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12/17/22 Bull Shoals

Once again the conditions were the focus of the dock talk at Buck Creek Marina prior to the second event of the season. The lake was on a rise after several days of rain, but the elephant in the room was bitter temperatures and a strong biting wind that amplified the cold and made running a rough proposition. Thankfully, the fish were on a strong bite as well as the 37 teams that blasted out of Buck Creek returned with 28 limits, good for valuable qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held Stockton Lake next fall.

Team Blevins was missing its patriarch, as Eric left Dustin to be a one-man show for the day. Showing that it takes the experience, wisdom and guile that comes with age, Dustin fell short of the 20-pound mark, struggling to get to the 19 pound standard fishing solo (!). All kidding aside, Dustin’s five fish limit pushed the scales to 19 pounds even and was anchored by the big bass of the day, a stout 5.02 largemouth. With Dustin comparing notes with the third place team, the interviewer offered to let Dakota speak for Dustin’s Mid America RV Key to Success while Dustin would provide details for Dakota and Cody’s strategy. Neither bit at the chance, with Dustin reluctantly saying he stuck with his Rock Crawler approach, hitting as many key targets as he could throughout the day. He did mix in a small swimbait which provided his big bass bite.

Darrin King and Mark Mahaffey duplicated their runner-up position from the November derby by bringing in 18.22 pounds of Bull Shoals bass. They also were reluctant to share details, with Darrin deferring to Mark for a report, saying he was a Godly man that wouldn’t fib. That didn’t seem to open the flood gates for information, as Mark suggested they caught their fish off the bottom while fishing vertically. He perked up when noting they were fishing from his 2022 ZXR Skeeter bass boat, giving them Top Skeeter honors for the event.

Rounding out the top three was local stick Dakota Pierce who teamed with Cody Huff. The duo brought a five fishing limit to the scales, good for 17.27 pounds. As noted above, reluctance to provide details on patterns was front and center, but it was decided they mixed a Storm Wiggle Wart with a soon-to-be-released prototype Rapala/Storm crankbait to amass their weight.

The third event of the Bull Shoals Division will take place January 7th with a 7:00am takeoff from Buck Creek Marina.

Photos

Results

Place Team Members Fish Pnlty B/F TotWgt Pts Payout
1 Dustin Blevins – *Fished Alone 5 5.02 19 220 $2,530.00
2 Darrin King – Mark Mahaffey 5 4.21 18.22 219 $1,590.00
3 Cody Huff – Dakota Pierce 5 3.94 17.27 218 $752.00
4 Richie Huebner – Brandon Lowry 5 4.77 17.13 217 $650.00
5 Trey Anderson – Eli Powers 5 4.3 15.56 216 $250.00
6 Tyler Duggins – Chance Davis 5 0.5 14.52 215 $200.00
7 Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II 5 4.44 14.04 214 $180.00
8 Roger Harp – Jeremy Brewer 5 3.84 14.04 213
9 Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield 5 3.58 13.91 212
10 Jason Loyd – Don Ivey 5 3.31 13.79 211
11 Landon Snelson – Rick Snelson 5 3.47 13.78 210
12 Eric Toliver – Zach Lawrence 5 3.88 13.76 209
13 Tom Mason – Chris Reese 5 3.13 13.28 208
14 Roy Bryant – Lee Bryant 5 3.8 13.22 207
15 *Mike Braden – Darren Tilley 5 3.4 13.17 206
16 Matt Franke – Arthur Fortin 5 13.16 205
17 Luke Bradley – Frank Williams 5 13.13 204
18 Wyatt Marler – *Hunter Cresson 5 12.75 203
19 Jacob Garrett – Kem Wallace 5 3.05 12.49 202
20 Brady Graves – Darryll Waller 5 3.51 12.45 201
21 Mike Smith – *Kavan Maybee 5 3.98 12.19 200
22 Justin Sanders – 5 3.49 12.01 199
23 Robert Shockley – 5 3.01 11.99 198
24 John Campbell – Brock Rogers 5 11.97 197
25 Justin Layton – 5 3.76 11.79 196
26 Laryme Campbell – David Rogers 5 11.44 195
27 Bob Neff – Greg Wood 5 9.57 194
28 Tony Mayfield – Fisher Mayfield 5 8.01 193
29 Craig LaPointe – Chris King 4 7.95 192
30 David Honey – Zech Honey 4 7.67 191
31 Jacob Delong – *Daniel Peterson 2 3.36 6.54 190
32 Cledas Manuel – Ben Jones 3 6.4 189
33 Brandon Baker – Robert Ryan 0 20
Robert Burtrum – Bo Burtrum 0 20
Blake Curtis – Matt Brown 0 20
Justin Fox – 0 20
Drew Tabor – Brock Tabor 0 20

*alternate

Joe Bass Contact Info

Rusty Darnell
Tournament Director Stockton/Bull Shoals
rusty@joebassteamtrail.com
417-838-0366

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Tournament Director Mark Twain
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314-220-7196

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417-818-3898

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