Joe Bass Team Trail

2019 Invitational Results

Bob — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:16:58 +0000

Stoked with anticipation, 164 teams gathered at beautiful Bucksaw Resort and Marina to celebrate the 2019 season, put their name in the drawing for a new Skeeter bass boat, and compete for the crown for the 2019 Joe Bass Team Trails Invitational Tournament. Events started off with demo rides courtesy of Tim Reed and the Skeeter Demo Team. Bucksaw provided an awesome meal followed by give-aways from Joe Bass sponsors. Before drilling into the tournament results, a thousand thanks go out to Rick and Tonya Gilley of Bucksaw Resort for the tremendous tournament accommodations. In addition to the Friday night meal, the crew at the marina restaurant provided a great buffet for breakfast and a stellar dinner on Saturday night. Keeping the anglers topped off with coffee and snacks during Sunday mornings fog delay was no easy task, but one their crew tackled with smiles! Plan early for next year’s event which will also be hosted by Bucksaw Resort and Marina.

Now to the fishing! Lapping the majority of the field with a runaway win was the team of Scott and Brandon Hill. Their ten fish total pushed the scales to a staggering 40.10 pounds. What makes their bag even more impressive is the lack of a truly big fish, as their best weighed 4.69 pounds. Do the math, that’s a stout set of limits from top to bottom! Scott shared their Sport Boats USA Key to Success was fishing spinnerbaits and chatterbaits on flat banks in the lower Osage arm. Of particular importance was patience, as Scott noted they would lower the Power Poles to make multiple casts to targets such as a log or piece of standing timber before they could draw a strike.

Brad Jelinek and Brock Reinkemeyer nabbed second place with a super strong 35.49 pound ten fish limit. The common thread to the winner’s approach was their selection of spinnerbaits as their primary weapon, although there was a mention of a crappie bait thrown into the discussion as a diversion! In place of patience, they literally wore the trolling motor out each day as they covered water. They didn’t concentrate on any particular type of bank, as keepers game from both steep and flat banks.

Rounding out the top three was the day one leaders, Luke Routh and Tyler Weaver. Pounding the day 1 scales with a 23.98 limit, Luke and Tyler followed up with a second limit on the fog-shortened final day to amass a total of 34.64 pounds. Chatterbaits were their choice of lures as they concentrated on steeper banks. Catching a lot of fish helps, as Luke and Tyler noted they culled through around three dozen keepers during the event to garner their final weight.

The Day 1 Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass was caught by the team of Blake Burford and Tim Collins. Although they struggled a bit on quantity, Blake and Tim more than made up for that with quality as their 6.21 lunker was the biggest bass weighed during the event. Their toad hit a Chompers jig worked next to a cedar tree in 10 feet of water.

The Day 2 Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass was wrangled by the long-time Truman team of Mark Riegel and JR Shinn. Adding to their fourth-place overall finish, their kicker bit a jig pitched behind a log. After considerable debate, it was concluded the depth to be somewhere in the general vicinity of 5’6” and 5’9”!

The Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter award went to Roger and Chase Fitzpatrick. Roger explained their two-day total of 29.35 pounds of Truman bass found their way to the Skeeter boat after hitting Omega spinnerbaits fished from Berry Bend back to the Mile Bridge section of the Osage Arm.

The big winner of the tournament was Mr. Jeff Moore, as he went home with a striking charcoal/yellow Skeeter Bass Boat, compliments of Sport Boats USA and Skeeter Performance Fishing Boats. Jeff and his partner Rick Bowman struggled a bit with the ever-changing weather and water conditions but made the weekend worth their while when Jeff’s name was drawn as the winner of the boat! Special thanks again to Skeeter Boats for their unmatched support of Joe Bass Team Trails!

Congratulations to the Joe Bass Team Trail teams attending the BASS Team Championship held on Lake Hartwell, Anderson, South Carolina – December 11-14, 2019

With the 2019 season in the books, the 2020 competition starts in earnest in a few weeks with Rusty’s Bull Shoals Division kicking off November 9^th from Buck Creek Marina. Timmy’s Lake of the Ozark season will commence November 24^th from Alhonna Resort.

Invitational Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Payout
1	Scott Hill – Brandon Hill	10	4.7	40.1	$8,770.00
2	Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer	10	4.7	35.49	$4,760.00
3	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	10	5.6	34.64	$4,270.00
4	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	10	6	33.92	$3,260.00	Day 2 BB
5	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	10	5.3	30.44	$1,500.00
6	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	10	3.8	29.92	$800.00
7	Roger Fitzpatrick – Chase Fitzpatrick	9	5.7	29.35	$1,700.00	Top Skeeter
8	Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray	10	4.2	29.03	$600.00
9	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	10	5.1	28.05	$500.00
10	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	9	5.1	27.67	$500.00
11	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell	9	4.4	26.88	$450.00
12	Marty Watson – Doug Long	9	4.3	26.65	$400.00
13	Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard	10	5.3	26.53	$400.00
14	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	10	3.1	26.39	$400.00
15	Scott Hankinson – Brandon Rowland	8	5.5	25.89	$350.00
16	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	8	5.2	25.51	$300.00
17	Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull	9	5.2	25.36	$250.00
18	John Krewson – Tony Powers	9	2.9	24.24	$250.00
19	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	8	3.8	23.13	$250.00
20	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	10	3.1	22.85	$250.00
21	Mark Patterson – Brandon Patterson	8	4.5	22.21	$200.00
22	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	10	2.9	21.29	$200.00
23	Rich Campbell – Ashley Medley	6	3.9	20.87	$200.00
24	Mark Thompson – Jim Smith	10	2.9	20.83	$200.00
25	Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnson	8	3.5	20.16	$200.00
26	Sophia Spencer-Asbell – Ronald Deckard JR	7	3.5	20.11
27	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	8	2.7	19.35
28	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	8	3.7	19.26
29	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	8	3	18.75
30	Brad Dooley – Terry Jones	7	4.8	18.33
31	John Campbell – Chuck Roberts	7	4	17.97
32	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	9	3.4	17.83	$1,000.00	Save A Receipt
33	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	8		17.65
34	Chet Douthit – Bill Hendrick	7	4.6	17.55
35	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	6	5	17.49
36	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams	5	4.7	17.49
37	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	6	3.3	17.37
38	Jeremy Fly – Marc Czachowski	6	3.5	17.21
39	Isaac Lowden – Justin Inman	5	4.6	16.99
40	Joel Whitworth – Keven White	6	5.1	16.92
41	Scott Danek – Scott Danek Jr	7		16.89
42	Scott Sparkman – Joe Lane	8	2.9	16.58
43	Wayne Garrison – Robbie Plowman	6	3.2	16.3
44	John Williams – James Brown	7		15.93
45	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	6	3.3	15.32
46	Jack Young – Bill McAvoy	7	2.5	15.31
47	Casey Brotherton – Mike White	6		14.89
48	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	6	3.3	14.86
49	Tim Fisher – Aaron Fisher	7		14.14
50	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5	3.4	13.85
51	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	5	3.4	13.72
52	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5	3.1	13.71
53	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5	3.7	13.61
54	Dave Epema – Danny Bowman	5		13.22
55	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant	5	3.1	13.21
56	Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong	5	3.3	13.04
57	Shawn Crabtree – Reece Crabtree	5		12.53
58	Randy Gain – Chuck Mueller	5	3.2	12.35
59	Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson	5		12.26
60	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	5	2.6	12.25
61	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5	2.5	12.06
62	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	5		11.77
63	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	6	1.8	11.55
64	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge	5		11.52
65	Rocky Carden – Shawn McHaffie	5		11.34
66	James Macleod – Danny Johnston	6	2.5	11.33
67	Dominic Perotti – Jim Sexton	4	3.5	11.17
68	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	4	4.6	11.07
69	James Long – Jimmy Lester	5	2.9	10.88
70	Mark Moody – Tammy Moody	5	3	10.86
71	Drew Sagely – Taylor Surly	4	3.1	10.56
72	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5		10.4
73	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	4	3.4	10.38
74	Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown	5	2.4	10.38
75	Stephan Luckett – Ty Reeves	5	2.7	10.18
76	Dan Weber – Robert Leininger	3	4	9.62
77	Paul Hager – Phil Allen	4		9.61
78	Tom McGovern – Chris McGovern	4		9.46
79	Gary Cox – Don Cox	3	4.3	9.31
80	Blake Burford – Tim Collins	2	6.2	8.35	$500.00	Day 1 BB
81	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	3	4.5	8.16
82	Danny Burns – Ival Hannah	3		7.95
83	JR Borror – Ross Lalli	2	5.1	7.84
84	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	3		7.8
85	Wayne Werle – Jim Lomax	3		7.7
86	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II	4		7.38
87	Dave Strutman – Denny Lambert	3		7.33
88	Ralph Laster – Steve Helms	3		7.19
89	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	3		7.09
90	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards	3		6.83
91	Jason Weast – Scott Miles	4		6.77
92	Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick	3		6.64
93	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	2	4.4	6.63	Skeeter boat
94	Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer	2	4.3	6.51
95	Ozzie Wallace – Brian Vanderzeil	3		6.38
96	Todd Hessling – Tom Darnell	2		6.28
97	Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk	3	3.3	6.2
98	Mason Nall – Rick Carpenter	2		5.7
99	Jared Knuth – David Knuth	2	3.8	5.2
100	Wayne Fowler – Darryl Knacksted	2		5.2	$500.00	Demo Ride
101	Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein	1	5.2	5.17
102	Tom Herndon – Jason VanBeers	2		5.13
103	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes	2		5.08
104	Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe	1	5	5.04
105	Matt Ceasar – Ed Larson	1	4.9	4.85
106	Kipp Easley – Johnn Williams	2	2.9	4.85
107	Ron Hills – Ray Holt	1	4.8	4.77
108	Denis Repa – Peter Repa	2		4.73
109	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	2		4.64
110	Larry Hurtt – Chris Adams	2		4.5
111	Kevin Love – Parker Love	2		3.7
112	Robin Hessling	1	3.7	3.65
113	Michael Frye – Michael Landwehr	1	3	2.99
114	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire	1	2.9	2.85
115	Matt Layman – Randy Colter	1	2.7	2.69
116	George Spicer – Jeff Bledsoe	1	2.6	2.55
117	Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane	1	2.5	2.54
118	Tony Habiger – Keith LaBarge	1	2.5	2.53
119	Rodney Bowersox – Randy Davis	1	2.5	2.52
120	Gary Daniel – Jay Oliver	1	2.5	2.47
121	Jay Carden – Dustin Lowe	1	2.3	2.32
122	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	1	2.3	2.27
122	Ron Peek – Pat Deaton	1	2.3	2.27
124	William Luethje	1	2.1	2.14
125	Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler	1	2.1	2.13
126	Pat Leonard	1	2	2.02
127	Troy Nogosek – Jeremy Fiedler	1	1.9	1.86
128	Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley	1	1.7	1.73
129	John Cates	1	1.5	1.49
130	Stacy Howell – Robert Traquair	1	1.3	1.31
131	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith	1	1.2	1.22
132	Jerry Addington – Jasper Addington			0
	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear			0
	Michael Bray – Nathan Klepper			0
	Jim Brown – Gary Dingledine			0
	Chuck Clutts Jr. – Ryne Borchelt			0
	Barb Cooper – Marc Cooper			0
	Jordan Dibben – Jason Conner			0
	Ben Elkins – Bud Day			0
	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker			0
	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair			0
	Randy Krull – Greg West			0
	Terry Letterman – Doug Smart			0
	LG Linville – Barry Mackey			0
	Keith Livingston – Steve Livingston			0
	John Martin – Jeff Jones			0
	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith			0
	James McCutchen – Lowell Wascher			0
	Roger Morris – Gregg Sapp			0
	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky			0
	Nathan Oliver – Jamie Eynard			0
	Wes Reger – Kirby Ricketts			0
	Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds			0
	Greg Miller			0
	Karl Schmidt			0
	Greg Seiner – Gene Mayfield			0
	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon			0
	Steve Teske – Jon Wall			0
	Larry Wright – Doug Wallace			0

