Joe Bass Team Trail

2017 Invitational Results

Bob — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:26:05 +0000

After a full season of qualifying events, 164 teams gathered at beautiful Table Rock Lake for the 2017 Joe Bass Team Trails Championship hosted by Indian Point Resort. The weekend’s festivities were kicked off with a dinner and awards presentation at Kimberling Inn where a truck load of sponsor-provided product was drawn for. From a fishing standpoint, the last month has been incredibly tough on Table Rock with major tournaments having subpar results. All of the major fishing reports droned about warm water, the lack of a typical fall movement of baitfish and bass, and the shear difficulty in piecing together a keeper fish pattern. However, the anglers in the Joe Bass Championship proved they are the best fisherman in the region as it took over 27# to win the event and a solid bag in the mid-teens to make the check line.

Coming out on top of the fray was Brian Thompson and Eric Hammond. Their stout 17# plus bag on day two vaulted them to the top position. Their knowledge of the lake proved to be the Sport Boats USA Key for Success as they fished what Brian termed a “junk pattern”. The pair targeted a wide range of locations in the mid-lake area with bottom-bouncing baits. Showing the random nature of their approach, Brian reported fishing areas anywhere from 6’ deep out to the 40’ range. Their plan of sticking to the approach of sampling as many areas as possible resulted in the largest Day 2 wait even though the weather did a 180 from Day 1, replacing warm partly cloudy skies with a steady rain and overcast.

Another Table Rock team secured the runner up position as Vance Venable and Tyler Stewart maintained a steady approach throughout the two day event. Vance noted they made a long run to areas above the Shell Knob bridge. Their pattern centered on spooning long points and channel swings out to depths of 70 feet. Where others in the event struggled with numbers, Vance explained they used their electronics to stay on roaming packs of bass, catching good numbers throughout the weekend. Their second place bag was anchored by the Day 1 Ozarks Chevrolet Big Bass. The 4.40 pound bass fell victim to their deep spoon attack.

Wrapping up the top three was the ever-strong team of Robert Shackelford and Greg Blair. Their individual experience on Ozark lakes is unmatched, but when paired together, they present a strong challenge to the rest of the field. Leading after Day 1 with over 14 pounds, Greg explained they concentrated on brushpiles in 20-25’ of water, dragging football jigs to entice their bites. The weather changes affected their pattern more than others at the top of the leader board, as Greg said the brushpile bite “went away”. Experience counts, though, as the savvy team regrouped and hurled spinnerbaits to nab four keepers to secure third place in the event.

Bryan and Darren Baker proved it pays to run a Skeeter as they were the highest finishing Skeeter team and went home with the Sport Boats USA Skeeter Bonus. They fished from Bryan’s Sport Boats USA FX20/Yamaha SHO combination.

The Ozarks Chevrolet Big Bass for Day 2 was boated by Team Thomas. Charley and Chris made the long run to the King’s River to find areas similar to their haunts on Truman Lake. They used a squarebill crankbait to fool the Day 2 lunker.

The newest Skeeter owner in the crowd is Jeff Bradford, winner of a sparkling red and black Skeeter ZX190 powered by a 150hp Yamaha SHO Outboard. The greatest appreciation is due Tim Reed, the Skeeter Demo Team drivers and all the folks at Skeeter for their continued support of Joe Bass Team Trail.

Take a week or two to catch your breath then prepare for the 2018 Joe Bass Team Trail season as it kicks off November 4th at Buck Creek Marina on Bull Shoals Lake followed on November 5th at Lake of the Ozarks with a launch at PB2. Both events have a scheduled 7:00 am start time.

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Top Paying Results

Grand Prize Winner – Jeff Bradford – 2017 Skeeter/Yamaha package
Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Payout
1	Brian Thompson – Eric Hammond	9			27.52	$6,780.00
2	Vance Venable – Tyler Stewart	10		4.4	26.02	$5,780.00
3	Robert Shackelford – Greg Blair	9		3.9	22.69	$4,780.00
4	Joe Wieberg – Walon Kleffner	9			22.67	$2,000.00
5	Ryan Butler – Dustin Lippe	10			21.08	$1,000.00
6	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley	10	0.5		20.49	$900.00
7	Robert Dodson – Robbie Dodson	10			19.88	$800.00
8	Kevin Burnett – Chris Martin	9			19.46	$700.00
9	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	9		2.9	19.24	$1,100.00
10	Marc Czachowski – Mike Purse	10			18.75	$1,500.00
11	Lyle Armstrong – Bob King	9			18.22	$500.00
12	Rich Gamble – Jacci Gamble	10			18.16	$500.00
13	John McCurdy – Jack McCurdy	9			18.11	$500.00
14	Barb Cooper – Marc Cooper	9		3.3	17.91	$500.00
15	Scott Clift – Ashley Medley	9			17.73	$500.00
16	Kris Von Ahn – John VonAhn	7			17.71	$500.00
17	Chris D’Aquila – Denny D’Aquila	8			17.64	$500.00
18	Kavan Maybee – Mike Smith	8		3.3	17.13	$500.00
19	Ryan Groeteke – Brett Groeteke	8		2.6	16.98	$500.00
20	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	7		3.3	16.9	$1,268.00
21	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	7		4.2	16.45	$900.00
22	Pete Wenners – Lilian Knight	8		2.7	16.24	$300.00
23	Adam Smith – Bill Edwards	8			15.94	$300.00
24	Tom Mason – Chris Reese	8			15.65	$220.00
25	Darrin King – Mark Mahaffey	8			15.44	$200.00
	Jason Newberry – Charlie McConnell					$512.00

09/20/17 Antique

Bob — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 20:50:56 +0000

The final Antique tournament was won by Greg Wood and Charlie McConnell with a 5 bass limit weighing 12.21lbs. Sponsors include Phoenix Boats, and McCallister Marine. Jim Dopp and Harlin Husky weigh in 5 weighing 11.19 for second. Doc Seger and Billy Bird take 3rd with 7.71lbs crediting Chompers jigs. Ben Elkins takes the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass honors with his 3.61 Les Brandenburg was the top finishing Skeeter owner.

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	*Greg Wood – Charlie McConnell	5	3.4	12.21	110	$940.00
2	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5	2.9	11.19	109	$596.00
3	Doc Seger – Billy Bird	4		7.71	108	$410.00
4	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	3	2.1	6	107
5	Les Brandenburg – Mike Sowders	3		5.26	106	$250.00
6	Ralph Laster – Michael Fiedler	3		5.16	105
7	Rich Gamble – Tom Renfro	2		4.05	104
8	Randy Roustio –	2	2.3	3.96	103
9	Ben Elkins – *Bud Day	1	3.6	3.61	102	$100.00
10	Jeff Epley – Eddie Snow	2		3.41	101
11	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear			0	10
	Robert Dodson – Robbie Dodson			0	10
	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty			0	10
	Mike Gold – Larry Brooks			0	10
	Jay Oliver – Jamie Horn			0	10
	Mike Smith – Kavan Maybee			0	10
	Keith Sullivan – Linda Sullivan			0	10
	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith			0	10

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09/10/17 Stockton

Bob — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:39:06 +0000

A beautiful day with temps in the low 80’s, brought the fishermen out to play at Stockton Lake. The Joe Bass Team Trail Stockton Division finale concluded the 2017 season. The anglers had great conditions for all types of baits. Some reported a very good top water bite, while others went to the bottom with jigs and big worms. Most all the anglers stated they caught lots of fish. Though limits were hard to come by even those with shy limits stated they had lots of shorts. 2018 should have a good supply of 15 inch fish since most of the shorts were just barely short.

Chris Macy, Diamond, MO and Tim Lawyer, La Russell, MO, fished jigs and worms to bring in a 5 fish limit that weighed 17.5lbs. This earned them 1st Place.Their fish were shallow out to about 8ft. in depth.

Jared and Dee Cloyd, Bolivar, MO finished with a 5 fish limit that weighed 17.38lbs. Jared pulled in a 6.38lbs largemouth that earned the team the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS of the DAY. He caught the fish around mid day.

Jeff Bear, Vienna, MO and Dale Bear, Marshall, MO, sponsored by Joe Bass Team Trail and Southwinds Motel &Resort, used jigs, topwater and squarebills to bring in the 3rd place 5 fish limit that weighed 15.06lbs

John Cates, Ozark, MO, fished out of his brand new 2017 250ZX Skeeter. He brought in 9.86lbs to earn his team the 11th. His proud moment came when he got his check for the highest finishing SKEETER, provided by Sport Boats USA.

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Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Chris Macy – Tim Lawyer	5	0.5	5.7	17.5	110	$1,630.00
2	Jared Cloyd – *Dee Cloyd	5		6.38	17.38	109	$1,150.00	1BB
3	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	5		6.16	15.06	108	$940.00	2BB
4	Jim Davidson – MIke Ashbacher	5		3.78	13.32	107	$860.00
5	Chad Allison – Derrick Wright	5			12.48	106	$670.00
6	Robert Shackelford – Greg Blair	5		5.33	12.1	105	$350.00
7	*Ray Cates – Dennis Edwards	4		5.15	11.9	104	$250.00
8	Mitchell Blehm – Chase Boggs	5			10.59	103	$200.00
9	John Huffman – Robert Waggoner	5			10.41	102	$184.00
10	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5			10.16	101	$160.00
11	John Cates – Justin Stevens	5			9.86	100	$1,130.00	Top Skeeter
12	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer	5			9.71	99
13	George Hance – Rob Norvall	5			9.23	98
13	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	5			9.23	98
15	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	3		5.29	8.82	96
16	Jesse Painter – Bill Whitaker	4			8.72	95
17	Scott Clift – Ashley Medley	4			8.44	94
18	Greg Seiner – Kevin Ingle	3		3.88	8.14	93
19	Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan	4			7.79	92
20	Justin Angel – Scott Angel	3		3.38	7.41	91
21	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	3			7.19	90
22	Joey Alexander – Matthew Alexander	3		2.94	6.74	89
23	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	4			6.74	88
24	Brandon Rummel – Jared Clift	2		4.7	6.52	87
25	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	4	0.5		6.42	86
26	Brad Jelinek – *Brett Fickle	3			6.42	85
27	Raymond Bates – Brian Reed	3			5.89	84
28	Luke Jarman – Bobby Morgan	3			5.87	83
29	Riley Ogden – Shawn Watson	2		4.07	5.69	82
30	Wayne Loftin – Harry Carr	2			4.49	81
31	Mike Hagensicker – Dillon Brock	2			4.39	80
32	Jeremy Ealy – Jon McQuerter	2			4.3	79
33	Jeremy Powell – *Trace Hannaford	2			3.97	78
34	JR Williams – Lee Jordan	2			3.87	77
35	Steve Teske – Jon Wall	1		2.22	2.22	76
36	Calvin Phillips – Cody Combs	1		2.12	2.12	75
37	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire	1		1.6	1.6	74
38	Kyle Boman – *Larry Tanner	1		1.57	1.57	73
39	Chad Duit – Scott Suver	1		1.37	1.37	72
40	Mark Arthur – Brian Ponder				0	10
	*fished alone – Darren Baker				0	10
	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore				0	10
	Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell				0	10
	Dan Cox – *fished alone				0	10
	Leonard DeClue – Kelton Morris				0	10
	Ben Elkins – *Bud Day				0	10
	*Sharon Green – Forest Green				0	10
	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky				0	10
	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer				0	10
	Denis Repa – Alec Repa				0	10
	Randy S Robinson – Kathy Robinson				0	10
	Floyd Ross – Shane Henson				0	10
	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman				0	10
	Mike Sisco – Josh Kritch				0	10
	Adam Smith – *fished alone				0	10
	Bill Stokes – Bill Virden				0	10
	Keith Sullivan – Linda Sullivan				0	10
	Steve Thomas – Mike S Thomas				0	10
	Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard				0	10

