Midland High Takes Bassmaster High School Series Win On Saginaw Bay

June 19, 2021

Midland High Takes Bassmaster High School Series Win On Saginaw Bay

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BANGOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Midland High School team of Brady Pinwar and Alec Albrecht defended their home waters of Saginaw Bay on Saturday afternoon, catching 23 pounds, 4 ounces of smallmouth bass to win the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.

The second-place team of Brayden Ruckman and Nate Helmreich from Freeland High School, also a local program, took second place with 20-14, and Hank Sturm and Mitch Straffon from Fenton High School finished third with 20-12.

“It’s amazing,” Albrecht said. “All of our buddies are going to Nationals, so it will be cool to go along with them. We set the bar high and went for 25 pounds, but 23 pounds is just fine. We fish out here a lot of the time but the wind is crazy. It took forever to get in.”

Unexpected storms moved across the region around mid-day, creating some rough conditions for competitors, who were allowed extra time to navigate back to the weigh-in. That, however, didn’t stop Pinwar and Albrecht from getting to their spot and sight-fishing for bedding smallmouth.

“We made a long journey today up North and we got onto a rock flat and caught the bed fish that were there,” Albrecht said.

While some were postspawn, Pinwar said they could see most of the bass they caught. They were throwing an X Zone Lures Finesse Slammer on a drop shot, a Poor Boys Baits Erie Darter on a darter-head jig and a black hair jig, which produced their biggest bass.

“They were late spawners more out deep,” Pinwar said. “Some of them might have been guarding the fry. We executed great. We only caught seven or eight fish, but we only fished the ones we thought we needed.”

Ruckman and Helmreich took a similar approach, fishing for bedding smallmouth in deeper water. Their day started slow, but after bouncing around through some different areas they found a couple of smallmouth that were willing to bite.

“We couldn’t get the first two or three to go,” Ruckman said. “After that, it was kind of lights-out for three or four fish. Then we had a standstill for a while and finally started picking back up. We culled our one 2-pounder we needed to cull out.”

The Freeland High duo caught smallmouth in 10 to 12 feet of water, using a drop shot for the spawners and a crankbait to pick up a couple of postspawners.

“If you could get to them without them seeing you first, you could catch them normally,” Helmreich said. “We marked them in practice and today we would go look for them and cast to them.”

Ethan Gilbert and Carson Aarup from Downeast Fishing Club in North Carolina earned the Big Bass of the Tournament award with a 5-1 largemouth.

The top six teams punched their ticket to the 2021 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, which will be held on Chickamauga Lake in Dayton, Tenn., July 29-31.

The final regular-season High School Series event of the year will be held next week at Lay Lake.

The tournament was hosted by Bangor Charter Township in partnership with Great Lakes Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Michigan B.A.S.S. Nation.

2021 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Saginaw Bay presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors 6/19-6/19Saginaw Bay, Saginaw Bay  MI.(BOATER) Standings Day 1