09/22/19 Ozarks

Bob — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:01:37 +0000

24 Teams gathered at Alhonna Resort for the season finale of the Lake of the Ozarks Division, sponsored by Bassing Bob. Partly cloudy skies changed to a steady rain as the remnants of a tropical storm moved up through the Mid-west, forcing teams to adjust to the changing conditions.

Coming in first place today was the team of Roger and Chase Fitzpatrick. Roger and Chase fished both Deep and Shallow from Close to take off up to the Grand Glaze Bridge area. The teams deep bites came on a 1oz Omega football jig with a Biospawn Vilebug trailer. Their shallow bites came by flipping a 3/8oz Omega jig with the Biospawn Vilebug trailer around docks. The teams best five dipped the scales to 17.87 pounds. With the win Roger also collected The Highest finishing Skeeter incentive Money. Roger and Chase are Sponsored by Skeeter Boats, Yamaha, Sports Boats USA, Lowrance, TH Marine, Power Pole, St. Croix Rods, P Line, Daiwa, Omega Lures, Biospawn, Crankwraps and Fitz Fishing.

Taking the Runner Up position today was the team Of Scott and Scott Danek. The Mercury, Nitro, Motorguide sponsored team fished from the Dam area back to take off fishing brush piles in 10 to 20 feet of water. Not all piles held quality fish so the team moved around a lot hitting at least 25 piles through out the day. Plastic worms were the teams bait of choice.

Rounding out the top three was the team of Nathan Oliver and Jamie Eynard. Nathan and Jamie stayed within 5 Miles of take off fishing from 2 feet to 25 anywhere the thought they might get a bite. The team caught fish on “Everything in the tackle box” bringing 5 fish to the scales weighing 16.73 pounds. With their 3rd place finish, Nathan and Jamie “Sealed the Deal” and won the Division Points Race and will be boat #1 for the 2020 season. Nathan and Jamie are sponsored by Elite Angler, Merten’s Bait and Tackle, Tombstone Tackle, Omega Custom Tackle and Bassing Bob

Adam and Drew Boehle fished together and had a strong showing finishing 7th with 5 fish weighing 13.60 pounds. Included in their bag was the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass weighing 5.59 pounds. the team stated that the big fish fell for a jig flipped to a boat dock.

The 2020 Lake of the Ozarks division will kick off November 24, 2019. returning to Alhonna Resort.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Roger Fitzpatrick – Chase Fitzpatrick	5	5.16	17.87	110	$1,890.00
2	Scott Danek – Scott Danek Jr	5	4.53	17.28	109	$700.00
3	Nathan Oliver – Jamie Eynard	5	4.5	16.73	108	$610.00
4	Cory Cook – Roger Cook	5	5.45	16.3	107	$420.00
5	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	5	3.94	14.15	106
6	Rick Fishback – Terry Blankenship	5	4.39	13.9	105
7	*Drew Boehle – Adam Boehle	5	5.59	13.6	104	$140.00
8	*Lawson Hibdon – Dirk Sluyter	5	4.14	13.44	103
9	Paul Hager – Phil Allen	5	3.63	12.77	102
10	Mark Dunbar – Andrew Eisterhold	5	3.49	12.74	101
11	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5	4.41	12.6	100
12	Randy Krull – *Roger Krull	5	4.04	11.22	99
13	Matt Miller – Kory Ries	4	4.2	9.91	98
14	Michael Bray – Nathan Klepper	4		9.67	97
15	Randy Gain – Chuck Mueller	5		7.81	96
16	Chuck Clutts Jr. – Ryne Borchelt	2		5.92	95
17	Stephan Luckett – Ty Reeves	3		4.55	94
18	Jerry Addington – Jasper Addington	3		3.85	93
19	Grant Akers – *Brock Dover			0	10
	Rusty Darnell – *Dave Rogers			0	10
	Eric Dearduff – *Nick Weinreich			0	10
	Derek Galitin – Ryan Fritz			0	10
	Ralph Laster – Steve Helms			0	10
	Jason Swarnigan – *fished aalone			0	10

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09/08/19 Stockton

Bob — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:13:53 +0000

With high skies and hot temps the Joe Bass anglers took off for a fun filled day of fishing. Most teams talked of alot of fish caught. The tackle the anglers used were primarily top water and bottom baits like jigs and soft plastics. Although lots were caught the big girls were not biting that well. Several limits came across the stage but giants were not present.

The team of Jim Davidson and Mike Ashbacher, both of Arma, KS, sponsored by Albers Marine, Lews, Mercury, Nitro, Pro Guide Batteries and War Eagle, used a number of baits to bring in a 5 fish limit that weighed 16.38lbs. This earned them 1st Place.

Rick Fishback, Springfield, MO and Denny Carver, Buffalo, MO, sponsored by Hummingbird, MinnKota, Skeeter, Yamaha, Sport Boats USA, Lews, Chompers and CrankWraps, used their electronics to help put a nice sack of 5 in the boat that weighed 16.01lbs, to take 2nd Place. Rick also was fishing out of his 2019 Skeeter FX21 boat to take home the highest finishing Skeeter award of the Day.

The 2018 Stockton Division Champions, Chris Macy, Diamond, MO, and Tim Lawyer, LaRussell, MO, stated the year had been a little rough on them with the high water. But this day was better with a 5 fish limit that weighed 14.68lbs. Their key was shallow fish with the baits stated earlier in this story.

Danny Waite and Brad Martin, Springfield, MO sponsored by A&W, caught the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS of the Day using a jig and it weighed 4.40lbs.

We at JOE BASS would like to take this opportunity to thank all the anglers that fished the Stockton Division for your loyalty to the trail. It has been my pleasure to work with all of you. Rusty

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jim Davidson – Mike Ashbacher	5		4.31	16.38	110	$2,180.00	2BB
2	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5		3.71	16.01	109	$2,080.00	Top Skeeter
3	Chris Macy – Tim Lawyer	5		4.03	14.68	108	$820.00
4	Justin Delk – Brandon Rummel	5		3.38	14.42	107	$500.00
5	Ben Saubers – Nick Saubers	5		3.36	14.15	106	$380.00
6	Danny Waite – *Brad Martin	5		4.4	13.93	105	$580.00	1BB
7	Greg Seiner – *Kevin Ingle	5			13.49	104	$240.00
8	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	5		2.98	13.29	103	$180.00
9	Wayne Fowler – Darryl Knacksted	5			13.11	102	$160.00
10	John Cates – *Allen McMillin	5			12.96	101
11	Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley	5	0.5	3.29	12.7	100
12	Cody Grider – Mike Anderson	5			12.61	99
13	Robert Cowan – Dallas Beasley	5		3.16	12.57	98
14	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5		2.82	12.57	97
15	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	5		2.84	12.32	96
16	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	5		3.13	12.15	95
17	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5			12.02	94
18	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5			11.98	93
19	Jeremy Montgomery – Devin Pino	5			11.9	92
20	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5		2.9	11.88	91
21	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5	1		11.86	90
22	Justin Angel – Scott Angel	5			11.77	89
23	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	5			11.68	88
24	David Hughes – *Austin Lowry	5			11.54	87
25	Wes Reger – Kirby Ricketts	5			11.39	86
26	Mark Moody – Tammy Moody	4		3.42	11.16	85
27	George Spicer – Jeff Bledsoe	5			11	84
28	Mike Hagensicker – *fished aalone	5			10.84	83
29	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	5			10.81	82
30	Scott Clift – Ashley Medley	4			10.13	81
31	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes	4			9.99	80
32	Floyd Ross – Shane Henson	4			9.83	79
33	Denis Repa – Alec Repa	3			8.76	78
34	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer	4			8.68	77
35	Mike Daley – Kellie Daley	4			8.58	76
36	Ronald Deckard – Ronald Deckard JR	4			8.27	75
37	*Ashley Ruggles – Dillon Statler	3			6.15	74
38	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	2			3.25	73
39	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire				0	10
	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear				0	10
	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown				0	10
	Jared Cloyd – Dee Cloyd				0	10
	Ron Hills – Ray Holt				0	10
	Dustin Keys – Doug Hainley				0	10
	Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe				0	10
	Robert Shackelford – Dusty Richardson				0	10

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09/07/19 Table Rock

Bob — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:08:49 +0000

With the final event makeup being pushed to September, many hoped for a cooling trend to activate the fishing. However, summer retained its grip as 36 teams launched from the Ahoy Ramp in hot steamy conditions in search of daily honors as well as much-needed points towards qualifying for the Joe Bass Championship to be held in October from Bucksaw Resort on Truman Lake.

