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An end-of-April tournament on Truman Lake is supposed to be a time to celebrate getting through another winter, the annual spring green up and especially giant bass moving shallow. However, the week leading up to the kickoff derby of the 2021 Tackle HD Joe Bass Team Trail Truman Division saw a seesaw of weather conditions with snow, rain, and a rollercoaster of temperatures. 144 teams gathered at Shawnee Bend with a winter’s worth of anticipation of a heavy stringer and qualifying points for the Tackle HD Joe Bass Invitational to be held at Bucksaw Resort and Marina this fall. It seems the cream always rises to the top, and this event did not disappoint as over 1200 pounds of bass were brought to the scales and over 13 pounds was needed to finish in the money.
Local stick Dennis Berhorst teamed with Jay Ritter to top the field with a solid five bass limit weighing 19.77 pounds. Dennis reported their Tackle HD Key to Success was working ½ ounce brown jigs tipped with Zoom Z-Craw Jr’s on shallow gravel banks. The majority of their bites came in less than 5’ of water, albeit some were off the bank aways, given the gentle slope of their areas.
Another top local team, John Bennett and Darrell Reach, were just behind with a 19.05 pound bag. They also worked shallow, mixing spinnerbaits and jigs to entice their strikes.
Kenny Sloan and Brendon Mick rounded out the top three with a 17.54 stringer. Kenny noted their fish came on a mix of baits, including a finesse jig, wacky rigs, and a creature bait.
The Ozark Chevrolet/Arvest Bank Credit Card Big Bass, a 6.20 largemouth, was caught by the team of Joe Tucker and Randy Chapman. Joe said the big fish bit a green pumpkin baby brush hog flipped with a 3/16 ounce wait in 2’ of water on a flat bank.
Kevin Johnston and Roger Waters took home the highest finishing Skeeter bonus as they put 14.46 pounds of bass into Kevin’s 2020 ZX250 Skeeter. They caught the majority of their fish on a spinnerbait.
The second event of the Truman Division will take place May 16th with a 6:00am takeoff from Shawnee Bend. With the exceptional turnouts, take advantage of registering online prior to the event, otherwise, make sure to show up early. Bob will be at the ramp at 4:30 am.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout | |
| 1 | Dennis Berhorst – Jay Ritter | 5 | 4.88 | 19.77 | 210 | $5,950.00 | |
| 2 | John Bennett – Darrell Reach | 5 | 4.54 | 19.05 | 209 | $3,570.00 | |
| 3 | Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick | 5 | 5.11 | 17.54 | 208 | $2,080.00 | |
| 4 | Joe Tucker – Randy Chapman | 5 | 6.2 | 15.88 | 207 | $1,700.00 | 1BB |
| 5 | William Orhring – Dan LaBoude | 5 | 5.28 | 15.81 | 206 | $500.00 | |
| 6 | Matt Gunter – Kelly Nunn | 5 | 4.43 | 15.81 | 205 | $500.00 | |
| 7 | Greg Askew – Terry Case | 5 | 3.81 | 15.6 | 204 | $400.00 | |
| 8 | Mark Riegel – JR Shinn | 5 | 4.32 | 15.25 | 203 | $400.00 | |
| 9 | Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas | 5 | 4.59 | 15.09 | 202 | $300.00 | |
| 10 | Brandon Rowland – Russel Nigh | 5 | 5.8 | 14.99 | 201 | $740.00 | 2BB |
| 11 | Gaige Blanton – Will Andrie | 5 | 4.61 | 14.74 | 200 | $250.00 | |
| 12 | Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky | 5 | 4.05 | 14.61 | 199 | $250.00 | |
| 13 | Jay Roe – John Bollinger | 5 | 5.11 | 14.48 | 198 | $250.00 | |
| 14 | Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters | 5 | 5.48 | 14.46 | 197 | $470.00 | $keeter |
| 15 | Ron Peek – Pat Deaton | 5 | 4.31 | 14.45 | 196 | $220.00 | |
| 16 | Ralph Laster – Glenn Batson | 5 | 4.46 | 14.31 | 195 | $220.00 | |
| 17 | Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell | 5 | 3.81 | 13.98 | 194 | $200.00 | |
| 18 | Marvin Kinyon – Mike Long | 5 | 4.33 | 13.97 | 193 | $200.00 | |
| 19 | Matt Hare – Jake Hare | 5 | 4.91 | 13.87 | 192 | $200.00 | |
| 20 | Jim Sells – Greg Lampton | 5 | 3.82 | 13.76 | 191 | $180.00 | |
| 21 | Mike Rogers – *Jason Crist | 5 | 4.26 | 13.29 | 190 | $180.00 | |
