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2020 Invitational Results

After a grueling season that started 11 months ago with the Bull Shoals Division kickoff wrapping up with multiple events last month, 199 of the absolute best teams in the area converged on Bucksaw Resort for the 2020 Joe Bass Team Trails Invitational.  With a season pock-marked with extremes in weather, record high and low lake levels, and a flu virus that has devasted the nation, 40+ mph winds, swapping directions by 180 degrees during the event and a 30 degree downward spiral in temperatures seemed like just another “2020” obstacle.  However, in a circuit that has sent two anglers to the prestigious BASSMASTER CLASSIC, no one doubted fish would be caught leading to a victory well-earned.

Taking that victory was the staunch team of Rick Fishback and Blake Felix.  They started the derby with a solid 15.17 pound limit, anchored by a 5.09 pound kicker, which landed in them in 5th place after day one.  Dealing with the swap in wind directions and falling temperatures, Rick and Blake dropped 16.13 pound on the scales, again anchored by a 5.61 largemouth to seal the deal with a winning total of 31.30 pounds.  Blake shared their SportBoats USA Key to Success was working squarebill crankbaits and Motion ½ ounce jigs tipped with Chompers twin tail trailers to garner 7 keeper bites on day one and 5 on the final day.  Blake noted their fish came from a 100 yard stretch of a steeper sloped bank in the 6’-8’ depth range.

Ron Belew teamed with Derek Dace to take second place with a total of 30.65 pounds.  Ron and Derek brought 14.57 pounds to weigh-in on day one, with a final day weight of 16.08 pounds moving them up the Window World leader board on day two.  Ron explained they fished Chatterbaits on 45 degree rock banks, catching 10-12 keepers a day.   Areas getting a straight shot of the high winds both days kept them off certain banks, but Ron noted it was important to fish banks with a decent wind in order to find active fish.

Roger and Chase Fitzpatrick rounded out the top three with a two day total of 26.44 pounds.  Chase offered their approach involved topwaters fished in areas where the wind allowed it.  They didn’t catch a lot of fish, 5-6 keepers a day, but managed to get the right bites focusing on shallow banks with isolated cover.  Roger and Chase added to their winning take home pay with the SportBoats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter bonus as they fished from Roger’s FXR20 Skeeter boat.

The veteran Truman team of John Bennett and Darrell Reach padded their 15th place finish with the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the event, a stout 5.87 largemouth that anchored their 22.07 8-fish total.  The brute hit a spinnerbait rolled on a steep channel swing bank with a laydown providing the cover.

John Cates was the drawing winner of the 2020 Skeeter/Yamaha package.

David Rogers won both the Save A Receipt and Skeeter boats walk around drawing.

With the conclusion of the 2020 season, it’s time to turn our attention to the 2021 with the kickoff of Rusty’s Bull Shoals division Saturday, November 21, 2020.

