As seems to be the norm, conditions have roller-coastered since the June event with scorching heat and dry conditions replaced with relatively mild temps, for summer in Missouri, and rain, enough to raise the lake to 11’ over normal pool, followed by a steady drop to just under 7’ high. Flooding storms just prior to the event had the southern arms of the lake dirtying up again. Dock talk ranged from the typical current break patterns, the shallow pattern going away with the dropping lake levels, and whether or not the summer suspended bite would materialize with the cooler temperatures and current. Such variability faced the 126 team field that took off from Shawnee Bend to battle for daily bragging rights qualifying points for the Tackle HD Joe Bass Invitational to be held at Bucksaw Resort and Marina this fall.
Leading the pack was Troy Thomas and Todd Paretta. Their five fish limit pushed the scales to a winning 16.56 pound weight. Mike and Troy shared working jigs and buzzbaits shallow with an early bite being their Tackle HD Key to Success.
Truman veterans Robert Hime and Paul Huse narrowly missed the win as their runner up weight of 16.48 was just off the lead. They noted they had an early buzzbait fish followed by flipping creature baits to the outside bushes to fill their limit. A kicker fish lost at the boat had them thinking of what might have been!
Jordan Williams and Riley Hill rounded out the top three with a solid 14.50 pound stringer. They also flipped jigs to shallow bushes, making the most of the five bites they had scattered throughout the day.
The Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass, a 5.73 largemouth, added to the 13th place overall check awarded to Mike Thomas and Jeff Lane. The duo shared the lunker made for some excitement as it was tangled in a bush, with them thinking it was a short until they saw the swirl and flash! In addition they were the RAPALA Pro pack winners.
Team Joe Bass, Timmy Newberry and THE Rusty Darnell, bolstered their 9th place overall check as they took home the highest finishing Skeeter bonus as they flipped Chompers Boss Hawgs to the outer bushes to put 13.08 of Truman bass in Rusty’s 2013 ZX20 Skeeter.
The final regular season event of the Truman Division will take place August 29th with a 6:00am takeoff from Shawnee Bend. With the exceptional turnouts, take advantage of registering online prior to the event, otherwise, make sure to show up early to ensure the takeoff is on time.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | Pnlty | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | Troy Thomas – *Todd Paretta | 5 | 5.3 | 16.56 | 210 | $5,810.00 | |
| 2 | Robert Hime – Paul Huse | 5 | 4.92 | 16.48 | 209 | $2,480.00 | |
| 3 | Jordan Williams – Riley Hill | 5 | 5.66 | 14.5 | 208 | $1,330.00 | |
| 4 | Kenny Shinn – John Hodson | 5 | 4.05 | 14.21 | 207 | $700.00 | |
| 5 | Matt Gunter – Kelly Nunn | 5 | 4.91 | 14.19 | 206 | $600.00 | |
| 6 | Michael Dugger – Tim Goliglee | 5 | 0.5 | 4.87 | 13.92 | 205 | $500.00 |
| 7 | Ron Mayer – Brock Schuld | 5 | 4.82 | 13.88 | 204 | $400.00 | |
| 8 | Jon Lengel – Jacob Sloan | 5 | 3.84 | 13.3 | 203 | $350.00 | |
| 9 | Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell | 5 | 1 | 3.55 | 13.08 | 202 | $550.00 |
| 10 | Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas | 5 | 3.73 | 13.05 | 201 | $300.00 | |
| 11 | Casey Kidder – Chris Savoie | 5 | 4.91 | 12.99 | 200 | $200.00 | |
| 12 | Ron Belew – Derek Dace | 5 | 4.68 | 12.95 | 199 | $200.00 | |
| 13 | Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane | 4 | 5.73 | 12.43 | 198 | $1,000.00 | |
| 14 | Billy Greenwell – Keith Nickell | 5 | 4.1 | 12.41 | 197 | $200.00 | |
| 15 | Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters | 5 | 5.03 | 12.38 | 196 | $200.00 | |
| 16 | Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk | 5 | 3.82 | 12.21 | 195 | $180.00 | |
