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17-Year-Old Cooper McDonald Wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Lanier

March 3, 2025

17-Year-Old Cooper McDonald Wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Lanier

Boater winner Cooper McDonald of Dahlonega, Georgia, and co-angler winner Michael Rudd of Leesburg, Georgia.

Troutman’s Buchmann Earns First Career Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Norman

Brian Carter

March 3, 2025

Troutman’s Buchmann Earns First Career Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Norman

Boater winner Kaden Buchmann of Troutman, North Carolina, and co-angler winners Kevin Farley of Landrum, South Carolina, and Jonathan Williams of Marshville, North Carolina (not pictured).

Winter Bass – Fish Transition Banks!

Brian Carter

March 3, 2025

Bass are constantly on the move throughout the year, following predictable migration routes between deep and shallow water. In the winter, they tend to stay in deeper water where temperatures are more stable, while in the spring, they push shallow to spawn. As summer heats up, bass retreat back to deeper areas to find cooler, oxygen-rich water before returning shallow again in the fall to feed aggressively before winter. These movements are not random. Bass follow specific paths, using natural underwater features like channels, creek beds, and ledges as highways. Understanding these migration routes allows anglers to anticipate where bass will be at any given time and adjust their fishing approach accordingly. Bass don’t simply wander from one location to another. They rely on these migration routes to travel efficiently while staying protected from predators and environmental changes. Identifying these paths can help anglers locate bass more quickly, especially during transitional periods when fish are on the move. Key structures such as submerged timber, rock piles, and underwater points often serve as waypoints along these routes, offering bass a place to rest and feed. By targeting these high-traffic areas, anglers can intercept fish as they migrate between their seasonal habitats. Mastering the timing and location of these movements is crucial for consistently finding and catching bass throughout the year.Our Fresh HellaMite is designed to imitate a major aquatic food source, delivering a realistic profile of an insect larva that fish can’t resist. Scented for complete and total attraction underwater along with being made in the USA by real fishermen just like you. Grab our newest Lil Bass, Hot Sauce, MidNight, Glow, 10w30 Synthetic, Slimer Green, and Barbie Pink HellaMite colors. Act quickly, these new colors won’t stay in stock for long. We also recently restocked our Ghost, Red Bug, Purple Rain, Brown Bug, Electric Chicken, and Goby Wan colors. The HellaMite’s solid body and hyperactive ribbed tail design produce a life-like quivering action with every twitch of the rod. Iits unique flat underbelly detail enables this bait to be fished as a drop shot, Ned rig, neko rig, and even a small Carolina-rig, making it the ideal bait in any condition year-round. When the water is clear, the fish can see the bait and look like real food, causing strikes. Each cast becomes an opportunity for an exhilarating catch, thanks to its superior performance and versatility.

Along these migration routes, bass don’t move continuously from deep to shallow or the opposite. Instead, they pause in key locations known as transition banks. These are areas where the bank changes significantly, such as steep drop-offs or where the terrain shifts from rocky to sandy or muddy. Transition banks provide bass with shelter, ambush points for feeding, and a place to rest during seasonal migrations. Identifying and fishing these transition zones during key movement periods such as pre-spawn, post-spawn, and fall feed-ups can lead to catching high numbers of bass in one area. Since these spots act as natural gathering points, they are among the most productive areas to focus on when bass are in transition. Because transition banks serve as natural stopping points, they often hold bass for extended periods, making them reliable fishing spots even when other areas seem unproductive. These locations are especially valuable during unstable weather conditions, as bass seek out structure and depth changes for protection. The key to effectively fishing transition banks is recognizing the subtle differences that make certain areas more attractive than others, such as the presence of cover or a mix of different bottom compositions. Paying close attention to factors like water temperature, clarity, and current can help anglers determine when bass are actively feeding in these areas. By thoroughly working transition banks with soft plastics and adjusting techniques based on seasonal patterns, anglers can maximize their success in catching bass throughout the year.We use our Fresh Scorpion because it closely imitates a crawfish. Our newest 10w30 Synthetic, Slimer Green, and Barbie Pink Scorpion colors work wonders. The Scorpion is a revolutionary new look to soft plastics. Its intricate detailing and texture mimic the nuances of a real crawfish, making it hard for bass to resist. Of course, water clarity always plays a role in color selection but in any season, you can’t miss using colors such as Green Pumpkin Seed, Brown Bark, Magneto. This bait not only appears natural to fish but gives them something to become curious about. The Scorpion paired with a stand-up jig is deadly because the jig actually sits the bait upright in a defensive stance. The subtle color variations across the bait further enhance its appeal, mimicking the natural color shifts found in live prey. Each Fresh Scorpion has a unique and exclusive 3-axis tail design that is engineered like no other soft plastic bait. Our Scorpions are made by anglers from high-grade non-salt plastic to provide superior life-like action-triggering strikes!

Finding transition banks is easier than many anglers realize, whether using electronics or simply reading the shoreline. On maps, these areas appear where contour lines are stacked closely together, indicating a steep drop. If no electronics are available, anglers can visually locate steep banks, bluff walls, or areas where the land above water slopes sharply downward. These spots are effective because bass can quickly move between different depths with minimal effort, making them excellent ambush zones. Whether fishing from a boat, kayak, or the shoreline, recognizing these steep-to-flat transitions is key to unlocking consistent bass action throughout the year. One of the best ways to confirm a productive transition bank is by observing the surrounding environment and noting any visible changes in water depth or shoreline structure. Areas where steep banks gradually level out into flats or where rocky shorelines transition into softer bottoms often hold more bass. Additionally, looking for signs of baitfish activity, such as surface disturbances or birds diving into the water, can indicate an active feeding area along a transition bank. Casting along these banks with soft plastics like lizards, worms, or cray-style baits allows anglers to cover different depths and pinpoint where bass are holding. By taking the time to study these areas and experimenting with different presentations, anglers can refine their approach and consistently locate fish in transition zones.The new FreshBaitz Lizards deliver a realistic profile that excels in both power and finesse techniques. Act fact, we just released new Hot Sauce, MidNight, Ghost and 10w30 Syntheic Lizard designs! The unique forward-facing leg design creates drag that holds it in the strike zone longer or produces wild flapping action with every pull of the rod. Additionally, its slightly ribbed solid body and large head hold your hook in place and provide much better weedless performance making it the ideal bait to use in any condition. Water clarity always plays a super big role in color selection but in any season year-round, you can’t miss when using colors such as Watermelon Red, Black & Blue, or Green Pumpkin. Its flexible tail design ensures added movement, tempting even the most cautious fish. The superior 5.5-inch profile stretches to a whole 7 inches which is perfect for predatory fish including bass year round. Made from long-lasting durable high-grade non-salted plastic for total and maximum attention-grabbing action underwater.

Not all transition banks are equally productive, and the most successful ones have subtle variations that create prime holding areas for bass. Changes in bottom composition, such as a transition from chunk rock to gravel or mud, serve as natural stopping points for bass. These micro-transitions often concentrate baitfish, which in turn attract predators. In addition, small shifts in depth or slight irregularities in the bank—such as a minor ledge or indentation—can make a significant difference. Anglers who take the time to identify these smaller details will often find that bass stack up in these overlooked spots, leading to more consistent catches. Micro-transitions provide bass with both feeding opportunities and a sense of security, making them key areas to target throughout the year. Even a small depression in the lake bottom or a subtle change in rock size can create the perfect ambush point for bass waiting to strike passing prey. These details are often too subtle to appear on maps, requiring anglers to visually inspect the shoreline or use their rod to feel for changes in bottom composition. Soft plastics like worms, insect larva imitations, and cray-style baits can be especially effective in these areas, as they allow for slow, precise presentations that trigger strikes from fish holding tight to structure. By patiently working these overlooked transition spots, anglers can unlock some of the most productive fishing locations that many others pass by.Our Fresh Beetle delivers ultimate versatility in a soft plastic bait. Its slim yet wide body design and four claws are engineered to naturally glide and wobble as it moves through the water. This design ensures they remain enticingly active longer than conventional baits. Its unique texture also provides a realistic feel, making bass hold on longer once they bite. Water clarity plays a big role in color selection but year-round you can’t miss when using go-to colors such as Chocolate Mint, Ox Blood, or 10w30 Synthetic beetles. The hyper-active swimming claws are designed thin with long-lasting durable non-salt plastic to make them come alive with the slightest movement. The Fresh Beetle offers an enticing 4-inch profile and is scented for complete and total attraction! You can rig these Beetles as a Jig/ Chatter Trailer, Flippin/ Punching, Texas Rig, Swing Jig, and Carolina Rig. Making the beetle beyond perfect in any weather condition year-round!

While transition banks naturally hold bass, the presence of additional cover makes them even more attractive. Laydowns, submerged vegetation, docks, and scattered boulders create ambush points where bass can hide and strike prey. Even small details, such as a single fallen tree or a patch of grass along an otherwise bare bank, can make a spot more productive. Many anglers overlook subtle cover changes, but these minor features can concentrate fish in a small area. Targeting these covered transition zones with soft plastics like worms, lizards, and cray-styled baits can be highly effective in drawing strikes from bass waiting to ambush prey. Bass instinctively use cover not only for ambushing prey but also for protection from predators and strong currents, making these areas prime fishing spots. The combination of a transition bank and additional structure creates a high-percentage area where multiple fish may be stacked together, increasing the chances of multiple catches in a short time. When fishing these areas, it’s crucial to make precise casts, working soft plastics slowly and methodically around each piece of cover to trigger a reaction. Adjusting retrieval speed and experimenting with different presentations such as dragging a worm along the bottom or hopping a cray-style bait near submerged logs can help determine what the fish respond to best. By thoroughly working these key areas and paying attention to how bass position themselves around cover, anglers can refine their approach and consistently increase their catch rates.Using a stick-styled worm is the most tried and true ways to catch fish. We have a variety of 5-inch Worms to choose from but we just added new MidNight, Glow, and Ghost Worms! Our popular Wild Cherry Worms have been restocked as well. You can also experience our new wacky rigging kit while it’s ON SALE! The WACKY Pack offers our most popular colors and essential tools for wacky rigging. If you’re fast enough you might be able to grab the limited-release Pumpkin Spice Worm before it’s completely sold out along with some of our newest colors including the Brown Worm, Electic Chicken Worm, and Goby Wan Worm colors. The high-grade non-salt plastic they’re made from provides positive buoyancy and it even floats underwater! We also released new 6-inch Worms including Charmeleon, Rainbow TRT, Bone, Chocolate Mint, and Fire TGR are all available in 5 and 6-inch. We’ve also recently released new 8-count packs of worms available in Watermelon Red, Black & Blue, and Green Pumpkin. We also offer worms that have the unique ability to shift from one color to another. Scented for total attraction underwater.

Even though bass follow the same general migration paths year-round, how they respond to different presentations varies with the seasons. In colder months, they tend to prefer slower-moving baits, making soft plastics fished on the bottom or suspended presentations highly effective. As water temperatures rise in the spring and summer, bass become more aggressive, and a variety of soft plastics such as lizards, insect larvae imitations, and beetles can trigger reaction strikes. During the fall, when bass focus on feeding heavily, faster retrieves and covering more water with soft plastics that mimic baitfish movements can be the best approach. Adjusting bait selection and presentation speed to match seasonal conditions is critical to maximizing success. In addition to adjusting bait selection, understanding where bass position themselves during each season can further improve success rates. During winter, they often hold near deeper structures like ledges, submerged timber, or rock piles, requiring anglers to make precise, slow presentations to tempt sluggish fish. In spring, as they move shallow to spawn, targeting areas with hard bottoms, such as gravel beds or sandy flats near transition banks, becomes key. Summer bass often seek shade and cooler water, making docks, thick vegetation, and submerged brush piles prime locations to work soft plastics methodically. When bass actively chase baitfish, focusing on points, creek mouths, and shallow flats with moving water allows anglers to stay in front of migrating fish and capitalize on their aggressive feeding.Our newest FreshBaitz Mandingo Trick Worm is the ultimate game-changer for anglers with a passion! Engineered for the angler who knows SIZE does matter, this lure is designed to attract only the BIGGEST bass with a penchant for the larger bait. The Mandingo Trick Worm boasts a solid 7-inch body enhanced with a hyperactive ribbed design, ensuring irresistible mouth-watering action for those trophy bass. Officially available in a vibrant array of 8 colors. Each worm is made from durable, high-grade Non-Salted plastic for lifelike action and unparalleled durability. Perfectly balanced for a variety of rigging options and scented for total and maximum attraction, the Mandingo Trick Worm promises year-round effectiveness in lakes, rivers, and streams. Whether you’re rigging it on a Shakey Head, Drop Shot, Texas Rig, or Carolina Rig, these worms are your ticket to landing the big ones. Proudly made in the USA by real anglers to help elevate your fishing experience and catch more bass year-round!

