Fishing News - 10/16/00
Monday 16 OCT 2000
US OPEN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000
The most difficult fishing weather conditions any angler can face greeted competitors far away as Ohio , and Canada. Crystal clear water combined with bright clear skies and no wind.
Challenged most of the best matchfisherman ( bank ) Angers in North America.
Fish moved to the cover of the far bank , and the canals famed huge carp were scared by the pressure of some many anglers trying to tempt them to feed.
Only one was caught, a 9 pounder by Bernice Bradley.
Anglers had to cast tiny floats 35 yards in some cases to catch fish close to the far bank..
The top 4 person Team was Team mickthill.com who won by a comfortable margin scoring just 9 points on Saturday & just 6 on Sunday.
Winning their 3rd National title in a row!
Totaling 16 points to the Runners up 21 pts tackleshop.com .
Fished over the 2 heats fished on Saturday & Sunday.
3rd were the Bobbers with 22pts all teams were Chicagoland based, and members of the CBA & NWMA match clubs.
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Top catch and 1st angler overall was Skokies Mick Thill of Skokie caught 41.5 lbs of fish in just 4 hours.
3 nice channel cats that weighed 11lbs, and over 200 bluegills weighing 30 plus lbs.
I was very lucky to draw one of the 2 best pegs on the day, said Mick!
Top 3 teams were mickthill.com 16 pts Mick Thill , Dave Roete Iowa, Mircea Dasalesu Ohio, Gary Fritz Streamwood.
tackleshop.com 21 pts Derek Anoilkowski,Peter & Robert Wolan Paul Wells all Chicago
The Bobbers 22 pts John Wilkins Elmhurst, Bob Esbensen Arlington Heights, Jeff Kolodsinski Indiana Chris Tagleri Alsip.
Top Anglers were Mick Thill 2 pts
Gary Fitz 3pts IL
Jeff Koldsinski 3 pts.IN
Jeff Turner 4 pts Canada.
The last 2 heats 3&4 for the North American Team Cup were fished inside of this match.
It was literally head to head as it was USA top scorer from the 1st 2 heats Mick Thill Vs Jeff Turner on Windsor Canada.
Jeff did very well considering he has never seen the canal before.
Hopefully we can find a venue that makes it possible for the CanadianTeam to take part next year.
Both heats were won by Team USA .
Making it a clear sweep of all 4 heats.
More team info at mickthill.com Mick Thill
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