Joe Bass Team Trail

09/30/18 Make Up

Bob — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 19:45:17 +0000

34 teams gathered at the Ahoy’s ramp on sparkling Table Rock Lake for the culmination of the 2018 Joe Bass Tournament season. With no points on the line, it was an opportunity for teams to get in a final event for championship qualifying purposes, scout the lake prior to the championship, and enjoy a nice fall day on the lake. With over half of the field boating a five fish tournament limit, The Rock didn’t disappoint, with several mixed bags of largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass making their ways to the scales.

Closing out the 2018 regular season with a win, Wayne Fowler partnered with Mike Lafferty to best the field with a 15.39 pound stringer. Their 5.02 pound kicker, good enough for second place big bass, pushed them to the top. The pair caught their fish on slowly tapering points in 22’-25’ on Carolina Rigs, tubes, and spoon. Staying close to the take-off site, Wayne and Mike bolstered their take home check with the Sport Boats USA Skeeter Bonus by competing from their Skeeter bass boat.

Taking second place honors was the veteran Table Rock team of Jim Dopp and Harlin Husky. They also chose to focus on tapering gravel points to amass a 14.94 bag. Their weapon of choice was a big worm worked slowly across the points. Sticking with this approach, Jim and Harlin boated 6 keepers for the day, proving quality over quantity pays on tournament day.

Roger and Corey Cook rounded out the top three. They got away prior to pictures and interviews, but noted during weigh-in they worked jigs and shakey heads to catch their five fish limit that pushed the scales to 14.12 pounds.

The Ozarks Chevrolet Big Bass of the event, a 5.20 pound largemouth, was taken by Chris Jackson and Joe Breedlove. The big bass walloped a shakey head on a super shallow boat dock.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Payout
1	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty	5		5.02	15.39	$2,400.00	Top Skeeter/2BB
2	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5		4.24	14.94	$960.00
3	Roger Cook – Cory Cook	5		3.42	14.12	$710.00
4	Mark Thompson – Luke Thompson	5		4.08	13.16	$340.00
5	Ryan Butler – Dustin Lippe	5		3.49	13.06	$200.00
6	Chris Jackson II – Joe Breedlove	5		5.2	13.04	$430.00	1BB
7	Josh Busby – Tim Taylor	5		3.68	12.95	$150.00
8	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell	5		3.54	12.93
9	Jeff Epley – *fished aalone	5		3.56	12.19
10	Jay Carden – Lowe Dustin	5		3.39	11.87
11	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5		2.91	11.45
12	Tyler Bettinger – Shannon Perry	4		4.05	11.03
13	James Long – Jerry Rawlings	5		2.7	10.98
14	Jack Stack – Dick Moger	5		3.22	10.92
15	John Williams – *James Schweitzer	5			10.54
16	Ernest Hearn – Forest Green	4	0.5	3.95	10.51
17	Andy Eutsler – Jared Essary	5			10.49
18	Doc Seger – Matt Seger	5		2.56	10.26
19	Mark Patterson – Brandon Patterson	5			10.12
20	Shawn Crabtree – Reece Crabtree	5	0.5	2.71	10.06
21	Jeremy Ealy – Mike Sutherland	4			8.38
22	Bill Haas – Kathy Haas	4		2.81	8.29
23	Cox Blair – Keegan Barber	4			7.69
24	John Cates – Mike Edwards	3		3.04	7.12
25	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker	3			6.83
26	Terry Kennedy – Matt Tambarello	1		3.72	3.72
27	John Campbell – *David Rogers				0
27	Marc Czachowski – Mike Purse				0
27	Kelton DeClue – Sean Mulkey				0
27	David Dishman – Greg Dishman				0
27	Scott Treece				0
27	Ralph Laster – Michael Fiedler				0
27	Leif Millican – Grant Aldridge				0
27	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards				0
27	David Mulkey – *Mike Fann				0
27	Kyle Uptegrove – Anthony Alkire				0
27	Rory Preis				0

*alternate

09/09/18 Stockton

Bob — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:52:13 +0000

With the last official summer holiday gone, cool rains during the week and water temps dropping the teams are finally beginning to find the fish moving up and towards the backs of the coves following the shad. The final 2018 Joe Bass Team Trail Stockton Division tournament was held under gray skies which the anglers enjoyed along with mild temps. They used jigs, worms and topwaters to catch their fish. Most stated they caught them at varied depths but mostly shallow.

The team of Chris Macy, Diamond, MO and Tim Lawyer, La Russell, MO, used jigs to bring in a sack that weighed 17.84lbs. This earned the team 1st Place. They also had a 6.45lbs largemouth which got them 2 big bass.

John Cates and Allen McMillen from Ozark, MO fished out of John’s 2017 Skeeter ZX250 and brought a limit of 5 largemouth that weighed 15.49lbs earning them 2nd Place and the JOE BASS TOP FINISHING SKEETER award.

Keith Hurd, Springfield, MO and Jeff Nelson, Morrisville, MO had a 5 fish limit that weighed 15.48lbs. and got them 3rd Place. They also had a 6.86lbs largemouth that earned the team the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS OF THE DAY.

As the tournament director for the Stockton Division, I want to thank all the anglers that came out this year. I would also like to thank MITCHEM TIRE for all their support of this division.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Chris Macy – Tim Lawyer	5		6.45	17.84	110	$1,860.00
2	John Cates – *Allen McMillin	5		5.65	15.49	109	$1,560.00
3	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	5		6.86	15.48	108	$1,210.00
4	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley	5		5.71	15.13	107	$570.00
5	Jim Davidson – Mike Ashbacher	5		3.86	14.62	106	$422.00
6	John Williams – Dewayne Weeks	5		5.15	13.87	105	$300.00
7	Justin Delk – Brandon Rummel	5			12.44	104	$250.00
8	Tanner McMillen – Jared Cloyd	5			12.32	103	$200.00
9	Scott Clift – Ashley Medley	5			12.29	102	$180.00
10	Austin Morris – Paden Bennett	5			12.19	101	$150.00
11	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5			11.84	100	$130.00
12	Robert Shackelford – Dusty Richardson	5			11.74	99
13	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	5			11.71	98
14	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards	5			11.66	97
15	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5			11.54	96
16	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	5			11.34	95
17	Jay Carter – Troy Ayres	5		3.1	11.32	94
18	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	5			11.19	93
19	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5			11.06	92
20	Andy Eutsler – Jared Essary	5			10.85	91
21	Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley	5		3.19	10.82	90
22	JR Williams – Lee Jordan	5			10.76	89
23	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	5			10.68	88
24	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	5			10.6	87
24	Denis Repa – Alec Repa	5			10.6	87
26	Keith Sullivan – Linda Sullivan	5	0.5		10.53	85
27	Robert Cowan – Dallas Beasley	5			10.38	84
28	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5			10.31	83
29	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer	5			10.3	82
30	Randy S Robinson – Kathy Robinson	5			10.18	81
31	Scott Kennedy – Dan Choate	5			10.04	80
32	Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard	5			9.98	79
33	*fished aalone – Scott Treece	5			9.9	78
34	Shawn McHaffie – Greg Bohnsack	5			9.69	77
35	Kyle Boman – *Heston Boman	5			9.31	76
36	Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell	5			9.24	75
37	Mike Hagensicker – Dillon Brock	5			9.18	74
38	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes	5			8.92	73
39	David Moore – Bob Moore	5			8.75	72
40	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	4	0.5		7.47	71
41	Steve Kruse – Bud Day	4			7.44	70
42	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	3			6.97	69
43	Mitchell Blehm – Dominic Cavitt	2			6.77	68
44	Ronald Deckard – Ronald Deckard JR	2		3.69	5.74	67
45	Lonnie Gray – Brian Gray	3			5.69	66
46	Ralph Laster – Michael Fiedler	3			5.68	65
47	Westin Yancey – Randy Yancey	2			5.53	64
48	Randy Roustio –	3			5.33	63
49	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	2			4.34	62
50	Bobby Waggoner – John Huffman	2			3.86	61
51	Matt Hickman – *Matt Hyde	2			3.29	60
52	John Aleshire – *Hayden Aleshire				0	10
	Chad Allison – Derrick Wright				0	10
	Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis				0	10
	Colton Calhoun – *Jeremy Moore				0	10
	Leonard DeClue – Kelton Morris				0	10
	Frank Flack – Jeremy Montgomery				0	10

*alternate

09/05/18 Antique

Bob — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:02:02 +0000

The final Antique tournament of 2018 was held on Sep 5, 2018. The Antique Division will return for the 2019 season.

Mike Smith and Kavan Maybee won using square bills and big worms up the White river.

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Mike Smith – Kavan Maybee	5	3.9	14.26	110	$1,200.00	1BB
2	Robert Dodson – Robbie Dodson	5	2.6	12.55	109	$690.00
3	*Joe Ellis – Harlin Husky	5	3.1	12.17	108	$400.00
4	Doc Seger – *Billy Bird	5	2.5	12.03	107	$180.00
5	Stacy King – Mike Roller	5	2.2	11.98	106	$130.00
6	Rich Gamble – Tom Renfro	5	3	11.7	105
7	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5	2.6	11.29	104	$1,000.00	Top Skeeter
8	Mason Nall – Rick Carpenter	5	2.3	11	103
9	*Mike Phillips – Dick Moger	5		10.79	102
10	Chad Morgenthaler – Dave Mansue	5		10.41	101
11	Pat Leonard – *Joe Lefrancois	5		10.4	100
12	Jeff Epley – Kelly Greer	5	2.7	10.22	99
13	Eric Hammond – Mick Hammond	5		10.21	98
14	Tyler Matlock – Connie Matlock	5		10.12	97
15	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5		9.64	96
16	Bob Meek – Steve Nibert	4	2.4	7.95	95
17	Bill Haas – Kathy Haas	3		5.89	94
18	Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnson	2	3.3	5.77	93	$100.00	2BB
19	Ernest Hearn – *Ed Shawbaker	3	1.9	5.22	92
20	David Mulkey – *Leonard DeClue	2		3.85	91
21	Robert Peduto – Stephen Hoffmann	2	2.2	3.6	90
22	James Miles – Chester Miles			0	10
	Roger Morris – *Garry Morris			0	10
	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge			0	10
	John Williams – James Brown			0	10

08/26/18 Truman

Bob — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:59:09 +0000

Partly cloudy skies, a steady wind, and warm temperatures ushered in the finale of the Joe Bass Truman Division. 66 teams brought an outstanding 544 pounds of fish to the scales, testimony of both the fishery and the talent of the Truman Anglers. To wrap up the season, integrity was ensured as polygraphs were administered to the winning team, big bass winners, others at random, and anyone who wished to experience the process. All of these serve the Truman anglers as they have supported the circuit competing for tournament wins in addition to qualifying points for the Joe Bass Team Trails Championship at Table Rock Lake in October. The strength of Joe Bass anglers is becoming recognized nationally as the Trail is proud to send an angler to the BASSMASTER Classic for the second year in a row, with Ryan Butler winning the 2018 honors on the heels of Scott Clift’s visit in 2017.