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08/27/17 Truman

Bob — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:25:27 +0000

No one could legitimately expect to conclude the 2017 Joe Bass Truman Division season under static, consistent conditions. As has been the norm for the entire season, torrential rains swept through the Osage and Grand River watersheds earlier in the week, causing a rapid rise to the lake level. However, the 51 teams launching from Shawnee Bend proved their ability to adjust to changing conditions as they battled for the final trophy of the season, the divisional Points Leader award, and qualifying points for the Joe Bass Team Trails Championship at Table Rock Lake in October.

Coming out on top of the fray was the team of Mark Thompson and Mark Thompson II. Their 19.54 pound sack was bolstered by The Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the tournament. The 6.25 lunker hit a Dave’s Custom Baits squarebill late in the day. Mark and Mark’s Sport Boats USA Key for Success was sticking to a super shallow flat Mark and Jim Smith fished during Saturday’s Cass County Elk’s Veteran’s tournament. As on Saturday, all their fish were taken on DCB squarebills fished through the grass and sawdust. Their day also credited them with Mark’ 17^th Sport Boats USA Skeeter Bonus as they fished from his 2016 ZX225 Sport Boats USA Skeeter bass boat.

Mark Thompson and Mark Thompson II also will reign as the 2017 Truman Division Champions receiving their entry to the Invitational paid by Joe Bass and boat #1 for the 2018 season.

Following up last month’s victory with a close second place was Bryce Rieder and Mike Edrington. They found their pattern from July still effective as they fished brush hogs and big worms in suspended tree tops. Their five fish limit pushed the scales to a stout 17.54 pounds.

Finishing the season strong with a third place finish was Team Baker. Bryan and Darren did a bit of running to land their 15.08 stringer. Bryan and Darren noted they fished spinnerbaits and buzzbaits in the lower Grand and Osage arms after blanking in Tebo.

With the Truman Division now in the books, be sure and check out the Joe Bass website schedule for details of the remaining tournaments in the Stockton Division (9/10), the Antique Division at Table Rock (9/20) and the annual make-up event at Table Rock (9/24).

Joe Bass Team Trail will return to Truman in 2018.

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Final results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5		6.25	19.54	110	$2,160.00	1BB-Top Skeeter
2	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5		4.05	17.54	109	$1,010.00
3	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	5		3.42	15.08	108	$700.00
4	Matt Gunter – *Terry Bradley	5		4.81	13.68	107	$640.00
5	Tom McGovern – Bob Bradley	5		4.1	13.51	106	$400.00
6	Michael Simons – Jacob Simons	5		3.84	13.41	105	$300.00
7	Doug Wallace – Ozzie Wallace	5		4.12	13.4	104	$200.00
8	Brad Jelinek – *Blake Felix	5		3.81	13.31	103	$180.00
9	Ralph Laster – Michael Fiedler	5		4.8	13.3	102	$160.00
10	John Bennett – Paden Bennett	5		2.88	12.77	101	$146.00
11	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5		3.67	12.71	100
12	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5		2.84	12.38	99
13	Michael Baker – Kennith Mason	5	0.5	3.2	11.11	98
14	Chris Flood – Brandon Flood	4		3.32	10.46	97
15	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	5		2.36	10.15	96
16	Justin Hosler – *Logan Carter	4		4.67	10.14	95
17	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	3		4.83	8.7	94	$200.00	2BB
18	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	3		3.4	8.61	93
19	Billy Greenwell – Kelley Greenwell	3			7.72	92
20	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	3		3.08	7.63	91
21	Jake Beem – Dallas Beem	3		2.8	7.55	90
22	Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk	3			6.64	89
23	Greg Askew – Terry Case	3			6.56	88
24	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	3			6.51	87
25	Edward Robinson – Kyle Morse	4			6.23	86
26	Kevin Smith – Jerry McCutchen	5			5.88	85
27	John Campbell – Chuck Roberts	3		3.24	5.76	84
28	Ron Peek – *Pat Deaton	3			5.75	83
29	Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer	3			5.04	82
30	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker	2			5.01	81
31	Wayne Garrison – Robbie Plowman	2			4.79	80
32	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon	1		3.77	3.77	79
33	Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush	1		2.24	2.24	78
34	Shawn Crabtree – *Dallas Crabtree	1		1.48	1.48	77
35	Jack Young – Bill McAvoy	1		1.09	1.09	76
36	Phillip Schwartz – Colby Schwartz	1		0.93	0.93	75
37	Shane Bakken – Todd Bruders				0	10
	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown				0	10
	Kevin Carl – Desmon Carl				0	10
	Danny Carter – Chris Carter				0	10
	Richard Evans – Terry Close				0	10
	Junior Fiedler – Cody Fielder				0	10
	Robert Hime – Paul Huse				0	10
	Hosford –				0	10
	Josh Inman – Jeremy Wilson				0	10
	Ed Matthews – *John Stewart				0	10
	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary				0	10
	Greg Miller – Mike Rowland				0	10
	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell				0	10
	Tony Powers – John Brewer				0	10
	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky				0	10

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08/26/17 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:09:14 +0000

This tournament concludes the 2017 season on Pomme de Terre. Gus and Paul Marsala take top honors with 5 bass weighing 16.31 lbs. Following close behind David and Sean Mulkey take 2nd with 15.43. Dana Hansen and Terry Blankenship take third and 1st Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass with their final weight of 15.20 Top Skeeter Owner Incentive goes to Rick Fishback.

Mike Rogers & Donnie Crist will reign as the 2017 Pomme Division Champions receiving their entry to the Invitational paid by Joe Bass and boat #1 for the 2018 season.

Whites Marine Center sponsors the Pomme Division do everyone a favor and stop by mentioning thanks for their support.

Joe Bass Team Trail will return to Pomme in 2018.

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Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Paul Marsala – Gus Marsala	5		3.77	16.31	110	$1,300.00
2	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley	5		4.19	15.43	109	$980.00
3	Dana Hansen – Terry Blankenship	5		6.07	15.2	108	$1,110.00	1BB
4	Greg Becker – Don Thrall	5		4.28	14.58	107	$600.00	2BB
5	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5		3.64	13.87	106	$900.00	Top Skeeter
6	Eric Dearduff – Dakota Dearduff	5		4.23	12.59	105	$300.00
7	Jason Newberry – Charlie McConnell	5		2.77	12	104	$200.00
8	Matt Gunter – *Gage Gunter	5	0.5	2.99	11.48	103	$180.00
9	Josh Inman – Jeremy Wilson	5	0.5	3.41	11.39	102	$134.00
10	James Long – Jerry Rawlings	5	0.5	3.23	11.1	101
11	Chad Allison – Derrick Wright	5		3.01	11.04	100
12	*Jason Klines – Brandon Hill	5		2.69	10.98	99
13	Terry Bradley – *Trace Bradley	5		3.06	10.7	98
14	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman	5		3.74	10.58	97
15	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	5		3.1	10.19	96
16	John McCurdy – Jack McCurdy	5		2.42	10.17	95
17	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5		2.95	9.77	94
18	Gary Cox – Don Cox	5		2.82	9.47	93
19	Dave Epema – Mike Rowland	5	0.5		9.25	92
20	Brent Coffman – Ryan Coffman	5			9.14	91
21	Nathan Klepper – *Mike Bray	5		2.54	9.09	90
22	Kevin Snyder – Rufus Harris	5			8.99	89
23	Jonathan Evans – Dustin Young	5		2.63	8.71	88
24	Jake Beem – Dallas Beem	5		2.23	8.6	87
25	Ben Elkins – *Bud Day	5			8.38	86
26	Jesse Gardner – Mark Glover	5			8.09	85
27	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	5			7.76	84
28	Greg Miller – *fished alone	5			7.33	83
29	Terry Barnett – Rodney Bowersox	5			7.25	82
30	Doc Seger – Billy Bird	5			6.98	81
31	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	5			6.79	80
32	Kyle Uptegrove – Anthony Alkire	3			5.6	79
33	Matthew Underwood – Logan Underwood	4	0.5		5.02	78
34	Shawn McHaffie – Ben Porter	2		3.27	4.54	77
35	Andrew Thomas – Tyler Blittingham	4	0.5		4.47	76
36	Kerry Moore – Dan LaBoude	3			4.15	75
37	Rocky Carden – Michael Brooke	3			3.78	74
38	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky	3			3.51	73
39	Jeremy Powell – *Trace Hannaford	2			3.23	72
40	Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell	2			2.25	71
41	Joseph DeSeure – *Taylor Marquaft	1		1.47	1.47	70
42	Ethen Johns – Justin Reed	1		1.43	1.43	69
43	Randy Roustio –	1		1.25	1.25	68
44	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince				0	10
	Jim Buttres – Charles Cadenhead				0	10
	Dan Cox – *fished alone				0	10
	Rusty Darnell – John Campbell				0	10
	Chris Flood – Brandon Flood				0	10
	Doug Kunkel – Hunter Love				0	10

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08/20/17 Twain

Bob — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:12:05 +0000

Werle and Smith end season on high note!
Hendrix and Zumwalt finish second and win points Championship!
Embree and Asbury find check line in third.