Although bass consistently travel the same migration routes year after year, their behavior and feeding preferences shift with changing conditions. In early spring, they may be found near deeper structure and require a slow presentation, while in the summer, they move to shallower cover and become more aggressive feeders. During fall transitions, bass key in on baitfish and tend to roam more, requiring anglers to cover water efficiently with soft plastics that imitate prey. As winter approaches, bass return to deeper holding areas and respond best to slower, bottom-oriented presentations. Understanding these seasonal shifts and adapting techniques accordingly is the key to consistently catching bass in transition zones. Anglers who recognize these seasonal shifts can stay one step ahead by anticipating where bass will be and what type of presentation will be most effective. During transitional periods, paying attention to water temperature, clarity, and baitfish movement can provide valuable clues about bass behavior. Small changes in conditions, such as a sudden drop in temperature or an increase in current flow, can push bass deeper or make them more lethargic, requiring an adjustment in retrieval speed and bait selection. Soft plastics like worms, lizards, and cray-style baits remain versatile choices throughout the year, but their effectiveness depends on how they are worked slow and methodical in winter, moderate and natural in spring, and more erratic in fall. By refining techniques based on these seasonal patterns, anglers can maximize their chances of staying on the fish and consistently catching bass, no matter the time of year.We have a wide variety of terminal tackle to choose from, but we’ve recently released new Nako Tungsten Tear Drop Shot Weights, crafted from 97% eco-friendly tungsten for stealth, durability, and vibration, with easy-to-read size stamps and a crimped swivel for quick changes. The new Haymaker EWG Worm Hooks are also now available, featuring an extra-wide gap for various soft plastics, a Z-lock shoulder bend for secure bait placement, and an angled-up super needle point for fast, powerful hooksets. For creature-styled baits, a more popular choice to use is the Stand-Up Jig because it sits the bait up-right in a defensive stance! Mosquito Hooks work for dropshotting and perfectly accommodates a wide range of soft plastics. The popular All Purpose Hooks are built with an extra-wide gap and are made to accommodate a wide range of soft plastics. The Block Head Jig is perfect for ned rigging the HellaMite with its mushroom-style head that seamlessly matches a wide variety of soft plastics. The Offset Block Head Jig, offers the same mushroom-style head with a unique offset hook, making it a go-to for weedless Ned Rig applications. The Shakey Ultrahead can permanently secure baits by inserting the pin in the center and screwing the twist lock coil spring for perfect rigging every time! The Ultrahead Wacky Jig features precise weight positioning and hook orientation for the ultimate wacky presentations. For fast Texas rigging, we use the Bullet-Type Rig which has an attached weight saving you pressure time when fishing cover. The 4x Jungle Flippin Hook is designed for big fish and the toughest conditions. The Range Roller Jig Head is crafted for precision with its high center axis design, perfect for hover-strolling and mid to bottom strolling with forward facing sonar, ensuring an enticing rolling action that triggers bites. We also just release New Keep’em Fresh Bait Bags! These bags are the ultimate solution for anglers who need their gear to perform. Built like a tank, this bag is 20x stronger than regular zip bags and offers 100% waterproof protection with a rock-solid double zipper seal. Whether it’s for soft plastics, snacks, or your smartphone, this reusable and versatile bag keeps everything safe from the water, mud, and grime. Lightweight yet spacious, it fits snugly in your tackle box or backpack, making it perfect for your next adventure.

Robert Hoyt Wins CATT Smith Mountain Lake March 2nd with 24.13 lbs

Brian Carter

March 2, 2025

Robert Hoyt Wins CATT Smith Mountain Lake March 2nd with 24.13 lbs

Thanks to Alicia Matherly & Kevin Dawson for covering the CATT Smith Mountain Lake events.

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Deep spotted bass carry Story and Putnam to victory at Bassmaster High School Series at Smith Lake

Brian Carter

March 2, 2025

Deep spotted bass carry Story and Putnam to victory at Bassmaster High School Series at Smith Lake

Jack Story and Roper Putnam of Clarks Hill High School Fishing Team have won the 2025 Strike King Bassmaster High School Series at Smith Lake.

Photo by Solomon Glenn/B.A.S.S.

March 2, 2025

Deep spotted bass carry Story and Putnam to victory at Bassmaster High School Series at Smith Lake

CULLMAN, Ala. — Jack Story and Roper Putnam from the Clarks Hill High School Fishing Team utilized skill sets from their home lakes to catch five spotted bass weighing 16 pounds, 12 ounces and win the Strike King Bassmaster High School Series at Smith Lake.

The victory at Smith Lake caps off an impressive two-week run for the Georgia duo. The weekend prior, Putnam and Story won two events on Lake Lanier, including a Georgia B.A.S.S. Nation tournament.

“This feels awesome,” Putnam said. “Last year we finished second at Clarks Hill, and it means a whole lot to come back and win this one.”

Thomas Tumbull and Caleb Miller from Evangel Christian School finished second with 15-4 and Bryson Osment and Lohgan Gosnell from the Byrnes High School Fishing Club finished third with 14-14.

The 236 high school teams overcame a chilly start to the morning to land 60 limits and over 1,250 pounds of bass, although 61 teams unfortunately did not catch a keeper bass.

Story spends much of his fishing time on Lanier while Putnam lives closer to Clarks Hill. But the combined knowledge of those two blueback herring fisheries helped the duo decipher the Alabama reservoir.

“(We) caught 24.73 pounds in that tournament at Lanier last weekend and did the same exact thing today on Smith Lake,” Story said.

“It is very similar,” Putnam added. “There are a lot of deep fish, a lot of spotted bass. It is what both of us really love to do.”

Putnam and Story spent their tournament targeting spotted bass that were chasing schools of blueback herring. Two zones in the water column were most productive: 10 to 15 feet of water and 45 to 55 feet of water. They rigged a 5-inch Zoom Winged Fluke on a ¼-ounce Greenfish Tackle Bad Little Shad jighead.

“It didn’t fall too fast and didn’t fall too slow,” Putnam explained. “If you throw a lighter head it takes too long to get down there, and if you throw a heavier head they don’t react as well.”

The duo enjoyed a productive practice, catching 14 pounds per day. Putnam said they felt confident they could do well enough to qualify for the 2025 Strike King Bassmaster National Championship, but weren’t sure they could get enough quality bites to win.

While they filled a limit early on, Story said they didn’t generate their better bites until later in the day when the wind picked up and the sun was higher in the sky.

“It went well,” he said. “Once the sun got up, the deep fish started acting right and we started catching them.”

Late in the day, Story landed a 3 ½-pound spotted bass that vaulted them over the 16-pound mark. That was when Putnam said he believed they had a legitimate shot to win the tournament.

“We decided then to get back up the river and closer to the ramp,” he said.

The duo will now set their sights on the 2025 Strike King Bassmaster High School National Championship at Clarks Hill, a body of water they are very familiar with.

“I’m going to put in a lot of time out there (in the coming months),” Putnam said. “It is going to be a good one.”

The Triangle Bass Club’s Jesse and Fisher Lancaster landed the Big Bass of the Tournament, a 4-8 that anchored their 13-5 10th-place stringer.

Visit Cullman hosted the tournament.

