RUSSELLVILLE’S COBB WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL ARKIE DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE OUACHITA PRESENTED BY GEARED
Arkadelphia’s Hillard Grabs Co-angler Title
MOUNT IDA, Ark. (Feb. 25, 2019) – Boater Donnie Cobb of Russellville, Arkansas, caught five bass Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 7 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Arkie Division opener on Lake Ouachita presented by GEARED. For his win, Cobb took home $4,266.
According to post-tournament reports, Cobb caught his fish upriver on shallow points using a spinnerbait.
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Donnie Cobb, Russellville, Ark., five bass, 18-7, $4,266
2nd: Josh Ray, Alexander, Ark., five bass, 15-4, $2,083
3rd: Wayne Dixon, Morrilton, Ark., five bass, 15-3, $1,256
4th: Scott Hardin, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 15-1, $979
5th: Mike Rhinehart, Pottsville, Ark., five bass, 14-3, $753
6th: Randall Clark, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 14-0, $690
7th: Dennis Bean, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 13-12, $628
8th: Lance Crawford, Broken Bow, Okla., five bass, 13-10, $565
9th: Spencer Shuffield, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 13-5, $502
10th: Todd Thomas, Fouke, Ark., five bass, 13-4, $439
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Cobb also caught a 7-pound, 8-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $500.
Almonzo Hillard of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division and $1,859 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 4 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Almonzo Hillard, Arkadelphia, Ark., five bass, 12-4, $1,859
2nd: Ryan Spicer, Sheridan, Ark., two bass, 10-8, $1,171
3rd: David Hardin, Bethel, Okla., two bass, 10-1, $619
4th: Robert Janes, Springdale, Ark., four bass, 9-10, $534
5th: Demetric Johnson, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 9-9, $372
6th: Kristopher Klecz, Saint Charles, Ill., four bass, 9-0, $341
7th: Alex Allen, Bryant, Ark., three bass, 8-10, $310
8th: Matt Tucker, Pottsville, Ark., three bass, 8-8, $329
9th: Kyle Hess, Wynne, Ark., three bass, 8-6, $248
10th: Steve McDonald, Greenwood, Ark., three bass, 7-11, $217
Spicer caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $242.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 24-26 BFL Regional Championship on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Clent Davis to Represent Coosa Cotton Clothing in 2019
Montevallo, Ala. – February 25, 2019 – Bassmaster Elite Series pro, Clent Davis, the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup Champion, and 2012 FLW Tour Rookie of the Year will become the first national pro staffer for Coosa Cotton, a lifestyle clothing brand from Birmingham, Ala.
Davis has been aware of the brand since its inception, largely because it brings recognition to the waterways he fished as kid, and those who gave birth to his love of competitive fishing; and his career. As a part of the agreement, Davis will be wearing the brand’s clothing off the water, and displaying the logo on his boat and truck, as well as on his head during competition.
Davis said he’s proud of where he comes from, and what the Coosa River means to him, so it was a no brainer to partner with the brand. “I love the Coosa River; have since I was a kid fishing on Lay Lake, Lake Mitchell and Logan Martin,” he said. “The designs of the clothing bring back memories, and the product itself is really comfortable; it’s like wearing home with me wherever I go, and I love that; I’m proud to wear this brand.”
Graham Davis – no relation to his new pro staffer – said that sponsoring Davis was an easy choice. “Clent absolutely bleeds Alabama, and the heartbeat of the Coosa River is within him, so he fits Coosa Cotton,” said Coosa Cotton Founder Davis. “He is a local hammer, and a really good dude, who will bring our brand tremendous recognition; working with him was a no brainer.”
Davis said that he founded the company to help Alabama’s love for bass angling to represent the passion of anglers across the country. “The Coosa River is truly the center of the State of Alabama, and the main artery for bass fishing here; we wanted our brand to represent that,” he said. “Bass anglers as a whole understand that passion, and our fish, and the companies built around it have melded with the country; this brand resonates with anglers everywhere because of it, and Clent will be the face of that visibility.”
About Clent Davis – Clent Davis is a former college angler for the University of Montevallo, who turned his love into a career on the professional tours. He is a Bassmaster Elite Series pro who began his career on the FLW Tour in 2012; earning the Rookie of the Year Title. In 2018, he won the Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Ouachita in Hot Springs, Ark. He is sponsored by Yozuri, Mister Twister, Nichols Lures, Phenix Rods, Phoenix Boats, Evinrude, Cuda, T-H Marine, Costa, Lowrance, Gemini / G2, Cal Coast Fishing and Coosa Cotton. Visit him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clentdavisfishing/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clent.davis/, and follow him on the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series.
About Coosa Cotton – Coosa Cotton's vision is to capture and share our passion for sport fishing through a classic apparel line. We believe in inspiring and honoring our fellow grassroots anglers.
Visit Coosa Cotton on their website: https://coosacotton.com/ and their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CoosaCotton/.
EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING SOUTHERN CONFERENCE OPENER ON SAM RAYBURN
LUFKIN, Texas (Feb. 25, 2019) – The East Texas Baptist University duo of Brett Clark of Center, Texas, and Cody Ross of Livingston, Texas, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on Sam Rayburn Friday with a five-bass limit weighing 24 pounds, 4 ounces. The victory earned the Tiger’s bass club $2,400 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.
The duo said that they fished north of the bridge on Sam Rayburn, catching their bass on Carolina rigs.
“Our fish were sitting on an old road bed,” said Clark, a junior majoring in business administration. “We had found it in practice. The bass were prespawn, sitting in 8 to 10 feet of water, and they were moving in as we were catching them.”
“Most of our fish came from that one spot – literally two casts, over and over,” said Ross, a freshman majoring in business. “We started out throwing moving baits, but only managed to get one bite. Once we switched to the Carolina rig and slowed down it was like someone turned on the switch. We probably caught 40 to 50 fish throughout the day.”
The duo said that they threw two baits on the Carolina rigs – a black and blue-colored V&M Chopstick and a watermelon candy-colored V&M Baby Swamp Hog.
“I think the key for us was our Minn Kota Ultrex trolling motor,” said Clark. “The wind came up during the day, and the Ultrex kept us in one spot and allowed us to weed through the little fish and just keep upgrading.”
The top 10 teams that advanced to the 2020 College Fishing National Championship are:
1st: East Texas Baptist University – Brett Clark, Center, Texas, and Cody Ross, Livingston, Texas, five bass, 24-4, $2,400
2nd: East Texas Baptist University – Mason Beatty, Longview, Texas, and Jacob Keith, Jefferson, Texas, five bass, 22-0, $1,200
3rd: Stephen F. Austin State University – Christopher Harrison, Allen, Texas, and Ethan Legare, Lucas, Texas, five bass, 19-4, $500
4th: Sam Houston State University – Bryton Kurtz, Magnolia, Texas, and Jackson Carrell, Anderson, Texas, five bass, 18-11, $500
5th: Stephen F. Austin State University – Cooper Thor and Cade Rudiger, both of Mansfield, Texas, five bass, 18-11, $500
6th: Tarleton State University – Nick Prestwood, Stephenville, Texas, and Jacob David, Pilot Point, Texas, five bass, 18-2
7th: Oklahoma State University – Jake Swanson, Eufaula, Okla., and Garrett Brown, Broken Arrow, Okla., five bass, 18-0
8th: Sam Houston State University – Dillon Harrell, New Caney, Texas, and Colby Bryant, Houston, Texas, five bass, 17-8
9th: Texas A&M University – Garrison Thomas, Keller, Texas, and Tyler Anderson, Austin, Texas, five bass, 17-3
10th: Tarleton State University – Trent Stafford and Justin Tatum, both of Belton, Texas, five bass, 16-9
FLW also advances one additional team to the National Championship for every 10 teams over 100 that compete. A total of 122 teams participated in this event, so also advancing to the 2020 College Fishing National Championship are:
11th: Stephen F. Austin State University – Marc Ameringer, Cypress, Texas, and Cody Barchenger, Taylor, Texas, five bass, 16-1
12th: Sam Houston State University – Matthew Sewell, Tomball, Texas, and Joshua Perrin, Houston, Texas, five bass, 15-13
Complete results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.
The YETI FLW College Fishing event on Sam Rayburn Reservoir was hosted by the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau. It was the first of three regular-season qualifying tournament for Southern Conference anglers. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be the Western Conference opener, March 2 at Lake Mead in Las Vegas, Nevada.
YETI FLW College Fishing teams compete in three regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. All participants must be registered, full-time students at a college, university or community college and members of a college fishing club that is recognized by their school. The top 10 teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual FLW College Fishing Open will advance to the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship. Additional teams will qualify for the National Championship if the field size in regular-season events exceeds 100 boats. The Potomac River and Marbury, Maryland, will play host to the 2019 FLW College Fishing National Championship, June 4-6, 2019.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow YETI FLW College Fishing on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
ORELLANA WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE NORMAN PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS
Co-angler Title Awarded to Newton’s Goble
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 25, 2019) – Local angler Carson Orellana of Mooresville, caught five bass Saturday weighing 15 pounds even to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) North Carolina Division opener on Lake Norman presented by Navionics. For his win, Orellana took home $4,209.
Orellana said he split his day between the upper and lower ends of Lake Norman, catching seven or eight keepers in the process.
“I started out fishing rocks in the morning, on the upper side of the lake, in dingy water. The water levels were up and I used moving baits,” said Orellana, who notched his first career victory in FLW competition. “I caught one that I weighed from the bank around rocks. After that, the wind picked up so I chased it. It’s a wind-driven lake.
“I headed to the lower side of the lake because it’s more wide open. I fished prespawn areas in the creeks – they were pretty much wind-blown banks,” continued Orellana. “I used C-Maps on my Lowrance electronics to find some of the steeper banks. There were banks that had a foot or so of water on them, and they didn’t seem to be as good as the ones that had 5- to 6-feet of water right off them.”
Orellana said he ended up weighing four from areas around docks with rocks. He used a ½-ounce Phatback Blue-colored TrueSouth Custom Lures Pro Shimmy Jig with a green-pumpkin-colored Zoom Fat Albert Twin Tail Grub.
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Carson Orellana, Mooresville, N.C., five bass, 15-0, $4,209
2nd: Dylan Fulk, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 14-15, $2,105
3rd: Jody Wright, Ellenboro, N.C., five bass, 14-10, $1,336
4th: Chris Dover, Blacksburg, S.C., five bass, 14-4, $1,485
5th: Hank Cherry, Lincolnton, N.C., five bass, 14-2, $802
6th: Michael Stephens , Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 12-10, $735
7th: Scott Hamrick, Denver, N.C., five bass, 11-11, $668
8th: Jonathan Foster, Maiden, N.C., five bass, 11-2, $601
9th: Richard Phillips, Asheville, N.C., five bass, 11-1, $535
10th: Drew Montgomery, Maiden, N.C., five bass, 10-15, $468
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Dover caught a 4-pound, 13-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $550.
Josea Goble of Newton, North Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $2,005 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 10 pounds, 12 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Josea Goble, Newton, N.C., four bass, 10-12, $2,005
2nd: Darren Jeter, Marshall, N.C., two bass, 8-13, $1,477
3rd: Grant McPeters, Marion, N.C., five bass, 8-11, $668
4th: Jay Wright, Ellenboro, N.C., three bass, 8-1, $468
5th: Scott Anderson, China Grove, N.C., five bass, 7-6, $401
6th: Lee Montgomery, Hendersonville, N.C., five bass, 7-5, $368
7th: Wayne Smelser, Rural Retreat, Va., four bass, 7-2, $334
8th: Russell Hoyle, Newton, N.C., three bass, 6-15, $301
9th: Michael Hartsfield Sr., Zebulon, N.C., two bass, 6-11, $250
9th: Dwayne Parton, Anderson, S.C., three bass, 6-11, $250
Jeter caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 2 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $275.
The tournament was hosted by the Mooresville Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama presented by Mercury. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
WAGNER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL MOUNTAIN DIVISION OPENER ON DALE HOLLOW LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS
Jamestown’s Arms Takes Co-angler Title
BYRDSTOWN, Tenn. (Feb. 25, 2019) – Boater Adam Wagner of Cookeville, Tennessee, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 17 pounds even to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division opener on Dale Hollow Lake presented by Navionics. Wagner pocketed $4,363 for his efforts.
“I caught them running up to the ends of the creeks. I was targeting the last cover where the runoff was coming off the hills,” said Wagner, who earned his 11th career victory in BFL competition – tied for third most all-time. “They were in the current where the water was hitting the lake and that’s where I caught them – as shallow as I could get.”
Wagner said he caught seven keepers throughout the day. The fish he weighed came from a 5/8-ounce Missouri Craw-colored D&L Tackle flipping jig with a green-pumpkin-colored Zoom Super Chunk trailer.
“I was in Eagle Creek up lake, and stayed in there, but I probably hit five different little arms off of it,” said Wagner. “It was about finding the warmest water. The water was 52 to 54 degrees where I caught them Saturday, but in practice, in those general areas, the run offs were 48 to 50 degrees and the fish weren’t there, so you had to find the warmest water.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 17-0, $4,363
2nd: Kris Kordenbrock, Covington, Ky., five bass, 16-6, $2,182
3rd: Greg Perry, Lost Creek, W. Va., five bass, 15-14, $1,387
4th: Tony Eckler, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 15-6, $971
5th: Mark Kirby, Gallatin, Tenn., four bass, 13-3, $1,123
6th: Sean Wieda, Florence, Ky., five bass, 12-15, $763
7th: Tim Staley, Dowelltown, Tenn., five bass, 12-2, $694
8th: Tim Smiley, White Pine, Tenn., five bass, 11-8, $925
9th: Chip Chambers, Elizabethton, Tenn., five bass, 10-9, $555
10th: Robert Reagan, Byrdstown, Tenn., four bass, 10-7, $486
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Kirby caught a 4-pound, 10-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $290.
Bobby Arms of Jamestown, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $2,078 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 7 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Bobby Arms, Jamestown, Tenn., five bass, 13-7, $2,078
2nd: Steve Curtsinger, Buffalo, Ky., three bass, 8-13, $1,039
3rd: Jeff Pergram, Richmond, Ky., three bass, 8-9, $791
4th: Joey Von Hoene, Erlanger, Ky., one bass, 5-2, $642
4th: Garrett Turner, Sparta, Tenn., one bass, 5-2, $592
6th: Jimmy Rhodus, Versailles, Ky., two bass, 5-1, $381
7th: Jason Rueger, Lexington, Ky., two bass, 4-14, $329
7th: Blake Miller, St. Albans, W. Va., one bass, 4-14, $329
9th: Matt Chiodi, West Chester, Ohio, one bass, 4-9, $259
9th: Barry King, Liberty, Ky., two bass, 4-9, $259
Von Hoene caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 2 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $142.
The tournament was hosted by Star Point Resort in Byrdstown, Tennessee.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama presented by Mercury. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The T-H Marine FLW BFL Mountain Division opener on Dale Hollow Lake presented by Navionics was hosted by Star Point Resort.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
WINDER’S DAVIS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL BULLDOG DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE LANIER
Co-angler Title Goes to Covington’s Smith
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (Feb. 25, 2019) – Boater Brad Davis of Winder, Georgia, caught five bass weighing 16 pounds, 5 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bulldog Division opener on Lake Lanier. For his win, Davis earned $5,014.
“I fished areas that have produced bigger spotted bass for me in the past. Lake Lanier is my home lake – I grew about 20 minutes away,” said Davis, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I felt like the spotted bass bite would be more consistent with the cold front that was moving in. I focused all of my time on the south end of the lake because the water color on the north end was too stained.”
Davis only had five bites all day – four from points in the Old Federal Campground area, and the fifth from a spawning flat between Young Deer and Six Mile creeks. His said three came within the first hour on an Owner shaky-head rig with a 4-inch green-pumpkin-colored Yamamoto Senko.
“The first three came off of one point. I’ve had a lot of success with a Senko on it – it’s a lure with a bigger profile that appeals to the bigger fish,” said Davis. “I wanted to focus on main-lake points and stay as close to the main lake as possible. I didn’t want to run into any creeks, even on the south end, I just wanted to be as close to deep water as I could – literally right off the channel.”
From there, Davis said he went looking for points with the steepest drops he could find, catching his fourth with a 3/8-ounce green-pumpkin Gene Larew Biffle Hardhead jig with a Missile Baits Baby D Stroyer.
“I wasn’t fishing for a lot of bites out there – I was going for the right ones,” said Davis. “I fished really slow for the most part, and had really subtle bites. My Kissel Krafts Custom rods allowed me to feel the bites in the deep, cold water, which was key.”
Davis’ fifth fish from the spawning flat off of the main lake came on a Pro Blue-colored Megabass Ito Vision Jerkbait.
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Brad Davis, Winder, Ga., five bass, 16-5, $5,014
2nd: Rob Jordan, Flowery Branch, Ga., five bass, 16-3, $2,707
3rd: Johnathan Akins, Lula, Ga., five bass, 15-14, $1,670
4th: Kip Carter, Mansfield, Ga., five bass, 15-7, $1,570
5th: Jason Johnson, Dawsonville, Ga., five bass, 15-0, $1,003
6th: Stephen Barday, Acworth, Ga., five bass, 14-13, $1,684
7th: Danny Hall, Ellijay, Ga., five bass, 14-12, $836
8th: Robert Williams, Lawrenceville, Ga., five bass, 14-3, $752
9th: Buster Slocumb, Juliette, Ga., five bass, 14-2, $626
9th: Jesse Millsaps, Jasper, Ga., five bass, 14-2, $626
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Barday caught a 7-pound, 1-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $765.
Rick Smith of Covington, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,469 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds even.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Rick Smith, Covington, Ga., five bass, 13-0, $2,469
2nd: Michael Welch, Douglasville, Ga., five bass, 12-13, $1,235
3rd: Cody Lundsford, Gainesville, Ga., five bass, 12-3, $823
4th: Ronald Harris, Jefferson, Ga., five bass, 11-10, $676
5th: Kiwanas Andrews, Atlanta, Ga., five bass, 11-9, $494
6th: Early Whitaker, Iron City, Ga., five bass, 10-14, $453
7th: Wendell Grantham, Athens, Ga., four bass, 10-10, $462
8th: Trent Wall, Mount Airy, Ga., five bass, 10-9, $370
9th: William Perdue, Hawkinsville, Ga., four bass, 10-6, $329
10th: Eric Simpson, Lakeland, Ga., five bass, 10-1, $288
Brise Henson of Dawsonville, Georgia, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $372.