Closing out the season with a win was Kavan Maybee and Josh Wray. They wrangled a stout 18.34 bag to the scales to secure first place. Anchoring their limit with a 4.33 largemouth, they also took the Ozarks Chevrolet Big Bass honors for the event. Kevin noted their Sport Boats USA Key to Success was mixing a topwater pattern of covering water for 3 keepers with their other two coming on a deep spoon bite.

Mike Smith teamed with Donald Wray to anchor second place. Their best five pushed the scales to 15.83 pounds. They also mixed a shallow pattern with a deep approach. They boated three keepers on a shallow squarebill bite with shad present being a key indicator. They followed that with a pair of keepers on a deep jig bite.

Rounding out the top three, Tom and Dillon Statler boated a solid 14.47 pound limit for their day’s efforts. Dillon shared they went through nine keepers on an all-day bite. They drug Chompers football jigs on points in the 15’-35’ range to get their bites.

Mike Gold and Eric Oliverson claimed the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter award, fishing frogs and buzzbaits from their 2019 ZX250 Sport Boats USA Skeeter.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray	5		4.33	18.34	110	$2,020.00	1BB
2	Mike Smith – Donald Wray	5		4.21	15.83	109	$1,240.00	2BB
3	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5		3.75	14.47	108	$720.00
4	Terry Hutchison – Jason Coley	5		2.76	12.26	107	$400.00
5	Matt Ceasar – Ed Larson	5	0.5		12.2	106	$220.00
6	Cody Grider – Mike Anderson	5		3.56	11.72	105	$180.00
7	Mike Gold – Eric Olliverson	5	0.5		11.52	104	$1,160.00	Top Skeeter
8	Cody Millican – Dakota Millican	5		2.96	11.51	103
9	Cory Cook – Roger Cook	5			11.42	102
10	Jeremy Fly – Marc Czachowski	4		3.3	10.63	101
11	Jared Gobel – Slade Wilson	5			10.63	100
12	LG Linville – Barry Mackey	4		3.32	10.39	99
13	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5			10.04	98
14	Barb Cooper – Marc Cooper	5			9.52	97
15	Chad Morgenthaler – Dave Mansue	5			9.3	96
16	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	4			9.26	95
17	Tom Daegling – Kyle Morie	4			8.19	94
18	Michael Frye – Michael Landwehr	4			7.98	93
20	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	2		3.47	5.95	91
21	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	2			4.83	90
22	William Luethje – Dan Villars	2			3.97	89
23	*Nick Weisemeyer – Ival Hannah	1		1.92	1.92	88
24	Dustin Blevins – Blake Curtis				0	10
	Ryan Butler – Dustin Lippe				0	10
	John Cates – Mike Edwards				0	10
	Shawn Crabtree – Reece Crabtree				0	10
	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky				0	10
	Mike Fann – Mark Fann				0	10
	Wayne Fowler – Darryl Knacksted				0	10
	Shane Harms – Dillon Harms				0	10
	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson				0	10
	Terry Letterman – Doug Smart				0	10
	Troy Nogosek – Jeremy Fiedler				0	10
	James Watson – Ben Hill				0	10
	Ed Young – Joey Penzo				0	10
	Jerry Roark – *fished aalone

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09/11/19 Antique

Bob — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:50:39 +0000

Pat Leonard & Eric Olliverson finished the Antique Division with a win securing them as Division Champions. They report fishing big worms in the Aunts Creek area at depths of 15-25 ft. Eric’s 4.9 lb largemouth won Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass.

Jim Dopp & Harlin Husky report fishing jigs and worms from Indian Point to Kimberling City at depths of 15-25 ft for their 5 fish limit.

Third goes to Josh Wray & Mike Smith fishing whopper ploppers and football jigs in Long Creek at depths of inches to 30 ft.

Top Skeeter goes to Mike Gold & Larry Brooks fishing from Mikes Skeeter.

Photo

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Pat Leonard – Eric Olliverson	5	4.9	18.37	110	$1,320.00	1BB
2	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5	4.7	14.65	109	$890.00	2BB
3	*Josh Wray – Mike Smith	5	4.1	14.51	108	$470.00
4	Mason Nall – Rick Carpenter	5	3.2	13.89	107	$180.00
5	Mike Gold – Larry Brooks	5	3.7	13.61	106	$500.00	Top Skeeter
6	Ron Hills – *Justin Brand	5	3.2	13.59	105
7	Terry Thomas – *Roger Mathews	5	3.8	12.17	104
8	Tim Fisher – Aaron Fisher	5	3.4	11.78	103
9	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5		11.38	102
10	Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnson	5		11.05	101
11	Ben Elkins – *Bud Day	4		9.48	100
12	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	2		5.13	99
13	Charles Rexford – Rick Cagle	2	3	4.89	98
14	*Sam Harkey – Robert Waggoner	1	3.1	3.1	97
15	Rusty Darnell – Greg Blair			0	10
	Wayne Fowler – Darryl Knacksted			0	10
	Gerald McDaniel – *Ray Holt			0	10
	Bob Meek – Steve Nibert			0	10
	Jack Stack – Dick Moger			0	10
	Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard			0	10
	Hunter Whitely – Doug Smith			0	10

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08/25/19 Truman

Bob — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:25:39 +0000

Following the scorching conditions in the July event, one could expect a repeat for an August tournament on Truman. However, conditions turned out to be mild with overcast skies for the wrap up of the 2019 Truman Lake division. Lake levels dropped to the 714-715’ range, allowing for a return to Shawnee Bend boat ramp, where 81 teams met to compete for daily honors as well as much-needed points towards qualifying for the Joe Bass Championship to be held in October from Bucksaw Resort on Truman Lake.

Closing out the season with a win was the family team of Jared and David Knuth. Jared explained their Sport Boats USA Key to Success was working Delta Lure Thunder jigs in the 6-10’ depth range. David noted they also mixed in 10” red shad and green pumpkin Power Worms to bag the top weight of 18.97 pounds.

Keeping with the family trend, Mark and Markie Thompson came in a close second with 18.66. Noting that a lost lunker at the boat likely cost them first place, the pair hurled spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and David Ryan Black Market Balsa square bills in less than 2’of water to amass their weight. They added to their take-home winnings by claiming the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter award, as they fished from Mark’s Sport Boats USA ZX225 Skeeter.

Rounding out the top three was the ever strong team of Jerry McCutchen and Kevin Smith. Jerry noted their pattern centered on spinnerbaits in the 6’ range. They also mixed in a brush hog to round out their limit.

Mark Reigel, fishing with JR Shinn, took the Ozarks Chevrolet Big Bass honors for the event with a monster 6.06 pound largemouth. JR noted that Mark pitched a brown jig to an isolated bush off a point to catch the toad.

On a somber note, a moment of silence was held in memory of Marvin Deckard, a long time Truman Lake guide and tournament angler, who passed away last week. Marvin’s ever-present smile and friendly demeanor will be sorely missed.

With the regular season concluded for the Truman Division, look forward to the Last Chance derby on September 29^th at 7:00am at Bucksaw. It is a great opportunity for perspective members to give the trail a try without having to pay membership fees, to get in another event for qualifying purposes, or to prefish the championship venue.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jared Knuth – David Knuth	5	4.74	18.97	110	$2,700.00
2	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5	5.2	18.66	109	$1,750.00	Top Skeeter
3	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5	4.49	17.56	108	$1,200.00
4	Larry Wright – Doug Wallace	5	5	17.25	107	$700.00
5	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	5	4.97	17.13	106	$600.00
6	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	5	4.3	16.98	105	$500.00
7	Bobby Roberts – Cody Carl	5	4.51	16.7	104	$400.00
8	Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer	5	4.69	16.22	103	$350.00
9	Troy Thomas – *Todd Poretta	5	5.23	16.19	102	$300.00
10	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	5	3.6	16	101	$280.00
11	Rich Campbell – Ashley Medley	5	4.22	15.78	100	$260.00
12	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	5	3.99	15.72	99	$240.00
13	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5	3.67	15.54	98	$220.00
14	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell	5	3.92	15.39	97	$200.00
15	Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick	5	3.79	15.32	96	$180.00
16	Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds	5	3.36	15.09	95	$170.00
17	Keith Livingston – Steve Livingston	5	4.9	15.01	94
18	James McCutchen – Lowell Wascher	5	3.56	14.91	93
19	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5	3.93	14.63	92
20	John Krewson – Tony Powers	5	3.65	14.58	91
21	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	5	3.71	14.49	90
22	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	5	4.92	14.3	89
23	Ed Matthews – *Tom Starforth	5	5.34	14.12	88	$300.00	2BB
24	Dave Epema – Danny Bowman	5		14.11	87
25	Matt Gunter – *Terry Bradley	5		14.09	86
26	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	5	4.61	14.05	85
27	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5	3.4	14.01	84
28	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5		13.96	83
29	Ben Saubers – Nick Saubers	5	4.35	13.91	82
30	*Brian Reed – Dennis Edwards	5		13.4	81
31	Paul Hager – Phil Allen	5	3.47	13.37	80
32	Tom McGovern – Chris McGovern	5	3.14	13.35	79
33	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	4	6.06	13.33	78	$500.00	1BB
34	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5		12.6	77
35	Ozzie Wallace – Brian Vanderzeil	5	4.18	12.46	76
36	Mike Rowland – Greg Miller	5		12.14	75
37	Stephen Smith – Garren Hunt	5		12.08	74
38	Eric Zuk – *fished aalone	5	3.13	11.94	73
39	Jack Young – Bill McAvoy	5	3.03	11.88	72
40	Chet Douthit – Bill Hendrick	5		11.72	71
41	Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson	5		11.69	70
42	Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein	4		11.63	69
43	Danny Burns – Ival Hannah	5		11.28	68
44	Greg Askew – Terry Case	4	4.03	11.19	67
45	*Kolbee McKee – Lucas Fornelli	5		11.19	66
46	Tony Habiger – *fished aalone	4	3.24	10.72	65
47	Denis Repa – Alec Repa	5		10.48	64
48	Wayne Garrison – Robbie Plowman	5		10.26	63
49	Marty Watson – Doug Long	4		10.14	62
50	John Campbell – Chuck Roberts	4	3.01	10.02	61
51	James Macleod – Danny Johnston	4	4.15	10	60
52	Ralph Laster – Steve Helms	4	3.88	9.92	59
53	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	4	4.04	9.37	58
54	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	3		8.6	57
55	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky	4		8.17	56
56	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	3		6.95	55
57	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	3		6.9	54
58	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	3		6.78	53
59	Randy Oliphant – *fished aalone	3		6.08	52
60	Rocky Carden – *fished aalone	3		6.02	51
61	Stephan Luckett – Ty Reeves	3		5.94	50
62	Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler	4		5.9	49
63	Shawn Crabtree – *Theresa Patterson	2		4.47	48
64	Stacy Howell – Robert Traquair	1	3.72	3.72	47
65	Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown	1	3.51	3.51	46
66	Ron Peek – *Bill Peek	2		3.39	45
67	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II	1	2.29	2.29	44
68	Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane	1	2.05	2.05	43
69	Lyle Armstrong – Cameron Armstrong			0	10
	Danny Carter – *John Bannon			0	10
	Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull			0	10
	Billy Greenwell – Kelley Greenwell			0	10
	Kevin Love – *Parker Love			0	10
	John Martin – Jeff Jones			0	10
	*Brad Jelnick – Brock Reinkemeyer			0	10
	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge			0	10
	Karl Schmidt – *fished aalone			0	10
	Jimmie Snodgrass – Jim Waggoner			0	10
	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas			0	10
	Ryan Tucker – Ryan Heise			0	10
	Mike Ward – Bill Ward			0	10
	John Williams – James Brown			0	10

