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SOUTH CAROLINA’S NORTH AUGUSTA FISHING TEAM WINS 2018 TBF/FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON PICKWICK LAKE

Courtesy of FLW Fishing

FLORENCE, Ala. (July 2, 2018) – The North Augusta Fishing Team duo of Kyler McKie and Chad Champy, both of North Augusta, South Carolina, entered the final day of the 2018 TBF/FLW High School Fishing National Championship on Pickwick Lake with a slim lead of just 3 ounces, but after catching a limit of 19 pounds, 12 ounces the duo sealed the deal Saturday with a three-day total of 57-10. The win earned the North Augusta Team the title of National Champions, along with impressive trophies and $10,000 in scholarships ($5,000 each).

“I’m speechless; this probably won’t set in until I get home,” McKie said. “It’s an honor to win this.”

“We really wanted this so bad,” added Champy. “The past few years, Kyler has been working so hard for this, and I’m thankful that he chose me to come with him this year.”

The winners caught their fish on 1/2-ounce black shaky heads. They started day three with Zoom Magnum Trick Worms in plum and red bug, but made a key switch to end the day on a strong note.

“We changed our shaky-head worms later in the day to give the fish a different look,” Champy said. “We ended up catching two keepers to wind up with about 15 minutes left.”

The winners caught most of their fish on a small hump that rose to 9 feet under the surface, with a 30-foot drop-off on the river channel side.

A field of 232 teams competed in the event, which launched from McFarland Park in Florence.

The top 10 teams at the TBF/FLW High School Fishing National Championship on Pickwick Lake finished:

1st: North Augusta Fishing Team, North Augusta, S.C. – Kyler McKie and Chad Champy, both of North Augusta, S.C., 14 bass, 57-10, $10,000 Scholarship

2nd: George Rogers Clark High School, Winchester, Ky. – Hunter Redman and Avery Brown, both of Winchester, Ky., 15 bass, 57-6

3rd: Gordon Lee High School, Chickamauga, Ga. – Colby Chapman, Lafayette, Ga., and Will Smith, Chickamauga, Ga., 14 bass, 53-1

4th: Fannin County High School, Blue Ridge, Ga. – Luke McHan and Blake Cobb, both of Blue Ridge, Ga., 15 bass, 49-4

5th: Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, Minn. – Easton Fothergill and Alex Timm, both of Grand Rapids, Minn., 15 bass, 48-11

6th: West Sabine High School, Pineland, Texas – Hunter Muncrief and Landon McCary, both of Pineland, Texas, 14 bass, 48-9

7th: Tennessee Student Angler Federation – Garrett Bartlett, New Market, Tenn., and Henry Bryan, Sevierville, Tenn., 13 bass, 41-13

8th: Obion County Central High School, Troy, Tenn. – Cody Gregory, Troy, Tenn., and Thomas Mathis, Union City, Tenn., 15 bass, 41-12

9th: McCracken County High School, Paducah, Ky. – James Harper Burkeen and Ethan Hayes, both of Paducah, Ky., 12 bass, 39-11

10th: Discovery Christian School, Florence, Miss. – Garrett McWilliams, Florence, Miss., and Addison Yates, Pearl, Miss., 11 bass, 33-5

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

The 2018 TBF/FLW High School Fishing National Championship on Pickwick Lake was a three-day event that saw the entire field of 232 teams compete for two days. The National Championship field was cut to the top 10 for day three and the winner was determined by heaviest three-day cumulative weight. Each member of the winning team received a $5,000 scholarship to the school of his or her choice. The tournament featured the top anglers from the 2018 TBF High School Fishing State Championships and Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Open events.

The 2018 TBF/FLW High School Fishing National Championship on Pickwick Lake was hosted by Florence/Lauderdale Tourism Bureau.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow FLW/TBF High School Fishing on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat.

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GRIGSBY FINISHES STRONG TO WIN FLW TOUR ON LAKE ST. CLAIR PRESENTED BY MERCURY

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Minnesota Pro Earns Second Career FLW Tour Victory, $125,000

DETROIT, Mich. (July 1, 2018) – FLW Tour pro Chad Grigsby of Maple Grove, Minnesota, brought a five-bass limit of smallmouth weighing 26 pounds, 4 ounces to the scale Sunday to win the FLW Tour at Lake St. Clair presented by Mercury and the top prize of $125,000 – his second-career FLW Tour win. Grigsby’s four-day total of 20 bass weighing 97-8 gave him the win by a 2-pound, 3-ounce margin over second-place angler Costa pro Dylan Hays of Sheridan, Arkansas, who weighed 20 bass for 95-5 to finish second and earn $30,200.

“I love this lake and today was one of those days that was just incredible,” said Grigsby, a five-time Forrest Wood Cup qualifier. “I’m at a loss for words on how good the lake is fishing. Michigan is my home state, and I’ve been fishing here for 20 years. I’ve never seen it so good. The fishing has been phenomenal – it’s been a really special week.”

Grigsby caught his bass this week fishing an area he estimated as 1/8 of a mile stretch on the southern Canadian side of St. Clair that he had all to himself.

“I found this group of fish during practice and I knew after the first day that this was a really special spot,” Grigsby said. “It had all of the right ingredients – a ton of bait, grass patches, sand, and it was deep. It was loaded with fish. I was so disappointed yesterday when I only weighed in 21 pounds, and that’s just ridiculous.”

Grigsby credited three baits as being key for him this week – a Duo Realis Spinbait 80 spybait, a 4-inch green pumpkin and gold-colored Venom Lures Tube on a ¾ ounce Venom jig head, and a ¼-ounce black marabou hair jig.

“I only weighed in two fish on the hair jig, but they were key fish for me on Day Two when they weren’t biting the spybait,” Grigsby said. “The key for me was being able to adjust with the conditions. I couldn’t get bit on the spybait if it was rough, and I couldn’t get bit on a tube when it was slick. I had a combination of different baits for the conditions.”

Grigsby’s win highlights a season which saw his return to the FLW Tour and qualification for his first Forrest Wood Cup appearance since 2010 after a two-year stint on the Bassmaster Elite Series.

“To get this win is just awesome,” said Grigsby. “I’ve had to overcome a lot of my own demons. I’ve had such a bad last two years I didn’t even feel comfortable fishing anymore. I had no confidence. Coming back to the Tour – especially these last four events – I finally feel relaxed, comfortable and confident in my abilities as an angler. And now winning here just blows everything out of the water.”

The top 10 pros on Lake St. Clair finished:

1^st: Chad Grigsby, Maple Grove, Minn., 20 bass, 97-8, $125,000

2^nd: Costa pro Dylan Hays, Sheridan, Ark., 20 bass, 95-5, $30,200

3^rd: Brad Knight, Lancing, Tenn., 20 bass, 92-5, $25,100

4^th: Scott Dobson, Clarkston, Mich., 20 bass, 89-11, $20,000

5^th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 20 bass, 87-13, $19,000

6^th: Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, Texas, 20 bass, 85-1, $18,000

7^th: Cody Hahner, Wausau, Wis., 20 bass, 84-11, $17,000

8^th: Bass Pro Shops pro Jeremy Lawyer, Sarcoxie, Mo., 20 bass, 82-14, $16,000

9^th: Ryan Chandler, Hebron, Ind., 20 bass, 82-6, $15,500

10^th: Joey Cifuentes, Clinton, Ark., 20 bass, 82-3, $14,000

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

Overall there were 50 bass weighing 211 pounds, 9 ounces caught by pros Sunday. All of the final 10 pros weighed in five-bass limits.

Mark Myers of Cedar Falls, Iowa, won the Co-angler Division and $20,000 Friday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 42 pounds, 4 ounces, followed by Billy Messer of Spartanburg, South Carolina, who finished in second place with 10 bass totaling 41-4, worth $7,550.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Lake St. Clair presented by Mercury will premiere in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) Aug. 8 from Noon-1 p.m. EST. The Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show airs on NBCSN, the Pursuit Channel and the World Fishing Network and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake St. Clair presented by Mercury was more than $930,000. The tournament was hosted by the Detroit Sports Commission, Macomb County, the Huron-Clinton Metroparks Authority and the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce. The next event for FLW Tour anglers will be the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Ouachita in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 10-12 hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

In FLW Tour competition, pros and co-anglers are randomly paired each day, with pros supplying the boat, controlling boat movement and competing against other pros. Co-anglers fish from the back deck against other co-anglers. The full field of 360 anglers competed in the two-day opening round. Co-angler competition concluded following Friday’s weigh-in, while the top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat.

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Mark Daniels Expands Lead At Bassmaster Elite Series Event On Lake Oahe

Mark Daniels Jr. of Tuskegee, Ala., maintains the lead on the third day of the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia, with a three-day total weight of 56 pounds, 6 ounces.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

July 1, 2018

PIERRE, S.D. — Alabama’s Mark Daniels Jr., who vaulted to the lead in the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia Saturday, distanced himself from the rest of the field today. The second-year Elite Series pro brought 17 pounds, 6 ounces to the scales for a three-day total of 56-6, which gives him a nearly 5 1/2-pound cushion going into Championship Monday.

“Man, it was tougher today. I need to get more bites,” Daniels said. “There is fishing pressure in the area, and I think the bass are starting to get hip to what’s going on. I had a lot of fish swim up and look at my bait and not bite today. The first day they would come eat it while it was sinking.”

Daniels is concerned that his school is almost fished out, so his impressive cushion does not make him overconfident. “Tomorrow, I’m going to expand on my area and probably try some new water. I need those 4-pound bites, and I feel like they will be pretty hard to come by if I stay where I’m at.”

Boyd Duckett made a huge surge to second place on the strength of a 16-pound, 6-ounce limit of smallmouth on Day 3. This pushed his total to 50-1. The Alabama pro and former Bassmaster Classic champion credits his success to fish management.

“During practice, I had found three schools of fish,” he said. “One was a community hole that a lot of guys found. One was a little less obvious. And my third was a little hidey hole that I was hoping nobody found.

“I started the first day on the community hole and then went and caught a couple on my second place. Yesterday I just fished my second spot and it had one other angler on it. Today, I finished out my limit on the hidey hole and nobody was on it. So, I feel good about starting there tomorrow.”

Like the majority of the field, Duckett is focusing on postspawn bass.

“These fish are pretty beat up from the spawn and just are not biting like smallmouth usually bite,” he noted. “But, there should be more fish coming to these areas. I just need one of these Oahe 5-pounders to bite.”

Casey Ashley, who smashed the biggest limit of the tournament Saturday, struggled to match the efforts of his first two days. Still, the 12-6 he caught today was enough to hold on to third with a total of 49-12.

“I got to my spot first thing this morning, and it was really strange. Current was flowing through the area spinning my boat in circles. Once I finally figured out how to position my boat to make the right cast, I caught a 4 1/2-pounder and thought it was going to be on. I was wrong.”

Ashley said he was still marking fish on his sonar unit, but he couldn’t make them bite. “Man, I threw a drop shot, a swimbait … every ‘cricket’ I had in my boat, and they just wouldn’t eat. Hopefully they will be in a better mood tomorrow.”

The biggest jump of the day went to Bradley Roy, the current leader for the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year title. The Kentucky pro wowed the crowd with a 17-15 limit of smallmouth, giving him a total of 49-7, and jumped all the way to fourth place.

“This lake was new to me, and I had a bad practice. But I found a little spot and decided to dedicate my tournament to the area,” Roy said.

That spot just happened to be the same area both Daniels and Ashley are fishing. Knowing that Daniels had a chance to win, he decided to give him that spot and find new water. That decision paid off. “It’s weird. It’s like random collisions with these fish. They are hanging around the structure, but they are not on the bottom. Most of the fish I’m catching are suspended in the middle of the water column. If you stay on a spot long enough, you’ll eventually see one and hopefully catch it.”

The field was cut to the Top 12 anglers for Monday’s Championship round. Other top anglers qualifying for the finals and a chance at the $100,000 first prize are Josh Bertrand, 48-8; Clifford Pirch, 45-7; Dean Rojas, 45-0; Jacob Wheeler, 45-0; Justin Lucas, 42-6; Jordan Lee, 42-1; Edwin Evers 42-0; and Brent Ehrler, 41-9.

Edwin Evers caught a 4-15, which was the Phoenix Big Bass of the day. Yesterday’s 5-6 smallmouth landed by Fred Roumbanis still holds on to the first-place spot for the tournament, and will give him a $1,500 Phoenix Boats Big Bass bonus if it stands.

2018 Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia 6/29-7/2
Lake Oahe, Pierre SD.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3

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

1. Mark Daniels Jr. Tuskegee, AL 15 56-06 110
Day 1: 5 18-12 Day 2: 5 20-04 Day 3: 5 17-06
2. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 15 50-01 109
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 5 17-02 Day 3: 5 16-06
3. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 15 49-12 108
Day 1: 5 17-00 Day 2: 5 20-06 Day 3: 5 12-06
4. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 15 49-07 107
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 5 14-13 Day 3: 5 17-15
5. Josh Bertrand San Tan Valley, AZ 15 48-08 106
Day 1: 5 18-08 Day 2: 5 14-11 Day 3: 5 15-05
6. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 15 45-07 105
Day 1: 5 07-10 Day 2: 5 18-04 Day 3: 5 19-09
7. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 15 45-00 104
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 14-10 Day 3: 5 17-06
8. Jacob Wheeler Harrison, TN 15 45-00 103
Day 1: 5 16-12 Day 2: 5 14-02 Day 3: 5 14-02
9. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 15 42-06 102
Day 1: 5 17-05 Day 2: 5 15-09 Day 3: 5 09-08
10. Jordan Lee Grant, AL 15 42-01 101
Day 1: 5 18-09 Day 2: 5 13-14 Day 3: 5 09-10
11. Edwin Evers Talala, OK 15 42-00 100
Day 1: 5 15-11 Day 2: 5 11-14 Day 3: 5 14-07
12. Brent Ehrler Redlands, CA 15 41-09 99
Day 1: 5 14-12 Day 2: 5 13-07 Day 3: 5 13-06
13. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 14 39-11 98 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 4 11-06 Day 3: 5 11-10
14. David Fritts Lexington, NC 11 39-04 97 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 5 18-01 Day 3: 1 01-12
15. Adrian Avena Vineland, NJ 15 39-01 96 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-07 Day 2: 5 10-15 Day 3: 5 11-11
16. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 15 38-07 95 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 5 08-10 Day 3: 5 18-05
17. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 15 37-08 94 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-02 Day 2: 5 13-07 Day 3: 5 12-15
18. Shin Fukae Palestine TX JAPAN 15 37-05 93 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-14 Day 2: 5 12-11 Day 3: 5 10-12
19. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 15 36-13 92 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-06 Day 2: 5 12-00 Day 3: 5 13-07
20. Randy Sullivan Breckenridge, TX 15 35-14 91 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-00 Day 2: 5 07-11 Day 3: 5 16-03
21. Brandon Palaniuk Hayden, ID 15 35-13 90 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-12 Day 2: 5 11-03 Day 3: 5 08-14
22. Andy Montgomery Blacksburg, SC 12 34-00 89 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 14-15 Day 3: 2 04-02
23. Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC 15 33-14 88 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 08-01 Day 2: 5 15-14 Day 3: 5 09-15
24. Dustin Connell Clanton, AL 15 33-14 87 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 09-05 Day 2: 5 13-05 Day 3: 5 11-04
25. Brett Hite Phoenix, AZ 15 33-13 86 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 5 09-11 Day 3: 5 10-10
26. Jacob Powroznik North Prince George, VA 13 33-11 85 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 09-06 Day 2: 5 16-04 Day 3: 3 08-01
27. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 15 33-09 84 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 08-05 Day 2: 5 13-04 Day 3: 5 12-00
28. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 15 33-06 83 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-01 Day 2: 5 10-00 Day 3: 5 08-05
29. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 15 32-14 82 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 5 11-11 Day 3: 5 09-11
30. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 13 32-08 81 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-00 Day 2: 3 03-05 Day 3: 5 14-03
31. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 15 32-08 80 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-10 Day 2: 5 09-14 Day 3: 5 12-00
32. Brandon Card Knoxville, TN 13 32-00 79 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-04 Day 2: 3 03-06 Day 3: 5 12-06
33. Alton Jones Jr. Waco, TX 15 31-13 78 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-09 Day 2: 5 09-10 Day 3: 5 08-10
34. Ott DeFoe Blaine, TN 15 31-12 77 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-14 Day 2: 5 05-11 Day 3: 5 13-03
35. Dave Lefebre Erie, PA 15 31-09 76 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 09-03 Day 2: 5 13-15 Day 3: 5 08-07
36. Jesse Wiggins Cullman, AL 10 30-09 75 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-11 Day 2: 3 09-01 Day 3: 2 06-13
37. Seth Feider Bloomington, MN 15 30-07 74 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-12 Day 2: 5 09-07 Day 3: 5 09-04
38. Jeff Kriet Ardmore, OK 15 28-03 73 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-09 Day 2: 5 07-13 Day 3: 5 08-13
39. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 13 28-00 72 $10,000.00
Day 1: 4 08-10 Day 2: 4 09-10 Day 3: 5 09-12
40. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 15 27-12 71 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-04 Day 2: 5 09-03 Day 3: 5 08-05
41. Kyle Monti Okeechobee, FL 10 27-08 70 $10,000.00
Day 1: 4 10-07 Day 2: 3 08-12 Day 3: 3 08-05
42. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 15 27-02 69 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-06 Day 2: 5 07-00 Day 3: 5 08-12
43. Mike McClelland Bentonville, AR 15 27-02 68 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 09-12 Day 2: 5 09-05 Day 3: 5 08-01
44. Brandon Coulter Knoxville, TN 12 27-00 67 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-13 Day 2: 4 08-01 Day 3: 3 04-02
45. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 12 26-06 66 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-13 Day 2: 5 11-05 Day 3: 2 03-04
46. James Elam Tulsa, OK 15 26-03 65 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-05 Day 2: 5 08-01 Day 3: 5 06-13
47. Fletcher Shryock Dennison, OH 15 25-14 64 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-10 Day 2: 5 07-02 Day 3: 5 06-02
48. Robbie Latuso Gonzales, LA 11 25-09 63 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 08-01 Day 2: 5 14-09 Day 3: 1 02-15
49. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 15 25-06 62 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 08-06 Day 2: 5 10-08 Day 3: 5 06-08
50. Ray Hanselman Jr Del Rio, TX 12 23-02 61 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-04 Day 2: 5 07-01 Day 3: 2 02-13

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Mark Daniels Jr. Slams Lake Oahe Smallmouth To Take Lead In Bassmaster Elite Event

Mark Daniels Jr. of Tuskegee, Ala., takes the lead on the second day of the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia, with a two-day total weight of 39 pounds.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

June 30, 2018

PIERRE, S.D. — Alabama’s Mark Daniels Jr., who was sitting in second place after the opening round Friday, vaulted to the lead on the strength of a monster 20-pound, 4-ounce limit today in the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia.

However, before Daniels and the rest of the 107-angler field were able to make a single cast, they had to patiently wait through a 1 1/2- hour wind delay. A brutal storm passed through Pierre last night, pushing 70-mph winds and several inches of rain across the region, turning the 370,000-acre fishery into an angry ocean.

But once the water settled and the anglers were set free, Daniels started off the second round of competition just like he ended Day 1.

“Smallmouth are random. I fish randomly. Sometimes we just intersect,” explained Daniels, whose 20-4 worth of smallmouth gave him a two-day total of 39 pounds to take the event lead.

“I’m fishing transition areas where these big females are leaving spawning flats and chilling out before going deep,” the Alabama pro said. “I’m seeing a lot of the fish I’m catching on my Garmin Panoptix unit, doing the ‘video game deal.’ It’s how I like to fish.”

Daniels believes his fishing spots are replenishing daily with more big smallmouth. “The beauty of the areas I’m fishing is that postspawners should reload the spots. If I’m right, I should be able to bring in another 20 pounds tomorrow,” he said.

North Carolina pro David Fritts proved that his impressive first-day limit of Oahe smallmouth (19-7) was no fluke by bringing in an 18-pound, 1-ounce bag for Round 2. This gives the 1993 Bassmaster Classic champion a two-day total of 37-8, good enough for second place heading into Day 3.

“I’m proud of what I caught today, because where I was fishing, the wind was brutal. I had waves crashing over the bow of my boat all morning,” Fritts related. He believes this intense wave action has cost him the lead.

“I lost a 5-pounder at the trolling motor today. I’ve almost fallen overboard setting the hook, and then I had a 4-pounder come off. It’s just tough trying to manage staying on the boat in conditions like this. If it will just settle down a little bit, I’ll be able to bring in more weight tomorrow.”

South Carolina’s Casey Ashley, a self-labeled smallmouth hater, rolled across the weigh-in stage with the day’s heaviest limit of smallmouth, pushing the scales to 20 pounds, 6 ounces, putting him in third place with a two-day total of 37-6.

“I like to throw at stuff,” Ashley said, “and with smallmouth you are just as likely to catch one throwing over your shoulder as you are throwing in front of the boat. Once I figured out that I had to thoroughly fish an area instead of ‘fishing stuff,’ I started liking smallmouth a little more.”

Ashley likely will begin a love affair with the brown fish after this tournament, based on how quickly he landed his limit. “I caught all those fish in 15 minutes this morning and just kinda protected the area the rest of the day. There could be a much bigger limit there if I bear down.”

Rounding out the Top 6 for Day 2 are Boyd Duckett, 33-11; Josh Bertrand, 33-3; and Justin Lucas, 32-14.

Fred Roumbanis took over the Phoenix Boats Big Bass battle with a 5-pound, 6-ounce smallmouth. It was the only fish the Arkansas pro brought to the scales.

“That sucker was so big, it took me all day to land it,” he quipped about coming in four fish shy of a limit. “But seriously, I saw that bass on my new Garmin Panoptix Livescope, cast to it and watched it eat. It was awesome.” If the fish ends up being the biggest of the event, Roumbanis will earn a $1,500 bonus.

The field was cut to the Top 50 anglers for the semifinal round Sunday. Daily takeoffs occur each competition day at 6 a.m. CT from the Spring Creek Resort & Marina, and weigh-ins are held at Steamboat Park in Pierre at 3:45 p.m.

The Bassmaster Elite Series Outdoors Expo is being held in conjunction with the tournament. The Expo will take place at Steamboat Park on Sunday beginning at noon. It features boat demo rides, an aquarium, free prizes and the latest fishing products on the market. All activities are free and open to the public. For more information, visit Bassmaster.com.

2018 Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia 6/29-7/2
Lake Oahe, Pierre, SD
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 2

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

1. Mark Daniels Jr. Tuskegee, AL 10 39-00 110
Day 1: 5 18-12 Day 2: 5 20-04
2. David Fritts Lexington, NC 10 37-08 109
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 5 18-01
3. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 10 37-06 108
Day 1: 5 17-00 Day 2: 5 20-06
4. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 10 33-11 107
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 5 17-02
5. Josh Bertrand San Tan Valley, AZ 10 33-03 106
Day 1: 5 18-08 Day 2: 5 14-11
6. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 10 32-14 105
Day 1: 5 17-05 Day 2: 5 15-09
7. Jordan Lee Grant, AL 10 32-07 104
Day 1: 5 18-09 Day 2: 5 13-14
8. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 10 31-08 103
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 5 14-13
9. Jacob Wheeler Harrison, TN 10 30-14 102
Day 1: 5 16-12 Day 2: 5 14-02
10. Andy Montgomery Blacksburg, SC 10 29-14 101
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 14-15
11. Brent Ehrler Redlands, CA 10 28-03 100
Day 1: 5 14-12 Day 2: 5 13-07
12. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 9 28-01 99
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 4 11-06
13. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 10 27-10 98
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 14-10
14. Edwin Evers Talala, OK 10 27-09 97
Day 1: 5 15-11 Day 2: 5 11-14
15. Adrian Avena Vineland, NJ 10 27-06 96
Day 1: 5 16-07 Day 2: 5 10-15
16. Brandon Palaniuk Hayden, ID 10 26-15 95
Day 1: 5 15-12 Day 2: 5 11-03
17. Shin Fukae Palestine TX JAPAN 10 26-09 94
Day 1: 5 13-14 Day 2: 5 12-11
18. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 10 25-14 93
Day 1: 5 07-10 Day 2: 5 18-04
19. Jacob Powroznik North Prince George, VA 10 25-10 92
Day 1: 5 09-06 Day 2: 5 16-04
20. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 10 25-01 91
Day 1: 5 15-01 Day 2: 5 10-00
21. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 10 24-09 90
Day 1: 5 11-02 Day 2: 5 13-07
22. Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC 10 23-15 89
Day 1: 5 08-01 Day 2: 5 15-14
23. Jesse Wiggins Cullman, AL 8 23-12 88
Day 1: 5 14-11 Day 2: 3 09-01
24. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 10 23-06 87
Day 1: 5 11-06 Day 2: 5 12-00
25. Alton Jones Jr. Waco, TX 10 23-03 86
Day 1: 5 13-09 Day 2: 5 09-10
26. Brett Hite Phoenix, AZ 10 23-03 85
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 5 09-11
27. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 10 23-03 84
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 5 11-11
28. Dave Lefebre Erie, PA 10 23-02 83
Day 1: 5 09-03 Day 2: 5 13-15
29. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 10 23-02 82
Day 1: 5 11-13 Day 2: 5 11-05
30. Brandon Coulter Knoxville, TN 9 22-14 81
Day 1: 5 14-13 Day 2: 4 08-01
31. Robbie Latuso Gonzales, LA 10 22-10 80
Day 1: 5 08-01 Day 2: 5 14-09
32. Dustin Connell Clanton, AL 10 22-10 79
Day 1: 5 09-05 Day 2: 5 13-05
33. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 10 21-09 78
Day 1: 5 08-05 Day 2: 5 13-04
34. Seth Feider Bloomington, MN 10 21-03 77
Day 1: 5 11-12 Day 2: 5 09-07
35. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 10 20-08 76
Day 1: 5 10-10 Day 2: 5 09-14
36. Ray Hanselman Jr Del Rio, TX 10 20-05 75
Day 1: 5 13-04 Day 2: 5 07-01
37. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 10 20-02 74
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 5 08-10
38. Fletcher Shryock Dennison, OH 10 19-12 73
Day 1: 5 12-10 Day 2: 5 07-02
39. Randy Sullivan Breckenridge, TX 10 19-11 72
Day 1: 5 12-00 Day 2: 5 07-11
40. Brandon Card Knoxville, TN 8 19-10 71
Day 1: 5 16-04 Day 2: 3 03-06
41. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 10 19-07 70
Day 1: 5 10-04 Day 2: 5 09-03
42. Jeff Kriet Ardmore, OK 10 19-06 69
Day 1: 5 11-09 Day 2: 5 07-13
43. James Elam Tulsa, OK 10 19-06 68
Day 1: 5 11-05 Day 2: 5 08-01
44. Kyle Monti Okeechobee, FL 7 19-03 67
Day 1: 4 10-07 Day 2: 3 08-12
45. Mike McClelland Bentonville, AR 10 19-01 66
Day 1: 5 09-12 Day 2: 5 09-05
46. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 10 18-14 65
Day 1: 5 08-06 Day 2: 5 10-08
47. Ott DeFoe Blaine, TN 10 18-09 64
Day 1: 5 12-14 Day 2: 5 05-11
48. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 10 18-06 63
Day 1: 5 11-06 Day 2: 5 07-00
49. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 8 18-05 62
Day 1: 5 15-00 Day 2: 3 03-05
50. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 8 18-04 61
Day 1: 4 08-10 Day 2: 4 09-10
51. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 8 18-01 60
Day 1: 5 12-11 Day 2: 3 05-06
52. Kelly Jordon Flint, TX 8 18-01 59
Day 1: 3 08-04 Day 2: 5 09-13
53. Brent Chapman Lake Quivira, KS 10 18-00 58
Day 1: 5 09-15 Day 2: 5 08-01
54. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 10 17-13 57
Day 1: 5 07-07 Day 2: 5 10-06
55. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 10 17-12 56
Day 1: 5 07-04 Day 2: 5 10-08
56. Randy Howell Guntersville, AL 10 17-11 55
Day 1: 5 06-07 Day 2: 5 11-04
57. Darrell Ocamica New Plymouth, ID 10 17-10 54
Day 1: 5 07-00 Day 2: 5 10-10
58. Rick Morris Lake Gaston, VA 10 17-09 53
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 5 06-01
59. Chris Lane Guntersville, AL 10 17-09 52
Day 1: 5 08-14 Day 2: 5 08-11
60. Takahiro Omori Emory, TX 9 17-08 51
Day 1: 5 12-06 Day 2: 4 05-02
61. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 10 17-07 50
Day 1: 5 11-09 Day 2: 5 05-14
62. Matt Lee Guntersville, AL 10 17-07 49
Day 1: 5 08-12 Day 2: 5 08-11
63. Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 10 17-05 48
Day 1: 5 07-11 Day 2: 5 09-10
64. Tyler Carriere Youngsville, LA 10 17-04 47
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 5 07-13
65. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 10 17-03 46
Day 1: 5 08-04 Day 2: 5 08-15
66. Scott Rook Little Rock, AR 10 16-15 45
Day 1: 5 07-07 Day 2: 5 09-08
67. Jared Lintner Arroyo Grande, CA 10 16-14 44
Day 1: 5 07-05 Day 2: 5 09-09
68. David Walker Sevierville, TN 10 16-10 43
Day 1: 5 08-05 Day 2: 5 08-05
69. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 10 16-04 42
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 5 06-13
70. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 10 16-04 41
Day 1: 5 08-07 Day 2: 5 07-13
71. Gerald Spohrer Gonzales, LA 8 15-12 40
Day 1: 5 09-11 Day 2: 3 06-01
72. Chris Zaldain Laughlin, NV 9 15-08 39
Day 1: 5 10-15 Day 2: 4 04-09
73. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 10 15-07 38
Day 1: 5 10-11 Day 2: 5 04-12
74. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 9 15-07 37
Day 1: 4 09-00 Day 2: 5 06-07
75. Russ Lane Prattville, AL 9 15-03 36
Day 1: 5 10-10 Day 2: 4 04-09
76. John Murray Spring City, TN 6 15-02 35
Day 1: 3 06-03 Day 2: 3 08-15
77. Skeet Reese Auburn, CA 9 14-10 34
Day 1: 5 10-02 Day 2: 4 04-08
78. Hunter Shryock Newcomerstown, OH 9 14-09 33
Day 1: 5 07-10 Day 2: 4 06-15
79. Terry Scroggins San Mateo, FL 8 14-06 32
Day 1: 5 10-15 Day 2: 3 03-07
80. Rick Clunn Ava, MO 9 14-04 31
Day 1: 5 10-03 Day 2: 4 04-01
81. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 10 14-03 30
Day 1: 5 08-03 Day 2: 5 06-00
82. Paul Elias Laurel, MS 8 14-00 29
Day 1: 5 09-00 Day 2: 3 05-00
83. Cliff Pace Petal, MS 7 13-14 28
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 2 02-06
84. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 8 13-14 27
Day 1: 5 07-01 Day 2: 3 06-13
85. Fred Roumbanis Russellville, AR 6 13-07 26
Day 1: 5 08-01 Day 2: 1 05-06
86. Greg Vinson Wetumpka, AL 7 13-01 25
Day 1: 5 07-12 Day 2: 2 05-05
87. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 6 12-14 24
Day 1: 3 05-12 Day 2: 3 07-02
88. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 8 12-11 23
Day 1: 5 08-11 Day 2: 3 04-00
89. Shaw Grigsby Jr. Gainesville, FL 7 12-11 22
Day 1: 5 08-11 Day 2: 2 04-00
90. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 9 12-11 21
Day 1: 5 07-14 Day 2: 4 04-13
91. Chris Groh Spring Grove, IL 6 12-06 20
Day 1: 4 09-09 Day 2: 2 02-13
92. Wesley Strader Spring City, TN 8 12-05 19
Day 1: 5 09-06 Day 2: 3 02-15
93. Roy Hawk Lk Havasu Cty, AZ 9 12-02 18
Day 1: 5 07-14 Day 2: 4 04-04
94. Morizo Shimizu Suita, Osaka JAPAN 7 11-15 17
Day 1: 5 10-01 Day 2: 2 01-14
95. Stephen Browning Hot Springs, AR 7 11-15 16
Day 1: 5 09-10 Day 2: 2 02-05
96. Ish Monroe Hughson, CA 9 11-09 15
Day 1: 5 06-15 Day 2: 4 04-10
97. Gary Klein Mingus, TX 5 10-09 14
Day 1: 3 03-07 Day 2: 2 07-02
98. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 5 09-13 13
Day 1: 5 09-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
99. Cliff Crochet Pierre Part, LA 7 09-10 12
Day 1: 4 04-06 Day 2: 3 05-04
100. Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL 8 09-04 11
Day 1: 5 06-00 Day 2: 3 03-04
101. Tim Horton Muscle Shoals, AL 7 09-01 10
Day 1: 4 05-13 Day 2: 3 03-04
102. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 6 08-08 9
Day 1: 5 07-07 Day 2: 1 01-01
103. Tommy Biffle Wagoner, OK 5 07-04 8
Day 1: 5 07-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
104. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 4 06-09 7
Day 1: 4 06-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
104. Bill Weidler Helena, AL 4 06-09 7
Day 1: 4 06-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
106. Hank Cherry Jr Lincolnton, NC 3 03-12 5
Day 1: 3 03-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
107. Jonathon VanDam Gobles, MI 3 03-08 4
Day 1: 3 03-08 Day 2: 0 00-00

by AnglersChannel

HAYS MOVES INTO LEAD, ROSE CLINCHES AOY TITLE AT FLW TOUR ON LAKE ST. CLAIR PRESENTED BY MERCURY

Final Day Showdown Looms at Smallmouth Smackdown

DETROIT, Mich. (June 30, 2018) – After catching the heaviest limit of what has already been a record-breaking event on Friday, Costa pro Dylan Hays of Sheridan, Arkansas, added another limit of smallmouth bass weighing 22 pounds, 6 ounces, to move into the lead Saturday at the FLW Tour at Lake St. Clair presented by Mercury.

The field is now trimmed to the final 10 pros for Championship Sunday, and Hays (15 bass, 72-3) will start with a 15-ounce lead over second-place pro Chad Grigsby of Maple Grove, Minnesota, (15 bass, 71-4) who led the first two days of competition. Also in striking distance in third place is the 2014 Forrest Wood Cup Champion, Brad Knight of Lancing, Tennessee, (15 bass, 70-6). Knight, who weighed in Saturday’s lone 25+ pound limit, has been sharing water with Hays throughout the week.

“We both found a pretty special area, and we’re having a lot of fun out there,” said Hays, who is fishing in his 14^th career FLW Tour event. “Brad watched me catch them yesterday, and I watched him catch them today. I think it’s going to come down to whomever can catch 25 pounds tomorrow is going to win it.”

Hays said that the fishing was a little bit tougher Saturday, despite weighing his third-consecutive limit in excess of 22 pounds. On the first two days of competition he said he would catch 12 to 15 keepers each day and leave the area by 10:30 a.m. On Saturday he stayed in the area all day, but only managed a dozen keepers all day long.

“The biggest factor here has been trying to keep the smallmouth on,” Hays said. “They come up and jump, flip, windmill and somersault. I’ve lost my biggest fish every day this week and you can’t do that and win. But, luckily, there has been enough quality there to make up for it.

“It’s not one school of fish, but a bunch of little groups of fish,” Hays continued. “It really comes down to relocating them every day. Today, Brad found a school of 4- and 5-pounders. Yesterday, I found two key groups and had a big day.

“It’s nice to have a little cushion, but 15 ounces isn’t nothing here. I could catch 22 and Chad can catch 23, it’s no different. It’s all going to come down to who can get the best bite and put them in the boat.”

The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition on Lake St. Clair are:

1^st: Costa pro Dylan Hays, Sheridan, Ark., 15 bass, 72-3

2^nd: Chad Grigsby, Maple Grove, Minn., 15 bass, 71-4

3^rd: Brad Knight, Lancing, Tenn., 15 bass, 70-6

4^th: Scott Dobson, Clarkston, Mich., 15 bass, 68-10

5^th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 15 bass, 66-2

6^th: Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, Texas, 15 bass, 65-10

7^th: Ryan Chandler, Hebron, Ind., 15 bass, 64-0

8^th: Cody Hahner, Wausau, Wis., 15 bass, 63-11

9^th: Joey Cifuentes, Clinton, Ark., 15 bass, 63-7

10^th: Bass Pro Shops pro Jeremy Lawyer, Sarcoxie, Mo., 15 bass, 62-15

Finishing in 11h through 30^th are:

11^th: Cody Meyer, Auburn, Calif., 15 bass, 62-6, $12,000

12^th: Wes Logan, Springville, Ala., 15 bass, 62-6, $12,000

13^th: Quaker State pro Scott Canterbury, Odenville, Ala., 15 bass, 61-14, $12,000

14^th: Chris Johnston, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 15 bass, 61-13, $12,000

15^th: David Williams, Maiden, N.C., 15 bass, 61-10, $12,000

16^th: Darrel Robertson, Jay, Okla., 14 bass, 60-7, $12,000

17^th: Scott Martin, Clewiston, Fla., 15 bass, 59-14, $12,000

18^th: Pennzoil Marine pro Matt Arey, Shelby, N.C., 15 bass, 59-13, $12,000

19^th: Shane LeHew, Catawba, N.C., 15 bass, 59-10, $12,000

20^th: Carl Jocumsen, Queensland, Australia, 15 bass, 59-4, $12,000

21^st: Berkley pro Justin Atkins, Florence, Ala., 15 bass, 59-0, $10,000

22^nd: Craig Rozema, Simpsonville, S.C., 15 bass, 58-8, $10,000

23^rd: Miles Howe, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., 15 bass, 58-7, $10,000

24^th: Clark Reehm, Elm Grove, La., 15 bass, 58-1, $10,000

25^th: Zack Birge, Blanchard, Okla., 15 bass, 57-13, $10,000

26^th: Matt Becker, Finleyville, Pa., 15 bass, 56-13, $10,000

27^th: J.T. Kenney, Palm Bay, Fla., 15 bass, 56-9, $10,000

28^th: Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., 15 bass, 56-6, $10,000

29^th: Clent Davis, Montevallo, Ala., 15 bass, 54-7, $10,000

30^th: Jeff Dobson, Bartlesville, Okla., 15 bass, 54-2, $10,000

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 149 bass weighing 572 pounds, 15 ounces caught by pros Saturday, Twenty-nine of the final 30 pros were able to bring a five-bass limit to the scale.

Anglers were also vying for the prestigious 2018 FLW Tour Pennzoil Marine Angler of the Year (AOY) title that is determined by the most points accumulated over the seven Tour events in 2018.

For the first time in his career, General Tire pro Mark Rose of West Memphis, Arkansas, wrapped up the AOY title on Saturday. He narrowly edged out the 2015 AOY, pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Florida, by just 14 points in a tightly contested race that was too close to call until Martin’s 17^th place finish today. Rose, who received $100,000 for the title, will also receive an automatic berth into the 2019 Forrest Wood Cup.

Pro Matt Becker of Finleyville, Pennsylvania, clinched the 2018 FLW Tour Rookie of the Year award Friday, which is awarded to the rookie pro angler who finishes the season with the highest point total.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable Angler of the Year (AOY) points in hopes of qualifying for the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2018 Forrest Wood Cup will be on Lake Ouachita in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 10-12 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

In FLW Tour competition, pros and co-anglers are randomly paired each day, with pros supplying the boat, controlling boat movement and competing against other pros. Co-anglers fish from the back deck against other co-anglers. The full field of 360 anglers competed in the two-day opening round. Co-angler competition concluded following Friday’s weigh-in, while the top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros now continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake St. Clair presented by Mercury is more than $930,000. The tournament is hosted by the Detroit Sports Commission, Macomb County, the Huron-Clinton Metroparks Authority and the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce.

The final 10 anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. EDT Sunday from the Lake St. Clair Metropark, located at 31300 Metro Parkway, in Harrison Township. Sunday’s weigh-in will also be held at the park, beginning at 4 p.m.

Prior to the weigh-ins Sunday, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the Lake St. Clair Metropark from noon to 4 p.m. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.

by AnglersChannel

Fritts Solves Lake Oahe Smallmouth Riddle For Day 1 Lead

David Fritts of Lexington, N.C., takes the lead on the first day of the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia, bringing 19 pounds, 7 ounces to the scales on Friday.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

June 29, 2018Pierre, S.D. — The mystery of South Dakota’s smallmouth was solved by Elite Series pro David Fritts during the first day of the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia. The 1993 Bassmaster Classic champion caught a 19-pound, 7-ounce limit of smallmouth to best the 107-angler field on a body of water that he had never seen before, while battling 4-foot waves.

“Man, I should have had 23 pounds today,” the tournament leader lamented. “I had three giants jump off this morning that would have really improved my weight. But I’m really happy with what I caught.”

The North Carolina veteran found his pattern during the waning hours of the final practice day.

“I was pretty frustrated until about the last hour of practice, when I stumbled on this little deal. It involves a pretty specific structure and Berkley bait combo, so I’m pretty confident that I’ll be able to duplicate this tomorrow,” he said. “I didn’t sit there and burn up a bunch of fish.”

Making Fritts’ catch even more impressive was the fact that he fought through massive waves to land his limit, which made not only the fishing tougher, but also negatively affected the school he had found.

“The wind killed me today. Really, it blew out some of my best stuff and made it just so difficult to make precise casts and then to fight fish that are hooked. If it lays down tomorrow, it will probably be better for everyone.”

In addition to leading the tournament, Fritts also weighed in the Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the day. The 4-11 smallmouth was the first bass he caught this morning. If that fish holds on as big bass for the next three days, Fritts will earn $1,500.

Mark Daniels Jr. landed 18-12 to take the second place spot after the scales closed on Day 1. “I had a pretty good practice, but didn’t think I had found an 18-pound limit. So, I’m pretty jacked,” Daniels said. “The wind was brutal. There were easy 5-footers out there, and I ran 50 miles north. But, it looks like the effort was worth it.”

His effort included targeting fish that were both shallow and deep, but he declined to offer more details until after the tournament concludes.

“Although there are a ton of fish in this lake, it seems like they are in very specific areas. So, you can’t just run down the bank and catch ’em. I’m thinking my area has the fish to duplicate today’s weight, but I’m not sure how it would hold up to three or four days of pressure.”

Reigning Bassmaster Classic Champion Jordan Lee sits in the third place spot just a few ounces behind Daniels. Lee weighing in 18-9.

“I caught all the fish on a little spot I found in practice, and it wasn’t all that good, but it was the best thing I found. Today, the conditions really changed, and the wind blew and that spot got better. But, conditions will change again tomorrow and I don’t know what those fish might do,” Lee admitted. “I hope they stay there and bite again.”

Rounding out the Top 6 for Day 1 are Josh Bertrand, 18-8; Justin Lucas, 17-5; and Casey Ashley, 17-0.

This marks the first time for B.A.S.S. — the world’s largest fishing organization — to hold a professional bass tournament on the massive, 370,000-acre impoundment of the Missouri River.

Daily takeoffs will occur each competition day at 6 a.m. CT from the Spring Creek Resort & Marina, and weigh-ins will be held at Steamboat Park in Pierre at 3:45 p.m.

The Bassmaster Elite Series Outdoors Expo will be held in conjunction with the tournament. The Expo will take place at Steamboat Park on Saturday and Sunday beginning at noon. The expo will feature boat demo rides, an aquarium, free prizes and the latest fishing products on the market. All activities are free and open to the public. For more information, visit Bassmaster.com.

