John Cox Cruises To Wire-To-Wire Win In Bassmaster Open On Chickamauga

John Cox goes wire-to-wire to win the Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open on Lake Chickamauga with a three-day total of 66 pounds, 5 ounces.

Photo by James Overstreet/B.A.S.S.

May 25, 2019DAYTON, Tenn. Carrying a nearly 8-pound lead into the final round, no doubt, builds confidence, but John Cox readily acknowledged the good fortune that enabled him to slam the door on a wire-to-wire win in the Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open on Lake Chickamauga with a three-day total weight of 66 pounds, 5 ounces.

Cox, who won an FLW Tour event on Chickamauga three weeks ago, took the early lead with a Day 1 limit of 26-11. Adding 21-12 on Day 2 gave the Debary, Fla., pro a 7-pound, 13-ounce lead going into the final round. Today, Cox sealed the deal with a five-bass limit that weighed 17-14 and gave him a winning margin of 4-11.

“It was an amazing week,” Cox said. “So many of my fish catches were so special, and it seemed like luck played into a lot of them.

“Today, I didn’t see one of my key fish — a 5-pounder — until the last second. He didn’t see me, for some reason. I flipped over to the fish and it ate my bait. When I got it into the boat, I realized I was on its blind side; it was missing his eye. If it had been any other direction, I wouldn’t have caught it.”

Cox caught all of his bass in shallow water, including bluegill beds, banks with deeper water adjacent and docks. Although he had planned to fish offshore shellbeds and bars in 8 to 14 feet of water, Cox found his areas too congested with other anglers on Day 1. Snooping around in the shallows quickly convinced him that’s where he needed to remain.

“The first day, I caught a couple good ones out there, but then it got really crowded in those areas,” Cox said. “I didn’t feel comfortable being around all those people, so I said ‘I’m just going to do what I like doing,’ so I got up shallow.

“Once I saw fish swimming around up there, I got sucked into it and I never went back out to those shellbars.”

Cox said his top baits were a 1/2-ounce Dirty Jigs swim jig in the tactical shad color with a white Berkley Max Scent Meaty Chunk trailer, a wacky-rigged 5-inch Berkley Max Scent General (stickbait) in the green pumpkin party color.

For his efforts, Cox won $43,800 and earned a berth in the 2020 Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods. This win, he said, elevated Chickamauga to the top of his personal list.

“I don’t know what to say; this used to be my second-favorite lake, but after this one, it’s definitely my favorite,” Cox said. “I love it when we get to come here, I love all the people and I hope we get to come back.”

Chris Peters of Birchwood, Tenn. finished in second place with 61-10. After tying for 28th place on day one with 14-9, the local fireman who left the weigh ins to start his weekend shift, rose to fourth on Day 2 after catching 20-3. Adding 26-14 today moved him up two notches.

“It took me a little while to get dialed in,” Peters said. “On Day 1, I ran a lot of spots. I had about 30 places I wanted to try. I got them dialed in yesterday and got them dialed in better today. Everywhere I stopped today, it was (catching) one after another.

“I was throwing a big jig, but the deal was the Trixter Custom Tackle Rowdy Craw trailer. It’s a hand-poured plastic so it’s a lot softer and has a lot of action. I think that played a key role today and all week.”

Buddy Gross of Chickamauga, Ga. finished third with 58-10. Gross placed second on Day 1 with 23-8, slipped to third on Day 2 after the lack of current limited him to 15-12 and settled in the No. 3 spot after adding 19-6 in the final round.

Gross caught several of his bass this week on swimbaits and crankbaits, but today, he tempted his biggest fish on a 3/4-ounce green pumpkin Nichols casting jig with a green pumpkin Zoom Super Chunk trailer.

“I was fishing spots with a little grass mixed in with some brush, and the jig seemed to be the deal today for the bigger bites,” Gross said. “I just slowed down. I had been catching smaller bass on a dropshot, so I decided to go with more of a big-fish bait.”

Chad Pipkens of Lansing, Mich., won the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award with his 9-8.

Jon Jezierski of Troy, Mich., won the co-angler division with 32-2. His was an impressive comeback story, as Jezierski placed 84th on Day 1 with 5-7, but roared back a day later with a three-bass limit that weighed 14-3 and pushed him up to fourth. Today, he claimed the win by adding 12-8 — the final round’s only double-digit co-angler bag.

Jezierski caught his fish on wacky-rigged Bass Pro Shops Sticko stickbaits in the sprayed grass and plum/emerald flake colors, a Strike King 8XD crankbait in green gizzard shad, a shaky head with a Zoom Magnum Finesse Worm and a Texas-rigged 10-inch blue fleck Berkley Power Worm.

“Getting on the water with my practice partner, (Elite angler) Garrett Paquette, allowed me to see quite a bit of the lake,” Jezierski said. “I followed his lead whether it was fishing ledges deep or docks shallow, or grass. We put it all together and I took it as each day came.”

John Goul of Philadelphia, Miss. won the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award among co-anglers with a 9-7.

           2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open Lake Chickamauga 5/23-5/25
                           Chickamauga Lake, Dayton  TN.
                             (BOATER) Standings Day 3

   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  John Cox               Debary, FL              15  66-05  200  $45,300.00
  Day 1: 5   26-11     Day 2: 5   21-12     Day 3: 5   17-14
2.  Chris Peters           Birchwood, TN           15  61-10  199  $21,900.00
  Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 5   20-03     Day 3: 5   26-14
3.  Buddy Gross            Chickamauga, GA         15  58-10  198  $14,600.00
  Day 1: 5   23-08     Day 2: 5   15-12     Day 3: 5   19-06
4.  Tyler Berger           Delaware, OH            15  51-09  197  $13,140.00
  Day 1: 5   19-15     Day 2: 5   13-14     Day 3: 5   17-12
5.  Chad Pipkens           Lansing, MI             14  49-01  196  $12,430.00
  Day 1: 4   10-15     Day 2: 5   29-11     Day 3: 5   08-07
6.  Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        15  49-00  195  $10,220.00
  Day 1: 5   16-09     Day 2: 5   16-09     Day 3: 5   15-14
7.  Sam George             Athens, AL              15  48-07  194   $9,490.00
  Day 1: 5   16-06     Day 2: 5   15-02     Day 3: 5   16-15
8.  Scott Hamrick          Denver, NC              15  44-08  193   $8,760.00
  Day 1: 5   17-02     Day 2: 5   14-00     Day 3: 5   13-06
9.  Austin Felix           Eden Prairie, MN        15  43-06  192   $7,300.00
  Day 1: 5   15-03     Day 2: 5   15-08     Day 3: 5   12-11
10. Kay Choosakul          Sanford, NC             14  41-12  191   $6,840.00
  Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 5   19-02     Day 3: 4   09-07
11. Jeff Dyer              Oak Hill, OH            13  40-01  190   $5,110.00
  Day 1: 5   15-13     Day 2: 5   17-06     Day 3: 3   06-14
12. David May              Odessa, FL              14  38-07  189   $4,380.00
  Day 1: 5   15-12     Day 2: 5   15-11     Day 3: 4   07-00
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
     Chad Pipkens             Lansing, MI         09-08        $750.00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
 1       116       831      2085-12
 2       114       759      1948-09
 3         9        56       172-08
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         239      1646      4206-13


       2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open Lake Chickamauga 5/23-5/25
                       Chickamauga Lake, Dayton  TN.
                       (NON_BOATER) Standings Day 3

   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Jon Jezierski          Troy, MI                 9  32-02  200  $21,900.00
  Day 1: 3   05-07     Day 2: 3   14-03     Day 3: 3   12-08
2.  Ross Rhodes            Paw Paw, MI              9  29-06  199   $5,110.00
  Day 1: 3   08-01     Day 2: 3   12-00     Day 3: 3   09-05
3.  Gus Kneidinger         Prospect, PA             8  27-11  198   $4,380.00
  Day 1: 2   10-01     Day 2: 3   09-10     Day 3: 3   08-00
4.  Don Bible II           Knoxville, TN            9  27-05  197   $2,920.00
  Day 1: 3   10-12     Day 2: 3   08-03     Day 3: 3   08-06
5.  Tripp Noojin           Bryant, AL               9  24-08  196   $2,774.00
  Day 1: 3   12-11     Day 2: 3   06-09     Day 3: 3   05-04
6.  Sakae Ushio            Tonawanda, NY            8  24-00  195   $2,878.00
  Day 1: 2   04-10     Day 2: 3   12-05     Day 3: 3   07-01
7.  Larry Inman            Greensboro, NC           9  23-05  194   $2,482.00
  Day 1: 3   06-12     Day 2: 3   09-15     Day 3: 3   06-10
8.  Matt Pretzel           Waconia, MN              8  22-06  193   $2,336.00
  Day 1: 3   10-10     Day 2: 3   08-00     Day 3: 2   03-12
9.  Bobby Drinnon          Rogersville, TN          8  21-11  192   $2,190.00
  Day 1: 3   10-15     Day 2: 3   06-12     Day 3: 2   04-00
10. Dave Ramey             Kingsport, TN            6  19-12  191   $2,194.00
  Day 1: 3   05-10     Day 2: 3   14-02     Day 3: 0   00-00
11. Kelvin Young           Guntersville, AL         6  18-15  190   $1,898.00
  Day 1: 3   06-06     Day 2: 3   12-09     Day 3: 0   00-00
12. Charles Fochtman       Moneta, VA               4  17-03  189   $1,752.00
  Day 1: 3   14-15     Day 2: 1   02-04     Day 3: 0   00-00
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
     John Goul                Philadelphia, MS    09-07        $250.00

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John Cox Extends His Lead In Bassmaster Open On Lake Chickamauga

John Cox of Debary, Fla., holds on to the lead on Day 2 of the 2019 BassPro.com Eastern Open on Lake Chickamauga, out of Dayton, Tenn., with a total weight of 48 pounds, 7 ounces.

Photo by James Overstreet/B.A.S.S.

May 24, 2019 

DAYTON, Tenn. — When crowded waters prevented John Cox from reaching the areas he wanted to fish today, the Debary, Fla., pro turned to a more familiar Plan B and caught a five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 12 ounces to extend his lead on Day 2 of the Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open on Lake Chickamauga with a total weight of 48-7.

Cox, whose Day 1 weight of 26-11 led the opening round by 3 pounds, 3 ounces, is the only angler to break 20 pounds both days. His limit today included an 8-pound, 6-ounce kicker that helped widen his lead to 7-13.

Coming off an FLW Tour win on Chickamauga May 5, Cox said Plan B took him back to the shallow zone for which he’s best known. What he found more than made up for what he could not access.

“When I got down to the lower end of the lake, I noticed that there were so many boats on every little spot I had,” Cox said. “I didn’t want to pull right in on the sweet spots, so I decided I’d just go throw at some trees and troll in the clear water.

“I was just throwing around a couple of bluegill beds when I saw that big one out of the corner of my eye. I pitched a Texas-rigged Berkley Max Scent General over to her and she inhaled it. I caught the rest of my limit doing that.”

Sight fishing for cruising bass is addictive to Cox. “My problem is once I see a couple up there swimming, I’m doomed; I’m not going back out,” he said.

Cox made one stop on the way back to check in and fished a similar shoreline scenario that had a cluster of bluegill beds. Here, he threw a swim jig rigged with a white Berkley Max Scent Meaty Chunk and scored back-to-back catches, one of which was his second-largest.

“I lost my Meaty Chunk on that last fish,” Cox Lamented. “I was digging in my box for more, but I didn’t have any left in white. I tried green pumpkin and everything else, but I couldn’t get them to eat anything else.”

Cox said he’s hopeful that Saturday’s smaller field — only the Top 12 boaters and 12 nonboaters fish in the final round — will allow him to fish his mid-depth spots. Fewer boats will likely make the quality fish more likely to move up anyway, he said.

“Those bigger fish aren’t going to set up on that stuff with all the pressure; the small ones do, but not the big ones,” Cox said. “I’m thinking that maybe tomorrow with fewer boats, maybe some of those areas can rest.

“Hopefully, I can leave the trolling and looking because you have to throw a few inches in front of that fish’s face and the bait has to fall without spooking him. There’s a lot of luck involved.”

Chad Pipkens of Lansing, Mich., is in second place with 40-10. Mounting the day’s biggest comeback, the seventh-year Elite angler followed up his disappointing Day 1 catch of four bass for 10-15 with a massive second round limit of 29-11, which propelled him from 93rd place into the No. 2 spot.

“It’s all about timing out here, and I got the timing right a couple of times today,” Pipkens said. “I caught a big one quick and from there, I was catching a fish here and there. I knew I needed to get a couple of keepers in the boat because you can spend a lot of time and get either nothing or a giant.

“I was able to catch a limit by 11 and cull a couple of times. Then, I got on some big ones in the afternoon and caught that giant one — a 9-8 — and lost another that was 10 or 12.”

Pipkens kept mum on his bait selection, but he said the key to his success was paying attention to the feeding windows in which opportunities might arise.

Buddy Gross of Chickamauga, Ga., is in third place with 39-4. After finishing second Thursday with 23-8, he added 15-12 today. Relying mostly on crankbaits and swimbaits, he’s been targeting the 14- to 18-foot depth range and fishing spots off the beaten path.

“I’ve been fishing ‘scab’ places every day, places I don’t typically fish so I can stay away from the crowd and try to get a few quality fish during the day,” Gross said. “Tomorrow, all the community holes will be a little less covered up, so I think I can catch up a little bit.

“If we get lucky and they (the TVA) run water tomorrow, I can give him a run for his money. But if they don’t, it’s going to be a John Cox show.”

Pipkens is in the lead for Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with his 9-8.

Ross Rhodes of Paw Paw, Mich., leads the co-angler division with 20-1. While his pro partner flipped shallow cover, Rhodes took a different route and fished a 3/16-ounce Owner shaky head with a Strike King Fat Baby Finesse worm in the red bug color.

“I like that this rig covers the bottom structure well, and those fish that just got done spawning are lazy; they’re not going after those moving baits,” he said. “They’re just hunkered down, and you have to put it in front of them. The bite is really light on those things.”

John Goul of Philadelphia, Miss., holds the Phoenix Boats Big Bass lead among co-anglers with a 9-7.

Saturday’s takeoff is scheduled for 6:15 a.m. ET at Dayton Boat Dock. The weigh-in will be held at Bass Pro Shops, 1000 Bass Pro Dr., East Ridge, TN 37412 at 3:15 p.m.

The event is hosted by Fish Dayton.

(BOATER) Standings Day 2
Chickamauga Lake, Dayton  TN.
2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open Lake Chickamauga 5/23-5/25

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  John Cox               Debary, FL              10  48-07  200
Day 1: 5   26-11     Day 2: 5   21-12
2.  Chad Pipkens           Lansing, MI              9  40-10  199
Day 1: 4   10-15     Day 2: 5   29-11
3.  Buddy Gross            Chickamauga, GA         10  39-04  198
Day 1: 5   23-08     Day 2: 5   15-12
4.  Chris Peters           Birchwood, TN           10  34-12  197
Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 5   20-03
5.  Tyler Berger           Delaware, OH            10  33-13  196
Day 1: 5   19-15     Day 2: 5   13-14
6.  Jeff Dyer              Oak Hill, OH            10  33-03  195
Day 1: 5   15-13     Day 2: 5   17-06
7.  Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        10  33-02  194
Day 1: 5   16-09     Day 2: 5   16-09
8.  Kay Choosakul          Sanford, NC             10  32-05  193
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 5   19-02
9.  Sam George             Athens, AL              10  31-08  192
Day 1: 5   16-06     Day 2: 5   15-02
10. David May              Odessa, FL              10  31-07  191
Day 1: 5   15-12     Day 2: 5   15-11
11. Scott Hamrick          Denver, NC              10  31-02  190
Day 1: 5   17-02     Day 2: 5   14-00
12. Austin Felix           Eden Prairie, MN        10  30-11  189
Day 1: 5   15-03     Day 2: 5   15-08
13. Destin DeMarion        Grove City, PA           9  30-10  188   $3,650.00
Day 1: 4   10-12     Day 2: 5   19-14
14. Austin Neary           Sylva, NC               10  30-05  187   $3,650.00
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   16-10
15. Cody Pike              Powhatan, VA            10  30-01  186   $3,650.00
Day 1: 5   18-05     Day 2: 5   11-12
16. Shane Lineberger       Lincolnton, NC          10  29-12  185   $3,650.00
Day 1: 5   15-11     Day 2: 5   14-01
17. Derrick Blake          Rockwood, TN            10  29-12  184   $3,650.00
Day 1: 5   15-07     Day 2: 5   14-05
18. Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC             10  29-12  183   $3,650.00
Day 1: 5   14-12     Day 2: 5   15-00
19. Jesse Spellicy         Gouverneur, NY          10  29-09  182   $3,650.00
Day 1: 5   09-01     Day 2: 5   20-08
20. Dean Silvester         Boonah Queensland AUSTR 10  29-08  181   $3,650.00
Day 1: 5   15-11     Day 2: 5   13-13
21. Patrick Walters        Summerville, SC         10  29-05  180   $3,285.00
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 5   15-08
22. Craig Chambers         Harrisburg, NC           7  28-09  179   $3,285.00
Day 1: 5   20-11     Day 2: 2   07-14
23. Garrett Paquette       Canton, MI              10  28-07  178   $3,285.00
Day 1: 5   15-07     Day 2: 5   13-00
24. Kurt Mitchell          Milford, DE              9  28-06  177   $3,285.00
Day 1: 4   12-09     Day 2: 5   15-13
25. Thomas Oltorik III     Deland, FL              10  28-05  176   $3,285.00
Day 1: 5   17-15     Day 2: 5   10-06
26. Brian Nelson           Groveland, FL           10  28-02  175   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   14-11     Day 2: 5   13-07
27. Kameron Harbin         Abbeville, SC           10  28-00  174   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 5   16-15
28. Preston Harris         State Road, NC          10  27-14  173   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   14-11     Day 2: 5   13-03
29. Justin Hamner          Northport, AL           10  27-13  172   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 5   16-08
30. Jim Moynagh            Carver, MN              10  27-12  171   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 5   14-05
31. David Kilgore          Jasper, AL              10  27-10  170   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   16-09     Day 2: 5   11-01
32. Carson Orellana        Mooresville, NC         10  27-10  169   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   15-00     Day 2: 5   12-10
33. Douglas Reed           Bridgeton, NJ            8  27-08  168   $2,920.00
Day 1: 3   09-04     Day 2: 5   18-04
34. Seiji Kato             Outsu Shiga JAPAN       10  27-08  167   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   15-10     Day 2: 5   11-14
35. Jayme Rampey           Liberty, SC             10  27-07  166   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   17-04     Day 2: 5   10-03
36. Rob Digh               Denver, NC              10  27-07  165   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   14-05     Day 2: 5   13-02
37. Buddy Cipoletti        Wading River, NY         9  27-05  164   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   17-12     Day 2: 4   09-09
38. Bill Weidler           Helena, AL              10  27-03  163   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 5   15-10
39. Kevin Martin           Crown City, OH          10  27-03  162   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   12-15     Day 2: 5   14-04
40. Cameron Smith          Wareham, MA             10  27-01  161   $2,920.00
Day 1: 5   11-02     Day 2: 5   15-15
41. Nathan Martin          Sheffield, AL           10  27-00  160
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   13-01
42. Stephen Mui            Bartlett, IL             8  26-15  159
Day 1: 5   21-06     Day 2: 3   05-09
43. Rusty White            Chattanooga, TN         10  26-15  158
Day 1: 5   12-01     Day 2: 5   14-14
44. Josh Douglas           Isle, MN                10  26-14  157
Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 5   15-13
45. Matthew Robertson      Kuttawa, KY             10  26-13  156
Day 1: 5   11-02     Day 2: 5   15-11
46. Kyle Fox               Lakeland, FL            10  26-12  155
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 5   15-07
47. Danny Hall             Ellijay, GA              9  26-09  154
Day 1: 4   13-00     Day 2: 5   13-09
48. Barron Adams           Mineral Bluff, GA       10  26-08  153
Day 1: 5   10-04     Day 2: 5   16-04
49. Randy Huffman          Charleston, WV          10  26-08  152
Day 1: 5   13-01     Day 2: 5   13-07
50. Bill Chapman           Salt Rock, WV           10  26-07  151
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   14-07
51. Eric Panzironi         Longwood, FL            10  26-01  150
Day 1: 5   13-12     Day 2: 5   12-05
52. Scott Patton           Paris, TN               10  25-13  149
Day 1: 5   12-09     Day 2: 5   13-04
53. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA 10  25-12  148
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   11-05
54. Gary Dover             Blacksburg, SC          10  25-10  147
Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 5   12-03
55. Bryan Schmitt          Deale, MD               10  25-09  146
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 5   16-00
56. Cody Bertrand          Dyer, IN                10  25-09  145
Day 1: 5   14-00     Day 2: 5   11-09
57. Trait Zaldain          Fort Worth, TX           9  25-08  144
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 4   11-06
58. Jordan Osborne         Longview, TX             8  25-05  143
Day 1: 3   08-07     Day 2: 5   16-14
59. Shane Rees             Middletown, IN          10  25-05  142
Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 5   12-15
60. Joe Thompson           Clayton, GA             10  25-03  141
Day 1: 5   13-00     Day 2: 5   12-03
61. Nick Ratliff           Vine Grove, KY          10  25-01  140
Day 1: 5   13-10     Day 2: 5   11-07
62. Gunnar Meger           Otsego, MN              10  25-00  139
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   13-00
63. David Boelkins         Hubertus, WI            10  25-00  138
Day 1: 5   12-08     Day 2: 5   12-08
64. Ray Trudeau            Saint Cloud, FL          9  24-13  137
Day 1: 4   12-11     Day 2: 5   12-02
65. Denny Fiedler          Minnetonka, MN           9  24-11  136
Day 1: 4   07-03     Day 2: 5   17-08
66. Ryan Claypool          Lancaster, NY           10  24-11  135
Day 1: 5   09-10     Day 2: 5   15-01
67. Todd Auten             Lake Wylie, SC          10  24-11  134
Day 1: 5   14-13     Day 2: 5   09-14
68. Chad Smith             Minnetonka, MN           9  24-09  133
Day 1: 4   06-15     Day 2: 5   17-10
69. Nick Tate              Knoxville, TN           10  24-09  132
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 5   10-07
70. Laramy Strickland      Bushnell, FL            10  24-09  131
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   12-09
71. Jacopo Gallelli        Firenze ITALY           10  24-08  130
Day 1: 5   11-08     Day 2: 5   13-00
72. Trevor Fitzgerald      Belleview, FL           10  24-01  129
Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 5   11-11
73. Brad Burkhart          Speedwell, TN            9  23-14  128
Day 1: 4   09-11     Day 2: 5   14-03
74. Darrell Davis          Dover, FL               10  23-14  127
Day 1: 5   11-11     Day 2: 5   12-03
75. Jeff Lugar             Cross Junction, VA      10  23-11  126
Day 1: 5   11-14     Day 2: 5   11-13
76. Teddie Scalf           Gray, KY                10  23-08  125
Day 1: 5   10-13     Day 2: 5   12-11
77. Pete Gluszek           Mount Laurel, NJ        10  23-06  124
Day 1: 5   14-01     Day 2: 5   09-05
78. Kyle Welcher           Opelika, AL             10  23-05  123
Day 1: 5   13-06     Day 2: 5   09-15
79. John Hunter Jr         Shelbyville, KY         10  23-05  122
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 5   10-11
80. Trevor Prince          Blue Ridge, GA          10  23-00  121
Day 1: 5   11-11     Day 2: 5   11-05
81. Bob Behrle             Hoover, AL              10  22-15  120
Day 1: 5   14-01     Day 2: 5   08-14
82. Shayne Berlo           Mclean, VA              10  22-14  119
Day 1: 5   12-15     Day 2: 5   09-15
83. Allen Brooks           Canton, GA               9  22-14  118
Day 1: 5   10-11     Day 2: 4   12-03
84. Tyler Ellis            Battlefield, MO         10  22-12  117
Day 1: 5   12-07     Day 2: 5   10-05
85. Garrett Rocamora       Lithia, FL               9  22-10  116
Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 4   09-03
86. David Gaston           Sylacauga, AL            9  22-08  115
Day 1: 4   07-06     Day 2: 5   15-02
87. Whitney Stephens       Waverly, OH             10  22-07  114
Day 1: 5   11-15     Day 2: 5   10-08
88. Tony Hogan             Mc David, FL            10  22-04  113
Day 1: 5   12-02     Day 2: 5   10-02
89. Kent Mittelstaedt      New Hope, MN            10  22-01  112
Day 1: 5   10-14     Day 2: 5   11-03
90. Tim Arnold             Cullman, AL              9  22-00  111
Day 1: 4   06-07     Day 2: 5   15-09
91. Andy Hribar            Lakeville, MN           10  21-08  110
Day 1: 5   10-08     Day 2: 5   11-00
92. Dwayne Stevens         Fort Myers, FL           6  21-06  109
Day 1: 3   12-07     Day 2: 3   08-15
93. Lee Black              Moulton, AL              8  21-05  108
Day 1: 3   07-11     Day 2: 5   13-10
94. Freddy  Palmer         Estill Springs, TN       8  21-00  107
Day 1: 4   10-10     Day 2: 4   10-06
95. Phillip Brannon        Sylacauga, AL            7  20-08  106
Day 1: 2   05-06     Day 2: 5   15-02
96. Richard Dunham         Odessa, FL              10  20-08  105
Day 1: 5   10-12     Day 2: 5   09-12
97. Douglas Lyon           Glendale, OH            10  20-08  104
Day 1: 5   10-05     Day 2: 5   10-03
98. Mark Inman             Greensboro, NC           8  20-05  103
Day 1: 5   15-03     Day 2: 3   05-02
99. Jamey Caldwell         Carthage, NC             8  20-04  102
Day 1: 3   05-09     Day 2: 5   14-11
100. Lance Doughty          Sweetwater, TN           7  20-04  101
Day 1: 5   14-01     Day 2: 2   06-03
101. Stephen Crawley        Bush, LA                 9  19-15  100
Day 1: 5   09-12     Day 2: 4   10-03
102. Randy Elliott          Severn, MD               8  19-13   99
Day 1: 4   09-07     Day 2: 4   10-06
103. Colin James            Otsego, MN              10  19-10   98
Day 1: 5   09-00     Day 2: 5   10-10
104. Kotaro Kiriyama        Guntersville, AL         7  19-07   97
Day 1: 2   03-09     Day 2: 5   15-14
105. Steve York             Bronson, MI              9  19-06   96
Day 1: 4   08-06     Day 2: 5   11-00
106. Scott Siller           Milwaukee, WI            7  19-04   95
Day 1: 3   07-07     Day 2: 4   11-13
107. Ronald Ryals Jr        Live Oak, FL             7  19-03   94
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 2   05-06
108. Chris Jackson          Dora, AL                10  19-00   93
Day 1: 5   09-14     Day 2: 5   09-02
109. Clayton Batts          Butler, GA              10  19-00   92
Day 1: 5   09-06     Day 2: 5   09-10
110. James Cassaday         Wirtz, VA                8  18-11   91
Day 1: 5   12-02     Day 2: 3   06-09
111. Ken Iyobe              Tokoname JAPAN           9  18-11   90
Day 1: 5   09-05     Day 2: 4   09-06
112. Tom Huynh              Moorhead, MN             8  18-10   89
Day 1: 3   06-04     Day 2: 5   12-06
113. Jonathan Carter        Glenburn, ME             7  18-09   88
Day 1: 3   05-11     Day 2: 4   12-14
114. Jared Dial             Winter Haven, FL         9  18-09   87
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 4   07-00
115. Jeff Mathews           Maitland, FL             7  18-07   86
Day 1: 2   04-00     Day 2: 5   14-07
116. Alvin Shaw             Roaring Gap, NC          8  18-07   85
Day 1: 4   09-06     Day 2: 4   09-01
117. David Cornelius Jr.    Apison, TN               8  17-15   84
Day 1: 5   11-08     Day 2: 3   06-07
118. Darrell Pons           Earleton, FL             7  17-12   83
Day 1: 2   07-00     Day 2: 5   10-12
119. Scott King             Crescent City, FL        8  17-11   82
Day 1: 3   05-04     Day 2: 5   12-07
120. Matt Becker            Finleyville, PA          7  17-10   81
Day 1: 4   07-07     Day 2: 3   10-03
121. Grae Buck              Harleysville, PA        10  17-10   80
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 5   08-01
122. Daniel Martin          Elmhurst, IL             9  17-05   79
Day 1: 5   09-04     Day 2: 4   08-01
123. Matt Mattingly         Gravel Switch, KY        8  17-04   78
Day 1: 3   05-04     Day 2: 5   12-00
124. Vernon Kemp            Umatilla, FL             5  17-03   77
Day 1: 1   04-10     Day 2: 4   12-09
125. Teb Jones              Hattiesburg, MS          7  17-02   76
Day 1: 4   10-01     Day 2: 3   07-01
126. Frank Ramsey           Spring Grove, IL         7  17-00   75
Day 1: 2   04-08     Day 2: 5   12-08
127. Marty Brown            Dalton, GA               7  16-11   74
Day 1: 2   03-01     Day 2: 5   13-10
128. Nick Hatfield          Chuckey, TN              9  16-11   73
Day 1: 5   09-12     Day 2: 4   06-15
129. Raymond Jones III      Statesville, NC          6  16-10   72
Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 1   02-06
130. Christian Mazzola Sr   Walnutport, PA           6  16-08   71
Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 1   01-15
131. Cole Bailey            Thamesford Ontario CANA  7  16-06   70
Day 1: 5   11-11     Day 2: 2   04-11
132. Robert Pearson         Herndon, VA              6  16-02   69
Day 1: 4   11-14     Day 2: 2   04-04
133. Alex Wetherell         Middletown, CT           6  15-14   68
Day 1: 1   02-14     Day 2: 5   13-00
134. Simon Borja            Tavares, FL              7  15-09   67
Day 1: 5   11-07     Day 2: 2   04-02
135. Dave Frost             Mount Dora, FL           7  15-09   66
Day 1: 3   06-15     Day 2: 4   08-10
136. Bryant Adam            Madison, MS              7  15-06   65
Day 1: 4   10-04     Day 2: 3   05-02
137. Cody Detweiler         Orlando, FL              8  15-05   64
Day 1: 3   05-12     Day 2: 5   09-09
138. Lucas Bogosian         Harrington Park, NJ      8  15-03   63
Day 1: 5   09-10     Day 2: 3   05-09
139. Charlie Hartley        Grove City, OH           7  15-03   62
Day 1: 3   06-09     Day 2: 4   08-10
140. Darryl Halbert         Enoree, SC               8  15-03   61
Day 1: 4   07-09     Day 2: 4   07-10
141. Tyler Morgan           Pine Grove, PA           7  15-02   60
Day 1: 2   03-04     Day 2: 5   11-14
142. Ronald Young           New Braunfels, TX        7  14-12   59
Day 1: 5   10-11     Day 2: 2   04-01
143. Dave Turner            Crystal River, FL        7  14-09   58
Day 1: 2   05-01     Day 2: 5   09-08
144. Jordan Nettles         Purvis, MS               7  14-06   57
Day 1: 5   11-00     Day 2: 2   03-06
145. Rich Howes             Oviedo, FL               6  14-03   56
Day 1: 5   12-07     Day 2: 1   01-12
146. J.R. McCay             Helen, GA                5  13-10   55
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   13-10
147. Billy Myatt            Charlotte, NC            7  13-10   54
Day 1: 5   10-03     Day 2: 2   03-07
148. Kendall Newson         Decatur, GA              5  13-09   53
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   13-09
149. Kenneth Dials          Creston, OH              6  13-08   52
Day 1: 4   10-06     Day 2: 2   03-02
150. Tim Ward               Sylacauga, AL            7  13-07   51
Day 1: 5   09-06     Day 2: 2   04-01
151. Troy Roder             Brookeland, TX           6  13-07   50
Day 1: 4   08-08     Day 2: 2   04-15
152. Jerod Hawkes           Eagle Pass, TX           7  13-01   49
Day 1: 5   09-15     Day 2: 2   03-02
153. Jerrod Albright        Kissimmee, FL            6  13-01   48
Day 1: 1   03-03     Day 2: 5   09-14
154. Chris Ferguson         Wittensville, KY         7  12-10   47
Day 1: 3   06-00     Day 2: 4   06-10
155. Douglas Dulin          Apex, NC                 4  12-07   46
Day 1: 2   07-03     Day 2: 2   05-04
156. Timothy Sisk           Kings Mtn, NC            6  12-06   45
Day 1: 4   07-08     Day 2: 2   04-14
157. Austin Schroeder       Zephyrhills, FL          5  12-02   44
Day 1: 5   12-02     Day 2: 0   00-00
158. Randy Futch            Vero Beach, FL           3  11-14   43
Day 1: 2   10-06     Day 2: 1   01-08
159. Bradley Dortch         Atmore, AL               6  11-14   42
Day 1: 4   08-03     Day 2: 2   03-11
160. Mandel Pettus          Rocky Point, NY          5  11-12   41
Day 1: 3   06-15     Day 2: 2   04-13
161. Brian Tyler            Johnsonville, SC         5  11-11   40
Day 1: 3   07-09     Day 2: 2   04-02
162. Shawn Hendrix          Sharpsburg, GA           5  11-11   39
Day 1: 3   06-01     Day 2: 2   05-10
163. Hank Cherry Jr         Lincolnton, NC           5  11-09   38
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   11-09
164. Stan Gunter            Saluda, SC               5  11-09   37
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 0   00-00
165. Ron Johnson            Chandler, AZ             6  11-09   36
Day 1: 1   01-11     Day 2: 5   09-14
166. Jesse Rigsby           Old Hickory, TN          5  11-03   35
Day 1: 5   11-03     Day 2: 0   00-00
167. Al Farace Jr           Hunt Valley, MD          5  11-01   34
Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 0   00-00
168. Scott Kerslake         Okeechobee, FL           3  11-00   33
Day 1: 2   08-02     Day 2: 1   02-14
169. Woo Daves              Spring Grove, VA         7  10-14   32
Day 1: 4   10-14     Day 2: 3   00-00
170. Clayton Dyer           Fayetteville, TN         5  10-14   31
Day 1: 4   09-04     Day 2: 1   01-10
171. Levi Wiget             Lakewood Ranch, FL       6  10-13   30
Day 1: 1   01-10     Day 2: 5   09-03
172. Jody Wilson            Blue Ridge, GA           7  10-13   29
Day 1: 2   03-09     Day 2: 5   07-04
173. James Taylor Jr        Humboldt, TN             6  10-13   28
Day 1: 2   03-11     Day 2: 4   07-02
174. Scott Kirsch           Edgewater, FL            5  10-11   27
Day 1: 5   10-11     Day 2: 0   00-00
175. John Brazzell          Winter Garden, FL        5  10-11   26
Day 1: 2   04-13     Day 2: 3   05-14
176. Colby Robertson        Summerfield, FL          6  10-11   25
Day 1: 3   05-05     Day 2: 3   05-06
177. Scott Ashmore          Broken Arrow, OK         5  10-02   24
Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 2   03-05
178. Dustin Neat            Dunnville, KY            4  09-14   23
Day 1: 4   09-14     Day 2: 0   00-00
179. Allan Nail             Sand Springs, OK         4  09-11   22
Day 1: 1   01-09     Day 2: 3   08-02
180. Chris Hart             Leiper's Fork TN, TN     5  09-08   21
Day 1: 5   09-08     Day 2: 0   00-00
181. Gregg Fogner           Conway, SC               5  09-08   20
Day 1: 3   05-11     Day 2: 2   03-13
182. Curt Causey            Ridgeville, SC           3  09-07   19
Day 1: 3   09-07     Day 2: 0   00-00
183. Patrick Martin         Mascouche Quebec CANADA  5  09-03   18
Day 1: 5   09-03     Day 2: 0   00-00
184. James Mignanelli       Harmony, PA              5  09-00   17
Day 1: 5   09-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
185. Wayne Hauser Jr        Mooresville, NC          4  08-15   16
Day 1: 2   05-13     Day 2: 2   03-02
186. Sander Entus           Plantation, FL           5  08-12   15
Day 1: 3   05-05     Day 2: 2   03-07
187. Brian Hatfield         Spring City, TN          5  08-11   14
Day 1: 5   08-11     Day 2: 0   00-00
188. Tom Frink              Cartersville, GA         4  08-10   13
Day 1: 4   08-10     Day 2: 0   00-00
189. Andrew Iversen         Mound, MN                4  08-08   12
Day 1: 3   05-00     Day 2: 1   03-08
190. William Pioch          Beckley, WV              4  08-05   11
Day 1: 4   08-05     Day 2: 0   00-00
191. Curt Mcguire Jr        Buchanan, TN             5  08-01   10
Day 1: 5   08-01     Day 2: 0   00-00
192. Tim Frederick          Leesburg, FL             4  07-13    9
Day 1: 2   03-12     Day 2: 2   04-01
193. Linwood Shores         Powhatan, VA             4  07-04    8
Day 1: 3   06-08     Day 2: 1   00-12
194. Hermilo Salgado        Artemus, KY              4  07-00    7
Day 1: 4   07-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
195. Hunter Eubanks         Inman, SC                3  06-13    6
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   06-13
196. Jerome Baird           Williamsburg, KY         3  06-10    5
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   06-10
197. John Pollard           Eclectic, AL             4  06-08    4
Day 1: 4   06-08     Day 2: 0   00-00
198. Chris Hensley          Marbury, AL              4  06-03    3
Day 1: 2   02-09     Day 2: 2   03-10
199. Gabriel Keen           Caryville, TN            3  05-14    2
Day 1: 3   05-14     Day 2: 0   00-00
200. Willy Hicks            Chester, VA              3  05-12    1
Day 1: 3   05-12     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Bill Hunter            Murfreesboro, TN         3  05-11    0
Day 1: 2   03-08     Day 2: 1   02-03
202. Kenny Johnson          Hogansville, GA          3  05-04    0
Day 1: 3   05-04     Day 2: 0   00-00
203. Anthony Ford           New Smyrna, FL           2  04-13    0
Day 1: 2   04-13     Day 2: 0   00-00
204. Hunter Bland           Ocala, FL                2  04-06    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   04-06
205. Chris Kingree          Inverness, FL            3  04-05    0
Day 1: 1   02-03     Day 2: 2   02-02
206. John Parker            Gaffney, SC              1  04-04    0
Day 1: 1   04-04     Day 2: 0   00-00
207. Ronnie Getz            Sunman, IN               2  04-00    0
Day 1: 1   01-12     Day 2: 1   02-04
208. Russell Nixon          Rustburg, VA             2  03-10    0
Day 1: 2   03-10     Day 2: 0   00-00
209. Terry Segraves         Kissimmee, FL            1  01-12    0
Day 1: 1   01-12     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Guy Eaker              Cherryville, NC          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Steven Foster Jr       Mc Alpin, FL             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Wil Hardy II           Harlem, GA               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Mitch Liss             Saint Cloud, FL          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Brandon McMillan       Clewiston, FL            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Shane Mills            Myrtle Beach, SC         0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Parker Mott            Winter Garden, FL        0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Toshinari Namiki       Tokyo JAPAN              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Kyle Sommer            Fort Wayne, IN           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
210. Brad Staley            Pleasant Garden, NC      0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1       116       831      2085-12
2       114       759      1948-09
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230      1590      4034-05