Backing up their July win, Bryce Rieder and Mike Edrington stayed in touch with their warm weather pattern that has served them well. Bryce and Mike pulled 21.04 pounds of bass from the treetops. They described their Boats USA Keys to Success focused on fishing big worms into trees with the boat sitting in 5’-30’ of water.

Just as they did in the July tournament, Eric and Ben Zuk brought a sizable bag of fish to the scales to command second place. Again staying relatively close to the Shawnee Bend take-off facility, they fished brush hogs in 10’-15’ on an all-day bite.

Brad Jelinek and John Slavens rounded out the top three with a solid 17.05 pound five fish limit. They fished squarebills and worms shallow to amass their weight, all while fighting through the loss of their trolling motor early in the day, forcing them to tie up to trees and fancast before untying and drifting to the next piece of pole timber. However, they pocketed a nice bonus that can be applied as a remedy as they took home the SportBoats USA Skeeter Bonus by competing from their Skeeter bass boat.

The Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the event, a 6.24 giant, was taken by Jonathon Evans and Bradley Dillon. The big bass walloped a buzzbait early in the day, as Jonathon and Bradley noted it was their first keeper of their five fish limit.

Tim Williams Lie Detection Services performed tests all of which where found to be NO DECEPTION.

Division sponsor Everharts Outdoor Store invites everyone to stop by and visit.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5		4.61	21.04	110	$1,730.00
2	Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk	5		4.37	17.36	109	$1,220.00
3	Brad Jelinek – John Slavens	5		4.53	17.05	108	$1,260.00	Top Skeeter
4	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards	5		4.14	16.84	107	$600.00
5	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	5		4.81	16.41	106	$500.00
6	Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush	5		3.6	15.79	105	$300.00
7	*Kelly Nunn – Jamie Edge	5	0.5	5.03	14.95	104	$280.00
8	Wayne Garrison – Robbie Plowman	5		3.32	14.67	103	$250.00
9	JR Shinn – Mark Riegel	5		4.57	14.38	102	$220.00
10	John Williams – *John Wilbanks	5		4.2	14.12	101	$200.00
11	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5		4.59	13.86	100	$150.00
12	Jimmie Snodgrass – Jim Waggoner	5		3.33	13.18	99	$140.00
13	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5			13.02	98	$136.00
14	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5			12.8	97
15	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5		3.47	12.72	96
16	Marty Watson – Doug Long	5		2.99	12.36	95
17	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell	5	1	3.23	12.13	94
18	Christopher Fierce – Kevin Malone	4		5.3	11.97	93	$200.00	2BB
19	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams	5		3.46	11.84	92
20	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	5		3.65	11.82	91
21	Brian Reed – Mike Kepler	5		3.38	11.77	90
22	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5		2.98	11.49	89
23	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5			11.24	88
24	Tony Powers – *fished aalone	5		3.17	11.2	87
25	Shawn Crabtree – Reece Crabtree	5	0.5		11.18	86
26	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon	3		6.24	11.1	85	$460.00	1BB
27	Doug Wallace – Ozzie Wallace	5			10.49	84
28	Ed Matthews – *Tom Starforth	5			10	83
29	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	4		2.99	9.55	82
30	Joseph Hull – Brett Fickle	5	0.5		9.47	81
31	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker	4		2.78	9.44	80
32	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	5	0.5		9.21	79
33	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	3		3.43	8.9	78
34	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	4			8.89	77
35	Blake Felix – Keith Nickell	5			7.99	76
36	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	3		4.04	7.86	75
37	Billy Greenwell – *James McCutchen	4	0.5		7.83	74
38	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	4			7.68	73
39	Kevin Love – Love Parker	4			7.34	72
40	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky	3		3.69	7.2	71
41	Tom McGovern – Rick Saunders	4			7.16	70
42	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	4	0.5		6.94	69
43	Michael Baker – Ken Mason	3			6.91	68
44	Keith Sullivan – Linda Sullivan	3		2.92	6.85	67
45	Ron Peek – Grieg Engel	3			5.7	66
46	James Macleod – Danny Johnston	3			5.05	65
47	Jack Young – Bill McAvoy	3			4.81	64
48	Justin Hosler – Kyle McAdams	2			4.5	63
49	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	2			4.26	62
50	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant	2			4.03	61
51	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	2			3.15	60
52	Karl Schmidt – Ysabel Arias	1		2.67	2.67	59
53	Denis Repa – *Peter Repa	1		2.24	2.24	58
54	Phillip Schwartz – *Dalton Nickles	1		1.52	1.52	57
55	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner				0	10
	Kyle Boman –				0	10
	Danny Carter – *Chris Keightley				0	10
	Junior Fiedler – *Chris Fiedler				0	10
	Benton Fogleman – Levi Sinak				0	10
	Tim Hintenach – Dustin Hinkle				0	10
	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb				0	10
	Jonathan Pimentel – Christopher Cross				0	10
	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer				0	10
	Mike Rowland – Greg Miller				0	10
	*fished aalone – Corey Stewart				0	10
	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas				0	10

*alternate

08/25/18 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:54:20 +0000

Pomme de terre once again produces big limits for the season finale.

The 2018 Whites Marine Center Pomme Division final event was won by David Mulkey and Leonard DeClue with 5 bass weighing 22.40lbs. They report fishing Chompers jigs on Falcon rods and carolina rigs in both arms of the lake finding the majority of their fish at depths of 3-12ft.

Dan Cox and Tim Kastning finish the Pomme season with 5 bass weighing 19.12lbs. Dan reports Tim smoked him throwing Cox Custom Baits. Tim’s 5.5lb bass was the tournaments Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass reportedly caught very, very shallow on a Cox creature bait. Dan’s was also the tournaments SportBoats USA Top Finishing Skeeter Owner.

Terry Blankenship and Dana Hansen caught their limit on Gene Larew HooDaddys and crankwrapped crankbaits.

Tim Williams Lie Detection Services performed tests on David Mulkey, Shawn Dugan, and Matt Francka all of which where found to be NO DECEPTION.

Josh Inman and Jeremy Wilson from Conway MO win the division and will receive their entry paid into the Invitational and boat #1 in 2019.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	David Mulkey – *Leonard DeClue	5		4.63	22.4	110	$1,260.00
2	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5		5.5	19.12	109	$1,350.00	Top Skeeter/1BB
3	Terry Blankenship – Dana Hansen	5		5.03	18.78	108	$750.00
4	Matt Gunter – *Terry Bradley	5		5.48	17.46	107	$680.00	2BB
5	Mike Coker –	5		4.22	15.66	106	$300.00
6	Josh Inman – Jeremy Wilson	5	0.5		15.34	105	$180.00
7	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5		4.12	15.28	104	$150.00
8	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5		5.39	15.04	103	$132.00
9	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5		3.8	14.87	102
10	James Long – Jerry Rawlings	5		3.34	14.14	101
11	Dan Morton – Garrett Morton	5		3.62	13.26	100
12	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman	5		3.14	12.08	99
13	Troy Nogosek – Mike Fey Jr	5		3.44	12	98
14	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	5		4.12	11.95	97
15	Matt Francka – *Tanner McMillin	5		2.74	11.23	96
16	Greg Askew – *Robbie Hockett	5			11.1	95
17	Eric Dearduff – Dakota Dearduff	5			10.92	94
18	James Altman – Kevin Altman	5		2.91	10.78	93
19	Dave Epema – Mike Rowland	5			10.73	92
20	Dewayne Weeks – *Paul Marsala	5		3.11	10.67	91
21	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5		3.56	10.55	90
22	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	5			10.48	89
23	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	5			9.67	88
24	Nathan Klepper – *Mike Bray	5			9.56	87
25	Steve Kruse – Bud Day	4	0.5	4.27	9.46	86
26	John Williams – James Brown	4			8.88	85
27	Kevin Snyder – Nick Borchers	4		3.66	8.84	84
28	Michael Fey – Jeremy Fiedler	5			8.78	83
29	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	5			8.58	82
30	Jim Phillips – *Kit Phillips	3			7.45	81
31	Matthew Underwood – Logan Underwood	5			7.38	80
32	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	4			6.34	79
33	Kenny Doane – Shaun Dugan	3		2.72	6.19	78
34	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	4			5.9	77
35	Ben Crampton – Scott Crampton	4			4.8	76
36	Terry Kennedy – Matt Tambarello	4			4.42	75
37	Kyle Uptegrove – Anthony Alkire	1	0.5	0.82	0.82	74
38	Zack Bechtel – *Bryan Bock				0	10
	Rocky Carden – Michael Brooke				0	10
	Jonathan Evans – *Terry Close				0	10
	Jason Maxwell – *Justin Rosenthal				0	10
	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky				0	10

*alternate

08/19/18 Mark Twain

Bob — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:09:09 +0000

The Bite is Still Tough on the Pond!

30 teams gathered at Robert Allen ramp for the 2018 Mark Twain Lake Division finale to see who could solve the puzzle of putting 5 keeper bites into the boat. Also at steak was the division points championship, as several teams were within striking distance.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander. Keith and Jimmy fished brush piles and channel drops in 12 to 18 feet of water from the dam area up to the mid-lake area. rotating though at least 15 spots looking for active fish. Baits of choice were a 1/2 oz. Bullseye jig and a big worm. At the end of the Jimmy and Keith dropped 17.73 pounds of bass on the scales for the WIN. The 154 Marine Keys to Success, for Jimmy and Keith it was their intimate knowledge of the areas fished and Jimmy’s Minkota Ultrex Trolling motor and Humminbird electronics, as many of their spots were offshore the team relied on thier electronics to find the spots and then Spot-lock kept them there Jimmy also was the highest finishing Skeeter owner fishing out of his 20 IClass.

Also With the win, Jimmy and Keith Win the Division Points Championship and will Have their entry fee paid by Joe Bass for the Invitational at Table Rock and will be boat #1 next year at Mark Twain.

