Caleb Bridges and Brady Duncan, of the Mt. Juliet (Tenn.) High School Fishing Club, have won the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Lake Cumberland presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors with 14 pounds, 4 ounces.

Photo by Chris Brown/B.A.S.S.

May 2, 2021

RUSSELL COUNTY, Ky. — Caleb Bridges and Brady Duncan saved the best for “almost last” at the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Lake Cumberland presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors held Sunday.

Bridges and Duncan were among the final teams to come to the stage at Halcomb’s Landing, and their five-bass limit of 14 pounds, 4 ounces jumped them to the top of the leaderboard. None of the final few tandems could bump them from that position, securing the tournament title for the Mt. Juliet anglers.

The duo won a $1,624 cash prize for their bass fishing team with the victory. The Top 12 teams split a total purse of $5,600 in the one-day tournament and the Top 15 of the 149 tandems competing qualified for the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors. That event will be held July 29-31 on Chickamauga Lake in Tennessee.

Bridges and Duncan had already qualified for nationals through the Tennessee Federation, so they “fished big” at Cumberland, targeting largemouth bass bedding in the shallows along the shorelines of the sprawling 65,000-acre reservoir in south-central Kentucky. They located the bass they wanted during practice rounds on Thursday and Saturday, and they hadn’t moved when anglers hit the water again Sunday morning.

Bridges, 19, did the heavy lifting for Mt. Juliet, a collection of young anglers from the Nashville area. He used a Strike King swim jig (bluegill color) with a Reaction Innovations Spicy Beaver trailer for the best bass. A two-hour flurry of catches just after noon allowed the duo to complete their limit and eventually upgrade their total weight.

“We just kept pitching that swim jig around their beds and they were getting mad at it,” Bridges said. “We kept flipping. There were two or three fish we had to work on for 30 minutes to catch them. They finally turned on.”

Duncan, 18, said having already earned a spot in July’s National Championship provided him and Bridges the confidence to focus on the reservoir’s biggest bedding bass.

“We came here to win,” Duncan said. “Any other tournament, we’d be trying to qualify and we would have settled for (smallmouth). But that wasn’t going to cut it here.”

Jacob Lycans and William Copley of the Louisa (Ky.) Bass Club finished second with 12-14. Brandon Sales and Logan Johnson of Lenoir City (Tenn.) High School placed third with 12-10.

Will Hughes and Corbin Olsson of the East Grand Rapids (Mich.) team caught the biggest bass— a 4-6 that earned them a $100 cash prize.

The tournament was the second of four regular-season events scheduled in the High School Series this year. The first was held on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Florida in February, while events at Saginaw Bay, Mich., and Lay Lake, Ala., are scheduled for June 19 and June 26, respectively.

2021 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Lake Cumberland presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors 5/2-5/2
Lake Cumberland, Jamestown KY.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1

