| | Tournament Recap |
| | Date: | | 9/15/2002 |
| | Tournament Loc: | | Forest Lake |
| | Lake Information |
| | City | Forest Lake | Acreage: | 2251 | acres | Source: | Minnesota DNR |
| | County | Washington | Maximum Depth: | 37 | feet | Source |
| | State: | Minnesota | Water Clarity: | DOW number: |
| | Tournament |
| | Launch | 7:15:00 AM | Distance | 40 miles | *distance & time estimates are from |
| | Weigh-InTime | 3:00:00 PM | Estimated | 40 minutes | Bloomington |
| | (by www.mapquest.com) |
| | Launch | Lake 1 | Directions: | 35W North; CR-2 (exit 131); |
| | Ramp | Single - Concrete |
| | Accomodation Information |
| | Lure Type |
| | Lure Type | Count | Total Wt | Avg Wt | Big Bass |
| | ? | 12 | 20.29 | 1.69 | 3.10 |
| | Brush Hog | 3 | 5.39 | 1.80 | 2.69 |
| | Buzzbait | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| | French Fry | 4 | 5.40 | 1.35 | 1.80 |
| | Jig | 16 | 29.01 | 1.81 | 2.81 |
| | Soft Jerkbait | 19 | 33.50 | 1.76 | 3.71 |
| | Spider Grub | 1 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 |
| | Tube | 33 | 59.29 | 1.80 | 3.34 |
| | Weedless Topwater | 3 | 4.92 | 1.64 | 1.77 |
| | Worm | 3 | 6.57 | 2.19 | 2.65 |
| | Totals | 95 | 167.07 | 1.76 |
| | Top Six Finishers | Big Bass |
| | 1 | . | Amos, Rob | 10.48 | | McDonough, | 3.71 | | Bass Pro Shops Stik-O Green Pumpkin |
| | 2 | . | Richardson, Dale | 10.40 |
| | 3 | . | McDonough, Mike | 10.13 |
| | 4 | . | Siefering, Kevin | 9.74 |
| | 5 | . | Smith, Jeff | 9.52 |
| | 6 | . | McCracken, Cal | 9.24 |
| | Tournament Pattern |
| | Winning Pattern: | Senkos under docks |
| | Secondary Patterns: | Tubes Senkos Jig/pig French fries |
| | A few fish on Scum Frogs |
| | A few on Motor oil Power Worm and Brush Hogs in reeds |
| | One or two fish on deep Jig/Pig |
| | Weather Conditions: | A cold front came through Saturday morning with rain. |
| | Wind: AM calm, PM, calm, |
| | Sky: AM Light fog, Mid sunny, PM sunny |
| | Water Conditions: | Water Clarity: medium |
| | Water Temp: AM 70, PM 74 |
| | Prefishing Patterns: | N / A - mystery tournament |
| | Miscellaneous Notes: | Dock fish were deep under the cover and required precise casts, otherwise all you caught were the small |