Taking the second spot today was the team of Jason Huskey and Bryan Hulsey. The Karrenbrock Excavating sponsored team fished similar to the winning team but focused on 8 to 12 feet of water and hit more spots from the dam area up to Florida point in the north fork arm of the lake. Their baits of choice were also jigs and worm but also threw a mid depth crankbait. Cathcing the second of only two limits on the day, Jason and Bryan settled for second place with 13.68 pounds.

Fishing their first Joe Bass tournament and finishing in the third position today was John Knudsen and Michael Laffleur. John and Michael fished the Lower third of the lake and found their success dragging a Carolina rigged Baby Brush Hog on main lake points and humps, bringing 3 fish to the scales weighing 9.70 pounds. included in their bag was the second big bass weighing 5.05 pounds.

Lonnie Franklin and Pat Estes found themselves in fourth place today with three fish weighing 9.66 pounds, which the team was Ok with, but included in their bag was the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass Weighing 5.23 pounds Pat stated that the fish fell for the old reliable black and blue jig around noon time.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5	3.99	17.73	110	$1,550.00
2	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	5	3.9	13.68	109	$670.00
3	John Knudsen – Michael Laffleur	3	5.05	9.7	108	$550.00
4	Lonnie Franklin – Pat Estes	3	5.23	9.66	107	$430.00
5	Mike Tucker – Cory Kunkle	4		8.97	106	$200.00
6	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	3		7.38	105	$130.00
7	Keith LaBarge – Rich Labarge	2	4.45	6.16	104
8	Kenny Grothoff – *fished aalone	2	3.82	5.91	103
9	Wayne Werle – *Mike Smith	2		5.5	102
10	David Shelton – Rustin Hayes	2		4.44	101
11	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	2		4.15	100
12	Steve Hoots – Robin Hessling	1	3.64	3.64	99
13	Tom Herndon – Paul Wiegand	1	2.96	2.96	98
14	Ken Young – John Drury	1	2.47	2.47	97
15	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann	1	2.21	2.21	96
16	Todd Hessling – Tom Darnell	1	2.13	2.13	95
17	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh	1	1.64	1.64	94
18	Randy Dameron – *fished aalone			0	10
	*fished aalone – Dan Asbury			0	10
	Jeffery Hofmeister – Joe Chandler			0	10
	Lucas Howald – *Elizabeth Howald			0	10
	Tommy Jacquin – Rich Jacquin			0	10
	Jason Kiser – Steve Schaefer			0	10
	Rick Larson – Chris Klenke			0	10
	Rick McGuire – Roger LaBarge			0	10
	Dominic Perotti – John Perotti			0	10
	Denis Repa – *Clint Hohman			0	10
	Karl Schmidt – Ysabel Arias			0	10
	Nick Werle – Curt Werle			0	10
	Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman			0	10

*alternate

08/15/18 Antique

Bob — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:24:55 +0000

Table Rock is in full summertime mode. If you want to catch winning stringers of bass start by fishing over trees or around docks at 25-35 ft depths. That’s what all of the 3 top teams did at this August event.

1st Place goes to Jim Dopp and Harlin Husky fishing 10 inch worms in the White River arm.

2nd goes to Bob Meek and Steve Nibert fishing spoons around docks in the dam area.

3rd goes to Pat Leonard fishing spinnerbaits over the tops of trees in the Indian Point area.

Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass goes to Joey Penzo fishing a Whopper Plopper over trees in the Kimberling City area.

Top Skeeter owner Ed Young bested the other Skeeter owners by finishing 4th place winning him an additional $1000.00. Paid out on the spot thanks to the SportBoats USA Skeeter boats Incentive.

Cold drinking water provided by your directors Bob & Lynn Capps.

Release boat provided by SportBoats USA.

The next Antique tournament will be Sep 5 taking out of Ahoy’s at 7am.

The final event of this division will require no membership. Invite those over the age of 55 to attend and give Joe Bass Team Trail a look.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5		4.1	16.72	110	$1,120.00
2	Bob Meek – Steve Nibert	5	0.5	3.85	16.23	109	$820.00
3	Pat Leonard – *fished aalone	5		3.74	14.25	108	$600.00
4	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5		4.68	14.07	107	$1,360.00	1BB-Top Skeeter
5	Robert Dodson – Robbie Dodson	5			13.87	106	$130.00
6	Doc Seger – *Jeff McClintock	5		3.9	12.25	105
7	David Mulkey – *Leonard DeClue	5		4.43	12.18	104	$100.00	2BB
8	Mason Nall – Rick Carpenter	5			11.5	103
9	Chad Morgenthaler – Dave Mansue	5		3.01	11.44	102
10	Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnson	5		2.84	11.06	101
11	Stacy King – *Bill Chester	5		2.57	10.89	100
12	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith	4			10.19	99
13	Rusty Darnell – Greg Blair	5		3.21	10.08	98
14	Joe Lane – Scott Sparkman	5			9.21	97
15	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	5			9.18	96
16	*Lefty Evans – Marty Conrad	4	0.5		8.69	95
17	Mike Smith – Kavan Maybee	4			8.43	94
18	Robert Peduto – Stephen Hoffmann	4		2.44	8.02	93
19	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge	2			5.56	92
20	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	2			4.81	91
21	Paul Hancock – Chuck Miller	2		2.77	4.18	90
22	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	2			3.69	89
23	Ben Elkins – Bud Day				0	10
	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty				0	10
	Eric Hammond – Mick Hammond				0	10
	James Miles – Chester Miles				0	10
	Randy Roustio –				0	10
	*Mike Phillips – Dick Moger				0	10

*alternate

08/11/18 Table Rock

Bob — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:24:24 +0000

A very beautiful day for the season finale of the Joe Bass Team Trail Table Rock Division sponsored by Chompers. 48 teams set out to conquer the lake with all the boat traffic of the summer weekend. Weather conditions were good with highs in the low 90’s and light wind. The fish appeared to be heavy into their summer pattern with many teams using spoons and big worms deep to catch their limits.

The father/son team of Tom and Dillon Statler, Kimberling City, MO, sponsored by Championship Marine, Chompers, and Nitro, used spoons and 4″ Chompers brown and purple laminate drop shot worms to bring their 5 fish limit that weighed 15.73lbs. Tom stated their fish came later in the morning up until 230pm when he caught the Ozark Chevrolet BIG BASS of the Day that weighed 6.63lbs. This earned the team 1st Place.

Last years Division Champions, Kavan Maybee, Alpena, AR, and Josh Wray, Omaha, AR, sponsored by Kavan Maybee Insurance and Bass Cat Boats. had 5 fish that weighed 15.08lbs. This earned the team 2nd Place.

3rd Place went to the team of Dean Powers and Jim Lewis, both of Ozark, MO. The team is sponsored by McCallister Marine, Phoenix Boats, Mercury, JD Lures, Leap of Faith 2017LLC and Megabass. They weighed a sack in at 13.91lbs. This team however used a crankbait to bring in their fish. they also had the 2nd big bass of the day thanks to their bait.

The Joe Bass Team Trail Top Skeeter of the Day went to Ed Young fishing out of his 2018 FX21.

Tim Williams Lie Detection Services performed tests on Dean Powers, Cody Millican, Tom Statler, and Matt Ells all of which where found to be NO DECEPTION.

A special thanks to those that made the Table Rock Division awesome this year. Chompers, Kimberling Inn and Championship Marine.

Its time to start making your plans for the 2018 Invitational to be held on Table Rock Oct 20th & 21st, 2018. Make those reservations at Table Rock Resorts at Indian Point.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5		6.63	15.73	110	$1,890.00	1BB
2	Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray	5		4.7	15.08	109	$1,040.00
3	Dean Powers – James Lewis	5		6.08	13.91	108	$950.00	2BB
4	Mike Fann – Mark Fann	5		4.33	13.81	107	$450.00
5	Rich Gamble – Jacci Gamble	5			13.3	106	$350.00
5	Aaron Hodge – James Bailey	5			13.3	106	$240.00
7	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5		3.75	13.17	104	$200.00
8	Matt Ells – Shane Long	5		3.47	12.59	103	$158.00
9	Jason Newberry – Charlie McConnell	5			12.55	102	$130.00
10	Ken Young – John Drury	5		3.53	12.47	101
11	Dustin Blevins – Blake Curtis	5		3.38	12.41	100
12	Ed Young – *Jim Lovan	5			12.25	99	$1,000.00	Top Skeeter
13	Ken Paterson – Kenny Paterson	5		3.75	12.16	98
14	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5	0.5		12.15	97
15	Ryan Butler – Dustin Lippe	5			12.09	96
16	David Mulkey – *Leonard DeClue	5		3.99	11.88	95
17	Bill Edwards – Adam Smith	5			11.8	94
18	Cody Millican – Dakota Millican	5		3.56	11.58	93
19	John Cates – Mike Edwards	5			11.39	92
20	James Miles – Chester Miles	5		3.05	11.36	91
21	Jeff Epley – Kelly Greer	5			11.35	90
22	John Plumlee – Jeff McClintock	5			11.26	89
23	Barb Cooper – Marc Cooper	5		3.07	10.93	88
24	Brent Compton – Daniel Cornelison	5			10.54	87
25	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	5			9.51	86
26	Stacy King – Mike Roller	4			9.47	85
27	Del Lewis – Dwight Lewis	4			8.95	84
28	Roger Morris – Gregg Sapp	4		3.11	8.94	83
29	Terry Letterman – Doug Smart	4			7.73	82
30	Henry Jr. Adams –	3			7.38	81
31	Shane Boyd – Daniel Pueppke	3	0.5	2.85	7.23	80
32	Andy Eutsler – Jared Essary	4	0.5		7.18	79
33	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	3			6.78	78
34	Jay Carden – Lowe Dustin	3			6.63	77
35	Bill Virden – Bill Stokes	2			5.75	76
36	Jim Phillips – *Bradley Walker	2			4.6	75
37	Mark Patterson – Brandon Patterson	1		2.8	2.8	74
38	Timm Jones – *Carl Goins	1		2.74	2.74	73
39	Jeff Elkin – *fished aalone	1		2.16	2.16	72
40	Joe Brantley – Alan Quick				0	10
	*fished aalone – Kent Whitaker				0	10
	Ben Crampton – Scott Crampton				0	10
	Ben Elkins – *Larry Palmer				0	10
	Jeff Florke – Bobby Tittsworth				0	10
	Michael Frye – Michael Landwehr				0	10
	Tyler Matlock – Connie Matlock				0	10
	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith				0	10
	Brien Vaughn – Collin Fitzwater				0	10

*alternate

08/05/18 Stockton

Bob — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 15:58:40 +0000

Chris Macy & Tim Lawyer fished jigs and worms at depths of 20 ft covering numerous areas on Stockton. Their limit was anchored by the tournaments second big bass weighing 6.06lbs. Tim reports the fish fell to a big worm.