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Results

Place Team Members Fish B/F TotWgt Payout  
1 Rick Fishback – Blake Felix 10 5.61 31.3 $9,550.00  
2 Ron Belew – Derek Dace 10 3.98 30.65 $5,930.00  
3 Roger Fitzpatrick – Chase Fitzpatrick 10 3.61 26.44 $4,620.00 Top Skeeter
4 Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist 10 4.21 25.41 $2,000.00  
5 Kelly Nunn – Jamie Duncan 10 4.39 25.37 $1,000.00  
6 Doug Long – Marty Watson 10 3.92 24.94 $900.00  
7 Jordan Williams – Riley Hill 10 5.05 24.63 $800.00  
8 Greg Askew – Terry Case 10 3.17 24.3 $700.00  
9 Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnsonn 10 3.32 23.87 $600.00  
10 Mike Butcher – Glenn Harrison 7 5.32 23.62 $500.00  
11 Jeffery Smith – Jeffery A Smith 8 4.75 23.56 $2,050.00  
12 Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington 8 5.51 22.89 $1,430.00  
13 Todd Miller – Cameron Miller 10   22.89 $500.00  
14 Jake Beem – Justin McCelland 10 4.52 22.38 $500.00  
15 John Bennett – Darrell Reach 8 5.87 22.07 $1,500.00 1BB
16 Tim Hintenach – Travis Williams 9 3.74 22.05 $500.00  
17 Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens 8 4.03 21.64 $500.00  
18 Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray 9 3.58 21.31 $500.00  
19 John Campbell – David Rogers 8 4.95 20.9 $2,000.00  
20 Chad Allison – Jeff Moss 9 3.87 20.77 $400.00  
21 John Krewson – Tony Powers 7 5.22 20.64 $400.00  
22 Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds 9   20.22 $400.00  
23 Steve Weber – Sam Phillips 9 3.53 20.08 $400.00  
24 David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli 7 4.51 19.68 $400.00  
25 Wayne Garrison – Billy Greenwell 8 4.04 19.49 $400.00  
26 Matt Gunter – Gage Gunter 8 4.11 19.48    
27 Kent Campbell – Shane Burr 8 5.56 19.22    
28 Preston Hartung – George Harrington 8   19.09    
29 Mark Dunbar – Johnny Bell 8 2.75 18.22    
30 Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky 8 3.27 18.18    
31 Blake Burford – Tim Collins 7   17.97    
32 Mark Moody – Kyle Kiister 8 3.73 17.7    
33 Levi Snow – Benjamin Hodgson 8   17.55    
34 Tom Statler – Dillon Statler 9 4.52 16.93    
35 Kevin Duer – Dustin Young 6 3.88 16.73    
36 Doug Wallace 7 3.62 16.72    
37 Ron Peek – Pat Deaton 6 5.18 16.48    
38 Cody Campbell – Quinten Carr 7   16.23    
39 David Mulkey – Sean Mukley 7   16.07    
40 Ricky York – Ed Gilbert 6 5.58 15.92    
41 Ron Foss – Mike Smith 7 3.39 15.88    
42 Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt 5 4.27 15.42 $620.00  
43 Sam Smith – Steve Lackey 7   15.41    
44 Andrew Gwilliams – Brenden Williams 6 4.29 15.34    
45 Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt 7   15.25    
46 Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas 6   15.21    
47 Casey Kidder – Chris Savoie 6 3.12 14.71    
48 Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb 5 5.28 14.66    
49 Jeff Barrickman – Cole Findley 7 3.58 14.65    
50 Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling 6 3.73 14.55    
51 Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey 7   14.4    
52 Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman 4 4.91 14.34    
53 Andre Dickniete – Allan Dickniete 5 4.05 14.14    
54 Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters 7   14.09    
55 Josh Shirley – Don Sanders 7   14.06    
56 Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney 8   13.7    
57 Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker 7   13.7    
58 Robert Hime – Paul Huse 5 4.03 13.55    
59 Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander 5 4.46 13.48    
60 Landon Snelson – Ricky Jones 4 5.62 13.38 $1,000.00 2BB
61 Kolin Rogers – Wyatt Miller 5 5.19 13.35    
62 Clay Messmer – Chris Klenke 5 4.79 13.29    
63 Eric Craft – Dominic Cavitt 6 2.09 13.25    
64 Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon 4 4.73 13.21    
65 Bryan Baker – Darren Baker 6 3.11 13.16    
66 Kennedy Schwartzburg – Andrew Rogers 6 2.13 12.97    
67 Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong 5   12.85    
68 Ryan Tucker – Ryan Heise 5 4.18 12.76    
69 Kyle Uptegrove – Anthony Alkire 5   12.44    
70 Mark Adkins – Chris Nichols 6 1.87 12.27    
71 Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook 6 3.86 12.2    
72 Kenneth White – Ken White 6   11.78    
73 Mark Riegel – JR Shinn 5   11.63    
74 Michael Frye – Michael Landwehr 4   11.4    
75 Michael Dugger – Jeff Lang 7 2.86 11.29    
76 Joddy Dungan – John Matousek 6 3.7 11.09    
77 Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II 6 1.21 10.92    
78 AJ Wenzel – Patrick Dickerson 5   10.89    
79 Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson 5 4.99 10.35    
80 Eric Zuk – Chet Douthit 4 3.11 9.39    
81 Tony Mayfield – Fisher Mayfield 4 1.69 9.21    
82 Dan Hankinson – Korbin Hankinson 3   9.1    
83 Dave Epema – Dan Bowman 4   8.79    
84 Scott Hill – Brandon Hill 4   8.74    
85 Clint Hart – KC Collette 4 2.67 8.64    
86 Matt Cesar – Ed Larson 3 4.43 8.57    
87 Roger Umbarger – Josh Louisville 4 3.35 8.55    
88 Kevin Love – Parker Love 4   8.45    
89 Brandon Morris – Logan Carter 4   8.21    
90 Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II 3   7.63    
91 Tom Herndon – Jason VanBeers 2 5.02 7.51    
92 Doug Asher – Seth Sherertz 3   7.33    
93 John Williams – James Brown 4   7.13    
94 Steve Gwadera – Jacob Desselle 3 3.16 7.12    
95 Shawn Crabtree – Theresa Patterson 3 3.24 7.1    
96 Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard 3 3.67 7.09    
97 Ron Mellinger – Colton Mellinger 2   7.07    
98 Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer 3   7    