2025 Strike King Bassmaster High School Series at Smith Lake 3/2-3/2
Smith Lake, Cullman AL.
Standings Day 1

Angler Club/School Pts

1. Jack Story – Roper Putnam Clarks Hill Hs Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 16-12 Total: 5 16-12
2. Thomas Turnbull – Caleb Miller Evangel Christian School 0
Day 1: 5 15-04 Total: 5 15-04
3. Bryson Osment – Lohgan Gosnell Byrnes High School Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 5 14-14 Total: 5 14-14
4. Corbin Bornstein – Thomas James Lipscomb Academy 0
Day 1: 5 14-08 Total: 5 14-08
5. Presley Lannom – Trevor Sanford Mt. Juliet High School – TN 0
Day 1: 5 14-07 Total: 5 14-07
6. Barrett Newton – Landon Krauss Upperman High School 0
Day 1: 5 13-14 Total: 5 13-14
6. Owen Satterwhite – Nate Campbell Ldhs Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 13-14 Total: 5 13-14
8. Lake Johnson – Beau England Alabama Bass Academy – AL 0
Day 1: 5 13-08 Total: 5 13-08
9. Carter Cunningham – Landon Glander Dawson County High Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 5 13-07 Total: 5 13-07
10. Jesse Lancaster – Fisher Lancaster Triangle Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 13-05 Total: 5 13-05
11. Seth Lash – Sawyer Lash Mortimer Jordan Hs Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 13-03 Total: 5 13-03
12. Gavin Seewald – Judson Touchstone Hoover High School 0
Day 1: 5 13-01 Total: 5 13-01
13. Cooper Moon – Cartersville Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 13-00 Total: 5 13-00
14. Matthew Johnson – Tripp Tamasi III Greenbrier High School 0
Day 1: 5 12-12 Total: 5 12-12
15. Parker Batts – Brody Jones Jefferson County Patriot Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 12-09 Total: 5 12-09
16. Hayden Barnett – Camdyn Cranfill Kingston Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 12-08 Total: 5 12-08
17. Miles Allen – Ethan Roths Saint Xavier High School 0
Day 1: 5 12-07 Total: 5 12-07
18. Zac Arnold – Ross Clark Good Hope Fishing Team – AL 0
Day 1: 5 12-03 Total: 5 12-03
19. Cason Ewing – Cullman High School Hs 0
Day 1: 5 12-01 Total: 5 12-01
19. Mason Martin – East Limestone High School – AL 0
Day 1: 5 12-01 Total: 5 12-01
21. Bo Brodrick – Skylar Magnarella Clarke Central High School Bass 0
Day 1: 5 11-13 Total: 5 11-13
21. Harrison Hobbs – Cade Speligene Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 5 11-13 Total: 5 11-13
23. Andrew Terry – Dchs Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 11-12 Total: 5 11-12
24. Caston Carden – Sawyer Sheffield Shelby County 0
Day 1: 5 11-05 Total: 5 11-05
25. Hoyt Nicely – Connor Bower Hartley’s Hawgs Ii 0
Day 1: 5 11-04 Total: 5 11-04
26. Mason Taylor – Wesley Kent Dekalb Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 11-01 Total: 5 11-01
27. Connor Racine – Brady LeMarbe Dexter High School Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 5 11-00 Total: 5 11-00
28. Tucker Oakes – Batavia High School – IL 0
Day 1: 5 10-15 Total: 5 10-15
28. Ethan Carr – Wyatt Dillard Hayden High School Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 10-15 Total: 5 10-15
28. Jaxon Ward – Kai Graham Salem Bass Team 0
Day 1: 5 10-15 Total: 5 10-15
31. Jack Kennedy – Brentley West Mulberry Bassmasters Jr Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 10-14 Total: 5 10-14
31. Evin Moore – Bridger Jones Haywood Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 10-14 Total: 5 10-14
33. Max Flatten – Sam Spies Glacial Lakes High School Bass F 0
Day 1: 4 10-14 Total: 4 10-14
34. Dominick Andux – Bridget Mathis Dixie Co Bass Masters High Schoo 0
Day 1: 5 10-12 Total: 5 10-12
34. Drake Walls – Cole Henderson Bainbridge High School 0
Day 1: 5 10-12 Total: 5 10-12
36. Carter Pjesky – JD McBroom Off The Hook High School Bassmas 0
Day 1: 5 10-11 Total: 5 10-11
37. Max Himmel – Catholic High School Fishing 0
Day 1: 4 10-11 Total: 4 10-11
38. Andrew Kunz – Justin McGee Bibb Country 0
Day 1: 5 10-09 Total: 5 10-09
38. Cutler Wooten – Peyton McAndrew Sml Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 10-09 Total: 5 10-09
40. Brody Brinson – Greer Gammon Mt Juliet Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 10-08 Total: 5 10-08
40. Michael Harris – Noah Unland Mt Juliet Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 10-08 Total: 5 10-08
40. Tanner Mason – Kaden Randles DAR High School – AL 0
Day 1: 5 10-08 Total: 5 10-08
43. Parker Bilbrey – Tyler Thompson Monterey Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 10-07 Total: 5 10-07
43. Mason Carden – Shelby County High School – AL 0
Day 1: 5 10-07 Total: 5 10-07
45. TJ Murray – Brack Robertson Meigs County High School Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 10-06 Total: 5 10-06
45. Colton Trotter – Paxton Trotter Rehobeth High School – AL 0
Day 1: 5 10-06 Total: 5 10-06
47. Caleb Godson – Asher Ready North Augusta High School Fishin 0
Day 1: 5 10-04 Total: 5 10-04
48. RJ Sanger IV – Bobby Lane III Lcs Viking Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 10-03 Total: 5 10-03
49. Tijs Groenewoud – Grant Thomas Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 4 10-01 Total: 4 10-01
49. Zachary Stall – Lakes Community High School 0
Day 1: 4 10-01 Total: 4 10-01
51. Jordan Houston – Mortimer Jordan High School – AL 0
Day 1: 5 10-00 Total: 5 10-00
52. Ethan Edwards – Patrick Buchanan Dar Patriots Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 09-15 Total: 5 09-15
53. Blair Sinks – Peyton Jones Warren County High School – TN 0
Day 1: 5 09-14 Total: 5 09-14
54. Alex Barrett – Davis Ray Fayetteville High School 0
Day 1: 5 09-10 Total: 5 09-10
55. Mya Russell – 0
Day 1: 5 09-09 Total: 5 09-09
56. Wyatt Smith – Major Qualls Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 5 09-07 Total: 5 09-07
57. Landon Myers – Wilson Shepherd Alcoa Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 09-04 Total: 5 09-04
58. Brooks Putnam – Daylin Doak Mt. Juliet High School – TN 0
Day 1: 5 09-03 Total: 5 09-03
58. Drew Turnbull – Jeremiah Day Evangel Christian School 0
Day 1: 5 09-03 Total: 5 09-03
60. Jerry Rouyea – Cade Fontenot St. Amant High Bass Club 0
Day 1: 4 09-03 Total: 4 09-03
61. Owen Wiggins – Bill Gaines Cartersville Fishing 0
Day 1: 4 09-02 Total: 4 09-02
62. Cole Drawdy – Plant City Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 5 08-15 Total: 5 08-15
62. Jacob Holt – Hayden Spears Warren Co High School Pioneer An 0
Day 1: 5 08-15 Total: 5 08-15
64. Dylan Sorrells – Andrew Waters Hp Bass Team 0
Day 1: 4 08-15 Total: 4 08-15
65. Trevor Allen – Brody Allen Lake And Trail Usa Youth Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 08-14 Total: 5 08-14
66. Phillip Becknell-Dodson – Micah Mayes Burgin Independent – KY 0
Day 1: 4 08-13 Total: 4 08-13
67. Murphy Childers – Ryder Colee Brewer High School Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 3 08-12 Total: 3 08-12
68. Kiptyn Mumma – David Beard Jr Lee Scott Academy 0
Day 1: 4 08-10 Total: 4 08-10
69. Cooper Rouse – Ryker Reed D’iberville Hs Warrior Bass Nati 0
Day 1: 5 08-09 Total: 5 08-09
70. Jaxson Beard – Anderson Mesplay Pendleton High School Fishing Te 0
Day 1: 4 08-09 Total: 4 08-09
71. Alex Smith – Bryson Wade Saraland High School – AL 0
Day 1: 4 08-05 Total: 4 08-05
72. William Kelly – Bryce Matas 901 High School Bass Club 0
Day 1: 3 08-05 Total: 3 08-05
73. Peyton Mixon – Aiden Castleberry Alabama Bass Academy – AL 0
Day 1: 5 08-04 Total: 5 08-04
74. Kaden Dorman – Owen Nepple Iowa Youth Fishing League High S 0
Day 1: 4 08-04 Total: 4 08-04
75. Braxton Strickland – William Olaire Gardendale High School 0
Day 1: 4 08-03 Total: 4 08-03
76. Connor Kennedy – Brennan Enfinger Bainbridge High School Bass Cats 0
Day 1: 4 07-14 Total: 4 07-14
77. Jacob Baugh – Brody Berninger Skyline Vikings Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 4 07-13 Total: 4 07-13
77. Landon Gabby – Kolby Baker Marion High School Bass Fishing 0
Day 1: 4 07-13 Total: 4 07-13
77. Carson Holbert – Eagleton Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 4 07-13 Total: 4 07-13
80. Presley Carter – Logan Rawlings East Limestone 0
Day 1: 4 07-12 Total: 4 07-12
81. Konner Allen – Carter Pigg Hardin County Tiger Bass Club 0
Day 1: 3 07-11 Total: 3 07-11
82. Doyce Beard – Cooper Rouse Auburn High School 0
Day 1: 4 07-09 Total: 4 07-09
82. Sam Hayes – Samuel Kiger Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 4 07-09 Total: 4 07-09
84. Eli Dix – Cole Mitchell Grissom Hs Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 4 07-07 Total: 4 07-07
84. Tate Turner – Hoover High School 0
Day 1: 4 07-07 Total: 4 07-07
86. Tristan Stewart – DJ Johnson Mt. Pleasant Junior Bass Team – 0
Day 1: 4 07-05 Total: 4 07-05
87. Jackson Crawford – Wyatt Reynolds Liberty County Junior Anglers 0
Day 1: 3 07-05 Total: 3 07-05
88. Walker LaRue – Jackie Hatfield Tennessee BASS Nation Team Trail 0
Day 1: 3 07-03 Total: 3 07-03
88. Brady McCormick – Andrew McCormick Briarwood Christian School – AL 0
Day 1: 3 07-03 Total: 3 07-03
90. Elijah Coleman – Will Dombroskas Montgomery County High School Ba 0
Day 1: 4 07-00 Total: 4 07-00
91. Parker Jones – Sc Lower State Hs Bass Club 0
Day 1: 3 07-00 Total: 3 07-00
92. PJ Mortenson III – Noah Mazzarisi Oregon Panthers 0
Day 1: 3 06-12 Total: 3 06-12
92. Hudson Windham – Tripp Corry Capital City High School Bass Hu 0
Day 1: 3 06-12 Total: 3 06-12
94. Gracie Marion – Sumner County Bass Team 0
Day 1: 2 06-12 Total: 2 06-12
95. Camp Gunter – Joseph Sperling Chiles High School Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 3 06-10 Total: 3 06-10
96. Tucker Larrance – Jaxson Pierce Jefferson County Patriot Anglers 0
Day 1: 3 06-06 Total: 3 06-06
97. Bradford Van Demark II – Elias Hitson Eagleville Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 3 06-01 Total: 3 06-01
98. Thomason Thomason – Clayton Schwieterman Guntersville Youth bass club 0
Day 1: 2 06-00 Total: 2 06-00
99. Logan Cargle – Cole Mcdaniel Tift County High School – GA 0
Day 1: 3 05-14 Total: 3 05-14
99. Hank Mcillwain – Hunter Davis Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 3 05-14 Total: 3 05-14
101. Logan Allen – Marco Galando Creekwood Hs Redhawks Fishing 0
Day 1: 2 05-14 Total: 2 05-14
102. Aubrey Madison – Julie Reeves Mortimer Jordan High School – AL 0
Day 1: 2 05-11 Total: 2 05-11
103. Carson Falk – Trey Blackmon III Capital City High School Bass Hu 0
Day 1: 3 05-10 Total: 3 05-10
103. Brodie Gibson – Kolbie Gibson Knight Fishing Anglers 0
Day 1: 3 05-10 Total: 3 05-10
103. Parker McCoy – Blaze Sullivan Mortimer Jordan High School – AL 0
Day 1: 3 05-10 Total: 3 05-10
106. Joshua Burows – Brylee Williams Teurlings Rebel Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 3 05-08 Total: 3 05-08
106. Sadler Harrison – Athens Anglers 0
Day 1: 3 05-08 Total: 3 05-08
108. Kayson Richards – Coop Boling Creekview Anglers 0
Day 1: 3 05-04 Total: 3 05-04
109. Ryan Narancich – Eli Boutros Page High School 0
Day 1: 2 05-04 Total: 2 05-04
110. Connor Strachan – Bryant High School 0
Day 1: 3 05-03 Total: 3 05-03
111. Cayden Smith – Skyline Vikings Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 3 05-02 Total: 3 05-02
111. Justin Waggener – Eli Pauley Burgin Bulldogs Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 3 05-02 Total: 3 05-02
113. Ethan McBrayer – Preston Howard Briarwood High School 0
Day 1: 2 05-02 Total: 2 05-02
113. Mason Mullins – Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 2 05-02 Total: 2 05-02
115. Statum Relford – Will Hasty Stewarts Creeks Hs Bass 0
Day 1: 3 05-00 Total: 3 05-00
116. Gavin Peterson – Fairview Junior High Bass Team 0
Day 1: 2 04-15 Total: 2 04-15
117. Blalock Eskew – Ellis Turner Heard County High School – GA 0
Day 1: 2 04-14 Total: 2 04-14
118. Bo Pearson – Blaine Davis Liberty County Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 04-10 Total: 2 04-10
119. Hunter Gore – Jayden Fitzgerald Rhea County Eagle Anglers 0
Day 1: 4 04-09 Total: 4 04-09
120. Brody Ensminger – Drew Mayers Central High School 0
Day 1: 2 04-09 Total: 2 04-09
120. Daniel Ruhe – Michael Duvall Black Swamp High School Fishing 0
Day 1: 2 04-09 Total: 2 04-09
122. Sarah Parker – Asher Wheat Petal High School 0
Day 1: 3 04-08 Total: 3 04-08
122. Hollis Rose – Grant Arnold Jefferson County Patriot Anglers 0
Day 1: 3 04-08 Total: 3 04-08
124. Jay Tucker Pearson – Lucas Blair Fairview 0
Day 1: 2 04-04 Total: 2 04-04
124. Reiston Ratchford – Lawson Gamble Headland Bass Team 0
Day 1: 2 04-04 Total: 2 04-04
126. Brayden Tisdale – Reece Kilian Emerald Coast Youth Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 2 04-03 Total: 2 04-03
127. Joseph Abercrombie – Elliott Dalee Saraland High School – AL 0
Day 1: 2 04-01 Total: 2 04-01
127. Ethan Tatum – Eastin Hopkins Burgin Bulldogs Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 2 04-01 Total: 2 04-01
127. Jamison Watson – Aaron Price Mt Juliet Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 2 04-01 Total: 2 04-01
130. Dakota Van Weelden – Collin Mitchell Twin Lakes Fishing 0
Day 1: 2 04-00 Total: 2 04-00
131. Jacob Hicks – Colton Hall Sml Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 03-14 Total: 2 03-14
131. Danil Williams – Easton Bibbings Mt Juliet Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 2 03-14 Total: 2 03-14
133. Jp Toney – James Hines Warren Co High School Pioneer An 0
Day 1: 1 03-13 Total: 1 03-13
134. Jackson Padgett – Dawson Barnett Benjamin Russell Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 03-12 Total: 2 03-12
135. Jack Dowdy – Wyatt Galbraith Lowndes High School Lip Rippers 0
Day 1: 2 03-10 Total: 2 03-10
135. Cole Hutson – Carter Buchanan Mt. Pleasant High School – TN 0
Day 1: 2 03-10 Total: 2 03-10
137. Knox Jones – Rock Fulton IV Briarwood High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-09 Total: 2 03-09
138. Mitchell Boles – Nixon Melton Clay County Junior Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 03-08 Total: 2 03-08
139. Will Smith III – Lane Melancon Teurlings Rebel Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 2 03-06 Total: 2 03-06
140. Noah Loxley – Cameron Brown Rc Fishing 0
Day 1: 1 03-06 Total: 1 03-06
141. Thomas Newman – Cayden Ryman Frederick County Hs Bass Wrangle 0
Day 1: 2 03-05 Total: 2 03-05
142. Dylan Fulk – Levi Ochs Richland County High School 0
Day 1: 1 02-15 Total: 1 02-15
143. Alex Townsend – Drew Hardin Benton County Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 02-14 Total: 1 02-14
144. Cooper Lobek – Colten Starnes Salem Bass Team 0
Day 1: 1 02-12 Total: 1 02-12
145. Connor Watts – Devin Martin Rehobeth High School 0
Day 1: 1 02-09 Total: 1 02-09
146. Faith Burks – Allie Reagan Clay County Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 02-08 Total: 1 02-08
147. Elijah Ambrose – Jarren Crowder Hs Potomac River Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 1 02-07 Total: 1 02-07
147. Connor Beach – Nathan Phillips Liberty County Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 02-07 Total: 1 02-07
147. Griffin Sheets – John Hicks Sml Junior Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 02-07 Total: 1 02-07
147. Caden Stevens – Hunter Crittenden Fchs Bass Team 0
Day 1: 1 02-07 Total: 1 02-07
151. Brody Teller – Will Anderson Sumner County Bass Team 0
Day 1: 1 02-06 Total: 1 02-06
152. Emma Griffieth – Megan Robinson George Rogers Clark Hs 0
Day 1: 1 02-05 Total: 1 02-05
152. Olevir Johnson – Rhett Shirrell Oldham Co High School Bass Team 0
Day 1: 1 02-05 Total: 1 02-05
152. Jaxen White – Christopher Trobaugh Clay County Anglers – TN 0
Day 1: 1 02-05 Total: 1 02-05
155. Parker Allen – Nicholas Williamson Buckhorn Bass Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 1 02-03 Total: 1 02-03
156. Quinn Barbee – Andrew Miller Southeastern Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 02-02 Total: 1 02-02
156. Gavin Burnett – Justin Ackel Sulphur Fishing Team – Sulphur H 0
Day 1: 1 02-02 Total: 1 02-02
156. Colby Onderdonk – Collin Robinson Saraland High School – AL 0
Day 1: 1 02-02 Total: 1 02-02
159. Luke Merriam – Will Norman Mountain Brook Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 1 02-00 Total: 1 02-00
160. Cody Burns – Brooklyn Burns Mortimer Jordan High School – AL 0
Day 1: 1 01-15 Total: 1 01-15
160. John Parker Deal – Vin Radetic Headland Bass Team 0
Day 1: 1 01-15 Total: 1 01-15
160. Jake Leonard – Andrew Heath Evangel Christian School 0
Day 1: 1 01-15 Total: 1 01-15
163. Annie Lassiter – Jacob Willis Upperman High School 0
Day 1: 1 01-14 Total: 1 01-14
163. Brayden Rives – Simon Stafford Evangel Christian School 0
Day 1: 1 01-14 Total: 1 01-14
165. Matthew Adams – Heaven Davis Blue Ridge Tiger Fishing 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-13
165. Caleb Moore – Dean Austin Off The Hook IL Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-13
165. Talon Stone – Gage Lee Benton County Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-13
165. Anderson Thrower – John Paul Nelson Vestavia Hills Rebel Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-13
165. Landon Vaughn – Will Taylor Pendleton High School Fishing Te 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-13
170. Connor Crawford – Brody Beam Liberty County Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 01-12 Total: 1 01-12
170. Jack Pickett – Luke Baugh Skyline Vikings Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 1 01-12 Total: 1 01-12
172. Landon Boshell – Colt Canterberry 0
Day 1: 1 01-09 Total: 1 01-09
172. Lucas Hodge – Zane Barthelemy Salem Bass Team 0
Day 1: 1 01-09 Total: 1 01-09
172. Layton Mcdill – Conner Lanham Baldwin County High School 0
Day 1: 1 01-09 Total: 1 01-09
175. Marshall Avery – Dagan Brumfield Mountain Brook Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Nathan Bennett – Brady Biles Seminole Junior Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Riley Bragg – 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Landon Brazier – Austin Fulghum Greenbrier High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Jacob Burkhead – Benton Panther Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Evan Bush – Cason Thomas Lowndes High School Lip Rippers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. JonBrady Buttram – Owen Darden Fayetteville High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Gray Chapman IV – Logan West Satsuma High School Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Luke Childs – Conner Luft Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. William Collins – Soddy Daisy Jr High 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Wyatt Crow – Seth Golin Lipscomb Academy 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Jackson Edenfield – Hunter Harris Chiles High School Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Eli Ellege – Aidan Ellege Warrior Hs Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Micah Foy – Dante Graham Highlands County Anglers Club 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. MacLane Fritts – Reid Chapman Campbell County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Tyler Godwin – Gunner Love Bainbridge High School Bass Cats 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Zayden Graham – Hayden 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Levi Grubbs – Gunnar Rhodus Lincoln County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Tanner Hamilton – Bray Gilman Mid Florida Youth Anglers – FL 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Nolan Hamm – William Gimpel Lincoln County High School – KY 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Gavin Harwood – Will Boldt Chiles High School Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Garrett Johnson – LB Mitchell II The Kings Academy Juniors 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Jacob Johnson – Karson Peterman Rehobeth High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Shae Kaelin – Haley Kaelin Oldham Co High School Bass Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Nick Keith Jr. – Jagger Wells Munford High School Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Kaeden Kirby – Chase Hallings Lipscomb Academy 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Cash Kirkpatrick – Riley Kitchens Petal High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Ethan Long – Dillyn Dill Shelby County High School – AL 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Brock Lovering – Dallas Hurd 863 Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Brennan Maljian – Rob West Eagleville Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Emerson Martin – Drake Shobe Mortimer Jordan Hs Bass Club 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Charlie Mathis – Trace Byrd Dixie County High School – FL 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Caleb Mccord – Arkansas Youth Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Cora Beth Mccrary – Nathan Parker Tift Co Blue Devil Bass Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Noah Mentz – Logan Mentz Knight Fishing Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Silas Miller – Logan Collier Good Hope Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Porter Morrison – Harrison Kirkpatrick Catholic High School Fishing 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Breanna Nutt – Wyatt Lancaster Mt. Pleasant High School – TN 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Wallace Rampey – Lowndes High School Lip Rippers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Evan Ray – Bryson Harrison Straughn High School Fishing Tea 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Jace Reyes – Jesse Crain Livingston Parish Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Eli Richards – Walker Kaiser Tift Co Blue Devil Bass Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Brayden Rivest – Grace Olsen Off the Hook Jr Bassmasters – IL 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Lane Roddy – Colton Myers Gallatin High School – TN 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Landon Rousseau – Dalton Adkins Skyline Vikings Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Tanner Russell – Daniel Lowhorn Mt. Juliet High School – TN 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Eli Schwieker – Landon Stegall Hewitt Trussville High School – 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Brody Shepherd – Rehobeth High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Braxton Smith – Bruce Arnold Rehobeth High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Everett Smith – Mason Martinez Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Josiah Smith – Isaac Borum Warrior Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. James Stevens – Bo Jack Michigan A1 Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. David Stockard – Nathan Alexander Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Kaden Tuttle – Gage Gardner Munford High School Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Trent VanDam – Wyatt Carr Reeths-Puffer High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Sawyer Walters – Logan Quattlebaum Geneva Panthers Bass Fishing Tea 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Cameron Waters – Caydan Waters Mid Florida Youth Anglers Hs 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Conner Watts – Bode Childers Lincoln County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Logan Williams – Eli Stiles Gallatin High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Dusty Wix – Gavin Jones Capital City Junior Bass Hunters 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Kyle Wood – Bradley Merritt Central Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
175. Claire Yearkey – Jeffrey McWaters Benjamin Russell Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
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BIG BASS OF TOURN
Jesse Lancaster Belhaven, NC 04-08 $0.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 60 569 1250-10
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60 569 1250-10

