After a cycle of nasty weather in January that forced the rescheduling of the first Blackbeard Marine Table Rock Division event, 51 teams descended on the Port of Kimberling take off site with hopes of a strong finish. Dock talk centered on a good suspended bite to compliment a brushpile approach. With everyone shooting for a chance to see their names atop the Window World leaderboard, it’s always important to remember that every fish provides qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held next fall.
Justin Garner and Jacob Wade teamed up to take top honors at the kick off event with a five fish limit that locked the scales at 22.57 pounds. Team Double J reported their Blackbeard Marine key for the day was suspending jerkbaits over shallow cover. Variety was a key factor as some of their fish wanted the bait moving fairly steadily while others wanted it motionless.
Local phenoms Wyatt Marler and Cody Huff shared a boat to pull down the runner up position. They used a 6.38 pound kicker to anchor their 21.82 limit of T-Rock bass. The duo concentrated on umbrella rigs worked over brushpiles to get their bites.
Landon Edwards and Cody Ellison continued their hot streak with the final podium position. They put 21.62 pounds of fish in the boat to narrowly miss a second place finish. Landon and Cody padded their take home pay with the Top Skeeter check as they put their limit in the livewell of Landon’s 2013 ZX21 Skeeter.
Brandon and Rhett hill complimented their 8th place finish by boating the Impel Union big bass of the event, a monster 7.47 pounder that gave them a total weight of 18.33 pounds. Their lunker fell to a Damiki rigged minnow bait.
Special thanks to Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC for sponsoring the release boat!
Take note!!! Clear Cast marine electronics repair is now supporting Joe Bass Team Trail. Be sure and visit their website for details for your repair and setup needs!
Peyton Stumpf of Trippple P Custom’s will award a replica fishmount valued at $500 to the winner of the big bass award at this fall’s Truman Invitational. Check out Trippple P Customs for custom painted swimbaits, crankbaits and more!
The next event of the Table Rock Division will take place on Saturday March 15 with a 7:00am takeoff from the Port of Kimberling ramp.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | Justin Garner – Jacob Wade | 5 | 5.42 | 22.57 | 220 | $2,500.00 |
| 2 | Wyatt Marler – Cody Huff | 5 | 6.38 | 21.82 | 219 | $1,500.00 |
| 3 | Landon Edwards – Cody Ellison | 5 | 5.32 | 21.62 | 218 | $950.00 |
| 4 | Clay Henderson – Jay Henderson | 5 | 19.91 | 217 | $630.00 | |
| 5 | Mike Gold – Eric Olliverson | 5 | 5.76 | 19.76 | 216 | $530.00 |
| 6 | Blair Cox – Grant Dohle | 5 | 18.79 | 215 | $480.00 | |
| 7 | Alex Wood – Colin Wolinski | 5 | 4.86 | 18.39 | 214 | $330.00 |
| 8 | Brandon Hill – Rhett Hill | 5 | 7.47 | 18.33 | 213 | $606.00 |
| 9 | Gordon Harriman – Travis Harriman | 5 | 18.15 | 212 | $200.00 | |
| 10 | Dustin Blevins – Eric Blevins | 5 | 17.92 | 211 | $180.00 | |
| 11 | Eric White – Gavin White | 5 | 4.67 | 17.43 | 210 | |
| 12 | Joe Nothum – Britt Doner | 5 | 16.91 | 209 | ||
| 13 | Rusty Darnell – David Rogers | 5 | 4.04 | 16.34 | 208 | |
| 14 | Jacob Longois – Wrays Raash | 5 | 16.05 | 207 | ||
| 15 | Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray | 5 | 4.31 | 15.93 | 206 | |
| 16 | Drew Tabor – Matt Brown | 5 | 5.2 | 15.81 | 205 | |
| 17 | Caleb Coleman – Robert Moody | 5 | 15.16 | 204 | ||
| 18 | Tony Mayfield – Fisher Mayfield | 5 | 4.29 | 15.02 | 203 | |
| 19 | Greg Nicks – | 5 | 14.73 | 202 | ||
| 20 | Joe Bates – Keith Hardecke | 5 | 3.86 | 14.72 | 201 | |
| 21 | Adam Smith – *fished aalone | 5 | 14.58 | 200 | ||
| 22 | Chandler Robertson – Cody Hampton | 5 | 14.4 | 199 | ||
| 23 | Terry Hutchison – Jason Coley | 5 | 14.33 | 198 | ||
| 24 | Joseph McCracken – Austin McCracken | 5 | 14.04 | 197 | ||
| 25 | Mark Long – Jerry Pendergrass | 5 | 14 | 196 | ||
| 26 | Austin Lowrey – Derrick Wright | 5 | 13.98 | 195 | ||
| 27 | Phill Stone – Pete Leonard | 5 | 13.81 | 194 | ||
| 28 | Jeromy Houchin – Jase Houchin | 5 | 13.74 | 193 | ||
| 29 | Jeff Epley – Kelly Greer | 5 | 13.65 | 192 | ||
| 30 | Gary Willis – Anthony Willis | 5 | 13.61 | 191 | ||
| 31 | Lorenzo Debrecht – *fished aalone | 5 | 13.56 | 190 | ||
| 32 | Jared Essary – Andy Eutsler | 5 | 13.06 | 189 | ||
| 33 | Jace McMasters – Eddie McMasters | 5 | 13.05 | 188 | ||
| 34 | Jeff Farquhar – Landon Farquhar | 5 | 12.55 | 187 | ||
| 35 | Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan | 5 | 11.89 | 186 | ||
| 36 | John Wagner – Kyle Wagner | 5 | 10.99 | 185 | ||
| 37 | Zachary Cooley – Kent Whitaker | 5 | 10.97 | 184 | ||
| 38 | Randall Hutson – Chris House | 4 | 4.9 | 10.75 | 183 | |
| 39 | Tony Harp – Peyton Stumpf | 4 | 9.12 | 182 | ||
| 40 | Michael Frye – | 3 | 6.46 | 181 | ||
| 41 | Jeff Parker – Ron Youngblood | 1 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 180 | |
| 42 | *Carter Carlton – Dustin Rogers | 0 | 20 | |||
| Will Billeter – Shane McGinnis | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jack Cunningham – Aiden Small | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Shane Harms – Dillon Harms | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Terry Letterman – Doug Smart | 0 | 20 | ||||
| David McCormick – | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Brett Rider – Steve Rider | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Gregg Sapp – Robert Duffy | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Mike Stevens – Les Mallard | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jase White – Cade Lipham | 0 | 20 |
*alternate