The tournament was hosted by the Gainesville Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Bret Fisher & Rick Cathey win over $20,000 on Falcon with 34.05 lbs in Bass Champs
| e | Boat | Truck | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | Fish | Big Bass | Wt. | Prize Amt. | |
| 1 | BRET FISHER SAN ANTONIO , TX |
RICK CATHEY SAN ANTONIO , TX |
5 | 8.63 | 34.05 |
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DENNIS ODELL TUSCOLA , TX |
FRANK MIXON ABILENE , TX |
5 | 10.14 | 26.81 |
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BRUCE WHITE LA WARD , TX |
CORY LEITA VICTORIA , TX |
5 | 0 | 23.70 |
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BILL GARZA JR FLORESVILLE , TX |
IRA LYNN ADKINS , TX |
5 | 0 | 23.27 |
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| 5 | BUBBA HARALSON DEL RIO , TX |
JERRY GREEN BRECKENRIDGE , TX |
5 | 9.18 | 22.71 |
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CRAIG ALEXANDER DEL RIO , TX |
RAYMOND BENOIT DEL RIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 21.78 |
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| 7 | ALBERT RAMIREZ SR LAREDO , TX |
STEVEN BLACKBURN LAREDO , TX |
5 | 0 | 21.17 |
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| 8 | OLIVERIO TALAMANTE JR SALINE , TX |
CARLOS SALDANA ROMA , TX |
5 | 0 | 20.97 |
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| 9 | MARVIN EFFREDGE SHREVEPORT , LA |
GLENN ROBERTSON SHREVEPORT , LA |
5 | 0 | 20.92 |
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| 10 | JIMMY STEED NA LAREDO , TX |
CHARLIE HARALSON DEL RIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 20.74 |
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FERNANDO SAENZ LAREDO , TX |
KARLO ESCAMILLA LAREDO , TX |
5 | 9.29 | 20.61 |
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| 12 | TOM CAUTHEN INGRAM , TX |
RONNY GAZAWAY KERRVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 20.24 |
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| 13 | CHUCK NAOMI BRANCH , LA |
JAMES KISER MONTGOMERY , TX |
5 | 0 | 20.14 |
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| 14 | |
RYLAND KIRCHOFF CORPUS CHRISTI , TX |
JOHN KIRCHOFF CORPUS CHRISTI , TX |
4 | 0 | 19.83 |
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| 15 | |
KENNETH FAIRLY LOCKHART , TX |
TOMMY LAW TYE , TX |
5 | 0 | 19.23 |
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| 16 | ADAM PEREIRA SEGUIN , TX |
JOHN ANDERSON III SEGUIN , TX |
5 | 8.15 | 19.05 |
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| 17 | RICK SCHEEN AUSTIN , TX |
MIKE HARMAN BASTROP , TX |
5 | 6.90 | 17.25 |
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| 18 | |
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BRYAN COTTER CEDAR PARK , TX |
BILLY MCCRARY II TEMPLE , TX |
5 | 9.79 | 16.59 |
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| 19 | |
CHARLIE FORSTER CENTER POINT , TX |
MIKE BINGHAM KERRVILLE , TX |
5 | 7.52 | 16.56 |
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| 20 | RANDALL EDWARDS MIDLAND , TX |
CORY WHISMAN MIDLAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.50 |
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| 21 | |
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KENNY ROOKE JUNCTION , TX |
CHAD BARINGTON JUNCTION , TX |
5 | 7.63 | 16.47 |
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| 22 | RICHARD BACON BASILE , LA |
BRENDAN KENNELL DEL RIO , TX |
5 | 7.24 | 16.26 |
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| 23 | |
KYLE KELLER RIO MEDINA , TX |
JOSHUA SPENCER SAN ANTONIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.06 |
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| 24 | JASON RIEDEL ALEDO , TX |
DANIEL HERRING WATUAGA , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.76 |
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| 25 | RICARDO CARRILLO JR LAREDO , TX |
ANTHONY CARRILLO LAREDO , TX |
5 | 4.80 | 15.15 |
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| 26 | |
WAYLON BULLARD DEL RIO , TX |
RON CARTER UNIVERSAL CITY , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.13 |
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| 27 | |
BEAU SCHOTT HONDO , TX |
MICHELLE SCHOTT HONDO , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.92 |
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| 28 | |
MATIAS YDROGO III LAREDO , TX |
RUBEN QUINTANA LAREDO , TX |
5 | 6.19 | 14.66 |
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| 29 | HUMBERTO DELEON KATY , TX |
MARCO NAVARRO DEL RIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.63 |
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| 30 | |
LEONARD GONZALES HELOTES , TX |
DENNIS ASHER BOERNE , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.33 |
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| 31 | |
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MIKE COON KERRVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.26 |
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| 32 | |
SERGIO HERRERA LAREDO , TX |
VICTOR GARZA LAREDO , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.19 |
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| 33 | |
SCOTT OLSON SAN ANTONIO , TX |
KYLE OLSON SAN ANTONIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.11 |
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| 34 | WILLIAM JACOBS EL PASO , TX |
MANUEL ERIVES EL PASO , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.87 |
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| 35 | RICHARD DRAKE SAN ANTONIO , TX |
CHRISTOPHER EYHORN SAN ANTONIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.76 |
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| 36 | |
CLIFF BROWN HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
JOHN RILEY KILLEEN , TX |
3 | 9.43 | 13.57 |
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| 37 | |
SAMSON JACKSON SAN ANGELO , TX |
JUSTIN LAMPIER SAN ANGELO , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.56 |
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| 38 | |
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WILLIAM FESLER LAMPASAS , TX |
WILLIAM MCGUFFEY KEMPNER , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.52 |
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| 39 | MIKE REID ANDREWS , TX |
MICHAEL REID ANDREWS , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.49 |
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| 40 | STAN GERZSENYI DEL RIO , TX |
GONZALO NANDIN CARRIZO SPRINGS , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.41 |
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| 41 | LEE LEONARD MARTINDALE , TX |
SCOTT BRONDER FALLS CITY , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.35 |
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| 42 | |
CHAD BLACK SAN ANTONIO , TX |
CHUCK BLACK LOGAN , NM |
5 | 0 | 13.29 |
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| 43 | JOHN PRICE LA GRANGE , TX |
DUSTY FRANK WEST POINT , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.17 |
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| 44 | |
JEFF RICHARDS BOERNE , TX |
STAN MCHARDY WARING , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.92 |
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| 45 | BLAKE SCHROEDER WHITEHOUSE , TX |
TRAVIS MCGUIRE LUBBOCK , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.59 |
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| 46 | RICHARD CREMO LAREDO , TX |
ROBERTO GONZALEZ LAREDO , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.55 |
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| 47 | FERNANDO PIZANA LAREDO , TX |
JUSTIN SANCHEZ LAREDO , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.34 |
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| 48 | |
BRIAN ANKRUM NATALIA , TX |
TIM FLOWERS MIDLAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.16 |
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| 49 | LUPE LOPEZ UVALDE , TX |
LOGAN LOPEZ UVALDE , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.15 |
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| 50 | |
DOLORES ROBLES DEL RIO , TX |
JOSE MEDRANO DEL RIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.11 |
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| 51 | |
BYRON HEISER CARLSBAD , NM |
TRENT HUCKABY FORT STOCKTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.91 |
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| 52 | |
STEVE WILSON FREDERICKSBURG , TX |
GENE NAQUIN D HANIS , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.90 |
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| 53 | |
TIM BLANCHETTE BLESSING , TX |
TOMMIE COLLIER PORT LAVACA , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.22 |
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| 54 | JIMMY SHELTON GRANBURY , TX |
CHARLES WHITED SAN MARCOS , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.18 |
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| 55 | |
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JASON GALLAS BLANCO , TX |
KEN PARKER BOERNE , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.16 |
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| 56 | |
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DERICK KUYRKENDALL BERGHEIM , TX |
FORREST WILSON SPRING BRANCH , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.13 |
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| 57 | |
WILLIAM BRASHER BRONTE , TX |
WENDY HALL BRONTE , TX |
4 | 0 | 11.02 |
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| 58 | |
SPEEDY COLLETT NEED INFO |
ROBERT COLLETT JR NEED INFO |
5 | 0 | 10.99 |
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| 59 | |
CARLOS GUEVARA EAGLE PASS , TX |
CARLOS MORENO EAGLE PASS , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.83 |
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| 60 | |
WILLIAM TOMPKINS ZAPATA , TX |
JOSEPH TOMPKINS BOERNE , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.64 |
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| 61 | |
BRIAN FLEMING JR SAN ANTONIO , TX |
MIKE FLEMING NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.49 |
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| 62 | |
JOHN CASPARIS SONORA , TX |
WELDON MCGUIRE ODESSA , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.43 |
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| 63 | JEFF WILSON COMFORT , TX |
BASIL WILSON COMFORT , TX |
4 | 0 | 10.23 |
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| 64 | |
MIKE CONES DEL RIO , TX |
RON WADE DEL RIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.20 |
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| 65 | |
MARTY FOUST SWEETWATER , TX |
JOHN STOKES BIG SPRING , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.17 |
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| 66 | |
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CHARLES GUTHRIE CONROE , TX |
MICHAEL CARROLL NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.13 |
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| 67 | ROGER MONTEJANO DEL RIO , TX |
BEN ACOSTA MIDLAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.07 |
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| 68 | |
DARRELL GARZA PLEASANTON , TX |
MICHAEL JOHNSON PLEASANTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.04 |
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| 69 | CLOYS WARREN JR RED ROCK , TX |
WILLIAM SPILLER BASTROP , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.93 |
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| 70 | DYLAN THOMPSON DEL RIO , TX |
STEVE RAY RODRIGUEZ DEL RIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.77 |
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| 71 | |
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SCOTTY GALBREAITH WEATHERFORD , TX |
JASON GALBREAITH BURLESON , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.67 |
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| 71 | |
TREVOR ROBERTSON KERRVILLE , TX |
JARRETT ROBERTSON KERRVILLE , TX |
2 | 0 | 9.67 |
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| 73 | MIKE BATES CANYON LAKE , TX |
BARTON BLAKELOCK WAELDER , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.46 |
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| 74 | |
FREDDY SANCHEZ LAREDO , TX |
FREDDY SANCHEZ JR LAREDO , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.37 |
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| 75 | |
JONATHAN JONES DEL RIO , TX |
JUAN HERNANDEZ JR UVALDE , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.36 |
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| 76 | FOY OSBURN BOERNE , TX |
MITCH GOODALL BOERNE , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.17 |
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| 77 | GUY VELEZ SAN ANGELO , TX |
ABEL SANTILLAN SAN ANGELO , TX |
4 | 0 | 8.90 |
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| 78 | RANDY DIXON BORGER , TX |
STEPHEN WINTER MIDLAND , TX |
4 | 0 | 8.84 |
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| 79 | |
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STERLING MARTIN BEEVILLE , TX |
CHANS MARTIN FAIR OAKS RANCH , TX |
4 | 0 | 8.64 |
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| 80 | |
ALLEN SHELTON FARMERS BRANCH , TX |
BRAD DRAKE IRVING , TX |
3 | 0 | 8.36 |
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| 81 | |
BUDDY BOONE SAN ANTONIO , TX |
RALPH CELEDON ALAMO , TX |
3 | 0 | 8.33 |
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| 82 | |
OWEN SELLERS JUNCTION , TX |
AUDREY SELLERS JUNCTION , TX |
3 | 0 | 8.13 |
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| 83 | MICHAEL PRATHER MIDLAND , TX |
COLEY WOOD MIDLAND , TX |
4 | 0 | 7.51 |
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| 84 | |
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
CRAIG CRIMM VICTORIA , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.42 |
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| 85 | |
CLAY TREADAWAY DEL RIO , TX |
CHRIS ROHDE WICKETT , TX |
4 | 0 | 7.17 |
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| 86 | |
GERALD DELAFUENTE CASTROVILLE , TX |
ROLAND HERNANDEZ DEL RIO , TX |
4 | 0 | 6.84 |
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| 87 | KEVIN UNGER SMITHVILLE , TX |
TIM GOETZ SMITHVILLE , TX |
4 | 0 | 6.80 |
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| 88 | |
CARL AUDAS SAN ANGELO , TX |
CARLIN MCKNIGHT SAN ANGELO , TX |
2 | 0 | 6.32 |
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| 89 | ROGELIO BALDAZO LAREDO , TX |
RICARDO MORALES LAREDO , TX |
3 | 0 | 6.28 |
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| 90 | |
KYLE WIEDENFELD BOERNE , TX |
KADEN WIEDENFELD BOERNE , TX |
3 | 0 | 5.99 |
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| 91 | TYLER WILSON CARLSBAD , NM |
MELODY DIXON BORGER , TX |
2 | 0 | 5.30 |
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| 92 | |
RONNIE RENO ODESSA , TX |
SAMMY RENO ARTESIA , NM |
2 | 0 | 5.16 |
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| 93 | |
JAVIER GONZALEZ LAREDO , TX |
HECTOR GONZALEZ LAREDO , TX |
3 | 0 | 4.96 |
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| 94 | LUCIANO TREVINO SABINA , TX |
ERICK MARTINEZ SABINA , TX |
2 | 0 | 4.74 |
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| 95 | |
HAROLD STUBBLEFIELD SAN ANGELO , TX |
JOSEPH TAMMEN SAN ANGELO , TX |
1 | 0 | 3.92 |
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| 96 | MICHAEL TWEEDY CLOVIS , NM |
RANELLE TWEEDY CLOVIS , NM |
1 | 0 | 2.80 |
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| 97 | CHRISTOPHER NORDTVEDT DEL RIO , TX |
RUDY MEDRANO DEL RIO , TX |
1 | 0 | 2.55 |
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| 98 | |
LANCE SHELLEY MCALLEN , TX |
ALEX OCHOA MISSION , TX |
1 | 0 | 2.43 |
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| 99 | ROBERT FRAUSTO LAREDO , TX |
IGNACIO GUTIERREZ LAREDO , TX |
1 | 0 | 2.12 |
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| 100 | |
RICK SHOCK VICTORIA , TX |
TED SPRENCEL PORT LAVACA , TX |
1 | 0 | 1.82 |
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| 101 | FRANK RAMSEY SPRING GROVE , IL |
JOHNNY ELLIS DEL RIO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | DRAKE WEHRS EDGEWOOD , NM |
ERIC HALE TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES , NM |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | |
SCOTT SAUNDERS UTOPIA , TX |
CODY JOHNSON SABINAL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | |
WAYNE JACKSON RIO FRIO , TX |
JASON SCHNEEMANN D'HANIS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | DUSTIN STACEY MIDLAND , TX |
ASHLEE STACEY MIDLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | |
CODY ROBERSON CIBOLO , TX |
DON BAILEY SAN ANTONIO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | DOUG MORROW HOUSTON , TX |
KENNY CORLEY HOUSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | BRIAN HALL BRONTE , TX |
JACOB BECK STERLING CITY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | |
BUFORD ESTEP JR THREE RIVERS , TX |
BUFORD ESTEP SR THREE RIVERS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | |
BRANDON BECK BOERNE , TX |
WOODIE TAYLOR SAN ANTONIO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | JEREMY MARTIN ANDREWS , TX |
JAMES MOORE ANDREWS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 101 | |
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BRADLEY JAMESON LOVINGTON , NM |
TODD TOWN AMARILLO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | CODY MARTIN TAYLOR , TX |
CHARLES SIMMONS WACO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
CHANCE HUNDLEY CASTROVILLE , TX |
CODY HUNDLEY RIO MEDINA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | GERARDO GONZALEZ LAREDO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
MARTY SORRELLS HEBBRONVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
RYAN TUCKER MIDLAND , TX |
KENNY KELLEMS ODESSA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | RICHARD MARTINEZ SAN ANTONIO , TX |
JOSEPH HURLEY SAN ANTONIO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
MIKE RICHARDSON THORNDALE , TX |
CHANCE WOODS MILLERSVIEW , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
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MARIO HERNANDEZ KINGSLAND , TX |
LARRY PHILLIPS DEL RIO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | JASON FLENNIKEN SHERMAN , TX |
WALTER PTACEK GRAND BLANC , MI |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | JOHNNY JOHNSON FARMINGTON , NM |
PHILLIP ADAMS EDGEWOOD , NM |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
ROBERT LOPEZ DEL RIO , TX |
JEFF BUTTERS DEL RIO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
ZACHARY WYMER PORTLAND , TX |
DAVID WYMER HALTOM CITY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | GARY GILLIHAN BIG SPRING , TX |
LEE GILLIHAN SPRING , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
MIKE WOOD SPRING BRANCH , TX |
GRACIE STURDIVANT MCALLEN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
ARLEN HAUSCHILD SEGUIN , TX |
CHRISTOPHER HAUSCHILD CANYON LAKE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
PETE ARREDONDO LAREDO , TX |
RICHARD VILLARREAL UVALDE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | |
JERRY FOSTER CARLSBAD , NM |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | |
JOHN MILLS CIBOLO , TX |
SCOTT BURRIS CIBOLO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 101 | BARRY JAROSZEWSKI SEGUIN , TX |
AARRON BUCH NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | |
JAKE SALVAGNO BEEVILLE , TX |
RYAN ROYAL THREE RIVERS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 101 | |
CODY DAY GOLIAD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | JASON COLLIER MIDLAND , TX |
BRANDON SPAULDING MIDLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | |
DUSTIN DAY PORTLAND , TX |
RUSSELL GETSCHMANN VICTORIA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 101 | DAVID HOOTER ELKHART , TX |
GEORGE ROYCE III WILBURTON , OK |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | JUSTIN BROUGHTON GRANBURY , TX |
STEVE PETERSON DEVINE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | |
STEVE CARAWAY KERRVILLE , TX |
COLBY JOHLE HUNT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 101 | JERRY RAKOWITZ CIBOLO , TX |
TIM ZIGMOND ADKINS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | DONALD BRADSHAW JR SAN ANTONIO , TX |
BUCK HUX NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | KENNETH EWALD SEGUIN , TX |
RUDY MEDINA SR SAN ANTONIO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | GARY LAFRENIERE NEED INFO |
WILLIAM GILES DEL RIO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | WILL RAMIREZ GEORGE WEST , TX |
NOEL GARCIA KINGSVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | |
TRAVIS ROBERTSON SMITHVILLE , TX |
KENNETH TRENCH SMITHVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 101 | |
ALBERTO SOSA POTH , TX |
ALEX GARCIA POTH , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 101 | |
MIKE KATZER KYLE , TX |
RUSTY REEDY SPRING BRANCH , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 101 | |
CODY GREANEY MANCHACA , TX |
THOMAS ANDREAS KERRVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 101 | LEANDRO GARZA JR LAREDO , TX |
JESUS GALICIA LAREDO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | KEITH COUNTS CARLSBAD , NM |
GABRIEL RIVERA PORTALES , NM |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 101 | |
LUIS GARCIA LAREDO , TX |
CESAR GONZALEZ LAREDO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 101 | RAYMOND NEWTON JUNCTION , TX |
STEVEN CRAVEY JUNCTION , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Andrews Wins ABA Florida Central Open Event on Kissimmee Chain with over 26 pounds!
ATHENS, Ala. – Eric Andrews of Davenport, FL won the Bass Pro Shops Open Series Florida Central tournament, held February 23rd on the Kissimmee Chain. Running out of Camp Mack, Guy Harvey Resort in Lake Wales, FL Andrews caught five bass weighing 26.71 pounds. For the Boater Division victory, took home a check for $5700 for his win.
“I caught my fish on a chatter-bait and a speed worm in the north cove. I was fishing hydrilla in 5ft of water. Lots of chunking and winding, just like I like to catch them. My two fish over 8-pounds came later in the day within the last 40 minutes. I knew they were there and just kept fishing the area. This is only my second event as a boater and it feels good to win from the front of the boat,” said Andrews.
In second for the boaters, Billy “Sam” Carroll of Tavares, FL landed a five-bass tournament limit going 24.97-pounds.
“I caught most of my fish in the middle of Lake Kissimmee on a shell bed. We started off Carolina-rigging and my first cast was a 5-pounder. I lost a 7-pounder right at the boat on a jerk-bait that would have pushed me over the 30-pound mark,” Carroll said.
Jeremy Smith of Plant City, FL took third for the boaters with five bass going 23.11-pounds.
“I caught my fish today on Lake Toho fishing hydrilla in 6ft to 8ft of water. I was throwing a Gambler 10” ribbon-tail worm really slow. The fish were spawning in that area and I caught several buck bass there,” Smith said.
Finishing fourth, Terry Oliver of Belleview, FL landed a five-bass limit for 22.85-pounds. Austin Schroeder of Zephyrhills, FL rounded out the top five boaters with five bass at 22.67-pounds.
The biggest bass for the boaters was caught by Jason Brewer of Dundee, FL that weighed 8.90-pounds and pocketed $1140 for that catch.
“I caught that fish flipping a Missile Baits D-bomb on the north end of the lake,” Brewer said.
In the Co-Angler Division, Peter “Pete” Burns of Davenport, FL won with three bass going 18.98-pounds that included a 10.98-pound big bass. He pocketed a check for $2000 for his win and an additional $500 for the big bass.
“That big bass came early in the morning. We were fishing tiger lake and I was pitching a senko into Kissimmee grass. I had just caught a 5-pound mudfish. I wasn’t sure I had a bite until I saw the line go sideways. My other good fish came on a speed worm. That is the biggest fish that I have ever caught, my previous record was a 9-pounder,” Burns said.
Taking second for the co-anglers, Thomas Rutkowski of Hernando, FL brought in a three-bass division limit weighing 15.05-pounds.
“We were fishing on the south end of Kissimmee and fished three different areas of Lake Kissimmee. I caught my first 5-pounder within the first half hour on a Zoom magnum speed worm. We probably caught 40 fish today. I want to thank my boater, Ray Trudeau, for putting me on the fish today,” Rutkowski said.
Char “Chuck” Rodriguez of Clermont, FL placed third among the co-anglers with three bass going 15.01-pounds.
“I fished with Billy “Sam” Carroll today. He had us on the fish from the moment we stopped. After he caught his first fish, I caught my first fish and it was non-stop for a while. We were in about 5ft of water and it broke off to a shell bed in 9ft of water and I was Carolina-rigging and Texas-rigging worms. At the end of the day I broke my rod on probably a 6-pounder. That would’ve helped me possibly win this event,” Rodriguez said.
In fourth place among the co-anglers, Wayne Roberts of Sarasota, FL brought in three bass for 12.98-pounds. Jeff Stone of Jackson, GA finished in fifth place with three bass at 12.64-pounds.
Slated for April 13th , the next tournament will be held on the Harris Chain out of Hickory Point Recreational Facility in Tavares, FL. At the end of the season, the best anglers from across the nation advance the 2020 Ray Scott Championship to be held at Lake Hartwell in April, 2020.
MIKE JOHNSON & BYRON ALBRECHT WEIGH-IN OVER 22LBS ON WHITNEY AND TAKE HOME $5,000
| PL | ANGLER 1 | ANGLER 2 | FISH | BIG BASS | WT | PRIZE |
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| 1 | MIKE JOHNSON | BYRON ALBRECHT | 5 | 6.60 | 22.27 | $5,000 |
| 2 | RICK SCOTT | JODY HOLUBEK | 5 | 5.26 | 15.35 | $2,500 |
| 3 | FLOYD TEAT | RICKEY GILL | 5 | 14.85 | $1,000 | |
| 4 | PAUL ELLIS | MICHAEL MALCIK | 5 | 14.66 | $750 | |
| 5 | ANDY SALLEE | MARK CHILD | 5 | 6.82 | 14.10 | $500 + $630 Big Bass |
| 6 | LOWELL BENNETT | LANDEN BENNETT(Y) | 5 | 13.40 | $350 | |
| 7 | NATHAN DONNELL | JASON DERRICK | 5 | 5.17 | 13.39 | $325 |
| 8 | MARK PARKER | RON SAUCEMAN | 5 | 5.99 | 13.15 | $300 |
| 9 | KERRY SLAUGHTER | LEE YOWELL | 5 | 12.11 | ||
| 10 | BRANDON FERRELL | RANDY FERRELL | 4 | 4.63 | 11.29 | |
| 11 | DAVID CARLOCK | JAKE MCWORTOR | 3 | 6.04 | 10.93 | |
| 12 | NEIL DEMPSEY | GARY DEMPSEY | 4 | 10.36 | ||
| 13 | MATT RUSSELL | DEAN JONES | 5 | 9.72 | ||
| 14 | JUSTIN MAY | KEVIN THRESS | 5 | 9.18 | ||
| 15 | JOSEPH WARE | ROGER CAMP | 4 | 8.79 | ||
| 16 | DAVID RUSH | WESLEY PRICE | 3 | 4.82 | 8.76 | |
| 17 | BILLY WALDSCHMIDT | JAY DAVIS | 4 | 8.65 | Jay Davis-Shimano Loyalty Program Winner-Curado K | |
| 18 | PAT GRIMM | JACK MORSE | 4 | 8.64 | ||
| 19 | HAYDEN GRIMM | JORDAN GRIMM | 5 | 8.34 | ||
| 20 | JJ KILLOUGH | LJ CASTILLO | 3 | 8.14 | ||
| 21 | JOHNNY MATTHEWS | JEFF ARNOLD | 5 | 7.70 | ||
| 22 | MICHAEL NUGENT | EDWIN PULDA | 3 | 4.09 | 7.44 | |
| 23 | BUSTER JOHNSON | ZEB STRICKLAND | 5 | 7.28 | ||
| 24 | MARK BENNETT | 4 | 7.02 | |||
| 25 | CODY MORRISON | WARREN KEPKE | 4 | 6.57 | ||
| 26 | RYAN DEMPSEY | CODY DEMPSEY(Y) | 2 | 4.87 | 6.46 | |
| 27 | RAY SPEAR | BOBBY WALKER | 3 | 5.57 | ||
| 28 | LARRY BENCH | HI HILLBURN | 2 | 5.16 | ||
| 29 | JASON BRUNETT | STEVEN DANIELS | 2 | 2.82 | 4.78 | |
| 30 | KEVIN HATHAWAY | CODY LOWE | 3 | 4.77 | ||
| 31 | JAMES GOODNER | GRANT GOODNER | 3 | 4.54 | ||
| 32 | BRETT TAYLOR | BRUCE TAYLOR | 2 | 4.48 | ||
| 33 | DAVID CROW | DEREK JACKSON | 3 | 4.34 | ||
| 34 | HAYDEN RODGES | BRADLEY STANDERTER | 3 | 4.29 | ||
| 35 | WADE MEHAFFEY | JOHNNY ZUNKER | 2 | 3.48 | ||
| 36 | BRUCE ANDERSON | RANDY KEATING | 2 | 2.88 | Randy Keating-Shimano Loyalty Program Winner-Curado K | |
| 37 | RON SOMERS | MICHAEL KILE | 1 | 1.74 | ||
| 38 | JASON BONDS | KYLE NITSCHKE | 1 | 1.61 | ||
| 39 | JAMES SWANZY | KEVIN SEIBOLD | 1 | 1.58 | ||
| 40 | RUSSELL MATHIS | |||||
| 40 | MICHAEL MELLEN | RONNIE GRIGGS | ||||
| 40 | SEAN TROTTER | ALLEN SEIGL | ||||
| 40 | KYLE GOAD | KELLY GOAD | ||||
| 40 | CLIFF KETTLER | KOREY BOEN | ||||
| 40 | ANDREW SHORE | HUNTER MCCLENDON | ||||
| 40 | CHARLIE PENNEY | KYLE HOOD | ||||
| 40 | MATTHEW YEZAK | DENNIS GROHOLSKI | ||||
| 40 | GARY MARTIN | JAMES SEYMOUR | ||||
| 40 | CODY PRATKA | KYLE HALL | ||||
| 40 | GRANT ADAMS | MACKENZIE SWEENEY | ||||
| 40 | JASON TRUITT | JOHNNY RAY | ||||
| 40 | MATTHEW GILLELAND | MARK MITCHELL | ||||
| 40 | DAVID DEAL | LANCE DEAL | ||||
| 40 | KY MARTIN | CHRIS MOORE | ||||
| 40 | TANNER FOWLER | JUSTIN RUSHING | ||||
| 40 | JUSTIN CALAHAN | SPENCER SUIT | ||||
| 40 | MIKE ROGERS | RANCE ROGERS | ||||
| 40 | PRATT KRAMER | KATIE KRAMER | ||||
| 40 | RONNIE MATHIS | DON SCHUETZE | ||||
| 40 | DAVID MAY | MICHAEL PEINADO(Y) | ||||
| 40 | GEORGE LITTON | QUINN KOSS | ||||
| 40 | THEO SOLANO | |||||
| 40 | BILLY GARRETT | BRANDON REINLE | Pre-Registration Winner!! Shimano Curado Rod |
Tim Griffith and David Eyrse Win 2019 Alabama Bass Trail Smith Lake with over 19 pounds!
by Dan O’Sullivan
February 24, 2019 – Jasper, Ala. – The first event of the 2019 Alabama Bass Trail’s Northern Division was marked by several things. Most notably, the necessary decision by tournament officials to push the tournament from Saturday to Sunday due to severe weather that was to hit the area; but also by the extreme flood conditions that saw the surface of Lewis Smith Lake nearly 20 feet in little more than a week.
However, if there was a theme to the day, it would be running water.
That theme referred to the amount of water running into Smith Lake, the water running over the launch ramps and into the parking lot causing anglers, ABT officials and Jasper, Alabama officials extra factors to consider, and the running water pockets that seemed to be a consistent theme amongst those teams that did well in the event.
In the end, while there were difficulties that faced everyone, the event came off smoothly and the team of Tim Griffith and David Eyrse found a single running water pocket that produced a multitude of keepers. Those keepers in turn produced a final limit that weighed 19.19 pounds that gave them a victory, and earned them the $10,000 Winner's prize and an automatic berth into the Alabama Bass Trail championship in October on Lake Guntersville.
The pair said that they had a terrible practice, and the day before the tournament ended up looking at a map of Smith Lake, settling on an area in Rock Creek that looked good, and choosing something that they felt they could catch fish on. "We only caught one weighable fish in practice and a bunch of slot fish so we decided to just go fishing," they said. "We found a creek that had clear water running in the back for about 50 yards before it mixed with the dirty water; we caught our fish there."
They reported catching their fish on several baits, but one lure really made the biggest difference. "The best of our fish came on a screw lock Shaky Head with half of a Senko as the lure,” they said. “We rigged it weedless, that way we could work it through any of the cover we came across. We sat in that one spot all day long and caught more than 60 keepers, culling through four or five limits before settling on our final limit around 4:00 p.m., we had a magical day it feels great to win and to be qualified for the championship already.”
The local team of Mark Meyer and Ty Campbell said that they spent their time up near Cullman and they used a football head jig and green pumpkin / chartreuse Gene Larew Biffle Bug creature bait combo and a Shaky Head Finesse worm to produce their 18.62-pound limit but earned them second place and the $5,000 runner-up prize.
“We're from Cullman, so we kind of knew that we would need to look for running water and we found our fish in two pockets today,” they said. “We spent our day in those two pockets and were able to catch enough fish to do well, we just needed to be able to put one more good quality kicker fish in the Box to have a chance to win. But, we started off the season well and we're pleased with the finish.”
The team of Jamie Smith and Michael Rains weighed 17.13 pounds to finish the day and third place, they earned $4,000 for their efforts.
The Mountain Dew Big Bass of the tournament went to the 111th place team of Aaron and James Knott, their 4.81-pounder earned them $500 for the big bass bonus.
The Norhern Division of the Alabama Bass Trail hits the water next at Wheeler Lake on March 23.
The Top 10 Standings are below, for complete standings, visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/lsl-results/
| Place | Anglers | Weight | Big Fish | Winnings |
| 1 | Tim Griffith / David Eyrse | 19.19 | 4.26 | $10,000 |
| 2 | Mark Meyer / Ty Campell | 18.62 | 4.58 | $5,000 |
| 3 | Jamie Smith / Michael Rains | 17.13 | $4,000 | |
| 4 | Cole Wade / Donny Wade | 16.64 | $3,000 | |
| 5 | Jason Smith / Chaz McMahan | 16.37 | $2,000 | |
| 6 | Mark McCaig / Tim Hurst | 16.03 | $1,500 | |
| 7 | Luke Kyle / Arch Cornett | 15.86 | $1,100 | |
| 8 | Charlie Cummings / Greg Pugh | 15.68 | $1,100 | |
| 9 | Chet Cleland / Dawson Cleland | 15.67 | $1,100 | |
| 10 | William Lynn / Donna Lynn | 14.92 | $1,100 |
Falardeau & Hoskins win Chattanooga Bass Association event with over 23 pounds!