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Brady Pinwar – Alec Albrecht                 Midland High School                   0Day 1: 5   23-04   Total:   5  23-042.  Brayden Ruckman – Nate Helmreich             Freeland High School                  0Day 1: 5   20-14   Total:   5  20-143.  Hank Sturm – Mitch Straffon                  Fenton High School                    0Day 1: 5   20-12   Total:   5  20-124.  Luke Malik – Ryan Kahut                      Brighton High School                  0Day 1: 5   18-02   Total:   5  18-025.  Jack Swihart – Rylan Hamlin                  Jackson Fishing                       0Day 1: 5   18-02   Total:   5  18-026.  Jacob Policka – Brayden Vallie               Fruitport (271)                       0Day 1: 5   18-01   Total:   5  18-017.  Cole Carr – Luke McGuire                     Anchor Bay High School                0Day 1: 5   17-12   Total:   5  17-128.  Ethan Gilbert – Carson Aarup                 Downeast Fishing Club                 0Day 1: 5   17-07   Total:   5  17-079.  Mason Snider – Dalton Benson                 Mount Juliet Fishing                  0Day 1: 5   17-07   Total:   5  17-0710. Drake Vandike – Anthony Polzin               Livonia Outlaws                       0Day 1: 5   17-06   Total:   5  17-0611. Braylan Tyler – Logan Ashby                  Franklin County High School (141      0Day 1: 5   16-15   Total:   5  16-1512. Jacob Davidson – Tristen Boyd                Mt Juliet High School                 0Day 1: 5   16-02   Total:   5  16-0213. Van Price – Tristan Fawley                   Carlson High School                   0Day 1: 5   15-13   Total:   5  15-1314. Jack Sprague – Cole Jimkoski                 Freeland                              0Day 1: 5   15-10   Total:   5  15-1015. Dylan May – Trey Hayton                      Brownsburg High School                0Day 1: 5   15-09   Total:   5  15-0916. Blake Marcum – Brody Diamond                 Louisa Bass Club High School          0Day 1: 5   14-14   Total:   5  14-1417. Evan Simonis – Hunter Ross                   Fruitport high school                 0Day 1: 5   14-13   Total:   5  14-1318. Nate Grow – Micah Hammond                    Grand Haven High School               0Day 1: 5   14-10   Total:   5  14-1018. Alex Standerfer – Collin Mcglin              New London                            0Day 1: 5   14-10   Total:   5  14-1020. Nick Seitz – Brock Vogel                     419 fishing                           0Day 1: 5   14-09   Total:   5  14-0921. Caden Adams – Parker Pace                    Clarkston HS – A1 Anglers             0Day 1: 5   14-07   Total:   5  14-0722. Harry Richter – Jacob Piniatoglou            Saline High School                    0Day 1: 5   14-02   Total:   5  14-0223. Aiden Pihaylic – John Sheker                 Anchor Bay Juniors                    0Day 1: 5   13-15   Total:   5  13-1524. Mike Abbott – Rees Williams                  Jonathan Alder High School            0Day 1: 5   13-13   Total:   5  13-1324. Adam Dionne – Zach Waters                    lanse creuse                          0Day 1: 5   13-13   Total:   5  13-1326. Connor Dobrinski – Nolan Tibbs               Zeeland Fishhawx                      0Day 1: 5   13-12   Total:   5  13-1226. Blake Talaski – Jordan Osentoski             Bad Axe High                          0Day 1: 5   13-12   Total:   5  13-1228. Matt Mosby – Gus Dietrich                    Powers Bass Team                      0Day 1: 5   13-10   Total:   5  13-1029. Zach Pocos – Brett Hill                      Hartleys Hawgs Bass Team              0Day 1: 5   13-10   Total:   5  13-1030. Landon Brown – Connor Mckinzie               Bourbon County High School            0Day 1: 5   13-08   Total:   5  13-0831. Nick Bartolo – Dylan Ross                    greenville bass club                  0Day 1: 5   13-04   Total:   5  13-0432. Will Hughes – Corbin Olsson                  East Grand Rapids                     0Day 1: 5   13-03   Total:   5  13-0333. Blake Gad – Eddie Gad                        Reed Custer                           0Day 1: 5   13-01   Total:   5  13-0134. Tanner Wolf – Kaleb Casler                   Dewitt High School                    0Day 1: 5   12-13   Total:   5  12-1335. Brett Mouw – Tj Wright                       The Hill Toppers                      0Day 1: 5   12-12   Total:   5  12-1236. Nathan Syrett – Evan Shaw                    Howell High School                    0Day 1: 5   12-12   Total:   5  12-1237. Cougar Fagan – Logan Moulton                                                       0Day 1: 5   12-10   Total:   5  12-1038. Paxton Giem – Charlie Dobbelaer              Boyne City High School                0Day 1: 5   12-10   Total:   5  12-1039. Hunter Petrovic – John Sergeant              Minooka High School                   0Day 1: 5   12-07   Total:   5  12-0740. Alex Herter – Derek Kantola                  Howell High School                    0Day 1: 5   11-12   Total:   5  11-1241. Trent Rivers – Thomas Henshaw                Northville High School                0Day 1: 5   11-05   Total:   5  11-0542. Bennett Chenoweth – Chance Reese             Northville                            0Day 1: 5   10-12   Total:   5  10-1243. Jaden Bovee – Hunter Falor                   Coleman High School                   0Day 1: 5   10-09   Total:   5  10-0944. Carter Albright – Jordan Warner              Midland High School                   0Day 1: 5   10-07   Total:   5  10-0745. Tyler Zimmerman –                            Fruitport High School                 0Day 1: 5   10-01   Total:   5  10-0146. Bennett Bauer – Preston Venable              RoCo Anglers                          0Day 1: 5   10-00   Total:   5  10-0047. Dalton Polega – Luke East                    Freeland High School                  0Day 1: 5   09-15   Total:   5  09-1548. Connor Christensen – Noah Varitek            Anchor bay                            0Day 1: 3   07-03   Total:   3  07-0349. Matthew Wenzell – Nathaniel Wenzell          Midland High                          0Day 1: 3   06-00   Total:   3  06-0050. Mitchell Anderson – Keegan Johnson           Lowell high school                    0Day 1: 3   05-03   Total:   3  05-0351. Casey Rausch –                               greenville bass club                  0Day 1: 1   03-15   Total:   1  03-1552. Nathan Akahoshi – Ethan Laducer              Stevenson High School                 0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0052. Braylon Eggerding – Lucas Washburn           Forest Hills                          0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0052. Jack Hay – Dominic Wolf                      howell high school                    0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0052. Carlie Mitchell – Remington Barkley          Hartland                              0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0052. Ayden Rubritius – Boyd Fuller                Western Panthers Bass Fishing Te      0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0052. Chase Taylor – Braydon Moore                 Grand Haven High School               0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0052. Logan Ware – Jack Romatz                     Midland High School                   0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00———————————————————————–TotalsDay   #Limits    #Fish      Weight1        47       245       703-12———————————-47       245       703-12

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