2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open Lake Chickamauga 5/23-5/25
Chickamauga Lake, Dayton  TN.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 2
Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Ross Rhodes            Paw Paw, MI              6  20-01  200
Day 1: 3   08-01     Day 2: 3   12-00
2.  Dave Ramey             Kingsport, TN            6  19-12  199
Day 1: 3   05-10     Day 2: 3   14-02
3.  Gus Kneidinger         Prospect, PA             5  19-11  198
Day 1: 2   10-01     Day 2: 3   09-10
4.  Jon Jezierski          Troy, MI                 6  19-10  197
Day 1: 3   05-07     Day 2: 3   14-03
5.  Tripp Noojin           Bryant, AL               6  19-04  196
Day 1: 3   12-11     Day 2: 3   06-09
6.  Kelvin Young           Guntersville, AL         6  18-15  195
Day 1: 3   06-06     Day 2: 3   12-09
7.  Don Bible II           Knoxville, TN            6  18-15  194
Day 1: 3   10-12     Day 2: 3   08-03
8.  Matt Pretzel           Waconia, MN              6  18-10  193
Day 1: 3   10-10     Day 2: 3   08-00
9.  Bobby Drinnon          Rogersville, TN          6  17-11  192
Day 1: 3   10-15     Day 2: 3   06-12
10. Charles Fochtman       Moneta, VA               4  17-03  191
Day 1: 3   14-15     Day 2: 1   02-04
11. Sakae Ushio            Tonawanda, NY            5  16-15  190
Day 1: 2   04-10     Day 2: 3   12-05
12. Larry Inman            Greensboro, NC           6  16-11  189
Day 1: 3   06-12     Day 2: 3   09-15
13. Benjie Seaborn         Guin, AL                 6  16-07  188   $1,460.00
Day 1: 3   08-05     Day 2: 3   08-02
14. Hiroyuki Watanabe      Fuji Shizuoka JAPAN      6  16-06  187   $1,314.00
Day 1: 3   06-11     Day 2: 3   09-11
15. Mike Spears            Jasper, AL               6  15-14  186   $1,168.00
Day 1: 3   07-04     Day 2: 3   08-10
16. Ryan Bowman            Seneca, SC               6  15-11  185   $1,022.00
Day 1: 3   07-07     Day 2: 3   08-04
17. Eric Osborne           Jefferson, NC            4  15-10  184   $1,022.00
Day 1: 1   01-06     Day 2: 3   14-04
18. Bradley Sterner        Manchester, PA           6  15-04  183   $1,022.00
Day 1: 3   06-14     Day 2: 3   08-06
19. John Goul              Philadelphia, MS         4  15-02  182   $1,022.00
Day 1: 1   09-07     Day 2: 3   05-11
20. Chad Bushnaq           Buffalo, NY              5  15-01  181   $1,022.00
Day 1: 2   03-10     Day 2: 3   11-07
21. Thomas Abraham         Winchester, TN           5  14-15  180     $876.00
Day 1: 3   11-08     Day 2: 2   03-07
22. Tom Helton             Charleston, TN           6  14-14  179     $876.00
Day 1: 3   06-15     Day 2: 3   07-15
23. Robert Ramsey          Hubert, NC               6  14-10  178     $876.00
Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 3   07-13
24. Jay West               Canton, GA               6  14-04  177     $876.00
Day 1: 3   08-12     Day 2: 3   05-08
25. Austin Baskette        Leesburg, FL             6  14-04  176     $876.00
Day 1: 3   07-11     Day 2: 3   06-09
26. Gary Hall              Delbarton, WV            6  14-01  175     $730.00
Day 1: 3   07-07     Day 2: 3   06-10
27. Johnny Bigger II       Spring Hill, FL          6  14-01  174     $730.00
Day 1: 3   07-01     Day 2: 3   07-00
28. William Johnson        Hurricane Mills, TN      5  13-15  173     $730.00
Day 1: 3   08-12     Day 2: 2   05-03
29. George Lauster Jr      Gold Hill, NC            5  13-15  172     $730.00
Day 1: 2   05-12     Day 2: 3   08-03
30. Donnie Bowman          Quinton, VA              5  13-14  171     $730.00
Day 1: 2   03-05     Day 2: 3   10-09
31. Brandon Blalock        Newnan, GA               4  13-14  170     $730.00
Day 1: 2   09-13     Day 2: 2   04-01
32. Alex Prince            Blue Ridge, GA           6  13-14  169     $730.00
Day 1: 3   05-14     Day 2: 3   08-00
33. Charlie Potts          Chattanooga, TN          3  13-09  168     $730.00
Day 1: 3   13-09     Day 2: 0   00-00
34. Jeff Farmer            Jacksonville, NC         5  13-09  167     $730.00
Day 1: 3   09-01     Day 2: 2   04-08
35. Jonathan Dietz         Corry, PA                6  13-09  166     $730.00
Day 1: 3   06-04     Day 2: 3   07-05
36. Travis Dehart          Greenville, SC           3  13-08  165     $730.00
Day 1: 3   13-08     Day 2: 0   00-00
37. Steve Robbins          Piketon, OH              4  13-06  164     $730.00
Day 1: 3   11-09     Day 2: 1   01-13
38. Tim Watkins            Trussville, AL           5  13-03  163     $730.00
Day 1: 3   06-04     Day 2: 2   06-15
39. Barry Burford          Charlotte, NC            6  13-02  162     $730.00
Day 1: 3   03-08     Day 2: 3   09-10
40. Cj King                Ocala, FL                4  13-02  161     $730.00
Day 1: 1   03-14     Day 2: 3   09-04
41. Keith Honeycutt        Temple, TX               6  13-02  160
Day 1: 3   06-03     Day 2: 3   06-15
42. Chuck Thurlow          Auburn, AL               6  13-01  159
Day 1: 3   05-12     Day 2: 3   07-05
43. Matthew Mccarthy       Marysville, OH           6  12-15  158
Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 3   06-02
43. Chris Nail             Chandler, OK             6  12-15  158
Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 3   06-02
45. Clinton Lacinak Jr     Homosassa, FL            5  12-14  156
Day 1: 2   05-09     Day 2: 3   07-05
46. Kenneth Lodwick        Dandridge, TN            3  12-14  155
Day 1: 1   07-04     Day 2: 2   05-10
47. Nick Bagnato           Madison, MS              5  12-13  154
Day 1: 2   03-13     Day 2: 3   09-00
48. Paul Coburn            Pewaukee, WI             6  12-12  153
Day 1: 3   06-06     Day 2: 3   06-06
49. Alec Morrison          Peru, NY                 6  12-11  152
Day 1: 3   06-06     Day 2: 3   06-05
50. Tom Sutton             Bidwell, OH              5  12-10  151
Day 1: 2   03-08     Day 2: 3   09-02
51. Bobby Bakewell         Orlando, FL              6  12-06  150
Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 3   05-09
52. Christopher Luburich   Honesdale, PA            5  12-00  149
Day 1: 2   04-01     Day 2: 3   07-15
53. Jeffery Lawrence       Spooner, WI              5  11-15  148
Day 1: 3   05-12     Day 2: 2   06-03
54. Justin Leet            Bartlett, TN             4  11-09  147
Day 1: 3   09-02     Day 2: 1   02-07
55. Shawn Hawks            Vinton, OH               4  11-08  146
Day 1: 1   00-08     Day 2: 3   11-00
56. Eric Stecker           Quakertown, PA           4  11-08  145
Day 1: 1   02-14     Day 2: 3   08-10
57. Jonathan Barnette      Jasper, AL               6  11-08  144
Day 1: 3   06-10     Day 2: 3   04-14
58. George Cox             Avondale Estates, GA     6  11-07  143
Day 1: 3   05-12     Day 2: 3   05-11
59. Dalton Tankersley      Mineral Bluff, GA        3  11-06  142
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   11-06
60. Chad Schroeder         Zephyrhills, FL          4  11-06  141
Day 1: 3   09-07     Day 2: 1   01-15
61. John Vest              Cloverdale, VA           5  11-05  140
Day 1: 3   07-06     Day 2: 2   03-15
62. Mike Hair              Erwin, NC                5  11-05  139
Day 1: 3   07-03     Day 2: 2   04-02
63. Robert Gibson          Niota, TN                5  11-03  138
Day 1: 3   09-09     Day 2: 2   01-10
64. David Pechacek         Champlin, MN             5  11-02  137
Day 1: 2   03-13     Day 2: 3   07-05
65. Russ Brenner           Burlington, NC           4  11-01  136
Day 1: 1   03-05     Day 2: 3   07-12
66. Shane Love             Crooksville, OH          4  11-00  135
Day 1: 1   02-05     Day 2: 3   08-11
67. Carl Hunter            Snellville, GA           5  11-00  134
Day 1: 3   06-10     Day 2: 2   04-06
68. Joe Stewart            Jacksonville, NC         4  10-15  133
Day 1: 1   03-15     Day 2: 3   07-00
69. Jeffrey Worth          Longwood, FL             3  10-12  132
Day 1: 3   10-12     Day 2: 0   00-00
70. Karl Youngblood        Wetumpka, AL             5  10-09  131
Day 1: 3   06-12     Day 2: 2   03-13
71. Steven Roosen          Charlotte, NC            4  10-07  130
Day 1: 3   07-13     Day 2: 1   02-10
72. Jeff Lederman          Powhatan, VA             5  10-07  129
Day 1: 2   02-11     Day 2: 3   07-12
73. Julien Raymond         Wendover CANADA          6  10-06  128
Day 1: 3   05-04     Day 2: 3   05-02
74. David Lawson           Williamtown AUSTRALIA    4  10-05  127
Day 1: 2   03-05     Day 2: 2   07-00
75. Mike Toney             Blacksburg, VA           5  10-04  126
Day 1: 2   04-02     Day 2: 3   06-02
76. Michael Bankes         Jacksonville, NC         5  10-03  125
Day 1: 3   05-13     Day 2: 2   04-06
77. Justin Salisbury       Binghamton, NY           3  10-02  124
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   10-02
78. Chaz Carrington        Suffolk, VA              5  09-15  123
Day 1: 3   06-11     Day 2: 2   03-04
79. Trey Grow III          Mechanicsville, VA       6  09-15  122
Day 1: 3   05-01     Day 2: 3   04-14
80. Barry Brandt Jr.       Newport News, VA         4  09-14  121
Day 1: 2   06-15     Day 2: 2   02-15
81. Robert Lovell          West Monroe, LA          3  09-13  120
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   09-13
82. Don White              Columbus, MS             4  09-13  119
Day 1: 1   01-13     Day 2: 3   08-00
83. William Powers         Kissimmee, FL            5  09-13  118
Day 1: 2   03-05     Day 2: 3   06-08
84. David Eden             Adams, TN                5  09-10  117
Day 1: 2   03-08     Day 2: 3   06-02
85. Mark Frickman          Reidsville, NC           4  09-08  116
Day 1: 3   05-07     Day 2: 1   04-01
86. David Haft             Fairfield Township, OH   3  09-07  115
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   09-07
87. Chip Stith             Piscataway, NJ           4  09-07  114
Day 1: 1   02-04     Day 2: 3   07-03
88. Bob Bakewell           Orlando, FL              4  09-05  113
Day 1: 3   06-14     Day 2: 1   02-07
89. Jeff Keever            Tignall, GA              5  09-05  112
Day 1: 2   03-02     Day 2: 3   06-03
90. Andrew Thomasson       Dublin, VA               5  09-05  111
Day 1: 2   03-08     Day 2: 3   05-13
91. Christopher Fleming    Haysi, VA                4  09-01  110
Day 1: 1   02-05     Day 2: 3   06-12
92. John Goebel            Lumberton, TX            3  09-00  109
Day 1: 3   09-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
93. Roger Holtsclaw        New Tazewell, TN         3  09-00  108
Day 1: 2   07-00     Day 2: 1   02-00
94. Robert Bruguiere       Mechanicsville, VA       3  08-15  107
Day 1: 3   08-15     Day 2: 0   00-00
95. Mike Eldridge          Blairsville, PA          4  08-15  106
Day 1: 3   06-07     Day 2: 1   02-08
95. Jason Sturgill         Big Stone Gap, VA        4  08-15  106
Day 1: 3   06-07     Day 2: 1   02-08
97. Michael Morris         Hubert, NC               5  08-15  104
Day 1: 2   03-05     Day 2: 3   05-10
98. Trevor Kraker          Cedar, MN                4  08-14  103
Day 1: 1   02-12     Day 2: 3   06-02
99. Bill Bruce             Hendersonville, TN       4  08-14  102
Day 1: 1   02-15     Day 2: 3   05-15
100. Casey Richter          Blaine, MN               1  08-13  101
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   08-13
101. Jacob Jarrell          Crown City, OH           2  08-13  100
Day 1: 1   01-08     Day 2: 1   07-05
102. Eulon Lee Jr.          Eclectic, AL             4  08-12   99
Day 1: 2   04-07     Day 2: 2   04-05
103. Rex Oneal              Fayetteville, TN         4  08-11   98
Day 1: 3   06-14     Day 2: 1   01-13
104. Lance Pemble           Leesburg, FL             4  08-10   97
Day 1: 3   08-10     Day 2: 1   00-00
105. Todd Lee               Jasper, AL               5  08-08   96
Day 1: 3   04-14     Day 2: 2   03-10
106. Ray Puckett            Wetumpka, AL             3  08-07   95
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   08-07
107. John Duarte Jr         Middle River, MD         4  08-06   94
Day 1: 3   06-06     Day 2: 1   02-00
108. Craig Wright           Rustburg, VA             3  08-05   93
Day 1: 3   08-05     Day 2: 0   00-00
109. Doug Fowler            Charleston, TN           4  08-04   92
Day 1: 3   05-05     Day 2: 1   02-15
110. Michael Carroll        Murphy, NC               4  08-00   91
Day 1: 2   04-01     Day 2: 2   03-15
111. Stephen Davis          Blacksburg, VA           4  07-15   90
Day 1: 3   06-03     Day 2: 1   01-12
112. Fred Liggett           Mulberry, FL             3  07-14   89
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   07-14
113. Mark Hill              River, VA                3  07-13   88
Day 1: 3   07-13     Day 2: 0   00-00
113. Brian West             Gloucester, VA           3  07-13   88
Day 1: 3   07-13     Day 2: 0   00-00
115. Carl Smith             Lugoff, SC               3  07-11   86
Day 1: 1   01-10     Day 2: 2   06-01
116. Jerry Gallogly Jr      North Tazewell, VA       4  07-11   85
Day 1: 3   05-10     Day 2: 1   02-01
117. Curtis Hall II         Lenore, WV               3  07-11   84
Day 1: 2   05-05     Day 2: 1   02-06
118. David Booth            Erin, TN                 3  07-09   83
Day 1: 2   05-06     Day 2: 1   02-03
119. Jim Opetaia-Williamson Dunnellon, FL            3  07-06   82
Day 1: 2   05-04     Day 2: 1   02-02
120. James Southeard        Scottsboro, AL           3  07-05   81
Day 1: 3   07-05     Day 2: 0   00-00
121. Ronnie Richards        Smithville, TN           4  07-05   80
Day 1: 1   01-11     Day 2: 3   05-10
122. Zacharie Laplace       Elkhart, IN              3  07-04   79
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   07-04
123. Brian Paffel           Spooner, WI              4  07-02   78
Day 1: 1   01-12     Day 2: 3   05-06
124. Larry Maring           Minneola, FL             3  07-01   77
Day 1: 3   07-01     Day 2: 0   00-00
125. Rodney Manson          Glen Burnie, MD          4  07-01   76
Day 1: 2   03-14     Day 2: 2   03-03
126. Jason Rice             Swannanoa, NC            3  07-00   75
Day 1: 3   07-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
126. Craig Saylor           Oak Hill, OH             3  07-00   75
Day 1: 3   07-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
128. Bret Giaudrone         Edwardsville, IL         2  06-15   73
Day 1: 1   04-11     Day 2: 1   02-04
129. Scott Waters           Saint Cloud, FL          3  06-15   72
Day 1: 2   04-06     Day 2: 1   02-09
130. Bobby Williams         Salisbury, NC            3  06-10   71
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   06-10
131. Charles Daugherty Jr   Raleigh, NC              2  06-10   70
Day 1: 1   02-01     Day 2: 1   04-09
132. Dennis Akers           South Portsmouth, KY     3  06-09   69
Day 1: 2   04-05     Day 2: 1   02-04
133. Timothy Kidwell        Florence, KY             3  06-08   68
Day 1: 3   06-08     Day 2: 0   00-00
134. John Sturdivant        Obion, TN                3  06-07   67
Day 1: 3   06-07     Day 2: 0   00-00
135. Ernest McIntyre Jr     Fayetteville, NC         3  06-07   66
Day 1: 1   01-14     Day 2: 2   04-09
136. Jamie Ferdarko         Dubois, PA               2  06-05   65
Day 1: 2   06-05     Day 2: 0   00-00
137. Eddie Frye             Gallipolis, OH           3  06-03   64
Day 1: 1   01-12     Day 2: 2   04-07
138. Skyler Anderson        Harlem, GA               3  06-01   63
Day 1: 2   04-02     Day 2: 1   01-15
139. Danny Whaley           Kodak, TN                3  06-00   62
Day 1: 3   06-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
140. Eric Andrews           Davenport, FL            3  05-15   61
Day 1: 3   05-15     Day 2: 0   00-00
140. James Howell           Lake Villa, IL           3  05-15   61
Day 1: 3   05-15     Day 2: 0   00-00
142. Matt Rasnick           Elizabethton, TN         2  05-14   59
Day 1: 1   02-11     Day 2: 1   03-03
143. Randy Gardner          Titus, AL                3  05-13   58
Day 1: 2   04-01     Day 2: 1   01-12
144. Tom Mccarthy           Marysville, OH           3  05-12   57
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   05-12
145. John Wiese             Charlotte, NC            3  05-12   56
Day 1: 2   04-03     Day 2: 1   01-09
146. Greg Mauldin           Archdale, NC             3  05-12   55
Day 1: 1   02-05     Day 2: 2   03-07
147. Todd Young             Perryville, KY           3  05-11   54
Day 1: 1   01-15     Day 2: 2   03-12
148. Jesse Buss             Pennsburg, PA            2  05-08   53
Day 1: 2   05-08     Day 2: 0   00-00
149. Don Harvey             Franklin, TN             3  05-07   52
Day 1: 3   05-07     Day 2: 0   00-00
150. Arthur Watkinson       Cudahy, WI               3  05-06   51
Day 1: 1   01-10     Day 2: 2   03-12
151. Jeff Spurgeon          Harriman, TN             2  05-05   50
Day 1: 2   05-05     Day 2: 0   00-00
152. Darrell Hille          Springfield, TN          2  05-05   49
Day 1: 1   02-00     Day 2: 1   03-05
153. Ron Horton             Dover, DE                3  05-04   48
Day 1: 1   01-00     Day 2: 2   04-04
154. Joel Greene            Enoree, SC               3  05-02   47
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   05-02
154. Milton Robbins         Midlothian, VA           3  05-02   47
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   05-02
156. John Watts Jr          Flushing, MI             3  05-02   45
Day 1: 1   01-13     Day 2: 2   03-05
157. Rick Hamer             Charleston, WV           2  05-01   44
Day 1: 2   05-01     Day 2: 0   00-00
157. Buck Hilliard Jr.      Peachtree City, GA       2  05-01   44
Day 1: 2   05-01     Day 2: 0   00-00
159. Regan Coffey           Richmond, VA             3  05-00   42
Day 1: 2   03-06     Day 2: 1   01-10
160. Michelle Jalaba        Birmingham, MI           2  04-14   41
Day 1: 1   02-04     Day 2: 1   02-10
161. James Wold             Wellington, FL           2  04-10   40
Day 1: 2   04-10     Day 2: 0   00-00
162. Jerry Britt            Barhamsville, VA         2  04-09   39
Day 1: 2   04-09     Day 2: 0   00-00
163. Matt Roberson          Powder Springs, GA       1  04-07   38
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   04-07
164. Don Ramsey             Orlando, FL              2  04-06   37
Day 1: 1   02-10     Day 2: 1   01-12
165. Hudson Schmidt         St.Marys CANADA          2  04-03   36
Day 1: 1   01-12     Day 2: 1   02-07
166. Scott Spencer          Raleigh, NC              4  04-03   35
Day 1: 3   01-13     Day 2: 1   02-06
167. Anthony Dumitras       Winston, GA              2  04-02   34
Day 1: 1   01-13     Day 2: 1   02-05
168. Bill Combs             Villa Rica, GA           2  04-01   33
Day 1: 1   01-15     Day 2: 1   02-02
169. Chuck Hennessey        Knoxville, TN            2  04-00   32
Day 1: 1   01-13     Day 2: 1   02-03
170. Stanton Harris         State Road, NC           1  03-13   31
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   03-13
171. Eric Davis             Athens, AL               2  03-13   30
Day 1: 1   02-01     Day 2: 1   01-12
172. Greg Fisher            Zanesville, OH           2  03-12   29
Day 1: 1   01-09     Day 2: 1   02-03
173. William Anderson       Dunlap, TN               2  03-11   28
Day 1: 2   03-11     Day 2: 0   00-00
173. Paul Palmer            Madisonville, TN         2  03-11   28
Day 1: 2   03-11     Day 2: 0   00-00
175. Charles Cotton         Hemingway, SC            2  03-07   26
Day 1: 1   02-05     Day 2: 1   01-02
176. Bruce Faulkner         Seneca, SC               2  03-06   25
Day 1: 2   03-06     Day 2: 0   00-00
176. Todd Walters           Summerville, SC          2  03-06   25
Day 1: 2   03-06     Day 2: 0   00-00
178. Jon  Ear               Easley, SC               2  03-04   23
Day 1: 2   03-04     Day 2: 0   00-00
178. Danny Hammons          Morganton, NC            2  03-04   23
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   03-04
180. Benton Peoples         Bardstown, KY            2  03-02   21
Day 1: 2   03-02     Day 2: 0   00-00
181. Ronnie Shephard        Oak Hill, OH             2  02-12   20
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   02-12
182.  Tim Huddleston        Calvert City, KY         2  02-10   19
Day 1: 2   02-10     Day 2: 0   00-00
183. Stephen Waldon         Ellenwood, GA            1  02-10   18
Day 1: 1   02-10     Day 2: 0   00-00
184. Mark Kendra            Great Meadows, NJ        2  02-08   17
Day 1: 2   02-08     Day 2: 0   00-00
185. Bill Rutkowski         Riverview, FL            1  02-07   16
Day 1: 1   02-07     Day 2: 0   00-00
186. Robt Lyerly            Smyrna, GA               1  02-06   15
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-06
187. Mark Guhne             Hixson, TN               1  02-05   14
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-05
188. David Gladden II       Ooltewah, TN             1  02-03   13
Day 1: 1   02-03     Day 2: 0   00-00
189. Kibbee Mccoy           Knoxville, TN            1  02-02   12
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-02
189. Ike Taylor             Westerville, OH          1  02-02   12
Day 1: 1   02-02     Day 2: 0   00-00
191. Todd Sosebee           Bessemer City, NC        1  02-01   10
Day 1: 1   02-01     Day 2: 0   00-00
192. Michael Gonzales       Plato, MO                1  02-00    9
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-00
193. Rick Williams Jr       Sandston, VA             1  01-14    8
Day 1: 1   01-14     Day 2: 0   00-00
194. Nolan Richards         South Lyon, MI           1  01-12    7
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-12
195. Scott Marshall         Lebanon, TN              1  01-11    6
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-11
196. Tim Leonard            Greeneville, TN          1  01-10    5
Day 1: 1   01-10     Day 2: 0   00-00
196. Liam Oneill            Beverly Hills, FL        1  01-10    5
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-10
198. Taylor Stumbo          Prestonsburg, KY         1  01-07    3
Day 1: 1   01-07     Day 2: 0   00-00
199. Daniel Rogers          Citrus Springs, FL       1  01-06    2
Day 1: 1   01-06     Day 2: 0   00-00
200. Cam Burnette           Smyrna, TN               1  00-15    1
Day 1: 1   00-15     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Jimmy Adair            Hampton, GA              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Daniel Fillippo        Pennsburg, PA            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Jarred Hall            Richmond, VA             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Brian Hopton           Mason, OH                0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. AJ Jones               Odessa, FL               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Burley Langford Jr.    Petersburg, VA           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Ed Laroche             Gillespie, IL            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Mel McMullen           South Charleston, OH     0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Steven Michaels        Garner, NC               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Robert Miller          Litchfield, MI           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. James Roten            West Jefferson, NC       0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Tony Sears             Dahlonega, GA            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Jp Sims                Cookeville, TN           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Greg Smith             Georgetown, KY           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Rodney Vaow            Troutman, NC             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Jordon Venable         Winston Salem, NC        0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Wesley Watson          Huntington, WV           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Rich Williams          Chester, VA              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
201. Mark Zgurich           New Cumberland, PA       0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00


Cox leads BASS Open on Chickamauga with over 26 pounds!

John Cox of Debary, Fla., leads after Day 1 of the 2019 BassPro.com Central Open on Lake Chickamauga, out of Dayton, Tenn., with a total weight of 26 pounds, 11 ounces.

Photo by James Overstreet/B.A.S.S.

(BOATER) Standings Day 1
Chickamauga Lake, Dayton  TN.
2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open Lake Chickamauga 5/23-5/25

