Thirty-four fishermen and women took to Lake Ripley for Saturday’s Watercade fishing contest.
Rules limited the contest to 40 boats of a maximum of five contestants each for the four-hour event.
Boat 28, captained by Chase Piepenburg, hauled in the largest northern pike, coming in at seven pounds, 13 ounces. He also had the top stringer of up to three northern pikes, weighing in at 12 pounds, eight ounces. He won $100 for the northern and $200 for the string. John Marritz in boat 26 had a string of 10 pounds, 15 ounces for the $100 second place prize.
The largest bass was caught by boat 21, headed by Ron Warren, coming in at five pounds.
Warren tied boat 19 of last names Nelson and Bateman for the largest string of up to five bass at 13 pounds, 12 ounces. They split the $200 prize.
Lonnie Johnson in boat 11 had the top string of up to five panfish coming in at two pounds, 13 ounces to win $200. The Sussners in boat five and Warren in boat 21 split the second-place prize of $100 at two pounds, three ounces.
Boat 15, headed by Kyle Kalkbrenner, hauled in the largest walleye at two pounds, 13 ounces.
Event organizers were Adam Monson, Lyle Diekmann and Bill Roers.
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