Drayton’s 2011 Rod & Reel Rally catfishing tournament was held September 17, 2011. 

 

This year’s tournament was a long time coming.  After postponing twice due to high river levels, organizers picked a September date hoping things would dry out eventually so that folks in search of a tournament-winning whopper would have a chance to try their luck. 

 

Tournament day was seasonably cool, overcast, and breezy, but Mother Nature had finally tamed the river and anglers seemed excited to be getting out for some whopper fishing.   Fishing action started a little slowly, then became steady during the afternoon, with a big influx of weighable fish coming in right at the close of the tournament.  With no rain in sight, spectators wandered down to the waterfront one by one during the day in hopes of catching a glimpse of a big cat being brought in from a boat.

 

With the number of boats down this year due to the multiple postponements, no records were set for total fish weighed in.  24 fish were brought to shore by the 78 participating entrants fishing in 30 boats.

 

Complete results are as follows:

 

 

Whopper category

 

First Place:      

Rhea Restemayer, Edinburg, ND

Weight:  22.0 lb.

$1200

 

Second Place:

Brandon Patterson, Fargo, ND

Weight:  20.7 lb.

$600

 

Third Place:

Jeff Kostrzewski, Crookston, MN

Weight:  19.9 lb.

$200

 

Fourth Place:

Victor Moreno, Hoople, ND

Weight:  19.8 lb.

$150

 

Fifth Place:

Matt Noel, Stephen, MN

Weight:  19.7 lb.

$100

 

Sixth Place:

Troy Srnsky, Warren, MN

Weight:  19.6 lb.

$100

 

 

 

Slot Fish category (less than 24” in length)

 

First Place:

Chris Rost, Drayton, ND

Weight 4.95 lb.

$200

 

Second Place:

Brian Anderson, Halma, MN

Weight:  4.90 lb.

$100

 

 

 

 

The $30,000 prize for a new ND record catfish went unclaimed.  See you at Rod & Reel Rally, July 21, 2012 ! 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

Drayton Community Chamber of Commerce would like to thank tournament sponsor KXPO Radio 1340 AM, and acknowledge the input of the City of Drayton, Red River Resort’s Pete and Joey Marciniak, and Andi Knutson, Brad Nelson, and Marie Perkins, and Randy Schuster who organized and ran the tournament smoothly and professionally.  Nice job everyone!

 

 

 

 

Drayton’s 2011 Rod & Reel Rally catfishing tournament was held September 17, 2011. 

 

This year’s tournament was a long time coming.  After postponing twice due to high river levels, organizers picked a September date hoping things would dry out eventually so that folks in search of a tournament-winning whopper would have a chance to try their luck. 

 

Tournament day was seasonably cool, overcast, and breezy, but Mother Nature had finally tamed the river and anglers seemed excited to be getting out for some whopper fishing.   Fishing action started a little slowly, then became steady during the afternoon, with a big influx of weighable fish coming in right at the close of the tournament.  With no rain in sight, spectators wandered down to the waterfront one by one during the day in hopes of catching a glimpse of a big cat being brought in from a boat.

 

With the number of boats down this year due to the multiple postponements, no records were set for total fish weighed in.  24 fish were brought to shore by the 78 participating entrants fishing in 30 boats.

 

Complete results are as follows:

 

 

Whopper category

 

First Place:      

Rhea Restemayer, Edinburg, ND

Weight:  22.0 lb.

$1200

 

Second Place:

Brandon Patterson, Fargo, ND

Weight:  20.7 lb.

$600

 

Third Place:

Jeff Kostrzewski, Crookston, MN

Weight:  19.9 lb.

$200

 

Fourth Place:

Victor Moreno, Hoople, ND

Weight:  19.8 lb.

$150

 

Fifth Place:

Matt Noel, Stephen, MN

Weight:  19.7 lb.

$100

 

Sixth Place:

Troy Srnsky, Warren, MN

Weight:  19.6 lb.

$100

 

 

 

Slot Fish category (less than 24” in length)

 

First Place:

Chris Rost, Drayton, ND

Weight 4.95 lb.

$200

 

Second Place:

Brian Anderson, Halma, MN

Weight:  4.90 lb.

$100

 

 

 

 

The $30,000 prize for a new ND record catfish went unclaimed.  See you at Rod & Reel Rally, July 21, 2012 ! 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

Drayton Community Chamber of Commerce would like to thank tournament sponsor KXPO Radio 1340 AM, and acknowledge the input of the City of Drayton, Red River Resort’s Pete and Joey Marciniak, and Andi Knutson, Brad Nelson, and Marie Perkins, and Randy Schuster who organized and ran the tournament smoothly and professionally.  Nice job everyone!