Mother nature has decided to yoyo the weather patterns here in the month of August, fluctuating water temperatures as much as 12 degrees up and down. In addition to the weather, the Corps has began drawing Mark Twain lake down for Dam maintenance putting lake levels just over 602 elevation. These were the additional pieces of the puzzle for our Joe Bass anglers to assemble to find a limit of bass for the division finale, for some to qualify for the October Invitational at Table Rock Lake, for others a shot at the division points championship.

Taking the top spot today was the Team of Wayne Werle fishing with alternate Mike Smith. The Window World, Tri-state Trolling motor sponsored team fished Brushogs, jigs, and big worms in the upper mid-lake area. The teams best 5 fish weighed in at a net 14.08 pounds. The 154 Marine Keys to Success. Wayne stated that the team blanked in a club tournament the day before, so he and Mike scraped their plans and just went fishing.

Finishing in the second spot today was the team of Keith Hendrix and Greg Zumwalt. The J.C. Auto and Truck Parts, 154 Marine, Hpw Lures, Gene Larew, Jack’s Harbor Marine, Crop Rotation Services, and Dyna Gro Seed sponsored team fished Sencos to visible targets in the mid lake area. Their 5-fish limit came in at 13.90 pounds. The teams second place finish pushed them to the top of the division winning the points title by 3 points over the second-place team. Keith and Greg will have their Invitational entry paid for by Joe Bass and the #1 take-off position for the 2018 Mark Twain Division.

Talk about being on the right fish, the team of Dee Embree and Dan Asbury only brought 3 fish to the scales but they weighed 13.23 pounds good enough for third place and second big bass with a 4.81pound bass. Dan said they caught their fish using big worms on deep structure. Dee and Dan also get the Good Samaritan award as a fellow competitor had broken down near them so the team gave up the last hour of their fishing day to assist him to a ramp then, after weigh-in, drove his truck and trailer back to that ramp and helped load the boat!

Finding the bite, a little tough but getting the Right bite was the team of Chad and Kurt Denningmann. Fishing a jig on a main lake point the team caught the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass weighing 5.39 pounds.

I want to thank Charlie and Sonnie Kunkle of 154 Marine for being our division sponsor. Rich and Mary Yochim owners of Country Inn Resort for Host lodging Joe Bass tournaments at Mark Twain. Of course, all the Fisherman that continue to support myself and Joe Bass Team Trail at Mark Twain Lake!

Thank You for your continued support!

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Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	*Mike Smith – Wayne Werle	5	1.5	4.45	14.08	110	$1,380.00
2	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	5		3.33	13.9	109	$690.00
3	Dee Embree – Dan Asbury	3		4.81	13.23	108	$420.00
4	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5		3.49	12.7	107	$590.00
5	Chris Janda – *Rich Yochim	5	0.5	4.05	12.62	106	$200.00
6	Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge	5		2.97	12.28	105	$130.00
7	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	4		4.6	11.53	104
8	Dave Phelps – Danny Altmiller	4	0.5	3.62	11.23	103
9	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	5		4.01	11.18	102
10	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	4			9.02	101
11	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Donningmann	2		5.39	8.53	100
12	John Perotti – Dominic Perotti	3			7.29	99
13	Mike Tucker – *fished alone	3			7.19	98
14	Jim Brown – Gary Dingledine	3			7.04	97
15	Keith LaBarge – Rich Labarge	2			6.23	96
16	Allen Stotts – *Will Stoneburner	2			5.68	95
17	*fished alone – Charles Harrington	2			4.95	94
18	Randy Dameron – George Harrington	2			4.89	93
19	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	2			3.87	92
20	Rick Beard – Ray Skinner				0	10
	Gary Carlisle – Donald Frederick				0	10
	Kent Coffin – Kirk Coffin				0	10
	Rob Crangle – Dustin Whitsett				0	10
	Kenny Grothoff – Donnie Palmatory				0	10
	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey				0	10
	Jason Kiser – Steve Schaefer				0	10
	Bryan Loseman – Scott Jackson				0	10
	Stacey Moss – *Brad Thompson				0	10
	Brian Schumacher – Tyler Schumacher				0	10
	Nick Werle – Curt Werle				0	10

*alternate

08/13/17 Stockton

Bob — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:59:34 +0000

A cloudy and cool August day brought out the anglers to fish in great weather. Topwater baits, soft plastics and jigs were the primary baits. A few reported some squarebill action but the topwater and jigs worked the best. At least that is what the husband/wife team of Randy and Kathy Robinson, Mt. Vernon, MO, reported and they should know. They had a 5 fish limit that weighed 14.89lbs with a 6.61 kicker. This earned the team 1st place.

Jim Davidson and Mike Ashbacher, both of Arma, KS, brought 5 to the scales that weighed 14.31lbs. This earned them 2nd place. They are sponsored by Lew’s, Mercury, Nitro, Pro’s Choice Marine, Pro Guide Batteries and War Eagle.

Calvin Phillips, Ava, MO and Cody Combs, Sparta, MO, used soft plastics to bring the 5 fish that hit the scales at 12.34 earning them 3rd place.

Rick Bowman, Mound City KS, and Jeff Moore, Fair Play, MO, brought in a largemouth that weighed 6.67lbs. This earned them the OZARKS CHEVROLET BIG BASS OF THE DAY.

Brad Jones, Valley Center , KS, fishing out of his 2015 FX20 Skeeter, caught 5 fish that weighed 11.24lbs. This earned Brad the Joe Bass Highest Finishing Skeeter Monies. Congrats to all see you next month back at Old State Park.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Randy S Robinson – Kathy Robinson	5		6.61	14.89	110	$1,550.00	2BB
2	Jim Davidson – MIke Ashbacher	5		3.94	14.31	109	$920.00
3	Calvin Phillips – Cody Combs	5		4.09	12.34	108	$740.00
4	*Kyle Kiister – Glenn Harrison	5		2.86	12.27	107	$530.00
5	JR Williams – Lee Jordan	5		2.82	11.73	106	$432.00
6	Pete Wenners – *Chance Wenners	5		4.74	11.72	105	$300.00
7	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	4		5.37	11.43	104	$200.00
8	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	5			11.24	103	$650.00	Top Skeeter
9	Jeremy Ealy – Jon McQuerter	5		2.95	10.67	102	$130.00
10	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5		2.46	10.52	101
11	John Cates – Justin Stevens	5			10.25	100
12	Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson	5			10.02	99
13	Mike Hagensicker – Dillon Brock	5			9.36	98
14	Rodney Dawson – Kaden Dawson	4			9.35	97
15	Justin Angel – Scott Angel	5			8.91	96
16	Steven Bain –	5			8.89	95
17	*Caleb Cooper – Jared Clift	4	0.5	3.96	8.79	94
18	Luke Routh – *Tyler Weaver	4		2.82	8.23	93
19	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer	4			7.45	92
20	John Aleshire – *Bob Capps	2		4.76	7.4	91
21	Jeremy Powell – Brad Tyer	4			6.71	90
22	Ryan Groeteke – Brett Groeteke	3			6.69	89
23	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	1		6.67	6.67	88	$280.00	1BB
24	Keith Sullivan – Linda Sullivan	3			6.31	87
25	Luke Jarman – Bobby Morgan	3			6.07	86
26	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	1		5.69	5.69	85
27	*Sean Mulkey – Kelton Morris	3			5.69	84
28	George Hance – Rob Norvall	3			5.67	83
29	*Andy Jarman – Larry Leavitt	1		5.2	5.2	82
30	Riley Ogden – Shawn Watson	3	0.5		5.14	81
31	Jake Beem – *Joseph Beem	3			5.03	80
32	Chad Duit – Scott Suver	3			4.95	79
33	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	2			4.17	78
34	Kelsey Conard – Chelsea Conard	2			3.49	77
35	Raymond Bates – Brian Reed	1		1.81	1.81	76
36	Jesse Painter – Bill Whitaker	1		1.71	1.71	75
37	Wayne Loftin – Harry Carr	1		1.58	1.58	74
38	Mark Arthur – Brian Ponder				0	10
	Jared Cloyd – *Dee Cloyd				0	10
	Ben Elkins –				0	10
	Richard Gaik – Ryan Gaik				0	10
	Brad Jelinek – *Brett Pickle				0	10
	*fished alone – Bud Day				0	10
	Greg Miller – Mike Rowland				0	10
	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky				0	10
	*Brad Seiner – Kevin Ingle				0	10
	Adam Smith – Bill Edwards				0	10

*alternate

07/30/17 Truman

Bob — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 23:42:50 +0000

Once again the 60 teams that assembled for the penultimate tournament of the Joe Bass Truman Division season faced an ever-changing lake. Whereas less than a week prior it appeared the event would set up as a typical Truman July event with hot humid temperatures, normal lake levels, and tepid water temps, a monsoon-like front earlier in the week lowered air temps 20 degrees and dumped 7-9” of rain on the upper watershed, resulting in a 3’ rise over the weekend. However, in a quest of daily bragging rights and qualifying points for the Joe Bass Team Trails Invitational at Table Rock Lake in October, the savvy Ozark anglers decoded the mystery as 24 limits were brought to the scales.

Leveraging years of experience on Truman Lake, Bryce Rieder and Mike Edrington smashed the field with an incredible 21.84 stringer. Mike explained their Sport Boats USA Key for Success was abandoning the shallow water approach they tried in practice, exchanging it for big worms and brush hogs in deep trees. They found their fish in the lower portion of the lake a few feet deep over trees in 20’ of water. Although they garnered a small number of keeper bites, the quality made their efforts worth while!

Coming in a distant second was another veteran Truman team, Blake Felix and Keith Nickell. Also relying on their experience, they too found their fish suspended. The local duo targeted trees in the lower Grand and Tebo arms, with the bite coming 3’ down over trees in 20+ depths.

Rounding out the top three was Ronnie Kane and Cory Steckler. Although big worms were also the ticket to their success, they deviated from the presentation of the first and second place teams. Instead, Ronnie and Cory targeted pole timber on steep banks in the Osage with the bass locked on the bottom around trees in 12-15’ depths. Ronnie and Cory sweetened their take-home checks with the SportBoatsUSA Skeeter Bonus as they fished from Ronnie’s ZX250 Skeeter bass boat.

The Ozark Chevrolet big fish of the event was weighed another long time Truman team, Troy Hardie and Tommie Hutchenson. After abandoning a shallow water pattern up on the creek arms, they tricked the 5.52 pound lunker into a biting a jig in 10’ of water along a channel swing bank.

