To coin a phrase from Gerald Swindle, uttered during the recent Elite event at Neely Henry, the temperatures and water levels in the days leading up to the second tournament on Truman Lake had “been up and down as much as a hooker’s britches”. Add into the mix the start and stop sequence of the spawn and one could expect to find fish in all phases of the annual rush to the bank. Despite the tops turvy conditions, 130 teams gathered at Shawnee Bend to battle for daily bragging rights qualifying points for the Tackle HD Joe Bass Invitational to be held at Bucksaw Resort and Marina this fall.
Proving experience matters, John Bennett and Darrell Reach solved the puzzle with a tournament leading 18.22 sack, anchored by the second big bass of the day, a 5.88 toad. John reported their Tackle HD Key to Success was working spinnerbaits and creature baits on flatter banks for a total of 8 keepers throughout the day. In addition to their winnings Darrell’s catch of the 1st Big Bass won him the Arvest Bank Credit Card Incentive.
The reigning division champions, Matt Gunter and Kelly Nunn, followed up last month’s six place finish with a solid second place. Their presentation centered on flipping, while the locales varied between different depths and bank layouts, a typical May junk-fishing pattern executed supremely.
Nicholas Leggett paired with Truman veteran Logan Carter to round out the top three with a 17.66 stringer. Logan noted they leaned on an Omega Pro-Mega jig fished in less than 10’ of water in their favorite late spring spots.
The Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass, a 7.10 behemoth largemouth, was caught by the team of Michael Dugger and Tim Goliglee. Although a bit tight-lipped, Tim offered the fish bit a “Timmy G Special”, a lure a friend makes for him. It was suggested it is similar to a Tokyo Rig, but who really knows!
The third event of the Truman Division will take place June 13th 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 to ensure the takeoff is on time.
If your meeting your partner at Shawnee Bend consider having them park at the high water ramp then you picking them up there.
Especially proud of directors Rusty, Timmy and Jeff with their traffic control and the anglers cooperation kept the traffic flowing. Excellent work by Lynn and Kim at the check in trailer as well.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | Pnlty | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | John Bennett – Darrell Reach | 5 | 5.88 | 18.22 | 210 | $6,200.00 | |
| 2 | Matt Gunter – Kelly Nunn | 5 | 3.83 | 17.69 | 209 | $2,000.00 | |
| 3 | Nicholas Leggett – Logan Carter | 5 | 4.98 | 17.66 | 208 | $1,280.00 | |
| 4 | Bryce Rieder – *Cameron Rieder | 5 | 5.87 | 17.55 | 207 | $800.00 | |
| 5 | Larry Barr – Cliff Wolfe | 5 | 4.55 | 17.43 | 206 | $600.00 | |
| 6 | David McCormick – Gary Shartzer | 5 | 4.63 | 17.38 | 205 | $490.00 | |
| 7 | Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer | 5 | 5.16 | 17.09 | 204 | $400.00 | |
| 8 | Dennis Berhorst – Jay Ritter | 5 | 5.11 | 16.95 | 203 | $400.00 | |
| 9 | Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer | 5 | 3.93 | 15.97 | 202 | $800.00 | |
| 10 | Paul Hager – Phil Allen | 5 | 4.15 | 15.83 | 201 | $300.00 | |
| 11 | Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II | 5 | 5 | 15.69 | 200 | $300.00 | |
| 12 | Ronnie Kane – Cory Steckler | 5 | 3.66 | 15.64 | 199 | $250.00 | |
| 13 | Michael Dugger – Tim Goliglee | 5 | 7.1 | 15.56 | 198 | $1,050.00 | |
| 14 | Brandon Flood – *Steffan Haldeman | 5 | 3.89 | 15.53 | 197 | $250.00 | |
| 15 | Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook | 5 | 4.94 | 15.36 | 196 | $200.00 | |
| 16 | Jerry Prochko – Diego Segui | 5 | 4.17 | 15.2 | 195 | $200.00 | |
| 17 | William Orhring – Dan LaBouke | 5 | 4.88 | 15.15 | 194 | $200.00 | |
