Technically the dog days of summer are considered to be in August, but given the lengthy stretch of hot weather, the dogs are already in the shade under the front porch! That didn’t stop 31 teams from giving it a go during the next-to-last Antique event of the 2025 season. Overall, the numbers were strong, with half of the field weighing a five fish limit. It usually takes a kicker to push a team to the top of the Window World Leaderboard, but as always, every keeper boated gleans teams qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held this fall on Truman Lake. With the season nearing its finale, teams were on the hunt for a good finish.
Experience is always a valuable tool in a tournament fisherman’s bag, and there’s not many teams with more time on Table Rock than Pete Wenners and Brian Snowden. They caught a tournament limit that weighed 17.82 pounds. Given their big fish was a tick under four pounds, it’s clear they had a solid sack top to bottom. Pete and Brian Division noted their Maybee Insurance & T-Bone Trucking key to success was targeting cover on structure in 10-20’ of water with big worms and football jigs.
Clay and Jay Henderson returned to weigh in with 16.63 pounds. They also leaned on big worms and football jigs to secure the runner up spot. Team Henderson found their fish a bit further out as they got bites in the 20-25’ range.
Ed Larson and John Williams rounded out the top three. They used Chompers Flippin Jigs to catch a limit that gave them a final weight of 16.61 pounds. Helping them get to that weight was the Impel Union big bass of the day, a giant 6.29 pound largemouth. They padded their 3rd place check $1000.00 by taking the Top Skeeter award, along with an additional bonus as Ed purchased his ZXR21 from Blackbeard Marine.
Thank you Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC for sponsoring the release boat!
Clear Cast marine electronics repair is now supporting Joe Bass Team Trail. Their support is a valauble addition to our sponsoring local businesses. Their support pays for all of the Tournament of Champions and Staff Shootout opportunities at the Invitational. Lets make them feel welcome. SUPPORT their efforts! Be sure and visit their website for details for your repair and setup needs!
Peyton Stumpf of Trippple P Custom’s will award a replica fishmount valued at $500 to the winner of the big bass award at this fall’s Truman Invitational. Please check out Trippple P Customs for custom painted swimbaits, crankbaits and more!
Teams, don’t forget to bring your empty packages of Rapala, Crush City, Storm, VMC and Sufix, with your name and phone number, to your next Joe Bass Tournament for a chance at a really nice pro-pack. Drawings done monthly throughout the tournament season.
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The final event in the 2025 Antique division will launch from Port of Kimberling at 7:00am on September 3rd.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | Pete Wenners – Brian Snowden | 5 | 3.87 | 17.82 | 220 | $2,270.00 |
| 2 | Clay Henderson – Jay Henderson | 5 | 4.12 | 16.63 | 219 | $960.00 |
| 3 | Ed Larson – John Williams | 5 | 6.29 | 16.61 | 218 | $1,800.00 |
| 4 | Cody Huff – *Dewayne Stevens | 5 | 15.9 | 217 | $246.00 | |
| 5 | Jace McMasters – Eddie McMasters | 5 | 15.68 | 216 | $180.00 | |
| 6 | Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe | 5 | 5.17 | 14.68 | 215 | $300.00 |
| 7 | Wyatt Marler – Rick Maggard | 5 | 4.51 | 14.28 | 214 | |
| 8 | Billy Elbert – Mark Elbert | 5 | 4.72 | 14.21 | 213 | |
| 9 | Mike Gold – Eric Olliverson | 5 | 4.43 | 13.43 | 212 | |
| 10 | Jay Oliver – Aaron Hodge | 5 | 12.43 | 211 | ||
| 11 | Kavan Maybee – Mike Smith | 5 | 2.97 | 11.77 | 210 | |
| 12 | Dave Mansue – Chad Morgenthaler | 5 | 11.03 | 209 | ||
| 13 | Steve Huff – Brad Martin | 5 | 9.58 | 208 | ||
| 14 | Justin Brand – Paul Angelakos | 4 | 9.52 | 207 | ||
| 15 | Justin Long – Mark Long | 5 | 9.16 | 206 | ||
| 16 | Keith Landrum – *fished aalone | 5 | 8.89 | 205 | ||
| 17 | James Hamlin – Terry Bunch | 4 | 7.92 | 204 | ||
| 18 | Greg Snider – Tim Lane | 3 | 6.86 | 203 | ||
| 19 | Jim Williams – Bob Capps | 4 | 6.51 | 202 | ||
| 20 | Dan Hankinson – Keith Hankinson | 3 | 6.46 | 201 | ||
| 21 | Bobbie Paul – Debra Beavchamp | 2 | 5.33 | 200 | ||
| 22 | Pat Leonard – *Tom Murphy | 3 | 5.18 | 199 | ||
| 23 | Ken Gross – *Jay Beffa | 1 | 2.31 | 2.31 | 198 | |
| 24 | Eugene Robinett – Trevor York | 1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 197 | |
| 25 | Shane Mooneyham – *Nick Baker | 1 | 1.89 | 1.89 | 196 | |
| 26 | Cole Boyd – *fished aalone | 0 | 20 | |||
| Scott Burk – Stephen Burk | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Terry Hutchison – Jason Coley | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jack Stack – Dick Moger | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jacob Wade – Robbie Dodson | 0 | 20 |
*alternate