Angler Club/School Pts

1. Caleb Bridges – Brady Duncan Mt. Juliet High School Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 14-04 Total: 5 14-04
2. Jacob Lycans – William Copley Louisa Bass Club HS Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 12-14 Total: 5 12-14
3. Brandon Sales – Logan Johnson Lenoir City High School 0
Day 1: 5 12-10 Total: 5 12-10
4. Blake Roberts – Riley Faulkner 0
Day 1: 5 12-03 Total: 5 12-03
5. Chanler Brake – Landon Brake Southwestern High School- KY 0
Day 1: 4 11-07 Total: 4 11-07
6. Rein Golubjatnikov – Matthew Pitcher Pittsford 0
Day 1: 5 11-04 Total: 5 11-04
7. Chase Hicks – Dyllan Jenkins Walker Valley High School 0
Day 1: 5 11-02 Total: 5 11-02
8. Trey Woliver – Trent Burns Heritage High School Maryville, 0
Day 1: 5 10-15 Total: 5 10-15
9. Keaton Smith – Jaydon Coggins Southwestern High School 0
Day 1: 5 10-02 Total: 5 10-02
10. Jake Mattingly – Landon Burton Danville Christian academy 0
Day 1: 5 10-01 Total: 5 10-01
11. Coleman Stewart – Keenan Stewart Boyle County High School 0
Day 1: 5 09-09 Total: 5 09-09
12. John Nutt – Carter Nutt Backwoods Bassin 0
Day 1: 5 09-02 Total: 5 09-02
12. Will Stephens – Lucas Wray Russell County High school 0
Day 1: 5 09-02 Total: 5 09-02
14. Andon Goins – Blake Wheat Rhea County High School 0
Day 1: 4 09-02 Total: 4 09-02
14. Corbin Templon – Kaleb Delaney Stewart County High School 0
Day 1: 4 09-02 Total: 4 09-02
16. Colby Patterson – Landon Dodson Rehobeth Bass Team 0
Day 1: 3 08-14 Total: 3 08-14
17. Kelcie Cobb – Austin Plants Lake Cumberland bass club 0
Day 1: 5 08-13 Total: 5 08-13
18. Connor Mclaughlin – Barclay Butler Scottsboro High School BassCats 0
Day 1: 3 08-12 Total: 3 08-12
19. Nicholas Boggs – Brady Howard Kentucky Bass Nation 0
Day 1: 5 08-07 Total: 5 08-07
20. Allen Powe – Jonathan Combs George Rogers Clark High School 0
Day 1: 4 08-07 Total: 4 08-07
21. Evan Fields – Evan Hellmann Collins High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-05 Total: 5 08-05
22. Presley Lannom – Preston Maddux Mt Juliet Fishing 0
Day 1: 4 08-05 Total: 4 08-05
23. Lane Lassiter – Braxton Campbell Warren County High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-04 Total: 5 08-04
24. Braden Leffew – Brady Raines Mt Juliet Fishing Team (300) 0
Day 1: 5 08-00 Total: 5 08-00
25. Will Hughes – Corbin Olsson East Grand Rapids 0
Day 1: 3 07-13 Total: 3 07-13
26. Logan Lemaster – Keaton Meade Cardinal Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 4 07-12 Total: 4 07-12
27. Brayson Claunch – Cameron Owens Boyle Co 0
Day 1: 3 07-12 Total: 3 07-12
28. Emory Olinger – Bryce Tucker Bledsoe County High School 0
Day 1: 3 07-11 Total: 3 07-11
29. Cole Johnson – Keegan Cranmer North Bullitt 0
Day 1: 5 07-10 Total: 5 07-10
30. Kaden Snavely – Logan Cardwell Central Florida Youth Anglers (3 0
Day 1: 5 07-08 Total: 5 07-08
31. Alex Standerfer – Collin Mcglin New London High School 0
Day 1: 5 07-07 Total: 5 07-07
32. Ryan Manis – Colton Cravens fentress county (511) 0
Day 1: 3 07-07 Total: 3 07-07
33. Braylan Tyler – Logan Ashby Franklin County High School (141 0
Day 1: 4 07-05 Total: 4 07-05
34. Ethan Chase – Dylan Kidder Garrard County High School 0
Day 1: 5 07-04 Total: 5 07-04
35. Jackson Baltz – Mason Bohland Noblesville High School 0
Day 1: 5 07-03 Total: 5 07-03
36. Nathan Reynolds – Jimmy Oguin Backwoods Bassin 0
Day 1: 5 07-02 Total: 5 07-02
37. Hayden Short – Archer Smith Burgin High School 0
Day 1: 5 07-01 Total: 5 07-01
38. Kolby Clark – Landon Grider Scottsboro High School BassCats 0
Day 1: 5 07-00 Total: 5 07-00
39. Hayden Marshall – Austin Bates Gardendale High School 0
Day 1: 4 06-15 Total: 4 06-15
40. Cameron Dials – Jordan Dalton Cardinal Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 06-11 Total: 5 06-11
41. Mason Mullins – Caden Graham Soddy Daisy High School (443) 0
Day 1: 2 06-06 Total: 2 06-06
42. Justin Waggener – Brantley Mckinney Burgin Independent School 0
Day 1: 5 06-04 Total: 5 06-04
43. Christian Misciagna – Owen Niles Oneida Lake HS Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 2 06-03 Total: 2 06-03
44. Landon Brown – Connor Mckinzie Bourbon County High School 0
Day 1: 3 06-01 Total: 3 06-01
45. Daniel Moon – Zachary Helton Halls High School (232) 0
Day 1: 5 06-00 Total: 5 06-00
46. Will Carnes – Lawson Hon Lincoln County High School (195) 0
Day 1: 4 05-13 Total: 4 05-13
47. Tucker Pendergrass – Lucas Roberts Livingston Academy 0
Day 1: 5 05-11 Total: 5 05-11
48. Peter West – Zach Knight Gallatin High School 0
Day 1: 4 05-11 Total: 4 05-11
49. Tyler Finley – William Cothran Mt Pleasant High School 0
Day 1: 3 05-11 Total: 3 05-11
50. BJ Collins – Owen Jenkins Chatuge Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 05-11 Total: 2 05-11
