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04/10/22 Truman

The early tournaments of the 2022 Joe Bass season have all dealt with huge swings in conditions, and the kick-off for the Truman Division sponsored by Everharts Outdoor Store was greeted with more of the same.  In the week leading up to the event, temperatures, were moderate before tanking with freeze warnings and flurries for Thursday and Friday.  With the passage of the front, tournament day brought temps in the mid 70’s but horrific winds out of the south, making long runs brutal while staying close forced anglers to deal with boats from another big event.  However, the skill level of the Truman anglers shown through bright and clear as 95 teams launched in search of daily bragging rights and valuable qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held Stockton Lake next fall.

Starting the season off right was the long-time Truman team of Chris and Charley Thomas.   Their best five fish limit from the seven keepers they caught pushed the scales to a winning 17.75 pounds.  Team Thomas shared their Everharts Keys to Success involved working jerkbaits anywhere they could find a spot to fish given the number of boats on the lake.  They did note they fished a variety of banks from bluff end points, flat pockets, and mixed rock, choosing to stay on the trolling motor and keeping a bait in the water.

Just behind the leaders was another veteran Truman team, John Bennett and Darrell Reach.  Their tournament limit weighed in at 17.63 pounds.  John shared that they stayed fairly close due to the predicted winds, which proved to be a wise move.  Working swimbaits in areas they would typically throw their tournament-tested combo of a jig fished behind a spinnerbait brought their bites.  John also noted the afternoon bite seemed to improve, as they had only two fish at 11:45.

Maintaining the vast Truman experience model, Ricky Clemen and Phil McKinney rounded out the top three with a solid 17.28 pound limit.  Phillip said they caught fish on a variety of baits including a jig, spinnerbait, and a beaver-style bait, but admitted Ricky’s touch with a jerkbait proved to be a key to their success.

Jonathon Evans and Bradley Dillon padded their 6th place check for four fish weighing 16.17 pounds by boating the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass, a 6.51 lunker.  The kicker hit a jerkbait fished shallow along a windy mainlake point. 

Marty Watson and Doug Long also took home some bonus money as they put a 15.72 pound limit in Doug’s FXR Skeeter boat, good enough to qualify for the daily Top Skeeter honors in addition to an 11th place check.

Special thanks to Everharts Outdoor Store, Lakes Inn , Truman Lake Fishing Intel, and Anglers Port Marine for their outstanding support of the division.  

The second Joe Bass Truman derby will be Sunday May 15th with a 6:00 am takeoff from Shawnee Bend.  Please note the monthly takeoff time and be sure to show up early for check-in in order to ensure a timely takeoff.

