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04/30/23 Truman

Truman anglers were greeted to the season opener with a cold front that lowered temps from the previous days, but the main weather item they had to deal with was a strong wind.  For some, the wind sparked an aggressive bite while it made presentation a challenge for others.  Still, 97 teams brought over 950 pounds of bass to the scales for nearly a 10 pound per team average!  Just as importantly, 100% of the fish were released alive back to Truman Lake from the Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC Live Release boat.  As always, it’s not too early to be thinking ahead, solidifying the concept that every fish counts towards qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held Stockton Lake next fall.

Long-time Truman sticks Marty Watson and Doug Long came out on top with a stout 18.43 pound stringer.  Their bag was anchored by the NAPA Big Bass of the event.  Their lunker pushed the scales to 6.14 pounds.  Marty and Doug shared their Hobbytime Motorsports Key to Success centered on dragging a brush hog in 8’-10’ of water.  They worked through 8 keepers with their weigh-in limit all coming before noon. Marty and Doug pegged the trifecta as they added Top Skeeter honors to their first place and big bass awards as they fished from their Skeeter bass boat.

Karl Schmidt paired with Dan Martinez to take second place honors.  Their 18.11 pound stringer came up just short of a win, but provided a super start to the 2023 season nonetheless.  They managed 9 keepers scattered throughout the day.  Their strategy was crawling a jig in 5’-10’ of water.

John Prochko and Diego Segui rounded out the top three with a strong 17.70 limit.  They also slow-worked brush hogs and jigs in the 8’-10’ range to catch their fish.  They noted fishing was tough as they boated only 7 keepers on an all day bite.

Special thanks to Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet/GMC/Buick in West Plains for sponsoring the live release boat.

The second event of the Truman Division will be May 21 with a 6:00 takeoff from Shawnee Bend.  Be sure and show up early to ensure you have plenty of time to check in and launch prior to take-off.

