Bodinger Brothers Bring Home the Win
The brothers team of Steve & Dan Bodinger bring in a 2 day total basket of 72.59 pounds to take the Detroit River 2010 title. For their efforts they earned $16,400 in tournament payout and sponsor contingency bonuses, plus $1000 in Cabela's gift cards.
The big fish of the tournament was caught by Nate Seiferlein & Jason Kaniszewski, weighing 10.27 pounds.
Day 1 at Detroit River, with a lead of 38.99lbs!
Day 1 is in the books and over 2,527 pounds of fish were caught with 482 fish brought in – a 5.24 pound average. Taking the lead are Dan Johnson of Fayettevile, Oh and Larry Rhoads III of Oregonia, OH with 38.99 pounds for five fish.
Here are the top 5 places after day one….
•2: Boat # 53 - Steve Bodinger (Chilton, WI) & Dan Bodinger (Chilton, WI) - Day 1 - 5 Fish, 38.93 lbs.
•3: Boat # 76 - Mark Lemke (Dexter, MI) & John Orailly (Lincon Park, MI) - Day 1 - 5 Fish, 37.58 lbs.
•4: Boat # 16 - Bob Devine (Windsor, ON) & Steve Velte (Belleville, MI) - Day 1 - 5 Fish, 36.35 lbs.
•5: Boat # 32 - David Leach (Linwood, MI) & Alan Szoke (Grosse Ile, MI) - Day 1 - 5 Fish, 34.44 lbs.
Biggest fish of the day honors also go to Dan Johnson and Larry Rhoads III with 10.23 pounds netting $1000. Second place was 9.77 pounds for Dave Truett of Marblehead, OH and Dan Stier of Clearwater, MN for $700 and third place was Mark Lemke of Dexter, MI and John Oreilly of Lincon Park, MI at 9.71 pounds for $400.
Day 1 results can be found on this link or on our bulletin board under Detroit River.
To check out the competition between the East Division Berkley Premier Team, click here for the updated bracket.