February 23, 2019 CBA Results
Dillion Falardeau/Patrick Hoskins 23.69 $2500
2 Seth Davis/Brent Butler 22.03 $750
3 Galen James/Tony Townsend 21.74 $650
4 Aj Barne/Steve Barnes 21.73 $600
5 Tim Johnson/Blake Vandercamen 21.34 $500
6 John Powell/Matt Powell 20.62 $400
7 Gabe Keen/Wade Norman 19.97 $300
8 Jamie Hatcher/Rick Camp 18.24 $250
9 Brian Wilson/Tom Brindle 17.29 $200
10 Wes Hardin/Scottey Gilley 16.81 $200
11 Steven Hall/Billy Campbell 16.52 $150
12 James Kester/James Kester Jr. 16.51 $150
13 Gavin Ainslie/Bryan Ainslie 16.47 $150
14 Lance Nunley/Joe Miller 16.27 $150
15 Justin Martin/Mike Samuelson 14.85 $150
16 Steve Kite/Daniel Lewis 14.46 $150
17 Shane Frazier/Randy Frazier 14.34 $150
18 Jimmy Rawlston/Trey Randolph 14.11 $150
Bowen & Smith win Anglers Quest Sam Rayburn Team Event with over 24 pounds!
Courtesy of Anglers Quest Facebook Post:
The team of John Bowen & John Smith came in first place with their limit weighing an awesome 24.72 pounds. These guys had a 8.50 lb kicker that was one of three fish over 8 pounds today. Bowen reported fishing out of a Phoenix Boat
Powered by a Yamaha Motor, flipping bushes with a double Beaver in 8-10 feet of water north of the 147 bridge.
Mr. Smith & Mr. Bowen took home $1,340.00 for their day on the water. Way to go guys !!!!
Dale Gore & Billy Eddins fished out of a 2018 Legend V21 powered by a 250 Evenrude. Dale said that they fished the north end of the lake and caught their big bass, an awesome 9.73 pound bass in 9 ft of water on a Baby Brush Hog. They had a limit that weighed 17.84 lbs. and that was enough to win them second place. Dale and Billy won a total $of 1,000.00 and would like to than Dales Water Wells for their support.
Our Anglers of the Year, Mr. Tommy Hill & Mr. Bubba Frazier came in third place with their limit weighing 17.76 lbs.
Tommy and Bubba fished out of a Skeeter powered by Yamaha. They reported fishing north also, and caught their fish on Watermelon Candy Lizards about 12 feet deep. Tommy and Bubba won $530.00 for their day on the water.
Phillip Hanks & Rodney Sammons took first place out of the money and received their choice of Larry the Lizard Baits for their limit of 5 fish weighing 14.16 lbs.
Jacksonville State Pair Makes Most Of Limited Bites To Win Bassmaster College Event On Lake Norman
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‘Best Day’ Lifts Darold Gleason To Victory In Bassmaster Open At Toledo Bend
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N.C. State Anglers Vault Into Lead In Bassmaster College Series Tournament On Lake Norman
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Fort Loudon, Tellico Lakes Will Give Bassmaster Classic Competitors Plenty Of Options
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Sam the Man!
On this weeks Rookie Podcast with Jason Duran, Jason welcomes in FLW Tour & TH Marine Pro Sam George to the Program a learn a little more about the Athens, Alabama Pro, How he got into fishing and how he dealt with the nervousness of his first FLW Tour Event on Sam Rayburn. Check it out!
Lander University Team Takes Early Lead In Bassmaster College Event On Lake Norman
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Falardeau Wins ABA East TN Opener on Chickamauga
ATHENS, Ala. – Dillon Falardeau of Hixson, Tennessee, won the Bass Pro Shops Open Series East Tennessee event held on Lake Chickamauga on 2/16/19. Running out of the Dayton Boat Dock access area in Dayton, TN, Falardeau weighed in a five bass limit totaling 23.83-pounds. His limit was anchored by a bass weighing 7.11-pounds which was the biggest bass weighed in by a boater. For the win and big bassFalardeau took home $2100.00.
“The lake was very pressured. I picked up a spinning outfit rigged with light line and a very small swimbait and never put it down,” said Falardeau.
In second for the boaters, Brian Wilson of Calhoun, Georgia, weighed in a five bass limit weighing 20.65-pounds. His limit was anchored by a bass weighing 5.13-pounds.
“I was fishing shallow today. My fish was caught on a Chatterbait, a rattletrap, and a jerkbait,” said Wilson.
Taking third for the boaters, Joseph Tallent of Knoxville, Tennessee, weighed in a five bass limit weighing 18.91-pounds.
“I caught all of my keepers today on a rattletrap fishing shallow,” said Tallent.
In fourth place for the boaters, Nathan Hill of Rockwood, Tennessee, weighed in five bass for 13.96-pounds. Rounding out the top 5 Anthony Rodefe of Knoxville, Tennessee, weighed in five bass for 13.40-pounds.
In the Co-angler Division Chris Seese of Ten Mile, Tennessee weighed in three bass weighing 11.56 pounds. He took home $950.00 for the win.
“I caught my fish using a spinning outfit, 8lb line and a very small swimbait,” said Seese.
Taking second for the co-anglers, John Wilkerson of Nashville, Tennessee, weighed in three bass weighing 10.78 pounds.
“I caught around seven bass today. All of my fish were caught using a shad colored rattletrap and a red squarebill crankbait,” said Wilkerson.
Taking third for the co-anglers, Eric Morehead of Chatsworth, Georgia, weighed in two bass weighing 10.55-pounds. Morehead also collected big bass honors for weighing in the biggest bass caught by a co-angler. His bass weighed in at 7.52-pounds.
“I caught the big bass on a Berkley War Pig and my other bass came on a squarebill crankbait,” said Morehead.
In fourth for the co-anglers David Perron of Dayton, Tennessee, weighed in three bass weighing 10.19-pounds. Rounding out the top five, Roy Yother of Red Bank, Tennessee weighed in two bass weighing 7.88-pounds.
Slated for May 11th the next event for the East Tennessee Division will be held on Lake Cherokee launching from the Hamblen County Dock.
For more information on this event contact local director Rodney Michael at 256-497-0967
About American Bass Anglers - American Bass Anglers is committed to providing low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler while offering an upward path for individual angler progression. For more information about American Bass Anglers and all their bass tournament trails visit www.americanbassanglers.com.
Day 2 BASS Open cancelled at Toledo Bend
MANY, La. — Due to potentially dangerous storms in the area, B.A.S.S. officials elected to cancel the second day of competition at the Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Opens tournament underway at Toledo Bend.
Thunderstorms with dangerous lightning raised concerns over the safety of the 213 boats — each with two contestants — going out on the massive 185,000-acre impoundment. The National Weather Service forecasts a 90 percent chance of thunderstorms for Thursday.
Toledo Bend, the nation’s fifth largest manmade reservoir, is known to become especially dangerous for boating when impacted by wind-driven thunderstorms.
“We made this decision based on the safety of the anglers, fans, B.A.S.S. staff and everyone who would be outdoors in the dangerous lightening,” said Chris Bowes, B.A.S.S. senior tournament manager.
“We are fortunate enough to have access to and the ability to use advanced forecasting and radar tools to make weather-related decisions,” Bowes added. “We also consulted with other tournament officials and collectively made the best decision for everyone.”
The plan is for the entire field to fish on Friday, when the tournament winner will be determined at Cypress Bend Park.
Early Bass Bite Gives Millender The Lead In Bassmaster Open At Toledo Bend
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Alabama - Cullman and Smith Lake - The Destination for MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage Five
TULSA, Okla. (Feb. 20, 2019) - Major League Fishing® (MLF) announced today that Cullman, Alabama, and nearby popular bass fishery Lewis Smith Lake will serve as the setting for Stage Five of the 2019 MLF Bass Pro Tour, April 30 - May 5.
"We are extremely excited to announce this new partnership and adventure with Major League Fishing," said Woody Jacobs, Mayor of the City of Cullman. "By bringing the 2019 MLF Bass Pro Tour to our community this spring, we will be opening new avenues to sports tourism that were not always an option.
"I want to thank those involved with our Cullman Parks, Recreation, & Sports Tourism, along with Cullman Economic Development Agency for recruiting and securing the event; and also the Cullman County Commission and County Parks and Recreation for providing resources for this all to work. MLF consists of the top bass anglers in the world, and Smith Lake offers one of the best spotted bass fisheries in the entire United States. All of these factors, along with the tourism benefits and the prime coverage will help to make this a successful and fun event."
Neither the state nor Cullman are strangers to the bass fishing scene. Sixteen of the Bass Pro Tour's 80-angler field call Alabama home, and Jesse Wiggins, Matt Lee and Jordan Lee are from Cullman. Jordan Lee won the inaugural Bass Pro Tour opener in Kissimmee, Florida, and he's the reigning Bassmaster Classic champion with back-to-back Classic titles - winning in 2017 and 2018.
The north Alabama reservoir is located on the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River. It is about 21,000 acres in size and reaches depths of more than 250 feet near its dam. The lake's diversity in depth and structure caters to literally every bass fishing technique imaginable, from topwater to drop shotting, meaning every angler should be able to fish to his liking.
The Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) recently reopened the public boat landing that will serve as the Stage Five launch site. The renovated facility includes a 90-foot-wide, six-lane launching slab and a paved parking lot with room for 113 tow vehicles with boat trailers, and 10 cars.
Other improvements include security lighting, a paved overflow parking lot for another 70 truck and trailer rigs, a 45-foot stationary aluminum pier, two large floating aluminum piers and a fixed aluminum pedestrian bridge that connects the overflow and main parking areas. The launch site is located on the northeast side of Ryan Creek and accessed free of charge through Smith Lake Park at 403 County Rd. 386 in Cullman.
The project was funded by the Sport Fish Restoration Program, which is supported through excise taxes on the sale of outboard motor fuel, fishing equipment, and the sale of state fishing licenses. For more information about this and other WFF public boating access areas, visit http://boatramps.dcnr.alabama.gov/.
As for Smith's quality fishing, anglers often find themselves challenged in deciding whether to focus on the lake's generous population of spotted bass, target the bigger largemouth bass or rely on both. Making it even more interesting is the fact that the MLF Bass Pro Tour uses a unique catch-weigh-and-immediate-release format in which all "scorable" bass caught do count in an angler's score. That means Smith Lake's big schools of healthy spotted bass could be game changers throughout the competition.
"It's going to be highly exciting to watch our MLF hammers compete in the heart of the Yellowhammer State," said Michael Mulone, MLF's Senior Director of Events & Partnerships. "MLF's format will really show off how good this fishery is because bass within Smith Lake's 13-to-15-inch slot limit will count in our competition once they satisfy the one-pound minimum rule and since MLF fish are released immediately back into the water after being caught and weighed ... they don't go into livewells.
"The Cullman folks are already working hard to make Stage Five something special and I can assure all MLF fans that this will definitely be a must-attend festival."
As in all Bass Pro Tour events, the Cullman visit will feature seven hours of live coverage on each competition day with access to the MLF NOW! free live stream found on the league's website, www.majorleaguefishing.com.
The Smith Lake event will also result in a two-hour television show that will air on Discovery Channel in the fourth quarter of 2019, and repeat on Sportsman Channel in first and second quarters of 2020.
MLF programming also airs on Outdoor Channel, World Fishing Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network and Discovery Channel, and all episodes are available on-demand on MyOutdoorTV (MOTV).
For more information about Cullman and Smith Lake, visit Cullman Parks, Recreation and Sports Tourism or the Cullman Economic Development Agency.
For more information about MLF and its anglers, rules and sponsors, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.
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About Major League Fishing
Developed through a joint effort between Outdoor Channel and the PBT anglers in 2011, Major League Fishing brings the high-intensity sport of competitive bass fishing into America's living rooms in the form of riveting two-hour TV episodes. World-class anglers are filmed over the course of a six-day event. The show captures their efforts as they utilize a demanding format that allows them to weigh all the "scorable bass" they catch. Unlike other competitive fishing events, live leaderboards in the boats allow anglers to know their standings at all times. For more information about the game, visit www.majorleaguefishing.com and follow Major League Fishing on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can catch all current and past episodes of Major League Fishing on #MyOutdoorTV, the world's leading outdoor television global, streaming service provider. Also, for more information about MLF anglers, see Game & Fish magazine, the official publication of MLF.
VanDam’s 3 Top Lures for Early Spring
By Alan McGuckin with Dynamic Sponsorships
If you live in Texas, Florida, Southern California, Arizona or Cancun you may decide to scroll ahead.
But if you live within 300 miles of Charlotte, St. Louis, Nashville, Syracuse, Minneapolis, Tulsa, Indianapolis, or anywhere else where snow flurries still threaten to fly, the “Kalamazoo Kid” has chosen three lures you might want to make sure you have ready for your first big bass fishing trip of the new season.
“The first fishing trip of the year for most people involves water temps in the 40s or really low 50s. So the three lures I’m choosing here are among my three favorites to cover a variety of conditions when the water is still really cold,” says VanDam.
½ ounce Strike King Red Eye Shad – “It’s hard to beat a lipless crankbait in some shade of red or crawfish in late winter or early spring. It really shines well if there’s aquatic vegetation – but that’s not critical. It wasn’t critical when I won the 2010 Classic on Lay Lake with a Red Eye Shad, and there was actually still a thin layer of ice on some of the backwaters when we started practice that week in Alabama,” remembers the Team Toyota angler.
“The key is to fish it near the bottom at this time of year by dragging or short hopping it, rather than burning it higher in the water column, like you would in much warmer water,” he emphasizes. “That’s why I like to use a slightly slower Quantum Smoke 6.1:1 reel when fishing a lipless bait in cold water – that slower gear ratio reel forces me to slow down my retrieve.”
Suspending Jerkbait “Anybody who’s followed my career probably knows I love to fish a jerkbait. Most pros, including myself, never leave home without a Plano box full of jerkbaits at this time of year – especially if the water is clear, or mostly clear,” says VanDam.
“This is not a lure you want to throw in muddy water like you see in the photo. But in cold clear water, it’s probably the very best lure you can tie on. The series of jerks – and then long pauses of the rod tip – before jerking again, are not only visible in clear water, but also give cold lethargic fish time to react, ” he says.
Forced to choose just two colors, VanDam picks Crystal Shad for super clear water, and Sexy Shad for barely stained water. He says the Strike King KVD Deep 300 jerkbait will dive to 10-feet on 10-pound line.
½ ounce Strike King Structure Jig – “If the water is muddy like you see it behind me – you’ll need a fairly bulky jig to slowly probe every piece of shallow cover you can find, but this jig is also super versatile, so if you have clearer water you may want to drag it slowly across a rocky bottom on a primary or secondary point. Versatility is the reason I choose this jig as one of my three lures to begin your fishing this year,” says VanDam.
And as you might have guessed, during this time of year, as blankets of white snow finally give way to yellow daffodils and pink dogwood blooms, VanDam chooses green pumpkin colored jigs for clear water and black/blue if the water is muddy.
Rambo & Clark win Outlaw Outdoors Sweet 16 tournament on Sam Rayburn with over 26 pounds!
Congratulations to the duo of Cory Rambo and Rusty Clark for taking home the win today with their impressive 26.75 lb stringer. 162 Teams.
Full results
Maryland’s Duarte Wins T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League South Carolina Division Opener on Lake Hartwell Presented by Navionics
Co-angler Title Goes to Gilbert’s Hough
ANDERSON, S.C. (Feb. 18, 2019) – Boater John Duarte of Middle River, Maryland, caught five bass Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 8 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) South Carolina Division season opener on Lake Hartwell presented by Navionics. For his win, Duarte earned $4,396.
“I fished mid-lake docks in pockets and tried to cover as much water as I could,” said Duarte, who earned his second career victory in BFL competition. “It was on fire from 11 (a.m.) until the end of the tournament. I think the time of day positioned those fish in the backs of the pockets and put them where they were easy to catch.”
Duarte said he caught 12 to 15 keepers overall, saying that four of the five fish he weighed came on a 4.8-inch Pro Blue Red Pearl-colored Keitech FAT Swing Impact swimbait with a ¼-ounce jighead.
“I was skipping it under the docks and casting to the edges,” said Duarte.
Duarte’s other limit-fish came on a ½-ounce homemade green-pumpkin-colored jig with a Zoom Big Salty Chunk trailer of the same color. He said he caught it around 8:30 a.m. from under a docked pontoon boat up the Seneca River.
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: John Duarte, Middle River, Md., five bass, 18-8, $2,396 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus
2nd: Wesley Sandifer, Chapin, S.C., five bass, 16-0, $1,148
3rd: Kyle Austin, Ridgeville, S.C., five bass, 15-14, $701
4th: Scott Allgood, Fair Play, S.C., five bass, 15-8, $489
5th: Shayne McFarlin, Martin, Ga., five bass, 15-6, $419
6th: Nitro pro David Williams, Maiden, N.C., five bass, 14-13, $384
7th: Thomas Guthke, Anderson, S.C., five bass, 13-9, $349
8th: Randy Childers, Anderson, S.C., five bass, 13-7, $314
9th: Travis Garrett, Toccoa, Ga., five bass, 13-6
10th: Jayme Rampey, Liberty, S.C., five bass, 13-1
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Brian Tucci of Surfside Beach, South Carolina, caught a 5-pound, 4-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $100.
Kate Hough of Gilbert, South Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,248 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 11 pounds, 13 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Kate Hough, Gilbert, S.C., five bass, 11-13, $1,248
2nd: Stephen Britt, Columbia, S.C., five bass, 10-3, $574
3rd: Jeff Horton, Boiling Springs, S.C., five bass, 9-7, $349
4th: Mario Hill, Thomson, Ga., five bass, 9-4, $245
5th: Lee Inman, Inman, S.C., five bass, 8-15, $210
6th: Kyle Deeds, Greenville, S.C., five bass, 8-6, $192
7th: Bill Hawkins, Piedmont, S.C., five bass, 8-3, $175
8th: Shawn Kincaid, Lexington, S.C., five bass, 8-1, $157
9th: Jeff Rikard, Leesville, S.C., four bass, 6-1
10th: Weston Thomas, Chapin, S.C., five bass, 6-0
Dwayne Parton of Anderson, South Carolina, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $100.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The T-H Marine FLW BFL South Carolina Division tournament on Lake Hartwell presented by Navionics was hosted by the Anderson Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
| PLACE | ANGLER | DAY 1&2 WT (Fish) |
WINNINGS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOHN DUARTE | 18 - 8 (5) | $2,396 + Ranger Cup ($2,000) |
| 2 | WESLEY SANDIFER | 16 - 0 (5) | $1,148 |
| 3 | KYLE AUSTIN | 15 - 14 (5) | $701 |
| 4 | SCOTT ALLGOOD | 15 - 8 (5) | $489 |
| 5 | SHAYNE MCFARLIN | 15 - 6 (5) | $419 |
| 6 | DAVID WILLIAMS | 14 - 13 (5) | $384 |
| 7 | THOMAS GUTHKE | 13 - 9 (5) | $349 |
| 8 | RANDY CHILDERS | 13 - 7 (5) | $314 |
| 9 | TRAVIS GARRETT | 13 - 6 (5) | |
| 10 | JAYME RAMPEY | 13 - 1 (5) | |
| 11 | COLE DRUMMOND | 12 - 0 (5) | |
| 12 | MICHAEL MAXFIELD | 11 - 10 (5) | |
| 13 | JERRY PELFREY | 11 - 7 (5) | |
| 14 | STEVEN MCKISSACK | 10 - 10 (5) | |
| 15 | MIKE SHEPARD | 10 - 7 (5) | |
| 16 | TRA DUMIT | 10 - 6 (5) | |
| 17 | AUSTIN JOHNSON | 9 - 15 (5) | |
| 18 | BRIAN TUCCI | 8 - 3 (3) | $100 |
| 19 | JAMES BUCHANAN | 8 - 0 (5) | |
| 20 | TAKERU OKUMURA | 7 - 10 (5) | |
| 21 | ROBERT HOLLAND | 7 - 8 (3) | |
| 21 | JOHNATHAN CROSSLAND | 7 - 8 (5) | |
| 23 | RYAN SHOAF | 6 - 8 (3) | |
| 24 | JAMES LITTICH | 6 - 5 (5) | |
| 25 | CHARLES CHILDERS | 6 - 2 (4) | |
| 26 | CALVIN JONES | 4 - 12 (3) | |
| 26 | ROBBIE HARRELSON | 4 - 12 (4) | |
| 28 | BRANDT TUMBERG | 3 - 11 (2) | |
| 29 | JEFF BAILEY | 3 - 10 (2) | |
| 30 | CARL CHAVIS | 3 - 2 (2) | |
| 31 | JEFFREY BORNE | 2 - 7 (1) | |
| 32 | ANASTASIA PATTERSON | 2 - 2 (2) | |
| 33 | RANDY BROWN | 1 - 15 (2) | |
| 34 | BEN COX | 1 - 12 (1) | |
| 35 | JOHN MCKENZIE | 1 - 10 (1) | |
| JAY JEFFERIES | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JEFF FLETCHER | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JOSEPH MARKS | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| DEREK LEHTONEN | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| SAWYER HUNT | 0 - 0 (0) |
Boynton Beach’s Stevens Catches 32-Pound Limit, Wins T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League Gator Division Tournament on Lake Okeechobee
Lake Worth’s Goldberg Grabs Co-angler Title
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (Feb. 18, 2019) – Boater Kail Stevens of Boynton Beach, Florida, caught a massive five-bass limit Saturday weighing 32 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Gator Division tournament on Lake Okeechobee. Stevens took home $4,766 for his efforts.
“We had a little cold front come through and it slowed everything down leading up to the tournament,” said Stevens, who earned his first career victory with FLW. “On Saturday, though, it seemed like a new wave of fish moved up.
“I was around the Monkey Box and Harney Pond and was fishing for bedding fish,” continued Stevens. “I didn’t know whether they were in or out yet. I started inside, shallow, where I could see bottom and I caught some smaller bucks. That told me they might be coming in, but they’re not in yet. I went out midway toward the main lake and caught a 7-pounder flipping cattails.”
Stevens said he caught the 7-pounder flipping a 4.25-inch black and blue Gambler Stinger.
“I fished through there and ended up back where I started, and on my first cast back I caught an 8-pound, 11-ouncer,” said Stevens. “Three casts later I caught a 6-pounder. I Power-Poled down and picked off two more 5-plus-pounders. I went from having 12 pounds to 25 or 26 pounds in 30 to 40 minutes.”
Stevens said those fish came on black and blue- and green-pumpkin-colored Gambler Big EZ swimbaits.
“In practice the water was dirtier, so I threw lighter colors, but in the tournament it cleared up so I went darker,” Stevens went on to say. ”All of my fish came from the same 100-yard stretch. It was definitely a day I’ll never forget.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Kail Stevens, Boynton Beach, Fla., five bass, 32-10, $4,766
2nd: Brandon Medlock, Lake Placid, Fla., five bass, 29-12, $1,883
3rd: Timothy Feller, Coral Springs, Fla., five bass, 27-2, $1,456
4th: Alex Terescenko, West Palm Beach, Fla., five bass, 26-1, $879
5th: Josh McDermott, Fishers, Ind., five bass, 25-2, $853
6th: Christian Greico, Tampa, Fla., five bass, 24-11, $690
7th: Trent Pardue, Troy, N.C., five bass, 24-3, $628
8th: Nicholas Anthony, Port Saint Lucie, Fla., five bass, 24-2, $565
9th: Val Osinski, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., five bass, 23-1, $502
10th: Chad Van Slyke, Cicero, N.Y., five bass, 23-0, $439
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Derek Savage of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, caught a 9-pound, 13-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $500.
