Joe Bass Team Trail

2020 Invitational Results

Bob — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:14:39 +0000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photos

Results

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

09/27/20 Last Chance

Bob — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:27:36 +0000

49 teams took advantage of the last chance event on Truman Lake, many to get an early look at the lake prior to the October Invitational, some needing another event for qualification purposes, and all to have a go at daily bragging rights. With nearly half the field weighing a limit in a non-points event, the lake is shaping up to be phenomenal for next month’s Championship.

Lapping the field was the veteran Truman team of Doug Long and Marty Watson. Their Sport Boats USA Key to Success was slinging spinnerbaits on steeper banks in the Osage Arm. Going through a dozen keepers for the day, their best five pushed the scales to 19.23 pounds. Doug and Marty added to their winning take home pay with the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter bonus as they fished from Doug’s FXR20 Skeeter boat.

Another veteran Truman team, Larry Wright and Doug Wallace, dropped 16.92 on the scales to secure second place. To no one’s surprise, their fish fell to brown jigs fished in the 6-10’ range. Included in their bag was the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass, a stout 5.72 fall bass.

Close behind in third was yet veteran Truman team, Charley and Chris Thomas. They reported fishing 10” worms in big trees, with their bites coming on the bottom rather than suspended in the treetops. Their 16.41 pounds stringer came from two small spots, with considerable time between bites.

Note! The Invitational qualification list will be updated with the conclusion of the last chance event. Check the website for your status. Sign up forms are available on the website. Forms can be printed and mailed in or you can register online. The invitational will be October 17-18 with 7:00am takeoffs from Bucksaw Resort & Marina. Festivities begin Friday October 16^th at noon with the Skeeter Demo Team onsite for demo rides and a chance to win $500 for taking a ride. Don’t forget the Save a Receipt program, as someone will win a cool $1000 cash if their qualifying receipt is drawn. Check-in/registration will begin at 3:00pm, with the meal between 4:00-6:00, followed by the pretournament meeting from 6:00-7:00. Full details are on the website.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Payout
1	Doug Long – Marty Watson	5		4	19.23	$3,150.00	$keeter
2	Larry Wright – Doug Wallace	5		5.72	16.92	$1,510.00	1BB
3	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5		3.89	16.41	$990.00
4	CJ McKinney – Phil Allen	5		3.68	15.4	$500.00
5	Gary Shartzer – Evan Shartzer	5		3.8	14.96	$400.00
6	Blake Felix – Luke Payne	5		4.52	14.12	$300.00
7	David McCormick – Steve Vansant	5		4.77	13.34	$200.00
8	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5		3.53	13.12	$180.00
9	Ernie Cox – Ozzie Wallace	5		3.09	12.78	$160.00
10	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5		4.02	12.5
11	Mark Tucker – Ray Bird	5			12.5
12	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5			12.32
13	Ralph Laster – Steve Helms	5		3.33	12.27
14	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	5		4.24	12.23
15	John Campbell – David Rogers	5		4.06	11.77
16	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	4			11.76
17	Bryce Rieder – Cameron Rieder	4		4.1	11.74
18	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	5		2.82	11.65
19	Doug Blum – Tyler Bone	5			11.44
20	John Krewson – Tony Powers	5			11.23
21	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	5			11.1
22	Troy Thomas – Todd Poretta	5		2.45	10.89
23	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5		3.39	10.81
24	Marvin Griffen – Kevin Griffen	5	1	3.3	10.27
25	Wayne Garrison – Billy Greenwell	5			9.34
26	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	3		5.21	8.87	$190.00	2BB
27	Charles Edgar	4			8.28
28	Troy Hendrick – Shannon Hendrick	2		3.97	7.92
29	Jay Carden – Levi Carden	2		3.57	7.03
30	Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens	2		4.64	6.59
31	Branden Bell – Johnny Bell	1		2.98	2.98
32	Charles Abbott – Timothy Wells				0
	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire				0
	Jason Beem – Justin McCelland				0
	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner				0
	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince				0
	Matt Cesar – Ed Larson				0
	Dan Cox				0
	Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan				0
	Brett Fickle – Tom Coffman				0
	Junior Fiedler – Cody Fielder				0
	Justin Hosler – Collin Atkinson				0
	Kevin Love – Parker Love				0
	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell				0
	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant				0
	Ron Peek – Pat Deaton				0
	Jeffery Smith – Jeffery A Smith				0
	Mike Thomas – Jeff Lane				0
	John Williams – James Brown				0

09/20/20 Stockton

Bob — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:06:15 +0000

Cooler temps means the fish are on the move. From listening to the anglers the fish were from 6 inches of water all the way out to 25 feet. Those that were deep seem to be hanging in the brush piles that were their summer haunts. The other fish were transitioning back in the coves chasing shad. Bottom dragging baits for the deep fish compared to jigs and Top water for the shallow fish.

Former division champs Chris Macy and Tim Lawyer found the fish in both types of locations. They brought in a limit with several culls through out the day that weighed 19.43lbs. Chris also had the OZARK CHEVROLET BIG BASS of the day that weighed 5.74lbs

Mark Moody and Kyle Kiister used the shallow bite to bring a limit that weighed 16.23lbs. they had a 4.78 kicker to help their bag.

Another team that is familiar with these waters was Scott Clift and Ashley Medley. They worked the brush piles to bring in a 5 fish limit that weighed 15.51lbs

Dan Cox and Tim Kastning fishing out of Dan’s 2002 SX190 brought in a limit that weighed 14.23lbs to earn them the SPORT BOATS USA TOP SKEETER bonus.

A reminder that invitational qualifiers can be found on the JOE BASS website and invitations will not be mailed out. GET YOURS ON LINE AND FILL IT OUT.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Chris Macy – Tim Lawyer	5	5.74	19.43	110	$2,430.00	1BB
2	Mark Moody – Kyle Kiister	5	4.78	16.23	109	$1,300.00
3	Scott Clift – Ashley Medley	5	3.85	15.51	108	$830.00
4	Robert Shackelford – Dusty Richardson	5	3.98	15.43	107	$550.00
5	Brandon Rummel – Justin Delk	5	4.28	15.24	106	$450.00
6	Eric Craft – Dominic Cavitt	5	3.61	14.41	105	$400.00
7	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5	4.4	14.23	104	$570.00	$keeter
8	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	5	4.2	13.84	103	$220.00
9	Danny Waite – *Brad Martin	5	3.35	13.62	102	$200.00
10	Mike Hagensicker – Dillon Brock	5		13.35	101	$180.00
11	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards	5	3.16	12.93	100
12	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5	2.63	12.88	99
13	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5	4.58	12.83	98
14	Rick Jones – Jeremy Gilbert	5		12.65	97
15	Justin Angel – Scott Angel	5	3.17	12.63	96
16	Gary Lower – Jason Bates	5	3.6	11.68	95
17	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes	5	2.89	11.55	94
18	Aaron Foglesong – Ben Redwing	5		11.38	93
19	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	5	3.42	11.25	92
20	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5		11.08	91
21	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	5		10.83	90
22	Marvin Kinyon – Chris Roberts	5	2.97	10.72	89
23	Chris White – Kelly White	5		10.35	88
24	Jim Davidson – Mike Ashbacher	5	2.6	10.05	87
25	Levi Snow – Benjamin Hodgson	5		9.74	86
26	Dustin Keys – Doug Hainley	5	3.7	9.43	85
27	*fished aalone – Ray Holt	5		9.08	84
28	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	4	3.26	8.69	83
29	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer	4		8.64	82
30	Troy Thomas – *Todd Paretta	4		8	81
31	Chad Allison – Jeff Moss	3	3.24	7.85	80
32	Andrew Gwilliams – Brenden Williams	4	3.72	7.73	79
33	Denis Repa – *fished aalone	3		6.13	78
34	George Spicer – Jeff Bledsoe	3		5.98	77
35	Dalton Saxon – James JD Dendy	3		5.85	76
36	Ted Brynds Jr. – Andy Massey	3		5.39	75
37	Kurt Dooly – Ryan Klebe	2		4.99	74
38	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire	2		4.68	73
39	Corey Vance – Tyler Dame	2		4.18	72
40	*Craig Sherertz – Seth Sherertz	2		3.8	71
41	Randy Roustio –	1	2.71	2.71	70
42	*Katie Bogner – Justin Bogner			0	10
	James Brown – John Campbell			0	10
	Mike Butcher – Justin Amershek			0	10
	Rocky Carden – *fished aalone			0	10
	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair			0	10
	Austin Lowrey – Brett Stearns			0	10
	Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe			0	10
	Greg Seiner – Rick Keeney			0	10
	Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley			0	10
	AJ Wenzel – Patrick Dickerson			0	10
	Kenneth White – Ken White			0	10

*alternate

09/19/20 Table Rock

Bob — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:53:45 +0000

The season finale of the Joe Bass Team Trails Table Rock Division proved a bit tough as the typical September slump appeared to have the fish starting to scatter from their summer haunts but not quite stacked up on their cool weather spots. However, the skills of the area anglers shown through bright and clear as several strong limits were posted, points champions determined, and qualifying points for the October Invitational to be held out of beautiful Bucksaw Resort accrued.

Closing out the regular season with a victory by Justin McCelland. Justin solved the puzzle as Justin shared his Sport Boats USA Key to Success involved fishing Big Bite Baits BFE’s and a jig tipped with a Big Bites Bait Yo Momma to shallow cover to amass his 15.85 weight. Justin reported he worked through a staggering 35-40 cookie cutters, watching them hit, to get to his final weight.

Kelly Jones and Roger Satterfield came in a close second with a 15.31 pound stringer. Kelly and Roger also noted they caught a lot of short fish, but the right keepers on jigs in 10’ in the James arm. Their 4.88 pound kicker proved to be the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the day. They added to their 2nd place take home pay with the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter bonus by fishing from Kelly’s 2019 FX21 FX Skeeter boat. Kelly Jones and Roger Satterfield win the Open division points race.

Rounding out the top three was Mike Gold and Eric Oliverson. They had a stout bag of 14.81 pounds. Mike shared they rotated between deep cranks and 10” worms fished in the 20’ depths to boat 8 keepers for the day. Mike Gold and Eric Oliverson win the Table Rock division points race.

The Last Chance event will be September 27th out of Bucksaw with a 7:00am takeoff.

Note! The Invitational qualification list will be updated with the conclusion of each division. Check the website for your status. Also note that NO LETTERS WILL BE MAILED. Sign up forms are available on the website. Forms can be printed and mailed in or you can register online.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Justin McCelland	5	4.84	15.85	110	$1,880.00	1BB
2	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5	4.88	15.31	109	$1,740.00	$keeter 2BB
3	Mike Gold – Eric Olliverson	5	3.72	14.81	108	$700.00
4	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5	3.57	14.76	107	$380.00
5	Tony Mayfield – Fisher Mayfield	5	3.58	14.31	106	$200.00
6	Don Sanders – Bubba McVey	5	2.76	11.07	105	$160.00
7	Dan Hankinson – *Rick Vogel	5	2.58	10.93	104
8	Andrew Gwilliams – Brenden Williams	5	2.63	10.79	103
9	Craig Dort – Tony Johnston	4	3.42	10.62	102
10	Matt Cesar – Ed Larson	4	3.25	10.14	101
11	Shelby Hutchens – Christina Martinez	5	2.84	10.09	100
12	Shane Harms – Dillon Harms	4	2.91	9.51	99
13	Kavan Maybee – Josh Wray	3	3.97	9.02	98
14	Sam Smith – Steve Lackey	4		8.65	97
15	Robert McDaniel – Johhny Senasy	4	2.43	8.07	96
16	Marvin Kinyon – Chris Roberts	3	2.9	7.21	95
17	Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnsonn	3	2.94	7.11	94
18	Rodney Bowersox – Johnny Neil Sr.	3		6.62	93
19	Jack Stack – Dick Moger	3		6.08	92
20	LG Linville – Barry Mackey	2	3.73	5.92	91
21	Eric White – Gavin White	2	3.17	5.36	90
22	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	2		5.06	89
23	Matt Underwood – Logan Underwood	2	3.18	4.73	88
24	*Wyatt Dill – Bryan Vote			0	10
	John Cates – *fished aalone			0	10
	Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan			0	10
	Jeff Elkin – Rowdy Unruh			0	10
	Michael Frye – Michael Landwehr			0	10
	Terry Letterman – *fished aalone			0	10
	Eddie Marmouget – Andy Marmouget			0	10
	*Chris Wilkerson – Cody Combs			0	10
	*Rob Williams – Elias Williams			0	10
	Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard			0	10
	Dewayne Weeks – Missi Weeks			0	10

*alternate

09/13/20 Truman

Bob — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:32:24 +0000

The season finale of the Joe Bass Team Trails Truman Division once again proved the strength of a resurgent lake in addition to the mettle of the Truman anglers, as 90 teams assembled at Shawnee Bend in search of a win and qualification points for the October Invitational to be held out of beautiful Bucksaw Resort. Half of the field brought a five fish limit to the scales, with 26 four pound or better fish weighed for big fish/tie breaker.

Closing out the regular season with a victory was the ever-competitive team of Bryce Rieder and Mike Edrington. Their 19.48 pound bag was topped by the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the day, a 6.91 pound behemoth. The duo shared their Sport Boats USA Key to Success included a variety of lures, including topwater, worms, and brush hogs with a key fish on a Trophy Bass Company jig. Mike noted they didn’t catch a ton of fish, with eight keepers scattered on an all-day bite.