Palaniuk claims sixth Bassmaster Elite win at Lake Okeechobee

Brian Carter

March 2, 2025

Palaniuk claims sixth Bassmaster Elite win at Lake Okeechobee

Idaho’s Brandon Palaniuk wins the Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee in Okeechobee, Fla., with a four-day total weight of 95 pounds, 4 ounces.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

March 2, 2025

Palaniuk claims sixth Bassmaster Elite win at Lake Okeechobee

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — The gift that kept on giving finally stopped giving. Thankfully, that gift had given enough for Brandon Palaniuk to cruise across the finish line with a four-day total of 95 pounds, 4 ounces in the Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee.

“It’s so crazy how things happen for a reason,” Palaniuk said of a slow day that tested his resolve. “This morning, me and (seventh-place Greg DiPalma) were fishing next to one another and I watched him lose several big ones. I hate that and I love it, at the same time.

“I don’t wish that upon anyone, but if he would have caught those, I would have been sweating bullets. I could not get a bite, and then I just kept sticking with it and picking off one here and there.”

Starting strong with a third-place, first-round limit of 23-7, the pro from Rathdrum, Idaho, moved into the Day 2 lead by sacking up 34-10 — his personal best and the heaviest bag weighed in a Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee. That feat sent Palaniuk into Day 3 with a 9-12 lead over Day 1 leader DiPalma.

On Semifinal Saturday, the fish shied from the previous days’ pressure. Enduring a few painful losses and a close call that sent a big crankbait colliding with his face (no serious injury), Palaniuk caught 23 pounds and expanded his lead to an 18-3 advantage over Day 1 leader Greg DiPalma.

Palaniuk, a two-time Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year, endured a stingy Day 4 and sealed the deal with a final-round limit of 14-3. Edging John Garrett by 15-13 — the fourth-largest winning margin in Bassmaster Elite history and Palaniuk’s second double-digit win (also his first Elite win at Bull Shoals, 2012) — he collected the $102,000 top prize and his sixth blue trophy.

All week, Palaniuk has camped in a small stretch of the C-41A Canal, which flows southeast from Lake Istokpoga. The key location was a ridge with an adjacent trench passing between the high spot and the riprap bank.

“I think the biggest thing was this spot had deep water and spawning areas nearby and it allowed those fish to funnel through and replenish every day,” Palaniuk said. “The structure set up right for them to position and funnel into there.

“In the back of that trough was a flat that came off the bank. That created an area where those big females could get sun, and there was tons of bait that they could feed on.”

The final round started slowly for Palaniuk, as the early afternoon found him with only four fish for less than 10 pounds. Losing a key fish sent him huddling to his deck, but Palaniuk recomposed himself, got back to work and ended his day with a 5 1/2-pounder that crushed his Clutch The Boss glidebait.

After the first day’s weigh-in, Palaniuk noted that he cycled through a wide array of baits to determine what would trigger the fish. As the week went on, he dialed in a few key performers, including the Megabass Kanata jerkbait, a prototype Megabass crankbait and the hulking Megabass Big M 4.0.

He also caught fish on a KGB glidebait, a Neko-rigged green-pumpkin Zoom Magnum Finesse Worm, and an XZone Lures Muscle Back Craw punched through a hyacinth mat.

Reviewing this week’s accomplishment, Palaniuk said marking a half dozen Elite victories has stoked his fire for future achievement.

“We’re not done yet,” Palaniuk said. “I’m 15 years into it; I figure I have at least that many more. I feel like we’re just getting started.”

Hailing from Union City, Tenn., Garrett finished second with 79-7. After tying Chris Zaldain for 62nd place on Day 1 with 10-8, Garrett bolted into 12th place with a Day 2 limit of 22-7.

Adding 23-3 on Semifinal Saturday, Garrett rose to fourth before closing the event with a final limit of 23-5. Coming off a fourth-place finish at last week’s FXR Pro Fish Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River, Garrett anchored his Day 4 bag with a 7-4.

“This Florida swing has been absolutely unbelievable,” Garrett said. “Most of the time when I’m in Florida I take a righthand turn, and I was supposed to take a left, but every decision I’ve made the past two weeks has been the right one.”

