The fourth event of the 2024 Truman division saw 62 teams launch with the hopes of finding their names at the top of the Window World Leaderboard. They were greeted by tolerable temperatures, at least from a July perspective. Anglers found a good bite, as over half the field weighed a five fish limit. Quality was there as well, as 20 bass over four pounds were weighed. Several teams had more than one that would top that mark, while others weighed what the lake gave them to gain qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held next fall on Table Rock Lake.
Desmond Carl and Tyler Glenn had their picture taken with the 1st place plaques, courtesy of the 20.45 pounds they dropped on the weigh-in scales. Desmond and Tyler shared their Hobbytime Motorsports key to success was combining a square bill with brushhogs. They stayed shallow, catching their fish in the 4’-8’ depth range, scattering their five best bites throughout the day.
Reigning points champions Bryce Reider and Mike Edrington proved their mettle with a solid second place finish. Working brush hogs and a 10” worm 6’-8’ deep, Bryce and Mike boated an 18.53 pound limit of Truman bass.
Jordan Williams and Trevor Bartlett logged another money finish to add to their run during the 2024 Truman division season. Their July results logged in with a five fish limit weighing 16.85 pounds. They stayed shallow all day, with the bass finding their jig presentation to their liking.
Tom VanKeirsblick and Brian Rodrock fell one fish short of a five fish limit. However, included in their four fish bag was the NAPA big bass of the day. Tom and Brian’s 5.18 pound largemouth bit a jig dropped over 25’ of water with the lunker suspended 10’ down.
Joe Bass staffers Timmy Newberry and Rusty Darnell padded their 6th place finish by taking Top Skeeter honors by putting 16.29 pounds of Truman bass in Timmy’s 2009 ZX225 Skeeter.
Special thanks to Hobbytime Motorsports, Lakes Inn, Truman Lake Fishing Intel, NAPA , Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC, and Skeeter Boats for their fantastic sponsorship! Support our sponsors, their support is invaluable to the trail.
The next Truman will launch at 6:00 am Sunday August 25. This will be a no membership tournament.
Pay special attention to the top 3 places in the points race. Beginning this season all 3 will be eligible for the Tournament of Champions held in conjunction with the Invitational.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | Desmon Carl – Tyler Glenn | 5 | 4.78 | 20.45 | 220 | $3,280.00 |
| 2 | Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington | 5 | 4.51 | 18.53 | 219 | $1,350.00 |
| 3 | Jordan Williams – *Trevor Bartlett | 5 | 4.18 | 16.85 | 218 | $1,130.00 |
| 4 | Doug Long – Marty Watson | 5 | 4.05 | 16.76 | 217 | $700.00 |
| 5 | Charles Edgar – Steve Fowler | 5 | 4.19 | 16.3 | 216 | $550.00 |
| 6 | Rusty Darnell – Timmy Newberry | 5 | 4.11 | 16.29 | 215 | $722.00 |
| 7 | Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith | 5 | 4.67 | 16.09 | 214 | $350.00 |
| 8 | Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk | 5 | 4.57 | 15.87 | 213 | $300.00 |
| 9 | Wyatt Miller – Kolin Rogers | 5 | 4.46 | 15.87 | 212 | $260.00 |
| 10 | Shawn Saathoff – *Justin Saathoff | 5 | 4.08 | 15.57 | 211 | $200.00 |