Scott Clift and Ashley Medley report virtually the same bite as 1st fishing jigs and worms on known deep brush piles. Their limit weighed 15.95lbs.

Sponsored by Joe Bass Team Trail and Southwinds Motel Jeff Bear and Quenton Dale Bear weigh in 5 bass totaling 16.57lbs but were penalitzed 1 lb for 2 dead fish resulting in a third place finish. Their limit included the Ozark Chevrolet 1st Big Bass caught by Jeff on a shaky head with Mag trick worm in 6ft of water on the Big Sac side.

Our next and final Mitchem Tire Stockton tournament of the 2018 season will be held September 9, 2018 at Old State Park from 7AM-3PM.

NOTE: The last tournament in any of our divisions can be fished without any membership fees. This is your opportunity to come see Joe Bass Team Trail in action. With that said no incentive’s will be paid to non-members.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Chris Macy – Tim Lawyer	5		6.06	18.31	110	$1,410.00	2BB
2	Scott Clift – Ashley Medley	5		5.9	15.95	109	$950.00
3	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	5	1	7.62	15.57	108	$850.00	1BB
4	Tim Hintenach – Dustin Hinkle	5		4.3	13.86	107	$400.00
5	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5		4.57	13.37	106	$250.00
6	Jim Davidson – MIke Ashbacher	5		3.58	12.97	105	$186.00
7	Randy S Robinson – Kathy Robinson	5		5.69	12.67	104	$160.00
8	Austin Morris – Paden Bennett	5		3.23	12.6	103	$130.00
9	Mitchell Blehm – *Chandler Robertson	5	0.5		11.52	102
10	Chris Hughes – *Danny Curl	5		3.69	11.28	101
11	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5		3.11	11.25	100
12	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5			10.09	99
13	Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley	5			9.6	98
14	Mike Hagensicker – Dillon Brock	5			9.34	97	$250.00	Top Skeeter
15	Bill Edwards – Adam Smith	5			9.29	96
16	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	5			9.13	95
17	Matt Hickman – Keith Pflumm	5			9.04	94
18	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5			9.03	93
19	Keith Sullivan – Linda Sullivan	5	1		8.8	92
20	Bobby Waggoner – John Huffman	4			8.08	91
21	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	4			7.44	90
22	Jay Carter – Troy Ayres	4			7.22	89
23	John Bennett – *Seth Glenn	3			6.96	88
24	Frank Flack – Jeremy Montgomery	3			6.82	87
25	Colton Calhoun – Cole Boyd	3			6.76	86
26	Tanner McMillen – Jared Cloyd	3			6.71	85
27	David Mulkey – *Rodney Dawson	2		5.01	6.68	84
28	Tim Jones – Jerry Jones	2		4.76	6.64	83
29	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	3			6.49	82
30	Brian Reed – Mike Kepler	4			6.38	81
31	JR Williams – Lee Jordan	3			5.71	80
32	George Hance – Rob Norvall	3			5.42	79
33	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman	3			5.29	78
34	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	2			4.34	77
35	Robert Cowan – Dallas Beasley	2			4.12	76
36	Ronald Deckard – Ronald Deckard JR	2			3.1	75
37	Shawn McHaffie – Greg Bohnsack	1		2.31	2.31	74
38	John Cates – Justin Stevens				0	10
	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning				0	10
	Justin Delk – Brandon Rummel				0	10
	Darryl Knacksted – Max Wilson				0	10
	Karl Schmidt – Ysabel Arias				0	10

*alternate

07/29/18 Truman

Bob — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:39:04 +0000

Despite weeks of stifling heat, marginal rainfall, and low lake levels, Truman Lake continues to put forth impressive tournament results in both numbers and quality. Averaging nearly 8.5 pounds per bag, the 66 teams that participated in the 5^th episode of the Joe Bass Truman Division adjusted to pleasant temperatures and a mix of clouds and sun as they competed for daily bragging rights in addition to qualifying points for the Joe Bass Team Trails Championship at Table Rock Lake in October. The strength of Joe Bass anglers is becoming recognized nationally as the Trail is proud to send an angler to the BASSMASTER Classic for the second year in a row, with Ryan Butler winning the 2018 honors on the heels of Scott Clift’s visit in 2017.

In what seems to be an annual event, Bryce Rieder and Mike Edrington leveraged their long time experience on Truman to best the field with another strong showing. Wrestling 18.80 pounds of bass from the treetops, they described their Boats USA Keys to Success focused on dropping big worms into trees in 30-40’ with the bite coming 6-8’ down in hardwoods.

Close behind was another strong summer team, Eric and Ben Zuk. As is their custom, the stayed relatively close to the Shawnee Bend take-off facility, basing their daily operations in the lower Grand and Tebo arms. Anchored by the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the event, a 5.96 pound kicker, Eric and Ben amassed 18.08 pounds on a mix of Zara Spooks and beaver-style baits. They concentrated on the 6-13’ range on main lake points with the big fish hitting a beaver in 8’ of water.

Joseph Hull and Brett Fickle used everything in their arsenal to bring 16.81 to the scales. They alternated between spinnerbaits, jigs, worms, topwater and squarebills to entice strikes. Their second place big bass, a 5.04 largemouth, bolstered their stringer from amongst the “also rans” to a strong third place finish.

Brad Jelinek and John Slavens took home the SportBoats USA Skeeter Bonus. Their 15.63 pound bag, which placed them in 4th overall, was taken from their 2006 ZX225.

The final event for the Truman Division event will launch from Shawnee Bend August 26^th at 6:00am.

Division sponsor Everharts Outdoor Store invites everyone to stop by and visit. Rumor has it they have the latest Whopper Ploppers.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5		4.4	18.8	110	$1,710.00
2	Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk	5		6	18.08	109	$1,606.00	1BB
3	Joseph Hull – Brett Fickle	5		5	16.81	108	$1,070.00	2BB
4	Brad Jelinek – John Slavens	5		3.9	15.63	107	$1,054.00	Top Skeeter
5	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams	5		4	15.42	106	$500.00
6	Wayne Garrison – *Troy Akers	5		5	15.14	105	$350.00
7	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5		4.2	15.08	104	$300.00
8	Marty Watson – Doug Long	5		4.8	14.98	103	$240.00
9	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5		4.4	14.73	102	$220.00
10	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	5		4.7	14.47	101	$200.00
11	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5		3.6	14.36	100	$180.00
12	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5		3.8	14.23	99	$150.00
13	Blake Felix – Keith Nickell	5		3.4	13.87	98	$130.00
14	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5		3.4	13.77	97
15	Ronnie Rush – *fished aalone	5		3.5	13.72	96
16	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5		3.5	13.56	95
17	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	5		3.4	12.9	94
18	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell	5		3	12.55	93
19	Billy Greenwell – Kelley Greenwell	5		3.4	12.29	92
20	Russ Hughes – *fished aalone	5		3.6	11.84	91
21	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	5		3.3	11.81	90
22	Justin Miller – Mathew Miller	5			11.74	89
23	Shawn Crabtree – *Theresa Patterson	5		3.1	11.69	88
24	Tom McGovern – Rick Saunders	5		4.3	11.19	87
25	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	5		2.8	11.15	86
26	James Macleod – Danny Johnston	5		3.1	11.07	85
27	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	5	0.5	3.4	10.81	84
28	JR Borror – *Steve Thomas	5		3.7	10.41	83
29	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5			10.37	82
30	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	5		3.1	10.34	81
31	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	5		2.8	10.29	80
32	Kevin Love –	5		3	10.27	79
33	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon	4		3.4	10.23	78
34	Tony Powers – *Adam Singleton	3		4.2	10.19	77
35	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5		3.3	9.09	76
36	Ken Mason – Michael Baker	4	0.5		9.07	75
37	Dennis Schilb – *Ron Clement	4		4.5	8.97	74
38	Joe Wieberg – *Andre Dickniete	5			8.77	73
39	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5			7.16	72
40	Justin Hosler – Kyle McAdams	3			6.2	71
41	Jimmie Snodgrass – Jim Waggoner	3		3.4	6.14	70
42	Brian Reed – Mike Kepler	2			5	69
43	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	2			4.97	68
44	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker	2			4.65	67
45	John Krewson – Charles Sersch	1		4.5	4.46	66
46	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	1		4.3	4.31	65
47	Phillip Schwartz – Colby Schwartz	3			4.23	64
48	Doug Wallace – Ozzie Wallace	1		4.1	4.13	63
49	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	3	0.5		4.02	62
50	Steve Teske – John Jones	1		3.9	3.86	61
51	Greg Askew – Terry Case	2			3.28	60
52	Jack Young – *Roger Umbarger	2			2.94	59
53	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant	1		2.4	2.39	58
54	Ron Peek – *fished aalone	2			2.25	57
55	Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong				0	10
	Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis				0	10
	Kevin Carl – *Paul Curry				0	10
	Mike Cashen – Tom Dunn				0	10
	Junior Fiedler – Cody Fielder				0	10
	Scott Hankinson – Brandon Rowland				0	10
	Nicholas Leggett – *Tyler Rogers				0	10
	John Martin – Ray White				0	10
	Ed Matthews – Bill Hall				0	10
	Todd Miller – Cameron Miller				0	10
	John Stewart – Corey Stewart				0	10
	Keith Sullivan – Linda Sullivan				0	10

*alternate

07/28/18 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:17:39 +0000

Mike Coker fished the tournament solo not needing any help to best the field with his 5 bass limit weighing 19.99lbs. Mike reports fishing jigs in the Pomme arm at depths of 15-18ft.

Matt Gunter and Gage Hunter narrowly missed 1st with their 5 bass limit weighing 19.75lbs. Big worms fished in both arms at depths of 8-20 ft worked for this father and son team. Sponsored by Whites Marine Center.

Big limits seemed to be norm as Ron Belew & Derek Dace brought 16.79lbs to the scales for third. Their five were caught on big worms fished at depths of 4-15 ft in the Lindey arm. Sponsored by Dace Insurance.

1st Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass was weighed in by Steve Teske & John Jones. John reports the fish was very shallow and succumb to a football jig in the Pomme arm.