Garrett fished a black and blue Strike King Hack Attack Swim Jig with a Strike King Rage Scounbug trailer and a Texas-rigged black and blue Strike King Rage Bug. He used the former in shallow water to locate aggressive fish, while the latter handled his flipping duties in deeper spots.

Kyoya Fujita of Yamanashi, Japan, took third with 77-4. His daily weights were 18-0, 11-15, 25-13 and 21-8.

Fujita did most of his work in the Rim Canal. On Day 4, he stayed east of the Taylor Creek area.

“I fished the canal because I practiced in the lake and everything had changed (from his previous visit in 2023),” Fujita said. “I found my fish on Livescope and fished a jighead minnow with a Jackall Driftfry and Deps Sakamata Shad.

David Gaston of Sylacauga, Ala., won the $2,000 award for Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with an 11-8. Gaston’s catch is the largest fish caught at Lake Okeechobee in Bassmaster Elite history. That fish also ranks as the 10^th-biggest and the 75th double-digit bass in Elite Series history.

Bernie Schultz of Gainesville, Fla., won the $1,000 BassTrakk Contingency award. Garrett won the $1,000 award for leading the Progressive Angler of the Year standings.

Palaniuk won the $2,000 Rapala Crush City Monster Bag award for his Day 2 limit of 34-10.

Garrett leads the Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 204 points. John Cox of Debary, Fla., is in second with 191, followed by Gaston with 183, Bill Lowen of Brookville, Ind., with 182 and Will Davis Jr of Sylacauga, Ala., with 182.

Evan Kung of Pickering, Canada, leads the Dakota Lithium Elite Series Rookie of the Year standings with 143 points.

Davis Jr also took home an additional $3,000 for being the highest-placing entrant in the Toyota Bonus Bucks program, while DiPalma earned $2,000 for being the second-highest placing entrant.

As part of the Yamaha Power Pay program, Palaniuk earned an additional $4,000 while Garrett claimed an additional $1,500 for being the second-highest placing entrant. Fujita and Gaston both earned $1,000 for being the third- and fourth-highest placing entrant, respectively.

Visit Florida hosted the event.

2025 Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee 2/27-3/2
Lake Okeechobee, Okeechobee FL.
Standings Day 4

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

1. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 20 95-04 104 $102,000.00
Day 1: 5 23-07 Day 2: 5 34-10 Day 3: 5 23-00 Day 4: 5 14-03
2. John Garrett Union City, TN 20 79-07 103 $21,500.00
Day 1: 5 10-08 Day 2: 5 22-07 Day 3: 5 23-03 Day 4: 5 23-05
3. Kyoya Fujita Yamanashi CA JAPAN 20 77-04 102 $15,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 11-15 Day 3: 5 25-13 Day 4: 5 21-08
4. Will Davis Jr Sylacauga, AL 20 76-05 101 $13,000.00
Day 1: 5 26-02 Day 2: 5 13-03 Day 3: 5 14-01 Day 4: 5 22-15
5. Bob Downey Detroit Lakes, MN 20 73-02 100 $11,750.00
Day 1: 5 11-15 Day 2: 5 21-13 Day 3: 5 17-11 Day 4: 5 21-11
6. David Gaston Sylacauga, AL 20 68-04 99 $14,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-11 Day 2: 5 23-14 Day 3: 5 21-10 Day 4: 5 08-01
7. Gregory DiPalma Millville, NJ 18 67-04 98 $11,000.00
Day 1: 5 29-12 Day 2: 5 18-09 Day 3: 5 14-09 Day 4: 3 04-06
8. Trey McKinney Carbondale, IL 20 65-09 97 $10,300.00
Day 1: 5 21-00 Day 2: 5 14-07 Day 3: 5 13-12 Day 4: 5 16-06
9. Jacob Foutz Charleston, TN 19 59-05 96 $10,200.00
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 19-01 Day 3: 5 17-07 Day 4: 4 09-02
10. Jason Christie Dry Creek, OK 17 54-05 95 $11,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 5 20-12 Day 3: 4 15-12 Day 4: 3 04-05
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1 Gregory DiPalma Millville, NJ 08-10 $500.00
1 Brandon Cobb Greenwood, SC 08-10 $500.00
2 David Gaston Sylacauga, AL 11-08 $1,000.00
3 Jason Christie Dry Creek, OK 07-11 $1,000.00
4 Will Davis Jr Sylacauga, AL 07-04 $500.00
4 John Garrett Union City, TN 07-04 $500.00

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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
David Gaston Sylacauga, AL 11-08 $2,000.00
RAPALA CRUSHCITY MONSTER BAG

Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 34-10 $2,000.00

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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 93 498 1261-13
2 95 497 1253-05
3 47 245 679-07
4 7 45 145-14
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242 1285 3340-07

Consistent Breeden Earns Victory at MLF Toyota Series at Lake of the Ozarks

Brian Carter

March 2, 2025

Consistent Breeden Earns Victory at MLF Toyota Series at Lake of the Ozarks

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (March 2, 2025) – The only man to catch a limit three days in a row, it’s fitting that pro Cole Breeden of Lebanon, Missouri, took the win in the Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats Plains Division event at Lake of the Ozarks . Weighing bags in the low teens every day, Breeden managed 13 pounds, 7 ounces on the final day and totaled 40-13 win on a week that featured incredibly tough fishing.

For the win, which is his second at the Toyota Series level, the young Missouri pro takes home $33,727, which will doubtless bolster his bank account amid the start of a busy tournament season. The win also automatically qualifies him for the Toyota Series Championship, which will be held in the fall on Grand Lake, where Breeden won the 2021 Abu Garcia College Fishing National Championship.

Finishing second with a 39-1 total, pro Andy Newcomb of Camdenton, Missouri, blasted 20-11 on the final day to move up from 11th place. Another Lake of the Ozarks stalwart, pro Brad Jelinek, of Lincoln, Missouri, finished third with 37-5.

A master with his forward-facing sonar, it was no surprise to see Breeden in the hunt this week. But, as the weights proved, simply pointing a transducer at a fish didn’t put it in the boat. Plenty of pros talked about fish blowing through umbrella rigs and never getting hooked or fish biting a jerkbait or jig and still getting off. Add in frigid water and a major shad kill (think pizzas steadily falling from the sky), and the fishing was extremely tough.

On the pro side of the event, anglers with full control of the boat and armed with all the best gear struggled. A stunning 43 pros double zeroed, failing to bring a keeper bass to weigh-in across two days of fishing. That list included some real luminaries, both locally and nationally – Dennis Berhorst, Casey Martin, Eric Olliverson and even the great Rick Clunn couldn’t catch one.

All told, it makes the fact that Breeden caught five every day seem pretty monumental, even though it’s ordinarily the bare minimum for tournament fishing. According to Breeden, even in practice, he was clicking with the lake at an above-average level.

“I practiced for three half days, and on my third day, I started finding fish, and I didn’t catch very many, but I was seeing groups of a lot of fish,” he said. “Like 10 to 30 bass on a spot, which was just crazy. So, I actually felt pretty good, because I had been talking to a lot of people that were talking about how tough it was, and nobody was really catching any bass. So, I actually did feel good going to the tournament – not for winning purposes, but maybe just making a check or a Top 10.”

The key for Breeden was fishing a lot of new water that fit the pattern he increasingly dialed as the event went on.

“The way I started finding fish was kind of on flat, secondary points,” he said. “And then in the tournament, I ran a mixture looking for new stuff, of flat secondary points and creeks or a real flat bank or a pocket in a creek. That’s the kind of stuff I was running – just looking for brush and looking for fish on the brush.

“I know there were fish on other stuff, too, but that was just a good way for me to find numbers of fish,” he outlined. “And I think that was the important thing – throwing in front of as many as possible. Because, if you talk to anybody in the Top 10, they found a ton of fish also, but it was almost impossible to get them to bite.”

Fishing brush in 12- to 18-feet, Breeden did the vast majority of his work with a jerkbait.

The key bait was either a Berkley Stunna 112+1 or a Berkley Stunna 112 in a worn out Table Rock colorway. For both baits, he used a 6-foot, 10-inch, medium-light Abu Garcia Fantasista X paired with an 8.3:1 Abu Garcia Zenon MG-X and 10-pound Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon.

Per Breeden, most of the bass would be near the bottom of the piles, and he needed to coax them into a feeding scenario.

“Most of them were on the bottom or close to the bottom,” he said. “Every now and then, there’d be one up in the top of the pile. But if there was a lot of fish there, most of them would be on the bottom, and then one or two would be high. And then it seemed like if there was a lot of fish there and I could throw my jerkbait in there for the first time, then if I got the attention of one, the whole school would come up. That was when I started catching them, whenever I could get the attention of all of them. Because usually the first one or two or three to come up to it wouldn’t eat it; it would be one that comes up from behind and gets to it.”

Getting the fish in the mood to feed required the perfect bait and the perfect presentation. A challenge considering the windy conditions, Breeden had to use all his wiles to put the bait where it needed to be.

“A lot of times I would be fishing it 15 foot deep, trying to get it down there,” he explained. “I had to make really long casts and just let my line sink. So, every cast was several minutes. And you couldn’t throw a weighted jerkbait, because they were moving so slow that if you threw a weighted jerkbait, it would sink past them by the time they really got to it or wanted to eat it. So, you really needed a suspending jerkbait, but you needed to let your line sink so that it would get deep enough to the fish. It was just a kind of a painful way to fish.”

On Day 3, Breeden added another wintertime trick into the rotation – a float ‘n’ fly. Using a homemade jig with bucktail and feathers on a 1/8-ounce Picasso head with a slip bobber, Breeden actually nabbed the key 5-pounder that gave him the win.

“I didn’t throw it all week because I was just trying to be efficient with my time,” Breeden said. “But today, I knew that I was going back to stuff that I had caught fish on and where I saw some bigger fish. So, I wanted something that would hopefully generate a bite.”

Essentially casting it out and letting it sit above the brush until a fish got interested, Breeden watched his 5-pounder eat on ‘Scope while his co-angler watched the bobber go down.

“I’m watching on LiveScope, and there’s so much slack in your line between the fish and your rod because the bobber is floating 15-foot above the fish,” he said. “So, the 5-pounder I caught today, I saw her eat it, but I didn’t feel it. And I just kept reeling, and finally, it got tight. But my co-angler said that my bobber was down for several seconds before I pulled into it.”

While Breeden seems to have a real knack for Grand Lake, as many Ozark anglers do, he hasn’t previously considered himself to be a favorite at Lake of the Ozarks.

“These guys here, they always catch them, and they catch big ones,” he said. “And I don’t know how they do it, but they do it pretty consistently. So, I pretty much did what I always do at Lake of the Ozarks, which is catch 13 pounds a day and take my check and go home. This one was just a bigger check.”

Now, he’s earned a big win on a historic fishery in maybe one of the toughest tournaments ever held there.

“Finally getting a big win against the competition that we have here just feels amazing,” Breeden said. “It’s a great start to the year, and obviously, I can use that as momentum. And, man, I’m fishing so many tournaments this year that my bank account was looking a little thin.”

The top 10 pros at the Toyota Series at Lake of the Ozarks finished:

1st:        Cole Breeden, Lebanon, Mo., 15 bass, 40-13, $33,727
2nd:       Andy Newcomb, Camdenton, Mo., 14 bass, 39-1, $14,069 (includes $1,000 Phoenix Bonus)
3rd:       Brad Jelinek, Lincoln, Mo., 13 bass, 37-5, $10,118
4th:        Adam Boehle, Warrenton, Mo., 10 bass, 36-12, $8,432
5th:        Travis Fox, Rogers, Ark., 11 bass, 35-7, $7,589
6th:        Jordan Hirt, Council Bluff, Iowa, 12 bass, 34-14, $6,745
7th:        Michael Harlin, Sunrise Beach, Mo., 13 bass, 33-11, $5,902
8th:        Justin Luetkemeyer, Osage Beach, Mo., 10 bass, 32-1, $5,559
9th:        Nathen Luce, Claremore, Okla., 11 bass, 30-12, $4,216
10th:     Drew Gill, Mount Carmel, Ill., 11 bass, 28-10, $3,373

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Pro Justin Luetkemeyer of Osage Beach, Missouri, earned Thursday’s $500 Berkley Big Bass Award with a bass weighing 5 pounds, 5 ounces. On Friday, pro Austin Culbertson of Moberly, Missouri, caught a 6-pound, 10-ounce bass and earned the $500 award.