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  John Cox               Debary, FL               5  26-11  200
Day 1: 5   26-11
2.  Buddy Gross            Chickamauga, GA          5  23-08  199
Day 1: 5   23-08
3.  Stephen Mui            Bartlett, IL             5  21-06  198
Day 1: 5   21-06
4.  Craig Chambers         Harrisburg, NC           5  20-11  197
Day 1: 5   20-11
5.  Tyler Berger           Delaware, OH             5  19-15  196
Day 1: 5   19-15
6.  Cody Pike              Powhatan, VA             5  18-05  195
Day 1: 5   18-05
7.  Thomas Oltorik III     Deland, FL               5  17-15  194
Day 1: 5   17-15
8.  Buddy Cipoletti        Wading River, NY         5  17-12  193
Day 1: 5   17-12
9.  Jayme Rampey           Liberty, SC              5  17-04  192
Day 1: 5   17-04
10. Scott Hamrick          Denver, NC               5  17-02  191
Day 1: 5   17-02
11. David Kilgore          Jasper, AL               5  16-09  190
Day 1: 5   16-09
11. Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN         5  16-09  190
Day 1: 5   16-09
13. Sam George             Athens, AL               5  16-06  188
Day 1: 5   16-06
14. Jeff Dyer              Oak Hill, OH             5  15-13  187
Day 1: 5   15-13
15. David May              Odessa, FL               5  15-12  186
Day 1: 5   15-12
16. Dean Silvester         Boonah Queensland AUSTR  5  15-11  185
Day 1: 5   15-11
17. Shane Lineberger       Lincolnton, NC           5  15-11  184
Day 1: 5   15-11
18. Seiji Kato             Outsu Shiga JAPAN        5  15-10  183
Day 1: 5   15-10
19. Garrett Paquette       Canton, MI               5  15-07  182
Day 1: 5   15-07
20. Derrick Blake          Rockwood, TN             5  15-07  181
Day 1: 5   15-07
21. Austin Felix           Eden Prairie, MN         5  15-03  180
Day 1: 5   15-03
21. Mark Inman             Greensboro, NC           5  15-03  180
Day 1: 5   15-03
23. Carson Orellana        Mooresville, NC          5  15-00  178
Day 1: 5   15-00
24. Todd Auten             Lake Wylie, SC           5  14-13  177
Day 1: 5   14-13
25. Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC              5  14-12  176
Day 1: 5   14-12
26. Preston Harris         State Road, NC           5  14-11  175
Day 1: 5   14-11
26. Brian Nelson           Groveland, FL            5  14-11  175
Day 1: 5   14-11
28. Christian Mazzola Sr   Walnutport, PA           5  14-09  173
Day 1: 5   14-09
28. Chris Peters           Birchwood, TN            5  14-09  173
Day 1: 5   14-09
30. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA  5  14-07  171
Day 1: 5   14-07
31. Rob Digh               Denver, NC               5  14-05  170
Day 1: 5   14-05
32. Raymond Jones III      Statesville, NC          5  14-04  169
Day 1: 5   14-04
33. Trait Zaldain          Fort Worth, TX           5  14-02  168
Day 1: 5   14-02
34. Nick Tate              Knoxville, TN            5  14-02  167
Day 1: 5   14-02
35. Bob Behrle             Hoover, AL               5  14-01  166
Day 1: 5   14-01
35. Lance Doughty          Sweetwater, TN           5  14-01  166
Day 1: 5   14-01
37. Pete Gluszek           Mount Laurel, NJ         5  14-01  164
Day 1: 5   14-01
38. Cody Bertrand          Dyer, IN                 5  14-00  163
Day 1: 5   14-00
39. Nathan Martin          Sheffield, AL            5  13-15  162
Day 1: 5   13-15
40. Ronald Ryals Jr        Live Oak, FL             5  13-13  161
Day 1: 5   13-13
40. Patrick Walters        Summerville, SC          5  13-13  161
Day 1: 5   13-13
42. Eric Panzironi         Longwood, FL             5  13-12  159
Day 1: 5   13-12
43. Austin Neary           Sylva, NC                5  13-11  158
Day 1: 5   13-11
44. Nick Ratliff           Vine Grove, KY           5  13-10  157
Day 1: 5   13-10
45. Gary Dover             Blacksburg, SC           5  13-07  156
Day 1: 5   13-07
45. Jim Moynagh            Carver, MN               5  13-07  156
Day 1: 5   13-07
45. Garrett Rocamora       Lithia, FL               5  13-07  156
Day 1: 5   13-07
48. Kyle Welcher           Opelika, AL              5  13-06  153
Day 1: 5   13-06
49. Kay Choosakul          Sanford, NC              5  13-03  152
Day 1: 5   13-03
50. Randy Huffman          Charleston, WV           5  13-01  151
Day 1: 5   13-01
51. Joe Thompson           Clayton, GA              5  13-00  150
Day 1: 5   13-00
52. Danny Hall             Ellijay, GA              4  13-00  149
Day 1: 4   13-00
53. Shayne Berlo           Mclean, VA               5  12-15  148
Day 1: 5   12-15
54. Kevin Martin           Crown City, OH           5  12-15  147
Day 1: 5   12-15
55. Ray Trudeau            Saint Cloud, FL          4  12-11  146
Day 1: 4   12-11
56. John Hunter Jr         Shelbyville, KY          5  12-10  145
Day 1: 5   12-10
57. Scott Patton           Paris, TN                5  12-09  144
Day 1: 5   12-09
58. Kurt Mitchell          Milford, DE              4  12-09  143
Day 1: 4   12-09
59. David Boelkins         Hubertus, WI             5  12-08  142
Day 1: 5   12-08
60. Tyler Ellis            Battlefield, MO          5  12-07  141
Day 1: 5   12-07
60. Rich Howes             Oviedo, FL               5  12-07  141
Day 1: 5   12-07
62. Dwayne Stevens         Fort Myers, FL           3  12-07  139
Day 1: 3   12-07
63. Trevor Fitzgerald      Belleview, FL            5  12-06  138
Day 1: 5   12-06
64. Shane Rees             Middletown, IN           5  12-06  137
Day 1: 5   12-06
65. James Cassaday         Wirtz, VA                5  12-02  136
Day 1: 5   12-02
65. Tony Hogan             Mc David, FL             5  12-02  136
Day 1: 5   12-02
65. Austin Schroeder       Zephyrhills, FL          5  12-02  136
Day 1: 5   12-02
68. Rusty White            Chattanooga, TN          5  12-01  133
Day 1: 5   12-01
69. Bill Chapman           Salt Rock, WV            5  12-00  132
Day 1: 5   12-00
70. Gunnar Meger           Otsego, MN               5  12-00  131
Day 1: 5   12-00
70. Laramy Strickland      Bushnell, FL             5  12-00  131
Day 1: 5   12-00
72. Whitney Stephens       Waverly, OH              5  11-15  129
Day 1: 5   11-15
73. Jeff Lugar             Cross Junction, VA       5  11-14  128
Day 1: 5   11-14
74. Robert Pearson         Herndon, VA              4  11-14  127
Day 1: 4   11-14
75. Cole Bailey            Thamesford Ontario CANA  5  11-11  126
Day 1: 5   11-11
75. Trevor Prince          Blue Ridge, GA           5  11-11  126
Day 1: 5   11-11
77. Darrell Davis          Dover, FL                5  11-11  124
Day 1: 5   11-11
78. Jared Dial             Winter Haven, FL         5  11-09  123
Day 1: 5   11-09
78. Bill Weidler           Helena, AL               5  11-09  123
Day 1: 5   11-09
80. Stan Gunter            Saluda, SC               5  11-09  121
Day 1: 5   11-09
81. David Cornelius Jr.    Apison, TN               5  11-08  120
Day 1: 5   11-08
82. Jacopo Gallelli        Firenze ITALY            5  11-08  119
Day 1: 5   11-08
83. Simon Borja            Tavares, FL              5  11-07  118
Day 1: 5   11-07
84. Justin Hamner          Northport, AL            5  11-05  117
Day 1: 5   11-05
85. Kyle Fox               Lakeland, FL             5  11-05  116
Day 1: 5   11-05
86. Jesse Rigsby           Old Hickory, TN          5  11-03  115
Day 1: 5   11-03
87. Cameron Smith          Wareham, MA              5  11-02  114
Day 1: 5   11-02
88. Matthew Robertson      Kuttawa, KY              5  11-02  113
Day 1: 5   11-02
89. Josh Douglas           Isle, MN                 5  11-01  112
Day 1: 5   11-01
89. Al Farace Jr           Hunt Valley, MD          5  11-01  112
Day 1: 5   11-01
89. Kameron Harbin         Abbeville, SC            5  11-01  112
Day 1: 5   11-01
92. Jordan Nettles         Purvis, MS               5  11-00  109
Day 1: 5   11-00
93. Chad Pipkens           Lansing, MI              4  10-15  108
Day 1: 4   10-15
94. Kent Mittelstaedt      New Hope, MN             5  10-14  107
Day 1: 5   10-14
95. Woo Daves              Spring Grove, VA         4  10-14  106
Day 1: 4   10-14
96. Teddie Scalf           Gray, KY                 5  10-13  105
Day 1: 5   10-13
97. Richard Dunham         Odessa, FL               5  10-12  104
Day 1: 5   10-12
98. Destin DeMarion        Grove City, PA           4  10-12  103
Day 1: 4   10-12
99. Allen Brooks           Canton, GA               5  10-11  102
Day 1: 5   10-11
99. Scott Kirsch           Edgewater, FL            5  10-11  102
Day 1: 5   10-11
99. Ronald Young           New Braunfels, TX        5  10-11  102
Day 1: 5   10-11
102. Freddy  Palmer         Estill Springs, TN       4  10-10   99
Day 1: 4   10-10
103. Andy Hribar            Lakeville, MN            5  10-08   98
Day 1: 5   10-08
104. Kenneth Dials          Creston, OH              4  10-06   97
Day 1: 4   10-06
105. Randy Futch            Vero Beach, FL           2  10-06   96
Day 1: 2   10-06
106. Douglas Lyon           Glendale, OH             5  10-05   95
Day 1: 5   10-05
107. Barron Adams           Mineral Bluff, GA        5  10-04   94
Day 1: 5   10-04
108. Bryant Adam            Madison, MS              4  10-04   93
Day 1: 4   10-04
109. Billy Myatt            Charlotte, NC            5  10-03   92
Day 1: 5   10-03
110. Teb Jones              Hattiesburg, MS          4  10-01   91
Day 1: 4   10-01
111. Jerod Hawkes           Eagle Pass, TX           5  09-15   90
Day 1: 5   09-15
112. Chris Jackson          Dora, AL                 5  09-14   89
Day 1: 5   09-14
113. Dustin Neat            Dunnville, KY            4  09-14   88
Day 1: 4   09-14
114. Nick Hatfield          Chuckey, TN              5  09-12   87
Day 1: 5   09-12
115. Stephen Crawley        Bush, LA                 5  09-12   86
Day 1: 5   09-12
116. Brad Burkhart          Speedwell, TN            4  09-11   85
Day 1: 4   09-11
117. Lucas Bogosian         Harrington Park, NJ      5  09-10   84
Day 1: 5   09-10
118. Ryan Claypool          Lancaster, NY            5  09-10   83
Day 1: 5   09-10
119. Grae Buck              Harleysville, PA         5  09-09   82
Day 1: 5   09-09
119. Bryan Schmitt          Deale, MD                5  09-09   82
Day 1: 5   09-09
121. Chris Hart             Leiper's Fork TN, TN     5  09-08   80
Day 1: 5   09-08
122. Randy Elliott          Severn, MD               4  09-07   79
Day 1: 4   09-07
123. Curt Causey            Ridgeville, SC           3  09-07   78
Day 1: 3   09-07
124. Clayton Batts          Butler, GA               5  09-06   77
Day 1: 5   09-06
125. Tim Ward               Sylacauga, AL            5  09-06   76
Day 1: 5   09-06
126. Alvin Shaw             Roaring Gap, NC          4  09-06   75
Day 1: 4   09-06
127. Ken Iyobe              Tokoname JAPAN           5  09-05   74
Day 1: 5   09-05
128. Daniel Martin          Elmhurst, IL             5  09-04   73
Day 1: 5   09-04
129. Clayton Dyer           Fayetteville, TN         4  09-04   72
Day 1: 4   09-04
130. Douglas Reed           Bridgeton, NJ            3  09-04   71
Day 1: 3   09-04
131. Patrick Martin         Mascouche Quebec CANADA  5  09-03   70
Day 1: 5   09-03
132. Jesse Spellicy         Gouverneur, NY           5  09-01   69
Day 1: 5   09-01
133. Colin James            Otsego, MN               5  09-00   68
Day 1: 5   09-00
133. James Mignanelli       Harmony, PA              5  09-00   68
Day 1: 5   09-00
135. Brian Hatfield         Spring City, TN          5  08-11   66
Day 1: 5   08-11
136. Tom Frink              Cartersville, GA         4  08-10   65
Day 1: 4   08-10
137. Troy Roder             Brookeland, TX           4  08-08   64
Day 1: 4   08-08
138. Jordan Osborne         Longview, TX             3  08-07   63
Day 1: 3   08-07
139. Steve York             Bronson, MI              4  08-06   62
Day 1: 4   08-06
140. William Pioch          Beckley, WV              4  08-05   61
Day 1: 4   08-05
141. Bradley Dortch         Atmore, AL               4  08-03   60
Day 1: 4   08-03
142. Scott Kerslake         Okeechobee, FL           2  08-02   59
Day 1: 2   08-02
143. Curt Mcguire Jr        Buchanan, TN             5  08-01   58
Day 1: 5   08-01
144. Lee Black              Moulton, AL              3  07-11   57
Day 1: 3   07-11
145. Darryl Halbert         Enoree, SC               4  07-09   56
Day 1: 4   07-09
146. Brian Tyler            Johnsonville, SC         3  07-09   55
Day 1: 3   07-09
147. Timothy Sisk           Kings Mtn, NC            4  07-08   54
Day 1: 4   07-08
148. Matt Becker            Finleyville, PA          4  07-07   53
Day 1: 4   07-07
149. Scott Siller           Milwaukee, WI            3  07-07   52
Day 1: 3   07-07
150. David Gaston           Sylacauga, AL            4  07-06   51
Day 1: 4   07-06
151. Denny Fiedler          Minnetonka, MN           4  07-03   50
Day 1: 4   07-03
152. Douglas Dulin          Apex, NC                 2  07-03   49
Day 1: 2   07-03
153. Hermilo Salgado        Artemus, KY              4  07-00   48
Day 1: 4   07-00
154. Darrell Pons           Earleton, FL             2  07-00   47
Day 1: 2   07-00
155. Chad Smith             Minnetonka, MN           4  06-15   46
Day 1: 4   06-15
156. Dave Frost             Mount Dora, FL           3  06-15   45
Day 1: 3   06-15
156. Mandel Pettus          Rocky Point, NY          3  06-15   45
Day 1: 3   06-15
158. Scott Ashmore          Broken Arrow, OK         3  06-13   43
Day 1: 3   06-13
159. Charlie Hartley        Grove City, OH           3  06-09   42
Day 1: 3   06-09
160. John Pollard           Eclectic, AL             4  06-08   41
Day 1: 4   06-08
161. Linwood Shores         Powhatan, VA             3  06-08   40
Day 1: 3   06-08
162. Tim Arnold             Cullman, AL              4  06-07   39
Day 1: 4   06-07
163. Tom Huynh              Moorhead, MN             3  06-04   38
Day 1: 3   06-04
164. Shawn Hendrix          Sharpsburg, GA           3  06-01   37
Day 1: 3   06-01
165. Chris Ferguson         Wittensville, KY         3  06-00   36
Day 1: 3   06-00
166. Gabriel Keen           Caryville, TN            3  05-14   35
Day 1: 3   05-14
167. Wayne Hauser Jr        Mooresville, NC          2  05-13   34
Day 1: 2   05-13
168. Cody Detweiler         Orlando, FL              3  05-12   33
Day 1: 3   05-12
168. Willy Hicks            Chester, VA              3  05-12   33
Day 1: 3   05-12
170. Jonathan Carter        Glenburn, ME             3  05-11   31
Day 1: 3   05-11
171. Gregg Fogner           Conway, SC               3  05-11   30
Day 1: 3   05-11
172. Jamey Caldwell         Carthage, NC             3  05-09   29
Day 1: 3   05-09
173. Phillip Brannon        Sylacauga, AL            2  05-06   28
Day 1: 2   05-06
174. Sander Entus           Plantation, FL           3  05-05   27
Day 1: 3   05-05
174. Colby Robertson        Summerfield, FL          3  05-05   27
Day 1: 3   05-05
176. Kenny Johnson          Hogansville, GA          3  05-04   25
Day 1: 3   05-04
176. Matt Mattingly         Gravel Switch, KY        3  05-04   25
Day 1: 3   05-04
178. Scott King             Crescent City, FL        3  05-04   23
Day 1: 3   05-04
179. Dave Turner            Crystal River, FL        2  05-01   22
Day 1: 2   05-01
180. Andrew Iversen         Mound, MN                3  05-00   21
Day 1: 3   05-00
181. John Brazzell          Winter Garden, FL        2  04-13   20
Day 1: 2   04-13
181. Anthony Ford           New Smyrna, FL           2  04-13   20
Day 1: 2   04-13
183. Vernon Kemp            Umatilla, FL             1  04-10   18
Day 1: 1   04-10
184. Frank Ramsey           Spring Grove, IL         2  04-08   17
Day 1: 2   04-08
185. John Parker            Gaffney, SC              1  04-04   16
Day 1: 1   04-04
186. Jeff Mathews           Maitland, FL             2  04-00   15
Day 1: 2   04-00
187. Tim Frederick          Leesburg, FL             2  03-12   14
Day 1: 2   03-12
188. James Taylor Jr        Humboldt, TN             2  03-11   13
Day 1: 2   03-11
189. Russell Nixon          Rustburg, VA             2  03-10   12
Day 1: 2   03-10
190. Kotaro Kiriyama        Guntersville, AL         2  03-09   11
Day 1: 2   03-09
190. Jody Wilson            Blue Ridge, GA           2  03-09   11
Day 1: 2   03-09
192. Bill Hunter            Murfreesboro, TN         2  03-08    9
Day 1: 2   03-08
193. Tyler Morgan           Pine Grove, PA           2  03-04    8
Day 1: 2   03-04
194. Jerrod Albright        Kissimmee, FL            1  03-03    7
Day 1: 1   03-03
195. Marty Brown            Dalton, GA               2  03-01    6
Day 1: 2   03-01
196. Alex Wetherell         Middletown, CT           1  02-14    5
Day 1: 1   02-14
197. Chris Hensley          Marbury, AL              2  02-09    4
Day 1: 2   02-09
198. Chris Kingree          Inverness, FL            1  02-03    3
Day 1: 1   02-03
199. Ronnie Getz            Sunman, IN               1  01-12    2
Day 1: 1   01-12
199. Terry Segraves         Kissimmee, FL            1  01-12    2
Day 1: 1   01-12
201. Ron Johnson            Chandler, AZ             1  01-11    0
Day 1: 1   01-11
202. Levi Wiget             Lakewood Ranch, FL       1  01-10    0
Day 1: 1   01-10
203. Allan Nail             Sand Springs, OK         1  01-09    0
Day 1: 1   01-09
204. Jerome Baird           Williamsburg, KY         0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Hunter Bland           Ocala, FL                0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Hank Cherry Jr         Lincolnton, NC           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Guy Eaker              Cherryville, NC          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Hunter Eubanks         Inman, SC                0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Steven Foster Jr       Mc Alpin, FL             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Wil Hardy II           Harlem, GA               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Mitch Liss             Saint Cloud, FL          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. J.R. McCay             Helen, GA                0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Brandon McMillan       Clewiston, FL            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Shane Mills            Myrtle Beach, SC         0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Parker Mott            Winter Garden, FL        0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Toshinari Namiki       Tokyo JAPAN              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Kendall Newson         Decatur, GA              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Kyle Sommer            Fort Wayne, IN           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
204. Brad Staley            Pleasant Garden, NC      0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1       116       831      2085-12
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116       831      2085-12

2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open Lake Chickamauga 5/23-5/25
Chickamauga Lake, Dayton  TN.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 1
Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Charles Fochtman       Moneta, VA               3  14-15  200
Day 1: 3   14-15
2.  Charlie Potts          Chattanooga, TN          3  13-09  199
Day 1: 3   13-09
3.  Travis Dehart          Greenville, SC           3  13-08  198
Day 1: 3   13-08
4.  Tripp Noojin           Bryant, AL               3  12-11  197
Day 1: 3   12-11
5.  Steve Robbins          Piketon, OH              3  11-09  196
Day 1: 3   11-09
6.  Thomas Abraham         Winchester, TN           3  11-08  195
Day 1: 3   11-08
7.  Bobby Drinnon          Rogersville, TN          3  10-15  194
Day 1: 3   10-15
8.  Don Bible II           Knoxville, TN            3  10-12  193
Day 1: 3   10-12
8.  Jeffrey Worth          Longwood, FL             3  10-12  193
Day 1: 3   10-12
10. Matt Pretzel           Waconia, MN              3  10-10  191
Day 1: 3   10-10
11. Gus Kneidinger         Prospect, PA             2  10-01  190
Day 1: 2   10-01
12. Brandon Blalock        Newnan, GA               2  09-13  189
Day 1: 2   09-13
13. Robert Gibson          Niota, TN                3  09-09  188
Day 1: 3   09-09
14. Chad Schroeder         Zephyrhills, FL          3  09-07  187
Day 1: 3   09-07
15. John Goul              Philadelphia, MS         1  09-07  186
Day 1: 1   09-07
16. Justin Leet            Bartlett, TN             3  09-02  185
Day 1: 3   09-02
17. Jeff Farmer            Jacksonville, NC         3  09-01  184
Day 1: 3   09-01
18. John Goebel            Lumberton, TX            3  09-00  183
Day 1: 3   09-00
19. Robert Bruguiere       Mechanicsville, VA       3  08-15  182
Day 1: 3   08-15
20. William Johnson        Hurricane Mills, TN      3  08-12  181
Day 1: 3   08-12
20. Jay West               Canton, GA               3  08-12  181
Day 1: 3   08-12
22. Lance Pemble           Leesburg, FL             3  08-10  179
Day 1: 3   08-10
23. Benjie Seaborn         Guin, AL                 3  08-05  178
Day 1: 3   08-05
23. Craig Wright           Rustburg, VA             3  08-05  178
Day 1: 3   08-05
25. Ross Rhodes            Paw Paw, MI              3  08-01  176
Day 1: 3   08-01
26. Mark Hill              River, VA                3  07-13  175
Day 1: 3   07-13
26. Steven Roosen          Charlotte, NC            3  07-13  175
Day 1: 3   07-13
26. Brian West             Gloucester, VA           3  07-13  175
Day 1: 3   07-13
29. Austin Baskette        Leesburg, FL             3  07-11  172
Day 1: 3   07-11
30. Ryan Bowman            Seneca, SC               3  07-07  171
Day 1: 3   07-07
30. Gary Hall              Delbarton, WV            3  07-07  171
Day 1: 3   07-07
32. John Vest              Cloverdale, VA           3  07-06  169
Day 1: 3   07-06
33. James Southeard        Scottsboro, AL           3  07-05  168
Day 1: 3   07-05
34. Mike Spears            Jasper, AL               3  07-04  167
Day 1: 3   07-04
35. Kenneth Lodwick        Dandridge, TN            1  07-04  166
Day 1: 1   07-04
36. Mike Hair              Erwin, NC                3  07-03  165
Day 1: 3   07-03
37. Johnny Bigger II       Spring Hill, FL          3  07-01  164
Day 1: 3   07-01
37. Larry Maring           Minneola, FL             3  07-01  164
Day 1: 3   07-01
39. Jason Rice             Swannanoa, NC            3  07-00  162
Day 1: 3   07-00
39. Craig Saylor           Oak Hill, OH             3  07-00  162
Day 1: 3   07-00
41. Roger Holtsclaw        New Tazewell, TN         2  07-00  160
Day 1: 2   07-00
42. Tom Helton             Charleston, TN           3  06-15  159
Day 1: 3   06-15
43. Barry Brandt Jr.       Newport News, VA         2  06-15  158
Day 1: 2   06-15
44. Bob Bakewell           Orlando, FL              3  06-14  157
Day 1: 3   06-14
44. Rex Oneal              Fayetteville, TN         3  06-14  157
Day 1: 3   06-14
44. Bradley Sterner        Manchester, PA           3  06-14  157
Day 1: 3   06-14
47. Bobby Bakewell         Orlando, FL              3  06-13  154
Day 1: 3   06-13
47. Matthew Mccarthy       Marysville, OH           3  06-13  154
Day 1: 3   06-13
47. Chris Nail             Chandler, OK             3  06-13  154
Day 1: 3   06-13
47. Robert Ramsey          Hubert, NC               3  06-13  154
Day 1: 3   06-13
51. Larry Inman            Greensboro, NC           3  06-12  150
Day 1: 3   06-12
51. Karl Youngblood        Wetumpka, AL             3  06-12  150
Day 1: 3   06-12
53. Chaz Carrington        Suffolk, VA              3  06-11  148
Day 1: 3   06-11
54. Hiroyuki Watanabe      Fuji Shizuoka JAPAN      3  06-11  147
Day 1: 3   06-11
55. Jonathan Barnette      Jasper, AL               3  06-10  146
Day 1: 3   06-10
55. Carl Hunter            Snellville, GA           3  06-10  146
Day 1: 3   06-10
57. Timothy Kidwell        Florence, KY             3  06-08  144
Day 1: 3   06-08
58. Mike Eldridge          Blairsville, PA          3  06-07  143
Day 1: 3   06-07
58. John Sturdivant        Obion, TN                3  06-07  143
Day 1: 3   06-07
58. Jason Sturgill         Big Stone Gap, VA        3  06-07  143
Day 1: 3   06-07
61. Paul Coburn            Pewaukee, WI             3  06-06  140
Day 1: 3   06-06
61. John Duarte Jr         Middle River, MD         3  06-06  140
Day 1: 3   06-06
61. Alec Morrison          Peru, NY                 3  06-06  140
Day 1: 3   06-06
61. Kelvin Young           Guntersville, AL         3  06-06  140
Day 1: 3   06-06
65. Jamie Ferdarko         Dubois, PA               2  06-05  136
Day 1: 2   06-05
66. Jonathan Dietz         Corry, PA                3  06-04  135
Day 1: 3   06-04
66. Kibbee Mccoy           Knoxville, TN            3  06-04  135
Day 1: 3   06-04
66. Tim Watkins            Trussville, AL           3  06-04  135
Day 1: 3   06-04
69. Stephen Davis          Blacksburg, VA           3  06-03  132
Day 1: 3   06-03
70. Keith Honeycutt        Temple, TX               3  06-03  131
Day 1: 3   06-03
71. Danny Whaley           Kodak, TN                3  06-00  130
Day 1: 3   06-00
72. Eric Andrews           Davenport, FL            3  05-15  129
Day 1: 3   05-15
72. James Howell           Lake Villa, IL           3  05-15  129
Day 1: 3   05-15
74. Alex Prince            Blue Ridge, GA           3  05-14  127
Day 1: 3   05-14
75. Michael Bankes         Jacksonville, NC         3  05-13  126
Day 1: 3   05-13
76. George Cox             Avondale Estates, GA     3  05-12  125
Day 1: 3   05-12
76. Jeffery Lawrence       Spooner, WI              3  05-12  125
Day 1: 3   05-12
76. Chuck Thurlow          Auburn, AL               3  05-12  125
Day 1: 3   05-12
79. George Lauster Jr      Gold Hill, NC            2  05-12  122
Day 1: 2   05-12
80. Jerry Gallogly Jr      North Tazewell, VA       3  05-10  121
Day 1: 3   05-10
80. Dave Ramey             Kingsport, TN            3  05-10  121
Day 1: 3   05-10
82. Clinton Lacinak Jr     Homosassa, FL            2  05-09  119
Day 1: 2   05-09
83. Jesse Buss             Pennsburg, PA            2  05-08  118
Day 1: 2   05-08
84. Mark Frickman          Reidsville, NC           3  05-07  117
Day 1: 3   05-07
84. Don Harvey             Franklin, TN             3  05-07  117
Day 1: 3   05-07
84. Jon Jezierski          Troy, MI                 3  05-07  117
Day 1: 3   05-07
87. David Booth            Erin, TN                 2  05-06  114
Day 1: 2   05-06
88. Doug Fowler            Charleston, TN           3  05-05  113
Day 1: 3   05-05
89. Curtis Hall II         Lenore, WV               2  05-05  112
Day 1: 2   05-05
89. Jeff Spurgeon          Harriman, TN             2  05-05  112
Day 1: 2   05-05
91. Julien Raymond         Wendover CANADA          3  05-04  110
Day 1: 3   05-04
92. Jim Opetaia-Williamson Dunnellon, FL            2  05-04  109
Day 1: 2   05-04
93. Trey Grow III          Mechanicsville, VA       3  05-01  108
Day 1: 3   05-01
94. Rick Hamer             Charleston, WV           2  05-01  107
Day 1: 2   05-01
94. Buck Hilliard Jr.      Peachtree City, GA       2  05-01  107
Day 1: 2   05-01
96. Todd Lee               Jasper, AL               3  04-14  105
Day 1: 3   04-14
97. Bret Giaudrone         Edwardsville, IL         1  04-11  104
Day 1: 1   04-11
98. Sakae Ushio            Tonawanda, NY            2  04-10  103
Day 1: 2   04-10
98. James Wold             Wellington, FL           2  04-10  103
Day 1: 2   04-10
100. Jerry Britt            Barhamsville, VA         2  04-09  101
Day 1: 2   04-09
101. Eulon Lee Jr.          Eclectic, AL             2  04-07  100
Day 1: 2   04-07
102. Scott Waters           Saint Cloud, FL          2  04-06   99
Day 1: 2   04-06
103. Dennis Akers           South Portsmouth, KY     2  04-05   98
Day 1: 2   04-05
104. John Wiese             Charlotte, NC            2  04-03   97
Day 1: 2   04-03
105. Skyler Anderson        Harlem, GA               2  04-02   96
Day 1: 2   04-02
105. Mike Toney             Blacksburg, VA           2  04-02   96
Day 1: 2   04-02
107. Michael Carroll        Murphy, NC               2  04-01   94
Day 1: 2   04-01
107. Randy Gardner          Titus, AL                2  04-01   94
Day 1: 2   04-01
107. Christopher Luburich   Honesdale, PA            2  04-01   94
Day 1: 2   04-01
110. Joe Stewart            Jacksonville, NC         1  03-15   91
Day 1: 1   03-15
111. Rodney Manson          Glen Burnie, MD          2  03-14   90
Day 1: 2   03-14
112. Cj King                Ocala, FL                1  03-14   89
Day 1: 1   03-14
113. Nick Bagnato           Madison, MS              2  03-13   88
Day 1: 2   03-13
113. David Pechacek         Champlin, MN             2  03-13   88
Day 1: 2   03-13
115. William Anderson       Dunlap, TN               2  03-11   86
Day 1: 2   03-11
115. Paul Palmer            Madisonville, TN         2  03-11   86
Day 1: 2   03-11
117. Chad Bushnaq           Buffalo, NY              2  03-10   84
Day 1: 2   03-10
118. Barry Burford          Charlotte, NC            3  03-08   83
Day 1: 3   03-08
119. David Eden             Adams, TN                2  03-08   82
Day 1: 2   03-08
119. Tom Sutton             Bidwell, OH              2  03-08   82
Day 1: 2   03-08
119. Andrew Thomasson       Dublin, VA               2  03-08   82
Day 1: 2   03-08
122. Regan Coffey           Richmond, VA             2  03-06   79
Day 1: 2   03-06
122. Bruce Faulkner         Seneca, SC               2  03-06   79
Day 1: 2   03-06
122. Todd Walters           Summerville, SC          2  03-06   79
Day 1: 2   03-06
125. Donnie Bowman          Quinton, VA              2  03-05   76
Day 1: 2   03-05
125. David Lawson           Williamtown AUSTRALIA    2  03-05   76
Day 1: 2   03-05
125. Michael Morris         Hubert, NC               2  03-05   76
Day 1: 2   03-05
125. William Powers         Kissimmee, FL            2  03-05   76
Day 1: 2   03-05
129. Russ Brenner           Burlington, NC           1  03-05   72
Day 1: 1   03-05
130. Jon  Ear               Easley, SC               2  03-04   71
Day 1: 2   03-04
131. Jeff Keever            Tignall, GA              2  03-02   70
Day 1: 2   03-02
131. Benton Peoples         Bardstown, KY            2  03-02   70
Day 1: 2   03-02
133. Bill Bruce             Hendersonville, TN       1  02-15   68
Day 1: 1   02-15
134. Eric Stecker           Quakertown, PA           1  02-14   67
Day 1: 1   02-14
135. Trevor Kraker          Cedar, MN                1  02-12   66
Day 1: 1   02-12
136. Jeff Lederman          Powhatan, VA             2  02-11   65
Day 1: 2   02-11
137. Matt Rasnick           Elizabethton, TN         1  02-11   64
Day 1: 1   02-11
138.  Tim Huddleston        Calvert City, KY         2  02-10   63
Day 1: 2   02-10
139. Don Ramsey             Orlando, FL              1  02-10   62
Day 1: 1   02-10
139. Stephen Waldon         Ellenwood, GA            1  02-10   62
Day 1: 1   02-10
141. Mark Kendra            Great Meadows, NJ        2  02-08   60
Day 1: 2   02-08
142. Bill Rutkowski         Riverview, FL            1  02-07   59
Day 1: 1   02-07
143. Charles Cotton         Hemingway, SC            1  02-05   58
Day 1: 1   02-05
143. Christopher Fleming    Haysi, VA                1  02-05   58
Day 1: 1   02-05
143. Shane Love             Crooksville, OH          1  02-05   58
Day 1: 1   02-05
143. Greg Mauldin           Archdale, NC             1  02-05   58
Day 1: 1   02-05
147. Michelle Jalaba        Birmingham, MI           1  02-04   54
Day 1: 1   02-04
147. Chip Stith             Piscataway, NJ           1  02-04   54
Day 1: 1   02-04
149. David Gladden II       Ooltewah, TN             1  02-03   52
Day 1: 1   02-03
150. Ike Taylor             Westerville, OH          1  02-02   51
Day 1: 1   02-02
151. Charles Daugherty Jr   Raleigh, NC              1  02-01   50
Day 1: 1   02-01
151. Eric Davis             Athens, AL               1  02-01   50
Day 1: 1   02-01
151. Todd Sosebee           Bessemer City, NC        1  02-01   50
Day 1: 1   02-01
154. Darrell Hille          Springfield, TN          1  02-00   47
Day 1: 1   02-00
155. Bill Combs             Villa Rica, GA           1  01-15   46
Day 1: 1   01-15
155. Todd Young             Perryville, KY           1  01-15   46
Day 1: 1   01-15
157. Ernest McIntyre Jr     Fayetteville, NC         1  01-14   44
Day 1: 1   01-14
157. Rick Williams Jr       Sandston, VA             1  01-14   44
Day 1: 1   01-14
159. Scott Spencer          Raleigh, NC              3  01-13   42
Day 1: 3   01-13
160. Anthony Dumitras       Winston, GA              1  01-13   41
Day 1: 1   01-13
160. Chuck Hennessey        Knoxville, TN            1  01-13   41
Day 1: 1   01-13
160. John Watts Jr          Flushing, MI             1  01-13   41
Day 1: 1   01-13
160. Don White              Columbus, MS             1  01-13   41
Day 1: 1   01-13
164. Eddie Frye             Gallipolis, OH           1  01-12   37
Day 1: 1   01-12
164. Brian Paffel           Spooner, WI              1  01-12   37
Day 1: 1   01-12
164. Hudson Schmidt         St.Marys CANADA          1  01-12   37
Day 1: 1   01-12
167. Ronnie Richards        Smithville, TN           1  01-11   34
Day 1: 1   01-11
168. Tim Leonard            Greeneville, TN          1  01-10   33
Day 1: 1   01-10
168. Carl Smith             Lugoff, SC               1  01-10   33
Day 1: 1   01-10
168. Arthur Watkinson       Cudahy, WI               1  01-10   33
Day 1: 1   01-10
171. Greg Fisher            Zanesville, OH           1  01-09   30
Day 1: 1   01-09
172. Jacob Jarrell          Crown City, OH           1  01-08   29
Day 1: 1   01-08
173. Taylor Stumbo          Prestonsburg, KY         1  01-07   28
Day 1: 1   01-07
174. Eric Osborne           Jefferson, NC            1  01-06   27
Day 1: 1   01-06
174. Daniel Rogers          Citrus Springs, FL       1  01-06   27
Day 1: 1   01-06
176. Ron Horton             Dover, DE                1  01-00   25
Day 1: 1   01-00
177. Cam Burnette           Smyrna, TN               1  00-15   24
Day 1: 1   00-15
178. Shawn Hawks            Vinton, OH               1  00-08   23
Day 1: 1   00-08
179. Jimmy Adair            Hampton, GA              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Daniel Fillippo        Pennsburg, PA            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Michael Gonzales       Plato, MO                0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Joel Greene            Enoree, SC               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Mark Guhne             Hixson, TN               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. David Haft             Fairfield Township, OH   0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Jarred Hall            Richmond, VA             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Danny Hammons          Morganton, NC            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Stanton Harris         State Road, NC           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Brian Hopton           Mason, OH                0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. AJ Jones               Odessa, FL               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Burley Langford Jr.    Petersburg, VA           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Zacharie Laplace       Elkhart, IN              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Ed Laroche             Gillespie, IL            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Fred Liggett           Mulberry, FL             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Robert Lovell          West Monroe, LA          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Robt Lyerly            Smyrna, GA               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Scott Marshall         Lebanon, TN              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Tom Mccarthy           Marysville, OH           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Mel McMullen           South Charleston, OH     0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Steven Michaels        Garner, NC               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Robert Miller          Litchfield, MI           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Liam Oneill            Beverly Hills, FL        0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Ray Puckett            Wetumpka, AL             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Nolan Richards         South Lyon, MI           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Casey Richter          Blaine, MN               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Milton Robbins         Midlothian, VA           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Matt Roberson          Powder Springs, GA       0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. James Roten            West Jefferson, NC       0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Justin Salisbury       Binghamton, NY           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Tony Sears             Dahlonega, GA            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Ronnie Shephard        Oak Hill, OH             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Jp Sims                Cookeville, TN           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Greg Smith             Georgetown, KY           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Dalton Tankersley      Mineral Bluff, GA        0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Rodney Vaow            Troutman, NC             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Jordon Venable         Winston Salem, NC        0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Wesley Watson          Huntington, WV           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Bobby Williams         Salisbury, NC            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Rich Williams          Chester, VA              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
179. Mark Zgurich           New Cumberland, PA       0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
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Flooding Moves MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage Seven from Grand Lake to Table Rock

TULSA, Okla. (May 23, 2019) - Major League Fishing (MLF) officials announced today that the Bass Pro Tour Stage Seven originally scheduled for Oklahoma's Grand Lake is being relocated to Table Rock Lake in Missouri, due to flood conditions impacting northeast Oklahoma.

The Bad Boy Mowers Stage Seven Presented by Covercraft will take place on the same dates originally intended - May 31 to June 5 - but there will be some changes to the competition format when the 80-angler Bass Pro Tour field returns to Table Rock.

"Of the options we had for guaranteeing the required connectivity for our format and live streaming, convenience to our anglers and entertaining fishing, Table Rock was our perfect solution for the time frame," said Don Rucks, MLF executive vice president and general manager. "Table Rock is in great shape and, as we saw in Stage Six, it's fishing exceptionally well right now. But we're going to change things up somewhat for the return to make it a different challenge for the anglers and equally exciting as the previous Bass Pro Tour event was for our fans."

Most significant is the change to the fishing times. For the five days encompassing the usual Shotgun, Elimination and Knockout Rounds, competition will be from noon to 8 p.m. CDT. On day six, the Championship Round, competition will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT. And the MLF NOW! live streaming will cover all three fishing periods throughout each of the six competition days, providing 7 1/2 hours of live coverage daily, the most ever in the history of competitive bass fishing, and extending into prime time.

For all days, MLF's standard catch, weigh and immediate-release format will apply.

"The later competition times will give our MLF NOW! live stream audience a different look at Table Rock," Rucks said. "It'll also provide anglers in the region who fish in the evening a chance to learn even more about how to be successful on their home water this time of year."
The MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage Six on Table Rock provided record catches throughout the competition week.
A total of 6,078 bass were recorded on SCORETRACKER®.
The MLF Postgame Show Presented by Berkley will follow the conclusion of the Championship Round on June 5; there will be no Postgame Show following the first five days of competition because of 8 p.m. end of competition.

For more information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Navionics - Conservation is Key

"Mr. T," an almost 200-pound loggerhead sea turtle, crawls into the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at Sombrero Beach in Marathon, Fla. The adult male reptile was rescued in early February and convalesced at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital following surgeries to remove a fishhook. The turtle was fitted with a satellite tag by Mote Marine Laboratory to track migratory patterns of male loggerheads. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
Vance McCullough

 

Navionics is known for helping us find our way to the fish - and helping us find our way back to them again.

It may never cross a customer’s mind that, behind the technology, is a group of real people who enjoy many of the same pursuits we do. The people at Navionics help to preserve these outdoor opportunities for our children.

Regardless of what brings you to the water, we all want to make a difference. Paul Michelle, National Sales Manager for Navionics explains that this is “very important to Navionics as most of us are lifestyle people and truly enjoy the ocean whether its fishing, diving, or boating.”

During a recent outing to the Florida Keys, Michelle hosted a group of industry leaders and outdoors writers for a couple of very different activities that, each in its own way, contributed greatly to the ecological health of a true national treasure, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

We met a sea turtle that was found off the coast of Tavernier and, therefore, named ‘Mr. T’. The 200-lb loggerhead had spent 3 months in the Marathon Turtle Hospital to rehabilitate a lung tear that leaked air into his shell and prevented him from diving. He had also confounded some fisherman as evidenced by the hook and line removed from the corner of his mouth by hospital staff.

“Mr. T is one of those ocean creatures that is a great story in bringing him back to health and what data the satellite tag will provide,” said Michelle, noting that the male turtle will range far and wide, as male turtles do, with a satellite transmitter on his back.

“Females have a relatively small home range,” noted Bette Zirkelbach, Manager of the Turtle Hospital. “Exactly where the big males go has always been a mystery.”

The staff at the hospital was excited to learn that the Mote Marine Laboratory would tag Mr. T with a transmitter prior to his release.

“What we can learn from Mr. T could help us better preserve and protect our sea turtle friends for the future,” concluded Michelle.

Upon his release, Mr. T took off with surprising speed. Hundreds cheered as he disappeared in a cloud of sand amid the jade waters off Sombrero Beach. Thanks to the transmitter, his travels can now be followed at turtlehospital.org.

On the other end of the conservation spectrum is the need to eliminate harmful exotic species from our waters. Lionfish pose a well-documented threat to the reefs that make the Keys so special.

John Mirabella, owner of Castaway Waterfront Restaurant and Sushi bar in Marathon, serves up delicious lionfish dishes made from the fruits of his own spear-fishing labor, as well as that of other local divers.

“More than ninety-percent of all lionfish you eat have been harvested by a diver,” said Mirabella.

Sushi and sashimi dishes were served-up and scarfed-down. The white meat of the lionfish is clean yet flavorful, almost sweet.

