The passage of a dangerous front had obvious adverse effects on the lives of many throughout the region, but the strong front apparently lit the afterburners on the fishing as it took over 19 pounds to crack the top five. More so, a solid 15-pound bag wouldn’t get a team into the top 25, much less towards the top of the Window World leaderboard. Seems like the season is off to a tremendous start in the Blackbeard Marine Table Rock Division.
Mike Sutherland and Chance Peebles won the shootout with a super stout 21.88-pound bag. Mike and Chance reported their Blackbeard Marine key for the day was pulling A-rigs and swimbaits over brush piles.
Justin Garner and Jacob Wade followed up their win last month with a second-place finish. Their best five bass locked the scales at 21.19 pounds. They also noted keying in on brush piles with their weapons of choice being an a-rig, jerk bait and Damiki minnow. They anchored their big sack with the Impel Union big bass of the event, a 6.96 toad that fell to a jerk bait.
Caleb Coleman and Robert Moody rounded out the top three. They dropped a five fish limit weighing 20.77 pounds on the scales. They narrowly missed big bass honors as their kicker locked in at 6.95 pounds. They also paired a Damiki-rigged minnow with an a-rig over brush piles to draw strikes.
John and Kyle Wagner landed Top Skeeter honors by putting 18.78 pounds of Ozark bass in their FXR Skeeter. They caught their fish on a mix of jerk baits, a-rigs and rock crawlers.
Special thanks to Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC for sponsoring the release boat!
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 April 5th with a 6:30am takeoff from the Port of Kimberling ramp.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | Mike Sutherland – Chance Peebles | 5 | 5.3 | 21.88 | 220 | $3,580.00 |
| 2 | Justin Garner – Jacob Wade | 5 | 6.96 | 21.19 | 219 | $1,730.00 |
| 3 | Caleb Coleman – Robert Moody | 5 | 6.95 | 20.77 | 218 | $1,390.00 |
| 4 | Chris Martin – Kevin Burnett | 5 | 5.93 | 19.61 | 217 | $850.00 |
| 5 | Joe Nothum – Britt Doner | 5 | 19.47 | 216 | $750.00 | |
| 6 | Seth Thompson – Ryan Thompson | 5 | 4.27 | 18.95 | 215 | $400.00 |
| 7 | Trent Ellis – Kirk Stilwell | 5 | 18.9 | 214 | $250.00 | |
| 8 | John Wagner – Kyle Wagner | 5 | 5.9 | 18.78 | 213 | $450.00 |
| 9 | Blair Cox – Grant Dohle | 5 | 17.87 | 212 | $180.00 | |
| 10 | Wyatt Marler – Bailey Bewley | 5 | 17.76 | 211 | $180.00 | |
| 11 | Jack Cunningham – Aiden Small | 5 | 5.14 | 17.66 | 210 | $180.00 |
| 12 | Jason Rice – *Michelle Rice | 5 | 4.98 | 17.66 | 209 | $174.00 |
| 13 | Shane Harms – Dillon Harms | 5 | 5.38 | 17.46 | 208 | |
| 14 | Matt Fielder – Tyler Nation | 5 | 16.82 | 207 | ||
| 15 | Shawn Swearengin – Kevin Richards | 5 | 16.6 | 206 | ||
| 16 | Joe Ingram – Jacob Wisecup | 5 | 16 | 205 | ||
| 17 | Gary Willis – Anthony Willis | 5 | 15.86 | 204 | ||
| 18 | Darrell Barlow – Ethan Barlow | 5 | 15.85 | 203 | ||
| 19 | David Rice – | 5 | 15.73 | 202 | ||
| 20 | Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan | 5 | 15.7 | 201 | ||
| 21 | Kavan Maybee – *Brennen Banks | 5 | 15.66 | 200 | ||
| 22 | Jeff Epley – Kelly Greer | 5 | 15.62 | 199 | ||
| 23 | Eric Toliver – Zach Lawrence | 5 | 15.48 | 198 | ||
| 24 | Jacob Christeson – | 5 | 15.42 | 197 | ||
| 25 | Brett Rider – Steve Rider | 5 | 15.15 | 196 | ||
| 26 | Chandler Robertson – Cody Hampton | 5 | 15.02 | 195 | ||
| 27 | Danny Smith – William Luethje | 5 | 14.8 | 194 | ||
| 28 | Michael Frye – Michael Landwehr | 5 | 4.95 | 14.69 | 193 | |
| 29 | Lorenzo Debrecht – Robert Harry | 5 | 14.43 | 192 | ||
| 30 | *Kerwin Chastain – Shane McGinnis | 5 | 14.41 | 191 | ||
| 31 | Will Billeter – *Brad Billeter | 5 | 13.92 | 190 | ||
| 32 | Ty McKenzie – Joel Maher | 5 | 13.85 | 189 | ||
| 33 | Clay Henderson – Jay Henderson | 5 | 13.5 | 188 | ||
| 34 | Tyler Frahm – Austin Frahm | 5 | 13.48 | 187 | ||
| 35 | Zachary Cooley – Kent Whitaker | 5 | 13.47 | 186 | ||
| 36 | Joseph McCracken – Austin McCracken | 5 | 13.43 | 185 | ||
| 37 | Jeff Farquhar – Landon Farquhar | 5 | 13.35 | 184 | ||
| 38 | Brandon Hill – Rhett Hill | 5 | 13 | 183 | ||
| 39 | Sam Grace – Blake Macamber | 5 | 12.97 | 182 | ||
| 40 | Eric White – Gavin White | 5 | 12.81 | 181 | ||
| 41 | Mark Fann – Mike Fann | 5 | 12.67 | 180 | ||
| 42 | Danny Burns – Kory Mitchell | 5 | 12.48 | 179 | ||
| 43 | Adam Smith – Bill Edwards | 5 | 12.45 | 178 | ||
| 44 | Dick Moger – Jack Stack | 5 | 12.42 | 177 | ||
| 45 | Josh Shirley – Don Sanders | 5 | 12.37 | 176 | ||
| 46 | Terry Hutchison – Jason Coley | 5 | 12.11 | 175 | ||
| 47 | Danny Hancock – | 5 | 12.02 | 174 | ||
| 48 | John Williams – Jim Williams | 5 | 11.6 | 173 | ||
| 49 | Neil Booher – Jake Smith | 5 | 11.37 | 172 | ||
| 50 | Marc Cooper – *Rich Gamble | 5 | 10.85 | 171 | ||
| 51 | Jeromy Houchin – Jase Houchin | 5 | 9.74 | 170 | ||
| 52 | Tim Brunnert – Michael Hogan | 5 | 9.13 | 169 | ||
| 53 | John Hewkin – *Adam Carnel | 4 | 8.92 | 168 | ||
| 54 | Randall Hudson – Chris House | 2 | 5 | 8.47 | 167 | |
| 55 | Mike Daley – Dale Elkins | 3 | 6.23 | 166 | ||
| 56 | James Brown – John Campbell | 0 | 20 | |||
| Tony Harp – Peyton Stumpf | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Aaron Hodge – James Bailey | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Terry Letterman – *Brian Letterman | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Ransom McCrary – | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Colton Mense – Casey Halford | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Brock Rogers – Garrett Snyder | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Ladd Shannon – Kenneth Shannon | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Brien Vaughn – Deana Allen | 0 | 20 |
*alternate