The final event in the SportBoatsUSA Truman Division is August 27th at 6:00 am, Shawnee Bend Ramp.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5		5.41	21.84	110	$1,600.00
2	Blake Felix – *Keith Nickell	5		5.47	16.22	109	$1,240.00	2BB
3	Ronnie Kane – Cory Steckler	5		4.38	16.13	108	$1,360.00	Top Skeeter
4	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5		4.36	15.29	107	$700.00
5	Tony Powers – John Brewer	5		4.68	14.99	106	$500.00
6	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		3.61	14.97	105	$250.00
7	Ed Matthews – *John Stewart	5		3.52	14.7	104	$230.00
8	Charles Sersch – Rene Sersch	5		4.07	14.39	103	$220.00
9	John Bennett – Paden Bennett	5		3.61	14.01	102	$200.00
10	Brad Jelinek – *Brett Fickle	5			13.88	101	$180.00
11	Greg Miller – Mike Rowland	5		3.82	13.85	100	$150.00
12	Wesley Myers – *Justin Borum	5		3.42	13.68	99	$130.00
13	Kevin Smith – Jerry McCutchen	5		3.01	13.36	98
14	Doug Wallace – Ozzie Wallace	5		3.68	13.13	97
15	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5		3.61	13.05	96
16	Todd Miller – Cameron Miller	5	0.5		12.41	95
17	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5		3.91	12.35	94
18	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell	5		3.36	12.17	93
19	Edward Robinson – Kyle Morse	5	0.5	3.62	12.1	92
20	Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk	5		3.71	12.05	91
21	Kevin Carl – Desmon Carl	5		4.26	12.01	90
22	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	5		3.95	11.59	89
23	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	5			11.21	88
24	Justin Miller – Mathew Miller	4		3.5	10.76	87
25	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	5		2.8	10.76	86
26	Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer	3		4.74	9.63	85
27	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	4		3.78	9.57	84
28	John Krewson – *Hunter Bowling	3		5.23	8.85	83
29	David McCormick – *fished alone	4			8.37	82
30	Phillip Schwartz – Colby Schwartz	4			8.33	81
31	Wayne Garrison – Robbie Plowman	4			7.86	80
32	Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson	2		5.52	7.44	79	$400.00	1BB
33	Danny Carter – Chris Carter	3			7.28	78
34	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker	2		5.15	7.24	77
35	Ron Peek – *Pat Deaton	4			6.48	76
36	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon	2		2.97	5.87	75
37	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky	3			5.85	74
38	Justin Hosler – Kyle McAdams	2		3.36	5.76	73
39	Jack Young – Bill McAvoy	3		2.65	5.56	72
40	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	2			4.47	71
41	*Jim Buttres – Charles Cadenhead	2			4.24	70
42	Junior Fiedler – *Virgina Fiedler	2			4.12	69
43	Shawn Crabtree – *Dallas Crabtree	2			4.06	68
44	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	2			3.94	67
45	Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush	1		3.73	3.73	66
46	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	2			3.66	65
47	Tom McGovern – Bob Bradley	1		2.14	2.14	64
48	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	1		2.13	2.13	63
49	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	1		2.1	2.1	62
50	Michael Baker – Kennith Mason				0	10
	John Campbell – *fished alone				0	10
	Bill Dennis – Steve Olive				0	10
	Richard Evans – Terry Close				0	10
	Jesse Gardner – Mark Glover				0	10
	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams				0	10
	Mark Heath – Michael Dixon				0	10
	Robert Hime – Paul Huse				0	10
	Ralph Laster – Michael Fiedler				0	10
	Michael Simons – Jacob Simons				0	10
	Jason Swarnigan – Carl Scott				0	10

*alternate

07/29/17 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 23:35:32 +0000

Rick Fishback and Denny Carver weigh in 5 bass weighing 13.80lbs for the win. Rick reports using a prototype bait and Chompers jigs fished at depths of 15-22 feet at numerous locations in both arms managing on 5 keeper bites. Their limit was anchored by the tournament 1st Big Bass.

Second place goes to Mike Rogers and Donnie Crist. They report using 10 in worms in the Pomme arm at depths of 2-15 ft. Quoting Mike, “We were junk fishing.”

Third goes to Mike Rowland and Dave Epema using shallow diving crankbaits in the darker water found in the Lindey arm.

Whites Marine Center sponsors the Pomme Division do everyone a favor and stop by mentioning thanks for their support.

Our next Pomme event is Aug 26th taking off from the Harbor at 6:00am.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5		5.56	13.8	110	$3,000.00	Top Skeeter
2	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5		3.3	13.21	109	$1,040.00
3	Dave Epema – Mike Rowland	5		5.2	13.15	108	$1,070.00
4	Greg Becker – Don Thrall	5		3.08	12.38	107	$600.00
5	Rusty Darnell – John Campbell	5		4.26	11.55	106	$500.00
6	Terry Barnett – Rodney Bowersox	5		2.7	10.62	105	$300.00
7	Paul Marsala – Gus Marsala	5		2.77	10.56	104	$250.00
8	Kelly Jones – Roger Statterfield	5		2.96	9.92	103	$220.00
9	Mike Coker – *Jackie Davis	5			9.63	102	$200.00
10	Brent Coffman – Ryan Coffman	5		2.18	9.26	101	$180.00
11	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams	5	0.5	3.03	9.15	100	$160.00
12	Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell	5		2.91	8.79	99	$136.00
13	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley	5			8.57	98
14	Randy Roustio –	5			8.27	97
15	Jason Swarnigan – Carl Scott	5			8.24	96
16	James Long – Jerry Rawlings	3		3.17	8.08	95
17	Dana Hansen – Terry Blankenship	3		3.62	7.82	94
18	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	5			7.35	93
19	Dan Weber – *Tom Littleton	5			7.23	92
20	Matthew Underwood – Logan Underwood	5		1.81	7.02	91
21	Rocky Carden – Michael Brooke	4			6.49	90
22	Chad Allison – *Derrick Wright	5			6.45	89
23	Shawn McHaffie – Ben Porter	4			5.96	88
24	Craig Dort – Joe Cook	3			5.62	87
25	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman	5			5.39	86
26	Ethen Johns – Justin Reed	3			4.19	85
27	Gary Cox – Don Cox	3			4.14	84
28	Scott Hill – *Rodney Edwards	1		3.41	3.41	83
29	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	2			3.35	82
30	Kyle Uptegrove – Anthony Alkire	2			3.29	81
31	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	2			3.28	80
32	Terry Bradley – *Trace Bradley	1		3.06	3.06	79
33	Dewayne Weeks – Kevin Weeks	2			2.73	78
34	Jim Buttres – Charles Cadenhead	1		2.71	2.71	77
35	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	2			2.48	76
36	Edward Nelson – *Tony Zaharsay	2			2.45	75
37	Nathan Klepper – *Mike Bray	2			2.44	74
38	Jesse Painter – Bill Whitaker	1		2.3	2.3	73
39	Josh Inman – Jeremy Wilson	1		1.76	1.76	72
40	Jonathan Evans – Dustin Young	1		1.43	1.43	71
41	Brent Algeo – *fished alone				0	10
	Mark Arthur – *Easton Arthur				0	10
	Dan Cox – *fished alone				0	10
	Mike Duncan – Chad Dearduff				0	10
	Chris Flood – Brandon Flood				0	10
	Brian Foster – Neil Sword				0	10
	Paul Hager – Phil Allen				0	10
	Robert Hime – Paul Huse				0	10
	Doug Kunkel – Hunter Love				0	10
	Bradley McMeekan –				0	10
	Greg Miller – *Brett Miller				0	10
	Calvin Phillips – Cody Combs				0	10
	*fished alone – Brad Tyer				0	10
	Alan Quick – *Joe Brantley				0	10
	Denis Repa – *Katherine Repa				0	10
	Bobby Roberts – Corey Stewart				0	10
	Kris Schroeder – Everett Becker				0	10
	Charles Sersch – Rene Sersch				0	10
	Andrew Thomas – Tyler Blittingham				0	10
	Ted Vick – *fished alone				0	10
	Lyle Armstrong – Bob King				0	10

*alternate

07/26/17 Antique

Bob — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:52:12 +0000

Hottest day of 2017 the weatherman said but 24 tough Antique angler teams turned out for this event.

Besting the field with their 5 bass limit caught in the James River by flipping and deep cranks Jason Newberry and Greg Wood take 1st Place and with 2nd Big Bass. Sponsors include Phoenix Boats, Cedar Creek Beef Jerky, Lews, Chompers, Everett GMC, Mercury, Omega Tackle, and McCallister Marine.

Kevin Jackson and Bryan Jackson fished in the James River at depths of 2-6 ft with square bills and worms for their 5 bass limit weighing 12.66lbs for 2nd.

Terry Thomas and Sam Smith take third with 11.92lbs anchored by Sams 1st Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of 4.54lbs. They report fishing bush from take off to Point 9 with a jig and speedcraw at depths of 4 ft.

Our next Antique Division tournament will be September 20th taking off from Ahoy’s on Table Rock at 7am. This will be the final Antique division tournament of 2017 so membership will be waved for those wanting to come fish.

As the saying goes, “Share the love. Take a gray hair fishing.”

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jason Newberry – *Greg Wood	5		3.39	13.52	110	$1,120.00	2BB
2	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5		3.25	12.66	109	$782.00
3	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith	5		4.54	11.92	108	$678.00	1BB
4	Joe Lane – Scott Sparkman	5		2.96	11.68	107	$164.00
5	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5		2.96	11.12	106
6	Tim Jones – Gary Marshall	5			10.8	105
7	Jeff Epley – Eddie Snow	5			10.05	104	$1,000.00	Top Sketer
8	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty	5	0.5		9.65	103
8	Rich Gamble – Tom Renfro	5			9.65	103
10	Jay Oliver – *Phillip Milam	5	1	2.57	9.45	101
11	Justin McCelland – Charlie Harp	5	1		9.33	100
12	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	5	0.5	2.69	9.16	99
13	Robert Dodson – Robbie Dodson	4			9.01	98
14	Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell	4	0.5		8.13	97
15	Marc Czachowski – *Bobby Whittaker	4	0.5	2.32	7.86	96
16	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge	3			6.54	95
17	Les Brandenburg – Mike Sowders	3			6.14	94
18	Mike Gold – Larry Brooks	2		2.22	4.06	93
19	Jim Copeland –	1		2.4	2.4	92
20	Doc Seger –	1		1.97	1.97	91
21	*Don Wray – Josh Wray				0	10
	James Miles – Chester Miles				0	10
	Mike Smith – Kavan Maybee				0	10
	Ed Young – Joey Penzo				0	10

*alternate

07/23/17 Twain

Bob — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:58:24 +0000

30 teams showed up to Mark Twain lake for the fifth of six division tournaments sponsored by 154 Marine. Early dock talk was that there were groups of fish still biting on the lake and that the lower end structure bite was the best, teams dedicated to bank fishing we’re struggling.