Reigning points champions Jerry McCutchen and Kevin Smith came in a close second with a 19.08 stringer. True to form, they amassed their weights throwing jigs and Chompers Boss Hawgs. They concentrated on flipping pole timber in 2’-6’ of water.

A repeat from the August event, Team Smith, Jeff and Jeff A, rounded out the top three. They had a stout bag of 17.77 pounds. Jeff noted they started off slow with the bite picking up later in the day. A Googan Baits soft plastic craw delivered the bulk of their weigh-in fish with a 6^th Sense soft plastic and a Whopper Plopper mixed in for good measure.

Mike Rogers and Donnie Crist added to their 4^th place take home pay with the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter bonus by putting 17.32 pounds of bass in their 2020 FX Skeeter boat.

The Last Chance event will be September 27^th out of Bucksaw with a 7:00am takeoff.

Note! The Invitational qualification list will be updated with the conclusion of each division. Check the website for your status. Also note that NO LETTERS WILL BE MAILED. Sign up forms are available on the website. Forms can be printed and mailed in or you can register online.

Congratulations to 2020 Everharts Outdoor Store Truman division Champions Matt Gunter & Kelly Nunn.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5		6.91	19.48	110	$3,950.00	1BB
2	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5		6.6	19.08	109	$2,490.00	2BB
3	Jeffery Smith – Jeffery A Smith	5		5.48	17.77	108	$1,260.00
4	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5		4.84	17.32	107	$1,300.00	$keeter
5	Paul Hager – Phil Allen	5		4.05	16.55	106	$600.00
6	*Jamie Duncan – Kelly Nunn	5		3.9	16.3	105	$480.00
7	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell	5		4.54	16.01	104	$300.00
8	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5		4.13	15.63	103	$300.00
9	Brandon Rowland – *Tom Shewey	5		4.32	15.14	102	$300.00
10	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	5		3.86	14.93	101	$200.00
11	Kennedy Schwartzburg – Andrew Rogers	4		5.49	14.68	100	$200.00
12	Roger LaBarge – Keith LaBarge	5		4.13	14.67	99	$200.00
13	Justin Miller – Mathew Miller	5		4	14.62	98	$180.00
14	Troy Thomas – Mike Eickmann	5		3.34	14.51	97	$180.00
15	Michael Dugger – Jeff Lang	5		3.94	14.46	96	$180.00
16	*Steve Prince – Brandon Brown	5		3.46	14.41	95	$160.00
17	Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens	5		4.19	14.35	94	$160.00
18	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	5		4.07	14.19	93	$160.00
19	Larry Wright – Doug Wallace	5		4.69	14.09	92
20	Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull	5		3.69	13.98	91
21	Bill Dennis – Steve Olive	5		3.59	13.7	90
22	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	5		3.71	13.26	89
23	Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown	5		4.49	13.25	88
24	Ralph Laster – Steve Helms	5		4.81	13.11	87
25	Ricky York – Ed Gilbert	5		4.13	12.97	86
26	John Krewson – Tony Powers	5			12.82	85
27	Eric Zuk – Chet Douthit	5		4.84	12.52	84
28	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	5		3.99	12.5	83
29	Jared Knuth – *Melissa Harrell	5		4.64	12.36	82
30	Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds	5		4.32	12.17	81
31	Jake Beem – *Joseph Beem	5	0.5	3.61	11.91	80
32	*Gary Martin – Jim Sells	5		4.14	11.72	79
33	Kolin Rogers – Wyatt Miller	5		3.89	11.58	78
34	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5		4.9	11.56	77
35	*James McCutchen – Jamie Edge	5			11.46	76
36	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5			11.26	75
37	Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick	5		3.58	11.06	74
38	Scott Danek – Scott Danek Jr	5			10.97	73
39	Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer	5		2.95	10.92	72
40	Wayne Garrison – Billy Greenwell	5			10.88	71
41	Kevin Love – *Derek Downs	5			10.79	70
42	Rocky Carden – *fished aalone	3		4.63	10.77	69
43	Dene White – Joe Dorcy	5			10.26	68
44	Tony Habiger – Fabricio Toledo	4			10.16	67
45	Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson	5			10.08	66
46	Steve Gwadera – Jacob Desselle	4		3.6	9.02	65
47	Kevin Rogers – Hunter Bowling	4			8.75	64
48	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	4		3.09	8.23	63
49	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II	5		2.4	8.04	62
50	Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush	5			7.8	61
51	Ozzie Wallace – Ernie Cox	3			7.48	60
52	Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter	3			7.21	59
53	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon	3		3.31	7.17	58
54	Sam Maggio – *Wes Willet	2		4.18	6.7	57
55	Shawn Crabtree – *Theresa Patterson	3			6.68	56
55	Ron Peek – Pat Deaton	3			6.68	56
57	Mark Adkins – Chris Nichols	3			6.51	54
58	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	5		4.41	6.33	53
59	Jay Carden – *adam ramirez	3			6.24	52
60	Tim Hintenach – Travis Williams	3			5.76	51
61	Roger Umbarger – Josh Louisville	2			5.05	50
62	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky	1		4.88	4.88	49
63	Jordan Williams – Riley Hill	1		4.01	4.01	48
64	Doug Asher – Seth Sherertz	2			3.9	47
65	Steve Teske – Jon Wall	2			3.65	46
66	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	1		2.45	2.45	45
67	James Macleod – Don Miller	1		2.28	2.28	44
68	Aaron Vaughn – Parrish Vaughn	1		2.19	2.19	43
69	Jim Altman – Kevin Altman				0	10
	Lyle Armstrong – *fished aalone				0	10
	Greg Askew – Terry Case				0	10
	Doug Blum – Tyler Bone				0	10
	Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis				0	10
	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney				0	10
	Joddy Dungan – John Matousek				0	10
	Charles Edgar – Paul Tatroe				0	10
	Blake Felix – *Corey Callahan				0	10
	Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler				0	10
	Marvin Griffen – Kevin Griffen				0	10
	Kirk Holland –				0	10
	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters				0	10
	Doug Long – Marty Watson				0	10
	Bill McAvoy – Jack Young				0	10
	*Evan Shartzer – Gary Shartzer				0	10
	Ron McLain – James Leach				0	10
	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant				0	10
	Luke Routh – *Deven Coffman				0	10
	Karl Schmidt – Bret Stracke				0	10
	Mike Thomas – *Jeff Lane				0	10
	John Williams – *John Campbell				0	10

*alternate

09/12/20 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:59:59 +0000

The final 2020 tournament on Pomme was a thriller for the Division Champions race. The team winning Division Champions had no idea they were in contention, however with the throw out they rocketed to 1st Place in the Whites Marine Center Pomme division. More about that later.

The lake was amped and the weather was made for fishing. Pomme showed it’s colors with 31 limits weighed in.

Taking top honors was Rick Fishback and Denny Carver they weighed in 5 bass totaling 18.28lbs. They report fishing square bills wrapped with the CrankWraps White crappie pattern and Chompers jigs at depths of 2 to 6 feet in both arms of the lake.

David Mulkey fished with alternate Big Stick Charlie Ray. Their 5 bass limit was anchored by Davids 5.46lb 1st Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass. Chompers jigs and Chompers twin tails were used to catch the 18.17lb limit. They report traveling both arms of the lake fishing at depths primarily 10-20 feet culling through 8 keepers.

David Epema and Dan Bowman take 3rd with 14.50lbs anchored by Dan’s 5.31lb bass. Catching that bass along with their 3rd Place finish rocketed them into 1st Place overall in the points race. Congratulations to Dave and Dan the 2020 Whites Marine Center Division Champions. If that wasn’t enough they win the Top Skeeter bonus for fishing from Dave’s 2014 Skeeter along with 2nd Big Bass.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5	4.52	18.28	110	$1,800.00
2	David Mulkey – *Big Stick Charlie Ray	5	5.46	18.17	109	$1,430.00	1BB
3	Dave Epema – Dan Bowman	5	5.31	14.5	108	$1,210.00	$keeter 2BB
4	Josh Miller – Ethen Johns	5	4.55	14.4	107	$500.00
5	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5	4.88	14.32	106	$300.00
6	Scott Emmert – Dave Goestenkors	5	3.66	14.22	105	$200.00
7	Casey Kidder – Chris Savoie	5	4.08	13.87	104	$190.00
8	Paul Hager – Phil Allen	5	4.52	13	103
9	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5	4.37	12.9	102
10	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5	3.52	12.23	101
11	Paul Redmond – Craig Honnywell	5	3.46	12.16	100
12	John Campbell – Rusty Darnell	5	3.8	11.64	99
13	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	5		11.24	98
14	Eric Dearduff – Dakota Dearduff	5		11.14	97
15	Ron Peek – *Greig Engel	5		10.75	96
16	Scott Hill – Brandon Hill	5		10.57	95
17	Cody Campbell – Quinten Carr	5		10.18	94
18	Robert Shackelford – *Robbie Shackleford	5	3.32	9.97	93
19	*Landon Terry – Bryan Jackson	5	3.52	9.63	92
20	Kelly Nunn – Jamie Duncan	5	3.2	9.44	91
21	Rocky Carden – Darryl Robinson	5		9.3	90
22	Don Mason – Cliff Wolfe	5	2.71	9.03	89
23	Sam Smith – Steve Lackey	5		8.56	88
24	Troy Nogosek – *Josh Shelton	5		8.54	87
25	David Moore – Bob Moore	5		8.46	86
26	Larry Evans – Dakotah Evans	5	2.44	8.25	85
27	Tony Mayfield – Fisher Mayfield	5		8.22	84
28	Earl Horton –	5	1.79	7.68	83
29	Jonathan Evans – Terry Close	5	1.99	7.33	82
30	Rodney Bowersox – Randy Davis	5		6.89	81
31	John Stewart – Corey Stewart	5		6.85	80
32	Greg Becker – Don Thrall	4		5.18	79
33	Clint Hart – KC Collette	2	2.32	4.12	78
34	Randy Roustio –	2		3.05	77
35	Kipp Easley – Johnn Williams	2		3.04	76
36	Jerry Addington – Tony Addington	1	1.5	1.5	75
37	Jake Beem – Justin McCelland			0	10
	Blake Burford – Tim Collins			0	10
	Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard			0	10
	*alternate

08/30/20 Truman

Bob — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:11:10 +0000

What was scheduled to be the season finale in the Joe Bass Team Trails Truman Division turned into in the penultimate event due to rescheduling due to COVID restrictions in the spring. Perhaps multiple years of high water provided protection for recently spawned fish as its obvious there have been several strong year classes as witnessed by 72 limits and a nearly 11.5 pound average per team. Mild temperatures and mostly cloudy skies provided tolerable conditions for an August tournament with 103 teams departing Shawnee Bend in search of daily accolades and valuable qualification points for the October Invitational to be held out of beautiful Bucksaw Resort.

Topping the field was Dene White and Joe Dorcy who wrestled a 20.77 pound limit to the scales. Joe noted their SportBoats USA Key to Success included a few topwater bites early, but their bag was anchored by fishing big worms in 3’-8’ of water with the size of their weight being critical, as they rotated between 3/8 and ½ ounce weights depending on location. Most of their good bites came in a flurry between 10:00 and 12:00, with the bite being “soft”, as Dene said their lines would just slowly swim off.

Mark Dunbar and Johnny Bell dropped a stout 19.23 pounds on the scale to secure second place. Mark echoed Joe’s description as he and Johnny also fished big worms in the 3’-8’ depths. Mark also described how they had to work their worms super slow, with it taking “2-3 minutes per cast”.

Team Smith, Jeff and Jeff A, were only 4 ounces shy of second place finish with their 19.00 pound stringer. They fished a variety of baits including buzzbaits, squarebills and soft plastics. A Googan Baits soft plastic craw delivered the bulk of their weigh-in fish.

On a day with 15 five pounders weighed in, one had to truly earn the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the day. Corey Besgrove and Eddie Brown proved they were up to the task, as they brought a 5.71 toad to Shawnee Bend to take top honors. Corey explained the big fish hit a J. Corwin prototype softplastic craw flipped to shallow cover.

John Krewson and Tony Powers added to their 5^th place take home pay with the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter bonus as they fished big worms and crankbaits in the 7’-12’ range from John’s ZX250 Sport Boats USA Skeeter.

Winning comes in all shapes and sizes. Joe Bass Team Trail Pro Staff anglers Mark Thompson and Markie Thompson also take a victory lap with the tournaments smallest stringer. The 7.43lb limit won them the Trophy Bass Co Pro pack donated by Darrell Reach.

Per the norm SportsBoats USA provided catch & release pontoon was on hand protecting the resource for future anglers.

The fifth and final event in the 2020 Truman Division will be September 13^th at Shawnee Bend Ramp with a 7:00am takeoff. With the large turnouts, be sure and show up early to get checked in and launched prior to the scheduled take-off time.

