2018 District 5 Qualifier – Upper Bay – North East, MD
The next stop of our 2018 District Tournament events was on the Upper Bay in North East Maryland. Cecil County Tourism is our host for this weekends event. We appreciate the warm welcome from Sandy Turner where we gathered for the Thursday night banquet in the Upper Chesapeake Ballroom at the North East Fire Department.
We had 26 teams from New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and other states competing for the title of District 5 Champion. All the anglers were blessed to have our National Chaplain, Ron Duffy share an inspirational message.
There wasn't much chatter from the fishermen about how they fared during practice. At the launch on Friday the water was blowing up into the creek and was flooding the ramp. Anglers were having difficulty getting to their boats from some of the floating docks. Once the tide started pulling back out everything was back to normal by the weigh-in. Conditions seemed tough for the anglers on Day 1. 5 fish limits were very few along with some smaller fish.
Leaders after Day 1 with 13.85 pounds Bill and Josh Bailey. Second Place team of Kyle Gabriel and Chris Malczewski had 12.20 pounds. Rounding out the top 3 with 11.82 pounds is the team of Kenneth Molz Jr and Daniel Brockmeyer. Sean Peddicord and Greg Burdick had the big fish weighing 5.27 pounds. The Male/Female leading team was Tony Glassco and Carolyn Glassco with 2.32 pounds.
It’s still any teams chance to take the title of District 5 Champion. Stay tuned for Day 2 results.
We’d like to thank our National Sponsors: BassCat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire, Shakespeare, Strike King Lure Company, Kings Home, Power-Pole, Raymarine, Duckett Fishing, Bass Boat Technologies, ORCA Coolers, Buckeye Lures, T&H Maine, Gator Guards, Kistler Rods, Hydro Wave, Jacobs Glass, Rayjus Sportswear, Amphibia Eyewear and Frogg Toggs.
District 5 Championship on the Upper Bay-Day 1 - 09/21/18| View Multiday Day Results | Day 1 | Day 2 |
Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 17294 |
Bill Bailey | 5 | 4.84 | 13.85 | 0 | 13.85 | 0 | |
2 | 22998 |
Kyle Gabriel Chris Malczewski | 4 | 5.06 | 12.2 | 0.25 | 11.95 | 0 | |
3 | 22996 |
Kenneth Molz Jr Daniel Brockmeyer | 5 | 3.49 | 11.82 | 0 | 11.82 | 0 | |
4 | 8708 |
Kirk Wall Charles Reed | 5 | 0 | 11.06 | 0 | 11.06 | 0 | |
5 | 21514 |
Shawn Skobel Gary Crayton | 4 | 3.91 | 9.77 | 0 | 9.77 | 0 | |
6 | 13432 |
Tom Rufenacht James Rufenacht | 5 | 0 | 9.05 | 0 | 9.05 | 0 | |
7 | 22991 |
William Wiley III Bruce Ostrowski Sr | 5 | 0 | 8.67 | 0 | 8.67 | 0 | |
8 | 17743 |
Jeff Mills | 4 | 0 | 7.79 | 0 | 7.79 | 0 | |
9 | 23153 |
Roland Bosley Jr Mickey McCleary | 5 | 0 | 7.46 | 0 | 7.46 | 0 | |
10 | 19377 |
Sean Peddicord Greg Burdick | 2 | 5.27 | 6.78 | 0 | 6.78 | 0 | |
11 | 23156 |
Jim Shinn Andy Jones | 2 | 0 | 5.35 | 0 | 5.35 | 0 | |
12 | 22997 |
William Wiley Jr John Shipley | 2 | 0 | 4.76 | 0 | 4.76 | 0 | |
13 | 19384 |
Jack Whisted Elden Harrison | 2 | 0 | 4.45 | 0 | 4.45 | 0 | |
14 | 22678 |
Jay Perkins Christopher Gren | 2 | 0 | 3.97 | 0 | 3.97 | 0 | |
15 | 22993 |
William Peat Joseph Strauss | 1 | 3.41 | 3.41 | 0 | 3.41 | 0 | |
16 | 22992 |
Thomas Harden William Brown | 2 | 0 | 3.29 | 0 | 3.29 | 0 | |
17 | 19380 |
Joe Snares Sean Snares | 2 | 0 | 2.76 | 0 | 2.76 | 0 | |
18 | 22794 |
| 1 | 2.32 | 2.32 | 0 | 2.32 | 0 | |
19 | 13640 |
Randy Keen Randy Gabel | 2 | 0 | 2.09 | 0 | 2.09 | 0 | |
20 | 13430 |
Paul Wiley Jon Crans | 2 | 0 | 1.97 | 0 | 1.97 | 0 | |
21 | 13641 |
Robert Wolf John Dell | 1 | 1.41 | 1.41 | 0 | 1.41 | 0 | |
22 | 23003 |
Dave Crawford Kevin Schoenadel | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | |
23 | 16549 |
Jeff Raner Julie Raner | 1 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0 | 0.86 | 0 | |
24 | 22612 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Day 1 Leaders Bill & Josh Bailey 13.85lbs Shawn Skobel & Gary Crayton Tom Rufenacht & James Rufenacht |