KWRT 2014 Winners: Jamie Robinson (left) and Terry Bernath (far right).
The 2014 Kapuskasing River Walleye Tournament once again turned out to be a hot event – both in action and in temperature!
Both days put anglers under the pressure of harvesting winning weights of walleye, and under the pressure of 2 days of hot August weather.
Day 1 had the teams of Godin/Godin, Huard/Genier and Michel/Yu leading first to third respectively. The weights were close, 15.43 to 10.95 in the top 10. Tenth to twentieth ranged 10.95 to 9.12 pounds!
This narrow weight range proved to be opportunistic for many anglers, and disappointing for others.
Day 1 leaders Godin/Godin held on to a 5th place, Huard/Genier earned 10th while Michel/Yu held a top 20 finish with 18th spot.
With a weight of 12.55 lbs holding in fourth spot day 1, the team of Jensen/Roy managed to weigh in with 8.72 pounds securing their third place finish.
Second place team of Roberge/Roberge had a day 1 weight putting them in 15th. But with a big weight of 14.72 on Sunday, that landed them the second place prize!
The winners were sitting in 17th place after the first day, 5.84 pounds out of first. But that didn’t deter them. The day 2 leading weight of 16.29 pounds gave Terry Bernath and Jamie Robinson their first win, and third top 3 finish this season on the NOWT.
Congratulations to all participants for an exciting and eventful tournament. Thank you to all organizers and volunteers of the KRWT for making this event another huge success!