Sam Goldberg of Lake Worth, Florida, won the Co-angler Division and $2,133 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 22 pounds, 5 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Sam Goldberg, Lake Worth, Fla., five bass, 22-5, $2,133
2nd: Shawn York, Sarasota, Fla., five bass, 21-5, $1,142
3rd: Joshua Weaver, Monroe, Ga., five bass, 17-14, $627
4th: Bill Osceola II, Ochopee, Fla., five bass, 17-5, $439
5th: Doug Caldwell, Indiantown, Fla., five bass, 17-0, $377
6th: Dalton Hottle, Monmouth, Ill., five bass, 16-13, $345
7th: Kazunori Okuma, Moriyama, Japan, five bass, 16-9, $314
8th: Stephanie Hutcheson, Orange City, Fla., five bass, 16-8, $332
9th: Kenneth Guy, Miramar, Fla., five bass, 15-13, $251
10th: Ricky Martes, Lake Worth, Fla., five bass, 15-9, $220
Goldberg also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 8 pounds, 4 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $250.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The T-H Marine FLW BFL Gator Division tournament on Lake Okeechobee was hosted by the Okeechobee County Tourist & Development Council.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
| PLACE | ANGLER | DAY 1&2 WT (Fish) |
WINNINGS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KAIL STEVENS | 32 - 10 (5) | $4,766 |
| 2 | BRANDON MEDLOCK | 29 - 12 (5) | $1,883 |
| 3 | TIMOTHY FELLER | 27 - 2 (5) | $1,456 |
| 4 | ALEX TERESCENKO | 26 - 1 (5) | $879 |
| 5 | JOSH MCDERMOTT | 25 - 2 (5) | $853 |
| 6 | CHRISTIAN GREICO | 24 - 11 (5) | $690 |
| 7 | TRENT PARDUE | 24 - 3 (5) | $628 |
| 8 | NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 24 - 2 (5) | $565 |
| 9 | VAL OSINSKI | 23 - 1 (5) | $502 |
| 10 | CHAD VAN SLYKE | 23 - 0 (5) | $439 |
| 11 | DERERK SAVAGE | 22 - 11 (5) | $895 |
| 12 | CASEY MARSH | 22 - 4 (5) | $364 |
| 13 | CHRIS MCBEATH | 22 - 1 (5) | $352 |
| 14 | MIKEY KEYSO JR | 21 - 12 (5) | $333 |
| 15 | NATHAN THOMAS | 21 - 5 (5) | $314 |
| 16 | MARK LUNDGREN | 20 - 8 (5) | $301 |
| 17 | JESSIE MIZELL | 20 - 1 (5) | $289 |
| 18 | JUSTIN MORGAN | 19 - 15 (5) | $276 |
| 19 | JARED MCMILLAN | 19 - 14 (5) | $264 |
| 20 | GREG HARP | 19 - 11 (5) | $251 |
| 21 | CHRISTOPHER JERDAN | 19 - 10 (5) | |
| 22 | MATTHEW WIETEHA | 19 - 6 (5) | |
| 23 | NEIL NIX | 18 - 8 (5) | |
| 24 | EDWIN BARTLETT | 18 - 6 (5) | |
| 25 | DONNY BASS | 18 - 5 (5) | |
| 26 | ANTHONY FORD | 18 - 0 (5) | |
| 27 | DEREK PETRUZELLI | 17 - 14 (5) | |
| 28 | VAN SOLES | 17 - 12 (5) | |
| 29 | JAMES MCLEES | 17 - 7 (5) | |
| 29 | SANTOS SOLIS | 17 - 7 (5) | |
| 31 | THOMAS MCLINSKEY | 17 - 2 (5) | |
| 32 | DAVID ANDERSON | 16 - 14 (5) | |
| 33 | DYLAN ETTINGER | 16 - 13 (5) | |
| 33 | SETH PATTERSON | 16 - 13 (5) | |
| 35 | JAI HUNTER SR | 16 - 6 (5) | |
| 36 | JASON BLAIR | 16 - 5 (5) | |
| 37 | JOHN KEENE SR | 16 - 2 (5) | |
| 38 | CHUCK WEBB | 16 - 0 (5) | |
| 39 | JAMES SOJKA | 15 - 10 (5) | |
| 40 | JAE EVANS | 15 - 8 (5) | |
| 41 | DENNIS CAMERON | 15 - 5 (5) | |
| 42 | TONY DAVIS | 15 - 1 (5) | |
| 43 | RAYMOND GUERRA | 14 - 15 (5) | |
| 44 | DAVID SHEFFIELD | 14 - 6 (5) | |
| 44 | BRADLEY MACQUEEN | 14 - 6 (5) | |
| 46 | STANLEY HUNT | 14 - 5 (5) | |
| 48 | RODNEY SIMMONS | 14 - 3 (5) | |
| 49 | GARY MILICEVIC | 14 - 2 (5) | $300 |
| 49 | TREVOR HAMLIN | 14 - 2 (5) | |
| 49 | LARRY BRANDENBURG | 14 - 2 (5) | |
| 52 | CHRIS CROW | 14 - 1 (5) | |
| 53 | MIKE VITITOE | 13 - 14 (5) | |
| 53 | BRETT CANNON | 13 - 14 (5) | |
| 55 | THOMAS LITTICH | 13 - 12 (5) | |
| 56 | NICHOLAS HOINIG | 13 - 8 (5) | |
| 57 | BILL TROYER | 13 - 7 (5) | |
| 58 | YOAN ALVAREZ | 13 - 6 (5) | |
| 59 | LIONEL BOTHA | 13 - 4 (5) | |
| 60 | KENNETH HARRIS | 13 - 1 (5) | |
| 61 | RICK MITCHELL | 12 - 15 (5) | |
| 62 | JIM HURLOCK JR. | 12 - 9 (5) | |
| 63 | LLOYD MEYERS JR | 12 - 7 (5) | |
| 63 | CHRIS KEITH | 12 - 7 (5) | |
| 65 | RONNIE BYERLY | 12 - 4 (5) | |
| 66 | CLAY BATSON | 12 - 3 (5) | |
| 67 | MIKE JACKSON | 12 - 2 (5) | |
| 68 | ERIC JOHNSON | 12 - 0 (5) | |
| 69 | ROBIN SHIVER | 11 - 10 (5) | |
| 70 | ROBERT CROSNOE | 11 - 9 (5) | |
| 71 | MASON BOYLAN | 11 - 8 (4) | |
| 72 | WILLIAM SCHMITT | 10 - 14 (4) | |
| 73 | BRIAN MACDOUGALL | 10 - 10 (5) | |
| 74 | DOUG BACK | 10 - 6 (5) | |
| 74 | MARK SOMMER | 10 - 6 (5) | |
| 76 | MIKE DAVIS | 10 - 3 (5) | |
| 77 | JONATHAN THOMPSON | 9 - 12 (4) | |
| 78 | DENNIS REDD | 9 - 4 (5) | |
| 79 | JONATHAN LECRONE | 9 - 2 (5) | |
| 80 | JOHN VIOX | 9 - 0 (5) | |
| 81 | STEVEN LAKE | 8 - 11 (5) | |
| 82 | DAVID BEAR | 8 - 10 (5) | |
| 83 | GERRY BROUSSEAU | 8 - 8 (5) | |
| 83 | TONY BENNETT | 8 - 8 (5) | |
| 85 | JOHN TAVANO | 8 - 3 (3) | |
| 85 | DONALD DUNNAM | 8 - 3 (3) | |
| 87 | MATT KINNEY | 8 - 2 (5) | |
| 88 | JIM JOSEPH | 7 - 5 (4) | |
| 89 | JOHN ADKINSON | 6 - 8 (5) | |
| 91 | CEDRIC PERRY | 5 - 11 (2) | |
| 92 | JOHN BITTER | 3 - 15 (2) | |
| 93 | RICHARD MONGIOVI | 3 - 12 (3) | |
| 94 | JOSHUA MORFIS | 2 - 8 (3) | |
| 95 | MICHAEL JOHNS | 1 - 1 (1) | |
| RAYMOND RUPP | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| PAUL DUNN | 0 - 0 (4) | ||
| TY FOX | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| VICKY BRACKIN | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| DOUGLAS GRANT | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| DANIEL BROWN | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| RANDY TERRELL | 0 - 0 (0) |
Tennessee’s Aaron Wins T-H Marine FLW BFL Opener on Lake Guntersville Presented by Navionics
Co-angler Title Goes to Indiana’s Lyons
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (Feb. 18, 2019) – Boater Chad Aaron of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, caught five bass Saturday weighing 25 pounds, 14 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Choo Choo Division season opener on Lake Guntersville presented by Navionics. For his win, Aaron earned $4,363.
“I was hitting small underwater eddies. They were specific – I had to cast within a couple of feet to get bit,” said Aaron, who earned his second career victory in FLW competition. “It’s something I’ve been doing on the Tennessee River for years – just playing the current deal. When there’s heavy rain and the water is stained and muddy in the wintertime and early spring, it sets up the way I like to fish.”
Aaron said he worked through eight eddies, mid-lake, and caught 12 keepers in the process. He used a ½- and ¾-ounce black jig with a Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed craw and custom 4- to 6-inch shad-colored swimbaits, noting that a 5-inch swimbait did especially well throughout the day.
“I just rotated through the baits as the spots reloaded,” said Aaron. “If they missed the swimbait, I’d throw the jig in there and they’d eat it – I caught three or four like that. When I’d catch one fish out of an eddy, I’d leave for 30 minutes. They were one-fish spots – they weren’t schools by any means.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Chad Aaron, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., five bass, 25-14, $4,363
2nd: Kent Keys, Anniston, Ala., five bass, 25-3, $2,082
3rd: Aaron Stephens, Hayden, Ala., five bass, 24-14, $1,787
4th: Derek Remitz, Grant, Ala., five bass, 23-5, $971
5th: Scott Towry, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., five bass, 21-10, $833
6th: Braden Marshall, Hixson, Tenn., five bass, 20-9, $763
7th: Dennis Barnes, Boaz, Ala., five bass, 20-7, $694
8th: Trey Gamble, Helena, Ala., five bass, 19-4, $625
9th: Ricky Parpolowicz, Decatur, Ala., five bass, 19-1, $555
10th: Cory Mathis, Newnan, Ga., five bass, 18-13, $486
Complete results below
Daniel Trevino Jr. of Langston, Alabama, caught an 8-pound, 12-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $580.
Mark Lyons of Marion, Indiana, won the Co-angler Division and $2,082 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 17 pounds, 14 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Mark Lyons, Marion, Ind., five bass, 17-14, $2,082
2nd: David Freeman, Hixson, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $1,041
3rd: Todd Harris, Athens, Tenn., five bass, 14-3, $692
4th: Cody Davis, Hico, Texas, five bass, 14-1, $486
5th: Marcus Corbett, Anniston, Ala., five bass, 13-8, $516
6th: Ethan Wheeler, Mayfield, Ky., five bass, 12-14, $432
7th: Steven Jacques, Addison, Ala., three bass, 12-11, $347
8th: Charles Billingsley, Huntsville, Ala., four bass, 12-5, $312
9th: Justin Stringer, Hartselle, Ala., three bass, 11-15, $278
10th: Matt Hardy, Guntown, Miss., two bass, 11-10, $243
Tracey Gearlds of Tullahoma, Tennessee and Tyler Youngblood of Ooltewah, Tennessee, each caught a bass weighing 8 pounds even in the Co-angler Division – tying for the day’s largest. As a result, the duo split the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $290.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
| PLACE | ANGLER | DAY 1&2 WT (Fish) |
WINNINGS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHAD AARON | 25 - 14 (5) | $4,163 |
| 2 | KENT KEYS | 25 - 3 (5) | $2,082 |
| 3 | AARON STEPHENS | 24 - 14 (5) | $1,887 |
| 4 | DEREK REMITZ | 23 - 5 (5) | $971 |
| 5 | SCOTT TOWRY | 21 - 10 (5) | $933 |
| 6 | BRADEN MARSHALL | 20 - 9 (5) | $763 |
| 7 | DENNIS BARNES | 20 - 7 (5) | $694 |
| 8 | TREY GAMBLE | 19 - 4 (5) | $625 |
| 9 | RICKY PARPOLOWICZ | 19 - 1 (5) | $555 |
| 10 | CORY MATHIS | 18 - 13 (5) | $486 |
| 11 | MEL KENNEDY | 18 - 6 (5) | $437 |
| 12 | DANIEL WHITAKER | 18 - 5 (5) | $402 |
| 13 | LUKE PLUNKETT | 17 - 8 (5) | $378 |
| 13 | JACKIE FLACK | 17 - 8 (5) | $378 |
| 15 | JASON HENSON | 17 - 0 (4) | $347 |
| 16 | WESLEY SMITH | 16 - 10 (5) | $333 |
| 17 | KADIN DICK | 16 - 4 (5) | $319 |
| 18 | SCOTT CHEYNE | 16 - 0 (5) | $305 |
| 19 | AUSTIN BANTHER | 15 - 13 (4) | $291 |
| 20 | KENNY EVERETTE | 15 - 5 (5) | $274 |
| 20 | GREG LAMB | 15 - 5 (5) | $274 |
| 22 | KENNETH GROVER | 15 - 3 (5) | $264 |
| 23 | WILL BEUTJER | 15 - 0 (4) | $257 |
| 24 | GIL SUMMERLIN | 14 - 5 (5) | |
| 25 | DALE ROWLAND | 14 - 1 (5) | |
| 26 | BRENT BARNES | 13 - 14 (5) | |
| 27 | KAISLE LAWSON | 13 - 13 (3) | |
| 28 | GAVIN AINSLIE | 13 - 4 (5) | |
| 29 | JAY FAGAN | 13 - 1 (4) | |
| 30 | ZACH BRITTON | 12 - 9 (4) | |
| 30 | WILLIAM WADDELL | 12 - 9 (4) | |
| 30 | NICK CUPPS | 12 - 9 (4) | |
| 30 | JUSTIN WIMBERLEY | 12 - 9 (4) | |
| 34 | THOMAS HELTON | 12 - 0 (5) | |
| 35 | LEE BLACK | 11 - 14 (3) | |
| 36 | LAKER HOWELL | 11 - 7 (5) | |
| 37 | DANIEL TREVINO JR | 11 - 2 (2) | $580 |
| 37 | JEFF RISBECK | 11 - 2 (3) | |
| 39 | DAX EWART | 11 - 1 (2) | |
| 39 | STEVE BARNES | 11 - 1 (5) | |
| 39 | JETT LOACH | 11 - 1 (4) | |
| 42 | SCOTTY ESTES | 10 - 7 (2) | |
| 43 | COLBY HARRISON | 10 - 4 (4) | |
| 44 | DANNY SHELL | 10 - 3 (4) | |
| 45 | MARSHALL DEAKINS | 10 - 2 (3) | |
| 46 | JOHN POLLY | 10 - 1 (2) | |
| 47 | ROY GALBRAITH | 9 - 7 (2) | |
| 48 | JEFF CANNON | 8 - 13 (4) | |
| 49 | TIM WILSON | 8 - 10 (3) | |
| 50 | TAYLOR PARKER | 8 - 7 (4) | |
| 51 | CODY SCHULTZ | 7 - 13 (2) | |
| 52 | MARK CONDRON | 7 - 10 (3) | |
| 53 | TYLER THOMPSON | 7 - 8 (2) | |
| 54 | COREY MCMULLEN | 7 - 7 (3) | |
| 55 | RANDALL ALLEN | 7 - 4 (2) | |
| 56 | CASEY MARTIN | 7 - 3 (3) | |
| 57 | RICKY CHAPPELL | 6 - 14 (1) | |
| 58 | Myles MURRAY | 6 - 0 (2) | |
| 59 | KENNETH SMITH | 5 - 9 (2) | |
| 60 | GENE BARNETTE | 5 - 3 (2) | |
| 61 | BRIAN MERRIMAN | 4 - 11 (2) | |
| 62 | JOEL GREEN | 4 - 10 (2) | |
| 63 | JACK MORRIS | 3 - 11 (1) | |
| 63 | MASON SMITH | 3 - 11 (1) | |
| 65 | BRAD HARMON | 3 - 8 (1) | |
| 66 | DAVID CHAPMAN | 3 - 7 (1) | |
| 67 | CHRIS PETERS | 3 - 2 (1) | |
| 68 | JIMMY RAWLSTON | 3 - 1 (1) | |
| 68 | MARK TROUSDALE | 3 - 1 (1) | |
| 70 | SHAWN DIEHL | 2 - 7 (1) | |
| 71 | GREG SALLEE | 2 - 6 (1) | |
| 72 | DANIEL DAVIS | 2 - 5 (1) | |
| 72 | TERRY TUCKER | 2 - 5 (1) | |
| 72 | SCOTT WRIGHT | 2 - 5 (1) | |
| 75 | JOHN PEMBERTON JR | 2 - 2 (1) | |
| 76 | CASEY O'DONNELL | 1 - 13 (1) | |
| KELVIN YOUNG | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| TONY HARVEY | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| RYAN SALZMAN | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| BRIAN HOLCOMB | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| CASEY TAYLOR | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| DAVID BYARS | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JEFF RAGSDALE | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JAMES SWINDLE | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| BEN JOHNSON | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| BOBBY MCDILL | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| GARRETT ROBERTS | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| SCOTT GIBBS | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| GARY THACKER | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| ZACH CRIDER | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JIM PITTS | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| MIKE ARY | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JAMES SWINDLE | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| CHUCK MEDLEY | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JIM LEARY | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| CHAD BIDDLE | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| GREG BUIE | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| MIKE GIPSON | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JUSTIN LYNCH | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| HAROLD WILSON | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| MICHAEL HOOD | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| BRYAN DOWDY | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| HERMILO SALGADO | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| WILL YELVERTON | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| MATTHEW PAIN | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JOSH BENFORD | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| CHASE FLEEMAN | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| WAYNE CHRISTOPHER | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| CURTIS PERSINGER | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| ANDREW WARBINGTON | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JONATHAN VINSON | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| RYAN PHILLIPS | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JORDAN WIGGINS | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JOHNATHON NIXON | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| JAKE GIPSON | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| DOUGLAS WEBSTER | 0 - 0 (0) | ||
| CHRISTOPHER GENTRY | 0 - 0 (0) |
Richards & Brewer Top a record field of over 600 anglers on Toledo Bend with 33.15 lbs for Bass Champs Win!
Richards & Brewer Top a record field of over 600 anglers on Toledo Bend with 33.15 lbs & take home over $30,000 in cash & prizes.
| ce | Boat | Truck | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | Fish | Big Bass | Wt. | Prize Amt. | |
| 1 | |
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COLE BREWER LEESVILLE , LA |
ROB RICHARDS SPRING , TX |
5 | 9.29 | 33.15 |
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| 2 | CODY PITT MANY , LA |
JAMES BROOKS FLORIEN , LA |
5 | 8.73 | 30.23 |
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| 3 | |
RICKY MADOLE MANY , LA |
RONNIE MADOLE SHREVEPORT , LA |
5 | 0 | 22.52 |
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| 4 | ANDY GAIA TOMBALL , TX |
BRIAN TOLLEY KATY , TX |
5 | 8.27 | 20.29 |
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| 5 | JOHN MADDOX LUFKIN , TX |
JEFFERY WISE LUFKIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 20.15 |
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| 6 | JONATHAN SIMON ORANGE , TX |
COREY STANLEY ORANGE , TX |
5 | 7.60 | 19.55 |
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| 7 | JOSHUA SIKES PINEVILLE , LA |
SAMUEL CANOE GEORGETOWN , LA |
5 | 0 | 19.09 |
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| 8 | RICHY BALLARD SULPHUR , LA |
LEE BALLARD OAKDALE , LA |
5 | 0 | 19.06 |
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| 9 | PHILLIP CRELIA CENTER , TX |
TJ GOODWYN CENTER , TX |
5 | 0 | 19.05 |
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| 10 | |
BEAU LOUGHMAN MANSUCCA , LA |
DUSTY WOOD STONEWALL , LA |
5 | 0 | 18.79 |
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| 11 | DUANE PITTMAN PRAIRIEVILLE , LA |
ZACHARY GAGNARD MANY , LA |
5 | 0 | 18.71 |
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| 12 | |
JARRED WILLIAMS BUNKIE , LA |
MATHEW ARMAND HESSNER , LA |
5 | 0 | 18.63 |
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| 13 | BRENT BOQUET | SETH BELANGER | 5 | 0 | 18.29 |
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| 14 | ANDRE MARTIN LENA , LA |
GLEN FREEMAN ZWOLLE , LA |
5 | 0 | 18.26 |
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| 15 | |
COLE STEWART HEMPHILL , TX |
BRANDON BAKER HEMPHILL , TX |
5 | 0 | 18.14 |
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| 16 | MARTIN ELSHOUT ABITA SPRINGS , LA |
MARK PRICE RUSTON , LA |
5 | 0 | 18.01 |
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| 17 | |
JOHN BURTON NEDERLAND , TX |
MICHAEL DORSEY ORANGE , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.65 |
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| 18 | |
DOUG PERKINS PORTER , TX |
BRAD HENSLEY CLEVELAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.64 |
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| 19 | |
EASTON HEIGLEY BROOKELAND , TX |
BLAKE SCHROEDER WHITEHOUSE , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.51 |
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| 20 | AARON FREEMAN THE WOODLANDS , TX |
BEN MATSUBU MILAM , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.26 |
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| 20 | |
STEVEN HANNA BEAUMONT , TX |
ANTHONY BAKER BEAUMONT , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.26 |
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| 22 | BENJAMIN GULETT CONVERSE , LA |
DUSTIN RIVERS NOBLE , LA |
5 | 0 | 17.21 |
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| 23 | |
DOUG MCCAIN LAKE CHARLES , LA |
MASON MCCAIN HUNTSVILLE , AL |
5 | 0 | 17.10 |
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| 24 | |
JEFF HOLDER BOSSIER CITY , LA |
TERRY BURGHART SHREVEPORT , LA |
4 | 0 | 17.01 |
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| 25 | |
RONNIE GUNTER LILLIE , LA |
JERRY THOMPSON MANY , LA |
5 | 0 | 16.77 |
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| 26 | MATT MORRIS STONEWALL , LA |
BILLY GASTON SHREVEPORT , TX |
4 | 0 | 16.44 |
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| 27 | GEORGE GLASS DERRIDER , LA |
TRENT MANUEL ORANGE , TX |
4 | 0 | 16.42 |
|
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| 28 | |
CHANCE ARCENEAUX LAKE CHARLES , LA |
DWIGHT ABSHIRE SANTA FE , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.36 |
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| 28 | TRAVIS BURCH GARDNER , KS |
BRANDON ACKERSON AFTON , OK |
4 | 0 | 16.36 |
|
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| 30 | TODD NEWMAN NACODOCHES , TX |
SHANNON HALE NACOGDOCHES , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.35 |
|
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| 31 | |
KEVIN MASON COLDSPRING , TX |
BUD PRUITT HOUSTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.28 |
|
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| 32 | |
KEVIN WALKER JR BUNA , TX |
JEFF BRIDGES LUMBERTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.27 |
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| 33 | GREG MCDONALD CENTER , TX |
AARON GILCHRIST SHELBYVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.09 |
|
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| 34 | CHANTZ WILKINSON PINEVILLE , LA |
DOUGLAS WILKINSON PINEVILLE , LA |
5 | 0 | 16.08 |
|
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| 35 | LARRY BYRD LAKE CHARLES , LA |
TRAVIS BROUSSARD LAKE CHARLES , LA |
4 | 0 | 16.05 |
|
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| 36 | |
RUSTY CLARK SAM RAYBURN , TX |
CORY RAMBO ORANGE , TX |
4 | 0 | 16.01 |
|
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| 37 | LESLIE HARPER HEMPHILL , TX |
GARY FRICK HEMPHILL , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.86 |
|
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| 38 | |
SHELBY SHAW HUNTSVILLE , TX |
LANCE HUGHES TIMPSON , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.84 |
|
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| 39 | KURT LUKER CLEVELAND , TX |
RICHIE THORNTON SPLENDORA , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.81 |
|
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| 40 | TREY MORGAN GOLDONNA , LA |
JOHN CANERDAY CALVIN , LA |
5 | 0 | 15.74 |
|
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| 40 | GERALD MITCHELL JENA , LA |
JASON LEBRUN CHOUDRANT , LA |
5 | 0 | 15.74 |
|
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| 42 | |
BILL DAIGLE LAFAYETTE , LA |
ANDRE CHAPMAN CHURCH POINT , LA |
5 | 0 | 15.64 |
|
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| 43 | JUSTIN BUCHHOLZ BEAUMONT , TX |
TRENT BUCHHOLZ BEAUMONT , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.54 |
|
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| 44 | RANDY BROUSSARD HACKBERRY , LA |
RICHIE KOONCE WESTLAKE , LA |
5 | 0 | 15.22 |
|
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| 45 | BRANNON MIRE YOUNGSVILLE , LA |
ERIC ARNOLD LAFAYETTE , LA |
5 | 0 | 15.15 |
|
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| 46 | |
CHAD PRIMOS SHREVEPORT , LA |
BRIAN HEADRICK DEBERRY , TX |
3 | 7.93 | 15.13 |
|
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| 47 | JOHNNY WINFREE MANSFIELD , LA |
JOSHUA WINFREE CONVERSE , LA |
5 | 0 | 15.00 |
|
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| 48 | |
TY HUMPHRIES STONEWALL , LA |
COLBY HAND SHREVEPORT , LA |
4 | 0 | 14.99 |
|
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| 49 | |
JON HAND SHREVEPORT , LA |
KYLE HAND SHREVEPORT , LA |
5 | 0 | 14.89 |
|
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| 50 | |
|
NATHAN BYRD MIDLOTHIAN , TX |
JOE BYRD SPRING , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.82 |
|
|
| 51 | WILL CARSTENS ALEXANDRIA , LA |
ROSS BRYANT ALEXANDRIA , LA |
4 | 0 | 14.53 |
|
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| 52 | JASON BONDS LUFKIN , TX |
JAMES NITSHKE LUFKIN , TX |
4 | 0 | 14.50 |
|
|||
| 53 | KELLY OWENS CROWLEY , LA |
JORDAN OWENS CROWLEY , LA |
5 | 0 | 14.46 |
|
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| 54 | JOHNNY VINES GROVES , TX |
SHANNON PRICE PORT ARTHUR , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.37 |
|
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| 54 | SAM HUCKABEE SHREVEPORT , LA |
ROBERT CHAMBERLAIN SHREVEPORT , LA |
5 | 0 | 14.37 |
|
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| 56 | BOBBY VICE GROVES , TX |
RICKY GUY HUMBLE , TX |
3 | 9.55 | 14.34 |
|
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| 57 | BUDDY BUMSTEAD KOUNTZE , TX |
DANNY CHERRY KIRBYVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.31 |
|
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| 58 | STUART VILLIEN DUSON , LA |
KIPP THERIOT YOUNGSVILLE , LA |
5 | 0 | 14.25 |
|
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| 59 | |
TODD JACKSON SHREVEPORT , LA |
GARY CREEL BOSSIER CITY , LA |
5 | 0 | 14.20 |
|
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| 60 | JUSTIN SOWELL SILSBEE , TX |
DAVID GORE KOUNTZE , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.12 |
|
|||
| 61 | CODY NORRED GLOSTER , LA |
ROBERT HENDERSON JR STONEWALL , LA |
5 | 0 | 13.98 |
|
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| 62 | |
CRAIG MECHE CHURCH POINT , TX |
RANDY CHAMPAGNE PAYNE , LA |
5 | 0 | 13.85 |
|
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| 63 | CLAY DARDEAU RAGLEY , LA |
CRAIG BEAN LAKE CHARLES , LA |
5 | 0 | 13.84 |
|
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| 64 | |
TYLER TATE BEAUMONT , TX |
BLAKE CAIN BEAUMONT , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.65 |
|
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| 65 | PERRY MOSS SHREVEPORT , LA |
PATRICK PARSONS SHREVEPORT , LA |
4 | 0 | 13.59 |
|
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| 66 | |
BRAD GRIFFIN CARTHAGE , TX |
TIM ATKERSON LONGBRANCH , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.37 |
|
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| 67 | |
ERIC WILSON MARSHALL , TX |
HOWARD WILSON NACOGDOCHES , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.20 |
|
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| 68 | |
ROBBIE JOHNSON GOODRICH , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.18 |
|
|||
| 69 | |
DAMON CHILDRESS ORANGE , TX |
ROBERT CRUSE LUMBERTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.03 |
|
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| 70 | |
CHAD KEMP BRIDGE CITY , TX |
BRENT KEMP ORANGE , TX |
4 | 0 | 12.99 |
|
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| 71 | BRANDON VAUGHAN AZLE , TX |
BOBBY BADARACK FT WORTH , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.97 |
|
|||
| 72 | ALEX STEWART GOLDONNA , LA |
BRAYDEN STEWART GOLDONNA , LA |
5 | 0 | 12.96 |
|
|||
| 73 | |
CALVIN JOHNSTON KINGWOOD , TX |
THOMAS BEENE SHREVEPORT , LA |
5 | 0 | 12.92 |
|
||
| 74 | MATTHEW DELANEY POLLOCK , LA |
MATTHEW NUGENT DRY PRONG , LA |
5 | 0 | 12.84 |
|
|||
| 75 | LUKE OGDEN DELHI , LA |
JAKE OGDEN DELHI , LA |
5 | 0 | 12.77 |
|
|||
| 76 | DOUG MORROW HOUSTON , TX |
KENNY CORLEY | 5 | 0 | 12.49 |
|
|||
| 77 | STEVE PHILLIPS DIBOLL , TX |
CHAD YORK LUFKIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.35 |
|
|||
| 78 | DOUGLAS SCHYSM RAGLEY , LA |
CHRIS GALLENDER VILLAGE MILLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.25 |
|
|||
| 79 | |
TIM WILCOXSON ROCKWALL , TX |
TIM WILCOXSON EDGEWOOD , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.22 |
|
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| 80 | JERRY BAILEY LEESVILLE , LA |
CODY CARLISLE DERIDDER , LA |
5 | 0 | 12.04 |
|
|||
| 81 | CASEY BURLEIGH ORANGE , TX |
JOSH RODGERS BEAUMONT , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.01 |
|
|||
| 81 | |
THOMAS DECLET JR THIBODAUX , LA |
