Magic On Mississippi Lake Pays Off for Bullen and Bowes
Veteran Anglers Celebrate First Team Win in Renegade Bass
OTTAWA, CANADA – July 14th, 2014 – Renegade Bass, the leader in live release bass tournament fishing in Canada, is pleased to announce the results of the secondqualifier event of the 2014 tournament season presented by Evinrude BRP Motors , Ranger Boats and Orleans Boat World & Sports.
The Town of Carleton Place, Ontarioplayed host to55 of Canada’s Elite Bass Angling Teams on June 12th, 2014. Teams were competing for over $13,000 in cash and prizes on Mississippi Lake.Mississippi Lake is a renowned fishing destination in Eastern Ontario with over 35 miles (55km) of shoreline and significant wild rice fields and lake vegetation supporting a strong population of both largemouth and smallmouth bass.
Renegade teams competed hard in this second event of the 2014 season and with eight of the top 10 teams bringing 16lb+ bags to the Renegade Water Weigh-In scales. The winning MyCar/Sprig Homes/Kanata Rims and Tires pro team ofScott Bullen and Doug Bowes topped this elite field of anglers with a huge weight of 18.47lbs. This veteran team knows Mississippi Lake well, Bullen having grown up fishing the lake and a former resident of the area and Bowes, a resident of Carleton Place.
“We went into the event confident we could put five good fish into the livewell, but knew we had to be patient running fast, burning a lot of fuel and fishing super slow allowing the big bites come to us.” said Scott Bullen “Traditionally there is a great shoreline structure bite on Mississippi Lake but our bigger fish came on deeper spots with jigs, senkos and a new prototype bait I designed called the Bullen Beast.”
“We’re a team that works very well together and plays off each other’s strengths. If Scott’s fishing slow, I’ll throw a moving bait or vice versa, that way we know we’re covering off our options and focus on getting big bites. ” said Doug Bowes “From pretournament practice and all through the tournament day, we’re always trying to solve the big bass bite puzzle. That and a lot of experience on Mississippi Lake brought home the win for us!”
The Renegade Bass Series will now move to the Town of Morrisburg for back to back events on August 2nd and 3rd, to compete for a top 40 final position which will qualify teams to fish for an Evinrude-powered Ranger Bass Boat from Orleans Boat World and Sports.For full results and final TOY standingsplease visit the Renegade Bass website;
The top 10 teams from Renegade Bass Mississippi Lake Qualifier #2 are:
RankTeam #Team# FishWeightPnltyBF 1BF 2BF 3Total
134Scott Bullen / Doug Bowes5/518.4704.10018.47
249Corey Gaffney / Tyler Ward5/518.0104.684.42018.01
36Jamie Hearty / Chris Patacairk5/517.8204.60017.82
42Clancy Mulvihill / David Craig5/516.9604.660016.96
517Steve Barnett / Jack Levert5/516.74000016.74
652Dave Roy / Andy Kinstler5/516.6104.730016.61
730JC Goulet / Pierre-Hugues Lussier5/516.1203.650016.12
839Mark Hamelin / Mark Robinson5/516.1104.30016.11
937Lenny Devos / Jeff Desloges5/515.704.810015.7
1031Fern Campeau / Mike Merrill5/515.48000015.48