Strader Moves Into Lead Heading Into Final Day Of Bass Pro Shops Southern Open Stop #1

January 30, 2016
|In Bass
|By AnglersChannel

Wesley Strader moves into the lead heading into Final day:

 Photo Courtesy of Bassmaster.com

KISSIMMEE, Fla.—Wesley Strader has moved into first place in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open #1 with a game plan that seems to change by the hour.

“I just have been kind of winging it the whole time,” said Strader, who leads the pro division with 37 pounds, 4 ounces. “I seem to do better when I can wing it, just go fishing and not have any preconceived notions of what I am going to do.”

Thursday, Strader went to a spot where he expected to catch just keeper-size bass to complete his limit but the spot produced heavyweight bass for him.  Friday, the Spring City, Tenn., angler caught about a 10-pound limit from that spot and since he knew he had enough weight to make the Top 12 cut, Strader decided to try another place he found in practice.

After arriving at the new spot, Strader noticed his partner threw a “Hail Mary” out into the middle of the lake and caught a quality bass.  “So I threw out there and caught a big one,” he said.  “Then I threw out there and caught another big one.”  Strader thanked his partner for putting him on those couple of bites that helped him complete a 15-11 limit.

“I kind of figured something out there at the end of the day so maybe it will pay off tomorrow,” he said.  “It seems like the later in the day it gets the better the bite because Florida bass like it hot. So I could see as the water temperature got up to that 62 to 64 degrees the fish started getting a little more aggressive. “

Winter Springs Bassmasters club member Eric Panzironi celebrated his son Landen’s seventh birthday today by catching a 16-13 limit that moved him into second place with 34-4.  “It just all came together,” said the 36-year old swimming pool maintenance man.  “I found a spot that was holding fish and I caught a limit early and then got a couple of big bites.”

“I went to the same exact spot (as yesterday) and I made about 10 casts and caught a decent one,” Panzironi said. “From there on I got a couple more. Then I caught a big one and that was pretty much it. I didn’t cull too much, maybe once or twice, but that was it.”

The Longwood, Fla., angler admits he had a terrible practice this week, but he has turned it around during the tournament. “I barely caught a limit on Monday and Tuesday,” he said.  His bite has been early as he has caught his limit by about 9:30 each morning.

The rest of the Top 5 in the pro division includes Cody Detweiler, Orlando, Fla.,  third place, 34-11; Chad Morgenthaler, Reeds Spring, Mo., fourth, 34-4; and Jason Williamson, Wagner, S.C., fifth, 33-5.

Deland, Fla., boat mechanic Rob Walker leads the non-boater division with 17-14.  He fishes the Kissimmee Chain often and is relying on a tactic that usually produces well for him this time of year.

Visit Kissimmee and the Central Florida Sports Commission are hosting this open.  Saturday’s launch will be held at the Lakefront Park/Big Toho Marina in Kissimmee. The weigh-in will move to the Bass Pro Shops in Orlando and will begin at 4 p.m. EDT.

WEIGHT LEADER

Wesley A Strader
Spring City, TN
Weight: 37- 4

BASS PRO SHOPS BIG BASS LEADER (DAILY)

