Cloudy weather was present for the 38 teams that took off from beautiful Buck Creek Marina for the second derby in the 2004 Bull Shoals division. Albeit a bit chilly, the rain held off during the tournament and the sun even popped out for a few seconds! Low water levels and a front pushing through had anglers hoping to find fish concentrated in preparation for a winter feeding binge. With anticipation levels high, teams were hunting for daily bragging rights that would put their names at the top of the Window World Leaderboard while accruing valuable qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held next fall.
Getting details from the top teams was as difficult as the fishing, but Wyatt Marler and Nick Lawler said they used a Damiki rig to put five Bull Shoals bass on the scales that topped out at 18.53 pounds. They did note their Mid America RV Key to Success was working shad-oriented fish deep, with some as far down as the 60’ range. They were one of the few that didn’t suggest they struggled with getting bites, as they boated 3-4 limits on an all-day bite.
Tyler Duggins and Bryan Bauer landed in the runner up spot with a stringer weighing 18.46 pounds. They stayed pretty tight-lipped as well, suggesting they slow-rolled spinnerbaits on windy areas to catch their fish. Their bag was helped along with the second place big bass, a toad 5.31 pounder that bolstered their final weight.
Wes Rogers and Henry MaGuffee rounded out the top three. They joined the fun during the interview process, suggesting they used ice jigs painted blaze orange. Perhaps there was a tint of crawdad orange on the crankbaits they were slinging? Their third place bag pushed the scales to 17.21.
Mark Mahaffey fished with Sam Mahaffey to take Top Skeeter honors by fishing from their Skeeter Boats bass boat. In addition they also put the NAPA big bass of the day, a 5.67 pounder, in Mark’s 2022 ZXR20, earning them a double paycheck for the day.
The third event of the Bull Shoals Division will take place January 6th with a 7:00am takeoff from Buck Creek Marina.
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Results
| Place | Team Members | Fish | B/F | TotWgt | Pts | Payout |
| 1 | Wyatt Marler – Nick Lawler | 5 | 4.26 | 18.53 | 220 | $2,340.00 |
| 2 | Tyler Duggins – Bryan Bauer | 5 | 5.31 | 18.46 | 219 | $1,350.00 |
| 3 | Wes Rogers – Henry MaGuffee | 5 | 4.01 | 17.21 | 218 | $798.00 |
| 4 | Cody Huff – Greg Blair | 5 | 4 | 17.15 | 217 | $500.00 |
| 5 | Landon Edwards – Cody Ellison | 5 | 3.88 | 17.14 | 216 | $250.00 |
| 6 | Drew Sagely – Taylor Surly | 5 | 16.64 | 215 | $200.00 | |
| 7 | Paul Brunson – Gary Rowland | 5 | 3.93 | 15.46 | 214 | $180.00 |
| 8 | Bob Neff – Gregg Wood | 5 | 3.7 | 15.21 | 213 | |
| 9 | Roger Harp – Lucas Madison | 5 | 3.96 | 15 | 212 | |
| 10 | Mike Smith – *Kavan Maybee | 5 | 4.3 | 14.98 | 211 | |
| 11 | Clayton Welch – Jake Layton | 5 | 14.79 | 210 | ||
| 12 | Justin Layton – | 5 | 3.98 | 14.34 | 209 | |
| 13 | Dustin Blevins – Eric Blevins | 5 | 14.29 | 208 | ||
| 14 | Eric White – Ron Foss | 5 | 3.61 | 13.51 | 207 | |
| 15 | Richie Huebner – Brandon Lowry | 5 | 13.22 | 206 | ||
| 16 | Mark Jenkins – Chad Rosewicz | 5 | 4.18 | 13.13 | 205 | |
| 17 | Mark Mahaffey – Sam Mahaffey | 5 | 5.67 | 13.07 | 204 | $480.00 |
| 18 | Jason Davidson – Darren Tilley | 5 | 12.97 | 203 | ||
| 19 | Jacob Christeson – Pete (Robert) Pearson | 5 | 12.79 | 202 | ||
| 20 | Bryan Barnard – Bobby Paul Jr. | 5 | 12.77 | 201 | ||
| 21 | Jacob Bennett – | 5 | 12.55 | 200 | ||
| 22 | Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II | 5 | 3.16 | 12.46 | 199 | |
| 23 | Rocky Carden – David Rogers | 5 | 10.75 | 198 | ||
| 24 | Roy Bryant – Lee Bryant | 5 | 10.23 | 197 | ||
| 25 | Craig LaPointe – *Colt Mahaffey | 5 | 10.01 | 196 | ||
| 26 | Adler Odle – Staniscav Sedletsuii | 5 | 9.78 | 195 | ||
| 27 | Tyler Frahm – *TJ Frahm | 5 | 9.61 | 194 | ||
| 28 | Ron Cox – Marty Whisnant | 5 | 9.09 | 193 | ||
| 29 | Jacob Delong – | 4 | 8.72 | 192 | ||
| 30 | Tom Mason – *fished aalone | 4 | 7.32 | 191 | ||
| 31 | Rick Jones – Jeremy Gilbert | 3 | 6.84 | 190 | ||
| 32 | Mark Sloan – Parker Adair | 3 | 5.52 | 189 | ||
| 33 | John Campbell – Brock Rogers | 0 | 20 | |||
| Robbie Dodson – Wesley Ply | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Darrin King – Steve King | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Paul Persson – Ryan Persson | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Eric Toliver – Zach Lawrence | 0 | 20 |
*alternate