Photo 1st Place Doug Long & Marty Watson

Results

Place Team Members Fish B/F TotWgt Pts Payout
1 Doug Long – Marty Watson 5 6.14 18.43 220 $5,490.00
2 Karl Schmidt – Dan Martinez 5 6.03 18.11 219 $2,404.00
3 John Prochko – Diego Segui 5 4.95 17.7 218 $1,556.00
4 David McCormick – Gary Shartzer 5 5.8 17.59 217 $900.00
5 Ryan Tucker – *Anthony Dimaggio 5 4.83 17.18 216 $800.00
6 Caleb Carr – Dustin Langston 5 4.44 17.12 215 $682.00
7 Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters 5 3.96 16.95 214 $500.00
8 Wayne Garrison – Billy Greenwell 5 4.94 16.8 213 $450.00
9 Andrew Eisterhold – Kaden Zimmerman 5 5.73 16.7 212 $400.00
10 Matt Gunter – Kelly Nunn 5 4.69 16.69 211 $350.00
11 Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens 5 4.01 16.44 210 $300.00
12 Kris Bollinger – Keven Bollinger 5 5.03 16.31 209 $250.00
13 Charles Edgar – Steve Fowler 5 4.72 16.25 208 $250.00
14 Tony Powers – Cindy Powers 5 5.39 16.05 207 $200.00
15 Kevin Smith – Jerry McCutchen 5 5.49 16.02 206 $200.00
16 Donald Clark – Brantley Clark 5 4.24 15.96 205 $200.00
17 Barton Wines – Marshall Gregory 5 4.27 15.63 204 $180.00
18 Gaige Blanton – Kody Mazur 5 4.93 15.41 203 $180.00
19 Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell 5 4.1 15.14 202 $180.00
20 Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull 5 4.34 14.73 201
21 Chris LuAllen – Ben Sadler 5 14.61 200
22 Joddy Dungan – John Matousek 4 5.49 14.6 199
23 Darrin Lankford – Sean Bowling 5 14.54 198
24 John Bennett – Darrell Reach 5 3.41 14.52 197
25 Greg James – Doug Hoeppner 5 14.51 196
26 John Krewson – Brad Territo 5 13.79 195
27 Chet Douthit – Kent Campbell 5 3.64 13.63 194
28 Wyatt Miller – Kolin Rogers 5 13.56 193
29 William Oehring – Dan Laboube 5 3.87 13.43 192
30 Robert Hime – Paul Huse 5 4.18 13.39 191
31 Jay Roe – John Bollinger 5 13.26 190
32 Tyler Eagan – James Eagan 5 4.55 13.25 189
33 Chris Thomas – Charley Thomas 5 4.08 13.19 188
34 Austin Pate – Jordan Reffitt 5 4 13.19 187
35 Todd Miller – Cameron Miller 5 13.08 186
36 *fished alone – Phil McKinney 5 12.99 185
37 Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick 5 3.29 12.83 184
38 Ralph Laster – Glenn Batson 5 3.21 12.82 183
39 Roy Butler – Gary Maxwell 5 12.73 182
40 Donnie Reynolds – Travis Williams 5 3.22 12.71 181
41 Nick Leggett – Logan Carter 5 3.61 12.57 180
42 Chris Callahan – Billy Daleske 5 12.43 179
43 John Hodson – Kelvin Charles 5 3.2 12.41 178
44 Brandon Brown – Steve Prince 5 3.69 12.4 177
45 Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter 5 3.65 12.38 176
46 Blake Price – Travis Glenn 5 12.26 175
47 Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington 5 3.2 12.25 174
48 Paul Hager – Phil Allen 5 3.87 12.08 173
49 Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick 5 11.1 172
50 John Wixson – Michael Wixon 5 11 171
51 Ron Rush – Rick Rush 5 10.98 170
52 John Campbell – David Rogers 5 10.9 169
53 Matt Hare – Jake Hare 4 10.21 168
54 Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II 5 3.59 10.18 167
55 Jordan Williams – Riley Hill 5 9.9 166
56 Mike Bennett – Gabe Bennett 5 9.89 165
57 Justin Hosler – Brandon Heimericks 5 2.69 9.87 164
58 Bryan Baker – Darren Baker 4 3.11 9.78 163
59 Tom McGovern – Larry Wright 4 4.03 9.27 162
60 Aaron Foglesong – Jeff Wilkins 4 9.11 161
61 Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon 4 9.04 160
62 Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II 4 5 8.91 159
63 Stephen Smith – *Ben King 3 8.3 158
64 Kerry Kirkpatrick – Jeff Hamilton 4 8.16 157
65 Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown 5 3.4 8.14 156
66 Cole Dempsey – Anthony Thurman 3 8.08 155
67 Doug Blum – Tyler Bone 4 8.06 154
68 Dennis Dahlke – 3 7.78 153
69 Dennis Whitaker – Mike Tibbs 3 3.28 7.33 152
70 Jim Sloan – Jeff Stout 4 7.03 151
71 Travis Poretta – Robert Daniels 3 6.77 150
72 Terry Bradley – Jason Swanigan 3 6.56 149
73 Duane Limbery – Tom LeBlanc 3 5.56 148
74 Troy Everly – Dylan Limback 2 5.18 147
75 Drake Fredrick – David Crabill 3 5 146
76 David Moore – Bob Moore 2 4.68 145
77 Larry Lagsding – Kevin Davis 4 4.65 144
78 Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary 2 4.22 143
79 John Hewkin – Frank Meyer 1 2.92 2.92 142
80 Dene White – Joe Dorcy 2 2.85 141
81 Casey Flood – Dan Flood 1 2.47 2.47 140
82 Vincent Baugh – Sandra Davis 1 1.81 1.81 139
83 Greg Askew – Terry Case 0 20
Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis 0 20
Shawn Crabtree – Theresa Patterson 0 20
Richard Evans – Terry Close 0 20
Jason Fulton – Russell Fisher 0 20
Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein 0 20
Mike Long – Marvin Kinyon 0 20
Josh Louiselle – Roger Umbarger 0 20
Kevin Love – 0 20
JR Loyd – Matthew Poling 0 20
Ron Peek – Grieg Engel 0 20
Adam Procter – *Cody Campbell 0 20
Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver 0 20
John Williams – Jim Williams 0 20
Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk 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

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Tournament Director Smithville/Ozarks
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816-916-4244

Bob Capps - Trail Mgr
Tournament Director Truman/Pomme/Antique/Table Rock
bob@joebassteamtrail.com
417-818-3898

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