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08/24/19 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:20:06 +0000

Dave Epema and Danny Bowman weigh in 20.30 caught on plastic worms at depths of 10-15 ft in the Pomme arm to win the final Pomme event of 2019. Dave also wins the Top finishing Skeeter owner incentive fishing from his 2014 ZX250.

Greg Snider and Rick Irvine take second with their 17.30lb limit. They report fishing jigs in the Lindey arm.

Third goes to Gus and Paul Marsala fishing Chompers jigs in known brush piles found in both arms of Pomme.

Joel Whitworth and Keven White win the Ozark Chevrolet 1st Big Bass with their 5.52 largemouth bass.

Whites Marine Center was the 2019 Pomme Division sponsor. Stop in and see Jimmy Williams for your boating needs.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Dave Epema – Danny Bowman	5	4.22	20.3	110	$1,850.00	Top Skeeter
2	Greg Snider – Rick Irvine	5	4.88	17.3	109	$1,460.00
3	Paul Marsala – Gus Marsala	5	4.57	16.89	108	$1,120.00
4	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5	4.25	15.49	107	$740.00
5	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5	4.02	14.41	106	$400.00
6	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5	4.5	14.36	105	$300.00
7	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	5	4.52	14.26	104	$250.00
8	Josh Miller – Ethen Johns	5	4.11	14.16	103	$220.00
9	Aaron Hodge – James Bailey	5	4.88	13.93	102	$190.00
10	Scott Hill – Brandon Hill	5	3.99	13.53	101	$160.00
11	Gary Cox – Don Cox	5	4.51	13.21	100
12	Troy Nogosek – Jeremy Fiedler	5	4	13.13	99
13	Joel Whitworth – Keven White	5	5.52	13	98	$300.00	1BB
14	Kevin Snyder – *Kent Whitaker	5	4.34	12.91	97
15	Rodney Bowersox – Randy Davis	5	4.71	12.48	96
16	Chris Savoie – Brandon Smith	5		12.32	95
17	James Long – *Jerry Rawlings	5		11.77	94
18	Blake Burford – Tim Collins	5		11.75	93
19	Rocky Carden – Shawn McHaffie	5	3.92	11.54	92
20	Robert Shackelford – Dusty Richardson	5		11.43	91
21	Dan Weber – Robert Leininger	4	5.5	11.07	90	$220.00	2BB
22	JR Borror – Ross Lalli	5		10.8	89
23	Denis Repa – Alec Repa	5	3.49	10.71	88
24	Danny Burns – Ival Hannah	5		10.32	87
25	John Campbell – Rusty Darnell	5	3.26	10.28	86
26	Jonathan Evans – Terry Close	5		9.93	85
27	Mike Duncan – Chad Dearduff	5		9.92	84
28	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	5	3.94	9.53	83
29	Jerry Addington – Jasper Addington	5		9.24	82
30	John Williams – James Brown	5		9.18	81
31	Floyd Ross – Shane Henson	5		8.98	80
32	Manuel Farris – Lisa Osbum	5		8.85	79
33	Isaac Lowden – Justin Inman	5		8.68	78
34	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	5		8.47	77
35	Ben Saubers – Nick Saubers	5		8.41	76
36	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5		8.38	75
37	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5		7.92	74
38	Matt Underwood – Brian Dudky	4		7.51	73
39	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	5		7.47	72
40	Josh Inman – Jeremy Wilson	4		7.43	71
41	John Martin – Jeff Jones	3		4.82	70
42	Mike Coker –	2		4.54	69
43	Kipp Easley – Johnn Williams	1	3.23	3.23	68
44	Greg Askew – *Robbie Hockett			0	10
	Curtis Benton – Josh Benton			0	10
	Terry Bradley – *Jay Greer			0	10
	Clayton Chandler – Michael Chandler			0	10
	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning			0	10
	Dakota Dearduff – *Tanner Harry			0	10
	Ben Elkins – *Bud Day			0	10
	Jason Maxwell – Justin Rosenthal			0	10
	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley			0	10

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08/18/19 Twain

Bob — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:30:52 +0000

Typical late summer tough Twain. That was the general consensus as 29 teams gathered at Robert Allen Ramp for the division finale for 2019. Up for grabs wasn’t just the tournament payout, but also valuable points to qualify for the Invitational at Truman Lake in October and finding out who was the 154 Marine Division Points Champion.

The day started out with heavy cloud cover and lightning flashing the sky to the north and west yet throughout the day the anglers stayed dry as the storm front track north of the lake area, giving the anglers cloudy cooler conditions most of the day before the clouds surrendered to sunshine early in the afternoon.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Jim Brown and Gary Dingledine. Jim and Gary fished a tournament on Saturday and struggled all day never connecting with a legal keeper. So with 4th and 40 Jim and Gary punted their fishing area and decided to “Just Go Fishing”. So at take off they turned the boat up lake and fished a point in the mid-lake area that neither one had fished for several years. Dragging worms and jigs around the point the team connected with 3 keepers early, then the bite slowed Jim and Gary moved to an adjacent point and only connected with a few shorts but the plan was to let their primary point rest for a few hours. Jim and Gary felt comfortable doing this as no other boats were in the area. Late morning they returned to their primary point and caught the remainder of their limit. The BPG Inspections, Lavy’s Welding sponsored team topped the field weighing in 12.73 pounds of bass. Included in their bag was the second big bass weighing 3.83 pounds.

Coming in Second today was the team of Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander. Jim and Keith did their normal summer pattern “Run and Gun” hitting as many as 30 spots on the day, brush piles, ledges, points, main lake pockets were all on the list of things to fish. Like the winners, Jim and Keith also fished soft plastics and jigs catching several keepers on the day with their best 5 weighing 11.99 pounds. Jimmy and Keith are sponsored by 154 Marine and Bulls eye bait and tackle.

Taking the third spot today was team of Keith Hendrix and Greg Zumwalt. Keith and Greg started their day off fishing top water in the lower end of the lake, but with little success. As the sun got higher Keith and Greg moved to drop baits and started hopping points and channel swings working their way back to Robert Allen Ramp. This turned out to be the right move as the team caught 4 keepers and lost number 5 twice. Their 4 fish tipped the scales at 10.46 pounds good enough for third place in the tournament and the team locked down the 154 Marine points championship. Keith and Greg are sponsored by 154 Marine, JC Auto and Truck Parts, HPW Lures, Crop Rotation Services, Dyna Grow Seed, and Jack’s Harbor Marine.

Well for most of the day the team of Bill Kayser and Donnie Seabaugh were scratching their heads wondering where the fish were and if they would ever boat a keeper on the day. Running out of options the team went to the dam to finish the day. Stroaking a jig the team popped 2 keepers in the final hour of the day, one of which wound up being the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass weighing 4.09 pounds.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jim Brown – Gary Dingledine	5		3.83	12.73	110	$1,620.00
2	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5		3.21	11.99	109	$980.00
3	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	4		3.49	10.46	108	$690.00
4	John Thrasher – Jason Kiser	5			10.28	107	$450.00
5	Chris Janda – J. Rowdy Yates	5	0.5		9.98	106	$300.00
6	Wayne Werle – Jim Lomax	4			9.03	105
7	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	3			8	104
8	Tom Herndon – Jason VanBeers	4			7.56	103
9	John Knudsen – Tom Williams	4			7.15	102
10	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann	3			6.37	101
11	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh	2		4.09	6.1	100
12	Ryan Hopping – *Chris Schwerdt	2			4.81	99
13	Paul Hager – Phil Allen	2			4.79	98
14	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	2			4.76	97
15	Kenny Grothoff – Donnie Palmatory	2			4.22	96
16	Mike Tucker – Cory Kunkle	2			4.08	95
17	Brad Dooley – Terry Jones	2			3.94	94
18	Dominic Perotti – Jim Sexton	2			3.9	93
19	Ken Young – John Drury	2			3.86	92
20	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	2			3.64	91
21	Todd Hessling – Tom Darnell	1		3.17	3.17	90
22	David Kampschroeder – *fished aalone	1		2.75	2.75	89
23	Stephan Luckett – *Sean Kelly	1		1.71	1.71	88
24	Lee Atwood – Eric Maxey				0	10
	Jason Coan – Charlie Bogard				0	10
	Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston				0	10
	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams				0	10
	*Rick McGuire – Rich Labarge				0	10
	Dave Strutman – Denny Lambert				0	10

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08/11/19 Stockton

Bob — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:08:17 +0000

The day began with 80 degree temps at the 6am takeoff. The Stockton lake was dropping and anglers were anxious. Clouds rolled in and rain moved in around mid morning and stayed til noon. The Joe Bass anglers for the most part targeted top-water bites and flipping tight in the bushes to bring home good sacks of fish.