| 22 | Darrin Lankford – Doug Shilling | 5 | 5.22 | 13.28 | 189 | $180.00 | |
| 23 | Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington | 5 | 3.71 | 13.27 | 188 | $170.00 | |
| 24 | Brandon Flood – *Stiffen Haldoman | 5 | 4.82 | 13.18 | 187 | $160.00 | |
| 25 | Karl Schmidt – Dan Martinez | 5 | 4.74 | 13.17 | 186 | $160.00 | |
| 26 | Jason Swarnigan – Carl Scott | 5 | 3.77 | 13.16 | 185 | ||
| 27 | Charles Edgar – Steve Fowler | 5 | 3.52 | 13.09 | 184 | ||
| 28 | Kevin Duer – *Ray Johnson | 5 | 3.85 | 13.03 | 183 | ||
| 29 | Steve Vanzant – Ryan Leahy | 5 | 12.91 | 182 | |||
| 30 | Paul Hager – Phil Allen | 5 | 12.89 | 181 | |||
| 31 | Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer | 5 | 3.95 | 12.76 | 180 | ||
| 32 | John Campbell – David Rogers | 5 | 3.84 | 12.67 | 179 | ||
| 33 | Jim Sloan – Jeff Stout | 5 | 4.25 | 12.6 | 178 | ||
| 34 | Chris Bridges – Steve Prince | 5 | 3.59 | 12.59 | 177 | ||
| 35 | Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein | 5 | 3.51 | 12.58 | 176 | ||
| 36 | Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick | 5 | 12.42 | 175 | |||
| 37 | Matt King – Larry Stoafer | 5 | 3.3 | 12.41 | 174 | ||
| 38 | Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson | 5 | 12.25 | 173 | |||
| 39 | Bill McAvoy – Jack Young | 5 | 3.5 | 12.2 | 172 | ||
| 40 | Barton Wines – Like Oien | 5 | 12.2 | 171 | |||
| 41 | Wayne Garrison – Doug Zink | 5 | 12.11 | 170 | |||
| 42 | Paul Redmond – Bob Beery | 5 | 3.56 | 12.09 | 169 | ||
| 43 | Broc Allen – Mark Mock | 5 | 3.7 | 11.81 | 168 | ||
| 44 | Dene White – Joe Dorcy | 5 | 11.79 | 167 | |||
| 45 | Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer | 5 | 11.77 | 166 | |||
| 46 | David Dawson – Hunter Hansen | 5 | 11.72 | 165 | |||
| 47 | Ozzie Wallace – Ernie Cox | 5 | 2.8 | 11.68 | 164 | ||
| 48 | Jeffery Smith – Jeffrey A Smith | 5 | 11.61 | 163 | |||
| 49 | Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens | 5 | 11.57 | 162 | |||
| 50 | Tom McGovern – *fished aalone | 5 | 2.8 | 11.55 | 161 | ||
| 51 | Kerry Kirkpatrick – James Clary | 5 | 11.46 | 160 | |||
| 52 | Mark Glover – Jesse Gardner | 5 | 11.32 | 159 | |||
| 53 | John Neil Jr – Johnny Neil Sr. | 5 | 11.25 | 158 | |||
| 54 | Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II | 5 | 11.18 | 157 | |||
| 55 | Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds | 5 | 11.13 | 156 | |||
| 56 | Jay Carden – *adam ramirez | 5 | 11.1 | 155 | |||
| 57 | Bryan Baker – Darren Baker | 5 | 2.92 | 11.07 | 154 | ||
| 58 | Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis | 5 | 11.06 | 153 | |||
| 59 | Jerry Prochko – Diego Segui | 4 | 4.34 | 11.05 | 152 | ||
| 60 | Michael Dugger – Tim Goliglee | 5 | 11.03 | 151 | |||
| 61 | Dan Goetz – Brad Burton | 5 | 10.99 | 150 | |||
| 62 | Chet Douthit – Matthew Rogers | 5 | 10.94 | 149 | |||
| 63 | Hunter Ballew – Cole Tullis | 5 | 4.66 | 10.9 | 148 | ||
| 64 | James Macleod – Don Miller | 4 | 3.9 | 10.82 | 147 | ||
| 65 | Ron Mayer – Brock Schuld | 5 | 10.79 | 146 | |||
| 66 | Michael Simons – Jacob Simons | 5 | 10.63 | 145 | |||
| 67 | Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown | 4 | 4.54 | 10.62 | 144 | ||
| 68 | Logan Carter – *Brandon Morris | 5 | 3.7 | 10.55 | 143 | ||
| 69 | Bobby Roberts – Cody Carl | 5 | 10.48 | 142 | |||
| 70 | Ronnie Kane – Cory Steckler | 5 | 10.39 | 141 | |||
| 70 | Benjamin Penley – Brody Boone | 5 | 10.39 | 141 | |||
| 72 | Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II | 5 | 10.34 | 139 | |||
| 73 | Kenny Shinn – John Hodson | 4 | 4.16 | 10.31 | 138 | ||
| 74 | Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush | 3 | 5.19 | 10.13 | 137 | ||
| 75 | John Krewson – Tony Powers | 5 | 3.51 | 10.09 | 136 | ||
| 76 | Josh Shirley – Don Sanders | 5 | 10.08 | 135 | |||
| 77 | Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon | 4 | 10.04 | 134 | |||
| 78 | Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong | 5 | 9.96 | 133 | |||
| 79 | Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown | 4 | 9.72 | 132 | |||
| 80 | Andrew Rogers – Ken Schwartzburg | 4 | 9.29 | 131 | |||