The Last Chance event will be held on Truman 09/27/20 taking off at 7am. Use this tournament to get a necessary event for Invitational qualification or a day of practice on Truman.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Dene White – Joe Dorcy	5		5.14	20.77	110	$3,500.00
2	Mark Dunbar – Johnny Bell	5		4.47	19.23	109	$2,610.00
3	Jeffery Smith – Jeffery A Smith	5		5.47	19	108	$1,360.00
4	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5		5.35	18.99	107	$970.00
5	John Krewson – Tony Powers	5		4.98	18.6	106	$1,500.00	$keeter
6	Larry Wright – Doug Wallace	5		4.57	18.36	105	$400.00
7	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	5		4.15	18.12	104	$400.00
8	Matt Gunter – *Kelly Nunn	5		4.09	17.74	103	$400.00
9	Eric Zuk – Chet Douthit	5	0.5	4.57	17.71	102	$300.00
10	Wesley Myers – Steve Kelley	5		4.61	17.25	101	$300.00
11	Jon Gillotte – Matt Rogers	5		4.04	17.15	100	$300.00
12	Brandon Morris – Logan Carter	5		4.19	17.14	99	$200.00
13	Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull	5		5.41	17.07	98	$200.00
14	Ron Peek – Pat Deaton	5		4.71	17.07	97	$200.00
15	Ricky York – Ed Gilbert	5		5.07	17.06	96	$180.00
16	Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong	5		5.27	17	95	$180.00
17	Kennedy Schwartzburg – Andrew Rogers	5		4.81	16.87	94	$180.00
18	Marvin Griffen – Kevin Griffen	5		4.73	16.53	93	$160.00
19	Todd Miller – Cameron Miller	5		5.46	16.49	92	$160.00
20	Kevin Rogers – Hunter Bowling	5		5.04	16.36	91	$160.00
21	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	5		4.73	16.35	90
22	Ozzie Wallace –	5		3.86	15.91	89
23	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5	0.5	5.36	15.82	88
24	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	5		5.31	15.49	87
25	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		4.01	15.46	86
26	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	5		4.87	15.45	85
27	Russell Oliphant – *Donnie Goodman	5		4.55	15.36	84
28	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	5		5.63	15.28	83	$400.00	2BB
29	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5		3.71	15.14	82
30	Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer	5		4.16	14.89	81
31	Michael Dugger – Jeff Lang	5	1		14.87	80
32	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	5		3.7	14.76	79
33	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown	5			14.74	78
34	Steve Gwadera – Jacob Desselle	5		4.92	14.72	77
35	Brandon Rowland – Russel Nigh	5			14.58	76
36	Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush	5		3.81	14.51	75
37	Kolin Rogers – Wyatt Miller	5		3.34	14.38	74
38	Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick	5		5.56	14.11	73
39	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	5		3.77	14.1	72
40	Joddy Dungan – John Matousek	5		3.7	13.98	71
41	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	5		4.03	13.96	70
42	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	5	0.5	3.85	13.59	69
43	Mike Thomas – *Jeff Lane	5		4.25	13.4	68
44	Justin Hosler – Kyle McAdams	5		4.59	13.35	67
45	Bill McAvoy – Jack Young	5		4.11	13.28	66
46	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky	5	0.5		13.28	65
47	Mark Adkins – Chris Nichols	5		5.26	13.18	64
48	Justin Miller – Mathew Miller	5			13.13	63
49	Doug Long – Marty Watson	5			12.97	62
50	Tom McGovern – Chris McGovern	5		3.56	12.85	61
51	Shawn Crabtree – *Theresa Patterson	5		3.8	12.8	60
52	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5			12.54	59
53	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	5		3.31	12.53	58
54	Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein	5		3.52	12.33	57
55	Jared Knuth – *fished aalone	5		3.93	12.3	56
56	Paul Hager – Phil Allen	4		4.61	12.17	55
57	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	5		2.95	12.05	54
58	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	5		4.54	12.01	53
59	Ted Daniels –	5			12.01	52
60	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5		3.64	11.91	51
61	John Williams – *fished aalone	5			11.91	50
62	Sam Maggio – Troy Ladenhoff	5			11.74	49
63	Tony Habiger – Fabricio Toledo	5		2.91	11.58	48
64	Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown	4		5.71	11.5	47	$640.00	1BB
65	*Josh Pladies – Keith Pflumm	5		3.4	11.5	46
66	Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer	5			11.39	45
67	John Stewart – Corey Stewart	4		4.42	11.38	44
68	Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds	4		4.15	11.36	43
69	Rocky Carden – Darryl Robinson	5		4.42	11.27	42
70	Kenny Shinn – John Hodson	5	0.5		11.1	41
71	Andre Dickniete – Noah Dickneite	5	0.5		10.89	40
71	Wayne Garrison – Billy Greenwell	5			10.89	40
73	JC Beckett – Austin Coleman	4		4.23	10.72	38
74	Zane Penley – Shane Boone	5			10.19	37
75	Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson	4		4.38	10.08	36
76	Marvin Kinyon – Mike Long	4		3.4	10.05	35
77	Roger Umbarger – Josh Louisville	5			9.66	34
78	Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnson	5			9.2	33
79	Randy Oliphant – *fished aalone	4	0.5		8.53	32
80	Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis	4	0.5		8.3	31
81	Ben Saubers – Nick Saubers	4			8.22	30
82	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II	4			8.02	29
83	Scott Triplett – Todd Shaw	4	0.5	2.19	7.82	28
84	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5			7.43	27
85	Aaron Vaughn – Parrish Vaughn	2		4.79	7.28	26
86	Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter	4			6.72	25
87	Karl Schmidt – Bret Stracke	2			5.15	24
88	Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler	1		5.12	5.12	23
89	Aaron Foglesong – Ben Redwing	2			4.85	22
90	Charles Abbott – Timothy Wells				0	10
	Rich Campbell – *Travis Stevens				0	10
	John Campbell – David Rogers				0	10
	Danny Carter – *John Bannon				0	10
	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon				0	10
	Roger LaBarge – Keith LaBarge				0	10
	Ralph Laster – Steve Helms				0	10
	Kevin Love – *fished aalone				0	10
	Gary Lower – Jason Bates				0	10
	David Moore – Bob Moore				0	10
	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell				0	10
	Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick				0	10
	Steve Teske – Jon Wall				0	10
	Mike Ward – Peyton Jackson				0	10

	* alternate

08/29/30 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:50:11 +0000

Heavy rains and thunderstorms developed in the early afternoon but the anglers trudged through weighing in 35 limits out of 52 teams. Once again an impressive showing for Pomme de terre lake.

Wesley Myers and Brock Reinkemeyer bested the field with 5 bass weighing 18lbs. Their limit was anchored by the 2nd Big Bass of the tournament. They report fishing football jigs covering both arms at depths of 10-20 ft.

Rick Fishback and Denny Carver report covering a lot of water traveling back and forth in both arms using a Crank Wraps White crappie wrapped Jenko crankbait. Their limit weighed 17.77lbs.

Local guide Greg Becker and partner Don Thrall take 3rd fishing e factor football jigs in 15ft of water.

Fisher Mayfield weighed in the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass weighing 5.57lbs.

Our next Pomme event will be September 12, 2020 taking off from The Harbor at 7am. Lets continue to support the facility and pay your launch fees. Thanks for idling in the no wake areas around the new docks at the Harbor.

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

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	*Wesley Meyers – Brock Reinkemeyer	5		5.55	18	110	$2,200.00	2BB
2	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5		4.69	17.77	109	$1,450.00
3	Greg Becker – Don Thrall	5		5.22	17.44	108	$950.00
4	Tony Mayfield – Fisher Mayfield	5		5.57	15.9	107	$810.00	1BB
5	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5		3.94	15.85	106	$900.00	Skeeter
6	Dave Epema – Dan Bowman	5		4.92	14.93	105	$300.00
7	Josh Miller – Ethen Johns	5		4.03	14.76	104	$270.00
8	Robert Shackelford – *Robbie Shackleford	5		4.68	14.72	103	$200.00
9	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5		4.34	14.58	102	$180.00
10	Scott Emmert – *Brandon Emmert	5		3.93	14.37	101	$160.00
11	Matt Gunter – Gage Gunter	5		4.84	14.12	100
12	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5			13.88	99
13	Jim Figg – Don Cox	5	1	4.74	13.64	98
14	Scott Hill – Brandon Hill	5			12.76	97
15	Paul Redmond – Craig Honnywell	5		4.65	12.26	96
16	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5		3.57	11.96	95
17	John Campbell – Rusty Darnell	5		3.58	11.76	94
18	Larry Evans – Dakotah Evans	5			11.51	93
19	Randy Roustio –	5		4.56	11.2	92
20	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5		2.9	10.94	91
21	Dan Goetz – Brad Burton	5			10.57	90
22	Sam Smith – Steve Lackey	5			10.47	89
23	Casey Kidder – Chris Savoie	5		4.07	10.33	88
24	Rocky Carden – *fished aalone	5			9.9	87
25	David Moore – Bob Moore	5			9.76	86
26	Blake Burford – Tim Collins	5			9.67	85
27	Jonathan Evans – Terry Close	5		3.5	9.59	84
28	Rick Jones – Jeremy Gilbert	5			9.49	83
29	Jay Carden – Levi Carden	5			9.36	82
30	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5			9.08	81
31	Don Mason – Cliff Wolfe	5			8.98	80
32	Rodney Bowersox – Randy Davis	5	0.5		8.93	79
33	Cody Campbell – Quinten Carr	5	1		8.85	78
34	Danny Waite – *fished aalone	4			8.11	77
35	Mike Coker –	4			7.86	76
36	Earl Horton –	5			7.55	75
37	Clint Hart – KC Collette	5			7.37	74
38	Paul Marsala – *Eli Marsala	3			6.24	73
39	Jerry Roark – *Don Triuuy	3			5.71	72
40	Kyle Uptegrove – Anthony Alkire	3			4.74	71
41	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	3			4.6	70
42	Steve Teske – Jon Wall	3			4.27	69
43	Jordan Williams – *Robbie Williams	3			4.26	68
44	Jerry Addington – Tony Addington	2			3.59	67
45	*Bryan Mendenhall – Kent Whitaker				0	10
	Wesley Myers – fished aalone				0	10
	Kipp Easley – Johnn Williams				0	10
	Brad Jelinek – *Josh Reno				0	10
	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley				0	10
	Troy Nogosek – Jeremy Fiedler				0	10
	John Stewart – Corey Stewart				0	10
	John Williams – *fished aalone				0	10

	*alternate

08/23/20 Mark Twain

Bob — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:22:53 +0000

Season Finale at Mark Twain = TOUGH BITE

Conditions
Lake Level 605.74 No Generation
Water Conditions Lower Lake; Clear. Mid-Lake; Clear w some creeks Stained
Water Temps; Low to Mid 80s

41 Teams set out on Mark Twain Lake for the sixth and final 154 Marine sponsored tournament of the 2020 season. Dock talk was how tough fishing was as teams were counting bites instead of keepers during practice.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Charlie Kunkle and Keith Williams. Charlie and Keith started their day on the lower end of the lake fishing brush piles and rocky high spots catching a keeper early on shakey head and big Texas rigged worms. The bite slowed mid-mourning until the recreational boat traffic started “moving” some water around, scattering bait and getting a few fish to start feeding. The team finished their limit before noon and point hopped their way back towards Robert Allen Ramp. The team made a last minute stop in some pole timber and and caught a nice upgrade to put them over the top. The teams 5 fish limit came in at 19.22 pounds, almost 5 pounds ahead of second place. 154 Marine Key to Success: For Charlie and Keith it was their Minkota Ultrex trolling motor and their Humminbird MEGA 360. The team said they could stay a little farther away from the brush watch it on the graph and the spot lock kept them right where they wanted to be even in the areas busy with recreational boat traffic. Charlie and Keith are sponsored by 154 Marine. Charlie was also the Highest finishing Skeeter owner fishing out of his 2020 ZXR21.

Taking the runner-up spot today was the team of Greg Zumwalt and alternate Rusty Rothweiler. Greg and Rusty Started their day in one of the larger creeks in the mid-lake area, fishing soft plastics around brush in 6 to 11 feet of water. Greg and Rusty had a limit before 9:30 and decided to leave the area to hopefully upgrade on some brush piles down lake. However, after fishing three spots without a sniff, the team reminded themselves “Never leave biting fish to find fish”. So Greg and Rusty returned to their mid-lake creek in the afternoon. The team settled for 2nd place weighing in 14.25 pounds. Greg is sponsored by Mark Twain Lure Co, Dyna Gro Seed, Gene Larew and Jack’s Harbor Marine.

Finishing in Third was the team of Dennis and Karen McFetridge. the Bass Team Tackle, Sports Paint and Tri-State Trolling Motor sponsored team Started their day fishing main lake points with soft plastics both Texas and Carolina rigged catching 2 keepers early. Later the team moved to a secondary point in one of the mid-lake creek arms finishing their limit around 11am.

Catching the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass was the father son team of Phil and Travis Allen. You talk about one excited 14 year old! The team caught the 5.22 pound lunker off a secondary point with wood in about four feet of water on a 4″ Crock O Gator Tube. Phil texted me that Travis was still smiling two hours after the tournament was over!

Congratulations go out to Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander as the 154 Marine Division Points Champions.

41 teams 6 limits 71 fish weighed 71 fish released!

