The 6th Annual Illinois Governros Cup
was held on October 15, 16, 2005 in Henry, Illinois. The teams
found that the river levels were low with virtually no current
flow. The water temp was in the upper 60's and clear with bright
sunny skies both days. Teams caught fish all the way from Henry to
the St Bede flats in Spring Valley but finding keeper fish above 14
inches was the key. The key presentations were either running lead
core with crank baits or three way's with minnows and a large jig
on the bottom.
Max Actis and Mike Stuckert from Spring Valley came
from 2nd place on Saturday to win with a total weight of 12.46
pounds earning them $3,550.00 along with a $1,000.00 certificate
from Mercury Marine.They also had big fish on day one for $360.00,
and $100.00 bonus money, compliments of Hennepin Marine as the First
Lund owners in the money.
Placing second was Rick Parrott from Sparland And Mike Tatera from St. Charles with 11.70 pounds and
$1,665.00 cash.
Third place honors went to Ron Brake from
Petersburg, Illinois and Greg Barry from Springfield, Illinois with
11.32 pounds and $1,100.00.
Big fish honors for Sunday and the
tournament with a 2.55 pound Sauger was John Mannerino and Mike
Potoniec for $360.00.
We would like to thank our Sponsors for this event, City of Henry, Henry Chamber of Commerce, Harkins Bait and Tackle, Henry Harbor Landings, Mautino Distributing, Hennepin Marine, Lund Boats, Mercury Marine, Cabelas, Heartland Outdoors, Custom Canvas Company, Lazy Day Rentals, Smith Building Center, and the Inhibitor.
| Name | Day 1 | Big | Weight | Day 2 | Big | Weight | Totals | 2-day |
| Fish | Fish | Fish | Fish | Total | ||||
| Actis & Stuckert | 3 | 2.43 | 5.90 | 4 | 2.21 | 6.56 | 7 | 12.46 |
| Parrott & Tatera | 3 | 4.42 | 4 | 2.35 | 7.28 | 7 | 11.70 | |
| Barry & Brake | 4 | 1.88 | 4.78 | 5 | 2.38 | 6.54 | 9 | 11.32 |
| Giachetto & Giachetto JR | 5 | 1.92 | 6.30 | 4 | 4.70 | 9 | 11.00 | |
| Sandor & Sandor | 4 | 1.66 | 4.98 | 3 | 1.84 | 4.59 | 7 | 9.57 |
| Palmer & Hoster | 3 | 4.05 | 3 | 2.44 | 5.28 | 6 | 9.33 | |
| Merkel & Merkel | 2 | 1.64 | 3.15 | 5 | 1.7 | 6.18 | 7 | 9.33 |
| Dalzot & Dalzot | 2 | 2.06 | 3.10 | 3 | 2.36 | 5.08 | 5 | 8.18 |
| Ernat & Ernat | 3 | 2.29 | 5.21 | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 7.71 | |
| Carroll & Scott | 1 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 3 | 2.3 | 5.03 | 4 | 6.90 |
| Hoster & Vecchia | 0 | 4 | 2.36 | 6.75 | 4 | 6.75 | ||
| Anzulas & Jones | 1 | 2.28 | 2.28 | 3 | 1.65 | 4.22 | 4 | 6.50 |
| Horvath & Thomas | 1 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 2 | 2.19 | 3.81 | 3 | 5.42 |
| Grapenthien & Grapenthien | 1 | 2.20 | 2.21 | 2 | 1.87 | 3.02 | 3 | 5.23 |
| Petros & Galto | 1 | 1.69 | 1.69 | 2 | 2.05 | 3.52 | 3 | 5.21 |
| McDonald & Springborn | 1 | 2.01 | 2.01 | 2 | 2.02 | 3.19 | 3 | 5.20 |
| Meravy & Broncato | 2 | 2.04 | 3.39 | 1 | 1.23 | 1.23 | 3 | 4.62 |
| Potoniec & Mannerino | 0 | 2 | 2.55 | 4.50 | 2 | 4.50 | ||
| Anderson & Janosko | 1 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 2 | 2.44 | 3 | 4.12 | |
| Miller & Sidor | 3 | 1.56 | 4.01 | 0 | 3 | 4.01 | ||
| Zator & O'Flynn | 0 | 2 | 2.35 | 3.81 | 2 | 3.81 | ||
| Gott & Gott | 1 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 2 | 2.48 | 2 | 3.59 | |
| Blair & Jepperson | 1 | 2.12 | 2.12 | 1 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 2 | 3.19 |
| Actis & Actis Jr | 2 | 1.87 | 2.97 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.97 | |
| Mersman & Marchand | 1 | 1.31 | 1.31 | 1 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 2 | 2.37 |
| Barnhart & Barnhart | 0 | 1 | 1.69 | 1.69 | 1 | 1.69 | ||
| Hassler & Nelson | 1 | 1.66 | 1.66 | 0 | 1 | 1.66 | ||
| Michael & Michael | 1 | 1.65 | 1.65 | 0 | 1 | 1.65 | ||
| Vickery & Yachlich | 0 | 1 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1 | 1.42 | ||
| Galto & Galto | 1 | 1.34 | 1.34 | 0 | 1 |