Goggins and Headley Weigh in 25.29 Limit to win the ABT South Division Stop #2.

 

 

Columbiana, Ala. March 12, 2016 – While it may not have the legendary big weight reputation of Lake Guntersville, Lay Lake, the historic Coosa River bass fishery in Central Alabama showed just how good it can be despite favorable conditions taking a turn the day before the second Alabama Bass Trail Southern Division event of the 2016 season.

Warm, stable conditions had been the norm for the week leading up to the March 12, 2016 event, but as can happen, things took a turn as the final practice day wore on and into the day of the event.  Despite the fact that the conditions brought fresh, dirty water into the system, and the need to open the floodgates on the dams to deal with runoff, the team of Jeremy Headley and Anthony Goggins managed to bring a 25.29-pound limit of Lay lake largemouth to the scales and take home the trophy.

Headley and Goggins banked on the fact that they had located numbers of large females that had moved into lower lake spawning areas, and the fact that they knew how to adjust to the falling water levels.  “We focused on the areas that we knew held big spawning females shallow, and adjusted to where we thought they may have moved to with the conditions,” said the team.  “We found them with moving baits in practice, and once the pressure hit, and the water started falling, we started looking in the grass beds just outside those areas; it took us a little while, but we connected with them again.”

While they did not have a keeper in the livewell by midmorning, they rotated through creeks and pockets on the lower end of the lake until they started getting bites.  “I was throwing a crankbait in the front of the boat and would get a movement or a missed strike and Anthony would flip a black and blue Beaver behind me,” said Headley.  “Most of the fish we weighed today came on the Beaver, but the crankbait helped us locate which grassbeds held active fish.”

The pair earned $10,000 for their efforts and the win allowed them to climb to second place in the Southern Division Angler of the Year standings.

The team of John Canada and Bo Hunter used a dual strategy to finish second in the event.  The pair went to the bottom of the lake to try and get a big largemouth bite or two early, then ran upriver to target heavy spotted bass as the current turned on.  “We knew we had a couple hours before they turned the current on, so we down lake and tried for a couple big bites early,” said Canada.  “I got a couple good ones on a black and blue swim jig early, then we ran up to the tailraces so Bo could do his magic with a swimbait; our plan worked.”

Canada and Hunter brought a mixed bag to the scales that weighed 22.82 pounds.  Their performance earned them second place and a check for $5,000.

The team of Keith Youngblood and Ty Youngblood weighed 13.31 pounds for the day  finishing 45th, their limit was bolstered by the Mountain Dew Big Bass of the tournament, an 8.08-pound largemouth. They earned the $500 Mt. Dew Big Bass award.

 

Final Results:

 

