Troy Norman and Jay Samsal are this year’s winners of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.
The duo from Fort Frances and Kenora reeled in their third title in five years after combining for 62.1 pounds of fish over the weekend.
That was just over two pounds better than runners-up, Mike Wilson and Zack McBride.
Norman and Samsal’s three-day total eclipses the former high-water mark of 58.62 set in 1998 by Jim Moynagh and Joe Thrun.
Wilson and McBride’s total of 58.92 also bested the former record.
Norman and Samsal also captured titles in 2016 and 2017.
A total of 86 teams participated in the event that was absent of U.S. anglers because of travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border.
Here are the final standings:
Pos Team Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Total Captain Partner
1 4 21.44 19.90 20.76 62.10 Troy Norman Jay Samsal
2 14 19.93 21.17 17.82 58.92 Mike Wilson Zack McBride
3 5 17.25 20.41 19.69 57.35 James Hill Chris Viel
4 65 17.93 19.93 17.05 54.91 Cole Godbout Braedon Keast
5 10 20.26 18.33 16.11 54.70 Bryan Gustafson Brian McNanney
6 103 17.47 18.34 18.30 54.11 Carson Dubchak Perry Dubchak
7 9 17.28 20.13 16.69 54.10 Connor Burton Jeff Engstrom
8 118 18.23 16.94 18.92 54.09 Jim Sandelovich Connor Sandelovitch
9 67 18.77 16.82 17.35 52.94 Travis Shallock Jakob Marszowski
10 98 21.53 15.00 16.36 52.89 Bill Galusha Jake Boettcher
11 20 16.66 16.21 19.64 52.51 Jason Cain Wayne Howard
12 16 17.48 18.46 16.51 52.45 Matt Plante Adam Bolen
13 15 13.55 19.12 19.40 52.07 Dale Labelle Dave Byrnes
14 51 18.68 16.26 16.62 51.56 Jeff Gustafson Scott Dingwall
15 28 17.78 16.90 16.64 51.32 Glenn Leroux Trevor Zimak
16 36 15.33 17.49 17.84 50.66 Glenn Ward Vanessa Ward
17 22 18.11 16.90 15.63 50.64 Matt Goldamer Andy Carlson
18 109 15.53 19.62 15.45 50.60 Kyle Monkman Antti Kuokkanen
19 107 18.53 17.54 14.45 50.52 Bart Stebnitsky Owen Stebnitsky
20 49 17.74 14.12 18.19 50.05 Dave Lindsay Ashley Lindsay
21 17 15.54 18.66 15.63 49.83 John Czupryna Justin Mohring
22 116 15.02 16.98 17.19 49.19 Ralph Galusha Kelvin Caul
23 64 16.39 16.46 16.22 49.07 Paul Jewiss Neil Cooper
24 47 15.18 18.12 15.46 48.76 Darrin Ward Kobi Ward
25 88 17.93 14.50 15.78 48.21 Chris Page George Page
26 24 17.73 16.51 13.87 48.11 Mike Graham Paul Visser
27 37 16.73 15.53 15.77 48.03 Mike Badiuk Ryan McDowall
28 113 18.47 15.03 14.48 47.98 Doug McBride Solly Santiago
29 38 18.05 16.63 13.26 47.94 Mike Bodnarchuk Brady Bodnarchuck
30 8 15.17 15.76 17.00 47.93 Bill Godin Leroy Wilson
31 93 15.99 17.35 14.16 47.50 Braydon Kreger Hunter Calvert
31 117 15.51 18.22 13.77 47.50 Mike Salvador Steve Salvador
33 48 18.71 11.72 16.99 47.42 Rene Cadene Deb Cadene
34 85 17.55 16.43 13.36 47.34 Steve Ballan Kent Ballan
35 102 14.04 19.06 14.18 47.28 Shane Wepruk Dave Williams
36 114 14.32 16.32 16.60 47.24 Riley Caul Ryan Witherspoon
37 78 14.62 17.58 15.02 47.22 Mark Wilson Doug Berry
38 58 14.82 14.04 18.27 47.13 Grant Swire Greg Swire
39 43 15.60 14.69 16.49 46.78 Wayne Smith Ryan Piaskowski
40 119 13.95 15.76 16.68 46.39 Jody Shypit Jeremy Shypit
41 68 13.71 15.53 17.12 46.36 James Kaemingh Dan Veldhuisen
42 96 16.79 13.61 15.92 46.32 John Marc Fortier Joe Shwetz Jr.