Kelly Jones & Roger Satterfield take the SportBoats USA Top Finishing Skeeter Owner.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Mike Coker –	5	0.5	4.8	19.99	110	$1,310.00
2	Matt Gunter – *Gage Gunter	5		4.5	19.75	109	$986.00
3	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5		5	16.79	108	$724.00
4	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5		5.3	16.75	107	$1,160.00	Top Skeeter/2BB
5	Terry Blankenship – Dana Henson	5		4.2	15.43	106	$400.00
6	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	5		5.2	15.27	105	$200.00
7	Dan Weber – Robert Leininger	5	0.5		14.64	104	$180.00
8	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		4.5	14.59	103	$150.00
9	Dewayne Weeks – Rusty Darnell	5		3.9	14.39	102	$130.00
10	James Long – Jerry Rawlings	5		4	13.2	101
11	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman	5		4.3	13.19	100
12	*Jason Crist – Donnie Crist	5		3.4	12.99	99
13	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5	0.5		12.89	98
14	*Tanner Harry – Dakota Dearduff	5			12.84	97
15	Troy Nogosek – Mike Fey Jr	5			12.15	96
16	Kevin Snyder – Nick Borchers	5		5.2	11.68	95
17	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	5			11.39	94
18	Dan Morton – Garrett Morton	5		2.5	10.75	93
19	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5			10.7	92
20	Jerry Roark – *Kelly Nunn	5			10.61	91
21	Ted Vick –	5			10.6	90
22	JR Borror – Ross Lalli	5			10.34	89
23	Matt Francka – Farin Jump	5			10.32	88
24	Michael Fey – Jeremy Fiedler	5			10.1	87
25	Robert Shackelford – *fished aalone	5			9.85	86
26	Steve Teske – John Jones	4		5.7	9.15	85	$300.00	1BB
27	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	5		3.4	9.15	84
28	*Bryan Rock – Shaun Dugan	3			8.52	83
29	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	5			8.43	82
30	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	5			7.76	81
31	Mike Rowland – *Dave Epema	5			6.71	80
32	Josh Inman – Jeremy Wilson	4			5.5	79
33	John Martin – Ray White	4			5.07	78
34	Rocky Carden – Michael Brooke	3			4.7	77
35	David Mulkey – *Leonard DeClue	2	0.5		4.36	76
36	Randy Roustio –	2		3.2	4.12	75
37	Jonathan Evans – *Terry Close	3			3.92	74
38	Steve Kruse – Bud Day	2			3.89	73
39	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	3	0.5		3.79	72
40	Gary Cox – Don Cox				0	10
	Scott Hankinson – Brandon Rowland				0	10
	Nathan Klepper – Wayne Klepper				0	10
	Jason Maxwell – *fished aalone				0	10
	Alan Quick – *Marcus Sherman				0	10
	Ethridge Taylor – *Sean Jensen				0	10
	Andrew Thomas – Tyler Blittingham				0	10

*alternate

07/25/18 Antique

Bob — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 22:44:15 +0000

This event is the 4th of 6 Antiques Division tournaments scheduled for the 2018 season. 32 antique angler teams showed up to fish. Antique angler teams must have one angler in the boats 55 years of age or older.

Jerry Roark reports fishing worms and jigs at depths of 25-30 ft in the White river for his 1st place stringer weighing 17.09lbs anchored with the tournaments 2nd Big Bass.

Terry Thomas and Sam Smith report fishing jigs and swimbaits at depths of 20-25 ft in the James river arm. Their 5 bass limit was anchored by Terrys 4.90lb caught early on a Whopper Plopper in 2 ft of water which was the tournaments Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass.

Robert and Robbie Dodson take third with their 5 bass limit weighing 13.90lbs caught in the Long Creek arm with shallow crankbaits.

SportBoats USA Skeeter boats Incentive goes to Chester Miles fishing from his 2017 Skeeter.

The next Antique tournament will be August 15th taking out of Ahoy’s at 6am.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jerry Roark – *fished aalone	5		4.39	17.09	110	$1,270.00	2BB
2	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith	5	0.5	4.9	16.34	109	$1,050.00	1BB
3	Robert Dodson – Robbie Dodson	5		3.62	13.9	108	$600.00
4	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5		3.88	13.37	107	$380.00
5	Eric Hammond – Mick Hammond	5			12	106	$150.00
6	Stacy King – Mike Roller	5			11.79	105	$130.00
7	Joe Lane – Scott Sparkman	5			11.67	104
8	Bob Meek – Steve Nibert	5	1		11.45	103
9	Pat Leonard – *fished aalone	5		2.86	11.39	102
10	David Mulkey – *Leonard DeClue	5		3.42	11.29	101
11	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5		3.26	11.24	100
12	*Don Wray – Josh Wray	5	0.5		11.22	99
13	Jim Phillips – Cody Phillips	5			10.64	98
14	James Miles – Chester Miles	5			10.55	97	$500.00	Top Skeeter
15	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5			10.32	96
16	*Neil Bryant – Kavan Maybee	5			10.26	95
17	Mason Nail – Rick Carpenter	5			10.14	94
18	Bill Haas – Kathy Haas	5			9.51	93
19	Rich Gamble – Tom Renfro	5			9.34	92
20	Sonny Moore – Gary Brach	5	0.5		9.04	91
21	Chad Morgenthaler – *Greg Wood	4	0.5		7.31	90
22	Rusty Darnell – Greg Blair	3			6.29	89
23	Robert Peduto – Stephen Hoffmann	2		2.9	4.51	88
24	Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnson	2			3.61	87
25	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	1		1.93	1.93	86
26	Randy Roustio –	1		1.58	1.58	85
27	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty				0	10
	Randall Hutson – Bob Hughes				0	10
	Dennis Meyer – Ken Gross				0	10
	David Moore – Bob Moore				0	10
	Jack Stack – Dick Moger				0	10
	Larry Walker – *Brent Compton				0	10

*alternate

07/21/18 Table Rock

Bob — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:15:36 +0000

A hot summer day with lots of sunshine sent the anglers from Joe Bass to look allover the lake for their limits. They also had to dig into their bag of tricks. The anglers used drop shots, spoons, jigs and many more baits to put together the limits that it the scale.

Stacy King, Reeds Springs, MO and Mike Roller, Purdy, MO, used a mixed bag of tricks to bring in a 5 fish limit that weighed 14.12lbs. The team is sponsored by Bass Pro Shops, Nitro, Mercury, Gamakatsu and Rite Hite Industries.

The brother team of Cody Millican and Dakota Millican, both of Highlandville, MO, fished mid-lake to bring in a 5 fish limit that weighed 13.36llbs. The team’s bag held a 5.43lb kicker largemouth. This earned the team the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS of the DAY.

Aaron Hodge and James Bailey, both of Harrison, AR, used mainly jigs for the 5 fish limit that weighed 13.15lbs. The team earned 3rd Place with this sack of fish.

Ed Young fished out of his 2018 FX21 Skeeter. He brought in a 5 fish limit that weighed 12.98lbs. Ed placed 4th and was the highest finishing team in a Skeeter. Ed was the recipient of the Sport Boats USA Joe Bass highest finishing Skeeter award.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Stacy King – Mike Roller	5		2.84	14.12	110	$1,470.00
2	Cody Millican – Dakota Millican	5	1.5	5.43	13.36	109	$1,420.00	1BB
3	Aaron Hodge – James Bailey	5	0.5	4.05	13.15	108	$750.00
4	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5		4.86	12.98	107	$1,650.00	Top Skeeter/2BB
5	Ryan Butler – Dustin Lippe	5		3.39	12.81	106	$340.00
6	Ken Paterson – Kenny Paterson	5		3.58	12.12	105	$250.00
7	Andy Eutsler – Jared Essary	5		2.77	11.9	104	$230.00
8	Bill Virden – *Hayden Harrison	5	0.5	3.34	11.7	103	$200.00
9	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5		3.21	11.7	102	$134.00
10	Wayne Fowler – *fished aalone	5		3.97	11.69	101
11	Ted Vick –	5		3.02	11.61	100
12	Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray	5	0.5		10.99	99
13	Adam Smith – Bill Edwards	5			10.83	98
14	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5	1		10.77	97
15	Jason Newberry – Charlie McConnell	5		3.81	10.67	96
16	Mike Lafferty – Cory Lafferty	5		3.05	10.62	95
17	Jeff Florke – *fished aalone	5		2.88	10.6	94
18	Shane Boyd – Daniel Pueppke	5		2.01	10.45	93
19	Jeff Epley – Kelly Greer	5	0.5		10.32	92
20	Vance Venable – Tyler Stewart	5			10.02	91
21	Tim Jones – *Carl Goins	5		3.06	9.95	90
22	Brent Compton – *Larry Walker	5			9.82	89
23	Ralph Laster – Michael Fiedler	5	0.5	2.01	9.69	88
24	Jeff Bradford – Bob Capps	5			9.32	87
25	Mark Patterson – Brandon Patterson	5	0.5		9.24	86
26	Chad Morgenthaler – Dave Mansue	5			9.07	85
27	Brien Vaughn – Collin Fitzwater	5	0.5	2.04	8.81	84
28	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	5	0.5		8.66	83
29	Joe Lane – Scott Treece	5	0.5		8.23	82
30	Mike Fann – Mark Fann	4			8.19	81
31	Dustin Blevins – Blake Curtis	4			7.64	80
32	Jeff Elkin – Jake Robertson	4			7.62	79
33	*Trustin Radford – Ross Lalli	4	0.5		7.3	78
34	Jim Phillips – Cody Phillips	4	0.5		7.28	77
35	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	3		3.29	7.06	76
36	Jay Carden – Lowe Dustin	3			6.22	75
37	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley	4	1		5.89	74
38	Roger Morris – Gregg Sapp	3			5.1	73
39	Terry Letterman – Doug Smart	3	0.5		4.99	72
40	Rich Gamble – Jacci Gamble	2			4.41	71
41	Jeff Bear – *fished aalone				0	10
	Joe Brantley – *fished aalone				0	10
	John Cates – Mike Edwards				0	10
	*Les Morris – Kent Whitaker				0	10
	Barb Cooper – Marc Cooper				0	10
	Michael Frye – Michael Landwehr				0	10
	Joe Newman – Travis Springer				0	10
	Dean Powers – James Lewis				0	10
	Jason Shifflett – Levi Cline				0	10

*alternate

07/15/18 Twain

Bob — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 23:45:07 +0000

Twain Still Tough

25 teams tried to solve the puzzle of finding 5 keeper bites at Mark Twain Lake Sunday. However only one team managed a 5 fish limit and only twelve teams managed to weigh any fish.
Taking the top spot today was the team of Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander. The Bullseye Bait and Tackle, 154 Marine sponsored team had a plan to hit as many summer offshore spots as possible looking for active fish. Using a one two punch approach with a jig and soft plastics Jim and Keith fished brush piles, Points, and channel drops in the lower end of the lake. Success came early as the team had their weigh in weight by 9:30 with their total weight pushing the scales down to a net 13.84 pounds. Jim also was the Top Finishing Skeeter owner fishing out of his 2007 21 I Class.