Mark Sloan of Harrison, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division Saturday with a three-day total of five bass weighing 16 pounds, 15 ounces. Sloan earned the top co-angler prize package worth $34,050, including a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard motor.

The top 10 co-anglers at the Toyota Series at Lake of the Ozarks finished:

1st:        Mark Sloan, Harrison, Ark., five bass, 16-15, Phoenix 518 Pro boat w/115-hp Mercury outboard
2nd:       Dan Bowman, Osage Beach, Mo., seven bass, 15-0, $4,301
3rd:       Drew Boehle, Saint Charles, Mo., five bass, 12-3, $3,441
4th:        Douglas Guidorzi, Fenton, Mo., five bass, 12-1, $3,011
5th:        Alan Bernicky, Dardanelle, Ark., five bass, 10-8, $2,581
6th:        Todd Adamitis, Glen Carbon, Ill., three bass, 8-9, $2,151
7th:        Ryan Steinhoff, Beaulah, Colo., four bass, 8-9, $1,720
8th:        Anthony Scoma, Spring Hill, Kan., three bass, 7-13, $1,505
9th:        Robert Hunt, Ozark, Mo., three bass, 7-8, $1,290
10th:     Ken Coats, Tulsa, Okla., four bass, 7-7, $1,075

Co-angler Clayton Hale of Grove, Oklahoma, earned Thursday’s $150 Berkley Big Bass co-angler award with a 4-pound, 2-ounce bass, while Friday’s Day 2 $150 co-angler award went to tournament winner Mark Sloan, who brought a 5-pound, 11-ounce largemouth bass to the scale.

The Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats at Lake of the Ozarks was hosted by the Tri-County Lodging Association. It was the first of three regular-season tournament for the Toyota Series Plains
Division. The next event for the Toyota Series Plains Division will be April 8-10 on Kentucky and Barkley Lakes in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. For a complete schedule of events, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.

The 2025 Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats consists of five divisions – Central, Northern, Plains, Southern and the Southwestern – each holding three regular-season events, along with the International and Wild Card divisions. Anglers who fish in any of the five divisions or the Wild Card division and finish in the top 25 will qualify for the no-entry-fee Toyota Series Championship for a shot at winning up to $235,000 and a qualification to REDCREST 2026. The winning Strike King co-angler at the championship earns a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard. The 2025 Toyota Series Championship will be held Nov. 6-8 on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma, and is hosted by the City of Grove Convention & Tourism Bureau.

Proud sponsors of the 2025 MLF Toyota Series include: 7Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, BUBBA, Deep Dive App, E3 Sports Apparel, Epic Baits, Fishing Clash, Grizzly, Humminbird, Lew’s, Mercury, Minn Kota, Mossy Oak, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, Polaris, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Strike King, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, WIX Filters and YETI.

For complete details and updated information visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular Toyota Series updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the MLF5 social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Palaniuk builds huge lead in Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee

Brian Carter

March 1, 2025

Palaniuk builds huge lead in Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee

Idaho’s Brandon Palaniuk leads the Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee in Okeechobee, Fla., with a three-day weight of 81 pounds, 1 ounce.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

March 1, 2025

Palaniuk builds huge lead in Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Compared to Friday’s phenomenal performance, Brandon Palaniuk had a slow Day 3. However, his previous heroics, paired with a solid third-round effort kept the Rathdrum, Idaho, angler atop the standings for the Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee with a three-day total of 81 pounds, 1 ounce.

Palaniuk, a five-time Progressive Bassmaster Elite winner and two-time Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year, placed third on Day 1 with 23-7. A day later, he electrified the weigh-in by catching 34-10 — his personal best and the heaviest bag weighed in a Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee.

Carrying a lead of 9-12 into Semifinal Saturday, Palaniuk caught 23 pounds and expanded his lead to an incredible 18-3 advantage over Day 1 leader Greg DiPalma. He’s making no assumptions, but Palaniuk acknowledged a notable comparison to his first Elite Series trophy.

“What an unreal week it’s been,” Palaniuk said. “The very first Elite Series event I won (Bull Shoals Lake, 2012), they were dropping the water. It had dropped 7 feet in like two weeks, and I caught them on a deep crankbait.

“The water has been dropping here for almost seven weeks and I’m catching a lot of them on a crankbait. The irony in that is incredible.”

Palaniuk committed his day to the same spot he’s camped in since the start. Palaniuk’s running north of the takeoff site and fishing a canal off the Kissimmee River where a dam spillway creates feeding opportunities.

After catching his Day 2 megasack on aggressive moving baits, a slower third round saw him integrate a Neko-rigged green pumpkin Zoom Magnum Finesse Worm into his rotation. This, along with a Megabass Kanata jerkbait and a prototype Megabass crankbait produced his third day’s limit.

“I think pressuring the area for three days affected the fish,” Palaniuk said. “Three of us (also DiPalma and Tim Dube) beat on it pretty hard. I had some other opportunities; I just didn’t execute. I had one little window where I got them biting, but I just had too many missed opportunities.”

Explaining the obvious injury to his lower lip, Palaniuk pointed out another correlation to his first Elite win. During that Bull Shoals event, Palaniuk got a hook stuck in his finger and required an ER visit for removal.

Around 11 a.m. today he hastily scooped a fish that was barely hooked, and the awkward moment left the fish temporarily pinned to his face.

“One treble hook got stuck in my lip and one got stuck in my face,” Palaniuk said. “I had to take my face gaiter off and cut holes in it to get the treble hooks out. It was a little bit of a train wreck today.

“The hook in my lip wasn’t past the barb, so it popped right out. When the fish came up, she was one thrash from throwing the hook. I couldn’t stand that, so I’ll take a punch in the face.”

Palaniuk said he’ll devote his final day to the canal, but he’ll integrate lessons from his first three days. While he has moved throughout the canal, the key area is a high spot where fish move up to feed.

“Every day the wind has changed, so I’ve tried to adjust my angle,” Palaniuk said. “The biggest thing I’ve found is not blowing up on top of them.

“They’re not that deep, so they feel the boat presence. You’ll see them moving around, but they won’t bite, and they won’t set up correctly if you’re blowing up on top of them.”

Hailing from Millville, N.J., DiPalma opened with a Day 1 limit of 29-12, added 18-9 in the second round and earned his final-round berth with a Day 3 bag that went 14-9. For three days, he has started in the same canal as Palaniuk, but days 2 and 3 saw him include a spot 24 miles south into his game plan.

“I started in the canal today, got two keepers and then I ran to the same spot on the lake’s southwest side,” DiPalma said. “I literally put that fifth fish in the boat, and I said, ‘We’re going back.’

“I spent more time running than I did fishing today. As soon as I got back to the canal, I had maybe 20-30 minutes and I ended up catching a 6- or 7-pounder, which pretty much anchored my entire bag.”

DiPalma said his strategy centered on his final-round objective.

“I thought to myself, ‘It’s pretty important to make the Top 10, so I need a limit to, at least, make the Top 10,” he said. “I made the call to play it safe and then I went up there (to the canal) and got rewarded.”

David Gaston of Sylacauga, Ala., is in third place with 60-3. His daily weights were 14-11, 23-14 and 21-10.

Gaston has spent his time in the Indian Prairie Canal, where he’s mostly targeting prespawn fish that are coming out of the deeper channel and positioning along the riprap bank.

“You have to stick with that place all day, because there are a lot of big fish coming,” Gaston said. “Everything has been on a 1/2-ounce Chatterbait in the black/blue and golden shiner colors with a boot tail or minnow-style trailer.

“I can catch them on a wacky rig, a Texas-rigged worm and sometimes a frog, but a Chatterbait is the only thing I can keep in my hand and get them to bite on the bank, or out there in 3-4 feet of water. I can cover the whole place and comb it over.”

Gaston said the key to his presentation is to keep his bait low and grinding it along the rocks.

Gaston is in the lead for Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with an 11-8. Gaston’s catch is the largest fish caught at Lake Okeechobee in Bassmaster Elite history. That fish also ranks as the 10th biggest and the 75th double-digit bass in Elite Series history

John Garrett of Union City, Tenn., leads the Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 202 points. John Cox of Debary, Fla., is in second with 191, followed by Gaston with 186, Bill Lowen of Brookville, Ind., with 182, and Wes Logan of Springville, Ala., with 182.

Evan Kung of Pickering, Canada, leads the Dakota Lithium Elite Series Rookie of the Year standings with 143 points.

Sunday’s takeoff is scheduled for 7 a.m. ET at C. Scott Driver Park. The weigh-in will be held at the park at 3 p.m.

Bassmaster LIVE will be streaming on Bassmaster.com, and coverage will also be available on FS1 on Sunday from 8-10 a.m. Stay up-to-date on all tournament coverage at Bassmaster.com/how-to-watch/.

2025 Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee 2/27-3/2
Lake Okeechobee, Okeechobee FL.
Standings Day 3