The father/son team of Rick and Brock Reinkemeyer, Lone Jack, MO fished out of Brock’s 2008 20I Skeeter to bring in a 5 fish limit that weighed 18.89lbs. This earned them 1st Place and the JOE BASS TEAM TRAIL Top finishing SKEETER. Rick stated the bushes held the gold for them . They flipped jigs to catch them. Rick also caught the OZARK CHEVROLET Big Bass of the Day that weighed 5.93lbs.

Continuing with the family pattern of the day, the husband /wife team of Mark and Tammy Moody, Girard, KS, sponsored by ALBERS Marine,Brewers Prop Service and Denali Rods, came in with 5 fish that weighed 17.35lbs. The story from them mirrored the 1st Place team. The bushes in shallow water was their key to success.

Scott Tassi and Glenn Harrison, Arma KS, sponsored by ALBERS Marine, Nitro, Mercury, Denali Rods, 5X3 fishing, Thats a good fish, and WOO tungsten, had a sack of shallow water fish that weighed 16.43lbs.

Special thanks to Ron at ORLEANS TRAIL MARINA for their help.

Photos

Final Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5		5.93	18.89	110	$2,400.00
2	Mark Moody – Tammy Moody	5		4.33	17.35	109	$1,070.00
3	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5		3.67	16.43	108	$820.00
4	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5		4.27	16.37	107	$520.00
5	Chris Macy – *Tucker Macy	5		4.23	15.96	106	$400.00
6	*Jared Clift – Dallas Beasley	5		5.27	15.86	105	$300.00
7	Sean Bowling – *Hunter Bowling	5		4.36	15.82	104	$240.00
8	Dustin Keys – Doug Hainley	5		4.39	15.33	103	$180.00
9	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	5		3.58	15.27	102
10	Robert Shackelford – *Chris Shakleford	5		3.38	15.12	101
11	Justin Angel – Scott Angel	5		3.8	14.94	100
12	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5		4.06	14.82	99
13	Greg Snider – Rick Irvine	5		4.14	14.73	98
14	Jim Davidson – Mike Ashbacher	5		3.32	14.15	97
15	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	5			13.99	96
16	Ben Saubers – Nick Saubers	5		3.75	13.95	95
17	Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson	5			13.6	94
18	Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley	5	0.5		13.59	93
19	Greg Seiner – Gene Mayfield	5	0.5	4.44	13.18	92
20	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	5			13.14	91
21	Justin Delk – Brandon Rummel	5			13.1	90
22	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes	5			13	89
23	Matt Roberts – Dalton Wilson	5			12.92	88
24	John Campbell – *James Brown	5			12.75	87
25	Austin Morris – *Lucas Fornelli	5	0.5		12.58	86
26	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	5			12.56	85
27	Jason Weast – Scott Miles	5	0.5		12.35	84
28	Ronald Deckard – Ronald Deckard JR	5	0.5		12.31	83
29	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	5	0.5		11.85	82
30	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	5			11.84	81
31	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5			11.48	80
32	Wayne Fowler – Darryl Knacksted	5			11.14	79
33	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	5			11.08	78
34	Mike Daley – Kellie Daley	5		3.47	10.3	77
35	George Spicer – Jeff Bledsoe	5			10.17	76
36	John Cates – *fished aalone	3		5.37	9.92	75	$180.00
37	Denis Repa – *fished aalone	4			6.58	74
39	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire				0	10
	Kenny Bogner – *Anthony Waggoner				0	10
	Jared Cloyd – Dee Cloyd				0	10
	Ron Hills – Ray Holt				0	10
	Gerald McDaniel – *Justin Brand				0	10
	Floyd Ross – Shane Henson				0	10
	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards				0	10

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08/07/19 Antique

Bob — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:38:54 +0000

Kelly Jones & Roger Satterfield used topwaters to take 1st. Bob Meek & Steve Nibert take second and 1st big with spoons. Jim Dopp & Harlin Husky take third. Many thanks to Jim and Harlin for their help. The final Antique tournament will be Wednesday, September 11, 2019 taking off at 7am.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5	3.68	15.52	110	$1,880.00
2	Bob Meek – Steve Nibert	5	4.73	14.97	109	$1,050.00
3	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5	3.83	14.81	108	$510.00
4	Danny Burns – Ival Hannah	5	3.35	14.15	107	$180.00
5	Mason Nall – Rick Carpenter	5	3.78	14.06	106
6	Wayne Fowler – *Mike Lafferty	5	3.4	12.75	105
7	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5		12.7	104
8	Pat Leonard – *Scott Smulski	5	2.89	12.23	103
9	Mike Smith – Kavan Maybee	5	3.23	11.68	102
10	Mike Gold – Larry Brooks	5		10.87	101
11	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	4		10.33	100
12	Kenneth Peters – *fished aalone	3		6.4	99
13	Scott Sparkman – Joe Lane	2		5.54	98
14	Bobby Waggoner – John Huffman	2	2.66	5.1	97
15	Tim Fisher – Aaron Fisher	2		4.48	96
16	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	2		4.43	95
17	Charles Rexford – Rick Cagle	1	2.32	2.32	94
18	Ben Elkins – Kade Underwood			0	10
	Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe			0	10
	Roger Morris – Garry Morris			0	10
	Robert Oster – Brad Weiss			0	10
	Robert Peduto – Stephen Hoffmann			0	10
	Denis Repa – *fished aalone			0	10
	Terry Thomas – Sam Smith			0	10

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08/03/19 Table Rock

Bob — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:54:23 +0000

A cloudy damp day at Tablerock but much better than the day in February this tournament was rescheduled for. The Joe Bass Team Trail anglers appeared to enjoy the cooler temps in the beginning of August. The water temps were in the 80’s. The normal summer patterns appeared like spoons, jigs and top water baits.

The team of Cody Millican and Dakota Millican, Highlandville, MO, used jigs and topwater for a 5 fish limit that weighed 19.67lbs. The team stated they did not run very far to catch the limit. This earned them 1st Place.

Aaron Hodge, Harrison, AR, found a limit of fish in 15-20 ft. of water using spoons and jigs, that weighed 17.85lbs. Aaron also had the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS of the DAY, with a 5.70 largemouth. He stated he caught it around midday. His key to success was finding schools in water with some color.

Kelly Jones, Garrison, MO and Roger Satterfield, Oldfield, MO, had a 5 fish limit that weighed 16.35 lbs. Kelly used his 2019 FX21 Skeeter to run to some dirty water toss his jigs to find these fish. They ended up with a 3rd Place finish but Kelly also claimed the Joe Bass Top Skeeter monies.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Cody Millican – Dakota Millican	5		5.02	19.67	110	$1,800.00
2	Aaron Hodge – *fished aalone	5	1	5.7	17.85	109	$1,280.00
3	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5		5.21	16.35	108	$1,120.00
4	Dustin Blevins – *Blake Curtis	5			15.48	107	$350.00
5	Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray	5		5.1	15.45	106	$200.00
6	Ed Young – Joey Penzo	5		5.28	15.12	105	$180.00
7	Drew Tabor – Brock Tabor	5			14.54	104
8	Matt Ceasar – Ed Larson	5			14.42	103
9	Mike Smith – *Donald Wray	5			14.08	102
10	Brent Compton – Daniel Cornelison	5		5.02	13.84	101
11	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	5		5.3	13.66	100	$130.00
12	LG Linville – Barry Mackey	5			12.82	99
13	Mike Gold – Eric Olliverson	5		3.92	12.71	98
14	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5		3.59	12.57	97
15	Jerry Roark – *fished aalone	4			11.83	96
16	Tom Statler – *Bryan Statler	5			11.72	95
17	Chris Jackson – Joe Breedlove	4			11.25	94
18	Jared Gobel – Slade Wilson	5			11.15	93
19	Scott Sparkman – Joe Lane	5			10.93	92
20	*John Hailey – Marc Czachowski	4		4.95	10.84	91
21	Dan Kollbaum – Ransom McCrary	3		4.81	10.6	90
22	Shane Harms – Dillon Harms	5	0.5		10.28	89
23	Terry Letterman – Doug Smart	5	1		10.02	88
24	Michael Frye – Michael Landwehr	4			7.82	87
25	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	3	0.5		5.9	86
26	William Luethje – *fished aalone	2			3.78	85
27	Jordan Dibben – Jason Conner	1		2.16	2.16	84
28	Danny Burns – Ival Hannah				0	10
	John Cates – Mike Edwards				0	10
	Tom Daegling – Kyle Morie				0	10
	Wayne Fowler – Darryl Knacksted				0	10
	Bill Virden – *Rick Irvine				0	10
	John Williams – James Brown				0	10

*alternate

07/21/19 Twain

Bob — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 23:40:38 +0000

Fishing is as HOT as the Weather at Mark Twain Lake!

Well things started off nice for the 23 teams that assembled at Robert Allen Ramp for tournament number 5 at Mark Twain Lake, as overnight rains cooled the temps down into the low 70’s to start the morning. Much improved weather over the Sweltering mid 90’s the area had most of the week.

Finishing in first place today and over coming a slow start to the season was the reining division champions Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander. Jim and Keith fished their normal “Run and Gun” style of fishing hitting as many as 40 spots on the day. The team employed a bottom baits only strategy, fishing worms and jigs on main lake points and channel swing banks with current never fishing more than 10 feet deep. The teams best 5 weighed in at an impressive 19.47 pounds. Jimmy also won the Skeeter owner’s incentive fishing out of his 2007 I Class. Jim and Keith are sponsored by 154 Marine and Bullseye Bait and Tackle.

Taking the runner-up position today was the team of Kenny Grothoff and Donnie Palmatory. Kenny and Donnie’s started off with a BANG as their first bite of the day smashing a buzzbait was the Ozark Chevrotet Big Joe Bass of the tournament weighing 7.00 pounds! Off to a great start the team focused on one channel swing bank with current working buzzbaits around laydowns and had all 18.46 pounds of bass before 8am. Kenny and Donnie are Sponsored by Eberlin boats.

Taking the third spot today was the Father and Son team of David and Dustin Kampschroeder. David and Dustin fished Creature baits around flooded bushes and laydowns in the mid-lake area, bringing 16.97 pounds of bass to the scales.

