Des Moines River Catfish Tournament (Boone,IA)

[hawkeyejr]

Clarks's Taxidermy and Bait
4th annual Rod and Reel Tournament
Des Moines
River (Boone County)
June 9th 2012
Entry Fee $100 per team (inludes entry
fee and Big fish) 95% Payout

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Official Rules of Des Moines
River Catfish Tournament
1. This is a team event. Team will consist of one or
two persons with one exception. A third person may accompany the team provided
the third person is under 16 years of age or over 65 years of age. Four (4) rod
limit rule still applies.
2. In case of extreme water/weather conditions
Clarks Taxidermy & Bait reserves the right to postpone or cancel this
event and will refund the entry fees.
3. Late registration will be held the
day before competition at specified location from 5-7 pm. Captains Meeting
will follow at 7pm.
4. There will be no meeting, late registration or boat
launch the morning of the event. Anglers will be allowed to launch on tournament
water at 5am tournament morning. No fishing is allowed until 6:30am.
5. Teams
must compete from a boat and remain in the boat during competition. Fishing
within 50 yards of a competitors boat, which was first anchored, is
prohibited.
6. All fish weighed must be caught by rod and reel only. A
maximum of 4 rods per boat may be used. No catfish may be taken from trot, jug,
or limb lines.
7. Fishing hours for all events shall be 6:30 AM until 3:00
PM. All anglers must be in the weigh-in line by 4:00 PM. You will weigh-in in
the order you arrive and weigh-ins will begin as soon as tournament finishes.

8. Any legal commercial or natural bait will be allowed. No fishing known
chum holes. Fish must be a minimum of 15 in length to be weighed.
9. Blue
Cat, Channel Cat, or Flathead Cat may be weighed. A team limit of 5 fish maximum
must be alive to weigh in.
10. No culling at ramp or at weigh-in. No dead
fish will be allowed at the weigh-in and all fish must be suitable for release
per officials discretion, or they will not be weighed. (ALL FISH WILL BE
RELEASED)
11. Fish must be carried to weigh station in tubs or coolers with
water proportionate to the size of fish. No stringers at weigh station.
12.
Big fish breaks heavy stringer tie, heavy stringer breaks big fish tie.
13.
Tournament directors or any participant can protest any team before 5:00pm on
the day of the tournament. If unable to resolve protest tournament director will
appoint a 3 person committee to hear both sides and make a decision. Decision of
the committee is final.
14. Tournament director, sponsors, are not
responsible for deaths, injuries, damages, liability, theft or any loss of any
kind to participants. By signing the entry form you release all promoters of all
liability.

Any Questions please call.
Mike Clark 515-432-7875
Bobby
Miller 515-298-1856

[awallburg]

ALl my family lives in Boone and I used to by all my bait from Mike, Best of luck to all you guys participating, wish I could be there, sounds like a lot of fun!

[hawkeyejr]

This year we will be allowing 3 members per team. Also this is a qualifying tournament for the Central Iowa Amatuer catfish Anglers State tournament.

[wyteboi]

Again hawkeye jr I will be there! I cant wait! I didnt know you guys were on here too! Hope we see a big turn out it was a blast last year!

[drews0311]

Its to bad this wasn't a night tournament. Considering most of the monsters are caught around there at night

[philly35]

Are there any other tournaments on the Des Moines? If so, where can I find a schedule for upcoming dates?

[riverrat88]

Are there any other tournaments on the Des Moines? If so, where can I find a schedule for upcoming dates?

If you where to visit iowaoutdoors, you may find something.....

[wyteboi]

Are there any other tournaments on the Des Moines? If so, where can I find a schedule for upcoming dates?

We have a website set up www.wnwwarriors.webs.com. Check it out the next few events are posted on the bottom right of the page or check out the Calender page.

Also doing night events can cause more problems for participants being that its night. If you wanna fish night events you can check out the drifters at www.iowacatfishdriftersinc.com. I think their site is down now but you can call Tom @641-579-6252. Plus the fees for some of the lakes cost double if it overlaps days.

We will be trying to have 8-10 events next year half day and half night events. Then after the trail we will try to do another State Tournament.

Hawkeye it looks like the river should be up plenty good for your event! I cant wait for next weekend! If you need anything let me know! Ill help out of you need it. Good luck to everyone!

[hawkeyejr]

The tournament went great we had 35 teams this year which is double from last year. Thanks to everyone who participated and sponsored this event if you have any suggestions on how we can make it better please feel free to let me know. Here's the results.


2012 Des Moines River Catfish Tournament Results


Place Team Members Total Weight Cash Prize
1 Keith Copenhaver & Chris Sharp 32.65 lbs $1080.00

2 Max Brower & Greg Davis 23.85 lbs $740.00

3 Steve Fuson & Jamie Morgan 19.4 lbs $510.00

4 Jason & Jeramy McNace 18.5 lbs $310.00

5 Sam Powell & Adam Swalla 16.8 lbs $210.00

6 Colby Foster & William Chad Jurgensen 16.35 lbs $125.00

Big Fish Keith Copenhaver & Chris Sharp 11.9 lb Flathead $200.00

2nd Big Fish Steve Fuson & Jamie Morgan 8.85 lb Catfish $125.00

7 Mike Salazar & Cheryl Schall 16.2 lbs -

8 Joby Brogden & Brandon Pritchard 15.95 lbs -

9 Michael Lewis & Brian Lewis 15.75 lbs -

10 Rob Bailey & Kelly White 13.65 lbs -

11 Stan & Tonya Kreutzer, Brandon Livingston 12.65 lbs -

12 Dick, Lee & Bobby from Sioux City 11.15 lbs -

13 Roman Verbech, Adam Vancennan, James Kinzey 11.05 lbs -

14 Alex Carris & Tony Wolfgram 9.15 lbs -

15 Michael Rossow, Tim & Matt Nemecek 8.25 lbs -

16 Jesse Frank & Norm Pruitt 8.10 lbs -

17 Brandt Kurt & Partner 7.65 lbs -

18 Jeremiah Smith & Chris Haidsiak 5.60 lbs -

19 Cody Warrick & Jason Engnell 5.55 lbs -

20 Bobby & Mickie Miller, Cody Clark 5.35 lbs -

21 Rob & Justin Robinson 4.25 lbs -

22 Brad Lyons & Brian Ingram Jr. 4.0 lbs -

23 Jeremy & Jim Robinson, Josh Wildt 3.8 lbs -

24 Jeremiah Clark & Josh Eatock 3.70 lbs -

25 Zack & Nathan Ihle, Kevin Desher 3.55 lbs -

26 Mike & Cassie Clark, Jolene Peterson 1.25 lbs -

27 Zachery Turner, Josh Crouch, Ross Brown - -

28 Joe Rodd, Ryan Nelson, John Mahoney - -

29 Brandon Svaleson, James Tracy, Randy Ruther - -

30 Frank & April Allen - -

31 Rand Roberts, Zack Miller, Justin Harris - -

32 Kyle Hamilton, Dustin Halterman - -

33 Brand Lundberg, Tom Mathers - -

34 Sam Jergens, Garret Husky, Jared Warren - -

35 Jonathan Doss, Jesse Anderson, Perry Overton