2018 Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia 6/29-7/2
Lake Oahe, Pierre SD.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 1Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$1. David Fritts Lexington, NC 5 19-07 110
Day 1: 5 19-07
2. Mark Daniels Jr. Tuskegee, AL 5 18-12 109
Day 1: 5 18-12
3. Jordan Lee Grant, AL 5 18-09 108
Day 1: 5 18-09
4. Josh Bertrand San Tan Valley, AZ 5 18-08 107
Day 1: 5 18-08
5. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 5 17-05 106
Day 1: 5 17-05
6. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 5 17-00 105
Day 1: 5 17-00
7. Jacob Wheeler Harrison, TN 5 16-12 104
Day 1: 5 16-12
8. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 5 16-11 103
Day 1: 5 16-11
8. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 5 16-11 103
Day 1: 5 16-11
10. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 5 16-09 101
Day 1: 5 16-09
11. Adrian Avena Vineland, NJ 5 16-07 100
Day 1: 5 16-07
12. Brandon Card Knoxville, TN 5 16-04 99
Day 1: 5 16-04
13. Brandon Palaniuk Hayden, ID 5 15-12 98
Day 1: 5 15-12
14. Edwin Evers Talala, OK 5 15-11 97
Day 1: 5 15-11
15. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 5 15-01 96
Day 1: 5 15-01
16. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 5 15-00 95
Day 1: 5 15-00
17. Andy Montgomery Blacksburg, SC 5 14-15 94
Day 1: 5 14-15
18. Brandon Coulter Knoxville, TN 5 14-13 93
Day 1: 5 14-13
19. Brent Ehrler Redlands, CA 5 14-12 92
Day 1: 5 14-12
20. Jesse Wiggins Cullman, AL 5 14-11 91
Day 1: 5 14-11
21. Shin Fukae Palestine TX JAPAN 5 13-14 90
Day 1: 5 13-14
22. Alton Jones Jr. Waco, TX 5 13-09 89
Day 1: 5 13-09
23. Brett Hite Phoenix, AZ 5 13-08 88
Day 1: 5 13-08
24. Ray Hanselman Jr Del Rio, TX 5 13-04 87
Day 1: 5 13-04
25. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 5 13-00 86
Day 1: 5 13-00
26. Ott DeFoe Blaine, TN 5 12-14 85
Day 1: 5 12-14
27. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 5 12-11 84
Day 1: 5 12-11
28. Fletcher Shryock Dennison, OH 5 12-10 83
Day 1: 5 12-10
29. Takahiro Omori Emory, TX 5 12-06 82
Day 1: 5 12-06
30. Randy Sullivan Breckenridge, TX 5 12-00 81
Day 1: 5 12-00
31. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 5 11-13 80
Day 1: 5 11-13
32. Seth Feider Bloomington, MN 5 11-12 79
Day 1: 5 11-12
33. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 5 11-09 78
Day 1: 5 11-09
33. Jeff Kriet Ardmore, OK 5 11-09 78
Day 1: 5 11-09
35. Rick Morris Lake Gaston, VA 5 11-08 76
Day 1: 5 11-08
35. Cliff Pace Petal, MS 5 11-08 76
Day 1: 5 11-08
37. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 5 11-08 74
Day 1: 5 11-08
37. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 5 11-08 74
Day 1: 5 11-08
39. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 5 11-06 72
Day 1: 5 11-06
39. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 5 11-06 72
Day 1: 5 11-06
41. James Elam Tulsa, OK 5 11-05 70
Day 1: 5 11-05
42. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 5 11-02 69
Day 1: 5 11-02
43. Terry Scroggins San Mateo, FL 5 10-15 68
Day 1: 5 10-15
43. Chris Zaldain Laughlin, NV 5 10-15 68
Day 1: 5 10-15
45. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 5 10-11 66
Day 1: 5 10-11
46. Russ Lane Prattville, AL 5 10-10 65
Day 1: 5 10-10
46. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 5 10-10 65
Day 1: 5 10-10
48. Kyle Monti Okeechobee, FL 4 10-07 63
Day 1: 4 10-07
49. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 5 10-04 62
Day 1: 5 10-04
50. Rick Clunn Ava, MO 5 10-03 61
Day 1: 5 10-03
51. Skeet Reese Auburn, CA 5 10-02 60
Day 1: 5 10-02
52. Morizo Shimizu Suita, Osaka JAPAN 5 10-01 59
Day 1: 5 10-01
53. Brent Chapman Lake Quivira, KS 5 09-15 58
Day 1: 5 09-15
54. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 5 09-13 57
Day 1: 5 09-13
55. Mike McClelland Bentonville, AR 5 09-12 56
Day 1: 5 09-12
56. Gerald Spohrer Gonzales, LA 5 09-11 55
Day 1: 5 09-11
57. Stephen Browning Hot Springs, AR 5 09-10 54
Day 1: 5 09-10
58. Chris Groh Spring Grove, IL 4 09-09 53
Day 1: 4 09-09
59. Tyler Carriere Youngsville, LA 5 09-07 52
Day 1: 5 09-07
59. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 5 09-07 52
Day 1: 5 09-07
61. Jacob Powroznik North Prince George, VA 5 09-06 50
Day 1: 5 09-06
61. Wesley Strader Spring City, TN 5 09-06 50
Day 1: 5 09-06
63. Dustin Connell Clanton, AL 5 09-05 48
Day 1: 5 09-05
64. Dave Lefebre Erie, PA 5 09-03 47
Day 1: 5 09-03
65. Paul Elias Laurel, MS 5 09-00 46
Day 1: 5 09-00
66. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 4 09-00 45
Day 1: 4 09-00
67. Chris Lane Guntersville, AL 5 08-14 44
Day 1: 5 08-14
68. Matt Lee Guntersville, AL 5 08-12 43
Day 1: 5 08-12
69. Shaw Grigsby Jr. Gainesville, FL 5 08-11 42
Day 1: 5 08-11
69. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 5 08-11 42
Day 1: 5 08-11
71. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 4 08-10 40
Day 1: 4 08-10
72. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 5 08-07 39
Day 1: 5 08-07
73. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 5 08-06 38
Day 1: 5 08-06
74. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 5 08-05 37
Day 1: 5 08-05
75. David Walker Sevierville, TN 5 08-05 36
Day 1: 5 08-05
76. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 5 08-04 35
Day 1: 5 08-04
77. Kelly Jordon Flint, TX 3 08-04 34
Day 1: 3 08-04
78. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 5 08-03 33
Day 1: 5 08-03
79. Fred Roumbanis Russellville, AR 5 08-01 32
Day 1: 5 08-01
79. Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC 5 08-01 32
Day 1: 5 08-01
81. Robbie Latuso Gonzales, LA 5 08-01 30
Day 1: 5 08-01
82. Roy Hawk Lk Havasu Cty, AZ 5 07-14 29
Day 1: 5 07-14
83. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 5 07-14 28
Day 1: 5 07-14
84. Greg Vinson Wetumpka, AL 5 07-12 27
Day 1: 5 07-12
85. Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 5 07-11 26
Day 1: 5 07-11
86. Hunter Shryock Newcomerstown, OH 5 07-10 25
Day 1: 5 07-10
87. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 5 07-10 24
Day 1: 5 07-10
88. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 5 07-07 23
Day 1: 5 07-07
88. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 5 07-07 23
Day 1: 5 07-07
88. Scott Rook Little Rock, AR 5 07-07 23
Day 1: 5 07-07
91. Jared Lintner Arroyo Grande, CA 5 07-05 20
Day 1: 5 07-05
92. Tommy Biffle Wagoner, OK 5 07-04 19
Day 1: 5 07-04
92. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 5 07-04 19
Day 1: 5 07-04
94. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 5 07-01 17
Day 1: 5 07-01
95. Darrell Ocamica New Plymouth, ID 5 07-00 16
Day 1: 5 07-00
96. Ish Monroe Hughson, CA 5 06-15 15
Day 1: 5 06-15
97. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 4 06-09 14
Day 1: 4 06-09
97. Bill Weidler Helena, AL 4 06-09 14
Day 1: 4 06-09
99. Randy Howell Guntersville, AL 5 06-07 12
Day 1: 5 06-07
100. John Murray Spring City, TN 3 06-03 11
Day 1: 3 06-03
101. Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL 5 06-00 10
Day 1: 5 06-00
102. Tim Horton Muscle Shoals, AL 4 05-13 9
Day 1: 4 05-13
103. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 3 05-12 8
Day 1: 3 05-12
104. Cliff Crochet Pierre Part, LA 4 04-06 7
Day 1: 4 04-06
105. Hank Cherry Jr Lincolnton, NC 3 03-12 6
Day 1: 3 03-12
106. Jonathon VanDam Gobles, MI 3 03-08 5
Day 1: 3 03-08
107. Gary Klein Mingus, TX 3 03-07 4
Day 1: 3 03-07

by AnglersChannel

GRIGSBY IN CONTROL AFTER TWO DAYS AT FLW TOUR ON LAKE ST. CLAIR PRESENTED BY MERCURY

Fishery Sets New FLW Record – Two-Day Pro Total of 6,045 Pounds of Bass Shatters Previous Tour Record of 5,938

DETROIT, Mich. (June 29, 2018) – FLW Tour pro Chad Grigsby of Maple Grove, Minnesota, brought another limit of smallmouth bass to the scale Friday – this one weighing 24 pounds, 4 ounces – to maintain his lead after Day Two of the FLW Tour at Lake St. Clair presented by Mercury. The 180-boat field is now cut to just the top 30, and Grigsby will start Saturday’s Day Three of competition with a slim 4-ounce lead over Costa pro Dylan Hays of Sheridan, Arkansas (49-13), who sits in second. Local ace Scott Dobson of Clarkston, Michigan is in fourth place with 10 bass totaling 46-5.

“They weren’t acting the same as they were yesterday,” said Grigsby, who has nine previous FLW Tour top-10 finishes in his career. “The bait that was key for me yesterday didn’t work, so I grabbed another bait that I hadn’t thrown all week and started catching them on that. It was a smaller-profile, finesse-type bait. I’m kind of feeling like I’m one step ahead of the fish and I’m just rolling with whatever they tell me to throw.”

Grigsby said that he caught fish on four different baits throughout the day, but the fish that he weighed in came on just three. He had his day’s weight by 10 a.m. and spent the rest of the day looking to see if he could find any other areas near his on the southern section of Canadian waters. He said he was unable to find anything that was as good, but is confident that his area can hold up.

“It’s about a mile long, and no one else is fishing where I am,” Grigsby said. “There are a couple of sweet spots. Every time I go across one waypoint, it’s almost a guarantee that I catch one.

“I really wanted to make the Forrest Wood Cup, and about the only way that I was going to do that was to win here, so that was my goal,” Grigsby went on to say. “I thought that a 23-pound-a-day average would be enough to do it, and I’m ahead of that right now. I was really confident coming here that I could do it. I don’t know if it’s going to happen, but I’ve got two more days of fishing to go.”

The top 30 pros that made the first cut and will fish Saturday on Lake St. Clair are:

1^st: Chad Grigsby, Maple Grove, Minn.., 10 bass, 50-1

2^nd: Costa pro Dylan Hays, Sheridan, Ark., 10 bass, 49-13

3^rd: Darrel Robertson, Jay, Okla., 10 bass, 46-9

4^th: Scott Dobson, Clarkston, Mich., 10 bass, 46-5

5^th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 10 bass, 46-4

6^th: Brad Knight, Lancing, Tenn., 10 bass, 45-1

7^th: Joey Cifuentes, Clinton, Ark., 10 bass, 44-5

8^th: Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, Texas, 10 bass, 43-9

9^th: Ryan Chandler, Hebron, Ind., 10 bass, 43-5

10^th: Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., 10 bass, 42-7

11^th: Scott Martin, Clewiston, Fla., 10 bass, 42-4

12^th: Quaker State pro Scott Canterbury, Odenville, Ala., 10 bass, 42-3

13^th: Cody Meyer, Auburn, Calif., 10 bass, 42-1

14^th: Carl Jocumsen, Queensland, Australia, 10 bass, 41-13

15^th: Berkley pro Justin Atkins, Florence, Ala., 10 bass, 41-11

16^th: Jeremy Lawyer, Sarcoxie, Mo., 10 bass, 41-11

17^th: David Williams, Maiden, N.C., 10 bass, 41-8

18^th: Cody Hahner, Wausau, Wis., 10 bass, 41-8

19^th: Chris Johnston, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 10 bass, 41-5

20^th: Shane LeHew, Catawba, N.C., 10 bass, 41-5

21^st: Pennzoil Marine pro Matt Arey, Shelby, N.C., 10 bass, 41-2

22^nd: Zack Birge, Blanchard, Okla., 10 bass, 40-13

23^rd: Jeff Dobson, Bartlesville, Okla., 10 bass, 40-4

24^th: Matt Becker, Finleyville, Pa., 10 bass, 40-3

25^th: J.T. Kenney, Palm Bay, Fla., 10 bass, 40-1

26^th: Clent Davis, Montevallo, Ala., 10 bass, 39-13

27^th: Wes Logan, Springville, Ala., 10 bass, 39-9

28^th: Craig Rozema, Simpsonville, S.C., 10 bass, 39-5

29^th: Miles Howe, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., 10 bass, 39-4

30^th: Clark Reehm, Elm Grove, La., 10 bass, 39-2

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

Chandler earned Friday's $500 Simms Big Bass award in the Pro Division thanks to a monster 6-pound, 10-ounce smallmouth bass.

Overall there were 842 bass weighing 3,011 pounds, 15 ounces, caught by 173 pros Friday. The catch included 162 five-bass limits. The pros’ two-day total catch of 6,045 pounds, 6 ounces is a new FLW Tour record, besting the previous record of 5,938 pounds, 12 ounces which occurred in a 2008 Tour-level event at the California Delta.

The top 10 Co-anglers finished:

1^st: Mark Myers, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 10 bass, 42-4, $20,100

2^nd: Billy Messer, Spartanburg, S.C., 10 bass, 41-4, $7,550

3^rd: Jamie Jacobus, Johnstown, Ohio, 10 bass, 40-3, $5,000

4^th: Cody Kelley, Portage, Mich., 10 bass, 40-0, $4,000

5^th: Chad Smith, Minnetonka, Minn., 10 bass, 39-13, $3,000

6^th: Jeff Baffa, Frankfort, Ill., 10 bass, 39-13, $2,500

7^th: Keith Bridges, Mission Viejo, Calif., 10 bass, 39-5, $2,000

8^th: Christopher Kanute, Clover, S.C., 10 bass, 37-13, $1,800

9^th: Justin Drljaca, Nashotah, Wis., 10 bass, 37-8, $1,700

10^th: Justin Mounce, Springdale, Ark., 10 bass, 37-6, $1,600

Stephen Crawley of Bush, Louisiana, earned $250 for the Simms Big Bass award in the Co-angler Division Friday with a 6-pound, 7-ounce smallmouth.

Overall there were 644 bass weighing 2,412 pounds, 12 ounces, caught by 165 co-anglers Friday. The catch included 122 five-bass limits.

In FLW Tour competition, pros and co-anglers are randomly paired each day, with pros supplying the boat, controlling boat movement and competing against other pros. Co-anglers fish from the back deck against other co-anglers. The full field of 360 anglers competed in the two-day opening round. Co-angler competition concluded following Friday’s weigh-in, while the top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2018 Forrest Wood Cup will be on Lake Ouachita in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 10-12 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

Anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. EDT each morning from the Lake St. Clair Metropark, located at 31300 Metro Parkway, in Harrison Township. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins will also be held at the park, beginning at 4 p.m.

Prior to the weigh-ins Saturday and Sunday, June 30-July 1, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the Lake St. Clair Metropark from noon to 4 p.m. each day. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.

Also for youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at the Lake St. Clair Metropark on Saturday, June 30 from 9-11 a.m. The event is hosted by FLW Foundation pro Cody Kelley along with other FLW Tour anglers, and is free and open to anyone under the age of 18 and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. The 1^st and 2^nd place anglers that catch the biggest fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Tour stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.

by AnglersChannel

DUCE Fishing - Cliff Crochet Signature Rods Being Released at ICAST 2018

Lafayette, La. June 28, 2018, – Lafayette, La. based DUCE Rods LLC is happy to announce the launch of their new Cliff Crochet Signature series rods at ICAST 2018 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., July 11 – 13, 2018.

This new series is the product of work between DUCE Rods LLC and one of the most unique anglers in professional fishing. Crochet, from Pierre Part, La., has made a name for himself over the course of nine seasons on the Bassmaster Elite Series as a power fisherman. His new series will showcase six power actions - including a highly anticipated frog rod – all built around his fishing strengths.

The highly detailed design process for this series was months in the making and the results of this partnership feature DUCE’s new counter balancing system on three of the six actions. Unlike most counter balancing apparatus, this revolutionary new system helps distribute the weight throughout the rod blank as opposed to using a heavy weight at the end. As with other DUCE Rods’ series, the Cliff Crochet Signature Series features Spiral Wrapped Technology as well as high quality components, such as; a Toray Carbon T700 Blank, PacBay Minima Guides, and a custom laser engraved DUCE cork handle.

When asked about the design process Crochet was heavily involved. “This is a true signature series,” said Crochet. Every model was built from the ground up with the exact actions, components, handles, and lengths I wanted; these are the outcome of a great partnership and I’m very happy with them.”
The company is equally as excited to show everyone what they have been working on. “We took Cliff to the school of rod building,” said Rob Lever, director of marketing for DUCE Rods LLC. “His understanding of the process really helped and we have worked together to produce a series that our fans and the Cajun Baby’s fans will be proud of.”

The Cliff Crochet Series will be featured in this year’s New Product Showcase. Please visit DUCE Rods at booth 832 to check out this series as well as our other lineups; the ECHO and ELEMENT series. We encourage all media members to come by and talk to Crochet himself and our executives about the process and actions incorporated into the rods.

Along with getting information about the DUCE Rods LLC Cliff Crochet Signature Series, we will have two exciting giveaways to all media who come by to see the rods and leave their business card. Everyone will be entered to win the grand prize of a trip to Louisiana to fish with Crochet, and five others will win a DUCE rod.

About Cliff Crochet – Crochet is an Elite Series Angler from Pierre Part, La., and a veteran of more than 100 Bassmaster entries. In his 10-year career, Crochet has earned nearly $475,000 in competition, has qualified for four trips to the Bassmaster Classic, and claimed victory in 2016 at the Bassmaster Central Open on the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana. Along with DUCE Rods, Crochet is sponsored by, Skeeter, Yamaha, Luck E Strike, The Bass University, Bill Lewis Outdoors (Rat-L-Trap),Power-Pole, Lowrance, Seaguar, Santone Lures, Sawyer Products, and Huk. For more information about Cliff Crochet, visit http://cliffcrochet.com, or contact him by email at [email protected]. Keep up with Cliff Crochet on Facebook/CliffCrochet, Twitter @CliffCajunBaby and Instagram @CajunBabyFishing.

About DUCE Rods LLC - DUCE Spiral Fishing Rods are a game changing technology. Made with the industry’s best components, the spiraling eyelet design reduces torque and give you better control of your catch. Designed with passion for the passionate fisherman, our unique line up of rods will leave you wondering why you ever stayed in line in the first place. Visit DUCE Rods online at http://ducerods.com and on Facebook.

DUCE Rods - Never Stay Inline.

by AnglersChannel

Lawson Tilghman Blog - "Crazy Time of Year for Me & the Bass!"

Lawson Tilghman

This blog will be published while I am on the water fishing the High School World Finals on Pickwick out of Florence, AL.

I have really been looking forward to this event for a couple of months now. I am fishing with Cort Walker and we are representing Tennessee Hardin County High School. Lance Walker is our boat captain, and we are hoping to have a great tournament.

This last month has been a month full of fishing.

I recently returned from Lake El Salto, Mexico filming with Joe Thomas and the Outdoor Channel. We had a great time and caught a lot of fish. I’m looking forward to seeing how that show turns out.

I fished the BFL on Kentucky Lake and finished 17^thwith 11-14. That was a really great tournament for me.

Shimano has some great new products coming out in a couple week at ICAST. Earlier this month I spent some time filming with some of the new products in Georgia. I can’t say too much, but let’s just say, high school anglers- there is something coming for you.

Another highlight for me was the FLW Costa on Lake Barkley. During practice I thought it could be won on just one spot. There were close to 300 boats, and I realized how tight it was going to be trying to fish the ledges and fight for a spot. I told myself in practice, I should find an off the wall spot and fish away from everybody so I wouldn’t have to worry about anyone around me or have anyone pull up on me. On the last day of practice, I made a run way down the lake and spent some time fishing. It was like a ghost town down there- just a couple crappie fishermen and some carp fishermen. I searched around, looked over and said to myself, I’m gonna go graph this point over here and see if I can find anything. Up to that time, I didn’t have any spots with really good fish. I felt like I could catch a limit, but it wasn’t really a big limit. It was late in the day when I pulled up on the point just before I was about to go in. I saw some fish, so I fished it a little. I didn’t catch anything but had some good bites, so I added that spot on my list to try.

Fast forward to tournament day. I had an early boat draw. I thought this was for sure going to be a morning bite, because once the sun gets up the fish get real weird. They don’t want anything moving. I knew I had to use my time wisely to catch them. I pulled up to my first spot and caught a keeper after 30 minutes, but after that catch, I couldn’t get them to fire up again. I knew I had to make a move while it was still morning. So, I made the decision to head to the point where I saw fish in practice. When I got there, it was like something you see in a movie. The fish were taking off with every cast. It was for sure a God thing. I was down there by myself all day seeing only one boat. I was able to catch 17-2 off that spot on day one. On day 2 I had a later boat number, so I was worried I would probably only have an hour to make it happen. I went straight to the spot and started fishing. I fished for 2 hours and caught three. I moved around a little and spent about an hour trying other stuff but I just had to go back to the spot because I thought maybe they would be pulled up a little more on the spot. I ran over it with my graph and saw three, but I didn’t think I could get them to bite. About that time a barge headed down the river. I made my cast out and my line hit the bottom. While the barge was going by, my line took off. I thought to myself, this is either current or a really big fish. I set the hook and reeled in a 4.5. On my next cast, I caught another one to get my limit of 18-13. I didn’t catch any more fish that day and missed the top 10 the cut by 1lb. 3oz but finished 14^th. What an exciting tournament!

Hopefully we have a great finish at the High School World Finals. After that I will be headed to ICAST to work in the new product showcase, lead some seminars and work the show.

Be sure to follow me on social media for updates from the show.

EDITORS NOTE: Lawson and Sort are leading the Tennessee Team in the World Finals High School Tournament on Pickwick Lake. All Weights are zeroed as of Today (Friday) - Top 20 fish on Saturday.

by AnglersChannel

BRP Acquires Alumacraft, Creates new Marine Group

Courtesy of BRP Communications

STURTEVANT, Wis. – Evinrude announced today that it is now a part of the newly established BRP Marine Group. Tracy Crocker, Senior Vice-President and General Manager of Evinrude since 2017, has been appointed President of the Group, effective immediately. Crocker will be responsible for the strategic direction and operations of the BRP Marine Group while maintaining his active role at Evinrude.

Evinrude, an outboard engine manufacturer that developed the first commercially viable outboard engine in 1909, will join Alumacraft, a 70-plus year-old manufacturer of aluminum fishing boats which was acquired today. The acquisition of Alumacraft and creation of BRP Marine Group reinforces BRP’s commitment to become a leading global marine corporation.

“This is an opportunity for BRP and is the first step of many towards our goal to become a leading marine company,” said Crocker. “The formation of BRP Marine Group with two iconic marine industry players in Evinrude and Alumacraft will open up a world of possibilities for us within the marine industry. Our key objective is to provide high quality, innovative opportunities that help families create unforgettable memories on the water.”

Crocker continued, “For nearly 110 years, Evinrude has led years of invention, re-invention and innovation of outboard engine manufacturing. Leveraging BRP’s state-of-the-art manufacturing expertise in powersports will allow us to continue our development of innovative technology and production of user-friendly, fuel efficient, and environmentally friendly outboard engines.”

“This acquisition was a natural fit for us as the first step in our newly formed Marine Group,” said José Boisjoli, President and CEO of BRP. “In the short term, we plan to focus on network optimization and dealer conversion to leverage both product lines’ strengths and gradually develop our presence in the industry. In about three years from now, we expect to be in a position to truly transform the marine industry. Along with our approach to innovation and design expertise, we will apply a buy, build and transform strategy to do for the marine business what we have done for the powersports business.”

Evinrude and Alumacraft will experience no changes in day-to-day operations and will remain independent companies within the BRP Marine Group. Terms of the Alumacraft acquisition are not being disclosed.
For additional information on Alumacraft, visit alumacraft.com.

About Evinrude Evinrude is a global manufacturer of outboard marine engines. A model of innovation, Evinrude developed the first commercially viable outboard engine in 1909. Celebrating 110 years of innovation in 2019, Evinrude’s engine line up, from 3.5 to 300 HP, offers customers superior value across a full range of applications while meeting all global emissions standards. Engines are available at authorized Evinrude dealerships worldwide. For more information visit www.evinrude.com.

by AnglersChannel

GRIGSBY TOPS 25 POUNDS TO TAKE EARLY LEAD AT FLW TOUR ON LAKE ST. CLAIR PRESENTED BY MERCURY

Pros Catch More Than 3,030 pounds of Bass – Shattering Previous 2018 High of 2,200 Pounds

DETROIT, Mich. (June 28, 2018) – FLW Tour pro Chad Grigsby of Maple Grove, Minnesota, crossed the stage with a limit of smallmouth bass weighing 25 pounds, 13 ounces – the largest limit ever weighed in his 15-year FLW Tour career – to lead Day One of the FLW Tour at Lake St. Clair presented by Mercury. The Minnesota pro now holds a 1-pound, 13-ounce lead over pro Darrel Robertson of Jay, Oklahoma, who caught five bass weighing 24 pounds even. The four-day event features a field of 180 of the world’s best bass-fishing professionals and co-anglers competing for top awards of up to $125,000 cash in the pro division and up to $25,000 cash in the co-angler division.

“I thought that I could go out and catch 23 pounds today, but you never really know,” said Grigsby, a four-time Forrest Wood Cup qualifier with one previous Tour-level win. “You can’t win the tournament on Day One, but I’m around a bunch of big fish and now I just have to figure out what they want to bite.”

Grigsby was fairly tight-lipped about his pattern, but said that he fished “deep” on a big main-lake area and caught fish on three different baits. He credited a bait change around 10 a.m. as being the key to his 25-pound limit.

“We were catching them, but we made an adjustment when the wind quit blowing around 10 (a.m.) and then we really started catching them,” Grigsby said. “It was a bait that I had never thrown in practice, but everything that I weighed in came on it.

“The area where I’m fishing is a big area, and it’s deep and has a lot of bait where I’m at,” Grigsby continued. “It seems to have all of the right ingredients. Tomorrow the wind is supposed to be blowing a little bit, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to catch them the way that I did today. Fishing changes every day, though, and you have to be able to change with it. I know the area where they’re at and I’m confident that I can catch them again.”

The top 10 pros after day one on Lake St. Clair are:

1^st: Chad Grigsby, Maple Grove, Minn., five bass, 25-13

2^nd: Darrel Robertson, Jay, Okla., five bass, 24-0

3^rd: Ryan Chandler, Hebron, Ind., five bass, 23-10

4^th: Scott Dobson, Clarkston, Mich., five bass, 23-7

5^th: Costa pro Dylan Hays, Sheridan, Ark., five bass, 23-6

6^th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., five bass, 23-2

7^th: Chris Johnston, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, five bass, 23-1

7^th: Joey Cifuentes, Clinton, Ark., five bass, 22-11

9^th: Abu Garcia pro Justin Atkins, Florence, Ala., five bass, 22-6

10^th: Russell Cecil, Willis, Texas, five bass, 22-2

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

Grigsby’s limit was anchored by a chunky 6-pound, 3-ounce, smallmouth that also earned the day's $500 Simms Big Bass award in the pro division.

Overall there were 868 bass weighing 3,033 pounds, 7 ounces caught by 178 pros Thursday – by far the largest single-day catch for the FLW Tour pros in 2018. The catch included 165 five-bass limits.

Mark Myers of Cedar Falls, Iowa, leads the co-angler division with five bass weighing 23 pounds, 9 ounces, followed by Cody Kelley of Portage, Michigan, and Jason Williams of Mason, Michigan, who both weighed five bass totaling 22-3, and are tied for second place.

The top 10 co-anglers after day one on Lake St. Clair are:

1^st: Mark Myers, Cedar Falls, Iowa, five bass, 23-9

2^nd: Jason Williams, Mason, Mich., five bass, 22-3

2^nd: Cody Kelley, Portage, Mich., five bass, 22-3

4^th: Chad Smith, Minnetonka, Minn., five bass, 21-6

4^th: Jamie Jacobus, Johnstown, Ohio, five bass, 21-2

6^th: Kenneth Taylor, Shelby Township, Mich., five bass, 20-9

7^th: Mike Emrich, Chatham, Ontario, Canada, five bass, 20-2

8^th: Mark Goetsch, Gibralter, Mich., five bass, 19-12

9^th: Don Smith, Brodhead, Ky., five bass, 19-10

10^th: Craig Kopczyk, Ortonville, Mich., five bass, 19-7

Rob Bakeman of Rochester Hills, Michigan, earned $250 for the Simms Big Bass award in the co-angler division with a 5-pound, 6-ounce smallmouth.

Overall there were 779 bass weighing 2,415 pounds, 7 ounces caught by 174 co-anglers Thursday. The catch included 130 five-bass limits.

In FLW Tour competition, pros and co-anglers are randomly paired each day, with pros supplying the boat, controlling boat movement and competing against other pros. Co-anglers fish from the back deck against other co-anglers. The full field of 360 anglers competes in the two-day opening round. Co-angler competition concludes following Friday’s weigh-in, while the top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. EDT each morning from the Lake St. Clair Metropark, located at 31300 Metro Parkway, in Harrison Township. Friday’s weigh-in will be held at the park beginning at 3:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins will also be held at the park, but will begin at 4 p.m.

1	CHAD GRIGSBY	MAPLE GROVE, MN	25 - 13 (5)	25 - 13 (5)	$500
2	DARREL ROBERTSON	JAY, OK	24 - 0 (5)	24 - 0 (5)
3	RYAN CHANDLER	HEBRON, IN	23 - 10 (5)	23 - 10 (5)
4	SCOTT DOBSON	CLARKSTON, MI	23 - 7 (5)	23 - 7 (5)
5	DYLAN HAYS	SHERIDAN, AR	23 - 6 (5)	23 - 6 (5)
6	BRYAN THRIFT	SHELBY, NC	23 - 2 (5)	23 - 2 (5)
7	CHRIS JOHNSTON	PETERBOROUGH, ON	23 - 1 (5)	23 - 1 (5)
8	JOEY CIFUENTES	CLINTON, AR	22 - 11 (5)	22 - 11 (5)
9	JUSTIN ATKINS	FLORENCE, AL	22 - 6 (5)	22 - 6 (5)
10	RUSSELL CECIL	WILLIS, TX	22 - 2 (5)	22 - 2 (5)
11	BRAD KNIGHT	LANCING, TN	22 - 1 (5)	22 - 1 (5)
12	JEREMY LAWYER	SARCOXIE, MO	22 - 0 (5)	22 - 0 (5)
13	TROY MORROW	EASTANOLLEE, GA	21 - 14 (5)	21 - 14 (5)
13	SCOTT CANTERBURY	ODENVILLE, AL	21 - 14 (5)	21 - 14 (5)
15	JT KENNEY	PALM BAY, FL	21 - 12 (5)	21 - 12 (5)
16	SCOTT MARTIN	CLEWISTON, FL	21 - 8 (5)	21 - 8 (5)
17	CARL JOCUMSEN	FRISCO, TX	21 - 7 (5)	21 - 7 (5)
18	CLENT DAVIS	MONTEVALLO, AL	21 - 6 (5)	21 - 6 (5)
19	NICK GAINEY	CHARLESTON, SC	21 - 5 (5)	21 - 5 (5)
20	CLARK REEHM	ELM GROVE, LA	21 - 3 (5)	21 - 3 (5)
21	RAMIE COLSON JR	CADIZ, KY	21 - 1 (5)	21 - 1 (5)
22	CODY MEYER	AUBURN, CA	21 - 0 (5)	21 - 0 (5)
23	FREDDY HURLEY	SOMERSET, KY	20 - 14 (5)	20 - 14 (5)
24	CODY HAHNER	WAUSAU, WI	20 - 13 (5)	20 - 13 (5)
25	TODD CASTLEDINE	NACOGDOCHES, TX	20 - 12 (5)	20 - 12 (5)
26	MATT BECKER	FINLEYVILLE, PA	20 - 8 (5)	20 - 8 (5)
27	DAVID WILLIAMS	MAIDEN, NC	20 - 5 (5)	20 - 5 (5)
28	BUDDY GROSS	CHICKAMAUGA, GA	20 - 4 (5)	20 - 4 (5)
29	CORY JOHNSTON	BENTON, KY	20 - 3 (5)	20 - 3 (5)
30	BRANDON MOSLEY	CHOCTAW, OK	20 - 1 (5)	20 - 1 (5)
30	MATT AREY	SHELBY, NC	20 - 1 (5)	20 - 1 (5)
32	CLAYTON BATTS	MACON, GA	20 - 0 (5)	20 - 0 (5)
33	ALLEN BOYD	SALEM, IN	19 - 15 (5)	19 - 15 (5)
34	DENNIS TIETJE	ROANOKE, LA	19 - 14 (5)	19 - 14 (5)
35	JEFF DOBSON	BARTLESVILLE, OK	19 - 13 (5)	19 - 13 (5)
35	SHANE LEHEW	CATAWBA, NC	19 - 13 (5)	19 - 13 (5)
37	BRANDON COBB	GREENWOOD, SC	19 - 11 (5)	19 - 11 (5)
38	MATT GREENBLATT	PORT ST LUCIE, FL	19 - 10 (5)	19 - 10 (5)
39	KYLE WEISENBURGER	OTTAWA, OH	19 - 9 (5)	19 - 9 (5)
39	TYLER STEWART	WEST MONROE, LA	19 - 9 (5)	19 - 9 (5)
41	JOHN COX	DEBARY, FL	19 - 8 (5)	19 - 8 (5)
41	TOM MONSOOR	LA CROSSE, WI	19 - 8 (5)	19 - 8 (5)
41	GREG BOHANNAN	BENTONVILLE, AR	19 - 8 (5)	19 - 8 (5)
44	KOBY KREIGER	ALVA, FL	19 - 7 (5)	19 - 7 (5)
45	BRADLEY DORTCH	ATMORE, AL	19 - 3 (5)	19 - 3 (5)
45	JEFF SPRAGUE	POINT, TX	19 - 3 (5)	19 - 3 (5)
47	BRAXTON SETZER	MONTGOMERY, AL	19 - 2 (5)	19 - 2 (5)
47	SCOTT SUGGS	ALEXANDER, AR	19 - 2 (5)	19 - 2 (5)
49	KURT MITCHELL	MILFORD, DE	19 - 0 (5)	19 - 0 (5)
50	RANDY HAYNES	RIPLEY, MS	18 - 15 (5)	18 - 15 (5)
50	CHRIS NEAU	NEW ORLEANS, LA	18 - 15 (5)	18 - 15 (5)
52	CLINT BROWN	BAINBRIDGE, GA	18 - 13 (5)	18 - 13 (5)
52	MATTHEW STEFAN	JUNCTION CITY, WI	18 - 13 (5)	18 - 13 (5)
54	BOB MORIN	SEYMOUR, TN	18 - 12 (5)	18 - 12 (5)
54	JASON REYES	HUFFMAN, TX	18 - 12 (5)	18 - 12 (5)
54	DAVID WOOTTON	COLLIERVILLE, TN	18 - 12 (5)	18 - 12 (5)
54	MICHAEL NEAL	DAYTON, TN	18 - 12 (5)	18 - 12 (5)
58	JIMMY BREWER	MARSHALL, TX	18 - 11 (5)	18 - 11 (5)
59	GRAE BUCK	HARLEYSVILLE, PA	18 - 9 (5)	18 - 9 (5)
60	MARK ROSE	WEST MEMPHIS, AR	18 - 8 (5)	18 - 8 (5)
60	ANDY MORGAN	DAYTON, TN	18 - 8 (5)	18 - 8 (5)
60	TAYLOR ASHLEY	WARRIOR, AL	18 - 8 (5)	18 - 8 (5)
63	GREG MANSFIELD	OLATHE, KS	18 - 7 (5)	18 - 7 (5)
63	ROB JORDAN	FLOWERY BRANCH, GA	18 - 7 (5)	18 - 7 (5)
63	JEFF GUSTAFSON	KEEWATIN, ON	18 - 7 (5)	18 - 7 (5)
66	BARRY WILSON	BIRMINGHAM, AL	18 - 6 (5)	18 - 6 (5)
66	JOHNNY MCCOMBS	MORRIS, AL	18 - 6 (5)	18 - 6 (5)
66	JIM JONES	BIG BEND, WI	18 - 6 (5)	18 - 6 (5)
69	LUKE DUNKIN	LAWRENCEBURG, TN	18 - 5 (5)	18 - 5 (5)
69	KYLE CORTIANA	BROKEN ARROW, OK	18 - 5 (5)	18 - 5 (5)
69	JARED MCMILLAN	BELLE GLADE, FL	18 - 5 (5)	18 - 5 (5)
69	JOHN DEVERE	BEREA, KY	18 - 5 (5)	18 - 5 (5)
73	ANDY WICKER	POMARIA, SC	18 - 4 (5)	18 - 4 (5)
74	JAMES NIGGEMEYER	VAN, TX	18 - 3 (5)	18 - 3 (5)
75	MATT REED	MADISONVILLE, TX	18 - 2 (5)	18 - 2 (5)
76	ROB KILBY	HOT SPRINGS, AR	18 - 1 (5)	18 - 1 (5)
76	DERRICK BLAKE	ROCKWOOD, TN	18 - 1 (5)	18 - 1 (5)
76	AUSTIN FELIX	EDEN PRAIRIE, MN	18 - 1 (5)	18 - 1 (5)
79	LARRY NIXON	QUITMAN, AR	18 - 0 (5)	18 - 0 (5)
80	TIM FREDERICK	LEESBURG, FL	17 - 14 (5)	17 - 14 (5)
81	TOM REDINGTON	ROYSE CITY, TX	17 - 13 (5)	17 - 13 (5)
82	JOSH DOUGLAS	ISLE, MN	17 - 12 (5)	17 - 12 (5)
82	WES LOGAN	SPRINGVILLE, AL	17 - 12 (5)	17 - 12 (5)
84	CHRIS MCCALL	PALMER, TX	17 - 11 (5)	17 - 11 (5)
85	MATT WITTEKIEND	ANGLETON, TX	17 - 10 (5)	17 - 10 (5)
86	JOSHUA WEAVER	MACON, GA	17 - 8 (5)	17 - 8 (5)
86	RANDY BLAUKAT	JOPLIN, MO	17 - 8 (5)	17 - 8 (5)
88	JASON LAMBERT	MICHIE, TN	17 - 5 (5)	17 - 5 (5)
89	JASON ABRAM	PINEY FLATS, TN	17 - 4 (5)	17 - 4 (5)
89	BRANDON MCMILLAN	CLEWISTON, FL	17 - 4 (5)	17 - 4 (5)
91	WADE CURTISS	LINCOLN, CA	17 - 3 (5)	17 - 3 (5)
92	CODY KELLEY	CONWAY, AR	17 - 2 (5)	17 - 2 (5)
93	BRITT MYERS	LAKE WYLIE, SC	17 - 1 (5)	17 - 1 (5)
94	JOHN VOYLES	PETERSBURG, IN	17 - 0 (5)	17 - 0 (5)
95	CAPT BLAKE SMITH	LAKELAND, FL	16 - 15 (5)	16 - 15 (5)
95	JIMMY REESE	WITTER SPRINGS, CA	16 - 15 (5)	16 - 15 (5)
97	JIM TUTT	LONGVIEW, TX	16 - 14 (5)	16 - 14 (5)
98	JOHN HUNTER	SHELBYVILLE, KY	16 - 13 (5)	16 - 13 (5)
98	MARK FISHER	WAUCONDA, IL	16 - 13 (5)	16 - 13 (5)
98	ROBERT PEARSON	HERNDON, VA	16 - 13 (5)	16 - 13 (5)
101	JAY KENDRICK	GRANT, AL	16 - 12 (5)	16 - 12 (5)
102	BILLY MCCAGHREN	MAYFLOWER, AR	16 - 10 (5)	16 - 10 (5)
102	CLARK WENDLANDT	LEANDER, TX	16 - 10 (5)	16 - 10 (5)
102	CAMERON GAUTNEY	MUSCLE SHOALS, AL	16 - 10 (5)	16 - 10 (5)
105	BRETT PREUETT	MONROE, LA	16 - 9 (5)	16 - 9 (5)
105	JOSEPH WEBSTER	WINFIELD, AL	16 - 9 (5)	16 - 9 (5)
105	JIM MOYNAGH	CARVER, MN	16 - 9 (5)	16 - 9 (5)
105	ALEX DAVIS	ALBERTVILLE, AL	16 - 9 (5)	16 - 9 (5)
109	TODD HOLLOWELL	FISHERS, IN	16 - 8 (5)	16 - 8 (5)
109	JASON JOHNSON	DAWSONVILLE, GA	16 - 8 (5)	16 - 8 (5)
111	SHANE LINEBERGER	LINCOLNTON, NC	16 - 6 (5)	16 - 6 (5)
111	BILLY HINES	VACAVILLE, CA	16 - 6 (5)	16 - 6 (5)
113	ANDY YOUNG	ISLE, MN	16 - 5 (5)	16 - 5 (5)
113	TERRY BOLTON	PADUCAH, KY	16 - 5 (5)	16 - 5 (5)
115	BRADLEY HALLMAN	NORMAN, OK	16 - 4 (5)	16 - 4 (5)
116	MILES HOWE	SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA	16 - 3 (5)	16 - 3 (5)
116	ANDREW UPSHAW	TULSA, OK	16 - 3 (5)	16 - 3 (5)
118	ERIC JACKSON	WALLING, TN	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)
119	DAVID LARSON	MOUND, MN	16 - 1 (5)	16 - 1 (5)
119	SHAWN MURPHY	NICHOLASVILLE, KY	16 - 1 (5)	16 - 1 (5)
121	MIKE SURMAN	BOCA RATON, FL	16 - 0 (5)	16 - 0 (5)
122	MICHAEL WOOLEY	BOONEVILLE, MS	15 - 13 (5)	15 - 13 (5)
122	KERRY MILNER	BONO, AR	15 - 13 (5)	15 - 13 (5)
122	RICHARD LOWITZKI	HAMPSHIRE, IL	15 - 13 (5)	15 - 13 (5)
125	SCOTT WILEY	BAY MINETTE, AL	15 - 12 (5)	15 - 12 (5)
126	EVAN BARNES	HOT SPRINGS , AR	15 - 11 (5)	15 - 11 (5)
127	SHELDON COLLINGS	GROVE, OK	15 - 9 (5)	15 - 9 (5)
128	JIM MOULTON	MERCED, CA	15 - 8 (5)	15 - 8 (5)
128	JIMMY HOUSTON	COOKSON, OK	15 - 8 (5)	15 - 8 (5)
128	CRAIG ROZEMA	SIMPSONVILLE, SC	15 - 8 (5)	15 - 8 (5)
131	ZACK BIRGE	BLANCHARD, OK	15 - 7 (5)	15 - 7 (5)
132	AARON BRITT	YUBA CITY, CA	15 - 5 (5)	15 - 5 (5)
133	TIM CALES	SANDSTONE, WV	15 - 4 (5)	15 - 4 (5)
134	TIMMY THOMPKINS	MYRTLE BEACH, SC	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)
135	CHAD MORGENTHALER	REEDS SPRING, MO	15 - 2 (5)	15 - 2 (5)
136	JIM DILLARD	WEST MONROE, LA	15 - 1 (5)	15 - 1 (5)
136	JAMIE HORTON	CENTERVILLE, AL	15 - 1 (5)	15 - 1 (5)
138	SCOTT ASHMORE	BROKEN ARROW, OK	15 - 0 (5)	15 - 0 (5)
139	REX HUFF	CORBIN, KY	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)
140	PETER THLIVEROS	SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL	14 - 12 (5)	14 - 12 (5)
141	CHRISTOPHER BRASHER	LONGVIEW, TX	14 - 11 (5)	14 - 11 (5)
141	FURMAN (JOE) THOMPSON	CLAYTON, GA	14 - 11 (5)	14 - 11 (5)
141	DAVID NICHOL	GAINESVILLE, GA	14 - 11 (5)	14 - 11 (5)
141	WILLIAM CAMPBELL	MIDDLESBORO, KY	14 - 11 (5)	14 - 11 (5)
141	DARRELL DAVIS	DOVER, FL	14 - 11 (5)	14 - 11 (5)
146	GLENN CHAPPELEAR	ACWORTH, GA	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)
147	CURTIS RICHARDSON	BELLEVILLE, ON	14 - 8 (5)	14 - 8 (5)
148	JASON MENINGER	SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL	14 - 6 (5)	14 - 6 (5)
148	TODD AUTEN	LAKE WYLIE, SC	14 - 6 (5)	14 - 6 (5)
150	JAY YELAS	LINCOLN CITY, OR	14 - 4 (5)	14 - 4 (5)
151	MATT GARNER	SEMINOLE, OK	14 - 3 (5)	14 - 3 (5)
152	KURT DOVE	DEL RIO, TX	13 - 13 (4)	13 - 13 (4)
153	RUSTY TRANCYGIER	HAHIRA, GA	13 - 12 (5)	13 - 12 (5)
153	DAVID DUDLEY	LYNCHBURG, VA	13 - 12 (5)	13 - 12 (5)
155	CHRIS GOSSELAAR	FRESNO, CA	13 - 9 (5)	13 - 9 (5)
156	GARY YAMAMOTO	PALESTINE, TX	13 - 6 (4)	13 - 6 (4)
157	DARYL BIRON	SOUTH WINDSOR, CT	13 - 2 (5)	13 - 2 (5)
158	BRIAN LATIMER	BELTON, SC	12 - 15 (5)	12 - 15 (5)
159	CHAD RANDLES	ELKHORN, NE	12 - 13 (5)	12 - 13 (5)
160	KEITH BRYAN	NOVATO, CA	12 - 12 (5)	12 - 12 (5)
161	CHARLIE EVANS	BEREA, KY	12 - 8 (5)	12 - 8 (5)
162	YUSUKE MIYAZAKI	FORNEY, TX	12 - 5 (4)	12 - 5 (4)
163	BILL MCDONALD	GREENWOOD, IN	12 - 3 (4)	12 - 3 (4)
164	JORDAN OSBORNE	LONGVIEW, TX	12 - 2 (5)	12 - 2 (5)
165	CHASE BROOKS	IRAAN, TX	12 - 0 (5)	12 - 0 (5)
166	WILLIAM(BILLY) SHELTON III	LA CROSSE, VA	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)
167	J TODD TUCKER	MOULTRIE, GA	11 - 14 (5)	11 - 14 (5)
168	RONALD YOUNG	LAKE WALES, FL	11 - 3 (5)	11 - 3 (5)
169	LENDELL MARTIN JR	NACOGDOCHES, TX	11 - 1 (3)	11 - 1 (3)
170	BILL HUTCHISON	BESSEMER, AL	10 - 3 (5)	10 - 3 (5)
171	ANTHONY GAGLIARDI	PROSPERITY, SC	10 - 2 (3)	10 - 2 (3)
172	ZELL ROWLAND	MONTGOMERY, TX	9 - 6 (4)	9 - 6 (4)
173	RICHIE EAVES	NAUVOO, IL	8 - 11 (3)	8 - 11 (3)
174	HARRY MOORE	VALLEY, AL	8 - 6 (4)	8 - 6 (4)
174	JAMES WATSON	LAMPE, MO	8 - 6 (4)	8 - 6 (4)
176	BRYAN SCHMITT	DEALE, MD	6 - 2 (3)	6 - 2 (3)
177	ROBERT BEHRLE	HOOVER, AL	3 - 12 (2)	3 - 12 (2)
178	TONY DUMITRAS	WINSTON, GA	1 - 11 (1)	1 - 11 (1)
	STEVEN HATALA	HARRISON TOWNSHIP, MI	0 - 0 (0)	0 - 0 (0)
	KENNETH (BOO) WOODS	LONDON, KY	0 - 0 (0)	0 - 0 (0)

by AnglersChannel

WALKER AND TILGHMAN LEAD WORLD FINALS FIELD - 25.01 Limit Anchored by 10.08 BF!