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	5	4.6	19.22	110	$2,540.00	$keeter
2	*Rusty Rothweiler – Greg Zumwalt	5	3.9	14.25	109	$1,020.00
3	Dennis McFetridge – Karen McFetridge	5		12.14	108	$640.00
4	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5		12.12	107	$400.00
5	Eric Power – Chris Power	5		12.07	106	$320.00
6	Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge	5		9.99	105	$250.00
7	Mick Buchanan – Gary Grzybinski	4		9.83	104	$220.00
8	*Travis Allen – Phil Allen	3	5.2	9.75	103	$450.00	1BB
9	Mike Wotawa – *fished aalone	4		9.34	102
10	Terry Weaver – Doug Drysdale	4		7.78	101
11	Dominic Perotti – Dominic Perotti Jr	3		7.45	100
12	Todd Hessling – Mike Pettitt	3		6.59	99
13	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	3		5.97	98
14	Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston	2		5.14	97
15	Gary Gedville – John Gedville	2		4.79	96
16	Tom Herndon – Jason VanBeers	1	4.6	4.62	95	$160.00	2BB
17	Chris Johnson – Josh Calvin	2		4.23	94
18	Kent Campbell – Shane Burr	2		3.76	93
19	Preston Hartung – *Charles Harrington	1	3.6	3.6	92
20	Terry Jones – Brad Dooley	2		3.56	91
21	Larry Rothwiel – Phil Williams	1	3	2.95	90
22	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	1	2.7	2.69	89
23	Jason Kiser – *fished aalone	1	2.1	2.07	88
24	Jeff Boerding – Mike Reigh	1	1.8	1.75	87
25	Rian White – Rick Beard	1	1.6	1.6	86
26	Chris Beckman – Brantley Beckman			0	10
	Tom Darnell – Rick McGuire			0	10
	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann			0	10
	Josh Gebhardt – Ross Lord			0	10
	Russ Gilmore – Deno Ek			0	10
	Kenny Grothoff – Donnie Palmatory			0	10
	Alan Hoyt – Gage Hoyt			0	10
	Chris Janda – J. Rowdy Yates			0	10
	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder			0	10
	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh			0	10
	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling			0	10
	Cory Kunkle – Charlie Kunkle Sr			0	10
	Ron Mellinger – Colton Mellinger			0	10
	Wayne Werle – *Nick Werle			0	10
	Ken Young – John Drury			0	10
	Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman			0	10

	*alternate

08/09/20 Stockton

Bob — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:46:41 +0000

Summer days at Stockton usually means the fish go deep. Experienced anglers that fish the JOE BASS TEAM TRAIL MITCHEM TIRE Stockton Division know ledges and brush piles are the places to find the good ones. This day the Joe Bass anglers knew the structure but the depth was across the board from 5 to 25 feet deep due in part by the scattered showers then sunshine that followed. Early in the AM, some also had some good topwater bites going on.

The 1st Place team of Mark Moody, Girard, KS and Kyle Kiister, Arma, KS, sponsored by Albers Marine, Inc., Denali Rods, WooTungsten, Brewers Prop Service, Thunderbait Bed liners and accessories, and Kannarr Eye Clinic, used jigs and soft plastics. They hit brush and ledges in 5-15 feet of water. The team also produced the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the day that weighed 5.06 lbs. Their 5 fish limit hit the scales 18.22lbs.

The seasoned team of Chris Macy and Tim Lawyer, the 2018 Mitchem Tire Stockton division champions, brought in a sack that weighed 16.98lbs. Chris stated they fished structure all day for their limit. The bite got better after the sun came out and the light rain pushed out.

The up and coming team of Brad Jelinek and Brock Reinkemeyer ( yes the same team that brought home the Bassmaster Team championship trophy) caught a 5 fish limit that earned them 3rd place. They are sponsored by Anglers Port and Motion Fishing jigs. They fished out of Brock’s 2008 20i Skeeter which got them the highest finishing Skeeter monies.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Mark Moody – Kyle Kiister	5		5.06	18.22	110	$2,490.00	1BB
2	Chris Macy – Tim Lawyer	5		4.46	16.98	109	$1,120.00
3	Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer	5	0.5	4.47	16.58	108	$1,090.00	$keeter
4	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes	5		4.56	16.51	107	$550.00
5	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	5		4.67	16.18	106	$450.00
6	Eric Craft – Dominic Cavitt	5		3.51	15.86	105	$400.00
7	Chris White – Kelly White	5		3.9	15.27	104	$350.00
8	Brandon Rummel – Justin Delk	5			14.52	103	$300.00
9	*Kirk Deer – Chris Thomas	5		5.01	14.3	102	$440.00	2BB
10	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5		3.66	14.16	101	$200.00
11	Justin Hayden – *Chris Nelson	5	0.5	3.67	13.72	100	$180.00
12	Chad Allison – Jeff Moss	5		3.72	13.56	99
13	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards	5		3.37	13.35	98
14	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5		3.03	13.3	97
15	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	5		2.86	12.82	96
16	Mike Hagensicker – Dillon Brock	5	0.5		12.35	95
17	Justin Angel – Scott Angel	5		3	12.28	94
18	Dustin Keys – Doug Hainley	5			12.05	93
19	Terry Bass – Justin Faucett	5		2.89	11.93	92
20	Rocky Carden – Darryl Robinson	5			10.13	91
21	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5		2.61	9.89	90
22	Jeremy Montgomery – Devin Pino	5			9.86	89
23	Dalton Saxon – James JD Dendy	5			9.82	88
24	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	4			9.73	87
25	Denis Repa – *Peter Repa	4			9.19	86
26	Clay Messmer – Chris Klenke	4			8.63	85
27	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	4		3.86	8.5	84
28	*Kirby Ricketts – Mike Cooley	5		2.14	8.45	83
29	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	3	0.5		7.49	82
30	Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein	3			7.35	81
31	Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan	4	0.5		7.06	80
32	Corey Vance – Tyler Dame	3		2.47	6.85	79
33	AJ Wenzel – Patrick Dickerson	3			6.29	78
34	Levi Snow – Benjamin Hodgson	3			5.81	77
35	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire	3			5.77	76
36	Mike Butcher – Justin Amershek	3			5.6	75
37	Randy Roustio –	3			5.45	74
38	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	2			4.54	73
39	Jordan Williams – Riley Hill	2			4.21	72
40	Troy Thomas – Mike Eickmann	2			3.86	71
41	George Spicer – Jeff Bledsoe	2			3.85	70
42	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer				0	10
	Bryan Baker – *Colby Baker				0	10
	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown				0	10
	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote				0	10
	Bob Capps – John Williams				0	10
	John Cates – *fished aalone				0	10
	Shawn Crabtree – Theresa Patterson				0	10
	Jim Davidson – Mike Ashbacher				0	10
	Ron Hills – Ray Holt				0	10
	Gary Lower – Jason Bates				0	10
	David McCormick – *Steve Vansant				0	10
	Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe				0	10
	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver				0	10
	Greg Seiner – Rick Keeney				0	10

*alternate

08/08/20 Table Rock

Bob — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:39:57 +0000

The fantastic payouts at Joe Bass events occur for three reasons; 1 – support by the anglers 2 – support by the sponsors 3 – support of the sponsors by the anglers. Loss of any of these three legs causes the pyramid to collapse. The August Table Rock event proved that to be exact as 44 teams assembled at Ahoy’s to face a day of changing weather conditions and the recreational boat traffic. Take off saw cloudy conditions, followed by a rain, then clearing skies that turned the return to weigh-in into a typical summer Baja Rally on the Rock.

Piecing together the puzzle of dynamic conditions was Tom Daegling and Kyle Morie. The dropped a staggering 19.36 pounds of Ozark bass on the scales to take the win. Their bag was anchored by the second big bass of the day, a 5.05 pound kicker. Tom and Kyle shared their Sport Boats USA Key to Success was fishing jigs on a main lake gravel runoff. They amassed their winning weight by 8:30, after which the boat traffic “ruffled” up their pattern.

Cole Findley and Jeff Barrickman had to make a quick departure after weigh in, but not before bringing in a second place weight of 17.71. It was reported they were “dragging”, but bait and location details were unavailable.

Embodying the pyramid described in the opener, division sponsor Ed Larson teamed with Matt Caesar to round out the top three. True to the support mantra, Matt and Ed caught their fish on a mix of Chompers spinnerbaits and Chompers tubes, with a stray thrown in that bit a Red Fin. Ed noted they concentrated on shallow bushes above Kimberling City. Matt and Ed padded their third place check with the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter bonus as they put 15.61 pounds of bass in Ed’s 2017 FX21 Skeeter.

John Cates and Mike Edwards added to their 4th place finish by wrangling the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the day. Their 5.36 lunker hit a worm worked on a shallow rock bank.

The final event in the 2020 Table Rock Division will be September 19th at the Ahoy’s Ramp with a 7:00am takeoff.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Tom Daegling – Kyle Morie	5	5.05	19.36	110	$2,130.00	2BB
2	Cole Findley – Jeff Barrickman	5	4.95	17.71	109	$1,110.00
3	Matt Ceasar – Ed Larson	5	4.5	15.61	108	$1,090.00	$keeter
4	John Cates – Mike Edwards	5	5.36	15.08	107	$780.00	1BB
5	Terry Letterman – Doug Smart	5	4.67	15.07	106	$400.00
6	Marc Czachowski – Cody Grider	5	3.67	14.46	105	$300.00
7	Craig Dort – Tony Johnston	5	3.62	14.21	104	$240.00
8	Jim Dopp – Harlin Husky	5	3.21	14.06	103	$180.00
9	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5	4.09	13.71	102
10	Jeff Bradford – Bryan Vote	5		13.51	101
11	Mike Gold – Eric Olliverson	5		13.33	100
12	Michael Frye – Michael Landwehr	5		12.92	99
13	Josh Shirley – Don Sanders	5	3.8	12.88	98
14	Chad Morgenthaler – Dave Mansue	5		12.79	97
15	Danny Smith – Jake Smith	5		12.36	96
16	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5		12.32	95
17	Tony Mayfield – Fisher Mayfield	5		11.6	94
18	LG Linville – Barry Mackey	5	3.7	11.5	93
19	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5		11.49	92
20	Shane Harms – Dillon Harms	4		11.26	91
21	Shawn Swearengin – Seth Thompson	4	4.58	11.12	90
22	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker	5		11.03	89
23	Dan Hankinson – Korbin Hankinson	5		10.79	88
24	Phillip Stone – Brien Vaughn	4	4.25	10.75	87
25	Jay Carden – Levi Carden	5	3.74	10.74	86
26	Shane Porter – Patrick Shrable	5		10.55	85
27	Jeff Elkin – Rowdy Unruh	5		9.76	84
28	Kavan Maybee – *Mike Smith	4		9.62	83
29	Aaron Hodge – *fished aalone	5		9.47	82
30	Marvin Kinyon – Chris Roberts	4	2.81	9.32	81
31	*Camryn Martin – Chris Martin	4		9.07	80
32	Ralph Laster – *fished aalone	4		7.49	79
33	Jeff Donovan – Trevor Donovan	3		6.75	78
34	Rodney Bowersox – Johnny Neil Sr.	3		6.11	77
35	Doug Asher – Seth Sherertz	3		5.95	76
36	David Rice – Elias Williams	2		5.36	75
37	Rocky Carden – Darryl Robinson	2		5.14	74
38	Eric White – Gavin White	1	1.98	1.98	73
39	Mike Anderson – Matt Jones			0	10
	Blake Curtis – Matt Brown			0	10
	Stacy King – Mike Roller			0	10
	Cody Millican – *fished aalone			0	10
	Kenneth Peters – Chris Johnson			0	10
	Jack Stack – Dick Moger			0	10

*alternate

08/02/20 Twain

Bob — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 23:31:15 +0000

Tuff For Most but not All at Mark Twain

Conditions; Lake Level 606.92 Normal 606.00
Water Temps: low to mid 80’s
Water Color: Clear in the dam area, Stained Mid-Lake, Stained to Muddy in Arms.

Cooler air and water temperatures greeted the 43 teams Sunday for tournament number 5 of the 154 Marine sponsored Mark Twain Lake division. “Dock Talk” was all about the tough bite, with many teams hoping for just a couple keeper bites, and most teams speculating that very few limits would be brought to the scales.

Taking the top spot Sunday was the Window World sponsored team of Tom Herndon and Nick Werle. Tom and Nick started in Big Indian Creek, catching a few keepers early, when the bite slowed, the team made a move to the South Fork area. They had a limit by 10:30 and bounced around the lake focusing on the 8-15 foot range using Texas rigged plastics. They caught 7 keepers throughout the day with their best 5 weighing 16.07 pounds. Their limit was anchored by the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass weighing 5.51 pounds. The big fish was fooled by a 10” black/blue worm.

Finishing in a close second was the team of Scott Jackson and Jim Brewer. Scott and Jim Caught 4 of their five keepers right off the bat on a main lake point, in the mid-lake area. When the bite slowed, the team made a move to secondary points, catching a few shorts before keeper number 5 bit in early afternoon. Shakey Head and Texas rigged Creature baits. The teams limit weighed in at 15.58 pounds anchored my the second big bass of the day weighing 5.49 pounds. Scott and Jim are also sponsored by Window World.

Finishing in 3rd today was the team of Billy Kayser and Donnie Seabaugh. Billy and Donnie stated they through the “Whole Tackle Box” at them. 10″ worms, Crankbaits, Senkos, and even a Ned rig contributed to the teams limit weighing 12.63 pounds. Billy also was the Highest finishing Skeeter Owner fishing out of his 2007 ZX200.