Overnight storms cooled the area down into the mid 70s at take off, a nice break from the hundred plus temperatures that the area had seen over the last few days. However, the call was made for a 2 PM 1 hour early weigh in on Sunday to minimize the stress on the fish and fisherman.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Jimmy Coyner and Keith Ostrander. Jimmy and Keith use their typical run and gun style looking for active fish hitting over 25 spots in the lower end to mid lake fishing worms, jigs and a deep diving crank bait. Jimmy and Keith’s best 5 pushed the scales down to 19.48 pounds almost 3 pounds better than the second-place team.
Jimmy and Keith are sponsored by a 154 marine and bull’s-eye bait and tackle.

The 154 Marine key to success again was the new Minkota Ultrex trolling motor with spot lock. The team could line up the structure they were wanting to fish hit the spot lock button and keep their boat in position. Jimmy also was the highest finishing Skeeter owner fishing from his 2007 21l.

Taking the second spot Sunday with 16.55 pounds was the team of Dave Phelps and Danny Altmiller. Dave and Danny also fished the mid-lake area with big worms and jigs near points with brush or standing timber. Included in their sack was the second Big Bass of the tournament weighing 4.72 pounds.

Finding the check line in third place Sunday was the defending points champions, Keith Hendrix and Greg Zumwalt. Keith and Greg downsized their baits, fishing Senkos and shakey head worms to grind out a limit weighing 15.16 pounds. Keith and Greg are sponsored by 154 Marine, Gene Larew, HPW Lures, JC Auto & Truck Parts, Dyna Grow Seed, Crop Rotation Service and Jack’s Harbor Marine.

Jason Kiser and Steve Schaefer Caught a few keepers early Sunday then struggled for a while before pulling up to a main lake point, slinging a 10” power worm across the point, and BOOM the fight was on! After a solid struggle and expert net job, Jason and Steve slipped the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass into their livewell! The chubby girl weighed in at 5.97 pounds. Jason and Steve are sponsored by Ardent, Hannibal Heating, Hickman’s IGA and Mark Twain Distributing.

The season Finale for the Mark Twain Division, sponsored by 154 Marine is August 20, 6am Take off Robert Allen Ramp.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5		4.38	19.48	110	$1,620.00
2	Dave Phelps – Danny Altmiller	5		4.72	16.55	109	$800.00
3	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	5		3.89	15.16	108	$390.00
4	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	5		3.49	14.77	107	$250.00
5	Keith LaBarge – Rich Labarge	5		4.07	14.69	106	$200.00
6	Brian Schumacher – *Stacy Moss	5			13.82	105	$130.00
7	John Perotti – Dominic Perotti	5		3.54	13.21	104
8	Chad Donningmann – Kurt Donningmann	5		3.4	12.89	103
9	Preston Hartung – Charles Harrington	4		4	12.37	102
10	Jim Brown – Gary Dingledine	4			12.32	101
11	Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge	4		4.04	11.19	100
12	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	5	0.5		10.7	99
13	Jason Kiser – Steve Schaefer	3		5.97	10.47	98	$180.00
14	*Gary Martens – Scott Jackson	4			9.98	97
15	Randy Dameron – *Jacob Graviet	5			9.67	96
16	Mike Tucker – Rob Cooper	4			8.33	95
17	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	2			3.74	94
18	Kyle Boman – *fished alone	1		3.56	3.56	93
19	Gary Carlisle – Donald Frederick	1		2.69	2.69	92
20	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	1		1.92	1.92	91
21	Curtis Benton – Josh Benton				0	10
	Kent Coffin – Kirk Coffin				0	10
	Dee Embree – Dan Asbury				0	10
	*Logan Hughes – Donnie Palmatory				0	10
	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey				0	10
	*Rory Jacquin – Rich Jacquin				0	10
	Jim Lomax – Wayne Werle				0	10
	Mike McCrackin – Dale McCrackin				0	10
	Bruce Moore – *Tony Colley				0	10
	Edward Nelson – *Jon Nelson				0	10

*alternate

07/16/17 Stockton

Bob — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:32:45 +0000

A hot summer day with high heat index caused some discomfort for the anglers. The bass obviously were hard to find also. Using jigs and slow moving baits were the key baits for the team of Glenn Harrison and Kyle Kiister, Alma, KS. The team is sponsored by Albers Marine, Denali Rods, Lowrance, Mercury, Nitro and Xtraction Lures. They brought one of the few limits with a weight of 16.72lbs. Glenn also had the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS of the day. She weighed 6.37lbs. Glen said he caught her in a brush pile very deep and mid afternoon.

Luke Routh and Tyler Weaver, Humansville, MO, used ned rigs to catch 4 fish that weighed 12.26lbs. they had a 6.33lbs kicker.

The brother team of Ryan Groeteke, Nixa, MO and Brett Groeteke, Springfield, MO, fished mid lake to catch a 5 fish limit that weighed 11.53lbs earning them 3rd place. They are sponsored by Bass Pro, Bass Craft, Hellwig, Lews, Charlie Worms, Jewel Baits and River2Sea.

John Cates, Ozark, MO, used his newly purchased 2017 ZX250 from SPORT BOATS USA, to bring in 3.12lbs to earn the top finishing Skeeter monies of $1000.00 thanks to SportBoats USA.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	*Kyle Kiister – Glenn Harrison	5		6.37	16.72	110	$1,590.00	1BB
2	Luke Routh – *Tyler Weaver	4	0.5	6.33	11.76	109	$880.00	2BB
3	Ryan Groeteke – Brett Groeteke	5		4.04	11.53	108	$600.00
4	Jeremy Powell – Brad Tyer	5		3.12	10.8	107	$690.00
5	Greg Miller – *fished alone	3	0.5	4.52	7.96	106	$496.00
6	Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson	2	0.5	6.1	7.67	105	$300.00
7	Jim Davidson – MIke Ashbacher	2		4.04	6.28	104	$200.00
8	Justin Angel – Scott Angel	3			5.43	103	$150.00
9	Pete Wenners – Lilian Knight	2		2.7	4.74	102	$130.00
10	*Sean Mulkey – Kelton Morris	2			3.67	101
11	Keith Sullivan – Linda Sullivan	2			3.59	100
12	Steven Bain – *Shane Harris	2			3.58	99
13	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	2			3.44	98
14	Jared Cloyd – Tanner McMillen	2			3.33	97
15	John Cates – Justin Stevens	2			3.12	96	$1,000.00	Top Skeeter
16	Raymond Bates – Brian Reed	2			2.9	95
17	Mike Hagensicker – Dillon Brock	1	0.5	2.56	2.56	94
18	George Hance – Rob Norvall	1		2.54	2.54	93
19	Jesse Painter – Bill Whitaker	1		2.24	2.24	92
20	Joseph DeSeure – Kyle Lund	1	0.5	2.14	2.14	91
21	Joey Alexander – Matthew Alexander	1		2.03	2.03	90
22	Brandon Rummel – Jared Clift	1	0.5	1.89	1.89	89
23	Kyle Boman – *fished alone	1		1.71	1.71	88
24	Randy Roustio –	1		1.56	1.56	87
25	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	1		1.54	1.54	86
26	Wayne Loftin – Harry Carver	1		1.53	1.53	85
27	Edward Nelson – Zach Nelson	1		1.2	1.2	84
28	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire				0	10
	Mark Arthur – *Brian Ponder				0	10
	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear				0	10
	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner				0	10
	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince				0	10
	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty				0	10
	Doug Fulkerson – *Jason Davidson				0	10
	Luke Jarman – Bobby Morgan				0	10
	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair				0	10
	Steve Kruse – Bud Day				0	10
	Austin Lowry – Derrick Wright				0	10
	Timmy Newberry – *Bob Capps				0	10
	Denis Repa – Alec Repa				0	10
	Randy S Robinson – Kathy Robinson				0	10
	Greg Seiner – Kevin Ingle				0	10
	Dalton Smith – David Carter				0	10
	Ted Vick – *fished alone				0	10
	Robert White – Susan White				0	10
	JR Williams – Lee Jordan				0	10

*alternate

07/01/17 Table Rock

Bob — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:39:32 +0000

Dustin Blevins and Blake Curtis take the win at the final regular season Chompers team tournament of the 2016 season. They report fishing with Strike King spinnerbaits and Ocho’s at depths of 5ft in the 80 degree water found in the White River. Their 5 bass limit was anchored by Blakes 5.57 lber taken on a spinnerbait from a shallow bush.

Kevin & Bryan Jackson take second fishing crankbaits and plastic worms in all types of brush found at depths of 2-8ft from Baxter to the James River.

Fishing from Kellys Skeeter 2015 FX21 Kelly Jones and Roger Satterfield take 3rd with 5 bass weighing 15.61lbs. They fished top waters and jigs in the Long Creek arm. Kelly was the Top Skeeter Boat owner.

Release boat provided by SportBoats USA. Cold water provided by Bob & Lynn Capps.

This tournament concludes the 2016 campaign of the Chompers Table Rock division. Thanks to Chompers for providing sample packs of baits at each tournament. Congratulations to Kavan Maybee & Josh Wray for their second Table Rock Division Championship title.

