Forsyths win 2025 KBI

Tim Davidson August 9, 2025 7:31 pm Last Updated on August 25, 2025 10:18 am

The Kenora father/son team of Paul and Coel Forsyth took top honors at the 2025 Kenora Bass International.

They went from 7th place on day 2 to winning it all on the final day.

Their catch of 20.42 pounds on day 3 was the second largest of the tournament.

They finished with 56.49 pounds of bass.

The biggest catch of the tournament belonged to Adam Rasmussen of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and Matt Rydberg from Sioux Narrows, who caught 21.13 pounds on day 3 for a three-day total of 55.27 pounds.

That zoomed them up to a second-place finish, up from 19th on day 2.

Third place belonged to Mark and Mike Richards, who led after two days.

Their catch was 54.57 pounds.

Here unofficially are the top 20 teams:

1	31	P. & C. Forsyth	56.49	0.00	17.97	18.10	20.42
2	46	A. Rasmussen & M. Rydberg	55.27	1.22	14.56	19.58	21.13
3	107	M. & M. Richards	54.57	1.92	18.68	18.54	17.35
4	118	J. Kennedy & D. Koss	53.99	2.50	18.34	18.87	16.78
5	102	B. Gustafson & B. Whitta	52.96	3.53	17.87	16.65	18.44
6	10	G. Barker & E. Miller	52.57	3.92	17.49	17.23	17.85
7	37	J. & E. Horbatiuk	52.43	4.06	18.29	17.51	16.63
8	73	J. Engstrom & C. Burton	52.38	4.11	18.54	17.61	16.23
9	101	A. Bachynski & A. Beernaert	52.14	4.35	18.05	18.10	15.99
10	112	J. Bruce & B. Gustafson	52.11	4.38	18.01	18.64	15.46
11	82	C. & B. Dubchak	51.42	5.07	17.61	18.34	15.47
12	135	C. & P. Gibbins	51.12	5.37	17.11	17.12	16.89
13	124	G. & S. Janzen	51.01	5.48	17.52	19.22	14.27
14	5	M. Charach & J. Brennenstuhl	50.88	5.61	18.99	16.37	15.52
15	36	D. Bennett & M. Libitka	50.78	5.71	17.73	16.27	16.78
16	1	S. Dingwall & J. Samsal	50.66	5.83	16.84	17.89	15.93
17	34	I. Waterer & M. Demers	50.52	5.97	16.73	18.09	15.70
18	88	S. Andersen & C. Peterson	50.47	6.02	18.99	15.95	15.53
19	59	S. Caruso & A. Isabelle	50.41	6.08	16.01	17.35	17.05
20	78	S. Mozdzen & M. Moncrief	50.40	6.09	17.48	17.53	15.39

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Tim Davidson

Tim Davidson has more than 30 years of experience in radio news. He is based in Kenora and covers stories in northwestern Ontario. Contact Tim at davidson.tim@radioabl.ca.

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