Taking the Second place spot Sunday was the team of Charlie Kunkle and Keith Williams Like the first place team, Charlie and Keith focused on Brush Piles and Structure in the lower end of the lake. Charlie and Keith also fished primarily jigs and soft plastics but also mentioned a top water bait fooled the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass weighing 3.92 pounds. Charlie and Keith were only able to bring 4 fish to the scales, but 12.37 pounds was good enough for the runner up position. Charlie and Keith are sponsored by 154 Marine.

Finding themselves in third today was the team of Lonnie Franklin and Pat Estes. The Mexico Missouri Team Junk fished their way to 3rd. They fished Deep, Shallow, Points, Flats, Humps, Bluffs, from take off to weigh in they kept their heads down and their baits wet. Lonnie and Pat only managed 3 keeper bites weighing 6.74 pounds but it was 3/4 of a pound better than the 4th place team.

Our next Mark Twain Lake Tournament sponsored by 154 Marine is August 19 6am take off Robert Allen Ramp.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5	1	3.47	13.84	110	$1,420.00	Top Skeeter
2	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	4		3.92	12.37	109	$750.00	1BB
3	Lonnie Franklin – Pat Estes	3			6.74	108	$300.00
4	Wayne Werle – Jim Lomax	2		3.46	5.96	107	$270.00
5	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh	2			5.05	106	$150.00
6	Denis Repa – Alec Repa	2			4.78	105
7	Kenny Grothoff – *Jeremy Bell	2			4.02	104
8	Steve Hoots – *fished aalone	1		3.75	3.75	103	$100.00	2BB
9	Keith LaBarge – Rich Labarge	2	0.5		3.71	102
10	Mike Tucker – Cory Kunkle	1		3.02	3.02	101
11	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	1		1.93	1.93	100
12	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	1		1.61	1.61	99
13	Rick Beard – Ray Skinner				0	10
13	Kent Coffin – Kirk Coffin				0	10
13	Randy Dameron – *fished aalone				0	10
13	*Rhonda Asbury – Dan Asbury				0	10
13	Tom Herndon – Paul Wiegand				0	10
13	Todd Hessling – Tom Darnell				0	10
13	Jeffery Hofmeister – Joe Chandler				0	10
13	Ryan Hopping – *Dave Dill				0	10
13	*Joe Whitworth – Chris Klenke				0	10
13	Rick McGuire – Roger LaBarge				0	10
13	Dominic Perotti – John Perotti				0	10
13	Kris Slocum – *Nick Slocum				0	10
13	Ken Young – *John Drury				0	10

*alternate

07/15/18 Stockton

Bob — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 23:30:48 +0000

With heat index well over 100 degrees, the Joe Bass anglers found the bite to be difficult at best. As usual, a few teams worked on strategies that found them some fish. Most teams found that jigs and soft plastics used deep around brush would produce for them. Chris Macy, Daimond, MO and Tim Lawyer, LaRussell, MO, found their fish in 25ft of water in the brush. The team used a combination of jigs and soft plastics. They 5 largemouths that hit the scale at 18.14lbs. They had a 7.32lb largemouth that earned them 2nd Big Bass.

The father/son team of Rick and Brock Reinkemeyer, both of Lone Jack, MO, used the same tactics fishing out of Brock’s 2008 20I Skeeter. They had a 5 fish limit that weighed 15.55lbs. They earned 2nd place and the Joe Bass/Sport Boats USA top finishing skeeter monies.

Kent Whitaker, Billings, MO, and Mike Palaska, teamed up to bring in a 5 fish limit that weighed 14.98lbs. Mike caught a 7.49lb largemouth on the second cast of the day. The team was using jigs in the brush. That fish earned the team the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS of the Day. They ended up in 3rd place for the day.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Wgt	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Chris Macy – Tim Lawyer	5	18.1		7.37	18.14	110	$1,820.00	2BB
2	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5	15.6		4.94	15.55	109	$1,440.00	Top Skeeter
3	*Mike Palaska – Kent Whitaker	5	15		7.49	14.98	108	$1,280.00	1BB
4	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5	13.6		4.81	13.57	107	$600.00
5	Justin Delk – Brandon Rummel	4	13.6		5.28	13.55	106	$500.00
6	*Nick Hass – Jared Essary	5	13.3		5.93	13.28	105	$400.00
7	Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley	5	12.2		4.77	12.21	104	$300.00
8	*Charles Ayres – Troy Ayres	5	11.9		3.12	11.9	103	$250.00
9	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	4	10.8		4.31	10.76	102	$200.00
10	Terry Blankenship – Dana Henson	5	10.6			10.64	101	$180.00
11	Brian Reed – Mike Kepler	5	11.1	0.5		10.59	100	$138.00
11	Robert Shackelford – Dusty Richardson	5	10.6			10.59	100	$150.00
13	Joe Brantley – Alan Quick	5	10.5			10.54	98
14	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5	10.3		2.45	10.33	97
15	JR Williams – Lee Jordan	5	10.2		1.84	10.23	96
16	Nick Putnam – Scott Lawson	5	10.2		3.4	10.2	95
17	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5	9.91			9.91	94
18	Tim Hintenach – Dustin Hinkle	5	9.64			9.64	93
19	Jim Davidson – MIke Ashbacher	5	9.35			9.35	92
20	John Williams – Dewayne Weeks	4	9.29		3.87	9.29	91
21	Ted Vick –	4	9.37	0.5	3.83	8.87	90
22	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	4	8.22		3.79	8.22	89
23	Jared Cloyd – *Dee Cloyd	4	8.01			8.01	88
24	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	4	7.99			7.99	87
25	Scott Clift – Ashley Medley	4	8.22	0.5		7.72	86
26	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	3	6.45			6.45	85
27	Austin Morris – Paden Bennett	1	5.73		5.73	5.73	84
28	Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell	3	5.37			5.37	83
29	Matt Garrett – *Jordan Garrett	3	5.27			5.27	82
30	Ronald Decker – Ronald Decker JR	3	4.92			4.92	81
31	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman	2	4.22			4.22	80
32	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire	2	3.56			3.56	79
33	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer	2	3.37			3.37	78
34	Shawn McHaffie – Greg Bohnsack	1	3.02		3.02	3.02	77
35	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	1	2.04		2.04	2.04	76
36	Scott Kennedy – Dan Choate	1	1.94		1.94	1.94	75
37	Terry Kennedy – Matt Tambarello	1	1.69		1.69	1.69	74
38	Kris Von Ahn – Mitch Carlson	1	1.59		1.59	1.59	73
39	*Rich Cooper – Dallas Beasley	1	1.5		1.5	1.5	72
40	Steven Bain – *Shane Harris		0			0	10
	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner		0			0	10
	Jeff Bradford – *Bob Capps		0			0	10
	John Cates – Justin Stevens		0			0	10
	Leonard DeClue – Kelton Morris		0			0	10
	Bill Dennis – Steve Olive		0			0	10
	Harv Dougherty – Dewayne Culver		0			0	10
	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver		0			0	10
	*Gary Jump – Farin Jump		0			0	10
	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes		0			0	10
	George Hance – Rob Norvall		0			0	10
	Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson		0			0	10
	David Hathaway – Dustin Hall		0			0	10
	Matt Hickman – Keith Pflumm		0			0	10
	BJ Hicks – *Steven Lansdown		0			0	10
	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker		0			0	10
	Tim Jones – Jerry Jones		0			0	10
	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer		0			0	10
	*Shane Crewson – Bob Moore		0			0	10
	Edward Nelson – *Zach Nelson		0			0	10
	Randy S Robinson – Kathy Robinson		0			0	10
	Karl Schmidt – *fished aalone		0			0	10
	Keith Sullivan – *fished aalone		0			0	10

*alternate

06/24/18 Twain

Bob — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:53:38 +0000

Teams struggle as tough bite dominates Mark Twain Lake.

The weather leading up to the June 24th tournament had above normal temperatures and precipitation, making traditional summer fishing patterns the bet for success. However, a strong cold front pushed trough the area on Friday pushing temperatures into the mid 50’s for overnight lows and mid 70’s to low 80’s for weekend high temps. Nobody is quite sure what else may have contributed to the tough bite, but it was as tough as many have seen it in years.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Jason Huskey and Bryan Hulsey. The Karrenbrock Excavating sponsored team, started off slowly in the mid-lake area and with no keepers at 10 o’clock, made a move to the lower end of the lake. The move proved critical as the team quickly put their first keeper in the boat at 10:30. Jason and Bryan point hopped the lower end of the lake looking for active fish, their baits of choice were Brushogs and Senko style baits fished in 8 to 12 feet of water to finish their limit. At about 2 o’clock the team made a move back to the mid-lake area and upgraded their limit with a nice chunk that fell for the Brushog on a main lake point. Jason and Bryan needed every bit of the upgrade as their limit weighing a net 10.97 pounds was only a tenth of a pound bigger than the second-place team.

The second-place finish on this tough day belonged to Ken Young and John Drury. The Team had not been on Mark Twain in over a year and perhaps that fact alone helped the team find success as they had no pre-conceived idea of what the fish were doing. Ken and John fished worms and other soft plastics on a shakey head rig in 6 to 15 feet of water on points and channel swings. Included in their 10.87-pound limit was the second big bass of the tournament weighing 3.48 pounds.

Finding the third spot today was the team of Charlie Kunkle and Keith Williams. Big worms and a jig were the baits of choice for this team fishing mainly the lower end of the lake, focusing on timbered points and brush piles in 8 to 20 feet of water. Their 4 fish weighing 9.40 pounds was not only good enough for third place they were also the highest finishing Skeeter fishing out of Keith’s 2014 FX20.

Managing only 3 keeper bites on the day was the team of Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander. Those fish weighing 9.38 pounds was good enough for a fourth-place finish and a Big fish of 4.65 pounds was good enough to be the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass.