Courtesy of FLW Fishing

McKie and Champy also placed second in the 2018 High School Fishing World Finals, which runs concurrently with the National Championship. All National Championship participants are also competing in the invitational World Finals.

Leading the World Finals are Cort Walker and Lawson Tilghman of Hardin County High School, who caught the day’s biggest bag – a limit of 25-01. Their catch was anchored by a 10-pound, 8-ounce bass that earned Big Fish honors.

“My partner caught that fish on a spot we had been wanting to fish all day, but there were people on it,” Walker says. “We waited until everyone was getting ready to leave, and we hoped we would be able to pick up one at the end of the day. On his first cast, he culls a 3-pounder for a 4 1/2.

“We didn’t have another bite for another 50 casts, but we kept fishing around the spot. We said we had to leave by 3:05 to make the weigh-ins, and at 3:04, right before he starts reeling in his bait, he sees his line jump and he sets the hook.”

“The fish was just digging and digging and digging, and I said, ‘There’s no way this is a bass,’” continues Tilghman. “It never wanted to come up and jump, so I thought it was going to be a drum or big catfish. About 20 yards from the boat, it comes up and does a slow walk across the top.

“We all got to hollering, and I skied him the rest of the way to the net. That was definitely the highlight of the day.”

Tilghman says he caught the big bass on a finesse-style bait that he declines to identify until tournament’s end. He and his partner also caught fish on crankbaits.

“They’re kind of in a funk right now,” Tilghman says of the effects of hot weather and heavy fishing pressure on the Pickwick bass. “You can get them fired up really quick, but you have to get something slow through there to really get the good ones to eat.”

WORLD FINALS TOP 10

1. Cort Walker and Lawson Tilghman, Hardin County High School – 25-01

2. Kyler McKie and Chad Campy, North Agusta – 23-09

3. Brian Linder and Nathan Thompson, Eagan Bass Fishing Club – 22-06

4. Dillian Kilcrease and Gage Struben, West Ouachita Fishing Team – 20-15

5. Miles Kaneko and Jared De Femery, Delta Teen Team – 20-00

6. Cal Culpepper and Mason Waddell, Harris County High School – 19-11

7. Hunter Muncrief and Landen MCcary, West Sabine – 19-10

8. Colby Miller and Cole Moore, Oak Hills High School – 19-02

9. Jerren Gieske and Austin Clanton, Lawrence County – 19-00

10. Konnor Rogers and Luke Robinson, Tremont – 18-13

by AnglersChannel

Costa Countdown to Blast Off - June 27, 2018

AC's John Byrne and Pro Staffer Robbie Digh Talk about Summer time heat and whats ahead this week on the Tournament Trail. Check it out!

by AnglersChannel

Moore & Lohr champion 4th annual Techron TX tournament to win over $50,000.

By: Patty Lenderman

It was a push for pounds at the 4th annual Techron TX tournament presented by Bass Champs on Sam Rayburn Jun 23rd, 2018. Push came to shove as 203 teams didn’t disappoint at the scales. $50,000 was guaranteed to the 1st place team and over $100,000 was paid out overall. Twenty four teams went home with checks, but the bite was so good on Sam Rayburn that it took almost 20 pounds of bass to earn a check. In the end Harold Moore and Bryan Lohr hit the jackpot with their five fish limit to win over $50,000.

It is undeniably summertime here in Deep East Texas. Temperatures continued to climb throughout the day hitting triple digits in the ‘feels like’ temps. Thankfully there was a pretty consistent breeze that helped a little to endure this hot day on the lake. When it is hot like this, taking care of the fish in livewells becomes a part of the job out on the lake. As incentive to take great care of the fish caught, any fish brought in that is dead gives the team a one-pound penalty per deceased fish. Considering how tight the weights were, that can make a big difference in the standings. Also, with over 200 teams participating, Bass Champs offered three ‘Zero’ bonuses. Chad Potts explained “When you have this many teams catching that many fish in temperatures like this, it puts a lot of fish in a position to undergo a lot of extra duress going through the weigh in process. We developed this conservation bonus to do two things. (A) Cut down the number of bass being weighed in, getting released back into the lake a lot quicker, and (B) Give more teams who would not have won a check in the regular payout a chance to win for participating in this conservation effort.” Two $500 checks were given out and $250 for the third team drawn to win the conservation bonuses.

The first team to breach twenty pounds was Sammy Christian and Allan Shivers. Their biggest fish weighed 8.50, and their limit hit 24.22 lbs to set the bar in both categories. That was only the beginning. Lee Batson and Jason Greer came in with their catch and heaved their biggest to the scales. It weighed 10.92 lbs! Adding the rest of their catch, they took over the lead with 25.06 pounds. But that was just the beginning.

Harold Moore of Caldwell, TX and Bryan Lohr of Lumberton brought in a huge sack. While it was filled with big chunky bass, none of them would hit over ten pounds to check for the Big Bass category. Heaving their entire sack onto the scales, it registered 29.71 pounds – but they had a one pound penalty, bringing their official weight to 28.71 pounds. What an amazing sack of bass! “The first part of the day we caught our fish on 6th Sense C-25 crank baits,” Harold began. “Later we went to structure areas with a ¾ ounce 6th Sense jig.” Bryan caught their biggest fish on a Carolina rig, anchoring their $50,000 win. Sure Life added another $200 to their day for using the product in their livewell.

Jesse and Brandon Moody of Apple Springs, TX hit 2nd place overall having 27.96 pounds. “We used a 6th Sense C-15 crank bait all day,” the team reported. They had a nice kicker in their bag weighing 9.52 pounds. “We lost a seven pounder earlier in the day that would have put us over the top!” Bass Champs awarded them $10,000 plus another $250 from Lowrance.

Lee Batson and Jason Greer, both of Heath, TX held onto a 3rd place win with their 25.06 lb sack. “We stuck to brush piles all day with a 6th Sense Hybrid jig,” they explained. “We had a limit in the boat by 7am, then we headed to another brush pile. Jason landed our big bass (10.92 lbs) at 9:00. He named her ‘Sarah’”. They received a 3rd place check for $8,000 and got another $1,000 for winning Big Bass.

The rest of the top 10 line up was quite tight:
4th $5,000 24.93 lbs David Curtis & Mark Mueck
5th $3,000 24.76 lbs James Chumley & William Flournoy
6th $2,500 24.51 lbs Terry Stevens & Daniel Metreyeon
7th $2,000 24.22 lbs Sammy Christian & Allan Shivers
8th $1,600 23.18 lbs Ricky Collins & Johnny McKee
9th $1,300 22.70 lbs Todd Driscoll & Shawn Malone
10th $1,150 22.45 lbs Bobby Vice & Ricky Guy

Techron has been the premier sponsor for this annual event for the last few years. Joe DeFina, Business Manager for Techron flew from California to attend the event. “This is such an awesome community,” DeFina began as he surveyed the anglers and the crowd. “Techron makes products that fit both diesel and gas applications, and later in 2018 we will introduce the new marine products as well.” He continues “This annual tournament is a grass roots opportunity for us to meet with the end-users, the consumers of our product. We appreciate this sport so much, and the men and women who participate in it in venues across the board. It is an honor to be a part of the Bass Champs series. Chad and his team run a first class operation. Next year we will feature Techron Marine products, and showcase the features and benefits of this new protection plus formula. I would like to thank everyone who participated in this tournament, and am looking forward to next year. Congratulations to all participants, especially those taking home checks!”

For full standings, click to www.BassChamps.com

by AnglersChannel

Navionics June Updates

Courtesy of Navionics

Navionics just released a ton of new data on lakes and water ways across the United States and Canada, just in time for you to go boating or fishing or sailing or just cruising around!

Navionics is the only cartography provider that shares updates every day, so our customers can enjoy the most current content available, averaging 2,000 updates a day!

They also have an expansive database of over 18,000 lakes in 1 ft HD contours for US and Canada! Now we've added more coverage that is available on Navionics plotter cards and mobile apps - with more on the way! Here are some links to check out....

US - Lake Tohopekaliga, Lake Harris, Little Lake Harris, Lake Eustis (FL) updated

https://www.navionics.com/usa/blog/post/significant-updates-released-for-10-us-lakes/

Canada - New lakes in Ontario and Quebec

https://www.navionics.com/usa/blog/post/new-lake-charts-in-canada/

On your PLOTTER:

Purchase a Navionics+ chart card and get the latest Nautical Chart, SonarChart™ and Community Edits for all of US and Canada plus one year of daily updates or purchase HotMaps Platinum if you want exclusive Satellite Overlay, 3D view and Panoramic Pictures along with Navionics+ charts and features.
If you already have a chart card from Navionics or even a different brand, you can update and upgrade to Navionics+ with Navionics Updates at half price! See video.
If you currently own a Navionics+ or HotMaps Platinum, simply perform your daily updates to have the new lakes added!

On your MOBILE:

If you are new to Navionics, download the FREE version of our Boating app. You'll get a two weeks free trial before the option to purchase so you can explore any of our existing lakes.
If you currently own the Boating app for USA or US & Canada, or the free Boating app with either region purchased, just go to Menu>Update All or Download Map if it is a new area. If you are not able to update your charts, renew your Navionics+ subscription for another year at half price!

Here are some more Navionics News you might have missed...

How to track your day on the Navionics Boating app!

Keep a record of your activities and share your moments on the water! The tracking feature of the Navionics Boating app is perfect for:

Cruising & Sailing - recall trip details from your favorite destinations; analyze speed data and compare it to previous results.

Fishing - return to successful spots.

Learn more at this link:

https://www.navionics.com/usa/blog/post/how-to-track-your-day-on-the-boating-app/

New Lake Charts in Canada

Just in time for summer boating & fishing season, we just released more than a thousand new charts of lakes in Quebec and Ontario as well as hundreds of updates to our existing charts of the region. Navionics is committed to providing our customers with the most up-to-date and accurate content available, continuously updating, verifying, and integrating information.

Learn more at: https://www.navionics.com/usa/blog/post/new-lake-charts-in-canada/

Here are some more exciting Navionics webinars coming soon...

July 9th 8000PM EST Learn how to catch Tuna on poppers and jigs with Captain Jim Freda and Captain Anthony Grassi Co-Sponsored by: Tackle Direct and St Croix Rods.

Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7976053452510236161?source=host+link

July 12th 1000PM EST Southern California Yellowtail Strategy with Erik Landesfeind Co Sponsored by: Penn Reels

Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6588946966303651073?source=host+link

July 16th 800PM EST Bassmaster Elite Angler Brandon Card Topwater fishing during the summer. Co Sponsored by: Yo-Zuri

Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1241856993686621697?source=host+link

July 19th, 2018 1000PM EST Travis Huckaby Prepping for UFC Delta Frog event. Co Sponsored by: Phenix Rods.

Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3114493521068480769?source=host+link

July 24th, 2018 800PM EST Summer Bassin on Lake Okeechobee where do you start with Mike Readling. Co Sponsored by: DOA Lures.

Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8241702058853327873?source=Host+Link

July 30th 800PM EST Redfish time is now! Captain Stephen Fields with Charleston Fishing Co. will help show you where to go and the baits to use. Co Sponsored by: Bass Pro Shops.

Link:https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3679901982359320577?source=Host+Link

by AnglersChannel

BASS Heads to South Dakota & The Mystery Smallmouth At Lake Oahe

Bassmaster Elite Series pros will compete for the coveted $100,000 first-place prize and valuable Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points at the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia out of Pierre, S.D., June 29-July 2. This will be the first event in B.A.S.S. history to be held on Lake Oahe.

Photo courtesy of South Dakota Tourism

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 25, 2018

PIERRE, S.D. — The entire state of South Dakota has a population about equal to that of the city of Indianapolis. On June 29-July 2, however, the population around Pierre will expand by 107 of the world’s best bass anglers, as the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by Abu Garcia will be contested on the massive fishery.

This will mark not only the first time the Elite Series has visited the state, but also will mark the first time most of the field will have seen the lake.

Lake Oahe, which was ranked 20th in the Central Division of Bassmaster Magazine’s 100 Best Bass Lakes this year, is a massive body of water. The Missouri River impoundment covers 370,000 acres, flowing from central South Dakota into North Dakota. If you take out the Great Lakes and Great Salt Lake, Oahe is the biggest lake by volume in the U.S., besting even Lake Okeechobee. So, there will be plenty of room for the Elite field to spread out.

Although Oahe is best known for its walleye, the smallmouth here are set to turn heads of even the most jaded smallmouth fanatic. The few local bass tournaments held on the lake are typically won with more than 20 pounds, and bass exceeding 5 pounds are landed with frequency.

Elite Series pro Brandon Palaniuk of Hayden, Idaho, is especially excited about the event.

“I have not fished the lake, but I’m stoked because it is the closest event we have ever fished to my house,” said the Idaho native. “It’s only 14 hours away!”

And because it is a smallmouth lake, Palaniuk has a lot of confidence. “I’m sure those fish will have little idiosyncrasies as far as the type of structure they prefer and the type of forage they focus on this time of year, but I’ll still go practice with the same 10 rods and baits that I’d start any smallmouth tournament with. Smallmouth are smallmouth.”

Another smallmouth specialist, Elite angler Seth Feider of Bloomington, Minn., believes Oahe is going to be off-the-charts good.

“It is in the middle of nowhere, and those bass have never seen a lure. I know it’s one of the biggest lakes in the nation, and we only have three days of practice, but I don’t think you’re gonna have to try real hard to find fish. I guess a guy could run 200 miles if he wants to, but I’m guessing you’ll be able to catch them just as good by the ramp.”

Palaniuk agrees, but adds, “Covering water to find bigger bass is going to be key, I think. This is the type of fishery where it’s not going to be your big fish that separates you from the pack. Instead, it will be your smallest fish that separates you.”

Daily takeoffs will occur each competition day at 6 a.m. CT from the Spring Creek Resort & Marina, and weigh-ins will be held at Steamboat Park in Pierre at 3 p.m.

by AnglersChannel

AC Insider: Bass Mafia Elite Series Pro Justin Lucas Talks Daddy Life,LaCrosse, AOY & Oahe Plus News, Wrap-ups, Opinions & More!

This week the boys check in with Elite Series Pro Justin Lucas and Life on the road with 7 month old Baby Boy Cooper Jack. JLuc & Jason play "Whats Under the ARE Truck Cap", he talks Lake Oahe and more! The boys also look back at the Progressive Bass Wrap Up, Costa Countdown to blast off and CB Goes off on Thieves and Idiots. Typical Monday here on the AC Insider Podcast!

by AnglersChannel

BLAKE’S TRUCK, BOAT STOLEN AT ST. CLAIR

Courtesy of FLW

June 25, 2018

FLW Tour pro Derrick Blake’s boat and suburban were stolen from outside his hotel early Monday morning around 1:40 a.m., per the hotel security cameras at the Days Inn and Suites in Roseville, Mich. Blake’s truck is a black 2005 Z71 Chevy Suburban, and the boat is a charcoal and grey 2015 Ranger Z520 with Mercury 250 Pro XS, black Power-Poles and Humminbird electronics. If you have any information that might help locate the truck and boat, you can call the Roseville Police at 586.447.4483.

Because Blake was traveling to St. Clair with his family for the final FLW Tour event of the season, all of his tackle was stolen, as well as a number of personal items, including car seats, toys and clothes.

Blake says that according to the hotel cameras, a car drove into the parking lot early in the morning and two men got out, broke into Blake’s truck and then got back in the car. After about 10 minutes two men got back out of the car and into Blake’s truck, started it and drove off with it and the boat, with a third man following in the car.

Blake will be able to borrow a boat from FLW to use for the tournament and practice starting Tuesday, but he’s got other logistical obstacles to overcome besides just getting on the water.

“I’ve got to find a vehicle to get there and back,” says Blake. “I may try and rent a car. I’m sure I can find someone to dump me in every day at the launch.”

Though he lost some irreplaceable tackle, Blake is likely to be OK for the tournament. Some local anglers and Tour pros have stepped up to loan him tackle, and Ark Rods is overnighting him rods and reels.

“If I can get all this done in the next few hours I can get a decent day of practice in tomorrow,” says Blake. “Then it’ll be better than nothing I guess.”

by AnglersChannel

KENTUCKY’S HOCK WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL BUCKEYE DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON OHIO RIVER

Ohio’s Wilkens Takes Co-angler Title

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (June 25, 2018) – Boater Adam Hock of Independence, Kentucky, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 9 pounds even to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Buckeye Division tournament on the Ohio River at Tanner’s Creek. For his win, Hock earned $4,000.

“We got a lot of rain leading up to the tournament, which muddied the water and brought the water levels up,” said Hock, who earned his first career win in BFL competition. “I ended up finding clearer water, and that was the ticket.”

Hock said most of the field ran to the lower end in search of clear water, but equipment limitations forced him to stay upriver.

“It’s shallower upriver and it muddies up a lot more than the steadier water down at the lower end, which is pretty typical for most impoundments,” said Hock. “I was fishing in an aluminum boat with a 60-horsepower motor and didn’t have the fuel capacity or the speed to make the 30-minute run down there. I knew there were a couple good creeks just up from Tanner’s Creek, so I went to what I could get to.”

Around 7:30 a.m. Hock caught a 3-pounder on a white buzzbait. As the morning progressed, Hock left his area to look for cleaner water upriver, but ended up returning.

“My co-angler caught a 4-pounder and we talked to another boat who lost another 4 (pounder) in the area. Those size fish aren’t that common on the Ohio River,” said Hock. “Knowing how clean the water was and realizing that those fish were there, we decided to stay and grind it out.”

Hock said he started out with the buzzbait, but ended up switching to a Texas-rigged green-pumpkin-colored Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw on 20-pound-test line. He ended up weighing four fish on the craw.

“I had more bites with the buzzbait, but they weren’t committing to it. I knew fish were there, but I just had to slow down and flip,” said Hock. “I fished wood, flooded grass and rocky banks. They weren’t on anything specific. I just knew they were in the area and I picked everything apart.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Adam Hock, Independence, Ky., five bass, 9-0, $4,000

2^nd: Brian Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, four bass, 8-0, $2,000

3^rd: Ronald Nutter, Saint Louisville, Ohio, five bass, 7-4, $1,534

4^th: Tilford Head, Hamilton, Ohio, four bass, 7-3, $933

5^th: Gary Ginter, Maplewood, Ohio, three bass, 7-1, $800

6^th: Mark Dove, North Vernon, Ind., five bass, 6-7, $733

7^th: Cody Hall, Xenia, Ohio, two bass, 6-6, $767

8^th: Trevor Windgassen, Alexandria, Ky., four bass, 6-5, $566

8^th: Chris Joyce, Hebron, Ky., four bass, 6-5, $566

10^th: John Viox, Hebron, Ky., two bass, 6-3, $1,307

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Viox brought a bass to the scale weighing 5 pounds even – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $540.

Brent Wilkens of Hamilton, Ohio, won the Co-angler Division and $2,470 Saturday after catching two bass weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Brent Wilkens, Hamilton, Ohio, two bass, 7-10, $2,470

2^nd: Chris McCusker, Beaver Falls, Pa., five bass, 7-9, $1,050

3^rd: Alfie Bricker, West Portsmouth, Ohio, three bass, 6-15, $666

4^th: Dan Schlegel, Cincinnati, Ohio, two bass, 4-11, $467

5^th: Frank Aldridge, Wheelersburg, Ohio, four bass, 4-8, $400

6^th: Brent Jones, Okeana, Ohio, four bass, 4-7, $367

7^th: Mark Miller, Baltic, Ohio, three bass, 3-12, $333

8^th: Robert Todd, Cincinnati, Ohio, two bass, 3-6, $300

9^th: Aaron Stahley, Batavia, Ohio, two bass, 3-4, $236

9^th: Nick Leonard, Cincinnati, Ohio, two bass, 3-4, $236

9^th: Dakota Ball, New Castle, Ind., two bass, 3-4, $236

Wilkens also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 4 pounds, 11 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. 11-13 BFL Regional Championship on Chesapeake Bay in North East, Maryland. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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. 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 Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat.

by AnglersChannel

LA HARPE’S WILSON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL ILLINI DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON REND LAKE

Co-angler title goes to Walnut Hill’s Arning

WHITTINGTON, Ill. (June 25, 2018) – Boater Travis Wilson of La Harpe, Illinois, weighed a 16-pound, 5-ounce limit of bass Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Illini Division tournament on Rend Lake. For his efforts, Wilson netted $5,705.

Wilson said he caught his fish along a 150-yard stretch of riprap on the south side of Illinois Route 154. He said he fished there the entire day, catching six keepers in the process.

“I found the fish in practice Friday late in the day. I hadn’t caught a keeper all day, but around 4 o’clock I caught three good ones along that stretch,” said Wilson, who logged his first win in FLW competition. “I started there Saturday morning, but it was slow. My co-angler and I only caught one or two per hour, but every time I considered leaving, I’d catch another one. I had three around 10 (a.m.) and I decided I was going to stay there the rest of the day.”

Wilson said he used a 7-inch Junebug-colored Zoom Finesse Worm with a 1/8-ounce head.

“If you used anything heavier it was really hard to keep your bait out of the rocks,” said Wilson. “Some of the fish were in 3 feet of water – close to the bank – but some of my better bites came from 6 or 7 feet down. With the light bait you had to be super patient because it’s hard to keep it down in that depth range. Basically, it was light enough to stay out of the rocks, but heavy enough to keep it down.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Travis Wilson, La Harpe, Ill., five bass, 16-5, $3,705 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Colby Schrumpf, Highland, Ill., five bass, 13-10, $1,853

3^rd: Dan Morehead, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 12-15, $1,469

4^th: Brennon McCord, West Frankfort, Ill., five bass, 12-11, $818

5^th: Brett Chesnek, Woodlawn, Ill., five bass, 12-0, $701

6^th: Levi Shaw, Opdyke, Ill., four bass, 11-14, $1,083

7^th: Dan Shoraga, West Frankfort, Ill., five bass, 11-3, $584

8^th: Chad Diedrich, Nashville, Ill., five bass, 10-7, $526

9^th: Jeremy Mull, Chatham, Ill., four bass, 10-6, $467

10^th: Lonnie Bowlin, Benton, Ill., four bass, 10-4, $409

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Shaw brought a bass weighing 6 pounds even to the scale – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $440.

Aaron Arning of Walnut Hill, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $1,853 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Aaron Arning, Walnut Hill, Ill., five bass, 13-14, $1,853

2^nd: Greg McCandless, Normal, Ill., three bass, 11-4, $876

3^rd: Spencer Clark, Maryland Heights, Mo., three bass, 8-6, $585

4^th: Greg James, Carterville, Ill., four bass, 8-1, $459

5^th: Roger Massey, Bloomington, Ill., three bass, 7-6, $321

5^th: Timothy Rivest, Champaign, Ill., two bass, 7-6, $321

5^th: Wesley Lashmett, Winchester, Ill., three bass, 7-6, $321

8^th: Mark Carlock, Hillsboro, Ill., two bass, 6-10, $263

9^th: Brandon Depew, Odin, Ill., three bass, 6-8, $234

10^th: Jay Champley, Benton, Ill., two bass, 6-4, $204

Drew Coleman of Jackson, Missouri, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 8 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $220.

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. 25-27 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Chickamauga in Dayton, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

by AnglersChannel

TAHLEQUAH’S WARNER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL OKIE DIVISION EVENT ON FORT GIBSON LAKE

Oklahoma City’s Bradford Grabs Co-angler Title

WAGONER, Okla. (June 25, 2018) – Boater Russ Warner of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, weighed five bass Saturday totaling 15 pounds, 15 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division tournament on Fort Gibson Lake. Warner took home $5,165 for his win.

“I fished the mid-lake area and targeted offshore rock piles,” said Warner, who logged his first career victory in FLW competition. “All of my fish came from between 6 and 10 feet of water and were on main-lake spots, close to the river channel.

“Every fish I weighed came on a 10-inch Yum Ribbon Tail worm,” continued Warner. “Junebug was the best color, but I did switch to cranberry later in the day. My last fish bit around 2 (p.m.).”

Warner said he fished slow, rotating through eight different stops. He said he hit each at least three times and caught five keepers.

“I got my MinnKota Ultrex trolling motor a couple months ago and wouldn’t have won without it,” said Warner. “The wind was blowing pretty hard and I could get lined up on the rock piles I had marked. I hit Spot Lock, and it would hold me there as I faced the wind. I could make 20, 30 or even 40 casts to the same spot, sometimes waiting until that 40^th cast to get a bite.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Russ Warner, Tahlequah, Okla., five bass, 15-15, $5,165

2^nd: Roger Fitzpatrick, Eldon, Mo., five bass, 15-10, $2,782

3^rd: Dennis Berhorst, Holts Summit, Mo., five bass, 15-9, $2,122

4^th: David Youngblood, Owasso, Okla., five bass, 15-7, $1,205

5^th: Terry Thomas, Nixa, Mo., five bass, 15-3, $990

5^th: Jacob Capps, Muskogee, Okla., three bass, 15-3, $990

7^th: Marcus Sykora, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 14-15, $861

8^th: Clint Williams, Fayetteville, Ark., five bass, 14-9, $775

9^th: Tom Silber, Labadie, Mo., five bass, 13-14, $689

10^th: Curt Warren, Rose, Okla., three bass, 13-10, $603

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Richard Bower III of Westphalia, Missouri, brought a 6-pound, 3-ounce bass to the scale – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $805.

Bryant Bradford of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, won the Co-angler Division and $2,582 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 11 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Bryant Bradford, Oklahoma City, Okla., five bass, 11-9, $2,582

2^nd: Bradley Sullivan, Shawnee, Okla., four bass, 11-3, $1,693

3^rd: Steve Madar, Starkville, Miss., five bass, 10-9, $863

4^th: Jacob Sloan, Paola, Kan., four bass, 10-8, $759

4^th: Bill Wiles, Arcadia, Okla., four bass, 10-8, $559

6^th: Stephen Stewart, Fort Gibson, Okla., three bass, 10-2, $473

7^th: David Hamilton, Rogers, Ark., four bass, 9-15, $430

8^th: Kurt Gordon, Cushing, Okla., three bass, 9-6, $387

9^th: David Lansford, Muskogee, Okla., three bass, 9-5, $344

10^th: Stephen Delgado, Lee’s Summit, Mo., three bass, 8-13, $351

Sullivan caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 5 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $402.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division tournament on Fort Gibson Lake was hosted by the Wagoner Area Chamber of Commerce.

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. 25-27 BFL Regional Championship on Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

by AnglersChannel

TENNESSEE’S HUFF WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL MOUNTAIN DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON BARREN RIVER

Tennessee’s Goss Grabs Co-angler Title

GLASGOW, Ky. (June 25, 2018) – Boater Rod Huff of Monterey, Tennessee, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 6 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division tournament on the Barren River. Huff earned $7,552 for his win.

Huff said he mainly fished rock and wood and caught his fish shallow, in less than 5 feet of water. He said his day was split between four areas, spanning from up the main river, to both Peter and Beaver creeks.

“Early on in the morning I caught my biggest using a (green-pumpkin) ChatterBait with a (Zoom) Z-Craw of the same color up the main river, around the wood and rock,” said Huff, who earned his second career win in BFL competition. “I ran the bait over a small laydown and put it in the boat.”

Huff’s fish – a 5-pound, 8-ouncer – was the heaviest of the event. He also weighed in two on a Texas-rigged green-pumpkin Zoom Z-Craw and the rest on a white 3/8-ounce custom buzzbait.

“My other big bite came between 12 and 1 o’clock flipping the Z-Craw in Peter Creek,” said Huff. “I basically covered water with the ChatterBait and buzzbait, and if I came to a treetop or something like that I’d flip it.”

Huff said he ended up catching around seven keepers over the course of his day.

“The key for me was hitting the areas at the right time. There wasn’t a lot of pressure up shallow. I actually thought the tournament would be won offshore. That, along with my two big bites, was what sealed the deal for me.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Rod Huff, Monterey, Tenn., five bass, 18-6, $5,552 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Tom Hill, Lexington, Ky., five bass, 16-15, $1,921

3^rd: Joe Rucker, Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 15-8, $1,382

4^th: Tony Eckler, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 14-15, $896

5^th: Mark Morgan, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 14-13, $768

6^th: Ryan Coleman, Utica, Ky., five bass, 14-4, $704

7^th: Brian Wilson, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 13-10, $940

8^th: Tim Saylor, Johnson City, Tenn., five bass, 13-1, $576

9^th: Robert Reagan, Byrdstown, Tenn., five bass, 12-11, $512

10^th: Michael Emberton, Bowling Green, Ky., five bass, 12-9, $448

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Huff’s 5-pound, 8-ounce bass earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $510.

Larry Goss of Hartsville, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $2,048 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 16 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Larry Goss, Hartsville, Tenn., five bass, 16-14, $2,048

2^nd: Chris Rushing, Gamaliel, Ky., four bass, 11-5, $1,160

3^rd: Donnie Durbin, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 10-14, $641

4^th: Tommy Glass, Verona, Ky., four bass, 10-7, $448

5^th: David Mouser, Elizabethtown, Ky., four bass, 9-13, $384

6^th: James Wathen, Royal Oak, Mich., five bass, 9-1, $402

7^th: Brent Clark, Bowling Green, Ky., four bass, 7-12, $320

8^th: Glen Alan Ruth, Frankfort, Ky., four bass, 7-11, $288

9^th: Billy Gardner, Livingston, Tenn., three bass, 7-10, $256

10^th: Timothy Ernst, Mount Eden, Ky., three bass, 7-6, $224

Robbie Welsh of Berea, Kentucky, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 4 pounds, 15 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $127.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division tournament on the Barren River was hosted by the Glasgow-Barren County Tourist & Convention Commission.

by AnglersChannel

Nelson goes Back-to-Back on Champlain - Wins Costa Northern

Courtesy of FLW Fishing

June 23, 2018 by Jody White

In 2017, Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich., won the Costa FLW Series Northern Division opener on Lake Champlain with 54 pounds, 9 ounces and a mix of largemouths and smallmouths. Today, Nelson won the 2018 season opener, which was presented by Power-Pole, this time with 15 healthy bedding smallmouths for a total of 60 pounds even.

After weighing five smallies on the final day for 19-8, Nelson edged out Brett Carnright for the title by 8 ounces. Nelson’s third Costa FLW Series win earns him $51,700 and a Ranger Z518 with a 200-hp outboard.

Winning with all smallmouths on Champlain is pretty unheard of in a multi-day tournament. It happens, but seemingly only once a decade or so. This week, Nelson sincerely tried to catch largemouths, and almost weighed in a couple, but in the end he went all brown.

“I had the same strategy as last time,” says Nelson. “These fish are so easy to catch. They gave me a lot of window to take my co-angler fishing and try to find a big largemouth. I just did not see the largemouths I saw last time. The water quality was not the same. It seemed dirtier this year; it just seemed off. I knew that a 4-pounder was a great fish no matter what it was, but I also knew I couldn’t catch a 5-plus smallmouth. I could have a real shot at catching a 5-plus largemouth.”

Nelson lost a big largemouth on day one that would have probably given him the lead right then. As it was, he triumphed over a pile of locals with slightly heftier bedding smallies.

“I learned pretty quick that you’d find quality fish in any section you went to. It was just a matter of learning a given section and putting time in,” says Nelson, who mostly fished the main lake around the Gut (the passage between Grand Isle and South Hero).

A lot of the field spent time with their heads buried in a bathyscope, searching for smallies or eyeing them up while bed-fishing. Nelson bucked that trend to a degree.

“I found them all with my eyes, and I’d just catch them to see what they weighed,” says Nelson, who caught less than 10 smallmouths each day. “My Flogger [bathyscope] got shipped to me during practice, and I just started playing with it and couldn’t tell the size of the fish. I had a few fish where I’d catch them and then I could catch them again next pitch. Time-wise, I wanted to know exactly what I was putting time into. I didn’t want to flog them and think it was a 3 1/2-pounder and have it end up being a 3-pounder.”

Nelson tried to look for deeper beds, and he caught his smallies in 5 to 10 feet on a Poor Boy’s Erie Darter (watermelon gold) and a Reaction Innovations Smallie Beaver rigged on a 1/4- or 3/16-ounce darter head. When he fished for largemouths, Nelson targeted reeds, grass and docks with a Yamamoto Senko and a jig.

On day one Nelson lost a big largemouth around 11 a.m. On day three, he worked a 4-2 smallmouth for hours, even getting it to bite a topwater at one point. Had he caught either of those fish, he might have coasted to the victory. As it was, he had to climb from second and sweat it out.

“It’s really special. It really is,” says Nelson of the win. “I thought I was beat, to be honest with you. I thought he [Carnright] fished really hard and had a big advantage, but however the chips fall they fall, and it’s a blessing. You fish for fun, and to win twice is really cool.”

Top 10 pros

1. Ron Nelson – Berrien Springs, Mich. – 60-0 (15) – $51,700 and a Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower outboard

2. Brett Carnright – Plattsburgh, N.Y. – 59-8 (15) – $20,500

3. Austin Felix – Eden Prairie, Minn. – 59-1 (15) – $14,600

4. Chris Johnston – Peterborough, Ont. – 58-1 (15) – $12,500

5. Chris Adams – Shrewsbury, Vt. – 57-3 (15) – $11,500

6. Ryan Latinville – Plattsburgh, N.Y. – 57-0 (15) – $9,250

7. JJ Judd – Saint Albans, Vt. – 56-11 (15) – $8,000

8. Cory Johnston – Cavan, Ont. – 55-11 (15) – $7,300

9. Joseph Wood – Westport, Mass. – 54-7 (15) – $6,000

10. Bradley Dortch – Atmore, Ala. – 49-8 (15) – $4,500

Complete results

by AnglersChannel

Gabe Aldridge and Wes Wiggins win 2018 Alabama Bass Trail Alabama River John Pollard and Dallas Weldon Sew up Southern Division Anglers of the Year

by Dan O’Sullivan

June 23, 2018 – Prattville, Ala. – The Alabama River poses interesting challenges for anglers. With plentiful shoreline cover to choose from, and the variable of the current to factor in, a day of competitive fishing there is never a sure thing.

With so many things to consider, and so much on the line, the 225 team field of the Alabama Bass Trail’s Southern Division set out on Saturday June 23 to decide several things. Not only was there the question of who would win and collect paychecks in the final event; but also, the Southern Division Anglers of the Year title and who would automatically qualify for the 2018 ABT Championship in October on Neely Henry Lake in Gadsden.

For the individual event, the team of Gabe Aldridge and Wes Wiggins posted an impressive total of 15.88 pounds of Alabama River largemouth to claim victory and the $10,000 winner’s prize. They narrowly edged out Rob Lee and Steve Winslett, who posted a total weight of 15.83 pounds – anchored by the 6.10-pound Mountain Dew Big Bass of the event – to finish second for the day.

Aldridge and Wiggins said that they targeted the Swift Creek area of the pool, deciding to focus on backwater areas that had a mixture of shallow grass and boat docks. They said that they used swim jigs and a Flippin’ presentation to secure the victory.

They said they had a good day of fishing, catching 20 to 30 fish on black and blue or white swim jigs and watermelon red YUM Christie Critters and Big Texan Reaction Innovations Sweet Beavers. “We culled for the last time at about one o’clock today, but certainly didn’t think we had enough to win,” they said. “It hasn’t sunk in yet, this is the biggest tournament we’ve won, so it’s pretty amazing; we’re really proud of this.”

Lee and Winslet fished main lake tree tops that had fallen into the water. They used one of Lee’s homemade black and blue 3/4-ounce Flippin’ jig tipped with a Flippin’ Blue colored Zoom Super Chunk trailer. They also caught several fish on a 3/16-ounce Davis Baits Shaky Head with a Red Bug colored Big Bite Baits Finesse Worm.

Their finish surprised them. “We thought that we could catch 10 to 12 pounds, so this is quite a surprise,” they said. “But, that’s what happens when you luck into a six pounder; it really helps your bag. It was a tough day overall, but we did enough to be here, so the outcome was amazing.”

Heading into the final event, the team of John Pollard and Dallas Weldon were tied with Gentry Gordy and Chad Smith for the lead in the race. There were several other teams that were within striking distance of the leaders should they stumble. The first of the two teams to come through were Gordy and Smith, and they stumbled, leaving the door open.

However, when Pollard and Weldon dropped 15.11 pounds on the scales, they sewed up the Southern Division Anglers of the Year Title by finishing the day in seventh place; their total for the season was 1,032 points. That meant they earned slightly over 206 points per event, or a 19^th place finish for the year. “This has been a great year, we really couldn’t have expected things to go like this,” they said. “This is the toughest field around, so to me standing here as Anglers of the Year is truly an accomplishment that really means something; we’re very proud of this.”

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

PLACE	ANGLERS	WEIGHT	BIG FISH	WINNINGS
1	Gabe Aldridge / Wes Wiggins	15.88	5.43	$10,000
2	Rob Lee / Steve Winslett	15.83	6.10	$5,000
3	Charlie Williams / Michael Smith	15.66		$4,000
4	Chris Rutland / Coby Carden	15.50		$3,000
5	Jack Tibbs / Joshua Allman	15.41	3.56	$2,000
6	Dusty Jordan / Alex Bowdoin	15.35	4.01	$1,500
7	John Pollard / Dallas Weldon	15.11		$1,100
7	Joey Davidson / Tullis Lanier	15.11	3.45	$1,100
9	Harry Parkerson / Jason Turner	14.23	3.23	$1,100
10	Timothy Hatcher / Shane Underwood	14.21		$1,100

For complete season ending Southern Division standings, go to https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/south-division-standings/

by AnglersChannel

California Native Ish Monroe Comes From Behind To Win Mississippi River Bassmaster Elite

Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., won the Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing, with a four-day total weight of 65 pounds, 7 ounces.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

June 24, 2018

LA CROSSE, Wis. — Notching his fifth Bassmaster victory, Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., produced a solid limit of largemouth bass that weighed 16 pounds, 2 ounces to win his first victory in six years at the 2018 Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing.

Monroe’s four-day total was 65-7, edging out Jacob Powroznik of North Prince George, Va., who produced a four-day limit of 64-12. Powroznik finished in second place.

