| Event: | Black River | Notes: |
| Date: | May 17 2003 | |
| Time: | 6:00 - 3:00 | |
| Ramp: | Port Authority | |
Report: The Trophy Bassmasters made a trip North to the fertile waters of Lake Erie and really got the fishing season going as the smallmouth were cooperative and plentiful. The Black River near Lorain Ohio was the site of the event as 12 members and 2 guests competed from 6:00AM to 3:00PM trying to net a 5 fish limit of 14” or better bass. Five anglers did just that as the weights were impressive with 4 of the 5 topping the 16lb mark. First place and big bass went to Nick McCullough His creel weighed 18.01lbs with the lunker tipping the scales at 4.59lb. Jim Miller took 2nd with a 17.35lb total in his 5 smallmouth. Steve Ganger took the other top finish weighing 5 bass at 16.57lb. Totals for the day for the club were 35 bass weighing 116.75lbs for a whopping 3.33lb average. All the bass were smallmouth and all were released alive. Following this, the third, event the 2003 Mr. Bass point standings are starting to take shape |
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| Pairings | Finish | ||||||
| 1 | Jim Miller | 1 | Nick McCullough | 5 | 18.01 | ||
| 2 | Chris Swygart | 2 | Jim Miller | 5 | 17.35 | ||
| 3 | Bob Flowers | Vern Boecher | 3 | Rich Purcel | 5 | 17.15 | |
| 4 | Steve Barker | 4 | Steve Ganger | 5 | 16.57 | ||
| 5 | Boyd Downey | 5 | Vern Boecher | 5 | 14.56 | ||
| 6 | Steve Ganger | Todd Prall | 6 | Mike Baumlein | 2 | 7.64 | |
| 7 | Dave Wedertz | Mike Baumlein | 7 | Boyd Downey | 2 | 6.87 | |
| 8 | Rich Purcel | 8 | Bob Flowers | 2 | 6.32 | ||
| 9 | Nick McCullough | 9 | Steve Barker | 3 | 5.34 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Chris Swygart | 1 | 3.82 | |||
| 11 | 11 | Todd Prall | 1 | 3.12 | |||
| 12 | 12 | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||