Our next and division finale will be Sunday August 23, registration and weigh-in at 154 Marine, Take-off 6am Robert Allen Ramp.
Thanks again to Rolling Smoke BBQ suppling 2 half racks of ribs to the first team out of the money, Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander.
Host Lodging for Joe Bass at Mark Twain is Country Inn Resort (573)267-3800
43 Teams, 7 limits, 87 fish weighed.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Tom Herndon – *Nick Werle	5		5.51	16.07	110	$2,400.00	1BB
2	Scott Jackson – Jim Brewer	5	0.5	5.49	15.58	109	$1,270.00	2BB
3	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh	5		4.25	12.63	108	$990.00	$keeter
4	Preston Hartung – George Harrington	5		4.04	12.04	107	$450.00
5	Kent Campbell – Shane Burr	5			10.91	106	$350.00
6	Rick Beard – Rian White	5			10.34	105	$250.00
7	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann	5			10.07	104	$200.00
8	Chuck Austin – Frank Sinn	4			9.89	103	$180.00
9	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	4	0.5		9.61	102
10	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	4			8.49	101
11	Jeff Boerding – Mike Reigh	3			7.49	100
12	Jason Kiser – John Thrasher	3			6.4	99
13	Terry Weaver – *Sam Clark	3			6.32	98
14	Dominic Perotti – Dominic Perotti Jr	2		4.23	5.96	97
15	*Bill Couch – Robin Hessling	2			5.74	96
16	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	3			5.66	95
17	Corey Vance – *Joe Vance	1		4.56	4.56	94
18	Tom Darnell – Rick McGuire	2			4.23	93
19	Ron Mellinger – Colton Mellinger	2			4.2	92
20	Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge	2			4.11	91
21	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	2			4.06	90
22	Alan Hoyt – Gage Hoyt	2			3.82	89
23	Terry Jones – Brad Dooley	2			3.76	88
24	Dave Strutman – Denny Lambert	2	0.5		3.38	87
25	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	1		3.24	3.24	86
26	Larry Rothwiel – Phil Williams	1		2.35	2.35	85
27	Todd Hessling – Mike Pettitt	1		2.34	2.34	84
28	Dennis McFetridge – Karen McFetridge	1		2.28	2.28	83
29	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	1		1.97	1.97	82
30	Kenny Grothoff – Donnie Palmatory	1		1.92	1.92	81
31	Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston	1		1.58	1.58	80
32	*Darren Skow – Chris Power	1		1.5	1.5	79
33	Gary Gedville – John Gedville	1		1.38	1.38	78
34	Kevin Altman – John Behiter				0	10
	Mick Buchanan – Gary Grzybinski				0	10
	*fished aalone – Russ Gilmore				0	10
	Josh Gebhardt – Ross Lord				0	10
	Chris Janda – J. Rowdy Yates				0	10
	Chris Johnson – Josh Calvin				0	10
	Cory Kunkle – Charlie Kunkle Sr				0	10
	Ken Whitfield – *John Smalls				0	10
	Ken Young – John Drury				0	10
	Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman				0	10

*alternate

07/19/20 Truman

Bob — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 19:40:42 +0000

Conditions on Truman Lake have finally returned to normal with levels at or below normal pool. Lake conditions combined with the mid-summer heat and humidity set the stage for a battle of attrition as 97 teams battled for daily bragging rights in the third event of the Joe Bass Team Trails Truman Division along with valuable qualification points for the October Invitational to be held out of beautiful Bucksaw Resort

Lapping the field was Darrell Reach and John Bennett who brought a staggering 23.37 pound limit to the scales. Their bag was anchored by the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the day, a 6.38 pound monster. Darrell and John shared their SportBoats USA Key to Success was fishing squarebills and big worms in 1’-6’ of water. They added to their take home pay with the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter as they fished from Darrell’s new SportBoats USA Skeeter. With incentives from Skeeter’s Real Money program, their enrollment in the TAG bonus program, and Atlas perk, it’s easy to see the importance of supporting the trail’s sponsors and other industry providers. $15,000 + payday.

Coming in a distant second, Gary Atterberry and Gus Adkinson weighed a stout 17.61 bag. On a day when 17+ would put one in the hunt for top honors, Gary and Gus settled in to the second place position by fishing Brush Hogs and worms in the 6’ range on the main lake, catching the bulk of their bass by 7:30.

The veteran team of the Stephen Smith and Garen Hunt rounded at the top three. They concentrated on stumps and pole timber in 8’-12’ of water on the sides of points. Their bait of choice was also big worms and Brush Hogs.

Karl Schmidt was this months Rapala drawing winner.

Compliments of Darrell Reach and Trophy Bass Company a Pro Pack full of TBC baits was awarded to Ricky Clemen and Phil McKinney for the smallest 5 fish limit.

The fourth event in the 2020 Truman Division will be August 30^th at Shawnee Bend Ramp with a 6:00am takeoff. With the large turnouts, be sure and show up early to get checked in and launched prior to the scheduled take-off time.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Wgt	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	John Bennett – Darrell Reach	5	23.4		6.38	23.37	110	$4,930.00	$keeter/1BB
2	Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson	5	17.6		5	17.61	109	$2,380.00
3	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	5	18	1.5	4.98	16.5	108	$1,250.00
4	Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer	5	16.4		4.37	16.38	107	$800.00
5	John Krewson – Tony Powers	5	16.2		4.3	16.16	106	$700.00
6	Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong	5	16.1		5.06	16.09	105	$500.00
7	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5	15.7		4.27	15.7	104	$450.00
8	Kevin Rogers – Hunter Bowling	5	15.7		3.57	15.65	103	$350.00
9	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5	15.2		4.84	15.17	102	$300.00
10	Roger Fitzpatrick – *Dennis Berhorst	5	15.2		3.85	15.15	101	$250.00
11	Russell Oliphant – *Donnie Goodman	5	14.8		5.24	14.77	100	$570.00	2BB
12	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5	14.7		4.62	14.67	99	$200.00
13	Don Heiser – Jim Sells	5	14.6		4.27	14.57	98	$200.00
14	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5	14.4		4.01	14.38	97	$180.00
15	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	5	14.1		4.37	14.11	96	$180.00
16	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5	13.9		3.34	13.87	95	$180.00
17	Jeffery Smith – Jeffery A Smith	5	13.7		3.5	13.73	94	$160.00
18	*Larry Lagsding – Troy Ladenhoff	5	13.9	0.5		13.39	93	$160.00
19	*Logan Brown – Brandon Brown	5	13.1		3.68	13.11	92	$160.00
20	*Josh Pladids – Keith Pflumm	5	13		4.13	13.04	91
21	Rich Campbell – Ashley Medley	5	14	1	3	13.03	90
22	Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter	5	12.9		3.32	12.91	89
23	Richard Johnson – Charles Cadenhead	5	12.7		3.49	12.71	88
24	Justin Miller – Mathew Miller	5	12.7		3.01	12.71	87
25	Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull	5	12.6		3.85	12.6	86
26	Larry Wright – Doug Wallace	5	12.5		3.03	12.51	85
27	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5	12.8	0.5	3.77	12.26	84
28	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	5	12.2		3.18	12.22	83
29	Brody Boone – *Cody Clifton	5	12.1		4.55	12.12	82
30	Eric Zuk – Chet Douthit	5	12.1		1.49	12.06	81
31	Ben Saubers – Nick Saubers	5	12		3.69	12	80
32	Dan Hirstein – *fished aalone	5	11.9		3.88	11.91	79
33	Mark Dunbar – *Brayden Schaden	5	11.9		3.65	11.89	78
34	Aaron Vaughn – Parrish Vaughn	5	11.5		4.74	11.5	77
35	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	5	11.5			11.49	76
36	Michael Dugger – Jeff Lang	5	11.2			11.2	75
37	Danny Johnston – James Macleod	5	11.2		2.2	11.18	74
38	Doug Long – Marty Watson	5	11.6	0.5		11.13	73
39	Brandon Rowland – Russel Nigh	5	11.5	0.5		11.03	72
40	Ricky York – Ed Gilbert	5	11		5.09	11	71
41	Andre Dickniete – Noah Dickneite	5	10.8			10.78	70
42	Steve Gwadera – Jacob Desselle	5	11.2	0.5		10.67	69
43	John Campbell – David Rogers	5	10.7			10.66	68
44	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	5	10.6		2.84	10.6	67
45	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	5	10.6			10.58	66
46	Ron Peek – Pat Deaton	5	10.5			10.52	65
47	Shawn Crabtree – Reece Crabtree	5	10.5		2.98	10.49	64
48	Jordan Williams – Riley Hill	4	10.4		3.65	10.38	63
49	Ralph Laster – *fished aalone	5	10.3		3.18	10.29	62
50	Wayne Garrison – Doug Zink	5	10.3			10.27	61
51	Mike Ward – Peyton Jackson	5	10.2			10.22	60
52	Matt Gunter – Kelly Nunn	5	10			10.04	59
52	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell	5	10			10.04	59
54	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	3	9.97		5.03	9.97	57
55	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5	9.92			9.92	56
56	Aaron Foglesong – Ben Redwing	5	10.8	1		9.81	55
57	Todd Miller – Cameron Miller	5	10.2	0.5		9.67	54
58	Chris Callahan – *Billy Daleske	5	9.63			9.63	53
59	Tom McGovern – Chris McGovern	5	9.52		1.8	9.52	52
60	Danny Burns – *Brent Algeo	5	9.23			9.23	51
60	Kevin Miller – Craig Wolf	5	9.23			9.23	51
62	Zane Penley – Shane Boone	5	9.06			9.06	49
63	Karl Schmidt – Bret Stracke	4	9.02		3.52	9.02	48
64	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon	4	9.01		3.14	9.01	47
65	Brandon Morris – Logan Carter	5	9.24	0.5	2.29	8.74	46
66	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	5	8.47			8.47	45
67	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	4	8.12			8.12	44
68	Michael Simons – Jacob Simons	4	7.4			7.4	43
69	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	2	7.09		4.84	7.09	42
70	Jared Knuth – *fished aalone	4	7.08			7.08	41
71	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant	3	6.78	0.5		6.28	40
72	Bill McAvoy – Jack Young	2	5.92		3.82	5.92	39
73	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II	3	5.74			5.74	38
74	Joddy Dungan – John Matousek	3	5.38			5.38	37
75	*Jeremy Guzman – Eddie Brown	3	4.88			4.88	36
76	Scott Triplett – Todd Shaw	1	3.22		3.22	3.22	35
77	Roger Umbarger – Josh Louisville	1	3.09		3.09	3.09	34
78	Rocky Carden – *fished aalone	1	2.42		2.42	2.42	33
79	Ozzie Wallace –	1	1.83		1.83	1.83	32
80	Charles Abbott – Timothy Wells		0			0	10
	Mark Adkins – Chris Nichols		0			0	10
	Joe Bennett – *Kathy Hill		0			0	10
	Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis		0			0	10
	Ricky Clifton – Tyler Clifton		0			0	10
	Dennis Dahlke –		0			0	10
	Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler		0			0	10
	Tony Habiger – *fished aalone		0			0	10
	Troy Hardie – Tommie Hutchenson		0			0	10
	Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick		0			0	10
	Justin Hosler – Kyle McAdams		0			0	10
	Kevin Love – *fished aalone		0			0	10
	Gary Lower – Jason Bates		0			0	10
	Edward Nelson – Tony Zaharsky		0			0	10
	Kolin Rogers – Wyatt Miller		0			0	10
	Kennedy Schwartzburg – Andrew Rogers		0			0	10
	Dene White – Joe Dorcy		0			0	10
	John Williams – *Jim Williams		0			0	10

*alternate

07/18/20 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 19:01:27 +0000

Pomme de terre lake is just plain fun to fish. Scorching hot temperatures were only made comfortable with a constant breeze throughout the day. The fishing was good shallow to deep, patterns were varied and the bags were big.

Kelly Jones and Roger Satterfield bested the crowd with 5 bass weighing 16.25lbs. They report fishing at depths of 2-4 ft with square bills and jigs in both arms of Pomme. Kelly’s 2019 250 FX21 was also the top finishing Skeeter resulting in an additional $5oo from SportBoats USA.

Brad Jelinek and Josh Reno went totally opposite and fished their worms and jigs at depths of 30ft in the Pomme arm.

Cody Campbell and Quinten Carr found shallow water to their liking throwing buzzbaits and big worms in the Lindy arm.

Ryan Fritz weighed in the tournament Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass fishing crankbaits on the main lake.

Our next Pomme event will be Aug 29th taking off from The Harbor at 6am. Lets continue to support the facility and pay your launch fees.

