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05/21/23 Truman

Truman anglers were blessed with a great weather day with mild temperatures and light winds, a huge turnaround from the 30+ mph winds during the season opener.  Conditions allowed everyone to move around as they worked to locate a kicker bite on a day dominated by numbers instead of quality.  The statistics back that theory, as 91 teams brought over 1000 pounds of bass to the scales for over an 11 pound per team average!  Thankfully, the Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet/GMC/Buick Live Release boat was on hand to return the bass to the lake to be caught again.  To ensure the integrity of the circuit, polygraphs were administered to the top finishers as well as a team chosen at random.  As always, every fish counts towards qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held at Stockton Lake next fall.

Jordan Williams and Trevor Bartlett teamed up to take the win with a staggering 19.20 pound stringer.  Jordan shared their Hobbytime Motorsports Key to Success centered working jigs through shallow stumps.  Their locales consisted of a string of spawning coves where they found their fish still lingering towards the back of the pockets where they worked through three limits of keepers to get to their winning weight.

John Bennett and Darrell Reach nearly pulled off another win, as their 18.25 limit landed them in second place.  Their day didn’t produce the numbers others reported, but quality is what matters at the weigh-in.  Darrell noted they fished shallow laydowns with a mix of spinnerbaits, squarebills and lizard to boat 7-8 keepers throughout the day.

Mike Edrington fished with Chris Savoie to round out the top three.  They brought a 17.62 limit to the scales.  Mike said they stayed shallow all day, flipping shallow cover on a variety of banks to catch their fish.

Aaron Foglesong and Jeff Wilkins padded their 7th place finish with the NAPA Big Bass of the event.  Their lunker pushed the scales to 6.46 pounds.

Doug Long and Marty Watson also added to their winnings as they took Top Skeeter honors in addition to a 5th place overall finish.  Doug noted they fished brush hogs in 8-10 of water to put bass in their 2021 ZXR21.

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

Tim Williams Lie Detection Services performed polygraph tests.

The third event of the Truman Division will be June 25 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.

Host lodging for Joe Bass Team Trail on Truman lake is Rivers End Motel & RV Park. Newley remodeled.