Our final Mark Twain Lake tournament of the 2019 season sponsored by 154 Marine, is August 18, 6am take-off Robert Allen Ramp. This will be an open NO Membership needed Tournament!

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5		5.43	19.47	110	$1,560.00
2	Kenny Grothoff – Donnie Palmatory	5		7	18.46	109	$840.00
3	David Kampschroeder – Jason Huskey	5		4.49	16.97	108	$785.00
4	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	5	0.5	3.88	14.86	107	$625.00
5	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann	5	0.5		14.14	106
6	Chris Janda – J. Rowdy Yates	5			13.19	105
7	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	5		5.9	13.18	104
8	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh	5			12.86	103
9	Mike Tucker – Cory Kunkle	5		5.23	12.52	102
10	*Rick McGuire – Gary Dingledine	5			11.54	101
11	*Rusty Rothweiler – Greg Zumwalt	5			11.33	100
12	Wayne Werle – Jim Lomax	5			11.1	99
13	Dominic Perotti – Jim Sexton	5			11.04	98
14	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	5			10.51	97
15	Brad Dooley – Terry Jones	5			9.6	96
16	Dave Strutman – Denny Lambert	5			8.96	95
17	Ken Young – John Drury	3			7.3	94
18	Stephan Luckett – Ty Reeves	3		3.73	7.21	93
19	Todd Hessling – Tom Darnell	2			5.03	92
20	Tom Herndon – *Nick Werle	2			4.26	91
21	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	2			4.25	90
22	Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston				0	10
22	*fished aalone – Rich Labarge				0	10

*alternate

07/21/19 Truman

Bob — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:02:02 +0000

Continued highwater and scorching summertime temperatures plagued the 70 boat field that gathered at the Berry Bend highwater ramp for the July tournament in the Joe Bass Team Trails Truman Division. With the Corps dropping the lake nearly 6” daily, the bass seemed to be pulling to the outside edge of the cover, scattering them over a wide range of areas, which correlated with a wide range of weights brought to the scales. Despite the heat that taxed the fisherman, fish, and even the printer at weigh-in, over 35% of the field weighed a five bass limit. Perhaps more importantly, over 98% of the bass were released alive, displaying the attention to fish care by the anglers.

Blowing the top off the tournament was Brad Jelinek and Brock Reinkemeyer who toted 22.56 pounds to the scales! They cited fishing jigs in bushes for their Sport Boats USA Key to Success. Working through a myriad of points in 4-8’ produced their bites.

Kenny Shinn and Troy Ladenhoff dropped 20.51 pounds on the scales, a weight that would typically secure a July win. Kenny noted they fished hundreds of bushes on a scattered bite with their fish coming on Santone Jigs. Troy added they had an early flurry, followed by a mid-day lull, topped off with a run towards the end of the day, as they worked their Merc running from spot to spot with bites coming in the 10-20’ range, some on the bottom, others suspended.

Anchoring another top finish was Charley and Chris Thomas. Their 17.94 bag fell to worms fished on points. Depths ranged from 6-8’ to 20’, with no apparent consistency other than covering water.

Marty Watson and Doug Long their bolstered their 11th place check with the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the event, a thick 5.13 pound lunker that hit a jig fished on a current-break point.

Truman veterans Rich Campbell and Marvin Deckard wrangled the Sport Boats USA Top Skeeter incentive award with a 9th place finish based on their 14.43 pound weight. Rich reported fishing brush hogs and Senkos with his 2018 ZX225 sitting in less than 10’ of water.

The final event in the Truman Division will be on August 25th with the takeoff time slated for 6:00 am at Shawnee Bend Ramp, God willing and the lake continues to fall. Keep an eye on the website for further information.

Everharts Outdoor Store is the Truman Division sponsor located in Clinton MO.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Brad Jelinek – *Bret Reinkemeyer	5		4.97	22.56	110	$2,170.00
2	*Kenny Shinn – Troy Ladenhoff	5		4.58	20.51	109	$1,480.00
3	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5		4.93	17.94	108	$1,190.00
4	Michael Simons – Jacob Simons	5		3.88	17.84	107	$800.00
5	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5		4.36	17.53	106	$500.00
6	Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson	5		3.78	16.17	105	$450.00
7	Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown	5	1	3.64	14.55	104	$400.00
8	*Ben Saubers – Brandon Brown	5		4.98	14.52	103	$540.00	2BB
9	Rich Campbell – Marvin Decker	5		3.51	14.43	102	$800.00	Top Skeeter
10	Keith Livingston – Steve Livingston	5		3.47	14.34	101	$250.00
11	Marty Watson – Doug Long	5		5.13	14.32	100	$720.00	1BB
12	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5		3.26	14.29	99	$200.00
13	James McCutchen – Lowell Wascher	5		3.21	13.89	98	$180.00
14	John Williams – *Jim Williams	5		3.24	13.57	97	$160.00
15	Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein	5		3.88	12.44	96
16	John Krewson – Tony Powers	5		3.47	12.43	95
17	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		2.81	12.21	94
18	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	4		3.66	12.1	93
19	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	5		3.35	11.86	92
20	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5		2.86	11.04	91
21	Stephen Smith – Garren Hunt	3		4.57	10.89	90
22	Larry Wright – Doug Wallace	5		2.69	10.76	89
23	Shawn Crabtree – Reece Crabtree	5		2.53	10.75	88
24	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5		2.27	10.46	87
25	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	3		3.89	10.43	86
26	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II	4		3.93	10.01	85
27	Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull	4		4.23	9.66	84
28	Jared Knuth – David Knuth	5	0.5		9.65	83
29	Eric Zuk – *Ed Mathews	4		2.54	9.19	82
30	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon	5			9.15	81
31	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	4		4.29	8.08	80
32	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	3		2.55	7.64	79
33	John Campbell – Chuck Roberts	4		2.44	7.64	78
34	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	3		2.66	7.6	77
35	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	4		3.4	7.14	76
36	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	4			6.82	75
37	Chet Douthit – Bill Hendrick	3			6.7	74
38	Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong	3		3.12	6.69	73
39	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	5			6.21	72
40	Kevin Love –	2			5.1	71
41	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky	2			4.87	70
42	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	2		3.08	4.57	69
43	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant	2			4.46	68
44	Manuel Farris – Lisa Osbum	2			4.32	67
45	Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler	2			4.31	66
46	Jimmie Snodgrass – Jim Waggoner	2			4.13	65
47	Jack Young – Bill McAvoy	2		2.37	4.03	64
48	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	2			3.34	63
49	Ozzie Wallace – Brian Vanderzeil	2			3.3	62
50	Ron Peek – *Bill Peek	2			3.16	61
51	James Macleod – Danny Johnston	1		2.82	2.82	60
52	Steve Teske – Jon Wall	1		2.63	2.63	59
53	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner				0	10
	Rocky Carden – *fished aalone				0	10
	Chris Flood – *Jon Hill				0	10
	Wayne Garrison – Robbie Plowman				0	10
	Tony Habiger – *fished aalone				0	10
	Scott Hankinson – Brandon Rowland				0	10
	Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson				0	10
	Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick				0	10
	John Martin – *Ray White				0	10
	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer				0	10
	Tom McGovern – Chris McGovern				0	10
	*David Rogers – Rusty Darnell				0	10
	Wes Reger – Kirby Ricketts				0	10
	*Chester Mitchell – Jamie Edge				0	10
	Mike Rowland – Greg Miller				0	10
	Karl Schmidt – *fished aalone				0	10
	Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane				0	10
	Ed Young – *Jeff Smith				0	10

*alternate

07/20/19 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:49:48 +0000

Mark Simmons & Terry Lawhon found shad colored chatterbaits to their liking. They report swimming them through trees found at depths of 20-25 ft catching the suspended fish at 12-14 ft.

Brothers John and Jim Williams carolina rigged Chompers lizards at depths of 20 ft in the Lindy arm for part of their limit with the remaining 2 keepers caught by flipping Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog. John also wins the Top Skeeter incentive fishing from his 2019 ZX250.

Jamie Edge and alternate Chester Mitchell report covering a lot of water with numerous baits for their 3rd place bag. Chompers jigs, Chompers Salty sinkers, Chompers Boss Hawg, and plastic worms. Their limit was anchored by the Ozark Chevrolet 1st Big Bass.

The next Pomme tournament is August 24 @ 6 am – 3:00 pm from the Harbor.

Whites Marine Center is the Pomme Division sponsor. Stop in and see Jimmy Williams for your boating needs.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	5		3.54	14.15	110	$1,200.00
2	John Williams – *Jim Williams	5		3.58	13.94	109	$2,000.00	Top Skeeter
3	*Chester Mitchell – Jamie Edge	5		4.25	12.69	108	$1,150.00	1BB
4	Dave Epema – Danny Bowman	5		3.78	12.21	107	$400.00
5	Jerry Addington – Jasper Addington	5		4.03	11.36	106	$310.00	2BB
6	Scott Hill – Brandon Hill	5		2.89	10.87	105	$300.00
7	Dan Cox – *fished aalone	4		3.74	10.29	104	$240.00
8	Robert Shackelford – *Robbie Shackleford	5		2.12	10.04	103
9	Greg Snider – *fished aalone	5		2.55	9.9	102
10	Gary Cox – Don Cox	4		2.84	8.45	101
11	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		2.08	8.2	100
12	Rocky Carden – Shawn McHaffie	4		3.07	6.73	99
13	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	4			6.43	98
14	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	4		2.43	6.38	97
15	Curtis Benton – Josh Benton	4	1		6.1	96
16	Blake Burford – Tim Collins	4			5.97	95
17	Paul Marsala – Gus Marsala	4			5.8	94
18	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	3			4.99	93
19	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	2		3.32	4.48	92
20	Kipp Easley – Johnn Williams	2		2.73	3.72	91
21	Jonathan Evans – Terry Close	2			2.59	90
22	Isaac Lowden – Justin Inman	2			2.33	89
23	Rodney Bowersox – Randy Davis	1		1.45	1.45	88
24	Ron Belew – Derek Dace				0	10
	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote				0	10
	John Campbell – Rusty Darnell				0	10
	Matt Gunter – Bobby Williams				0	10
	James Long – Jimmy Lester				0	10
	Stephan Luckett – Ty Reeves				0	10
	John Martin – *Ray White				0	10
	Jason Maxwell – Justin Rosenthal				0	10
	David Rogers – *fished aalone				0	10
	*Bella Sanders – Don Sanders				0	10
	Steve Teske – Jon Wall				0	10
	Joel Whitworth – Keven White				0	10

*alternate

07/13/19 Stockton

Bob — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 12:31:36 +0000

What a confusing summer with lakes at all time highs and fishermen are scratching their heads trying to find where the fish are hiding. With water temps in the high 70’s the Joe Bass Team Trail anglers were able to find some of these fish.