James Bailey
Warrenton, VA
Weight: 9- 6

Place Name Day 1 Day 2 Total Fish Total Weight
Fish Weight Fish Weight
1 Wesley A Strader 5 21- 9 5 15-11 10 37- 4
2 Eric Panzironi 5 17-15 5 16-13 10 34-12
3 Cody Detweiler 5 14- 7 5 20- 4 10 34-11
4 Chad Morgenthaler 5 19-10 5 14-10 10 34- 4
5 Jason Williamson 5 18- 8 5 14-13 10 33- 5
6 Stetson Blaylock 5 17- 0 5 15-15 10 32-15
7 Kazuki Kitajima 4 12- 3 5 20- 3 9 32- 6
8 Mark Rose 5 14- 5 5 17-13 10 32- 2
9 Terry Scroggins 5 13-13 5 17-12 10 31- 9
10 Ish Monroe 5 16- 1 5 15- 6 10 31- 7
11 Brad Knight 5 22-11 5 7-10 10 30- 5
12 Bobby Lane 5 11- 0 5 17-15 10 28-15
13 David Kilgore 5 15- 3 5 13- 6 10 28- 9
14 Greg Pugh 5 16- 2 5 12- 5 10 28- 7
15 Mark Daniels 5 15-13 5 12- 6 10 28- 3
16 Jordan Card 5 16-10 5 11- 0 10 27-10
17 Clayton Batts 5 11- 6 5 15-12 10 27- 2
18 Sven Hilland 5 11- 6 5 15- 4 10 26-10
19 Dustin Connell 5 11-15 5 14- 3 10 26- 2
20 Jared Dial 5 14- 3 5 11-13 10 26- 0
21 Arnie Lane 5 12- 3 5 13-11 10 25-14
22 Derek Hudnall 5 15- 2 5 10-10 10 25-12
23 Jade Keeton 5 20- 0 3 5-10 8 25-10
24 Britt Myers 5 13- 2 5 12- 8 10 25-10
25 Hunter Shryock 5 13- 6 5 12- 3 10 25- 9
26 Sam George 5 17- 8 4 7-13 9 25- 5
27 Randall Tharp 5 10- 7 5 14-13 10 25- 4
28 Todd Auten 5 12-13 4 12- 5 9 25- 2
29 Brandon Cobb 5 11- 4 5 13-13 10 25- 1
30 Guy Eaker 5 12- 3 5 12-13 10 25- 0
31 Jeremy Prouty 5 10- 7 5 14- 6 10 24-13
32 Chris Groh 4 11- 5 5 13- 7 9 24-12
33 Jason Quinn 5 12-12 5 12- 0 10 24-12
34 Gerald Swindle 5 15- 4 5 9- 7 10 24-11
35 Jacob Wheeler 5 14-15 5 9-11 10 24-10
36 Jesse Wiggins 5 15- 6 4 8-14 9 24- 4
37 Al Farace 5 8-11 5 15- 8 10 24- 3
38 Matt Lee 5 10-10 5 13- 6 10 24- 0
39 Jon Englund 5 10- 4 4 13- 9 9 23-13
40 Patrick Bone 5 14- 5 5 9- 7 10 23-12
41 John Cox 5 10- 4 5 13- 7 10 23-11
42 Kyle Fox 4 13- 4 5 10- 6 9 23-10
43 Rex Huff 5 16- 4 3 7- 1 8 23- 5
44 Roland Martin 5 9- 0 5 13-11 10 22-11
45 Doug Workman 5 11- 1 5 11- 6 10 22- 7
46 Daniel Lanier 5 8-10 5 13- 5 10 21-15
47 Hank Cherry 5 13- 0 5 8-14 10 21-14
48 James Bailey 5 6- 9 5 15- 4 10 21-13
49 Scott Canterbury 5 13-10 5 8- 2 10 21-12
50 Chris Lane 5 8- 7 5 13- 4 10 21-11
51 Steven Crafton 5 11- 1 5 10-10 10 21-11
52 Destin Demarion 5 14- 8 5 7- 2 10 21-10
53 Austin Felix 5 9- 2 5 12- 6 10 21- 8
54 John Brazzell 4 6- 1 5 15- 5 9 21- 6
55 Scott Luster 4 12- 4 5 9- 1 9 21- 5
56 Marty Robinson 5 14-15 5 6- 5 10 21- 4
57 Richard Howes 5 14- 0 5 7- 3 10 21- 3
58 Clabion Johns 3 9- 4 5 11-14 8 21- 2
59 Dale Hightower 5 10-15 5 10- 3 10 21- 2
60 Brandon Lester 5 13-14 5 7- 3 10 21- 1
61 Ott DeFoe 5 12- 1 5 9- 0 10 21- 1
62 Michael Neal 5 10-15 5 10- 0 10 20-15
63 Jim Johnson 5 12- 2 5 8-11 10 20-13
