Hottest day of 2017 the weatherman said but 24 tough Antique angler teams turned out for this event.
Besting the field with their 5 bass limit caught in the James River by flipping and deep cranks Jason Newberry and Greg Wood take 1st Place and with 2nd Big Bass. Sponsors include Phoenix Boats, Cedar Creek Beef Jerky, Lews, Chompers, Everett GMC, Mercury, Omega Tackle, and McCallister Marine.
Kevin Jackson and Bryan Jackson fished in the James River at depths of 2-6 ft with square bills and worms for their 5 bass limit weighing 12.66lbs for 2nd.
Terry Thomas and Sam Smith take third with 11.92lbs anchored by Sams 1st Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of 4.54lbs. They report fishing bush from take off to Point 9 with a jig and speedcraw at depths of 4 ft.
Our next Antique Division tournament will be September 20th taking off from Ahoy’s on Table Rock at 7am. This will be the final Antique division tournament of 2017 so membership will be waved for those wanting to come fish.
As the saying goes, “Share the love. Take a gray hair fishing.”
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Final Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | Pnlty | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout | |
| 1 | Jason Newberry – *Greg Wood | 5 | 3.39 | 13.52 | 110 | $1,120.00 | 2BB | |
| 2 | Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson | 5 | 3.25 | 12.66 | 109 | $782.00 | ||
| 3 | Terry Thomas – Sam Smith | 5 | 4.54 | 11.92 | 108 | $678.00 | 1BB | |
| 4 | Joe Lane – Scott Sparkman | 5 | 2.96 | 11.68 | 107 | $164.00 | ||
| 5 | Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky | 5 | 2.96 | 11.12 | 106 | |||
| 6 | Tim Jones – Gary Marshall | 5 | 10.8 | 105 | ||||
| 7 | Jeff Epley – Eddie Snow | 5 | 10.05 | 104 | $1,000.00 | Top Sketer | ||
| 8 | Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty | 5 | 0.5 | 9.65 | 103 | |||
| 8 | Rich Gamble – Tom Renfro | 5 | 9.65 | 103 | ||||
| 10 | Jay Oliver – *Phillip Milam | 5 | 1 | 2.57 | 9.45 | 101 | ||
| 11 | Justin McCelland – Charlie Harp | 5 | 1 | 9.33 | 100 | |||
| 12 | Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear | 5 | 0.5 | 2.69 | 9.16 | 99 | ||
| 13 | Robert Dodson – Robbie Dodson | 4 | 9.01 | 98 | ||||
| 14 | Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell | 4 | 0.5 | 8.13 | 97 | |||
| 15 | Marc Czachowski – *Bobby Whittaker | 4 | 0.5 | 2.32 | 7.86 | 96 | ||
| 16 | Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge | 3 | 6.54 | 95 | ||||
| 17 | Les Brandenburg – Mike Sowders | 3 | 6.14 | 94 | ||||
| 18 | Mike Gold – Larry Brooks | 2 | 2.22 | 4.06 | 93 | |||
| 19 | Jim Copeland – | 1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 92 | |||
| 20 | Doc Seger – | 1 | 1.97 | 1.97 | 91 | |||
| 21 | *Don Wray – Josh Wray | 0 | 10 | |||||
| James Miles – Chester Miles | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Mike Smith – Kavan Maybee | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Ed Young – Joey Penzo | 0 | 10 |
*alternate