Joe Bass will return to Table Rock for the final 2 Antique Division tournaments, the 2016 Make up, and the 2016 Invitational.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Dustin Blevins – Blake Curtis	5	5.57	16.73	110	$1,700.00	1BB
2	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5	3.57	16	109	$1,050.00
3	Kelly Jones – Roger Statterfield	5	3.53	15.61	108	$1,350.00	Top Skeeter
4	Del Lewis – Dwight Lewis	5	2.83	15.28	107	$600.00
5	Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray	5	3.81	14.96	106	$500.00
6	Mike Fann – Mark Fann	5	2.97	14.54	105	$300.00
7	Cody Grider – Matt Jones	5	3.59	13.53	104	$200.00
8	Marc Czachowski – Mike Purse	5	3.52	13.43	103	$180.00
9	Connor Cunningham – *Cole Boyd	5	3.23	13.34	102	$150.00
10	Pete Wenners – *	5		13.32	101	$130.00
11	Brent Algeo – Jim Copeland	5	2.94	12.89	100
12	Danny Burns – Mike Gold	5	3.4	12.63	99
13	Ryder Parkhill – *Jack McCurdy	5	4.22	12.49	98
14	Bill Stokes – Bill Virden	5	2.53	12.43	97
15	Justin Nave – *Russel Hand	5		12.26	96
16	Jay Hardcastle – Danny Collier	5	2.74	12.22	95
17	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5	2.99	12.17	94
18	James Miles – Chester Miles	5	3.13	11.78	93
19	Darrin King – Mark Mahaffey	5		11.61	92
20	Jason Newberry – Charlie McConnell	5		11.43	91
21	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty	5		10.87	90
22	Barb Cooper – Marc Cooper	5		10.85	89
23	JR Borror – *Ross Lelli	5		10.78	88
24	Ryan Butler – Dustin Lippe	5		10.64	87
25	Rich Gamble – Jacci Gamble	5		10.3	86
26	Kevin Burnett – Chris Martin	5		10.13	85
27	Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan	5	2.69	9.83	84
28	Kyle Boman – *Lonni Boman	4		9.67	83
29	Bryan Wynn – Chris Harrison	5		9.6	82
30	John Huffman – Robert Waggoner	5		9.55	81
31	Alex Lawson – Chris Lawson	5		9.29	80
32	Vance Venable – Tyler Stewart	5		8.5	79
33	Jeremy Ealy – Jon McQuerter	4		8.17	78
34	Terry Letterman – Doug Smart	3	3.54	8.15	77
35	Calvin Phillips – Cody Combs	3		7.49	76
36	Ken Paterson – Kenny Paterson	3		7.42	75
37	Craig Dort – Joe Cook	4		7.24	74
38	Ryan Groeteke – Brett Groeteke	3		7.05	73
39	Ralph Laster – *fished alone	2	4.31	6.91	72	$230.00	2BB
40	Jay Carden – Levi Carden	2		4.64	71
41	Mike Sutherland – *fished alone	3		4.6	70
42	Robert Peduto –	2		4.44	69
43	Bob Gordy – Michael Heine	2		3.22	68
44	Donald Cooksey – Tom Cooksey	2		2.94	67
45	Jeff Bear – *fished alone			0	10
	Bill Dennis – *Nick Key			0	10
	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky			0	10
	Edward Nelson – *Edward Z			0	10
	Landon Rogers –			0	10
	Jason Swarnigan – Carl Scott			0	10
	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith			0	10
	Brian Thompson – Eric Hammond			0	10
	John Williams – James Brown			0	10

*alternate

06/28/17 Antique

Bob — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:35:10 +0000

Robert and Robbie Dodson best the field with 5 keepers weighing 15.82lbs. Robbie reports fishing jigs at depths of 3-4 ft in the White river area culling through 7 keepers.

Ironman Wayne Fowler and Mike Lafferty weigh in their best 5 of 8 keepers totaling 14.40lbs. Wayne reports staying close to the weigh in area fishing topwaters and spinnerbaits very shallow. Wayne was also the tournaments top Skeeter owner. Sponsored by Joe Bass Team Trail & Waynes welding.

Third goes to Kevin & Bryan Jackson sorting through 14 keepers their final five weighed 14.11lbs. They report fishing crankbaits and plastic worms in the James River.

Justin McCelland and Charlie Harp take Ozark Chevrolet 1st Big Bass with Justins 4.83lber. Reportedly caught near the weigh in area on a Big Bite Baits, green pumplin, Fighting Frog.

Morning donuts and coffee provide by Joe Bass Team Trail sponsor Joe Bass Tackle Shop. Afternoon water provided by directors Bob Capps & John Williams.

Our next Antique Division tournament will be July 26 taking off from Ahoy’s on Table Rock at 7am.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Robert Dodson – Robbie Dodson	5	4.02	15.82	110	$1,040.00
2	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty	5	3.99	14.4	109	$1,070.00	Top Skeeter
3	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5	3.32	14.11	108	$432.00
4	Justin McCelland – Charlie Harp	5	4.83	13.13	107	$415.00
5	Mike Gold – Larry Brooks	5	3.95	12.74	106	$130.00
6	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5	3	12.56	105
7	Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell	5	3.75	12.04	104
8	Jay Oliver – *Mike Smith	5	2.87	11.76	103
9	Brent Algeo – Jim Copeland	5	3.01	11.54	102
10	Ryan Groeteke – *Gary Groeteke	5	2.95	11.05	101
11	Les Brandenburg – Mike Sowders	4	3.71	10.34	100
12	Rich Gamble – Tom Renfro	5		10.04	99
13	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5	2.78	10.02	98
14	Larry Coffman – Bo Burtrum	5	2.02	9.89	97
15	James Miles – Chester Miles	4		8.71	96
16	Ben Elkins – *Kade Underwood	3	3.87	8.3	95
17	Danny Waite – *Brad Martin	3		6.18	94
18	James Brown – *Rusty Darnell	3		6.02	93
19	Joe Lane – Scott Sparkman	3		5.77	92
20	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	2		4.42	91
21	Marc Czachowski – Al Czachowski			0	10
21	Jeff Epley – Eddie Snow			0	10
21	*fished alone – Bud Day			0	10
21	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge			0	10
21	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith			0	10

*alternate

06/25/17 Twain

Bob — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:21:50 +0000

Gorgeous weather conditions greeted the 27 teams competing for the top spot in the June 25, Joe Bass Team Trail, Mark Twain lake division, sponsored by 154 Marine. Pre-tournament talk was all about the big sacks caught the day before in the 154 Marine Customer appreciation tournament, 22.32 pounds taking the top spot! Conditions on Sunday were similar to the day before with the only difference being the lake was close to a foot lower than the day before as moderate generation from Clarence cannon dam was dropping the lake.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander. Employing their run and gun style to the lake Jim and Keith hit over 25 spots throughout the day looking for active fish. The team focused on main lake points and structure in less than 12 feet of water. Their baits of choice were big worms and a jig. Catching several keepers on the day, Jim and Keith found the right 5 bites weighing in at 20.72 pounds. The 154 Marine key to success was Jim’s new Minkota Ultrex trolling motor with Spotlock. Jim commented that he could go to a spot, hit the spotlock and never had to worry about boat position making it easier to focus on the cast and retrieve. Included in their bag was the 2nd big bass of the day weighing 5.62 pounds! Jim also was the highest finishing Skeeter owner fishing out of his 2007 21i class Jim and Keith are sponsored by 154 Marine and Bullseye bait and tackle

Taking the second spot today was a team of Keith Hendrix and Greg Zumwalt. Before take off, Keith commented that a 5 fish limit was no problem for them to catch but it had been a couple weeks since they had any decent fish. Fishing in the lower third of the lake, Keith and Greg pitched Senkos and creature baits along with a jig to visible targets. Keith and Greg also caught multiple keepers on an all day bite with their best five fish weighing 17.45 pounds. Keith and Greg are sponsored by 154 Marine, Gene Larew, Hpw Lures, JC Auto and Truck, Crop Rotation Service, and Dyna Gro Seed.

Taking the third spot today with a five fish limit weighing 17.39 pounds was the team of Don and Gary McFetridge. Don and Gary fished Brush hogs and jigs around the Indian creek area focusing on points and channel swings.

Catching the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass was the 5th place team of Chris and Leisa Janda. Chris said the fish weighing 5.63 pounds was fooled by a brush hog on a point about mid day. Chris and Leisa are sponsored by County Inn Resort.

Our next Mark Twain Division tournament will be July 23 Robert Allen ramp 6:00 take off.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5		5.62	20.72	110	$1,598.00
2	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	5		4.87	17.45	109	$635.00
3	Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge	5		4.68	17.39	108	$430.00
4	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	5		4.98	17.1	107	$247.00
5	Chris Janda – Leisa Janda	5		5.63	15.57	106	$312.00
6	Dave Phelps – Danny Altmiller	5		5.26	15.09	105
7	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	5			14.6	104
8	Chad Donningmann – Kurt Donningmann	5	0.5		14.16	103
9	Mike Tucker – Rob Cooper	5			13.63	102
10	Denis Repa – Alec Repa	4	0.5	5.15	13.36	101
11	Deno Ek – Tad Richards	5			12.59	100
12	*Paul Wiegand – Wayne Werle	5		3.83	11.92	99
13	Kenny Grothoff – Donnie Palmatory	5			10.9	98
14	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	4			9.39	97
15	Terry Weaver – Doug Drysdale	2		4.89	8.91	96
16	Jim Brown – Gary Dingledine	3	0.5		8.24	95
17	Kent Coffin – Kirk Coffin	2			7.95	94
18	Nick Werle – Curt Werle	3			7.08	93
19	Andrew Helton –	2			6.36	92
20	*fished alone – Donald Frederick	2			4.67	91
21	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	2			4.5	90
22	Jason Kiser – Steve Schaefer	1		3.86	3.86	89
23	John Perotti – Dominic Perotti	3		7.15	0	10
24	Rick Beard – Ray Skinner				0	10
	Curtis Benton – Josh Benton				0	10
	Keith LaBarge – *fished alone				0	10
	*John Salvo – Scott Jackson				0	10

*alternate

06/25/17 Truman

Bob — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:32:29 +0000

A stout 72 team field descended on Truman Lake to battle for the June divisional title on an immaculate weather day with mild temperatures and low humidity, a luxury not oft afforded anglers during summer events. Even though conditions toggled from a draw down all week followed by the Corps plugging the dam for the weekend, experience paid keenly as the field averaged over 8.5 pounds per boat. Competition is heating up for points and the chance to qualify for the Joe Bass Team Trails Championship at Table Rock Lake in October.

Showing that experience pays in a pivotal event, Eric and Ben Zuk brought an amazing 19.18 pounds of bass to the Joe Bass scales to secure first place. Anchoring their bag was the Ozarks Chevrolet Big Bass that pushed the scales to 5.91 pounds. Team Zuk stayed close as they fished the lower Osage, Grand and Tebo arms while amassing their winning weight by 10:00 a.m. They fished worms, jigs, and brush hogs on deeper drops to catch their fantastic stringer.

Continuing the experience theme, runners-up Ozzie and Doug Wallace showed they are no strangers to Truman’s fickle bass. It’s no surprise they fished their homemade jigs in the lower Grand arm to boat 17.27 pounds on an all-day bite. They targeted the 6-10’ range, although Doug indicated very specifically he caught a fish from exactly 13’ of water! Perhaps that is insightful for some unknown reason! What is insightful is that Doug and Ozzie pocketed the Sports Boats USA Skeeter Bonus as they fished from their Skeeter bass boat.