THOMAS DECLET SR HEMPHILL , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.01 |
|
||
| 83 | |
COLBY BRYANT HOUSTON , TX |
JEFF RANDOLPH HUNTSVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.90 |
|
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| 84 | |
JAMES BLYTHE JR ELM GROVE , LA |
EDDIE MORGAN BOSSIER CITY , LA |
5 | 0 | 11.87 |
|
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| 85 | COREY THERIOT LAKE CHARLES , LA |
CODY REBER BELL CITY , LA |
5 | 0 | 11.83 |
|
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| 85 | RICKEY ELLIOTT SPRING , TX |
RALPH MEISENHEIMER EDMOND , OK |
5 | 0 | 11.83 |
|
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| 85 | |
WARREN CONNER MAGNOLIA , TX |
MIKE HANKS HEMPHILL , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.83 |
|
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| 88 | CRAIG MASSEY HOUSTON , TX |
SCOTT HOLIFIELD GRAND BAY , AL |
5 | 0 | 11.78 |
|
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| 89 | FRANK LITTLE MANY , LA |
MARK RICHARD BROOKELAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.52 |
|
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| 90 | STEPHEN MITCHELL JONESVILLE , LA |
HEATHER ASHWORTH JONESVILLE , LA |
3 | 0 | 11.18 |
|
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| 91 | |
TIM BAKER FLINT , TX |
BRYAN CASE KOUNTZE , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.16 |
|
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| 92 | |
BRANDON THRASH DOWNSVILLE , LA |
MICHAEL WOLFF MONROE , LA |
2 | 0 | 10.97 |
|
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| 93 | |
STUART WELCH ORANGE , TX |
WESLEY MURDOCK VIDOR , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.92 |
|
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| 94 | |
CHARLIE BROWN III FLINT , TX |
MATTHEW MCCLELLAN TYLER , TX |
3 | 0 | 10.57 |
|
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| 95 | CHUCK NAOMI BRANCH , LA |
RICHIE OLIVIER CHURCH POINT , LA |
3 | 0 | 10.22 |
|
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| 96 | |
ARCHIE DORE II NATCHITOCHES , LA |
ANDY BARNES NATCHITOCHES , LA |
3 | 0 | 10.21 |
|
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| 97 | SHANE BARNES MIDWAY , TX |
MATTHEW BENEFIELD HUFFMAN , TX |
4 | 0 | 9.66 |
|
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| 98 | |
BEN SOUTH JASPER , TX |
BRYAN SOUTH JASPER , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.53 |
|
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| 99 | DON BRINSON WACO , TX |
DAVID BATTREALL TEMPLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.95 |
|
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| 100 | JOE MAZZURCO HEMPHILL , TX |
JASON GRIFFIN CONROE , TX |
4 | 0 | 8.40 |
|
|||
| 101 | GREG OSTERTAG MT VERNON , TX |
BRENT EDWARDS MIDLOTHIAN , TX |
2 | 0 | 8.07 |
|
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| 102 | ROBBY JONES ORANGE , TX |
PAUL WOODS BUNA , TX |
4 | 0 | 7.60 |
|
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| 103 | |
KERRY CAMPBELL GOODRICH , TX |
1 | 7.23 | 7.23 |
|
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| 104 | |
BRANDON PICOU LAKE CHARLES , LA |
ANDREW DELANO BUNA , TX |
2 | 0 | 6.69 |
|
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| 105 | CHRIS KING BEAUMONT , TX |
HOLLY KEEN SHERRMAN , TX |
3 | 0 | 6.43 |
|
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| 106 | |
ALLEN SHELTON FARMERS BRANCH , TX |
STRIDER BROWNING GUN BARREL CITY , TX |
2 | 0 | 5.87 |
|
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| 107 | KEVIN IZZI SMITHVILLE , TX |
CHRISTOPHER IZZI SMITHVILLE , TX |
2 | 0 | 4.89 |
|
|||
| 108 | TED PRIESING DALLAS , TX |
VIRGIL CHANEY JASPER , TX |
2 | 0 | 4.27 |
|
|||
| 109 | JERREL PRINGLE HEMPHILL , TX |
KEITH KEELE TENAHA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
RANDY DESPINO COLFAX , LA |
KEVIN LASYONE DRY PRONG , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
ROY GEESEY CROWLEY , LA |
CHARLES ANZALONE CROWLEY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | MIKE TAYLOR JASPER , TX |
RANDY DEARMAN ONALASKA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | TEDDY CLOIDE VIDOR , TX |
WESLEY DAWSON CHESTER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | TERRY HELGESON LEESVILLE , LA |
CHRIS HELGESON TEMPLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | LARRY TODD RINGGOLD , LA |
BRYAN SMITH CARTHAGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | KEN SMITH RICHARDSON , TX |
CHET SLAYDON DE RIDDER , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
PHILIP HANKS BUNA , TX |
RODNEY SAMMONS BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | NICHOLAS ANDRUS BUSHLAND , TX |
CHRIS COMEAUX BASILE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
TED ODELL BUNA , TX |
TRACE ODELL BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
JOHNNY PETERSON MONROE , LA |
JEFF PEARSON WEST MONROE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | PHIL MARKS DALLAS , TX |
BRET STAFFORD TEMPLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
DONNIE PICKARD BRIDGE CITY , TX |
ALAN ASHBY ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
|
MIKE RICHARDSON THORNDALE , TX |
CLIFF BROWN HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|
| 109 | LARRY BENEFIELD HUFFMAN , TX |
JIMMY ROZELL JR PORTER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
MIKE GARRETT HUMBLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | GEORGE HERR MANY , LA |
TODD DRISCOLL JASPER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
LANCE DUFF LUMBERTON , TX |
COLE COSTLOW LIBERTY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
LARRY WEPPLER HOUSTON , TX |
DENNIS FIKES HOUSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
KEITH HAWKINS MISSOURI CITY , TX |
J. DUCK HAWKINS IRVING , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | TODD HUGHES GOODRICH , TX |
SIMON HUGHES LIVINGSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | THOMAS GUILFORD WIMBERLEY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||||
| 109 | |
SHAWN OQUINN LAVERNIA , TX |
KURT HANKS CARLYSS , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | LAMAR THIBODEAUX CROWLEY , LA |
LARRY HEBERT CROWLEY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | RANDY QUALLS STREETMAN , TX |
MIKE METCALF JASPER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | GARY MCDONALD CENTER , TX |
CLARENCE DENBY ETOILE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
JOHN MCDIFFITT GRANBURY , TX |
BOBBY VINCENT HUDSON OAKS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | CHRIS CLEMENS LUFKIN , TX |
DALLAS COLE LEESVILLE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | RANDY PATIN LAFAYETTE , LA |
SHANNON THIBODEAUX HEMPHILL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | CLINT WEST BEAUMONT , TX |
NATHAN PRINE BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
CJ NICHOLS ALEXANDRIA , LA |
RAY BECK BROOKELANDL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
ROBERT GLENDE KIRBYVILLE , TX |
CLINT FOUNTAIN KIRBYVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | MIKE EDWARDS EMORY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||||
| 109 | |
SHANE HILTON ALEXANDRIA , LA |
DUSTY ANDERS DEVILLE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | KRIS WILSON MONTGOMERY , TX |
BRYAN LOHR LUMBERTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
RANDY HANNA ZAVALLA , TX |
JASON DEW PINELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
GENE BAGLEY BEAUMONT , TX |
MITCH STEPHENSON BEAUMONT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
KEVIN BURKS KOUNTZE , TX |
JASON GATES KOUNTZE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | SAMMY CHRISTIAN LUMBERTON , TX |
ALLAN SHIVERS JASPER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | CLAYTON BOULWARE ZAVALLA , TX |
ALBERT COLLINS NACOGDOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
COLE MASSEY JUSTIN , TX |
COLE TEMPLE ARGYLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
BILL COOK HOUSTON , TX |
BOB VOTE KINGWOOD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
JOE DAW MONTGOMERY , TX |
SHANE ALLMAN BROOKELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
BARTON BLAKELOCK WOELDER , TX |
JAMES BENEDICT TOLBERT , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 109 | VIC COOPER SHELBYVILLE , TX |
JASON WELLS CENTER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 109 | SCOOTER CLARK CENTER , TX |
RYAN PINKSTON CENTER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 109 | JARRETT LATTA CEDAR PARK , TX |
BRIAN LOWRANCE NACOGDOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 109 | |
|
ERIC HUNT BUNA , TX |
STEVEN MOORHEAD JASPER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
KEITH IVY JR PONDER , TX |
TOMMY MURRAY BEDFORD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 109 | JASON MCRAE HENDERSON , TX |
TRAVIS MARTIN HENDERSON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 109 | |
ROB FEAGIN YANTIS , TX |
ERIC WRIGHT BALCH SPRINGS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | CLIFFORD MCCARTY LONGVIEW , TX |
BOBBY GUY TEXARKANA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | LAMARCUS MCCRAY HOUSTON , TX |
JAMES ROZELL HOUSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
DEREK MONG MANY , LA |
TAMMY MONG MANY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | SHAWN VERINSKY LUMBERTON , TX |
BLAKE COLE GROVES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | SEAN MECHE LAKE CHARLES , LA |
RODNEY OWENS RAGLEY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
MICHAEL LAFLEUR ORANGEFIELD , TX |
JOHN DICKERSON ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 109 | NORMAN LAND CLEVELAND , TX |
TRAVIS MOORE CLEVELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
TERRY LUEDTKE BURTON , TX |
DOYLE REEVES BURTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | WAYNE TRIANA JR NACOGDOCHES , TX |
CARY WALKER NACODOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
ANDREW FATERKOWSKI MONTGOMERY , TX |
BILLY DRIGGERS HUNTSVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 109 | PURDELL SIGLER CENTER , TX |
MICHAEL GARDNER CENTER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
AARON GUNN TOMBALL , TX |
JESSE LAMPKIN SPRING , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
HAROLD ALLEN SHELBYVILLE , TX |
MATT LOETSCHER MANY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | CHRIS BERRY HOUSTON , TX |
KYLE GUIDRY OPELOUSAS , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | OSCAR LANGELE JR MANY , LA |
JAMES CAMPISE ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
RUSSELL GLENEWINKEL CONROE , TX |
JEFF WHARTON TOMBALL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | ED MELTON HOUSTON , TX |
ANTHONY JONES IRVING , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | RICHARD SURATT LAKE CHARLES , LA |
BRIAN EDWARDS DRY PONG , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
STEVE WOODIE SOUR LAKE , TX |
FOYCE WINN VIDOR , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
CHARLES HICKMAN HUNTINGTON , TX |
TERRY HICKMAN KINGWOOD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
DANIEL HICKMAN HUNTINGTON , TX |
DUSTIN ALEXANDER HOCKLEY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
JOHNNY FRANKS HEMPHILL , TX |
THOMAS TRIPP MISSOURI CITY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | LARRY PEACHER BENTLEY , LA |
DWAYNE ROBERIE LAFAYETTE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | ERIC MCGAHA MONTGOMERY , TX |
KRIS WERNECKE CYPRESS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
COLE GARRETT WINNFIELD , LA |
ALAN CARSON CALVIN , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | BRYAN CARETHERS SILSBEE , TX |
JUSTIN HOLMES LUMBERTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | RUSTY NEUGEBAUER MONTGOMERY , TX |
DEREK TAYLOR MONTGOMERY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | BUZ CRAFT VADILIA , LA |
ERNIE PAUL LONGVIEW , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | ERIC SMITH ERATH , LA |
NOLAN GASKIN BROUSSARD , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | BLAKE ISTRE ORANGE , TX |
CHRIS MCCLAIN DEWEYVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
LANE MCGAHA DUBACH , LA |
JUSTIN CROMWELL CALHOUN , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | RIVER LEE NACOGDOCHES , TX |
HUNTER MUNCRIEF PINELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | BRETT HORTMAN WEST MONROE , LA |
STEVE GRAF NATCHITOCHES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JOSH SOWELL CENTER , TX |
ZAC CLARK CENTER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
BLAYNE PREJEAN CARENCRO , LA |
BART OLIVIER SUNSET , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | MICHAEL COTTER ARLINGTON , TX |
GREGORY DEGRANT CROWLEY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | KENNY COBB HODGE , LA |
BOBBY LOGAN COUSHATTA , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
ANTHONY GUIDRY KAPLAN , LA |
ZACHARY GUIDRY KAPLAN , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
DANNY BENNETT HUNTSVILLE , TX |
MICHAEL BENNETT LUCAS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | SCOTT BARNETT MANSFIELD , TX |
LOGAN SHERRER KARNACK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
CHAD COLE BENTON , LA |
STEPHEN NEWELL SHREVEPORT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
CHRIS HUEBEL NEDERLAND , TX |
DON GOULD MAURICEVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | JOEY POHL CARMINE , TX |
JODY POHL CYPRESS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
SCOTTY VILLINES COMPTON , AR |
RUSSELL LEWIS PINEVILLE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
DANNY LASHLEY BOYCE , LA |
MICHAEL IVEY OTIS , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | ALEC CASTONGUAY ROYSE CITY , TX |
WYATT FRANKENS CORRIGAN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | TOMMY SHELTON MONTGOMERY , TX |
TRAVIS STEWART COLMESNEIL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JOHN BARRERA MILAM , TX |
AMANDA KING BANGS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | BRANDON DAVIDSON LITTLE ELM , TX |
JIM FURR HEMPHILL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | MATTHEW BOYT CONVERSE , LA |
DUSTIN BOYT CONVERSE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
TOBY JONES STONEWALL , LA |
CARL JONES DAYTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | RICHARD MORRIS TRINITY , TX |
BRIAN KING TIMPSON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
JASON WILLIAMS NEDERLAND , TX |
RYAN ROSS PORT NECHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
JERALD PEACOCK JR BUNA , TX |
LESLIE WOODALL BRIDGE CITY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 109 | |
MIKE WINSLOW NEWCANEY , TX |
BILLY POWERS MONTGOMERY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | JIM CULP TULSA , OK |
THOMAS BOWDEN SR LAFAYETTE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | DUSTY MOBLEY CHATHAM , LA |
JUSTIN WYATT JONESBORO , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | GIL LEGER LAKE CHARLES , LA |
SCOTT EASTMAN LAKE CHARLES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JACOB JOHNSON LAKE CHARLES , LA |
SHANE CORMIER RAGLEY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JOSEPH CHILDERS SULPHUR , LA |
DARREN YOUNGBLOOD SULPHUR , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | COREY HARMON PORT NECHES , TX |
TRENT JAMES ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JOEL MAYFIELD PERKINSTON , MS |
JAY WILLIAMS D IBERVILLE , MS |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | CHARLES HUMPHREY NEW CANEY , TX |
BEN SMITH NEW CANEY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | MIKE ATCHLEY MOSCOW , TX |
PAUL SHIRLEY LEGGETT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JOE WILKERSON MANY , LA |
JEREMY GENTRY MANY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JOSEPH LAFLEUR ORANGE , TX |
ROWDY SLAUGHTER BROOKELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | TROY WILLIAMSON SHEPHERD , TX |
CHARLES WOODDELL NEED INFO |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
JESSE RAWLS BROWNSBORO , TX |
DANIEL COX BROWNSBORO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | GARY DENTON ORANGE , TX |
JIMMY MOORE ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
TOMMY WOODARD CONROE , TX |
CHRIS JACOBUS LONGVIEW , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | KURTICE FLOYD NEWTON , TX |
GREG LEBLANC NEDERLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
HAYWOOD WALLACE HUFFMAN , TX |
STUART WALLACE ADDIS , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
SETH HAUSMAN NACOGDOCHES , TX |
TYLER HAM ROCKWALL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
KEELAN MANUEL SULPHUR , LA |
JOSH DUNAWAY SULPHUR , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
GARY REPPOND ZAVALLA , TX |
CURTIS SMITH LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | MICHAEL RISINGER WEST MONROE , LA |
SONTUS MITCHELL RUSTON , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
JACK TINDEL III ORANGE , TX |
DALTON SOLIZ ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
ANTHONY THOMPSON SHREVEPORT , LA |
JEFF PATE TEXARKANA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | JASON MANNERS CLEVELAND , TX |
JORDAN MANNERS CLEVELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | STEPHEN THOMAS WOODVILLE , TX |
TAYLOR WELDON VIDOR , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
CHRIS WILEY POLLOCK , LA |
JOHN BURNLEY STONEWALL , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
HARLAN DUBOIS WINNFIELD , LA |
RICKY ANTEE SULPHUR , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | RICKY BLANKINSHIP HOMER , LA |
DAVID CURTIS BROOKLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JEFF SIAU BUNA , TX |
WILLIAM LEWIS KIRBYVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JACKSON COOPER DRY PRONG , LA |
JACKSON COOPER DRY PRONG , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
LUCAS RAGUSA GONZALES , LA |
BLAKE CANELLA PLAQUEMINE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
STEPHEN SHANNON ARLINGTON , TX |
JACOB SHANNON ARLINGTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | STEPHAN BURGAY TIMPSON , TX |
WILL LLOYD SHELBYVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | KEVIN SLAYDON DERIDDER , LA |
JAKEY LEWING MANY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
GARY BOUDOIN NEDERLAND , TX |
JOHN HATTON BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | JASON FONTENOT LAKE CHARLES , LA |
BRETT USIE HOUMA , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | CHRISTOPHER MOORE STONEWALL , LA |
PHILLIP THOMAS BOSSIER CITY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JOSK FOLKS KEITHVILLE , LA |
DENNIS SEBREN SHREVEPORT , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
JAMES PRUITT HOUSTON , TX |
RICK JOHNSON CONROE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | RYAN MARTIN WEST MONROE , LA |
MICHAEL MUSGROVE BASTROP , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
BENJI DUMAS MINDEN , LA |
JIMMY DUCK III CENTER , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | THOMAS MCMILLAN CHOUDRANT , LA |
TERRY MORRIS SPEARSVILLE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | IVAN DAIGS RUSTON , LA |
RANDY BRANCH RUSTON , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | RICHARD ALLEN ANACOCO , LA |
TREVOR WEST PITKIN , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | CODY BEASLEY ROBELINE , LA |
JOHN HOARE NATCHITOCHES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | COLTON BOLES POLLOK , TX |
BUD BOLES POLLOK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | LEE SHEARIN BRIDGE CITY , TX |
MICHEAL ANDURS LAKE CHARLES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
MIKE SOLIZ ORANGE , TX |
EDDIE CHOATE BEAUMONT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
DENNIS COURTNEY LAKE CHARLES , LA |
JERRY CHILDRESS SULPHUR , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | ROBERT NAQUIN JR DEVILLE , LA |
ROBERT NAQUIN SR DEVILLE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
CHRIS SMITH ORANGE , TX |
JAMES SILVA ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | CODY JORDAN HEMPHILL , TX |
CODY CLARK HERMPHILL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | BRADLEY HILLEBRANDT RAGLEY , LA |
JORDAN BREAUX SULPHUR , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | BRADLEY PAGE FRIENDSWOOD , TX |
JOHN NEMECEK FRIENDSWOOD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | NEIL MATHEWS PORTER , TX |
COLE STOREY HOCKLEY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | COLT DEAR BUNA , TX |
ASHLEY ADAMS BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JOHN ILES LUFKIN , TX |
BRIAN SHOOK CHINA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
ROSS BREAUX LAFAYETTE , LA |
JAMES BREAUX LAFAYETTE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | JORDAN WOOD NEDERLAND , TX |
CAMERON ROANE BEAUMONT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | ADAM DUNN HOUSTON , TX |
JOSHUA WARE NEW CANEY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
DERRICK LABORDE HESSMER , LA |
RAYFORD LABORDE HESSMER , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | TYLER CRAIG MONROE , LA |
KENNETH CRAIG FRIERSON , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | MICHAEL SANDERS MANY , LA |
WILLIAM SANDERS MANY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | SEAN KENNON DEQUINCY , LA |
JORDAN HOLLINGSWORTH VINTON , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | GERALD GUIN CASTOR , LA |
ANDY FEARRAND JAMESTOWN , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | WILLIAM WALKER JENA , LA |
BUBBA NUGENT POLLOCK , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
DAVID PICKETT SHREVEPORT , LA |
KRISTOPHER PICKETT COUSHATTA , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | MARSHALL HUGHES HEMPHILL , TX |
DANIEL METREYEON BEAUMONT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | RANDY HICKS LUMBERTON , TX |
JOHN REED ANACOCO , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | MARK HAY ATHENS , LA |
EARL GLASS HEFLIN , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | TERRY MOFFETT NATCHEZ , MS |
WARREN WHITAKER WOODVILLE , MS |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | CHRIS HAZEL LEESVILLE , LA |
JOSH PEEK LEESVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | DAVID RABALAIS LAKE CHARLES , LA |
HUNTER DELANEY SULPHER , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
FRED MCGAHA CALHOUN , LA |
DION YOUNG WEST MONROE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
STEVE BELLON LAKE CHARLES , LA |
TONY COBURN LAKE CHARLES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
TED PATE ALEXANDRIA , LA |
VINCENT NEAL CALDWELL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | ROBERT WASHINGTON WATERPROOF , LA |
SHELIA WASHINGTON WATERPROOF , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | STEVEN SHAFER CLEVELAND , TX |
KENT WILLIAMS LA PORTE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
KEITH JENSCHKE NATCHITOCHES , LA |
JOHN HRAPMANN NATCHITOCHES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
CHRISTOPHER GORDON CLARENCE , LA |
DENNIS MORGAN II NATCHITOCHES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | |
HORACE FRAZIER MANY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | BOB LAUCK FLOWER MOUND , TX |
TED MARTIN DALLAS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
VIRGINIA LOCKE PINEVILLE , LA |
JEREMY LOCKE PINEVILLE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | JEREMY LEMMONS TOMBALL , TX |
CODY NICHOLSON ANDERSON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JEREMY HIPPLER MANY , LA |
JASON MOSS LAKE CHARLES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | TRAVIS SIGNORIN OAKHURST , TX |
BOB SIGNORIN OAKHURST , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | CHRIS EAVES WOODLANDS , TX |
LORI EAVES WOODLANDS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
MALCOLM WILLIAMS BRONSON , TX |
STEVE WILSON FREDERICKSBURG , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | CADE DURIO LAKE CHARLES , LA |
JOHN DURIO HEMPHILL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | WILLIAM MESSER TIMPSON , TX |
CHRISTOPHER BEVERLY SHEPHERD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | ROGER JOHNSON JR VIDOR , TX |
KIRK LELEUX KIRBYVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | MICHAEL ROGER SCOTT , IA |
JOSH WILLIAMS KINGSTON , OK |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | LARRY DEAN HUMBLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||||
| 109 | EDWARD LACOSTE HEMPHILL , TX |
CHRIS NEWMAN HEMPHILL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | LANCE SCOTT BROOKELAND , TX |
KEVIN BOLTON WILLIS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | |
DON DICKERSON PINEVILLE , LA |
JASON FOUNTAIN PINEVILLE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||
| 109 | DEAN SIKES DEVILLE , LA |
JACOB SIKES BOSSIER CITY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JOHN GRIFFITH OMAHA , AR |
KYLE BOHANNAN BERRYVILLE , AR |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | RYAN HEISELBETZ FRED , TX |
TYLER DAVIS KOUNTZE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | JASON BAKER CROSBY , TX |
ERIC SKILLERN NACOGDOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | DAMON BOREL HEMPHILL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
||||
| 109 | CODY ERICKSON HUNTSVILLE , TX |
RICHARD SCHANBERT CONROE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | ROBERT BARKER SPRING , TX |
JAMES BARKER SPRING , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
|||
| 109 | MASON GUIN DECATUR , TX |
CAMERON LAFLUER BRIDGE CITY , TX |
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Evers wins MLF Bass Pro Tour event on Lake Conroe
| Edwin Evers kept catching them today,, 24 scorable bass in all that totaled 51-12, to claim the Championship Sunday title at Lake Conroe. |
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Edwin Evers flipped his way to victory on Lake Conroe.(Photo by Garrick Dixon)
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picking out small indentations and grassy, undercut banks and flipping his bait as close to the bank as he could. He also caught some fish on a vibrating jig.