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

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Kelly Jones – Roger Satterfield	5	4.56	16.25	110	$2,370.00	$keeter
2	Brad Jelinek – *Josh Reno	4	5.39	16.07	109	$1,120.00
3	Cody Campbell – Quinten Carr	5	4.97	15.86	108	$950.00
4	Kipp Easley – Johnn Williams	5	4.82	15.53	107	$600.00
5	John Campbell – Rusty Darnell	5	5	15.47	106	$500.00
6	Greg Becker – Don Thrall	5	4.97	15.23	105	$300.00
7	Josh Miller – Ethen Johns	5	4.53	13.77	104	$200.00
8	Blake Burford – Tim Collins	5	3.9	12.99	103	$190.00
9	Kevin Jackson – Bryan Jackson	5	4.2	12.82	102	$180.00
10	Sam Smith – Steve Lackey	5	3.55	12.8	101
11	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge	5	3.46	12.47	100
12	*Dirk Sluyter – Dan Bowman	5	5.61	12.44	99	$170.00	2BB
13	Kelly Nunn – Jamie Duncan	5	3.21	12.26	98
14	Cole Findley – Jeff Barrickman	5	4.28	12.18	97
15	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5	3.5	11.53	96
16	Paul Redmond – Craig Honnywell	5	4.1	11.38	95
17	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5	3.34	11.11	94
18	Tony Mayfield – Fisher Mayfield	5		10.82	93
19	*Scott Emmert – Chris Savoie	3	4.67	10.62	92
20	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		10.22	91
21	Ryan Fritz – Bret Fritz	2	6.9	9.53	90	$300.00	1BB
22	Matt Underwood – Logan Underwood	5		9.3	89
23	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	5		9.28	88
24	Troy Nogosek – Jeremy Fiedler	5		9.03	87
25	Ben Saubers – Nick Saubers	3	5.51	9.01	86
26	*Nick Borchers – Kent Whitaker	3	4.35	8.9	85
27	Rodney Bowersox – Randy Davis	4		8.85	84
28	Ken Whitfield – Chris Embry	5		8.59	83
29	Ralph Laster – *fished aalone	5		8.3	82
30	Matt Gunter – Gage Gunter	3		7.02	81
31	John Williams – *Jim Williams	3	3.45	5.92	80
32	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley	1	5.43	5.43	79
33	Kyle Uptegrove – Anthony Alkire	4		5.24	78
34	Clint Hart – KC Collette	3		4.83	77
35	Scott Hill – Brandon Hill	2		4.73	76
36	Paul Marsala – *Nathan Maddox	1	4.28	4.28	75
37	Don Mason – Cliff Wolfe	2		4.13	74
38	Rocky Carden – Jacob Delong	1	3.9	3.9	73
39	Jonathan Evans – Terry Close	2		3.69	72
40	Jerry Addington – *fished aalone	2		3.03	71
41	Jim Figg – Don Cox	2		2.82	70
42	Earl Horton –	1	1.7	1.7	69
43	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning			0	10
	Rick Jones – Jeremy Gilbert			0	10
	Wesley Myers – Jason Papek			0	10
	Jason Swarnigan – Carl Scott			0	10
	Martin Tinnin –			0	10

*alternate

07/12/20 Stockton

Bob — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:56:49 +0000

70 teams turned out at Orleans Trail Marina to enjoy a hot and humid day on Stockton Lake. Conditions were hot with light wind and high skies. Nonetheless, social distancing was practiced with limiting the bags and spacing the tanks the teams brought in 237 fish.

Topping the field was the team of Chris Macy, Diamond, MO and Tim Lawyer, La Russell, MO. They brought in five fish that pushed the scales to a winning weight of 16.87 pounds. Tim noted their Sport Boats USA Key to Success was using jigs deep around structure. Chris and Tim also brought in a 5.20 pound bass to earn the OZARK CHEVROLET Big Bass of the Day.

The father/son or in this case the son/father team of Ben Saubers, Butler, MO, and Nick Saubers, Adrian, MO, sponsored by Bass Cat and Mercury, brought in a 5 fish limit right behind the winners that weighed 16.80pounds. Ben stated deep dragging was the way for them to go and find their fish.

The third-place team was David Hughes, Overland Park, KS and Lucas Fornelli, Mound City, KS brought in 5 fish that weighed 15.82 pounds. They used the big worms deep to find their fish.

Joe Bass Team Trail Pro Staff Dan Cox and Tim Kastning fished out of Dan’s ZX 190 to earn them the top finishing Skeeter of the day.

The next event in the 2020 Stockton Division will be August 9th at Orleans Trail with a 6:00am takeoff.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Chris Macy – Tim Lawyer	5	5.2	16.87	110	$2,920.00	1BB
2	Ben Saubers – Nick Saubers	5	4.5	16.8	109	$1,680.00	2BB
3	David Hughes – Lucas Fornelli	5	3.5	15.82	108	$1,050.00
4	Keith Hurd – Jeff Nelson	5	3.8	15.65	107	$700.00
5	Chad Allison – Jeff Moss	5	4.2	15.11	106	$500.00
6	Matthew Rogers – Joshua Gallagher	5	3.7	15	105	$450.00
7	Sam Morton – Dennis Edwards	5	3.6	14.89	104	$400.00
8	Dustin Keys – Doug Hainley	5	3.5	14.73	103	$320.00
9	Scott Tassi – Glenn Harrison	5	3.8	14.51	102	$280.00
10	Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer	5	3.4	14.27	101	$260.00
11	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5	3.5	14.01	100	$490.00	$keeter
12	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5		13.5	99	$220.00
13	Mark Moody – Kyle Kiister	5		13.48	98	$200.00
14	Danny Shinneman – Mike Cooley	5	4.4	13.47	97	$180.00
15	Seth Glynn – Kelly (KJ) Hughes	5	4.5	13.41	96
16	Jim Altman – Kevin Altman	5	3.2	13.35	95
17	James Brown – John Campbell	5	3.2	13.2	94
18	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5	3.3	13.11	93
19	Jared Essary – Nick Hass	5		12.99	92
20	Corey Vance – Tyler Dame	5	3.4	12.95	91
21	Justin Angel – Scott Angel	5	3	12.53	90
22	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	5		12.43	89
23	Robert Cowan – Dallas Beasley	5		12.4	88
24	Denis Repa – Alec Repa	5		12.33	87
25	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	5	2.9	12.12	86
26	Kenneth White – Ken White	5		12.1	85
27	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley	5		11.93	84
28	Mike Butcher – Justin Amershek	5		11.69	83
29	Jim Davidson – Mike Ashbacher	5	2.8	11.44	82
30	Chris White – Kelly White	5		11.3	81
31	Eric Craft – Dominic Cavitt	5		10.76	80
32	Tim Hintenach – *Dustin Hinkle	4		10.41	79
33	Russ Hughes – Ronald Parker	5		10.37	78
34	Mike Hagensicker – Dillon Brock	4	3.8	10.01	77
35	Gary Lower – Jason Bates	5		9.92	76
36	AJ Wenzel – Patrick Dickerson	5		9.38	75
37	Steve Teske – *Hayes Edwards	5		9.25	74
38	Randy Roustio –	5		9.22	73
39	Tom Amershek – Paden Shaffer	4		9.04	72
40	Rodney Dawson – Josh Hite	4		9	71
41	Trenton Webster – Luke Walters	4		8.98	70
42	Rick Bowman – Jeff Moore	4		8.55	69
43	Steven Bain – Dale Wallace	5		8.32	68
44	Ryan Tucker – *fished aalone	4		8.06	67
45	Rocky Carden – *fished aalone	3	3.6	7.92	66
46	Kenny Bogner – Justin Bogner	4		7.04	65
47	Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis	3		6.55	64
48	Dalton Saxon – James JD Dendy	3		6.37	63
49	Grant Dohle – Wyatt Montle	3		6.24	62
50	Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein	2	3.5	5.24	61
51	Jay Carden – Levi Carden	2		5.1	60
52	George Spicer – Jeff Bledsoe	3		4.02	59
53	John Aleshire – Travis Aleshire	1	3.5	3.54	58
54	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown			0	10
54	Jeff Bradford – *Bob Capps			0	10
54	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince			0	10
54	John Cates – Mike Edwards			0	10
54	Todd Choate – Kent Whitaker			0	10
54	Ronald Deckard JR – *Colton Bailey			0	10
54	Leonard DeClue – Kelton Morris			0	10
54	Matt Gunter – *Terry Bradley			0	10
54	Troy Hardie – Cody Hardie			0	10
54	Justin Hayden – *Chris Nelson			0	10
54	Ron Hills – Ray Holt			0	10
54	Brad Jones – *fished aalone			0	10
54	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer			0	10
54	Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe			0	10
54	*Jennifer Delk – Justin Delk			0	10
54	Greg Seiner – Rick Keeney			0	10
54	Robert Shackelford – Dusty Richardson			0	10

*alternate

07/12/20 Twain

Bob — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:48:49 +0000

Still Biting at Mark Twain Lake.

43 teams assembled at Robert Allen ramp, enjoying a brief break from the HOT humid conditions, as a cool front dropped temps into the upper 60’s, for take-off, with lower humidity pushed in on a northerly breeze and temps only climbed into the low to mid 80’s for the 3pm weigh-in at 154 Marine.

Rolling Smoke BBQ was again at 154 Marine for weigh-in with a variety of Items to fill a fisherman’s stomach after a long day on the water, including two 1/2 racks of ribs for the 1st team out of the money.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Jason Huskey and Bryan Hulsey. The team started within 5 minutes of take-off on main lake points. However their live well was still empty at 10:30, so the team made an adjustment moving down lake and began fishing main lake flats with rock transitions, and began catching a few fish and the grind was on. Jason and Bryan spot hopped from near Spalding ramp back towards Robert Allen fishing 1/2oz Jigs and Big Worms to finish their limit, that weighed in at 14.05 pounds. Included in their bag was the second big bass of the tournament weighing 5.55 pounds. Bryan is also a two time Highest finishing Skeeter owner as the team fished out of his 1999 ZX202C. Jason and Bryan are sponsored by Flooring Systems Inc. and Karrenbrock Excavating.

Finishing in a close second, was the team of Chris Janda and J. Rowdy Yates. Chris and Rowdy fished Main lake points with isolated stumps and timber in the mid-lake area in 6 to 12 feet of water with both Carolina and Texas rigged Brush Hogs and plastic worms catchin 8 keepers on the day weighing 13.97 pounds Chris and Rowdy are sponsored by Country Inn Resort.
In the Third spot today was the team of Keith Williams and alternate Mike Long. Keith and Mike fished main lake points and transition banks with brush in the lower end of the lake fishing shakey head and Texas rigged soft plastics in 6 to 13 feet of water, for a final weight of 13.69 pounds. Keith and Mike are Sponsored by 154 Marine.

Well if your only going to catch one keeper to bring to the scales it might as well be a good one and that is just what Ken Young and John Drury did bringing the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass to the scales weighing 5.56 pounds! Ken and John are sponsored by Amsoil Synthetics, Big Bite Baits, Southwest Auto Parts on the Hill, Stratos and TH Marine.

43 teams 129 fish weighed 17 limits.

Our next Mark Twain Division Tournament sponsored by 154 Marine is August 2nd. Registration and weigh-in at 154 Marine. 6am Take-off at Robert Allen Ramp.

Host lodging for Joe Bass at Mark Twain is Country Inn Resort (573)-267-3800

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Wgt	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	5	14.1		5.55	14.05	110	$2,590.00
2	Chris Janda – J. Rowdy Yates	5	14			13.97	109	$1,120.00
3	*Mike Long – Keith Williams	5	13.7		4.44	13.69	108	$750.00
4	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5	13.7		3.6	13.68	107	$450.00
5	Gary Gedville – John Gedville	5	13.2		4.05	13.2	106	$350.00
6	Kent Campbell – Shane Burr	5	12.6		3.69	12.58	105	$250.00
7	Dennis McFetridge – Karen McFetridge	5	12			12	104	$200.00
8	Jeff Boerding – Mike Reigh	5	11.9		3.59	11.89	103	$180.00
9	Eric Power – Chris Power	5	11.9			11.86	102
10	Todd Hessling – Mike Pettitt	5	11.9		3.76	11.85	101
11	Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston	5	11.8			11.78	100
12	Dominic Perotti – Dominic Perotti Jr	5	11.7			11.67	99
13	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	5	12.1	0.5		11.57	98
14	Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge	5	11.4			11.41	97
15	Mick Buchanan – Gary Grzybinski	5	11.2		3.53	11.2	96
16	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	5	11.7	0.5		11.16	95
17	Josh Gebhardt – Ross Lord	5	10.9		3.85	10.88	94
18	Larry Rothwiel – *Jeff Christakos	4	10.9	0.5	4.51	10.39	93
19	Cory Kunkle – Charlie Kunkle Sr	4	10.2	0.5		9.68	92
20	Chris Johnson – Josh Calvin	3	8.85		4.71	8.85	91
21	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	4	8.55			8.55	90
22	Preston Hartung – George Harrington	3	8			8	89
23	Terry Weaver – Doug Drysdale	3	7.67			7.67	88
24	Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman	3	7.14			7.14	87
25	Andrew Helton – *fished aalone	3	7.1			7.1	86
26	Terry Jones – Brad Dooley	3	6.66			6.66	85
27	Dave Strutman – Denny Lambert	3	6.34			6.34	84
28	Ken Young – John Drury	1	5.56		5.56	5.56	83	$260.00
29	Kenny Grothoff – Donnie Palmatory	2	5.45			5.45	82
30	Jason Kiser – John Thrasher	2	4.91			4.91	81
31	Ron Mellinger – Colton Mellinger	2	4.17			4.17	80
32	Tom Darnell – Rick McGuire	2	4.1			4.1	79
33	*Dean Nadler – Rian White	1	3.83		3.83	3.83	78
34	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	1	2.77		2.77	2.77	77
35	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann		0			0	10
	Richard Eder – *Bill Wilcox		0			0	10
	Deno Ek – Russ Gilmore		0			0	10
	Scott Jackson – Jim Brewer		0			0	10
	John Knudsen – Tom Williams		0			0	10
	Rick Larson – Chris Klenke Sr		0			0	10
	Clay Messmer – Chris Klenke		0			0	10
	Bob Sturgeon – *Curtis Jones		0			0	10
	*Scott Martin – Jim Lomax		0			0	10

*alternate

06/28/20 Twain

Bob — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:04:47 +0000

46 Teams fished event number three of the Mark Twain Lake Division sponsored by 154 Marine. Summer weather and fishing patterns were in full swing, as the teams were greeted to sticky humid upper 70s at take-off and Hot Sunny low 90s at weigh-in. Registration and weigh-in were at 154 Marine as Corps is still not issuing “Special Use Permits”. Rolling Smoke BBQ was on site selling meals to the hungry fisherman after a long day on the water.