This means you can clean your plate and clean the reef of unwanted marine life at the same time. “Lionfish are an invasive species and could destroy the natural fisheries we have here,” said Michelle. “This affects everything in our ocean’s eco system. Our fisheries and reefs are important to Navionics for all to enjoy and we have to do our best to try and preserve the resource and spread awareness of issues. Enjoyment by future generations depends on it. Plus, lionfish are very tasty!”

Through the exhilarating release of a majestic sea turtle and delicious dishes made of lionfish our friends at Navionics shared two ways to conserve our marine environment and have a great time doing so.


"It's What We Signed Up For"

On this last episode before the Holiday weekend, Chris & Jason welcome in MLF BPT Pro Josh Bertrand to talk about Major League Fishing, his feelings on weights and more! The circus joins the boys as Jason rolls through the Costa Countdown to Blastoff looking ahead and seeing what's out there. Check it out and have a safe holiday weekend!


Aaron Martens Rides Deep Drop-Shot to Win at Table Rock

BRANSON, Mo. (May 22, 2019) - If you ask Major League Fishing® (MLF) pro Aaron Martens what his least-favorite technique is, he'll giggle and tell you "Drop-shotting, bro." It's a running joke that the West Coast native has maintained for several years, claiming that he'd much rather be flipping a creature bait swimming jig, all the while racking up win after win using a technique he helped pioneer.
Martens can now add 100,000 more reasons to love the drop-shot.
Methodically plinking his way around a series of offshore brushpiles and flooded cedar trees in the main stem White River on Table Rock Lake, Martens connected with 50 fish for 86 pounds, 4 ounces, running away with the Championship Round of the Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber and claiming a $100,000 paycheck (plus his first MLF championship trophy).
And he did it in true "A-Mart" fashion. While first-period leader Andy Montgomery watched his shad-spawn bite flame out in the second period, Martens kept a steady fish-catching pace from lines in to lines out, starting the morning connecting with multiple fish on a spinnerbait and swimbait between Moonshine Beach and Indian Point before picking up the drop-shot rod in the second period.
Martens stayed in the same area throughout the rest of the day, battling the wind and current while repeatedly dropping a Roboworm to fish he was seeing on his electronics and putting 34-14 on SCORETERACKER® in Period 1, adding 33-12 in Period 2 and holding on to the lead through the final period with 14 fish for 14-7.
"I spent my whole practice graphing," Martens admitted. "I figured if I could find more waypoints and schools, that's how I should spend my time. I knew every day the fish were going to change, but I had my graphs pretty dialed in where I can see fish in the trees, and see if they're a bass, a white bass or shad. I know the bluff walls were a big deal, but I just felt better about what I had deeper."
Montgomery Bet on Shad Spawn
Montgomery came out of the gate like he would run away with the trophy, thanks to the same morning shad spawn he had exploited all week long. Montgomery piled up 49-13 in the first period to open up a 15-pound lead on Martens and the rest of the field. But Period 2 proved to be the difference-maker of the day: Montgomery put only 8-11 on SCORETRACKER in 2 ½ hours, and could only keep working his docks as Martens overtook him with 30 minutes left in the period.
MLF pro Andy Montgomery finished second in the Bass Pro Tour Championship Round, also catching 50 scoreable bass. His weight totaled 77-14. (click to enlarge/download)
The South Carolina pro finally gave up on his dock pattern as the third period started, picking up a flipping stick and locating better-quality fish: five of his 10 fish in the final 2 ½ hours were 2 pounds or more, allowing Montgomery to stay within distant striking distance of Martens.
"There were a lot of signs that told me (I should've changed), but I just couldn't quite pull the trigger soon enough," Montgomery admitted. "I caught them so good (in the Knockout Round), but most of that was largemouth. Today, it was all spotted bass on those docks. I didn't think that those largemouth could've moved out that fast, but I guess they did. I had a good third period flipping, but I wish I'd done it in the second period."
Table Rock Showed Out
Although Table Rock is one of the most well-known tournament venues in the country, the six days of Bass Pro Tour competition showed this impoundment of the White River in a whole different - record breaking - light. Some of the most notable numbers from the week:
*    6,078 fish were put on SCORETRACKER
*    Total weight on SCORETRACKER for the field for the event was 9,815-2
*    Martens' total weight for four rounds was a record 283-4
*    Cliff Pace weighed in a record 179 fish
Championship Notes
Martens' victory is his 11th tour-level win. It's also Martens' first win in the MLF catch/weigh/immediate-release format.
Jeff Sprague took over the Points Championship lead with another strong event: Sprague has 417 points, followed by Edwin Evers with 414.

Stage Six Results
To see final results for Stage Six, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click "results."

Bobby Lane Leads Top 10 into Championship Round at MLF Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber

BRANSON, Mo. (May 21, 2019) - The only things that could shut down the Table Rock Lake bite for Major League Fishing® (MLF) pro Bobby Lane were Mother Nature and sundown. The Florida pro would probably still be catching Ozark Mountains bass at a record pace if impending darkness didn't finally end competition at the Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber.
Despite nearly five hours of delays in competition due to heavy wind, rain and lightning, Lane finished the Knockout Round with 95 pounds, 4 ounces, obliterating the existing Knockout Round weight record of 67-14 and breaking the single-day weight record of 89-5 set by Josh Bertrand just three days ago. Lane also established a new record for scoreable bass for the day with 60.
"It's almost ridiculous to think that I caught 60 fish for over 95 pounds," Lane joked as he started his tackle prep for Wednesday's Championship Round. "I caught 'em and caught 'em and caught 'em like there was no end. I'm not sure it's quite sunk in yet, but what a cool record to break."
Lane's performance secured him a spot in his first 10-angler Championship Round of the 2019 season.
Working Through the Weather
The morning looked like it would belong to Andy Montgomery. Taking advantage of the shad spawn and a fierce spotted bass bite brought on by the approaching storm front, Montgomery connected with 31 fish in Period 1 for 47-5. That was part of a period in which 480 fish hit SCORETRACKER® for 782-5 (both Bass Pro Tour records).
By the time the first weather delay shut down competition after the second period, Montgomery had piled 50 fish on SCORETRACKER for 78 pounds, 2 ounces, a 10-plus-pound cushion over Lane in second place (67-11). But while Montgomery fell off his morning pace once lines went back in for the third period, Lane continued to add to his total, catching 18 fish for 27-9 in the third period fishing bluff walls for spawning spotted bass.
"I couldn't go to a straight bluff wall, I had to find bluffs with little dips where fish could get up around the edges and corners," Lane said. "I needed the bait to sink about 5 feet, so I needed a bluff with some kind of lip or shelf. All I had to do was get the bait on that shelf and they'd kill it."
Day Makers and Heartbreakers
Although Jordan Lee's presence in a Championship Round is nothing new - Lee has advanced out of the Knockout Round three times in six events - the way he did it on Table Rock is notable. The Stage One Kissimmee winner ended Period 1 in 36th place out of 40, with only five fish and 7-9 to show for it (just under 19 pounds out of the Top 10). Lee put together a third-period flurry of 20 fish, including seven in the final hour for 11-15.
That propelled him past Jacob Powroznik, Jonathon VanDam, Michael Neal and Gerald Swindle for his first Championship Round since Stage Two Conroe.
Championship Round Welcomes First-Timers
Lane isn't the only angler in the Championship 10 who will be fishing his first final round. He'll be joined by Championship Round first-timers Zack Birge (second with 86-0), Andy Montgomery (third with 83-4), Cliff Pace (fifth with 79-5), Greg Vinson (sixth with 76-9) and Aaron Martens (seventh with 75-1). Jacob Wheeler, Mark Rose, Ott DeFoe and Lee round out the final 10.
Daily Winners
Knockout Round daily awards were:
* The Berkley Big Bass of the day was a 5-13 largemouth caught by Andy Morgan
* Lane was the Berkley Catch Count winner with his record 60 fish
* Lane also earned the Phoenix Boats Daily Leader award with his 95-4
When, Where & How to Watch Wednesday
Competition begins on Wednesday's Championship Round at 6:30 a.m. CT, with live, official scoring available via SCORETRACKER on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage and analysis provided by Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone and Natalie Dillon until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show - hosted by Steven "Lurch" Scott - will start at 4 p.m.
Knockout Round Results
Place Angler Total Weight Total # Fish Largest Fish
1st Bobby Lane 95 - 04 60 3 - 10
2nd Zack Birge 86 - 00 50 3 - 01
3rd Andy Montgomery 83 - 04 53 2 - 08
4th Jacob Wheeler 80 - 01 46 4 - 12
5th Cliff Pace 79 - 05 58 2 - 11
6th Greg Vinson 76 - 09 46 3 - 09
7th Aaron Martens 75 - 01 44 2 - 10
8th Mark Rose 74 - 14 49 2 - 09
9th Ott DeFoe 74 - 04 46 3 - 09
10th Jordan Lee 73 - 13 44 2 - 12
Elimination Line
11th Gerald Swindle 71 - 04 47 2 - 15
12th Michael Neal 70 - 13 46 3 - 10
13th Jonathon VanDam 70 - 06 38 3 - 07
14th Jacob Powroznik 69 - 09 45 2 - 12
15th Jesse Wiggins 67 - 00 39 2 - 13
16th Wesley Strader 66 - 02 40 3 - 01
17th Stephen Browning 65 - 11 40 2 - 05
18th Fletcher Shryock 64 - 11 43 3 - 03
19th Jeff Sprague 64 - 03 42 2 - 10
20th Anthony Gagliardi 63 - 07 38 3 - 12
21st Cody Meyer 62 - 11 40 2 - 13
22nd Brent Ehrler 60 - 11 34 3 - 03
23rd Randall Tharp 57 - 11 35 2 - 13
24th Luke Clausen 55 - 00 35 3 - 03
25th Fred Roumbanis 54 - 03 32 2 - 10
26th Casey Ashley 52 - 01 31 2 - 08
27th Justin Atkins 49 - 15 26 3 - 07
28th Marty Robinson 45 - 10 32 2 - 05
29th Alton Jones Jr. 44 - 06 27 3 - 01
30th Brent Chapman 43 - 15 24 3 - 03
31st Andy Morgan 43 - 12 24 5 - 13
32nd Randy Howell 41 - 02 24 3 - 00
33rd Gary Klein 40 - 09 26 4 - 11
34th Cliff Crochet 40 - 05 26 2 - 07
35th Greg Hackney 38 - 02 22 3 - 00
36th Russ Lane 36 - 07 25 2 - 01
37th Dave Lefebre 34 - 00 23 2 - 08
38th Mark Davis 33 - 12 22 2 - 04
39th Scott Suggs 24 - 14 14 3 - 09
40th Josh Bertrand 23 - 01 16 2 - 05

"Target Rich Environment"

 

On this weeks "Target Rich Environment" AnglersChannel Insider Podcast, Chris and Jason welcome in Alabama Bass Trail Tournaments Program Director Kay Donaldson to talk about the 2019 season which is close to wrapping up but also to look ahead at 2020 and the changes her and her team have put into place to help ABT Anglers make more $$$$$!! The rest of the Circus calls in as they look over the Progressive Bass Wrap up portion of the show and more!


MONSTERBASS, New Company Launch!

LOS ANGELES, CA - April 26, 2019

Freshwater anglers everywhere covet a “monster bass,” be it your personal best catch or another bragging size trophy, a monster bass is both a goal and a life-style for many anglers.   Starting with the May 1, 2019 launch of a new company, MONSTERBASS™,there will be a company and bass fishing community built around a fully dedicated mission to help you catch your personal best bass.  MONSTERBASS will operate as a bass fishing community, built around a premium monthly lure subscription service and angler education program, dedicated exclusively toward bass anglers.

MONSTERBASS (MB) is making an active Company launch on May 1, with a fully defined business plan, supported by key executive management talent, and with ample seed investment resources to implement a robust and creative business plan.   Leading the organization will be Rick Patri (formally the co-founder and COO of Lucky Tackle Box) as President and CEO, who brings years of experience in developing a robust online community of anglers and connecting with key fishing industry executives for marketing program executions.  MONSTERBASS will also have the leadership from a full complement of a board of directors who lend subject matter expertise on business operations, finance, eCommerce strategies and social media marketing.   The Company will be headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, with an operations and fulfillment center in Georgia and data center operations also in California.

With the opportunity to start MONSTERBASS with a full agenda of fresh ideas, Mr. Patri and his team have put together a plan and program that will have appeal to any bass angler looking to improve their tacklebox and technique skills.  Mr. Patri comments on the key distinctions of MONSTERBASS: “I’m setting the company up to help people become better anglers.  MONSTERBASSis going to change the way that bass anglers learn about the newest lures and techniques to hit the market.  We realize that region, season, and color matter and so our approaches to helping anglers catch more fish are to gain an understanding of the waters they fish and then equip them with what we believe to be the highest producing lures and coordinated techniques for the region and season they are fishing.

We’ve worked with a group of outdoor writers and regional anglers to create “recipe cards” for each product so anglers have a distinct guide for how to best utilize each item in their monthly shipment.   I’m also very pleased to announce that many of the best brand names in the fishing industry will be supporting MONSTERBASS including Strike King, Pradco, LIVETARGET, Rat-L-Trap, Daiichi, Z-Man, etc. just to name a few.  Subscribers will have a chance to sample products that will be on the leading edge of new techniques and coordinated with terminal tackle to make it all functional.”

Bass enthusiasts who want to join the MONSTERBASS community can find several engagement points.  Monthly subscription to the regionalized subscription boxes can be purchased online for $34.99 per month at:  https://monsterbass.com/pages/select-your-region.   Anglers who want to follow the MONSTERBASS contributor content online and share in dialog with like brethren can follow their blog at https://monsterbass.com/blogs/fishing-tips.

There are many options to interact with the MONSTERBASS community via question and answer with contributors and also to post images of catches of your own monster bass!   Anglers that sign up for the MONSTERBASS programs will be able to self-select which region they activate for their service, so they will get both lures and content dedicated to their primary area of interest.

MONSTERBASS will begin active delivery of subscription programs in May along with the full educational and online community resources at the MONSTERBASS online platform which can be accessed via the website homepage at: www.MONSTERBASS.com

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MONSTERBASSdelivers a premium lure subscription service customized for regional waters, and organizes a bass fishing community audience built around technique knowledge from industry experts and shared bass fishing community resources.  www.MONSTERBASS.com

 

 


Boo Guill and Dennis Drust Win 21st Annual Strike King Fish Off on Kinkaid Lake

Courtesy of Luke Estel - Tournament Team Blogger

 

The 21stAnnual Strike King Bass Fish Off sponsored by 17thSt. Bar and Grill held on Kinkaid Lake was a huge success. We had 100 boats show up for this great event. Before I go any further, I would like to give all of you Anglerschannel.com readers some fun facts. 100 boats seems like a decent size field for an open event, but I would like to put this into perspective. Here in Illinois, our lakes are small compared to the rest of the country. Kinkaid Lake is only 2750 acres which is tiny, and with 100 boats fishing, it gets pretty crowded. Kentucky Lake is around 160000 acres and Guntersville Lake is 59000 acres. Doing a little math equates to this. If we use 100 boats per every 2750 acres that would equate to 5800 boats on Kentucky Lake and 2500 boats on Lake Guntersville. Just wanted to share that with everyone.

After eight hours of fishing, the team of Boo Guill and Dennis Drust came out on top. They reported finding one stretch of bank that the fish had pulled up to spawn due to the full moon. The water was dirty and they had multiple spawn bites and were able to land five keepers weighing 19.41 pounds. They bested the rest of the field by over seven pounds. They took home $5000 for first and tied for big bass grabbing another $500.

2nd. Rustin Haves-Russ Ellison 5-12.24

3rd. David Hines-Terry Tindall 5-12.13

4th. Pete Pedigo-Jason Wright 5-11.28

5th. Mark Crawford-Mike Crawford 5-11.15

6th. Lewis Schweizer-Roger Asbury 4-10.60

7th. Kevin Renth-Kyle Monical 3-9.97

8th. Joel Huie-Don Fieck 3-9.17

9th. Curtis Tope-Derek Tope 3-9.15

10th. Zack Guill-Lonnie Sadler 3-8.43

11th. Shaun Brayfield-Kody Rathert 3-8.26

I would like to thank all of my friends for coming out and helping. We would not be able to pull of such a great event without you. My wife, Heidi. She is the one who has kept this event going and does so much behind the scenes.

The sponsors for this event do so much for us and I cannot thank them enough.

Strike King Lure Company

17thSt. Bar and Grill

Tony Chacheres

Vicious Fishing

Venegoni Distributing

Midlinn Inn


ALABAMA’S QUAINTANCE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON PICKWICK LAKE

Belden’s Gable Claims Co-Angler Title

IUKA, Miss. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Chris Quaintance of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mississippi Division tournament on Pickwick Lake Saturday with five bass weighing 21 pounds, 5 ounces. Quaintance netted $4,119 for his victory.

Quaintance said he put between 10 and 15 keepers in the boat during the event and weighed all largemouth.

“I started out the day mid-lake, rotating between a long point that had a little brush at the end of it in 6 to 8 feet of water, and 2 or 3 patches of weed beds 200 yards toward the shoreline,” said Quaintance, who notched his second win as a boater in BFL competition on Pickwick Lake. “I got two good keepers off the point and two from the weed beds. My fourth fish ended up being my heaviest – about 6½ pounds.”

Quaintance used a few different baits to catch his fish – a ¼-ounce, pearl-colored Strike King Swim Jig with a pearl craw trailer, and a 3/8-ounce, green-pumpkin Mean Mouth Pro Rocker Jig with a 3.75-inch Yamamoto Custom Baits Flappin’ Hawg of the same color. He said the 6½-pounder came off a 7-inch, green-pumpkin NetBait T-Mac Straight Tail worm.

“I had a limit by about 8:30 (a.m.) and decided to make a run upstream to an area where I thought I could get a big fish, but someone was on it,” continued Quaintance. “I ended up going to a secondary deal around Koger Island that I hadn’t planned on fishing, but had caught some good ones at before. I caught a 4½-pounder on the Mean Mouth jig, which culled out my smallest fish and really sealed the deal.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Chris Quaintance, Muscle Shoals, Ala., five bass, 21-5, $4,119

2nd:         Christopher Whitehead, Tupelo, Miss., five bass, 19-15, $2,259

3rd:          Jimmy Washam, Covington, Tenn., five bass, 19-14, $1,474

4th:          Heath Gilmore, Meridian, Miss., five bass, 19-4, $1,211

5th:          Steve Hughes, Mooreville, Miss., five bass, 18-3, $824

6th:          Bryan Dowdy, Florence, Ala., five bass, 18-0, $755

7th:          Brian White, Pontotoc, Miss., five bass, 16-14, $686

8th:          Bryan Waldon, Falkner, Miss., five bass, 16-11, $618

9th:          Andrew Clayton, Westpoint, Tenn., five bass, 16-7, $549

10th:        Brandon Perkins, Counce, Tenn., five bass, 15-15, $456

10th:        Charles Crouch, Waterloo, Ala., four bass, 15-15, $1,021

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Crouch caught a bass weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $565.

Connor Gable of Belden, Mississippi, won the Co-angler Division and $2,059 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 7 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Connor Gable, Belden, Miss., five bass, 15-7, $2,059

2nd:         Randy Hill, Athens, Ala., five bass, 15-5, $1,280

3rd:          Keith Whipple, Iuka, Miss., five bass, 15-4, $737

4th:          Dalton Steele, Cherokee, Ala., four bass, 14-2, $762

5th:          Daniel Corkern, Florence, Miss., five bass, 13-13, $412

6th:          Matthew Berry, Florence, Ala., five bass, 13-5, $378

7th:          Hunter Beal, Beech Bluff, Tenn., five bass, 13-2, $343

8th:          Clint Horton, Falkner, Miss., five bass, 12-15, $309

9th:          Ron Creasy, Florence, Ala., three bass, 12-13, $275

10th:        Anthony Rasberry, New Albany, Miss., five bass, 12-2, $240

Steele caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 8 pounds, 15 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $282.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, presented by Mercury. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.


MINNESOTA’S LAUFENBERG WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LA CROSSE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Iowa’s Mohn Wins Co-Angler Title

LA CROSSE, Wis. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Cade Laufenberg of Goodview, Minnesota, won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Great Lakes Division opener on the Mississippi River at La Crosse presented by Navionics with five bass weighing 16 pounds, 7 ounces. For his day on the water, Laufenberg pocketed $4,355.

“I started by running down and fishing the north end of Pool No. 9, and ended up catching a 15½-pound limit,” said Laufenberg, who earned his fourth career win as a boater in FLW competition – second on the Mississippi River. “I had a little point with some current on it where largemouth were staging and getting ready to spawn. I caught a couple of good ones on a 1/8-ounce weedless Ned rig, and another two, including my heaviest of the day, on a jig.”

Laufenberg said he used a green-pumpkin and purple-colored Z-Man Big TRD on his Ned rig, and a 3/8-ounce, Alabama Craw-colored Matt Herren Dirty Jigs flipping jig with a green-pumpkin Big Bite Baits College Craw trailer.

Laufenberg then said he then ran up to Pool No. 8 to catch some spawning fish, but couldn’t get anything going. Still looking to upgrade, he said he went with a backup plan.

“I worked on the south end of Pool No. 8 and caught a 3½-pound spawning smallmouth on a regular 1/16-ounce Ned rig (green-pumpkin) Finesse TRD,” said Laufenberg. “With 15 minutes to go, I caught another in a spawning bay near takeoff on the north end using the Ned rig, and that was my winning fish.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Cade Laufenberg, Goodview, Minn., five bass, 16-7, $4,355

2nd:         Mike Gabel, Saint Charles, Ill., five bass, 16-6, $2,178

3rd:          Brad Wessling, Elkhorn, Wis., five bass, 15-13, $1,383

4th:          Jared Mataczynski, Wausau, Wis., five bass, 15-12, $970

5th:          Kevin Ruh, Onalaska, Wis., five bass, 15-5, $831

6th:          Tim Brogan, Arpin, Wis., five bass, 15-4, $762

7th:          Brian Fitzpatrick, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 15-2, $693

8th:          A.J. Menssen, Bloomington, Ill., five bass, 15-1, $623

9th:          Steven Johnson, Lake Villa, Ill., five bass, 14-12, $554

10th:        Clayton Reitz, Morton, Ill., five bass, 14-8, $460

10th:        Nick Trim, Galesville, Wis., five bass, 14-8, $710

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Mark Balbinot of Canton, Illinois, caught a 4-pound, 14-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $570.

Josh Mohn of Lansing, Iowa, won the Co-angler Division and $2,078 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 12 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Josh Mohn, Lansing, Iowa, five bass, 15-12, $2,078

2nd:         Mike Cottrell, Hartland, Wis., five bass, 14-3, $1,039

3rd:          Colby Wolff, Shawano, Wis., five bass, 13-8, $691

4th:          Robert Shufelt, Clintonville, Wis., five bass, 13-6, $427

4th:          Mark Persson, Otsego, Minn., five bass, 13-6, $527

4th:          Mongshoua Xiong, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 13-6, $427

7th:          Alan Bernicky, Joliet, Ill., five bass, 13-5, $396

8th:          Brad Ballard, Winona, Minn., five bass, 13-3, $312

9th:          Nicholas Oates, Union, Ill., five bass, 12-15, $259

9th:          Rene Luis, Chicago, Ill., five bass, 12-15, $259

Zuteus Sevenants of Holmen, Wisconsin, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 1 ounce. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $142.

The tournament was hosted by the La Crosse County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky and Barkley lakes in Buchanan, Tennessee, presented by Evinrude. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.


NEW JERSEY’S BURGER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Shavertown’s Klaips Wins Co-Angler Title

NORTH EAST, Md. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Jason Burger of Bridgeton, New Jersey, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division opener on the Chesapeake Bay presented by Navionics Saturday with five bass weighing 23 pounds, 9 ounces. For his efforts, Burger pocketed $4,000.

Burger said he spent the day fishing isolated grass clumps and wood near the mouth of the Susquehanna River. He said he caught about 10 keepers all day, and ended up weighing all largemouth.

“I’d usually fish different areas that are more normal for this time of year, but with the weather they’ve had, I fished some old stuff,” said Burger, who earned his first win in FLW competition. “When they have a lot of rain, they open up the Conowingo Dam and it muddies up the water in the North East area. And when they close it, the water near Havre de Grace is the first to clean up, so I stayed around the mouth of the river and targeted spawning and prespawn fish.”

For prespawners, Burger used a ½-ounce, white-colored 6th Sense Divine Swim-Jig with a 4-inch X Zone Muscle Back Craw trailer and a 3/8-ounce, black and blue Z-Man ChatterBait with a 4-inch Tennessee Shad-colored X Zone Swammer Swimbait. When he slowed down for bedding fish, he worked a 3/8-ounce, black and blue-colored 6th sense Divine Hybrid jig with a 3.25-inch X Zone Rebel Chunk trailer, as well as a 6-inch, Texas-rigged X Zone True Center Stick, also in black and blue.

“My Lowrance electronics and Power-Poles were also crucial,” said Burger. “When you’re working with tides and wind you have to be stealthy, and the poles help. My Lowrance side imaging is how I found a lot of the stuff I fished.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Jason Burger, Bridgeton, N.J., five bass, 23-9, $4,000

2nd:         Terry Roberson, North East, Md., five bass, 22-9, $2,000

3rd:          John Vanore, Mullica Hill, N.J., five bass, 21-2, $1,784

4th:          Ken Golub, Pittsford, N.Y., five bass, 19-11, $1,183

5th:          Brian Bylotas, Scott Township, Pa., five bass, 19-3, $1,100

6th:          Jon Werner, Nazareth, Pa., five bass, 19-1, $733

7th:          Travis Manson, Conshohocken, Pa., five bass, 18-11, $667

8th:          Chris Caravan, Pottsville, Pa., five bass, 18-1, $1,140

9th:          David Wilder, Middle River, Md., five bass, 17-7, $533

10th:        Brian Trieschman, Ellicott City, Md., five bass, 17-2, $467

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Caravan caught a bass weighing 7 pounds even – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $540.

Bill Klaips of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, won the Co-angler Division and $2,000 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 22 pounds, 3 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Bill Klaips, Shavertown, Pa., five bass, 22-3, $2,000

2nd:         Thanh Hoang, Baltimore, Md., four bass, 17-1, $1,000

3rd:          Chris Sanno, Shermansdale, Pa., five bass, 15-15, $666

4th:          Michael Duarte, Baltimore, Md., five bass, 15-4, $567

5th:          Edward Barbee, Ivyland, Pa., five bass, 15-2, $550

6th:          Daniel Fiori, Voorhees, N.J., five bass, 14-1, $367

7th:          Roland Gittings, Perryville, Md., five bass, 13-14, $483

8th:          David Soistman, Baltimore, Md., four bass, 13-10, $300

9th:          James Easley, Middletown, Del., five bass, 13-9, $267

10th:        William Allie, Wynantskill, N.Y., four bass, 13-6, $233

Joseph Amberg Jr. of Hawley, Pennsylvania, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $270.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.


Classic fans help Carhartt raise $6,400 for Tennessee fisheries conservation

Courtesy of Carhartt / Dynamic Sponsorships

 

The recent donation of $6,400 by Carhartt to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation is certainly one of the many awesome byproducts that continue to precipitate from the 153,000 generous fans who attended bass fishing’s biggest event in Knoxville earlier this year.

 

Among the great experiences Bassmaster Classic fans had was the chance to make a $10 donation to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation at the Carhartt booth, and receive a custom B.A.S.S. beanie in return for their generosity. Hard working folks from the Carhartt manufacturing plant in Kentucky were actually in the Carhartt exhibit booth sewing the iconic B.A.S.S. logo on Carhartt’s famous “A18” acrylic watch cap.

 

Fans gave generously to the point of purchasing 640 beanies as part of this project, which is an ongoing effort by Carhartt to partner with B.A.S.S. and avid fans at the Classic to support conservation agencies and projects in the host state of the Classic each year.

 

The check was presented recently at a Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series tournament, where Joey Woodard, Executive Director of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation expressed his gratefulness.

 

“On behalf of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation, I’d like to thank Carhartt and so many of the Classic fans for their generous fundraising effort. Their $6,400 gift will be placed in a restricted fund to be used exclusively to support fisheries management and angler recruitment efforts to help ensure future generations benefit from Tennessee’s rich fishing heritage,’ concluded a very grateful Woodard.

 

 


CHICO STATE WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING WESTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ON CLEAR LAKE PRESENTED BY COSTA

LAKEPORT, Calif. (May 20, 2019) – The Chico State University duo of Carson Leber of Dixon, California, and Chad Sweitzer of Chico, California, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on Clear Lake presented by Costa Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 9 ounces. The victory earned the Wildcats’ bass club $2,000 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

“We ran south and fished near Rattle Snake Island, mostly rock and offshore in 12- to 20-feet-of-water,” said Sweitzer, a junior majoring in accounting. “It was a tough tournament to get bigger fish. We caught a ton of solid 2- to 3-pounders, then Carson caught a big 5½ to 6-pounder and that was the difference maker for us.”

The duo said that they caught the majority of their fish with ½-ounce brown and purple Pepper Custom Baits Football jigs with brown and purple Strike King Rage Craws.

“Near the end of the day we started throwing a Megabass Vision 110 jerkbait on offshore grass and we caught around 10 keepers,” said Leber, a senior majoring in concrete industry management. “It was awesome and I wished we would have tried that a little earlier. But, our key bait throughout the day was definitely the jig.”

The top 10 teams that advanced to the 2020 College Fishing National Championship are:

1st:           California State University-Chico – Carson Leber, Dixon, Calif., and Chad Sweitzer, Chico, Calif., five bass, 17-9, $2,650

2nd:          New Mexico State University – Ty Faulconer, Santa Clarita, Calif., and Daylon Smith, Frazier Park, Calif., five bass, 16-11, $1,200

3rd:          California State University-East Bay – Yuan Liu, Hayward, Calif., and Zane Kazaka, Clearlake, Calif., five bass, 15-4, $500

4th:           Washington State University – Madden Tobeck, Eatonville Wash., and Nathan Baespflug, Sumner, Wash., five bass, 14-9, $500

5th:           California Polytechnic State University – Hugh Cosculluela, The Woodlands, Texas., and Patrick Ellis, San Diego, Calif., five bass, 13-15, $500

6th:           Sonoma State University – Josh Hanna, Danville, Calif., and Logan Green, Arroyo Grande, Calif., five bass, 13-11

7th:           California Polytechnic State University – Wyatt Debusk, Paso Robles, Calif., and Dane Morris, Agoura Hills, Calif., five bass, 13-5

8th:           California Polytechnic State University – Ryan Scarcella, Gilroy, Calif., and Sam Morita, Sebastopol, Calif., five bass, 12-8

9th:           California Polytechnic State University – Hadyn Evans, Lower Lake, Calif., five bass, 12-5

10th:        University of California-Merced – Kalib Caples, Sebastopol, Calif., and Herbie LeBlanc, Merced, Calif., five bass, 12-4

Complete results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.

The YETI FLW College Fishing event on Clear Lake presented by Costa was hosted by the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina. It was the second of three regular-season qualifying tournaments for Western Conference anglers. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be the YETI FLW College Fishing at the Chesapeake Bay presented by Bass Pro Shops, May 31 at the Chesapeake Bay in Edgewood, Maryland.

YETI FLW College Fishing teams compete in three regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. All participants must be registered, full-time students at a college, university or community college and members of a college fishing club that is recognized by their school. The top 10 teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual FLW College Fishing Open will advance to the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship. Additional teams will qualify for the National Championship if the field size in regular-season events exceeds 100 boats. The Potomac River and Marbury, Maryland, will play host to the 2019 FLW College Fishing National Championship, June 4-6, 2019.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow YETI FLW College Fishing on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram and YouTube.


BLAINE’S SALES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE CHEROKEE

Spring City’s Harris Wins Co-angler Division

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Hunter Sales of Blaine, Tennessee, caught five bass Saturday weighing 14 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division event on Lake Cherokee. Sales earned $3,455 for his efforts.

“At blast off I made a 15 minute run in my Nitro to the lower end of the lake, near the dam, and started the day on smallmouth,” said Sales, an FLW College Fishing angler who was fishing in his first career BFL tournament. “I caught probably 30 to 40 smallmouth in that first hour on a blue and chartreuse-colored Keitech 2.8 swimbait. I had around 12 pounds by 10 a.m., so I left and spent the rest of the day looking for big largemouth.

“I ended up catching around 15 largemouth, and brought a limit in consisting of two smallmouth and three largemouth,” Sales continued. “I was fishing in the backs of any pocket that I could find on the lake with a swimjig and a Big Bite Baits paddletail swimbait trailer, skipping it underneath overhangs and docks.”

Although Sales weighed in just two smallmouth, he credited the brown fish as being the key to his victory.

“The key for me was really that limit of smallmouth early,” Sales went on to say. “It helped to settle me down and allowed me to fish shallow the rest of the day, just searching for those big bites. It took the pressure off and I was able to fish relaxed.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:           Hunter Sales, Blaine, Tenn., five bass, 14-12, $3,455

2nd:          John Napier, Middlesboro, Ky., five bass, 14-4, $1,728

3rd:          Bill Humbard, New Market, Tenn., five bass, 13-13, $1,084

4th:           Jason Sosebee, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 13-2, $705

4th:           Jonathan Bowling, Harriman, Tenn., five bass, 13-2, $955

6th:           Griffin Heffington, Dayton, Ga., five bass, 13-0, $597

7th:           Corey Neece, Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 12-14, $543

8th:           Derrick Blake, Rockwood, Tenn., five bass, 12-11, $788

9th:           Colton Bryan, Sevierville, Tenn., five bass, 12-8, $434

10th:        Nick Huff, Bean Station, Tenn., five bass, 12-4, $380

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Kevin Edwards of Knoxville, Tennessee, caught a 4-pound, 7-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $400.

Brandon Harris of Spring City, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $1,895 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 11 pounds, 11 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:           Brandon Harris, Spring City, Tenn., four bass, 11-11, $1,895

2nd:          Bill King, Greenback, Tenn., five bass, 11-3, $717

2nd:          Alex Perez, Chattanooga, Tenn., five bass, 11-3, $817

4th:           David Shreve, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 11-0, $347

4th:           Bobby Smith, Asheville, N.C., five bass, 11-0, $347

6th:           Brandon Garrison, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 10-1, $294

7th:           Don Bible, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 9-12, $267

8th:           Chris Frazier, Gate City, Va., four bass, 9-7, $240

9th:           Samuel Smith, Girdler, Ky., four bass, 8-13, $214

10th:        Larry Brumett Jr., Bristol, Va., three bass, 7-12, $287

Harris also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $192.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 3-5 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Walhalla, South Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.


YORK’S ALLMAN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE WYLIE

Columbia’s Britt Wins Co-angler Division

ROCK HILL, S.C. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Mike Allman of York, South Carolina, caught five bass Saturday weighing 14 pounds, 7 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) South Carolina Division event on Lake Wylie. Allman earned $2,500 for his efforts.

“This was the first BFL event that I have ever fished,” said Allman. “My goal coming in was to just make the top 10. Anglers like Scott Hamrick and Shane Lineberger were fishing in this event, and you expect those guys to just kick your butt. At one point while I was flipping docks I lost a couple of fish and thought I gave the tournament away. Staying positive was the key for me.”

Allman estimated that he caught around 15 keepers throughout the day, focusing on bream beds on the south end of the lake. He said that he dissected “pretty much the entire south end” flipping a ½-ounce jig with a green-pumpkin Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw.

“The bite was really good in the morning, but then the boat traffic got up and it tapered off in the afternoon,” Allman said.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:           Mike Allman, York, S.C., five bass, 14-7, $2,500

2nd:          Cody Hoyle, Rutherfordton, N.C., five bass, 13-4, $1,500

3rd:          Lane Gerbers, Blackstock, S.C., five bass, 11-13, $996

4th:           David Winters, Rock Hill, S.C., five bass, 11-8, $537

5th:           Michael Stephens, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 11-7, $610

6th:           Scott Hamrick, Denver, N.C., five bass, 11-2, $422

7th:           Chad Cook, Cross, S.C., five bass, 10-15, $364

7th:           David Williams, Maiden, N.C., five bass, 10-15, $364

9th:           Chris Baumgardner, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 10-13, $307

10th:        John Duarte, Middle River, Md., five bass, 10-8

10th:        Shane Lineberger, Lincolnton, N.C., five bass, 10-8

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Gerbers caught a 5-pound, 1-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $230.

