48 teams showed up for the season finale of the Tackle HD Mark Twain Lake division sponsored by 154 Marine. The tournament was a make-up date from the July 11 cancelation. Pre-tournament reports were that the bite was improving, as the Corp had been steadily pulling water from the lake, getting the lake level down to about 4.5 feet above normal pool. The steady pull of water had fish setting up in predictable areas and timing was critical, as the fish were feeding in short bursts of activity.
Taking the top spot today was the team of Larry Rothweil and alternate Steve Smith. Larry and Steve took a run and gun approach to the day hitting several spots from Mid-lake to the dam area throwing deep diving crankbaits and jigs in 10 to 15 feet of water. The team felt the crankbait would fire the fish up then they would follow up with the jig. Larry and Steve brought 5 fish to the scales weighing an impressive 16.67 pounds. Included in their bag was the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass weighing 5.35 pounds.
Finishing in the runner-up position was the Team of Chris Janda and Rowdy Yates. Chris and Rowdy took a more methodical approach to the day fishing main-lake and secondary points with big worms and Creature style baits both Texas and Carolina rigged. The teams 5 fish limit weighed in at 14.85 pounds. With that second place finish, Chris and Rowdy sealed the deal and won the Division points race! What is even more impressive is that Chris and Rowdy fish out of an Aluminum rig with No Forward facing sonar, No Shallow water anchors and No Spotlock. Hard work, attention to detail and Knowledge of the lake made them points Champions!
The 3rd place position went to the team of Don and Gary McFetridge. The team “Junk fished” from close to take-off to the lower end. Gary told us at weigh-in he caught the team’s first keeper on his second cast, then “Let” Don catch most of their limit weighing 14.65 pounds.
Finishing in 4th place was the team of Terry Jones and Brad Dooley. Terry and Brad had a nice limit weighing 13.78 pounds. As a little bonus they were the highest finishing Skeeter Owner fishing out of Brad’s 2015 ZX250.
Special Thanks goes to our division sponsor 154 Marine, Ronnie Seabaugh for providing the live release trailer, host lodging at Country Inn Resort (573)267-3800 and Rolling Smoke BBQ.
The Tentative dates for the 2022 Mark Twain Division are;
May 1st, May 22nd, June 26th, July 24th, August 7th
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | Pnlty | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | Larry Rothwiel – *Steve Smith | 5 | 5.35 | 16.67 | 210 | $2,660.00 | |
| 2 | Chris Janda – J. Rowdy Yates | 5 | 3.69 | 14.85 | 209 | $1,220.00 | |
| 3 | Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge | 5 | 3.25 | 14.65 | 208 | $750.00 | |
| 4 | Terry Jones – Brad Dooley | 5 | 3.57 | 13.78 | 207 | $650.00 | |
| 5 | Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander | 5 | 4.48 | 13.67 | 206 | $350.00 | |
| 6 | Cory Kunkle – *Keith Williams | 5 | 3.22 | 13.61 | 205 | $300.00 | |
| 7 | David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder | 5 | 3.69 | 12.95 | 204 | $250.00 | |
| 8 | Chris Johnson – Josh Calvin | 5 | 12.85 | 203 | $200.00 | ||
| 9 | *fished aalone – Kenny Grothoff | 5 | 0.5 | 3.14 | 12.57 | 202 | $180.00 |
| 10 | Frank Sinn – Jason Coan | 5 | 3.24 | 12.48 | 201 | ||
| 11 | Doug Buhr – Wade Rulo | 5 | 3.1 | 12.1 | 200 | ||
| 12 | Pat Estes – Lonnie Franklin | 5 | 12.1 | 199 | |||
| 13 | Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt | 5 | 11.99 | 198 | |||
| 14 | Tom Darnell – *Loran Lummer | 5 | 2.96 | 11.98 | 197 | ||
| 15 | Scott Jackson – Jim Brewer | 4 | 3.71 | 11.95 | 196 | ||
| 16 | Steve Weber – Sam Phillips | 5 | 0.5 | 11.76 | 195 | ||
| 17 | Ron Mellinger – Colton Mellinger | 5 | 11.24 | 194 | |||
| 18 | Dominic Perotti – Nick Perotti | 4 | 11.11 | 193 | |||
| 19 | Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling | 4 | 4.21 | 10.64 | 192 | ||
| 20 | Mike Hamilton Jr – *Josh Harned | 4 | 3.13 | 10.25 | 191 | ||
| 21 | Brady Graves – Darryll Waller | 4 | 9.42 | 190 | |||
| 22 | Keith LaBarge – Roger LaBarge | 2 | 4.94 | 8.39 | 189 | $190.00 | |
| 23 | Alan Hoyt – *Lynn Hoyt | 3 | 8.12 | 188 | |||
| 24 | Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh | 3 | 7.6 | 187 | |||
| 25 | *Rob Crangle – Jason VanBeers | 3 | 6.99 | 186 | |||
| 26 | Mike Tucker – *Rob Cooper | 3 | 6.24 | 185 | |||
| 27 | David Moore – Bob Moore | 2 | 6.13 | 184 | |||
| 28 | *Nick Leon – Ross Lord | 3 | 6.04 | 183 | |||
| 29 | Gary Gedville – John Gedville | 2 | 5 | 182 | |||
| 30 | Todd Hessling – Mike Pettitt | 2 | 4.74 | 181 | |||
| 31 | Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann | 1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 180 | ||
| 32 | Phil J Zimmerman – *Rob Zimmerman | 1 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 179 | ||
| 33 | Cannady Alan – Cannady Chad | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Mick Buchanan – Gary Grzybinski | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Bill Cantwell – John Koopman | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Bobby Carver – *Wesley Carver | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | *fished aalone – George Harrington | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Bryan Hulsey – Jason Huskey | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Jason Kiser – *Logan Anselmi | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Rick Larson – Dave Morrow | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | *Paul Wiegan – Wayne Werle | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Gary Martens – *Todd Martens | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | *fished aalone – Eric Power | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Denis Repa – *Peter Repa | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Jim Sexton – Gunner Sexton | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Dave Strutman – Denny Lambert | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Justin Wright – Hunter Wright | 0 | 10 | ||||
| DQ | Rick Beard – Rian White | 0 | 10 |
*alternate