| 18 | Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith | 5 | 4.45 | 14.85 | 193 | $180.00 | |
| 19 | Kevin Griffen – Marvin Griffen | 5 | 14.77 | 192 | $180.00 | ||
| 20 | Tim Hintenach – Travis Williams | 5 | 4.52 | 14.59 | 191 | $180.00 | |
| 21 | Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens | 5 | 4.08 | 14.42 | 190 | $180.00 | |
| 22 | Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote | 5 | 4.43 | 14.36 | 189 | $160.00 | |
| 23 | John Williams – Jim Williams | 5 | 3.04 | 14.2 | 188 | $160.00 | |
| 24 | Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush | 5 | 3.96 | 14.1 | 187 | $160.00 | |
| 25 | Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon | 5 | 3.89 | 14.04 | 186 | $160.00 | |
| 26 | Broc Allen – Mark Mock | 5 | 5.09 | 14.01 | 185 | ||
| 27 | Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein | 5 | 4.74 | 13.9 | 184 | ||
| 28 | Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist | 5 | 4.43 | 13.9 | 183 | ||
| 29 | Greg Askew – Terry Case | 5 | 4.66 | 13.78 | 182 | ||
| 30 | *Riley Phillips – Gus Adkinson | 5 | 3.9 | 13.72 | 181 | ||
| 31 | Darrin Lankford – Doug Schilling | 5 | 13.63 | 180 | |||
| 32 | Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney | 5 | 3.71 | 13.54 | 179 | ||
| 33 | Shawn Crabtree – Theresa Patterson | 5 | 4.28 | 13.52 | 178 | ||
| 34 | Angelo Borsotti – Bill Borsotti | 5 | 4.06 | 13.4 | 177 | ||
| 35 | Steven Messbarger – Mathew Messbarger | 5 | 3.78 | 13.38 | 176 | ||
| 36 | *Tom Shewey – Russel Nigh | 5 | 3.54 | 13.36 | 175 | ||
| 37 | Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas | 5 | 4.01 | 13.29 | 174 | ||
| 38 | Rick Fishback – Blake Felix | 5 | 13.2 | 173 | |||
| 39 | Joe Tucker – Randy Chapman | 5 | 3.78 | 13.19 | 172 | ||
| 40 | Kevin Duer – Dustin Young | 5 | 3.03 | 13.14 | 171 | ||
| 41 | Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick | 5 | 3.66 | 13.08 | 170 | ||
| 42 | Wayne Garrison – Doug Zink | 5 | 3.74 | 13 | 169 | ||
| 43 | Karl Schmidt – Dan Martinez | 5 | 3.97 | 12.92 | 168 | ||
| 44 | *Tyler Glenn – Roger Waters | 5 | 3.67 | 12.86 | 167 | ||
| 45 | Sam Maggio – Terry Cooper | 5 | 4.17 | 12.77 | 166 | ||
| 46 | Mark Riegel – JR Shinn | 5 | 4.19 | 12.75 | 165 | ||
| 47 | John Wixson – Zach Kremer | 5 | 4.03 | 12.59 | 164 | ||
| 48 | Josh Pladies – Travis Burch | 5 | 12.59 | 163 | |||
| 49 | Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky | 5 | 5.13 | 12.57 | 162 | ||
| 50 | Ron Mayer – Brock Schuld | 5 | 12.57 | 161 | |||
| 51 | Justin Miller – Mathew Miller | 5 | 12.53 | 160 | |||
| 52 | Ron Peek – Pat Deaton | 5 | 4.99 | 12.4 | 159 | ||
| 53 | Kenny Shinn – John Hodson | 5 | 4.18 | 12.4 | 158 | ||
| 54 | John Neil Jr – Johnny Neil Sr. | 5 | 12.4 | 157 | |||
| 55 | Brent Eitel – Jeff Blackford | 5 | 3.78 | 12.36 | 156 | ||
| 56 | Kolin Rogers – Wyatt Miller | 5 | 4.12 | 12.34 | 155 | ||
| 57 | Ralph Laster – Glenn Batson | 5 | 12.24 | 154 | |||
| 58 | Kerry Moore – Tom Terrell | 5 | 12.21 | 153 | |||
| 59 | Larry Wright – Doug Wallace | 5 | 3.17 | 12.17 | 152 | ||
| 60 | Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown | 5 | 3.73 | 12 | 151 | ||
| 61 | Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb | 5 | 11.98 | 150 | |||
| 62 | Dene White – Joe Dorcy | 5 | 11.95 | 149 | |||
| 63 | Doug Long – Marty Watson | 5 | 3.79 | 11.92 | 148 | ||
| 64 | John Campbell – David Rogers | 5 | 3.92 | 11.83 | 147 | ||
| 65 | Ozzie Wallace – Ernie Cox | 5 | 3.4 | 11.77 | 146 | ||
| 66 | Blake Burford – Tim Collins | 5 | 11.74 | 145 | |||
| 67 | Roger Umbarger – Josh Louisville | 5 | 4 | 11.68 | 144 | ||
| 68 | Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt | 5 | 3.21 | 11.67 | 143 | ||
| 69 | Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk | 5 | 11.58 | 142 | |||
| 70 | JR Borror – Ross Lalli | 4 | 5.34 | 11.56 | 141 | ||