| 11 | Brad Territo – Logan Carter | 5 | 4.08 | 15.05 | 210 | $180.00 |
| 12 | Matt Gunter – Kelly (Bob) Nunn | 5 | 4.38 | 15.02 | 209 | $180.00 |
| 13 | Tony Powers – Cindy Powers | 5 | 3.73 | 14.99 | 208 | |
| 14 | Nick Luna – Jake Desselle | 5 | 4.31 | 14.97 | 207 | |
| 15 | Wayne Garrison – Billy Greenwell | 5 | 4.16 | 14.97 | 206 | |
| 16 | Robert Hime – Paul Huse | 5 | 4.48 | 14.9 | 205 | |
| 17 | Justin Holser – Collin Akinson | 5 | 4.12 | 13.71 | 204 | |
| 18 | Kevin Love – Brian Vanderzeil | 5 | 3.09 | 13.53 | 203 | |
| 19 | Todd Miller – Cameron Miller | 5 | 4.57 | 13.29 | 202 | |
| 20 | Joseph Hull – Brett Fickle | 5 | 3.6 | 13.29 | 201 | |
| 21 | Greg Nicks – | 5 | 3.21 | 13.07 | 200 | |
| 22 | Jim Sloan – Jeff Stout | 5 | 4 | 12.86 | 199 | |
| 23 | Tom VanKeirsbilck – Brian Rodrock | 5 | 12.76 | 198 | ||
| 24 | Josh Louiselle – Roger Umbarger | 4 | 5.18 | 12.46 | 197 | $370.00 |
| 25 | Bryan Baker – Darren Baker | 5 | 3.34 | 12.11 | 196 | |
| 26 | Dave Epema – Mike Rowland | 5 | 12.1 | 195 | ||
| 27 | Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick | 5 | 12.05 | 194 | ||
| 28 | Curt Graves – Parker Graves | 5 | 11.87 | 193 | ||
| 29 | Stephen Smith – *Garren Hunt | 5 | 11.6 | 192 | ||
| 30 | *Bill Hendrick – Chad Hendrick | 5 | 11.47 | 191 | ||
| 31 | Matt King – Mike Houdeshell | 5 | 2.31 | 11.16 | 190 | |
| 32 | David McCormick – *fished aalone | 5 | 10.89 | 189 | ||
| 33 | Ron Peek – Grieg Engel | 5 | 2.97 | 10.73 | 188 | |
| 34 | Jim Sells – Tim Green | 4 | 4.98 | 10.44 | 187 | $250.00 |
| 35 | Wade Walling – Matt Weigel | 4 | 10.27 | 186 | ||
| 36 | Casey Flood – Dan Flood | 4 | 4.24 | 10.12 | 185 | |
| 37 | Diego Segui – John Prochko | 3 | 8.98 | 184 | ||
| 38 | Shawn Crabtree – Theresa Patterson | 5 | 8.3 | 183 | ||
| 39 | Richard Johnson – Jim Buttres | 4 | 3.81 | 8.29 | 182 | |
| 40 | Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown | 4 | 8.16 | 181 | ||
| 41 | Ryan Melcher – Kelly Rebel | 3 | 7.43 | 180 | ||
| 42 | Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters | 5 | 7.37 | 179 | ||
| 43 | Shane Voyles – William Grunder | 3 | 6.23 | 178 | ||
| 44 | Dene White – Joe Dorcy | 3 | 6.07 | 177 | ||
| 45 | Gary Arterberry – *Nick Arterberry | 3 | 5.65 | 176 | ||
| 46 | Jared Knuth – David Knuth | 2 | 5.64 | 175 | ||
| 47 | Doug Hoeppner – Thad Owens | 2 | 5.54 | 174 | ||
| 48 | Tom McGovern – Wayne Unkel | 2 | 3.56 | 5.32 | 173 | |
| 49 | Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane | 1 | 2.62 | 2.62 | 172 | |
| 50 | Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II | 1 | 1.34 | 1.34 | 171 | |
| 51 | *fished aalone – Mitchell Armstrong | 0 | 20 | |||
| John Bennett – Darrell Reach | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Joddy Dungan – John Matousek | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Brandon Flood – Chris Flood | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jon Gillotte – Mike Gillotte | 0 | 20 | ||||
| John Hewkin – *fished aalone | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Hal Land – Brad Baze | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Darrin Lankford – Jared Lankford | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Karl Schmidt – Bret Stracke | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Chad Seiner – *Kevin Ingle | 0 | 20 |
*alternate