Completing the trifecta of experienced teams, Chris Bridges and Steve Prince rounded out the top three. Their longtime knowledge of the lake allowed them to box a solid 17.26 pounds, narrowly missing out on second places honors. Chris noted they too fished the Grand Arm, working worms and jigs in depths of 8-12’.

The next event in the Truman Division is July 30th at 6:00 am, Shawnee Bend Ramp.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk	5		5.9	19.18	110	$2,110.00
2	Doug Wallace – Ozzie Wallace	5		5.3	17.27	109	$1,456.00
3	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5		4.3	17.26	108	$1,004.00
4	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams	5		5	16.81	107	$600.00
5	Steve Teske – Jon Wall	5		4.7	16.31	106	$500.00
6	Kevin Smith – Jerry McCutchen	5		3.9	16.06	105	$400.00
7	Shawn Crabtree – *Dallas Crabtree	5		4.2	15.34	104	$350.00
8	John Krewson – Fred Baraks	5		4.2	15.15	103	$300.00
9	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	5		4.8	14.54	102	$250.00
10	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	5		3.9	14.28	101	$220.00
11	Wayne Garrison – Robbie Plowman	5			14.22	100	$200.00
12	Ralph Laster – Michael Fiedler	5		4.6	13.74	99	$180.00
13	Ronnie Kane – Cory Steckler	5		3.5	13.73	98	$150.00
14	Roy Butler – Anthony Scoma	5		5.2	13.71	97	$142.00
15	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	5		3.7	13.62	96
16	Michael Simons – Jacob Simons	5		3.4	13	95
17	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5			12.88	94
18	Danny Burns – Mike Gold	5		3.5	12.82	93
19	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		2.8	12.78	92
20	Brad Jelinek –	5			12.39	91
21	Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell	5		3.2	12.35	90
22	Jack Young – Bill McAvoy	5		2.8	11.89	89
23	Tony Powers – John Brewer	4		5	11.88	88
24	Charles Sersch – Rene Sersch	5			11.74	87
25	John Williams – James Brown	5		2.9	11.5	86
26	John Bennett – Paden Bennett	5		2.6	11.44	85
27	Tom McGovern – Bob Bradley	5			11.33	84
28	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	5		2.8	11.14	83
29	Kyle Boman –	4		4.6	11.1	82
30	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	4			10.56	81
31	Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush	4		3.6	10.5	80
32	Bill Dennis – Steve Olive	4		3.1	10.48	79
33	Tim Hintenach – Dustin Hinkle	5			10.23	78
33	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5			10.23	78
35	Tyler Matlock – *Brian B	4			10.04	76
36	Kevin Carl – Desmon Carl	5			9.57	75
37	*Darrell Reach – Roger Waters	4		3.7	9.3	74
38	Brian Foster – Neil Sword	4			9.26	73
39	Richard Evans – Terry Close	3		5.4	9.03	72	$320.00/2BB
40	Billy Greenwell – *David Coutchfield	3		3.9	8.89	71
41	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon	4		3.1	8.77	70
42	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	4			8.69	69
43	Michael Baker – Kennith Mason	5		2.9	8.57	68
44	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	3		3.7	8.48	67
45	Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds	3			7.88	66
46	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	4			7.78	65
47	Kris Schroeder – Everett Becker	3			7.36	64
48	Ted Vick – *Brad Wyatt	3			6.95	63
49	Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer	3		2.8	6.78	62
50	Edward Robinson – Kyle Morse	5	0.5		6.53	61
51	Phillip Schwartz – Colby Schwartz	5			6.07	60
52	*Jim Smith – Rusty Darnell	3			6.05	59
53	Mike Thomas – Bob Thomas	2			6.05	58
54	Ron Peek – Grieg Engel	4	1		5.12	57
55	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	2		2.8	4.17	56
56	Lyle Armstrong – Bob King	2			4.02	55
57	Edward Nelson – Zach Nelson	1		2.4	2.35	54
58	Richard Johnson – Charles Cadenhead	2			2.19	53
59	Russell Potter – Rick Potter	1		2.2	2.16	52
60	Danny Carter – *John Bannon	1		1.8	1.78	51
61	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker				0	10
	John Campbell – Chuck Roberts				0	10
	Dave Epema – *David Epema Jr				0	10
	Junior Fiedler – Cody Fielder				0	10
	Jesse Gardner – Mark Glover				0	10
	Mark Heath – Michael Dixon				0	10
	Justin Hosler – Kyle McAdams				0	10
	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer				0	10
	Bradley McMeekan –				0	10
	Dirk Oberzan – *Michael Zaccagnin				0	10
	Luke Routh –				0	10
	Jason Swarnigan – Carl Scott				0	10

*alternate

06/24/17 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:19:35 +0000

POMME DE TERRE RESERVOIR continues to produce numerous limits for the anglers fishing Joe Bass Team Trail.

Taking top honors at this event brothers Scott and Brandon Hill report catching their 5 bass limit on Chompers jigs fished at depths of 6 -10 ft primarily in the Pomme arm.

Rick Fishback and Denny Carver take 2nd crediting Jenko crank baits and Chompers jigs.

Jeremy Powell and Brad Tyer take third reporting the junk fished with crankbaits and jigs in both arms at depths of 2 to 15 ft.

Whites Marine Center sponsors the Pomme Division do everyone a favor and stop by mentioning thanks for their support.

Our next Pomme event is July 29th taking off from the Harbor at 6:00am.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Scott Hill – Brandon Hill	5		4.98	16.15	110	$1,360.00
2	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5		3.78	16.07	109	$2,016.00	Top Skeeter
3	Jeremy Powell – Brad Tyer	5		4.97	14.96	108	$844.00
4	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams	5		4	14.87	107	$600.00
5	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	5		4.51	14.22	106	$500.00
6	Mike Smith – *Dustin Blevins	5		3.84	13.79	105	$300.00
7	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		5.39	13.71	104	$400.00	2 BB
8	Josh Inman – Jeremy Wilson	5		3.04	13.38	103	$180.00
9	Mike Coker – *Zach Woods	5		5.43	13.24	102	$480.00	1 BB
10	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5		4.05	13.2	101	$130.00
11	Dewayne Weeks – Kevin Weeks	4		4.99	12.98	100
12	Gary Cox – Don Cox	5		3.61	12.04	99
13	Lyle Armstrong – Bob King	5		4.17	11.89	98
14	Matthew Underwood – Logan Underwood	5		3.05	11.56	97
15	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman	5		2.37	11.25	96
16	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5		2.86	11.06	95
17	Rusty Darnell – John Campbell	4		3.88	10.42	94
18	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	5		2.63	10.11	93
19	Craig Dort – *Jeremy Sisco	5			9.44	92
20	Jay Oliver – Jamie Horn	5			9.27	91
21	Nathan Klepper – Wayne Klepper	5			9.06	90
22	John Williams – James Brown	5	0.5		8.28	89
23	Roy Butler – *Michael Butler	5	0.5		8.2	88
24	Kris Schroeder – Everett Becker	5		2.69	8.08	87
25	Steve Teske – Jon Wall	5		2.76	8.05	86
26	Dan Weber – Robert Leininger	3			7.85	85
27	Dana Hansen – Terry Blankenship	3			7.4	84
28	Steve Kruse – Bud Day	4			7.04	83
29	Greg Becker – Don Thrall	4		3.01	6.85	82
30	Brent Coffman – Ryan Coffman	5			6.73	81
31	Jonathan Evans – Dustin Young	4		2.26	6.36	80
32	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	3			6.32	79
33	Ethen Johns – Justin Reed	3			6.17	78
34	Jim Buttres – Charles Cadenhead	3			6.1	77
35	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley	2			6.02	76
36	Kyle Boman – *fished alone	3			5.26	75
37	Charles Sersch – Rene Sersch	3			5.24	74
38	Mark Arthur – Heath Russell	3			4.86	73
39	Rocky Carden – Michael Brooke	3	0.5		3.95	72
40	Shawn McHaffie – Ben Porter	2			3.64	71
41	James Long – Jerry Rawlings	3			3.41	70
42	John Ramey – Brett Ellis	2			3.23	69
43	Terry Barnett – Rodney Bowersox	1		2.85	2.85	68
44	Doug Kunkel – Hunter Love	1		2.53	2.53	67
45	Randy Roustio –	1		1.99	1.99	66
46	Michael Baker – Kennith Mason				0	10
	Bill Dennis – Steve Olive				0	10
	Robert Hime – Paul Huse				0	10
	Thomas Kite – Dale Gregston				0	10
	Paul Marsala – *Nathan Maddox				0	10
	Jason Maxwell – Ryan Rosenthal				0	10
	Andrew Thomas – Tyler Blittingham				0	10
	Ted Vick – Eugene Sullivan				0	10

*alternate

06/03/17 Table Rock

Bob — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:53:05 +0000

They say a rolling stone gathers no moss. Maybe not but a kidney stone knocks you to your knees. Sorry for the delay boys and girls. All or most of you attending know a huge dose of kidney stones hit me the night before the tournament. Which resulted in me being in the hospital 4 days. But never fear my daughter, Terri Lynn, wife Lynn, Rusty, John, and all the other staff stepped up to cover. Not much of a story to report however looked like a good tournament and I look forward to the next one.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Joe Newman – Scott Treece	5		4.88	18.76	110	$1,726.00
2	Rich Gamble – Jacci Gamble	5		5.61	15.64	109	$1,226.00
3	Mike Roller – *Ronnie Dobbs	5		3.66	15.06	108	$728.00
4	Dave Donham – Josh Donham	5		3.21	14.21	107	$400.00
5	Danny Burns – *John Cates	5		3.75	14.1	106	$220.00
6	Bryan Tracy – Bill Edwards	5		3.83	14.06	105	$184.00
7	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5		3.38	13.56	104	$150.00
8	Jim Copeland – Chris Martin	5		2.8	13.23	103
9	Vance Venable – Tyler Stewart	5		2.8	13.11	102
10	Bob Gordy – Michael Heine	5	0.5	2.94	12.75	101
11	*Julie Fann – Mark Fann	5		3.34	12.57	100
12	Ralph Laster – Michael Fiedler	5		2.63	12.39	99
13	Doug Fulkerson – Andy Harnstrom	5		3.95	12.11	98
14	Mike Sutherland – Chance Peebles	5			11.7	97
15	John Williams – James Brown	5		3.18	11.59	96
16	*fished alone – Daniel Cornelison	5		3.43	11.58	95
17	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5		3.38	11.53	94
18	Seth Holder – Jordan Holder	5		2.89	11.52	93
19	Jay Hardcastle – Danny Collier	5		3.7	11.42	92
20	Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan	5		2.78	11.08	91
21	Terry Letterman – Doug Smart	5		2.57	10.84	90
22	Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray	5			10.68	89
22	Jason Swarnigan – Carl Scott	5			10.68	89
24	Randy Barnes – Trenton Denief	5			10.55	87
25	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty	5		1.92	10.09	86
26	James Miles – Chester Miles	5			9.76	85
27	Justin Name – Crary Yocum	3		3.75	9.03	84
28	Dustin Blevins – Blake Curtis	5			8.67	83
29	Donald Cooksey – Tom Cooksey	4		2.62	7.86	82
30	Ken Paterson – Kenny Paterson	4			7.13	81
31	Doug Eaton – Greg Lafferty	3	0.5		4.76	80
32	Del Lewis – Dwight Lewis	2			4.41	79
33	Ernest Hearn – Forest Green	2			3.97	78
34	Scott Burk – *fished alone				0	10
	Rusty Darnell – John Campbell				0	10
	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith				0	10
	Ted Vick – *Emme Vick				0	10
	Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard				0	10
	Ed Young – *Jeff Epley				0	10

06/04/17 Twain

Bob — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 10:54:20 +0000

Milk run works for Kunkle and Williams!
Perotti and Kunkel make it close!
Team Kampschroeder in the check line again in third!

