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Wisconsin’s Adkins Wins Northern Divisonal On Lake Vermilion

Gary Adkins of Green Bay, Wis., caught 48 pounds, 3 ounces over three days to take the title at Lake Vermilion during the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional held out of Tower, Minn., Friday. 

Photo Craig Lamb/B.A.S.S.

August 28, 2015

Wisconsin’s Adkins Wins Northern Divisonal On Lake Vermilion

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TOWER, Minn. — Applying local knowledge on unfamiliar tournament water is a risk sometimes worth taking. Doing just that paid off for Wisconsin’s Gary Adkins, winner of the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional on Lake Vermilion.

The Green Bay angler caught 48 pounds, 4 ounces, after three days of fishing under a variety of weather conditions. Minnesota’s Corey Brant, the leader after two days and presumed favorite to win, finished second with 45-15. Illinois angler Ryan Whitacre earned third place with 43-2.

All three anglers and the overall leaders from the eight Midwestern states participating in the tournament advance to the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Championship. The event is bass club fishing’s premier event, with an international field of anglers competing in October on the Ouachita River in Louisiana.

Adkins found striking similarities between his home water of Lake Michigan and the northern Minnesota tournament fishery. What he found is a combination of gravel bottom mixed with the large boulders that form most of the smallmouth habitat.

“The gravel bottom was a standout feature,” said Adkins, a five-time divisional qualifier. “It’s what I look for in Green Bay when fishing for smallmouth.”

Adkins keyed on one particular rock and gravel formation rising from 30 to 15 feet off the bottom. The sharply defined dropoff was a wise choice after a cold front pushed through the area on Wednesday.

“My other areas in shallower water didn’t produce because the fish had to move way out to find deeper water,” he added. “Finding them again would have been tough, as it was I am sure for some of the other guys.”

Adkins chose a green/pumpkin pattern Get Bit Slender Tube inserted into a 5/16-ounce jighead for fishing the sloping contours of the gravel bottom. The key attractant was crawfish being fed upon by the smallmouth.

Later in the day he moved to a rocky shoreline offering yet another similarity to his home water. Most shorelines on Lake Vermilion feature sharp drops into deep water. Instead, Adkins chose a gently sloping shoreline that created warmer water.

“The afternoon sunshine warmed the rocks and that attracted the crawfish,” he said. “It’s the same type of bottom I fish back home.”

Adkins chose a square billed PH Custom Crankbait that matched the size and action of the crawfish for the afternoon bite.

Each day began on the gravel side of the rocky shoal. Later in the day, he moved to the shoreline to fill his limit.

Advancing to the national championship are these remaining state winners. They are Greg Vance (Iowa); Daniel Brown (Illinois); Dave Watson (Indiana); Jeff Fischer (Michigan); Nick Leonard (Ohio).

Minnesota won its third consecutive state title with a total weight of 456 pounds, 11 ounces. Wisconsin was second with 401-11 and Illinois placed third with 372-04. Ohio took fourth place with 336-12 and Indiana was fifth with 318-12. South Dakota earned sixth place with 310-12 and Michigan was seventh with 295-10. Iowa finished eighth with 286-12.

Minnesota’s overall score received a huge boost from its team competing in the B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Division High School Divisional. Mason Raveling and Ben Provost weighed 34-8 to also take first place in the high school contest. The anglers are from Prior Lake High School.

Minnesota received a Triton boat, powered by a Yamaha outboard and rigged with accessories. The package is valued at $37, 292.

Corey Brant earned the $250 Livingston Lures Leader Award as Day 2 leader.

Andy Hriber received the $500 A.R.E. Award as highest placing angler using the brand’s truck caps.

2015 Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional 8/26-8/28
Lake Vermilion, Tower  MN.
(ANGLER) Standings Day 3

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Gary Adkins            Green Bay, WI (WI)      15  48-04  0
2.  Corey Brant            Minnetonka, MN (MN)     15  45-15  0
3.  Ryan Whitacre          Chicago, IL (WI)        15  43-02  0
4.  Ted Heitschmidt        Tomahawk, WI (WI)       15  41-12  0
5.  Daniel Brown           Joliet, IL (IL)         15  41-05  0
6.  Andy Hriber            Lakeville, MN (MN)      15  41-05  0
7.  Jami Fralick           Martin, SD (SD)         15  41-00  0
8.  Korey Bushman          Eden Prairie, MN (MN)   15  39-06  0
9.  Brad Ballard           Winona, MN (MN)         15  38-10  0
10. Jim Barczak            Osceola, WI (WI)        15  38-08  0
11. Nathan Steinbauer      Edina, MN (MN)          14  38-05  0
12. Nick Leonard           Cincinnati, OH (OH)     15  38-03  0
13. Brian Bengtson         Bloomington, MN (MN)    15  38-03  0
14. Scott Bonnema          Zimmerman, MN (MN)      15  38-00  0
15. Jeff Fischer           Farmington, MI (MI)     15  37-07  0
16. Jeff Bostic            Cassopolis, MI (MI)     13  37-05  0
17. Paul Amstutz           Gambler, OH (OH)        14  37-03  0
18. Greg Vance             Dubuque, IA (IA)        14  35-08  0
19. Levi Warner            Shiocton, WI (WI)       13  35-04  0
20. Tadd Johnson           Lakeview, MN (MN)       15  35-03  0
21. MN HS – Provost / Raveling Jordan, MN (MN)         10  34-08  0
22. Cliff Van Beek         Canistota, SD (SD)      12  34-06  0
23. Nate Brown             Muscatine, IA (IA)      14  34-04  0
24. Dave Watson            Sullivan, IN (IN)       15  34-01  0
25. Brandon Osting         Delphos, OH (OH)        15  33-11  0
26. Joe Pruss              Springfield, SD (SD)    10  32-15  0
27. Dave Hedge             Greenfield, IN (IN)     15  32-14  0
28. Curt Samo              Rochelle, IL (IL)       15  32-11  0
29. Carl Spande            Mounds View, MN (MN)    12  32-09  0
30. Brian Saari            Madison, WI (WI)        13  32-00  0
31. Mike Pappas            Lagrange, IL (IL)       13  31-14  0
32. Bryan Corley           Des Moines, IA (IA)     13  31-13  0
33. Corey Peterson         Yankton, SD (SD)        12  31-12  0
34. Tom Ondras             Jourt, IL (IL)          11  31-11  0
35. Vaughn Capasso         MARENGO, IL (IL)        15  31-11  0
36. Scott Cremeans         Albany, OH (OH)         15  31-02  0
37. Nathan Ranallo         La Crosse, WI (WI)      11  30-08  0
38. Richard Lindgren       Lakeville, MN (MN)      13  30-04  0
39. Wes Thomas             Hanover, IN (IN)        15  30-03  0
40. Richard Hladky         Yankton, SD (SD)        12  29-15  0
41. Rob Melendez           Frankfort, IL (IL)      15  29-10  0
42. Joseph Sestak          Tabor, SD (SD)          15  29-09  0
43. Matt Fischer           Farmington, MI (MI)     14  29-08  0
44. Dave Schneider         Indianapolis, IN (IN)   13  29-05  0
45. Zach Grounds           Fortvilla, IN (IN)      12  29-02  0
46. Kevin Imer             Marengo, OH (OH)        14  28-11  0
47. Chris Wilkinson        Farmersburg, IN (IN)    15  28-08  0
48. Walter Hart            Washington Court House, 14  28-08  0
49. Michael Nesbitt        St. Paris, OH (OH)      13  28-07  0
50. Eric Zoromski          Lena, WI (WI)           15  28-07  0
51. Miqell Dawson          Detroit, MI (MI)        9  28-04  0
52. Brad Norris            Hudson, IL (IL)         15  27-14  0
53. David Junk             Quincy, IL (IL)         13  26-08  0
54. Dave Thompson          Washington, IL (IL)     13  26-02  0
55. Chip Goy               Genoa City, WI (WI)     12  25-10  0
56. Mark Borchers          Akron, IA (IA)          13  25-10  0
57. Tim Maupin             Lawrenceburg, IN (IN)   12  25-06  0
58. Brian Hensley          Edwardsburg, MI (IN)    11  25-00  0
59. IL HS – Zobel / Cook   Joliet, IL (IL)         10  25-00  0
60. Raul Gonzalez          Schrumburg, IL (IL)     12  25-00  0
61. Phil Rummel            Mount Vernon, OH (OH)   11  24-13  0
62. Mark Peterson          Orland Park, IL (IL)    13  24-09  0
63. Aaron Daeges           Carver, MN (MN)         12  24-06  0
64. Kyle Jump              Farmington Hills, MI (M 12  24-06  0
65. Marvin Parton          Kokomo, IN (IN)         11  24-02  0
66. WI HS – Lindus / Haney Baldwin, WI (WI)        10  23-09  0
67. Chris Calkins          Marshalltown, IA (IA)   11  23-07  0
68. Jesse Schwark          Athens, MI (MI)         13  23-02  0
69. OH HS – Kovatch / Pritsel Westerville, OH (OH)    10  23-00  0
70. Adam Hladky            Volin, SD (SD)          11  21-14  0
71. Steven Houdek          Calmar, IA (IA)         11  21-04  0
72. Austin Brimeyer        Dubuque, IA (IA)        11  20-15  0
73. Kyler Chelminiak       Franklin, WI (WI)       10  20-03  0
74. Guy Knudson            Zimmerman, MN (MN)      13  20-01  0
75. Brian Searcy           Muscatine, IA (IA)      10  19-14  0
76. John Ling IV           Climax, MI (MI)         11  19-11  0
77. IN HS – Miller / Stafford Bloomington, IN (IN)    9  19-10  0
78. Landon Moore           Marion, IA (IA)         10  19-08  0
79. James Haas             Yankton, SD (SD)        9  19-07  0
80. Terry Hall             Grove City, OH (OH)     9  19-02  0
81. MI HS – Bombrowski / Hatton South Lyon, MI (MI)     10  18-12  0
82. Bryan Freyermuth       Muscatine, IA (IA)      8  18-12  0
83. Jarrod Sherwood        Vassar, MI (MI)         9  18-11  0
84. Mark Emenecker         Matton, IL (IL)         10  18-05  0
85. Kevin Fassbind         Cottage Grove, WI (WI)  7  18-03  0
86. Bob Slama              Harrisburg, SD (SD)     10  18-03  0
87. Allen Wennerberg       Waterford, MI (MI)      8  17-12  0
88. Brian Vogelsang        Zanes Field, OH (OH)    9  17-11  0
89. Trevor Kettles         Waukee, IA (IA)         8  17-09  0
90. Chad Starrett          Shirley, IN (IN)        9  17-08  0
91. Tucker Peschl          Tyndall, SD (SD)        10  16-07  0
92. Chad Kurowski          New Franken, WI (WI)    8  16-05  0
93. Kirk Simpson           Waterford, MI (MI)      8  15-14  0
94. Mel Williams           Winner, SD (SD)         8  14-10  0
95. Edward Schiller        Wixom, MI (MI)          9  14-02  0
96. Robert Doughty         Columbus, OH (OH)       6  14-02  0
97. Eric Hardesty          Nineveh, IN (IN)        8  14-00  0
98. SD HS – Swanson / Hutmacher Oacoma, SD (SD)         8  13-06  0
99. Scott Metzger          Springfield, OH (OH)    6  12-03  0
100. Bob Kowal              Sparta, MI (MI)         6  10-12  0
101. IA HS – Minton / Hamdorf Lowden, IA (IA)         7  10-08  0
102. Shon Nelson            Elberfield, IN (IN)     4  09-01  0
103. Orlando Rundle         Monticello, IA (IA)     5  07-12  0
104. Timothy Peterson       Springfield, SD (SD)    4  07-04  0
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1       38       319       677-09
2       74       456       1045-14
3       73       441       1055-13
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185      1216      2779-04