43 31 18.25 16.19 11.73 46.17 Eric Veldhuisen Matt Veldhuisen
44 13 14.46 16.81 14.89 46.16 Ryan Hyatt Karl Wolff
45 46 18.33 15.42 12.18 45.93 Dennis Barnard Scott Gobeil
46 115 16.33 13.74 15.74 45.81 Oliver Gibbons Jason Gibbons
47 74 16.49 15.78 13.31 45.58 Mike Maxton Javyn Maxton
48 84 15.43 15.50 14.48 45.41 Karl Howells Roy Williamson
49 105 11.79 17.51 16.00 45.30 Greg Stahn Mike Kruger
50 7 13.54 16.84 14.68 45.06 Stuart Neniska Diane Neniska
51 66 16.07 16.65 12.24 44.96 Rick Savage Curtis Scott
52 19 11.57 15.79 17.41 44.77 Dean Smith Jamie Kaun
53 35 13.42 15.50 15.81 44.73 Jordan Stus Vince Godbout
54 77 12.96 15.42 16.34 44.72 Kyle Turgeon Mike Sande
55 99 14.39 16.10 14.10 44.59 Adam Christiansen Nathan Dupuis
56 108 16.70 13.78 14.06 44.54 Ed Morrison Brian Wayash Jr.
57 41 16.10 9.75 18.46 44.31 Ron Tucker Cody Vangel
58 76 15.84 12.99 15.33 44.16 Terry Gill Chad Hanson
59 110 13.90 17.58 12.56 44.04 Brendan Menchions Kyle Anderson
60 95 13.07 14.46 15.87 43.40 Rob Lindsay Parker Lindsay
61 106 13.58 16.60 13.07 43.25 Tyler Mosbeck Aaron McDowell
62 89 13.04 15.58 14.53 43.15 Randy Paishk Vernon Fair
63 23 16.03 12.00 14.94 42.97 Ted Heyens Leo Heyens
64 90 14.98 15.03 12.75 42.76 Luc Levesque Mason Levesque
65 94 13.34 15.03 14.26 42.63 Dan Fraser Travis Bruyere
66 60 14.06 13.44 14.76 42.26 Wyatt Branch Dalton Alexander
67 83 15.38 13.26 13.23 41.87 Keith Wilson Brian Wayash
68 112 15.08 13.02 13.58 41.68 Cory Curtis Corson Curtis
69 59 14.19 16.00 11.43 41.62 Bob Calder Terry Allan
70 39 11.32 15.91 13.73 40.96 Tony Jackson Bill Bright
71 80 12.51 14.45 13.82 40.78 Jim Steele Kelly Tolen
72 57 13.40 13.62 13.61 40.63 Darryl Galusha Callum Galusha
73 92 12.89 14.60 13.13 40.62 Brian Comeau Jess Comeau
74 44 13.14 17.23 10.11 40.48 Devin Stromness Travis Stromness
75 26 11.79 13.36 12.55 37.70 Kris Esselink Jack Esselimk
76 79 9.83 12.73 13.67 36.23 Darwin Thompson Clinton Rooker
77 70 12.60 11.37 11.95 35.92 Mike Cote Paul Salinas
78 72 8.09 10.54 17.07 35.70 Kyle Solomon Scott Boone
79 75 12.00 12.76 9.34 34.10 Dennis Smith Glen Smith
80 86 10.59 12.57 10.49 33.65 Tommy Jourdain Shane Jourdain
81 69 7.20 14.42 10.94 32.56 Matt Ruston David Ross
82 111 10.19 12.68 9.12 31.99 Jacob Jack Fred Jack
83 61 10.14 8.92 7.45 26.51 Paul Morrison Zander Morrison
84 42 9.62 10.46 0.00 20.08 Bruce Hewitson Ken Zimak
85 100 17.70 0.00 0.00 17.70 Chad Buist Ryan Hastie
86 62 0.00 15.63 0.00 15.63 Nick Vescio Kyle Vescio