51. Fischer Barber – Wells Johnson Heritage Christian Academy 0
Day 1: 3 05-09 Total: 3 05-09
51. Easton Drennon – Chase McConnell Mt. Juliet Fishing (216) 0
Day 1: 3 05-09 Total: 3 05-09
53. Brayden Stotler – Braydon Myers Bloomington South High School 0
Day 1: 2 05-07 Total: 2 05-07
54. Will Oberman – Clay Oberman Garrard County High School 0
Day 1: 2 05-06 Total: 2 05-06
55. Joe Vaulton – Pierce Tollett Alcoa High School (644) 0
Day 1: 2 05-05 Total: 2 05-05
56. Andrew Haney – Kenneth Young Martin County High School 0
Day 1: 5 05-03 Total: 5 05-03
57. Jake Swindle – Cole Lackey Riverside High School 0
Day 1: 3 05-01 Total: 3 05-01
58. Ben Hester – Mason Caldwell Rhea County High School 0
Day 1: 3 05-00 Total: 3 05-00
59. Riley Christensen – Jeffrey Lotierzo Riley’s Catch 0
Day 1: 4 04-15 Total: 4 04-15
59. Briar Dodson – Chris Fallon Gardendale Rockets 0
Day 1: 4 04-15 Total: 4 04-15
61. Clay Ferguson – Branson Campbell Russell County High School 0
Day 1: 2 04-14 Total: 2 04-14
62. Cole Berry – Graham Palmer Terre Haute North Vigo 0
Day 1: 3 04-11 Total: 3 04-11
63. Sadie Rodgers – Brentlea Rodgers Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 3 04-08 Total: 3 04-08
64. Logan Webb – Camden Bruner 0
Day 1: 3 04-07 Total: 3 04-07
65. Hannah Kempton – Jenna Morrow Wayne County 0
Day 1: 2 04-05 Total: 2 04-05
66. Andy Napier – Dalton Coale Spencer County High School 0
Day 1: 3 04-02 Total: 3 04-02
67. Kason Stockton – Alex West Wayne County High School- KY 0
Day 1: 2 04-00 Total: 2 04-00
68. Brent Key – Hunter Canova Lenoir City High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-15 Total: 2 03-15
69. Max Yeast – Clark Denney Somerset High School 0
Day 1: 1 03-15 Total: 1 03-15
70. Jake Krauth – Franklin County High School 0
Day 1: 3 03-13 Total: 3 03-13
71. Gregory Hansford – Walker Johnson Casey County Rebels 0
Day 1: 3 03-12 Total: 3 03-12
72. Zane O’Domirok – John Thompson Lenoir City High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-12 Total: 2 03-12
73. William Hoskins – Joshua Vanderpool Wilson Christian Academy 0
Day 1: 2 03-08 Total: 2 03-08
74. Dalton Benson – Mason Snider Mt. Juliet fishing 0
Day 1: 1 03-08 Total: 1 03-08
74. Mason Gross – Jason Mendenhall Carmi-White County 0
Day 1: 1 03-08 Total: 1 03-08
76. Cody Morgan – Brant Langley Bishop Kenny High School- FL 0
Day 1: 3 03-06 Total: 3 03-06
77. Cameron Aaron – Nate Aaron Russell County High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-04 Total: 2 03-04
77. Caden Cardoza – Brice Lumpkins Gallatin High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-04 Total: 2 03-04
77. Trent Rivers – Bennett Chenoweth Northville High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-04 Total: 2 03-04
77. Justin Robbins – Jordan Garrett Fentress County High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-04 Total: 2 03-04
81. James Saylor – Kyler Moore Garrard County High School- KY 0
Day 1: 1 03-04 Total: 1 03-04
82. Austin Hall – Hagan Merrick Lake Cumberland high school bass 0
Day 1: 1 03-02 Total: 1 03-02
82. Jacob Nekvinda – Devon Dvorak Benton Community 0
Day 1: 1 03-02 Total: 1 03-02
84. Gage Sharp – Levi Sharp La anglers 0
Day 1: 2 03-01 Total: 2 03-01
85. George Jude – Jacob Hunt Cardinal Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 3 02-15 Total: 3 02-15
86. Jacob Davidson – Tristen Boyd Mt Juliet High School 0
Day 1: 2 02-12 Total: 2 02-12
87. Summer Evans – Brandon Vanderpool Estill County High School 0
Day 1: 2 02-09 Total: 2 02-09
87. Blake Marcum – Nicholas Giompalo Martin County High School 0
Day 1: 2 02-09 Total: 2 02-09
89. Asher Peters – Andrew Davis Headland High School 0
Day 1: 2 02-07 Total: 2 02-07
90. Ryder Rousseau – Tyler Thilmany White Bear Lake 0
Day 1: 2 02-06 Total: 2 02-06
91. Tyler Phillips – Drake Crosby Montgomery County High School 0
Day 1: 2 02-04 Total: 2 02-04
92. Luke Fletcher – Michael Flynn Estill County High School- KY 0
Day 1: 1 02-03 Total: 1 02-03
93. Nathan Muse – Connor Chenault 0
Day 1: 2 02-02 Total: 2 02-02
94. Will Travis – Rhea County High school- TN 0
Day 1: 1 02-01 Total: 1 02-01
95. Colton Parten – Colton Teffer Rhea County High School 0
Day 1: 1 02-00 Total: 1 02-00
96. Jake Carney – Knox Whalen Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 2 01-15 Total: 2 01-15
97. Logan Evans – Reece Nixon Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 2 01-14 Total: 2 01-14
98. Collin French – Daley Vincent Montgomery County High School 0
Day 1: 1 01-14 Total: 1 01-14
99. Brett Mouw – Tj Wright The Hill Toppers 0
Day 1: 2 01-13 Total: 2 01-13
100. Autumn Belcher – William Crawford Boyle County High School (597) 0
Day 1: 1 01-09 Total: 1 01-09
