Borculo Bait & Tackle reports tournament results: The Cadillac-Mitchell BBT Bass R US Tournament 2003 Classic Qualifier, held on June 7, was greeted with a cool overcast morning, a southern breeze and a few sprinkles. 47 limits were brought to the scales, and 78 of the 99 registered boats weighed fish. A total of 311 bass were brought to the scales for a total weight of 660.00 pounds. Congratulations to Jim Horn & Terry Smith for the winning limit of fish weighing 15.74 pounds. They also had 2^nd big bass weighing 3.92 lbs. Steve Theodore & Terry Geertman took second place with 15.02   pounds. Third place went to Todd and Mike Krikke with 14.56 pounds.  Shawn Martinie & Doug DeRoo, weighing 4.35 pounds brought in the big bass of the tournament.

The 2nd BBT Bass R US Tournament 2003 Classic Qualifier was held on Grand River at Riverside Park on June 14. A beautiful morning greeted the 92 teams. Fishing however proved to be a real challenge for many with only 22 limits. A total of 66 teams brought 166 bass to the scales weighing 425.85 pounds. Congratulations to Chris Vanhouten & Forrest Brown for the winning limit of fish weighing 15.39 pounds.  They also had 1st big bass weighing 5.28 pounds. Norm Green took second place with 13.70 pounds. Jeff Homkes & Ken Dunn took 3^rd place with 13.50 pounds. 2^nd big bass went to Ben Neilson & Brad Lyons weighing 4.76 pounds.

BBT Bass R US Firecracker 100 held on June 28 at Riverside Park/Grand River: The weather forecast was bleak, but the morning turned out to be great for fishing, with the storms holding off until the afternoon. 16 limits were brought to the scales and 34 of the 43 registered boats weighed fish. A total of 116 fish were brought to the scales weighing 230.94 pounds. Congratulations to Kelly Geertman & Kyle Borst for the winning limit of fish weighing 14.51 pounds, and second big bass weighing 4.56 pounds.

Shawn Martinie &Doug DeRoo took second place with 11.72 pounds. Third place went to Mike Mortensen & Sherry Harnack with 11.20 pounds. The Big bass of the tournament weighing 4.75 pounds was brought in by Harv & Tom Vandeweg.

The 3^rd tournament will be held at White Lake/Municipal Launch on July 26. The 4th tournament will be held at Muskegon Lake/Fisherman’s Landing on August 2, followed by the last qualifier at Riverside Park on August 16. The BBT 100 will be held on at Fisherman’s Landing on September 6. See the complete tournament schedule in Fish & Game Finder’s “2003 Tournament Schedule”. For more information call Russ at 616-875-7939, e-mail bbt@bbtbass.com, or visit BBT’s website at www.bbtbass.com.