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

1. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 15 81-01 104
Day 1: 5 23-07 Day 2: 5 34-10 Day 3: 5 23-00
2. Gregory DiPalma Millville, NJ 15 62-14 103 $500.00
Day 1: 5 29-12 Day 2: 5 18-09 Day 3: 5 14-09
3. David Gaston Sylacauga, AL 15 60-03 102 $1,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-11 Day 2: 5 23-14 Day 3: 5 21-10
4. John Garrett Union City, TN 15 56-02 101
Day 1: 5 10-08 Day 2: 5 22-07 Day 3: 5 23-03
5. Kyoya Fujita Yamanashi CA JAPAN 15 55-12 100
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 11-15 Day 3: 5 25-13
6. Will Davis Jr Sylacauga, AL 15 53-06 99
Day 1: 5 26-02 Day 2: 5 13-03 Day 3: 5 14-01
7. Bob Downey Detroit Lakes, MN 15 51-07 98
Day 1: 5 11-15 Day 2: 5 21-13 Day 3: 5 17-11
8. Jacob Foutz Charleston, TN 15 50-03 97
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 19-01 Day 3: 5 17-07
9. Jason Christie Dry Creek, OK 14 50-00 96 $1,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 5 20-12 Day 3: 4 15-12
10. Trey McKinney Carbondale, IL 15 49-03 95
Day 1: 5 21-00 Day 2: 5 14-07 Day 3: 5 13-12
11. John Cox Debary, FL 15 49-00 94 $7,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-06 Day 2: 5 25-04 Day 3: 5 11-06
12. Jordan Lee Cullman, AL 15 48-11 93 $7,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 5 14-05 Day 3: 5 19-02
13. Cliff Pace Ovett, MS 15 48-10 92 $7,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-09 Day 2: 5 21-04 Day 3: 5 16-13
14. Scott Canterbury Odenville, AL 15 48-04 91 $7,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-12 Day 2: 5 07-04 Day 3: 5 23-04
15. Tyler Williams Belgrade, ME 15 47-14 90 $7,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-06 Day 2: 5 16-15 Day 3: 5 16-09
16. Beau Browning Hot Springs National Pa 15 47-09 89 $6,500.00
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 25-12 Day 3: 5 08-13
17. Wes Logan Springville, AL 15 46-12 88 $6,500.00
Day 1: 5 15-03 Day 2: 5 13-12 Day 3: 5 17-13
18. Hank Cherry Jr Lincolnton, NC 15 46-06 87 $6,500.00
Day 1: 5 13-12 Day 2: 5 18-07 Day 3: 5 14-03
19. Bryant Smith Roseville, CA 15 45-02 86 $6,500.00
Day 1: 5 08-03 Day 2: 5 21-07 Day 3: 5 15-08
20. Taku Ito Dalton GA JAPAN 15 44-02 85 $6,500.00
Day 1: 5 13-13 Day 2: 5 10-05 Day 3: 5 20-00
21. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 15 44-02 84 $6,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-15 Day 2: 5 13-11 Day 3: 5 10-08
22. Lee Livesay Longview, TX 15 43-10 83 $6,000.00
Day 1: 5 09-12 Day 2: 5 19-13 Day 3: 5 14-01
23. Jake Whitaker Hendersonville, NC 15 43-04 82 $6,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 5 17-04 Day 3: 5 12-01
24. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 15 43-03 81 $6,000.00
Day 1: 5 20-12 Day 2: 5 09-06 Day 3: 5 13-01
25. KJ Queen Catawba, NC 15 43-03 80 $6,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-00 Day 2: 5 12-14 Day 3: 5 16-05
26. Paul Marks Cumming, GA 15 42-11 79 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 12-00 Day 3: 5 15-12
27. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 15 41-02 78 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 09-01 Day 2: 5 20-14 Day 3: 5 11-03
28. Cody Meyer Eagle, ID 15 41-01 77 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 20-03 Day 2: 5 08-12 Day 3: 5 12-02
29. Tyler Rivet Raceland, LA 15 40-12 76 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 5 10-15 Day 3: 5 16-08
30. Jay Przekurat Plover, WI 15 40-04 75 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 17-04 Day 2: 5 07-08 Day 3: 5 15-08
31. Kyle Patrick Cooperstown, NY 15 40-02 74 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 5 10-02 Day 3: 5 13-07
32. Logan Parks Auburn, AL 15 39-11 73 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 11-14 Day 2: 5 11-15 Day 3: 5 15-14
33. Chris Johnston Otonabee Ontario CANADA 15 39-02 72 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-12 Day 2: 5 12-15 Day 3: 5 09-07
34. Kyle Welcher Valley, AL 15 38-15 71 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 17-06 Day 2: 5 11-13 Day 3: 5 09-12
35. Brandon Cobb Greenwood, SC 15 38-08 70 $6,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 5 10-10 Day 3: 5 11-03
36. Cooper Gallant Bowmanville Ontario CAN 13 37-05 69 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 19-15 Day 2: 3 04-10 Day 3: 5 12-12
37. Bryan New Leesville, SC 13 37-03 68 $5,500.00
Day 1: 3 06-00 Day 2: 5 18-09 Day 3: 5 12-10
38. Timothy Dube Nashua , NH 11 37-03 67 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 18-03 Day 2: 4 14-13 Day 3: 2 04-03
39. Matty Wong Honolulu, HI 13 37-01 66 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 3 08-10 Day 3: 5 09-00
40. Cody Huff Ava, MO 15 36-15 65 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 14-14 Day 2: 5 13-09 Day 3: 5 08-08
41. Caleb Kuphall Mukwonago, WI 15 36-11 64 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 14-08 Day 2: 5 13-07 Day 3: 5 08-12
42. Patrick Walters Eutawville, SC 15 36-02 63 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-13 Day 2: 5 12-12 Day 3: 5 06-09
43. Ray Hanselman Jr Del Rio, TX 15 36-01 62 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 12-10 Day 2: 5 12-04 Day 3: 5 11-03
44. Bryan Schmitt Deale, MD 15 35-02 61 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 09-08 Day 2: 5 14-02 Day 3: 5 11-08
45. Hunter Shryock Ooltewah, TN 15 33-09 60 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 13-00 Day 3: 5 08-14
46. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 14 33-07 59 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 11-05 Day 2: 5 12-13 Day 3: 4 09-05
47. Drew Cook Cairo, GA 15 33-03 58 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 12-01 Day 3: 5 07-07
48. JT Thompkins Myrtle Beach, SC 15 32-08 57 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 10-12 Day 3: 5 06-13
49. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 15 31-08 56 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 10-07 Day 3: 5 07-06
50. Buddy Gross Chattanooga, TN 15 30-14 55 $5,500.00
Day 1: 5 08-15 Day 2: 5 14-07 Day 3: 5 07-08
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 93 498 1261-13
2 95 497 1253-05
3 47 245 679-07
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235 1240 3194-09

Palaniuk’s record-setting day pushes him to Lake Okeechobee lead

Brian Carter

February 28, 2025

Palaniuk’s record-setting day pushes him to Lake Okeechobee lead

Idaho’s Brandon Palaniuk leads the Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee in Okeechobee, Fla., with a two-day weight of 58 pounds, 1 ounce.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

Feb. 28, 2025

Palaniuk’s record-setting day pushes him to Lake Okeechobee lead

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Big Florida bass are notorious for making you wait for their feeding windows. Brandon Palaniuk knows the game, and his patience paid huge dividends with a phenomenal day that moved him atop the leaderboard for the Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee with a two-day total of 58 pounds, 1 ounce.

Palaniuk, the five-time Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series winner and two-time Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year from Rathdrum, Idaho, placed third on Day 1 with 23-7. Following a 90-minute Day 2 fog delay, Palaniuk returned to the canal spillway he fished a day earlier and sacked up 34-10 — his personal best and the heaviest bag weighed in a Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee.

Palaniuk heads into Semifinal Saturday with a lead of 9-12 over Day 1 leader Greg DiPalma.

“This is the most epic day I’ve ever had — pure insanity,” Palaniuk said. “I caught seven bass today.”

Palaniuk’s mega sack comprised two bass over 9 pounds, along with a 7 1/2, a 4-0, and one nearly 3 1/2.

“It was an absolute incredible day,” Palaniuk said. “It’s not like I caught a bunch. I had seven bites all day; I just had the right ones. All week I’ve been saying, ‘High hopes, low expectations.’

“That’s kinda carried me through, and I may live and die by that this week. Tomorrow, it’ll be the same thing. I’m in an area that has big ones, but it depends on if they show up or not.”

Returning to a Day 1 hotspot is nothing new, but Palaniuk’s tale defined persistence and confidence. Repeating the first day’s scenario, Palaniuk shared a key stretch with DiPalma, Will Davis Jr and Tim Dube.

The difference — a much slower start. Palaniuk caught a 4-pounder at 9 a.m. on a Megabass Kanata jerkbait, but the next two hours were lean.

Late morning found Palaniuk’s neighbors exploring other sections of the spillway canal and ultimately relocating, but he was too impressed with what he saw on his sonar screen. All alone when the late-morning light switch flipped, Palaniuk amassed the majority of his weight in about an hour and a half.

“Patience was a big thing,” Palaniuk said. “I knew I was inside the (Top 50) cut and I didn’t have anything else on this body of water that compared to that.

“I think having as tough of a practice as I did made it easier to stay. What else am I gonna do? I stuck it out and I was able to cycle through baits and figure out some different things that I didn’t figure out yesterday.”

On a day when many anglers opted for slower, coaxing techniques, Palaniuk stepped on the gas and challenged the fish to catch his moving baits. Going big and bold, he also caught fish on a prototype Megabass crankbait and a Megabass Big M 4.0.

Coming off the worst season of his professional career, in which he missed the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour cut, Palaniuk said this week’s success has brought much-needed encouragement.

“The thing I’ve learned in life is that a lot of my greatest moments come after my hardest times,” said Palaniuk. “The hardest times are usually followed by the greatest moments if you’re willing to push through.

“When I won my first Angler of the Year title in 2017, I finished 105th on (Lake Okeechobee), so to have the first two days that I’ve had now is pretty special. There’s definitely a little fire to make it happen this week.”

DiPalma, who hails from Millville, N.J., is in second place with 48-5. After topping the Day 1 standings with 29-12 — the event’s second largest bag — he added a Day 2 bag of 18-9.

DiPalma caught a 5-pounder on the spillway spot around 10 a.m. and, after enduring a dry spell, he relocated to a spot on the lake’s southwest side. Targeting hyacinth mats, he flipped a Texas-rigged Senko with a 1/4-ounce weight.

“Around 12:30, I had hardly anything, and I decided to make a 30-mile run and I caught (most of my weight),” DiPalma said. “I decided, ‘It’s really important to get a limit.’

“It’s funny, the area I ran to, all I caught in practice was 12-inchers, but today, every one I caught was 3 to 3 1/2 pounds. It’s like the females pulled in. I’m super excited to have what I had, but tomorrow, I’m digging in and locking down in that area.”

Davis, of Sylacauga, Ala., is in third place with 39-5. His daily weights were 26-2 and 13-3.

After catching only a 2-pound, 4-ounce bass on the spillway spot, Davis left and fished a creek mouth not far from his starting area. On that second location, Davis caught two of his keepers on a swim jig and a jerkbait.

Returning to the spillway around 1 p.m., he added three more keepers — two on a jerkbait and one on a large crankbait. Looking ahead to Day 3, Davis said he may look at other areas of the spillway, but he may leave the main spot to Palaniuk.

“If I had caught 20 pounds there today, it would be different, but I’m going to respect the leaders,” he said. “If the roles were reversed, they would do the same for me.”

David Gaston of Sylacauga, Ala., is in the lead for Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with an 11-8. Gaston’s catch is the largest fish caught at Lake Okeechobee in Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series history. That fish also ranks as the 10th biggest and the 75th double-digit bass in Elite Series history.

John Cox of Debary, Fla., leads the Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 196 points. John Garrett of Union City, Tenn., is in second with 194, followed by Bill Lowen of Brookville, Ind., with 190, Gaston with 184 and Davis with 183.

Beau Browning of Hot Springs National Park, Ark., leads the Dakota Lithium Elite Series Rookie of the Year standings with 152 points.

Saturday’s takeoff is scheduled for 7 a.m. ET at C. Scott Driver Park. The weigh-in will be held at the park at 3 p.m.

Bassmaster LIVE will be streaming on Bassmaster.com, and coverage will also be available on FS1 on Saturday from 8-11 a.m. and Sunday from 8-10 a.m. Stay up-to-date on all tournament coverage at Bassmaster.com/how-to-watch/.

Visit Florida is hosting the event.

2025 Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee 2/27-3/2
Lake Okeechobee, Okeechobee FL.
Standings Day 2