TEAM STANDINGS Day 3
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State                Lbs-Oz
1 MINNESOTA            456-11
2 WISCONSIN            401-11
3 ILLINOIS             372-04
4 OHIO                 336-12
5 INDIANA              318-12
6 SOUTH DAKOTA         310-12
7 MICHIGAN             295-10
8 IOWA                 286-12

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 3
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IOWA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Greg Vance           Dubuque, IA                 14   35-08  0
2 Nate Brown           Muscatine, IA               14   34-04  0
3 Bryan Corley         Des Moines, IA              13   31-13  0
4 Mark Borchers        Akron, IA                   13   25-10  0
5 Chris Calkins        Marshalltown, IA            11   23-07  0
6 Steven Houdek        Calmar, IA                  11   21-04  0
7 Austin Brimeyer      Dubuque, IA                 11   20-15  0
8 Brian Searcy         Muscatine, IA               10   19-14  0
9 Landon Moore         Marion, IA                  10   19-08  0
10 Bryan Freyermuth     Muscatine, IA               8   18-12  0
11 Trevor Kettles       Waukee, IA                  8   17-09  0
12 IA HS – Minton / Hamdorf Lowden, IA                  7   10-08  0
13 Orlando Rundle       Monticello, IA              5   07-12  0

ILLINOIS
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Daniel Brown         Joliet, IL                  15   41-05  0
2 Curt Samo            Rochelle, IL                15   32-11  0
3 Mike Pappas          Lagrange, IL                13   31-14  0
4 Tom Ondras           Jourt, IL                   11   31-11  0
5 Vaughn Capasso       MARENGO, IL                 15   31-11  0
6 Rob Melendez         Frankfort, IL               15   29-10  0
7 Brad Norris          Hudson, IL                  15   27-14  0
8 David Junk           Quincy, IL                  13   26-08  0
9 Dave Thompson        Washington, IL              13   26-02  0
10 IL HS – Zobel / Cook Joliet, IL                  10   25-00  0
11 Raul Gonzalez        Schrumburg, IL              12   25-00  0
12 Mark Peterson        Orland Park, IL             13   24-09  0
13 Mark Emenecker       Matton, IL                  10   18-05  0

INDIANA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Dave Watson          Sullivan, IN                15   34-01  0
2 Dave Hedge           Greenfield, IN              15   32-14  0
3 Wes Thomas           Hanover, IN                 15   30-03  0
4 Dave Schneider       Indianapolis, IN            13   29-05  0
5 Zach Grounds         Fortvilla, IN               12   29-02  0
6 Chris Wilkinson      Farmersburg, IN             15   28-08  0
7 Tim Maupin           Lawrenceburg, IN            12   25-06  0
8 Brian Hensley        Edwardsburg, MI             11   25-00  0
9 Marvin Parton        Kokomo, IN                  11   24-02  0
10 IN HS – Miller / Stafford Bloomington, IN             9   19-10  0
11 Chad Starrett        Shirley, IN                 9   17-08  0
12 Eric Hardesty        Nineveh, IN                 8   14-00  0
13 Shon Nelson          Elberfield, IN              4   09-01  0

MICHIGAN
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jeff Fischer         Farmington, MI              15   37-07  0
2 Jeff Bostic          Cassopolis, MI              13   37-05  0
3 Matt Fischer         Farmington, MI              14   29-08  0
4 Miqell Dawson        Detroit, MI                 9   28-04  0
5 Kyle Jump            Farmington Hills, MI        12   24-06  0
6 Jesse Schwark        Athens, MI                  13   23-02  0
7 John Ling IV         Climax, MI                  11   19-11  0
8 MI HS – Bombrowski / Hatton South Lyon, MI              10   18-12  0
9 Jarrod Sherwood      Vassar, MI                  9   18-11  0
10 Allen Wennerberg     Waterford, MI               8   17-12  0
11 Kirk Simpson         Waterford, MI               8   15-14  0
12 Edward Schiller      Wixom, MI                   9   14-02  0
13 Bob Kowal            Sparta, MI                  6   10-12  0

MINNESOTA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Corey Brant          Minnetonka, MN              15   45-15  0
2 Andy Hriber          Lakeville, MN               15   41-05  0
3 Korey Bushman        Eden Prairie, MN            15   39-06  0
4 Brad Ballard         Winona, MN                  15   38-10  0
5 Nathan Steinbauer    Edina, MN                   14   38-05  0
6 Brian Bengtson       Bloomington, MN             15   38-03  0
7 Scott Bonnema        Zimmerman, MN               15   38-00  0
8 Tadd Johnson         Lakeview, MN                15   35-03  0
9 MN HS – Provost / Raveling Jordan, MN                  10   34-08  0
10 Carl Spande          Mounds View, MN             12   32-09  0
11 Richard Lindgren     Lakeville, MN               13   30-04  0
12 Aaron Daeges         Carver, MN                  12   24-06  0
13 Guy Knudson          Zimmerman, MN               13   20-01  0

OHIO
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Nick Leonard         Cincinnati, OH              15   38-03  0
2 Paul Amstutz         Gambler, OH                 14   37-03  0
3 Brandon Osting       Delphos, OH                 15   33-11  0
4 Scott Cremeans       Albany, OH                  15   31-02  0
5 Kevin Imer           Marengo, OH                 14   28-11  0
6 Walter Hart          Washington Court House,  14   28-08  0
7 Michael Nesbitt      St. Paris, OH               13   28-07  0
8 Phil Rummel          Mount Vernon, OH            11   24-13  0
9 OH HS – Kovatch / Pritsel Westerville, OH             10   23-00  0
10 Terry Hall           Grove City, OH              9   19-02  0
11 Brian Vogelsang      Zanes Field, OH             9   17-11  0
12 Robert Doughty       Columbus, OH                6   14-02  0
13 Scott Metzger        Springfield, OH             6   12-03  0

SOUTH DAKOTA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jami Fralick         Martin, SD                  15   41-00  0
2 Cliff Van Beek       Canistota, SD               12   34-06  0
3 Joe Pruss            Springfield, SD             10   32-15  0
4 Corey Peterson       Yankton, SD                 12   31-12  0
5 Richard Hladky       Yankton, SD                 12   29-15  0
6 Joseph Sestak        Tabor, SD                   15   29-09  0
7 Adam Hladky          Volin, SD                   11   21-14  0
8 James Haas           Yankton, SD                 9   19-07  0
9 Bob Slama            Harrisburg, SD              10   18-03  0
10 Tucker Peschl        Tyndall, SD                 10   16-07  0
11 Mel Williams         Winner, SD                  8   14-10  0
12 SD HS – Swanson / Hutmacher Oacoma, SD                  8   13-06  0
13 Timothy Peterson     Springfield, SD             4   07-04  0

WISCONSIN
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Gary Adkins          Green Bay, WI               15   48-04  0
2 Ryan Whitacre        Chicago, IL                 15   43-02  0
3 Ted Heitschmidt      Tomahawk, WI                15   41-12  0
4 Jim Barczak          Osceola, WI                 15   38-08  0
5 Levi Warner          Shiocton, WI                13   35-04  0
6 Brian Saari          Madison, WI                 13   32-00  0
7 Nathan Ranallo       La Crosse, WI               11   30-08  0
8 Eric Zoromski        Lena, WI                    15   28-07  0
9 Chip Goy             Genoa City, WI              12   25-10  0
10 WI HS – Lindus / Haney Baldwin, WI                 10   23-09  0
11 Kyler Chelminiak     Franklin, WI                10   20-03  0
12 Kevin Fassbind       Cottage Grove, WI           7   18-03  0
13 Chad Kurowski        New Franken, WI             8   16-05  0

Steve Upchurch & Jeff Hodges Win CASHION FISHING RODS ‘END OF YEAR’ TEAM TOURNAMENT BASS FISHING TRAIL QUALIFIER #4 RESULTS Saturday August 22nd, 2015 ~ Jordan Lake

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Steve Upchurch & Jeff Hodges Win CASHION FISHING RODS ‘END OF YEAR’ TEAM TOURNAMENT BASS FISHING TRAIL QUALIFIER #4 RESULTS Saturday August 22nd, 2015 ~ Jordan Lake

CASHION FISHING RODS ‘END OF YEAR’ TEAM TOURNAMENT BASS FISHING
TRAIL QUALIFIER #4 RESULTS
Saturday August 22nd, 2015 ~ Jordan Lake ~ Farrington Point Wildlife Ramp

What a beautiful day for the Cashion Fishing Rods ‘End of Year’ Team Tournament Bass Fishing Trail Qualifier #4 at Jordan Lake. Air temps ranged from 68 to 85 and the water level was around 215 for this day. Surface water temps averaged 84 degrees! Most of the better catches came from 10 to 15 feet of water around any structure that would hold the bass.

Steve Upchurch & Jeff Hodges landed 5 bass weighing a whopping 28.30 lbs to take 1st Place, 1st Place Big Fish (7.43 lbs.) and 1st Place TWT for a total of $2,316!

2nd Place was won by Todd Massey & son Chris with 5 bass weighing 25.57 lbs. They also won 2nd Place TWT & 2nd Place Big Fish (7.23 lbs.) to take home a total of $1,139. 3rd Place went to the team of Mark Herndon & Jim Nichols (subbing for Jay Garrard) with a nice 5 fish total of 24.09 lbs. winning them $460.

106 bass were brought to the scales for a total of 355 pounds averaging 3.35 lbs. each. Most were caught on crankbaits, Drop Shots, Carolina worm rigs & jig combos in 15 feet of water on average. All of the bass weighed in looked in great shape for this time of year!

I want to thank Cashion Fishing Rods and all the anglers that participated. Our next tournament will be the 2015 Cashion Fishing Rods ‘End of Year’ Team Tournament Bass Fishing Trail Qualifier #5, Saturday September 12th at Falls Lake out of Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp. All the information on our tournaments can be found http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

Now here are the full results:
1st Place: Steve Upchurch & Jeff Hodges of Raleigh & Cary…5 bass…28.30 lbs…$1,000
2nd Place: Todd & Chris Massey of Chapel Hill & Siler City…5 bass…25.57 lbs…$575
3rd Place: Mark Herndon & Jim Nichols of Bahama & Durham..5 bass…24.09 lbs…$460
4th Place: Thomas Sheffer & Ken McNeill of Cary & Raleigh…5 bass…20.27 lbs…$360
5th Place: Chad Emory & Trey Nichols of Durham & Chapel Hill…5 bass…19.29 lbs…$295
6th Place: Todd & Jeff Sumner of Southern Pines…5 bass…18.88 lbs…$230
7th Place: Bryce McClenney & Michael Christie of Fuquay Varina & Raleigh…5 bass…18.64 lbs…$195
8th Place: Tony Woodard & Scott Smith of Four Oaks & Apex…5 bass…16.94 lbs…$165

1st Place Big Fish: 1st Place Team above…7.43 lbs…$546
2nd Place Big Fish: 2nd Place Team above…7.23 lbs…$234

1st Place TWT: 1st Place Team above: 28.30 lbs…$770
2nd Place TWT: 2nd Place Team above: 25.57 lbs…$330

Tow Boats US Award: $50..Scott Smith of Apex

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2nd Place: Todd & Chris Massey of Chapel Hill & Siler City

Set the Hook! with Pat Rose – Aug 22, 2015 Featuring Larry Brown from Hydrilla Hawgs , John Hansen 3, Edwin Evers, Kevin Short

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Set the Hook! with Pat Rose – Aug 22, 2015

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Jones Clenches Lead In Bassmaster Elite On Lake St. Clair

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Alton Jones of Lorena, Texas, takes the lead on the first day of the Plano Bassmaster Elite at Lake St. Clair, bringing 23 pounds, 10 ounces to the scales on Thursday. 