Across the four official competition days, there were four different leaders, which kept the event very exciting until the final weigh-in.

Monroe started out in 20th place on Thursday’s opening round, moved up to sixth on Friday, third following Saturday’s semi-final round of competition and then into the top spot on Championship Sunday.

The impressive victory earned the 44-year-old pro valuable Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points and a $100,000 payday.

“Everybody knew that the rising river levels would affect the fish and how they positioned on the structure,” Monroe said. “I had a plan, but early on Day 1, I got stuck on a sandbar, and that was as stuck as I’ve ever been in a bass boat. I freed my boat, and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.”

Monroe said that after he got stuck, he was hesitant to run the Mississippi River backwaters too quickly, so he decided to fish his way into the area he had originally intended to start the tournament.

“I noticed some very similar grass and duckweed not too far from where I got stuck, so I decided to start there,” he said. “I ended up catching a solid limit of bass before I ever got to my original destination. That taught me a lot about where the fish were located and how they were set up.”

As the tournament went on, and the river levels continued to rise, the fish moved further back into the shallow backwaters that were covered in grass, lily pads, duckweed and other types of aquatic vegetation.

“Today, the larger bass were as far back into the slop as they could be, but once I found them this afternoon, I caught plenty of very nice bass. It was important to understand where the bass moved as the water rose, and that was the key component to my victory this week,” he said.

“Every fish I brought to the scales this week came on my Ish Monroe Phat Mat Daddy frog by River2Sea,” he said. “It’s a heavier frog with a larger profile, which was critical to bust through the dense duckweed that covered most of the water where my fish came from.”

Monroe used his signature series 7-foot, 4-inch Daiwa Tatula Elite Series frog rod paired with a Daiwa Zillion SV baitcaster that was spooled with 65-pound Maxima braided line.

The combo was critical to hooking fish and pulling them from the dense cover that covers much of the Upper Mississippi River.

The last time Monroe won was in 2012 on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee, which made this win all the sweeter.

“Every time I win, it means more than the last,” he said. “The competition on the Elite Series is getting tougher and tougher, especially with all the young anglers on the scene doing so well. Winning on such a fantastic fishery means the world to me.”

Rounding out the Top 5 are Randall Tharp with 64-5, Gerald Spohrer with 64-0 and Jacob Wheeler with 62-3.

Monroe also won the Toyota Bonus Bucks Award of $3,000 for being the highest-placing eligible entrant in the program, and the Power-Pole Captain’s Cash Award of $1,000 for being the highest-placing angler who is registered and eligible and uses a client-approved product on his boat.

The second-highest-placing eligible entrant in the Toyota Bonus Bucks program, Powroznik, received $2,000.

Brent Chapman was awarded $1,000 for the leading the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points race at the end of the event.

The tournament was hosted by Explore La Crosse.

2018 Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by GO RVing 6/21-6/24
Mississippi River, La Crosse WI.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4

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

1. Ish Monroe Hughson, CA 20 65-07 110 $101,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-06 Day 2: 5 16-11 Day 3: 5 17-04 Day 4: 5 16-02
2. Jacob Powroznik North Prince George, VA 20 64-12 109 $25,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-14 Day 2: 5 15-08 Day 3: 5 15-11 Day 4: 5 16-11
3. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 20 64-05 108 $20,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-06 Day 2: 5 17-12 Day 3: 5 15-10 Day 4: 5 14-09
4. Gerald Spohrer Gonzales, LA 20 64-00 107 $15,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-07 Day 2: 5 16-06 Day 3: 5 16-05 Day 4: 5 14-14
5. Jacob Wheeler Harrison, TN 20 62-03 106 $14,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-15 Day 2: 5 14-10 Day 3: 5 15-00 Day 4: 5 16-10
6. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 20 62-00 105 $13,500.00
Day 1: 5 14-03 Day 2: 5 15-14 Day 3: 5 16-03 Day 4: 5 15-12
7. Cliff Pace Petal, MS 20 60-10 104 $13,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-14 Day 2: 5 12-15 Day 3: 5 14-12 Day 4: 5 16-01
8. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 20 60-09 103 $12,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-05 Day 2: 5 17-14 Day 3: 5 15-08 Day 4: 5 10-14
9. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 20 60-06 102 $12,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-07 Day 2: 5 13-06 Day 3: 5 18-04 Day 4: 5 12-05
10. Gary Klein Mingus, TX 20 60-02 101 $11,500.00
Day 1: 5 15-13 Day 2: 5 15-00 Day 3: 5 15-06 Day 4: 5 13-15
11. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 20 58-07 100 $11,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 14-02 Day 3: 5 16-06 Day 4: 5 13-05
12. Wesley Strader Spring City, TN 20 58-06 99 $10,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-04 Day 2: 5 14-11 Day 3: 5 14-00 Day 4: 5 13-07
PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 05-08 $1,500.00

by AnglersChannel

Randall Tharp Takes Control With One Day To Go At Mississippi River Bassmaster Elite

Randall Tharp of Port St. Joe, Fla., takes the lead on the third day of the Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing, with a three-day total weight of 49 pounds, 12 ounces.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

June 23, 2018

LA CROSSE, Wis. — Randall Tharp of Port St. Joe, Fla., scrapped his fish catching game plan because floodwaters washed out his primary hot spot and forced him to find a place to catch bass on the upper Mississippi River.

That adjustment might earn him a second Bassmaster Elite Series title and a healthy $100,000 payday.

Tharp’s efforts produced 15 pounds, 10 ounces of bass today, giving him the lead going into Championship Sunday at the 2018 Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing.

His two-day total is 49-12 — only 1 ounce ahead of Aaron Martens of Leeds, Ala.

Martens will start the final round Sunday in second place with 49-11.

The moderate flooding of the Upper Mississippi has been a hot topic in La Crosse this week. It’s affected the fishing for most of the field — some good and some bad. For Tharp, it’s kept him on his toes.

“I knew my pattern was falling apart. The more the water levels increased, the more concerned I’ve been that my bass would move,” he said. “And they did. I started out in the same area I have been over the past couple of days, and after an hour or so I knew the fish weren’t there any more. I decided to call an audible, and it paid off.”

The 49-year-old pro said that he was catching bass right along a section of the bank that is now under water, and the bass are no longer positioned on the same structure.

“I probably stayed too long this morning,” Tharp said. “Decisions are critical in this game, and today I made the right ones after changing my plan and moving to a different spot. Hopefully tomorrow I can keep the momentum rolling and win this thing.”

Tharp won a Bassmaster event in 2016 that was played out on two Arkansas lakes: Bull Shoals and Norfork. A second Elite Series title would mean a lot to the former Forrest Wood Cup champion.

“I know what it means to win one of these, and that would be great. But right now I’m focusing on staying on top of the fish,” he said. “The standings are very tight, and it could come down to a single big bite for one of us tomorrow. One ounce ahead of Aaron Martens isn’t enough to be comfortable.”

Martens was sharing water for the past three days with California pro Chris Zaldain, who finished in 28th place with a final three-day total of 42-7. That means Martens will be fishing his favorite spots all by himself during the final round of competition.

“I’m not worried about catching a limit at my spot. I’m confident I can do that,” he said. “The fish are there, but finding a big fish that weighs 4 pounds or better is the challenge. I know they are there because I caught two during practice. To have a shot at winning tomorrow, I’m going to need a couple of bigger bass like that.”

Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., will begin Championship Sunday in third place, only 7 ounces out of the lead.

“It’s always great to spend a week fishing here,” Monroe said. “I love tournaments where I can fish my strengths, and I’ve only got one rod on my front deck. It’s rigged up with Ish’s Phat Matt Daddy Frog from River2Sea, and my best spots only seem to be getting better, even with the high water. Tomorrow is going to be exciting.”

Rounding out the Top 5 are Gerald Spohrer of Gonzales, La., with 49-2 and Casey Ashley of Donalds, S.C., with 48-1.

The current leader of the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award is Chad Pipkens of Lansing, Mich., thanks to a 5-8 largemouth bass he caught on Day 1 of the event. If no one catches a larger bass, Pipkens will earn a $1,500 bonus.

Takeoff will occur at Veterans Freedom Park in La Crosse, Wis., at 6 a.m. CT, and final weigh-in will be at Valley View Mall at 3 p.m.

The Bassmaster Elite Series Outdoors Expo and Rock-N-Ribs Festival are being held in conjunction with the tournament. The events will continue Sunday at Valley View Mall beginning at noon featuring boat demo rides, an aquarium, bbq competition, free prizes and the latest fishing products on the market. All activities are free and open to the public. For more information, visit Bassmaster.com.

2018 Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing 6/21-6/24
Mississippi River, La Crosse WI.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3

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

1. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 15 49-12 110
Day 1: 5 16-06 Day 2: 5 17-12 Day 3: 5 15-10
2. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 15 49-11 109
Day 1: 5 16-05 Day 2: 5 17-14 Day 3: 5 15-08
3. Ish Monroe Hughson, CA 15 49-05 108
Day 1: 5 15-06 Day 2: 5 16-11 Day 3: 5 17-04
4. Gerald Spohrer Gonzales, LA 15 49-02 107
Day 1: 5 16-07 Day 2: 5 16-06 Day 3: 5 16-05
5. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 15 48-01 106
Day 1: 5 16-07 Day 2: 5 13-06 Day 3: 5 18-04
6. Jacob Powroznik North Prince George, VA 15 48-01 105
Day 1: 5 16-14 Day 2: 5 15-08 Day 3: 5 15-11
7. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 15 46-04 104
Day 1: 5 14-03 Day 2: 5 15-14 Day 3: 5 16-03
8. Gary Klein Mingus, TX 15 46-03 103
Day 1: 5 15-13 Day 2: 5 15-00 Day 3: 5 15-06
9. Jacob Wheeler Harrison, TN 15 45-09 102
Day 1: 5 15-15 Day 2: 5 14-10 Day 3: 5 15-00
10. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 15 45-02 101
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 14-02 Day 3: 5 16-06
11. Wesley Strader Spring City, TN 15 44-15 100
Day 1: 5 16-04 Day 2: 5 14-11 Day 3: 5 14-00
12. Cliff Pace Petal, MS 15 44-09 99
Day 1: 5 16-14 Day 2: 5 12-15 Day 3: 5 14-12
13. Ott DeFoe Blaine, TN 15 44-08 98 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 18-02 Day 3: 5 14-11
14. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 15 44-04 97 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-00 Day 2: 5 15-12 Day 3: 5 14-08
15. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 15 44-02 96 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-14 Day 2: 5 13-08 Day 3: 5 14-12
16. Alton Jones Jr. Waco, TX 15 44-02 95 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-08 Day 2: 5 15-08 Day 3: 5 14-02
17. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 15 44-01 94 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-02 Day 2: 5 15-02 Day 3: 5 13-13
18. Hunter Shryock Newcomerstown, OH 15 43-14 93 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-13 Day 2: 5 14-08 Day 3: 5 13-09
19. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 15 43-10 92 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-03 Day 2: 5 13-02 Day 3: 5 15-05
20. Dave Lefebre Erie, PA 14 43-07 91 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 5 14-05 Day 3: 4 12-09
21. Cliff Crochet Pierre Part, LA 15 43-04 90 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-05 Day 2: 5 12-12 Day 3: 5 14-03
22. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 15 43-02 89 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-03 Day 2: 5 15-02 Day 3: 5 14-13
23. Brent Chapman Lake Quivira, KS 15 43-01 88 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-12 Day 2: 5 11-11 Day 3: 5 15-10
24. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 15 42-12 87 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 5 15-10 Day 3: 5 12-09
25. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 15 42-11 86 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-15 Day 2: 5 12-06 Day 3: 5 12-06
26. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 15 42-11 85 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-03 Day 2: 5 14-09 Day 3: 5 13-15
27. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 15 42-09 84 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-06 Day 2: 5 13-00 Day 3: 5 14-03
28. Chris Zaldain Laughlin, NV 15 42-07 83 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-12 Day 2: 5 17-11 Day 3: 5 10-00
29. Fletcher Shryock Dennison, OH 15 42-05 82 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-14 Day 2: 5 12-12 Day 3: 5 14-11
30. Josh Bertrand San Tan Valley, AZ 15 42-01 81 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 15-01 Day 3: 5 12-01
31. Chris Lane Guntersville, AL 15 42-00 80 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-00 Day 2: 5 14-10 Day 3: 5 12-06
32. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 15 41-14 79 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-13 Day 2: 5 12-09 Day 3: 5 13-08
33. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 15 41-12 78 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-13 Day 2: 5 13-04 Day 3: 5 13-11
34. Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 15 41-11 77 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-15 Day 2: 5 15-11 Day 3: 5 13-01
35. Jeff Kriet Ardmore, OK 15 41-08 76 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 14-03 Day 3: 5 13-10
36. Greg Vinson Wetumpka, AL 15 41-06 75 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-06 Day 2: 5 13-10 Day 3: 5 13-06
37. Matt Lee Guntersville, AL 15 41-02 74 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-11 Day 2: 5 15-02 Day 3: 5 11-05
38. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 15 40-11 73 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 13-12 Day 3: 5 12-00
39. Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC 15 40-11 72 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 5 14-01 Day 3: 5 13-02
40. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 15 40-08 71 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 5 13-12 Day 3: 5 11-08
41. Morizo Shimizu Suita, Osaka JAPAN 15 40-06 70 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-02 Day 2: 5 16-03 Day 3: 5 12-01
42. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 15 40-06 69 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-04 Day 2: 5 14-03 Day 3: 5 12-15
43. Jonathon VanDam Gobles, MI 15 40-03 68 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 5 13-02 Day 3: 5 11-13
44. James Elam Tulsa, OK 15 40-03 67 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-09 Day 2: 5 15-01 Day 3: 5 11-09
45. Chris Groh Spring Grove, IL 14 40-00 66 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-00 Day 2: 5 14-01 Day 3: 4 10-15
46. Takahiro Omori Emory, TX 15 39-14 65 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-02 Day 2: 5 13-00 Day 3: 5 11-12
47. John Murray Spring City, TN 15 39-11 64 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-00 Day 2: 5 14-07 Day 3: 5 11-04
48. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 14 39-05 63 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-03 Day 2: 5 13-06 Day 3: 4 10-12
49. Brett Hite Phoenix, AZ 15 39-03 62 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-14 Day 2: 5 14-15 Day 3: 5 11-06
50. Brent Ehrler Redlands, CA 15 38-07 61 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-09 Day 2: 5 14-07 Day 3: 5 10-07

by AnglersChannel

UPDATE - Jamie Hartman on Medical Exemption fore Remainder of 2018 Elite Season

Courtesy of Vance McCullough

AnglersChannel.com has been following the story of Elite Series pro Jamie Hartman this week. And then the call from The Pro Agency – Hartman’s rep group. “He’s done.”

It came as a shock. Honestly, we were rooting for the guy. Last word we’d received from the tough, blue collar, former truck driver was, even though a bout of sciatica had hospitalized him on Sunday and he had missed most of the official practice period for the Bassmaster Elite Series event on the upper Mississippi River, a friend would drive him up there and he would lean on the ‘old man seat’ on the deck of his boat and give his best to make a strong showing this week.

His friend, Cole Mckown, drove the 12 hours to get him there as Hartman laid in a makeshift bed in the back seat of his own truck. Hartman spent 4 hours on the water the final practice day, caught a few fish. And couldn’t drive his boat back to the ramp. “I couldn’t even use my Hot Foot,” he explained.

“I tried man. Drove my butt up there and I tried (Wednesday) and . . . ain’t gonna happen. Not gonna happen.

“I couldn’t even sit. It’s out of my control at this point. I’m done. It’s to the point where you can’t do anything at all. It’s an excruciating pain.

“I’ve had it since I was in my twenties,” shared the 45-year-old Hartman. “but it’s always been just a pinch for a few days and then it’s gone. In December it got pretty bad but only in the lower, right back. Then at the Lake Travis event I woke up with it, in the back but going down the leg. That was the first time I felt it in my leg.

“This week it was to the major extreme where I felt it in my whole lower back, all the way down my leg and into my calf. It locked my calf up so bad and went into my foot. From the middle of my thigh all the way to my toes are numb and tingling right now.”

The pain and loss of body control were debilitating. “I had to pull the plug. I had to have somebody drive my boat back while I was on the water. My leg was locked-up. I was done.”

Doctors have been unable to comfort Hartman. “I went to the clinic on Friday and ended up in the hospital again on Sunday. Nothing would relieve it – shot to the hip, pain-killers, muscle relaxers, steroids – nothing would touch it. The pain would not stop. And it was a constant pain, not like you could try to reposition and relax. It was over two days of constant level 8.”

Hartman has been fighting through the pain all season. It finally overtook him, “I’ve never had it like that. I’ll just work through like I always have and it will go away. But every single time I got on the water this year, about 11 o’clock in the morning – you know, you have two muscles that run up your back – well the one on my right side would cramp really bad every single time and I would fight through it every time. But I knew something was not right. I guess here is the outcome of it.”

Hartman had a CAT scan done during his recent hospital visit. It showed no ruptured disks. That’s good. But a CAT scan won’t show as much as an MRI, which he will have done in the near future. “I don’t know what an MRI is going to show. It may show that there’s an issue the CAT scan didn’t reveal.”

Hartman got a medical exemption from B.A.S.S. to postpone tournament participation, so he will fish the 2019 Elite Series. “That’s the only reason I stopped.

“Otherwise I would be laying there casting a Senko to the freaking shoreline, trying to catch a damned fish.

“I had to make sure that I was qualified to fish next season, which I am. My points stay as they are now (due to the hardship exemption) so I’ll finish 35^th. It doesn’t affect anybody else, it just affects me. I am locked-in for next season already.”

Locked-in and committed – “They told me, ‘you have 4 tournaments that you paid for that we’ll get you back’ and I said, ‘Nope. Keep it. It’s a down payment. I’m fishing next year’.”

by AnglersChannel

Delaware Takes B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional Team Title On Winyah Bay

The Delaware B.A.S.S. Nation wins the team competition Thursday with 172 pounds, 9 ounces at the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors on Winyah Bay. Dave Turner of Florida is leading the individual competition with a two-day total weight of 21-3.

Photo by Andy Canulette/B.A.S.S.

June 21, 2018

GEORGETOWN, S.C. — Delaware’s nickname is “The First State,” and its anglers won first place on Thursday in the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Eastern Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors.

Team Delaware’s 20 anglers (10 boaters and another 10 nonboaters) finished with a two-day total of 114 bass that weighed 172 pounds, 9 ounces. That gave them a narrow 1-pound margin over hometown favorite Team South Carolina, which caught 108 bass totaling 171-9 pounds.

The Delaware B.A.S.S. Nation earned a Triton 189 TrX boat powered by a Mercury 150 Pro XS engine with the victory. In all, 17 states from the eastern U.S. fielded teams, as did the Canadian province of Ontario.

The tidal system of Winyah Bay here in coastal South Carolina closely resembles the tidal waters Delaware anglers know well, and that likely assisted the winning squad.

“This area is very similar to what we fish back home,” said Delaware B.A.S.S. Nation President Shawn Taylor. “There are a lot of cypress trees and rivers like home. I think there’s more depth to the water here, but it’s a lot alike.”

Jason Vaughn led Delaware boaters with a two-day total of 10 bass that weighed 18-8 which has him in fourth place overall. Jimmy Myers, also of Delaware, caught three-bass limits on both days of fishing for a total of 12-12, which is good for second place in the nonboater division.

The Top 3 boaters and nonboaters from each state advanced to fish on Friday, as did the Top 34 anglers in the money line. Fifty-six boats (112 anglers) will compete Friday.

“I’m speechless,” Myers said of his team’s victory, as well as the chance to compete individually Friday for a berth in the 2018 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan Outdoors to be held. “It’s like a double win.”

Florida finished third in team standings with 108 bass for 168-9. North Carolina was fourth with 105 bass for 155-3, and Pennsylvania placed fifth with 97 bass for 154-11.

Dave Turner of Team Florida maintained the lead among individual anglers on the boater side with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 21-3. The Crystal River resident managed a limit weighing 6-15 on Thursday, to follow his Day 1 total of 14-4 (still the heaviest bag of the tournament).

“I think a couple of factors affected my area today,” Turner said. “Number 1 is pressure. I had maybe double the number of boats around me today. I’m pretty sure that (as well as) the physical conditions with the (99 degree heat) didn’t help me. The tide was really high today, too.”

Still, Turner is in the pole position heading into Friday’s final day of competition. He said he has to keep an open mind when he’s fishing tomorrow.

“I may have to start over with a new game plan,” he said. “I’ll probably go to the same area I was today to start, but I have to be willing to make a move if I need to.”

Tyler Webb of Team West Virginia is in second place in the boater division with 19-15, and David Boyd of Florida is third with 19-10. Delaware’s Vaughn is fourth, and he’s followed by North Carolina’s Norman Mullinax with 18-5.

Georgetown resident Gary Pope maintained the lead in the nonboater division after a lackluster limit of 3-9 on Thursday. He has a 13-13 total.

Pope said he and his boater had trouble with their bow lights at Thursday’s launch, and they were delayed approximately 30 minutes while the problem was fixed.

Still, Pope wasn’t blaming faulty lights for Thursday’s output.

“I tend to spin out a little bit when things like that happen, so I had to get my head screwed on straight,” Pope said. “B.A.S.S. really worked with us well, and they came up with some solutions to get out there fishing safely.”

As a hometown angler, Pope said he has what he thinks is a good spot to fish Friday. But where he goes tomorrow, of course, will depend on which boater he draws.

“If I have any input at all, I’m going to suggest we switch rivers,” he said. “We fished the Pee Dee, the Little Pee Dee and the Wakkamaw today. We were searching all over today. It was tough.”

Delaware’s Myers is second in the nonboater division. Virginia’s Travis Lugar is sitting in third with 11-14. Georgia’s Weston Wilkes is in fourth with 11-6, and Maryland’s Brandon Forsman is in fifth 11-0.

The top overall boater after Friday’s action will win $6,000 and the winning nonboater will earn $3,000. The leading boater and nonboater from each state also will advance to the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship, which will be held later this year at a yet to be disclosed location.

Friday’s final launch of the B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional will begin Friday at 6 a.m. ET at Carroll Ashmore Campbell Marine Complex in Georgetown. Weigh-in, which can be watched on Bassmaster.com, will begin at 2 p.m.

Georgetown Country is hosting the event.

2018 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors 6/20-6/22
Winyah Bay, Georgetown SC.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2

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

1. Dave Turner Crystal River, FL (FL) 10 21-03 0
2. Tyler Webb Glen Daniel, WV (WV) 10 19-15 0
3. David Boyd Quincy, FL (FL) 10 19-10 0
4. Jason Vaughn Laurel, DE (DE) 10 18-08 0
5. Norman Mullinax Wilmington, NC (NC) 10 18-05 0
6. Paul Gietka Abingdon, MD (MD) 10 17-12 0
7. Steve Marks Walton, WV (WV) 10 17-08 0
8. Mark Hogan Milford, DE (DE) 10 16-06 0
9. Hayes Hudson Conway, SC (SC) 9 16-04 0
10. Mike Moran Ruffsdale, PA (PA) 10 15-14 0
11. Cooper Gallant Bowmanville Ontario CAN 9 15-13 0
12. Kevin Rose Jr Anniston, CT (CT) 8 15-12 0
13. Michael Smith Laurel Hill, FL (FL) 10 15-12 0
14. George Cooper Buxton, ME (ME) 8 15-10 0
15. Brad Bressler Greensburg, PA (PA) 7 15-08 0
16. Luke Shrader Barrington, NJ (NJ) 9 15-07 0
17. Kane Stein Trafford, PA (PA) 10 15-06 0
18. Scott Mislevy Patton, PA (PA) 10 15-06 0
19. Andy Kent Denton, MD (DE) 10 15-05 0
20. Gregg Fogner Conway, SC (SC) 10 14-11 0
21. Chris Jones Conway, SC (SC) 10 14-07 0
22. Ryan Parnell Lynchburg, VA (VA) 6 14-05 0
23. Stan Gunter Saluda, SC (SC) 8 14-01 0
24. Paul Reter Hanover, PA (MD) 10 14-00 0
25. Wayne Burchett Pulaski, VA (VA) 5 13-14 0
26. Kal Vaisanen Dundalk ONTARIO CANADA 9 13-14 0
27. Brandon Neal Middletown, CT (CT) 8 13-11 0
28. Steven Redden Middletown, DE (DE) 10 13-11 0
29. Yoan Alvarez Miami, FL (FL) 10 13-10 0
30. Greg Alexander Hebron, MD (DE) 10 13-10 0
31. Jeff Lugar Cross Junction, VA (VA) 8 13-07 0
32. Adam Richardson Nashville, NC (NC) 10 13-07 0
33. Jeff Hager Alexis, NC (NC) 8 13-04 0
34. Brian La Clair Denton, MD (DE) 10 13-04 0
35. David Morton Suwanee, GA (GA) 9 13-03 0
36. James Goins Baltimore, MD (MD) 9 13-01 0
37. Jeremy Sadowski Valuntower, CT (RI) 9 12-15 0
38. Joey Dawson Rustburg, VA (VA) 9 12-15 0
39. Mark Fournier Londonderry, NH (NH) 9 12-14 0
40. Robert Ramasci Wakefield, MA (MA) 6 12-13 0
41. Jesse Magee Williamstown, NJ (NJ) 9 12-12 0
42. Amos Dixon Camden, DE (DE) 6 12-12 0
43. Mickey Soler Newington, CT (CT) 7 12-07 0
44. Carson Orellana Mooresville, NC (NC) 7 12-05 0
45. Brian O'Connell Lexington, SC (SC) 10 12-05 0
46. Jason Muir Milford, DE (DE) 10 12-04 0
47. Drew Cook Midway, FL (FL) 8 12-02 0
48. William Lortz II Rochester, NY (PA) 5 11-10 0
49. Mike Wolfenden Warwick, RI (RI) 6 11-09 0
50. Casey Warren Galivants Ferry, SC (SC 8 11-09 0
51. Garrett Kruger Monroe, CT (CT) 7 11-09 0
52. Joe Burchill Brighton , MA (MA) 7 11-08 0
53. Cameron Smith Mashpee, MA (MA) 10 11-06 0
54. Patrick Martin Mascouche Quebec CANADA 8 11-05 0
55. Mark Cavanaugh Port Perry ONTARIO CANA 8 11-00 0
56. Greg Beattie Mahaw, NJ (NJ) 6 10-15 0
57. Jody Wright Ellenboro, NC (NC) 6 10-11 0
58. Ed Collier Kenly, NC (NC) 8 10-11 0
59. Kevin Wilkes Pittsfield, MA (NY) 7 10-11 0
60. Paul Mayo Prospect, CT (CT) 6 10-10 0
61. Andrew Larson Lanse, PA (PA) 7 10-06 0
62. Brad Brodnicki Buffalo, NY (NY) 8 10-06 0
63. Mike Toney Blacksburg, VA (VA) 7 10-06 0
64. Jim Embrey Belle, WV (WV) 7 10-05 0
65. Andrew Sams Easton, MD (MD) 8 10-04 0
66. Corey Smith Clermont, FL (FL) 5 10-03 0
67. Bret Winegardner Swanton, MD (MD) 7 10-01 0
68. Timothy Thompson New Milford, CT (NY) 7 10-00 0
69. Michael Comeau Jericho, VT (VT) 8 09-15 0
70. Johnnie Mitchell Chesapeake, VA (VA) 8 09-13 0
71. Donald Tully Acworth, GA (GA) 8 09-12 0
72. Raymond Lentine Oxford, MA (MA) 6 09-10 0
73. Cavin Young Sr Prince George, VA (VA) 7 09-09 0
74. Ken Bugden Westbrook, CT (VT) 9 09-09 0
75. JT Palmore Gasburg, VA (NC) 4 09-08 0
76. Deron Eck Kittanning, PA (PA) 8 09-08 0
77. Allen White Clayton, NC (NC) 8 09-03 0
78. Michael King Lisbon, ME (ME) 8 09-02 0
79. Waine Pittman Villa Rica, GA (GA) 8 09-01 0
80. Jim Groome Pittsgrove, NJ (NJ) 7 08-15 0
81. Randy Elliott Severn, MD (MD) 7 08-14 0
82. John Hendry Lakeland, FL (FL) 9 08-14 0
83. Roger LaFlamme Jr East Waterboro, ME (ME) 7 08-13 0
84. Abe Kalechman Ashford, CT (CT) 6 08-11 0
85. Robert Williamson Gorham, ME (NH) 6 08-09 0
86. Scott Hinds Augusta, ME (ME) 5 08-09 0
87. Dan Carrigan Citrus Springs, FL (FL) 5 08-06 0
88. John Volkernick Dixfield, ME (ME) 6 08-05 0
89. Mike Morris Dover, DE (DE) 7 08-04 0
90. Brad Durden Atlanta, GA (GA) 9 08-03 0
91. Brian Spencer Bentleyville, PA (PA) 6 08-01 0
92. William Pioch Beckley, WV (WV) 7 08-01 0
93. GE Hutchinson Mullica Hill, NJ (NJ) 5 07-14 0
94. J.C Christopher II Clarksburg, WV (WV) 3 07-12 0
95. David Ward Powells Point, NC (NC) 6 07-09 0
96. Michael Caudle Foxboro, MA (MA) 7 07-09 0
97. Nick Ward Fayetteville, GA (GA) 6 07-07 0
98. Chad Braga Andover, NH (NH) 3 07-05 0
99. Edward Powell Elizabeth, WV (WV) 4 07-04 0
100. Chad Shutty Northern Cambria, PA (P 5 07-04 0
101. Ronald Konopka Exeter, NH (NH) 6 07-04 0
102. Kevin Allen Newnan , GA (GA) 4 07-04 0
103. Mark Schafer Williamstown, NJ (NJ) 5 07-03 0
104. Mark Horton Cleveland, MO (GA) 7 07-01 0
105. William Holmes Summerville, SC (SC) 4 06-14 0
106. Derek Severns West Mifflin, PA (PA) 6 06-12 0
107. Keith Wilson Columbia, SC (SC) 6 06-09 0
108. Jason Betourney Bridgeport, VT (VT) 2 06-09 0
109. Edward Gantt North Dinwiddle, VA (VA 5 06-08 0
110. Ryan Smith Galloway, NJ (NJ) 7 06-07 0
111. Eric Johnson Kingston, MA (MA) 5 06-06 0
112. Chris Mann Cornish, NH (VT) 4 06-06 0
113. Jim Stovall Palm Springs, FL (FL) 4 06-02 0
114. John Meier Woodstock, GA (GA) 4 06-01 0
115. Todd Burchett Christianburg, VA (VA) 4 06-00 0
116. Edwin Bartlett Casco, ME (ME) 5 05-15 0
117. James Barkley Lebanon, NH (NH) 5 05-14 0
118. Benjamin Huffman Alum Creek, WV (WV) 4 05-08 0
119. Gregory Ledwell White Marsh, MD (MD) 4 05-07 0
120. Sheron Brown Leminster, MA (RI) 4 05-05 0
121. Johnny Guffey Bessemer City, NC (NC) 4 05-01 0
122. Anthony Lorefice Jr Johnson City, NY (NY) 4 05-01 0
123. Jeff Green Gaffney, SC (SC) 3 05-00 0
124. Corey Lewis Liberty, SC (SC) 4 05-00 0
125. Fred George Okeechobee, FL (FL) 4 04-14 0
125. Vincent Mucci North Haven, CT (CT) 4 04-14 0
127. James Gildea Weston, MA (MA) 5 04-11 0
128. Sean Wilkes Latham, NY (NY) 4 04-11 0
129. Matthew Desimone Jr E Berlin, CT (CT) 3 04-10 0
130. James Graves III Syria, VA (VA) 3 04-10 0
131. Joshua Boese St Catharines Ontario C 4 04-09 0
131. Mike Kim Roswell, GA (GA) 4 04-09 0
133. Bidwood McKechnie North Attleboro, MA (MA 4 04-07 0
134. Dean Donovan Town Of Plympton-Wyomin 4 04-06 0
135. Justin Douglas Windham, ME (ME) 2 04-05 0
136. Bailey Hood East Hampton, CT (CT) 3 04-04 0
137. John DiGennaro Amesbury, MA (NH) 3 04-04 0
138. Brian Trieschman Ellicott City, MD (MD) 4 04-03 0
139. Eric Low Hollis Center, ME (ME) 3 04-01 0
140. John Jeddry III White Hall, MD (MD) 1 03-15 0
141. Cody Okrepki Binghamton, NY (NY) 3 03-15 0
142. Jim Moore Gouverneur, NY (VT) 3 03-11 0
143. Gary Graser Claremont, NH (NH) 3 03-11 0
144. Mark Hunter Bowmanville Ontario CAN 3 03-07 0
145. Craig Townsend Westampton, NJ (NJ) 3 03-06 0
146. Doug Marquart Kirkville, NY (NY) 2 03-05 0
147. Cliff Humphreys Philadelphia, PA (NJ) 2 02-15 0
148. Richard Berich Hampstead, MD (MD) 2 02-15 0
149. Jared Leight Millville, NJ (NJ) 3 02-15 0
150. Tony Kibler Milford, DE (DE) 3 02-14 0
150. Justin Spraske Ashuelot, NH (NH) 3 02-14 0
152. Zach Horrocks Dixie, WV (WV) 2 02-09 0
153. Phil Curtis Rosseau ONTARIO CANADA 2 02-06 0
154. Mark Ochkie California, PA (WV) 2 02-04 0
155. Mark Gebo Orwell, VT (VT) 2 02-04 0
156. Travis Surette Sittsville Ontario CANA 2 02-02 0
157. Ryan Pereiras Boynton Beach, CT (CT) 2 02-00 0
158. Brian Jarvis Warwick , RI (RI) 3 01-12 0
159. Brenda Mossman East Baldwin, ME (ME) 1 01-06 0
160. Scott Adams Belpre, OH (WV) 1 01-05 0
161. Marco Morin Kennebunk , ME (ME) 1 01-04 0
162. Brian Griffith St Albans, WV (WV) 1 01-01 0
162. Brian Wheeler Hanover, MA (MA) 1 01-01 0
164. Joe Matt Syracuse, NY (NY) 1 01-00 0
164. Greg Mitrousis Lakeville, NY (NY) 1 01-00 0
166. Michael Zachodny Nashua, NH (NH) 1 00-15 0
167. Bryn Campbell Keene CANADA (ONT) 1 00-12 0
168. Jeremy Baird Barrie Ontario CANADA ( 0 00-00 0
168. Kevin Brockner Ferndale, NY (NY) 0 00-00 0
168. Michael Capaldi Cranston, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
168. Brian Croteau Blackstone, MA (RI) 0 00-00 0
168. Randall Heinrich Alpharetta, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
168. Paul LeBlanc Medway, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
168. cam Sterritt Newfields, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 62 536 797-03
2 43 459 678-04
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105 995 1475-07

TEAM STANDINGS Day 2
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State Lbs-Oz
1 DELAWARE 172-09
2 SOUTH CAROLINA 171-09
3 FLORIDA 168-09
4 NORTH CAROLINA 155-03
5 PENNSYLVANIA 154-11
6 VIRGINIA 150-13
7 MARYLAND 131-04
8 NEW JERSEY 128-11
9 CONNECTICUT 124-09
10 WEST VIRGINIA 116-08
11 MASSACHUSETTS 105-06
12 GEORGIA 104-10
13 NEW YORK 90-09
14 MAINE 87-05
15 ONTARIO 85-09
16 NEW HAMPSHIRE 81-13
17 VERMONT 74-08
18 RHODE ISLAND 58-14

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 2
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CONNECTICUT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Kevin Rose Jr Anniston, CT 8 15-12 0
2 Brandon Neal Middletown, CT 8 13-11 0
3 Mickey Soler Newington, CT 7 12-07 0
4 Garrett Kruger Monroe, CT 7 11-09 0
5 Paul Mayo Prospect, CT 6 10-10 0
6 Abe Kalechman Ashford, CT 6 08-11 0
7 Vincent Mucci North Haven, CT 4 04-14 0
8 Matthew Desimone Jr E Berlin, CT 3 04-10 0
9 Bailey Hood East Hampton, CT 3 04-04 0
10 Ryan Pereiras Boynton Beach, CT 2 02-00 0

DELAWARE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jason Vaughn Laurel, DE 10 18-08 0
2 Mark Hogan Milford, DE 10 16-06 0
3 Andy Kent Denton, MD 10 15-05 0
4 Steven Redden Middletown, DE 10 13-11 0
5 Greg Alexander Hebron, MD 10 13-10 0
6 Brian La Clair Denton, MD 10 13-04 0
7 Amos Dixon Camden, DE 6 12-12 0
8 Jason Muir Milford, DE 10 12-04 0
9 Mike Morris Dover, DE 7 08-04 0
10 Tony Kibler Milford, DE 3 02-14 0

MASSACHUSETTS
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Robert Ramasci Wakefield, MA 6 12-13 0
2 Joe Burchill Brighton , MA 7 11-08 0
3 Cameron Smith Mashpee, MA 10 11-06 0
4 Raymond Lentine Oxford, MA 6 09-10 0
5 Michael Caudle Foxboro, MA 7 07-09 0
6 Eric Johnson Kingston, MA 5 06-06 0
7 James Gildea Weston, MA 5 04-11 0
8 Bidwood McKechnie North Attleboro, MA 4 04-07 0
9 Brian Wheeler Hanover, MA 1 01-01 0
10 Paul LeBlanc Medway, MA 0 00-00 0

MARYLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Paul Gietka Abingdon, MD 10 17-12 0
2 Paul Reter Hanover, PA 10 14-00 0
3 James Goins Baltimore, MD 9 13-01 0
4 Andrew Sams Easton, MD 8 10-04 0
5 Bret Winegardner Swanton, MD 7 10-01 0
6 Randy Elliott Severn, MD 7 08-14 0
7 Gregory Ledwell White Marsh, MD 4 05-07 0
8 Brian Trieschman Ellicott City, MD 4 04-03 0
9 John Jeddry III White Hall, MD 1 03-15 0
10 Richard Berich Hampstead, MD 2 02-15 0

MAINE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 George Cooper Buxton, ME 8 15-10 0
2 Michael King Lisbon, ME 8 09-02 0
3 Roger LaFlamme Jr East Waterboro, ME 7 08-13 0
4 Scott Hinds Augusta, ME 5 08-09 0
5 John Volkernick Dixfield, ME 6 08-05 0
6 Edwin Bartlett Casco, ME 5 05-15 0
7 Justin Douglas Windham, ME 2 04-05 0
8 Eric Low Hollis Center, ME 3 04-01 0
9 Brenda Mossman East Baldwin, ME 1 01-06 0
10 Marco Morin Kennebunk , ME 1 01-04 0

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mark Fournier Londonderry, NH 9 12-14 0
2 Robert Williamson Gorham, ME 6 08-09 0
3 Chad Braga Andover, NH 3 07-05 0
4 Ronald Konopka Exeter, NH 6 07-04 0
5 James Barkley Lebanon, NH 5 05-14 0
6 John DiGennaro Amesbury, MA 3 04-04 0
7 Gary Graser Claremont, NH 3 03-11 0
8 Justin Spraske Ashuelot, NH 3 02-14 0
9 Michael Zachodny Nashua, NH 1 00-15 0
10 cam Sterritt Newfields, NH 0 00-00 0

NEW JERSEY
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Luke Shrader Barrington, NJ 9 15-07 0
2 Jesse Magee Williamstown, NJ 9 12-12 0
3 Greg Beattie Mahaw, NJ 6 10-15 0
4 Jim Groome Pittsgrove, NJ 7 08-15 0
5 GE Hutchinson Mullica Hill, NJ 5 07-14 0
6 Mark Schafer Williamstown, NJ 5 07-03 0
7 Ryan Smith Galloway, NJ 7 06-07 0
8 Craig Townsend Westampton, NJ 3 03-06 0
9 Cliff Humphreys Philadelphia, PA 2 02-15 0
10 Jared Leight Millville, NJ 3 02-15 0

NEW YORK
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Kevin Wilkes Pittsfield, MA 7 10-11 0
2 Brad Brodnicki Buffalo, NY 8 10-06 0
3 Timothy Thompson New Milford, CT 7 10-00 0
4 Anthony Lorefice Jr Johnson City, NY 4 05-01 0
5 Sean Wilkes Latham, NY 4 04-11 0
6 Cody Okrepki Binghamton, NY 3 03-15 0
7 Doug Marquart Kirkville, NY 2 03-05 0
8 Joe Matt Syracuse, NY 1 01-00 0
8 Greg Mitrousis Lakeville, NY 1 01-00 0
10 Kevin Brockner Ferndale, NY 0 00-00 0

PENNSYLVANIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mike Moran Ruffsdale, PA 10 15-14 0
2 Brad Bressler Greensburg, PA 7 15-08 0
3 Kane Stein Trafford, PA 10 15-06 0
4 Scott Mislevy Patton, PA 10 15-06 0
5 William Lortz II Rochester, NY 5 11-10 0
6 Andrew Larson Lanse, PA 7 10-06 0
7 Deron Eck Kittanning, PA 8 09-08 0
8 Brian Spencer Bentleyville, PA 6 08-01 0
9 Chad Shutty Northern Cambria, PA 5 07-04 0
10 Derek Severns West Mifflin, PA 6 06-12 0

RHODE ISLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jeremy Sadowski Valuntower, CT 9 12-15 0
2 Mike Wolfenden Warwick, RI 6 11-09 0
3 Sheron Brown Leminster, MA 4 05-05 0
4 Brian Jarvis Warwick , RI 3 01-12 0
5 Michael Capaldi Cranston, RI 0 00-00 0
5 Brian Croteau Blackstone, MA 0 00-00 0

VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Ryan Parnell Lynchburg, VA 6 14-05 0
2 Wayne Burchett Pulaski, VA 5 13-14 0
3 Jeff Lugar Cross Junction, VA 8 13-07 0
4 Joey Dawson Rustburg, VA 9 12-15 0
5 Mike Toney Blacksburg, VA 7 10-06 0
6 Johnnie Mitchell Chesapeake, VA 8 09-13 0
7 Cavin Young Sr Prince George, VA 7 09-09 0
8 Edward Gantt North Dinwiddle, VA 5 06-08 0
9 Todd Burchett Christianburg, VA 4 06-00 0
10 James Graves III Syria, VA 3 04-10 0

VERMONT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Patrick Martin Mascouche Quebec CANADA 8 11-05 0
2 Michael Comeau Jericho, VT 8 09-15 0
3 Ken Bugden Westbrook, CT 9 09-09 0
4 Jason Betourney Bridgeport, VT 2 06-09 0
5 Chris Mann Cornish, NH 4 06-06 0
6 Jim Moore Gouverneur, NY 3 03-11 0
7 Mark Gebo Orwell, VT 2 02-04 0

WEST VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Tyler Webb Glen Daniel, WV 10 19-15 0
2 Steve Marks Walton, WV 10 17-08 0
3 Jim Embrey Belle, WV 7 10-05 0
4 William Pioch Beckley, WV 7 08-01 0
5 J.C Christopher II Clarksburg, WV 3 07-12 0
6 Edward Powell Elizabeth, WV 4 07-04 0
7 Benjamin Huffman Alum Creek, WV 4 05-08 0
8 Zach Horrocks Dixie, WV 2 02-09 0
9 Mark Ochkie California, PA 2 02-04 0
10 Scott Adams Belpre, OH 1 01-05 0
11 Brian Griffith St Albans, WV 1 01-01 0

GEORGIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 David Morton Suwanee, GA 9 13-03 0
2 Donald Tully Acworth, GA 8 09-12 0
3 Waine Pittman Villa Rica, GA 8 09-01 0
4 Brad Durden Atlanta, GA 9 08-03 0
5 Nick Ward Fayetteville, GA 6 07-07 0
6 Kevin Allen Newnan , GA 4 07-04 0
7 Mark Horton Cleveland, MO 7 07-01 0
8 John Meier Woodstock, GA 4 06-01 0
9 Mike Kim Roswell, GA 4 04-09 0
10 Randall Heinrich Alpharetta, GA 0 00-00 0

SOUTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Hayes Hudson Conway, SC 9 16-04 0
2 Gregg Fogner Conway, SC 10 14-11 0
3 Chris Jones Conway, SC 10 14-07 0
4 Stan Gunter Saluda, SC 8 14-01 0
5 Brian O'Connell Lexington, SC 10 12-05 0
6 Casey Warren Galivants Ferry, SC 8 11-09 0
7 William Holmes Summerville, SC 4 06-14 0
8 Keith Wilson Columbia, SC 6 06-09 0
9 Jeff Green Gaffney, SC 3 05-00 0
10 Corey Lewis Liberty, SC 4 05-00 0

FLORIDA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Dave Turner Crystal River, FL 10 21-03 0
2 David Boyd Quincy, FL 10 19-10 0
3 Michael Smith Laurel Hill, FL 10 15-12 0
4 Yoan Alvarez Miami, FL 10 13-10 0
5 Drew Cook Midway, FL 8 12-02 0
6 Corey Smith Clermont, FL 5 10-03 0
7 John Hendry Lakeland, FL 9 08-14 0
8 Dan Carrigan Citrus Springs, FL 5 08-06 0
9 Jim Stovall Palm Springs, FL 4 06-02 0
10 Fred George Okeechobee, FL 4 04-14 0

NORTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Norman Mullinax Wilmington, NC 10 18-05 0
2 Adam Richardson Nashville, NC 10 13-07 0
3 Jeff Hager Alexis, NC 8 13-04 0
4 Carson Orellana Mooresville, NC 7 12-05 0
5 Jody Wright Ellenboro, NC 6 10-11 0
6 Ed Collier Kenly, NC 8 10-11 0
7 JT Palmore Gasburg, VA 4 09-08 0
8 Allen White Clayton, NC 8 09-03 0
9 David Ward Powells Point, NC 6 07-09 0
10 Johnny Guffey Bessemer City, NC 4 05-01 0

ONTARIO
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Cooper Gallant Bowmanville Ontario CAN 9 15-13 0
2 Kal Vaisanen Dundalk ONTARIO CANADA 9 13-14 0
3 Mark Cavanaugh Port Perry ONTARIO CANA 8 11-00 0
4 Joshua Boese St Catharines Ontario C 4 04-09 0
5 Dean Donovan Town Of Plympton-Wyomin 4 04-06 0
6 Mark Hunter Bowmanville Ontario CAN 3 03-07 0
7 Phil Curtis Rosseau ONTARIO CANADA 2 02-06 0
8 Travis Surette Sittsville Ontario CANA 2 02-02 0
9 Bryn Campbell Keene CANADA 1 00-12 0
10 Jeremy Baird Barrie Ontario CANADA 0 00-00 0

2018 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors 6/20-6/22
Winyah Bay, Georgetown SC.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 2

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

1. Gary Pope Georgetown, SC (SC) 6 13-13 0
2. Jimmy Myers Wyoming, DE (DE) 6 12-12 0
3. Travis Lugar McGaheysville, VA (VA) 6 11-14 0
4. Weston Wilkes Swainsboro, GA (GA) 6 11-06 0
5. Brandon Forsman Stevensville, MD (DE) 5 11-00 0
6. Ben Vincent Syracuse, NY (NY) 5 10-10 0
7. Michael Duarte Middle River, MD (MD) 6 10-08 0
8. Dan McGarry Carle Place, NY (NJ) 6 10-02 0
9. Stacey Proctor Conway, SC (SC) 6 09-11 0
10. Jake Haas Sewell, NJ (NJ) 5 09-10 0
11. Jeffrey Shaffer Orlando, FL (FL) 5 09-10 0
12. Dewayne Smith Inman, SC (SC) 5 09-08 0
13. Zachary Hajecate Wallkill, NY (NY) 5 09-05 0
14. Joey Mclean Hemingway, SC (SC) 3 09-03 0
15. Reid Mcdowell Conway, SC (SC) 4 09-03 0
16. John Anderson Oxford, NC (NC) 6 09-02 0
17. Jim Keith Newberry, FL (FL) 6 09-01 0
18. Ronald Guthrie Concord, VA (VA) 6 09-00 0
19. Edward Hylton Stokesdale, NC (VA) 5 08-04 0
20. Brendan Looby Medford, MA (MA) 6 08-02 0
21. Jared Whewell Stonington, CT (RI) 4 08-01 0
22. Josh Cotier Clinton, MA (MA) 5 07-14 0
23. Brian Penney Haverhill, MA (NH) 4 07-12 0
24. Joe Sodora Garfield, NJ (CT) 6 07-10 0
25. Jim Morris Milford, CT (CT) 4 07-09 0
26. Chris Washinger Chambersburg, PA (PA) 6 07-09 0
27. Bob Wetzler Rutland, VT (VT) 3 07-08 0
28. David Williams Noyan Quebec CANADA (VT 5 07-08 0
29. Angelo Mayo Maiden, NC (NC) 5 07-08 0
30. Danny Hayes Wilson, NC (NC) 4 07-04 0
31. Brian Keister Atco, NJ (NJ) 6 07-04 0
32. Ray Trudeau Saint Cloud, FL (FL) 6 07-00 0
33. Phil Coffin Pittsburgh, PA (PA) 3 06-13 0
34. Danny McGarry Newtonville CANADA (ONT 4 06-08 0
35. Amy Schwartz Virginia Beach, VA (VA) 5 06-07 0
36. Butch Van Drunen Jr Hardeson, DE (DE) 5 06-06 0
37. Nicholas Mandes N Stongington, CT (RI) 4 06-05 0
38. Aaron Digh Denver, NC (NC) 5 06-04 0
39. Steven Brown Adel, GA (GA) 6 06-04 0
40. Toby Cross Bowdoinham, ME (ME) 5 06-02 0
41. Matthew Raab Jarrettsville, MD (MD) 5 06-02 0
42. Jeff Kenney Franklin, MA (MA) 4 06-01 0
43. Dave Kozlansky Scranton, PA (PA) 3 06-00 0
44. Andrew Wright Paterson, NJ (NJ) 5 06-00 0
45. Willie Adkins Wayne, WV (WV) 5 05-15 0
46. Ivan C Morris Virginia Beach, VA (VA) 5 05-12 0
47. Jesse Jodon Windber, PA (PA) 4 05-11 0
48. Thomas Todd Abingdon, MD (MD) 4 05-11 0
49. Roland Beaulieu Swanton, VT (VT) 4 05-07 0
50. Andrew Eaton Hingham, MA (MA) 4 05-06 0
51. Brendan O'Toole Pittsburgh, PA (PA) 2 05-06 0
52. Tom Bateman Orlando, FL (FL) 3 05-04 0
53. David Pfeifer Milton Mills, NH (NH) 3 05-01 0
54. Billy Harris Cayuga, NY (NY) 4 05-00 0
55. Justin Mitko Brooksville, FL (FL) 3 04-14 0
56. Chet Beam Shelby, NC (NC) 4 04-10 0
57. Robert Fleshman Tad, WV (WV) 4 04-10 0
58. Devon Norwood Kitson Montclair , NJ (NJ) 3 04-07 0
59. Dan Brown Pomereoy, OH (WV) 4 04-07 0
60. Mike Billings Meriden, CT (CT) 4 04-07 0
61. Zachary Propst Pine Grove, WV (WV) 3 04-07 0
62. Thomas Downs Nashua, NH (NH) 3 04-06 0
63. Randy Crowley Hartsville, SC (SC) 4 04-06 0
64. Fred Serge Milford, NJ (NJ) 3 04-05 0
65. Nicholas Lawrence Derby, CT (CT) 3 04-05 0
66. Bruce Nethercott Brewster, NY (NY) 3 04-02 0
67. Michael Schoeler Peterborough Ontario CA 3 04-02 0
68. Bryan Mitko Brooksville, FL (FL) 4 04-02 0
69. Damien McMahon Pilot, VA (VA) 4 04-01 0
70. Brandon Tallhamer Parkersburg, WV (WV) 5 04-01 0
71. William Lane Patton, PA (PA) 3 04-01 0
72. Justin Bronson Glenn Dale, MD (MD) 3 04-00 0
73. Ronald Humiston Wallingford, CT (CT) 3 04-00 0
74. Christopher McCarthy Woonsocket, RI (RI) 3 03-15 0
75. Scott Himmelfarb Poolesville, MD (MD) 3 03-14 0
76. Ryan Aldieri Bristol, CT (CT) 3 03-13 0
76. Brandon Labove Mystic, CT (RI) 3 03-13 0
78. Jason Toth Denton, MD (DE) 3 03-13 0
79. Gary Sanderson Guelph Ontario CANADA ( 2 03-13 0
80. Paul Bell Hurrican, WV (WV) 4 03-13 0
81. Lance Kornegay Dudley, NC (NC) 4 03-08 0
82. Jeffrey Davis Jr Williamston, NC (NC) 3 03-07 0
83. Michael Shay Cheshire, CT (CT) 3 03-07 0
84. Brady Schoonover Bradford, PA (NY) 3 03-06 0
85. Timothy Garrison Jefferson, SC (SC) 2 03-04 0
86. Anthony Dube Oro-Medonte Ontario CAN 2 03-04 0
87. Greg Darling Dover, DE (DE) 3 03-03 0
88. Scott McNeely Acworth , GA (GA) 2 03-02 0
89. John Serge Philadelphia, PA (NJ) 2 03-01 0
90. Eric Winsor Gorham, ME (ME) 2 03-01 0
91. Phil Moon Austell, GA (GA) 2 02-15 0
92. Jean-Marie Landry Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 2 02-14 0
93. Andre Caron Saco, ME (ME) 2 02-13 0
93. Joe McNair Sparta, GA (GA) 2 02-13 0
93. John Redmond Germantown, MD (MD) 2 02-13 0
96. Samuel Nowalk Milton, WV (WV) 3 02-12 0
97. Levi Crossway Jacksonville, FL (FL) 2 02-12 0
97. Corey Singleton Conway, SC (SC) 2 02-12 0
99. Barry Brunges Gainesville, FL (FL) 2 02-12 0
100. Brian Haley Bradford CANADA (ONT) 2 02-11 0
101. Shaun Avery Windham, ME (ME) 2 02-11 0
102. Paul Garland New Dorham, NH (NH) 2 02-10 0
102. Dave Haas Sewell, NJ (NJ) 2 02-10 0
102. Steven Worden Cumberland, RI (RI) 2 02-10 0
105. Chris Guncheon Warwick, RI (RI) 2 02-09 0
106. Ryan Kempton Plymouth, MA (MA) 2 02-09 0
107. Kate Owczarzak Buffalo, NY (NY) 2 02-09 0
108. John Foster Byfield, MA (NH) 1 02-08 0
108. Tyler Hawthorne Frederick, MD (MD) 1 02-08 0
108. Shawn Taylor Salisbury, MD (DE) 1 02-08 0
111. Frank Hutchinson Mullica Hill, NJ (NJ) 2 02-07 0
111. Larry Wigmore Townsend, DE (DE) 2 02-07 0
113. Heath Gephart Harrisburg, PA (PA) 1 02-07 0
114. Mike Morrissey Springfield, MA (MA) 3 02-06 0
115. Ray Meyer Alton Bay, NH (NH) 1 02-06 0
116. James Lowe Harrison, ME (ME) 2 02-06 0
117. Scott Coussou Cumming, GA (GA) 2 02-05 0
118. TJ Dobs Verona, NY (NY) 2 02-05 0
119. Mark Pryal Silver Springs, MD (MD) 3 02-04 0
120. Richard Moore Oro-Medonte CANADA (ONT 2 02-04 0
121. Raymond Ng Markham Ontario CANADA 2 02-03 0
122. Dana Brown Buckhannon, WV (WV) 2 02-01 0
123. David Kyle Skyesville, MD (MD) 1 02-01 0
124. Gene Gibbs Columbia, SC (SC) 3 02-01 0
125. Marc Charron Greene, ME (ME) 2 01-15 0
126. Rik Workley Charlotte, NC (NC) 1 01-14 0
127. Brent Davenport Acworth , GA (GA) 1 01-13 0
127. Marcia Graves-Toth Greensboro, MD (DE) 1 01-13 0
129. Doug Cameron Belchertown, MA (MA) 2 01-11 0
130. Jerry Pruitt Vale, NC (NC) 2 01-10 0
131. Robert Baker Midlothian, VA (VA) 1 01-09 0
131. Brennan Donnelly Midlothian, VA (VA) 1 01-09 0
133. Zachary McNaughton Proctorsville, VT (VT) 1 01-08 0
134. Curtis Devries Bowmanville Ontario CAN 1 01-07 0
134. Sal Pinto Cumming, GA (GA) 1 01-07 0
136. Karl Kohanski Center Barnstead, NH (N 1 01-06 0
137. Brad Dekraai Epsom, NH (NH) 1 01-04 0
137. Kevin Seymour Central Square , NY (NY 1 01-04 0
137. Andrew White Ocala, FL (FL) 1 01-04 0
137. Max Woodward Hanson, MA (MA) 1 01-04 0
141. Chris Grayson Boynton Beach, FL (FL) 1 01-02 0
142. David Carey Georgetown, DE (DE) 1 01-01 0
142. Joshua Winebrinner Steelton, PA (PA) 1 01-01 0
144. Jesse Hopkins Conway, SC (SC) 1 01-00 0
144. Tonk King Cambridge Ontarion CANA 1 01-00 0
144. Peter Knight Fulton, NY (NY) 1 01-00 0
147. Luke Matt Syracuse, NY (NY) 1 00-15 0
147. Jeremiah Reen Walkersville, MD (MD) 1 00-15 0
147. Jim Wight Westbrook, ME (ME) 1 00-15 0
150. Kaitlyn Dattilo Thomaston, CT (CT) 1 00-14 0
150. Charles Davis Lynchburg, VA (VA) 1 00-14 0
150. Nick Embrey Belle, WV (WV) 1 00-14 0
150. Bill Lionetta Jr Alton Bay, NH (NH) 1 00-14 0
154. Wil Kennington Eden , MD (DE) 1 00-12 0
155. Tim Baurley Norfolk, MA (MA) 1 00-10 0
156. Jason Barker Eganville Ontario CANAD 0 00-00 0
156. Thomas Bates Appomattox, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
156. Zach Bellush Elizabeth, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
156. Christopher Bryant West Paris, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
156. Kevin Comes Addison, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
156. Daniel Delicino Vassalboro, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
156. Charles Ellington Cumming , GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
156. William Frazier Archdale, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
156. Steve Garrett Bishop, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
156. Robert Germain Berlin, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
156. Lynn Gervais Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 0 00-00 0
156. Moira Hunt Washington, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
156. Robert Panico Wolcott, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
156. Teddy Peznola Leominster, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
156. Wayne Proctor Oakmont, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
156. Kevin Rios Budd Lake, NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
156. Tim Stanley Scott Depot, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
156. Tim White Winthrop, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
156. Gene Zinkhan Essex, MD (DE) 0 00-00 0
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 45 256 372-13
2 35 215 314-12
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80 471 687-09

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 2
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CONNECTICUT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Joe Sodora Garfield, NJ 6 07-10 0
2 Jim Morris Milford, CT 4 07-09 0
3 Mike Billings Meriden, CT 4 04-07 0
4 Nicholas Lawrence Derby, CT 3 04-05 0
5 Ronald Humiston Wallingford, CT 3 04-00 0
6 Ryan Aldieri Bristol, CT 3 03-13 0
7 Michael Shay Cheshire, CT 3 03-07 0
8 Kaitlyn Dattilo Thomaston, CT 1 00-14 0
9 Robert Germain Berlin, CT 0 00-00 0
9 Robert Panico Wolcott, CT 0 00-00 0

DELAWARE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jimmy Myers Wyoming, DE 6 12-12 0
2 Brandon Forsman Stevensville, MD 5 11-00 0
3 Butch Van Drunen Jr Hardeson, DE 5 06-06 0
4 Jason Toth Denton, MD 3 03-13 0
5 Greg Darling Dover, DE 3 03-03 0
6 Shawn Taylor Salisbury, MD 1 02-08 0
7 Larry Wigmore Townsend, DE 2 02-07 0
8 Marcia Graves-Toth Greensboro, MD 1 01-13 0
9 David Carey Georgetown, DE 1 01-01 0
10 Wil Kennington Eden , MD 1 00-12 0
11 Gene Zinkhan Essex, MD 0 00-00 0

MASSACHUSETTS
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Brendan Looby Medford, MA 6 08-02 0
2 Josh Cotier Clinton, MA 5 07-14 0
3 Jeff Kenney Franklin, MA 4 06-01 0
4 Andrew Eaton Hingham, MA 4 05-06 0
5 Ryan Kempton Plymouth, MA 2 02-09 0
6 Mike Morrissey Springfield, MA 3 02-06 0
7 Doug Cameron Belchertown, MA 2 01-11 0
8 Max Woodward Hanson, MA 1 01-04 0
9 Tim Baurley Norfolk, MA 1 00-10 0
10 Teddy Peznola Leominster, MA 0 00-00 0

MARYLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Michael Duarte Middle River, MD 6 10-08 0
2 Matthew Raab Jarrettsville, MD 5 06-02 0
3 Thomas Todd Abingdon, MD 4 05-11 0
4 Justin Bronson Glenn Dale, MD 3 04-00 0
5 Scott Himmelfarb Poolesville, MD 3 03-14 0
6 John Redmond Germantown, MD 2 02-13 0
7 Tyler Hawthorne Frederick, MD 1 02-08 0
8 Mark Pryal Silver Springs, MD 3 02-04 0
9 David Kyle Skyesville, MD 1 02-01 0
10 Jeremiah Reen Walkersville, MD 1 00-15 0

MAINE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Toby Cross Bowdoinham, ME 5 06-02 0
2 Eric Winsor Gorham, ME 2 03-01 0
3 Andre Caron Saco, ME 2 02-13 0
4 Shaun Avery Windham, ME 2 02-11 0
5 James Lowe Harrison, ME 2 02-06 0
6 Marc Charron Greene, ME 2 01-15 0
7 Jim Wight Westbrook, ME 1 00-15 0
8 Christopher Bryant West Paris, ME 0 00-00 0
8 Daniel Delicino Vassalboro, ME 0 00-00 0
8 Tim White Winthrop, ME 0 00-00 0

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Brian Penney Haverhill, MA 4 07-12 0
2 David Pfeifer Milton Mills, NH 3 05-01 0
3 Thomas Downs Nashua, NH 3 04-06 0
4 Paul Garland New Dorham, NH 2 02-10 0
5 John Foster Byfield, MA 1 02-08 0
6 Ray Meyer Alton Bay, NH 1 02-06 0
7 Karl Kohanski Center Barnstead, NH 1 01-06 0
8 Brad Dekraai Epsom, NH 1 01-04 0
9 Bill Lionetta Jr Alton Bay, NH 1 00-14 0
10 Moira Hunt Washington, NH 0 00-00 0

NEW JERSEY
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Dan McGarry Carle Place, NY 6 10-02 0
2 Jake Haas Sewell, NJ 5 09-10 0
3 Brian Keister Atco, NJ 6 07-04 0
4 Andrew Wright Paterson, NJ 5 06-00 0
5 Devon Norwood Kitson Montclair , NJ 3 04-07 0
6 Fred Serge Milford, NJ 3 04-05 0
7 John Serge Philadelphia, PA 2 03-01 0
8 Dave Haas Sewell, NJ 2 02-10 0
9 Frank Hutchinson Mullica Hill, NJ 2 02-07 0
10 Kevin Rios Budd Lake, NJ 0 00-00 0

NEW YORK
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Ben Vincent Syracuse, NY 5 10-10 0
2 Zachary Hajecate Wallkill, NY 5 09-05 0
3 Billy Harris Cayuga, NY 4 05-00 0
4 Bruce Nethercott Brewster, NY 3 04-02 0
5 Brady Schoonover Bradford, PA 3 03-06 0
6 Kate Owczarzak Buffalo, NY 2 02-09 0
7 TJ Dobs Verona, NY 2 02-05 0
8 Kevin Seymour Central Square , NY 1 01-04 0
9 Peter Knight Fulton, NY 1 01-00 0
10 Luke Matt Syracuse, NY 1 00-15 0

PENNSYLVANIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Chris Washinger Chambersburg, PA 6 07-09 0
2 Phil Coffin Pittsburgh, PA 3 06-13 0
3 Dave Kozlansky Scranton, PA 3 06-00 0
4 Jesse Jodon Windber, PA 4 05-11 0
5 Brendan O'Toole Pittsburgh, PA 2 05-06 0
6 William Lane Patton, PA 3 04-01 0
7 Heath Gephart Harrisburg, PA 1 02-07 0
8 Joshua Winebrinner Steelton, PA 1 01-01 0
9 Zach Bellush Elizabeth, PA 0 00-00 0
9 Wayne Proctor Oakmont, PA 0 00-00 0

RHODE ISLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jared Whewell Stonington, CT 4 08-01 0
2 Nicholas Mandes N Stongington, CT 4 06-05 0
3 Christopher McCarthy Woonsocket, RI 3 03-15 0
4 Brandon Labove Mystic, CT 3 03-13 0
5 Steven Worden Cumberland, RI 2 02-10 0
6 Chris Guncheon Warwick, RI 2 02-09 0

VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Travis Lugar McGaheysville, VA 6 11-14 0
2 Ronald Guthrie Concord, VA 6 09-00 0
3 Edward Hylton Stokesdale, NC 5 08-04 0
4 Amy Schwartz Virginia Beach, VA 5 06-07 0
5 Ivan C Morris Virginia Beach, VA 5 05-12 0
6 Damien McMahon Pilot, VA 4 04-01 0
7 Robert Baker Midlothian, VA 1 01-09 0
7 Brennan Donnelly Midlothian, VA 1 01-09 0
9 Charles Davis Lynchburg, VA 1 00-14 0
10 Thomas Bates Appomattox, VA 0 00-00 0

VERMONT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Bob Wetzler Rutland, VT 3 07-08 0
1 David Williams Noyan Quebec CANADA 5 07-08 0
3 Roland Beaulieu Swanton, VT 4 05-07 0
4 Jean-Marie Landry Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 2 02-14 0
5 Zachary McNaughton Proctorsville, VT 1 01-08 0
6 Kevin Comes Addison, VT 0 00-00 0
6 Lynn Gervais Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 0 00-00 0

WEST VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Willie Adkins Wayne, WV 5 05-15 0
2 Robert Fleshman Tad, WV 4 04-10 0
3 Dan Brown Pomereoy, OH 4 04-07 0
4 Zachary Propst Pine Grove, WV 3 04-07 0
5 Brandon Tallhamer Parkersburg, WV 5 04-01 0
6 Paul Bell Hurrican, WV 4 03-13 0
7 Samuel Nowalk Milton, WV 3 02-12 0
8 Dana Brown Buckhannon, WV 2 02-01 0
9 Nick Embrey Belle, WV 1 00-14 0
10 Tim Stanley Scott Depot, WV 0 00-00 0

GEORGIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Weston Wilkes Swainsboro, GA 6 11-06 0
2 Steven Brown Adel, GA 6 06-04 0
3 Scott McNeely Acworth , GA 2 03-02 0
4 Phil Moon Austell, GA 2 02-15 0
5 Joe McNair Sparta, GA 2 02-13 0
6 Scott Coussou Cumming, GA 2 02-05 0
7 Brent Davenport Acworth , GA 1 01-13 0
8 Sal Pinto Cumming, GA 1 01-07 0
9 Charles Ellington Cumming , GA 0 00-00 0
9 Steve Garrett Bishop, GA 0 00-00 0

SOUTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Gary Pope Georgetown, SC 6 13-13 0
2 Stacey Proctor Conway, SC 6 09-11 0
3 Dewayne Smith Inman, SC 5 09-08 0
4 Joey Mclean Hemingway, SC 3 09-03 0
5 Reid Mcdowell Conway, SC 4 09-03 0
6 Randy Crowley Hartsville, SC 4 04-06 0
7 Timothy Garrison Jefferson, SC 2 03-04 0
8 Corey Singleton Conway, SC 2 02-12 0
9 Gene Gibbs Columbia, SC 3 02-01 0
10 Jesse Hopkins Conway, SC 1 01-00 0

FLORIDA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jeffrey Shaffer Orlando, FL 5 09-10 0
2 Jim Keith Newberry, FL 6 09-01 0
3 Ray Trudeau Saint Cloud, FL 6 07-00 0
4 Tom Bateman Orlando, FL 3 05-04 0
5 Justin Mitko Brooksville, FL 3 04-14 0
6 Bryan Mitko Brooksville, FL 4 04-02 0
7 Levi Crossway Jacksonville, FL 2 02-12 0
8 Barry Brunges Gainesville, FL 2 02-12 0
9 Andrew White Ocala, FL 1 01-04 0
10 Chris Grayson Boynton Beach, FL 1 01-02 0

NORTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 John Anderson Oxford, NC 6 09-02 0
2 Angelo Mayo Maiden, NC 5 07-08 0
3 Danny Hayes Wilson, NC 4 07-04 0
4 Aaron Digh Denver, NC 5 06-04 0
5 Chet Beam Shelby, NC 4 04-10 0
6 Lance Kornegay Dudley, NC 4 03-08 0
7 Jeffrey Davis Jr Williamston, NC 3 03-07 0
8 Rik Workley Charlotte, NC 1 01-14 0
9 Jerry Pruitt Vale, NC 2 01-10 0
10 William Frazier Archdale, NC 0 00-00 0

ONTARIO
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Danny McGarry Newtonville CANADA 4 06-08 0
2 Michael Schoeler Peterborough Ontario CA 3 04-02 0
3 Gary Sanderson Guelph Ontario CANADA 2 03-13 0
4 Anthony Dube Oro-Medonte Ontario CAN 2 03-04 0
5 Brian Haley Bradford CANADA 2 02-11 0
6 Richard Moore Oro-Medonte CANADA 2 02-04 0
7 Raymond Ng Markham Ontario CANADA 2 02-03 0
8 Curtis Devries Bowmanville Ontario CAN 1 01-07 0
9 Tonk King Cambridge Ontarion CANA 1 01-00 0
10 Jason Barker Eganville Ontario CANAD 0 00-00 0

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Pipkens On Top After First Round At Mississippi River Bassmaster Elite

Chad Pipkens of Lansing, Mich., takes the lead on the first day of the Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing, bringing 17 pounds, 15 ounces to the scales on Thursday.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

June 21, 2018

LA CROSSE, Wis. — Nonstop soaking rain, increasing river levels and heavy limits of big smallmouth and largemouth bass were of hot discussion after Thursday’s opening round of competition at the 2018 Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing.

Thirty-four-year-old pro Chad Pipkens of Lansing, Mich., took control of the top spot after an impressive five-bass limit that weighed 17 pounds, 15 ounces.

The derby pays $100,000 to the top-scoring angler, and the dandy 5-8 largemouth has Pipkens also in charge of the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award. That fish could earn him an extra $1,500 once the event wraps up.

“It rained all day long,” he said. “And with the rising river levels, I was very pleased with what I caught today. I had a pretty difficult practice, and I really wasn’t sure what to expect. But I learned a lot today. The big question is how will the water levels affect the bite each day.”

The Upper Mississippi is expected to be at 12 foot high by Sunday. Twelve feet is considered flood stage, which will certainly change the fishing from day to day.

The spot Pipkens was fishing proved to hold the right size of fish to help him take the lead, but he learned more about it as the day went on.

“I only caught seven bass today,” he said. “I had what I weighed by about 1 p.m., and that allowed me to run around and learn more about the overall area. I think the fishing will stay pretty good, even with more water coming in.”

Like every other angler, how the increasing river levels will impact the bite is a pretty big mystery.

“I really don’t have any idea what to expect. The key to catching a good limit each day here will come down to the anglers who adapt the quickest and make the best decisions,” Pipkens said. “Today went great, and my goal is to go out tomorrow and do the same thing again.”

In a tie for second place, Cliff Pace of Petal, Miss., and Jacob Powroznik of North Prince George, Va., each weighed a five-bass limit of 16-14.

“I got real fortunate today and caught three good ones,” Pace said. “Each of those bass weighed about 3 3/4 pounds, which on this fishery are very solid bass. If I can catch a few like that each day, I’ll feel very confident about finishing real strong, maybe even winning.”

Pace weighed a mixed bag of both small- and largemouth bass, which is very typical on this fishery. As most anglers do, Pace kept his cards pretty close to the vest, not willing to reveal much about the techniques he was using to catch his fish.

Powroznik agrees that how the river will fish in coming days is largely unknown.

“I fished only one area today that is pretty expansive, and I believe it will hold up for a few more days,” he said. “I feel confident about what I have going on, but with the unknowns in how the rising river will impact the bite, I’m staying cautiously optimistic. The right fish are there, I know that much.”

Rounding out the Top 5 are Dave Lefebre with 16-9, and Casey Ashley and Gerald Spohrer tied for fifth with 16-7.

Take off will occur at Veterans Freedom Park at 6 a.m. CT, and weigh-in will begin at 3 p.m. at the same location again on Friday. The weigh-in will move for Saturday and Sunday to Valley View Mall on Clinton Street in La Crosse.

2018 Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by GO RVing 6/21-6/24
Mississippi River, La Crosse WI.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 1

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

1. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 5 17-15 110
Day 1: 5 17-15
2. Cliff Pace Petal, MS 5 16-14 109
Day 1: 5 16-14
2. Jacob Powroznik North Prince George, VA 5 16-14 109
Day 1: 5 16-14
4. Dave Lefebre Erie, PA 5 16-09 107
Day 1: 5 16-09
5. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 5 16-07 106
Day 1: 5 16-07
5. Gerald Spohrer Gonzales, LA 5 16-07 106
Day 1: 5 16-07
7. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 5 16-06 104
Day 1: 5 16-06
8. Cliff Crochet Pierre Part, LA 5 16-05 103
Day 1: 5 16-05
8. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 5 16-05 103
Day 1: 5 16-05
10. Wesley Strader Spring City, TN 5 16-04 101
Day 1: 5 16-04
11. Darrell Ocamica New Plymouth, ID 5 16-02 100
Day 1: 5 16-02
12. Jacob Wheeler Harrison, TN 5 15-15 99
Day 1: 5 15-15
13. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 5 15-14 98
Day 1: 5 15-14
14. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 5 15-13 97
Day 1: 5 15-13
14. Gary Klein Mingus, TX 5 15-13 97
Day 1: 5 15-13
14. Hunter Shryock Newcomerstown, OH 5 15-13 97
Day 1: 5 15-13
17. Brent Chapman Lake Quivira, KS 5 15-12 94
Day 1: 5 15-12
18. Mark Daniels Jr. Tuskegee, AL 5 15-09 93
Day 1: 5 15-09
19. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 5 15-08 92
Day 1: 5 15-08
20. Ish Monroe Hughson, CA 5 15-06 91
Day 1: 5 15-06
20. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 5 15-06 91
Day 1: 5 15-06
22. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 5 15-04 89
Day 1: 5 15-04
22. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 5 15-04 89
Day 1: 5 15-04
22. Jonathon VanDam Gobles, MI 5 15-04 89
Day 1: 5 15-04
25. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 5 15-03 86
Day 1: 5 15-03
25. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 5 15-03 86
Day 1: 5 15-03
27. Stephen Browning Hot Springs, AR 5 15-02 84
Day 1: 5 15-02
27. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 5 15-02 84
Day 1: 5 15-02
27. Takahiro Omori Emory, TX 5 15-02 84
Day 1: 5 15-02
30. Chris Groh Spring Grove, IL 5 15-00 81
Day 1: 5 15-00
30. Chris Lane Guntersville, AL 5 15-00 81
Day 1: 5 15-00
32. Josh Bertrand San Tan Valley, AZ 5 14-15 79
Day 1: 5 14-15
32. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 5 14-15 79
Day 1: 5 14-15
34. Fletcher Shryock Dennison, OH 5 14-14 77
Day 1: 5 14-14
35. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 5 14-13 76
Day 1: 5 14-13
36. Chris Zaldain Laughlin, NV 5 14-12 75
Day 1: 5 14-12
37. Matt Lee Guntersville, AL 5 14-11 74
Day 1: 5 14-11
38. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 5 14-10 73
Day 1: 5 14-10
39. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 5 14-09 72
Day 1: 5 14-09
40. Dustin Connell Clanton, AL 5 14-08 71
Day 1: 5 14-08
40. Alton Jones Jr. Waco, TX 5 14-08 71
Day 1: 5 14-08
42. Randy Howell Guntersville, AL 5 14-07 69
Day 1: 5 14-07
43. Greg Vinson Wetumpka, AL 5 14-06 68
Day 1: 5 14-06
44. Russ Lane Prattville, AL 5 14-03 67
Day 1: 5 14-03
44. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 5 14-03 67
Day 1: 5 14-03
44. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 5 14-03 67
Day 1: 5 14-03
47. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 5 14-00 64
Day 1: 5 14-00
47. John Murray Spring City, TN 5 14-00 64
Day 1: 5 14-00
49. Mike McClelland Bentonville, AR 5 13-15 62
Day 1: 5 13-15
50. Jared Lintner Arroyo Grande, CA 5 13-14 61
Day 1: 5 13-14
51. Jeff Kriet Ardmore, OK 5 13-11 60
Day 1: 5 13-11
52. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 5 13-10 59
Day 1: 5 13-10
53. Brent Ehrler Redlands, CA 5 13-09 58
Day 1: 5 13-09
53. James Elam Tulsa, OK 5 13-09 58
Day 1: 5 13-09
53. Shin Fukae Palestine TX JAPAN 5 13-09 58
Day 1: 5 13-09
53. Skeet Reese Auburn, CA 5 13-09 58
Day 1: 5 13-09
57. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 5 13-08 54
Day 1: 5 13-08
57. Brandon Palaniuk Hayden, ID 5 13-08 54
Day 1: 5 13-08
57. Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC 5 13-08 54
Day 1: 5 13-08
60. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 5 13-07 51
Day 1: 5 13-07
61. Rick Morris Lake Gaston, VA 5 13-05 50
Day 1: 5 13-05
62. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 5 13-04 49
Day 1: 5 13-04
63. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 5 13-03 48
Day 1: 5 13-03
64. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 5 13-02 47
Day 1: 5 13-02
65. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 5 13-01 46
Day 1: 5 13-01
66. Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 5 12-15 45
Day 1: 5 12-15
67. Brett Hite Phoenix, AZ 5 12-14 44
Day 1: 5 12-14
68. Robbie Latuso Gonzales, LA 5 12-10 43
Day 1: 5 12-10
68. Jordan Lee Grant, AL 5 12-10 43
Day 1: 5 12-10
70. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 5 12-09 41
Day 1: 5 12-09
70. Tim Horton Muscle Shoals, AL 5 12-09 41
Day 1: 5 12-09
72. Tyler Carriere Youngsville, LA 5 12-08 39
Day 1: 5 12-08
73. Brandon Card Knoxville, TN 5 12-07 38
Day 1: 5 12-07
73. Seth Feider Bloomington, MN 5 12-07 38
Day 1: 5 12-07
73. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 5 12-07 38
Day 1: 5 12-07
76. Ray Hanselman Jr Del Rio, TX 5 12-06 35
Day 1: 5 12-06
76. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 5 12-06 35
Day 1: 5 12-06
78. Roy Hawk Lk Havasu Cty, AZ 5 12-03 33
Day 1: 5 12-03
79. Morizo Shimizu Suita, Osaka JAPAN 5 12-02 32
Day 1: 5 12-02
80. Kyle Monti Okeechobee, FL 5 12-01 31
Day 1: 5 12-01
81. Shaw Grigsby Jr. Gainesville, FL 5 11-15 30
Day 1: 5 11-15
82. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 5 11-13 29
Day 1: 5 11-13
83. Tommy Biffle Wagoner, OK 5 11-11 28
Day 1: 5 11-11
83. Ott DeFoe Blaine, TN 5 11-11 28
Day 1: 5 11-11
85. Fred Roumbanis Russellville, AR 5 11-08 26
Day 1: 5 11-08
85. Bill Weidler Helena, AL 5 11-08 26
Day 1: 5 11-08
87. Terry Scroggins San Mateo, FL 5 11-05 24
Day 1: 5 11-05
88. Jesse Wiggins Cullman, AL 5 11-04 23
Day 1: 5 11-04
89. Scott Rook Little Rock, AR 5 11-03 22
Day 1: 5 11-03
90. Hank Cherry Jr Lincolnton, NC 4 11-03 21
Day 1: 4 11-03
91. Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL 5 10-14 20
Day 1: 5 10-14
92. Brandon Coulter Knoxville, TN 5 10-07 19
Day 1: 5 10-07
93. Edwin Evers Talala, OK 5 10-05 18
Day 1: 5 10-05
94. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 5 09-15 17
Day 1: 5 09-15
95. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 5 09-13 16
Day 1: 5 09-13
96. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 3 09-09 15
Day 1: 3 09-09
97. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 5 09-07 14
Day 1: 5 09-07
98. Andy Montgomery Blacksburg, SC 5 09-05 13
Day 1: 5 09-05
99. Randy Sullivan Breckenridge, TX 5 08-14 12
Day 1: 5 08-14
100. David Fritts Lexington, NC 3 08-10 11
Day 1: 3 08-10
101. Paul Elias Laurel, MS 5 08-04 10
Day 1: 5 08-04
102. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 4 08-04 9
Day 1: 4 08-04
103. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 3 06-05 8
Day 1: 3 06-05
104. Rick Clunn Ava, MO 2 05-07 7
Day 1: 2 05-07
105. Adrian Avena Vineland, NJ 2 04-02 6
Day 1: 2 04-02
106. David Walker Sevierville, TN 1 02-02 5
Day 1: 1 02-02
107. Kelly Jordon Flint, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00

by AnglersChannel

Muskegon’s College Bass Tour Shows Out at First Event

Courtesy of Jonathan LePera

The inaugural event of the College Bass Tour sponsored by DNR Sports and Kevin VanDam kicked off on Muskegon Lake in Muskegon County, Michigan this past Saturday. Muskegon Lake, which is approximately 4 000 acres in size, dumps into Lake Michigan. Both smallmouth and largemouth inhabit the lake and each took their turns visiting the scales today. Kevin VanDam and Mark Zona helped kick off the tour in style with a full tailgate spread, cash winnings and giveaways from many national sponsors.

The event saw 34 teams travel from Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio to participate in the event.

The first half-hour after blast-off suggested a beautiful day ahead but such was not to be. A front from the North moved in and launched a torrential downpour for the next 4 ½ hours. The sun finally reappeared in the afternoon.

Once the scales settled, the team of Joshua Lopez and John Neubauer bested the field with a 16.71-pound limit anchored by a 4.27-pound largemouth.

1^stPlace, Joshua Lopez and John Neubauer (16.71-pounds)

While pre-fishing the event, Neubauer was surprised to find the water stained which is not typical for the lake that time of year he said.

The front actually played right into their hands as they needed the wind to blow, cloud cover, or both for their pattern to work. During pre-fish, they’d found scads of bluegill set up on beds and immediately knew it was “game-on”.

“Today was one of those days that reminded me why we do this,” Neubauer said.

Targeting isolated weed patches with milfoil mixed in, they knew a swim jig would be the ticket. Finding reeds with mixed in with old wood proved valuable as well.

There best water was at the mouth of the Muskegon River, where the combination of wind, reeds, grass patches, and grass mats, proved invaluable as it reloaded with quality fish throughout the day.

“I didn’t realize the current affected the lake so much,” Lopez said.

On Neubauer’s first cast, several bluegill followed his 3/8-ounce homemade green pumpkin colored swim jig rigged with a Bizz Baits BB Magic Craw-colored Killer Craw back to the boat only to clear the way for a charging 4-pound largemouth to engulf the jig. He fished the jig on a 7-foot medium heavy action Fox River rod paired with a Revo SX reel spooled with 15-pound fluorocarbon.

On a day where there enjoyed steady action throughout, Lopez “called an audible” and made a cast with a Booyah Popping Pad Crasher only to have a 4-pound largemouth blow up on it and completely miss. That keyed the team into fishing those isolated patches with milfoil much slower. Using a 7-6 Fox River Rod paired with a Lews Tournament MB reel spooled with 50-pound Sunline FX2 braided, he made ultra-long casts to get his fish to commit to the frog.

While Neubauer fished his, Lopez opted for a 9K Elite Lures swim jig outfitted with a Case Plastics Cash Craw. Fished on a steady retrieve, the swim jig accounted for the majority of their limit with the odd frog fish mixed in. Whenever they’d impart any time of action to the jig during the retrieve, the bass showed no interest.

2^ndPlace, Lucas Murphy and Nolan Hitt (15.78-pounds)

The team of Murphy and Hitt came into the event with plenty of confidence after winning 2018 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Eastern Tour this past May.

Like the winners, they also keyed in on the bluegill spawn and targeted grass flats.

In the morning during the heart of the storm, the bites were aggressive, their baits often got snatched before they hit the bottom. If it didn’t, they’d hop it once, before making another cast nearby.

“Keeping our baits in the water was key,” Lucas started. “You could flip a foot to the left or right of where you just cast and get bit.” After the storm rolled through, they noticed that while their fish were still there, they’d turned lazy.

“You really had to knock them on the head to get them to bite”, Murphy said.

The team flipped grass quickly and efficiently using green pumpkin Texas-Rigged Strike King Rage Craws rigged on a 1-ounce tungsten weight while they fished Strike King Cut R Worms around sparse weeds rigged on a ½-ounce weight. Towards the end of the day, they were trying to almost create a reaction bite while pitching and flipping.

The craw was fished on a 7-6 Denali Lithium extra-heavy action rod paired with a Shimano casting reel spooled with 65-pound Sunline FX2 braided line. They fished a medium-heavy action Denali Lithium worm/jig rod paired with 12-pound Sunline Shooter fluorocarbon for the worm.

3^rdPlace, Danny Sprague and Riley Welch (15.35-pounds)

For Sprague and Welch, focussing on current was the ticket to cashing a cheque.

Despite having to share some of their spots with other boats, Sprague mentioned they had a rather unique way of looking at the situation.

“It actually gave us confidence knowing that our fish were still in the area even if others were catching them nearby,” he said.

They worked through different periods of time during the day when the bass would feed in flurries and while the storm helped some teams, it forced them to keep an open-mind.

“With the overcast conditions all day, there were much more spread out and roaming rather than locked tight to any certain type of structure,” Welch said.

“One thing I didn’t realize was how much the bass related to cover once the sun came out in the afternoon,” Sprague said.

The abundance of clouds scattered their fish which left them to cover water with an out-of-production Smithwick jerkbait that mimicked a green perch and a tube jig.

They fished the jerkbait on a medium-action Shimano Zodias rod paired with a Curado bait casting reel spooled with 20-pound Berkley FireLine. They fished the tube jig on a medium-heavy action Shimano Zodias rod paired with a Shimano Sahara spinning reel spooled with 10-pound Seaguar Abrazx.