Taking the top spot today was the team of Don and Gary McFetridge. Don and Gary fished the 154 Marine customer appreciation tournament and struggled only bringing 4 small keepers to the scales. So the veteran team decided to make an adjustment to their game plan and focused their fishing to the main lake points and bluff ends where the current from generation was strongest, Their baits of choice were texas rigged worms and Brush Hogs. The team found success early boating 2 quality keepers at spot their 1st spot, building confidence in their decision to change from Saturday’s plan. Don and Gary worked their pattern up and down the lake from Robert Allen to the dam area finishing out their limit fairly early. At the end of the day Don and Gary returned to 154 Marine for weigh-in and dropped an impressive 17.09 pounds on the scales. Included in their bag was the second big bass of the tournament weighing 6.57pounds.

Finishing in second was the team of Josh Gebhardt and Ross Lord. Josh and Ross, like the winners, focused their pattern on main lake points but farther up in the mid lake area, and like the 1st place team soft plastics were the bait of choice and Brush Hogs were the plastic of choice. Josh and Ross had a slower start to the day as they tried ” force feeding top water baits” and only had a few shorts to show for their efforts. Around 10:30 they started working texas rigged Brush Hogs on a point next to the river channel and Ross boated a 4.5 and a 5.06 on back to back casts, then had another quality fish jump off, the team did manage 2 more keepers on the day one of them on a crankbait but the team came in 1 fish shy of a limit but their quality 4 fish weighed more than twenty of the twenty one 5 fish limits weighed in.

Finishing in 3rd today was the team of Dennis and Karen McFetridge. Dennis and Karen started fishing the back of a major creek to star the day as they had been catching fish in the area for the past few weeks. However, Dennis and Karen only had one small keeper at mid morning so the team moved out to main lake and first secondary points fishing a texas rigged tubes and Carolina rigged Brush Hogs. Dennis and Karen grinded their way to a 5 fish limit weighing 12.80 pounds. Dennis and Karen are sponsored by Bass Team Tackle, Sports Paint, and Tri-State Trolling Motor.

Taking fourth today was the Grand Pa, Grand Son team of Cory Kunkle and Charlie Kunkle Sr. The team had a 5 fish limit weighing 12.67 pounds, making them the Top finishing Skeeter team fishing out of Charlie Senior’s 2005 TZX200.

Finishing in eighth place today was the team of Kenny Grothoff and Donnie Palmatory. Kenny and Donnie had a tuff tuff day on the water loosing several quality fish early in the day. However, sometimes things do workout. Fishing a point late in the day Donnie hooked up with a BIGGIN that stayed buttoned up and made it into the live well. The BIG JOE BASS pushed the scales down to 7.93 pounds! Kenny and Donnie are sponsored by Eberlin Boats.

46 Teams, 161 fish 21 limits

Our next Mark Twain Division tournament will be July 12, registration and weigh-in at 154 Marine Take-off 6am Robert Allen Ramp!

Host Lodging for JBTT is Country Inn Resort (573)267-3800

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge	5		6.57	17.09	110	$2,080.00	2BB
2	Josh Gebhardt – Ross Lord	4		5.06	13.23	109	$950.00
3	Dennis McFetridge – Karen McFetridge	5			12.8	108	$900.00
4	Cory Kunkle – Charlie Kunkle Sr	5	0.5	4.83	12.67	107	$870.00	Top Skeeter
5	Dave Strutman – Denny Lambert	5	0.5		12.62	106	$490.00
6	Terry Jones – Brad Dooley	5	0.5		12.47	105	$300.00
7	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	5			12.4	104	$250.00
8	Kenny Grothoff – Donnie Palmatory	3		7.93	12.36	103	$480.00	1BB
9	Chris Janda – J. Rowdy Yates	5			12.32	102	$160.00
10	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5	0.5		12.18	101
11	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	5			12.07	100
12	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	4		4.44	11.81	99
13	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh	5			11.78	98
14	Andrew Helton – Jacob Hogsett	5			11.45	97
15	Alan Hoyt – Gage Hoyt	5		2.98	11.4	96
16	Eric Power – *Mike Power	5			11.4	95
17	Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston	5			11.33	94
18	Gary Gedville – John Gedville	5			11.31	93
19	Preston Hartung – George Harrington	5			11.1	92
20	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	5			10.8	91
21	Jason Kiser – *fished aalone	5	0.5		10.73	90
22	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	5		3.16	10.28	89
23	Clay Messmer – Chris Klenke	3		5.86	10.02	88
24	Jeff Boerding – Mike Reigh	5	0.5		9.89	87
25	Dominic Perotti – Dominic Perotti Jr	5			9.73	86
26	Rick Beard – Rian White	4			8.78	85
27	Ron Mellinger – *Clay Brown	4			8.73	84
28	*Eric Nance – Rick McGuire	4			8.13	83
29	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	3			8.12	82
30	Kent Campbell – Shane Burr	4			7.84	81
31	Scott Jackson – Jim Brewer	3			7.7	80
32	Rick Larson – Chris Klenke Sr	4	0.5		7.65	79
33	Mick Buchanan – Gary Grzybinski	3			7.52	78
34	Chris Johnson – Josh Calvin	3			6.93	77
35	Larry Rothwiel – *Larry Krups	3			6.37	76
36	Wayne Werle – Jim Lomax	2			5.83	75
37	Terry Weaver – Doug Drysdale	2		3.35	5.11	74
38	Deno Ek – Russ Gilmore	1		3.38	3.38	73
39	Tom Herndon – Jason VanBeers	1		2.83	2.83	72
40	Todd Hessling – Mike Pettitt	1		2.48	2.48	71
41	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann				0	10
	Richard Eder – Richard Eder Jr				0	10
	John Knudsen – *fished aalone				0	10
	Roger LaBarge – Keith LaBarge				0	10
	Bob Sturgeon – Steve Tucker				0	10
	Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman				0	10

*alternate

06/14/20 Truman

Bob — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:31:49 +0000

Sweltering heat, local heavy rains early in the week followed by a strong draw down by the ACOE were the conditions 108 teams faced for the second event of the Joe Bass Team Trails Truman Division. Showing the skills of a talent-laden field, over 1100 pounds of bass were brought to the scales with nearly a 10.5 pound average per boat.

Topping the field was Corey Besgrove who teamed with Eddie Brown. The duo dropped an amazing 21.04 pounds of Truman bass on the scales to secure the victory. Their Sport Boats USA Key to Success was fishing jigs, brush hogs, and a wobblehead 15-20’ deep off points. They noted they caught 12-15 keepers, mostly early, as they struggled through the mid-morning and afternoon hours.

Second place honors went to the veteran team of Don Heiser and Gary Martin. Their 19.12 pound bag was caught on brush hogs. Don explained they concentrated on pole timber in the 12-15’ depths. He also estimated they boated 15 keepers to amass their strong weight.

Another veteran team of the Truman bass wars, Danny Johnston and James Macleod, rounded at the top three. Their 17.97 final weight fell to 10-12” worms fished shallow. Danny and James padded their third place check with the Sport Boats USA Highest Finishing Skeeter bonus as they fished from Danny’s new Sport Boats USA ZX225 Skeeter.

Mike Ward and Peyton Jackson added to their 6^th place finish by wrangling the Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass of the day. Their 6.28 lunker hit a brown football jig drug in the 6’ depth range.

The next event in the 2020 Truman Division will be July 19^th at Shawnee Bend Ramp with a 6:00am takeoff. With the large turnouts, be sure and show up early to get checked in and launched prior to the scheduled take-off time.

Catch & Release pontoon provided by SportBoats USA.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown	5		5.36	21.04	110	$3,810.00
2	Don Heiser – *Gary Martin	5		5.44	19.12	109	$2,420.00
3	Danny Johnston – James Macleod	5	0.5	5.33	17.97	108	$2,290.00	$ Skeeter
4	David Moore – Bob Moore	5		4.78	16.97	107	$800.00
5	Jared Knuth – David Knuth	5		4.67	16.97	106	$700.00
6	Mike Ward – Peyton Jackson	5	0.5	6.28	16.32	105	$1,300.00	1BB
7	Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II	5		5.02	16.26	104	$500.00
8	Charley Thomas – Chris Thomas	5		4.13	16.15	103	$400.00
9	Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer	5		4.44	16.13	102	$300.00
10	Matt Gunter – *Kelly Nunn	5		4.62	15.67	101	$250.00
11	Blake Felix – Keith Pflumm	5		4.41	15.58	100	$250.00
12	Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters	5		4.54	15.45	99	$250.00
13	Jordan Williams – Riley Hill	5		4.2	15.3	98	$200.00
14	Stephen Smith – Garen Hunt	5	1	4.68	15.25	97	$200.00
15	Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington	5		5.26	14.86	96	$200.00
16	Rich Campbell – Ashley Medley	5		3.84	14.65	95	$180.00
17	Gary Arterberry – Gus Adkinson	5		4.01	14.4	94	$180.00
18	Russell Oliphant – *Donnie Goodman	5			14.37	93	$180.00
19	Eric Zuk – Chet Douthit	5			13.99	92	$160.00
20	Kolin Rogers – Wyatt Miller	5			13.93	91	$160.00
21	*Billy Greenwell – Jamie Edge	5		4.31	13.86	90	$160.00
22	Mark Riegel – JR Shinn	5	1.5	5.52	13.79	89	$370.00	2BB
23	Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary	5		3.86	13.79	88
24	Ronnie Rush – Rick Rush	5	0.5	4.63	13.74	87
25	Roger Umbarger – Josh Louisville	5		5.31	13.73	86
26	Brett Fickle – Joseph Hull	5		3.94	13.57	85
27	Blaze Bullard –	5		3.6	13.36	84
28	Kevin Rogers – Hunter Bowling	5		3.4	13.32	83
29	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	5			13.29	82
29	John Williams – James Brown	5			13.29	82
31	John Krewson – Tony Powers	5		4.55	13.21	80
32	Kevin Duer – Dustin Young	5		3.72	13.21	79
33	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5			13.17	78
34	Andre Dickniete – Noah Dickneite	5		3.88	13.16	77
35	Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein	5			13.15	76
36	Sam Maggio – Troy Ladenhoff	5	1	4.77	13.11	75
37	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5			13.1	74
38	David McCormick – Gary Shartzer	5			13.06	73
39	Danny Burns – Ival Hannah	5	0.5	3.95	13.04	72
40	Stacy Howell – Robert Traquair	5			12.98	71
41	Jeffery Smith – Jeffery A Smith	5		3.45	12.97	70
42	Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick	5		4.69	12.96	69
43	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5		3.34	12.84	68
44	Mark Dunbar – Johnny Bell	5	0.5	3.21	12.83	67
45	Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II	5		3.41	12.71	66
46	Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant	5	0.5	5.29	12.69	65
47	Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter	5	0.5	3.44	12.6	64
48	Larry Wright – Doug Wallace	5			12.27	63
49	John Campbell – David Rogers	5			12.08	62
50	Robert Hime – Paul Huse	5		3.35	12.06	61
51	Chris Callahan – Justin Wasmer	5			12.05	60
52	Doug Long – Marty Watson	5	0.5	3.3	11.97	59
53	Brandon Morris – Logan Carter	5			11.93	58
54	Chris Bridges – Steve Prince	5		3.43	11.91	57
55	Mark Adkins – Chris Nichols	4		5.09	11.65	56
56	Donnie Reynolds – Mark Reynolds	5			11.54	55
57	Bryan Baker – Darren Baker	5		3.49	11.52	54
58	Jerry McCutchen – Kevin Smith	5			11.41	53
59	Michael Dugger – Jeff Lang	5	0.5		11.38	52
60	Kennedy Schwartzburg – Andrew Rogers	5			11.32	51
61	Ozzie Wallace –	5		3.04	11.2	50
62	Kirk Holland –	5		3.35	11.17	49
63	David Hughes – *Jon Brasel	5		3.27	10.91	48
64	Troy Thomas – Mike Eickmann	5		3.65	10.73	47
65	Tim Hintenach – Travis Williams	4	0.5	4.51	10.72	46
66	John Stewart – Corey Stewart	5		3.29	10.61	45
67	*Bubba McVay – Don Sanders	5			10.61	44
68	Aaron Vaughn – Parrish Vaughn	5			10.56	43
69	Mike Thomas – Debbie Thomas	4		3.32	10.55	42
70	Ricky York – Ed Gilbert	5			10.14	41
71	Tom McGovern – Chris McGovern	5			10.1	40
72	Brock Schuld –	4			10.08	39
73	Joddy Dungan – John Matousek	4		3.95	9.8	38
74	Brett Strake – *Carl Schmidt	4	0.5		9.43	37
75	Justin Miller – Mathew Miller	4			9.15	36
76	Ryan Tucker – Ryan Heise	5			8.99	35
77	Michael Simons – Jacob Simons	4			8.86	34
78	Bill McAvoy – Jack Young	5			8.81	33
79	Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon	4		3.97	8.62	32
80	Marvin Griffen – Kevin Griffen	4			8.41	31
81	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	5			8.4	30
82	Aaron Foglesong – *Tyler Eagan	4			8.26	29
83	Ron Peek – Pat Deaton	5	1		7.87	28
84	Scott Triplett – Todd Shaw	2	0.5	4.61	7.12	27
85	Tony Habiger – Fabricio Toledo	3	0.5	3.2	6.81	26
86	Shawn Crabtree – *Theresa Patterson	2			6.54	25
87	Bob Jany – Dennis Schilb	3			6.33	24
88	Chris Jeffries – Carter Jeffries	2		3.87	5.94	23
89	Justin Hosler – Kyle McAdams	2			5.45	22
90	Rocky Carden – Jacob Delong	3			5.25	21
91	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	3			4.56	20
92	Charles Abbott – *Amanda Abbott				0	10
	Lyle Armstrong – Mitchell Armstrong				0	10
	John Bennett – Darrell Reach				0	10
	Sean Bowling – Brandon Brown				0	10
	Ricky Clifton – Tyler Clifton				0	10
	Hunter Creson – *Hayley McCown				0	10
	Junior Fiedler – Chris Fiedler				0	10
	Wayne Garrison – Doug Zink				0	10
	Marvin Kinyon – Mike Long				0	10
	Kevin Love – *fished aalone				0	10
	Gerald McDaniel – Jeff Pascoe				0	10
	Ron McLain – James Leach				0	10
	Todd Miller – R. Cameron Miller				0	10
	Timmy Newberry – Rusty Darnell				0	10
	Greg Seiner – Rick Keeney				0	10
	Dene White – Joe Dorcy				0	10
	Greg Wilcox – Allison Orf				0	10

*alternate

06/13/20 Pomme

Bob — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:07:20 +0000

Whites Marine Center Pomme Division was a scorcher not only the high humidity and heat but the fishing. 1st and 2nd place separated by only .01 oz

Coming in 1st by the narrowest of margin Scott and Brandon Hill weigh in 21.32 lbs anchored with a 4.77lber. They report fishing both arms of the lake with Chompers jigs and brush hogs at depths of 10 feet.