Photo by Gary Tramontina/Bassmaster

August 27, 2015

Jones Clenches Lead In Bassmaster Elite On Lake St. Clair

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DETROIT — Weather is always a dynamic element in competitive bass fishing, but it is the biggest factor when the tournament is taking place on big lakes.

The Plano Bassmaster Elite at Lake St. Clair is the final event of the regular season, and many anglers are putting it all on the line to garner a berth in the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro next March.

Texas pro Alton Jones took control of the event by bringing in 23 pounds, 10 ounces of smallmouth bass to the scales after the first day Thursday.

“When you’re fishing the Great Lakes, where wind is a dominating weather condition, my goal is to locate the best drift over the best piece of structure,” the 2008 Bassmaster Classic champion explained. “My practice time was spent finding the right drift, but it only produced small fish for me this morning. I knew they had moved, and after I found them again — only a few hundred yards away — it was a pretty consistent bite.”

Jones expects the bass he found to move again by Friday with another likely weather change. He caught about 15 fish throughout the day and expects the numbers to be similar again in the second round.

“My big-fish spot contributed my best fish of the day, and it gave me several opportunities to cull up,” he said. “I found numerous spots that I’ve devoted my attention to, and I really hope they will hold up as the tournament goes on. But, to be perfectly honest, I’m not sure if they will.”

The stories among the anglers owning the other top spots on the leaderboard offered similar reports. Several small spots produced the right fish, but remaining confident that the best areas will continue to produce is the $100,000 question.

“I have a tendency to stress out about how well I manage a bite,” explained James Elam of Tulsa, Okla. “I’d like to think I perform well under this kind of pressure, but I’m going to have to prove that tomorrow.”

Elam had his limit before noon and brought in 23 pounds, 7 ounces to hold down second.

There’s more to his story, however: At the start of the day, he was inside the 50-angler cut to qualify for the upcoming Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship by a single point. Today’s finish bumped him up in the standings, but he’ll have to finish strong to have an opportunity to fish the championship on Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on Sept. 17-20.

Claiming third is two-time Bassmaster Elite Series champion Brandon Palaniuk. “I’ve been changing my strategy when it comes to the AOY race. I stopped looking at the points; I’ve been fishing to win. I know I fish better with that mentality, so I haven’t looked at the points standings for a couple of months.”

His mental discipline work today as he brought in 23 pounds, 4 ounces of smallies — including the day’s big bass weighing 6-3.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Brandon Lester in fourth place with a fine limit that weighed 21-10. He’s tied for fourth with Casey Scanlon. Micah Frazier is sixth with 20-8, Jonathon VanDam is seventh with 20-6 ounces, Todd Faircloth is eighth with 20-1, J Todd Tucker is ninth with 19-14 and Matt Herren is 10th with 19-5.

Current AOY leader Aaron Martens weighed 18-5, good enough for 24th place.

“I took a risk and traveled to Huron today,” the two-time Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year said. “I’m still not sure if I’ll go back tomorrow or if I’ll play it safe and stay closer to the ramp. I know I can catch a pretty good bag out of St. Clair, but I probably won’t make a decision until tomorrow morning.”

Expect the daily average to stay around 21 to 23 pounds, and as is the case with big, Northern waters, tomorrow is another day and patterns are sure to keep changing.

The Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year race continues with Aaron Martens on top with 685 points, Dean Rojas is closing the gap with 622 points, Jacob Powroznik is third with 596 points, Justin Lucas fell from second to fourth with 590 points and Edwin Evers is fifth with 565 points.

The tournament will resume Friday with takeoff out of Lake St. Clair Metropark at 6:20 a.m. The weigh-in will be held at the same location at 3:15 p.m., and the top 50 anglers will advance to Saturday.

2015 Plano Bassmaster Elite at Lake St. Clair 8/27-8/30
Lake St. Clair, Detroit  MI.
Standings Day 1

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Alton Jones            Lorena, TX               5  23-10  100
Day 1: 5   23-10
2.  James Elam             Tulsa, OK                5  23-07   99
Day 1: 5   23-07
3.  Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID             5  23-04   98
Day 1: 5   23-04
4.  Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN         5  21-10   97
Day 1: 5   21-10
4.  Casey Scanlon          Lanexa, KS               5  21-10   97
Day 1: 5   21-10
6.  Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA               5  20-08   95
Day 1: 5   20-08
7.  Jonathon VanDam        Kalamazoo, MI            5  20-06   94
Day 1: 5   20-06
8.  Todd Faircloth         Jasper, TX               5  20-01   93
Day 1: 5   20-01
9.  J Todd Tucker          Moultrie, GA             5  19-14   92
Day 1: 5   19-14
10. Matt Herren            Ashville, AL             5  19-05   91
Day 1: 5   19-05
11. Charlie Hartley        Grove City, OH           5  19-03   90
Day 1: 5   19-03
11. Greg Vinson            Wetumpka, AL             5  19-03   90
Day 1: 5   19-03
13. Nate Wellman           Newaygo, MI              5  18-15   88
Day 1: 5   18-15
14. Dean Rojas             Lake Havasu City, AZ     5  18-14   87
Day 1: 5   18-14
15. Koby Kreiger           Bokeelia, FL             5  18-13   86
Day 1: 5   18-13
16. Chad Pipkens           Holt, MI                 5  18-12   85
Day 1: 5   18-12
17. Edwin Evers            Talala, OK               5  18-11   84
Day 1: 5   18-11
17. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN           5  18-11   84
Day 1: 5   18-11
17. Jacob Powroznik        Port Haywood, VA         5  18-11   84
Day 1: 5   18-11
17. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL          5  18-11   84
Day 1: 5   18-11
21. Skeet Reese            Auburn, CA               5  18-07   80
Day 1: 5   18-07
21. Scott Rook             Little Rock, AR          5  18-07   80
Day 1: 5   18-07
21. Chris Zaldain          San Jose, CA             5  18-07   80
Day 1: 5   18-07
24. Aaron Martens          Leeds, AL                5  18-05   77
Day 1: 5   18-05
25. Gary Klein             Weatherford, TX          5  18-04   76
Day 1: 5   18-04
26. Casey Ashley           Donalds, SC              5  18-03   75
Day 1: 5   18-03
26. Takahiro Omori         Emory, TX                5  18-03   75
Day 1: 5   18-03
26. Keith Poche            Pike Road, AL            5  18-03   75
Day 1: 5   18-03
29. Steve Kennedy          Auburn, AL               5  18-02   72
Day 1: 5   18-02
30. Greg Hackney           Gonzales, LA             5  17-13   71
Day 1: 5   17-13
31. Brett Hite             Phoenix, AZ              5  17-12   70
Day 1: 5   17-12
32. Seth Feider            Bloomington, MN          5  17-11   69
Day 1: 5   17-11
33. Jordan Lee             Vinemont, AL             5  17-10   68
Day 1: 5   17-10
33. David Williams         Maiden, NC               5  17-10   68
Day 1: 5   17-10
35. Chris Lane             Guntersville, AL         5  17-09   66
Day 1: 5   17-09
36. Kevin Hawk             Guntersville, AL         5  17-08   65
Day 1: 5   17-08
36. Russ Lane              Prattville, AL           5  17-08   65
Day 1: 5   17-08
38. David Walker           Sevierville, TN          5  17-07   63
Day 1: 5   17-07
39. Kurt Dove              Del Rio, TX              5  17-05   62
Day 1: 5   17-05
39. Fletcher Shryock       New Philadelphia, OH     5  17-05   62
Day 1: 5   17-05
41. Jason Christie         Park Hill, OK            5  17-01   60
Day 1: 5   17-01
41. Matt Reed              Madisonville, TX         5  17-01   60
Day 1: 5   17-01
43. Kelley Jaye            Dadeville, AL            5  16-14   58
Day 1: 5   16-14
43. David Smith            Del City, OK             5  16-14   58
Day 1: 5   16-14
45. John Murray            Phoenix, AZ              5  16-13   56
Day 1: 5   16-13
46. Brandon Coulter        Knoxville, TN            5  16-12   55
Day 1: 5   16-12
46. Fred Roumbanis         Bixby, OK                5  16-12   55
Day 1: 5   16-12
48. Billy McCaghren        Mayflower, AR            5  16-05   53
Day 1: 5   16-05
48. Zell Rowland           Montgomery, TX           5  16-05   53
Day 1: 5   16-05
50. Justin Lucas           Guntersville, AL         5  16-04   51
Day 1: 5   16-04
51. Randall Tharp          Port St. Joe, FL         5  16-00   50
Day 1: 5   16-00
52. Randy Allen            Shreveport, LA           5  15-14   49
Day 1: 5   15-14
53. Boyd Duckett           Guntersville, AL         5  15-13   48
Day 1: 5   15-13
53. Britt Myers            Lake Wylie, SC           5  15-13   48
Day 1: 5   15-13
55. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA                5  15-11   46
Day 1: 5   15-11
55. Morizo Shimizu         Suita, Osaka JAPAN       5  15-11   46
Day 1: 5   15-11
57. Jeff Kriet             Ardmore, OK              5  15-10   44
Day 1: 5   15-10
58. Michael Iaconelli      Pitts Grove, NJ          5  15-07   43
Day 1: 5   15-07
59. Ish Monroe             Hughson, CA              5  15-06   42
Day 1: 5   15-06
60. Hank Cherry Jr         Maiden, NC               5  15-05   41
Day 1: 5   15-05
61. Stephen Browning       Hot Springs, AR          5  15-02   40
Day 1: 5   15-02
61. Matt Lee               Guntersville, AL         5  15-02   40
Day 1: 5   15-02
63. Kevin Ledoux           Choctaw, OK              5  15-01   38
Day 1: 5   15-01
63. James Niggemeyer       Van, TX                  5  15-01   38
Day 1: 5   15-01
65. Dennis Tietje          Roanoke, LA              5  15-00   36
Day 1: 5   15-00
66. Kotaro Kiriyama        Moody, AL                5  14-14   35
Day 1: 5   14-14
67. Keith Combs            Huntington, TX           5  14-12   34
Day 1: 5   14-12
68. Randy Howell           Springville, AL          5  14-06   33
Day 1: 5   14-06
68. Bobby Lane Jr.         Lakeland, FL             5  14-06   33
Day 1: 5   14-06
68. Derek Remitz           Grant, AL                5  14-06   33
Day 1: 5   14-06
71. Kevin VanDam           Kalamazoo, MI            5  14-05   30
Day 1: 5   14-05
72. Cliff Pace             Petal, MS                5  14-03   29
Day 1: 5   14-03
73. Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                  5  13-13   28
Day 1: 5   13-13
74. Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC              5  13-12   27
Day 1: 5   13-12
75. Josh Bertrand          Gilbert, AZ              5  13-11   26
Day 1: 5   13-11
76. Mike McClelland        Bella Vista, AR          5  13-10   25
Day 1: 5   13-10
77. David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN            5  13-09   24
Day 1: 5   13-09
78. Mark Davis             Mount Ida, AR            5  13-06   23
Day 1: 5   13-06
78. Andy Montgomery        Blacksburg, SC           5  13-06   23
Day 1: 5   13-06
78. Kevin Short            Mayflower, AR            5  13-06   23
Day 1: 5   13-06
81. Kenyon Hill            Norman, OK               5  13-03   20
Day 1: 5   13-03
82. Brandon Card           Caryville, TN            5  13-00   19
Day 1: 5   13-00
82. Jared Lintner          Arroyo Grande, CA        5  13-00   19
Day 1: 5   13-00
82. Marty Robinson         Lyman, SC                5  13-00   19
Day 1: 5   13-00
85. Shaw Grigsby Jr.       Gainesville, FL          5  12-15   16
Day 1: 5   12-15
86. Scott Ashmore          Broken Arrow, OK         4  12-11   15
Day 1: 4   12-11
87. Tommy Biffle           Wagoner, OK              5  12-07   14
Day 1: 5   12-07
88. Chad Morgenthaler      Coulterville, IL         5  12-02   13
Day 1: 5   12-02
89. Cliff Prince           Palatka, FL              5  12-01   12
Day 1: 5   12-01
90. Bradley Roy            Lancaster, KY            5  11-13   11
Day 1: 5   11-13
91. Cliff Crochet          Pierre Part, LA          5  11-10   10
Day 1: 5   11-10
92. Brent Chapman          Lake Quivira, KS         5  11-09    9
Day 1: 5   11-09
93. Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY              5  11-08    8
Day 1: 5   11-08
94. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA  5  11-07    7
Day 1: 5   11-07
95. Brent Ehrler           Newport Beach, CA        4  11-07    6
Day 1: 4   11-07
96. Terry Scroggins        San Mateo, FL            5  11-05    5
Day 1: 5   11-05
97. Brian Snowden          Reeds Spring, MO         5  11-00    4
Day 1: 5   11-00
98. Davy Hite              Ninety Six, SC           5  10-10    3
Day 1: 5   10-10
99. Gerald Swindle         Warrior, AL              5  09-14    2
Day 1: 5   09-14
100. Paul Elias             Laurel, MS               3  08-13    1
Day 1: 3   08-13
101. Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT            4  07-12    0
Day 1: 4   07-12
101. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ               4  07-12    0
Day 1: 4   07-12
103. Ott DeFoe              Knoxville, TN            3  07-02    0
Day 1: 3   07-02
104. Joseph Sancho          New Windsor, NY          3  06-05    0
Day 1: 3   06-05
105. Tim Horton             Muscle Shoals, AL        1  03-07    0
Day 1: 1   03-07
106. Ken Iyobe              Tokoname  Aichi JAPAN    1  02-08    0
Day 1: 1   02-08
107. Mike Kernan            Wylie, TX                1  02-00    0
Day 1: 1   02-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        97       513      1641-01
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97       513      1641-01