Place	Team	Weight	Big Fish	Points	Winnings
1	Jeremy Headley/Anthony Goggins	25.29	7.58	225	$10,000
2	Jon Canada/Bo Hunter	22.82	0	224	$5,000
3	Clay Harris/Bradley Dean	21.26	8.04	223	$4,000
4	Dustin Connell/James Connell	21.18	0	222	$3,000
5	Buck Mcdonald/Larry Mcdonald	19.6	0	221	$2,000
6	Caiden Sinclair / Philip Jones	18.93	0	220	$1,000
7	Erick Sommers/Tommy Pegues	18.76	0	219	$900
8	Jeff Richey/Howard Richey	17.99	0	218	$800
9	Chad Schroeder/Charles Phillips	17.85	5.12	217	$700
10	Jeston Anderson/Robert Robinson	17.71	5.67	216	$600
11	Foster Bradley/Britt Lemley	17.6	0	215	$500
12	Kyle Welcher/Chris Haynes	17.11	0	214	$500
13	Cecil Williams/Jerry Davis	16.98	0	213	$500
14	Derrick Millirons/Ronald Terry	16.91	0	212	$500
15	John Pollard/Dallas Weldon	16.45	0	211	$500
16	Chris Payne/James rawhide Smith	16.35	0	210	$500
17	Marty Sumners/Simon Morrow	16.16	7.05	209	$500
18	Paul Jones/Blake Stephens	16	0	208	$500
19	Ryan Ingram/Jay Grogan	15.96	0	207	$500
20	Andy Leslie/Grant Bennett	15.91	0	206	$500
21	William Davis/Will Davis	15.81	0	205	$500
22	Rex Chambers/Brent Crow	15.8	0	204	$500
23	Radney Atchison/Joe Wikoff	15.74	0	203	$500
24	Charles Beach/Chuck Beach jr	15.61	0	202	$500
25	Mj Vihnanek/Murphy Klumpp	15.6	0	201	$500
26	Steve Schoffstall/Mike Parrot	15.57	0	200	$500
27	Mike Hardin/Michael Hardin	15.37	0	199	$500
28	David Caylor/Robbie Pelt	15.32	0	198	$500
29	Heath Greene/Ethan Greene	15.13	0	197	$500
30	RJ Thompson/Ryan Kelley	15.06	0	196	$500
31	Shelby Kinney/L. j. Mccollough	15.05	0	195	$500
32	Nicholas Turner/Joe Lay	15.02	0	194	$500
33	Chris Rutland/Coby Carden	14.88	0	193	$500
34	Rickie Knight/Randall Carter	14.78	0	192	$500
35	Keith Dees/Tommy Walley	14.6	0	191	$500
36	Marty Gidens/Kim Giddens	14.58	0	190	$500
37	Jeff Hale/Steve Sanders	14.46	0	189	$500
38	Bill Granberry/Chuck Graham	14.39	0	188	$500
39	Larry Bullock/Roger Caldwell	14.3	0	187	$500
40	Dale Westmoreland/Lance Youngblood	14.28	0	186	$500
41	Samuel Fish/Justin Hamner	14.16	0	185	$0
42	Mitchell Hall/Gabe Aldridge	14.06	0	184	$0
43	Dale Rogers/Bobby Cox	13.94	0	183	$0
44	Glen Whitley/Terry Fuller	13.83	0	182	$0
45	Keith Youngblood/Ty Youngblood	13.31	8.08	181	$0
46	Derrick Roberts/Jacob Eiland	13.25	0	180	$0
47	Barry Isbell/Jeff Schatz	13.14	0	179	$0
48	Ronnie Mask/Comer Mask	13.11	0	178	$0
49	Jimmy Sims/Bobby Lowery	13.06	0	177	$0
49	Jason Krasnosky/Jeff Pfeiffer	13.06	0	177	$0
51	Robbie Pritchard/Lynn Pritchard	13.04	0	175	$0
52	Matt Mcsweeney/Rod Mcsweeney	12.84	0	174	$0
53	Steven Ingram/	12.83	0	173	$0
54	Scott Ashley/Taylor Ashley	12.66	0	172	$0
55	Tony Boyett/Brian Metcalf	12.49	0	171	$0
56	Steven Morris/Matt Vanzant	12.38	0	170	$0
57	Adam Bain/Kris Colley	12.3	0	169	$0
58	Ken Sessions/Greg Sessions	12.22	0	168	$0
59	Eli Malloy/Jason Windham	12.13	0	167	$0
60	Kenny Smith/James Purvis	12.02	0	166	$0
61	Blake Harper/Logan Shaddix	12.01	0	165	$0
61	Chris Pitts/Robert Mclain jr	12.01	0	165	$0
63	Nolan Brannan/Patrick Martin	11.9	0	163	$0
64	Jimmy Miller/Chris Miller	11.86	0	162	$0
65	Ken Walters/Ernie Faulkner	11.85	0	161	$0
66	Greg Griggers/Barry Landrum	11.73	0	160	$0
67	Jimmy Butler/Lewis Hill	11.72	0	159	$0
68	Tullis Lanier/Bill Spratlin	11.58	0	158	$0
69	Steve Thrash/Stan Hallman	11.29	0	157	$0
70	Jacob Rackard/John Ramer	11.22	0	156	$0
71	Victor Harper/Jeff Gilliam	11.13	0	155	$0
72	Michael Smedley/Jeremy Nichols	10.98	0	154	$0
73	Lowell Everett/Lawrence Curd	10.96	0	153	$0
74	Justin Marsh/Robbie Stanley	10.94	0	152	$0
75	Rusty Mask/Cody Farr	10.87	0	151	$0
76	Keith Kirkley/Jeff Kirkley	10.85	0	150	$0
77	Brian Jones/Barry Jones	10.78	0	149	$0
78	Deandrae Kimbrough/Orlando Harris	10.75	0	148	$0