Luke Routh, Humansville, MO and Tyler Weaver, Fair Play, MO, sponsored by Buzz’s Market, used top water baits early then switched to jigs as the day went forward to find 5 quality fish for 15.00lbs total weight. The team stated that most of their fish were early and the bite seemed to quit by 11am.

Scott Tassi, and Glen Harrison, both of Arma, KS, sponsored by Albers Marine, 5X3 Fishing, Denali Rods, Nitro, Mercury, Thats a Good Fish, WOO Tungsten and Xtraction Lures, Caught a 5 fish limit that weighed 12.86lbs. Scott stated they used big worms from 6-18ft to find their fish. He stated it was a tough day that didn’t provide many bites.

The father/son team of Robert and Kris Shackleford, Willard, Mo, sponsored by Hazey Daze Lures fished jigs up in the river portion of the lake to get a limit that weighed 12.38lbs. This earned the team 3rd Place.

Jim Davidson and Mike Ashbacher, both of Arma, KS, sponsored by ALBERS MARINE, Mercury, Nitro, ProGuide Batteries, Lews and War Eagle, caught a 4.75lbs Largemouth that earned the team the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS of the Day.

Brock Reinkemeyer, Lone Jack, MO fished out of his 2008 SKEETER 20I. His team had a 5 fish limit that weighed 9.91lbs that earned him and his father the JOE BASS TOP FINISHING SKEETER.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5	4.29	15	110	$1,500.00
2	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5		12.86	109	$1,040.00
3	Robert Shackelford – *Kris Shackleford	5	3.9	12.38	108	$650.00
4	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards	5	3.45	12.31	107	$450.00
5	Mark Moody – Tammy Moody	5		11.41	106	$200.00
6	Matt Garrett – *Clay Adams	5	2.18	11.1	105	$160.00
7	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	5	2.74	10.68	104
8	Danny Shinneman – *Nick Shulz	5		9.91	103
9	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5		9.54	102	$250.00	Top Skeeter
10	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	4	2.91	9.24	101
11	Gerald McDaniel – *Ray Holt	3	4.69	9.18	100	$130.00	2BB
12	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes	3	4.38	9.13	99
13	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5		8.75	98
14	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	5		8.63	97
15	George Spicer – Jeff Bledsoe	3	4.07	8.09	96
16	Jim Davidson – Mike Ashbacher	2	4.75	6.9	95	$190.00	1BB
17	John Cates – *fished aalone	3		6.01	94
18	Mike Daley – *fished aalone	3		5.25	93
19	Tony French – Kolbee McKee	2		4.24	92
20	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	2		3.67	91
21	Richard Johnson – Charles Cadenhead	1	3.01	3.01	90
22	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer			0	10
	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner			0	10
	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning			0	10
	Ronald Deckard – Ronald Deckard JR			0	10
	Wayne Fowler –			0	10
	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson			0	10
	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield			0	10
	Greg Seiner – Gene Mayfield			0	10
	Greg Snider – Rick Irvine			0	10
	Tom Statler – *fished aalone			0	10
	JR Williams – Lee Jordan			0	10

*alternate

06/30/19 Stockton

Bob — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 22:48:01 +0000

High waters and high temps made for tough fishing on the waters of Stockton Lake, home of the Mitchem Tire Joe Bass Team Trail event. Those that found the fish used varied techniques. The father/son team of Tom and Dillon Statler, Kimberling City, MO, sponsored by Chompers, Mercury, Nitro, and the owner of our Open Division sponsor, CHAMPIONSHIP MARINE. The team used carolina rigs with chompers lizards and french fries to bring in a 5 fish limit that weighed 15.28lbs.

Danny Shinneman, Kearney, MO, and Mike Cooley, Kansas City, MO used jigs to catch 4 fish that weighed 12.23lbs. for 2nd Place. They also had a 5.76lbs largemouth to earn the team the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS of the Day.

Matt Garrett, Everton, MO, and Kaleb Rook, Lamar, MO, sponsored by Missouri Welding Institute, used jigs and top water to bring in 5 fish that weighed 11.98lbs. This earned them 3rd Place.

Brock Reinkemeyer used his 2008 Skeeter to get the Top finishing Skeeter of the day with his teams’ 6th Place finish.

July 13th is the next Stockton tournament and will be held at Ruark Bluff. Take off is at 6am weighin is at 3pm. It should be noted the July 13th is a make up date and is on a Saturday.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5	0.5	3.67	15.28	110	$1,750.00
2	Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley	4	0.5	5.76	12.23	109	$1,250.00
3	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	5		2.87	11.98	108	$700.00
4	Jim Davidson – Mike Ashbacher	5		2.57	11.37	107	$380.00
5	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5		4.44	11.05	106	$200.00
6	Rick Reinkemeyer – Brock Reinkemeyer	5	1		10.91	105	$410.00
7	Mark Moody – Tammy Moody	5			10.37	104
8	Robert Shackelford – *Robbie Shackleford	5			9.86	103
9	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5			9.66	102
10	Ronald Deckard – Ronald Deckard JR	5			9.62	101
11	Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe	5			8.99	100
12	Robert Cowan – Dallas Beasley	3		3.46	8.94	99
13	Chris Macy – Tim Lawyer	5			8.75	98
14	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	5			7.99	97
15	JR Borror – Ross Lalli	2		4.46	7.07	96	$140.00
16	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	3			6.76	95
17	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	4			6.57	94
18	JR Williams – Lee Jordan	5	0.5		6.46	93
19	Mike Daley – *fished aalone	3			6.1	92
20	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes	3			5.71	91
21	Greg Seiner – *Brad Seiner	3			5.3	90
22	John Cates – Mike Edwards	3			5.28	89
23	George Spicer – Jeff Bledsoe	3	0.5		5.22	88
24	Brad Jones – *fished aalone	3			5.13	87
25	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire	3			4.77	86
26	Richard Johnson – Charles Cadenhead	1		1.87	1.87	85
27	Justin Angel – Scott Angel				0	10
	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear				0	10
	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore				0	10
	Cody Ellison – Dustin Kimrey				0	10
	Wayne Fowler – Darryl Knacksted				0	10
	Ron Hills – Ray Holt				0	10
	Dustin Keys – Doug Hainley				0	10
	Steve Thomas – Mike S Thomas				0	10

*alternate

06/30/19 Twain

Bob — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 23:06:24 +0000

If there were Psychiatrist that would work with Bass fisherman to regain their sanity I believe they would all be dispatched to Mark Twain Lake. Mother Nature and the Corps have dealt these anglers Blow after Blow and have left most of these anglers scratching their heads in disbelief. Moans and Groans replaced the normal Pre-launch parking lot banter Sunday morning as 21 teams gathered for the 4th of 6 Mark Twain Lake Tournaments sponsored by 154 Marine.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Steve Weber and Sam Phillips. Steve and Sam started their day off Slowly on the lower portion of the lake. After a few hours of fishing and only one keeper to show for it, Steve and Sam made an adjustment and started spot hopping looking for active fish. Around 10 am the team had a Flurry of bites on plastic worms and a Chatter Bait, included in the flurry was the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass weighing 7.10 pounds! Steve and Sam made an adjustment in presentation fishing crankbaits on main lake points later in the day and got three key bites including another fish over 5 pounds. Steve and Sam crushed the rest of the field weighing in 20.10 pounds! Sam also was the highest finishing Skeeter Owner fishing out of his 2011 ZX225.

Taking second Sunday was the salty team of Charlie Kunkle and Keith Williams. Charlie and Keith also started off slow, pitching Flipping Tubes to visible targets. Around noon, and only 2 keepers in the well, the team changed location and began working the same tube on main lake points with current. Charlie and Keith popped 3 Keepers in the afternoon and dropped 13.05 pounds on the scales to claim second.

Finishing in Third today was the team of Keith Hendrix and Greg Zumwalt. Keith and Greg moved around the lake looking for the cleanest Muddy water they could find. Thinking even and inch or two more visibility than the average 6 inches would make the difference. Fishing spinnerbaits and bladed jigs in less than 2 foot of water the team hit several spots on the day brining 5 fish to the scales weighing 12.58 pounds

Our next Mark Twain Lake Tournament will be July 21st Robert Allen Ramp 6am take-off

Host lodging for Joe Bass Team Trail is Country Inn Resort 573-267-3800.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	5		7.1	20.07	110	$1,620.00
2	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	5		3.42	13.05	109	$760.00
3	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	5		3.22	12.58	108	$470.00
4	Keith LaBarge – Rich Labarge	4		3.76	11.26	107	$200.00
5	Mike Tucker – Cory Kunkle	5			10.9	106
6	Ken Young – John Drury	5			10.35	105
7	Brad Dooley – Terry Jones	5	0.5	3.89	10.1	104	$80.00
8	Tom Herndon – Jason VanBeers	5			9.74	103
9	Todd Hessling – Tom Darnell	4		3.57	9.13	102
10	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	4		2.99	8.7	101
11	Dave Strutman – Denny Lambert	4			8	100
12	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	4			7.74	99
13	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	2		3.02	5.21	98
14	Stephan Luckett – Ty Reeves	2		3.38	5.13	97
15	*John Johnson – Donnie Palmatory	3	0.5		4.68	96
16	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann	2			4.68	95
17	Wayne Werle – Jim Lomax	2		2.74	4.56	94
18	Dominic Perotti – Jim Sexton	1		2.32	2.32	93
19	Jim Brown – Gary Dingledine				0	10
19	Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston				0	10
19	Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman				0	10

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06/22/19 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:15:13 +0000

Mike Rogers and Donnie Crist take 1st. Donnie reports; Pomme Arm on jigs in 4-8’ of water. Caught 9 keepers throughout the day

Jerry Roark and Jamie Edge fishing Chompers Salty Sinkers on 1/2 lead heads at depths of 20ft on the old bank line take 2nd.