Photos

Results

Place Team Members Fish B/F TotWgt Pts Payout
1 Chris Thomas – Charley Thomas 5 4.63 17.75 220 $4,770.00
2 John Bennett – Darrell Reach 5 4.38 17.63 219 $1,420.00
3 Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney 5 4.19 17.28 218 $1,080.00
4 Dene White – Joe Dorcy 5 6.07 16.89 217 $1,050.00
5 Steve Gwadera – Jake Desselle 5 5.7 16.78 216 $600.00
6 Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon 4 6.51 16.17 215 $1,100.00
7 David McCormick – *Gary Shartzer 5   16.11 214 $400.00
8 Dennis Dahlke – Joe Riley 5 5.09 16.04 213 $300.00
9 Doug Blum – Tyler Bone 5 4.1 15.83 212 $250.00
10 Sam Maggio – Terry Cooper 5 5.11 15.8 211 $250.00
11 Doug Long – Marty Watson 5 3.92 15.72 210 $450.00
12 Matt Gunter – Kelly Nunn 5 4.7 15.67 209 $200.00
13 John Prochko – Diego Segui 5 4.98 15.64 208 $180.00
14 Karl Schmidt – Dan Martinez 5 4.61 15.61 207 $180.00
15 Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull 5 5.16 15.56 206 $180.00
16 Aaron Foglesong – Jeff Wilkins 5 5.32 15.45 205 $160.00
17 Darrin Lankford – *Sean Bowling 5   14.9 204 $160.00
18 Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith 5 4.45 14.73 203 $160.00
19 Mark Riegel – JR Shinn 5   14.09 202  
20 Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington 5 3.47 14.05 201  
21 Wyatt Miller – Kolin Rogers 4 5.99 13.9 200  
22 Dan Weber – Robert Leininger 5   13.71 199  
23 Patrick Hatfield – Chad Housh 5 3.61 13.67 198  
24 Roy Butler – Gary Maxwell 5   13.44 197  
25 Brandon Brown – Steve Prince 5 3.78 13.43 196  
26 Ricky York – Ed Gilbert 5 3.6 13.33 195  
27 Kris Bollinger – Coty Baldwin 5   13.27 194  
28 Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick 5 3.63 12.89 193  
29 Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer 5   12.88 192  
30 Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters 5 3.07 12.29 191  
31 John Hodson – Kelvin Charles 5   12.1 190  
32 Bryan Baker – Darren Baker 5 3.1 12.07 189  
33 Ronnie Kane – *Mark Horton 4   11.52 188  
34 Bobby Roberts – Wesley Myers 5 3.62 11.48 187  
35 Jordan Williams – Riley Hill 4   11.21 186  
36 Angelo Barsotti – Bill Barsotti 4   11.06 185  
37 Kevin Duer – Dustin Young 4 4.06 10.72 184  
38 Greg Askew – Terry Case 4   10.67 183  
39 Matt Hare – Jake Hare 4   10.47 182  
40 Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II 3 3.84 9.86 181  
41 Roger Umbarger 4   9.66 180  
42 Justin Miller – Mathew Miller 4   9.62 179  
43 Ron Peek – Pat Deaton 4   9.58 178  
44 Charles Edgar – Steve Fowler 4   9.37 177  
45 Gaige Blanton – Garret Cates 3   9.23 176  
46 Barton Wines – Domonique Palma 3 4.91 9.08 175  
47 Nicholas Leggett – *Jessica Leggett 4   9.03 174  
48 Jeremy Olson – Travis Waxmonski 5 4 8.92 173  
49 Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell 3   8.42 172  
50 Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II 3   8.05 171  
51 Tim Hintenach – Travis Williams 3   7.93 170  
52 Jim Sloan – Jeff Stout 3 3.39 7.75 169  
53 Jay Roe – John Bollinger 3   7.71 168  
54 Troy Thomas – Mike Eickmann 2 3.63 6.64 167  
55 Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk 3   6.52 166  
56 Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush 2   6.17 165  
57 *Riley Phillips  – Gus Adkinson 2 3.93 6.12 164  
58 Michael Dugger – Tim Goliglee 2   5.8 163  
59 Mike Fusaro – 2   5.57 162  
60 Phillip Schwartz – Steve Kleihauer 2   5.18 161  
61 Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane 2   5.08 160  
62 Aaron Vaughn – Parrish Vaughn 2   5.01 159  
63 Kenneth Mitchell – 1 4.93 4.93 158  
64 John Williams – Jim Williams 2   4.87 157  
65 Greg Miller – Brett Miller 1 4.83 4.83 156  
66 Greg James – Doug Hoeppner 1 4.59 4.59 155  
67 Chad Karns – Austin Karns 1 4.47 4.47 154  
68 Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary 1 3.27 3.27 153  
69 Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt 1 2.77 2.77 152  
70 Matt Manhart – Chris Banks 1 2.31 2.31 151  
71 Glenn Batson – Ralph Laster     0 20  
  Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown     0 20  
  James Bokonich – Trenton Cantrell     0 20  
  Blaze Bullard –     0 20  
  Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens     0 20  
  Danny Carter – Chris Carter     0 20  
  Louis Collier – Sam Huesgen     0 20  
  Joddy Dungan – John Matousek     0 20  
  Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler     0 20  
             
  Casey Flood – Dan Flood     0 20  
  Wayne Garrison – Doug Zink     0 20  
  Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick     0 20  
  Justin Hosler – Keith Dugan     0 20  
  Richard Johnson – Charles Cadenhead     0 20  
  Kerry Kirkpatrick – Jeff Hamilton     0 20  
  Joel Klonowski –     0 20  
  Greg Lampton – Jim Sells     0 20  
  Nathan Murawski – Jeremy Fuston     0 20  
  Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky     0 20  
  Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant     0 20  
  Brandon Rowland – Russel Nigh     0 20  
  Brock Schuld – Phillip Montano     0 20  
  Jacob Sloan – Jon Lengel     0 20  
  Larry Wright – Doug Wallace     0 20  
  Jack Young – Bill MacAvoy     0 20  

*alternate

Joe Bass Contact Info

Rusty Darnell
Tournament Director Stockton/Bull Shoals
rusty@joebassteamtrail.com
417-838-0366

Timmy Newberry
Tournament Director Mark Twain
timmy@joebassteamtrail.com
314-220-7196

Directors

Kyle Uptegrove
Tournament Director Smithville/Ozarks
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816-916-4244

Rocky Carden Tournament Director Table Rock/Antique/Pomme
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417-773-5223

Directors

Bob Capps - Trail Mgr
Tournament Director Truman
bob@joebassteamtrail.com
417-818-3898

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