The father-and-son team of Alex and Darrell Keszler were the big winners at the 2007 Fall Bass Classic at Birch Point Camp, pocketing the $5,000 top prize yesterday after winning the district’s last tournament of the season.
The Winnipeg duo bagged 39.56 pounds over the weekend to narrowly beat out defending champion Ted Stewner, now paired with his wife, Louise, who brought in 39.30 pounds.

The win came as a bit of an upset as the Keszlers were in sixth place after weighing in 19.14 pounds on Saturday.
Asked if they thought it was their tournament to win, Darrell Keszler admitted “when I looked at the weights [on Saturday] and realized we were just a hair under two pounds, I thought, yeah . . . it was surprising, actually.”
The Keszlers said their big edge was simply staying patient, and a little luck—the two never lost a fish they got on their line.
Staying patient was hard with the weather, Alex Keszler admitted.
“Weather was pretty rough,” he said. “This time of year, you gotta have everything with you. You never know how it’s gonna be.”
The anglers still have a couple of tournaments to fish back in Manitoba. And while they were glad to win and bring home a $5,000 cheque, doing it together made it especially sweet.
“Fishing with a family member, it just makes everything that much more special,” Alex Keszler said.
The Stewners would have to agree. After winning the tournament several times, including last year paired with John Guzej, Ted Stewner took his wife to Birch Point this year.
While Ted laughed that “it’s not as good as first” to come in second, the finish was “great. Louise can catch fish with the best of them.”
Third place went to Wayne and Dean Howard of Emo and Kenora, respectively, who were just behind the Stewners with a 39.26-pound total, just four/100ths of a pound out of the runner-up spot.

http://www.fftimes.com/Sports/Fall-Bass-Classic-closes-fish-season/01-Oct-2007

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