Photos

Results

Place Team Members Fish Pnlty B/F TotWgt Pts Payout
1 Jordan Williams – *Trevor Bartlett 5 4.7 19.2 220 $4,680.00
2 John Bennett – Darrell Reach 5 4.9 18.25 219 $1,600.00
3 *Chris Savoie – Mike Edrington 5 4.3 17.62 218 $1,280.00
4 *Clint Rayburn – Logan Carter 5 4 17.07 217 $800.00
5 Doug Long – Marty Watson 5 5.5 16.91 216 $600.00
6 Greg Askew – Terry Case 5 5 16.56 215 $500.00
7 Aaron Foglesong – Jeff Wilkins 5 6.5 16.51 214 $1,000.00
8 Larry Lagsding – Kevin Davis 5 4.5 16.46 213 $400.00
9 Darrin Lankford – Sean Bowling 5 4.5 16.19 212 $400.00
10 Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens 5 4.3 15.86 211 $300.00
11 Chris Callahan – Billy Daleske 5 3.8 15.46 210 $300.00
12 Ron Rush – Rick Rush 5 0.5 6 15.15 209 $600.00
13 Kevin Smith – Jerry McCutchen 5 4.7 15.13 208 $200.00
14 Jason Fulton – Russell Fisher 5 3.9 15.02 207 $200.00
15 Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein 5 15.02 206 $200.00
16 Paul Hager – Phil Allen 5 3.7 14.71 205 $180.00
17 Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters 5 4 14.6 204 $180.00
18 Garrett Cates – Ray Cates 5 3.5 14.57 203 $180.00
19 Andrew Eisterhold – Kaden Zimmerman 5 1 6 14.38 202
20 Donnie Reynolds – Travis Williams 5 4.2 14.29 201
21 Tony Powers – Cindy Powers 5 14.26 200
22 Dennis Whitaker – Mike Tibbs 5 4.4 14.22 199
23 Richard Evans – Terry Close 5 4.8 14.17 198
24 Jim Sloan – Jeff Stout 5 4.1 14.04 197
25 Bryan Baker – Darren Baker 5 3.9 13.77 196
26 Chris Thomas – Charley Thomas 5 3.7 13.56 195
27 *Heather Sadler – Ben Sadler 5 4 13.55 194
28 Caleb Carr – Dustin Langston 5 13.54 193
29 Chet Douthit – Kent Campbell 5 4.2 13.53 192
30 William Oehring – Dan Laboube 5 3.7 13.53 191
31 Donald Clark – Brantley Clark 5 4.3 13.52 190
32 Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk 5 3.1 13.44 189
33 Matt Gunter – Kelly Nunn 5 4 13.33 188
34 Ron Peek – Grieg Engel 5 13.2 187
35 Wyatt Miller – Kolin Rogers 5 13.05 186
36 John Hodson – Kelvin Charles 5 3.3 13.03 185
37 Cole Dempsey – Anthony Thurman 5 12.99 184
38 David McCormick – Gary Shartzer 5 4.4 12.97 183
39 Roy Butler – Gary Maxwell 5 0.5 12.76 182
40 *Rocky Carden – Rusty Darnell 5 4.1 12.49 181
41 Shawn Crabtree – *Reece Crabtree 5 3.3 12.43 180
42 Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane 5 0.5 12.36 179
43 Stephen Smith – Bill McAvoy 5 3.1 12.34 178
44 Austin Pate – Jordan Reffitt 5 3.3 12.32 177
45 Kevin Duer – Dustin Young 5 0.5 4.4 12.25 176
46 Karl Schmidt – Dan Martinez 5 12.25 175
47 Tim Brennan – Cole Wiggs 5 3.4 12.16 174
48 John Krewson – Brad Territo 5 12.08 173
49 Dene White – Joe Dorcy 5 3.3 12.06 172
50 Duane Limbery – Tom LeBlanc 5 12.05 171
51 Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick 5 3.9 12.04 170
52 Charles Edgar – Steve Fowler 5 11.96 169
53 Wayne Garrison – Billy Greenwell 5 11.93 168
54 Roger Fitzpatrick – *Dennis Berhorst 5 11.86 167
55 Blake Price – Travis Glenn 5 11.73 166
56 Joseph Hull – Brett Fickle 5 3.4 11.62 165
57 Todd Miller – Cameron Miller 5 11.57 164
58 Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown 4 11.48 163
59 Lee Lengel – Jon Lengel 5 11.46 162
60 Kerry Kirkpatrick – Jeff Hamilton 5 11.43 161
61 Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter 5 0.5 11.42 160
62 Robert Hime – Paul Huse 5 3.1 11.33 159
63 Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II 5 11.33 158
64 Diego Segui – John Prochko 5 11.2 157
65 Tyler Bone – Jeff Potter 5 11.09 156
66 Brandon Brown – Steve Prince 5 11.03 155
67 John Williams – Jim Williams 5 10.89 154
68 Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson 5 10.45 153
69 Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II 5 2.7 10.14 152
70 Justin Hosler – Brandon Heimericks 5 2.9 9.92 151
71 Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick 5 9.73 150
72 Desmon Carl – Tyler Glenn 5 9.71 149
73 Tom McGovern – Larry Wright 4 9.48 148
74 Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon 5 9.28 147
75 John Wixson – Michael Wixson 4 9.02 146
76 Mike Bennett – Gabe Bennett 4 8.85 145
77 Joddy Dungan – John Matousek 5 0.5 8.5 144
78 Mike Long – Marvin Kinyon 3 6.46 143
79 Vincent Baugh – Sandra Davis 4 6.34 142
80 Greg James – Doug Hoeppner 3 6.11 141
81 Tyler Burns – Wayne Burns 3 5.49 140
82 Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary 2 3.22 139
83 Troy Everly – Dylan Limback 0 20
Casey Flood – Dan Flood 0 20
Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson 0 20
Hal Land – Brad Baze 0 20
Josh Louiselle – Roger Umbarger 0 20
Kevin Love – 0 20
Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant 0 20
Luke Payne – 0 20
Jim Waggoner – 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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Kyle Uptegrove
Tournament Director Smithville/Ozarks
kyle@joebassteamtrail.com
816-916-4244

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

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