| 17 | Jeremy Fly – Marc Czachowski | 5 | 3.14 | 11.99 | 194 | $180.00 | |
| 18 | Michael Simons – Jacob Simons | 4 | 0.5 | 11.77 | 193 | $180.00 | |
| 19 | David McCormick – Gary Shartzer | 5 | 4.37 | 11.67 | 192 | $180.00 | |
| 20 | Bryan Baker – Darren Baker | 5 | 3.23 | 11.64 | 191 | $180.00 | |
| 21 | Darrin Lankford – Doug Schilling | 5 | 11.62 | 190 | $160.00 | ||
| 22 | Larry Wright – Doug Wallace | 5 | 3.17 | 11.44 | 189 | $160.00 | |
| 23 | Mark Riegel – JR Shinn | 5 | 3.42 | 11.42 | 188 | $160.00 | |
| 24 | Kerry Moore – Tom Terrell | 5 | 4.08 | 11.38 | 187 | $160.00 | |
| 25 | Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington | 5 | 3.57 | 11.19 | 186 | $160.00 | |
| 26 | Kevin Duer – Dustin Young | 5 | 4.57 | 11.18 | 185 | ||
| 27 | Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds | 5 | 3.41 | 10.93 | 184 | ||
| 28 | Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens | 5 | 3.79 | 10.83 | 183 | ||
| 29 | Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein | 3 | 5.72 | 10.73 | 182 | $460.00 | |
| 30 | Joddy Dungan – John Matousek | 5 | 2.99 | 10.7 | 181 | ||
| 31 | John Campbell – David Rogers | 5 | 3.46 | 10.61 | 180 | ||
| 32 | Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt | 5 | 3.48 | 10.43 | 179 | ||
| 33 | Jim Sloan – Jeff Stout | 5 | 10.34 | 178 | |||
| 34 | Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer | 5 | 10.23 | 177 | |||
| 35 | Tom Starforth – Ed Matthews | 5 | 10.19 | 176 | |||
| 36 | Bobby Roberts – Cody Carl | 5 | 10.09 | 175 | |||
| 37 | Jim Sells – Greg Lampton | 5 | 3.5 | 9.99 | 174 | ||
| 38 | Chris Bridges – Steve Prince | 5 | 2.77 | 9.84 | 173 | ||
| 39 | Tony Habiger – Fabricio Toledo | 5 | 3.09 | 9.63 | 172 | ||
| 40 | Chris Nichols – Mark Adkins | 5 | 9.38 | 171 | |||
| 41 | Kerry Kirkpatrick – Blake Edwards | 4 | 9.06 | 170 | |||
| 42 | Dene White – Joe Dorcy | 2 | 5.3 | 8.95 | 169 | ||
| 43 | Steven Messbarger – Mathew Messbarger | 5 | 8.73 | 168 | |||
| 44 | Kyle Boman – Ronald Deckard JR | 4 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 8.6 | 167 | |
| 45 | Matt King – Larry Stoafer | 4 | 8.49 | 166 | |||
| 46 | John Wixson – Zach Kremer | 3 | 4.38 | 8.16 | 165 | ||
| 47 | Steve Vanzant – *Cameron Rieder | 4 | 8.14 | 164 | |||
| 48 | Ronnie Kane – Cory Steckler | 4 | 8.11 | 163 | |||
| 49 | Jerry Prochko – Diego Segui | 3 | 8.1 | 162 | |||
| 50 | John Williams – Jim Williams | 4 | 3.1 | 8.08 | 161 | ||
| 51 | Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II | 3 | 4.19 | 7.89 | 160 | ||
| 52 | Kevin Griffen – Marvin Griffen | 3 | 7.8 | 159 | |||
| 53 | Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick | 4 | 7.68 | 158 | |||
| 54 | Nicholas Leggett – Logan Carter | 3 | 7.36 | 157 | |||
| 55 | Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney | 4 | 7.17 | 156 | |||
| 56 | Ozzie Wallace – *fished aalone | 4 | 1 | 7 | 155 | ||
| 57 | Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter | 5 | 1 | 2.57 | 6.87 | 154 | |
| 58 | John Neil Jr – Johnny Neil Sr. | 3 | 6.74 | 153 | |||
| 59 | Richard Johnson – Charles Cadenhead | 3 | 6.67 | 152 | |||
| 60 | Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith | 3 | 6.42 | 151 | |||
| 61 | Roger Umbarger – Josh Louisville | 3 | 3.18 | 6.38 | 150 | ||
| 62 | Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick | 2 | 4.38 | 6.2 | 149 | ||
| 63 | Jeff Sell – Kenny Dawson | 3 | 6.17 | 148 | |||
| 64 | Tyler Eagan – James Eagan | 3 | 6.14 | 147 | |||
| 65 | Jack Young – Bill MacAvoy | 2 | 4.18 | 6.06 | 146 | ||
| 66 | Benjamin Penley – Brody Boone | 2 | 4.11 | 5.99 | 145 | ||
| 67 | Hunter Ballew – Cole Tullis | 3 | 5.89 | 144 | |||
| 68 | Corey Besgrove – *Kyle Besgrove | 2 | 5.47 | 143 | |||
| 68 | Rocky Carden – Dustin Besperat | 2 | 5.47 | 143 | |||
| 70 | Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush | 2 | 4.89 | 141 | |||
| 71 | William Orhring – Dan LaBouke | 3 | 4.8 | 140 | |||