Connecticut’s Paul Mueller Wins Spotted Bass Slugfest At Lake Lanier, Georgia
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Pollard & Weldon pick up where they left off, Win ABT Lake Martin event
by Dan O’Sullivan
February 16, 2019 – Alexander City, Ala. – The 2019 Alabama Bass Trail’s Southern Division schedule kicked off with a bang on Lake Martin in Alexander City, Ala. There had been much consternation about the conditions, and how the fish were going to bite, but as can be expected in an Alabama bass Trail event, the field produced with a strong showing.
When the weigh-in concluded and Wind Creek State Park on Saturday afternoon, a pair of familiar names found themselves atop the leaderboard. John Pollard and Dallas Weldon, the 2018 Southern Division Points winners and overall ABT Anglers of the Year, had plopped 17.63 pounds of Lake Martin bass on the scales to take home the win. Not only did they earn the $10,000 first prize, but they also collected a slew of contingency money from ABT; including the Mountain Dew Big Bass for their 5.49-pound lunker, Phoenix Boats, Wedowee Marine, and Garmin; which brought their total earning for the day to $20,000.
The pair was proud to say the least. “We’ve fished these for a long time, and we’ve done really well here, but haven’t been able to close out a win,” they said. “To be able to finally win one of these, against a field like this means so much, and now that we can say we’ve won an ABT event; it’s pretty special.”
The longtime tournament partners said that they fished in a relatively small, three mile area of the lake. They reported targeting largemouth by fishing every piece of cover they came across with a “crawdad colored,” 3/8-ounce Phenix Lures Football Jig tipped with a matching Zoom Creepy Crawler for a trailer. “We had one fish at 11:00 and were starting to think about making a change, when we both caught good ones,” they said. “That gave us the confidence we needed to keep hunting the bites we needed. We culled a few times, and managed to pull it out; now we can move forward and focus on trying to repeat as AOY; we won’t change how we do things now.”
The second place team of ABT sponsor, Eric Morris of Wedowee Marine, and Ben Williamson “junk fished” their way to a 16.67-pound limit that earned them the $5,000 runner up prize. “We had 15 rods on the deck and used them all,” they said. “We caught them shallow, and we caught them 40 feet deep; we kept adjusting and made it work. We work hard to find quality fish, and to put this together is really exciting.”
For Morris, the whole day was special. “This really is a good day for us at Wedowee Marine overall,” said Morris. “Our friends and customers won, finished second, and third – I couldn’t be happier to see people who trust us with their purchase do well; it’s really fun.”
The Southern Division of the Alabama Bass Trail hits the water next at Lake Jordan on March 30.
The Top 10 Standings are below, for complete standings, visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/lm-results/
| Place | Team | Weight | Big Fish | Winnings |
| 1 | John Pollard / Dallas Weldon | 17.63 | 5.49 | $10,000.00 |
| 2 | Eric Morris / Ben Williamson | 16.67 | $5,000.00 | |
| 3 | Brannon Hurst / Mike Freeman | 16.18 | $4,000.00 | |
| 4 | Ken Walters / Jason Beasley | 15.34 | $3,000.00 | |
| 5 | Rob Lee / Steve Winslett | 15.11 | 3.83 | $2,000.00 |
| 6 | Seth Johnston / Donnie Johnston | 14.79 | $1,500.00 | |
| 7 | Joey Aderhold / Jonathan Collins | 14.43 | $1,100.00 | |
| 8 | Tony Hogan / Vernon Ward | 14.31 | $1,100.00 | |
| 9 | Myles Palmer / B.J. Barnett | 14.17 | $1,100.00 | |
| 10 | Marty Giddens / Josh Stracner | 13.88 | $1,100.00 |
Duckett Leads Top 10 Anglers into Championship Round of Bass Pro Tour Huk Stage Two Conroe presented by Favorite Fishing
Day 5
| Place | Angler | Total Weight | Total # Fish | Avg Weight | Largest Fish | ||||||||||||||
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| 1st | Boyd Duckett | 38 - 05 | 21 | 1 - 13 | 3 - 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Gary Klein | 30 - 01 | 15 | 2 - 00 | 2 - 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 3rd | Edwin Evers | 29 - 02 | 14 | 2 - 01 | 4 - 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 4th | Brent Ehrler | 28 - 12 | 16 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 06 | ||||||||||||||
| 5th | Jordan Lee | 28 - 12 | 13 | 2 - 03 | 6 - 09 | ||||||||||||||
| 6th | Randall Tharp | 27 - 13 | 16 | 1 - 12 | 2 - 07 | ||||||||||||||
| 7th | David Walker | 27 - 10 | 11 | 2 - 08 | 6 - 03 | ||||||||||||||
| 8th | Wesley Strader | 27 - 05 | 13 | 2 - 02 | 3 - 09 | ||||||||||||||
| 9th | Jeff Sprague | 26 - 06 | 16 | 1 - 10 | 2 - 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 10th | Stephen Browning | 25 - 13 | 9 | 2 - 14 | 4 - 06 | ||||||||||||||
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| 11th | Shin Fukae | 23 - 04 | 11 | 2 - 02 | 2 - 13 | ||||||||||||||
| 12th | Keith Poche | 23 - 01 | 11 | 2 - 02 | 3 - 00 | ||||||||||||||
| 13th | Andy Montgomery | 22 - 06 | 10 | 2 - 04 | 5 - 02 | ||||||||||||||
| 14th | Jonathon VanDam | 22 - 06 | 10 | 2 - 04 | 3 - 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 15th | Adrian Avena | 21 - 15 | 12 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 16th | Gerald Spohrer | 21 - 02 | 12 | 1 - 12 | 3 - 05 | ||||||||||||||
| 17th | Dean Rojas | 20 - 05 | 10 | 2 - 00 | 2 - 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 18th | Matt Lee | 20 - 04 | 7 | 2 - 14 | 7 - 05 | ||||||||||||||
| 19th | Mark Rose | 19 - 13 | 11 | 1 - 13 | 3 - 02 | ||||||||||||||
| 20th | Bobby Lane | 19 - 05 | 11 | 1 - 12 | 4 - 06 | ||||||||||||||
| 21st | Greg Hackney | 18 - 03 | 9 | 2 - 00 | 2 - 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 22nd | Jason Christie | 17 - 09 | 10 | 1 - 12 | 2 - 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 23rd | Skeet Reese | 17 - 07 | 10 | 1 - 12 | 3 - 02 | ||||||||||||||
| 24th | Todd Faircloth | 17 - 05 | 8 | 2 - 03 | 4 - 08 | ||||||||||||||
| 25th | Mark Davis | 16 - 05 | 8 | 2 - 01 | 3 - 06 | ||||||||||||||
| 26th | Randy Howell | 16 - 00 | 8 | 2 - 00 | 3 - 07 | ||||||||||||||
| 27th | Alton Jones | 15 - 05 | 9 | 1 - 11 | 2 - 09 | ||||||||||||||
| 28th | Alton Jones Jr. | 15 - 03 | 8 | 1 - 14 | 5 - 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 29th | Bradley Roy | 15 - 02 | 7 | 2 - 03 | 3 - 00 | ||||||||||||||
| 30th | Dave Lefebre | 14 - 02 | 9 | 1 - 09 | 2 - 08 | ||||||||||||||
| 31st | Kevin VanDam | 14 - 02 | 7 | 2 - 00 | 4 - 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 32nd | Justin Atkins | 13 - 05 | 7 | 1 - 14 | 3 - 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 33rd | Andy Morgan | 12 - 10 | 5 | 2 - 08 | 3 - 01 | ||||||||||||||
| 34th | Fletcher Shryock | 11 - 12 | 8 | 1 - 08 | 2 - 01 | ||||||||||||||
| 35th | Jeff Kriet | 10 - 02 | 4 | 2 - 08 | 4 - 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 36th | Zack Birge | 8 - 15 | 4 | 2 - 04 | 2 - 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 37th | Jared Lintner | 7 - 11 | 4 | 1 - 15 | 2 - 13 | ||||||||||||||
| 38th | Brett Hite | 6 - 13 | 4 | 1 - 11 | 3 - 02 | ||||||||||||||
| 39th | Casey Ashley | 3 - 04 | 1 | 3 - 04 | 3 - 04 | ||||||||||||||
| 40th | Chris Lane | 2 - 12 | 1 | 2 - 12 | 2 - 12 | ||||||||||||||
Zaldain Takes Lead Heading Into Final Day Of Toyota Bassmaster Elite At Lake Lanier
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Knockout Round is Set as 20 More Anglers Advance out of Elimination on Lake Conroe
Edwin Evers piled 28 pounds, 12 ounces on SCORETRACKER to advance to the Knockout Round. Photo by Josh Gassmann
By Joel Shangle - February 15, 2019
CONROE, Texas – Elimination Round 2 at the MLF Bass Pro Tour Huk Stage Two Conroe presented by Favorite Fishing ended with some familiar names on top of the SCORETRACKER leaderboard: Jordan Lee, Edwin Evers and Andy Montgomery.
Lee and Montgomery entered the day 1-2, and Evers made a move early in the day to put himself well inside the Elimination Line. But while the three enjoyed relatively stress-free days with totals of 47 pounds, 10 ounces, 39-15 and 39-9, respectively, roughly a dozen anglers fighting for their competitive lives around the Elimination Line had exactly the opposite experience:
-Brett Hite landed a 2-4 on his last cast of the day to leap from 21st to 19th and into his first MLF Knockout Round.
“I’m going to take a breather on that one,” Hite said as he flopped on his front deck immediately after the “lines out” call from his official. Hite covered his face with his hat and took a minute to catch his breath, and then went into celebration mode when it was confirmed that he was indeed in the Knockout Round.
“That was probably the most stressful last couple of hours of fishing in my life,” Hite said once he we upright again. “I kept my head down the whole time, and I knew I’d get a bite sooner or later. I cast up under a boat dock, cranked three times and that fish just KOd it.”
-Randall Tharp, who started the morning in fifth place, tapped a 4-1 just 20 minutes into the morning, and then didn’t add another fish to SCORETRACKER until there was 40 minutes left in the final period. That second bite, though, was the right one: a 4-4 that cemented Tharp at 17th.
“It was extremely tough today,” Tharp admitted. “I caught that 4-pounder first thing in the morning, and thought ‘Man, what a great start, let’s build on this’. But as far as I’m concerned, I’m in first place now with the weights zeroing. I know I’m catching the right ones, and I’m having fun fishing the way I love to fish.”
-Zack Birge started the day in 20th place, and spent the majority of the first two periods ping-ponging between 17th and 20th, battling Justin Lucas, Stephen Browning, Gary Klein, Mike McClelland and James Elam to stay above the Elimination Line. Birge put together a four-fish flurry over the first 20 minutes of the final period to add 12-8 to his total. Birge finished the day in seventh place.
“I fished that area first thing in the morning, and then left it for four or five hours,” Birge said. “I went back there hoping that some fish had moved in, and they had.”
-Justin Lucas jumped into the Top 20 with 13-9 in the first period, but then slowed down in the second period, and finally stalled over the last half of the day. The Alabama pro didn’t put a scorable fish on the scale over the final 3 ½ hours of competition and fell to the dreaded 21st spot with 26-11 (7 ounces behind Gary Klein, who earned the final spot in the Knockout Round).
“I was catching them good the first two periods, never caught a keeper in the third period, and have no idea why,” Lucas admitted. “It feels terrible. I hope everybody finishes 21st at some point. They need to know what that feels like. It’s not fun.”
Knockout Round need-to-know
Weights zero out tomorrow for the Knockout Round, which pits the Top 20 anglers from both A and B groups in a one-day battle for the Top 10 weights of the day. Those 10 anglers will compete in the Championship Round on Sunday.
How, where & when to watch
Official live scoring updates are available via SCORETRACKER from the start of competition at 7:30 a.m. CT. The MLF NOW! live stream begins at 10 a.m. CT, with on-the-water coverage following the action until the end of competition at 3:30 p.m. The MLF Berkley Postgame Show begins at 5 p.m.
Mullins Remains Consistent, Grabs Lead At Toyota Bassmaster Elite At Lake Lanier
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Giant Bass Will Greet Anglers At Bassmaster Central Open On Toledo Bend Reservoir
Feb. 15, 2019
MANY, La. — Fireworks. That’s what anglers competing in the 2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open at Toledo Bend can expect next week.
Less than 75 days into the year, the lake has already given up 22 largemouth over 10 pounds, with the biggest weighing 11.49 pounds. Plus, a 29.83-pound limit was weighed in during a recent couples tournament. And according to local anglers, it’s only going to get better.
“Fishing is so good right now, trucks are lined up a quarter-mile down the street from every launch ramp,” said Linda Curtis-Sparks, director of Sabine Parish Tourist Commission. “So, the timing really couldn’t be better for the event.”
The tournament is scheduled for Feb. 20-22, with daily takeoffs at 6:45 a.m. CT from Cypress Bend Boat Ramp, where daily weigh-ins will begin at 2:45 p.m. A bulging field of 218 boats will compete the first two days, with only the Top 12 pros and co-anglers advancing to Saturday’s final round.
Longtime Toledo Bend guide Jerry Thompson predicts the event will be epic.
“February is typically when the spawn kicks off for us, but we’ve had so many late-season cold fronts, the bass are a little slow to move shallow. That said, some fish will be on beds, but I think the monster limits will be caught from staging areas.”
There is no shortage of staging areas on the 185,000-acre reservoir. Thompson thinks the magic depth range will be between 8 and 15 feet, and that crankbaits and jigs will likely be responsible for the winning weight.
“If a guy wants to win this tournament, he will need to find a pile of prespawners, and they need to be big. It’s easy to catch a limit of 4-pounders right now, so I wouldn’t be content until there is 25 pounds swimming in the livewell,” Thompson said.
Some competitors may be intimidated by the muddy water flowing through Toledo Bend right now, but Thompson said that shouldn’t be an issue. “The lake has been so muddy for so long now, the fish are used to it. They are biting like they do when it’s just a little stained.”
Not only is the timing good for anglers looking to catch their personal best, but it is also perfect to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this storied fishery.
Construction of the Toledo Bend Dam, spillway and power plant began in 1964 and was completed in 1969. As the lake filled, the bass population exploded and caught the attention of Ray Scott. B.A.S.S. held a professional tournament competition on Toledo Bend for the first time in 1970 and has been back 15 times since.
The histories of the world’s largest tournament organization and this giant reservoir on the border of Louisiana and Texas have been interlocked for almost five decades.
“It’s like B.A.S.S. and Toledo Bend have been in a long-term marriage,” Curtis-Sparks explained. “With the guidance of B.A.S.S. to inspire more tournaments to be held here, we have cut hundreds of miles of boat roads and marked them with thousands of buoys for safe travel on the water. B.A.S.S. required event space for 400 anglers, as well as 200 rooms close together, so we renovated Cypress Bend Resort to meet these standards. B.A.S.S. even helped us design the boat launch area to better serve anglers. I’ll put it this way, we are building a Toledo Bend Museum, and B.A.S.S. will have its own section!”
Toledo Bend was the first fishery ever to be named No. 1 on Bassmaster Magazine’s 100 Best Bass Lakes rankings two years in a row. Based on the predictions for this upcoming Basspro.comBassmaster Central Open, another historical milestone could be etched in the shared histories of B.A.S.S. and Toledo Bend.
This event will be hosted by the Louisiana Office of Tourism; Toledo Bend Lake County; Sabine River Authority; Cypress Bend Park Golf Resort, Spa, and Conference Center; and Discover DeSoto Parish Louisiana.
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 2019 COSTA FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING SUMMER CAMP
FLW and Costa Partner to Offer Students, Coaches and Parents a Summer Camp Experience of a Lifetime on shores of Kentucky Lake
BENTON, Ky. (Feb. 15, 2019) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) in partnership with Costa Sunglasses, announced today the second annual Costa FLW High School Fishing Summer Camp, scheduled for July 24-27 on the Murray State University campus, with daily activities on the shores of Kentucky Lake – the South’s Great Lake. The all-inclusive three-day camp is designed for serious high school anglers, parents and coaches who want to gain an edge on the competition by getting hands-on bass fishing experience alongside the biggest names in the industry.
For three action-packed days, attendees will be immersed in instruction from top professionals and industry executives. Students will learn the tools they need to take their fishing and fishing-career readiness to the next level, while parents and coaches learn what they can do to support them. FLW Tour headliners including former FLW Cup champion and Angler of the Year (AOY) Scott Martin, two-time AOY Bryan Thrift, FLW Tour leading money winner and three-time AOY David Dudley, fishing legends Jimmy Houston and Larry Nixon, Costa pros Russell Cecil and Todd Castledine, and many others will be on-site to provide personal instruction on a wide range array of topics for students and parents/coaches.
“The Costa FLW High School Fishing Summer Camp offers a lifetime of lessons for achieving excellence both on and off the water,” Martin said. “Kentucky Lake along with Murray State University provide the perfect backdrop for developing young, talented and hungry anglers. We believe great anglers are developed, not born, and this camp certainly helps to set young anglers up for success.”
Sessions offered at the camp include boating safety, seasonal techniques, electronics, lure and rod building, equipment basics, fish care and off-the-water necessities like building a social media following, career exploration and resume building for the outdoor industry. Courses offered for parents/coaches include best practices for sanctioned teams, optimizing individual and team performance, career readiness and fish care at weigh-ins.
“After the huge success of the inaugural Costa FLW High School Camp in 2018, we are even more excited about this upcoming year,” said Melinda Hays, Costa Bass Community Leader. “Costa knows that young anglers are the future of our sport, and we are committed to helping them become better stewards of our sport – both on and off the water. The camp is also extremely beneficial to parents and coaches of high school bass anglers. It provides ample networking opportunities and strategies to help teach and guide these young anglers.”
Following the week’s activities, campers are invited to put their skills to the test in the FLW Foundation benefit tournament. All proceeds from the tournament go toward High School Fishing scholarships to help less fortunate anglers and teams get out on the water. The tournament, held Saturday, July 27, on Kentucky Lake, features two divisions – a boat division and a kayak division – and one lucky camper will be selected to fish with an FLW Tour pro. Participants are eligible for thousands of dollars in cash prizes, with the winner taking home the Costa FLW High School Fishing Cup. The tournament entry fee is $200 per boat/kayak.
Registration for the Costa FLW High School Fishing Camp will close Saturday, June 30, or when the camp reaches capacity, whichever comes first. The inaugural camp filled within weeks of registration opening, so don’t delay. Cost for the camp is $300 per person, which includes all housing, meals and accommodations at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. To sign up for camp, visit https://bit.ly/2019CostaFLWCamp. Anglers that cannot attend camp but would like to fish the FLW Foundation tournament can register at https://bit.ly/2019FLWFoundationTourney.
Patrick Walters - Making a Name for Himself, Quickly
On this weeks AC Rookie Podcast Jason talks to Elite Series Rookie Patrick Walters prior to the Lake Lanier Elite Series event. Patrick is a former Carhartt College Angler and Opens Pro. Patrick talks about growing up in South Carolina and in the outdoors and how all that changed when he fished his first tournament at a young age. A great kid with a bright future in the sport! Check it out!
THREE WORLD CHAMPS, RENOWNED ILLUSTRATOR, NOTED TACKLE DESIGNER COMPRISE 2019 CLASS OF BASS FISHING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – For Immediate Release – 2.14.19 – The Bass Fishing Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors announced this week that five individuals, each of whom has made a substantial mark on the sport of bass fishing, have been selected for induction into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame.
The Class of 2019, with formal induction ceremonies taking place at Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Aquarium in Springfield on Thursday, September 19, 2019, includes three stars of professional bass fishing — Mark Davis of Mt. Ida, Ark., David Fritts of Lexington, N.C., and Davy Hite of Ninety Six, S.C. – along with noted artist/illustrator, the late Chris Armstrong, and the founder of Zoom Bait Company, the late Ed Chambers.
The inductees were nominated by supporters of the Hall of Fame and elected by a 30- member panel of sportfishing industry leaders, members of the outdoor media, professional anglers and current inductees of the Hall of Fame.
“All these men, in both what they have done and continue to do, reflect perfectly on the
Hall’s mission to celebrate, promote and preserve the sport of bass fishing,” said John Mazurkiewicz, vice president of the Hall of Fame Board and Nominations Committee chair. “We
are confident that the selection process first implemented last year helps ensure that we will continue to induct the most deserving bass fishing innovators and pioneers.”
The five will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame museum, which opened in November 2017 within the Wonders of Wildlife complex at the flagship Bass Pro Shops store in Springfield. On display in the museum are artifacts, photos and biographical information about 71 members of the Hall of Fame who have been inducted since 2001.
“Many have said the annual Bass Fishing Hall of Fame enshrinement dinner has become a must-attend event for anyone interested in bass fishing,” said Donald Howell, BFHOF Board president. “Last year’s event was sold out and we expect that this year’s class will draw an equally vibrant and star-studded crowd as we honor the newest members of the Hall of Fame.”
About the Class Of 2019
Mark Davis – Davis fished his first Bassmaster tournament at 23 years old, but by that point he’d been guiding on waters near his Arkansas home for a decade. He has continued to compete as a touring pro for more than three decades and has earned wins on multiple circuits. His three Bassmaster Angler of the Year titles put him in elite company, but he is best known for becoming the first pro to win the Bassmaster Classic and the AOY title in the same calendar year. That magical season earned him an invitation to the White House. His influence has been substantial on lure design and he has helped to popularize a number of products including the Bomber Fat Free Shad. He is also heavily involved in youth activities and most recently has led the Mt. Ida High School Fishing Club to numerous titles while contributing to the birth of the Arkansas Bassmaster High School Series.
David Fritts – Fritts is one of the handful of anglers who have won both the Bassmaster Classic and the FLW Championship (later renamed the Forrest Wood Cup), and he furthermore won the Angler of the Year title on both of those major circuits. While his five B.A.S.S. wins and six FLW Tour victories speak for themselves and provide an unimpeachable record, Fritts is perhaps better known as the leading deep cranking practitioner the sport has ever known. In an era when electronics were comparatively rudimentary, he dominated the offshore game. He contributed to the development of numerous products used in that pursuit and continues to be an innovator today.
Davy Hite – Davy Hite took a risk, giving up a rock-solid career in the SC National Guard to pursue his dream of becoming a professional angler. Over the course of twenty-four seasons he excelled, winning two Bassmaster Angler of the Year titles, the 1999 Bassmaster Classic and the 1998 FLW Forrest Wood Cup. His ledger includes eight Bassmaster victories along with the FLW Championship. After retiring from competition upon the conclusion of the 2016 Bassmaster Elite Series season, Hite slid seamlessly into a new role as a co-host on Bassmaster LIVE and The Bassmasters TV show. Davy serves on the Board of Trustees for the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, a charitable organization whose mission is to provide the means for fathers to be great dads. He also donates his time to a number of other worthy organizations. Without a doubt, Davy considers his greatest accomplishment in life to be the two remarkable sons he and Natalie have been blessed to call their own.