Minnesota Angler, State Team Leads Northern Divisional

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Corey Brant of Minnetonka, Minn., maintains the lead on Day 2 of the the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional on Lake Vermilion held out of Tower, Minn., after bringing in 17 pounds, 7 ounces for a two-day total weight of 34-5, during 

Photo Craig Lamb/B.A.S.S.
August 27, 2015

Minnesota Angler, State Team Leads Northern Divisional

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TOWER, Minn. — The box score summarizes the kind of banner day enjoyed by the anglers at the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional underway on Lake Vermilion.

Total fish caught: 456

Total weight: 1,045 pounds, 14 ounces

That is a stark contrast to yesterday, when the 96 anglers accounted for 319 bass weighing 677 pounds, 9 ounces. Today’s overall catch included more than double the five-bass limits, with a total of 74 of those weighed.

Only the name on top of the scoreboard remained the same. He is Corey Brant of Minnetonka, Minn. The club member of Twin City Bass caught a limit of smallmouth weighing 17-7 to boost his overall weight to 34-5.

Close behind is Joe Pruss, who caught the heaviest limit of the tournament so far weighing 17-15. The South Dakota angler is less than 2 pounds from Brant in the overall standings.

Gary Adkins of Green Bay, Wis., slipped from second to third place with a total weight of 32-10. Behind him is Ted Heitschmidt of Tomahawk, Wis., with 29-9, and Brad Ballard of Winona, Minn., with 26-15.

“I’m fishing very efficient,” Brant said. “What I’m seeing are a lot of guys fishing the same water, but I’m just fishing it slower.”

The prevailing pattern is targeting largemouth and smallmouth inhabiting the sharply sloping contours of glacial rockpiles ranging in depth from 5 to 20 feet and deeper.

Soft plastic tubes rigged to lightweight leadhead jigs top the list of favored lures. Following in preference are drop shot rigs and crankbaits.

Those are all of Brant’s lure choices, although he is exclusively targeting smallmouth. What matters most is the tempo of lure presentation and a keen focus on subtle changes in the habitat.

“Every rockpile on this lake looks good and there are thousands of them,” he said. “What I’m doing different is keying on a certain pieces of structure.”

He continued, “It’s a very focused pattern and relying on electronics is another key. I think other anglers are fishing faster, even though we are all fishing the same type of areas.”

Like yesterday, Brant said he caught two or three bass at each of his four stops, although he admitted to fishing new areas today after catching a limit. That happened at 10:30 a.m.

“They are all running about the same size, around 3 pounds,” he said. “I just can’t seem to find the 4-pounders that could separate me from everyone else.”

A southerly breeze blew from daybreak through weigh-in time. The more stable weather and steady wind proved advantageous for the overall catch, and especially that of Pruss.

“The wind definitely made it better by breaking up the visibility on the surface,” he said. “It took me all day though, to catch my limit.”

Pruss said he “left fish biting” and those are being caught on tube jigs and crankbaits.

Minnesota is pulling away with the state title in a competition between eight Midwestern states. The team total is 291 pounds, 7 ounces, or 52 pounds ahead of second place. Wisconsin has 239-3 and Illinois is third place with 227-8. Ohio has 212-4 and Michigan is fifth with 193-5. Iowa is seventh with 185-13 and South Dakota eighth with 184-11.

Minnesota’s overall score received a huge boost from its team competing in the Costa Bassmaster High School Northern Divisional. Mason Raveling and Ben Provost weighed 17-8 to also take first place in the high school contest. The anglers are from Prior Lake High School.

The winning state gets a Triton boat, powered by a Yamaha outboard and rigged with accessories. The package is valued at $37,292.

The tournament host is Fortune Bay Casino and Resort. Friday’s takeoff and weigh-in will be held at the resort marina at 6 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively.

2015 Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional 8/26-8/28
Lake Vermilion, Tower  MN.
(ANGLER) Standings Day 2

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Corey Brant            Minnetonka, MN (MN)     10  34-05  0
2.  Joe Pruss              Springfield, SD (SD)    10  32-15  0
3.  Gary Adkins            Green Bay, WI (WI)      10  32-10  0
4.  Ted Heitschmidt        Tomahawk, WI (WI)       10  29-09  0
5.  Brad Ballard           Winona, MN (MN)         10  26-15  0
6.  Jami Fralick           Martin, SD (SD)         10  26-13  0
7.  Daniel Brown           Joliet, IL (IL)         10  25-13  0
8.  Ryan Whitacre          Chicago, IL (WI)        10  25-10  0
9.  Andy Hriber            Lakeville, MN (MN)      10  25-06  0
10. Paul Amstutz           Gambler, OH (OH)        9  24-12  0
11. Jim Barczak            Osceola, WI (WI)        10  24-08  0
12. Korey Bushman          Eden Prairie, MN (MN)   10  24-05  0
13. Nick Leonard           Cincinnati, OH (OH)     10  23-11  0
14. Brian Bengtson         Bloomington, MN (MN)    10  23-11  0
15. Nathan Steinbauer      Edina, MN (MN)          9  23-06  0
16. Tadd Johnson           Lakeview, MN (MN)       10  23-04  0
17. Brandon Osting         Delphos, OH (OH)        10  22-13  0
18. Corey Peterson         Yankton, SD (SD)        8  22-12  0
19. Dave Hedge             Greenfield, IN (IN)     10  22-03  0
20. Jeff Fischer           Farmington, MI (MI)     10  21-15  0
21. Greg Vance             Dubuque, IA (IA)        9  21-13  0
22. Scott Bonnema          Zimmerman, MN (MN)      10  21-10  0
23. Levi Warner            Shiocton, WI (WI)       8  21-03  0
24. Scott Cremeans         Albany, OH (OH)         10  21-02  0
25. Rob Melendez           Frankfort, IL (IL)      10  21-01  0
26. Cliff Van Beek         Canistota, SD (SD)      7  20-13  0
27. Nate Brown             Muscatine, IA (IA)      9  20-13  0
28. Brian Saari            Madison, WI (WI)        8  20-10  0
29. Jeff Bostic            Cassopolis, MI (MI)     8  20-03  0
30. Dave Thompson          Washington, IL (IL)     10  19-15  0
31. Brad Norris            Hudson, IL (IL)         10  19-12  0
32. Tom Ondras             Jourt, IL (IL)          7  19-11  0
33. Aaron Daeges           Carver, MN (MN)         9  19-08  0
34. Landon Moore           Marion, IA (IA)         10  19-08  0
35. Dave Watson            Sullivan, IN (IN)       10  19-04  0
36. Carl Spande            Mounds View, MN (MN)    8  18-15  0
37. Jarrod Sherwood        Vassar, MI (MI)         9  18-11  0
38. Curt Samo              Rochelle, IL (IL)       10  18-11  0
39. Bryan Corley           Des Moines, IA (IA)     8  18-10  0
40. Michael Nesbitt        St. Paris, OH (OH)      8  18-09  0
41. Brian Hensley          Edwardsburg, MI (IN)    7  18-04  0
42. Miqell Dawson          Detroit, MI (MI)        5  18-03  0
43. Walter Hart            Washington Court House, 9  18-00  0
44. Kevin Imer             Marengo, OH (OH)        9  17-14  0
45. Nathan Ranallo         La Crosse, WI (WI)      6  17-12  0
46. Mike Pappas            Lagrange, IL (IL)       8  17-11  0
47. Dave Schneider         Indianapolis, IN (IN)   8  17-10  0
48. Richard Lindgren       Lakeville, MN (MN)      8  17-09  0
49. Wes Thomas             Hanover, IN (IN)        10  17-09  0
50. MN HS – Provost / Raveling Jordan, MN (MN)         5  17-08  0
51. Joseph Sestak          Tabor, SD (SD)          10  17-08  0
52. Mark Borchers          Akron, IA (IA)          10  17-07  0
53. Austin Brimeyer        Dubuque, IA (IA)        9  17-05  0
54. Bryan Freyermuth       Muscatine, IA (IA)      7  17-03  0
55. Vaughn Capasso         MARENGO, IL (IL)        10  17-02  0
56. Chris Wilkinson        Farmersburg, IN (IN)    10  17-01  0
57. Mark Peterson          Orland Park, IL (IL)    8  16-15  0
58. Tim Maupin             Lawrenceburg, IN (IN)   9  16-15  0
59. Richard Hladky         Yankton, SD (SD)        7  16-12  0
60. Matt Fischer           Farmington, MI (MI)     9  16-08  0
61. Chip Goy               Genoa City, WI (WI)     7  16-07  0
62. David Junk             Quincy, IL (IL)         8  16-06  0
63. Jesse Schwark          Athens, MI (MI)         8  16-03  0
64. Eric Zoromski          Lena, WI (WI)           10  16-03  0
65. Zach Grounds           Fortvilla, IN (IN)      7  15-10  0
66. Marvin Parton          Kokomo, IN (IN)         6  15-03  0
67. Kyle Jump              Farmington Hills, MI (M 7  15-01  0
68. Guy Knudson            Zimmerman, MN (MN)      10  15-01  0
69. Allen Wennerberg       Waterford, MI (MI)      7  15-00  0
70. Brian Vogelsang        Zanes Field, OH (OH)    7  14-15  0
71. Chris Calkins          Marshalltown, IA (IA)   6  14-02  0
72. Raul Gonzalez          Schrumburg, IL (IL)     7  14-00  0
73. WI HS – Lindus / Haney Baldwin, WI (WI)        5  13-14  0
74. Phil Rummel            Mount Vernon, OH (OH)   6  12-12  0
75. John Ling IV           Climax, MI (MI)         8  12-01  0
76. Brian Searcy           Muscatine, IA (IA)      7  12-01  0
77. IL HS – Zobel / Cook   Joliet, IL (IL)         5  11-15  0
78. Steven Houdek          Calmar, IA (IA)         6  11-11  0
79. IN HS – Miller / Stafford Bloomington, IN (IN)    5  11-10  0
80. Kirk Simpson           Waterford, MI (MI)      6  11-08  0
81. MI HS – Bombrowski / Hatton South Lyon, MI (MI)     5  10-15  0
82. Scott Metzger          Springfield, OH (OH)    5  10-08  0
83. Kyler Chelminiak       Franklin, WI (WI)       5  10-07  0
84. OH HS – Kovatch / Pritsel Westerville, OH (OH)    5  10-03  0
85. Edward Schiller        Wixom, MI (MI)          6  09-11  0
86. James Haas             Yankton, SD (SD)        4  09-09  0
87. Eric Hardesty          Nineveh, IN (IN)        6  09-06  0
88. Robert Doughty         Columbus, OH (OH)       4  09-06  0
89. Bob Slama              Harrisburg, SD (SD)     5  09-02  0
90. Mark Emenecker         Matton, IL (IL)         5  08-08  0
91. Tucker Peschl          Tyndall, SD (SD)        5  08-02  0
92. Chad Kurowski          New Franken, WI (WI)    5  07-12  0
93. Terry Hall             Grove City, OH (OH)     4  07-11  0
94. Adam Hladky            Volin, SD (SD)          6  07-08  0
95. Bob Kowal              Sparta, MI (MI)         4  07-06  0
96. Orlando Rundle         Monticello, IA (IA)     4  06-10  0
97. Mel Williams           Winner, SD (SD)         4  06-05  0
98. Trevor Kettles         Waukee, IA (IA)         3  06-01  0
99. Chad Starrett          Shirley, IN (IN)        4  05-11  0
100. SD HS – Swanson / Hutmacher Oacoma, SD (SD)         3  05-08  0
101. Shon Nelson            Elberfield, IN (IN)     2  02-14  0
102. Kevin Fassbind         Cottage Grove, WI (WI)  2  02-10  0
103. IA HS – Minton / Hamdorf Lowden, IA (IA)         2  02-09  0
104. Timothy Peterson       Springfield, SD (SD)    1  01-00  0
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1       38       319       677-09
2       74       456       1045-14
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112       775      1723-07