| 72 | Casey Flood – Dan Flood | 2 | 4.78 | 139 | |||
| 73 | John Krewson – Tony Powers | 2 | 4.38 | 138 | |||
| 74 | Dennis Berhorst – Greg Berhorst | 3 | 4.35 | 137 | |||
| 75 | Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb | 2 | 4.02 | 136 | |||
| 76 | Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon | 1 | 3.98 | 3.98 | 135 | ||
| 77 | Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary | 2 | 3.98 | 134 | |||
| 78 | Tom McGovern – Tom Kaufmann | 2 | 3.86 | 133 | |||
| 79 | Ricky York – Ed Gilbert | 1 | 3.85 | 3.85 | 132 | ||
| 80 | John Bennett – Darrell Reach | 2 | 3.84 | 131 | |||
| 81 | Matt Garrett – *Will Issac | 1 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 130 | ||
| 82 | Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis | 1 | 3.64 | 3.64 | 129 | ||
| 83 | Aaron Foglesong – *Trevor Bartlett | 2 | 3.61 | 128 | |||
| 84 | Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson | 1 | 3.25 | 3.25 | 127 | ||
| 85 | James Macleod – Don Miller | 2 | 3.23 | 126 | |||
| 86 | Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II | 2 | 2.98 | 125 | |||
| 87 | Laurence Subelka – David Williams | 1 | 2.89 | 2.89 | 124 | ||
| 88 | Angelo Barsotti – Bill Barsotti | 1 | 2.85 | 2.85 | 123 | ||
| 89 | Shawn Crabtree – Theresa Patterson | 1 | 2.46 | 2.46 | 122 | ||
| 90 | Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist | 1 | 2.29 | 2.29 | 121 | ||
| 91 | Karl Schmidt – Dan Martinez | 1 | 2.23 | 2.23 | 120 | ||
| 92 | Greg Askew – Terry Case | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Roy E Barmore – Dale Carrender | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Larry Barr – Cliff Wolfe | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Doug Blum – Tyler Bone | 0 | 10 | |||||
| JR Borror – Ross Lalli | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Blaze Bullard – | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer | 0 | 10 | |||||
| David Dawson – Hunter Hansen | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jacob Delong – *fished aalone | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Charles Edgar – Steve Fowler | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Brent Eitel – Jeff Blackford | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Wayne Garrison – Doug Zink | 0 | 10 | |||||
| *Ricky Clifton – Matt Rogers | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Patrick Hatfield – Doug Meyers | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Mark Hockemeier – Thad Lincoln | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Joseph Hull – Brett Fickle | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Rick Keeney – Glenn Wilson | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Marvin Kinyon – Mike Long | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jared Knuth – *Melissa Harrell | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Bob Koons – Brian Thompsonn | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Sean Lambeth – Tanner Lambeth | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Ralph Laster – Glenn Batson | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Doug Long – Marty Watson | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Kevin Love – *fished aalone | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Sam Maggio – Terry Cooper | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Jamie McCain – Trevor Morrison | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Russell Oliphant – Donnie Goodman | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Ron Peek – Pat Deaton | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Kennedy Schwartzburg – Andrew Rogers | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Robert Shockley – Scott Priess | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Joe Tucker – Randy Chapman | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Tom VanKeirsbilck – Brian Rodrock | 0 | 10 |
*alternate