Chris Armstrong – (1948 - 2014) During a career as a freelance artist that spanned over three decades, the incredibly prolific Chris Armstrong made bass fishing come to life for generations of anglers. He was raised in Florida and earned a degree at the Ringling School of Art before joining the staff of the Jacksonville Times- Union. He started contributing to B.A.S.S. publications in 1981 and went on to illustrate techniques, lures and the lifestyle of bass fishing for all of the sport’s leading publications. His work appeared in almost every issue of Bassmaster magazine for 30 years, and it has graced the pages of B.A.S.S. Times, In-Fisherman, Outdoor Life,Field & Stream, North American Fisherman, Western Outdoors and countless others. He illustrated numerous books on bass fishing and produced educational materials for both tackle retailers and manufacturers.
Ed Chambers – (1940 - 2018) While working full time selling and repairing jukeboxes and pinball machines, Ed Chambers turned his hobby of pouring plastic worms that he couldn’t find anywhere else into a business. That endeavor became the Zoom Bait Company, one of the most popular, respected and copied creators of soft plastics the sport has known. Chambers was integral in the development of numerous colors and lure styles that became industry staples, including “pumpkinseed,” the Brush Hog and the Super Fluke, and his products have contributed to literally millions of dollars in tournament winnings. He remained active in product development at Zoom well into his seventies. His other “hobby,” carving hand-made crankbaits, produced the “WEC” lineup of lures, which have become the most sought-after custom crankbaits in the fishing industry.
Strader Finishes on top of Elimination Round 1 at Conroe
"I looked around more than I fished today," Strader admitted. "I have a real specific (condition) I'm looking for - when I see it, I catch one about 75 percent of the time. But this thing I'm looking for is really hard to find, and I have to cover a lot of water on the trolling motor to find it. I feel like I can go behind guys and catch them, though, because I have a
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Bobby Lane finished the Group A Elimination Round 1 in
2nd place with 55-0, exactly 1 pound behind Strader's 56-0.
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real specific bait that they really like. Hopefully I can make that work again on Saturday."
Group A
| Place | Angler | Day 1 | Day 2 | Total Weight | Day 1 | Day 2 | Total # Fish | Avg Weight | Largest Fish | ||||||||||
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| 1st | Wesley Strader | 33 - 00 | 23 - 00 | 56 - 00 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 1 - 15 | 4 - 04 | ||||||||||
| 2nd | Bobby Lane | 28 - 05 | 26 - 11 | 55 - 00 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 2 - 01 | 3 - 02 | ||||||||||
| 3rd | Mark Rose | 17 - 12 | 31 - 03 | 48 - 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 - 07 | 7 - 03 | ||||||||||
| 4th | Fletcher Shryock | 16 - 12 | 26 - 06 | 43 - 02 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 - 05 | 5 - 10 | ||||||||||
| 5th | Brent Ehrler | 33 - 12 | 8 - 01 | 41 - 13 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 1 - 15 | 2 - 02 | ||||||||||
| 6th | Jason Christie | 29 - 11 | 11 - 16 | 41 - 11 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 - 11 | 3 - 03 | ||||||||||
| 7th | Adrian Avena | 29 - 02 | 12 - 04 | 41 - 06 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 1 - 14 | 3 - 02 | ||||||||||
| 8th | Alton Jones Jr. | 15 - 06 | 26 - 00 | 41 - 06 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2 - 04 | 5 - 12 | ||||||||||
| 9th | Justin Atkins | 16 - 01 | 24 - 02 | 40 - 03 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 - 08 | 5 - 00 | ||||||||||
| 10th | Bradley Roy | 29 - 04 | 10 - 03 | 39 - 07 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 - 04 | 2 - 14 | ||||||||||
| 11th | Boyd Duckett | 27 - 00 | 11 - 08 | 38 - 08 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 1 - 08 | 1 - 14 | ||||||||||
| 12th | Alton Jones | 18 - 06 | 19 - 09 | 37 - 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 2 - 06 | 4 - 00 | ||||||||||
| 13th | Todd Faircloth | 17 - 13 | 20 - 00 | 37 - 13 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 08 | ||||||||||
| 14th | Jeff Kriet | 26 - 03 | 9 - 13 | 36 - 00 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 06 | ||||||||||
| 15th | Jonathon VanDam | 18 - 03 | 16 - 16 | 35 - 03 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 - 12 | 4 - 00 | ||||||||||
| 16th | Jeff Sprague | 17 - 07 | 17 - 05 | 34 - 12 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 1 - 13 | 4 - 04 | ||||||||||
| 17th | Skeet Reese | 8 - 02 | 25 - 04 | 33 - 06 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 1 - 12 | 3 - 14 | ||||||||||
| 18th | Kevin VanDam | 25 - 12 | 7 - 01 | 32 - 13 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 1 - 10 | 1 - 13 | ||||||||||
| 19th | Greg Hackney | 17 - 02 | 14 - 09 | 31 - 11 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 - 02 | 2 - 10 | ||||||||||
| 20th | Dean Rojas | 12 - 14 | 18 - 08 | 31 - 06 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 - 04 | 3 - 06 | ||||||||||
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| 21st | Mike Iaconelli | 15 - 15 | 13 - 01 | 29 - 00 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 - 05 | 4 - 09 | ||||||||||
| 22nd | Aaron Martens | 11 - 02 | 16 - 03 | 27 - 05 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 - 07 | 6 - 05 | ||||||||||
| 23rd | Gerald Swindle | 21 - 03 | 5 - 10 | 26 - 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 - 15 | 3 - 03 | ||||||||||
| 24th | Cliff Pace | 14 - 10 | 11 - 14 | 26 - 08 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 - 00 | 3 - 14 | ||||||||||
| 25th | Dustin Connell | 5 - 08 | 20 - 07 | 25 - 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 - 06 | 4 - 10 | ||||||||||
| 26th | Shaw Grigsby | 12 - 14 | 12 - 07 | 25 - 05 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 - 13 | 3 - 04 | ||||||||||
| 27th | Cliff Crochet | 11 - 07 | 13 - 11 | 25 - 02 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 10 | ||||||||||
| 28th | Anthony Gagliardi | 13 - 02 | 11 - 01 | 24 - 03 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 - 04 | 2 - 07 | ||||||||||
| 29th | Marty Robinson | 8 - 14 | 13 - 16 | 22 - 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 - 14 | 2 - 13 | ||||||||||
| 30th | Luke Clausen | 8 - 14 | 10 - 15 | 19 - 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 - 03 | 2 - 11 | ||||||||||
| 31st | Britt Myers | 10 - 14 | 8 - 07 | 19 - 05 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 - 10 | 2 - 00 | ||||||||||
| 32nd | Josh Bertrand | 9 - 04 | 8 - 07 | 17 - 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 - 10 | 3 - 14 | ||||||||||
| 33rd | Jacob Powroznik | 11 - 10 | 5 - 07 | 17 - 01 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 - 14 | 2 - 08 | ||||||||||
| 34th | Scott Suggs | 5 - 15 | 10 - 04 | 16 - 03 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 09 | ||||||||||
| 35th | Brent Chapman | 8 - 11 | 6 - 05 | 15 - 00 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 - 11 | 2 - 06 | ||||||||||
| 36th | Terry Scroggins | 7 - 11 | 4 - 01 | 11 - 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 - 16 | 2 - 06 | ||||||||||
| 37th | John Murray | 4 - 12 | 5 - 10 | 10 - 06 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 - 05 | 2 - 02 | ||||||||||
| 38th | Paul Elias | 7 - 00 | 1 - 10 | 8 - 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 - 08 | 1 - 10 | ||||||||||
| 39th | Brandon Palaniuk | 7 - 03 | 0 - 00 | 7 - 03 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 - 06 | 2 - 13 | ||||||||||
| 40th | Jesse Wiggins | 0 - 00 | 2 - 11 | 2 - 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 - 11 | 1 - 06 | ||||||||||
Canadian Pro Gustafson Feels At Home In Georgia, Takes Lead At Bassmaster Elite
| Courtesy of BASS
Photo by Seigo Saito
Feb. 14, 2019 |
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Jeff Gustafson said coming into this week that Lake Lanier on the
historic Chattahoochee River was probably his favorite fishery in the lower 48 United States.
Thursday didn’t do a thing to change his mind.
The 36-year-old first-year Elite Series pro from Keewatin, Canada, caught five bass that weighed
19 pounds, 2 ounces and took the lead in the Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier. He said
the lake reminds him of home — even though he is more than 2,000 miles away, fishing for
green spotted bass instead of brown smallmouth.
“Obviously, today was a lot more fun for me than last week when I had two fish to start out my
Elite Series career in Florida,” Gustafson said. “I’m not catching a lot of fish, but I got some good
ones today.”
Gustafson learned to love Lake Lanier last year when he finished seventh here in an FLW Tour
event. He said that prior knowledge told him what was swimming in the lake — but not how to
catch them this week.
“It’s completely different this year,” he said. “I didn’t catch fish off any of the places that I did
last year.
“But I like fishing for spots. These things act a lot like the smallmouths do up at Lake of the
Woods, where I live.”
Gustafson’s two biggest fish — both spotted bass in the 4-pound range — were the first two he
put in his livewell. His finesse tactics included a jerkbait, a swimbait and other lures he said
were “really no secret.”
His biggest obstacle of the day was the light line he’s using to target fish in the clear water. He
said he broke off two bass in brushpiles that could have helped him eclipse the 20-pound mark.
Gustafson’s bag topped a day that was dominated by healthy spotted bass that looked like they
had all swallowed footballs. David Mullins of Mount Carmel, Tenn., was second with 17-12,
followed by Virginia pro Rick Morris with 17-6 and Californian Chris Zaldain with 16-15.
Like Gustafson, Mullins said his experience with smallmouth — albeit on Tennessee’s Cherokee
Lake — played a role in his Day 1 success.
“This lake fishes a lot like home, where you have a window in the morning for about an hour
and half to two hours and then it kicks back up in the evening,” Mullins said. “It’s the same way
at home — and if you have wind, it seems like they’ll bite all day long.
“The wind just didn’t blow much today.”
Mullins wasn’t the only angler who said the flat, calm conditions made the fishing tougher
Thursday. Likewise, he wasn’t the only one excited about Friday’s forecast that calls for clouds,
increased winds and rain showers beginning around 1 p.m.
“If it stays cloudy with a low ceiling all day, I feel like I’m going to catch them,” Mullins said.
“When I don’t catch them is when it gets sunny and slick.”
Morris, a noted shallow-water expert, said he leaned on his background from Upstate New York
to find the Lake Lanier spots.
“I grew up with a spinning rod in my hand,” Morris said. “When I first went pro in the Opens, I
had all spinning rods on the deck — didn’t even know how to throw a baitcaster. I have
spinning-rod skills, and I had to apply them today.”
Though he said he’d rather be fishing fast, he used a slow finesse game Thursday around deep
structure.
“I caught probably a dozen fish,” Morris said, “so I feel pretty confident that I can go out and
probably catch 13 to 14 pounds tomorrow.”
One of the few big largemouth brought in Thursday belonged to Indiana pro Bill Lowen. It
weighed 6-14 and claimed the lead in the race for Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the week.
Patrick Walters, who took the lead in the DICK’S Sporting Goods Rookie of the Year race last
week with a fourth-place finish on the St. Johns River, had another stellar day Thursday. The 24-
year-old South Carolina pro caught five bass that weighed 16-12 and finished tied for fifth place
with Ray Hanselman Jr.
“I came into the season thinking (Toyota Bassmaster) Angler of the Year,” Walters said. “If you
think like that — and fish like that — Rookie of the Year will take care of itself.” As the leader in
the DICK’S Sporting Goods Rookie of the Year race, Walters collected $500. He’ll get another
$500 if he retains the lead after this week’s Elite event, and $10,000 if he earns the crown at
season’s end.
Other bonus awards winners from the Power-Pole Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River last week
were Rick Clunn, who won $1,000 for being the Toyota AOY leader and John Crews Jr., who
collected the $1,500 Phoenix Boats Big Bass award for his 11-2 largemouth.
The tournament resumes Friday, with takeoff scheduled for 6:45 a.m. from Laurel Park in Hall
County and weigh-in back at the park at 3:10 p.m. Only the Top 35 anglers will advance to
Saturday’s semifinal round.
2019 Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier 2/14-2/17 Lake Lanier, Gwinnett GA. (PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 1 Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$ 1. Jeff Gustafson Keewatin Ontario CANADA 5 19-02 100 Day 1: 5 19-02 2. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 5 17-12 99 Day 1: 5 17-12 3. Rick Morris Lake Gaston, VA 5 17-06 98 Day 1: 5 17-06 4. Chris Zaldain Fort Worth, TX 5 16-15 97 Day 1: 5 16-15 5. Ray Hanselman Jr Del Rio, TX 5 16-12 96 Day 1: 5 16-12 5. Patrick Walters Summerville, SC 5 16-12 96 Day 1: 5 16-12 7. Scott Canterbury Odenville, AL 5 16-11 94 Day 1: 5 16-11 7. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 5 16-11 94 Day 1: 5 16-11 7. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 5 16-11 94 Day 1: 5 16-11 10. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 5 16-06 91 Day 1: 5 16-06 11. Todd Auten Lake Wylie, SC 5 16-01 90 Day 1: 5 16-01 12. Brandon Card Knoxville, TN 5 15-15 89 Day 1: 5 15-15 12. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 5 15-15 89 Day 1: 5 15-15 14. Drew Cook Midway, FL 5 15-14 87 Day 1: 5 15-14 14. Clent Davis Montevallo, AL 5 15-14 87 Day 1: 5 15-14 14. Jesse Tacoronte Kissimmee, FL 5 15-14 87 Day 1: 5 15-14 17. Randy Sullivan Breckenridge, TX 5 15-11 84 Day 1: 5 15-11 18. Jamie Hartman Newport, NY 5 15-08 83 Day 1: 5 15-08 19. Brad Whatley Bivins, TX 5 15-07 82 Day 1: 5 15-07 20. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 5 15-06 81 Day 1: 5 15-06 21. Gary Clouse Winchester, TN 5 15-02 80 Day 1: 5 15-02 22. Chris Johnston Peterborough Ontario CA 5 15-01 79 Day 1: 5 15-01 22. Yusuke Miyazaki Forney, TX 5 15-01 79 Day 1: 5 15-01 24. Hunter Shryock Newcomerstown, OH 5 14-15 77 Day 1: 5 14-15 25. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 5 14-12 76 Day 1: 5 14-12 26. Bill Weidler Helena, AL 5 14-10 75 Day 1: 5 14-10 27. Randy Pierson Oakdale, CA 5 14-08 74 Day 1: 5 14-08 27. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 5 14-08 74 Day 1: 5 14-08 29. Shane Lineberger Lincolnton, NC 5 14-06 72 Day 1: 5 14-06 30. Derek Hudnall Baton Rouge, LA 5 14-04 71 Day 1: 5 14-04 30. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 5 14-04 71 Day 1: 5 14-04 32. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 5 14-00 69 Day 1: 5 14-00 33. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 5 13-15 68 Day 1: 5 13-15 34. Lee Livesay Longview, TX 5 13-13 67 Day 1: 5 13-13 35. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 5 13-12 66 Day 1: 5 13-12 36. Mike Huff Corbin, KY 5 13-11 65 Day 1: 5 13-11 37. Tyler Rivet Raceland, LA 5 13-10 64 Day 1: 5 13-10 38. Garrett Paquette Canton, MI 5 13-08 63 Day 1: 5 13-08 39. Ed Loughran III Richmond, VA 5 13-05 62 Day 1: 5 13-05 40. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 5 13-03 61 Day 1: 5 13-03 41. Seth Feider New Market, MN 5 13-02 60 Day 1: 5 13-02 42. Carl Jocumsen Queensland TX AUSTRALIA 5 13-00 59 Day 1: 5 13-00 43. Rick Clunn Ava, MO 5 12-15 58 Day 1: 5 12-15 44. Greg DiPalma Millville, NJ 5 12-13 57 Day 1: 5 12-13 45. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 5 12-12 56 Day 1: 5 12-12 46. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 5 12-11 55 Day 1: 5 12-11 47. Hank Cherry Jr Lincolnton, NC 5 12-08 54 Day 1: 5 12-08 48. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 5 12-07 53 Day 1: 5 12-07 49. Frank Talley Temple, TX 5 12-04 52 Day 1: 5 12-04 50. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 5 11-15 51 Day 1: 5 11-15 51. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 5 11-14 50 Day 1: 5 11-14 51. Kyle Monti Okeechobee, FL 5 11-14 50 Day 1: 5 11-14 53. Chad Morgenthaler Reeds Spring, MO 5 11-13 48 Day 1: 5 11-13 54. David Fritts Lexington, NC 5 11-09 47 Day 1: 5 11-09 55. Brett Preuett Monroe, LA 5 11-07 46 Day 1: 5 11-07 56. Luke Palmer Coalgate, OK 5 11-05 45 Day 1: 5 11-05 57. Cory Johnston Cavan CANADA 5 11-04 44 Day 1: 5 11-04 58. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 4 11-04 43 Day 1: 4 11-04 59. Dale Hightower Mannford, OK 5 11-03 42 Day 1: 5 11-03 59. Clark Wendlandt Leander, TX 5 11-03 42 Day 1: 5 11-03 61. Jay Yelas Lincoln City, OR 5 11-01 40 Day 1: 5 11-01 62. Matt Arey Shelby, NC 5 11-00 39 Day 1: 5 11-00 62. Brandon Cobb Greenwood, SC 5 11-00 39 Day 1: 5 11-00 64. Rob Digh Denver, NC 5 10-13 37 Day 1: 5 10-13 65. Koby Kreiger Alva, FL 4 10-13 36 Day 1: 4 10-13 66. Harvey Horne Bella Vista, AR 5 10-10 35 Day 1: 5 10-10 67. Shane Lehew Catawba, NC 5 10-06 34 Day 1: 5 10-06 68. Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC 5 10-02 33 Day 1: 5 10-02 69. Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL 5 09-10 32 Day 1: 5 09-10 70. Robbie Latuso Gonzales, LA 4 09-10 31 Day 1: 4 09-10 71. Tyler Carriere Youngsville, LA 5 09-05 30 Day 1: 5 09-05 72. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 4 08-07 29 Day 1: 4 08-07 73. Quentin Cappo Prairieville, LA 3 06-03 28 Day 1: 3 06-03 74. Chris Groh Spring Grove, IL 2 05-06 27 Day 1: 2 05-06 75. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 0 00-00 0 Day 1: 0 00-00
What Wheeler Loves Most
Alan McGuckin from Dynamic Sponsorships
Saint Valentine was from Rome, and was known as a pro at courtly love. While Jacob Wheeler is from Indianapolis, and is known as one of the most accomplished pro anglers under the age of 30 to ever make a cast. Wheeler is also a brand new dad, and a guy who just generally loves life, and he was gracious enough to talk about all the things he loves most in life during a short Q & A interview on Valentine’s Day.
Q: Tell us how and where you met your wife Alicia.
JW:She’s originally from Erie, PA, but I met her through a buddy of mine named Mitch who is about to marry Alicia’s close friend. They were all in Columbus, OH, when we met. We’ve been married about 17 months.
Q: The two of you became brand new parents three weeks ago. What do you love most about being a father?
JW:I love the brand new perspective on life our baby Olivia gives me. I feel like she gives me a whole new purpose in life – because I know she is completely dependent on me. And I also love seeing the joy she brings my wife.
Q: What single fishing pattern and place do you love most in late February or early March?
JW:I’d probably choose Lake Hartwell, SC this time of year. I love fishing for bass that are grouped up in those underwater ditches that are 30 to 40-feet deep with an underhead spinner or small swimbait tied to 10-pound Sufix fluorocarbon.
Q: What TV show do you love most?
JW:I’ll give you two: Friends and Andy Griffith.
Q: What music do you love most?
JW:Mostly a mix of country, like Chase Rice, and hip hop, like Bazanji
Q: What meal do you love most?
JW:That’s easy! Sushi! I could eat sushi 6 days a week. Alicia and I had incredibly fresh sushi in Cabo, but we also love to hit a place called Naked Tchopstix in my hometown of Indy.
Q: What features of your Toyota Tundra do you love most?
JW: I love the massive inside storage space the huge back seat on my CrewMax offers, plus the towing power of a Tundra is insane, and the dependability you get with a Toyota is second to none.
Q: How do you love to spend time at home in East Tennessee on a rare weekend off?
JW:It’s changed a lot recently with the birth of Olivia, but Alicia and I love to fish together on Chickamauga Lake, and grab some buffalo shrimp to eat at Arie’s restaurant.
Q: Last question, what two lures would you say you love to fish with the most?
JW:I’m a buzzbait fanatic, and it’s hard to beat a Rapala DT6 just about anywhere you go.
Whitaker, Walters, and Rivet – Carhartt College B.A.S.S. Degrees
Courtesy of Luke Stoner / Dynamic Sponsorships
Along with being Bassmaster Elite Series competitors Jake Whitaker, Patrick Walters, and Tyler Rivet have at least one other thing in common – they all competed against each other in Carhartt College B.A.S.S. tournaments, too. Whitaker (26) studied Civil Engineering at UNC Charlotte, Walters (24) was a double major at the University of South Carolina studying Business Management & Marketing, while Rivet (24) attended Nicholls State University in Louisiana and studied Petroleum Technology.
Not only did all three of these college-angling standouts graduate with a degree in their respective majors, they left their Alma Maters with a Master’s Degree in bass fishing. And none of them are afraid to credit Carhartt College B.A.S.S. competition in helping prepare them for fishing at the highest level. In fact, it’s now impossible to look at the Bassmaster Elite Series roster and ignore the college fishing experience for many of the young faces.
Professional anglers like Brandon Card, Andrew Upshaw, or Matt and Jordan Lee have proven that anglers coming from the college fishing ranks are for real. With each passing year, more and more former collegiate anglers are making a name for themselves, both in Bassmaster Opens and on the Elite Series. College fishing has begun to serve as feeder program for fishing at a professional level.
2019 marks Jake Whitaker’s sophomore season on the Bassmaster Elite Series where he hopes to build off his Rookie of the Year campaign in 2018. While both Tyler Rivet and Patrick Walters began their rookie seasons last week on the St. Johns River in Florida. We caught up with them at angler registration tonight to ask a few questions…
Q: What was the biggest lesson you learned from Carhartt College B.A.S.S. competition?
Whitaker – “Learning to be diverse and learning to be confident in my abilities, even on lakes I had never been to.”
Walters – “ Learning to be versatile. In college I fished tournaments from Florida to Michigan and everywhere in between. If you wanted to excel at the college level you had to learn to be versatile.”
Rivet – “I’d have to say learning to fish my strengths as well as learning to be humble. We fished all over the country in college and it taught me you’re going to lose more than you win in bass fishing, but also to be confident in myself and to fish the way I like to.”
The 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier is the playing field for the anglers this week, so we quizzed these three with a couple questions to see how Lake Lanier was fishing.
Q: What are three lures you could see shining this week for the Toyota Bassmaster Elite on Lake Lanier?
Whitaker – “A crankbait, a finesse jig, and a small swimbait.”
Walters – “I would say a Rapala DT6 crankbait, a shakey head, and my darkhorse would be a spinnerbait.”
Rivet – “A shakey head, a drop shot, and a jerkbait.”
Q: Out of the 20 bass the winner weighs in, how many will be spotted bass and how many will be largemouth?
Whitaker – “I’m going to have to say 16 spotted bass and 4 largemouth. I think one big largemouth kicker a day will put you ahead here this week.”
Walters – “I’m thinking 18 spots and two kicker largemouth. If someone wins this thing with 20 largemouth bass – I’ll buy the whole Elite Series field dinner!”
Rivet – “All I’m catching is spotted bass, so I’d say it’ll be 20 spots.”
Sportsman’s Warehouse to Open Murfreesboro, Tennessee Store in Summer 2019
New location offers high quality, hunting, fishing and camping gear and apparel and top-level customer service to locals, www.sportsmans.com
MIDVALE, Utah, February 13, 2019 – Sportsman’s Warehouse (NASDAQ:SPWH), www.sportsmans.com, is planning to open a new store in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in the summer of 2019. The local community will have access to quality brand-name hunting, shooting sports, fishing, camping, apparel, and footwear merchandise along with the company’s well known, high-level of customer service. Sportsman’s takes pride in offering everyday low prices – backed by guaranteed, best prices. If a customer finds a lower price, they’ll beat it by 5%.
Known for its American Civil War history, the Stones River National Battlefield, Oaklands Mansion, and Connonsburby Village, Murfreesboro is just 34 miles from Nashville and one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. per census data posted at The University of Tennessee Knoxville. Throughout the year, locals enjoy archery, camping, hiking, shooting, off-road riding, fishing, and more, right in their own backyard.
“Since Murfreesboro’s population continues to rise quickly and is in 'the heart of Tennessee,' we can’t wait to provide residents in the area with the high-quality gear and expert insights they need to enjoy all of their favorite outdoor activities as quickly and easily as possible,” states Jon Barker, Sportsman’s Warehouse CEO.