64 Mike Jackson 5 10- 3 5 10- 9 10 20-12
65 Matt Stefan 5 10- 6 5 10- 6 10 20-12
66 Samuel Fish 5 9-14 5 10-11 10 20- 9
67 Andrew Iversen 5 14-15 3 5- 6 8 20- 5
68 Kazunori Okuma 5 10-11 5 9- 6 10 20- 1
69 Jesse Tacoronte 5 8-12 5 11- 3 10 19-15
70 Joey Nania 5 10-11 5 9- 0 10 19-11
71 James Tomsovic 3 4- 1 5 15- 6 8 19- 7
72 Jeff Kriet 5 9-10 5 9- 8 10 19- 2
73 David Perdue 5 10-12 5 8- 5 10 19- 1
74 Toby Lillard 5 8- 9 5 10- 7 10 19- 0
75 Anthony Gagliardi 5 10- 9 5 8- 6 10 18-15
76 Bill Day 5 8- 7 5 10- 7 10 18-14
77 Justin Lucas 5 8-10 3 10- 3 8 18-13
78 Bradley Dortch 5 9- 3 3 9- 9 8 18-12
79 Jonathan Canada 5 8-11 5 10- 0 10 18-11
80 Kyle Walters 5 8-12 5 9-15 10 18-11
81 Garrett Rocamora 5 11-13 2 6-13 7 18-10
82 Jeff Barth 4 5- 0 5 13- 9 9 18- 9
83 Matt Fair 3 8- 5 5 9-14 8 18- 3
84 Ronnie Glasgow 5 9- 0 5 9- 3 10 18- 3
85 Shinichi Fukae 5 8-10 2 9- 8 7 18- 2
86 Ronald Green 5 12- 7 5 5- 9 10 18- 0
87 Ray Hashimoto 4 8-12 3 9- 4 7 18- 0
88 Darrell Pons 4 7- 2 5 10-13 9 17-15
89 Brandon Palaniuk 3 9- 1 4 8-14 7 17-15
90 Dylan Fulk 5 8- 6 5 9- 7 10 17-13
91 George Owens 4 10- 1 3 7-10 7 17-11
92 William Shipes 4 5-11 5 11-11 9 17- 6
93 Randy Elliott 5 6- 8 5 10-13 10 17- 5
94 J T Kenney 5 10- 8 4 6-10 9 17- 2
95 Shane Lineberger 3 4- 9 5 12- 8 8 17- 1
96 Frederick Palmer 5 9-10 5 7- 7 10 17- 1
97 Derek Remitz 5 14- 5 2 2-11 7 17- 0
98 William Weidler 2 6- 3 5 10-13 7 17- 0
99 Kyle Schutta 4 6-13 5 10- 3 9 17- 0
100 Patrick Pierce 5 9- 4 4 7-11 9 16-15
101 A J Slegona 3 5- 6 5 11- 7 8 16-13
102 Shane Powell 5 10- 5 5 6- 7 10 16-12
103 Danny Lavoie 5 7- 1 5 9-10 10 16-11
104 Alton Jones 4 6-14 4 9-12 8 16-10
105 Charlie Evans 5 11- 5 2 5- 4 7 16- 9
106 Charlie Hartley 4 9- 9 5 7- 0 9 16- 9
107 James Christian 4 11- 5 3 5- 3 7 16- 8
108 Shaw Grigsby 5 10- 1 4 6- 6 9 16- 7
109 Woo Daves 5 13- 3 2 3- 0 7 16- 3
110 Joseph Yasinski 5 8-15 5 7- 4 10 16- 3
111 Paul Pagnato 4 7- 6 5 8-11 9 16- 1
112 Michael Johnson 2 3-12 5 12- 4 7 16- 0
113 Jeff Shelton 5 9- 5 3 6-10 8 15-15
114 Steve York 1 1-13 5 14- 1 6 15-14
115 Jamey Caldwell 5 8- 6 5 7- 7 10 15-13
116 Michael Murphy 2 8- 1 5 7- 9 7 15-10
117 Ryan Davidson 3 3-10 3 11-15 6 15- 9
118 Jordan Lee 2 4- 1 5 11- 5 7 15- 6
119 Brian Elder 5 13- 5 2 1-12 7 15- 1
120 Charles Pippin 3 3-11 5 11- 4 8 14-15
121 Ronald Young 5 7-14 3 7- 1 8 14-15
122 Kendal Beaty 5 12- 7 1 2- 5 6 14-12
123 Cecil Douberly 5 11-11 2 2-15 7 14-10
124 Richard Shannon 3 3-12 5 10-13 8 14- 9
125 Mitchell Liss 5 6-13 5 7- 9 10 14- 6
126 Ed Loughran 2 5- 8 5 8-12 7 14- 4
127 Christiana Bradley 5 8- 1 4 6- 2 9 14- 3
128 Kotaro Kiriyama 3 5-12 5 8- 6 8 14- 2