Stephen Britt of Columbia, South Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,400 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 9 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:           Stephen Britt, Columbia, S.C., four bass, 9-0, $1,400

2nd:          Travis Ruff, Connelly Springs, N.C., five bass, 8-0, $575

3rd:          Justin Ballard, Vance, S.C., five bass, 7-7, $384

4th:           Matthew Dangerfield, Summerville, S.C., four bass, 7-6, $249

4th:           Darvin Cannon, Columbia, S.C., three bass, 7-6, $364

6th:           Kenny Mathis, Boiling Springs, S.C., five bass, 7-3, $211

7th:           Jeff Rikard, Leesville, S.C., four bass, 7-2, $242

8th:           Barry Burford, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 6-13, $172

9th:           Lee Inman, Inman, S.C., three bass, 6-12, $76

9th:           Ronald Bryant, Batesburg, S.C., three bass, 6-12, $76

Cannon caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds even. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $115.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagramand YouTube.


WARRENTON’S BOEHLE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Lake Lotawana’s Carl Wins Co-angler Division

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Adam Boehle of Warrenton, Missouri, caught five bass Saturday weighing 20 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Lake of the Ozarks. Boehle pocketed $4,938 for his win in the event presented by Navionics and 250 points in the Ozark Division presented by Bassing Bob standings. The winner of the division’s Angler of the Year title after five tournaments will win $3,000.

“The competition in the Ozark division is some of the best in the nation and to just compete alongside these guys is an honor, but to actually win is quite the feat,” said Boehle, who earned his first career BFL victory. “It definitely feels real good and I’ll be thinking about this tournament for awhile.”

Boehle said he fished from the Glaize Arm of the lake to the dam, throwing a ¾-ounce green-pumpkin-colored Crock-O-Gator Reaction Jig with a Strike King Rage Structure Bug, a 5-inch shad-colored Zoom swimbait and a gizzard shad-colored 6thSense crankbait.

“I was keying on the shad spawn in the morning, then switched to points,” Boehle said. “I think I had 12 keepers throughout the day, with the majority coming on the swimbait. I made a bait change mid-morning and caught two big ones on the crankbait. I still needed a kicker, so I went flipping with the Crock-O-Gator jig and caught my biggest of the day, a 5½-pounder.

“I need to make sure to give credit to Jim Dill, owner of the Crock-O-Gator bait company,” Boehle went on to say. “My jig order didn’t come in before the event, and Jim was fishing in this event. He hooked me up with a couple of jigs, no big deal. That jig was what I caught my kicker on and turned out to be what won me the tournament.”

.The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:           Adam Boehle, Warrenton, Mo., five bass, 20-12, $4,938

2nd:          Mark Wiese, High Ridge, Mo., five bass, 20-7, $2,669

3rd:          Jason Rhyne, Foristell, Mo., five bass, 19-3, $1,646

4th:           James Dill, Sunrise Beach, Mo., five bass, 18-7, $1,452

5th:           Cole Findley, Forsyth, Mo., five bass, 18-0, $988

6th:           Rob Bueltmann, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 17-11, $964

6th:           Lance Williams, Billings, Mo., five bass, 17-11, $964

8th:           Chuck Austin, Saint Peters, Mo., five bass, 17-6, $741

9th:           Mike Malone, Lake Ozark, Mo., five bass, 17-2, $658

10th:        Dustin Lippe, Lampe, Mo., five bass, 17-0, $576

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Wes Proctor of Manhattan, Kansas, caught a 6-pound, 3-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $745.

Cody Carl of Lake Lotawana, Missouri, won the Co-angler Division and $2,436 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 16 pounds, 15 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:           Cody Carl, Lake Lotawana, Mo., five bass, 16-15, $2,436

2nd:          Lang Yang, Miami, Okla., five bass, 16-7, $1,218

3rd:          Johnny Ward Jr., Waynesville, Mo., five bass, 16-2, $1,181

4th:           Brian Abella, Marshfield, Mo., five bass, 14-12, $568

5th:           Michael Fey Sr., Cuba, Mo., five bass, 14-9, $487

6th:           Malachi Raymer, Dittmer, Mo., five bass, 13-12, $447

7th:           Michael Clark, Richland, Mo., five bass, 13-11, $406

8th:           Lucas Basler, Desloge, Mo., four bass, 13-6, $565

9th:           James Kelley, Maryland Heights, Mo., five bass, 13-5, $325

10th:        Morgan McClain, Lenexa, Kan., five bass, 13-1, $284

Ward caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $367.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 24-26 BFL Regional Championship on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.


LAKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CLUB WINS 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CLEAR LAKE OPEN

LAKEPORT, Calif. (May 20, 2019) – The Lake County High School Fishing Club duo of Cooper Goff and Nathan Phillips, both of Kelseyville, California, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 23 pounds, 9 ounces to win the 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Clear Lake Open.

A field of 53 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which was hosted by and launched out of Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina in Lakeport. In FLW and TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.

The top five teams on Clear Lake that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:

1st:       Lake County High School Fishing Club – Cooper Goff and Nathan Phillips, both of Kelseyville, Calif., five bass, 23-9

2nd:      Lake County High School Fishing Club – Sheldon Reese, Witter Springs, Calif., and Sam West, Fort Bragg, Calif., five bass, 19-14

3rd:       Vista Del Lago High School, Folsom, Calif. – Christopher Gritts and Westly Gritts, both of Folsom, Calif., five bass, 19-3

4th:       Anzar High School, San Benito County, Calif. – Michael Alaga, Aromas, Calif., and Brandon Delbridge, Tracy, Calif., five bass, 18-7

5th:       Lodi High School, Lodi, Calif. – Kyle Mann, Lodi, Calif., and Cole Koenig, Woodbridge, Calif., five bass, 17-12

 

Rounding out the top 10 were:

6th:       Alhambra High School, Alhambra, Calif. – James Alderman and Ryan Beaty, both of Martinez, Calif., five bass, 17-10

7th:       Nor Cal Junior Bass Club – Gavin Eberhart and Evan Funk, both of Palo Cedro, Calif., five bass, 17-8

8th:       Buchanan High School, Clovis, Calif. – Josh Poore and Brendan Holden, both of Clovis, Calif., 17-0

9th:       Vista Del Lago High School, Folsom, Calif. – Hunter Jacobson, Orangevale, Calif., and Brennon Sharp, Folsom, Calif., five bass, 16-8

10th:     Yuba Sutter Fishing Club – Brian Lopez, Yuba City, Calif., and Jake Keithly, Lakeport, Calif., five bass, 16-2

 

Complete results from the event can be found at FLWFishing.com.

The 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Clear Lake Open was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12, open to any Student Angler Federation (SAF) affiliated high school club in the United States. The top 10 percent of each Challenge, Open, and state championship field will advance to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship on a body of water that has yet to be revealed. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

In addition to the High School Fishing National Championship, all High School Fishing anglers nationwide automatically qualify for the world’s largest open high school bass tournament, the 2019 High School Fishing World Finals, held in conjunction with the National Championship. At the 2018 World Finals more than $150,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded.

Full schedules and the latest announcements are available at HighSchoolFishing.org and FLWFishing.com.


The Iaconelli’s – The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far

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 Vegas Iaconelli’s 1st Tournament 

Getting kids fishing is one of the things Team Toyota pro Mike Iaconelli is most passionate about in life. If you’ve ever seen (or heard) Ike fish, you already know about his own untamable excitement for fishing, which spills over when it comes to getting youngsters involved in the sport. Unsurprisingly, Iaconelli’s children have absorbed his infectious enthusiasm for the outdoors.

On Saturday, May 18th Mike’s son Vegas Iaconelli fished in his very first tournament at the ripe age of 8-years old. Mike was competing on Table Rock Lake for Stage 6 of the Bass Pro Tour, so bass fishing super wife Becky Iaconelli stepped up and had her very first boat captain experience. To put icing on the cake, Vegas caught two bass and finished in 2nd place with his mom cheering him on.

If that doesn’t make you smile, you might be in the wrong place.

Vegas competed in a New Jersey BASS Nation Youth Tournament, which was held on small Assunpink Lake. This particular event was a “paper tournament”, which means the fish were measured on an official bump board, photographed, and released immediately. For safety, boats could be powered by trolling motor only and the Iaconelli’s were proud to say they believe they had the smallest boat in the tournament!

 

Vegas fished out of Mike’s original 12-foot Coleman Crawdad Jon Boat, which is no less than 30 years old. That little Jon Boat holds a lot of memories for Mike, as it was his first fishing boat and he’s had it since he was 18 years old.

Mike recently rebuilt the vessel for Vegas to fish out of. The old Jon Boat is now equipped with everything an angler could nee. Working live-wells, a Lowrance unit, extra storage compartments, a HydroWave, and a special two trolling motor system. The trolling motors came in handy, as Becky thinks they were the fastest boat on the water, along with being the smallest.

Vegas was already ate up with fishing before this tournament, thanks largely to the support of his parents and spending days on the water with dad. But Vegas is officially “hooked” on tournament fishing after Saturday.

“I caught one on a ribbontail (worm) and one on a Berkley General,” Vegas “the Hammer”shared. “It was tough fishing but I had a really good time. It was awesome to have my mom in the boat with me the whole time... she helped a lot!”

Becky was the first to admit Mike is typically the one who takes the kids fishing whenever they want to go, as there is never a shortage of household tasks or work for their many side projects to check off the “to-do” list. So it took Vegas a little while to get used to listening to Mom’s input. While Becky may not fish regularly anymore, don’t think for a minute she doesn’t know a thing or two about bass fishing.

“He had to fish extremely slow, which isn’t the easiest thing for an 8-year old to do,” Becky joked. “It was tough, post-spawn fishing. I was using snacks and music to incentivize patience, cause he was only getting bites when he would let his worm sit still. I’d tell him, ‘okay we’ll reel in the senko after this song gets over’ haha. He did such a great job!”

Each time they caught a fish, Vegas and Becky would FaceTime Mike, who was out on Lake Taneycomo with a few sponsors during his day off from Major League Fishing competition. So Mike was able to “be in the boat” for Vegas’s big catches and all was right in the world… Plain and simply, it was a special day.

“It was such an awesome deal,” Mike Iaconelli proudly beamed. “Of course I would have loved to be there, but having Becky in the boat might have been even better. 6:45 am to 2:45 pm is a long day for an 8-year old and Becky definitely has more patience than I do. And I’m sure I would have been freaking out every time he hooked up! I couldn’t be more proud of them.”

The Iaconelli’s manage The Ike Foundationand get youths involved in fishing / the outdoors all over the country, especially in urban settings where opportunities aren’t readily available. Mike also helped start The Bass University. I can say from experience the classes typically have a plethora of avid high school and college anglers attend.

While “Ike’s” antics on the water can sometimes be a bit polarizing, his work off the water is worthy of admiration. Iaconelli’s passion for fishing and eagerness to get the youth involved is unparalleled... and, obviously, it’s working! Who knows, maybe in another 15 years we’ll have another Iaconelli breakdancing on the front deck of a bass boat while growing the sport in the process.


Peek & Marshall win Bass Champs Lake Tawakoni event with over 23 pounds!!

Place Boat Truck Angler 1 Angler 2 Fish Big Bass Wt. Prize Amt.
1 BOBBY PEEK
GREENVILLE , TX
JOHN MARSHALL
QUINLAN , TX
5 8.20 23.47
$20000.00 + $200 Sure-Life
2 DREW SLOAN
SCURRY , TX
TERRY HAWKINS
CORSICANA , TX
5 0 22.33
$4250.00
3 CRAIG ANDERSON
QUINLAN , TX
STEVE ANDERSON
GREENVILLE , TX
5 0 21.50
$3250.00
4 JOE ROME
FLOWER MOUND , TX
JOEL MCBRIDE
CORINTH , TX
5 8.88 20.70
$2250.00 + $500.00 Big Bass + Amphibia+SportsmansAutoNetwork
5 JOHNNY TRAMMELL
QUITMAN , TX
NORMAN WOOLDRIDGE
KERMIT , TX
5 0 20.57
$2000.00
6 SHANE GRAY
PALESTINE , TX
DUSTIN GRAY
ELKHART , TX
5 0 19.35
$1400.00
7 RYAN COHLMEYER
WEATHERFORD , TX
DARREN HEAVNER
FORT WORTH , TX
5 0 18.91
$1300.00 + Sportsmans Auto Network Bonus
8 RANDY MILLENDER
TEAGUE , TX
KATLIN KEATON
TEAGUE , TX
5 0 17.60
$1200.00
9 CHRIS FORD
WINNSBORO , TX
BILLY DEATON
BURLESON , TX
5 0 17.40
$1100.00 + $1100 Skeeter Bonus Cash
10 AARON ASHMORE
IVANHOE , TX
TIMOTHY KING
RAVENNA , TX
5 0 17.39
$1040.00
11 MIKE BURNS
LUCAS , TX
BEN BURNS
LUCAS , TX
5 0 17.34
$1030.00
12 DALE HUGHES
GRANBURY , TX
RANDY HAVARD
SAN ANGELO , TX
5 0 16.46
$1020.00
13 KEITH IVY
PONDER , TX
TOMMY MURRAY
BEDFORD , TX
5 0 16.37
$1010.00 + $500 Fun n Sun Bonus
14 JASON RIEDEL
ALEDO , TX
DANIEL HERRING
WATUAGA , TX
5 0 16.28
$1000.00
15 JAMES CURGUS
FRISCO , TX
ROB BURNS
PLANO , TX
5 0 16.11
$1000.00
16 JUSTIN KEITHLEY
ARLINGTON , TX
JOSH KEITHLEY
WILLOW PARK , TX
5 0 15.68
$1000.00
17 SCOTT BARNETT
MANSFIELD , TX
BRIAN CLARK
HALTOM CITY , TX
5 0 15.63
$900.00
18 JUSTIN WOOLARD
BEDFORD , TX
ROBERT SMITH
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS , TX
4 5.06 15.51
$850.00
19 JAY EICHLER
EMORY , TX
CASEY CHEATHAM
EDGEWOOD , TX
5 0 15.43
$800.00
20 MATT MCMILLAN
FORT WORTH , TX
TREVOR ROMANS
CELINA , TX
5 0 15.42
$800.00
21 PHIL ELDER
QUITMAN , TX
ANDY WILBURN
ROYSE CITY , TX
5 0 15.30
$750.00
22 COREY WALDROP
FT WORTH , TX
CRAIG WALDROP
BENBROOK , TX
4 0 14.87
$725.00
22 CHAD SCHRAMME
CELINA , TX
AARON BURKETT
CELINA , TX
4 0 14.87
$725.00
24 BRANDEN HOLLINGSHEAD
AZLE , TX
JEREMY LAMBERT
DECATUR , TX
5 0 14.77
$700.00
25 SID HUDSON
ALLEN , TX
TREVER DYKEMA
CRANDALL , TX
5 0 14.40
$700.00
26 TIM WILCOXSON
ROCKWALL , TX
ERIC ELDER
ROYSE CITY , TX
5 0 14.36
Fun n Sun First Out Bonus
27 TED MARTIN
DALLAS , TX
BOB LAUCK
FLOWER MOUND , TX
5 5.00 14.13
28 JD LAUGHERY
ROCKWALL , TX
STAN LAWING
POETRY , TX
5 0 14.10
29 KENT SIKES
ROANOKE , TX
DARRELL CAMPBELL
ALBA , TX
5 0 13.98
30 RON ROGERS
ROCKWALL , TX
CARSON KIRKHUFF
COLLEYVILLE , TX
5 0 13.94
31 MARC SCHILLING
CARROLLTON , TX
SHAWN TEMPLE
CARROLLTON , TX
5 0 13.93
32 LIONEL SERNA
MEXIA , TX
JUSTIN GARRETT
FAIRFEILD , TX
5 0 13.92
33 MORRIS HERRING JR
FORNEY , TX
JAY BROWNE
GARLAND , TX
5 0 13.90
34 JAMES CHAPMAN
QUINLAN , TX
TOMMY ALLEN
QUINLAN , TX
4 6.63 13.86
35 CHRIS GILROY
FRISCO , TX
MICHAEL FULLER
BLUE RIDGE , TX
5 0 13.84
36 ARTHUR TUCKER
ALVARADO , TX
HERSHEL SMITH
FORT WORTH , TX
5 0 13.83
37 BILL SWEETEN
YANTIS , TX
SEAN GOODSON
ALBA , TX
5 0 13.74
38 ALAN SMITH
GUN BARREL CITY , TX
STEVE WHITE
EUSTACE , TX
5 0 13.67
39 DAVID SPEAKMAN
PLANO , TX
GARY LEE
ROCKWALL , TX
5 0 13.66
40 AARON WALKER
MT VERNON , TX
STEVEN STROMAN
SCROGGINS , TX
5 0 13.39
41 CODY BURDINE
BRIDGEPORT , TX
BOBBY POINTER
ALVORD , TX
5 0 13.28
42 PAUL JEFFCOAT
AZLE , TX
DAVID LUTTRULL
AZLE , TX
4 6.07 13.22
43 TRENT MENEES
NORTHLAKE , TX
TERRY BOLLOM
FRISCO , TX
5 0 13.19
44 JERRY DILLARD
RICHARDSON , TX
KIMM HUNT
FLOWER MOUND , TX
5 0 13.17
45 STEVEN RIZZO
PROSPER , TX
CHRIS STRATTA
LITTLE ELM , TX
5 0 13.09
46 SHANNON MCCALEB
JOSHUA , TX
JAMES MCCALEB
JOSHUA , TX
5 0 12.96
46 JACOB ROANE
CELINA , TX
GG BOYD
AZLE , TX
5 0 12.96
48 VINCENT REYNOLDS
FORT WORTH , TX
GEORGE SHIPPEY
MT PLEASANT , TX
5 0 12.72
49 CODY JENKINS
ROYSE CITY , TX
CURTIS KIMBERLING
TERRELL , TX
5 0 12.66
50 DALE BOREN
FORT WORTH , TX
RICK SCOTT
BREMOND , TX
5 0 12.65
51 DAVID BAUMANN
GREENVILLE , TX
ANDY COFFMAN
CAMPBELL , TX
5 0 12.62
52 JERRY DAVID II
PILOT POINT , TX
JON JOHNSON
PILOT POINT , TX
5 0 12.50
53 KEITH BRYAN
DECATUR , TX
COLBY BRYAN
DECATUR , TX
5 0 12.39
54 MATT MORTON
DALLAS , TX
BLAKE LITTLE
MCKINNEY , TX
5 0 12.38
55 JEFF PITRUCHA
GREENVILLE , TX
BRAD WILLIAMS
COPPERAS COVE , TX
5 0 12.36
56 GABE KNOX
ARLINGTON , TX
BRENT LYON
HEATH , TX
5 0 12.35
57 MARK SPURGIN
MCKINNEY , TX
TYLER HOLMES
RICHARDSON , TX
5 0 12.25
58 DALE GOSSETT
GREENVILLE , TX
SEAN GOSSETT
EMORY , TX
5 0 12.18
59 LEE BATSON
HEATH , TX
JASON GREER
HEATH , TX
5 0 12.10
60 RANDY TURNER
GREENVILLE , TX
TREY TURNER
ROYSE CITY , TX
5 0 12.03
61 COY GREATHOUSE
CORINTH , TX
KEVIN BRYANT
GRAPEVINE , TX
5 0 11.83
62 STEVE SIMS
DENTON , TX
RONNIE SIMS
LEWISVILLE , TX
5 0 11.75
63 KEITH MCMILLAN
QUINLAN , TX
TOBY TUBBS
QUINLAN , TX
5 0 11.65
64 CHRIS ALBAN
KELLER , TX
CASEN ALBAN
KELLER , TX
5 0 11.61
65 BARRY MUISE
WACO , TX
JOSH PRIEST
QUITMAN , TX
5 0 11.56
66 DELL BROWN
ARLINGTON , TX
RYKER HOLMES
ARLINGTON , TX
5 0 11.54
67 KEVIN DRITSCHLER
PROSPER , TX
TIM BROCKWAY
KAUFMAN , TX
5 0 11.52
68 KY MARTIN
GRANDVIEW , TX
CHRIS MOORE
ROCKWALL , TX
5 0 11.50
69 ALAN SWARTS
MT VERNON , TX
ARCHIE HAYLEY
MT VERNON , TX
5 0 11.32
70 DONNIE MOORE
RHOME , TX
DARRYL ROACH
BENBROOK , TX
5 0 11.17
71 MARK WYLIE
KELLER , TX
MARK PARKER
GRAPEVINE , TX
5 0 11.08
72 DEAN TRUDELL
HIGHLAND VILLAGE , TX
MIKE KUBANEK
HIGHLAND VILLAGE , TX
4 0 11.02
73 DOUG WHITLEY
QUINLAN , TX
BRYON HARRISON
QUINLAN , TX
5 0 11.01
74 TERRY JOHNSON
FATE , TX
TODD JOHNSON
FORNEY , TX
4 0 10.89
75 MONTE COON
FORT WORTH , TX
GARY ABLES
KENNEDALE , TX
5 0 10.67
76 STEVE LYNAM
SOUTHLAKE , TX
JUSTIN DUBOSE
JUSTIN , TX
4 0 10.59
77 DANNY WIMS
ROYSE CITY , TX
JUSTIN SPOERL
TERRELL , TX
4 0 10.55
78 ZACH HUGHES
QUITMAN , TX
BRANDON GILLIAM
CELESTE , TX
5 0 10.54
79 AARON DAVIS
GLENS HEIGHTS , TX
FARREN HANSEN
RED OAK , TX
5 0 10.49
80 BRYAN KELM
CORSICANA , TX
DONNIE STARK
CORSICANA , TX
5 0 10.32
81 JEFF NORRIS
DECATUR , TX
RONNIE NORRIS
BOYD , TX
5 0 10.15
82 MARK BIONDI SR
BURLESON , TX
MARK BIONDI JR
BURLESON , TX
4 0 10.11
83 DAVID THOMAS
MCKINNEY , TX
KYLE ROBINSON
ANNA , TX
5 0 10.09
84 JEFFREY WILSON
ARLINGTON , TX
SAMMY BROWN
FERRIS , TX
4 0 10.02
85 WESLEY BARNARD
HALLSVILLE , TX
ANDREW SCOTT
MARSHALL , TX
5 0 9.98
86 JAMES TAYLOR
HURST , TX
JOEL MYERS
CONROE , TX
4 0 9.72
87 KEITH PIPPENGER
COMBINE , TX
DANNY MAGEE
MESQUITE , TX
4 0 9.70
88 TIM WILCOXSON
EDGEWOOD , TX
JERAMY MARINELLI
ROYSE CITY , TX
5 0 9.52
89 WARREN SPRAGUE
WILLS POINT , TX
BRANNON MCMILLAN
WEST TAWAKONI , TX
4 0 9.49
90 PAUL SEWELL
COMBINE , TX
KENNETH MOORE
RED OAK , TX
3 0 9.44
91 BYRON BIONDI
KENNEDALE , TX
JASON GREENFIELD
KENNEDALE , TX
4 0 9.33
92 DIRK SMITH
FARMERSVILLE , TX
NOLAN JACKSON
QUINLAN , TX
5 0 9.02
93 DEVIN BUSHLAND
ALLEN , TX
4 0 8.97
94 JOHN MASTERS
ROYSE CITY , TX
JACKIE JAYROE
ROYSE CITY , TX
2 0 8.82
95 SCOTTY GALBREAITH
WEATHERFORD , TX
JASON GALBREAITH
BURLESON , TX
4 0 8.77
96 MARK NICKELLS
LANTANA , TX
TUCKER NICKELLS
LANTANA , TX
3 0 8.67
97 ZACH PARKER
DENTON , TX
HEATH MOODY
SOUTHLAKE , TX
3 0 8.53
98 RICKY MAYO
ARDMORE , OK
DON MOYERS
LONE GROVE , OK
4 0 8.30
99 PERRY POWELL
MCKINNEY , TX
JARED TAYLOR
PRINCETON , TX
4 0 8.17
100 JAY SHIPE
MINEOLA , TX
ANTHONY JONES
WILLIS , TX
3 0 7.82
101 JAMES MUFFLER
KARNACK , TX
MIKE EDWARDS
JASPER , TX
3 0 7.80
102 WILLIE BENSLEY
MESQUITE , TX
BILLY MCCORD
ROWLETT , TX
3 0 7.69
103 STEVE TRIMBLE
DUNCANVILLE , TX
DAKOTA TRIMBLE
KAUFMAN , TX
3 0 7.63
104 STEVE SCHMIDT
MIDLOTHIAN , TX
RICK NEWTON
COLLEYVILLE , TX
3 0 7.61
104 RANDY STEELE
SULPHUR SPRINGS , TX
CHARLES ARNOLD
QUITMAN , TX
4 0 7.61
106 REX LEE
NORMANGEE , TX
RICK CARTER
ALBA , TX
4 0 7.57
107 JOSHUA SHOOK
PALMER , TX
DONNIE LUCAS
RED OAK , TX
3 0 7.41
108 DWIGHT BOUTTE
FRISCO , TX
DAMON NEAL
PROSPER , TX
3 0 7.25
109 RICHARD OSBORN
CARROLLTON , TX
CHRIS MCLAIN
SANGER , TX
5 0 6.92
110 STEPHEN DYER
RYAN , OK
JARED DYER
HASTINGS , OK
3 0 6.73
111 MICHAEL KEETON
DALLAS , TX
SEAN WINTERS
ARLINGTON , TX
3 0 6.49
112 BRUCE POWELL
COMO , TX
SCOTT SCROGGINS
SULPHUR SPRNGS , TX
3 0 6.47
113 KELVIN HOGG
ARLINGTON , TX
BRIAN ROUSSEL
ARLINGTON , TX
3 0 6.41
114 CHRIS COOLEY
QUINLAN , TX
RYAN COOLEY
QUINLAN , TX
3 0 6.10
115 DAVID BURTON
MCKINNEY , TX
TIM HAWKINS
ANNA , TX
2 0 6.06
116 JASON ZITO
MIDLOTHIAN , TX
BOBBY BRINKLEY
KAUFMAN , TX
3 0 5.79
117 CODY CARTWRIGHT
GRANBURY , TX
JORDAN ALLEN
GRANBURY , TX
2 0 4.66
118 DON KUYKENDALL
GUN BARRREL CITY , TX
VIRGIL KUYKENDALL
GUN BARRELL CITY , TX
2 0 4.57
119 SKYLAR LONG
SULPHUR SPRINGS , TX
TYLER ROANE
GUNTER , TX
2 0 4.50
120 CHUCK RIZUTO
ALBA , TX
DON OVERSTREET
SULPHUR SPRINGS , TX
2 0 4.12
121 BRIAN WHITE
CELINA , TX
TRISTAN WHITE
CELINA , TX
2 0 3.66
122 W T DYSON II
LAKE DALLAS , TX
PATRICK JORSKI
COPPELL , TX
2 0 3.64
123 TERRY HILLGER
ENNIS , TX
RAUL ZUNIGA
CORSICANA , TX
1 0 3.49
124 JOHN ADAMS
FRISCO , TX
RICK CLARK
TERRELL , TX
2 0 3.41
125 CHRISTOPHER MCMINN
BALKO , OK
TYLER MCMINN
CHICKASA , OK
2 0 3.29
126 JOSHUA GLASGOW
KAUFMAN , TX
WAYNE KENT
LARUE , TX
1 0 3.20
127 MARK VOS
PLANO , TX
DANIEL RUEDI
DALLAS , TX
1 0 2.11
128 JOEY HUBBLE
KELLER , TX
ROBERT LAPENNA
EULESS , TX
1 0 2.06
129 ROGER MAHONEY
BLOOMING GROVE , TX
MIKE WITHROW
CORSICANA , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JEFF WHITEHEAD
SLATON , TX
JEFF WHITEHEAD
RED OAK , TX
0 0 0.00
129 CLINT WHIDDEN
GRANBURY , TX
CHAD HAMM
GRANBURY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 RICH DALBEY
GREENVILLE , TX
MARK HOWARD
MESQUITE , TX
0 0 0.00
129 KEVIN HATHAWAY
KINGSTON , OK
SHAWN GARRISON
KINGSTON , OK
0 0 0.00
129 CHRIS BACHTA
GRAPEVINE , TX
KIRK MAREZ
LEWISVILLE , TX
0 0 0.00
129 BUSTER JOHNSON
KRUM , TX
ZEB STRICKLAND
AUBREY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 BILLY JOHNSON
ROCKWALL , TX
ANDY MEDINA
CANTON , TX
0 0 0.00
129 MICHAEL DRECHSEL
FORT WORTH , TX
WESLEY PRICE
GRAPEVINE , TX
0 0 0.00
129 MATTHEW HARRINGTON
CADDO MILLS , TX
JEFF CHANEY
ROYSE CITY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 EDDIE HALL
CADDO MILLS , TX
BRANDON BREWER
CADDO MILLS , TX
0 0 0.00
129 MATT FRANCE
COLLEYVILLE , TX
JOHN BYLER
SOUTHLAKE , TX
0 0 0.00
129 RYAN VAUGHAN
CUMBY , TX
RUSTY VAUGHAN
CUMBY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 ROBERT FINTA
WYLIE , TX
CHRIS DERRICK
MCKINNEY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 GIB COATS
FORT WORTH , TX
BILL WILCOX
SCURRY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JOHN MAYBEN
DALLAS , TX
MARK MAYBEN
PLANO , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JOHNNY HALE
IRVING , TX
JAMES DANIEL
NOCONA , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JOHN MCDIFFITT
GRANBURY , TX
BOBBY VINCENT
HUDSON OAKS , TX
0 0 0.00
129 WILLIAM LEADAMAN
WHITE OAK , TX
STEPHEN TRULL
MINEOLA , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JAMES REAVES
HENRIETTA , TX
HIMEY MATASKA
WICHITA FALLS , TX
0 0 0.00
129 KEITH TAYLOR
ROCKWALL , TX
LARRY LADNIER
ROCKWALL , TX
0 0 0.00
129 RONNY HALBERT
LARUE , TX
RICKY PHILLIPS
TRINIDAD , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JEFF PIERCE
HENRIETTA , TX
MARK ELGIN
WICHITA FALLS , TX
0 0 0.00
129 ROCKIE MARTIN
ROCKWALL , TX
CLINT NOWELL
FORT WORTH , TX
0 0 0.00
129 ROBERT JOHNSON
ALLEN , TX
EDWARD LEWIS
MCKINNEY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 DAX DAVIS
EMORY , TX
KEVIN DESHANE
MIDLOTHIAN , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JAMES SHAMBURGER
ROWLETT , TX
JACOB SHANNON
ARLINGTON , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JASON CHILDERS
OAK POINT , TX
KLINT KRHOVJAK
TOOL , TX
0 0 0.00
129 BILL ROBINSON
HURST , TX
GARY HARRISON
GUN BARREL CITY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 SHANE STAFFORD
BELTON , TX
GARRET CUTLER
ALEDO , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JAKE MEEKS
FARMERSVILLE , TX
CHAD MADDUX
WYLIE , TX
0 0 0.00
129 GARY KINARD
FORNEY , TX
JACOB KINARD
FORNEY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 ALLEN SHELTON
FARMERS BRANCH , TX
JOHN MCCALMONT
ROCKWALL , TX
0 0 0.00
129 STEVE MULHOLLAND
TERRELL , TX
RANDY SQUIER
LAKE DALLAS , TX
0 0 0.00
129 DON MEEK
PILOT POINT , TX
MERLE LITTLE
FARMERSVILLE , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JAYSON TOERCK
NOCONA , TX
AUSTIN KILLEN
NOCONA , TX
0 0 0.00
129 RYAN MOROTT
PRINCETON , TX
TAZZ FERRELL
VAN ALSTYNE , TX
0 0 0.00
129 ROB MEDDERS
MCKINNEY , TX
ROB WILSON
SHERMAN , TX
0 0 0.00
129 MATT TALLAS
CANTON , TX
ERNIE SISTRUNK
WILLS POINT , TX
0 0 0.00
129 MARK MITCHELL
MESQUITE , TX
MIKE MCWHORTER
TERRELL , TX
0 0 0.00
129 BRUCE BENEDICT
FORNEY , TX
CHARLES BENEDICT
FORNEY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 BILL ROTEN
CRESSON , TX
STEVEN MARTIN
FT WORTH , TX
0 0 0.00
129 DAVID REYNOLDS
MCKINNEY , TX
ROBERT BROCK JR
MCKINNEY , TX
0 0 0.00
129 MONTE REAGAN
BURLESON , TX
LANCE KENNY
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS , TX
0 0 0.00
129 DAVID CHILES
WACO , TX
PAT NUNLEY
WACO , TX
0 0 0.00
129 DAVID MAEKER
SULPHUR SPRINGS , TX
MASON MAEKER
SULPHUR SPRINGS , TX
0 0 0.00
129 COLE MASSEY
PONDER , TX
COLE TEMPLE
KELLER , TX
0 0 0.00
129 RUSSELL LEE
SACHSE , TX
0 0 0.00
129 DANIEL BARRICK
QUINLAN , TX
JAMES KING JR
WILLS POINT , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JOHN NEWKIRK
BENBROOK , TX
MICHAEL CHADWICK
TOLAR , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JIM EDWARDS
BLUM , TX
0 0 0.00
129 GEORGE RIDDLE
MCKINNEY , TX
COLAN GONZALES
JEWETT , TX
0 0 0.00
129 JOE RUIZ
POINT , TX
ANDREW WRIGHT
PLANO , TX
0 0 0.00
129 STEVE WRIGHT
PLANO , TX
BRIAN GRAVES
STREETMAN , TX
0 0 0.00
129 GARY TUGGLE
WYLIE , TX
SCOTT SCHWEPPE
FARMERSVILLE , TX
0 0 0.00
129 DUSTY SPURGIN
WEATHERFORD , TX
LEE YOWELL
NEED INFO
0 0 0.00
129 JAMES ELDER
WILLS POINT , TX
JOSHUA EVERETT
WILLS POINT , TX
0 0 0.00
129 ROBERT RICHARDSON
RED OAK , TX
ROBERT HAWKINS
DESOTO , TX
0 0 0.00

Watkins & Hadad win Media Bass Lake Washington Event with over 19 pounds!

Place Angler 1 Angler 2 # Bass Pounds Winnings Points
1 Gordon Watkins John Hadad 5 19.32 $2,000.00 169.32
2 Joey Beevers Bobby Burton 5 18.63 $1,000.00 167.63
3 Michael Coomes Ryan Grey 5 16.96 $500.00 164.96
4 Pete Cora Charlie Jenning 5 16.94 $400.00 163.94
5 Newton Ford Jonathon Kent 5 16.86 $210.00 162.86
6 Marty Crane   5 16.69 $180.00 161.69
7 Scott Smith Stacy Boggs 5 16.28 $170.00 160.28
8 Chris Williams Clint Russell 5 16.02   159.02
9 Brandon Dickerson Jason Griffin 5 15.48   157.48
10 Brian McHann Bill Montgomery 5 15.39   156.39
11 Jerry Mclendon Robby Hughes 5 15.23   155.23
12 Greg Barwick Roy Ray Sills 5 14.40   153.40
13 Jim Pearson William Pearson 5 13.91   151.91
14 Doug Segers Carson Henderson 5 13.42   150.42
15 Morgan Spivey Joey Edwards 4 13.10   149.10
16 Jeff Lindsey Chris Orr 4 12.62   147.62
17 Mike Ainsworth Josh Goodman 4 12.34   146.34
18 Donald Adcock Nick Butts 5 10.98   143.98
19 Andy Graves Joel Ross 4 9.87   141.87
20 John Polasini Reeves Polasini 4 9.83   140.83
21 Kenny Vanderford Grant Allen 3 8.81   138.81
22 Chris Coy * Rudy Vanderford * 3 7.95   136.95
23 Curtis Ray Jr Curtis Ray Sr 3 7.82   135.82
24 Tommy Braiser James Sheppeard 3 7.42   134.42
25 James Bernardi Butch Cobb 3 7.37   133.37
26 Tim McDaniel Patrick Pickle 2 7.28   132.28
27 Billy Hopkins   2 7.05   131.05
28 Tad Keller Michael Hayes 3 6.86   129.86
29 Rocky Lindsey Kenny Medina 2 5.27   127.27
30 Mac Hutson Taylor Hutson 2 5.20   126.20
31 Jim Goodman Todd Lott 2 4.71   124.71
32 Paul Rice Crosby Mohamed 1 3.89   122.89
33 Reid Stuart Bradley Hayes 2 3.86   121.86
34 Daniel Clark Thad Selby 0 0.00   58.50
34 Charles Hughes Mike Jordan 0 0.00   58.50
34 Gene Jones John Tutor 0 0.00   58.50
             
Place Big Bass     Pounds Winnings
1 Gordon Watkins John Hadad   6.15 $350.00
2 Joey Beevers Bobby Burton   5.55 $0.00
           
  Statistics        
  Entries - 36      
  Number Limits - 15      
  Number Zeros - 3      
  Bass Weighed - 126      
  Bass Released - 124      
  Total Pounds - 377.76      
  Avg. Bass In Boat - 3.5      
  Avg. Lbs. In Boat - 10.49      
  Avg. Bass Size - 3.00      
  Total Payout - $4,810.00      
  * Anglers-Of-The-Year - Fish Free!  

