14.5	14.25	14.25	43
20	Blake Fox	81	14.5	14.25	12.75	41.5
21	Michael Evans	80	14.5	13	12.25	39.75
22	Andrew Rediker	79	13.5	12.5	12.5	38.5
23	Nolan Lee	78	15.5	12	10.5	38
24	Levi Johnson	77	16.5	12	9.25	37.75
25	Bailey Rene	76	12	11	11	34
26	Brad Groves	75	16.75	15.25	0	32
27	Alan Reed	74	15	13.5	0	28.5
28	Jackson Tinkle	73	14	13.5	0	27.5
29	Eric Stansberry	72	13.5	13.25	0	26.75
30	Jason Young	71	14.5	11.75	0	26.25
31	Reed Nicholson	70	15	8	0	23
32	Brett Miner	69	17.75	0	0	17.75
33	Justin Tinkle	68	15	0	0	15
34	Dennis Shields	67	15	0	0	15
35	Mike Densel	66	14.75	0	0	14.75
36	Steve Martin	65	13.5	0	0	13.5
37	Drew Duncan	64	13.25	0	0	13.25
38	Jerry Mitchell	63	13.25	0	0	13.25
39	Jonathan Hines	62	12.25	0	0	12.25
40	CJ Dixon	61	12.25	0	0	12.25
41	Joe Armstrong	0	0	0	0	0
42	Mark Hosking	0	0	0	0	0
43	Ron Irwin	0	0	0	0	0
44	Eric Nicholson	0	0	0	0	0

Rank	Angler	AOY	Fish 1	Fish 2	Fish 3	TOTAL
1	Aidan Darlington	100	19	18	18	55
2	James Olekszyk	99	19.5	17	16.75	53.25
3	Jerry Mitchell	98	19.75	17	15.25	52
4	Josh Chrenko	97	18	17.25	16.5	51.75
5	Nick Matthews	96	18	17.5	15.5	51
6	Adam Debard	95	19	16.75	14.25	50
7	Kevin Stumpf	94	18	16	16	50
8	Joe Gentry	93	16.75	16.5	16	49.25
9	Jonathan Hines	92	18	16.25	13.75	48
10	Reed Nicholson	91	17.75	15.25	15	48
11	Mark Howell	90	16.75	15.25	14	46
12	Nathan Pickering	89	16	14.75	14.75	45.5
13	Andrew Rediker	88	17	15	12.75	44.75
14	AJ Francis	87	16.75	14.5	13.5	44.75
15	Kevin Heerdink	86	15.25	15	14.5	44.75
16	Brett Miner	85	15	15	14.75	44.75
17	Justin Long	84	16	14.5	14	44.5
18	Tyler Perdue	83	15.25	14.75	14.5	44.5
19	Alan Reed	82	15.25	15	13.25	43.5
20	Cole Garland	81	14.75	14.5	14	43.25
21	Mike Densel	80	14.75	14.25	14	43
22	Eric Wine	79	15.25	15.25	11.75	42.25
23	John McLaren	78	14	14	13.75	41.75
24	Nolan Lee	77	17	13.25	11.25	41.5
25	Evan James	76	14	14	13.5	41.5
26	Blake Fox	75	15.75	13.25	11.5	40.5
27	Joshua Kennedy	74	14.25	13.25	12.75	40.25
28	Matt Gibson	73	13.75	13.25	13.25	40.25
29	Aaron Wilson	72	15	13	12	40
30	Tyler Bailey	71	16.75	13	9.75	39.5
31	Zac Gibbs	70	13.25	13	12.75	39
32	Shawn Mickelson	69	14.75	13.25	10.75	38.75
33	Steven Bailey	68	13.75	13	12	38.75
34	Anthony Burress	67	14.5	12	12	38.5
35	Ivan France	66	13.25	11.5	11.5	36.25
36	Jim Orr	65	14	12.75	8.25	35
37	Jaxton Orr	64	14.75	11.25	8.5	34.5
38	Aaron Kimball	63	19	13.5	0	32.5
39	James Strunk	62	12.5	9.5	9	31
40	Steve Martin	61	15.75	13.5	0	29.25
41	Mike Berger	60	16	13	0	29
42	Sam Robertson	59	14.5	14	0	28.5
43	Joe Armstrong	58	12.75	12.5	0	25.25
44	John Neibold	57	14.25	9	0	23.25
45	Rich Allen	56	14	9	0	23
46	Greg VonFeldt	55	14	0	0	14
47	Terry Wright	54	12.5	0	0	12.5
48	Kevin Akers	0	0	0	0	0
49	Ron Irwin	0	0	0	0	0
50	Eric Nicholson	0	0	0	0	0
51	Ryan Platt	0	0	0	0	0
52	Derek Smith	0	0	0	0	0

