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05/16/21 Truman

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.

Photos

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  

Staff

Bob Capps
Trail Manager
bob@joebassteamtrail.com
417-818-3898

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

Staff

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Director Antique/Table Rock/Pomme/Truman/Stockton
rocky@joebassteamtrail.com
417-773-5223

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