99 Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield 3   6.85    
100 Wayne Werle – Jim Lomax 3   6.72    
101 Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver 3   6.65    
102 Dene White – Joe Dorcy 3   6.43    
103 Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown 3 2.63 6.4    
104 Tom Darnell – Brad Dooley 4   6.37    
105 Rodney Bowersox – Randy Davis 2 4.19 6.21    
106 Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson 3   6.17    
107 Scott Danek – Scott Danek Jr 3   5.97    
108 Eric White – Gavin White 3   5.9    
109 Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith 3   5.81    
110 Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein 2   5.6    
111 Ronald Deckard JR – Sophia Spencer-Asbell 2   5.31    
112 Craig Dort – Tony Johnston 3   5.26    
113 Rocky Carden – Darryl Robinson 3   5.15    
114 Terry Letterman – Doug Smart 2   5.14    
115 Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson 2   4.94    
116 Chris White – Kelly White 2   4.86    
117 Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore 2 3.92 4.83    
118 Dan Cox – Tim Kastning 2   4.83    
119 Justin Miller – Mathew Miller 2   4.8    
120 Randy Roustio – 2 2.76 4.61    
121 Tony Habiger – Fabricio Toledo 1 4.55 4.55    
122 Jerry Addington – Tony Addington 2   4.55    
123 Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter 2   4.3    
124 Jay Carden – Levi Carden 2 2.31 4.03    
125 Russell Oliphant – Donnie Goodman 2   4.03    
126 Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell 3   3.91    
127 Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick 2   3.9    
128 Drew Sagely – Taylor Surly 2   3.7    
129 Dominic Perotti – Dominic Perotti Jr 2   3.64    
130 Jim Davidson – Mike Ashbacher 2   3.6    
131 Matt Underwood – Logan Underwood 1 3.52 3.52    
132 Matt Layman – Randy Colter 2   3.42    
133 Jeff Elkin – Rowdy Unruh 2   3.22    
134 Ernie Cox – Ozzie Wallace 1 2.92 2.92    
135 Roger Morris – Gregg Sapp 1 2.57 2.57    
136 Bill McAvoy – Jack Young 1 2.46 2.46    
137 Dan Weber – Robert Leininger 1 2.42 2.42    
138 Charles Abbott – Timothy Wells 1 2.4 2.4    
139 Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley 1 2.22 2.22    
140 Jim Altman – Kevin Altman 1 2.21 2.21    
141 LG Linville – Barry Mackey 1 2.19 2.19    
142 Aaron Foglesong – Ben Redwing 1 2.11 2.11    
143 Josh Gebhardt – Ross Lord 1 2.08 2.08    
144 David Moore – Bob Moore 1 2.04 2.04    
145 Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan 1 1.96 1.96    
146 Jim Figg – Don Cox 1 1.79 1.79    
146 Rory Preis – Mark Politte 1 1.79 1.79    
148 Troy Thomas – Mike Eickmann 1 1.63 1.63    
149 John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire     0    
  Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear     0    
  Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown     0    
  Jeff Boerding – Mike Reigh     0    
  Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner     0    
  Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis     0    
  Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote     0    
  Chris Bridges – Steve Prince     0    
  John Cates – Mike Edwards     0    
  Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker     0    
  Chris Embry – Caston Embry     0    
  Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler     0    
  Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston     0    
  Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes     0    
  Paul Hager – Phil Allen     0    
  Don Heiser – Jim Sells     0    
  Todd Hessling – Mike Pettitt     0    
  Ray Holt     0    
  Earl Horton –     0    
  Stacy Howell – Robert Traquair     0    
  Scott Jackson – Jim Brewer     0    
  Chris Johnson – Josh Calvin     0    
  Brad Jones –     0    
  Robert Keeth – Rick Harris     0    
  Marvin Kinyon – Chris Roberts     0    
  Jared Knuth – David Knuth     0    
  Roger LaBarge – Keith LaBarge     0    
  Ralph Laster – Steve Helms     0    
  James Macleod – Don Miller     0    
  Don Mason – Cliff Wolfe     0    
  David McCormick – Gary Shartzer     0    
  Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary     0    
  Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe     0    
  Jeremy Montgomery – Devin Pino     0    
  Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards     0    
  Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky     0    
  Troy Nogosek – Jeremy Fiedler     0    
  Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant     0    
  Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge     0    
  Brandon Rowland – Russel Nigh     0    
  Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush     0    
  Dalton Saxon – James JD Dendy     0    
  Karl Schmidt – Bret Stracke     0    
  Greg Seiner – Rick Keeney     0    
  Jack Stack – Dick Moger     0    
  John Stewart – Corey Stewart     0    
  Steve Teske – Jon Wall     0    
  Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane     0    
  Corey Vance – Tyler Dame     0    
  Aaron Vaughn – Parrish Vaughn     0    
  Rian White – Rick Beard     0    
          $40,100.00  

 

Joe Bass Contact Info

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

Timmy Newberry
Tournament Director Mark Twain
timmy@joebassteamtrail.com
314-220-7196

Directors

Kyle Uptegrove
Tournament Director Smithville/Ozarks
kyle@joebassteamtrail.com
816-916-4244

Rocky Carden Tournament Director Table Rock/Antique/Pomme
rocky@joebassteamtrail.com
417-773-5223

Directors

Bob Capps - Trail Mgr
Tournament Director Truman
bob@joebassteamtrail.com
417-818-3898

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