RED CEDAR

On a rainy cool & windy day on Barron County's Red Cedar Lake the anglers that utilized their electronics & floggers to catch the bedding smallmouth bass dominated the tournament & nobody did it better than Gene & Larry Henck. Last year's AOY winners are off to a good start to the 2025 season their bag a big old brown girls tipped the scale at a very impressive 17.48 lbs. Coming in second were Jamie Gibson & Doug Peterson w/16.87 lbs. At a close third place was Rob Newhouse & Mike Anselmo w/16.47 lbs. Their 5 fish limit moves them into a tie all time for 21 consecutive 5 fish limits with Gene & Larry & a crack to break it at LCO. Taking 4th was Joe Wilcox & Eric Hermansen w/16.45 lbs. Rounding out the money winners at fifth place were Donn Schlapper & Joel Blazer who had 14.62 lbs. A big congratulations to Donn & his family as his son & a former UNBC angler Pat won the Bassmaster Elite Series event held on the Sabine River in Texas on Sunday & somehow Donn & Jill made it down there in time to see Pat hoist that very coveted blue trophy. Randy Grinnell caught the big bass for the tournament a 4.14 lb. smallie, moving him into a tie with Larry Henck for the all time most big bass awards with 5.