101. Zavian Smith – Skylar Cummins Lake Cumberland High School Bass 0
Day 1: 1 01-07 Total: 1 01-07
102. Tanner Mcclain – Garrett White Rhea County Eagle Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 01-06 Total: 1 01-06
103. Zachary Taylor – Ethan Thompson Walker Valley High School 0
Day 1: 1 01-05 Total: 1 01-05
104. Leah Parsley – Blake Pedley Bullitt Central High School 0
Day 1: 1 01-04 Total: 1 01-04
105. Ethan Burnette – Kendall Neal Wayne County High school 0
Day 1: 1 01-03 Total: 1 01-03
105. Harrison Wims – Coby Wright Gallatin High School 0
Day 1: 1 01-03 Total: 1 01-03
107. Dj Arias – Ayden Braddy Rehobeth High School 0
Day 1: 1 01-02 Total: 1 01-02
108. Clay Gough – George Rogers Clark (309) 0
Day 1: 1 01-01 Total: 1 01-01
108. Evan Taylor – Campbell Taylor George Rogers Clark HS (530) 0
Day 1: 1 01-01 Total: 1 01-01
110. Nick Aaron – Isaac Roy Russell County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Wayland Adkisson – Daniel Summers BGA 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Victor Alford – Jordan Boswell Roane County High School (305) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. John Anderson – Cain Obitts Bledsoe County High (415) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Taedem Ashworth – Evan Wood Mount Pleasant (369) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Bennett Bauer – Preston Venable RoCo Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Logan Beane – Kortni Gowers Shelby County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Kurtis Blair – Nate Turner Berea Bass Busters 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Alex Bowen – Aaron Mills Cardinal Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Kaden Casey – Jackson Pulley Montgomery County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Clay Christopher – Brent Christopher Boyle County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Dylan Colegrove – Dylan Liming Greenup County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Aaron Cravens – Noah Adkins Casey County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Levi Dalton – Nathaniel Craven Bullitt Central High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Chase Davis – Jonathan Stogner Shelby County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Logan Deloney – Tucker Williams Rehobeth high School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Christian Ferguson – Carter Hazlett Siegel High School (266) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Jacob Frizzell – Johnathan Walls Warren County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Lane Galloway – Levi Galloway Travelers Rest HS Devildog Angle 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Scotty Hagan – Mason Hagan Edmonson County HS BottomLine Ba 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Chloe Hollon – Cody West Southwestern High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Jake Hoover – Dickson County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Ben Howard – Jason Burchfield Southwestern High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Camden Judson – Lainey Judson Terre Haute North HS 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Jake Lovingood – Jonah Burchfield Alcoa High School (259) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Aidan Mann – Dakota Jude Cardinal Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Culley Mcdowell – Riley Margeson Warren County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Julian Moss – Hunter Tucker Gallatin High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Natalie Ochs – Russell County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Ashton Ozolins – Ethan Arkell Montgomery County Highschool 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Quinton Pepiot – Adam Stone Trinity Christian Academy 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Noah Ray – Kyler Smith Tullahoma High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Cody Smith – Rhett Stottlemire Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Hunter Spry – Hayden Spry Mt. Juliet Fishing 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Owen Spurlock – Landon Phillips Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. C.J. Stanley – Peyton Jones Rhea County Eagle Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Evan Waggener – Jacob Curry Martha Layne Collins High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Tyler Williams – Blaise Gatrell Terre Haute North HS 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
110. Kyle Wilmoth – Blaine Mattingly Central Hardin High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00