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

1. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 10 58-01 104
Day 1: 5 23-07 Day 2: 5 34-10
2. Gregory DiPalma Millville, NJ 10 48-05 103 $500.00
Day 1: 5 29-12 Day 2: 5 18-09
3. Will Davis Jr Sylacauga, AL 10 39-05 102
Day 1: 5 26-02 Day 2: 5 13-03
4. Beau Browning Hot Springs National Pa 10 38-12 101
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 25-12
5. David Gaston Sylacauga, AL 10 38-09 100 $1,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-11 Day 2: 5 23-14
6. John Cox Debary, FL 10 37-10 99
Day 1: 5 12-06 Day 2: 5 25-04
7. Trey McKinney Carbondale, IL 10 35-07 98
Day 1: 5 21-00 Day 2: 5 14-07
8. Jason Christie Dry Creek, OK 10 34-04 97
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 5 20-12
9. Bob Downey Detroit Lakes, MN 10 33-12 96
Day 1: 5 11-15 Day 2: 5 21-13
10. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 10 33-10 95
Day 1: 5 19-15 Day 2: 5 13-11
11. Timothy Dube Nashua , NH 9 33-00 94
Day 1: 5 18-03 Day 2: 4 14-13
12. John Garrett Union City, TN 10 32-15 93
Day 1: 5 10-08 Day 2: 5 22-07
13. Jacob Foutz Charleston, TN 10 32-12 92
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 19-01
14. Hank Cherry Jr Lincolnton, NC 10 32-03 91
Day 1: 5 13-12 Day 2: 5 18-07
15. Cliff Pace Ovett, MS 10 31-13 90
Day 1: 5 10-09 Day 2: 5 21-04
16. Tyler Williams Belgrade, ME 10 31-05 89
Day 1: 5 14-06 Day 2: 5 16-15
17. Jake Whitaker Hendersonville, NC 10 31-03 88
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 5 17-04
18. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 10 30-02 87
Day 1: 5 20-12 Day 2: 5 09-06
19. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 10 29-15 86
Day 1: 5 09-01 Day 2: 5 20-14
20. Kyoya Fujita Yamanashi CA JAPAN 10 29-15 85
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 11-15
21. Chris Johnston Otonabee Ontario CANADA 10 29-11 84
Day 1: 5 16-12 Day 2: 5 12-15
22. Bryant Smith Roseville, CA 10 29-10 83
Day 1: 5 08-03 Day 2: 5 21-07
23. Lee Livesay Longview, TX 10 29-09 82
Day 1: 5 09-12 Day 2: 5 19-13
24. Patrick Walters Eutawville, SC 10 29-09 81
Day 1: 5 16-13 Day 2: 5 12-12
25. Jordan Lee Cullman, AL 10 29-09 80
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 5 14-05
26. Kyle Welcher Valley, AL 10 29-03 79
Day 1: 5 17-06 Day 2: 5 11-13
27. Cody Meyer Eagle, ID 10 28-15 78
Day 1: 5 20-03 Day 2: 5 08-12
28. Wes Logan Springville, AL 10 28-15 77
Day 1: 5 15-03 Day 2: 5 13-12
29. Cody Huff Ava, MO 10 28-07 76
Day 1: 5 14-14 Day 2: 5 13-09
30. Matty Wong Honolulu, HI 8 28-01 75
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 3 08-10
31. Caleb Kuphall Mukwonago, WI 10 27-15 74
Day 1: 5 14-08 Day 2: 5 13-07
32. Brandon Cobb Greenwood, SC 10 27-05 73 $500.00
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 5 10-10
33. Paul Marks Cumming, GA 10 26-15 72
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 12-00
34. KJ Queen Catawba, NC 10 26-14 71
Day 1: 5 14-00 Day 2: 5 12-14
35. Kyle Patrick Cooperstown, NY 10 26-11 70
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 5 10-02
36. Drew Cook Cairo, GA 10 25-12 69
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 12-01
37. JT Thompkins Myrtle Beach, SC 10 25-11 68
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 10-12
38. Scott Canterbury Odenville, AL 10 25-00 67
Day 1: 5 17-12 Day 2: 5 07-04
39. Ray Hanselman Jr Del Rio, TX 10 24-14 66
Day 1: 5 12-10 Day 2: 5 12-04
40. Jay Przekurat Plover, WI 10 24-12 65
Day 1: 5 17-04 Day 2: 5 07-08
41. Hunter Shryock Ooltewah, TN 10 24-11 64
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 13-00
42. Cooper Gallant Bowmanville Ontario CAN 8 24-09 63
Day 1: 5 19-15 Day 2: 3 04-10
43. Bryan New Leesville, SC 8 24-09 62
Day 1: 3 06-00 Day 2: 5 18-09
44. Tyler Rivet Raceland, LA 10 24-04 61
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 5 10-15
45. Taku Ito Dalton GA JAPAN 10 24-02 60
Day 1: 5 13-13 Day 2: 5 10-05
46. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 10 24-02 59
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 10-07
47. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 10 24-02 58
Day 1: 5 11-05 Day 2: 5 12-13
48. Logan Parks Auburn, AL 10 23-13 57
Day 1: 5 11-14 Day 2: 5 11-15
49. Bryan Schmitt Deale, MD 10 23-10 56
Day 1: 5 09-08 Day 2: 5 14-02
50. Buddy Gross Chattanooga, TN 10 23-06 55
Day 1: 5 08-15 Day 2: 5 14-07
51. Evan Kung Pickering Ontario CANAD 10 23-06 54
Day 1: 5 13-07 Day 2: 5 09-15
52. Alex Redwine Blue Ash, OH 10 23-05 53
Day 1: 5 13-03 Day 2: 5 10-02
53. Shane LeHew Catawba, NC 10 23-04 52
Day 1: 5 14-01 Day 2: 5 09-03
54. Dakota Ebare Brookeland, TX 10 22-12 51
Day 1: 5 08-14 Day 2: 5 13-14
55. Cole Sands Johnson City, TN 10 22-12 50
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 11-01
56. Kyle Norsetter Cottage Grove, WI 10 22-11 49
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 5 08-12
57. Randy Howell Guntersville, AL 10 22-09 48
Day 1: 5 11-05 Day 2: 5 11-04
58. Brad Whatley Bivins, TX 10 22-04 47
Day 1: 5 09-02 Day 2: 5 13-02
59. Justin Atkins Florence, AL 10 22-02 46
Day 1: 5 09-12 Day 2: 5 12-06
60. Ben Milliken Omaha, NE 10 21-15 45
Day 1: 5 13-06 Day 2: 5 08-09
61. Blake Capps Muskogee, OK 10 21-15 44
Day 1: 5 12-08 Day 2: 5 09-07
62. Jonathan Kelley Old Forge, PA 10 21-14 43
Day 1: 5 09-10 Day 2: 5 12-04
63. Tucker Smith Birmingham, AL 10 21-07 42
Day 1: 5 13-01 Day 2: 5 08-06
64. Robert Gee Knoxville, TN 10 21-05 41
Day 1: 5 05-07 Day 2: 5 15-14
65. Jason Williamson Aiken, SC 8 21-05 40
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 3 08-03
66. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 10 21-03 39
Day 1: 5 11-06 Day 2: 5 09-13
67. Wesley Gore Clanton, AL 10 21-00 38
Day 1: 5 12-11 Day 2: 5 08-05
68. Jacob Powroznik North Prince George, VA 10 20-14 37
Day 1: 5 10-00 Day 2: 5 10-14
69. Emil Wagner Marietta, GA 9 20-12 36
Day 1: 5 13-12 Day 2: 4 07-00
70. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 10 20-11 35
Day 1: 5 09-12 Day 2: 5 10-15
71. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 10 20-10 34
Day 1: 5 08-06 Day 2: 5 12-04
72. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 10 20-09 33
Day 1: 5 10-00 Day 2: 5 10-09
73. Seth Feider Elko New Market, MN 9 20-08 32
Day 1: 4 06-13 Day 2: 5 13-11
74. Luke Palmer Coalgate, OK 10 20-07 31
Day 1: 5 11-09 Day 2: 5 08-14
75. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 10 20-06 30
Day 1: 5 11-00 Day 2: 5 09-06
76. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 10 20-04 29
Day 1: 5 05-04 Day 2: 5 15-00
77. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 10 20-03 28
Day 1: 5 09-10 Day 2: 5 10-09
78. Brandon Card Salisbury, NC 10 19-15 27
Day 1: 5 07-07 Day 2: 5 12-08
79. Matt Robertson Kuttawa, KY 10 19-13 26
Day 1: 5 12-03 Day 2: 5 07-10
80. Matt Arey Shelby, NC 10 19-03 25
Day 1: 5 10-02 Day 2: 5 09-01
81. Jeff Gustafson Kenora, ON Ontario CANA 10 19-00 24
Day 1: 5 09-13 Day 2: 5 09-03
82. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 10 18-15 23
Day 1: 5 09-14 Day 2: 5 09-01
83. Joey Cifuentes III Clinton, AR 9 18-11 22
Day 1: 4 05-07 Day 2: 5 13-04
84. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 10 18-11 21
Day 1: 5 08-10 Day 2: 5 10-01
85. Carl Jocumsen Queensland TN AUSTRALIA 9 18-04 20
Day 1: 4 11-07 Day 2: 5 06-13
86. Cory Johnston Otonabee CANADA 10 18-02 19
Day 1: 5 09-06 Day 2: 5 08-12
87. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 10 17-15 18
Day 1: 5 08-03 Day 2: 5 09-12
88. Andrew Loberg Guntersville, AL 9 17-13 17
Day 1: 4 07-06 Day 2: 5 10-07
89. Chad Pipkens Dewitt, MI 10 17-13 16
Day 1: 5 10-05 Day 2: 5 07-08
90. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 10 16-13 15
Day 1: 5 08-10 Day 2: 5 08-03
91. Austin Felix Eden Prairie, MN 10 16-10 14
Day 1: 5 07-04 Day 2: 5 09-06
92. Ed Loughran III Richmond, VA 10 16-08 13
Day 1: 5 07-07 Day 2: 5 09-01
93. Easton Fothergill Grand Rapids , MN 10 16-07 12
Day 1: 5 08-11 Day 2: 5 07-12
94. Jamie Hartman Newport, NY 8 16-00 11
Day 1: 3 06-00 Day 2: 5 10-00
95. Kenta Kimura Osaka OK JAPAN 10 15-15 10
Day 1: 5 09-13 Day 2: 5 06-02
96. Justin Hamner Northport, AL 8 15-08 9
Day 1: 3 04-15 Day 2: 5 10-09
97. Marc Frazier Newnan, GA 10 15-08 8
Day 1: 5 06-01 Day 2: 5 09-07
98. Pat Schlapper Eleva, WI 9 15-04 7
Day 1: 4 07-12 Day 2: 5 07-08
99. Logan Latuso Gonzales, LA 8 14-15 6
Day 1: 5 12-01 Day 2: 3 02-14
100. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 10 14-09 5
Day 1: 5 08-08 Day 2: 5 06-01
101. Alex Wetherell Middletown, CT 9 13-15 4
Day 1: 4 05-15 Day 2: 5 08-00
102. Chris Zaldain Boyd, TX 7 13-02 3
Day 1: 5 10-08 Day 2: 2 02-10
103. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
103. Scott Martin Clewiston, FL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
———————————————————————–

PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1 Gregory DiPalma Millville, NJ 08-10 $500.00
1 Brandon Cobb Greenwood, SC 08-10 $500.00
2 David Gaston Sylacauga, AL 11-08 $1,000.00

———————————————————————–
Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 93 498 1261-13
2 95 497 1253-05
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188 995 2515-02

Scott Farmer Wins CATT Bass Kings Lake Murray, SC Feb 22, 2025

Brian Carter

February 28, 2025

Scott Farmer Wins CATT Bass Kings Lake Murray, SC Feb 22, 2025

The next BassKings event is April 5th at John C Land on Santee Cooper! Remember you must enter 3 to be eligible to enter the May 3rd Final on Lake Murray $5,000 1st Place!

FOR THIS SERIES ONLY – Must enter 3 BassKing Qualifiers to be eligible for the Lake Murray Final!
FOR THIS SERIES ONLY – You may pay for 1 event and not be present and it will count toward Final Qualification!

Scott Farmer wins Lake Murray with 5 bass weighing 24.22lbs and took home $2,400.00 with only 18 Anglers entered!

Guys you cannot beat this payback! Make plans to be at the Next BassKings event!

BassKings	BF	Weight	Winnings	Points
Scott Farmer	6.39	24.22	$2,400.00	110
Corey Casey	6.75	22.53	$1,260.00	109
Josh Rennebaum	0.00	20.41	$200.00	108
Tyson Alvanos	0.00	19.78		107
Sean Anderson	0.00	17.16		106
Brock Taylor	0.00	16.48		105
Michael Stribble	0.00	15.38		104
Ben Lee	0.00	15.24		103
Paul Selle	0.00	13.03		102
Lonnie Jones	0.00	0.00		92
Kevin Fulmer	0.00	0.00		92
Nelson Walker	0.00	0.00		92
Brandon Jeffcoat	0.00	0.00		92
Carl Smith	0.00	0.00		92
John Ray	0.00	0.00		92
Chris Epting	0.00	0.00		92
Dylan Sills	0.00	0.00		92

Championship			$920.00
Points			$500.00

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The next BassKings event is April 5th at John C Land on Santee Cooper! Remember you must enter 3 to be eligible to enter the May 3rd Final on Lake Murray $5,000 1st Place!

FOR THIS SERIES ONLY – Must enter 3 BassKing Qualifiers to be eligible for the Lake Murray Final!FOR THIS SERIES ONLY – You may pay for 1 event and not be present and it will count toward Final Qualification!

Scott Farmer wins Lake Murray with 5 bass weighing 24.22lbs and took home $2,400.00 with only 18 Anglers entered!

Guys you cannot beat this payback! Make plans to be at the Next BassKings event!

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FOR THIS SERIES ONLY – Must enter 3 BassKing Qualifiers to be eligible for the Lake Murray Final!
FOR THIS SERIES ONLY – You may pay for 1 event and not be present and it will count toward Final Qualification!