The second event of the 2025 Truman division launched under cloudy conditions, the remnants of an overnight storm, but finished under bright skies that would often result in a tough bite. However, the skill of the Truman anglers resulted in 54 limits from the 76-boat field. With 8 bags north of 17 pounds, teams had to have a strong day to find their names at the top of the Window World Leaderboard,. However, every keeper counts towards qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held next fall from Bucksaw Resort and Marina.
Matt Petelin and Diego Sequi topped the field with their 18.64-pound bag. Diego shared their C&C Valley Transmission key to success centered on dragging brush hogs and jigs in 8’ of water. Although several of their fish had bloody tails, Diego surmised the fish had recently left the beds and anchored on deeper cover to recover.
Justin and Matt Miller had another great finish by weighing 18.52 pounds of Truman bass. They fished jigs outside of spawning pockets to get their bites. Matt added they didn’t get a ton of good bites, as they boated 7 keepers scattered throughout the day.
Wyatt Miller and Kolin Rogers rounded out the top three. They chose to drag Carolina rigs in 10-12’ of water to catch 17.84 pounds. Wyatt noted they got off to a quick start with 4 keepers swimming in the LiveWell by 9:00 am. Their final keeper came around 1:00 p.m. to get them to their final weight.
Kevin Johnston and Roger Waters padded their 14th place check as they fished from Kevin’s 2024 ZXR20 to take Top Skeeter honors. Kevin and Roger enjoy the support of BaitWRX, Goody’s Steakburgers and Strike King Lures.
Noah Kelly and Dalton Zaremba, the Impel Union big bass of the day, a lunker 5.94 pound largemouth that bit a brush hog.
Thank you Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC for sponsoring the release boat!
Clear Cast marine electronics repair is now supporting Joe Bass Team Trail. Their support is a valauble addition to our sponsoring local businesses. Their support pays for all of the Tournament of Champions and Staff Shootout opportunities at the Invitational. Lets make them feel welcome. SUPPORT their efforts! Be sure and visit their website for details for your repair and setup needs!
Peyton Stumpf of Trippple P Custom’s will award a replica fishmount valued at $500 to the winner of the big bass award at this fall’s Truman Invitational. Please check out Trippple P Customs for custom painted swimbaits, crankbaits and more!
Teams, don’t forget to bring your empty packages of Rapala, Crush City, Storm, VMC and Suffix, with your name and phone number, to your next Joe Bass Tournament for a chance at a really nice pro-pack. Drawings done monthly throughout the tournament season.
The next event in the 2025 Truman division is June 22nd with a 6:00am start back at Shawnee Bend. Remember, in order to take off on time, you have to show up on time! Be sure and allow for registration and launching so take-off isn’t delayed.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | *Matt Petelin – Diego Segui | 5 | 5.91 | 18.64 | 220 | $4,390.00 |
| 2 | Justin Miller – Mathew Miller | 5 | 4.34 | 18.52 | 219 | $1,620.00 |
| 3 | Wyatt Miller – Kolin Rogers | 5 | 3.92 | 17.84 | 218 | $1,270.00 |
| 4 | Jim Sloan – Jeff Stout | 5 | 5.62 | 17.75 | 217 | $850.00 |
| 5 | Curt Graves – Parker Graves | 5 | 4.16 | 17.46 | 216 | $750.00 |
| 6 | Marty Watson – Doug Long | 5 | 4.67 | 17.31 | 215 | $476.00 |
| 7 | Joe Dorcy – Dene White | 5 | 4.98 | 17.19 | 214 | $340.00 |
| 8 | Wayne Garrison – Billy Greenwell | 5 | 4.49 | 17.18 | 213 | $250.00 |
| 9 | Kaden Zimmerman – Andrew Esterhold | 5 | 3.95 | 16.86 | 212 | $230.00 |
| 10 | Greg Askew – Terry Case | 5 | 5.25 | 16.68 | 211 | $180.00 |
| 11 | Dan Flood – Casey Flood | 5 | 5.03 | 16.49 | 210 | $180.00 |
| 12 | Todd Miller – Cam Miller | 5 | 5.76 | 16.43 | 209 | $180.00 |
| 13 | Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith | 5 | 4.1 | 16.17 | 208 | $180.00 |