TEAM STANDINGS Day 2
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State                Lbs-Oz
1 MINNESOTA            291-07
2 WISCONSIN            239-03
3 ILLINOIS             227-08
4 OHIO                 212-04
5 MICHIGAN             193-05
6 INDIANA              189-04
7 IOWA                 185-13
8 SOUTH DAKOTA         184-11

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 2
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IOWA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Greg Vance           Dubuque, IA                 9   21-13  0
2 Nate Brown           Muscatine, IA               9   20-13  0
3 Landon Moore         Marion, IA                  10   19-08  0
4 Bryan Corley         Des Moines, IA              8   18-10  0
5 Mark Borchers        Akron, IA                   10   17-07  0
6 Austin Brimeyer      Dubuque, IA                 9   17-05  0
7 Bryan Freyermuth     Muscatine, IA               7   17-03  0
8 Chris Calkins        Marshalltown, IA            6   14-02  0
9 Brian Searcy         Muscatine, IA               7   12-01  0
10 Steven Houdek        Calmar, IA                  6   11-11  0
11 Orlando Rundle       Monticello, IA              4   06-10  0
12 Trevor Kettles       Waukee, IA                  3   06-01  0
13 IA HS – Minton / Hamdorf Lowden, IA                  2   02-09  0

ILLINOIS
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Daniel Brown         Joliet, IL                  10   25-13  0
2 Rob Melendez         Frankfort, IL               10   21-01  0
3 Dave Thompson        Washington, IL              10   19-15  0
4 Brad Norris          Hudson, IL                  10   19-12  0
5 Tom Ondras           Jourt, IL                   7   19-11  0
6 Curt Samo            Rochelle, IL                10   18-11  0
7 Mike Pappas          Lagrange, IL                8   17-11  0
8 Vaughn Capasso       MARENGO, IL                 10   17-02  0
9 Mark Peterson        Orland Park, IL             8   16-15  0
10 David Junk           Quincy, IL                  8   16-06  0
11 Raul Gonzalez        Schrumburg, IL              7   14-00  0
12 IL HS – Zobel / Cook Joliet, IL                  5   11-15  0
13 Mark Emenecker       Matton, IL                  5   08-08  0

INDIANA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Dave Hedge           Greenfield, IN              10   22-03  0
2 Dave Watson          Sullivan, IN                10   19-04  0
3 Brian Hensley        Edwardsburg, MI             7   18-04  0
4 Dave Schneider       Indianapolis, IN            8   17-10  0
5 Wes Thomas           Hanover, IN                 10   17-09  0
6 Chris Wilkinson      Farmersburg, IN             10   17-01  0
7 Tim Maupin           Lawrenceburg, IN            9   16-15  0
8 Zach Grounds         Fortvilla, IN               7   15-10  0
9 Marvin Parton        Kokomo, IN                  6   15-03  0
10 IN HS – Miller / Stafford Bloomington, IN             5   11-10  0
11 Eric Hardesty        Nineveh, IN                 6   09-06  0
12 Chad Starrett        Shirley, IN                 4   05-11  0
13 Shon Nelson          Elberfield, IN              2   02-14  0

MICHIGAN
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jeff Fischer         Farmington, MI              10   21-15  0
2 Jeff Bostic          Cassopolis, MI              8   20-03  0
3 Jarrod Sherwood      Vassar, MI                  9   18-11  0
4 Miqell Dawson        Detroit, MI                 5   18-03  0
5 Matt Fischer         Farmington, MI              9   16-08  0
6 Jesse Schwark        Athens, MI                  8   16-03  0
7 Kyle Jump            Farmington Hills, MI        7   15-01  0
8 Allen Wennerberg     Waterford, MI               7   15-00  0
9 John Ling IV         Climax, MI                  8   12-01  0
10 Kirk Simpson         Waterford, MI               6   11-08  0
11 MI HS – Bombrowski / Hatton South Lyon, MI              5   10-15  0
12 Edward Schiller      Wixom, MI                   6   09-11  0
13 Bob Kowal            Sparta, MI                  4   07-06  0

MINNESOTA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Corey Brant          Minnetonka, MN              10   34-05  0
2 Brad Ballard         Winona, MN                  10   26-15  0
3 Andy Hriber          Lakeville, MN               10   25-06  0
4 Korey Bushman        Eden Prairie, MN            10   24-05  0
5 Brian Bengtson       Bloomington, MN             10   23-11  0
6 Nathan Steinbauer    Edina, MN                   9   23-06  0
7 Tadd Johnson         Lakeview, MN                10   23-04  0
8 Scott Bonnema        Zimmerman, MN               10   21-10  0
9 Aaron Daeges         Carver, MN                  9   19-08  0
10 Carl Spande          Mounds View, MN             8   18-15  0
11 Richard Lindgren     Lakeville, MN               8   17-09  0
12 MN HS – Provost / Raveling Jordan, MN                  5   17-08  0
13 Guy Knudson          Zimmerman, MN               10   15-01  0

OHIO
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Paul Amstutz         Gambler, OH                 9   24-12  0
2 Nick Leonard         Cincinnati, OH              10   23-11  0
3 Brandon Osting       Delphos, OH                 10   22-13  0
4 Scott Cremeans       Albany, OH                  10   21-02  0
5 Michael Nesbitt      St. Paris, OH               8   18-09  0
6 Walter Hart          Washington Court House,  9   18-00  0
7 Kevin Imer           Marengo, OH                 9   17-14  0
8 Brian Vogelsang      Zanes Field, OH             7   14-15  0
9 Phil Rummel          Mount Vernon, OH            6   12-12  0
10 Scott Metzger        Springfield, OH             5   10-08  0
11 OH HS – Kovatch / Pritsel Westerville, OH             5   10-03  0
12 Robert Doughty       Columbus, OH                4   09-06  0
13 Terry Hall           Grove City, OH              4   07-11  0

SOUTH DAKOTA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Joe Pruss            Springfield, SD             10   32-15  0
2 Jami Fralick         Martin, SD                  10   26-13  0
3 Corey Peterson       Yankton, SD                 8   22-12  0
4 Cliff Van Beek       Canistota, SD               7   20-13  0
5 Joseph Sestak        Tabor, SD                   10   17-08  0
6 Richard Hladky       Yankton, SD                 7   16-12  0
7 James Haas           Yankton, SD                 4   09-09  0
8 Bob Slama            Harrisburg, SD              5   09-02  0
9 Tucker Peschl        Tyndall, SD                 5   08-02  0
10 Adam Hladky          Volin, SD                   6   07-08  0
11 Mel Williams         Winner, SD                  4   06-05  0
12 SD HS – Swanson / Hutmacher Oacoma, SD                  3   05-08  0
13 Timothy Peterson     Springfield, SD             1   01-00  0

WISCONSIN
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Gary Adkins          Green Bay, WI               10   32-10  0
2 Ted Heitschmidt      Tomahawk, WI                10   29-09  0
3 Ryan Whitacre        Chicago, IL                 10   25-10  0
4 Jim Barczak          Osceola, WI                 10   24-08  0
5 Levi Warner          Shiocton, WI                8   21-03  0
6 Brian Saari          Madison, WI                 8   20-10  0
7 Nathan Ranallo       La Crosse, WI               6   17-12  0
8 Chip Goy             Genoa City, WI              7   16-07  0
9 Eric Zoromski        Lena, WI                    10   16-03  0
10 WI HS – Lindus / Haney Baldwin, WI                 5   13-14  0
11 Kyler Chelminiak     Franklin, WI                5   10-07  0
12 Chad Kurowski        New Franken, WI             5   07-12  0
13 Kevin Fassbind       Cottage Grove, WI           2   02-10  0

Minnesotan Leads B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional

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Minnesotan Leads B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional

Minnesota’s Corey Brant caught 16 pounds, 14 ounces to lead on Day 1 of the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional on Lake Vermilion held out of Tower, Minn.

Photo Craig Lamb/B.A.S.S.

Aug. 26, 2015

Minnesotan Leads B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional

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TOWER, Minn. — Corey Brant wants much more than continuing to lead the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional. That’s not asking much, either.

More fishing time is what Brant and anglers from eight Midwestern states desire. A thick blanket of fog settling over Lake Vermilion delayed the official 6 a.m. start time. The first boats idled away from the marina at 8:17 a.m., cutting the day short by two hours.