Warm stable weather the previous week raised the water temperatures approximately 10 to 12° at Mark Twain lake, putting most of the bass in post spawn and early summer fishing patterns. Pre-tournament talk reported that fish are being caught from halfway back in the coves to Main lake points, as a lot of current was being pulled through the lake positioning the fish in fairly predictable spots.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Charlie Kunkle and Keith Williams. Charlie reported having a very tough pre-practice but thought that the Fish were close to setting up into their summer patterns. The team formulated a milk run that focused on secondary and main lake channel swings and points with current to catch their winning fish. Their baits of choice were a jig and large plastic worm. The teams 5 fish limit came in at 18.17 pounds. The 154 Marine key to success was knowing lake history at that water level and knowing where the fish set up after spawning.

Missing the top spot today by only .02 pounds was the team of John Perotti and Corey Kunkel. On Corey’s 3rd cast with an ” Old School” Jitterbug. Corey landed the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass weighing 6.39 pounds. Off to a fast start, John and Corey fished jigs and brush hogs on secondary points to bring in a 5 fish limit weighing 18.15 pounds.

Taking the third spot today was the team of David and Dustin Kampschroeder. At weigh-in the team reported throwing the tacklebox at them catching keepers on top water spinner baits plastics and jigs fishing the lower third of the lake.

31 teams, 25 limits.

Our next 154 Marine, Mark Twain Division tournament will be June 25 6:00 take off Robert Allen ramp.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	5		4.42	18.17	110	$1,600.00
2	John Perotti – *Corey Kunkle	5		6.39	18.15	109	$856.00
3	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	5		4.25	15.79	108	$440.00
4	Deno Ek – Tad Richards	5		4.68	15.54	107	$250.00
5	Chris Janda – Leisa Janda	5		4.28	14.98	106	$200.00
6	Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge	5		3.88	14.82	105	$156.00
7	Gary Carlisle – Donald Frederick	5		4.54	14.71	104
8	Kenny Grothoff – *Jim Blakley	5		4.03	14.62	103
9	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	5			14.62	102
10	Randy Dameron – George Harrington	5		3.99	14.6	101
11	Keith LaBarge – Rich Labarge	5		5.43	14.55	100
12	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	5		3.12	14.27	99
13	Jim Lomax – Wayne Werle	5		4.53	14.2	98
14	Mike McCrackin – Dale McCrackin	5			14.06	97
15	Chad Donningmann – *Robert Echele	5		4.15	13.94	96
16	Mike Tucker – Rob Cooper	5			13.3	95
17	Mack Tucker Jr. – Jay Tucker	5			12.99	94
18	Jason Kiser – Steve Schaefer	5			12.91	93
19	Preston Hartung – Charles Harrington	5			12.83	92
20	Bryan Loseman – Scott Jackson	5			12.35	91
21	Nick Werle – *Dave Tiernan	4			12.27	90
22	Jim Coyner – *Mike Watawa	5	0.5		11.98	89
23	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	5	1		11.95	88
24	*fished alone – Ray Skinner	5			10.96	87
25	Mike Holcomb – James Lemon	5			10.76	86
26	Kent Coffin – Kirk Coffin	5	1		9.51	85
27	Dave Phelps – Danny Altmiller	2		5.63	8.55	84	$124.00
28	Rick McGuire – Bill Wolf	3			6.81	83
29	Curtis Benton – Josh Benton				0	10
	Rob Crangle – Dustin Whitsett				0	10
	Dee Embree – Dan Asbury				0	10

*alternate

06/04/17 Stockton

Bob — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:12:18 +0000

With overcast skies, the anglers of JOE BASS TEAM TRAIL took on Stockton Lake with great enthusiasm. The Stockton Division is brought to you by MITCHEM TIRE. The anglers reported alot of fish caught although some had problems finding the keepers. With the water high, anglers used the flooded bushes to find their fish. Soft plastics, jigs and spinner baits were the key baits.

Brandon Rummel, Everton, MO and Jared Clift, Aldrich, MO, used jigs and spinnerbaits to bring in 17.23lbs of fish to take 1st Place. Brandon caught a 5.47lbs Largemouth to earn him the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS OF THE DAY. He caught it midday on jig.

The father son team of Kenny Bogner, Peculiar, MO and Justin Bogner , Lees Summit, MO, used plastic worms to bring n 5 keepers that weighed 14.26lbs. This earned the team 2nd Place.

Jim Davidson, Arma KS and Mike Fornelli, Joplin, MO, used jigs and spinnerbaits to bring in 5 that hit the scales at 13.35lbs to earn them 3rd Place.

Bill Dennis, Springfield, MO and Steve Olive, Urbana, MO, fished together out of Bill’s 2001 ZX202 Skeeter. They finished in 5th Place with 12.59lbs earning them the highest finishing SKEETER MONEY furnished by SPORT BOATS USA.

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Final results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Brandon Rummel – Jared Clift	5		5.47	17.23	110	$1,900.00
2	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	5	1	4.62	14.26	109	$930.00
3	Jim Davidson – *Mike Fornelli	5		5.4	13.35	108	$970.00
4	Leonard DeClue – Kelton Morris	5		5.3	13.1	107	$500.00
5	Bill Dennis – Steve Olive	5		3.89	12.59	106	$650.00
6	Robert Shackelford – *Dustin Richardson	5		5.15	12.21	105	$300.00
7	Scott Clift – Ashley Medley	5		4.8	12.13	104	$250.00
8	Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson	5		4.87	12.12	103	$202.00
9	Luke Routh – *Tyler Weaver	5		4.58	12.04	102	$170.00
10	Steven Bain –	5		3.58	12.04	101	$150.00
11	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	5			11.03	100
12	JR Williams – Lee Jordan	5		2.64	10.95	99
13	Steve Kruse – Bud Day	5			10.91	98
14	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5			10.84	97
15	Mike Sisco – Josh Kritch	5		3.53	10.63	96
16	Sonny Moore – *fished alone	5			10.34	95
17	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5			10.22	94
18	Luke Jarman – Bobby Morgan	5		2.75	10.04	93
19	Greg Snider – Rick Irvine	5		3.39	9.85	92
20	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	5			9.82	91
21	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards	5			9.67	90
22	Riley Ogden – Shawn Watson	5			9.31	89
23	Richard Gaik – Ryan Gaik	5			9.22	88
24	Jared Cloyd – Tanner McMillen	5			9.2	87
25	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty	5			9.13	86
25	Landon Rogers – *Wesley Meyers	5			9.13	86
27	Les Jarman – Larry Leavitt	5			9.07	84
28	Mike Hagensicker – Dillon Brock	4		3.64	8.99	83
29	Justin Angel – Scott Angel	5			8.68	82
30	Brian Foster – Neil Sword	5	0.5		8.57	81
31	Ronald Decker – Ronald Decker JR	5			8.48	80
32	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5			8.17	79
33	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5			7.77	78
34	Keith Sullivan – Linda Sullivan	4			7.52	77
35	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	5			7.43	76
36	Raymond Bates – Brian Reed	4			7.24	75
37	Jesse Painter – Bill Whitaker	4			6.2	74
38	Greg Seiner – Kevin Ingle	3			5.99	73
39	Joey Alexander – Matthew Alexander	3			5.96	72
40	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire	3			5.34	71
41	Chad Allison – Jeff Moss	3			5.33	70
42	Bill Stokes – Bill Virden	2			4.95	69
43	Randy S Robinson – Kathy Robinson	3			4.9	68
44	John Cates – Justin Stevens	2			4.66	67
45	Robert White – Susan White	3			4.4	66
46	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer	2			3.12	65
47	George Hance – Rob Norvall	2			2.93	64
48	Denis Repa – *fished alone	1		1.76	1.76	63
49	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver				0	10
	Jason Swarnigan – Carl Scott				0	10
	*Adam Smith – Bill Edwards				0	10
	Ron Varner – Jeff Stidham				0	10

*alternate

Joe Bass Team Trail

2017 Invitational Results

Grand Prize Winner – Jeff Bradford – 2017 Skeeter/Yamaha package

09/20/17 Antique

09/10/17 Stockton

08/27/17 Truman

08/26/17 Pomme

08/20/17 Twain

Werle and Smith end season on high note! Hendrix and Zumwalt finish second and win points Championship! Embree and Asbury find check line in third.

08/13/17 Stockton

07/30/17 Truman

07/29/17 Pomme

07/26/17 Antique

07/23/17 Twain

07/16/17 Stockton

07/01/17 Table Rock

06/28/17 Antique

06/25/17 Twain

06/25/17 Truman

06/24/17 Pomme

06/03/17 Table Rock

06/04/17 Twain

Milk run works for Kunkle and Williams! Perotti and Kunkel make it close! Team Kampschroeder in the check line again in third!

06/04/17 Stockton

Werle and Smith end season on high note!
Hendrix and Zumwalt finish second and win points Championship!
Embree and Asbury find check line in third.

Milk run works for Kunkle and Williams!
Perotti and Kunkel make it close!
Team Kampschroeder in the check line again in third!