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06/26/22 Mark Twain

The Bite is on at Mark Twain Lake!

40 teams turned out Sunday to bid for the top spot in the 154 Marine sponsored Mark Twain division for Joe Bass Team Trail. Many of the teams reported that there was a good early summer bite that had been going on for the last 3 weeks.

Conditions;
Water elev. 606.94
Water temp. upper 70’s to mid 80’s
Water clarity, Stained in the arms clear in the dam area

Taking the top spot today was the team of Gary Gryzbinski and Mick Buchanan. The team started their weekend fishing the 154 Marine Customer Appreciation Tournament and quickly found out the fish they had found in practice, around the dam area, had moved or scattered. So the team made an adjustment moving toward the mid-lake area, the team found a few spots holding fish.

On tournament day Gary and Mick rotated through their best spots both main lake and secondary points of creek arms. Most of the team’s success came on Texas rigged Senkos and 10” worms in 5 to 10 feet of water but the two best quality bites came on a Carolina rigged lizard and a crankbait.

At the end of the day, Gary and Mick dropped 5 bass on the scales weighing 18.83 pounds! In addition to winning and taking 1st in the side-pot, they were fishing out of Gary’s 2022 ZXR20 Skeeter boat, wining the JBTT highest finishing Skeeter incentive and Gary is enrolled in Skeeter’s Real Money program taking the team’s winnings to over $7,000 for the day. Gary and Mick are sponsored by 154 Marine, 13 Fishing and Country Inn Resort.

Taking the runner-up position today was the team of Ben and Larry Moss. Ben and Larry also fished the mid-lake area but the team focused on flats with scattered pole timber, laydowns and brush. The teams lures of choice were spinnerbaits and jigs worked tight to the cover, making multiple casts to the best looking stuff. At the end of the day Ben and Larry fell just .31 pounds shy of the W with 5 bass weighing 18.52 pounds (I hope they didn’t find any puked up shad or bluegill in their livewell later). Included in their limit was the second big bass of the tournament weighing 5.29 pounds.

Finishing in third place today was Charlie Kunkle and Keith Williams. Charlie and Keith started their day on the dam and left shortly as the area was getting pressured by other competitors. Charlie and Keith moved to some less popular waters and found success fishing small jigs and soft plastics around brush and rock piles in 8 to 20 feet of water. Their 5 fish limit weighed 17.35 pounds.

Finishing in 8th today was the team of Dennis and Karen McFetridge. Dennis and Karen’s 5 fish limit weighed 14.14 pounds. Included in their bag was the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass weighing 5.44 pounds

40 teams 147 fish weighed 144 fish released 22 limits

Our next Mark Twain Division tournament is July 10th

Registration and weigh-in at 154 Marine 6am take-off Robert Allen ramp

Photos

Results

Place Team Members Fish Pnlty B/F TotWgt Pts Payout
1 Gary Grzybinski – Mick Buchanan 5 5.27 18.83 220 $2,560.00
2 Ben Moss – Larry Moss 5 5.29 18.52 219 $1,190.00
3 Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams 5 3.94 17.35 218 $620.00
4 Cory Kunkle – Brad Morley 5 4.04 15.71 217 $400.00
5 *Logan Hughes – Donnie Palmatory 5 3.91 15.09 216 $300.00
6 Jay Garrison – Tony Freeman 5 3.84 15.02 215 $250.00
7 Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge 5 3.7 14.41 214 $200.00
8 Dennis McFetridge – *Karen McFetridge 5 5.44 14.14 213 $400.00
9 Donnie Seabaugh – Bill Kayser 5 14.12 212
10 Chris Janda – J. Rowdy Yates 5 13.93 211
10 Larry Rothwiel – *Steve Smith 5 13.93 211
12 Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston 5 3.33 13.83 209
13 Dominic Perotti – Nick Perotti 5 13.58 208
14 Steve Weber – Sam Phillips 5 13.32 207
15 Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann 5 0.5 13.07 206
16 Doug Buhr – *Wade Rulo 5 3.01 12.96 205
17 Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt 5 12.75 204
18 Eric Power – Chris Power 5 12.34 203
19 Bill Cantwell – John Koopman 5 3.23 12.02 202
20 David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder 5 2.75 11.65 201
21 Alan Hoyt – John Summers 5 11.06 200
22 Brady Graves – Darryll Waller 5 0.5 3.06 10.77 199
23 Ken Young – John Drury 4 0.5 4.29 10.53 198
24 Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling 4 9.87 197
25 Brad Dooley – Terry Jones 4 9.79 196
26 Gary Martens – Bryan Loseman 4 9.78 195
27 Mike Hamilton Jr – Chance Scott 3 8.9 194
28 Tom Herndon – Jason VanBeers 3 8.14 193
29 Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman 3 3.04 7.54 192
30 Scott Jackson – Jim Brewer 3 6.63 191
31 Jim Lomax – *Annette Lomax 2 3.73 6.31 190
32 Mack Tucker Jr. – Jay Tucker 2 5.28 189
33 Josh Gebhardt – Ross Lord 2 3.3 5.14 188
34 Ron Mellinger – Colton Mellinger 2 3.99 187
35 Rick Beard – Rian White 1 2.59 2.59 186
36 Barry Goen – 0 20
Jeff Hudson – Blake Crane 0 20
Logan Miller – Jason Bristow 0 20
Rich Schroeder – Jim Weatherly 0 20
Brian Schumacher – Stacey Moss 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

Directors

Kyle Uptegrove
Tournament Director Smithville/Ozarks
kyle@joebassteamtrail.com
816-916-4244

Rocky Carden Tournament Director Table Rock/Antique/Pomme
rocky@joebassteamtrail.com
417-773-5223

Directors

Bob Capps - Trail Mgr
Tournament Director Truman
bob@joebassteamtrail.com
417-818-3898

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