Team Verdict built on its 2009 success with a very strong outing at the Manistee Splash.  With a very tough bite for the fleet the entire week leading up to the event in the waters around Manistee, the we decided to make the run back into Ludington waters in hopes a better success.  As luck would have it, the better fishing that we gambled on was there waiting for us.  Although the bite was still difficult, requiring us to capitalize on our bites, but we were able to put together two days of limit catches of ten fish.  Although our day one weight was only 92#, it put us in position to move up on day two with the day's third largest cooler of over 130# including a king that tipped the scales at 25.25#.

Our day one catch put us too far behind to catch up to the all the leaders, but we were able to catapult ourselves from our 11th place position from day one all the way up to 3rd in the pro division.  Our 25.25# king netted us second in the big fish category (and it was also the second largest fish caught overall on the 2009 Tournament Trail), and also helped us to become Manistee Port Champions for the 333 Championship Series!

The crew of the Verdict III had a great start to the 2009 tournament season with a wire to wire victory in the Onekama Marine Memorial Weekend Shakedown!  Team Verdict had a wonderful weekend of fishing weighing the two largest catches of the weekend at 83.15# and 79.30# for a total ten fish catch of 162.45#, 22.2# ahead of the second place boat. 

Team Verdict is a strong supporter of the newly formed Great Lakes Salmon Series (GL2S).  The Team views the creation of the GL2S as a key to the continued growth of our sport and an opportunity for Great Lakes salmon fishing to gain the publicity it deserves when compared with other professional tours for species such as bass, walleye, redfish, and kingfish.  For more information related to GL2S, visit its website at www.gl2s.com.

After a full season and over 125 hours per motor on the repower from 5.7L carbureted Volvo engines to 2007 5.7L multi-port fuel injected Crusader engines, it makes sense to revisit the process and the performance of this substantial investment in the boat.

The enormous winter project of repowering the Verdict III with 2007 Crusader 5.7L MPI engines has been completed with the hard work of Johnson's Supreme Marine in Ludington, Michigan. 

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