Rick Fishback and Denny Carver take second with their 21.31 lb bag. They report fishing crank wrapped deep crankbaits and Chompers jigs trailed with Dbomb Trailers in both arms of Pomme at depths of 12-15 feet.

Greg Becker and Don Thrall report fishing carolina rigged brush hogs at a depth of 15 feet in the main lake area. Their bag weighed 19.85lbs.

1st Ozark Chevrolet Big Bass was caught by Jerry Roark.

John Campbell & Rusty Darnell take Top Skeeter fishing from Rusty’s Skeeter.

Our next Pomme event will be July 18th taking off from The Harbor at 6am. Lets continue to support the facility and pay your launch fees.

Catch and Release boat provided by SportBoats USA.

Chompers jigs take 1st and 2nd place. Take a look at what they have to offer on their website. Chompers is offering 20% discount to Joe Bass members. Use the code JB20 at check out.

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Scott Hill – Brandon Hill	5		4.77	21.32	110	$2,430.00
2	Rick Fishback – Denny Carver	5		4.94	21.31	109	$1,460.00
3	Greg Becker – Don Thrall	5		4.7	19.85	108	$1,070.00
4	Dan Weber – Robert Leininger	5	1	4.72	19.71	107	$700.00
5	David Mulkey – Sean Mukley	5		4.52	19.26	106	$500.00
6	Rodney Bowersox – Randy Davis	5		4.53	18.88	105	$350.00
7	Troy Nogosek – Jeremy Fiedler	5		3.83	18.37	104	$320.00
8	Jerry Roark – Jamie Edge	5		5.32	17.34	103	$680.00	1BB
9	Ben Saubers – Nick Saubers	5		3.93	16.08	102	$250.00
10	John Campbell – Rusty Darnell	5		5.12	16.04	101	$470.00	Skeeter $
11	Paul Redmond – Craig Honnywell	5	0.5	4.95	15.23	100	$200.00
12	Jim Figg – Don Cox	5		5.08	14.93	99	$180.00
13	Jerry Addington – *Jasper Addington	5	0.5	5.23	14.76	98	$420.00	2BB
14	Mike Coker –	5		5.05	14.64	97
15	Mike Duncan – Chad Dearduff	5		4.51	14.39	96
16	Paul Marsala – *DeWayne Weeks	5		4.45	14.1	95
17	Cody Campbell – Quinten Carr	5		3.61	13.77	94
18	Greg Askew – Terry Case	5		4.22	13.63	93
19	Mike Rogers – Donnie Crist	5	0.5	4.24	13.58	92
20	Justin Hayden – Shawn Freeman	5		4.75	13.46	91
21	Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney	5	0.5	4.94	13.43	90
22	Kyle Uptegrove – *Anthony Alkire	5		4.84	13.22	89
23	Luke Routh – Tyler Weaver	5		5.03	13.13	88
24	William Cline – *fished aalone	5	0.5	4.63	13.07	87
25	Danny Waite – Bryan Leonard	5		4.21	12.74	86
26	Josh Miller – Ethen Johns	5			12.1	85
27	Matt Gunter – Gage Gunter	5		3.89	11.82	84
28	Dan Cox – Tim Kastning	5		4.96	11.76	83
29	Rich Gamble – Jacci Gamble	5			11.73	82
30	Matt Underwood – Kade Underwood	5		3.65	11.59	81
31	Tom Statler – Dillon Statler	5		3.75	11.46	80
32	Ron Peek – *Greig Engel	5			11.44	79
33	Dan Goetz – Brad Burton	5			11.34	78
34	Ron Belew – Derek Dace	5		4.22	11.33	77
35	Sam Smith – Steve Lackey	5			11.26	76
36	Kipp Easley – Johnn Williams	5		4.07	11.02	75
37	Matt Garrett – Kaleb Rook	5			11.02	74
38	Brad Jones – Blaine Bair	5	0.5	3.9	10.87	73
39	Blake Burford – Tim Collins	5	0.5		10.53	72
40	Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear	5		3.05	10.49	71
41	Earl Horton –	5		2.76	10.18	70
42	Jonathan Evans – Terry Close	5	0.5	2.68	9.82	69
43	Doug Asher – Seth Sherertz	5			9.77	68
44	Dave Epema – Dan Bowman	5	0.5		9.66	67
45	Ryan Tucker – Ryan Heise	5			9.55	66
46	Stacy Howell – Robert Traquair	5			9.5	65
47	Nick Morris – *fished aalone	5			9.39	64
48	Mark Simmons – Terry Lawhon	5			9.38	63
49	John Williams – James Brown	5			9.23	62
50	Jeff Hanchar – Seth Sines	5			9.13	61
51	Rocky Carden – Jacob Delong	5			9.04	60
52	Scott Emmert – Dave Goestenkors	3		5.15	8.99	59
53	David Moore – Bob Moore	5	0.5		8.01	58
54	Troy Thomas – Mike Eickmann	5			7.83	57
55	Joe Bennett –	4			7.52	56
56	Randy Roustio –	3			6.61	55
57	Clint Hart – KC Collette	4	0.5		5.41	54
58	Don Mason – Cliff Wolfe	3			4.62	53
59	Kelly Nunn – Jamie Duncan	1		4.53	4.53	52
60	Casey Kidder – Chris Savoie	1		4.46	4.46	51
61	Terry Bradley – *Tanner McMillen				0	10
	Hunter Creson – Hunter Rafferty				0	10
	*Nick V – Dakota Dearduff				0	10
	Bill Dennis – *Pam Dennis				0	10
	Isaac Lowden – Justin Inman				0	10
	Justin McMullen – *Ed Townend				0	10

*alternate

06/07/20 Twain

Bob — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 15:40:08 +0000

Things are heating up at Mark Twain Lake!
Conditions; lake level 614.96 (normal 606.00)
Clarity; Stained to Muddy, water temp. upper 70s main, mid 80s in the creeks

A blast of summer greeted the 41 teams that fished tournament number 2 of the 154 Marine sponsored Mark Twain Lake Division. Morning temps were a very sticky 71 degrees as the anglers showed up at 154 Marine for registration and live-well check. To stay within the Corps restrictions on Mark Twain Lake, standard format was altered to a lines in (begin fishing) and lines out (stop fishing) format,

Taking the top spot today was the team of Preston Hartung and George Harrington. Preston and George began their fishing day close to the Robert Allen Boat ramp, in a short main lake pocket and within 10 minutes of lines in connected with a “GET THE NET” giant, on a soft plastic pitched to wood, weighing 6.19 pounds! Turns out that was the Ozark Chevrolet Big Joe Bass of the tournament! The team fished the rest of the creek boating 3 more keepers on spinnerbaits and soft plastics. Moving to another creek off the main lake the team found their limit fish and a few upgrades. After a lull in the action the team made one last move down lake and caught their last keeper, fishing a big worm on a main lake point. Preston and George caught 9 keepers on the day with their best 5 weighing 15.50 pounds, good enough for the W. Preston and George are sponsored by Ardent, Duckett Fishing, Harrington Construction, and JPH Construction.

Finishing in the runner-up position was the team of Bryan Hulsey and Jason Huskey. Bryan and Jason started their day on the lower portion of the lake and caught a few fish early, but they knew it wasn’t the quality needed for the “check line”. So mid morning the team made a move to the mid lake area bouncing around both main and secondary points, pitching jigs to any visible cover, connecting with several keepers before the mandatory 2:30 lines out. Bryan and Jason’s limit weighed in at 14.44 pounds, which not only earned the team 2nd place, it also made Bryan the top finishing Skeeter owner, fishing from his 1999 ZX202c . Bryan and Jason are sponsored by Flooring Systems Inc. and Karrenbrock Excavating.

Finding the check line in 3rd today was the team of Corey Kunkle and Charlie Kunkle Sr. The 154 Marine sponsored team had a different approach to the day catching all their keepers on a Chatterbait chasing the wind on main lake and secondary points, bumping the bait off any cover or irregularity. Cory and Charlie’s limit weighed 14.34 pounds.

41 teams 21 limits.

The next Mark Twain Lake tournament, sponsored by 154 Marine, is June 28, 6am start. (whether that is take-off or lines-in to be determined)

Host lodging for Joe Bass at Mark Twain is Country Inn Resort 573-267-3800

Photos

Results

Place	Team Members	Fish	Pnlty	B/F	TotWgt	Pts	Payout
1	Preston Hartung – George Harrington	5		6.19	15.5	110	$2,300.00	1BB
2	Jason Huskey – Bryan Hulsey	5		4.19	14.44	109	$1,280.00
3	Cory Kunkle – Charlie Kunkle Sr	5		4.45	14.34	108	$620.00
4	Don McFetridge – Gary McFetridge	5		4.14	14.15	107	$400.00
5	Keith Hendrix – Greg Zumwalt	5		5.04	14	106	$460.00	2BB
6	Lonnie Franklin – Bob Peneston	5		4.35	13.92	105	$230.00
7	Tom Herndon – Jason VanBeers	5			13.86	104	$200.00
8	Richard Eder – Richard Eder Jr	5		3.72	13.71	103	$160.00
9	Steve Weber – Sam Phillips	5			12.83	102
10	Chris Janda – J. Rowdy Yates	5			12.67	101
11	Larry Rothwiel – Phil Williams	5		3.17	12.5	100
12	Gary Gedville – John Gedville	5		3.28	12.39	99
13	Kent Campbell – Shane Burr	5		2.9	12.24	98
14	Nick Morris – *Chad Bliss	5		3.63	12.15	97
15	Josh Gebhardt – Ross Lord	5		4.5	12.12	96
16	Jim Coyner – Keith Ostrander	5			11.52	95
17	Terry Jones – Brad Dooley	5	0.5		10.91	94
18	Dave Strutman – Denny Lambert	5	1		10.78	93
19	Dennis McFetridge – Karen McFetridge	5			10.75	92
20	Gary Koenig – Robin Hessling	5	0.5		10.55	91
21	David Kampschroeder – Dustin Kampschroeder	5			10.48	90
22	Kenny Grothoff – Donnie Palmatory	4			10.48	89
23	Chris Johnson – Josh Calvin	4			9.76	88
24	Charlie Kunkle – Keith Williams	4		3.48	9.62	87
25	Bill Kayser – Donnie Seabaugh	4			9.35	86
25	Eric Power – Chris Power	4			9.35	86
27	Rick Beard – Rian White	3		4.12	8.79	84
28	Phil J Zimmerman – Phil M Zimmerman	4			8.63	83
29	Tom Darnell – Rick McGuire	4			8.01	82
30	Ron Mellinger – Colton Mellinger	4			7.66	81
31	Jeff Boerding – Mike Reigh	3			6.59	80
32	Wayne Werle – *Paul Wiegand	2			4.23	79
33	John Knudsen – Tom Williams	2			4.04	78
34	Mick Buchanan – Gary Grzybinski	1		2.61	2.61	77
35	Dominic Perotti – *Dominic Perotti Jr	1		2.48	2.48	76
36	Chad Denningmann – Kurt Denningmann	1		2.2	2.2	75
37	*fished aalone – Russ Gilmore				0	10
	Todd Hessling – Mike Pettitt				0	10
	Scott Jackson – Jim Brewer				0	10
	Jason Kiser – *fished aalone				0	10
	Stacey Moss – Darrin Lockhart				0	10

*alternate

Joe Bass Team Trail

2020 Invitational Results

09/27/20 Last Chance

09/20/20 Stockton

09/19/20 Table Rock

09/13/20 Truman

09/12/20 Pomme

08/30/20 Truman

08/29/30 Pomme

08/23/20 Mark Twain

Season Finale at Mark Twain = TOUGH BITE

08/09/20 Stockton

08/08/20 Table Rock

08/02/20 Twain

Tuff For Most but not All at Mark Twain

07/19/20 Truman

07/18/20 Pomme

07/12/20 Stockton

07/12/20 Twain

06/28/20 Twain

06/14/20 Truman

06/13/20 Pomme

06/07/20 Twain

Things are heating up at Mark Twain Lake! Conditions; lake level 614.96 (normal 606.00) Clarity; Stained to Muddy, water temp. upper 70s main, mid 80s in the creeks

Things are heating up at Mark Twain Lake!
Conditions; lake level 614.96 (normal 606.00)
Clarity; Stained to Muddy, water temp. upper 70s main, mid 80s in the creeks