Tournaments 2024
5 fish limit per team - no drops - yes to FFS
Proposed 2026 Schedule is linked on the homepage!
5 fish limit per team - no drops - yes to FFS
Kevin Barnosky & Lenny Gaita
1. Bantam Lake 04/21/2024 : 700am - 300pm
Lenny Gaita and new partner Kevin Barnosky easily captured victory with a monster 24.80 lb bag! Taking second place with 15.71 lbs was Ryan Shimels and Tom Bernier, also a new team for the club! Rounding out third place was Mike Shimels and George Macdonald with 15.36 lbs. Club lunker went to the Lenny and Kevin with a 5.76 lb largemouth.
2. Lake McDonough 05/19/2024 : 10:28am - 600pm
Jon Puhalski Jr & Pat Geist take the W with 15.41lbs! Mike Shimels & George MacDonald are a close second with 14.77lbs. Kevin Barnosky & Lenny Gaita rounded out 3rd with 14.37lbs.
3. Lillinonah
06/2/2024 : 700am - 300pm
Congrats to Bobby and Rich Tomasini who weighed 14.21 lbs on a really tough day. 2nd place went to Zach Mallett and Dom Pellegrino with 12.56 lbs of largies. Rounding out 3rd was Jeff Clark & Jason Bonhotel with 12.26 lbs. They also took lunker with a 5.53 Largemouth. Congrats!
4. Otis, Mass 06/23/2024 : 700am - 300pm
Bill Clark & Caiden Hussey secure their first victory of 2024 with a 13.45 lb bag! Second place goes to Lenny Gaita & Kevin Barnosky which weighed four fish for 12.91 lbs. Rounding out 3rd was Nate Casarella & Rob Killeen with 11.07. Lunker was 4.55 lbs and went to Lenny Gaita & Kevin Barnosky. Congrats!
5. Candlewood 07/17/2024 : 700am - 300pm
Coming off a monster 25 plus 5 fish night tourney bag over the weekend, Kevin Barnosky & Lenny Gaita do it again! They weighed 21.58 lbs to take the mid-week tourney victory. Close behind was the Tomasini's with 20.01 lbs and club lunker with a 5.71 largemouth. Rounding out 3rd was Mike Shimels & George Macdonald with 16.78 lbs.
6. Zoar 07/28/2023 : 600am - 200pm
Joel Lackey and Ken Pratt take the win at Lake Zoar with 12.27 lbs. In a close second, Rob Killeen and Nate Casarella bring 11.88 lbs to the scales while Billy Slavis and Matt Vogt grab 3rd AND lunker with 11.43 lbs. Their lunker largemouth went 4.07 lbs. Congrats to all!
7. Lake Champlain
(2 day Club Classic) 08/10/2024 - 8/11/2024 600am - 400pm day 1 , 600am - 200pm
Mike Hall & Murphy Gruinger sacked an impressive 21.38 lbs of largemouth to take the day 1 lead. However, Joel Lackey and his brother Bryan come back with a monster 22.47 lb bag on day 2 to take the overall victory! They were in 6th place at the end of day one! In second place with nearly all smallmouth was Kevin Barnosky & Lenny Gaita bringing a 2-day total of 37.02 lbs. Third place was taken by Mike Hall & Murphy Gruinger (35.68 lbs) while Zach Mallett & Dom Pellegrino finished fourth with 35.30 lbs of all smallmouth. Day 1 lunker went to Mike Hall & Murphy Gruinger with a 5.33 lb Largemouth. Joel Lackey & Bryan Lackey caught the day 2 lunker with a 5.29 largemouth.
8. Twin Lakes 09/15/2024: 700am - 300pm
Joel Lackey and Ken Pratt take the victory making it two in a row for these two and three for Joel counting the Champlain win with his brother! 16.36 lbs took 1st while a close second was 16.19 weighed by Mike Shimels and Gary Lewis (George Macdonald's out due to shoulder surgery). 3rd place went to Kevin Barnosky & Lenny Gaita with 15.45 lbs. Club lunker went to the Tomasini's weighing a 5.52 lb Largemouth. Kevin Barnosky and Lenny Gaita hold an eleven point Team of the Year lead over Nate Casarella and Rob Killeen with 3 tournaments left.
9. Congamond
09/29/2024 : 700am - 300pm
The young guns with all their great tools dominated the top spots with Kevin Barnosky & Lenny Gaita taking the win! They brought 15.35lbs of Congamond Largemouth to the scales! 2nd place went to Zach Mallet (fishing alone) with 13.22 lbs. Representing the old guard and taking 3rd place was Billy Slavis & Matt Vogt with 11.67 lbs. Jon Puhalski Jr. & Pat Geist earned lunker with a 3.97 lb largemouth. With two events to go, Kevin and Lenny have a commanding 15 point lead for Team of the year.
10. Lillinonah 2 10/6/2024: 700am - 300pm
After missing the last tournament the Tomasini's come back to take another victory at Lake Lillinonah. This time 5 smallmouth for 14.34 lbs got the win. Coming in second place, Kevin Barnosky and Lenny Gaita brought 12.46 lbs of smallies to the scale. And, representing the old guard for a 2nd tournament in a row, Billy Slavis and Matt Vogt take 3rd with 10.05 lbs. They also took lunker with a 4.04 lb largemouth. With only 1 tournament left, Barnosky and Gaita just have to show up to take 2025 LCW&J Team-of-the-year.
11. CT River - Haddam
10/20/2024 : 730am - 330pm
Kevin Barnosky & Lenny Gaita finished the season the same way they started; with a dominating win! They brought a 17.46 lb mixed bag to the scales to take the victory and lock down 2024 LCW&J Team of the Year! Second place went to Joel Lackey & Ken Pratt with 9.00 lbs. 3rd place went to Mike Hall & Murphy Gruinger with 8.76 lbs. Kevin & Lenny also grabbed the lunker for this tournament with a 4.57 lb smallmouth. Congrats on a great season!