Showers, cloud cover, light winds, and cool temperatures kept the big boats away and the topwater bite fast and furious.
Jay Oliver and Aaron Hodge continue their domination of the Antique division with their second win of the season. Reportedly fishing the Cow Creek area with jigs and topwaters the duo weighed in 20.01 lbs anchored by the tournaments 2nd Place NAPA Big bass.
Josh Wray and Donald Wray Fished in the Kimberling City area with buzzbaits and whopper ploppers for their final weight of 18.39 lbs.
Paul Angelakos and Justin Brand report fishing in the James River dragging homemade jigs on the sides of deep points. Their 18.21 lb bag was anchored by the NAPA Big Bass of 5.34 lbs.
Proving it pays to run a Skeeter, Top Skeeter honors go to Slade Wilson & Joey Penzo along with 7th they win an additional $250 from Joe Bass Team Trail. Note the tournament Top Skeeter award is paid by Joe Bass at each event and not associated with the Skeeter Real Money which offers much more.
Special thanks to Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC in West Plains for sponsoring the live release boat.
The final Antique event for the 2023 season will be Wednesday Sept 6th taling off from Ahoys at 7am.
Ice cold water provided by Joe Bass Team Trail staff.
Photos
Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | Pnlty | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | Jay Oliver – Aaron Hodge | 5 | 5.31 | 20.01 | 220 | $2,780.00 | |
| 2 | Josh Wray – Donald Wray | 5 | 4.82 | 18.39 | 219 | $1,250.00 | |
| 3 | Paul Angelakos – Justin Brand | 5 | 5.34 | 18.21 | 218 | $1,200.00 | |
| 4 | Brit Phillips – Jim Troncin | 5 | 4.61 | 17.9 | 217 | $500.00 | |
| 5 | Larry Seger – Sam Harkey | 5 | 3.75 | 16.47 | 216 | $300.00 | |
| 6 | Shane Harms – Dillon Harms | 5 | 4.6 | 15.22 | 215 | $240.00 | |
| 7 | Slade Wilson – Joey Penzo | 5 | 3.84 | 14.94 | 214 | $450.00 | |
| 8 | James Brown – John Campbell | 5 | 14.38 | 213 | $180.00 | ||
| 9 | Mike Gold – Greg Wood | 5 | 5.04 | 13.85 | 212 | ||
| 10 | John Williams – Ed Larson | 5 | 13.5 | 211 | |||
| 11 | Shane Allen Boyd – Douglas Nickle | 5 | 0.5 | 3.86 | 13.48 | 210 | |
| 12 | Mark Long – Nick Baker | 5 | 4.35 | 13.33 | 209 | ||
| 13 | Brett Rider – Steve Rider | 5 | 13.18 | 208 | |||
| 14 | Sam Smith – Steve Lackey | 5 | 12.92 | 207 | |||
| 15 | Aaron Stanphill – Jeff Cook | 5 | 3.59 | 12.88 | 206 | ||
| 16 | Dan Hankinson – Keith Hankinson | 5 | 3.62 | 12.79 | 205 | ||
| 17 | Pat Leonard – *fished alone | 5 | 12.79 | 204 | |||
| 18 | Jeff Farquhar – Gary Hazell | 5 | 12.42 | 203 | |||
| 19 | *Rick Jones – Roger Satterfield | 5 | 12.34 | 202 | |||
| 20 | Rodney Dawson – *Leonard DeClue | 5 | 12.32 | 201 | |||
| 21 | Jeff Fletcher – Randall Hutson | 5 | 12.03 | 200 | |||
| 22 | Jason Jenkins – | 5 | 11.96 | 199 | |||
| 23 | Terry Hutchison – Jason Coley | 5 | 3.4 | 11.88 | 198 | ||
| 24 | Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky | 5 | 4.34 | 11.87 | 197 | ||
| 25 | Ron Foss – | 5 | 11.69 | 196 | |||
| 26 | Greg Snider – Tim Lane | 5 | 11.15 | 195 | |||
| 27 | Tom Statler – Dillon Statler | 5 | 10.74 | 194 | |||
| 28 | Joe Lane – Scott Sparkman | 5 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 193 | ||
| 29 | Eugene Robinett – Joe Bill Peters | 5 | 9.17 | 192 | |||
| 30 | Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson | 3 | 8.31 | 191 | |||
| 31 | Richard Beeson – Scott Meyer | 3 | 4.4 | 8.24 | 190 | ||
| 32 | Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear | 3 | 7.86 | 189 | |||
| 33 | Rodney Bowersox – | 2 | 5.28 | 188 | |||
| 34 | Keith Landrum – | 2 | 4.19 | 187 | |||
| 35 | Randy Colvin – Ed Hula | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jeff Epley – Kelly Greer | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Tim Fisher – Aaron Fisher | 0 | 20 | |||||
| John Huffman – Robert Waggoner | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Bob Neff – Gregg Wood | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Mike Smith – Kavan Maybee | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Kade Underwood – Bill Elkins | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Rick Wilson – Brad Weiss | 0 | 20 |
*alternate