| 71 | Bryan Baker – Darren Baker | 5 | 3.26 | 11.53 | 140 | ||
| 72 | Jay Roe – John Bollinger | 5 | 11.35 | 139 | |||
| 73 | James Macleod – Don Miller | 5 | 3.28 | 11.31 | 138 | ||
| 74 | Russell Oliphant – Donnie Goodman | 5 | 11.21 | 137 | |||
| 75 | Charles Edgar – Steve Fowler | 5 | 3.55 | 11.2 | 136 | ||
| 76 | Ricky York – Ed Gilbert | 5 | 2.97 | 11.19 | 135 | ||
| 77 | Matt King – Larry Stoafer | 5 | 11.04 | 134 | |||
| 78 | Chris Nichols – Mark Adkins | 5 | 0.5 | 3.52 | 11 | 133 | |
| 79 | Casey Kidder – Chris Savoie | 5 | 3.18 | 10.94 | 132 | ||
| 80 | Jeremy Fly – Marc Czachowski | 5 | 10.73 | 131 | |||
| 81 | Steve Vanzant – Ryan Leahy | 5 | 10.65 | 130 | |||
| 82 | *John Brandon – Dustin Wileman | 5 | 1 | 10.59 | 129 | ||
| 83 | Jeffery Smith – Jeffrey A Smith | 5 | 3.2 | 10.51 | 128 | ||
| 84 | Marvin Kinyon – Mike Long | 4 | 4.54 | 10.44 | 127 | ||
| 85 | Bob Koons – Brian Thompsonn | 5 | 10.42 | 126 | |||
| 86 | Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary | 5 | 10.35 | 125 | |||
| 87 | *Bill Hendrick – Chet Douthit | 5 | 10.34 | 124 | |||
| 88 | Cole Dempsey – Collin Atkinson | 4 | 10.28 | 123 | |||
| 89 | Robert Hime – Paul Huse | 5 | 10.24 | 122 | |||
| 90 | Jim Sloan – Jeff Stout | 5 | 10.19 | 121 | |||
| 91 | Casey Flood – Dan Flood | 5 | 2.43 | 10.17 | 120 | ||
| 92 | Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds | 5 | 10.12 | 119 | |||
| 93 | Benjamin Penley – Brody Boone | 5 | 10.11 | 118 | |||
| 94 | Tom Starforth – Ed Matthews | 5 | 10.02 | 117 | |||
| 95 | Troy Thomas – Mike Eickmann | 5 | 9.98 | 116 | |||
| 96 | Tom McGovern – *Tom Kaufmann | 5 | 3.52 | 9.94 | 115 | ||
| 97 | Hunter Ballew – Cole Tullis | 5 | 2.91 | 9.93 | 114 | ||
| 98 | Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong | 5 | 9.81 | 113 | |||
| 98 | John Krewson – Tony Powers | 5 | 9.81 | 113 | |||
| 100 | Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell | 5 | 9.77 | 111 | |||
| 101 | Patrick Hatfield – Doug Meyers | 5 | 9.64 | 110 | |||
| 102 | Ryan Tucker – *Bob Pender | 4 | 9.17 | 109 | |||
| 103 | Tony Habiger – Fabricio Toledo | 5 | 9.15 | 108 | |||
| 104 | Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick | 4 | 8.63 | 107 | |||
| 105 | Rocky Carden – Dustin Besperat | 5 | 8.6 | 106 | |||
| 106 | Blaze Bullard – | 4 | 8.43 | 105 | |||
| 107 | *Dennis Maggart – Greg Lampton | 3 | 6.74 | 104 | |||
| 108 | Barton Wines – Like Oien | 3 | 6.69 | 103 | |||
| 109 | David Dawson – *Joey Lay | 3 | 6.02 | 102 | |||
| 110 | Keith Pflumm – Matt Hickman | 3 | 5 | 101 | |||
| 111 | Jack Young – Bill MacAvoy | 4 | 4.66 | 100 | |||
| 112 | Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II | 2 | 4.13 | 99 | |||
| 113 | Dan Weber – Robert Leininger | 2 | 4.02 | 98 | |||
| 114 | Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler | 2 | 3.64 | 97 | |||
| 115 | Roy E Barmore – Dale Carrender | 1 | 3.08 | 3.08 | 96 | ||
| 116 | Lance Bleuns – Adam Cummings | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Chuck Cover – Harison Cover | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Mark Engelhart – Aaron Engelhart | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Matt Hare – Jake Hare | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Mark Hockemeier – Thad Lincoln | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Joseph Hull – Brett Fickle | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Rick Keeney – Glenn Wilson | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Kerry Kirkpatrick – *Nick Schlenker | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Kevin Love – *fished aalone | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Todd Miller – Cameron Miller | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Cory Schmidt – Andy Zeller | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane | 0 | 10 |