Rank	Angler	AOY	Fish 1	Fish 2	Fish 3	Fish 4	Fish 5	TOTAL
1	Nick Matthews	100	19.75″	19.00″	18.50″	18.00″	17.00″	92.25″
2	Jaxton Orr	99	19.75″	19.25″	18.50″	16.75″	14.50″	88.75″
3	Ivan France	98	20.50″	20.00″	19.75″	15.75″	12.25″	88.25″
4	Joe Gentry	97	20.00″	17.50″	17.00″	16.50″	15.50″	86.50″
5	Ryan Platt	96	20.25″	17.75″	17.50″	15.50″	15.25″	86.25″
6	Nathan Pickering	95	19.50″	19.25″	14.75″	13.25″	12.50″	79.25″
7	Jim Orr	94	18.50″	16.00″	15.50″	13.25″	12.75″	76.00″
8	Anthony Burress	93	16.25″	15.50″	14.50″	13.25″	12.75″	72.25″
9	Aidan Darlington	92	18.00″	18.00″	17.00″	14.50″	0″	67.50″
10	James Olekszyk	91	20.25″	18.25″	15.75″	0″	0″	54.25″
11	Jerry Mitchell	90	19.25″	18.25″	15.25″	0″	0″	52.75″
12	Aaron Wilson	89	19.25″	15.75″	13.25″	0″	0″	48.25″
13	Joshua Kennedy	88	17.50″	13.50″	13.00″	0″	0″	44.00″
14	Tommy Ginder	87	18.75″	17.25″	0″	0″	0″	36.00″
15	Justin Flatter	86	18.00″	16.50″	0″	0″	0″	34.50″
16	Connor Clark	85	16.75″	15.50″	0″	0″	0″	32.25″
17	Michael Matthews	84	17.25″	13.25″	0″	0″	0″	30.50″
18	Mark Howell	83	16.00″	14.50″	0″	0″	0″	30.50″
19	Gerard Knoph	82	17.25″	12.75″	0″	0″	0″	30.00″
20	Reed Nicholson	81	17.00″	12.00″	0″	0″	0″	29.00″
21	John Howard	80	13.75″	13.25″	0″	0″	0″	27.00″
22	Taylor Clark	79	18.00″	0″	0″	0″	0″	18.00″
23	Alan Reed	78	14.50″	0″	0″	0″	0″	14.50″
24	Joe Armstrong	77	14.50″	0″	0″	0″	0″	14.50″
25	JJ Merimonti	76	14.00″	0″	0″	0″	0″	14.00″
26	Justin Long	75	14.00″	0″	0″	0″	0″	14.00″
27	Mike Densel	74	12.50″	0″	0″	0″	0″	12.50″
28	Andrew Piesyk Jr.	73	12.00″	0″	0″	0″	0″	12.00″
29	Eric Stansberry	72	12.00″	0″	0″	0″	0″	12.00″
30	Tyler Bailey	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
31	Jake Deitering	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
32	Matt Gibson	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
33	Ron Irwin	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
34	Levi Johnson	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
35	Aaron Kimball	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
36	Austin Lucas	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
37	Andrew Piesyk Sr.	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
38	basil romanovich	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
39	Ryan Sweat	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″
40	Joel Walter	0	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″	0″

 