Ostrander & Heil win Best Bass Don Pedro event with over 27 pounds!

Place Angler Angler Total Fish Big Fish Total Weight Winnings
1 Christian Ostrander Ronnie Heil 5 7.69 27.13 $2,435.00
2 Tyler D Frey Jeff D Frey 5 5.09 16.37 $1,220.00
3 Rich Ingram Ron Ingram 5 5.11 14.15 $925.00
4 Scott Taylor Jeff D Eddings 5 4.69 13.19 $680.00
5 John Myers Don Longton 5 4.24 12.67 $380.00
6 Billy Redding Austin J Harden 5 3.68 12.18 $235.00
7 Brian Payne Jeremiah Payne 5 0.00 11.96 $210.00
8 Jeff Tonnesen Pat M Vaughn 5 3.09 11.86 $0.00
9 Ryan Orozco Michael S Bryant II 5 3.98 11.63 $0.00
10 Albert L Anderson Jr Jared K Anderson 5 2.63 11.50 $0.00
11 Mike Newton Steve Nincioni 5 0.00 10.87 $0.00
12 Brian Rabith Dale C Day 5 0.00 10.75 $0.00
13 Daniel J McAlister Pat Ammerman 5 0.00 10.71 $0.00
14 Mike Brossard Bryan Coy 5 4.52 10.64 $0.00
15 John L Simpson Reynold H Hysell 5 0.00 10.47 $0.00
16 Mike Martinez Brian Orange 5 3.81 10.32 $0.00
17 Matthew P Ludwig Jacob Schmidt 5 4.48 10.14 $0.00
18 Troy H Nakai Bryce M Nakai 5 0.00 9.98 $0.00
19 Jimmy Welch Jr Jonathan Paiz 5 0.00 9.77 $0.00
20 Mike Callahan Mike D Freudenthal 5 3.00 9.66 $0.00
21 Will Hodge Dan Ellerd 5 0.00 9.39 $0.00
22 Mario Gianini Mike Krnaich 5 0.00 9.28 $0.00
23 Dan Byker Wilton Harvey 5 3.34 9.27 $0.00
24 Mike Jackson Brandon Youngblood 5 0.00 9.71 $0.00
25 Scott Parsons Doug Naruo 5 0.00 8.91 $0.00
26 Kirk Lizama Dylan Lizama 5 0.00 8.50 $0.00
27 Bruce Able William J Hartlett 5 0.00 8.44 $0.00
28 Garth Jantz Derek Jantz 5 2.40 8.38 $0.00
29 Seth Myers David Zavvar 5 0.00 8.20 $0.00
30 Mark Lucas Bill Alves Jr 5 0.00 8.11 $0.00
31 Don Hendrix Roger Cummings 5 0.00 7.99 $0.00
32 Bryan L Kane Heath C Lane 5 0.00 7.91 $0.00
33 Joey R Skym Joseph R Skym 5 0.00 7.85 $0.00
34 Shad E Sullivan Troy Thomas 5 0.00 7.83 $0.00
35 Bill Martin Ray Yamada 5 0.00 7.74 $0.00
36 Dalton A Tyler 5 1.92 7.46 $0.00
37 Jeff Hobbs Keith McGraw 5 0.00 7.42 $0.00
38 Jeff Amstutz Sara Amstutz 5 0.00 7.38 $0.00
39 Rick S Whited Chad M Whited 5 0.00 7.25 $0.00
40 Chris Peters Darryl Peters 5 0.00 7.06 $0.00
41 Mark Fishburn Tom Fishburn 5 0.00 7.04 $0.00

30th Annual Wolfson Childrens Hospital Tournament raises over $300,000!!

By Vance McCullough

Heavy weights and big numbers prevailed as the 30thAnnual Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass Tournament drew 389 entries and raised over $300,000.

“We had 377 boats show up to fish today,” said emcee Mike Oglesbee from OGS Tournament Trails.

Among those 377 boats were some of the sport’s biggest names from the FLW Tour and Bassmaster Elite Series including Preston Clark and 2-time FLW Tour winner Glenn Brown, just to name a couple.

Big numbers also showed up on the weigh in stage as Cole Kite and Kenneth Owen put 28.84 pounds on the scale for the win. Their sack was anchored by a 10.87-lb fish, the big bass of the tournament.

There were 11 limits of better than 20 pounds.

Even in Friday’s VIP round Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Cliff Prince and partner Robin Shiver, Jr weighed 28.18 only to finish 2ndto Darrell Finley and Carl Guinn, Jr who weighed 28.32 pounds of St Johns River bass.

Father/son Peter Thliveros and Nick Thliveros had big bass of the VIP round with an 8.90-lber that Nick caught in a foot-and-a-half of water.

You will recognize “Peter T” Thliveros as a Tour-level veteran with a brilliant career on the Bassmaster and FLW circuits. His son, Nick has picked up the family tradition and won the Costa event on Okeechobee in February.

Cliff Prince placed 3rdin Thursday’s Lads and Lasses tourney while fishing with Gracie Prince. The had 19.72 lbs.

Brian and Michelle Sousa were 2ndwith 23.04.

Chris and Nikki Cercy won the coed event with 24.03 pounds.

Bass are still spawning on the river. They are in all stages, including prespawn and most look very healthy.

“There is no eel grass from the middle of Lake George to Jacksonville,” said the elder Thliveros as he guided the Progressive Bass Wrap Up TV crew so we could bring you all the action on NBC Sports next month. “But the fish have adapted and there is a lot of spatterdock (lily pads) which they are now using for cover. They are very shallow as the shad and bream spawn have gotten underway.”

It’s a great time to come to St Johns River country and catch the fish of a lifetime. Thliveros is guiding both freshwater and saltwater. Look him up on Facebook at Peter Thliveros.

 

2019 Wolfson Children_s Hospital Tournament Results

 


RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA’S GROVER WINS COSTA FLW SERIES TOURNAMENT ON CLEAR LAKE PRESENTED BY RANGER BOATS

California Pro Catches 26-Pound Final-Day Limit, Wins $80,303

LAKEPORT, Calif. (May 18, 2019) – Pro Kyle Grover of Rancho Santa Margarita, California, caught a five-bass limit weighing 26 pounds, 2 ounces, Saturday – the heaviest limit weighed in the three-day tournament – to win the Costa FLW Series on Clear Lake presented by Ranger Boats. Grover’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 66 pounds, 13 ounces, was enough to earn him the victory by an 8-pound, 13-ounce margin and the top prize of $80,303, including a new Ranger Z518L boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

Grover said he started out the tournament Thursday flipping tules with jigs and wacky-rigged, green-pumpkin-colored Yamamoto Custom Baits Senkos. Friday he started at an area he’d fished only a couple of times on Thursday, and caught a 7-pounder within the first few casts.

“I didn’t realize the area’s potential, but when I caught the 7-pounder on my second cast that made me hunker down,” said Grover, who earned his first win in FLW competition. “I ended up staying there all Saturday today, too. I think on my second cast I caught a 6-pounder and then a 3¾ right after that.

“I was catching them on jigs the past two days,” continued Grover. “The area we were fishing had so many in there. I caught 40 yesterday, and probably 30 today. You’d just rattle off 2½- to 3¾-pounders, and then you’d catch a big one.”

Grover said his key area was a 300-yard stretch called Henderson Point, near Soda Bay.

“It’s a popular community hole, but I think the weather made it difficult to fish,” said Grover. “I stuck it out though, and had a special day out there today.”

Grover said he primarily used a 3/8-ounce, brown with green-pumpkin-colored Phoenix football jig with a 3-inch, green-pumpkin Berkley PowerBait Chigger Craw, as well as a ½-ounce version of the jig with a Falcon Lake Craw-colored Strike King Rage Bug. He also had some key bites on a Chili Bowl-colored Norman DD22 crankbait.

The top 10 pros on Clear Lake finished:

1st:          Kyle Grover, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., 15 bass, 66-13, $80,303

2nd:         Gary Collins, Upper Lake, Calif., 15 bass, 58-0, $13,099

3rd:          Joe Uribe Jr., Surprise, Ariz., 15 bass, 56-13, $10,456

4th:          David Valdivia, Norwalk, Calif., 15 bass, 56-9, $8,551

5th:          Andrew Loberg, Rocklin, Calif., 15 bass, 56-8, $7,606

6th:          Ryan German, Fairfield, Calif., 15 bass, 53-8, $6,761

7th:          Lane Olson, Forest Grove, Ore., 15 bass, 53-4, $6,031

8th:          Bryant Smith, Roseville, Calif., 15 bass, 51-15, $5,070

9th:          Travis Archer, Covington, Wash., 15 bass, 48-13, $4,225

10th:        Jim McLaughlin, Bakersfield, Calif., 15 bass, 48-7, $4,880

A complete list of results will be posted at FLWFishing.com.

Uribe and Olson both weighed in 8-pound, 11-ounce bass on Thursday – the heaviest fish of the tournament in the Pro Division. The each shared the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $230.

Logan Huntze of Discovery Bay, California, won the Co-angler Division with a three-day total catch of 15 bass weighing 57 pounds, 15 ounces. For his win, Huntze took home a $27,000 prize package, including a Ranger Z175 with a 115-horsepower outboard motor.

The top 10 co-anglers on Clear Lake finished:

1st:          Logan Huntze, Discovery Bay, Calif., 15 bass, 57-15, $27,000

2nd:         Andrew Wallar, Lakeport, Calif., 15 bass, 50-0, $4,564

3rd:          Jesse Parks, Avondale, Ariz., 15 bass, 49-3, $3,779

4th:          Joe Bolen, Durham, Calif., 15 bass, 46-1, $3,288

5th:          Tom White, Costa Mesa, 15 bass, 45-4, $2,697

6th:          Austin Bonjour, Broken Arrow, Okla., 15 bass, 44-13, $2,206

7th:          Jack Farage, Discovery Bay, Calif., 15 bass, 44-2, $1,865

8th:          Bailey Hurst, Placerville, Calif., 15 bass, 42-7, $1,544

9th:          Tara Borofka, Salinas, Calif., 15 bass, 41-10, $1,324

10th:        Dominic Amato, Las Vegas, Nev., 14 bass, 39-2, $1,103

Wallar caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Co-angler Division Friday, a fish weighing 7 pounds even. Wallar earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $152.

The Costa FLW Series on Clear Lake presented by Ranger Boats was hosted by the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina. It was the second Western Division tournament of the 2019 regular season. The next tournament for FLW Series anglers will be the Costa FLW Series at Grand Lake presented by T-H Marine, held June 13-15 in Grove, Oklahoma. For a complete schedule, visit FLWFishing.com.

The Costa FLW Series consists of five U.S. divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western – along with the International division. Each U.S. division consists of three regular-season tournaments with competitors vying for valuable points that could earn them the opportunity to compete in the season-ending Costa FLW Series Championship. The 2019 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Costa FLW Series on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram and YouTube.


Chris Rutland and Coby Carden Win 2019 Alabama Bass Trail Lay Lake


by Dan O’Sullivan

May 19, 2019 – Florence, Ala. – Every time the Alabama Bass Trail’s Southern Division hits Lay Lake, the team of Chris Rutland and Coby Carden have to be considered dangerous.  With bass heading into the postspawn and a shad spawn kicking off on the morning on Lay Lake, Rutland and Carden become even more dangerous.

On Saturday, at the ABT South’s fourth stop of the 2019 season, despite a nearly two hour fog delay, Rutland and Carden provided clarity at the end of the day.  Having earned Alabama Bass Trail victories two previous times, the pair claimed the win for the third time on Lay Lake with a total weight of 24.47 pounds; their catch included a 6.40-pound largemouth that was the Mountain Dew Big Bass of the event.  Their total earnings for the competition came to $10,500.

Rutland and Carden said that they were only able to catch a couple of fish early because of the fog, but they made up for it with main lake and mid-depth offshore patterns as the day wore on.  “We caught a couple fish on the frog early, but went deep the rest of the day,” they said.  “In the afternoon we covered as many deep spots as we could and filled our limit; it was a really good day.”  They reported catching fish on frogs in the morning, then flipping grass and docks as well as cranking mid depth areas in 8 to 10 feet of water to fill their creel.

With the win, they become the first team to win three Alabama Bass Trail tournaments, and they moved into the 2019 Southern Division points lead with only Lake Eufaula remaining on the calendar.

As impressive as the accomplishment of Rutland and Carden is, had it not been for the misfortune of the second place team, the win would not have happened.  Foster Bradley and Nick Harris brought 24.58 pounds to the Beeswax Creek scales, but a deceased fish cost them a one-pound penalty, and dropped their total weight to 23.58 pounds.  The result was a second place finish, and the $5,000 runner’s up prize.

Despite the outcome, the team was upbeat about the occurrence.  That’s just the way things go sometimes,” they said.  “It was our biggest fish, and it was hooked in the tongue, so we knew it wasn’t going to make it.  It was almost six pounds, so there was no way we couldn’t keep it; but, we had a good day.”

They reported starting the morning with a frog, but the fog limited their bites.  After that, they turned to running a multitude of deep water areas with a 3/4-ounce football jig in either green pumpkin or Peanut Butter and Jelly with a double tailed grub or Rage Craw trailer.  They said they fished from three miles above Beeswax Creek to downlake near Paint Creek.  “We would have liked the win, but can’t complain,” they said.  “We really did everything we could, and had a great day; we’re satisfied with the finish.”

The team of Nicholas Turner and Joe Lay posted a 22.95-pound limit and finished the day in third place; earning $4,000 for the day.

The Southern Division of the Alabama Bass Trail wraps up their 2019 season on June 15 at Lake Eufaula.

The Top 10 Standings are below, for complete standings, visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/ll-results/

Place Team Fish Caught / Dead Fish Total Weight Penalty Big Fish Winnings
1 Chris Rutland / Coby Carden 5/0 24.47 6.40 $10,000
2 Foster Bradley / Nick Harris 5/1 23.58 1.00 5.93 $5,000
3 Nicholas Turner / Joe Lay 5/0 22.95 6.16 $4,000
4 Chris Cook / Lawson Cook 5/0 20.59 5.86 $3,000
5 Ryan Kizziah / Justin Choron 5/0 19.31 5.62 $2,000
6 Brannon Hurst / Mike Freeman 5/0 18.94 $1,500
7 Marty Giddens / Josh Stracner 5/0 18.83 $1,100
8 John Brown / Trey Sorrells 5/0 17.96 $1,100
9 Randall Carter / Travis Wyatt 5/0 17.94 5.74 $1,100
10 Todd Sharpe / Mike Fesler 5/0 17.56 $1,100

 


Uribe in charge in Costa

When weather woes nixed Joe Uribe Jr.’s initial objective, the resilient angler from Surprise, Ariz., refocused his effort and sacked up a limit of 19 pounds, 5 ounces to take over the lead on day two of the Costa FLW Series Western Division event presented by Ranger Boats and hosted by Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina with a total weight of 41-13.

Complete results

After placing second on day one with 22-8, Uribe had planned on returning to his spot in the lake’s north end. A stiff northwest wind convinced him otherwise.

“The wind really blew into the area I’d fished yesterday, so rather than battle it, I went farther south and fished the lee side of the lake,” Uribe says. “These fish are still spawning down south. The water temperature dropped to about 66, whereas it was in the low- to mid-70s in practice so the fish moved into the tules.

“Yesterday, we caught fish out deeper, but today we went in tight. My co-angler caught one on a spinnerbait right up on the bank and that triggered me that maybe these fish moved up.”

A drop-shot rigged with a 6-inch Roboworm in the margarita mutilator color produced all of Uribe’s day-two fish.

“This is slow and tedious and very hard for me to do because I like to chunk and wind, but I just had to hunker down and go through numbers,” Uribe says. “I caught 40 fish each day and went through a lot of Roboworms.”

Uribe says he focused on tule pockets and made precise pitches into the holes in the vegetation. Doing so required technique-specific tackle.

“I’m using only a 1/4-ounce weight, but I’m using a baitcaster — a 7-2 medium custom Performance Tackle drop-shot rod,” Uribe says. “This allows me to shoot that drop-shot into those pockets. I’m using a Daiwa Tatula SV reel, which is very free-spooling.

“I’m also throwing 20-pound Sunline braid with a 20-pound fluorocarbon leader. Using straight fluorocarbon you get too much stretch, but with the braid I can control the line better; I can lay it in the tules and work the fish out.”

Capitalizing on his opportunities topped Uribe’s priorities.

“I fished clean today,” he says. “Yesterday, I had two mishaps but I made up for it today.”

Uribe had a small limit by mid-morning, but surged ahead when the sun emerged and warmed the day.

“As the clouds lifted and the sun came out, you could really see those pockets better,” he says. “In the morning, I was catching the smaller males, but I went back to some of those same areas later in the day and those females had moved in.

“It was very important for me to get the boat in as tight as I could and get into those tules. Nobody around us was fishing like that and I think that was the key.”

 

TOP 10 PROS

1. Joe Uribe Jr. – Surprise, Ariz. – 41-13 (10)

2. Kyle Grover – Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. – 40-11 (10)

3. Andrew Loberg – Rocklin, Calif. – 38-1 (10)

4. Lane Olson – Forest Grove, Ore. – 37-9 (10

5. Ryan German – Fairfield, Calif. – 37-1 (10)

6. Gary Collins – Upper Lake, Calif. – 36-12 (10)

7. Bryant Smith – Roseville, Calif. – 36-12 (10)

8. Jim McLaughlin – Bakersfield, Calif. – 36-9 (10)

9. Travis Archer – Covington, Wash. – 36-6 (10)

10. David Valdivia – Norwalk, Calif. – 36-5 (10)

 

 

Logan Huntze

HUNTZE RALLIES FOR CO-ANGLER LEAD

He’s the youngest angler in the tournament, but catching the second-heaviest bag of the entire field — 23-15 — moved Logan Huntze into the co-angler lead with 41-5. After placing third on day one with 17-6, the Discovery Bay, Calif., co-angler carries a lead of 6-7 into tomorrow’s final round.

“The day started off kind of slow, but around 11, I got myself situated, flipped back out there and within 10 minutes, I caught the second big one,” Huntze says. “I kept culling throughout the day. I didn’t catch a lot of fish, but I caught the right ones.”

Huntze caught his fish by flipping and pitching Texas-rigged craw baits around docks, fishing a drop-shot with a margarita mutilator colored Roboworm around tules and mixing in some [Yamamoto] Senkos and Alabama rigs.

“I was just going off what my pro did and I adapted to him,” Huntze says. “I’m fishing slow, but making as many presentations as I can.”

 

TOP 10 CO-ANGLERS

1. Logan Huntze – Discovery Bay, Calif. – 41-5 (10)

2. Andrew Waller – Lakeport, Calif. – 34-14 (10)

3. Jesse Parks – Avondale, Ariz. – 32-3 (10)

4. Austin Bonjour – Broken Arrow, Okla. – 31-4 (10)

5. Tara Borofka – Salinas, Calif. – 30-15 (10)

6. Joe Bolen – Durham, Calif. – 30-10 (10)

7. Dominic Amato – Las Vegas, Nev. – 29-15 (10)

8. Bailey Hurst – Placerville, Calif. – 29-9 (10)

9. Jack Farage – Discovery Bay, Calif. – 29-3 (10)

10. Tom White – Costa Mesa, Calif. – 28-14 (10)


Table Rock Lake, Greg Vinson Show Out on Shotgun Round Day 1 at Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTImber

BRANSON, Mo. (May 17, 2019) - There's an old saying about records being made to be broken. Greg Vinson got that memo. Twice.
The Alabama pro staked a claim to the Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour record books Thursday in the first Shotgun Round of the Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber, stacking a record 52 bass from Table Rock Lake onto SCORETRACKER® for 83 pounds, 6 ounces (also a record). Vinson was one of seven anglers who weighed 60 pounds on the day (yet another Bass Pro Tour record).
Vinson's performance was part of the most prolific day of fish-catching in the young history of the Bass Pro Tour.
Vinson Voracious
After a slow start to the morning, Vinson staked a claim to the top of SCORETRACKER® midway through the first period. After moving to the lower end of the White River arm, he weighed 18 fish in the first period for 28-5, and followed that up with 25 pounds in Period 2. Over the course of the 7 ½ hours of official competition time, the Mercury pro averaged a fish every 8.6 minutes.
"That was the most unbelievable day of fishing I ever had," Vinson admitted. "I got off to a slow start, but once I made a move to something new, everything I did seemed like it was right. Everywhere I went, I caught fish, and I didn't see another angler all day long. To be on something that good and not see another competitor in this field is pretty rare."
Shotgun Round 1 Loaded with Heavyweights
If professional bass fishing doesn't work out for Jeff Sprague, he has a future in fortune telling. As reported in the live blog, Sprague's assessment of the Table Rock bite was that "Somebody is going to wreck 'em today."
Sprague was absolutely correct, if a little understated. SCORETRACKER® was loaded with anglers who indeed wrecked 'em in Group A: 26 anglers weighed 40 pounds or more, 17 connected with 50 pounds or more, and four surpassed the 70-pound mark.
The overall catch weight for the field of 40 anglers was 1,894 pounds of bass on 1,173 fish (both Bass Pro Tour records).
"This place has just been pelted with tournaments and locals, and it's putting out numbers and fish like it did today," said Sprague, who finished fourth on the day with 70-4. "This is just an amazing fishery. I actually expected to catch bigger fish than I caught today, so I know there are some bigger ones that aren't being caught. And we're going to catch those fish. There are going to be some more phenomenal numbers ahead."
Group B Takes Its Shot at the Rock
Now that the Elimination Line has been established above the 50-pound mark, the 40 anglers in Group B will take their turn on Table Rock on Saturday for Shotgun Round 2. Unlike the anglers in the first round - who fished in mostly sunny, sometimes-breezy conditions - Group B heads into Saturday morning just ahead of a storm system that will bring 20- to 30-mph winds and possible thunderstorms.
As outlandish as it sounds, that could make the bite even better.
"I'm looking at a forecast for south wind, seeing 10 to 20 (mph)," said MLF NOW! analyst Marty Stone. "The harder the wind blows on these Ozarks Mountains lakes, the more the fish bite, and the bigger they are. Our grade of 3- to 5 pounders could go up if it blows 20. This lake is slam-full of 3- to 5-pounders, and they didn't really show on Friday.

 

"Group B now knows that they have to go out and catch 50 pounds, so they're going to be a lot less patient with marginal water, and they'll get more aggressive. Our total weight could be more. I won't say something crazy like we'll catch more scoreable bass, but I'm not going to rule it out, either."

Looking Ahead to the Weekend
The field will carry their Shotgun Round weights into the Elimination Rounds on Sunday and Monday. The Top 20 anglers from each of those Elimination groups will advance to a 40-angler Knockout Round on Tuesday - weights will be zeroed, making the Knockout a one-day scramble. The Top 10 anglers in the Knockout Round will advance to the Championship Round on Wednesday, May 22.
Daily Winners
Shotgun Round 1 daily awards were:
* The Berkley Big Bass of the day was a 5-2 largemouth caught by Jeff Kriet
* Vinson was the Berkley Catch Count winner with 52 fish
* Vinson also earned the Phoenix Boats Daily Leader award with record-breaking 83-6

Shotgun Round – Group A

Place Angler Total Weight Total # Fish Largest Fish
1st Greg Vinson 83 - 06 52 2 - 13
2nd Jacob Powroznik 76 - 15 46 2 - 15
3rd Cliff Pace 74 - 12 51 2 - 07
4th Jeff Sprague 70 - 04 48 2 - 09
5th Gary Klein 67 - 14 47 2 - 07
6th Jesse Wiggins 67 - 13 39 3 - 10
7th Justin Lucas 62 - 04 42 2 - 08
8th Anthony Gagliardi 59 - 13 38 2 - 06
9th Zack Birge 59 - 13 35 2 - 14
10th Dave Lefebre 58 - 01 40 2 - 02
11th Russ Lane 57 - 15 35 2 - 13
12th Michael Neal 57 - 00 37 2 - 07
13th Aaron Martens 56 - 15 35 2 - 05
14th Fletcher Shryock 55 - 10 33 4 - 01
15th Mark Rose 54 - 05 35 4 - 14
16th Randall Tharp 53 - 15 28 4 - 06
17th Fred Roumbanis 53 - 05 25 3 - 08
18th Adrian Avena 47 - 09 34 2 - 00
19th Jason Christie 47 - 04 26 2 - 13
20th Casey Ashley 47 - 01 31 2 - 14
21st John Murray 46 - 15 25 2 - 15
22nd Britt Myers 44 - 15 27 2 - 14
23rd Bradley Roy 43 - 12 31 2 - 05
24th Jeff Kriet 42 - 08 23 5 - 02
25th Skeet Reese 41 - 11 28 2 - 05
26th Mike Iaconelli 41 - 10 25 2 - 11
27th Randy Howell 39 - 10 23 3 - 00
28th Todd Faircloth 37 - 02 23 4 - 07
29th Brent Chapman 36 - 12 20 2 - 12
30th James Watson 36 - 07 23 3 - 06
31st Andy Montgomery 34 - 11 27 1 - 15
32nd Timmy Horton 33 - 14 19 4 - 01
33rd Jared Lintner 32 - 06 19 3 - 03
34th Mark Daniels, Jr. 30 - 13 19 2 - 13
35th Dean Rojas 30 - 06 16 3 - 05
36th Shin Fukae 28 - 05 19 2 - 06
37th Roy Hawk 25 - 05 14 2 - 12
38th Ish Monroe 21 - 11 13 4 - 13
39th Brett Hite 19 - 13 12 3 - 04
40th Paul Elias 14 - 03 10 1 - 14
How, When and Where to Watch
Shotgun Round 2 competition begins Saturday at 6:30 a.m. CT with live, official scoring available at "lines in" via SCORETRACKER® on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage and analysis provided by Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone, and Natalie Dillon until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show - hosted by Steven "Lurch" Scott - will start at 4 p.m.

AC Rookie Podcast with Bassmaster Elite Series Rookie Lee Livesay

This week Jason welcomes in Elite Series Rookie and Opens Pro Lee Livesay. Jason gets the 411 on Lee and his fishing background, Texas roots, cooking tips, road food and more! Check it out!


Costa Countdown to Blastoff for May 18-19

This week Sportsman's Craig Baird joins JB in the Columbia, South Carolina Store to talk about upcoming tournaments, recap a few and Craig shows us some baits that might just help you land a big one this weekend on this weeks Costa Countdown to blastoff.

 


Olson Leads Clear Lake Costa event with 25 pounds!

Lane Olson’s morning began with a productive tone, but it was that rare instance of double lightning strikes that propelled him to a leading weight of 25 pounds on day one of the Costa FLW Series Western Division event, which is presented by Ranger Boats and hosted by Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina.

Fishing protected pockets in the south end of the lake, the Forest Grove, Ore., pro quickly put five keepers in the boat and then started methodically seeking upgrades. It’s said luck occurs when opportunity meets preparation, and Olson fulfilled his end of the deal.

“I had a limit by about 8, and I was just running around trying to catch 2 1/2- to 3-pounders,” Olson says. “I pulled into a pocket about 9 o’clock and caught a 6 1/2-pounder, and five minutes later, I retied, threw back out there and popped that 8-11.”

Complete results

Notably, Olson’s second kicker is tied for big bass with a fish of the same weight caught by second-place Joe Uribe Jr., who trails the lead by 2-8.

Olson says he attributes his nearly back-to-back big-fish catches to location. The docks he fished were likely to see big bass coming and going.

“That was a major spawning cove,” Olson says. “I caught that first big one coming out, and that bigger one was coming in.”

Olson says he fished a mix of docks, rocky shoreline and some offshore spots. His game plan centered on a highly mobile strategy.

“I really ran around today; I burned almost a whole tank of fuel today,” he says. “I ran a lot of water and fished it really fast.

“The docks with the wooden posts have been the key. You can catch some on metal docks, but the bigger ones have been on wood. I’m really not sure why. They just seem to relate better to them.”

Olson kept the details of his bait selection confidential, but he says that finesse rigs caught all of the shoreline fish, while a soft plastic picked up one of his weigh fish over deep rocks.

A stormy weather system that passed through the area yesterday left residual rains and dropped air temperatures several degrees. Olson says he didn’t let the conditions rattle him.

“I really didn’t change anything,” he says. “I’ve been practicing since Saturday, and I’ve been doing the same thing all week. I didn’t even practice yesterday because I didn’t want the weather to mess with my head. I just went out today and went fishing.”

 

TOP 10 PROS

1. Lane Olson – Forest Grove, Ore. – 25-0 (5)

2. Joe Uribe Jr. – Surprise, Ariz. – 22-8 (5)

3. Travis Archer – Covington, Wash. – 21-2 (5)

4. Wayne Breazeale – Kelseyville, Calif. – 20-14 (5)

5. Justin Kerr – Simi Valley, Calif. – 19-11 (5)

6. Jordan Collom – Temecula, Calif. – 19-10 (5)

7. Bryant Smith – Roseville, Calif. – 19-9 (5)

8. David Valdivia – Norwalk, Calif. – 19-3 (5)

8. Jeff Michels – Lakehead, Calif. – 19-3 (5)

10. Cory Hoopes – Malad, Ida. – 18-15 (5)

Complete results

BOROFKA BAGS CO-ANGLER LEAD

Preparation is the foundation for any successful pursuit, and Tara Borofka entered day one prepared for whatever she faced. The Salinas, Calif., co-angler says the time she spent practicing with her husband, 21st-place pro Jason Borofka, equipped her to capture the lead with a limit catch of 18 pounds, 4 ounces.

“I went out for two days of practice with Jason, and we stumbled on two patterns,” she says. “So, depending on which side of the lake I was going to go to, I knew what I was going to do.”

Tara ended up fishing the lower end of Clear Lake and fished mostly around rocks in about 20 to 25 feet.

“In the morning, it was slower presentations, but in the afternoon, I caught them on a faster bait,” she says. “When the wind came up in the afternoon, it made the reaction bite better.”

 

TOP 10 CO-ANGLERS

1. Tara Borofka – Salinas, Calif. – 18-4 (5)

2. Jesse Parks – Avondale, Ariz. – 17-13 (5)

3. Logan Huntze – Discovery Bay, Calif. – 17-6 (5)

4. Joe Bolen – Durham, Calif. – 17-1 (5)

5. Jack Farage – Discovery Bay, Calif. – 17-0 (5)

6. Cody Steckel – Las Vegas, Nev. – 16-12 (5)

7. Travis Williams – Bethel Island, Calif. – 16-1 (5)

8. Bryan Lutz – Clearlake Oaks, Calif. – 15-13 (5)

9. Andrew Wallar – Lakeport, Calif. – 15-11 (5)

10. Doug Hutchison – Santa Rosa, Calif. – 15-10 (5)

10. Michael Walsh – El Cajon, Calif. – 15-10 (5)

Complete results


The Circus is in Town!!!

On this episode Chris and Jason welcome in FLW / TH Marine Pro Luke Dunkin to the show to talk about all things Circus related, Low Budget Live and much more!! Luke even spills the beans on some new TH Marine Products coming and more! Our own Circus joins us later in the show for the Costa Countdown and to get our picks in for the week


COOKEVILLE’S WAGNER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON TIMS FORD LAKE

Toccoa’s Richardson Gets Co-Angler Win

WINCHESTER, Tenn. (May 13, 2019) – Boater Adam Wagner of Cookeville, Tennessee, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division tournament on Tims Ford Lake. Wagner took home $4,013 for his efforts.

“I fished up the Elk River and targeted buck bushes, isolated cypress trees and small bushes,” said Wagner, who tallied his 12th career victory in BFL competition – tied for second most all-time. “I had one area and I stayed there all day. It was right there around Winchester, in a couple of bays.

“I’d say I caught about 20 keepers, specifically in 6 inches to a foot of water,” continued Wagner. “As the day went on, my fish kept getting bigger, and I kept culling. I made long casts with 20-pound-test Power Pro [Spectra Fiber Green Moss] braided line. Sometimes I had to wrestle them out of there, but the braided line did well.”

Wagner said his biggest fish of the day – a 4-pound, 14-ouncer – came around 1 p.m. He used a weightless Texas-rigged, bubblegum-colored Zoom Trick Worm, as well as a 7-foot All Pro APX Elite Series heavy-action spinning rod and Daiwa spinning reel.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 18-10, $4,013

2nd:         Rocco Simeri, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 17-11, $1,674

3rd:          Hunter Bouldin, McMinnville, Tenn., five bass, 14-10, $848

4th:          Daniel Johnson, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 14-4, $594

5th:          Blake Balent, Gallatin, Tenn., five bass, 13-9, $510

6th:          Tony Eckler, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 13-8, $467

7th:          Brent Sain, Manchester, Tenn., five bass, 13-5, $425

8th:          Brandon Edel, Hendersonville, Tenn., five bass, 13-2, $382

9th:          Michael Thomason, Winchester, Tenn., five bass, 12-13, $340

10th:        Matt Stanley, Alexandria, Tenn., five bass, 12-11, $547

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Wagner’s 4-pound, 14-ounce bass ended up being the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division, earning the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $265.

Joe Richardson of Toccoa, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $1,274 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 10 pounds, 11 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Joe Richardson, Toccoa, Ga., five bass, 10-11, $1,274

2nd:         Brian Reed, Cookeville, Tenn., four bass, 9-14, $637

3rd:          Arthur Stephens, Shelbyville, Tenn., four bass, 9-11, $424

4th:          Kenny Botts, Alvaton, Ky., four bass, 9-3, $297

5th:          Mitchell Adams, Goodlettsville, Tenn., three bass, 7-6, $255

6th:          Matt Langley, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 7-3, $434

7th:          Kelly Stone, Westmoreland, Tenn., two bass, 5-13, $212

8th:          Kibbee McCoy, Knoxville, Tenn., two bass, 5-10, $241

9th:          Cole Cherry, Alvaton, Ky., three bass, 5-9, $170

10th:        Kevin Barton, Franklin, Ky., two bass, 5-1, $149

Scott Marshall of Lebanon, Tennessee, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 2 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $132.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina, presented by Navionics. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube


MECHANICSVILLE’S ELROD WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Chester’s Deciucis Wins Co-Angler Title

HUDDLESTON, Va. (May 13, 2019) – Boater Bryan Elrod of Mechanicsville, Virginia, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Piedmont Division tournament on Smith Mountain Lake presented by Navionics Saturday with five bass weighing 17 pounds, 1 ounce. For his efforts, Elrod pocketed $3,766.

“I targeted the shad spawn. I’d found multiple areas where the shad were spawning, but only one had fish in it – It was a point up the Roanoke River,” said Elrod, who notched his third career win in BFL competition. “I caught them from rip-rap in about 2 feet of water using a shad-colored [Heddon Zara] Spook. I caught four that I weighed on the Spook and one on a [shad-colored Rebel] Pop-R.