“I have an early topwater bite for smallmouth and it didn’t happen this morning,” said Brant, a club member of Twin City Bass. “I’m sure I speak for everyone when I hope that tomorrow we get out on time.”

That outcome hinges on the weather for Day 2. Fog is in the forecast until 7 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. This morning’s fog was due to post-frontal conditions that dropped the overnight low to 37 degrees on Tuesday. The chilly air mixed with warm water and the fog thickened until after sunrise.

Brant might also want more weight. He leads the tournament with 16 pounds, 14 ounces. Close behind with 16-9 is Gary Adkins of Green Bay, Wis. Daniel Brown of Joliet, Ill., is in third place with 15-15. Ounces separate him from the remaining anglers in the Top 5.

The fog isn’t the only challenge facing the anglers. During practice a strong low-pressure system brought high winds, heavy rain and a 20-degree drop in the daytime high. Today’s temperature of 70 degrees with clear skies and light winds is a huge contrast to Tuesday’s weather in the area.

“The post-front conditions hurt everyone today, me included,” said Brant of Minnetonka, Minn. “Tomorrow and Friday the weather will stabilize and that should make the fish more active.”

Brant abandoned his early morning topwater bite after landing only one smallmouth. He spent the remainder of the day with frequent, short stops at a dozen areas on the east side of the lake.

“Where we caught one bass at each stop we should have caught five more,” he said. “It was a grind all day long.”

There was a positive aspect. Being forced to fish deeper areas all day provided more knowledge of bass behavior for Thursday.

“It definitely helped being in those areas more since it’s where I’ll spend much of the time,” he said.

With more fog Thursday he might be forced to get even more comfortable with the deeper bite.

Winning the overall tournament is only one goal. Another high honor is qualifying for bass club angling’s premier event. The highest finishing angler from each competing state advances to the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Championship, Nov. 5-7, on the Ouachita River in Louisiana.

Minnesota leads the state standings with a cumulative weight of 122 pounds, 7 ounces. Illinois is second with 103-12 and Wisconsin is third with 82-6. Ohio is fourth with 79-11 and South Dakota fifth with 75-14. Iowa has 72-15 for sixth place, Indiana is seventh with 71-6 and Michigan is eighth with 69-2.

The winning state team is awarded a Triton/Yamaha boat, motor, trailer and accessories package valued at $37,292.

The tournament host is Fortune Bay Casino and Resort. Launch will take place at the resort marina Thursday and Friday at approximately 6 a.m., with weigh-in at the same location at 2 p.m.

2015 Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Divisional 8/26-8/28
Lake Vermilion, Tower, Minn.

(ANGLER) Standings Day 1

Angler                          Hometown                       No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$
1.  Corey Brant            Minnetonka, MN (MN)     5  16-14  0
2.  Gary Adkins            Green Bay, WI (WI)         5  16-09  0
3.  Daniel Brown           Joliet, IL (IL)                    5  15-15  0
4.  Ted Heitschmidt        Tomahawk, WI (WI)       5  15-13  0
5.  Joe Pruss              Springfield, SD (SD)          5  15-00  0
5.  Cliff Van Beek         Canistota, SD (SD)         5  15-00  0
7.  Nate Brown             Muscatine, IA (IA)           5  13-14  0
8.  Jarrod Sherwood        Vassar, MI (MI)            5  13-10  0
9.  Nathan Steinbauer      Edina, MN (MN)          5  13-07  0
10. Ryan Whitacre          Chicago, IL (WI)           5  12-15  0
11. Scott Cremeans         Albany, OH (OH)         5  12-10  0
12. Korey Bushman      Eden Prairie, MN (MN)   5  12-06  0
13. Rob Melendez           Frankfort, IL (IL)           5  12-00  0
14. Brad Ballard           Winona, MN (MN)           5  11-11  0
15. Dave Thompson         Washington, IL (IL)     5  11-08  0
16. Brian Bengtson      Bloomington, MN (MN)    5  11-06  0
17. Andy Hriber            Lakeville, MN (MN)         5  11-04  0
18. Jami Fralick           Martin, SD (SD)              5  10-13  0
19. Curt Samo              Rochelle, IL (IL)             5  10-12  0
20. Brandon Osting         Delphos, OH (OH)      5  10-11  0
21. Marvin Parton          Kokomo, IN (IN)          4  10-11  0
22. Kevin Imer             Marengo, OH (OH)        4  10-06  0
23. Paul Amstutz           Gambler, OH (OH)      4  10-04  0
24. Landon Moore           Marion, IA (IA)           5  10-03  0
25. Joseph Sestak          Tabor, SD (SD)          5  10-01  0
26. Mike Pappas            Lagrange, IL (IL)         4  10-01  0
27. Brad Norris            Hudson, IL (IL)              5  09-11  0
28. Vaughn Capasso  MARENGO, IL (IL)        5  09-07  0
29. Walter Hart        Washington Court House, 4  09-06  0
30. Tadd Johnson      Lakeview, MN (MN)       5  09-04  0
31. Jesse Schwark          Athens, MI (MI)         5  09-03  0
32. Scott Bonnema Zimmerman, MN (MN)      5  09-02  0
33. Mark Borchers          Akron, IA (IA)            5  08-14  0
34. Jeff Fischer           Farmington, MI (MI)      5  08-10  0
34. Nick Leonard           Cincinnati, OH (OH)   5  08-10  0
36. Bryan Freyermuth       Muscatine, IA (IA)   3  08-10  0
37. Jeff Bostic            Cassopolis, MI (MI)        3  08-05  0
38. Chris Wilkinson        Farmersburg, IN (IN)  5  08-01  0
39. Brian Saari            Madison, WI (WI)          3  08-01  0
40. Jim Barczak            Osceola, WI (WI)        5  07-15  0
40. Matt Fischer           Farmington, MI (MI)     5  07-15  0
42. Dave Hedge             Greenfield, IN (IN)     5  07-14  0
42. Guy Knudson    Zimmerman, MN (MN)      5  07-14  0
44. Eric Zoromski          Lena, WI (WI)             5  07-12  0
45. Corey Peterson         Yankton, SD (SD)     3  07-12  0
46. Aaron Daeges           Carver, MN (MN)      4  07-11  0
47. Wes Thomas             Hanover, IN (IN)       5  07-08  0
48. Austin Brimeyer        Dubuque, IA (IA)       4  07-08  0
49. Tim Maupin             Lawrenceburg, IN (IN) 4  07-06  0
50. Greg Vance             Dubuque, IA (IA)        4  07-05  0
51. Dave Schneider         Indianapolis, IN (IN) 3  06-15  0
52. David Junk             Quincy, IL (IL)              3  06-08  0
53. Dave Watson            Sullivan, IN (IN)         5  06-07  0
54. Bryan Corley           Des Moines, IA (IA)     3  06-05  0
55. Carl Spande         Mounds View, MN (MN)  3  06-03  0
56. Michael Nesbitt        St. Paris, OH (OH)      3  06-01  0
57. Levi Warner            Shiocton, WI (WI)         3  05-14  0
58. Frederick Goy          Genoa City, WI (WI)     2  05-10  0
59. Eric Hardesty          Nineveh, IN (IN)            3  05-07  0
60. Richard Lindgren       Lakeville, MN (MN)     3  05-05  0
61. Raul Gonzalez          Schrumburg, IL (IL)     2  05-04  0
62. Brian Vogelsang       Zanes Field, OH (OH)  2  05-01  0
63. Brian Searcy           Muscatine, IA (IA)          4  05-00  0
64. Allen Wennerberg       Waterford, MI (MI)      2  05-00  0
65. Robert Doughty         Columbus, OH (OH)    2  04-13  0
65. Bob Kowal              Sparta, MI (MI)               2  04-13  0
67. John Ling IV           Climax, MI (MI)              3  04-10  0
68. Chad Starrett          Shirley, IN (IN)              3  04-09  0
69. Mark Peterson          Orland Park, IL (IL)     3  04-05  0
70. Mark Emenecker         Matton, IL (IL)          3  04-04  0
71. Bob Slama              Harrisburg, SD (SD)     3  04-03  0
72. Tom Ondras             Jourt, IL (IL)                2  04-01  0
73. Zach Grounds           Fortvilla, IN (IN)          2  03-10  0
74. Richard Hladky         Yankton, SD (SD)        2  03-08  0
75. James Haas             Yankton, SD (SD)        1  03-08  0
76. Kyle Jump              Farmington Hills, MI (M 2  03-05  0
77. Brian Hensley          Edwardsburg, MI (IN)   2  02-14  0
78. Adam Hladky            Volin, SD (SD)            2  02-10  0
78. Kirk Simpson           Waterford, MI (MI)       2  02-10  0
80. Phil Rummel      Mount Vernon, OH (OH)   1  01-13  0
81. Orlando Rundle         Monticello, IA (IA)     1  01-11  0
82. Chris Calkins          Marshalltown, IA (IA)   1  01-05  0
83. Steven Houdek          Calmar, IA (IA)         1  01-04  0
83. Tucker Peschl          Tyndall, SD (SD)        1  01-04  0
85. Mel Williams           Winner, SD (SD)         1  01-03  0
86. Edward Schiller        Wixom, MI (MI)          1  01-01  0
87. Trevor Kettles         Waukee, IA (IA)         1  01-00  0
87. Chad Kurowski   New Franken, WI (WI)    1  01-00  0
87. Timothy Peterson  Springfield, SD (SD)    1  01-00  0
90. Nathan Ranallo     La Crosse, WI (WI)      1  00-13  0
91. Kyler Chelminiak      Franklin, WI (WI)       0  00-00  0
91. IL HS – Zobel / Cook   Joliet, IL (IL)           0  00-00  0
91. Miqell Dawson          Detroit, MI (MI)        0  00-00  0
91. Kevin Fassbind  Cottage Grove, WI (WI)  0  00-00  0
91. Terry Hall            Grove City, OH (OH)     0  00-00  0
91. IA HS – Minton / Hamdorf Lowden, IA (IA)  0  00-00  0
91. WI HS – Lindus / Haney Baldwin, WI (WI)   0  00-00  0
91. CJ Hatton              South Lyon, MI (MI)      0  00-00  0
91. SD HS – Swanson / Hutmacher Oacoma, SD (SD)    0  00-00  0
91. Scott Metzger          Springfield, OH (OH)    0  00-00  0
91. Shon Nelson            Elberfield, IN (IN)         0  00-00  0
91. OH HS – Kovatch / Pritsel Westerville, OH (OH)    0  00-00  0
91. MN HS – Provost / Raveling Jordan, MN (MN)       0  00-00  0
91. IN HS – Miller / Stafford Bloomington, IN (IN)    0  00-00  0
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1       38       319       677-09
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38       319       677-09

TEAM STANDINGS Day 1
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State                Lbs-Oz
1 MINNESOTA            122-07
2 ILLINOIS             103-12
3 WISCONSIN             82-06
4 OHIO                  79-11
5 SOUTH DAKOTA          75-14
6 IOWA                  72-15
7 INDIANA               71-06
8 MICHIGAN              69-02