Our next 154 Marine sponsored tournament at Mark Twain Lake is July 15th 6am take off Robert Allen Ramp.

27 Teams 2 Limits 40 fish weighed

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	5	0.5		10.97	110	$1,200.00
2	Ken Young – *John Drury	5		3.48	10.87	109	$730.00
3	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	4			9.4	108	$730.00
4	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	3		4.65	9.38	107	$410.00
5	Mike Tucker – Cory Kunkle	3			9.12	106	$172.00
6	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	3			6.76	105
7	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh	3			6.38	104
8	David Shelton – Rustin Hayes	3			6.2	103
9	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	2			4.38	102
10	Deno Ek – Tad Richards	2			3.79	101
11	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	2			3.53	100
12	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann	1		2.78	2.78	99
13	John Perotti – Dominic Perotti	1		2.45	2.45	98
14	Lonnie Franklin – *fished aalone	1		2.18	2.18	97
15	Kent Coffin – Kirk Coffin	1		2.06	2.06	96
16	*fished aalone – Rich Labarge	1		1.92	1.92	95
17	James Altman – Kevin Altman				0	10
	Randy Dameron – *fished aalone				0	10
	Tom Herndon – Paul Wiegand				0	10
	Todd Hessling – Tom Darnell				0	10
	Jeffery Hofmeister – Joe Chandler				0	10
	Steve Hoots – Robin Hessling				0	10
	Jason Kiser – Steve Schaefer				0	10
	Rick Larson – *Chris Klenke				0	10
	Rick McGuire – *Jimmie Greene				0	10
	*Michael Smith – Jim Lomax				0	10
	Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman				0	10

*alternate

06/24/18 Truman

Bob — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:08:40 +0000

Truman Lake continues to show its strength as nearly 700 pounds of bass were brought to the scales in the fourth event of the Joe Bass Truman Division. Following a day of high skies and high humidity, 63 teams dealt with the change up to overcast and rain for tournament day by averaging just shy of 11 pounds per team, with 42 limits caught by the field. Good fishing conditions only heightened the fight for qualifying points for the Joe Bass Team Trails Championship at Table Rock Lake in October. The strength of Joe Bass anglers is becoming recognized nationally as the Trail is proud to send an angler to the BASSMASTER Classic for the second year in a row, with Ryan Butler winning the 2018 honors on the heels of Scott Clift’s visit in 2017.

Topping the field was Truman legend Jerry McCutchen and Kevin Smith. The duo’s best 5 bass for the day pushed the scales to 20.45, an outstanding result for a summer event! What makes their bag even more impressive is their big fish weighed 4.39 pounds, indicating the other four were clones of the big fish. Jerry and Kevin offered their Boats USA Keys to Success centered on working jigs, brush hogs, and a 10” worm in the 6-10’ range for an early limit followed by a few critical culls with suspended fish.

The veteran team of Greg Askew and Terry Case missed the win by just over a .25 pound. Fishing crowded conditions, Greg and Terry amassed their second place weight with a mix of jigs, buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. Their stringer was topped with the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the event, a stud 5.60 lunker!

Sticking with the veteran theme, John Bennett and Darrell Reach rounded out the top three. Under normal conditions, a 19.30 pound sack would take bragging rights, but John and Darrell were forced to be content with a third place run for the day. The pair relied on a variety of presentations including a Whopper Plopper, buzzbait, squarebill, and spinnerbaits, all fished on shallow wood cover.

John Krewson and Charles Sersch took home the Sport Boats USA Skeeter Bonus. Their 18.60 pound bag, which placed them in 5 overall,w as taken from John’s Skeeter bass boat.

The next Truman Division event will launch from Shawnee Bend July 29th at 6:00am.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Wgt	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5	20.5		4.39	20.45	110	$1,600.00
2	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5	20.2		5.6	20.16	109	$1,430.00	1st BB
3	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	5	19.3		4.6	19.3	108	$900.00
4	Chris Callahan – Randy Lutjen	5	18.7		5.43	18.65	107	$600.00
5	John Krewson – Charles Sersch	5	18.6		4.02	18.6	106	$1,500.00	Top Skeeter
6	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams	5	17.6		4.56	17.58	105	$400.00
7	Ed Matthews – Bill Hall	5	17.5		5.5	17.54	104	$530.00	2BB
8	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5	16.6		4.67	16.61	103	$250.00
9	Brad Jelinek – John Slavens	5	16.5		3.84	16.45	102	$200.00
10	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5	15.9			15.86	101	$180.00
11	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5	15.4		3.99	15.42	100	$150.00
12	Tom McGovern – Rick Saunders	5	15.4		3.72	15.4	99	$130.00
13	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5	15.4		4.36	15.36	98
14	Wayne Garrison – Robbie Plowman	5	15.3		4.32	15.34	97
15	Joseph Hull – Brett Fickle	5	15.3		4.57	15.28	96
16	Jonathan Pimentel – Christopher Cross	5	14.7			14.7	95
17	David Hathaway – Dustin Hall	5	14.5		3.87	14.54	94
18	Mike Rowland – *Dave Epema	5	14.5		4.11	14.48	93
19	Kevin Carl – Desmon Carl	5	14.3		4.31	14.31	92
20	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	5	14.1		4.74	14.11	91
21	Eric Zuk – *Chet Douthit	5	14.1		3.94	14.08	90
22	Todd Miller – Cameron Miller	5	14		4.83	14.03	89
23	Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush	5	13.4		5.05	13.43	88
24	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	5	13.4		3.48	13.41	87
25	Justin Miller – Mathew Miller	5	13.1			13.08	86
26	Bill Dennis – Steve Olive	5	12.9		3.71	12.88	85
27	Tim Hintenach – Dustin Hinkle	5	12.6			12.64	84
28	Blake Felix – Keith Nickell	5	12.1			12.12	83
29	Junior Fiedler – *Chris Fielder	5	12		2.65	12.04	82
30	Karl Schmids – Ysabel Arias	5	12		4.28	12.02	81
31	Shawn Crabtree – Reece Crabtree	5	11.9			11.92	80
32	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5	11.8			11.82	79
33	Tony Powers – *fished aalone	5	11.2			11.23	78
34	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	5	11.2		5.13	11.17	77
35	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5	10.9			10.86	76
36	Ron Peek – *fished aalone	4	10.7		3.43	10.65	75
37	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	5	10.3			10.28	74
38	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5	9.89		2.61	9.89	73
39	Billy Greenwell – Kelley Greenwell	5	9.84			9.84	72
40	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	4	9.78		4.77	9.78	71
41	Justin Hosler – Kyle McAdams	5	9.75			9.75	70
42	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	5	9.52			9.52	69
43	Phillip Schwartz – Colby Schwartz	5	8.35		2.36	8.35	68
44	Doug Wallace – Ozzie Wallace	3	8.34		5.12	8.34	67
45	Ricky Clemen – Stacy Howell	5	7.76			7.76	66
46	Denis Repa – Alec Repa	4	7.75			7.75	65
47	Jimmie Snodgrass – Jim Waggoner	4	7.67	0.5		7.17	64
48	Michael Simons – Jacob Simons	3	7.08		3.55	7.08	63
49	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	2	7.04		3.55	7.04	62
50	Ken Mason – Michael Baker	3	7.01		4.71	7.01	61
51	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant	2	6.86		4.1	6.86	60
52	James Macleod – Danny Johnston	4	6.57		2.54	6.57	59
53	*David Rogers – Rusty Darnell	4	6.23			6.23	58
54	David Moore – Bob Moore	3	4.76			4.76	57
55	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	2	3.29			3.29	56
56	Jack Young – Bill McAvoy	1	2.58		2.58	2.58	55
57	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker	2	2.37			2.37	54
58	Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong		0			0	10
	Nicholas Leggett – Alec Mueller		0			0	10
	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky		0			0	10
	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman		0			0	10
	Ted Vick – *fished aalone		0			0	10
	John Williams – James Brown		0			0	10

*alternate

06/23/18 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:53:33 +0000

A break in the high heat and humidity was welcomed by the 64 teams fishing the 1st tournament of summer. The lake was busy with summertime boaters and jet skis but the Joe Bass anglers managed 36 limits out of the 64 teams. All teams returned safely.

Gunter & Williams win $8800.00!

Matt Gunter and Bobby Williams weighed in an impressive 5 bass limit weighing 19.68lbs anchored by the tournaments 2nd big bass of 5.17lbs easily taking 1st place. Matt reports catching their fish on big worms at depths of 15-20 ft. Once their limit had been caught big spoons were tried looking for even bigger fish but were unproductive. In addition to their Joe Bass winnings Matt won an additional $7000.00 from the Phoenix 1st Flight program bringing their total to $8800.00

Todd Choate & Kent Whitaker manage a 5 bass limit weighing 14.86lbs caught on Chompers jigs at depths of 15-25ft with Lews rods and reels.

Mike Coker & alternate Zack Woods weigh in their best 5 at 14.73lbs for 3rd. They report fishing jigs in brush found in the Pomme arm at depths of 10ft.

1st Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass was weighed in by Jonathan Pimentel & Christopher Cross. Jonathan reports catching the toad on a crank wrapped Spro deep diver in the Pomme arm.

Josh Inman & Jeremy Wilson take the SportBoats USA Top Finishing Skeeter Owner $1000.00 incentive fishing from Josh’s 2018 ZX250.

No tickets were to be found at the launch site for the $5 fee. I appreciate all of you who attempted to pay but could not because of the lack of maintenance at the ramp.