4^thPlace, Kyle and Colin Jump (14.59-pounds)

After losing the first 3 fish of the day, the Jump brothers got things turned around quick.

During their pre-fish, they’d noticed that the bluegills were on beds on the northwest side of the lake with better than average largemouth roaming nearby.

They figure they weeded through 20- to 25-keepers during the course of the day.

Using their 2d imaging, they’d discovered that the coon tail flats they’d targeted had thicker weeds on the steeper drops. In 8 ½ to 9 ½ feet of water. They decided to target the thickest weed growth that they could find.

Initially they thought that with the front moving through that the largemouth would be roaming and that they’d pick them off with black/blue Chatterbaits outfitted with a Case Plastics Cash Craw trailer. Quickly they realized that their fish a change of heart.

Instead, they slowed down and dissected the area with Texas-rigged Case Plastics Paddle Jack craw worm rigged on ¾ and 1-ounce tungsten sinkers. They fished it on a 7-6 RaZr Rods flipping stick paired with a Lews Tournament MB reel with 8:3:1 gearing spooled with 50- to 65-pound braided line. IF they didn’t get bit on the drop or when the bait just hit bottom, they’d reel in and continue to cover water.

“This area was perfect for post-spawn bass to ambush prey and feed,” Kyle Jump said. “They’re starting to munch now.”

5^thPlace, Christopher Oja and Brandon Nastally (14.54-pounds)

Sometimes it’s good to zig when others zag and that is exactly what the team of Oja and Nastally did to crack the Top 5.

While many teams focussed on the bluegill spawn or targeted vegetation, they elected to run to the channel that pushes water from Lake Michigan into Muskegon Lake.

Upon arriving at their spot, they were amazed to see that the wind had shifted and actually stalled the current allowing their baits to fall vertically instead of gliding. “The wind made its on current,” Oja said.

Fishing a Ned Rig with a Z-Man TRD Finesse worm, they alternated between several head weights to get the proper rate of fall depending on what the current was doing.

Once the bait hit the bottom, Oja would hop it but got most of his bites once he imparted a quick turn after popping the bait.

The fish were stingy- the team only caught 6 fish all day.

Line watching to detect their bites was key so they fished 8-pound fluorescent green and orange Berkley FireLine braided line with a 12-pound fluorocarbon leader.

Big Bass of the Day, Austin Sherwood and Jared Havenaar, 5.7-pounds

Muskegon Official Final Standings

1^stPlace, Joshua Lopez and John Neubauer (16.71)

2^ndPlace, Lucas Murphy and Nolan Hitt (15.78-pounds)

3^rdPlace, Danny Sprague and Riley Welch (15.35-pounds)

4^thPlace, Kyle and Colin Jump (14.59-pounds)

5^thPlace, Christopher Oja and Brandon Nastally (14.54-pounds)

For more information on the College Bass Tour, visit CollegeBassTour.com or KevinVanDam.com.

by AnglersChannel

Florida Angler Grabs Early Lead In B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional Bass Tournament At Winyah Bay

Florida’s Dave Turner took the lead on the first day of the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors held on Winyah Bay out of Georgetown, S.C. Turner brought 14 pounds, 4 ounces to the scales at Wednesday’s weigh-in.

Photo by Andy Canulette/B.A.S.S.

June 20, 2018

GEORGETOWN, S.C. — Dave Turner only caught seven bass in Winyah Bay on the first day of the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors, but five of those fish were the right ones.

Turner, who hails from Crystal River, Fla., bagged a five-bass limit today weighing 14 pounds, 4 ounces. That gave him nearly a 2 1/2-pound cushion over Maine’s George Cooper, who is second with 11-14.

In all, 346 anglers (173 boaters and an equal number of nonboaters) from 17 different states in the eastern portion of the United States are competing, as is a team representing the Canadian province of Ontario. At stake are cash, prizes and a shot at qualifying for the 2018 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan Outdoors and possibly the 2019 Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods.

Turner said he covered a lot of territory today, fishing a style he mastered by fishing tournaments in his home state.

“I was ‘junk fishing’ Florida-style,” Turner said. “I was burning up the trolling motor and covering a lot of water. I was trying to make as many presentations as I could make. I know I’ve got to get my bait in front of as many fish as I can.”

Turner caught two keepers early before the temperature in coastal Carolina climbed to 99 degrees by midday. The Florida pro shrugged off the heat, though, and got his other three keepers after 1 p.m. His heaviest bass weighed 4-6 (5 ounces shy of Cooper’s Big Bass of 4-11), but he’s not sure he can repeat the feat Thursday.

“It’s going to be touch-and-go,” Turner said. “I thought the fish were going to bite better than they did today. I don’t know if it was the tide or the heat, but something was different. It was difficult.”

Turner’s showing has Florida in second place in the team standings with 57 bass caught for 92-6. North Carolina leads after Day 1 with 60 fish weighing 93-7. Delaware is in third with 89-13, South Carolina is fourth with 87-13 and Pennsylvania is fifth with 84-2.

The team champion, which will be determined by the two-day weight of 10 boaters and 10 nonboaters from each state, will be crowned Thursday. The Top 34 anglers in the money line, as well as any of the Top 3 boaters and Top 3 nonboaters from each state not within the money line, will compete for individual honors on Friday.

North Carolina’s Norman Mullinax is third in the boater division with 11-3, Ontario’s Cooper Gallant is fourth with 11-1 and David Boyd of Team Florida is fifth with 10-12. West Virginia’s Tyler Webb is the only other boater who caught a double-digit limit today; his weighed 10-11.

Underscoring the difficult conditions on Wednesday, only 62 of 173 anglers in the boater division caught limits.

In the nonboater division, South Carolina’s Gary Pope leads with a limit of three bass that totaled 10-4.

“I’m probably the only guy with the real home-water advantage,” Pope said. “I live right here in Georgetown.”

Reid Mcdowell, who lives in Conway, S.C., about 40 miles from Georgetown, might have something to say about that, however. Mcdowell is in second place in the nonboater division with a 7-11 total on Wednesday.

Jimmy Myers of Delaware is in third with 6-14 and Phil Coffin of Pennsylvania is fourth with 6-13. Brandon Forsman of Maryland also caught 6-13 on Day 1, but only had two bass, which dropped him into fifth place among nonboaters.

Jared Whewell of Team Connecticut caught a 4-7 bass, which was the heaviest of the day among nonboaters.

The championship team will win a Triton 189 TrX boat powered by a Mercury 150 Pro XS engine. Then on Friday, the top overall boater will win $6,000 and the winning nonboater will earn $3,000. The leading boater and nonboater after Friday’s competition also will advance to the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship to be held later this year at a location to be announced later.

Takeoff Thursday for the B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional will begin at 6 a.m. ET at Carroll Ashmore Campbell Marine Complex in Georgetown. Weigh-in, which can be watched on Bassmaster.com, will begin at 2 p.m.

2018 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors
6/20-6/22
Winyah Bay, Georgetown SC.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1

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

1. Dave Turner Crystal River, FL (FL) 5 14-04 0
2. George Cooper Buxton, ME (ME) 5 11-14 0
3. Norman Mullinax Wilmington, NC (NC) 5 11-03 0
4. Cooper Gallant Bowmanville Ontario CAN 5 11-01 0
5. David Boyd Quincy, FL (FL) 5 10-12 0
6. Tyler Webb Glen Daniel, WV (WV) 5 10-11 0
7. Hayes Hudson Conway, SC (SC) 5 09-14 0
7. Jeff Lugar Cross Junction, VA (VA) 5 09-14 0
9. Mike Moran Ruffsdale, PA (PA) 5 09-09 0
9. Jason Vaughn Laurel, DE (DE) 5 09-09 0
11. Paul Gietka Abingdon, MD (MD) 5 09-03 0
11. Mike Wolfenden Warwick, RI (RI) 5 09-03 0
13. Brandon Neal Middletown, CT (CT) 5 09-01 0
14. Luke Shrader Barrington, NJ (NJ) 5 08-14 0
15. Jeff Hager Alexis, NC (NC) 5 08-13 0
16. Jeremy Sadowski Valuntower, CT (RI) 5 08-07 0
17. Drew Cook Midway, FL (FL) 5 08-03 0
18. Gregg Fogner Conway, SC (SC) 5 08-02 0
19. Stan Gunter Saluda, SC (SC) 5 08-01 0
20. Jody Wright Ellenboro, NC (NC) 4 08-01 0
21. Michael Smith Laurel Hill, FL (FL) 5 07-14 0
21. Timothy Thompson New Milford, CT (NY) 5 07-14 0
23. James Goins Baltimore, MD (MD) 5 07-13 0
24. Patrick Martin Mascouche Quebec CANADA 5 07-12 0
24. Scott Mislevy Patton, PA (PA) 5 07-12 0
26. David Morton Suwanee, GA (GA) 5 07-10 0
27. Yoan Alvarez Miami, FL (FL) 5 07-09 0
27. Steven Redden Middletown, DE (DE) 5 07-09 0
29. Steve Marks Walton, WV (WV) 5 07-08 0
29. Kal Vaisanen Dundalk ONTARIO CANADA 5 07-08 0
31. Jesse Magee Williamstown, NJ (NJ) 5 07-07 0
32. Ed Collier Kenly, NC (NC) 5 07-05 0
32. Mark Hogan Milford, DE (DE) 5 07-05 0
34. Bret Winegardner Swanton, MD (MD) 5 07-03 0
34. Cavin Young Sr Prince George, VA (VA) 5 07-03 0
36. Randy Elliott Severn, MD (MD) 5 07-03 0
37. William Lortz II Rochester, NY (PA) 3 07-03 0
38. Chris Jones Conway, SC (SC) 5 07-02 0
39. Andrew Sams Easton, MD (MD) 5 06-15 0
40. Andy Kent Denton, MD (DE) 5 06-14 0
41. Greg Alexander Hebron, MD (DE) 5 06-12 0
41. Jim Groome Pittsgrove, NJ (NJ) 5 06-12 0
41. Jason Muir Milford, DE (DE) 5 06-12 0
44. Paul Reter Hanover, PA (MD) 5 06-11 0
45. Kane Stein Trafford, PA (PA) 5 06-11 0
46. Brian La Clair Denton, MD (DE) 5 06-10 0
46. David Ward Powells Point, NC (NC) 5 06-10 0
48. Nick Ward Fayetteville, GA (GA) 5 06-08 0
49. Edward Powell Elizabeth, WV (WV) 3 06-07 0
50. Eric Johnson Kingston, MA (MA) 5 06-06 0
51. Chris Mann Cornish, NH (VT) 4 06-06 0
52. Allen White Clayton, NC (NC) 5 06-02 0
53. Michael King Lisbon, ME (ME) 5 06-00 0
53. Donald Tully Acworth, GA (GA) 5 06-00 0
55. Brian O'Connell Lexington, SC (SC) 5 05-15 0
56. Jim Embrey Belle, WV (WV) 4 05-15 0
57. JT Palmore Gasburg, VA (NC) 2 05-15 0
58. Dan Carrigan Citrus Springs, FL (FL) 4 05-14 0
59. Amos Dixon Camden, DE (DE) 3 05-13 0
60. Deron Eck Kittanning, PA (PA) 5 05-12 0
60. Waine Pittman Villa Rica, GA (GA) 5 05-12 0
62. Cameron Smith Mashpee, MA (MA) 5 05-12 0
63. Kevin Rose Jr Anniston, CT (CT) 3 05-12 0
64. Mike Morris Dover, DE (DE) 5 05-11 0
65. John Volkernick Dixfield, ME (ME) 4 05-09 0
66. Greg Beattie Mahaw, NJ (NJ) 3 05-09 0
67. Derek Severns West Mifflin, PA (PA) 5 05-08 0
68. Kevin Wilkes Pittsfield, MA (NY) 4 05-07 0
69. John Hendry Lakeland, FL (FL) 5 05-05 0
70. Michael Caudle Foxboro, MA (MA) 5 05-04 0
71. Mark Schafer Williamstown, NJ (NJ) 4 05-04 0
72. Raymond Lentine Oxford, MA (MA) 4 05-04 0
73. Adam Richardson Nashville, NC (NC) 5 05-03 0
74. Garrett Kruger Monroe, CT (CT) 3 05-03 0
75. William Pioch Beckley, WV (WV) 5 05-02 0
76. Todd Burchett Christianburg, VA (VA) 3 05-00 0
76. Jeff Green Gaffney, SC (SC) 3 05-00 0
78. Mark Fournier Londonderry, NH (NH) 5 04-15 0
79. Joe Burchill Brighton , MA (MA) 4 04-15 0
80. Chad Braga Andover, NH (NH) 2 04-15 0
81. Chad Shutty Northern Cambria, PA (P 4 04-14 0
82. Mike Toney Blacksburg, VA (VA) 3 04-14 0
83. Joey Dawson Rustburg, VA (VA) 4 04-13 0
84. Corey Smith Clermont, FL (FL) 2 04-11 0
85. Mark Horton Cleveland, MO (GA) 5 04-09 0
86. Joshua Boese St Catharines Ontario C 4 04-09 0
86. Ken Bugden Westbrook, CT (VT) 4 04-09 0
86. Mike Kim Roswell, GA (GA) 4 04-09 0
89. Brad Brodnicki Buffalo, NY (NY) 3 04-09 0
90. John Meier Woodstock, GA (GA) 3 04-06 0
91. Edward Gantt North Dinwiddle, VA (VA 3 04-05 0
92. Justin Douglas Windham, ME (ME) 2 04-05 0
93. Bailey Hood East Hampton, CT (CT) 3 04-04 0
94. Michael Comeau Jericho, VT (VT) 3 04-02 0
95. Brad Bressler Greensburg, PA (PA) 2 04-02 0
95. William Holmes Summerville, SC (SC) 2 04-02 0
97. Eric Low Hollis Center, ME (ME) 3 04-01 0
98. Brad Durden Atlanta, GA (GA) 4 04-00 0
99. Casey Warren Galivants Ferry, SC (SC 3 04-00 0
100. John Jeddry III White Hall, MD (MD) 1 03-15 0
101. Kevin Allen Newnan , GA (GA) 2 03-14 0
102. James Gildea Weston, MA (MA) 4 03-11 0
103. Johnnie Mitchell Chesapeake, VA (VA) 3 03-11 0
103. Ryan Parnell Lynchburg, VA (VA) 3 03-11 0
105. Ryan Smith Galloway, NJ (NJ) 4 03-10 0
106. Matthew Desimone Jr E Berlin, CT (CT) 2 03-09 0
106. Andrew Larson Lanse, PA (PA) 2 03-09 0
108. Carson Orellana Mooresville, NC (NC) 2 03-08 0
109. Dean Donovan Town Of Plympton-Wyomin 3 03-06 0
109. Craig Townsend Westampton, NJ (NJ) 3 03-06 0
111. Jason Betourney Bridgeport, VT (VT) 1 03-06 0
112. J.C Christopher II Clarksburg, WV (WV) 2 03-04 0
112. Johnny Guffey Bessemer City, NC (NC) 2 03-04 0
112. Jim Stovall Palm Springs, FL (FL) 2 03-04 0
115. Sean Wilkes Latham, NY (NY) 3 03-01 0
116. Benjamin Huffman Alum Creek, WV (WV) 2 03-00 0
116. Roger LaFlamme Jr East Waterboro, ME (ME) 2 03-00 0
118. Ronald Konopka Exeter, NH (NH) 3 02-15 0
119. Corey Lewis Liberty, SC (SC) 2 02-15 0
120. Tony Kibler Milford, DE (DE) 3 02-14 0
121. Anthony Lorefice Jr Johnson City, NY (NY) 2 02-14 0
122. Mark Cavanaugh Port Perry ONTARIO CANA 3 02-12 0
122. Brian Jarvis Warwick , RI (RI) 3 02-12 0
124. John DiGennaro Amesbury, MA (NH) 2 02-12 0
125. Mickey Soler Newington, CT (CT) 2 02-11 0
126. Zach Horrocks Dixie, WV (WV) 2 02-09 0
127. Doug Marquart Kirkville, NY (NY) 1 02-09 0
128. Phil Curtis Rosseau ONTARIO CANADA 2 02-06 0
129. Fred George Okeechobee, FL (FL) 2 02-05 0
129. Vincent Mucci North Haven, CT (CT) 2 02-05 0
129. Brian Spencer Bentleyville, PA (PA) 2 02-05 0
132. Gary Graser Claremont, NH (NH) 2 02-04 0
132. Gregory Ledwell White Marsh, MD (MD) 2 02-04 0
132. Cody Okrepki Binghamton, NY (NY) 2 02-04 0
135. Scott Hinds Augusta, ME (ME) 1 02-04 0
136. Brian Trieschman Ellicott City, MD (MD) 2 02-02 0
137. Paul Mayo Prospect, CT (CT) 1 02-01 0
138. Robert Williamson Gorham, ME (NH) 2 01-15 0
139. James Graves III Syria, VA (VA) 1 01-13 0
139. Abe Kalechman Ashford, CT (CT) 1 01-13 0
141. Jared Leight Millville, NJ (NJ) 2 01-12 0
142. GE Hutchinson Mullica Hill, NJ (NJ) 1 01-12 0
143. Edwin Bartlett Casco, ME (ME) 1 01-07 0
143. Keith Wilson Columbia, SC (SC) 1 01-07 0
145. Scott Adams Belpre, OH (WV) 1 01-05 0
145. Bidwood McKechnie North Attleboro, MA (MA 1 01-05 0
147. Mark Gebo Orwell, VT (VT) 1 01-03 0
147. Travis Surette Sittsville Ontario CANA 1 01-03 0
149. James Barkley Lebanon, NH (NH) 1 01-02 0
150. Brian Wheeler Hanover, MA (MA) 1 01-01 0
151. Richard Berich Hampstead, MD (MD) 1 01-00 0
151. Greg Mitrousis Lakeville, NY (NY) 1 01-00 0
151. Jim Moore Gouverneur, NY (VT) 1 01-00 0
151. Ryan Pereiras Boynton Beach, CT (CT) 1 01-00 0
155. Mark Ochkie California, PA (WV) 1 00-15 0
156. Robert Ramasci Wakefield, MA (MA) 1 00-13 0
157. Bryn Campbell Keene CANADA (ONT) 1 00-12 0
158. Jeremy Baird Barrie Ontario CANADA ( 0 00-00 0
158. Kevin Brockner Ferndale, NY (NY) 0 00-00 0
158. Sheron Brown Leminster, MA (RI) 0 00-00 0
158. Wayne Burchett Pulaski, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
158. Michael Capaldi Cranston, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
158. Brian Croteau Blackstone, MA (RI) 0 00-00 0
158. Randall Heinrich Alpharetta, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
158. Cliff Humphreys Philadelphia, PA (NJ) 0 00-00 0
158. Mark Hunter Bowmanville Ontario CAN 0 00-00 0
158. Paul LeBlanc Medway, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
158. Joe Matt Syracuse, NY (NY) 0 00-00 0
158. Marco Morin Kennebunk , ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
158. Brenda Mossman East Baldwin, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
158. Justin Spraske Ashuelot, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
158. cam Sterritt Newfields, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
158. Michael Zachodny Nashua, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 62 536 797-03
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62 536 797-03

TEAM STANDINGS Day 1
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State Lbs-Oz
1 NORTH CAROLINA 93-07
2 FLORIDA 92-06
3 DELAWARE 89-13
4 SOUTH CAROLINA 87-13
5 PENNSYLVANIA 84-02
6 NEW JERSEY 74-13
7 MARYLAND 70-05
8 VIRGINIA 66-09
9 WEST VIRGINIA 62-11
10 GEORGIA 61-04
11 CONNECTICUT 60-09
12 NEW YORK 53-07
13 MASSACHUSETTS 51-09
14 ONTARIO 50-07
15 MAINE 48-01
16 VERMONT 42-15
17 NEW HAMPSHIRE 42-11
18 RHODE ISLAND 37-02

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CONNECTICUT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Brandon Neal Middletown, CT 5 09-01 0
2 Kevin Rose Jr Anniston, CT 3 05-12 0
3 Garrett Kruger Monroe, CT 3 05-03 0
4 Bailey Hood East Hampton, CT 3 04-04 0
5 Matthew Desimone Jr E Berlin, CT 2 03-09 0
6 Mickey Soler Newington, CT 2 02-11 0
7 Vincent Mucci North Haven, CT 2 02-05 0
8 Paul Mayo Prospect, CT 1 02-01 0
9 Abe Kalechman Ashford, CT 1 01-13 0
10 Ryan Pereiras Boynton Beach, CT 1 01-00 0

DELAWARE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jason Vaughn Laurel, DE 5 09-09 0
2 Steven Redden Middletown, DE 5 07-09 0
3 Mark Hogan Milford, DE 5 07-05 0
4 Andy Kent Denton, MD 5 06-14 0
5 Greg Alexander Hebron, MD 5 06-12 0
5 Jason Muir Milford, DE 5 06-12 0
7 Brian La Clair Denton, MD 5 06-10 0
8 Amos Dixon Camden, DE 3 05-13 0
9 Mike Morris Dover, DE 5 05-11 0
10 Tony Kibler Milford, DE 3 02-14 0

MASSACHUSETTS
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Eric Johnson Kingston, MA 5 06-06 0
2 Cameron Smith Mashpee, MA 5 05-12 0
3 Michael Caudle Foxboro, MA 5 05-04 0
4 Raymond Lentine Oxford, MA 4 05-04 0
5 Joe Burchill Brighton , MA 4 04-15 0
6 James Gildea Weston, MA 4 03-11 0
7 Bidwood McKechnie North Attleboro, MA 1 01-05 0
8 Brian Wheeler Hanover, MA 1 01-01 0
9 Robert Ramasci Wakefield, MA 1 00-13 0
10 Paul LeBlanc Medway, MA 0 00-00 0

MARYLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Paul Gietka Abingdon, MD 5 09-03 0
2 James Goins Baltimore, MD 5 07-13 0
3 Bret Winegardner Swanton, MD 5 07-03 0
4 Randy Elliott Severn, MD 5 07-03 0
5 Andrew Sams Easton, MD 5 06-15 0
6 Paul Reter Hanover, PA 5 06-11 0
7 John Jeddry III White Hall, MD 1 03-15 0
8 Gregory Ledwell White Marsh, MD 2 02-04 0
9 Brian Trieschman Ellicott City, MD 2 02-02 0
10 Richard Berich Hampstead, MD 1 01-00 0

MAINE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 George Cooper Buxton, ME 5 11-14 0
2 Michael King Lisbon, ME 5 06-00 0
3 John Volkernick Dixfield, ME 4 05-09 0
4 Justin Douglas Windham, ME 2 04-05 0
5 Eric Low Hollis Center, ME 3 04-01 0
6 Roger LaFlamme Jr East Waterboro, ME 2 03-00 0
7 Scott Hinds Augusta, ME 1 02-04 0
8 Edwin Bartlett Casco, ME 1 01-07 0
9 Marco Morin Kennebunk , ME 0 00-00 0
9 Brenda Mossman East Baldwin, ME 0 00-00 0

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mark Fournier Londonderry, NH 5 04-15 0
1 Chad Braga Andover, NH 2 04-15 0
3 Ronald Konopka Exeter, NH 3 02-15 0
4 John DiGennaro Amesbury, MA 2 02-12 0
5 Gary Graser Claremont, NH 2 02-04 0
6 Robert Williamson Gorham, ME 2 01-15 0
7 James Barkley Lebanon, NH 1 01-02 0
8 Justin Spraske Ashuelot, NH 0 00-00 0
8 cam Sterritt Newfields, NH 0 00-00 0
8 Michael Zachodny Nashua, NH 0 00-00 0

NEW JERSEY
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Luke Shrader Barrington, NJ 5 08-14 0
2 Jesse Magee Williamstown, NJ 5 07-07 0
3 Jim Groome Pittsgrove, NJ 5 06-12 0
4 Greg Beattie Mahaw, NJ 3 05-09 0
5 Mark Schafer Williamstown, NJ 4 05-04 0
6 Ryan Smith Galloway, NJ 4 03-10 0
7 Craig Townsend Westampton, NJ 3 03-06 0
8 Jared Leight Millville, NJ 2 01-12 0
9 GE Hutchinson Mullica Hill, NJ 1 01-12 0
10 Cliff Humphreys Philadelphia, PA 0 00-00 0

NEW YORK
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Timothy Thompson New Milford, CT 5 07-14 0
2 Kevin Wilkes Pittsfield, MA 4 05-07 0
3 Brad Brodnicki Buffalo, NY 3 04-09 0
4 Sean Wilkes Latham, NY 3 03-01 0
5 Anthony Lorefice Jr Johnson City, NY 2 02-14 0
6 Doug Marquart Kirkville, NY 1 02-09 0
7 Cody Okrepki Binghamton, NY 2 02-04 0
8 Greg Mitrousis Lakeville, NY 1 01-00 0
9 Kevin Brockner Ferndale, NY 0 00-00 0
9 Joe Matt Syracuse, NY 0 00-00 0

PENNSYLVANIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mike Moran Ruffsdale, PA 5 09-09 0
2 Scott Mislevy Patton, PA 5 07-12 0
3 William Lortz II Rochester, NY 3 07-03 0
4 Kane Stein Trafford, PA 5 06-11 0
5 Deron Eck Kittanning, PA 5 05-12 0
6 Derek Severns West Mifflin, PA 5 05-08 0
7 Chad Shutty Northern Cambria, PA 4 04-14 0
8 Brad Bressler Greensburg, PA 2 04-02 0
9 Andrew Larson Lanse, PA 2 03-09 0
10 Brian Spencer Bentleyville, PA 2 02-05 0

RHODE ISLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mike Wolfenden Warwick, RI 5 09-03 0
2 Jeremy Sadowski Valuntower, CT 5 08-07 0
3 Brian Jarvis Warwick , RI 3 02-12 0
4 Sheron Brown Leminster, MA 0 00-00 0
4 Michael Capaldi Cranston, RI 0 00-00 0
4 Brian Croteau Blackstone, MA 0 00-00 0

VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jeff Lugar Cross Junction, VA 5 09-14 0
2 Cavin Young Sr Prince George, VA 5 07-03 0
3 Todd Burchett Christianburg, VA 3 05-00 0
4 Mike Toney Blacksburg, VA 3 04-14 0
5 Joey Dawson Rustburg, VA 4 04-13 0
6 Edward Gantt North Dinwiddle, VA 3 04-05 0
7 Johnnie Mitchell Chesapeake, VA 3 03-11 0
7 Ryan Parnell Lynchburg, VA 3 03-11 0
9 James Graves III Syria, VA 1 01-13 0
10 Wayne Burchett Pulaski, VA 0 00-00 0

VERMONT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Patrick Martin Mascouche Quebec CANADA 5 07-12 0
2 Chris Mann Cornish, NH 4 06-06 0
3 Ken Bugden Westbrook, CT 4 04-09 0
4 Michael Comeau Jericho, VT 3 04-02 0
5 Jason Betourney Bridgeport, VT 1 03-06 0
6 Mark Gebo Orwell, VT 1 01-03 0
7 Jim Moore Gouverneur, NY 1 01-00 0

WEST VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Tyler Webb Glen Daniel, WV 5 10-11 0
2 Steve Marks Walton, WV 5 07-08 0
3 Edward Powell Elizabeth, WV 3 06-07 0
4 Jim Embrey Belle, WV 4 05-15 0
5 William Pioch Beckley, WV 5 05-02 0
6 J.C Christopher II Clarksburg, WV 2 03-04 0
7 Benjamin Huffman Alum Creek, WV 2 03-00 0
8 Zach Horrocks Dixie, WV 2 02-09 0
9 Scott Adams Belpre, OH 1 01-05 0
10 Mark Ochkie California, PA 1 00-15 0

GEORGIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 David Morton Suwanee, GA 5 07-10 0
2 Nick Ward Fayetteville, GA 5 06-08 0
3 Donald Tully Acworth, GA 5 06-00 0
4 Waine Pittman Villa Rica, GA 5 05-12 0
5 Mark Horton Cleveland, MO 5 04-09 0
6 Mike Kim Roswell, GA 4 04-09 0
7 John Meier Woodstock, GA 3 04-06 0
8 Brad Durden Atlanta, GA 4 04-00 0
9 Kevin Allen Newnan , GA 2 03-14 0
10 Randall Heinrich Alpharetta, GA 0 00-00 0

SOUTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Hayes Hudson Conway, SC 5 09-14 0
2 Gregg Fogner Conway, SC 5 08-02 0
3 Stan Gunter Saluda, SC 5 08-01 0
4 Chris Jones Conway, SC 5 07-02 0
5 Brian O'Connell Lexington, SC 5 05-15 0
6 Jeff Green Gaffney, SC 3 05-00 0
7 William Holmes Summerville, SC 2 04-02 0
8 Casey Warren Galivants Ferry, SC 3 04-00 0
9 Corey Lewis Liberty, SC 2 02-15 0
10 Keith Wilson Columbia, SC 1 01-07 0

FLORIDA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Dave Turner Crystal River, FL 5 14-04 0
2 David Boyd Quincy, FL 5 10-12 0
3 Drew Cook Midway, FL 5 08-03 0
4 Michael Smith Laurel Hill, FL 5 07-14 0
5 Yoan Alvarez Miami, FL 5 07-09 0
6 Dan Carrigan Citrus Springs, FL 4 05-14 0
7 John Hendry Lakeland, FL 5 05-05 0
8 Corey Smith Clermont, FL 2 04-11 0
9 Jim Stovall Palm Springs, FL 2 03-04 0
10 Fred George Okeechobee, FL 2 02-05 0

NORTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Norman Mullinax Wilmington, NC 5 11-03 0
2 Jeff Hager Alexis, NC 5 08-13 0
3 Jody Wright Ellenboro, NC 4 08-01 0
4 Ed Collier Kenly, NC 5 07-05 0
5 David Ward Powells Point, NC 5 06-10 0
6 Allen White Clayton, NC 5 06-02 0
7 JT Palmore Gasburg, VA 2 05-15 0
8 Adam Richardson Nashville, NC 5 05-03 0
9 Carson Orellana Mooresville, NC 2 03-08 0
10 Johnny Guffey Bessemer City, NC 2 03-04 0

ONTARIO
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Cooper Gallant Bowmanville Ontario CAN 5 11-01 0
2 Kal Vaisanen Dundalk ONTARIO CANADA 5 07-08 0
3 Joshua Boese St Catharines Ontario C 4 04-09 0
4 Dean Donovan Town Of Plympton-Wyomin 3 03-06 0
5 Mark Cavanaugh Port Perry ONTARIO CANA 3 02-12 0
6 Phil Curtis Rosseau ONTARIO CANADA 2 02-06 0
7 Travis Surette Sittsville Ontario CANA 1 01-03 0
8 Bryn Campbell Keene CANADA 1 00-12 0
9 Jeremy Baird Barrie Ontario CANADA 0 00-00 0
9 Mark Hunter Bowmanville Ontario CAN 0 00-00 0

2018 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors
6/20-6/22
Winyah Bay, Georgetown SC.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 1

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

1. Gary Pope Georgetown, SC (SC) 3 10-04 0
2. Reid Mcdowell Conway, SC (SC) 3 07-11 0
3. Jimmy Myers Wyoming, DE (DE) 3 06-14 0
4. Phil Coffin Pittsburgh, PA (PA) 3 06-13 0
5. Brandon Forsman Stevensville, MD (DE) 2 06-13 0
6. Jim Morris Milford, CT (CT) 3 06-05 0
7. Brian Penney Haverhill, MA (NH) 3 06-00 0
7. Ben Vincent Syracuse, NY (NY) 3 06-00 0
9. Dave Kozlansky Scranton, PA (PA) 3 06-00 0
10. Josh Cotier Clinton, MA (MA) 3 05-12 0
10. Michael Duarte Middle River, MD (MD) 3 05-12 0
12. Danny Hayes Wilson, NC (NC) 3 05-11 0
13. Bob Wetzler Rutland, VT (VT) 2 05-10 0
14. John Anderson Oxford, NC (NC) 3 05-07 0
15. David Pfeifer Milton Mills, NH (NH) 3 05-01 0
16. Weston Wilkes Swainsboro, GA (GA) 3 05-00 0
17. Justin Mitko Brooksville, FL (FL) 3 04-14 0
18. Jesse Jodon Windber, PA (PA) 3 04-12 0
19. Danny McGarry Newtonville CANADA (ONT 3 04-10 0
20. Jim Keith Newberry, FL (FL) 3 04-09 0
21. Devon Norwood Kitson Montclair , NJ (NJ) 3 04-07 0
22. Jared Whewell Stonington, CT (RI) 1 04-07 0
23. Aaron Digh Denver, NC (NC) 3 04-06 0
23. Thomas Downs Nashua, NH (NH) 3 04-06 0
23. Amy Schwartz Virginia Beach, VA (VA) 3 04-06 0
26. Fred Serge Milford, NJ (NJ) 3 04-05 0
27. Zachary Hajecate Wallkill, NY (NY) 2 04-05 0
28. Andrew Eaton Hingham, MA (MA) 3 04-02 0
29. Bruce Nethercott Brewster, NY (NY) 3 04-02 0
30. Roland Beaulieu Swanton, VT (VT) 3 04-00 0
31. Stacey Proctor Conway, SC (SC) 3 03-15 0
32. Ryan Aldieri Bristol, CT (CT) 3 03-13 0
32. Brandon Labove Mystic, CT (RI) 3 03-13 0
34. Travis Lugar McGaheysville, VA (VA) 3 03-13 0
34. Ray Trudeau Saint Cloud, FL (FL) 3 03-13 0
36. Dan McGarry Carle Place, NY (NJ) 3 03-12 0
37. Chris Washinger Chambersburg, PA (PA) 3 03-11 0
38. Jeffrey Shaffer Orlando, FL (FL) 3 03-09 0
39. Joe Sodora Garfield, NJ (CT) 3 03-09 0
40. Brendan O'Toole Pittsburgh, PA (PA) 1 03-09 0
41. Steven Brown Adel, GA (GA) 3 03-08 0
42. Chet Beam Shelby, NC (NC) 3 03-07 0
42. Brian Keister Atco, NJ (NJ) 3 03-07 0
44. Jake Haas Sewell, NJ (NJ) 2 03-07 0
45. Nicholas Mandes N Stongington, CT (RI) 2 03-05 0
46. Butch Van Drunen Jr Hardeson, DE (DE) 3 03-03 0
47. Nicholas Lawrence Derby, CT (CT) 2 03-02 0
47. Damien McMahon Pilot, VA (VA) 2 03-02 0
49. Matthew Raab Jarrettsville, MD (MD) 2 03-01 0
49. John Serge Philadelphia, PA (NJ) 2 03-01 0
51. Ronald Guthrie Concord, VA (VA) 3 03-00 0
52. Billy Harris Cayuga, NY (NY) 2 03-00 0
53. Randy Crowley Hartsville, SC (SC) 3 02-15 0
53. Brendan Looby Medford, MA (MA) 3 02-15 0
53. Andrew Wright Paterson, NJ (NJ) 3 02-15 0
56. Phil Moon Austell, GA (GA) 2 02-15 0
56. Thomas Todd Abingdon, MD (MD) 2 02-15 0
58. Toby Cross Bowdoinham, ME (ME) 2 02-14 0
59. Jean-Marie Landry Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 2 02-14 0
60. Ronald Humiston Wallingford, CT (CT) 2 02-13 0
60. Ivan C Morris Virginia Beach, VA (VA) 2 02-13 0
62. Corey Singleton Conway, SC (SC) 2 02-12 0
63. Brian Haley Bradford CANADA (ONT) 2 02-11 0
64. Robert Fleshman Tad, WV (WV) 3 02-10 0
65. Paul Garland New Dorham, NH (NH) 2 02-10 0
65. Dave Haas Sewell, NJ (NJ) 2 02-10 0
65. Edward Hylton Stokesdale, NC (VA) 2 02-10 0
65. Steven Worden Cumberland, RI (RI) 2 02-10 0
69. Gary Sanderson Guelph Ontario CANADA ( 1 02-10 0
70. Jeffrey Davis Jr Williamston, NC (NC) 2 02-09 0
70. Chris Guncheon Warwick, RI (RI) 2 02-09 0
70. Angelo Mayo Maiden, NC (NC) 2 02-09 0
73. Dan Brown Pomereoy, OH (WV) 2 02-08 0
74. Frank Hutchinson Mullica Hill, NJ (NJ) 2 02-07 0
74. Dewayne Smith Inman, SC (SC) 2 02-07 0
74. Larry Wigmore Townsend, DE (DE) 2 02-07 0
77. Ray Meyer Alton Bay, NH (NH) 1 02-06 0
78. Willie Adkins Wayne, WV (WV) 2 02-05 0
79. Mark Pryal Silver Springs, MD (MD) 3 02-04 0
80. Jeff Kenney Franklin, MA (MA) 2 02-04 0
81. Bryan Mitko Brooksville, FL (FL) 2 02-03 0
82. Zachary Propst Pine Grove, WV (WV) 1 02-03 0
83. Mike Billings Meriden, CT (CT) 2 02-01 0
83. Dana Brown Buckhannon, WV (WV) 2 02-01 0
85. David Williams Noyan Quebec CANADA (VT 2 02-01 0
86. William Lane Patton, PA (PA) 2 02-00 0
87. Paul Bell Hurrican, WV (WV) 2 01-15 0
87. Marc Charron Greene, ME (ME) 2 01-15 0
89. Marcia Graves-Toth Greensboro, MD (DE) 1 01-13 0
90. Lance Kornegay Dudley, NC (NC) 2 01-12 0
91. Jerry Pruitt Vale, NC (NC) 2 01-10 0
92. Robert Baker Midlothian, VA (VA) 1 01-09 0
92. Brady Schoonover Bradford, PA (NY) 1 01-09 0
94. James Lowe Harrison, ME (ME) 1 01-08 0
95. Brandon Tallhamer Parkersburg, WV (WV) 2 01-07 0
96. Curtis Devries Bowmanville Ontario CAN 1 01-07 0
96. TJ Dobs Verona, NY (NY) 1 01-07 0
96. Kate Owczarzak Buffalo, NY (NY) 1 01-07 0
96. Sal Pinto Cumming, GA (GA) 1 01-07 0
100. Karl Kohanski Center Barnstead, NH (N 1 01-06 0
101. Anthony Dube Oro-Medonte Ontario CAN 1 01-05 0
102. Richard Moore Oro-Medonte CANADA (ONT 1 01-04 0
102. Andrew White Ocala, FL (FL) 1 01-04 0
102. Max Woodward Hanson, MA (MA) 1 01-04 0
105. Gene Gibbs Columbia, SC (SC) 2 01-03 0
106. Michael Shay Cheshire, CT (CT) 1 01-03 0
107. Shaun Avery Windham, ME (ME) 1 01-02 0
107. Andre Caron Saco, ME (ME) 1 01-02 0
107. Chris Grayson Boynton Beach, FL (FL) 1 01-02 0
107. Joe McNair Sparta, GA (GA) 1 01-02 0
107. John Redmond Germantown, MD (MD) 1 01-02 0
107. Jason Toth Denton, MD (DE) 1 01-02 0
113. Greg Darling Dover, DE (DE) 1 01-00 0
113. Tonk King Cambridge Ontarion CANA 1 01-00 0
113. Peter Knight Fulton, NY (NY) 1 01-00 0
113. Michael Schoeler Peterborough Ontario CA 1 01-00 0
113. Eric Winsor Gorham, ME (ME) 1 01-00 0
118. Barry Brunges Gainesville, FL (FL) 1 00-15 0
118. Luke Matt Syracuse, NY (NY) 1 00-15 0
118. Raymond Ng Markham Ontario CANADA 1 00-15 0
121. Justin Bronson Glenn Dale, MD (MD) 1 00-14 0
121. Nick Embrey Belle, WV (WV) 1 00-14 0
123. Ryan Kempton Plymouth, MA (MA) 1 00-13 0
124. Wil Kennington Eden , MD (DE) 1 00-12 0
125. Tom Bateman Orlando, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
125. Jason Barker Eganville Ontario CANAD 0 00-00 0
125. Thomas Bates Appomattox, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
125. Tim Baurley Norfolk, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
125. Zach Bellush Elizabeth, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
125. Christopher Bryant West Paris, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
125. Doug Cameron Belchertown, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
125. David Carey Georgetown, DE (DE) 0 00-00 0
125. Kevin Comes Addison, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
125. Scott Coussou Cumming, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
125. Levi Crossway Jacksonville, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
125. Kaitlyn Dattilo Thomaston, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
125. Brent Davenport Acworth , GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
125. Charles Davis Lynchburg, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
125. Brad Dekraai Epsom, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
125. Daniel Delicino Vassalboro, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
125. Brennan Donnelly Midlothian, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
125. Charles Ellington Cumming , GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
125. John Foster Byfield, MA (NH) 0 00-00 0
125. William Frazier Archdale, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
125. Steve Garrett Bishop, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
125. Timothy Garrison Jefferson, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
125. Heath Gephart Harrisburg, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
125. Robert Germain Berlin, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
125. Lynn Gervais Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 0 00-00 0
125. Tyler Hawthorne Frederick, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
125. Scott Himmelfarb Poolesville, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
125. Jesse Hopkins Conway, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
125. Moira Hunt Washington, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
125. David Kyle Skyesville, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
125. Bill Lionetta Jr Alton Bay, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
125. Christopher McCarthy Woonsocket, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
125. Joey Mclean Hemingway, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
125. Zachary McNaughton Proctorsville, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
125. Scott McNeely Acworth , GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
125. Mike Morrissey Springfield, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
125. Samuel Nowalk Milton, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
125. Robert Panico Wolcott, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
125. Teddy Peznola Leominster, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
125. Wayne Proctor Oakmont, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
125. Jeremiah Reen Walkersville, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
125. Kevin Rios Budd Lake, NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
125. Kevin Seymour Central Square , NY (NY 0 00-00 0
125. Tim Stanley Scott Depot, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
125. Tim White Winthrop, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
125. Jim Wight Westbrook, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
125. Joshua Winebrinner Steelton, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
125. Rik Workley Charlotte, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
125. Gene Zinkhan Essex, MD (DE) 0 00-00 0
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 45 256 372-13
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45 256 372-13

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CONNECTICUT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jim Morris Milford, CT 3 06-05 0
2 Ryan Aldieri Bristol, CT 3 03-13 0
3 Joe Sodora Garfield, NJ 3 03-09 0
4 Nicholas Lawrence Derby, CT 2 03-02 0
5 Ronald Humiston Wallingford, CT 2 02-13 0
6 Mike Billings Meriden, CT 2 02-01 0
7 Michael Shay Cheshire, CT 1 01-03 0
8 Kaitlyn Dattilo Thomaston, CT 0 00-00 0
8 Robert Germain Berlin, CT 0 00-00 0
8 Robert Panico Wolcott, CT 0 00-00 0

DELAWARE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jimmy Myers Wyoming, DE 3 06-14 0
2 Brandon Forsman Stevensville, MD 2 06-13 0
3 Butch Van Drunen Jr Hardeson, DE 3 03-03 0
4 Larry Wigmore Townsend, DE 2 02-07 0
5 Marcia Graves-Toth Greensboro, MD 1 01-13 0
6 Jason Toth Denton, MD 1 01-02 0
7 Greg Darling Dover, DE 1 01-00 0
8 Wil Kennington Eden , MD 1 00-12 0
9 David Carey Georgetown, DE 0 00-00 0
9 Gene Zinkhan Essex, MD 0 00-00 0