129 Chris Heath 5 8-12 5 5- 5 10 14- 1
130 Gary Clouse 5 8- 4 4 5-11 9 13-15
131 Rick Morris 2 5-11 3 8- 4 5 13-15
132 Eric Silverstrim 3 6- 5 4 7- 9 7 13-14
133 Greg Mansfield 3 4-15 3 8-14 6 13-13
134 Skylar Hamilton 5 8- 4 3 5- 6 8 13-10
135 Timothy Arnold 5 10-15 2 2- 1 7 13- 0
136 Chris Moody 3 5- 7 3 7- 8 6 12-15
137 Grayson Smith 5 7-13 5 5- 1 10 12-14
138 John Dial 5 10- 8 2 2- 5 7 12-13
139 Kendall Newson 5 10-10 2 2- 1 7 12-11
140 Robert Morin 4 7- 2 4 5- 9 8 12-11
141 Rex Chambers 5 12- 8 5 12- 8
142 Eric Jackson 5 9-13 2 2- 9 7 12- 6
143 Wil Hardy 3 4- 2 5 8- 4 8 12- 6
144 Lionel Botha 5 9-11 5 2- 9 10 12- 4
145 Chris Hensley 5 5-12 4 6- 8 9 12- 4
146 Chris Adams 5 8-12 2 3- 6 7 12- 2
147 Fletcher Shryock 2 4- 7 5 7-10 7 12- 1
148 Tyler Carriere 5 7- 7 4 4-10 9 12- 1
149 Greg Buie 3 6- 7 3 5- 1 6 11- 8
150 Joshua Douglas 5 6-13 4 4- 9 9 11- 6
151 Seth Feider 4 5- 5 2 6- 1 6 11- 6
152 Terry Segraves 2 3- 1 5 8- 4 7 11- 5
153 Jimmy Mason 1 2- 6 4 8-12 5 11- 2
154 Trait Crist 5 7-11 2 3- 6 7 11- 1
155 Preston Johnson 3 4- 5 5 6-12 8 11- 1
156 Dow Cox 2 2- 2 5 8- 9 7 10-11
157 Hunter Eubanks 3 4-13 4 5-12 7 10- 9
158 Chris Neau 3 4-15 3 5- 8 6 10- 7
159 Ryan Hoover 3 8- 9 1 1- 6 4 9-15
160 Christopher Murphy 4 7- 9 2 2- 4 6 9-13
161 Bigworm Ludwig 2 2-14 4 6-13 6 9-11
162 Cliff Prince 5 9- 8 5 9- 8
163 Jason Rice 4 8-15 4 8-15
164 Thomas Huynh 1 1-10 3 7- 4 4 8-14
165 Brian Mathis 0 0- 0 5 8-13 5 8-13
166 Brent Crow 5 8- 9 5 8- 9
167 Shawn Carnahan 2 4- 1 3 4- 4 5 8- 5
168 Randy Haynes 5 8- 0 5 8- 0
169 Kyle Worsham 2 2-15 2 4-12 4 7-11
170 Koby Kreiger 5 7- 6 5 7- 6
171 Ricky Shepherd 3 4- 2 2 3- 1 5 7- 3
172 Jeffrey Brooks 0 0- 0 4 6-11 4 6-11
173 Matthew Brown 2 2- 6 1 4- 0 3 6- 6
174 Brad Webb 2 2-14 3 3- 8 5 6- 6
175 Ernest Morris 0 0- 0 4 6- 2 4 6- 2
176 William Briere 0 0- 0 2 6- 0 2 6- 0
177 Clay Dyer 1 1-13 3 4- 2 4 5-15
178 Simon Borja 1 1- 2 3 4-11 4 5-13
179 Carroll Blevins 1 1-10 2 4- 0 3 5-10
180 David Sampson 4 5- 3 4 5- 3
181 Bradley Sears 3 4-13 3 4-13
182 Allen Brooks 3 4-12 3 4-12
183 Larry Gaines 1 0-15 2 2-14 3 3-13
184 Rick Pierce 3 3-11 3 3-11
185 Jeffery Cox 2 3-11 2 3-11
186 David Gaston 3 3- 8 3 3- 8
187 Gerald Sensabaugh 2 3- 7 2 3- 7
188 Christopher Cline 1 2- 9 1 0-12 2 3- 5
189 Trevor Lo 2 2- 3 2 2- 3
190 David Smith 2 2- 1 2 2- 1
191 Donald Herwick 1 1-11 1 1-11
192 William Hensley 1 1- 6 1 1- 6
192 Che Johnson 0 0- 0 1 1- 6 1 1- 6
194 Dustin Neat 1 1- 4 1 1- 4
195 Daron Patrick 1 1- 2 1 1- 2
196 Parker Cann 0 0- 0 1 1- 1 1 1- 1
196 Travis Dehart 0 0- 0 1 1- 1 1 1- 1
198 William Hicks 0 0- 0 0 0- 0
198 James Jacobus 0 0- 0 0 0- 0
198 Matt Lowe 0 0- 0 0 0- 0