Our next Pomme is July 28th taking off from the harbor.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams	5	5.17	19.68	110	$1,800.00	2nd BB
2	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	5	4	14.86	109	$1,060.00
3	Mike Coker – *Zack Woods	5	4.59	14.73	108	$840.00
4	Josh Inman – Jeremy Wilson	5	3.61	14.67	107	$1,600.00	Top Skeeter
5	Jason Newberry – *Nate Poindexter	5	4.77	14.66	106	$500.00
6	Dana Hansen – Terry Blankenship	5	3.33	13.72	105	$400.00
7	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5	2.92	13.68	104	$300.00
8	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5		13.45	103	$250.00
9	*Jason Crist – Donnie Crist	5	5.01	12.92	102	$220.00
10	Jonathan Pimentel – Christopher Cross	3	6.31	12.6	101	$640.00	1st BB
11	Troy Nogosek – Mike Fey Jr	5	3.28	11.93	100	$180.00
12	Dewayne Weeks – Rusty Darnell	5	3.21	11.72	99	$150.00
13	David Hathaway – Dustin Hall	5	4.14	10.97	98
14	Michael Fey – Jeremy Fiedler	5	4.31	10.9	97
15	Paul Marsala – Gus Marsala	5		10.71	96
16	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5	3.09	10.7	95
17	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5		10.57	94
18	Dakota Dearduff – *Harry Tanner	5	2.64	10.29	93
19	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		10.18	92
19	Mike Rowland – *Dave Epema	5		10.18	92
21	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	5		10.14	90
22	Robert Shackelford – Dusty Richardson	4		10.07	89
23	Kenny Doane – Shaun Dugan	5	2.93	10.06	88
24	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge	5		9.8	87
25	Justin Inman – Kyle Tyre	5		9.69	86
25	Jason Maxwell – Ryan Rosenthal	5		9.69	86
27	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	5		9.56	84
28	Floyd Ross – Shane Henson	5		8.8	83
29	Jim Phillips – Cody Phillips	5		8.43	82
30	David Moore – Bob Moore	5		8.23	81
31	Jeremy Powell – Brad Tyer	4	3.85	8.18	80
32	John Williams – James Brown	5		8.02	79
33	Kevin Snyder – Nick Borchers	5		7.15	78
34	Ethridge Taylor – Kristina Taylor	4		7.04	77
35	Dan Morton – *Terry Prall	5		6.91	76
36	James Long – Jerry Rawlings	5		6.9	75
37	Brad Jones – *fished aalone	3	3.57	6.75	74
38	Matt Francka – Farin Jump	5		6.74	73
39	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	5		6.62	72
40	Denis Repa – Alec Repa	5		6.44	71
41	Dan Weber – Robert Leininger	5		6.21	70
42	David Mulkey – *Leonard DeClue	3		6.05	69
43	JR Borror – *fished aalone	3		5.41	68
44	Andrew Thomas – *fished aalone	2		4.87	67
45	Ken Mason – Michael Baker	3		4.61	66
46	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky	2		3.9	65
47	Ted Vick –	2		3.85	64
48	Ernest Hearn – Forest Green	3		3.8	63
49	Sonny Moore – *fished aalone	1	2.35	2.35	62
50	Jack Rankin –	2		2.09	61
51	Rocky Carden – Michael Brooke	1	1.52	1.52	60
52	John Campbell – *David Rogers			0	10
	Cody Campbell – Quinten Carr			0	10
	Joseph DeSeure – Zach Ruether			0	10
	Chris Flood – Brandon Flood			0	10
	Jesse Gardner – *Charles Cadenhead			0	10
	Tim Jones – Jerry Jones			0	10
	Thomas Kite – Bobby Kistler			0	10
	Kellen O’Keefe – *fished aalone			0	10
	Luke Routh – Deven Kauffman			0	10
	Karl Schmids – Ysabel Arias			0	10
	Kris Schroeder – *Alisha Schroder			0	10
	Dale Turner – Mike Walker			0	10
	Jason Weast – Miles			0	10

*alternate

06/06/18 Antique

Bob — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:23:35 +0000

Pat Leonard & Eric Olliverson weigh in 5 bass totaling 16.58lbs for 1st. They report fishing from near the launch area to the James river with crankbaits and topwaters at depths of 20-40 ft culling through 13 keepers.

Doc Seger & John Kremmer take 2nd with 5 bass weighing 15.74lbs reportedly caught on Chompers Eraser jigs and Chompers flipping tubes at depths of 3ft in the White river.

Bob Meek & Steve Nibert take third with their best five weighing 15.68lbs. They report fishing in the dam area with spooks over a 100ft of water. There limit was anchored by the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass.

SportBoats USA Skeeter boats Incentive goes to Mike Lafferty fishing from his 2018 ZX250 earning him an additional $1000!

The next Antique tournament will be July 25th taking out of Ahoy’s at 630am.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Pat Leonard – Eric Olliverson	5		3.91	16.58	110	$1,100.00
2	Doc Seger – *John Kremmer	5		4.14	15.74	109	$820.00
3	Bob Meek – Steve Nibert	5		5.06	15.68	108	$680.00	1BB
4	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5		4.57	15.68	107	$350.00	2BB
5	Wayne Fowler – Mike Lafferty	5		4.52	14.23	106	$1,180.00	Top Skeeter
6	Chad Morgenthaler – Dave Mansue	5		3.3	13.33	105	$150.00
7	Eric Hammond – Mick Hammond	5		4.07	12.97	104
8	Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnson	5		3.01	12.61	103
9	Rusty Darnell – Greg Blair	5		3.84	12.28	102
10	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith	5		2.82	11.49	101
11	Robert Dodson – Robbie Dodson	5			11.34	100
12	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5			11.32	99
13	Mason Nail – Rick Carpenter	5		2.71	11.13	98
14	Bill Haas – Kathy Haas	5			10.47	97
15	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge	5	0.5		10.09	96
16	Ben Elkins – Bud Day	4		4.29	10.02	95
17	Larry Walker – *Brent Compton	5			9.81	94
18	Leonard DeClue – *Danny Friend	5			9.6	93
19	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5			9.36	92
20	*Harvey Hornee – Charlie Harp	5	1		9.1	91
21	Mike Smith – Kavan Maybee	4			8.02	90
22	John Williams – James Brown	4			7.62	89
23	Robert Peduto – Stephen Hoffmann	2	0.5		3.23	88
24	Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard	1		1.94	1.94	87
25	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	1		1.64	1.64	86
26	Randy Roustio –	1		1.57	1.57	85
27	Marc Czachowski – Al Czachowski				0	10
	Lonnie Gray – *Fred Peck				0	10
	Scott Lowe – Jerry Johnson				0	10
	Greg Wood – Shawn Newberry				0	10

*alternate

06/03/18 Mark Twain

Bob — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:49:35 +0000

Hendrix and Zumwalt win Again!
Newcomers Weber and Phillips take Second
Coyner and Ostrander Find Third

34 teams gathered for the 3rd of six Joe Bass tournaments at Mark Twain Lake.

Early dock talk was that keepers were fairly easy to catch, with many males guarding fry, but quality bites were difficult, as the bigger females were for the most part in the “Post Spawn Funk”.
“When Its Your day, Its Your Day!” Those were the words uttered by Keith Hendrix and Greg Zumwalt as this team experienced a “Dream Day” on the water.
Both team members were busy during the week prior and only put in a few hours of practice on Saturday and that time was hindered by strong thunder storms and high winds making it difficult to fish most of the areas the team wanted to fish. Looks like that turned out to be a blessing, as they didn’t burn any bites in their primary areas and with the wind shifting to the north westerly direction made their areas more fishable.

At take off the team went to an area in mid-lake they knew had fish and promptly put a limit in the boat. However, it wasn’t the quality they had hoped for. So, the team began a milk run hoping to find post spawn females outside spawning pockets and creeks. Keith and Greg fished Yum Dingers and Big Bite Trick Sticks in 3 to 7 feet of water around a mixture of chunk rock and brush and found the “Mother Load”. Keith and Greg had 20 keepers on the day and their best 5 weighed an astonishing 25.46 pounds besting the second place team by over 8 pounds! Included in their sack was the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass weighing 6.14 pounds! Keith and Greg are sponsored by 154 Marine, Gene Larew, HPW Lures, JC Auto and Truck Parts, Crop Rotation Service, Dyna Gro Seed and Jack’s Harbor Marine.

Newcomers to Joe Bass Team Trail is the team of Steve Weber and Sam Phillips. Steve and Sam Made the run down to Lick Creek and fished Main and Secondary points with Ozark Tackle 10 inch worms and Senko style baits, had a limit within the first hour then moved to Indian Creek and upgraded their limit Carolina rigging their baits on points and mixed in a Strike King 2.5 Square bill. With about an hour to go, the team made the call to move up to the mid lake area in hopes a last minute upgrade. Well their decision proved to be a good one as they boated a 3 pounder in the closing minutes, bringing their final weight of 17.01 pounds good enough for second place also making Steve the highest finishing Skeeter owner.

Taking the third position today was the team of Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander. Jim and Keith did what works best for them this time of year, Run and Gun. The 154 Marine and Bullseye Bait and Tackle sponsored team fished from the dam area and Lick Creek all the way back to the split of South and Middle Fork fishing Jigs and soft plastics around points and brush hitting as many as 25 spots on the day looking for active fish. In the end the teams best 5 weighed 16.74 pounds.

34 teams 130 fish weighed 19 limits.

Our next 154 Marine division tournament will be June 24th 6am take off Robert Allen Ramp.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	5		6.1	25.45	110	$1,690.00
2	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	5		3.7	17.01	109	$1,030.00
3	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5		4	16.74	108	$510.00
4	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	5		3.5	16.03	107	$300.00
5	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	5		4.9	15.71	106	$250.00
6	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh	5		4.6	15.06	105	$174.00
7	Dustin Hines – Jim Jenkins	5		3.9	15.03	104
8	Rick McGuire – Roger LaBarge	5		3.5	13.64	103
9	Doug Buhr – Greg Braun	5		4	13.18	102
10	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann	5			12.34	101
11	Rick Larson – *Chris Klenke	5			12	100
12	Keith LaBarge – Rich Labarge	5		3.1	11.96	99
13	Steve Hoots – *Gary Koenig	5			11.86	98
14	Tom Herndon – Paul Wiegand	5			11.74	97
15	Jim Brown – Gary Dingledine	5			11.49	96
16	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	5	0.5		11.25	95
17	Todd Hessling – Tom Darnell	5	1.5		11.15	94
18	Dee Embree – Dan Asbury	5			11.02	93
19	Brian Schumacher – *fished aalone	4		5.2	10.89	92	$140.00
20	David Shelton – Rustin Hayes	5			10.81	91
21	Mike Tucker – Cory Kunkle	4			9.95	90
22	Kent Coffin – Kirk Coffin	3		4.5	9.63	89
23	*Alan Parn – Dominic Perotti	4			9.23	88
24	Jason Kiser – Steve Schaefer	3	0.5	4.7	8.69	87
25	Deno Ek – Tad Richards	4	0.5		8.63	86
26	Wayne Werle – Jim Lomax	4			8.51	85
27	Jeffery Hofmeister – Joe Chandler	3			6.8	84
28	Lonnie Franklin – Pat Estes	2			4	83
29	Nick Morris – *fished aalone	2			3.85	82
30	Mark Grigsby – Dan Bargmann	1		2	1.98	81
31	Drake Fredrick – Larry Fredrick	1		1.9	1.88	80