| 14 | Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters | 5 | 5.04 | 16.09 | 207 | $180.00 |
| 15 | Travis Glenn – Kerry Glenn | 5 | 3.9 | 15.83 | 206 | $180.00 |
| 16 | Jacob Alexander – *fished aalone | 5 | 4.45 | 15.8 | 205 | |
| 17 | Robert Carr – Caleb Carr | 5 | 4.55 | 15.7 | 204 | |
| 18 | Mike Edrington – Bryce Rieder | 5 | 3.83 | 15.54 | 203 | |
| 19 | Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk | 5 | 3.56 | 15.51 | 202 | |
| 20 | Ronnie Kane – Cory Steckler | 5 | 4.95 | 15.42 | 201 | |
| 21 | Brad Jelinek – Michael Harlin | 5 | 15.25 | 200 | ||
| 22 | Darrin Lankford – Kevin Pitts | 5 | 15.21 | 199 | ||
| 23 | Matt Gunter – Kelly (Bob) Nunn | 5 | 15.17 | 198 | ||
| 24 | Blake Felix – | 5 | 4.4 | 15.14 | 197 | |
| 25 | Desmon Carl – Tyler Glenn | 5 | 4.21 | 15.09 | 196 | |
| 26 | Shawn Crabtree – *Reese Crabtree | 5 | 3.99 | 14.99 | 195 | |
| 27 | Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick | 5 | 3.89 | 14.88 | 194 | |
| 28 | Roger Umbarger – *Aaron Miller | 5 | 14.63 | 193 | ||
| 29 | Adam Procter – *Brandon Hill | 5 | 4.74 | 14.62 | 192 | |
| 30 | John Bennett – Darrell Reach | 5 | 14.48 | 191 | ||
| 31 | Brad Territo – Logan Carter | 5 | 4.13 | 14.43 | 190 | |
| 32 | Coty Baldwin – Kris Bollinger | 5 | 5.16 | 14.35 | 189 | |
| 33 | Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell | 5 | 4.4 | 14.32 | 188 | |
| 34 | Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II | 5 | 4.1 | 14.15 | 187 | |
| 35 | Shane Voyles – Scott St. Clair | 5 | 14.02 | 186 | ||
| 36 | David McCormick – *Evan Shartzer | 5 | 3.28 | 13.77 | 185 | |
| 37 | Gus Adkinson – Riley Phillips | 5 | 13.73 | 184 | ||
| 38 | Steve Fowler – Charles Edgar | 5 | 3.83 | 13.57 | 183 | |
| 39 | Tony Powers – Cindy Powers | 5 | 3.8 | 13.52 | 182 | |
| 40 | Bryan Baker – Darren Baker | 5 | 3.07 | 13.23 | 181 | |
| 41 | Peyton Jackson – Brayden Jackson | 5 | 13.14 | 180 | ||
| 42 | Kody Yates – | 5 | 13.02 | 179 | ||
| 43 | Cole Tullis – Landon Vogt | 5 | 3.2 | 12.79 | 178 | |
| 44 | Aaron Foglesong – Jeff Wilkins | 5 | 12.75 | 177 | ||
| 45 | Chris Bridges – Steve Prince | 5 | 3.19 | 12.6 | 176 | |
| 46 | Ryan Melcher – Christie Lanker | 5 | 5.4 | 12.36 | 175 | |
| 47 | *Charles Cadenhead jr – Bradley Dillon | 5 | 3.15 | 12.36 | 174 | |
| 48 | Chris Schiffelbein – Scotty Cavanaugh | 5 | 4.34 | 11.96 | 173 | |
| 49 | Hal Land – Brad Baze | 5 | 11.86 | 172 | ||
| 50 | Kevin Love – Brian Vanderziel | 5 | 3.34 | 11.82 | 171 | |
| 51 | Stephen Smith – Bill MacAvoy | 4 | 3.75 | 11.26 | 170 | |
| 52 | Richard Johnson – John Nickles | 4 | 4.86 | 11.25 | 169 | |
| 53 | Doug Hoeppner – Thad Owens | 5 | 10.83 | 168 | ||
| 54 | Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter | 5 | 10.76 | 167 | ||
| 55 | Lennie Becker – Charles Vaughn | 5 | 4.86 | 10.74 | 166 | |
| 56 | Roger Fitzpatrick – Chase Fitzpatrick | 4 | 10.09 | 165 | ||
| 57 | Noah Kelly – Dalton Zaremba | 3 | 5.94 | 8.85 | 164 | $460.00 |
| 58 | Jim Waggoner – Austin Ham | 5 | 8.5 | 163 | ||
| 59 | John Williams – Jim Williams | 4 | 2.92 | 7.7 | 162 | |
| 60 | Ron Peek – *fished aalone | 2 | 6.16 | 161 | ||
| 61 | Corey Ross – | 3 | 5.97 | 160 | ||
| 62 | Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown | 2 | 5.23 | 159 | ||
| 63 | Quenton Bear – Jeff Bear | 2 | 4.73 | 158 | ||
| 64 | Kelly Rebel – Dawn Rebel | 3 | 4.21 | 157 | ||
| 65 | Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary | 2 | 3.89 | 156 | ||
| 66 | Jim Sells – Tim Green | 2 | 3.32 | 155 | ||
| 67 | Roy Butler – Michael Butler | 1 | 2.22 | 2.22 | 154 | |
| 68 | Joddy Dungan – John Matousek | 0 | 20 | |||
| Chad Hendrick – Troy Hendrick | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Justin Holser – Logan Teal | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Tom McGovern – Wayne Unkel | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Greg Nicks – | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Mike Thomas – Dirk Thomas | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jordan Williams – Trevor Bartlett | 0 | 20 |
*alternate