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 1
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IOWA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Nate Brown           Muscatine, IA               5   13-14  0
2 Landon Moore         Marion, IA                  5   10-03  0
3 Mark Borchers        Akron, IA                   5   08-14  0
4 Bryan Freyermuth     Muscatine, IA               3   08-10  0
5 Austin Brimeyer      Dubuque, IA                 4   07-08  0
6 Greg Vance           Dubuque, IA                 4   07-05  0
7 Bryan Corley         Des Moines, IA              3   06-05  0
8 Brian Searcy         Muscatine, IA               4   05-00  0
9 Orlando Rundle       Monticello, IA              1   01-11  0
10 Chris Calkins        Marshalltown, IA            1   01-05  0
11 Steven Houdek        Calmar, IA                  1   01-04  0
12 Trevor Kettles       Waukee, IA                  1   01-00  0
13 IA HS – Minton / Hamdorf Lowden, IA                  0   00-00  0

ILLINOIS
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Daniel Brown         Joliet, IL                  5   15-15  0
2 Rob Melendez         Frankfort, IL               5   12-00  0
3 Dave Thompson        Washington, IL              5   11-08  0
4 Curt Samo            Rochelle, IL                5   10-12  0
5 Mike Pappas          Lagrange, IL                4   10-01  0
6 Brad Norris          Hudson, IL                  5   09-11  0
7 Vaughn Capasso       MARENGO, IL                 5   09-07  0
8 David Junk           Quincy, IL                  3   06-08  0
9 Raul Gonzalez        Schrumburg, IL              2   05-04  0
10 Mark Peterson        Orland Park, IL             3   04-05  0
11 Mark Emenecker       Matton, IL                  3   04-04  0
12 Tom Ondras           Jourt, IL                   2   04-01  0
13 IL HS – Zobel / Cook Joliet, IL                  0   00-00  0

INDIANA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Marvin Parton        Kokomo, IN                  4   10-11  0
2 Chris Wilkinson      Farmersburg, IN             5   08-01  0
3 Dave Hedge           Greenfield, IN              5   07-14  0
4 Wes Thomas           Hanover, IN                 5   07-08  0
5 Tim Maupin           Lawrenceburg, IN            4   07-06  0
6 Dave Schneider       Indianapolis, IN            3   06-15  0
7 Dave Watson          Sullivan, IN                5   06-07  0
8 Eric Hardesty        Nineveh, IN                 3   05-07  0
9 Chad Starrett        Shirley, IN                 3   04-09  0
10 Zach Grounds         Fortvilla, IN               2   03-10  0
11 Brian Hensley        Edwardsburg, MI             2   02-14  0
12 Shon Nelson          Elberfield, IN              0   00-00  0
12 IN HS – Miller / Stafford Bloomington, IN             0   00-00  0

MICHIGAN
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jarrod Sherwood      Vassar, MI                  5   13-10  0
2 Jesse Schwark        Athens, MI                  5   09-03  0
3 Jeff Fischer         Farmington, MI              5   08-10  0
4 Jeff Bostic          Cassopolis, MI              3   08-05  0
5 Matt Fischer         Farmington, MI              5   07-15  0
6 Allen Wennerberg     Waterford, MI               2   05-00  0
7 Bob Kowal            Sparta, MI                  2   04-13  0
8 John Ling IV         Climax, MI                  3   04-10  0
9 Kyle Jump            Farmington Hills, MI        2   03-05  0
10 Kirk Simpson         Waterford, MI               2   02-10  0
11 Edward Schiller      Wixom, MI                   1   01-01  0
12 Miqell Dawson        Detroit, MI                 0   00-00  0
12 CJ Hatton            South Lyon, MI              0   00-00  0

MINNESOTA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Corey Brant          Minnetonka, MN              5   16-14  0
2 Nathan Steinbauer    Edina, MN                   5   13-07  0
3 Korey Bushman        Eden Prairie, MN            5   12-06  0
4 Brad Ballard         Winona, MN                  5   11-11  0
5 Brian Bengtson       Bloomington, MN             5   11-06  0
6 Andy Hriber          Lakeville, MN               5   11-04  0
7 Tadd Johnson         Lakeview, MN                5   09-04  0
8 Scott Bonnema        Zimmerman, MN               5   09-02  0
9 Guy Knudson          Zimmerman, MN               5   07-14  0
10 Aaron Daeges         Carver, MN                  4   07-11  0
11 Carl Spande          Mounds View, MN             3   06-03  0
12 Richard Lindgren     Lakeville, MN               3   05-05  0
13 MN HS – Provost / Raveling Jordan, MN                  0   00-00  0

OHIO
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Scott Cremeans       Albany, OH                  5   12-10  0
2 Brandon Osting       Delphos, OH                 5   10-11  0
3 Kevin Imer           Marengo, OH                 4   10-06  0
4 Paul Amstutz         Gambler, OH                 4   10-04  0
5 Walter Hart          Washington Court House,  4   09-06  0
6 Nick Leonard         Cincinnati, OH              5   08-10  0
7 Michael Nesbitt      St. Paris, OH               3   06-01  0
8 Brian Vogelsang      Zanes Field, OH             2   05-01  0
9 Robert Doughty       Columbus, OH                2   04-13  0
10 Phil Rummel          Mount Vernon, OH            1   01-13  0
11 Terry Hall           Grove City, OH              0   00-00  0
11 Scott Metzger        Springfield, OH             0   00-00  0
11 OH HS – Kovatch / Pritsel Westerville, OH             0   00-00  0

SOUTH DAKOTA
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Joe Pruss            Springfield, SD             5   15-00  0
1 Cliff Van Beek       Canistota, SD               5   15-00  0
3 Jami Fralick         Martin, SD                  5   10-13  0
4 Joseph Sestak        Tabor, SD                   5   10-01  0
5 Corey Peterson       Yankton, SD                 3   07-12  0
6 Bob Slama            Harrisburg, SD              3   04-03  0
7 Richard Hladky       Yankton, SD                 2   03-08  0
8 James Haas           Yankton, SD                 1   03-08  0
9 Adam Hladky          Volin, SD                   2   02-10  0
10 Tucker Peschl        Tyndall, SD                 1   01-04  0
11 Mel Williams         Winner, SD                  1   01-03  0
12 Timothy Peterson     Springfield, SD             1   01-00  0
13 SD HS – Swanson / Hutmacher Oacoma, SD                  0   00-00  0

WISCONSIN
Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Gary Adkins          Green Bay, WI               5   16-09  0
2 Ted Heitschmidt      Tomahawk, WI                5   15-13  0
3 Ryan Whitacre        Chicago, IL                 5   12-15  0
4 Brian Saari          Madison, WI                 3   08-01  0
5 Jim Barczak          Osceola, WI                 5   07-15  0
6 Eric Zoromski        Lena, WI                    5   07-12  0
7 Levi Warner          Shiocton, WI                3   05-14  0
8 Frederick Goy        Genoa City, WI              2   05-10  0
9 Chad Kurowski        New Franken, WI             1   01-00  0
10 Nathan Ranallo       La Crosse, WI               1   00-13  0
11 Kyler Chelminiak     Franklin, WI                0   00-00  0
11 Kevin Fassbind       Cottage Grove, WI           0   00-00  0
11 WI HS – Lindus / Haney Baldwin, WI                 0   00-00  0

Set the Hook! with Pat Rose – Aug 15, 2015 Featuring Gerald Swindle & Brandon Card

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Set the Hook! with Pat Rose – Aug 15, 2015

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BASSMASTER ELITE ANGLER STEPHEN BROWNING JOINS HIGH-POWERED PLANO PRO STAFF

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BASSMASTER ELITE ANGLER STEPHEN BROWNING JOINS HIGH-POWERED PLANO PRO STAFF

MASTERS OF TACKLE MANAGEMENT REEL IN MILLION-DOLLAR CLUB MEMBER

BASSMASTER ELITE ANGLER STEPHEN BROWNING JOINS

HIGH-POWERED PLANO PRO STAFF

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Plano, IL (August 26, 2015) – Plano Synergy, parent company to the time-trusted Plano and Frabill fishing tackle brands, is proud to announce the addition of Bassmaster Elite angler Stephen Browning to their Pro Staff. Browning competes in the prestigious Bassmaster Elite Series, where he has earned three first-place finishes, 31 top-ten finishes, ten Classic appearances and nearly $1.2 million over his twenty-year professional angling career.

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“A pro staffer should do more than slap a few decals on their boat,” says Plano Synergy Vice President of Marketing, Pete Angle, who relies on Plano’s diverse pro staff for all manner of service, from brand representation, product development and enhancement to the integration and promotion of youth participation, conservation and other initiatives. “Pick the right pros and you never have to worry about what they are doing to support your brand… you can focus on supporting the meaningful work they’re already engaged in,” Angle continues. “Stephen certainly falls into this category. He’s an active advocate for fishing and conservation and a professional by every measure. We couldn’t be happier to help support Stephen on the Bassmaster Elite tour.”

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A resident of Little Rock, Arkansas, Browning will help spread the word about Plano and Frabill products while on tour this season, as well as through his extensive social media reach and innovative News and Notes From the Boat features on stephenbrowningoutdoors.com.

“Whether you’re a tournament angler or fishing for fun, preparation is the key to angling success, and organization is a primary ingredient of that preparation,” says Browning, who has relied on Plano tackle storage products throughout his angling career. “Organization translates to speed and efficiency, which can keep you ahead of the next guy during a tournament, or help you have more success when fun fishing.”

Browning’s tackle management is based on the Plano 3500, 3600 and 3700 series Waterproof StowAway Utility Boxes. “I have hundreds of them, preloaded and labeled by specific lake or river system,” says Browning. “Everything is separated. When I head to a tournament, all I need to do is load them into the boat and I’m confident I’ve got everything I need to succeed.”

When not fishing, Browning is an avid bow hunter and enjoys spending time in the woods with his 13-year-old son, Beau.

Browning joins Bassmaster Elite anglers Brent Chapman, Brent Ehrler, Chad Morgenthaler, John Murray and Kevin VanDam on the Plano Synergy Pro Staff.

Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report September 2015 by Captain Dale Wilson

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Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report September 2015 by Captain Dale Wilson

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE FISHING REPORT
September 2015
DALE WILSON’S
SML GUIDE SERVICE
PHONE NO: 540-297-5650 / 540-874-4950
www.captaindalewilson.com

 

OVERVIEW: Fishing should be good this month! Water temperature will be in the 70’s. Best times will be early morning, late afternoon and after dark. Fishing the past few weeks has been fair. Night fishing for largemouth bass should remain fair after dark. Stripers and largemouth bass will be in their summer patterns throughout most of this month.

Largemouth Bass- Fishing for largemouth bass should improve this month. Best lures will be jigs, drop shot rigs, top water lures, Carolina rigs, Texas rigged plastic worms and shaky heads. Most largemouth bass will be caught near creek channels, rock piles, brush piles, humps, ledges, and deep docks. Best depths will be from the surface to 30 feet deep. Most largemouth bass will remain in their summer patterns until later in the month . Rocks, creek channel bends and brush piles are key factors to finding bass this month. Please practice catch and release. If you fish tournaments use ice in your live wells to help keep your fish alive during hot weather.

Smallmouth Bass- Fishing should be fair. Best areas will be humps, ledges, and main channel points. Best lures will be crank baits, tubes, hair jigs and top water lures. Best areas will be in the mid to the lower sections of the lake. Most smallmouth bass will be suspended this month around schools of baitfish. Cloudy days with light winds are good times to try your luck! Light line and smaller lures will increase your chances to catch smallmouth bass.

Striped Bass- Fishing should be better this month. Stripers will be caught in the mid to lower sections of the lake and the large creeks. Best lures will be spoons and Zoom flukes fished on 3/8 to 3/4 oz. lead heads. Vertical jigging is one of the better ways to catch stripers this month. The best depths will be from 25 to 80 feet deep. Live bait will work this month. Night fishing will be poor this month. Look for schools of stripers near the river channels. Most fish will be suspended and will constantly be on the move.

