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