79	Wes Jarvis/Scott Brown	10.74	0	147	$0
80	John Causey/Mike Brownfield	10.71	0	146	$0
81	Colby Wells/Kevin Wells	10.63	0	145	$0
82	Scott Montgomery/Les Bratcher	10.6	0	144	$0
83	Alan Brown/Frank Henry	10.58	0	143	$0
84	Jack Womack/Allen Yarborough	10.52	0	142	$0
85	David Horton/Ed Kernells	10.5	0	141	$0
85	Rob Kyle/David Shiver	10.5	0	141	$0
87	Kevin Dees/Jim Smith	10.43	0	139	$0
88	Scott Luster/Jerry Cook	10.39	0	138	$0
89	Richard Howell/Wayne Mcdade	10.33	0	137	$0
90	Danny Pollard/George Breland	10.18	0	136	$0
91	Hunter Mckinley/Micah Easterling	10.16	0	135	$0
92	Wayne Miller/Rick Haynie	10.12	0	134	$0
93	David Sherrill/Johnny Skipper	9.86	0	133	$0
94	David Pair/David Noakes	9.81	0	132	$0
95	Ronnie Ray/Alton Stillwell	9.6	0	131	$0
95	Thomas Brewbaker/Shawn Callahan	9.6	0	131	$0
97	Derek Pearson/Cody Harrell	9.58	0	129	$0
98	James Oswalt/Linda Oswalt	9.57	0	128	$0
99	Shane Horton/Brandon Horton	9.5	0	127	$0
100	Chris Minor/Chase Benson	9.47	0	126	$0
101	Todd Holland/Keith Reid	9.46	0	125	$0
102	Brannon Jones/Brian Fuller	9.39	0	124	$0
103	Sam Fish/Bill Champion	9.32	5.58	123	$0
104	Jason Kyser/Kevin Carpenter	8.86	0	122	$0
105	Jimbo Deaton/Sean Key	8.6	0	121	$0
106	Alton Shiver/Gary Niles	8.55	0	120	$0
107	Dewayne Byrd/Frank Alexander	8.54	0	119	$0
108	Jay Ladner/Randy Ladner	8.51	0	118	$0
109	Taylor Lamar/Mac Lamar	8.38	0	117	$0
110	Kevin Keel/Jacob Tidwell	8.31	0	116	$0
110	Tommy Calloway/Howard Holley	8.31	0	116	$0
112	Brian Graham/Johney Weaver	8.28	0	114	$0
113	Jerry Casey/Randy Casey	8.19	0	113	$0
114	J.t. Hodges/Donald Conway	8.07	0	112	$0
115	Steve Lipham/Mitch Milner	8.05	0	111	$0
116	Pam Martin-wells/Steven Wells	7.88	0	110	$0
117	Steve Pry/John Gilley	7.87	0	109	$0
118	Tate Cartee/	7.64	0	108	$0
119	Nate Johnson/Allen Moses	7.48	0	107	$0
120	Walter Mccartney/Richard Cornelius	7.4	0	106	$0
121	Mark Wallace/Aaron Smith	7.3	0	105	$0
122	Tony Hogan/Vernon Ward	7.27	0	104	$0
123	Russell Wilson/Dewaine Dillashaw	7.18	0	103	$0
124	Tommy Overstreet/Don Elmore	7.13	0	102	$0
125	Billy Poiroux/Todd Sharpe	7.01	0	101	$0
126	Joey Mccall/Mike Mccall	6.92	0	100	$0
127	Trey Potts/Boone Shear	6.77	0	99	$0
128	Joey Smith/Barry Mcclain	6.75	0	98	$0
129	Clemm Parker/Donald Parker	6.58	0	97	$0
130	Tim Fitzgerald/Kelly White	6.32	0	96	$0
131	Neil Stillwell/Mark Stillwell	5.97	0	95	$0
132	James Richerson/Craig Hamilton	5.8	0	94	$0
133	Dennis Mcgouirk/Vernelle Quinnie	5.18	0	93	$0
134	Danny Grissett/Tony Wilson	5.09	0	92	$0
135	Danny Green/Tommy Parker	4.38	0	91	$0
136	James Hall/Kenneth Robinson	4.21	0	90	$0
137	Chad Ray/Sean Haigler	4.06	0	89	$0
138	Jimmy Cook/Randall Sims	3.96	0	88	$0
139	Larry Breckenridge/John eddie Donaldson	3.89	0	87	$0
140	Larry Blount/Robert blount	3.76	0	86	$0
141	James Vanblake/Donnie Zundel	3.21	0	85	$0
142	Wayne Cox/Jimmy Harrison	3.1	0	84	$0
143	Lou Cobb/Ben Lundy	3.05	0	83	$0
144	David Sneed/Clint Carter	2.86	0	82	$0
145	Stephen Roberson/Kenneth Roberson	2.67	0	81	$0
146	Mark Ammons/Terry Harris	1.56	0	80	$0
147	David Stout/John Otts	1.53	0	79	$0
148	John Hayles/Don Reeve	1.47	0	78	$0
149	Gentry Gordy/Chad Smith	1.18	0	77	$0
150	Edgar Mcmichael/Dennis Robinson	0	0	67	$0
150	Tyler Pitts/Kyle Tindol	0	0	67	$0
150	Keith Ray/Jared Ray	0	0	67	$0
150	Martin Lyons/Jonathon Tutt	0	0	67	$0
150	Brian Stiffler/Ben Black	0	0	67	$0
150	Preston Anthony/Derrek Wilson	0	0	67	$0
150	Josh Herren/Jeremy Calvin	0	0	67	$0
150	Johnathan Stuckey/Doyle Taunton	0	0	67	$0
150	Cory Ingram/Kenneth Moore	0	0	67	$0
150	Josh Butler/Jeb Tate	0	0	67	$0
150	Rob Lee/Johnny Payton	0	0	67	$0
0	Shaye Baker/Ben Weldon	0	0	0	$0
0	Cole Phillips /Kye Phillips	0	0	0	$0