Crappie- Fishing for crappie will be fair this month. They will be found 15 to 25 ft. deep. Crappie will suspend in the tops of standing timber this month and deep fallen tree tops near deep water. Small live minnows and 1½ to 2 inch tubes or shad shaped plastic lures fished on 1/16 to 1/8 oz. lead heads will work best to catch crappie this month.

TIP OF THE Month: Most species of fish will continue to relate to deep water early this month. September is usually a good month to catch stripers. You can also hear local reports about local fishing on the website: The Bass Cast. Make sure your running lights are on after dark! Make sure you wear your life jacket. You can never be too careful when boating! Remember to be courteous and obey all the boating laws. Please practice catch and release. Take a kid fishing!

Top 10 Patterns from the Forrest Wood Cup – FLW

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Top 10 Patterns from the Forrest Wood Cup – FLW

Top 10 Patterns from the Forrest Wood Cup

Strrreeeeeetch. Ramie goes long for that keeper.

August 25, 2015  by Rob Newell

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If you don’t believe that summertime bass fishing in the dog days of August is all over the map, just take a look at the top 10 patterns from the best bass pros on earth at the 2015 Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Ouachita.

Brad Knight captured the Cup by mining one small creek end for four days. But beyond that, the rest of the top 10 patterns ran the gamut, from targeting schoolers over 40 feet to wolf packs of bass on the bank to brush piles to grass to mud flats and everywhere in between.

Here’s a rundown.

Catch bass, get a shower - Lake Ouachita provides on many levels.

2. Ramie Colson Jr. – Cadiz, Ky. – 47 pounds, 13 ounces

Keep it simple. That was Ramie Colson Jr.’s approach to Lake Ouachita, and it landed him in the runner-up spot with a four-day total of 47 pounds, 13 ounces.

Colson started and ended the week primarily with one bait: a Zoom Ol’ Monster Texas-rigged with a 5/16-ounce weight and tied to 14-pound-test Sunline Shooter fluorocarbon. His key colors were blue fleck and plum apple.

Colson created fireworks with his simple approach on day two when he showed off the Cup’s biggest limit –17 pounds, 14 ounces – which included the event’s biggest bass, a 5-pound, 14-ounce kicker.

Colson focused his efforts on numerous brush piles in the Crystal Springs area of the lake.

“The whole key was fishing slow,” he says. “In order to get the bites I had to almost dead-stick the worm in the piles.”

Colson might have won the Cup had it not been for a cratering day three when he brought just four fish to the scale for 6 pounds, 8 ounces. He thinks dark skies on that day hurt him the most.

“That bite was much better when it was hot and sunny,” he adds. “When it gets high and bright in that clear water I think those fish really tuck down in that cover. But when it gets dark, they move out and start roaming all over, and I’m afraid that’s what got me that third day.

 

3. Brandon Cobb – Greenwood, S.C. – 47 pounds, 11 ounces

Brandon Cobb made a strong showing in his first Forrest Wood Cup with a third-place finish, checking in 47 pounds, 11 ounces for the event.

Cobb spent much of the week fishing in the back of Big Blakely Creek, but he was not fishing as far back as tournament winner Brad Knight or ninth-place finisher Mark Daniels Jr.

Cobb caught his fish off wood targets on shallow flats on a Knight’s Custom Lures buzzbait with a white or green pumpkin Zoom Horny Toad as a trailer.

“If the water had any chop on it, I went with the buzzbait and toad combination,” he says. “But when it got dead-slick, I’d go to just a Horny Toad to keep it more subtle.”

Cobb also ran some water up in the rivers each day with a Lucky Craft Gunfish, which helped put a few better fish on the scales

 

4. Jacob Wheeler – Indianapolis, Ind. – 45 pounds, 13 ounces

Jacob Wheeler led days one and three of the Forrest Wood Cup, but his chance to be the first two-time winner of the Cup was dashed on the final day when he brought in just three bass for 4 pounds, 12 ounces.

Wheeler says a massive storm that thrashed his primary areas with thunder, lightning and wind derailed his afternoon topwater bite on the final day.

“Those fish in shallow, clear water don’t like it when all that lighting and thunder is going on above them,” Wheeler says. “The area of the lake I was fishing got hit the hardest with that storm. Some of the guys fishing other areas didn’t get all the weather.”

In the mornings Wheeler hung around schooling areas waiting for fish to pop around him. When the fish would come up he fired at them with a Storm Arashi Top Walker. Once they went down, he rolled an under-spin tipped with a Keitech swimbait through the schools.

Once Wheeler got a few keepers in the well, he would go hunting better quality bream-eating fish in the skinny water with various topwater walkers, including the Top Walker and a smaller size Reaction Innovations Vixen. On days one and three he scored quality bites. On the final day, however, his bigger bites failed to materialize to close out the win.

 

Don't you just love the way the light catches the spray in this shot?

5. Scott Martin – Clewiston, Fla. – 45 pounds, 4 ounces

Scott Martin, the 2011 Forrest Wood Cup winner on Lake Ouachita, threatened to add another Cup to his mantle last week. But he ended up fifth with a four-day total of 45 pounds, 4 ounces.

Martin ran so many patterns on Ouachita that he could have given Bryan Thrift a run for his money in the junk-fishing department.

Martin’s mad fishing menu included: cranking a Strike King 6XD in the river, running shallow banks with a River2Sea Rover, and throwing a Fish Head Spin and 3-inch Tightlines UV swimbait on a 1/4-ounce head to schoolers.

“Out of all of it, I really felt the schoolers were my best chance at winning,” Martin says. “There were some really big bass in those open-water schools. Using my 7-foot, 11-inch Okuma TCS rod, I could launch that Fish Head Spin so far out there that I couldn’t even see where it landed. If the fish were up feeding, I’d burn the Fish Head just under the surface. If they were down and I could see the school on my Garmin Panoptix, I’d count the Fish Head down to where they were and roll it right through them.

“The Panoptix technology and the Fish Head Spin are the best schooling-fish tools available today,” he adds. “Now I don’t have to wait for fish to come up busting to see where the school is. I can see them way out in front of the boat on the Panoptix. And the Fish Head Spin is so versatile, you can burn it on the surface or slow-roll it down as deep as you want.”

 

6. Bryan Thrift – Shelby, N.C. – 45 pounds

Bryan Thrift has scored yet another top 10 in Forrest Wood Cup competition. Consider that out of the nine Forrest Wood Cups he has qualified for, Thrift has finished in the top 10 seven times.

For his sixth-place finish this time around, Thrift relied on his patented run-and-gun, junk-fishing style. The types of targets he fished included schoolers, bream beds, brush piles and the back ends of creeks. His arsenal of lures featured crankbaits, topwaters, worms, swimbaits and spoons.

A Damiki Backdrop Spoon (20 grams) was Thrift’s primary schooling bait.

“That thing is so awesome for schoolers,” Thrift says. “I can cast it farther than anything else in the box. When the fish come up schooling anywhere, I can reach them with that 20-gram spoon. Once it lands in the school, I just reel it about 6 or 8 inches under the water.”

The first two days he caught numbers of fish on a Damiki DC 300 crankbait off a creek channel bend littered with stumps. Thrift’s best quality fish, however, came from a Damiki Rambler topwater walker fished shallow for wolf packers.

 

Larry Nixon lookin' fly in his floppy hat.

7. Larry Nixon – Bee Branch, Ark. – 44 pounds, 10 ounces

Larry Nixon was one of the few contenders in the Cup who was able to parlay a grass pattern into a top-10 finish, ending up in the seventh spot.

“I focused on grass most of the week,” he says. “I had one grass bed that I was casting a worm to and then other areas where I was pitching to clumps of grass.”

Nixon’s worming water was a point that was 12 to 13 feet deep, which featured sparse, scattered grass. His worm setup was a Yamamato Pro Senko on a 3/16-ounce shaky head cast on Seaguar Smackdown braid tied to a 10-pound-test Tatsu fluorocarbon leader.

His pitching water featured shallower clumps of grass growing around islands in the 6- to 8-foot-deep range. Nixon flipped a Yamamato Flappin Hawg topped with a 3/4-ounce weight on 15-pound-test Seaguar Tatsu fluorocarbon.

Nixon says about half his fish came from the grass bed he was casting to and the other half came from flipping areas.

“I wasn’t really punching grass, just pitching to visible clumps of it,” he says. “And I had to really pop the bait out of the grass to get them to react. I’d pitch to a clump, hop it really hard and that was the trigger. I actually saw a lot of the fish chase and bite the bait after I had popped it out of the grass.”

Nixon’s grass bite completely died on the final day, and he headed for the bank with a Yamamoto Shibuki Popper to catch 12 pounds for a closing-round effort.

 

Birge picked apart isolated wood cover.

8. Zack Birge – Blanchard, Okla. – 43 pounds, 11 ounces

Zack Birge spent his week far up the Ouachita River and South Fork combing shallow flats and mud banks for his eighth-place showing in his first Forrest Wood Cup.

“I just fished wide open all week,” Birge says, “trolling motor on high and covering water. There was no rhyme or reason to where I would get a bite. If I came to a little brush top or stump, I’d slow down and throw at it multiple times just to see if I could aggravate one into biting.”

Birge’s shallow-water arsenal featured a Stanley Top Toad on 50-pound-test Sunline braid, a 6th Sense Crush 50X shallow-running crankbait on 12-pound-test Sunline and a Santone 1/4-ounce spinnerbait.

 

Fish on!

9. Mark Daniels Jr. – Tuskegee, Ala. – 37 pounds, 12 ounces

Mark Daniels Jr. finished his sophomore season on the Walmart FLW Tour with a ninth-place showing in the Forrest Wood Cup.

Daniels found the same productive area as Brad Knight in the very back of Big Blakely Creek. Similar to Knight, Daniels relied mostly on finesse tactics to fool the wary fish.

“I found that place during practice by fan-casting a 1/2-ounce Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap,” Daniels says. “I got a couple bites on the Trap, and then my practice partner [co-angler Stephen Crawley] started pitching a drop-shot to some of the wood in there and got a few bites. That’s when I figured those fish had probably seen too many standard flipping baits on 20-pound-test line.”

For the tournament Daniels scaled down his approach to a drop-shot Roboworm in Aaron’s morning dawn and oxblood red flake. He fished 6-pound-test Seaguar Tatsu fluorocarbon backed with Smackdown braid. He also caught a few key keepers on a small Reaction Innovations Vixen topwater.

“My bite got better later in the day,” Daniels says. “It seemed like when the sun got up, those fish would really get on those pieces of wood a lot better. But if you plopped a big lure on them, they were wise to it. Pitching that lighter drop-shot to the wood was the whole key. When that worm just appeared out of nowhere, they couldn’t stand it.”

 

Chris Baumgardner has caught more than 12 pounds both days of the qualifying round.

10. Chris Baumgardner – Gastonia, N.C. – 37 pounds, 9 ounces

Chris Baumgardner finished 10th by going “old school” up in the far reaches of the South Fork where the water was stained and shallow. His first bait of choice was a Z-Man ChatterBait on day one. But then he resorted to a 3/4-ounce Hawg Caller spinnerbait with a No. 6 willow blade the following days.

“I was fishing wood targets out in those flats – logs and brush tops that I could see,” Baumgardner says. “The spinnerbait just came through the wood cover better. Plus, the shad up there were pretty big. So as the week went on, I found I could get better bites with that big spinnerbait.”

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