Greg Snider and Rick Irvine use jigs with Missle Baits trailers to take 3rd. They report fishing at depths of 5 ft culling through 9 keepers.

Don Cox takes 1st Big Bass weighing in only 1 bass at 6.05lbs. Reportedly caught off of a nest with a Chompers Salty Sinker.

Top Skeeter goes to Kelly Jones.

We return to Pomme on July 20.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5		5.48	17.15	110	$1,400.00
2	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge	5		4.98	16.79	109	$1,020.00
3	Greg Snider – Rick Irvine	5		4.17	15.28	108	$780.00
4	Rodney Bowersox – Randy Davis	5		3.92	14.79	107	$500.00
5	Josh Inman – Jeremy Wilson	4		5.54	13.8	106	$500.00	2BB
6	*Michael Bray – Kory Ries	5	0.5	4.51	13.09	105	$250.00
7	James Long – *Jimmy Lester	5		3.29	12.1	104	$170.00
8	Blake Burford – Tim Collins	5	1	4.43	11.33	103
9	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5		3.43	11.32	102	$500.00	Top Skeeter
10	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5		3.36	10.13	101
11	Manuel Farris – Lisa Osbum	4	0.5	3.42	9.79	100
12	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5			9.04	99
13	Joe Needham – Brandon Shilling	3		4.12	8.31	98
14	Isaac Lowden – Justin Inman	3		4.3	7.34	97
15	Kevin Snyder – Rufus Harris	4			6.4	96
16	Wayne Fowler – *Terry Thomas	5			6.3	95
17	Gary Cox – Don Cox	1		6.08	6.08	94	$220.00	1BB
18	Jonathan Evans – Terry Close	4			6.05	93
19	Dan Weber – Robert Leininger	2			5.99	92
20	Joel Whitworth – Keven White	2			5.84	91
21	Matt Underwood – Brian Dudky	3	0.5		4.73	90
22	Steve Kruse – Bud Day	2			3.72	89
23	Kenny Doane – Shaun Dugan	2			3.5	88
24	Curtis Benton – Josh Benton	2	0.5		3.21	87
25	Rocky Carden – Shawn McHaffie	1		2.8	2.8	86
26	Kipp Easley – Johnn Williams	2			2.39	85
27	Jerry Addington – Jasper Addington	1		1.13	1.13	84
28	Steven Bain – *Scott Colter				0	10
	Cody Campbell – Quinten Carr				0	10
	John Campbell – Rusty Darnell				0	10
	*fished aalone – John Williams				0	10
	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker				0	10
	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning				0	10
	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver				0	10
	Scott Hill – Brandon Hill				0	10
	*Leonard DeClue – Sean Mukley				0	10
	Russell Oliphant – Adam Pritchard				0	10

*alternate

06/23/19 Truman

Bob — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 17:38:14 +0000

Webster’s Dictionary definition of ADJUSTMENT: “adaptation to a particular condition”. It has been impossible to be a successful angler in the Joe Bass Team Trails Truman Division during the 2019 season without the ability to adjust, as conditions have ranged from snow and high, dirty, cold water in March with bites nearly impossible to come by, to spring like conditions in April with high weights and numerous limits brought to the scales, and lake levels 20+ feet high during the May event. The June tournament made no attempt to break the streak of changing conditions, as the lake experienced record flood levels in the weeks prior to the event, forcing the launch to relocate to the high water ramp at Berry Bend, the only facility operational due to the water levels. 48 teams launched in rainy conditions, wary of floaters, loss of long-time navigation markers, and the simple ability to find fishable water. Yet, the afternoon weigh-in proved the mettle of the Truman Lake crew as 31 limits were weighed, with nearly 200 presented, securing valuable qualifying points for the Joe Bass Team Trails Championship at Truman Lake in October.

Veterans of the Truman bass wars, Charley and Chris Thomas made it two in a row as they solved the high water puzzle. Their stout five bass limit pushed the scales to 20.92 pounds The pair shared their Sport Boats USA Key to Success involved pitching jigs and spinnerbaits on steeper slopes where they could get to the bank. 6’-8’ was the optimal depth on their areas, and they noted current appeared to play a pivotal role in the aggressiveness of the bite, with the duo catching 13 keepers to reach their final weight.

Another veteran team secured second place. Jerry McCutchen and Kevin Smith wrestled 17.29 pounds to the boat using jigs and brush hogs. Kevin explained they also focused on the 6-8 foot range and believed current bettered their bite. He lamented they lost a big fish that would have helped their weight, but doubted it would have been enough to catch Charley and Chris. However, their 19 keepers for the day reflects a stellar day on the water.

Rounding out the top three was Joe Bass staffers Sean Bowling and Brandon Brown. Sticking with the current related theme, they worked magnum shaky heads in 2’ of water to boat 16.97 pounds of bass. Sean noted the bite disappeared when the Corps shut off the discharge. Brandon added their key spot was limited to a 17 yard stretch of otherwise similar bank, suggesting they had found a school huddled up on a key piece of bank for whatever reason.

Michael and Jacob Simons continued the veteran Truman theme as they bolstered their 5^th place finish with the Ozarks Chevrolet Big Bass of the event, a thick 5.47 pound toad which fell to a brush hog in 14’ of water. As with Sean and Brandon, they noted all of their fish came from the same 50 yard stretch of bank.

Taking the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter award was John Krewson and Tony Powers. They put 13.76 pounds of into John’s Sport Boats USA their Skeeter.

The fifth event in the Truman Division will be on July 21^st with the takeoff time slated for 6:00 am at Shawnee Bend Ramp, assuming the lake returns to an accommodating level. Keep an eye on the website for further information.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5		4.89	20.92	110	$1,830.00
2	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5		4.18	17.29	109	$1,200.00
3	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5		4.18	16.97	108	$800.00
4	Stephen Smith – Garren Hunt	5		4.45	16.42	107	$730.00
5	Michael Simons – Jacob Simons	5		5.47	16.4	106	$800.00	1BB
6	David McCormick – *fished aalone	5		4.96	16.32	105	$300.00
7	Jared Knuth – *Jeff Smith	5		3.98	16.18	104	$250.00
8	Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson	5		3.89	15.08	103	$200.00
9	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		3.95	15.04	102	$160.00
10	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5		3.42	14.67	101
11	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5		5.26	14.09	100	$150.00	2BB
12	Kevin Love –	5		3.66	14.06	99
13	*Mike Rowland – JR Shinn	5		3.3	13.97	98
14	John Krewson – Tony Powers	5		2.98	13.76	97	$500.00	Top Skeeter
15	Matt Gunter – *Kelly Nunn	5		3.18	13.28	96
16	Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown	5		2.89	13.07	95
17	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	5	0.5	3.04	12.68	94
18	Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds	5		4	12.4	93
19	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5			12.15	92
20	Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull	5	0.5	2.83	12.05	91
21	Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk	5		2.93	12.02	90
22	Ron Peek – Pat Deaton	5		2.68	11.81	89
23	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell	5		3.48	11.75	88
24	Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane	4	0.5	5.21	11.62	87
25	Larry Wright – Doug Wallace	5		2.7	11.6	86
26	James McCutchen – *Billy Greenwell	5		2.52	10.9	85
27	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	5		3.43	10.38	84
28	Rich Campbell – Marvin Decker	4		3.49	10.34	83
29	Keith Livingston – Steve Livingston	4		3.35	10.2	82
30	Chet Douthit – *Dick Turner	5		2.84	9.5	81
31	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	5		2.53	9.38	80
32	Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick	4		3.48	8.85	79
33	Tom McGovern – Chris McGovern	4		4.77	8.81	78
34	John Campbell – Chuck Roberts	4		2.42	7.27	77
35	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II	5		1.94	7.12	76
36	Tony Habiger – John Shields	3		3.35	7.1	75
37	Ozzie Wallace – Brian Vanderzeil	3		3.11	6.74	74
38	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	5		2	6.1	73
39	James Macleod – Danny Johnston	3		2.3	6.06	72
40	*Mike Cooley – Kirby Ricketts	5			5.71	71
41	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant	3		2.76	5.47	70
42	Jack Young – Bill McAvoy	2		2.7	4.2	69
43	Karl Schmidt – *Ysabel Arias	1		3.38	3.38	68
44	Wayne Garrison – *Doug Zink	2			3.04	67
45	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince				0	10
	Rocky Carden – Shawn McHaffie				0	10
	Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler				0	10
	John Williams – *fished aalone				0	10

*alternate

06/02/19 Twain

Bob — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:44:27 +0000

Well to say conditions favored the fish and not the fisherman is an understatement!

From Sunday prior to Sunday morning Mark Twain Lake rose 12ft. and was still rising as heavy rains pummeled the area during the week. The lake was very muddy in most areas, with lots of debris making navigation a challenge on its own. All that being said 22 teams made the decision to fish no matter the conditions.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Gary Koening and Robin Hessling. Gary and Robin had an Area they wanted to fish as past history had showed this area in the back of a creek cleared quicker than most of the lake. When Gary and Robin got to their spot the water appeared to be a little cleaner 8 to 10 inches of visibility verses 4 to 6 inches else where. The team “dipped” soft plastics to visible cover, Laydowns, bushes and also punched sawdust piles. Gary and Robin had 6 bites and 6 keepers on the day with their best 5 weighing a net 11.88 pounds. Gary and Robin are sponsored By Koening Machine and Welding, Diamond Residential Mortgage and J&J Marine.

Taking Second today was the Joe Bass Staff team of Dominic Perotti and Jim Sexton. Dominic and Jim also searched for cleaner water and found 6 to 10 inch visibility in an area not too far from the dam. Pitching soft plastics to visible targets Dominic and Jim managed 3 keepers on the day weighing 8.39 pounds.

Finishing in Third today was the team of Lonnie Franklin and Bob Peneston. Lonnie and Bob fished spinnerbaits on grass flats in the Indian Creek area and managed 3 keepers for 6.76 pounds. Lonnie was also the highest finishing Skeeter Owner fishing out of his 2010 ZX200.

Our next 154 Marine Mark Twain division tournament will be June 30. Robert Allen Ramp 6am take off.

Photos

Results

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