MASSACHUSETTS
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Josh Cotier Clinton, MA 3 05-12 0
2 Andrew Eaton Hingham, MA 3 04-02 0
3 Brendan Looby Medford, MA 3 02-15 0
4 Jeff Kenney Franklin, MA 2 02-04 0
5 Max Woodward Hanson, MA 1 01-04 0
6 Ryan Kempton Plymouth, MA 1 00-13 0
7 Tim Baurley Norfolk, MA 0 00-00 0
7 Doug Cameron Belchertown, MA 0 00-00 0
7 Mike Morrissey Springfield, MA 0 00-00 0
7 Teddy Peznola Leominster, MA 0 00-00 0

MARYLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Michael Duarte Middle River, MD 3 05-12 0
2 Matthew Raab Jarrettsville, MD 2 03-01 0
3 Thomas Todd Abingdon, MD 2 02-15 0
4 Mark Pryal Silver Springs, MD 3 02-04 0
5 John Redmond Germantown, MD 1 01-02 0
6 Justin Bronson Glenn Dale, MD 1 00-14 0
7 Tyler Hawthorne Frederick, MD 0 00-00 0
7 Scott Himmelfarb Poolesville, MD 0 00-00 0
7 David Kyle Skyesville, MD 0 00-00 0
7 Jeremiah Reen Walkersville, MD 0 00-00 0

MAINE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Toby Cross Bowdoinham, ME 2 02-14 0
2 Marc Charron Greene, ME 2 01-15 0
3 James Lowe Harrison, ME 1 01-08 0
4 Shaun Avery Windham, ME 1 01-02 0
4 Andre Caron Saco, ME 1 01-02 0
6 Eric Winsor Gorham, ME 1 01-00 0
7 Christopher Bryant West Paris, ME 0 00-00 0
7 Daniel Delicino Vassalboro, ME 0 00-00 0
7 Tim White Winthrop, ME 0 00-00 0
7 Jim Wight Westbrook, ME 0 00-00 0

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Brian Penney Haverhill, MA 3 06-00 0
2 David Pfeifer Milton Mills, NH 3 05-01 0
3 Thomas Downs Nashua, NH 3 04-06 0
4 Paul Garland New Dorham, NH 2 02-10 0
5 Ray Meyer Alton Bay, NH 1 02-06 0
6 Karl Kohanski Center Barnstead, NH 1 01-06 0
7 Brad Dekraai Epsom, NH 0 00-00 0
7 John Foster Byfield, MA 0 00-00 0
7 Moira Hunt Washington, NH 0 00-00 0
7 Bill Lionetta Jr Alton Bay, NH 0 00-00 0

NEW JERSEY
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Devon Norwood Kitson Montclair , NJ 3 04-07 0
2 Fred Serge Milford, NJ 3 04-05 0
3 Dan McGarry Carle Place, NY 3 03-12 0
4 Brian Keister Atco, NJ 3 03-07 0
5 Jake Haas Sewell, NJ 2 03-07 0
6 John Serge Philadelphia, PA 2 03-01 0
7 Andrew Wright Paterson, NJ 3 02-15 0
8 Dave Haas Sewell, NJ 2 02-10 0
9 Frank Hutchinson Mullica Hill, NJ 2 02-07 0
10 Kevin Rios Budd Lake, NJ 0 00-00 0

NEW YORK
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Ben Vincent Syracuse, NY 3 06-00 0
2 Zachary Hajecate Wallkill, NY 2 04-05 0
3 Bruce Nethercott Brewster, NY 3 04-02 0
4 Billy Harris Cayuga, NY 2 03-00 0
5 Brady Schoonover Bradford, PA 1 01-09 0
6 TJ Dobs Verona, NY 1 01-07 0
6 Kate Owczarzak Buffalo, NY 1 01-07 0
8 Peter Knight Fulton, NY 1 01-00 0
9 Luke Matt Syracuse, NY 1 00-15 0
10 Kevin Seymour Central Square , NY 0 00-00 0

PENNSYLVANIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Phil Coffin Pittsburgh, PA 3 06-13 0
2 Dave Kozlansky Scranton, PA 3 06-00 0
3 Jesse Jodon Windber, PA 3 04-12 0
4 Chris Washinger Chambersburg, PA 3 03-11 0
5 Brendan O'Toole Pittsburgh, PA 1 03-09 0
6 William Lane Patton, PA 2 02-00 0
7 Zach Bellush Elizabeth, PA 0 00-00 0
7 Heath Gephart Harrisburg, PA 0 00-00 0
7 Wayne Proctor Oakmont, PA 0 00-00 0
7 Joshua Winebrinner Steelton, PA 0 00-00 0

RHODE ISLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jared Whewell Stonington, CT 1 04-07 0
2 Brandon Labove Mystic, CT 3 03-13 0
3 Nicholas Mandes N Stongington, CT 2 03-05 0
4 Steven Worden Cumberland, RI 2 02-10 0
5 Chris Guncheon Warwick, RI 2 02-09 0
6 Christopher McCarthy Woonsocket, RI 0 00-00 0

VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Amy Schwartz Virginia Beach, VA 3 04-06 0
2 Travis Lugar McGaheysville, VA 3 03-13 0
3 Damien McMahon Pilot, VA 2 03-02 0
4 Ronald Guthrie Concord, VA 3 03-00 0
5 Ivan C Morris Virginia Beach, VA 2 02-13 0
6 Edward Hylton Stokesdale, NC 2 02-10 0
7 Robert Baker Midlothian, VA 1 01-09 0
8 Thomas Bates Appomattox, VA 0 00-00 0
8 Charles Davis Lynchburg, VA 0 00-00 0
8 Brennan Donnelly Midlothian, VA 0 00-00 0

VERMONT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Bob Wetzler Rutland, VT 2 05-10 0
2 Roland Beaulieu Swanton, VT 3 04-00 0
3 Jean-Marie Landry Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 2 02-14 0
4 David Williams Noyan Quebec CANADA 2 02-01 0
5 Kevin Comes Addison, VT 0 00-00 0
5 Lynn Gervais Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 0 00-00 0
5 Zachary McNaughton Proctorsville, VT 0 00-00 0

WEST VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Robert Fleshman Tad, WV 3 02-10 0
2 Dan Brown Pomereoy, OH 2 02-08 0
3 Willie Adkins Wayne, WV 2 02-05 0
4 Zachary Propst Pine Grove, WV 1 02-03 0
5 Dana Brown Buckhannon, WV 2 02-01 0
6 Paul Bell Hurrican, WV 2 01-15 0
7 Brandon Tallhamer Parkersburg, WV 2 01-07 0
8 Nick Embrey Belle, WV 1 00-14 0
9 Samuel Nowalk Milton, WV 0 00-00 0
9 Tim Stanley Scott Depot, WV 0 00-00 0

GEORGIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Weston Wilkes Swainsboro, GA 3 05-00 0
2 Steven Brown Adel, GA 3 03-08 0
3 Phil Moon Austell, GA 2 02-15 0
4 Sal Pinto Cumming, GA 1 01-07 0
5 Joe McNair Sparta, GA 1 01-02 0
6 Scott Coussou Cumming, GA 0 00-00 0
6 Brent Davenport Acworth , GA 0 00-00 0
6 Charles Ellington Cumming , GA 0 00-00 0
6 Steve Garrett Bishop, GA 0 00-00 0
6 Scott McNeely Acworth , GA 0 00-00 0

SOUTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Gary Pope Georgetown, SC 3 10-04 0
2 Reid Mcdowell Conway, SC 3 07-11 0
3 Stacey Proctor Conway, SC 3 03-15 0
4 Randy Crowley Hartsville, SC 3 02-15 0
5 Corey Singleton Conway, SC 2 02-12 0
6 Dewayne Smith Inman, SC 2 02-07 0
7 Gene Gibbs Columbia, SC 2 01-03 0
8 Timothy Garrison Jefferson, SC 0 00-00 0
8 Jesse Hopkins Conway, SC 0 00-00 0
8 Joey Mclean Hemingway, SC 0 00-00 0

FLORIDA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Justin Mitko Brooksville, FL 3 04-14 0
2 Jim Keith Newberry, FL 3 04-09 0
3 Ray Trudeau Saint Cloud, FL 3 03-13 0
4 Jeffrey Shaffer Orlando, FL 3 03-09 0
5 Bryan Mitko Brooksville, FL 2 02-03 0
6 Andrew White Ocala, FL 1 01-04 0
7 Chris Grayson Boynton Beach, FL 1 01-02 0
8 Barry Brunges Gainesville, FL 1 00-15 0
9 Tom Bateman Orlando, FL 0 00-00 0
9 Levi Crossway Jacksonville, FL 0 00-00 0

NORTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Danny Hayes Wilson, NC 3 05-11 0
2 John Anderson Oxford, NC 3 05-07 0
3 Aaron Digh Denver, NC 3 04-06 0
4 Chet Beam Shelby, NC 3 03-07 0
5 Jeffrey Davis Jr Williamston, NC 2 02-09 0
5 Angelo Mayo Maiden, NC 2 02-09 0
7 Lance Kornegay Dudley, NC 2 01-12 0
8 Jerry Pruitt Vale, NC 2 01-10 0
9 William Frazier Archdale, NC 0 00-00 0
9 Rik Workley Charlotte, NC 0 00-00 0

ONTARIO
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Danny McGarry Newtonville CANADA 3 04-10 0
2 Brian Haley Bradford CANADA 2 02-11 0
3 Gary Sanderson Guelph Ontario CANADA 1 02-10 0
4 Curtis Devries Bowmanville Ontario CAN 1 01-07 0
5 Anthony Dube Oro-Medonte Ontario CAN 1 01-05 0
6 Richard Moore Oro-Medonte CANADA 1 01-04 0
7 Tonk King Cambridge Ontarion CANA 1 01-00 0
7 Michael Schoeler Peterborough Ontario CA 1 01-00 0
9 Raymond Ng Markham Ontario CANADA 1 00-15 0
10 Jason Barker Eganville Ontario CANAD 0 00-00 0

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Jamie Hartman to step away from remainder of 2018 Elite Series Season

AC Editor

Due to severe Sciatic Nerve pain that hospitalized Jamie Hartman earlier this week. In a recent announcement in his Facebook Page, He left the following post.

"Over the course of this Season I have experienced Sciatic pain that made me question if I was going to be able to go out and do my job. Somehow I was able to push through those tournaments at that level of pain and compete. This time, unfortunately and with every bone in my body I hate to say I can't bear it. I left the ER and commuted to Wisconsin. I attempted to practice in hopes if I got in the boat I would be able to figure it out and push through the pain, but it only became worse. I can't continue and I need to go home and seek further medical attention so that I will be able to compete in the future.

I am so thankful to have been able to participate in The Bassmaster Classic this year and compete in more than half of the Elite Series events. I appreciate BASS for allowing me to focus on my health and working with me through this situation.
I truly appreciate all of the support from my Sponsors, friends and family. I can't do this without you. Seeing your messages, texts, calls and being able to meet you is something I always look forward to. Above all of that, knowing that I have you supporting me is always a blessing I count.

This is one of - if not the most hardest decision I have had to make in my life, but I need to take this time now to get better so that I can come back next year and continue to do so for seasons to come. Competing at the highest level of Professional Fishing in the world is an honor that I am still humbled by til this day. Thank you."

Stay tuned for more to come and please keep Jamie in your prayers.

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T-H MARINE HIRES SHANA RAMSEY FOR MARKETING TEAM

Huntsville, AL – June 19, 2018 – T-H Marine Supplies, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, announces that Shana Ramsey has joined the company as Sponsorship and Pro Staff Marketing Manager. In this role, Shana will maximize the effect of the T-H Marine brand as it is coordinated with sponsored events, pro staff, and other promotional resources throughout the field.

"Shana really impressed us with her industry experience and passion for the outdoors," said Greg Buie, T-H Marine Vice President of Marketing and Sales. "We are excited to bring her on board and continue to increase our capacity as a team."

Before joining T-H Marine, Shana worked for Bass Pro Shops and then Garmin International. Bass Pro Shops provided valuable opportunity to grow her marketing skills and branding acumen. Then, during her time at Garmin, Shana excelled at identifying and pursuing marine sponsorship and promotional event opportunities. It was during this time that she earned a reputation as a skilled marketing professional who could hang with industry personalities.

"I love taking my lifelong enthusiasm for the outdoors and being able to channel that passion into my career," Shana said.

"From day to day management to optimizing outcomes from events and partnerships, I'm eager to contribute to T-H Marine's marketing efforts."

Shana's multi-faceted marketing background is a big gain for T-H Marine. She brings a solid tournament familiarity, relationships with industry personalities, and many other qualities, too.

"We're confident Shana can bring plenty to the table as a leader who will drive ROI through our partnerships," Buie continued. "It's an added bonus that she can increase our depth when it comes to various other marketing efforts as well."

Shana is a graduate of Evangel University where she received her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in the fields of Public Relations, Advertising, and Leadership. As a native of Springfield, Missouri, Shana looks forward to residing in Huntsville and getting to know the community, including it's surrounding fishing and hunting opportunities.

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AC Insider Podcast Featuring Red River Opens Winner Patrick Walters!!

BASS Open Pro and Red River Champ Patrick Walters breaks down his win on the Red River in the Central Open last weekend. Chris breaks down his back-to-back TOC Wins on Lake Guntersville.

The boys talk Fake News and checking your facts before running your mouth, Progressive Bass Wrap Up, Costa Countdown to blastoff and plenty more in this weeks AC Insider Podcast!

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VERMONT’S JUDD WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL NORTHEAST DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN

Co-angler Title Goes to Pennsylvania’s Fenstermaker

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 18, 2018) – Boater J.J. Judd of Saint Albans, Vermont, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 19 pounds, 14 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division tournament on Lake Champlain. Judd earned $5,138 for his win.

Judd said he spent his day on a southern section of the main lake, and targeted smallmouths that were still spawning.

“I went to my five biggest ones that I had located and caught them,” said Judd, who notched his first career win in FLW competition. “I found fish in areas where they’ve spawned in the past, but with the water lower, they were surprisingly shallow. I think this is the tail-end of the spawn. A lot of the fish I found had been on beds for over two weeks and had lost quite a bit of weight.”

Judd said he fished a white Bass Pro Shops XPS Tender Tube with a ¼-ounce jighead on 10-pound-test P-Line fluorocarbon line.

“I throw white because I can see it well. I threw it in the bed and stared at it until I couldn’t see it, and that’s what told me it was in the fish’s mouth,” said Judd. “One of the big keys was my Costa sunglasses. On this lake, the green mirror finish helps me see really well.”

Around 10 a.m., Judd switched patterns and focused on postspawn smallmouth on the northern end of the lake in 18 to 20 feet of water with a 6-inch AYU-colored Roboworm Straight Tail Worm on a drop-shot rig.

“I fished near isolated boulders. I’d say 90 percent of the fish are done spawning up there. I culled up twice and went looking for a big largemouth to cap it off, but didn’t have any luck,” said Judd. “It was a tricky tournament to manage my fish. I’m fishing in the upcoming Costa (FLW Series) event this weekend and I didn’t want to burn too much, but I still wanted to do well.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: J.J. Judd, Saint Albans, Vt., five bass, 19-14, $5,138

2^nd: Alec Morrison, Peru, N.Y., five bass, 19-13, $2,469

3^rd: Jason Stoddard, Saint Albans, Vt., five bass, 19-10, $1,646

4^th: Perry Marvin, Peru, N.Y., five bass, 19-0, $1,152

5^th: Charles Sim, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, five bass, 18-14, $1,388

6^th: Ronald Penders Jr., Rochester, N.Y., five bass, 18-13, $864

6^th: Jesse Spellicy, Gouverneur, N.Y., five bass, 18-13, $864

8^th: Jason Shipton, Muncy, Pa., five bass, 18-11, $741

9^th: Brett Carnright, Plattsburgh, N.Y., five bass, 18-10, $617

9^th: Travis Manson, Conshohocken, Pa., five bass, 18-10, $617

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Brian Squires of Schenectady, New York, brought a 5-pound, 5-ounce bass to the scale – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $745.

Mark Fenstermaker of Allentown, Pennsylvania, won the Co-angler Division and $2,436 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 17 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Mark Fenstermaker, Allentown, Pa., five bass, 17-5, $2,436

2^nd: Dylan Boyle, Coopersburg, Pa., five bass, 17-3, $1,218

3^rd: William Ambler, Alderson, W. Va., five bass, 16-9, $1,014

4^th: Henry McKee, Haddon Heights, N.J., five bass, 16-5, $618

5^th: James Ohono, Bridgeton, N.J., five bass, 15-14, $487

6^th: Craig Cleveland, Utica, N.Y., five bass, 15-10, $447

7^th: Mike Urbania, Mentor, Ohio, five bass, 15-8, $365

7^th: Chris Morrison, Columbia, Md., five bass, 15-8, $365

7^th: Ryan Spaulding, North Bangor, N.Y., five bass, 15-8, $365

10^th: Gordon Bocash, Woodstock, Conn., five bass, 15-7, $284

Wes Vyverberg of Rochester, New York, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 7 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $367.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division tournament on Lake Champlain was hosted by the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau.

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BATES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL MISSISSIPPI DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON LAKE FERGUSON

Iuka’s Whipple Earns Co-angler Title

GREENVILLE, Miss. (June 18, 2018) – Local boater Terry Bates of Greenville weighed a 22-pound, 15-ounce limit of bass to win Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mississippi Division tournament on Lake Ferguson. Bates pocketed $4,559 for his catch.

“I made a 40-minute run from takeoff to Lake Lee to fish humps,” said Bates, who earned his third career win in BFL competition. “I pulled up to one and caught three, but also lost a couple of good ones. There were a lot of gar in the area and they tore up my bait so I decided to leave.”

Bates said he used Watermelon Candy- and Black Ruby-colored Zoom Brush Hogs along with a Carolina-rigged 10-inch plum-colored Berkley Powerbait Power Worm. He also caught some fish with a ¾-ounce football-head jig with a Watermelon Candy Berkley Powerbait Chigger Craw trailer.

“I moved to another hump around 10 a.m. and caught two to finish my limit,” said Bates. “I kept moving and had five different areas to fish. I wasn’t able to cull so I went back to Lake Ferguson around 10:30 (a.m.).”

Bates’ winning limit was caught on 17-pound-test Berkley Trilene 100 percent Fluorocarbon Ice line on a 7-foot, 11-inch Fenwick Elite Tech Casting Rod and Abu Garcia Revo SX Generation 3 reel.

“On Ferguson I fished some gravel humps in 15 to 20 feet of water,” said Bates. “I got rid of a small 13-incher from Lee with a 2½-pounder. The last fish I caught was at 12:30 (p.m.) – a 6-pound, 9-ouncer.”

Bates’ final bass ended up being the largest fish of the event – caught with the Carolina-rigged Watermelon Candy Brush Hog.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Terry Bates, Greenville, Miss., five bass, 22-15, $4,559

2^nd: Jeff Johnston, Marion, Ark., five bass, 20-12, $2,005

3^rd: Tim McDaniel, Grenada, Miss., five bass, 19-3, $1,336

4^th: Heath Gilmore, Meridian, Miss., five bass, 18-11, $1,135

5^th: Marty Torrence, Crystal Springs, Miss., five bass, 18-4, $802

6^th: Chad Mayfield, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 17-13, $835

7^th: Percy Jones, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 17-10, $668

8^th: Joel Barber, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 16-14, $601

9^th: Sawyer Sparks, Summit, Miss., five bass, 16-9, $535

10^th: David Dove, Steens, Miss., five bass, 16-7, $444

10^th: Brent Anderson, Kingston Springs, Tenn., five bass, 16-7, $444

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Bates’ 6-pound, 9-ounce bass earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $550.

Keith Whipple of Iuka, Mississippi, won the Co-angler Division and $2,205 Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 10 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Keith Whipple, Iuka, Miss., five bass, 21-10, $2,205

2^nd: Leland Brown, Fulton, Miss., five bass, 19-6, $1,002

3^rd: Bobby Bullock, Florence, Miss., five bass, 18-10, $718

4^th: Kevin Culpepper, Seminary, Miss., five bass, 16-9, $468

5^th: Austin Navarre, Carriere, Miss., five bass, 15-7, $401

6^th: Jim Pierce, Medon, Tenn., five bass, 14-8, $368

7^th: Jimmy Hughes, Bartlett, Tenn., five bass, 14-3, $334

8^th: John Swords, Collierville, Tenn., five bass, 13-4, $284

8^th: Justin Ketteringham, Pearl, Miss., five bass, 13-4, $284

10^th: Joseph Breeden, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 13-1, $234

Louis Stevens of Grenada, Mississippi, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 7 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $275.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mississippi Division tournament on Lake Ferguson was hosted by the Greenville/Washington 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. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky and Barkley lakes in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

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TENNESSEE’S MCCLURE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL LBL DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON KENTUCKY AND BARKLEY LAKES

Campbellsville’s Pillow Takes Co-angler Title

GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (June 18, 2018) – Boater Brad McClure of Brentwood, Tennessee, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 23 pounds, 14 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division tournament on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. For his efforts, McClure took home $4,963.

“I caught them on deep brush piles, 12 to 17 feet down,” said McClure, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I was on Lake Barkley, and used a plum-colored Zoom Ol’ Monster Worm.”

McClure said he caught 11 of his 12 keepers from a mid-lake area that contained several brush piles. He said one pile ended up producing three of his largest fish, and that he caught everything he weighed in between 8:30 and 9:10 a.m.

“I think finding the fish in that one spot with my Lowrance unit was key for me,” said McClure. “They were stacked because of the brush piles, stumps and baitfish. I put waypoints down for the individual brush piles and then used my MinnKota Ultrex Spot Lock feature to keep me stationary so I could make the same casts over and over to the piles.”

McClure said his worm was Texas-rigged with a 3/8-ounce Strike King Tour Grade tungsten weight on a 4/0 Bass Pro Shops XPS Round Bend Offset Hook and 15-pound-test Berkley Big Game line. He threw it on a 7-foot, 6-inch Abu Garcia Vendetta medium-heavy casting rod and Pflueger Supreme baitcasting reel.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Brad McClure, Brentwood, Tenn., five bass, 23-14, $4,963

2^nd: Cole Floyd, Leesburg, Ohio, five bass, 19-15, $2,181

3^rd: Chris Beaudrie, Princeton, Ky., five bass, 18-6, $1,422

4^th: Jordan Hartman, Murray, Ky., five bass, 17-8, $925

5^th: Larry Bailey, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 17-1, $793

6^th: Jim Eakin, Clarksville, Tenn., four bass, 16-13, $1,027

7^th: Nick Uebelhor, Jasper, Ind., five bass, 16-11, $660

8^th: Josh Malone, Alma, Ill., five bass, 15-10, $594

9^th: Stephen Barga, Benton, Ky., five bass, 15-6, $528

10^th: Tim Collier, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 15-3, $462

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Arby Tevault of Elberfield, Indiana, brought a 6-pound, 5-ounce bass to the scale – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $535.

Robert Pillow of Campbellsville, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $1,981 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 2 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Robert Pillow, Campbellsville, Ky., five bass, 15-2, $1,981

2^nd: Greg Henry, Hixson, Tenn., five bass, 14-6, $991

3^rd: Spencer Childers, Jasper, Ga., four bass, 13-12, $662

4^th: Jake Steinkuhl, Evansville, Ind., four bass, 12-0, $562

5^th: Roger Richardson, Belleville, Ill., two bass, 11-6, $663

6^th: Wendy Kmucha, Harrisburg, Ill., four bass, 10-13, $363

7^th: Luke Lamb, Nicholasville, Ky., four bass, 10-0, $330

8^th: Thomas White, Iron City, Tenn., three bass, 9-15, $347

9^th: Danny Robinson, Fairland, Ind., three bass, 9-2, $264

10^th: Chuck Rounds, Benton, Ky., two bass, 8-2, $231

Richardson caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 6 pounds, 7 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $267.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division tournament on Kentucky and Barkley lakes was hosted by the Kentucky Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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HOT SPRINGS’ BROWN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL ARKIE DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON LAKE DARDANELLE PRESENTED BY GEARED

Fulton’s Crider Grabs Co-angler Title

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (June 18, 2018) – Boater Kevin Brown of Hot Springs, Arkansas, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 19 pounds, 2 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Arkie Division tournament on Lake Dardanelle presented by GEARED. Brown earned $6,256 for his win.

Brown said he fished from the takeoff ramp to Shoal Bay, working through five or six key areas and catching around 30 keepers throughout the event.

“I fished shell drops and brush piles from 5 to 13 feet down,” said Brown, who earned his third career win in BFL competition. “I caught them on a Texas-rigged Yum Ribbon Tail worm in plum and red shad colors. I also used shad and chartreuse-colored medium- and deep-diving Bomber crankbaits.”

Brown said he was able to put a limit of fish in the boat by 10 a.m.

“Sometimes I went for an hour or two without a bite, so I just kept moving,” said Brown. “But overall, it was a fun day from start to finish.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Kevin Brown, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 19-2, $4,256 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Sawyer Grace, Russellville, Ark., five bass, 17-11, $1,978

3^rd: Dustin Huggins, Russellville, Ark., five bass, 17-2, $1,253

4^th: Josh Hilton, Clarksville, Ark., five bass, 15-13, $876

5^th: Fred Martin, North Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 15-11, $751

6^th: Cody Kemp, Donaldson, Ark., five bass, 15-8, $689

7^th: Chuck Hamby, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 15-1, $1,116

8^th: Justin Swayze, Gurdon, Ark., five bass, 14-3, $563

9^th: Spencer Grace, Dardanelle, Ark., five bass, 14-0, $501

10^th: Josh Ray, Alexander, Ark., five bass, 13-13, $438

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Hamby brought a 5-pound, 10-ounce bass to the scale – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $490.

Johnny Crider of Fulton, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division and $2,078 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Johnny Crider, Fulton, Ark., five bass, 13-14, $2,078

2^nd: Charles Swilley, Ashdown, Ark., five bass, 13-11, $939

3^rd: Jody Jones, Harvey, Ark., five bass, 13-8, $627

4^th: John McCullar, Benton, Ark., five bass, 12-4, $438

5^th: Tony Smith, Benton, Ark., four bass, 11-6, $376

6^th: Robert Scott, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 9-15, $344

7^th: Todd Brown, Little Rock, Ark., three bass, 9-6, $363

8^th: Kenyon Johnson, Mountain Home, Ark., three bass, 9-4, $282

9^th: Kevin LaRue, Royal, Ark., four bass, 8-4, $234

9^th: Jason Mullins, Benton, Ark., four bass, 8-4, $234

Daniel Elam of Lamar, Arkansas, also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $245.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Arkie Division tournament on Lake Dardanelle presented by GEARED was hosted by Russellville Advertising and Promotions.

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. 25-27 BFL Regional Championship on Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

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Patrick Walters Saves Gas And Wins A Boat In Bassmaster Open On The Red River

Patrick Walters of Ladson, S.C., won the 2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open No. 3 held on the Red River, with a three-day total of 30 pounds, 15 ounces.

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

June 16, 2018

BOSSIER CITY, La. — While many anglers leave the launch site and drive as far as time and gasoline allow to reach areas where other fishermen aren’t “pressuring” schools of fish.

Instead, Patrick Walters of Ladson, S.C., did just the opposite. The recent graduate of the University of South Carolina stayed close to the takeoff area in Pool 5 of the Red River and patiently put together the winning catch of bass in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open on the Red River today.

Walters intentionally fished near the launch site for two reasons. By avoiding long runs and lost time in navigating locks into Pool 4 or Pool 3 on the Red meant the maximum amount of fishing time, which was important under the extremely tough conditions that confronted the Opens anglers. The other reason was his confidence that bass were more plentiful around the launch area than anywhere else in the fishery.

The strategy paid off. Walters won the tournament with a three-day weight of 30 pounds, 15 ounces. Drew Cook of Midway, Fla., was second with 28-10. He was followed by Marvin Ettredge of Shreveport, La., with 26-1. Kenta Kimura of Osaka, Japan, who led the first two days of the tournament, was fourth with 25-4. And Toby Hartsell of Afton, Okla., was fifth with 25 pounds.

“Optimizing time was my goal of the week,” explained Walters. “Staying in one area allowed me to fish a full eight hours, instead of wasting time gambling, looking for new water.”

Confidence in his area was another factor. Just two weeks prior, Walters competed in the FLW College Championship on these same waters. That gave him insight on the tough fishing conditions ahead, and it showed him the potential of his chosen fishing area.

“All of the fish were released inside Pool 5 and did not have time to disperse back into the river,” he explained.

The area within the launch site is best described as a small lake connected to the main river channel. Walters and many other anglers, including other top finishers, spent considerable time in the area.

During practice Walters eliminated unproductive water to confirm his strategy. Scouting trips into Pool 4 and north to Shreveport were unproductive.

Walters started the tournament on Thursday in 23rd place with a limit weighing 8-9. He was undeterred, realizing the first day his area would receive heavy pressure from other anglers. The pressure lessened the next day as the newness wore off the area. Fewer anglers meant more water for those choosing to stay in the vicinity.

On Friday he moved into second place with an overall total of 20-4. Kimura shared that area with Walters, who sealed the win on Saturday with a limit weighing 10-11.

Lure choices were made to also maximize the potential of catching fish in the used water. He used soft plastics for a methodical presentation when the bite was slow, and occasionally switched to crankbaits when he wanted to cover broad areas of water.

A Rapala DT 6 Series and a square bill crankbait were the choices. Walters also used a 5-inch Yamamoto Thin Senko with 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG Hook. He rigged it weightless or with a 1/8-ounce weight.

“On the first day it took a very slow approach, dragging the weightless Senko around wood,” he said. “The next day I switched to the crankbaits to cover more water.”

The reaction bite with the crankbait was necessary as bass were fewer and harder to catch. For the final day he rotated between the crankbaits to expand his coverage area.

Cook dialed into largemouth in a backwater area that resembled the familiar conditions of lakes in his home state of Florida. Inside a backwater, he found mixed vegetation, including lily pads, used by the bass as concealment for ambushing baitfish. Key to the area was a deep channel, providing cooler and clearer water than the surrounding area.

On Saturday the surface erupted with bass feeding upon shad, prompting him to make a key color change to his swim jig.

“They were feeding on shad and all it took was matching the bait color to the forage,” he said.

The bait of choice was a 3/8-ounce Nichols Saber Swim Jig. For a trailer he added a Big Bite Baits Dean Rojas Fighting Frog.

Walters’ winnings included cash and a Skeeter ZX200 with Yamaha VF200LA and custom trailer. A Minn Kota Fortrex, Lowrance Elite Ti 7 and other factory accessories were included. He also advances to the 2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Championship, Oct. 18-20, at Table Rock Lake in Missouri.

Noel Allen Jr. of Brandon, Miss., won the co-angler division with a total weight of 15-6. Allen fished with pros Keith Poche, Drew Cook and Matt Loetscher.

“It took a lot of baits to win, but I expected that to be the case due to the tough fishing,” he said. “Adapting to how my pros fished was a must.”

He used a bladed jig, crankbait, topwater frog and spinnerbait to win the co-angler trophy.

Allen also won a Triton 179 TrX powered by a Mercury 115 ELPT, a trailer and standard factory accessories.

Bruce Whitmire of Channelview, Texas, earned the Phoenix Boats Big Bass Award of $750 in the pro division by catching a largemouth weighing 5-11 on Friday. On Thursday, John Roberson of Shreveport, La., caught a largemouth weighing 4-12 to win the Phoenix Boats Big Bass Award worth $250 in the co-angler division.

Keith Poche earned the Power-Pole Captain’s Cash Award of $500 on the pro side for being the highest-placing angler who is registered and eligible and uses client-approved product on his boat.

The final Central Open is Sept. 6-8 at Pell City, Ala., on Logan Martin Lake. The 2018 Opens season features four events apiece in the Central and Eastern Divisions.

The eight winners from each tournament will compete in the championship. Joining them will be the Top 10 anglers in the point standings from each division. The 28 anglers will vie for berths in the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series and GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods.

Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission, Red River Waterway Commission and the Horseshoe Casino hosted the event.

2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open Red River 6/14-6/16
Red River, Shreveport-Bossier City LA.
(BOATER) Standings Day 3

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

1. Patrick Walters Ladson, SC 15 30-15 200 $50,110.00
Day 1: 5 08-09 Day 2: 5 11-11 Day 3: 5 10-11
2. Drew Cook Midway, FL 13 28-10 199 $12,775.00
Day 1: 5 10-05 Day 2: 3 06-01 Day 3: 5 12-04
3. Marvin Ettredge Shreveport, LA 14 26-01 198 $9,490.00
Day 1: 5 07-15 Day 2: 5 11-04 Day 3: 4 06-14
4. Kenta Kimura Osaka JAPAN 12 25-04 197 $8,760.00
Day 1: 5 13-04 Day 2: 4 07-14 Day 3: 3 04-02
5. Toby Hartsell Afton, OK 14 25-00 196 $7,665.00
Day 1: 5 08-11 Day 2: 4 06-14 Day 3: 5 09-07
6. Chad Wiley Pineville, LA 13 22-12 195 $6,570.00
Day 1: 5 09-05 Day 2: 5 09-14 Day 3: 3 03-09
7. Zack Birge Blanchard, OK 15 22-08 194 $5,475.00
Day 1: 5 09-09 Day 2: 5 06-03 Day 3: 5 06-12
8. Sam George Athens, AL 12 21-13 193 $4,015.00
Day 1: 5 08-13 Day 2: 5 11-02 Day 3: 2 01-14
9. Brad Whatley Bivins, TX 13 21-06 192 $3,285.00
Day 1: 4 11-04 Day 2: 5 05-06 Day 3: 4 04-12
10. Gary Clouse LaVergne, TN 9 19-04 191 $2,920.00
Day 1: 4 09-05 Day 2: 5 09-15 Day 3: 0 00-00
11. Larry Puckett Decatur, TX 10 18-14 190 $2,555.00
Day 1: 5 12-04 Day 2: 3 04-13 Day 3: 2 01-13
12. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 9 17-08 189 $2,909.00
Day 1: 5 09-01 Day 2: 4 08-07 Day 3: 0 00-00
PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Bruce Whitmire Channelview, TX 05-11 $750.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 44 423 683-12
2 21 311 497-08
3 4 38 62-02
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69 772 1243-06

2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open Red River 6/14-6/16
Red River, Shreveport-Bossier City LA.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 3

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

1. Noel Allen Jr Brandon, MS 6 15-06 200 $30,000.00
Day 1: 2 05-09 Day 2: 2 07-05 Day 3: 2 02-08
2. Brandon Sanchez Livingston, LA 8 13-10 199 $4,088.00
Day 1: 3 05-04 Day 2: 3 06-02 Day 3: 2 02-04
3. Keith Glasby Ovilla, TX 6 13-04 198 $3,102.00
Day 1: 1 02-02 Day 2: 3 06-15 Day 3: 2 04-03
4. Steven Denmark Malcolm, AL 8 12-04 197 $2,044.00
Day 1: 2 02-05 Day 2: 3 05-07 Day 3: 3 04-08
5. William Wood Sylacauga, AL 7 10-08 196 $1,898.00
Day 1: 3 03-09 Day 2: 3 04-11 Day 3: 1 02-04
6. Jean Trahan Lafayette, LA 6 10-05 195 $1,825.00
Day 1: 3 04-11 Day 2: 1 03-01 Day 3: 2 02-09
7. Todd Walters Ladson, SC 6 09-13 194 $1,752.00
Day 1: 3 05-12 Day 2: 2 01-15 Day 3: 1 02-02
8. Hugh Rose Davis, OK 4 08-15 193 $1,679.00
Day 1: 3 07-03 Day 2: 1 01-12 Day 3: 0 00-00
9. George Hodges Jr Bossier City, LA 6 08-13 192 $1,606.00
Day 1: 3 03-10 Day 2: 2 04-05 Day 3: 1 00-14
10. Ronnie Richards Smithville, TN 5 07-15 191 $1,460.00
Day 1: 3 05-06 Day 2: 2 02-09 Day 3: 0 00-00
11. Albert Hudson Austin, TX 5 07-14 190 $1,278.00
Day 1: 3 05-09 Day 2: 2 02-05 Day 3: 0 00-00
12. David Zabolio Lafayette, LA 6 07-11 189 $1,168.00
Day 1: 3 03-03 Day 2: 3 04-08 Day 3: 0 00-00
PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
John Roberson Shreveport, LA 04-12 $250.00

by AnglersChannel

Kimura Takes First-Round Lead In Bassmaster Open Tournament On The Red River

Kenta Kimura of Osaka, Japan, took the lead on the first day of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open No. 3 held on the Red River. Kimura brought 13 pounds, 4 ounces to the scales at Thursday’s weigh-in.

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

June 14, 2018

BOSSIER CITY, La. — Japanese angler Kenta Kimura has a good problem to have at the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open underway on the Red River.

Kimura leads the tournament with a five-bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 4 ounces. His challenge is finding more bass for the next two days of the competition.

“I think I caught all the bass in my area, early this morning,” said Kimura, of Osaka. “Tomorrow I will start all over again.”

Starting all over again is not a bad place to be, given the tough fishing conditions thus far. Some anglers came to the scales with only a single bass weighing in the ounces. Others were more fortunate.

Second-place angler Larry Puckett of Decatur, Texas, had 12-4, followed by Eric Gilchrist of Plaquemine, La., with 11-11. Craig Schuff, of Springtown, Texas, and fellow Texan Brad Whatley of Bivins, are sitting in fourth and fifth with 11-4.

Gilchrist’s catch included the biggest bass of the day, a 4-9 largemouth that will win the Phoenix Boats Big Bass Award if no one catches a heavier fish by tournament’s end on Saturday.

Hugh Rose of Davis, Okla., leads the co-angler division with a three-bass limit weighing 7-3. Cody Miller of Livingston, Texas, holds down second with 7 pounds, and Justin Estay of Larose, La., is third with 5-15.

The predicted tough fishing conditions became real on Thursday.

Kimura noted that his bite ended at 9 a.m., and he spent the remainder of the day in the hunt for new areas. He came up short but is in contention to qualify for the championship round on Saturday when the field is narrowed to the Top 12 anglers.

Competing are 146 pros from 16 states and Japan, along with their co-angler partners. The pros have tough decisions to make, including whether or not to make long boat runs to escape the crowds and fishing pressure.

Tournament waters are pools 5, 4 and 3 of the Red River. Competitors launch from the lower stretch of Pool 5, which is just south of Shreveport and Bossier City. From there to the end of Pool 3 is a round trip travel time of about 4 hours.

The nail-biter is the additional time required for passing through two locks, both ways, for even less fishing time. Even so, about 50 boats made the trip despite the limited fishing time.

Puckett chose to stay put and make the most of his time in a single area.

“I spent about 80 percent of the day in the same spot,” he said. “I feel good about the potential because I got up to 15 bites a day there during practice.”

Puckett admitted that fishing rocky shorelines played a key role in the success of his pattern.

Choosing to make the long run into Pool 3 was Whatley, who caught his first keeper of the day in Pool 5 while en route to the first of the two locks. The trip into Pool 3 produced only one keeper.

“I’m going to sleep on it tonight, but I doubt that I’ll make that run again,” he said. “The weights are too low to gamble on the lost time needed to be fishing instead of running.”

The Opens feature the Central and Eastern divisions with four tournaments apiece. Only one Central Open remains on the schedule, in September on Logan Martin Lake in Alabama.

The eight winners from the Opens tournaments advance to the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Championship. So do the Top 10 anglers in point standings from each division. The 28 competitors will fish for invitations to the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series and Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods. The championship is Oct. 18-20, on Table Rock Lake in Missouri.

On Saturday the top pro angler wins a Skeeter ZX200 with trailer and rigged with Yamaha VF200LA. A Minn Kota Fortrex, Lowrance Elite Ti 7 and other factory accessories are included.

The winning co-angler receives a Triton 179 TrX powered by a Mercury 115 ELPT, a trailer and standard factory accessories.

Takeoff time is 6 a.m. from Red River South Resort and Marina with weigh-in beginning at 2 p.m. on Friday. On Saturday the championship weigh-in begins at 3 p.m. Location is Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World located at the Louisiana Boardwalk in Bossier City.

Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission, Red River Waterway Commission and the Horseshoe Casino are hosting the event.

