James Brown & John Campbell win the final Antique tournament for 2023. James and John report catching numerous keepers throughout the day. Their first limit was caught at depths of 18-25 feet on a new Chompers proto type bait the Possum Tail. Their 2 largest bass were caught shallow on jigs. In addition to their 1st place winnings they also take Top Skeeter owner fishing from James 2020 FXR20
Danny Waite & Brad Martin made the long run to the dam area and caught their fish shallow by flippin and throwing crankbaits. Brad Martin was the Rapala pro pack winner.
Third place goes to Chad Morgenthaler & Dave Mansue they report catching their first limit on drop shot then switching to deep diving crankbaits and spoons in the James River. A change that paid off with the tournament largest NAPA big bass weighing 4.79lbs.
Special thanks to Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC in West Plains for sponsoring the live release boat.
The Antique division kicks off April 3rd from Ahoys in 2024.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | James Brown – John Campbell | 5 | 4.11 | 14.8 | 220 | $2,550.00 |
| 2 | Danny Waite – *Brad Martin | 5 | 4.13 | 14.63 | 219 | $1,000.00 |
| 3 | Chad Morgenthaler – Dave Mansue | 5 | 4.79 | 14.37 | 218 | $1,230.00 |
| 4 | Paul Angelakos – Justin Brand | 5 | 3.33 | 13.88 | 217 | $478.00 |
| 5 | Brett Rider – Steve Rider | 5 | 3.44 | 13.85 | 216 | $250.00 |
| 6 | Sam Smith – Steve Lackey | 5 | 3.63 | 13.42 | 215 | $200.00 |
| 7 | Mark Long – Nick Baker | 5 | 4.62 | 13.26 | 214 | $310.00 |
| 8 | Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge | 5 | 4.03 | 13.05 | 213 | |
| 9 | Jay Oliver – Aaron Hodge | 5 | 3.81 | 12.88 | 212 | |
| 10 | Jeff Farquhar – Gary Hazell | 5 | 3.1 | 12.72 | 211 | |
| 11 | Mike Gold – Greg Wood | 5 | 12.59 | 210 | ||
| 12 | Slade Wilson – Joey Penzo | 5 | 3.48 | 12.14 | 209 | |
| 13 | *Josh Wray – Kavan Maybee | 5 | 3.3 | 12.05 | 208 | |
| 14 | Richard Beeson – Scott Meyer | 5 | 4.27 | 12.04 | 207 | |
| 15 | Dan Hankinson – Keith Hankinson | 5 | 3.44 | 11.65 | 206 | |
| 16 | Gary Brach – James Brach | 5 | 11.26 | 205 | ||
| 17 | Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe | 5 | 11.17 | 204 | ||
| 18 | Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson | 5 | 3.29 | 10.79 | 203 | |
| 19 | Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield | 4 | 10.4 | 202 | ||
| 20 | Shane Harms – Tom Harms | 4 | 9.13 | 201 | ||
| 21 | Larry Seger – Sam Harkey | 4 | 8.4 | 200 | ||
| 22 | Brit Phillips – Jim Troncin | 3 | 6.45 | 199 | ||
| 23 | Rodney Bowersox – *fished aalone | 2 | 4.79 | 198 | ||
| 24 | Fred Flintstone – Wilma Flintstone | 1 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 197 | |
| 25 | Shane Allen Boyd – Douglas Nickle | 0 | 20 | |||
| Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jeff Epley – Kelly Greer | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Tim Fisher – Aaron Fisher | 0 | 20 | ||||
| John Huffman – Robert Waggoner | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Terry Hutchison – Jason Coley | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jason Jenkins – | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Rick Jones – Jeremy Gilbert | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Pat Leonard – *fished aalone | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Roger Morris – Gregg Sapp | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Eugene Robinett – Joe Bill Peters | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Greg Snider – Tim Lane | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jack Stack – Dick Moger | 0 | 20 | ||||
| John Williams – Ed Larson | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Rick Wilson – Brad Weiss | 0 | 20 |
*alternate