| 81 | Shawn Crabtree – Theresa Patterson | 4 | 9.19 | 130 | |||
| 82 | Jeff Stout Sr – Jeff Stout Jr | 3 | 9.19 | 129 | |||
| 83 | Terry Cooper – Sam Mozio | 4 | 9.11 | 128 | |||
| 84 | Blaze Bullard – | 3 | 5.26 | 9.01 | 127 | ||
| 85 | Jordan Williams – Riley Hill | 4 | 3.67 | 9.01 | 126 | ||
| 86 | Tyler Eagan – *Aaron Fogleson | 5 | 8.91 | 125 | |||
| 87 | Cole Dempsey – Collin Atkinson | 4 | 8.89 | 124 | |||
| 88 | Mike Smith – Jay Oliver | 4 | 8.76 | 123 | |||
| 89 | Larry Barr – Cliff Wolfe | 3 | 4.39 | 8.74 | 122 | ||
| 90 | Russell Oliphant – Donnie Goodman | 4 | 8.6 | 121 | |||
| 91 | Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane | 4 | 8.27 | 120 | |||
| 92 | Steven Messbarger – Mathew Messbarger | 4 | 8.18 | 119 | |||
| 93 | Billy Greenwell – Keith Nickell | 3 | 8.03 | 118 | |||
| 94 | Angelo Borsotti – Bill Borsotti | 4 | 7.96 | 117 | |||
| 95 | Ricky York – Ed Gilbert | 4 | 7.86 | 116 | |||
| 96 | Roy E Barmore – Dale Carrender | 3 | 3.39 | 7.65 | 115 | ||
| 97 | Wyatt Miller – Kolin Rogers | 3 | 7.48 | 114 | |||
| 98 | Tony Habiger – Fabricio Toledo | 3 | 6.94 | 113 | |||
| 99 | Patrick Hatfield – Doug Meyers | 3 | 6.92 | 112 | |||
| 100 | Kerry Moore – Tom Terrell | 3 | 6.75 | 111 | |||
| 101 | Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk | 4 | 6.74 | 110 | |||
| 102 | Tim Hintenach – Travis Williams | 2 | 6.15 | 109 | |||
| 103 | Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant | 3 | 6.11 | 108 | |||
| 104 | Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler | 2 | 5.35 | 107 | |||
| 105 | Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary | 3 | 4.95 | 106 | |||
| 106 | Richard Johnson – Charles Cadenhead | 2 | 4.7 | 105 | |||
| 107 | *Joel Klowenaski – Phil McKinney | 1 | 4.65 | 4.65 | 104 | ||
| 108 | Casey Flood – Dan Flood | 2 | 4.4 | 103 | |||
| 109 | Joddy Dungan – John Matousek | 1 | 3.69 | 3.69 | 102 | ||
| 110 | Beyce Henderson – Logan Dye | 1 | 3.22 | 3.22 | 101 | ||
| 111 | Rocky Carden – Dustin Besperat | 1 | 2.56 | 2.56 | 100 | ||
| 112 | Chris Nichols – Mark Adkins | 1 | 2.37 | 2.37 | 99 | ||
| 113 | Bob Koons – Brian Thompsonn | 1 | 2.27 | 2.27 | 98 | ||
| 114 | Casey Kidder – Chris Savoie | 1 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 97 | ||
| 115 | Justin Bogner – Kenny Bogner | 0 | 10 | ||||
| JR Borror – Ross Lalli | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Blake Burford – Tim Collins | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Ricky Clifton – Logan Farrimomn | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Connor Hardesty – Austin Menning | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Scott Hill – Brandon Hill | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Justin Hosler – Kyle McAdams | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Rick Keeney – Glenn Wilson | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jeremy Kramer – James Peck | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jon Lengel – Jacob Sloan | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Doug Long – Marty Watson | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Kevin Love – *fished aalone | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jamie McCain – Trevor Morrison | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Todd Miller – Cameron Miller | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Justin Miller – Mathew Miller | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Bob Neff – Matt Holder | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Cory Schmidt – Andy Zeller | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt | 0 | 10 | |||||
| *fished aalone – Ed Matthews | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Roger Umbarger – Josh Louisville | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Mike Ward – Peyton Jackson | 0 | 10 | |||||
| John Williams – Jim Williams | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Larry Wright – Doug Wallace | 0 | 10 |
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