2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open Red River 6/14-6/16
Red River, Shreveport-Bossier City LA.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1

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

1. Kenta Kimura Osaka JAPAN 5 13-04 200
Day 1: 5 13-04
2. Larry Puckett Decatur, TX 5 12-04 199
Day 1: 5 12-04
3. Eric Gilchrist Plaquemine, LA 5 11-11 198
Day 1: 5 11-11
4. Craig Schuff Springtown, TX 5 11-04 197
Day 1: 5 11-04
5. Brad Whatley Bivins, TX 4 11-04 196
Day 1: 4 11-04
6. Logan Latuso Gonzales, LA 5 10-15 195
Day 1: 5 10-15
7. Nickolas LeBrun Bossier City, LA 5 10-10 194
Day 1: 5 10-10
8. Michael Fazende Lafitte, LA 5 10-09 193
Day 1: 5 10-09
9. Drew Cook Midway, FL 5 10-05 192
Day 1: 5 10-05
10. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 5 10-00 191
Day 1: 5 10-00
11. Trey Hilton Bossier City, LA 5 09-12 190
Day 1: 5 09-12
12. Tommy Durham Whitney, TX 5 09-10 189
Day 1: 5 09-10
13. Zack Birge Blanchard, OK 5 09-09 188
Day 1: 5 09-09
14. Chad Wiley Pineville, LA 5 09-05 187
Day 1: 5 09-05
15. Gary Clouse LaVergne, TN 4 09-05 186
Day 1: 4 09-05
16. Cameron Mattison Bossier City, LA 5 09-01 185
Day 1: 5 09-01
16. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 5 09-01 185
Day 1: 5 09-01
18. Charlie Hartley Grove City, OH 5 09-00 183
Day 1: 5 09-00
19. Billy Graves Montgomery, LA 5 08-15 182
Day 1: 5 08-15
20. Sam George Athens, AL 5 08-13 181
Day 1: 5 08-13
21. Toby Hartsell Afton, OK 5 08-11 180
Day 1: 5 08-11
22. Trent Toups Shreveport, LA 4 08-10 179
Day 1: 4 08-10
23. Patrick Walters Ladson, SC 5 08-09 178
Day 1: 5 08-09
24. Darold Gleason Many, LA 5 08-08 177
Day 1: 5 08-08
25. Dale Hightower Mannford, OK 5 08-03 176
Day 1: 5 08-03
25. Luke Palmer Coalgate, OK 5 08-03 176
Day 1: 5 08-03
25. Tyler Rivet Raceland, LA 5 08-03 176
Day 1: 5 08-03
28. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 5 08-02 173
Day 1: 5 08-02
29. Terry Peacock Royse City, TX 4 08-02 172
Day 1: 4 08-02
30. Darrell Newman Bruceville, TX 5 08-01 171
Day 1: 5 08-01
31. Brian Potter Claremore, OK 5 08-00 170
Day 1: 5 08-00
32. Marvin Ettredge Shreveport, LA 5 07-15 169
Day 1: 5 07-15
33. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 5 07-14 168
Day 1: 5 07-14
34. Cody Bird Granbury, TX 5 07-13 167
Day 1: 5 07-13
35. Chance Woodard Paris, TX 5 07-13 166
Day 1: 5 07-13
36. Ken Iyobe Tokoname-Shi JAPAN 5 07-12 165
Day 1: 5 07-12
37. Jimmy Charbonnet St.Amant, LA 4 07-10 164
Day 1: 4 07-10
38. Bo Keith III Haughton, LA 5 07-09 163
Day 1: 5 07-09
39. Derek Hudnall Baton Rouge, LA 5 07-04 162
Day 1: 5 07-04
40. Jim Dillard West Monroe, LA 4 07-03 161
Day 1: 4 07-03
41. Mark Rose West Memphis, AR 5 06-15 160
Day 1: 5 06-15
42. Jacob Foutz Charleston, TN 5 06-12 159
Day 1: 5 06-12
43. Matthew Loetscher Many, LA 5 06-09 158
Day 1: 5 06-09
44. Cliff Crochet Pierre Part, LA 4 06-06 157
Day 1: 4 06-06
45. Tommy Martin Hemphill, TX 5 06-03 156
Day 1: 5 06-03
46. Kevin Short Mayflower, AR 5 06-01 155
Day 1: 5 06-01
47. Jimmy Greer Jr Dry Prong, LA 4 06-00 154
Day 1: 4 06-00
48. James Davis Jr Ferriday, LA 5 05-15 153
Day 1: 5 05-15
49. Frank Talley Temple, TX 3 05-15 152
Day 1: 3 05-15
50. Drew Sloan Scurry, TX 2 05-15 151
Day 1: 2 05-15
51. Spike Stoker Stephenville, TX 5 05-14 150
Day 1: 5 05-14
52. Keith Surber Longview, TX 4 05-14 149
Day 1: 4 05-14
53. Mike Pharr Shreveport, LA 3 05-14 148
Day 1: 3 05-14
54. Clark Reehm Elm Groove, LA 5 05-10 147
Day 1: 5 05-10
55. Lee Livesay Longview, TX 3 05-07 146
Day 1: 3 05-07
55. Doug Vahrenberg Higginsville, MO 3 05-07 146
Day 1: 3 05-07
57. Homer Humphreys Jr. Minden, LA 5 05-05 144
Day 1: 5 05-05
58. Quentin Cappo Prairieville, LA 4 05-05 143
Day 1: 4 05-05
59. Hunter Denmark Saraland, AL 4 05-03 142
Day 1: 4 05-03
60. Kylie Sparks Denham Spgs, LA 3 05-02 141
Day 1: 3 05-02
61. Dusty Nomey Jonesboro, LA 4 05-01 140
Day 1: 4 05-01
62. Seiji Kato Outsu Shiga JAPAN 3 05-01 139
Day 1: 3 05-01
63. David Keith Haughton, LA 3 04-14 138
Day 1: 3 04-14
64. Audie Prewitt Jr Benton, AR 2 04-13 137
Day 1: 2 04-13
65. Tommy Murray Bedford, TX 3 04-12 136
Day 1: 3 04-12
66. Mark Hicks Glouster, OH 2 04-12 135
Day 1: 2 04-12
67. Yusuke Miyazaki Forney, TX 5 04-10 134
Day 1: 5 04-10
68. Troy Orourke Natchitoches, LA 3 04-08 133
Day 1: 3 04-08
69. Stephen Browning Hot Springs, AR 4 04-07 132
Day 1: 4 04-07
69. Dan Love Pearl, MS 4 04-07 132
Day 1: 4 04-07
71. Winston Michel Pierre Part, LA 3 04-05 130
Day 1: 3 04-05
72. Billy Billeaud Lafayette, LA 3 04-02 129
Day 1: 3 04-02
72. Dustin Reneau Mckinney, TX 3 04-02 129
Day 1: 3 04-02
72. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 3 04-02 129
Day 1: 3 04-02
72. William Walker Jena, LA 3 04-02 129
Day 1: 3 04-02
76. Matthew Delaney Pollock, LA 3 04-00 125
Day 1: 3 04-00
77. Tanner Cooper Spring, TX 2 03-15 124
Day 1: 2 03-15
78. Gary Riffle Paris, TX 3 03-14 123
Day 1: 3 03-14
79. Teb Jones Hattiesburg, MS 3 03-13 122
Day 1: 3 03-13
80. Joseph Norris Bossier City, LA 2 03-13 121
Day 1: 2 03-13
81. Marshall Hughes Hemphill, TX 2 03-13 120
Day 1: 2 03-13
82. Craig Duvall Denham Springs, LA 3 03-12 119
Day 1: 3 03-12
83. Jerod Hawkes Eagle Pass, TX 3 03-11 118
Day 1: 3 03-11
84. Billy Smith Sr Willis, TX 3 03-09 117
Day 1: 3 03-09
85. Grant Galloway Houlka, MS 2 03-09 116
Day 1: 2 03-09
86. Denny Fiedler Minnetonka, MN 3 03-08 115
Day 1: 3 03-08
87. Greg Vance Dubuque, IA 3 03-06 114
Day 1: 3 03-06
88. Vernon Silver Boutte, LA 2 03-06 113
Day 1: 2 03-06
89. Ron Wells Claremore, OK 2 03-03 112
Day 1: 2 03-03
90. Mark Goines Shady Point, OK 2 03-02 111
Day 1: 2 03-02
90. Joey Nania Cropwell, AL 2 03-02 111
Day 1: 2 03-02
92. Duane Pittman Prairieville, LA 3 03-01 109
Day 1: 3 03-01
93. Justin Atkins Florence, AL 2 03-00 108
Day 1: 2 03-00
94. Bryant Adam Madison, MS 1 03-00 107
Day 1: 1 03-00
94. Brett Preuett Monroe, LA 1 03-00 107
Day 1: 1 03-00
96. Chandler Hayes Sugar Land, TX 2 02-12 105
Day 1: 2 02-12
96. Andy Ortega Odessa, TX 2 02-12 105
Day 1: 2 02-12
98. Dustin Laber Greeley, CO 2 02-11 103
Day 1: 2 02-11
99. Rick Shannon Woodlawn, TN 2 02-10 102
Day 1: 2 02-10
100. Brent Bonadona Port Allen, LA 2 02-09 101
Day 1: 2 02-09
101. Chad Murray Vidalia, LA 1 02-09 100
Day 1: 1 02-09
102. Lonnie Mesar Sanger, TX 2 02-08 99
Day 1: 2 02-08
103. Patrick Starnes San Antonio, TX 1 02-08 98
Day 1: 1 02-08
104. Justin Margraves Diana, TX 2 02-06 97
Day 1: 2 02-06
105. Jeff Cloud Lubbock, TX 2 02-03 96
Day 1: 2 02-03
106. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 2 02-01 95
Day 1: 2 02-01
107. Theron Caldwell Colleyville, TX 2 02-00 94
Day 1: 2 02-00
108. Greg Yates Oak Point, TX 1 01-15 93
Day 1: 1 01-15
109. Blake Betz Baton Rouge, LA 2 01-13 92
Day 1: 2 01-13
109. Marty Giddens Cropwell, AL 2 01-13 92
Day 1: 2 01-13
111. Mike Brown Vidor, TX 1 01-11 90
Day 1: 1 01-11
111. Stephen Mitchell Jonesville, LA 1 01-11 90
Day 1: 1 01-11
111. Todd Murray Prarrieville, LA 1 01-11 90
Day 1: 1 01-11
114. Cody Ryan Greaney Manchaca, TX 2 01-09 87
Day 1: 2 01-09
115. Terry Luedtke Burton, TX 1 01-08 86
Day 1: 1 01-08
116. Harvey Horne Bella Vista, AR 1 01-06 85
Day 1: 1 01-06
117. Bill McNutt Henry, IL 1 01-05 84
Day 1: 1 01-05
117. Lucas Ragusa Gonzales, LA 1 01-05 84
Day 1: 1 01-05
119. Tyler Carriere Youngsville, LA 1 01-04 82
Day 1: 1 01-04
119. Allan Nail Sand Springs, OK 1 01-04 82
Day 1: 1 01-04
119. Yoshikazu Sato Tokyo JAPAN 1 01-04 82
Day 1: 1 01-04
122. Jerry Hayes Sugar Land, TX 1 01-03 79
Day 1: 1 01-03
122. Trait Zaldain Fort Worth, TX 1 01-03 79
Day 1: 1 01-03
124. Dewayne French Mammoth Spring, AR 1 01-02 77
Day 1: 1 01-02
124. David Gillham Heath, TX 1 01-02 77
Day 1: 1 01-02
126. Fred Roumbanis Russellville, AR 2 01-01 75
Day 1: 2 01-01
127. Clay Dyer Fayetteville, TN 1 01-01 74
Day 1: 1 01-01
127. Ernie Stumpf III Frisco, TX 1 01-01 74
Day 1: 1 01-01
129. Craig Gross White Oak, TX 1 01-00 72
Day 1: 1 01-00
129. Joel Mayfield Perkinston, MS 1 01-00 72
Day 1: 1 01-00
129. Lance Rose Pipe Creek, TX 1 01-00 72
Day 1: 1 01-00
132. Junior Pearce Florence, MS 1 00-15 69
Day 1: 1 00-15
132. Caleb Stark Brusly, LA 1 00-15 69
Day 1: 1 00-15
134. Nick Albus Trinity, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Jay Brainard Enid, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. RJ Chandler Jr. Vinton, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Dylan Connell Marion, IL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. David Drinkard Sour Lake, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Bryan Finch Belton, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Chris Hart Franklin, TN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Brandon Lee Ratcliff, AR 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Nathan Martin Sheffield, AL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Jason Mckinney Bokoshe, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Garrett Rose Pipecreek, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Bruce Whitmire Channelview, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
134. Bert Worrell Jr Longview, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 44 423 683-12
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44 423 683-12

2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open Red River 6/14-6/16
Red River, Shreveport-Bossier City LA.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 1

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

1. Hugh Rose Davis, OK 3 07-03 200
Day 1: 3 07-03
2. Cody Miller Livingston, TX 3 07-00 199
Day 1: 3 07-00
3. Justin Estay Larose, LA 2 05-15 198
Day 1: 2 05-15
4. Brian Murphy Sulphur, LA 3 05-13 197
Day 1: 3 05-13
5. Todd Walters Ladson, SC 3 05-12 196
Day 1: 3 05-12
6. Scott Bailey Longview, TX 3 05-10 195
Day 1: 3 05-10
7. Albert Hudson Austin, TX 3 05-09 194
Day 1: 3 05-09
8. Noel Allen Jr Brandon, MS 2 05-09 193
Day 1: 2 05-09
9. Mark Powers Platteville, CO 3 05-07 192
Day 1: 3 05-07
10. Ronnie Richards Smithville, TN 3 05-06 191
Day 1: 3 05-06
11. Brandon Sanchez Livingston, LA 3 05-04 190
Day 1: 3 05-04
12. Ronald Robbs Ironton, MO 3 05-02 189
Day 1: 3 05-02
13. Beau Browning Hot Springs, AR 3 05-00 188
Day 1: 3 05-00
14. John Hammersmith Branson, MO 2 04-14 187
Day 1: 2 04-14
15. Todd Childs Waxahachie, TX 3 04-12 186
Day 1: 3 04-12
16. John Roberson Shreveport, LA 1 04-12 185
Day 1: 1 04-12
17. Jean Trahan Lafayette, LA 3 04-11 184
Day 1: 3 04-11
18. Luke Frankowicz Sterlington, LA 3 04-09 183
Day 1: 3 04-09
19. Walter Tucker Osceola, MO 3 04-08 182
Day 1: 3 04-08
20. Dwain Vogelpohl Cambridge, MN 2 04-08 181
Day 1: 2 04-08
21. Steven Gilliam Blanchard, OK 2 04-07 180
Day 1: 2 04-07
22. Shea Breznik Borger, TX 3 04-01 179
Day 1: 3 04-01
23. Brent Primrose Atlanta, TX 3 04-00 178
Day 1: 3 04-00
24. Blake Canella Plaquemine, LA 3 04-00 177
Day 1: 3 04-00
25. John Connell Marion, IL 3 03-11 176
Day 1: 3 03-11
26. George Hodges Jr Bossier City, LA 3 03-10 175
Day 1: 3 03-10
27. William Wood Sylacauga, AL 3 03-09 174
Day 1: 3 03-09
28. Charles Barnes Austin, TX 2 03-09 173
Day 1: 2 03-09
29. Todd Drury Colleyville, TX 2 03-08 172
Day 1: 2 03-08
30. Marvin Delong Colfax, LA 3 03-07 171
Day 1: 3 03-07
31. Harold Payne Tomball, TX 2 03-07 170
Day 1: 2 03-07
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Costa Countdown to Blast off - June 13, 2018

by AnglersChannel

Taking Care of Those Who Took Care of us.

-Vance McCullough

John Laurenza, Jr. makes custom fishing lures under the name of Lure Concepts of Vero.

As fired-up as he is about making lures, Laurenza is at least as passionate about giving back to our soldiers.

“John donates a care package with several of his custom baits to a veteran each month,” said Will Mansfield, an army veteran and kayak-crazy bass angler. “I was fortunate to receive it for May!”

Mansfield noted, “He donates hundreds of baits a year to the Reel American Heroes Foundation bass tournament each year in Virginia. This dude is a patriot. Very selfless guy.”

Laurenza makes spinnerbaits and buzzbaits for the bass fishing market. “I wire wrap my skirts so they don’t come undone like they would if I used a standard collar,” says Laurenza.

In spite of the quality craftsmanship, Laurenza found the fishing lure market a tough nut to crack. “I didn’t take the hand-crafted lure market by storm like I thought I would. But a man named Ron Defreitas contacted me on Facebook and asked if I would donate a couple dozen lures to the Reel American Heroes Foundation which helps veterans with recreational therapy through fishing. I agreed to do that. Now I am a team member. I set up my tent at the tournament every year and, the money I make selling lures, I put back into making lures to give away to veterans.

“I also send out my baits, randomly, to men and women who have served this country. I may meet someone along the bank or at a ramp and give them some of my personal lures just to say ‘thank you’ for their service.

“I was taught by a friend in 2009 how to mold hand-crafted spinnerbaits - Don Ludwig - he was my service manager when I worked at Firestone. He lives in Pittsburg, but we still talk about fishing all the time,” said Laurenza who now lives in Vero Beach, Florida.

Laurenza will donate 300 lures to the 8^thannual RAHF fishing tournament this August 4^that Hope Springs Marina in Virginia. “Every veteran that takes part in our event will get a brand-new rod and reel from Lew’s. They’ll also get a tackle box full of lures. My friend Will Mansfield will be coming up. He’s already registered to participate in the event.

“Last July we put 117 heroes on the water. This year we want to beat that. We have a lot of celebrity anglers at the tournament – Shaw Grigsby, Timmy Horton, John Crews & Steve Parks from Strike King.”

To buy some lures and support Laurenza’s efforts, find him on Facebook under his name or under Lure Concepts of Vero. You can also call him at 724-664-2761.

To learn more about RAHF – a 501c3 non-profit, 100% volunteer-run organization, check out ReelAmericanHeroes.org.

Author Vance McCullough is an avid Outdoorsman and Football Coach from Jacksonville, Florida. You can Follow Vance here on Facebook or here on Instagram.

by AnglersChannel

Table Rock Lake To Host The Bassmaster Opens Championship In October

The 2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Championship will be held Oct. 18-20 on Table Rock Lake out of Springfield, Mo.

Photo by B.A.S.S.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 13, 2018

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Missouri’s Table Rock Lake has been selected as the site of the new Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Championship, set for October 18-20, B.A.S.S. announced today.

The 52,300-acre White River impoundment near Springfield, Mo., has hosted 12 professional Bassmaster events in B.A.S.S.’s 50-year history, and this will be one of the most important of them all.

The no-entry-fee bass tournament pits 28 of the top Bassmaster Opens pros against one another for invitations to compete in the 2019 Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods as well as the prestigious 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series. The Opens tournaments provide the main route to qualify for the pinnacle of professional fishing, and the path is an arduous one.

Beginning this year, anglers competed in one of two divisions — Eastern and Central — consisting of four tournaments each. The Top 10 in performance points, based on their finishes in the events, in each division qualify for the championship. Also going to the finale are the four tournament winners of each trail, making a total of 28 competitors in the pro division. Opens are pro-am events, and the Top 10 co-anglers in the points standings and the four co-angler winners from each division will compete in their own category.

“Table Rock Lake has a storied history in the annals of B.A.S.S. fishing, and we’re anticipating another great event at the Ozarks fishery,” said B.A.S.S. CEO Bruce Akin. “Fans who attend will get to see some of the future stars of the Elite Series — and maybe even next year’s Classic winner — at the weigh-ins or on the water.”

Chris Bowes, Opens tournament director, said the new Opens Series qualification system is designed to select the most experienced and capable anglers to advance to the next level in their careers.

“They have to prove their abilities on a variety of fisheries and at different seasons, and to get to the Classic they have to perform throughout the season — not just in one event.” In past years, the winner of each Open was invited to compete in the world championship.

The Opens Championship winner and the Top 5 in performance points from each division — determined by an angler’s finish in all four divisional tournaments and the Championship —will be invited to the Elites. The winner of the Championship and the Top 3 anglers in points from each division following the Championship will be invited to the Classic.

Takeoff each competition day will be at Bass Pro Shops’ Long Creek Marina, 1368 Long Creek Road in Ridgedale, Mo. Weigh-ins Oct. 18 and 19 will be at the marina as well, and the final weigh-in will take place at the flagship Bass Pro Shops store in Springfield, Mo. Bass Pro Shops is the local host.

by AnglersChannel

AC Insider: Elite Series Winner Greg Hackney & Mr. Bass of Arkansas Winner Hunter Baughman

On this weeks AC Insider Podcast Bass Mafia Pro Greg Hackney Breaks down his wire-to-wire win on the Sabine River last weekend and talks about Patience and how to mentally survive a 4-day grind. Arkansas Angler Hunter Baughman is not "Normal" and you'll hear why when the boys talk to him about his life and his recent Mr. Bass of Arkansas Win. The boys talk opinions, spectators, diets and more on this weeks AC Insider Podcast!

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PINEY FLATS’ NEAL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL VOLUNTEER DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON DOUGLAS LAKE

Kentucky’s Moore Claims Co-angler Title

KODAK, Tenn. (June 11, 2018) – Boater Larry Neal of Piney Flats, Tennessee, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 21 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division tournament on Douglas Lake. For his efforts, Neal took home $3,505.

According to post-tournament reports, Neal targeted points in 32 to 42 feet of water with a green-pumpkin-colored worm to catch his fish.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Larry Neal, Piney Flats, Tenn., five bass, 21-12, $3,505

2^nd: Michael Cantrell, Philadelphia, Tenn., five bass, 20-2, $1,753

3^rd: Jason Bridwell, Kingsport, Tenn., five bass, 17-15, $1,589

4^th: Rex Pendergrass, Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 16-6, $1,218

5^th: Tim Smiley, White Pine, Tenn., five bass, 16-3, $701

6^th: Bryant Ailor, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 15-8, $643

7^th: Jonathan Bowling, Harriman, Tenn., five bass, 15-6, $584

8^th: Willie Bryan, Sevierville, Tenn., five bass, 14-13, $496

8^th: Matt Brown, Corbin, Ky., five bass, 14-13, $496

10^th: Tee Watkins, East Point, Ky., five bass, 14-9, $409

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Jeffrey Mahaffey of Bristol, Tennessee, brought a 5-pound, 12-ounce bass to the scale – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $220.

Eric Moore of Union, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $1,753 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 13 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Eric Moore, Union, Ky., five bass, 15-13, $1,753

2^nd: Colton Bryan, Sevierville, Tenn., five bass, 15-11, $876

3^rd: Chad Ball, Abingdon, Va., five bass, 13-9, $585

4^th: Matthew Rasnick, Elizabethton, Tenn., three bass, 10-10, $629

5^th: Ben Hudson, Lynchburg, Va., four bass, 10-8, $351

6^th: Jose Salgado, Artemus, Ky., four bass, 10-6, $421

7^th: Scott Standafer, Hamilton, Ohio, five bass, 9-14, $292

8^th: Joshua Jernigan, Rocky Top, Tenn., five bass, 9-7, $263

9^th: Jacob Linkous, Rogersville, Tenn., four bass, 9-0, $234

10^th: David Shreve, Knoxville, Tenn., four bass, 8-14, $204

Rasnick caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $220.

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. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Norman in Huntersville, North Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 2018 BFL All-American will be held May 31-June 2 at Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

by AnglersChannel

Toyota Bonus Bucks Owners Tournament at home on Table Rock

Ridgedale, Mo. (May 23, 2018) – The unparalleled outdoor elegance of the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor Academy, along with nearby Long Creek Marina have provided a perfect venue the past two years for the Toyota Bonus Bucks Owners event. Hence, the highly popular 7^thAnnual event will return to these two best-in-class facilities at Table Rock Lake on October 27-28, 2018.

Saturday evening’s registration meeting and free dinner will take place again at the Bass Pro Outdoor Academy, with launch and weigh-in a very short distance down Missouri’s Highway 86 at Long Creek Marina and Boat Ramp.

All eligible registered Bonus Bucks participants are invited to participate and register a team for the Owners Tournament, with the exception of Bassmaster Elite Series and Walmart FLW Tour pros. Only one of the team members must be registered in the Bonus Bucks Program to be eligible to compete.

The top 30 teams are guaranteed a paycheck. A free gift bag will be given to the first 200 anglers to sign up for the tournament, and all teams will have a chance to visit with Team Toyota and Bassmaster Elite Series pros who will be on hand to help with the event.

Anglers are required to pre-register by October 19, 2018. B.A.S.S. tournament staff will conduct the tournament, and be onsite Saturday afternoon October 27th at 4:00 p.m. CDT for official angler check-in at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor Academy near Big Cedar Resort in Ridgedale, Missouri.

Participants are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible for this fellowship-filled, prize-rich event. Limited space is available. To register, visit toyotafishing.com. You can also call Kendell at (918) 742-6424, or email: [email protected].

by AnglersChannel

Charlie Doss Tops 2300 Anglers in Skeeters Owners Tournament on Lake Fork with 11.19 GIANT!!!!!

CHARLES DOSS

Fort Worth

11.19

FX 20 Skeeter 250 Yamaha SHO Lowrance Electronics -
Power Pole

ROBBIE JOHNSON

Goodrich

3.02

Yamaha Wolverine Side-by-Side

LISA INGRAM

Hughes Springs

8.26

Ladies Division 1st Place

GABE COMPTON

El Reno

2.00

Junior Angler 1st Place with 2.54 pounds

SABRINA WAGONER

Springtown

2.66

Ladies Division 2nd Place

MATTHEW MAFFEI

Lake Wales

2.00

Junior Angler 2nd Place with 2.26 pounds

CHEREE WATTS

San Angelo

2.43

Ladies Division 3rd Place

LAUREN WILLIAMS

Weatherford

2.43

Ladies Division 3rd Place

BRODIE MCMAHON

Hallsville

2.00

Junior Division 3rd Place with 2.23 pounds

JACK DUEWALL

Hurst

2.18

Junior Division 4th Place

CHARLES DOSS

Fort Worth

11.19

$700.00

GAVYN JONES

White Oak

10.49

$700.00

SHANE HARTLESS

Longview

10.34

$700.00

ADAM CLARK

Dripping Springs

10.01

$700.00

GREG GILLUM

Plano

9.81

$700.00

KEITH BRADSHAW

Tyler

9.72

$700.00

RIVER LEE

Normangee

8.76

$700.00

ROY ARAGONEZ

Celina

8.44

$700.00

BRANDON MCQUEEN

Belton

8.38

$700.00

DONALD FISHER

Mount Pleasant

8.22

$700.00

RAY PEBWORTH

Coalgate

6.94

$700.00

ERIC CEGLINSKI

Woodlawn

2.73

$700.00

PAUL KELBE

Alba

2.58

$700.00

GAVIN DAWS

Durant

9.98

$600.00

MARK SMITH

Fort Worth

9.69

$600.00

CECIL TUBB

Dike

8.83

$600.00

ARNOL GEORGE

Longview

8.61

$600.00

LEROY SCHROEDER

Magnolia

8.30

$600.00

JAMES STEIN

Lakehills

8.13

$600.00

CALEB MCKINNEY

Ninnekah

2.95

$600.00

ADAM MIRANDA

Brownwood

2.81

$600.00

RICARDO GUZMAN

Columbia

2.77

$600.00

DANNY KATZER

Pipe Creek

2.71

$600.00

JEFF RANDOLPH

Huntsville

2.66

$600.00

GEORGE JETT

Arlington

2.55

$600.00

CLAYTON CEGLINSKI

Salem

2.61

$550.00

GARRY SIGLER

Woodway

2.61

$550.00

MATT BEARD

Abilene

9.93

$500.00

MARK MITCHELL

Sanger

9.47

$500.00

LISA INGRAM

Hughes Springs

8.26

$500.00+Ladies Division Champion

TERRY NEAL

Longview

7.99

$500.00

WAYNE KRALIK

Plano

6.59

$500.00

SABRINA WAGONER

Springtown

2.66

$500.00+Ladies Division 2nd Place

NATHAN LONG

Cleveland

2.64

$500.00

CHASE BRECKENRIDGE

Longview

2.62

$500.00

DANNY TALIAFERRO

Palestine

2.54

$500.00

SHANE HENDERSON

Yantis

2.50

$500.00

MIKE TAYLOR

Stilwell

2.48

$500.00

CHRIS ZACHRY

Streetman

2.44

$500.00

JOHN ZANTER JR

Mart

8.00

$400.00

by AnglersChannel

Allen Yarborough and Kyle Dorsett win 2018 Alabama Bass Trail at Logan Martin

by Dan O’Sullivan

June 9, 2018 – Cropwell, Ala. – Any time one ventures out in a summer tournament, the chances of a lake resembling an ocean are great. With the fourth tournament on the 2018 Alabama Bass Trail’s Northern Division schedule being on Logan Martin, those chances became reality.

Logan Martin is one of the bodies of water that is known as a playground for Birmingham, and when warm summer conditions were on the forecast for tournament day, people came out to play in the water. The heavy boating traffic and hot conditions made for less than ideal navigation for the 203 team field, and put the Coosa River’s resident largemouth and spotted into a slight funk.

However, as with every tournament, someone will figure out how to do enough to win, and despite the weights being lighter than anticipated, the team of Allen Yarborough and Kyle Dorsett produced a 16.68-pound limit, which earned them the day’s victory and the $10,000 first prize.

The pair, who has vast knowledge of the lake were a little surprised by the result. “We really didn’t think we had enough to win,” they said. “We knew it was tough, but never would have thought that less than 17 pounds would have won today; this is a great surprise.”

Yarborough and Dorsett said that they spent their day fishing from the Logan Martin Dam on the lower end of the lake and working their way back upstream to the mid lake area. They concentrated on Flippin’ docks with a 3/8 “green and blue jigs with Zoom Chunk trailers and Zoom Trick Worms and NetBait TMac worms, while catching a few key fish off of brushpiles throughout the day as well. “We had to really scale down because they didn’t pull as much current as we thought they would,” they said. “We just did the best we could, trying to get bites, and we’re really happy with the way things turned out.”

The second place team of Michael Stevens Jr. and Paul Arnold find themselves in a familiar position having finished second the last time the Northern Division made a regular season stop at Logan Martin. The pair from Fayetteville, Tenn. and Woodville, Ala. said they were satisfied with how they fished, but slightly frustrated to finish in the runner up position again. “We had a great day on the water, but it’s frustrating to come so close and fall short again,” they said. “We caught 50 fish upriver in current eddies on a Spot Remover head and green pumpkin Trick Worm. It was a fun day, and while we would rather have won, we’re grateful for the good finish with one more event left.” The pair earned the $5,000 second place prize, along with the $250 ABT Gear bonus for wearing an item of Alabama Bass Trail Apparel during the event and weigh-in.

The team of Jim Marona and Cory Jones caught a 5.28-pound largemouth that anchored their 14.42-pound limit. Their effort earned them sixth place for the day, as well as the $500 Mountain Dew Big Bass bonus for weighing in the largest fish of the event.

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

Place	Anglers	Weight	Big Fish	Winnings
1	Allen Yarborough / Kyle Dorsett	16.68	4.44	$10,000
2	Michael Stevens Jr / Paul Arnold	15.95	4.02	$5,000
3	Allen Hayes / Danny Bishop	15.71		$4,000
4	Russ Sapp / Joey Nania	15.54		$3,000
5	Bradley Jones / Andy Kilgore	14.69		$2,000
6	Jim Marona / Cory Jones	14.42	5.28	$1,500
7	Chad Hall / Jake Smith	14.37		$1,100
8	Charlie Cummings / Greg Pugh	14.33		$1,100
9	Tracy Robinson / Willie Staten	14.14		$1,100
10	Lanny Guthrie / Lee Hurley	14.11		$1,100

by AnglersChannel

Hackney Records Wire-To-Wire Victory In Bassmaster Elite Series Event On Sabine River

Greg Hackney of Gonzales, La.., won the 2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River presented by Econo Lodge, with a four-day total weight of 48 pounds, 5 ounces.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

June 10, 2018
ORANGE, Texas — If the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River presented by Econo Lodge had been a five-day tournament, the outcome might have been different.

But it was only four days — and Greg Hackney owned it from start to finish.

Despite exhausting his best fishing areas the first three days and bringing in only 7 pounds, 5 ounces to the weigh-in stage on Championship Sunday, Hackney claimed his sixth career B.A.S.S. victory in wire-to-wire fashion with a four-day total of 48-5.

Hackney’s first win since 2016 earned him $100,000 and pushed his career winnings with B.A.S.S. to $2,415,784.

“If we’d had to fish another day, I probably would have hunted and gone to some new water,” Hackney said. “I really don’t think all of the fish were gone. But we had all of that rain Saturday, and my best place had a couple of drains running into it.

“The water wasn’t dirty, but the water temperature dropped to 80 degrees after being in the 90s the first three days.”

Hackney fished secluded canals and backwaters all week and relied heavily on two topwater presentations around shallow cover — a 1/4-ounce black Hack Attack Select ToadBuzz rigged with a black plastic toad (no skirt) and a KVD Sexy Frog Stump Jumper.

That drastic drop in the water temperature brought those tactics nearly to a halt today, and he had to switch to the technique he is most known for — flipping. When he flipped heavy cover, he used a Strike King Rage Bug in the Bama Craw color.

BASSTrakk, the unofficial leaderboard that fans can check on Bassmaster.com throughout the day, showed Hackney with only two fish several hours into the final round. But he said he always knew he could fill out his limit flipping — even if the fish he was catching with that technique were running much smaller than his topwater fish.

“I really was amped up a little bit today, and that’s why I got a lot quieter, said Hackney, laughing. “I always have a lot more to say when things are going right.

“But in the back of my mind, I knew I could pick up a flipping stick and catch a keeper anytime.”

His two best fish still came on the frog. But when he switched to flipping, he caught 10 keepers in 45 minutes.

“I probably should have done that sooner, but I just felt like I would have been punting,” he said. “Out of those 10 keepers I caught in the last 45 minutes flipping, they were all about 12 to 12 1/2 inches long.

“That’s why I won. When a lot of other guys were dialed into that this week, I was fishing for those bigger ones with the frog and the buzzbait.”

While some anglers ran as many as 300 miles a day roundtrip, Hackney fished close to the launch site at the City of Orange boat ramp. He said he only burned 11.6 gallons of gas all week.

Before the tournament, Hackney predicted it would take “48 pounds, about 12 pounds a day” to win. He’ll take home the giant blue Elite Series trophy after weighing in 48-5.

“I thought I had an opportunity to have a good tournament, but I didn’t know that I would have a shot to win,” he said. “I knew I was going to be around a lot of other guys, and it’s hard to win in a crowd.

“Catching that 5-14 on the first day got me off to a good start. Even if I hadn’t caught that fish — if I had just weighed in four that day — I would have still been leading going into today. But that fish helped me start just the way I needed to.”

Alabama pro Gerald Swindle finished second with 43-11, and Keith Poche, a Louisiana native who grew up fishing the Sabine River, placed third with 43-0.

Brent Chapman of Lake Quivira, Kan., the 2012 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year, retained the lead in his quest for a second AOY title. Chapman, who finished 37th at the Sabine River event, has 456 points. Bradley Roy of Lancaster, Ky., is second with 427, and Hackney, who was Angler of the Year in 2014, moved into third with 422 points.

Poche earned the Power-Pole Captain’s Cash Award of $1,000 for being the highest-placing angler who is registered and eligible and uses a client-approved product on his boat.

Brock Mosley was awarded $1,500 dollars as the winner of the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award. He had the largest bass of the tournament with a 6 pound, 3 ounce lunker on Day 2.

John Crews won the Toyota Bonus Bucks Award of $3,000 for being the highest-placing eligible entrant in the program. The second-highest-placing eligible entrant, Brandon Palaniuk, received $2,000.

2018 Bassmaster Elite At Sabine River Title Sponsor: Bass Pro Shops

2018 Bassmaster Elite At Sabine River Presenting Sponsor: Econo Lodge

2018 Bassmaster Elite Series Platinum Sponsor: Toyota

2018 Bassmaster Elite Series Premier Sponsors: Power-Pole, Skeeter Boats, Triton Boats, Yamaha, Abu Garcia, Berkley, Huk, Humminbird, Mercury, Minn Kota, Nitro Boats

2018 Bassmaster Elite Series Supporting Sponsors: Academy Sports + Outdoors, Carhartt, Livingston Lures, Lowrance, Phoenix Boats, T-H Marine

2018 Bassmaster Elite Series Elite Partner: Black Velvet Canadian Whisky

About B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S. is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and keeper of the culture of the sport, providing cutting edge content on bass fishing whenever, wherever and however bass fishing fans want to use it. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., the 500,000-member organization’s fully integrated media platforms include the industry’s leading magazines (Bassmaster and B.A.S.S. Times), website (Bassmaster.com), television show (The Bassmasters on ESPN2), radio show (Bassmaster Radio), social media programs and events. For 50 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.

The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open Series, Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Series presented by Magellan Outdoors, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, Bassmaster Team Championship and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods.

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2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River presented by Econo Lodge 6/7-6/10
Sabine River , Orange TX.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4

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

1. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 20 48-05 110 $100,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-03 Day 2: 5 11-15 Day 3: 5 12-14 Day 4: 5 07-05
2. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 20 43-11 109 $25,000.00
Day 1: 5 09-08 Day 2: 5 07-05 Day 3: 5 12-01 Day 4: 5 14-13
3. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 20 43-00 108 $21,000.00
Day 1: 5 07-12 Day 2: 5 15-10 Day 3: 5 09-03 Day 4: 5 10-07
4. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 20 41-01 107 $15,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-03 Day 2: 5 10-15 Day 3: 5 09-11 Day 4: 5 10-04
5. Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC 20 40-05 106 $14,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-02 Day 2: 5 08-03 Day 3: 5 11-00 Day 4: 5 11-00
6. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 20 39-11 105 $13,500.00
Day 1: 5 08-07 Day 2: 5 11-12 Day 3: 5 08-08 Day 4: 5 11-00
7. Brandon Palaniuk Hayden, ID 20 38-01 104 $13,000.00
Day 1: 5 06-09 Day 2: 5 09-05 Day 3: 5 12-03 Day 4: 5 10-00
8. Skeet Reese Auburn, CA 20 37-02 103 $12,500.00
Day 1: 5 12-02 Day 2: 5 10-08 Day 3: 5 07-10 Day 4: 5 06-14
9. Shin Fukae Palestine TX JAPAN 19 37-01 102 $12,000.00
Day 1: 5 08-00 Day 2: 5 14-10 Day 3: 5 09-14 Day 4: 4 04-09
10. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 20 36-15 101 $11,500.00
Day 1: 5 10-15 Day 2: 5 07-04 Day 3: 5 11-08 Day 4: 5 07-04
11. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 18 35-11 100 $11,000.00
Day 1: 5 07-05 Day 2: 5 16-05 Day 3: 5 08-01 Day 4: 3 04-00
12. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 17 33-06 99 $12,000.00
Day 1: 4 04-08 Day 2: 5 15-13 Day 3: 5 09-08 Day 4: 3 03-09
PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 06-03 $1,500.00

by AnglersChannel

Red River Set To Challenge Bassmaster Opens Anglers

The third stop of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Opens will be held June 14-16 on the Red River out of Bossier City, La., where more than 250 pro and co-anglers are scheduled to compete.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

June 7, 2018

BOSSIER CITY, La. — The third stop of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Opens is anything but a tournament to determine who wins on the Red River. The river is fishing tough, and the high-stakes prizes up for grabs will be well earned.

The tournament on river pools 3, 4 and 5 is June 14-16, with the weigh-ins and launches in Bossier City.

Overall winners from the boater and co-angler divisions advance to the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Championship at a site and dates to be announced later. Invitations for the pros to the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series and the 2019 Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods will be determined this fall at the championship.

That makes qualifying for the Opens Championship the goal at the Red River. Joining the winners will be the Top 10 pros and co-anglers from the Central Division point standings, following the final event in September on Logan Martin Lake, Alabama. The Top 10 finishers in the Eastern Division, along with the winners of those four tournaments, also will qualify for the championship.

Currently ranking eighth among the pros is Derek Hudnall of Baton Rouge, La. Continuing the momentum of a third-place finish in April on the Arkansas River is the Louisiana angler’s plan.

“Fishing fast, running and gunning, covering as much water as possible,” he said. “It will take doing all of that to win the tournament.”

Hudnall’s previous successes on the river show the odds are low of an angler finding a solid fishing pattern in one area. Duplicating that success elsewhere on the river will be challenging too, due to the habitat loss and inconsistency of the fishing.

“Maintaining consistency in catches has always been a challenge here, and especially with the current state of the river,” he said.

In 2015 and the next year, historic flooding reshaped the river and the ecosystem, including bass and their habitats.

“The flood took out the vegetation and silted in many of the backwater areas,” explained Hudnall. “The river is fishing very different now, not unlike how it has for the past couple of years.

“The bass will adjust, it will take time, but until then it will be a grinder of a tournament,” continued Hudnall.

Striking the balance by deciding how much travel time to sacrifice over fishing will be another factor for the anglers to consider.

“The backwaters could produce a big bite, but that will consume time getting into and out of those areas,” he explained.

Hudnall predicted catching 12 pounds each day will put an angler in contention to win the tournament and gain much needed points for the championship.

“Following the usual spring high-water periods, the river is clearing up, and the level coming down,” said Hudnall.

Both factors could help concentrate more bass along the main river. Prime areas will be shallow, underwater ridges and flats bordering the river channel. Those areas with isolated brushpiles, logjams and rock will be even more ideal for attracting the bass. The shorelines surrounding islands on the main-river channel could be productive as well.

Hudnall said all the pools could be in play, although Pool 5 is traditionally a top producer during summertime tournaments.

“It’s the Red River, and there always are changes to deal with on river systems anyway,” said Hudnall. “Figuring out the movements and changes of the river are part of learning that type of water.”

Takeoff time is 6 a.m. CT from Red River South Marina with weigh-ins beginning at 2 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. The final weigh-in on Saturday, June 16, begins at 3 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Bossier City.

Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission, Red River Waterway Commission and the Horseshoe Casino will be hosting the event.

by AnglersChannel

PARIS’ LAWRENCE LEADS WIRE-TO-WIRE, WINS COSTA FLW SERIES AT LAKE BARKLEY PRESENTED BY T-H MARINE

Courtesy of FLW Fishing

CADIZ, Ky. (June 9, 2018) – Boater Jake Lawrence of Paris, Tennessee, won the Costa FLW Series at Lake Barkley presented by T-H Marine Saturday after bringing a limit of bass weighing 19 pounds, 11 ounces to the scale. Lawrence’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 72-4 gave him the win by a 7-pound, 5-ounce margin and earned him the top prize of $48,300.

Lawrence said that he knew most of the bass would be located offshore on the deeper ledges, where they would be easy to locate but challenging to catch. He also knew the early combination of heavy rain and high water coupled with the strong current would send some fish seeking shallower cover. That’s where he trained his efforts; specifically an area near the mouth of a small creek south of the Highway 79 bridge.

Lawrence was targeting fish in the 8-12 foot zone. He primarily threw a 10-inch V&M J-Mag Worm in red bug (either on a Neko Rig or a swing head), but he says he also caught fish on a Scrounger with a Castaic Jerky J, as well as a custom-made hair jig, a football jig and a spoon.

Most of Lawrence’s fish came each morning from the same area following a nearly 90-minute run from the Lake Barkley State Park launch site. The day one morning result was a fantastic 28-pound 15-ounce limit. He collected a 21-10 limit on day two. On day three he had a winning limit in the boat by 7:30 and caught his last fish around 11 o’clock.

“Conditions are changing,” he said. “This was about the last day of it. I’m glad it lasted as long as it did.”

The top 10 pros on Lake Barkley finished:

1^st: Jake Lawrence, Paris, Tenn., 15 bass, 72-4, $48,300

2^nd: Garrett Paquette, Canton, Mich., 15 bass, 64-15, $18,500

3^rd: Mike Roller, Purdy, Mo., 15 bass, 58-10, $13,500

4^th: Marcus Sykora, Osage Beach, Mo., 15 bass, 57-7, $11,600

5^th: Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., 15 bass, 55-9, $10,500

6^th: Andy Morgan, Dayton, Tenn., 15 bass, 55-8, $8,750

7^th: Brandon Hunter, Benton, Ky., 14 bass, 54-13, $7,600

8^th: Cody Harrison, Tuscumbia, Ala., 13 bass, 52-11, $6,600

9^th: Adam Craig, Buchanan, Tenn., 12 bass, 44-6, $5,600

10^th: Stacey King, Reeds Spring, Mo., 12 bass, 41-10, $4,300

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

Lawrence caught an 8-pound, 8-ounce bass Thursday – the biggest of the tournament – and also earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $300.

Hunter Fillmore of Waynesville, Ohio, won the Co-angler Division and a Ranger Z175 with a 90-horsepower outboard motor with a three-day total of 11 bass weighing 37 pounds, 8 ounces. Brian Peterson of Clarksville, Tennessee, finished runner-up with 11 bass weighing 37-1, good for $5,750.

The top 10 Co-anglers on Lake Barkley finished:

1^st: Hunter Fillmore, Waynesville, Ohio, 11 bass, 37-8, Ranger Z175 boat with 90-horsepower outboard

2^nd: Brian Peterson, Clarksville, Tenn., 11 bass, 37-1, $5,750

3^rd: Douglas Colson, Cadiz, Ky., 13 bass, 36-0, $4,650

4^th: Mark Howard, Mesquite, Texas, 10 bass, 35-11, $4,000

5^th: Ben Jackson, Paducah, Ky., 10 bass, 30-3, $3,300

6^th: Christopher Lemon, Mooresville, Ind., nine bass, 30-1, $2,800

7^th: Rick Parker, Kaufman, Texas, nine bass, 26-4, $2,300

8^th: Michael Allbright, Athens, Texas, nine bass, 26-0, $1,900

9^th: John Magness, Hot Springs, Ark., seven bass, 25-4, $1,560

10^th: Adam Lock, Metropolis, Ill., five bass, 19-4, $1,310

Howard caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Co-angler Division Friday, a bass weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces that earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $200.

The Costa FLW Series on Lake Barkley presented by T-H Marine was hosted by the Cadiz-Trigg County Tourist and Convention Commission. It was the second of three regular-season FLW Series Central Division tournament in the 2018 season. The next Costa FLW Series tournament will be a Northern Division tournament, held June 21-23 on Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh, New York presented by Power-Pole. 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 2018 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Nov. 1-3 on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, and is hosted by the Marshall County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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 Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat.

by AnglersChannel

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