Elrod said he caught about 8 keepers during the tournament, citing the first hour of the day as the most productive.

“We went all over the lake running other stuff. The fish had spawned, and there were some areas with fry-guarders, but those fish were small. I only caught a few of those and they didn’t help me any,” said Elrod. “That area was really the only productive stop.”

Elrod went on to say that his winning limit consisted of four largemouth and one smallmouth.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Bryan Elrod, Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 17-1, $3,766

2nd:         Stephen Miller, Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 16-15, $1,933

3rd:          Matt Hicks, Evington, Va., five bass, 15-15, $1,155

4th:          Keith Joyce, Apex, N.C., five bass, 15-14, $1,159

5th:          Dennis Burdette, Pembroke, Va., five bass, 15-9, $693

6th:          Rick Tilley, Moneta, Va., five bass, 15-4, $635

7th:          Tommy Little, Chester, Va., five bass, 15-1, $578

8th:          Powell Kemp, Scotland Neck, N.C., five bass, 14-13, $520

9th:          Justin Hicks, Roanoke, Va., five bass, 14-8, $462

10th:        Kevin Kane, Woodbridge, Va., five bass, 14-6, $404

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Taylor Godsey of Chester, Virginia, caught a 5-pound, 7-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $435.

David Deciucis of Chester, Virginia, won the Co-angler Division and $1,896 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          David Deciucis, Chester, Va., five bass, 15-0, $1,896

2nd:         Scott Howard, Bedford, Va., five bass, 14-4, $1,044

3rd:          Roland Burton, Hopewell, Va., five bass, 13-9, $614

4th:          Pat Kendrick, Bumpass, Va., five bass, 12-7, $394

5th:          Brian LaClair, Denton, Md., five bass, 12-6, $338

6th:          Timothy  Kinder, Manassas, Va., five bass, 12-3, $310

7th:          Mickey Bergeron, Amherst, Va., five bass, 11-14, $281

8th:          Gerald Heffler, Chester, Va., five bass, 11-12, $253

9th:          Tim Privette Jr., Wendell, N.C., five bass, 11-11, $225

10th:        Shawn Huwar, Fredericksburg, Va., five bass, 11-9, $197

Deciucis also caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 8 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $207.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on the Potomac River in Marbury Maryland. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.


BURROUGHS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE HARTWELL

Greenville’s Carter Grabs Co-Angler Honors

ANDERSON, S.C. (May 13, 2019) – Boater Jason Burroughs of Hodges, South Carolina, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 16 pounds even win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Savannah River Division tournament on Lake Hartwell. For his efforts, Burroughs was awarded $3,572.

“I caught them targeting the blueback herring spawn,” said Burroughs, who earned his third career victory on Lake Hartwell in BFL competition. “It’s the very, very tail end of their spawn. The bite was extremely good in April, but it’s gotten tough. There’s only a few of us trying to do it and its fading fast.”

Burroughs said he focused on shallow red clay points and small pebble rock points, fishing mid-lake from near Andersonville Island to the dam. He estimated that he made 70 stops and that his fish came from less than 3 feet of water.

“I caught the majority of my keepers on a [½-ounce, brown-colored] Buckeye Lures Mop Jig with a [3½-inch, green-pumpkin] Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw trailer,” said Burroughs. “I also caught some on a topwater in the same areas. I’d throw the topwater up over the point first, and if they didn’t hit it, I went with the jig on the bottom.”

Burroughs said his topwater lure of choice was a chrome-colored IMA Little Stick 135 Walking Bait.

“I didn’t catch a ton of fish – only about 13 all day. I think I weighed three on the jig and two on the stick – all largemouth.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Jason Burroughs, Hodges, S.C., five bass, 16-0, $3,572

2nd:         Jayme Rampey, Liberty, S.C., five bass, 13-6, $1,561

3rd:          Justin Singleton, Milledgeville, Ga., five bass, 13-5, $1,043

4th:          Darren Ashley, Calhoun Falls, S.C., five bass, 12-9, $728

5th:          Travis Weathers, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 10-14, $624

6th:          Matthew Justice, Fair Play, S.C., five bass, 10-13, $572

7th:          Jerry Morgan, Inman, S.C., five bass, 10-9, $520

8th:          Bobby McDonald, Easley, S.C., five bass, 10-8, $692

8th:          Randy Childers, Anderson, S.C., five bass, 10-8, $542

10th:        Mick Rhinehart, Greenville, S.C., five bass, 10-5, $364

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Eddie Whiten Jr. of Easley, South Carolina, caught a 4-pound, 11-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $375.

Jonathan Carter of Greenville, South Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,561 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 14 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Jonathan Carter, Greenville, S.C., five bass, 14-1, $1,561

2nd:         Joe Anders, Easley, S.C., five bass, 12-4, $981

3rd:          Thomas Healan, Jefferson, Ga., five bass, 10-3, $521

4th:          Markice Johnson, Thomson, Ga., five bass, 8-12, $414

5th:          Tucker Souther, Brevard, N.C., five bass, 8-7, $312

6th:          Jeremy Winn, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 8-6, $286

7th:          Joshua Lyko, Greer, S.C., five bass, 8-5, $260

8th:          Ronnie Cutshall, Piedmont, S.C., five bass, 8-3, $421

9th:          Keith Stills, Locust, N.C., five bass, 7-6, $208

10th:        Justin Logan, Belton, S.C., five bass, 7-5, $182

Cutshall caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $187.

The tournament was hosted by the Anderson Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.


HERRON AND RUTLAND TIE FOR WIN AT T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAY LAKE

Co-Angler Title Goes to Anniston’s Corbett

COLUMBIANA, Ala. (May 13, 2019) – Boaters Dusty Herron of Alabaster, Alabama, and Chris Rutland of Wetumpka, Alabama, each caught five bass Saturday weighing 16 pounds even to tie for the win at the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bama Division tournament on Lay Lake. After contingency awards, Rutland earned $3,435, while Herron took home $2,435.

“I changed up my strategy a little bit because of how many boats were around. Everyone was fishing points, so I knew I needed to try something different if I wanted to win,” said Herron, who earned his first win FLW competition. “Basically I found them super shallow in really scattered out grass. I was on the lower end of the lake toward Mitchell Dam. I knew what they were on, so I went around looking for the same kind of stuff. They were definitely spread out – probably 15 different places.”

Herron said he threw a white custom swim-jig with a custom worm trailer of the same color. He caught nine keepers – including two bass over 5 pounds – and culled four times.

Rutland said he fished main-lake grass points on the south end of the lake until around mid-morning, then flipped boat docks the rest of the day, catching approximately 25 keepers in the process.

“I hit a bunch of points – more than 20 – and was targeting fish in 2 to 4 feet of water,” said Rutland, who earned his third career victory in BFL competition – second on Lay Lake. “I weighed three largemouth from the points and then two spotted bass from the docks. They were also on the south end and about halfway back in the creeks.”

Rutland said he used a 5-inch, Alewife-colored Big Bite Baits Dean Rojas Cane Thumper on a Gamakatsu belly weight hook and a green-pumpkin ½-ounce Davis’ Baits Wood Jig with a Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw trailer of the same color.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Dusty Herron, Alabaster, Ala., five bass, 16-0, $2,435

1st:          Chris Rutland, Wetumpka, Ala., five bass, 16-0, $3,435

3rd:          Josh Stracner, Vandiver, Ala., five bass, 15-13, $1,332

4th:          Jason Nixon, Wetumpka, Ala., five bass, 15-1, $908

5th:          Dallas Weldon, Tallassee, Ala., five bass, 14-12, $649

6th:          Jeff Cannon, Douglasville, Ga., five bass, 14-10, $595

7th:          Rickie Harp, Cottondale, Ala., five bass, 14-9, $1,231

8th:          Mitch Hayes, Chipley, Fla., five bass, 13-15, $687

9th:          Timothy Travis, Tuscaloosa, Ala., five bass, 13-9, $433

10th:        David Parsons, Dothan, Ala., five bass, 13-7, $479

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Harp caught a 6-pound, 3-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $390.

Marcus Corbett of Anniston, Alabama, won the Co-angler Division and $1,973 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 17 pounds, 11 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Marcus Corbett, Anniston, Ala., five bass, 17-11, $1,973

2nd:         Michael Corbett, Oxford, Ala., five bass, 14-6, $962

3rd:          Roman Robinson, Steele, Ala., five bass, 13-14, $541

4th:          Jesse Craver, Centreville, Ala., five bass, 13-8, $379

5th:          John Bryan, Carrollton, Ga., five bass, 13-5, $311

5th:          Tanner Ellison, Jemison, Ala., five bass, 13-5, $311

7th:          Robert Volinic, Peachtree City, Ga., five bass, 13-1, $466

8th:          Randy Hill, Athens, Ala., five bass, 12-13, $244

9th:          Daniel Buswell Jr., Fayetteville, Ga., five bass, 12-12, $216

10th:        Billy Crook, Jacksonville, Ala., five bass, 12-6, $189

Volinic caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $195.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, presented by Mercury. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.


MANSON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON GRAND LAKE-ST. MARY’S PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Co-Angler Title Goes to De Graff’s Whitsett

CELINA, Ohio (May 13, 2019) – Boater Scott Manson of Covington, Ohio, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 13 pounds, 4 ounces, to take top honors at the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Buckeye Division opener on Grand Lake-St. Mary’s presented by Navionics. For his efforts, Manson netted $4,046.

“I was fishing rocks, boat docks and a little bit of weeds on the south side of the lake, mid-way down the lake,” said Manson, who notched his third win in BFL competition – second on Grand Lake-St. Marys. “I was in a couple of creeks. I had multiple areas, but most of the fish came out of those creeks.”

Manson said he caught six keepers – five of them on a black and blue-colored D&L jig with a Zoom Super Chunk Jr. trailer. The other, which he weighed, came on a Texas-rigged, green-pumpkin Netbait Paca Craw.

“I’d switch back and forth between the two. Working it slowly was the key– just taking my time and hitting everything I could,” said Manson. “It was cold and windy so I knew it would be tough.”

Manson said his equipment included 7-foot, 6-inch medium-heavy Elite Series Black and Bass Pro Shops Johnny Morris Signature Series Casting rods and Abu Garcia Revo Rocket and Bass Pro Shops Pro qualifier reels.

“I’ve got to mention my Nitro Z21 boat and Mercury outboard motor as well – it’s a very efficient motor, and the Nitro is a great boat to fish out of,” said Manson. “I also need to thank Freedom Outdoors here in Ohio, they get me everything I need to get out there and compete.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Scott Manson, Covington, Ohio, five bass, 13-4, $4,046

2nd:         Michael Manor, Sidney, Ohio, five bass, 13-3, $2,223

3rd:          Curt Fiessinger, Minster, Ohio, five bass, 11-9, $1,348

4th:          Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 11-5, $876

4th:          B.J. Baxter, Willshire, Ohio, five bass, 11-5, $1,126

6th:          Kevin Spears, New Boston, Ohio, four bass, 11-4, $742

7th:          Gary Ginter, Lakeview, Ohio, five bass, 10-14, $774

8th:          Brian Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 10-13, $607

9th:          Wes Campbell, Centerville, Ohio, five bass, 10-9, $689

10th:        Dan Fry, Marysville, Ohio, four bass, 10-7, $472

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

David Hoheisel of Westerville, Ohio, caught a 4-pound, 4-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $555.

Jeff Whitsett of De Graff, Ohio, won the Co-angler Division and $2,300 Saturday after catching three bass weighing 10 pounds, 4 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Jeff Whitsett, De Graff, Ohio, three bass, 10-4, $2,300

2nd:         Mike Geisler, Oxford, Ohio, four bass, 8-5, $1,211

3rd:          Brad Edwards, Huber Heights, Ohio, four bass, 7-5, $674

4th:          Samuel Jones, Morgantown, W. Va., three bass, 7-1, $472

5th:          Daniel Shuga, Botkins, Ohio, three bass, 6-14, $455

6th:          Melvin McNeal, Circleville, Ohio, four bass, 5-10, $371

7th:          John Long, New Bremen, Ohio, three bass, 5-2, $337

8th:          Kenny Smith, Austin, Ind., three bass, 4-15, $303

9th:          Kenny Mitchell, Franklin, Ohio, two bass, 4-13, $270

10th:        Marcus Dudley, Twinsburg, Ohio, three bass, 4-10, $236

Whitsett also caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 3 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $277.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.


Florida Anglers catches 15 Pound Giant!!

Courtesy of Vance McCullough

 

Brian Hammett just caught the 2nd-biggest bass in the history of the Florida Trophy Catch program.

His fish weighed 15 pounds, 13 ounces and was 29 inches long, 22 inches around.

The monstrous bass came from Orange Lake, a legendary fish factory in the north-central region of the state. The lake seems to be on a strong rebound over the last couple of years following years of low water.

Might be a good place for that summer road trip.

 

To learn more about the Florida Trophy click here

 


Kevin VanDam’s other favorite sport

Courtesy of Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships

 

Most people consider Kevin VanDam the greatest professional bass angler of all time. But beyond fishing, and aside from cheering for his home state Detroit Lions each autumn, there’s not another sport on the planet he tracks with as much passion throughout the year as NASCAR®.

We sat down with the highly decorated, class act of a bass pro from Southwest Michigan to learn more about his love of racing. And it became clear VanDam’s constant attention to the sport centered on 3,400 pound cars traveling at 200 mph definitely equals his intense approach to bass fishing.

 

Q: How did your love of NASCAR begin?

VanDam:Several years ago, CITGO®was a huge sponsor of both pro angling and NASCAR, and I got invited to participate in a “race & fish” promotion with former driver Jeff Burton at Disney in Orlando. I got to drive a car at the Richard Petty Driving School during that event, and after that I started following Jeff Burton, and watching a few races. Then Jeff invited me to be his guest at a race in Richmond – and ever since then, I’ve been totally into it.

 

Q: You drive about 40,000 miles in your Toyota Tundra each year towing your Nitro Boat. What percentage of the time would you say you’re listening to “NASCAR Radio” on SiriusXM?

 VanDam:Oh, I’d say I listen to “NASCAR Radio” about 70% of the time I’m in my Tundra.

 

Q: You are sponsored by Bass Pro Shops and Toyota, two companies with a generous history of sponsorship in NASCAR. Tell us how that marketing overlap has created some neat experiences for your NASCAR loving self.

 VanDam:Oh, it’s been awesome. Through Bass Pro Shops and Toyota I’ve worked with drivers Martin Truex Jr. and Jamie McMurray, and got to know Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman and others. I even got to emcee a charity bass tournament Ryan Newman hosted on Lake Norman near Charlotte.

 

Q: What tracks have you been to?

 VanDam:At least seven that I can think of. Talladega, Bristol, Daytona, Richmond, Chicago, Michigan and Texas Motor Speedway.

 

 

Q: Lastly, Kevin, what’s the coolest, most memorable experience you’ve ever shared with a well-known driver?

 VanDam:There’s two that come to mind. One was fishing with Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Newman on a private lake in Alabama. And the other was taking Johnny Morris, the owner and founder of Bass Pro Shops fishing with Martin Truex in Northern Michigan for big smallmouth. Man, that was an incredible trip!


Auburn University wins MLF College Face-off on Guntersville

Courtesy of MLF

Auburn University, University of Alabama and University of North Alabama competed in the second MLF College Faceoff on May 5. Teams of two college anglers competed on Lake Guntersville during the Phoenix Boats Stage Five Presented by Mercury, and the winning team, Tristan Crowder and Lake Blasingame of UNA, racked up 101 pounds, 13 ounces on the SCORETRACKER LIVE® app.

Auburn University took home the MLF College Faceoff shield because more Auburn teams finished in the Top 10, earning Auburn more points than the other two schools. Auburn’s bass fishing team received their shield at the Bass Pro Tour Postgame Show Presented by Berkley on Championship Sunday.

The next MLF College Faceoff will happen on Bull Shoals Lake during the Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber. Missouri State University, Drury University, University of Arkansas and Arkansas Tech will compete.


"Your Story has already been written" - A conversation with Costa Champ Eric Olliverson

 

This week the boys welcome in an emotional Eric Olliverson as he talks about and breaks down his Table Rock Lake Costa win from the weekend along with his Faith, his Family and his Fishing. You can also read a little more background from his wife Christi in this post on her facebook page. The rest of the Circus joins in later in the show as Chris goes through the Progesssive Bass Wrap up. See who takes the lead in the U-pick em content and who goes home with a goose egg.


William Blaine & Dustin Walton Win over $20,000 on LBJ with 24.43 lbs on Lake LBJ

Place Boat Truck Angler 1 Angler 2 Fish Big Bass Wt. Prize Amt.
1 WILLIAM BLAINE
SAN ANGELO , TX
DUSTIN WALTON
ABILENE , TX
5 7.20 24.43
$20000.00 + $250 Lowrance
2 TIM RENEAU
RICHLAND SPINGS , TX
JUDY RENEAU
RICHLAND SPRINGS , TX
5 7.88 23.61
$2500.00 + $500.00 Big Bass + Sportsmans Auto Network
3 JOHNNY HOMANN
KYLE , TX
JAY HESS
LOCKHART , TX
5 0 20.00
$1750.00
4 BRANDON DAY
BROWNWOOD , TX
CADE WILSON
EARLY , TX
5 0 19.77
$1200.00 + Sportsmans Auto Network
5 RAY TOMASITS
LEANDER , TX
CARY LAUDADIO
AUSTIN , TX
5 4.45 18.92
$1050.00
6 JASON BUCHANAN
BURNET , TX
TERRY KIRCUS
BURNET , TX
5 0 18.88
$1040.00
7 NICK BOATRIGHT
LIBERTY HILL , TX
CHAD MAXWELL
LIBERTY HILL , TX
5 0 18.85
$1030.00
8 LANCE ROSE
PIPE CREEK , TX
GARRETT ROSE
PIPE CREEK , TX
5 0 18.50
$1020.00
9 WESTON BROWN
HOUSTON , TX
DAVID DOONAN
CALDWELL , TX
5 0 18.22
$1010.00 + $1010 Skeeter Bonus Cash+$250 Berkley
10 RANDY GROUNDS
HORSESHOE BAY , TX
LEE BEUERSHAUSEN
MARBLE FALLS , TX
5 0 18.02
$1000.00
11 DAMON ROSS
GEORGETOWN , TX
DYLAN ROSS
LEXINGTON , TX
5 0 17.97
$1000.00
12 JAMES SCOGIN
AUSTIN , TX
ROLAND LOERA
AUSTIN , TX
5 0 17.87
$900.00
13 SHAWN MARKGRAF
BURNET , TX
TRENT BLAKE
BURNET , TX
5 0 17.86
$800.00
14 SCOTT SMITH
HORSESHOE BAY , TX
PRESTON DANNA
MARBLE FALLS , TX
5 0 17.84
$800.00
15 DAVID CHILES
WACO , TX
PAT NUNLEY
WACO , TX
5 0 17.76
$750.00
16 JOHN PRICE
LA GRANGE , TX
DUSTY FRANK
WEST POINT , TX
5 0 17.47
$700.00
17 STEVE WILSON
FREDERICKSBURG , TX
DONNIE HOHMANN
HARPER , TX
5 0 17.46
$700.00
18 CRIS TATUM
BELTON , TX
JUSTIN TATUM
BELTON , TX
5 6.95 17.32
$700.00
19 MARK BIONDI SR
BURLESON , TX
MARK BIONDI JR
BURLESON , TX
5 0 17.21
$150 Berkley Cast for Cash
20 TERRY ADAIR
ALVIN , TX
CHAD ADAIR
ALVIN , TX
5 0 17.18
21 JEFFERY HUNTER
UNIVERSAL CITY , TX
KENNETH WITEK
STOCKDALE , TX
5 0 17.17
22 MIKE HARMAN
BASTROP , TX
BRIAN HUGHES
TAYLOR , TX
5 0 17.15
23 ALLEN SHELTON
FARMERS BRANCH , TX
BRAD DRAKE
IRVING , TX
5 0 17.06
24 SHAWN TAYLOR
ABILENE , TX
JEREMY EASTERWOOD
ABILENE , TX
5 0 16.63
25 LINO GUTTIRREZ
COTTONWOOD WOOD SHORES , TX
RUBEN RIBERA
MARBLE FALLS , TX
5 0 16.59
26 CHARLES WHITED
SAN MARCOS , TX
TREY GROCE
DRIPPING SPRINGS , TX
5 0 16.41
27 DAVID ACHILLES
ROUND ROCK , TX
JOHN MILLS
CIBOLO , TX
5 0 16.36
28 CHARLES PURSELL
AUSTIN , TX
MATTHEW PURYEAR
AUSTIN , TX
5 0 16.29
29 DONALD DOBBS
SAN ANTONIO , TX
MIKE MARSHALL
DAHLONEGA , GA
5 0 16.22
30 GARRETT HENNIG
BELTON , TX
BRANDON MCQUEEN
TEMPLE , TX
5 0 16.06
31 DAVID OVERCASH
WEST , TX
ROGER FRIELDS
WACO , TX
5 0 16.04
32 MIKE GROUNDS
MARBLE FALLS , TX
BRAD DOBBS
GRAHAM , TX
5 7.46 16.00
33 THOMAS WEIMER
ROUND ROCK , TX
BRANDON JONES
ROUND ROCK , TX
5 0 15.82
34 LEONARD PHILIPP
BASTROP , TX
HUNTER ARTHUR
BASTROP , TX
5 0 15.76
35 BRIAN MATER
AUSTIN , TX
PHILLIP WARREN
AUSTIN , TX
5 0 15.73
36 CHRIS GOODMAN
STEPHENVILLE , TX
JOSH MURPHREE
RISING STAR , TX
5 0 15.52
37 JIM EDWARDS
BLUM , TX
DYLAN BILLMAN
CLIFTON , TX
5 0 15.31
38 RICK CATHEY
SAN ANTONIO , TX
BRET FISHER
SAN ANTONIO , TX
5 0 15.26
39 CRAIG CORDOVA
AUSTIN , TX
BILLY WALDSCHMIDT
AUSTIN , TX
5 0 15.19
40 JESSE FRY
GRANITE SHOALS , TX
KENNETH FRY
CYPRESS MILL , TX
5 0 15.12
41 DALE READ
LEANDER , TX
JIM SUNVISON
GEORGETOWN , TX
5 0 15.07
42 MICHAEL BRISENO
ELGIN , TX
LUCAS LARSON
HUTTO , TX
5 0 15.03
43 JUSTIN MADDING
ROUND ROCK , TX
ANIBAL GUZMAN
HARKER HEIGHTS , TX
5 0 14.99
44 RANDY HIBLER
MARBLE FALLS , TX
RANDALL CHRISTIAN
TOW , TX
5 0 14.90
45 KENNETH CUMMINS
PAIGE , TX
JIMMY CHAPMAN
HUTTO , TX
5 0 14.83
46 PHILLIP MASSOLETTI
BURNET , TX
CHARLES MEREDITH
DRIPPING SPRINGS , TX
5 0 14.80
47 RONALD SISK
RIO VISTA , TX
KENNETH FULLER JR
RIO VISTA , TX
5 0 14.66
47 MICHAEL REEVE
KINGSLAND , TX
MICHAEL REEVE
CHATTANOOGA , TN
5 0 14.66
49 MATT HILL
JONESTOWN , TX
BARRY MOTT
LIBERTY HILL , TX
5 0 14.31
50 DAVID MILLER
BURNET , TX
JOSH BALADEZ
PFLUGERVILLE , TX
5 0 14.25
51 DARRELL WUENSCHE
THRALL , TX
SAM MORROW
AUSTIN , TX
5 0 13.84
52 GARRETT KOSLAN
AUSTIN , TX
ERIC CRUMLEY
LEANDER , TX
5 0 13.82
53 TRAVIS DAUGHERTY
BURNET , TX
TRAVIS COCKERHAM
BARTLETT , TX
5 0 13.80
54 TONY FERDINANDO
SPICEWOOD , TX
SHANE LOGAN
BUDA , TX
5 0 13.77
55 BLAKE ARAPIS
BURNET , TX
CHARLES WILSON JR
BRIGGS , TX
5 0 13.66
56 COLT DIETZ
AUSTIN , TX
CHRIS STUDINGER
SAN ANTONIO , TX
5 0 13.57
57 DONNIE ONEAL
PFLUGERVILLE , TX
MAELSTROM KIEWIET
AUSTIN , TX
5 0 13.51
58 TODD IVINS
BOERNE , TX
BILLY MCCRARY II
TEMPLE , TX
5 0 13.46
59 WENDELL RAMSEY SR
SAN ANGELO , TX
DALE HUGHES
GRANBURY , TX
5 0 13.45
60 DWAYNE KINLEY
AUSTIN , TX
LEVAR JENKINS
AUSTIN , TX
3 0 13.22
61 ADAM MIRANDA
BROWNWOOD , TX
ROGER SOTO
BROWNWOOD , TX
5 0 13.18
62 WILLIAM FESLER
LAMPASAS , TX
DAVID LAINE
HORSESHOE BAY , TX
4 0 13.15
63 RONNY MAYNARD
GEORGETOWN , TX
JOHN HALLEY
KILLEEN , TX
5 0 13.12
64 BUBBA WAMPLER ROWDY CALVERT
BERTRAM , TX
5 0 13.03
65 GARY WEIMER
LEANDER , TX
JEREMIAH WAFFORD
CEDAR PARK , TX
5 0 12.94
66 LANCE DILLARD
LLANO , TX
BLAKE DILLARD
LLANO , TX
5 0 12.84
67 PATRICK ANDERSON
BUDA , TX
DOUG HAMILTON
LAKEWAY , TX
5 0 12.55
68 AJ HALL
BROWNWOOD , TX
AUDWIN HALL
BROWNWOOD , TX
5 0 12.53
69 JUSTIN HALLMARK
PAIGE , TX
JAMES COMBS
LEANDER , TX
5 0 12.35
69 TULLY WILLIAMS
GATESVILLE , TX
PAT WASHBURN
GATESVILLE , TX
5 0 12.35
69 JAMES CANTWELL
KINGSLAND , TX
TOM CANTWELL
LAGRANGE , TX
4 7.24 12.35
72 CLAYTON HELDT
VICTORIA , TX
CHAD KALLINA
LAGO VISTA , TX
5 0 12.31
73 ROBERT PRESCOTT
SEQUIN , TX
DEVIN GIBSON
GONZALES , TX
5 0 12.29
74 GERALD MUELLER JR
PFLUGERVILLE , TX
GENE FUESSEL
AUSTIN , TX
5 0 12.25
75 BRIAN HOLMES
SPICEWOOD , TX
CASEY LANDERS
LLANO , TX
5 0 12.11
76 STERLING MARTIN
BEEVILLE , TX
COURTNEY BEHREND
COMFORT , TX
5 0 11.92
77 LOGAN CLARK
GEORGETOWN , TX
GARRETT WILKINS
ROUND ROCK , TX
5 0 11.88
78 JASON STAFFORD
BURNET , TX
DOYLE WALKER
BURNET , TX
5 0 11.65
79 TOM GUIDRY
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX
JR BRIANT
KINGSLAND , TX
5 0 11.57
80 MARK RIBER HANK FRY
MARBLE FALLS , TX
5 0 11.50
81 BRANDON BRAY
MARBLE FALLS , TX
JOE BRAY
MARBLE FALLS , TX
5 0 11.36
82 ROBERT MIKES
SHINER , TX
MARKUS ELDER
NEW WAVERLY , TX
5 0 11.34
83 JOSH LASSETER
BUCHANAN DAM , TX
DON KING
BUCHANAN DAM , TX
5 0 11.32
84 TYLER TORWICK
AUSTIN , TX
BRYAN SCOTT
LIBERTY HILL , TX
5 0 11.28
85 JAMES BEAUCHAMP
SUNRISE BEACH , TX
BRENNAN FERTIG
BAY CITY , TX
5 0 11.22
86 ROBERT BUTLER
CEDAR PARK , TX
CLINT BROWN
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX
5 0 11.14
87 GARRETT SHEPPERD
GEORGETOWN , TX
GREGORY SHEPPERD
GEORGETOWN , TX
5 0 11.13
88 JONATHAN CLICK
CHRISTOVAL , TX
JARED CLICK
CHRISTOVAL , TX
4 0 11.11
89 FORREST WILSON
SPRING BRANCH , TX
JACOB GALLAS 5 0 11.05
90 NOBLE SESSIONS
SPICEWOOD , TX
JOHN SCONCI
SPICEWOOD , TX
5 0 11.00
91 KYLE WIEDENFELD
BOERNE , TX
KADEN WIEDENFELD
BOERNE , TX
5 0 10.98
92 JOHN KAPALDO
BUDA , TX
JACOB KAPALDO
KYLE , TX
5 0 10.94
93 RUSSELL WHITE
BASTROP , TX
BRIAN CRAWFORD
RED ROCK , TX
5 0 10.90
94 CHANS MARTIN
FAIR OAKS RANCH , TX
CHASE MEIER
COMFORT , TX
5 0 10.85
95 MICHAEL GLYNN
BOERNE , TX
MATTHEW HATHAWAY
LULING , TX
5 0 10.84
96 JAY STIDHAM
CHINA SPRINGS , TX
BRIAN TODD
AUSTIN , TX
5 0 10.40
97 STEVE MAGNELIA
AUSTIN , TX
MICHAEL TENNANT
PFLUGERVILLE , TX
5 0 10.36
98 SCOTT OLSON
SAN ANTONIO , TX
KYLE OLSON
SAN ANTONIO , TX
5 0 10.32
99 RONALD GOERDEL
HUNTSVILLE , TX
JOHN GILBERT JR
LEANDER , TX
5 0 10.20
100 JERAD POOL
KINGSLAND , TX
JOHN HAND
RANSOM CANYON , TX
3 0 9.94
101 ANTHONY GOODSON
DRIFTWOOD , TX
MICAH KIRKHART
MARTINDALE , TX
5 0 9.93
102 CLAYTON FRENCH
LAMPASAS , TX
KELLY HUDSON
LAMPASAS , TX
5 0 9.59
103 GERARD RUMSEY
AUSTIN , TX
EDWARD RUMSEY
BURNET , TX
5 0 9.46
104 MARLON POWELL
JARRELL , TX
EASTON KERLIN
GEORGETOWN , TX
4 0 9.37
105 CODY GREANEY
MANCHACA , TX
ROBERT ROARK
THE WOODLANDS , TX
5 0 9.33
106 RYAN FAIN
SPRING BRANCH , TX
GEORGE DELOACH
BOERNE , TX
5 0 9.27
107 SCOTT MEADS
KILLEEN , TX
TOM GRIDLEY
WIMBERLEY , TX
5 0 9.14
108 ANDREW WHITEHEAD
PFLUGERVILLE , TX
MICKEY SANDERS
SPICEWOOD , TX
4 0 8.33
109 JOEY KIRKLAND
SAN ANTONIO , TX
LUPE CONTRERAS JR
SAN ANTONIO , TX
4 0 7.70
110 GARRETT GOETTEE
TOMBALL , TX
HUGH KELLER
HOUSTON , TX
4 0 7.68
111 JASON COSTINE
MONTGOMERY , TX
KATHLEEN COSTINE
MONTGOMERY , TX
4 0 6.99
111 DAVID RAMEY
KILLEEN , TX
TREY GOOD
PARIS , TX
4 0 6.99
113 JOSEPH TOMPKINS
BOERNE , TX
KAITLYN TOMPKINS 3 0 6.91
114 BILL LEE
HARKER HEIGHTS , TX
MICHELLE LEE
HARKER HEIGHTS , TX
3 0 6.71
115 TROY LOWERY
BROWNWOOD , TX
TOMMY MORENO
NEED INFO
3 0 6.41
116 MICHAEL HETTICK
CORPUS CHRISTI , TX
KAPPY ALLEN
ROBSTOWN , TX
2 0 6.19
117 ROBERT WILBURN
KINGSLAND , TX
LILY WILBURN
KINGSLAND , TX
2 0 5.17
118 LYNN PIERCE JR
AUSTIN , TX
TERRY HALL
AUSTIN , TX
0 0 1.00
119 GARY GRIFFIN
WIMBERLEY , TX
RICK HIGGINS
AUSTIN , TX
0 0 0.00
119 MICHAEL ZIBERT
GARDEN RIDGE , TX
0 0 0.00
119 JASON MURPHREE PAT AMICK 0 0 0.00
119 ALAN GREEN
GEORGETOWN , TX
CHRIS BAKER
LIBERTY HILL , TX
0 0 0.00
119 DENNIS BECK
KINGSLAND , TX
MIKE BECK
KINGSLAND , TX
0 0 0.00
119 ROBBY PAYNE
BUCHANAN DAM , TX
0 0 0.00
119 RICHIE LAND
LIBERTY HILL , TX
SCOTT ROSS
GEORGETOWN , TX
0 0 0.00
119 JASON GALLAS
BLANCO , TX
KEN PARKER
BOERNE , TX
0 0 0.00
119 AYDEN REEDY
SPRING BRANCH , TX
RUSTY REEDY
SPRING BRANCH , TX
0 0 0.00
119 TOMMY MARTINEZ
DEVINE , TX
ARMANDO MARTINEZ
DEVINE , TX
0 0 0.00
119 DAVID SHUSTER
GEORGETOWN , TX
CHARLES GERHART
SALADO , TX
0 0 0.00
119 JAMES HESTER
SALADO , TX
NEAL CHILDERS
CYPRESS , TX
0 0 0.00
119 MIKE STANFORD
MIDLAND , TX
BRADY STANFORD
MIDLAND , TX
0 0 0.00
119 CHRIS WOEHL
CEDAR PARK , TX
CHRIS CLEMENTS
ROUND ROCK , TX
0 0 0.00
119 WILLIAM BRUNSON
LIBERTY HILL , TX
DANIEL EMBLEM
KILLEEN , TX
0 0 0.00
119 TRAVIS GERGELY
SEGUIN , TX
BLAINE MURNAHAN
NEW BRAUNSFELS , TX
0 0 0.00
119 RICKY PIERCE
THORNDALE , TX
RHETT PIERCE
THORNDALE , TX
0 0 0.00
119 ROGER SARAIBA
LEANDER , TX
LOUIE BRUNO
PFLUGERVILLE , TX
0 0 0.00
119 DUSTIN GRICE
VALLEY MILLS , TX
JOHNNY GRICE
EARLY , TX
0 0 0.00
119 ROY STEGER
BELTON , TX
CHET SUTTON
SALADO , TX
0 0 0.00
119 MIKE PICKWELL
DRIPPING SPRINGS , TX
JOE COLE
AUSTIN , TX
0 0 0.00
119 ANTHONY SKOUBY
CIBOLO , TX
JASON WILLIAMS
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX
0 0 0.00

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2020 Bass Champs Schedule Released

2020 Bass Champs Schedules
All lakes and dates are subject to change due to weather, lake conditions, etc.
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East South Central North
1/11 Rayburn 1/18 Falcon 2/8 Belton 2/29- Fork
2/15 Toledo Bend 2/22 Amistad 3/14 LBJ 4/4 Cedar Creek
3/7 Rayburn 3/28 Falcon 4/18 Travis 5/2 Texoma
5/9 Toledo Bend 4/25 Amistad 5/16 LBJ 6/6 Ray Roberts

 

Special Events
3/21 Sunday - Mega Bass on Lake Fork
6/12-6/14 Skeeter Owners on Lake Fork
6/27 Sunday - TX Shootout on Rayburn
TBA Team Championship
TBA Berkley Big Bass on Lake Fork

Keith Daffron & Ryan Patterson win Ozark Mountain Team Trail event on Bull Shoals with over 20 pounds!

Courtesy of Ozark Mountain Team Trail FB Page

 

Keith Daffron and Ryan Patterson smash 20.82 and take home the win on Bull Shoals. The team won $5000 for their catch plus a Garmin graph and Solar Bat sunglasses!

Blake Curtis and Dustin Blevins take home 2nd place and $2,387 with 17.49lbs of bass.

Kyle Presley and Seth Presley finish in 3rd with 17.11 and take home $2,179.

