Man was it hot. Air tempertures hovered near 100 degrees with a slight morning wind that petered out in the afternoon. Many of the 38 teams took advantage of the optional 1pm weigh in time for this tournament.
Brett and Steve Rider take the final Antique Division tournament of 2024 with an impressive 17.30lbs. They report fishing football jigs at depths of 30ft in the Kimberling City area.
Danny and Jake Smith take second with their limit weighing 15.57lbs. Dragging big worms through know brush piles in the Cow Creek area worked for them. In addition their limit was anchored by the tournaments second big bass. The 4.90lbr was caught on a spoon in 30 ft of water.
Jeff Epley and Kelly Greer take third place and Top Skeeter. Fishing their first tournament in Kelly’s new 2024 FXR 21 purchased at Black Beard Marine they win an additional $500.00 Joe Bass Skeeter money. Their weight was 15.40 lbs. Both report square bills and topwater bites in the Kimbeling City area at 2-3 ft of water.
John Huffman and Robert Waggoner take NAPA 1st Big Bass with John’s 5.87lb toad reportedly caught on a jig in the James River at a depth of 12ft.
Special thanks to Maybee Insurance & T-Bone Trucking, Window World , NAPA , Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC and Skeeter Boats for another fantastic tournament!
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Joe Bass Antique division will kick of in April of 2025. Watch the website for dates. FYI Joe Bass will no longer be doing any tournament in July on Table Rock, too hot, too many pleasure boaters. Months will be April, May, June, Aug, & Sept.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | Brett Rider – Steve Rider | 5 | 3.66 | 17.3 | 220 | $2,120.00 |
| 2 | Danny Smith – Jake Smith | 5 | 4.9 | 15.57 | 219 | $1,530.00 |
| 3 | Jeff Epley – Kelly Greer | 5 | 4.57 | 15.4 | 218 | $1,320.00 |
| 4 | Kavan Maybee – Mike Smith | 5 | 3.85 | 15.34 | 217 | $408.00 |
| 5 | Gerald McDaniel – *Ron Hill | 5 | 3.57 | 15.22 | 216 | $300.00 |
| 6 | John Huffman – Robert Waggoner | 4 | 5.87 | 14.77 | 215 | $450.00 |
| 7 | Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson | 5 | 4.44 | 14.02 | 214 | $180.00 |
| 8 | Gordon Harriman – Travis Harriman | 5 | 13.29 | 213 | ||
| 9 | Jeff Fletcher – Ron Foss | 5 | 3.25 | 13.13 | 212 | |
| 10 | Jeremy Ealy – Matt Masters | 5 | 3.64 | 13.08 | 211 | |
| 11 | John Williams – Ed Larson | 5 | 3.5 | 12.95 | 210 | |
| 12 | Terry Hutchison – Jason Coley | 5 | 4.43 | 12.92 | 209 | |
| 13 | Ronnie Dobbs – Troy Eakins | 5 | 3.36 | 12.82 | 208 | |
| 14 | James Hamlin – Terry Bunch | 5 | 3.65 | 12.3 | 207 | |
| 15 | Jay Henderson – Clay Henderson | 5 | 12.03 | 206 | ||
| 16 | Mike Gold – Greg Wood | 5 | 3.28 | 11.46 | 205 | |
| 17 | Jack Stack – Dick Moger | 5 | 11.11 | 204 | ||
| 18 | Chad Morgenthaler – Dave Mansue | 5 | 11.1 | 203 | ||
| 19 | Tom Statler – Dillon Statler | 5 | 10.7 | 202 | ||
| 20 | Bobbie Paul – Debra Beauchamp | 5 | 10.48 | 201 | ||
| 21 | JT Harden – *fished aalone | 4 | 3.56 | 9.85 | 200 | |
| 22 | Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky | 5 | 9.58 | 199 | ||
| 23 | Gary Hazell – *fished aalone | 4 | 3.62 | 9.51 | 198 | |
| 24 | Ken Gross – Randy Lyman | 5 | 9.49 | 197 | ||
| 25 | Paul Mitchell – Paul Warren | 5 | 9.31 | 196 | ||
| 26 | Cole Boyd – *Wes Winchell | 3 | 7.01 | 195 | ||
| 27 | Shane Allen Boyd – Douglas Nickle | 2 | 3.17 | 5.49 | 194 | |
| 28 | Mark Long – *fished aalone | 2 | 4.48 | 193 | ||
| 29 | Jason Overturf – Clayton Erhardt | 2 | 4.08 | 192 | ||
| 30 | Keith Landrum – Chad McManis | 1 | 3.73 | 3.73 | 191 | |
| 31 | Rodney Bowersox – | 0 | 20 | |||
| Justin Brand – Jason Jenkins | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Michael Frye – *fished aalone | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Dan Hankinson – Keith Hankinson | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Rick Jones – Jeremy Gilbert | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Eugene Robinett – | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jacob Wade – Robbie Dodson | 0 | 20 |
*alternate