Place	Angler	AOY PTS	Fish 1	Fish 2	Fish 3	TOTAL
1	Aidan Darlington	100	15.75″	16.50″	17.00″	49.25″
2	Matt Gibson	99	15.50″	17.50″	15.50″	48.50″
3	Alan Reed	98	21.00″	14.00″	12.25″	47.25″
4	James Olekszyk	97	15.25″	15.25″	16.00″	46.50″
5	Nick Matthews	96	16.50″	14.25″	15.00″	45.75″
6	Tyler Bailey	95	14.25″	15.25″	15.50″	45.00″
7	Michael Matthews	94	13.50″	16.00″	15.25″	44.75″
8	Joe Gentry	93	15.00″	14.50″	14.50″	44.00″
9	Ivan France	92	12.00″	12.75″	17.25″	42.00″
10	Justin Long	91	15.25″	13.00″	13.25″	41.50″
11	Nathan Pickering	90	9.50″	10.75″	13.25″	33.50″
12	Todd Voreis	89	16.00″	16.00″	0″	32.00″
13	Dwight Martin	88	15.25″	14.25″	0″	29.50″
14	Aaron Wilson	87	15.75″	11.50″	0″	27.25″
15	Jerry Mitchell	86	13.00″	11.00″	0″	24.00″
16	Mike Berger	85	17.50″	0″	0″	17.50″
17	Jason Young	84	17.00″	0″	0″	17.00″
18	Reed Nicholson	83	16.50″	0″	0″	16.50″
19	Brandon Waite	82	16.50″	0″	0″	16.50″
20	Nicholas Smith	81	16.00″	0″	0″	16.00″
21	Troy Tonagel	80	15.50″	0″	0″	15.50″
22	John Howard	79	15.50″	0″	0″	15.50″
23	Anthony Burress	78	15.25″	0″	0″	15.25″
24	Tommy Ginder	77	14.75″	0″	0″	14.75″
25	Chris Cook	76	14.25″	0″	0″	14.25″
26	Brandon Smith	75	11.50″	0″	0″	11.50″
27	Joe Armstrong	74	11.50″	0″	0″	11.50″
28	Rich Allen	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
29	Manny Avila	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
30	Eric Bland	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
31	Ryan Bournique	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
32	Salvador Chavez	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
33	grant daily	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
34	Mike Densel	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
35	Brad Groves	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
36	Wesley Henry	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
37	Jonathan Hines	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
38	Robert Holland	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
39	Trevor Humphrey	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
40	Ron Irwin	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
41	Shawn Mickelson	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
42	Sean Morgan	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
43	John Neibold	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
44	Eric Nicholson	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
45	Jaxton Orr	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
46	Jim Orr	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
47	Sam Robertson	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
48	basil romanovich	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
49	Tyler Shaw	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
50	Eric Stansberry	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
51	Todd Stewart	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
52	Paul Van Hyfte	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
53	Tom Wallis	0	0″	0″	0″	0″
54	Cory Wenzara	0	0″	0″	0″	0″

On April 15, the Indiana Kayak Anglers 2017 Sun Valley Sports Tournament Series started the year off in dramatic fashion with a record-breaking turnout on the Lake James chain in Northeast Indiana. Despite predicted winds in excess of 20 mph, 71 anglers showed up to take on the bass and the conditions on Lake James, Jimmerson Lake, Snow Lake, Big Otter Lake, Little Otter Lake, and Marsh Lake. The bluebird skies and strong winds made the fishing tough for most of the day for many of the anglers with only 23 anglers finding their 3 fish limit and 30 anglers failing to score a single fish.

In the end, the victory went to Eric Stansberry of Lafayette with a total of 44 inches, including a 19.75 inch largemouth that took big bass honors. For his effort, Eric turned his $40 entry fee into $1000 for first place plus the $355 big bass pot as well as a $50 gift card from Sun Valley Sports. Eric battled the winds on Snow and Big Otter catching his winning limit with Keitech swimbaits and KVD jerkbaits.

In second place was Mike Densel of Fort Wayne who caught his limit in the last few hours of the tournament on Lake James using crankbaits in 10-15 foot of water. He spent most of his morning fishing soft plastics on Jimmerson with little luck, but successfully pivoted his plan to take home $490 cash as well as a $50 Sun Valley Sports gift card for being the top finishing angler in a Hobie kayak.

Third place went to Jaxton Orr, a 14 year old angler from the Fort Wayne area fishing in his first season out of a kayak. Jaxton got out to a hot start on Marsh Lake, catching his first two fish in the first hour of the event and rounding out his limit before 10:00 AM. Jaxton’s green pumpkin Chatterbait netted him $375 cash.

Overall, $2580 in cash and prizes were distributed to anglers at the event, representing 100% payback thanks to the sponsorship from Sun Valley Sports.  Full results can be found here.

The next event in the series is May 13 on Morse Reservoir in Noblesville. Anglers can find out more information about the event at indianakayakanglers.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/IndianaKayakAnglers.