Lew's and Academy Sports + Outdoors Big Bass went to the team of Waco Johnson and Fred Hale with a 5.53, winning $1,568.

PLACE # OF FISH WEIGHT WINNINGS INCENTIVES TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM
1 5 20.82  $ 5,000.00 Garmin Graph, Solar Bat KEITH DAFFRON RYAN  PATTERSON
2 5 17.49  $ 2,387.40   BLAKE CURTIS DUSTIN BLEVINS
3 5 17.11  $ 2,179.80   KYLE PRESLEY SETH PRESLEY
4 5 16.78  $ 1,972.20   ED YOUNG JOEY PENZO
5 5 16.52  $ 1,764.60   DANNY  BURNS TAYLOR DAY
6 5 16.34  $ 1,245.60   JIMMY DAVIS JR MARTI DAVIS
7 5 16.31  $ 1,245.60   COREY COOK ROGER COOK
8 5 16.23  $ 1,245.60   FRED HALE WACO JOHNSON
9 5 16.18  $ 1,245.60   JASON DAVIDSON DARREN TILLEY
10 5 16.17  $ 1,245.60   SCOTT  CLIFT ASHLEY MEDLEY
11 5 15.92  $     622.80   KELLY JONES ROGER SATTERFIELD
12 5 15.66  $     622.80   MARK  TUCKER RON SEABAUGH
13 5 15.61  $     622.80   RUSTY ROMMEL GARY McCAULEY
14 5 15.60  $     622.80   SCOTT BOAZ TIM SHERRILL
15 5 15.45  $     622.80   DAVID McCORMICK GARY SHARTZER
16 5 15.36  $     415.20   JEFFREY  BARRICKMAN COLE  FINDLEY
17 5 15.22  $     415.20   BOB  MEEK SHANNON KING
18 5 15.01  $     415.20   LEONARD DECLUE SEAN MULKEY
19 5 14.91  $     415.20   HOWARD McCALLISTER TIM ROBINSON
20 5 14.86  $     415.20   MIKE FORNELLI JIM DAVIDSON
21 5 14.73  $     207.60   JOSH BUSBY TIM TAYLOR
22 5 14.67  $     207.60   RON  FOSS MICHAEL J. SMITH
23 5 14.64  $     207.60   DENVER GULLEY SHAWN WALKER
24 5 14.52  $     207.60   RICK SCARBERRY JERRY WATSON
25 5 14.41  $     207.60   ERIC TOLIVER ZACK LAWRENCE
26 5 14.40   $100 Bass Pro DAVE CRISENBERY KEITH HANNAFORD
27 5 14.35   Aftco DAVID MOORE JAKE HYDER
28 5 14.31   Crank Wraps CHRISTOPHER DOLLARD LANNY DOOLEY
29 5 14.23   Skirmish DAN MORTON GARRETT MORTON
  5 14.23   Skirmish CORY STECKLER HAROLD STARKS
31       $500 RANGER CUP ROB WILLIAMS MIKE  CROSBY
                 
1st BB   5.53  $  ,568.00   FRED HALE WACO JOHNSON
2nd BB   5.35  $     672.00   SCOTT  CLIFT ASHLEY MEDLEY

Hoskins & Falardeau win Chattanooga Bass Association event with over 30 pounds!

Courtesy of Chattanooga Bass Association FB Page:

 

Team of Patrick Hoskins and Dillon Falardeau caught a 5 bass limit weighing 30.10 pounds topping out the field of 135 anglers to win first place and $2,000.00 in the Moses Marine Chattanooga Bass Association event. This bass event was held May 11th 2019 out of Chester Frost Boat Ramp.

The veteran team of Jim Cofer and Matt Wendorf with numerous wins in the past had big bass of this event a giant 10.12 large mouth worth $910!

Jim said” We stayed deep most of the day and had a 5 bass limit but we weren’t getting any better in total weight, so we decided to go to shallow water catching several better fish including our 10.12 big fish. That big fish really helped make our 27 pound bag and we were very fortunate to land her. I would like to thank Ranger boats and Chattanooga Fish n Fun for a great boat to fish from”.

Chase McCullough won the Sportsmans Warehouse highest finishing youth division with a 5 bass limit weighing 25.90 pounds

All fish caught in this event were released back into Lake Chickamauga to be caught again and special thanks to the fishermen for taking such extra good care of their catches.

Chattanooga Bass Association President, Jamie Copenhaver, said “Special thanks to Moses Watersports and all our sponsors for their much appreciated support for this 2019 season”.

The top 16 winners are as follows:

Patrick Hoskins and Dillon Falardeau 30.10 lbs. $2000
Jim Cofer and Matt Wendorf 27.03 lbs. $650
Derek and Chase McCullough 25.90 $550
Seth Davis and Brent Butler 23.36 lbs. $450
Conner Bryston and Brennan Holt 22.67 lbs. $350
A.J. Barnes and Steve Barnes 22.35 lbs. $250
Brad Ferguson and Teddy Owenby 21.81 lbs. $200
Wes Harden and Scott Gilley 21.29 lbs. $150
Matt Gowan and Matt Howell 20.48 lbs. $150
Baron Adams and Trevor Prince 20.24 lbs. $150
Stoney Johnson and David Craft 19.60 lbs. $150
Tim Patterson and Kevin Hartman 19.27 lbs. $150
Shane Frazier and Chris Bradley 19.09 lbs. $150
Ron Willerson and Eric Cabrera 18.87 lbs. $150
Gavin Ainslie and Bryan Ainslie 18.72 lbs. $150
Victor Rowe and Tim Harrison 18.50 lbs. $150


Mitch Mitchell and Candler McCollum Win 2019 Alabama Bass Trail Pickwick Lake

by Dan O’Sullivan

May 11, 2019 – Florence, Ala. – Pickwick Lake has been a steady performer whenever the Northern Division of the Alabama Bass Trail make a stop at Florence Alabama’s McFarland Park.  Typically, the winning weight at Pickwick will be somewhere between 20 and 25 pounds, and it will take 14 pounds to get a paycheck.

May 11, 2019 was not a typical Pickwick Lake day. The winning weight was much higher, and it took nearly 17 pounds to get the last paycheck spot.

No strangers to the ABT podium, the team of Mitch Mitchell and Candler McCollum produced a stellar 29.04-pound limit of Pickwick Lake largemouth and walked away with their third career ABT victory and the first place prize of $10,000.

The pair said that they felt this event in particular was their best chance to move back into the winner’s circle.  “We have been waiting for a tournament at Pickwick that lines up with the fish just moving out to their postspawn haunts, and today was that day,” they said.  “We had 40 or 50 small schools of quality fish marked, and hit 20 of them to get out limit; it feels really good to be holding another one of these trophies.”

They reported making the long run to in sight of the Pickwick Dam and fishing offshore current breaks with moving lures.  “We caught all of our fish on 6-inch Zoom swimbaits on a jighead and Strike King 10XD crankbaits,” they said.  “We only caught about 20 fish, but they were all the right caliber of fish; it was a great day.”

 

Nolen Spencer and Jonathon Reese finished the day in second place with a limit weighing 26.73 pounds.  The former ABT Northern Division winners said that they too made a long run and fished for postspawn fish.  “We ran to just past the State Line and caught fish off of three spots within three miles of each other,” they said.  “We caught our fish on a variety of lures, but our main ones were 3/4-ounce Mean Mouth Lures Football Jigs and Big Hammer Swimbaits on jigheads.  We did all we could, and got beat by a huge bag; we feel good about our day, and possibly took over the lead in the points race, so we’re happy.” The pair earned $5,000 for their performance.

 

The third place tea of Jake and Michael Gipson produced a limit of 23.44 pounds to finish third and take home to $4,000 payday.  Their limit was anchored by a remarkable 10.33-pound Pickwick Lake largemouth that took home the Mountain Dew Big Bass $500 bonus for being the largest bass of the event.

The Northern Division of the Alabama Bass Trail hits the water next at the Neely Henry Lake on June 8.

 

The Top 10 Standings are below,

Place Team Weight Big Fish Winnings
1 Mitch Mitchell / Candler McCollum 29.04 7.56 $10,000
2 Nolen Spencer / Jonathon Reese 26.73 6.67 $5,000
3 Jake Gipson / Michael Gipson 23.44 10.33 $4,000
4 Blake Hall / Triston Crowder 23.39 $3,000
5 Jeremy Sanders / Kelly Treece 22.58 $2,000
6 Jamie Starnes / Ricky Fowler 22.22 8.55 $1,500
7 Adam Bain / Kris Colley 22.06 $1,100
8 Griffin Phillips / David Allen 21.32 $1,100
9 Will Bullen / Paul Shelly 21.06 $1,100
10 Derek Cogland / Jeffrey Couvillon 20.89 5.88 $1,100

for complete standings, visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/pl-results/

The sponsors of the 2019 Alabama Bass Trail include; Phoenix Bass Boats, Bill Penney Toyota, Garmin, Academy Sports & Outdoors, America’s First Federal Credit Union, Sweet Home Alabama, Alabama Tourism Department, Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association, T-H Marine Supplies, Wedowee Marine, Buffalo Rock, Mountain Dew, Jack’s, Fish Neely Henry Lake.com, Alabama Power Company, Lew’s Fishing, AFTCO, YETI, Power Pole, Big Bite Bait Company and E3 Apparel.


OLLIVERSON WINS COSTA FLW SERIES TOURNAMENT ON TABLE ROCK LAKE

Missouri pro Earns First Career Victory and earns $38,450

BRANSON, Mo. (May 11, 2019) – ProEric Olliverson of Lampe, Missouri , caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 16 pounds, 8 ounces, to win the three-dayCosta FLW Series on Table Rock Lake presented by Power-Pole. Olliverson’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 46 pounds, 3 ounces, was enough to earn him the victory by a 5-ounce margin over second-place pro Dakota Ebare of Denham Springs, Louisiana, and earn him $38,450.

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“Every morning I’d start out fishing for smallmouth and would spend 2 to 5 hours doing that,” said Olliverson, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “Then I’d go flipping in the bushes for largemouth. I’d have done that the whole time, but I just couldn’t get a largemouth bite going early.”

Targeting offshore areas off points on the lower end of the lake, Olliverson caught a limit of smallmouths on Thursday throwing a Keitech Swing Impact FAT 3.3 swimbait on a 6th Sense Divine Swimbait Jighead and a 6th Sense Dogma 115 topwater bait, on which he replaced the back hook with a feathered VMC treble.

From there, he went flipping a beaver-style bait to shallow brush from Kimberling City to the mouth of the rivers, catching a pair of culling largemouths.

Friday was more of the same, but Olliverson noticed his morning smallmouth bite really never got going until after 8 a.m. Saturday, Olliverson only spent an hour on his smallmouths, catching one keeper before heading shallow to flip. Yet, he never got out his flipping rod.

“Before I flipped, I picked up the Dogma topwater and was throwing it around the bushes and a 3-pounder ate it,” Olliverson said. “From there I just kept the topwater in my hand and covered a ton of water.

“I think the key for me this week was trusting my instinct and trusting the Good Lord,” Olliverson went on to say. “It’s weird, but I felt like I was led this entire week. I’d be running down the lake and it was like there was a voice telling me to ‘turn around, that looked good.’ I’ve got a lot of experience here and I was fishing random places that I’d never fished before. And I was catching big ones. It was truly an amazing week.”

The top 10 pros on Table Rock Lake finished:

1st:          Eric Olliverson, Lampe, Mo., 15 bass, 46-3, $38,450

2nd:         Dakota Ebare, Denham Springs, La., 15 bass, 45-14, $15,122

3rd:         Costa pro Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, Texas, 15 bass, 44-7, $11,575

4th:         Kyle Minke, Lindstrom, Minn., 15 bass, 43-6, $9,562

5th:         Greg Bohannan, Bentonville, Ark., 15 bass, 41-14, $8,884

6th:         Matt Wood, Jessieville, Ark., 15 bass, 41-9, $7,928

7th:         Jake Morris, McKee, Ky., 14 bass, 41-6, $8,194

8th:         Wesley Rogers, Mammoth Spring, Ark., 15 bass, 41-6, $5,737

9th:         Greg Mansfield, Louisburg, Kan., 15 bass, 40-13, $4,781

10th:       Jason Bonds, Lufkin, Texas, 15 bass, 39-15, $3,825

A complete list of results can be found atFLWFishing.com .

Wood weighed a 6-pound, 11-ounce bass Thursday – the heaviest of the tournament in the Pro Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $278.

Scott Parsons of Rogers, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 36 pounds, 9 ounces. For his win, Parsons took home the top prize package of a new Ranger Z175 boat with a 115-horsepower outboard motor.

The top 10 co-anglers on Table Rock Lake finished:

1st:          Scott Parsons, Rogers, Ark., 15 bass, 36-9, $27,300

2nd:         Robbie Bartoszek, Hampshire, Tenn., 15 bass, 36-5, $5,134

3rd:         Dennis Meyer, Ballwin, Mo., 15 bass, 36-3, $3,918

4th:         Rob Crane, Fairview Heights, Ill., 14 bass, 34-9, $3,569

5th:         Wes Proctor, Manhattan, Kan., 15 bass, 32-15, $2,901

6th:         Mark Howard, Mesquite, Texas, 13 bass, 30-12, $2,417

7th:         Michael Catt, Jacksonville, Fla., 13 bass, 28-8, $1,934

8th:         Kurt Chelminiak, Delafield, Wis., 12 bass, 28-1, $1,842

9th:         Todd Lee, Jasper, Ala., 13 bass, 27-3, $1,450

10th:       Todd Adamitis, Glen Carbon, Ill., 11 bass, 25-9, $1,209

Caleb Chapman of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Co-angler Division Thursday, a fish weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces. Chapman earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $185 for his catch.

The Costa FLW Series on Table Rock Lake presented by Power-Pole was hosted by Explore Branson. It was the second of three Central Division tournaments of the 2019 regular season. The next tournament for FLW Series anglers will be the Costa FLW Series at Clear Lake presented by Ranger Boats, held May 16-18 in Lakeport, California. For a complete schedule, visitFLWFishing.com.

The Costa FLW Series consists of five U.S. divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western – along with the International division. Each U.S. division consists of three regular-season tournaments with competitors vying for valuable points that could earn them the opportunity to compete in the season-ending Costa FLW Series Championship. The 2019 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky.

For complete details and updated information visitFLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Costa FLW Series on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram and YouTube.

 


Final Round Surge Lifts Thomas Nokes To Narrow Win In B.A.S.S. Nation Regional

Utah angler Thomas Nokes wins the 2019 TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Western Regional with a three-day total weight of 33 pounds, 15 ounces on Shasta Lake, California.

Photo by David Brown/B.A.S.S.
May 10, 2019REDDING, Calif. — Following two consistent performances on the first two days of the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Western Regional on Shasta Lake, Thomas Nokes saved the best for last and mounted a final-round rally that propelled him to a three-day winning weight of 33 pounds, 15 ounces.

For his victory, Nokes earned $5,000 and a spot in the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship, to be held Nov. 6-8 on Lake Hartwell, South Carolina.

The Riverton, Utah, boater placed 14th on Day 1 with a five-bass limit catch of 10-12 and then advanced to 10th on Day 2 by adding a limit that went 10-1. Today, Nokes added 13-2 — the biggest catch of the day  — to surge up the standings and overtake Day 2 leader Taylor Smith by a 5-ounce margin.

Nokes was the top boater for the Utah B.A.S.S. Nation state team, which finished third in the event’s team competition. Most of his fish came on what he described as an old-school tactic, but today it offered a tremendous opportunity that he leveraged to the fullest.

“I started out this morning doing the same thing I’d been doing all week — using a 1/4-ounce dart head with a Berkley Power Worm,” he said. “I got a random big fish — a 4-pounder — off a point that I had worn out for the last three days. It just happened to be there today.”

Nokes said he and his nonboater got their limits fairly quickly by fishing main-lake points. Unsatisfied with his weight, he knew he needed to make something big happen, so he relocated to Shasta Lake’s Pitt Arm and immediately got to work.

“We rolled in and made a few casts, and they were there,” Nokes said. “We landed on a big topwater bite and the fish were busting shad in the backs of little tiny cuts. We spent about three hours whooping and hollering and catching fish.

“It was a mess; we had tied-up stuff all over the boat, broken lines and baits, but it was fun. We took a long time culling things out and we’d regroup until the fish would come back up somewhere else and we’d go over there and get them.”

Nokes caught his schooling fish on a bone-colored Zara Super Spook. The fish seemed to respond best to a speedy retrieve.

Once he felt comfortable with his day’s productivity, Nokes returned to Bridge Bay Marina early. With a potentially winning limit in his livewell, he was taking no chances.

“We came back down here around 1 o’clock (an hour before weigh-in) and sat at the dock for an hour to make sure we made it in time,” Nokes said.

Smith, who hails from Spokane Valley, Wash., caught a limit that weighed 10-8 and finished with a second-place tournament total of 33-10. He began the final round by focusing on spotted bass early with a River2Sea Whopper Plopper, a Reaction Innovations Vixen and a Lucky Craft Sammy. This pattern yielded one keeper before Smith transitioned to his largemouth pattern.

“After my nonboater got his limit, I ran my largemouth stuff and flipped all day,” Smith said. “I was flipping a Texas-rigged Senko.”

Smith was the top boater for the Idaho B.A.S.S. Nation state team.

Nate Caldwell of Fort Collins, Colo., finished third with 32-3. Topping the Colorado B.A.S.S. Nation state team, Caldwell rose from 26th on Day 1 to eighth on Day 2 before rising to third on the strength of his final-round limit that weighed 11-1.

“I was throwing 3.3 Keitech swimbaits on a 1/4-ounce white head for spawning spotted bass that I couldn’t see,” Caldwell said. “Occasionally, I’d follow up with Ned rigs and drop shots. I caught some nice largemouth in practice, but I abandoned the pattern of running pockets because everyone was doing it. I just played the numbers game and tried to cull up. I caught 75 to 100 fish a day.”

Trevor Scott of Windsor, Co. won the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award with his 7-4.

Jonathan “J.B.” Bryson of Las Vegas, Nev., completed the wire-to-wire victory in the nonboater division with daily weights of 8-3, 7-11 and 5-13 for a tournament total of 21-11. His was a simple strategy of drop shotting a Keitech Easy Shiner to secure a couple of keepers and then switching to a larger drop shot with a 7-inch Zoom Trick Worm.

“My boaters put me on fish, so I just tried to whack as many as I could,” he said. “I wasn’t going for the big giant fish; I was just going for numbers.”

The tactics did produce one big bass, however. Bryson won the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award for the nonboater division with his 4-1.

2019 B.A.S.S. Nation Title Sponsor: TNT Fireworks

2019 B.A.S.S. Nation Platinum Sponsor: Toyota

2019 B.A.S.S. Nation Premier Sponsors: Abu Garcia, Berkley, Humminbird, Mercury, Minn Kota, Nitro Boats, Power-Pole, Skeeter Boats, Talon, Triton Boats, Yamaha

2019 B.A.S.S. Nation Supporting Sponsors: Carhartt, Lowrance, Nationwide, T-H Marine

2019 B.A.S.S. Nation Western Regional Local Host: Bridge Bay Marina and Resort, Redding CA CVB

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2019 TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Western Regional 5/8-5/10
Lake Shasta, Redding  CA.
(BOATER) Standings Day 3

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Thomas Nokes           Riverton, UT (UT)       15  33-15  0
2.  Taylor Smith           Spokane Valley, WA (ID) 15  33-10  0
3.  Nate Caldwell          Fort Collins, CO (CO)   15  32-03  0
4.  Cody Hollen            Beaverton, OR (OR)      15  32-01  0
5.  Steve Tosh             Modesto, CA (CA)        15  31-15  0
6.  Keegan Graves          Meridian, ID (ID)       15  31-15  0
7.  Levi McNeill           West Valley City, UT (W 15  31-13  0
8.  Trevor Scott           Windsor, CO (CO)        15  31-09  0
9.  Kory Ray               Lebanon, OR (OR)        15  31-03  0
10. Joe Cole               Coalville, UT (WY)      15  31-02  0
11. Gabriel Litterell      Coer D'Alene, ID (ID)   15  31-00  0
12. Ty Faber               Pagosa Springs, CO (UT) 15  30-06  0
13. Jason Virgil           Hermiston, OR (OR)      15  29-11  0
14. Steve Lund             Glendale, AZ (AZ)       15  29-10  0
15. Kelly Kellogg          Kelso, WA (WA)          15  29-09  0
16. Tate Brown             Orem, UT (UT)           15  29-08  0
17. Timothy Klinger        Boulder City, NV (NV)   15  29-08  0
18. Tim Rawlings           Malad City, ID (WY)     15  29-07  0
19. Kenny Hansel           Los Alamos, NM (NM)     15  29-07  0
20. Zack Holwerda          Maricopa, AZ (AZ)       15  29-00  0
21. Kelvin Ratchford       Kennwick, WA (WA)       15  28-10  0
22. Cole Schneider         Rathdrum, ID (ID)       15  28-08  0
23. Kenneth Cleveland      Bakersfield, CA (CA)    15  28-08  0
24. Tim Johnston           Kalispell , MT (MT)     15  28-07  0
25. Stephen Roth           Kalispell, MT (MT)      15  28-00  0
26. Dick Watson            Alta Loma, CA (NV)      15  26-15  0
27. Charles Cornelison     Placerville, CA (CA)    15  26-10  0
28. Randell Bell           Elephant Butte, NM (NM) 15  24-14  0
29. Jacob Russell          Tucson, AZ (AZ)         10  19-01  0
30. JJ Gibbs IV            Lake Havasu City, AZ (A 10  18-15  0
31. Josh Ragan             Rathdrum, ID (ID)       10  18-14  0
32. Robert Peixotto        Albuquerque, NM (NM)    10  18-13  0
33. Wade Headrick          South Jordan, UT (UT)   10  18-11  0
34. Douglas Jones          North Las Vegas, NV (NV 10  18-10  0
35. Bill Brown             Grand Junction, CO (UT) 10  18-09  0
36. Brian Kennemer         Bakersfield, CA (CA)    10  18-08  0
37. Jay Evans              Missoula, MT (MT)       10  18-08  0
38. Robert Gritski         Pendleton, OR (WA)      10  18-07  0
39. Justin Campbell        Pasco, WA (WA)          10  18-06  0
40. Tyler Ivie             Farr West, UT (UT)      10  18-06  0
41. Bryson Mort            Post Falls, ID (MT)     10  18-05  0
42. Larry Triplett         Castle Rock, CO (CO)    10  18-04  0
43. Frankie Mueller        Kingman, AZ (AZ)        10  18-04  0
44. David Kromm            Kennewick, WA (WA)      10  18-02  0
45. Jason Hickey           Weiser, ID (ID)         10  18-02  0
46. Kevin Melford          Camarillo, CA (CA)      10  17-15  0
47. Christian Gladfelter   Albuquerque, NM (NM)    10  17-14  0
48. David Withee           Pueblo West, CO (CO)    10  17-13  0
49. Brett Felter           Malad, ID (WY)          10  17-12  0
50. Randy Carroll          Litchfield Park, AZ (AZ 10  17-12  0
51. Justin Orr             Elephant, NM (NM)       10  17-12  0
52. Zach Barnes            Boise, ID (ID)          10  17-11  0
53. Nathan Tumelson        Lewiston, ID (ID)       10  17-10  0
54. Tom Geffert            Pine, AZ (AZ)           10  17-07  0
55. Travis Whitney         Kennewick, WA (WA)      10  17-05  0
56. Frank Scarla           McMinnville, OR (OR)    10  17-04  0
57. Stanley Fisher         Trout Creek, MT (MT)    10  17-03  0
58. Mike Borjia            Henderson, NV (NV)      10  17-03  0
59. Josh Marthaller        Salem, OR (OR)          10  17-03  0
60. Gene Batey Jr.         Pasco, WA (WA)          10  17-02  0
61. Kevin Wiggins          Winterheaven, NV (NV)   10  17-02  0
62. Andrew Parsons         Ione, CA (CA)           10  17-02  0
63. Clint Johanson         Benton City, WA (WA)    10  17-00  0
64. Taylor Hulstrom        Pinehurst, ID (ID)      10  16-15  0
65. Greg Mcwhorter         Truth Or Consequences,  10  16-14  0
66. Jason Crone            Kalispell, MT (MT)      10  16-14  0
67. Cory Miller            Lebanon, OR (OR)        10  16-13  0
68. Jake Anderson          Richland, WA (WA)       10  16-13  0
69. Bruce Harris           Oakdale, CA (CA)        10  16-13  0
70. Gregg Price            Farmington, NM (NM)     10  16-12  0
71. Joshua Powell          Libby, MT (MT)          10  16-11  0
72. Ryan Sparks            Beaverton, OR (OR)      10  16-10  0
73. Steven Sepulveda       Oakdale, CA (CA)        10  16-09  0
74. Ron Raymond            Paso Robles, CA (CA)    10  16-09  0
75. Donovan Allphin        Provo, UT (UT)          10  16-08  0
76. Dusten Stewart         Roy, UT (WY)            10  16-03  0
77. Ryan Yamagata          Las Vegas, NV (NV)      10  16-03  0
78. Brent James            St George, UT (NV)      10  16-01  0
79. Stephen Tauriello      Las Vegas, NV (NV)      10  15-15  0
80. Elli Hubbard           Las Vegas, NV (NV)      10  15-15  0
81. Mark Hilyer            Libby, MT (MT)          10  15-15  0
82. Raymond Archer         Greeley, CO (CO)        10  15-15  0
83. Dan Jordan             Camas, WA (OR)          10  15-12  0
84. Rick Mason             Glendale, AZ (AZ)       10  15-12  0
85. Patrick Davis          Henderson, NV (NV)      10  15-11  0
86. Mark Warren            Kiowa, CO (CO)          10  15-10  0
87. Scott Rich             Ogden, UT (WY)          10  15-09  0
88. Chad Hullinger         West Valley, UT (WY)    10  15-08  0
89. Andrew Miller          Los Lunas, NM (NM)      10  15-06  0
90. Kevin Ford             Eugene, OR (OR)         10  15-06  0
91. Stephen Way            Security, CO (CO)       10  15-04  0
92. Brent Shores           Boise, ID (WY)          10  15-03  0
93. Paul Morley            Kaysville, UT (UT)      10  15-03  0
94. Brent Daybell          West Jordan, UT (WY)    10  15-00  0
95. Dave Lee               Mesa, AZ (AZ)           10  14-13  0
96. Shawn Hilton           Phoenix, AZ (AZ)        10  14-13  0
97. Jason Hemminger        Oxnard, CA (CA)         10  14-12  0
97. Steve Zumwalt          El Paso, TX (NM)        10  14-12  0
99. Perry Flot             Lasalle, CO (CO)        10  14-07  0
100. Mike Larsen            Bluffdale, UT (UT)      10  14-05  0
101. Chase Colby            St. George, UT (UT)     10  14-05  0
102. Robert Christensen     Wallace, ID (MT)        10  14-03  0
103. Jon Webb               Centennial, CO (CO)     10  14-02  0
104. Derek Phillips         Larkspur, CO (CO)       10  14-00  0
105. Ron Wiseman            Pendleton, OR (OR)      10  13-10  0
106. Tracy Dursteler        Blackfoot, ID (WY)      10  13-09  0
107. Jake Boomer            Spokane Valley, WA (ID) 10  13-06  0
108. Richard Cowley         Columbia Falls, MT (MT) 10  13-04  0
109. Earl Conway            Albuquerque, NM (NM)    10  12-13  0
110. Travis Archer          Covington, WA (WA)      5  12-00  0
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1       110      550       988-14
2       109      545       934-15
3       28       140       265-08
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247      1235      2189-05

2019 TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Western Regional 5/8-5/10
Lake Shasta, Redding  CA.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 3

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Jonathan Bryson        Las Vegas, NV (NV)      9  21-11  0
2.  Ryan Gutierrez         Weiser, ID (ID)         9  20-10  0
3.  Kody Johnson           San Tan Valley, AZ (AZ) 9  19-05  0
4.  Stanley Beebe          San Luis obispo, CA (CA 9  19-04  0
5.  Luke Johns             Folsom, CA (CA)         9  19-03  0
6.  Gary Schipporeit       Westminster, CO (CO)    9  19-01  0
7.  Luke Davidson          Centennial , CO (CO)    9  18-07  0
8.  Brad Hauf              Elephant Butte, NM (NM) 9  18-07  0
9.  Addam Gross            Pendleton, OR (WA)      9  18-07  0
10. Nathan Pratt           Albuquerque, NM (NM)    9  18-07  0
11. Andy Hackett           Colorado Springs, CO (C 9  18-02  0
12. James Hollingshead     Clarkston, WA (WA)      9  18-02  0
13. Austin Johnson         Noxon, MT (MT)          9  17-14  0
14. Scott Seros            Bend, OR (OR)           9  17-12  0
15. Stephen Kujawa         Libby, MT (MT)          9  17-12  0
16. Kyle Graham            North Ogden, UT (WY)    9  17-11  0
17. Dave Cole              Roy, UT (WY)            9  17-10  0
18. Greg Pink              Montrose, CO (UT)       9  17-04  0
19. Jake Weaver            Columbia Falls, MT (MT) 9  17-02  0
20. Jesse Ortega           Las Vegas, NV (NV)      9  17-02  0
21. Jordan Schwartzkopf    Peoria, AZ (AZ)         9  17-01  0
22. Don Evans              Canon City, CO (CO)     9  17-00  0
23. Jared Hoffman          Coeur D'alene, ID (ID)  9  17-00  0
24. Marc Caldwell          Rifle, CO (UT)          9  16-15  0
25. Nick Wood              Yreka, CA (OR)          9  16-08  0
26. Chris Gilkison         Bakersfield, CA (CA)    9  16-04  0
27. Jake Morrison          Scottsdale, AZ (AZ)     9  15-10  0
28. Justin Dodd            Kennewick, WA (WA)      9  15-04  0
29. Michael Hill           Carlsbad, NM (NM)       6  11-08  0
30. Andrew Ingold          Missoula, MT (MT)       6  11-07  0
31. Josh Unruh             Sparks, NV (WY)         6  11-07  0
32. Jesse Boggs            Mountain Home, ID (ID)  6  11-06  0
33. Brian Velasquez        Yuma, AZ (AZ)           6  11-05  0
34. Riley Hansen           Park City, UT (UT)      6  11-05  0
35. Randy Austin           Cedar City, UT (UT)     6  11-04  0
36. Jason Billmaier        Las Vegas, NV (NV)      6  11-04  0
37. Kong Moua              Sacramento, CA (CA)     6  11-01  0
38. Jeremy Stewart         Clinton, UT (WY)        6  11-00  0
39. Ryan Morford           Coeur D' Alene, ID (ID) 6  11-00  0
40. Joshua Needleman       Napa, CA (CA)           6  10-14  0
41. Mark Faber             Pagosa Springs, CO (UT) 6  10-14  0
42. Chuck Harrison         Ft Collins, CO (CO)     6  10-14  0
43. Chris Fisher           Moriarty, NM (NM)       6  10-13  0
44. Christopher Campbell   Kalispell, MT (MT)      6  10-11  0
45. Waylon Reynolds        Jarales, NM (NM)        6  10-11  0
46. Mark Shepard           Kaysville, CO (UT)      6  10-10  0
47. Robert Maglio          Kennewick, WA (WA)      6  10-09  0
48. Andrew Hays            Henderson, NV (NV)      6  10-08  0
49. Jim Mclaughlin         Bakersfield, CA (CA)    6  10-07  0
50. Michael Simon Sr.      Henderson, NV (NV)      6  10-07  0
51. Bobby Preece           Las Cruces, NM (NM)     6  10-06  0
52. Jess Pottenger         Harrison, ID (ID)       6  10-05  0
53. Garry Harner           Milliken, CO (CO)       6  10-05  0
54. Clint Everett          Surprise, AZ (AZ)       6  10-04  0
55. Clif Gallagher         Lehi, UT (WY)           6  10-04  0
56. Colton Crawford        Mcminnville, OR (OR)    6  10-04  0
57. Dan Skillings          Bend, OR (OR)           6  10-04  0
58. Jerry Lake             Cottage Grove, OR (OR)  6  10-03  0
59. Jon Pollock            Lakewood, CO (CO)       6  10-03  0
60. Austin Bentz           Hermiston, OR (OR)      6  10-02  0
61. Tim Meeks              Elk Grove, CA (CA)      6  10-02  0
61. Wesley Tanner          Missoula, MT (MT)       6  10-02  0
63. Chaunteil` Carte       Damascus, OR (WY)       6  10-00  0
64. Clay Williams          Athol, ID (ID)          6  10-00  0
65. Nathanial Kimberling   Coeur D Alene, ID (ID)  6  09-15  0
66. Michael Rathe          Colorado Springs, CO (C 6  09-15  0
67. Katie Tanner           Coeur D'alene, ID (MT)  6  09-14  0
68. KC Stone               Farr West, UT (UT)      6  09-14  0
69. John Steinhilber       Santa Barbra, CA (CA)   6  09-12  0
70. Cody Steckel           Las Vegas, NV (NV)      6  09-12  0
71. Nick Andrews           Roy, UT (WY)            6  09-12  0
72. Dean Yamagata          Las Vegas, NV (NV)      6  09-11  0
73. Zach Taylor            Kimberly, ID (UT)       6  09-11  0
74. Lane Robinson          Hayden, ID (ID)         6  09-11  0
75. Mike Liska             Espanola, NM (NM)       6  09-10  0
76. Jakobe Akins           Coeur D Alene, ID (ID)  6  09-09  0
77. Walter Haltom          Malad City, ID (UT)     6  09-09  0
78. Kenneth Sitton         Albany, OR (OR)         6  09-08  0
79. Nicholas Forbush       Heber, UT (WY)          6  09-08  0
80. Richard Sainz          Truth Or Conquenses, NM 6  09-08  0
81. Toby Tafoya            Gallup, NM (NM)         6  09-08  0
82. Joel Skinner           Glendale, AZ (AZ)       6  09-07  0
83. Richard Hoitinga       Buckeye, AZ (AZ)        6  09-06  0
84. James Robey            Pasco, WA (WA)          6  09-06  0
85. David Vega             McCammon , ID (WY)      6  09-06  0
86. Skyler Keeton          Pasco, WA (WA)          6  09-03  0
87. Jose Torres            Tucson, AZ (AZ)         6  09-01  0
88. Steve Larsen           Henderson, NV (NV)      6  09-01  0
89. Scott Jamison          Burbank, WA (WA)        6  09-01  0
90. Ronald Chambers        Tonto Basin, AZ (AZ)    6  08-15  0
91. Jake Hansen            Bozeman, MT (MT)        6  08-15  0
92. Sean Sullivan          Henderson, NV (NV)      6  08-14  0
93. Justin Whisler         Bonney Lake, WA (WA)    6  08-13  0
94. Tom Mcart Jr           Albany, OR (OR)         6  08-12  0
95. Steven Mazur           Lolo, MT (MT)           6  08-12  0
96. Matthew Antonich       Post Falls, ID (ID)     6  08-10  0
97. Robert Beck            Keizer, OR (OR)         6  08-10  0
98. Greg Jager             Kennewick, WA (WA)      6  08-08  0
99. Micah Hart             West Richland, WA (WA)  6  08-05  0
100. Keith Truett           Lebanon, OR (OR)        6  08-05  0
101. Mel Biggs              Manteca, CA (CA)        6  08-03  0
102. Mark Torrez            Camarillo, CA (CA)      6  08-03  0
103. Steve Mawson           Mesa, AZ (AZ)           6  08-03  0
104. Lee Johnson            Artesia, NM (NM)        6  07-13  0
105. Bryan Crosby           Clinton, UT (UT)        6  07-10  0
106. Chris Harvey           Idaho Falls, ID (WY)    6  07-09  0
107. John Romanin           Wolcott, CO (CO)        6  07-01  0
108. Lynn Irwin             Las Vegas, NV (NV)      6  06-09  0
109. Sheldon Jones          Missoula, MT (MT)       4  05-12  0
110. Cody Ralph             Thornton, CO (CO)       3  04-14  0


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