The new Sportsman’s store will be over 30,000 square feet and located at The Oaks Shopping Center, 468 N. Thompson Lane. In a matter of months, local outdoor enthusiasts will be able to select from an incredible selection of over 60,000 items for region-specific activities and enjoy fun seminars, special events, instructional classes, discounts, and much more on a regular basis at the new location.
With the Murfreesboro opening, Sportsman’s Warehouse will soon have 93 stores in 23 states.
For more information about Sportsman’s Warehouse, visit www.sportsmans.com.
About Sportsman’s Warehouse
Founded in 1986, Sportsman’s Warehouse now operates 92 stores in 23 states as the largest, outdoor specialty store based in the Western United States and Alaska. If you are an outdoor enthusiast, we ensure you will always find quality, brand-name hunting, fishing, camping, shooting, apparel, and footwear merchandise within a local and convenient shopping environment. And with everyday low prices, passionate, friendly and knowledgeable associates, and educational in-store seminars and events, you’ll enjoy a memorable outdoor experience. For more information, visit www.sportsmans.com.
Lee Lays Claim to Shotgun Round Heavy Weight with 32-2 on Lake Conroe
Courtesy of Major League Fishing
By Joel Shangle - February 13, 2019
CONROE, Texas – We’re starting to run out of superlatives to describe the competitive success of Jordan Lee.
Just two weeks after claiming the inaugural MLF Bass Pro Tour trophy at the Kissimmee Chain in Florida and two years removed from a Bassmaster Classic win on Lake Conroe, Lee arrived at this impoundment of the San Jacinto River with both momentum and history on his side.
Whether he relied on the former or the latter – or just simply fished the conditions in front of him – Lee finished the second Shotgun Round of the MLF Bass Pro Tour Huk Stage Two presented by Favorite Fishing with the heaviest weight of the day: 32 pounds, 3 ounces on 12 fish.
Lee wound a vibrating jig around the lower end of Conroe for most of the competition day, connecting with a consistent string of 2- and 3-pounders through the first period and then adding 14-12 to SCORETRACKER in Period 3 to overtake Andy Montgomery for the Phoenix Boats Daily Leader Award for the day.
“I’m still trying to ride the vibrating-jig wave from (the Kissimmee Chain),” Lee joked. “I’m addicted to it now. I threw a little Berkley squarebill and a spinnerbait too, but it was I was just feeling it with the vibrating jig today.”
Lee finished the day with a 4-5 and a 3-3, which leads him to believe that bigger fish might be moving in as waters warm.
“I feel like there’s better quality moving in,” Lee confirmed. “I’m encouraged by that. I’ll just keep doing what I did today and hope the bigger fish keep coming carries on for the rest of the week.”
Montgomery lands a monster
Montgomery, who finished with eight fish for 25-11, staked his claim to the lead as the final seconds ticked down on Period 1.
Montgomery hooked a giant fish as his boat official started the 10-count to the end of the round, and pulled the fish over the gunwale just as his official called “time’s up” for the period. It was deemed a legal catch: 9-6, easily the biggest fish caught in the two Shotgun Rounds and the Berkley Big Bass of the Day.
“It didn’t pull back that hard – it just loaded up and shook its head a couple of times,” Montgomery said. “I thought it was a 5-pounder when I saw him. It was pretty nerve-wracking though. I could hear my boat official counting, I could hear Matt Lee’s official counting because he was close to me and they were on different counts. I just did every darn thing I could to get my hands on that fish.”
Packed tight around the Elimination Line
The battle for Top 20 and a spot in Elimination Round 2 will be extra tight on Friday: less than 5 pounds separates Randy Howell in 18th (11-4) and James Elam in 30th (6-6).
Elimination Rounds begin Thursday
The 40 anglers from Group A are back on Lake Conroe Thursday morning for the first Elimination Round. Brent Ehrler, Wesley Strader, Jason Christie, Bradley Roy and Adrian Avena heads into the day at the top of the group. Places 14 through 25 – roughly the range of anglers flirting with the Elimination Line at 20th – are separated by roughly 5 pounds.
How/where to watch
Official live scoring updates are available via SCORETRACKER from the start of competition at 7:30 a.m. CT. The MLF NOW! live stream begins at 10 a.m. CT, with on-the-water coverage following the action until the end of competition at 3:30 p.m. The MLF Berkley Postgame Show begins at 5 p.m.
Shotgun Round – Group B
| Rank | Angler | Total Weight | Total # Fish | Avg Weight | Largest Fish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jordan Lee | 32 - 03 | 12 | 2 - 11 | 4 - 05 |
| 2nd | Andy Montgomery | 25 - 11 | 8 | 3 - 03 | 9 - 06 |
| 3rd | David Walker | 22 - 02 | 11 | 2 - 00 | 3 - 11 |
| 4th | Jared Lintner | 20 - 07 | 9 | 2 - 04 | 5 - 12 |
| 5th | Randall Tharp | 20 - 02 | 6 | 3 - 06 | 5 - 11 |
| 6th | Dave Lefebre | 19 - 07 | 12 | 1 - 10 | 2 - 09 |
| 7th | Chris Lane | 17 - 15 | 10 | 1 - 13 | 3 - 07 |
| 8th | Mark Davis | 17 - 13 | 9 | 1 - 16 | 3 - 04 |
| 9th | Shin Fukae | 17 - 10 | 6 | 2 - 15 | 5 - 10 |
| 10th | James Watson | 17 - 03 | 8 | 2 - 02 | 3 - 08 |
| 11th | Andy Morgan | 16 - 08 | 8 | 2 - 01 | 3 - 02 |
| 12th | Takahiro Omori | 16 - 04 | 9 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 15 |
| 13th | Casey Ashley | 15 - 03 | 8 | 1 - 14 | 3 - 04 |
| 14th | Keith Poche | 14 - 04 | 7 | 2 - 01 | 3 - 14 |
| 15th | Gary Klein | 14 - 02 | 7 | 2 - 00 | 2 - 13 |
| 16th | Brett Hite | 13 - 11 | 6 | 2 - 04 | 5 - 02 |
| 17th | Gerald Spohrer | 13 - 07 | 8 | 1 - 11 | 3 - 06 |
| 18th | Randy Howell | 11 - 04 | 5 | 2 - 04 | 3 - 13 |
| 19th | Edwin Evers | 11 - 03 | 5 | 2 - 04 | 2 - 15 |
| 20th | Zack Birge | 11 - 00 | 5 | 2 - 03 | 4 - 02 |
| 21st | Ott DeFoe | 10 - 15 | 6 | 1 - 13 | 3 - 01 |
| 22nd | Mike McClelland | 10 - 15 | 6 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 07 |
| 23rd | Matt Lee | 10 - 10 | 5 | 2 - 02 | 3 - 06 |
| 24th | Stephen Browning | 9 - 10 | 4 | 2 - 07 | 2 - 11 |
| 25th | Ish Monroe | 9 - 05 | 5 | 1 - 14 | 2 - 07 |
| 26th | Michael Neal | 8 - 11 | 5 | 1 - 12 | 1 - 15 |
| 27th | Fred Roumbanis | 8 - 04 | 4 | 2 - 01 | 2 - 06 |
| 28th | Justin Lucas | 7 - 06 | 4 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 04 |
| 29th | Mark Daniels, Jr. | 7 - 01 | 4 | 1 - 12 | 2 - 01 |
| 30th | James Elam | 6 - 06 | 3 | 2 - 02 | 2 - 15 |
| 31st | Cody Meyer | 6 - 03 | 3 | 2 - 01 | 3 - 15 |
| 32nd | Russ Lane | 6 - 02 | 3 | 2 - 01 | 3 - 01 |
| 33rd | Roy Hawk | 6 - 00 | 4 | 1 - 08 | 1 - 10 |
| 34th | Greg Vinson | 4 - 00 | 2 | 2 - 00 | 2 - 06 |
| 35th | Brandon Coulter | 3 - 11 | 2 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 03 |
| 36th | Jacob Wheeler | 3 - 09 | 2 | 1 - 12 | 1 - 15 |
| 37th | Jason Lambert | 1 - 15 | 1 | 1 - 15 | 1 - 15 |
| 38th | Kelly Jordon | 1 - 15 | 1 | 1 - 15 | 1 - 15 |
| 39th | Tommy Biffle | 1 - 03 | 1 | 1 - 03 | 1 - 03 |
| 40th | Timmy Horton | 1 - 02 | 1 | 1 - 02 | 1 - 02 |
AC Insider Podcast - "Made for TV or Made for the Fans?"
This week on the AnglersChannel Insider Podcast Chris & Jason get into discussions over Rick Clunn's Win on the St Johns, Who's Winning the "Live" game vs. the Fan Participation Game, Average fish catches, stats, stats & more stats. The boys talk with FLW Tour winner Buddy Gross on his win on Lake Toho and Chris prods Buddy on why Chickamauga is so freaking good and Buddy gives up a secret or two. Intern David joins the boys for the Costa Countdown to blastoff to talk Fantasy fishing & taking the boys money!
Tournament Team Blog - "Wheeler Dealer"
By Luke Estel
When it comes to any fishing tackle, we all want the latest and greatest. I myself am no different but there is just one small problem, money. I was looking at new graphs the other day and looked up the new Lowrance 16 inch and the Humminbird Solix 15 inch units. For the low price of $3500.00 to $4000.00, you can own one. I am sure they are both really awesome units and it would make me look even cooler having a flat screen TV mounted on my boat, but I am going to have to pass on that this year. It’s not just graphs but everything from rods and reels to lures and line. Every year there will be “ bigger and better”. So, how does the working class fisherman afford these things? You wheel and deal. There are several ways to go about it and here are some examples that I typically use.
Buy last years model. Trust me, just because they added 20 more pixels in the graph or they put 5 more bearings into a reel doesn’t mean that the old model is no good. Look for sales at Cabelas/Bass Pro or any big outdoor chain. They are just like car dealerships, they want to move out the old stock and replace it with the new at the end of the year.
Sell your stuff. Yes I am a fishing hoarder and my wife tries to break me of it all the time but I am getting better. When it’s time to replace something, I try to sell my old stuff. Ebay works great, and word of mouth can sell something fast. Now that you sold your old stuff you can save up to buy what you want.
The trading post. Many years ago our ancestors did this to survive. It’s obviously not to survive now but trading still goes on today. Trade some crankbaits for some soft plastics or a rod for a reel. Talk to your friends after a tournament and tell them what you are looking for and see if you can strike a deal. It can even be bigger than those small items. How about an old four wheeler your kids don’t use for a 10hp motor for your small boat. People do it every day and it works.
For the people that can afford all of the latest and greatest, good for you. For the rest of us, it takes a little work. Don’t go broke fishing tournaments just because you think you have to have the best. You still have to catch them. Try these few things and it just might help you get what you need for this season.
Ehrler Leads MLF Bass Pro Tour Shotgun Group A on Conroe
Courtesy of MLF
By Joel Shangle - February 12, 2019
CONROE, Texas – To say that Brent Ehrler has a colorful career history in the state of Texas is an understatement. Ehrler has picked up a couple of landmark victories in the Lone Star State, including a Toyota Texas Bass Classic win, and the champion’s trophy of the first-even Major League Fishing Competition (held on Lake Amistad in 2011).
But in the days before the first round of the MLF Bass Pro Tour Huk Stage Two presented by Favorite Fishing, Ehrler admitted that he’s been disappointed in the outcome of some of the events he’s competed in on Lake Conroe.
The California pro took matters into his own hands early in the first Shotgun Round of the week, connecting with eight fish for 22-3 in the first period, primarily throwing a spinnerbait and vibrating jig. Ehrler would eventually finish the day with 33-12, tops among the 40-angler Group A field, putting himself in a strong position as he heads into the event’s first Elimination Round competition on Thursday.
“I caught them pretty good this morning, I just don’t know that there’s a lot of fish in that are,” Ehrler said. “I did catch some nice ones – I got a near-5, a 5-5, a couple of 3s – but it’s hard to say if I’ll be able to do that again (on Thursday).”
Even though Ehrler added only 10-9 to SCORETRACKER in Periods 2 and 3, he spent the majority of the afternoon running new water, scoutSing for more productive spots for his next competition round.
“I literally did a full lap around this lake in the second and third periods,” Ehrler said. “I can’t say that I love what I saw, but I think I have a big enough cushion that I can lay off some spots (in the Elimination Round).”
Strader goes from “cautious” to comfortable
Heading into the first day of competition, Wesley Strader was “cautious” about his expectations of Lake Conroe. But after an 18-fish day, the Tennessee pro finds himself in a much more positive frame of mind (and a strong position to claim a Top 20 spot with 33-0).
Strader spent his day winding a Stan Sloan Bango Blade spinnerbait and picking his way through small, shallow, hard-to-reach spots with a 3/8-ounce Stan Sloan Zorro Flipping Jig and Big Zoom Salty Chunk.
“I want to an area in the morning that I hadn’t even practiced in, so I was pretty happy to catch a few pretty early,” Strader said. “I didn’t get many bites in practice, but I got enough to know what to look for.”
Jason Christie (29-11), Bradley Roy (29-4) and Adrian Avena (29-2) rounded out the Top 5.
The battle around the 20 spot
As has quickly become the case in the Bass Pro Tour format, much of the day’s drama unfolded around the elimination line (No. 20). Heading into Thursday’s Elimination Round, there’s only a 3-3 spread between Todd Faircloth in 13th (17-13) and Cliff Pace in 21st (14-10). There are six anglers within 4 pounds of the 20 spot.
Shotgun Round 2 Wednesday
The 40 anglers fishing Group B start competition Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. That group – which includes Stage One winner Jordan Lee – should see slightly less wind than Group A dealt with on Tuesday, and a daytime high creeping back toward the upper 60s.
Action starts at 7:30 a.m. CT, with official live scoring available on SCORETRACKER. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 10 a.m. CT.
Shotgun Round
| Rank | Angler | Total Weight | Total # Fish | Avg Weight | Largest Fish |
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| 1st | Brent Ehrler | 33 - 12 | 15 | 2 - 04 | 5 - 05 |
| 2nd | Wesley Strader | 33 - 00 | 18 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 09 |
| 3rd | Jason Christie | 29 - 11 | 10 | 2 - 16 | 4 - 13 |
| 4th | Bradley Roy | 29 - 04 | 12 | 2 - 07 | 4 - 04 |
| 5th | Adrian Avena | 29 - 02 | 15 | 1 - 15 | 4 - 12 |
| 6th | Bobby Lane | 28 - 05 | 13 | 2 - 03 | 4 - 08 |
| 7th | Boyd Duckett | 27 - 00 | 17 | 1 - 09 | 3 - 02 |
| 8th | Jeff Kriet | 26 - 03 | 13 | 2 - 00 | 4 - 09 |
| 9th | Kevin VanDam | 25 - 12 | 14 | 1 - 13 | 4 - 02 |
| 10th | Gerald Swindle | 21 - 03 | 7 | 3 - 00 | 6 - 08 |
| 11th | Alton Jones | 18 - 06 | 7 | 2 - 10 | 7 - 06 |
| 12th | Jonathon VanDam | 18 - 03 | 7 | 2 - 10 | 4 - 12 |
| 13th | Todd Faircloth | 17 - 13 | 11 | 1 - 10 | 2 - 03 |
| 14th | Mark Rose | 17 - 12 | 10 | 1 - 12 | 3 - 09 |
| 15th | Jeff Sprague | 17 - 07 | 10 | 1 - 12 | 2 - 07 |
| 16th | Greg Hackney | 17 - 02 | 8 | 2 - 02 | 3 - 14 |
| 17th | Fletcher Shryock | 16 - 12 | 7 | 2 - 06 | 3 - 11 |
| 18th | Justin Atkins | 16 - 01 | 8 | 2 - 00 | 3 - 03 |
| 19th | Mike Iaconelli | 15 - 15 | 8 | 1 - 16 | 2 - 09 |
| 20th | Alton Jones Jr. | 15 - 06 | 8 | 1 - 15 | 2 - 12 |
| 21st | Cliff Pace | 14 - 10 | 9 | 1 - 10 | 3 - 09 |
| 22nd | Anthony Gagliardi | 13 - 02 | 5 | 2 - 10 | 3 - 08 |
| 23rd | Shaw Grigsby | 12 - 14 | 7 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 14 |
| 24th | Dean Rojas | 12 - 14 | 6 | 2 - 02 | 3 - 10 |
| 25th | Jacob Powroznik | 11 - 10 | 6 | 1 - 15 | 2 - 08 |
| 26th | Cliff Crochet | 11 - 07 | 6 | 1 - 15 | 2 - 06 |
| 27th | Aaron Martens | 11 - 02 | 5 | 2 - 04 | 4 - 06 |
| 28th | Britt Myers | 10 - 14 | 7 | 1 - 09 | 2 - 05 |
| 29th | Josh Bertrand | 9 - 04 | 3 | 3 - 01 | 3 - 10 |
| 30th | Marty Robinson | 8 - 14 | 5 | 1 - 12 | 2 - 08 |
| 31st | Luke Clausen | 8 - 14 | 4 | 2 - 04 | 2 - 12 |
| 32nd | Brent Chapman | 8 - 11 | 5 | 1 - 12 | 2 - 13 |
| 33rd | Skeet Reese | 8 - 02 | 5 | 1 - 10 | 2 - 08 |
| 34th | Terry Scroggins | 7 - 11 | 4 | 1 - 15 | 2 - 08 |
| 35th | Brandon Palaniuk | 7 - 03 | 3 | 2 - 06 | 2 - 13 |
| 36th | Paul Elias | 7 - 00 | 5 | 1 - 06 | 1 - 10 |
| 37th | Scott Suggs | 5 - 15 | 3 | 1 - 16 | 2 - 05 |
| 38th | Dustin Connell | 5 - 08 | 3 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 01 |
| 39th | John Murray | 4 - 12 | 1 | 4 - 12 | 4 - 12 |
| 40th | Jesse Wiggins | 0 - 00 | 0 | 0 - 00 | 0 - 00 |
Succi & Smallwood Win Fishers of Men Lake Seminole Event with over 22 pounds!
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 23615 | Mark Succi Justin Smallwood |
5 | 7.78 | 22.38 | 0 | 22.38 | 200 | |
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| 2 | 16994 | Charlie Williams Michael Smith Jr |
5 | 4.77 | 20.56 | 0 | 20.56 | 199 | |
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| 3 | 1853 | Steve Stewart Johnny Creel |
5 | 5.29 | 19.88 | 0 | 19.88 | 198 | |
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| 4 | 23771 | Mason Brock Chad Prough |
5 | 6.62 | 19.2 | 0 | 19.2 | 197 | |
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| 5 | 635 | John Adams Robert Stewart |
5 | 4.87 | 17.79 | 0 | 17.79 | 196 | |
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| 6 | 18384 | Greg Kropat Brian Willis |
5 | 5.3 | 17.51 | 0 | 17.51 | 195 | |
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| 7 | 23619 | Matthew Peeler Andrew Wade |
5 | 5.5 | 16.74 | 0 | 16.74 | 144 | |
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| 8 | 23779 | Shane Martin | 5 | 5.87 | 16.5 | 0 | 16.5 | 143 | |
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| 9 | 19830 | Zach Ranew Jacob Livingston |
5 | 0 | 15.76 | 0 | 15.76 | 192 | |
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| 10 | 16993 | Tyler Morgan Adam Byrd |
5 | 6.66 | 15.02 | 0 | 15.02 | 191 | |
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| 11 | 14404 | Ken Jones Jimmy Wood |
5 | 4.83 | 14.64 | 0 | 14.64 | 190 | |
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| 12 | 22324 | Donnie Waters Shawn Clark |
5 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 14.2 | 139 | |
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| 13 | 641 | Jim Pass Jim Buntin |
5 | 4.17 | 12.01 | 0 | 12.01 | 188 | |
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| 14 | 18395 | Jeremy Stevens Rance Rex Mathis |
5 | 0 | 11.53 | 0 | 11.53 | 187 | |
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| 15 | 16052 | Randy Johnson Michael Smith Sr. |
5 | 4.83 | 10.74 | 0 | 10.74 | 186 | |
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| 16 | 10205 | Buddy Whitley Greg Noles |
5 | 4.1 | 10.5 | 0 | 10.5 | 185 | |
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| 17 | 22313 | Greg Hallford Todd Schell |
5 | 3.32 | 10.22 | 0 | 10.22 | 184 | |
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| 18 | 19834 | Brandon Carraway Bo Washam |
3 | 6.8 | 9.84 | 0 | 9.84 | 183 | |
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| 19 | 22513 | charles Boyd David Boyd |
4 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 0 | 9.8 | 182 | |
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| 20 | 22310 | Paul Cooper Michael Smith |
5 | 0 | 9.53 | 0 | 9.53 | 181 | |
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| 21 | 6492 | Hubert Stafford Steve Holt |
5 | 0 | 9.16 | 0 | 9.16 | 180 | |
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| 22 | 16980 | Joel Hughes Dean Robinson |
5 | 0 | 8.69 | 0 | 8.69 | 179 | |
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| 23 | 23609 | William Buttram Kirby Rice |
4 | 2.93 | 8.17 | 0 | 8.17 | 178 | |
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| 24 | 23611 | john gray willie jackson |
5 | 0 | 7.97 | 0 | 7.97 | 177 | |
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| 25 | 3621 | Larry Gardner David Grace |
4 | 2.34 | 7.33 | 0 | 7.33 | 126 | |
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| 26 | 22484 | Charles Hutchinson Mitchell Hutchinson |
3 | 3.15 | 6.77 | 0 | 6.77 | 175 | |
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| 27 | 16997 | Chad Wise Kevin Watford |
3 | 0 | 5.07 | 0 | 5.07 | 174 | |
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| 28 | 22309 | John Cook Bill Boyette |
1 | 4.97 | 4.97 | 0 | 4.97 | 173 | |
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| 29 | 23780 | Thomas Sink Donna Robins |
2 | 3.33 | 4.53 | 0 | 4.53 | 172 | |
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| 30 | 22322 | Jamie Thomas Ted Hamilton |
2 | 0 | 3.93 | 0 | 3.93 | 171 | |
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| 31 | 15715 | Pat McCrackin Randy Watford |
2 | 0 | 3.59 | 0 | 3.59 | 170 | |
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| 32 | 22317 | Lew Richardson Clint Joyner |
3 | 0 | 3.42 | 0 | 3.42 | 169 | |
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| 33 | 11864 | Richard Wilson Debbie Wilson |
1 | 3.31 | 3.31 | 0 | 3.31 | 168 | |
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| 34 | 23613 | Kris Moore Wes Stevenson |
2 | 0 | 3.02 | 0 | 3.02 | 167 | |
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| 35 | 13156 | Scott Sanders Scott Oliver |
2 | 0 | 2.72 | 0 | 2.72 | 166 | |
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| 36 | 23608 | James Anderson Joe McChesney |
1 | 2.34 | 2.34 | 0 | 2.34 | 165 | |
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| 37 | 8162 | Neil Stillwell Don Duke |
1 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 0 | 1.59 | 164 | |
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| 38 | 22311 | Michael Delk Ed Adams |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
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| 39 | 23610 | Gene Flournoy Randy Harris |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | |
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| 40 | 23612 | Michael Howard Jason Carpenter |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
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| 41 | 23614 | Tony O'Connell Matt O'Connell |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
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| 42 | 23778 | Jesse Cardwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | |
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| 43 | 13134 | Alan Butch Jones Shepherd Sawyer |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
Freeman Wins Media Bass Deep East Division Individual event with over 15 pounds on Rayburn
February 9 - Sam Rayburn
| Angler | Hometown | # Bass | Pounds | Winnings | Points |
| Aaron Freeman | The Woodlands, TX | 4 | 15.36 | $900.00 | 165.36 |
| James Edwards | Many, LA | 5 | 14.86 | $450.00 | 163.86 |
| Kyle Blanchard | Youngsville, LA | 5 | 14.17 | $300.00 | 162.17 |
| Clayton Boulware | Zavalla, TX | 5 | 13.99 | $250.00 | 160.99 |
| Marshall Hughes | Hemphill, TX | 4 | 13.38 | $112.00 | 159.38 |
| Troy Keele | Center, TX | 5 | 11.70 | 156.70 | |
| Ronald Risenhoover | Lufkin, TX | 5 | 11.66 | 155.66 | |
| Len Adcock | Brookeland, TX | 5 | 11.12 | 154.12 | |
| Randy Basye | Hamshire, TX | 5 | 10.85 | 152.85 | |
| Stephen English * | Bremond, TX | 4 | 9.96 | 150.96 | |
| Wesley Gore | Evadale, TX | 4 | 8.20 | 148.20 | |
| Cory Chustz | Erwinville, LA | 4 | 6.46 | 145.46 | |
| Daniel Blanton | Huntington, Tx | 2 | 5.01 | 143.01 | |
| Jesse Russell | Prosper, TX | 1 | 1.84 | 138.84 | |
| Glenn Dolezal | Houston, TX | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| Don Rawls | San Augustine, TX | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| David Wencil | Buda, TX | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| Justin Parks | Etoile, TX | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| Scott Skinner | Kirbyville, TX | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| Justin Sowell | Silsbee, TX | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| Michael Needham | Montgomery, TX | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| Corey Kizer | Hunstvill, TX | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| Josh Dunaway | Sulphur, LA | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| Ryan Reynolds | Lufkin, Tx | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 | |
| Steve Payne | Dekalb, Tx | 0 | 0.00 | 68.00 |
