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Beating the Heat: And catching Monster Bass By Bruce Callis Jr.

Bruce Callis
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Beating the Heat: And catching Monster Bass By Bruce Callis Jr.

Beating the Heat:
And catching Monster Bass
Bruce Callis Jr.

Summer is getting really hot. The humidity is actually the killer. Makes it so it is difficult to breathe. But, it is difficult to not go fishing. And especially if you have a tournament. What’s a body to do but suck it up, drink plenty of fluids, and be careful.
And with ICAST over, and those new lures we will look forward to finally getting them in our hands. But for the most part, it will be months before we get them. So what do we do until then? Go back to what we know will work!
And right now, bass are scattered and can be very difficult to catch. Well, mostly anyway. Where are they and what do we use? The water is hot, and it is going to get even hotter with the heat wave moving through. The bass will be split into two groups. Those who will move deeper in search of cooler water and those who will stay up shallow and find those cool spots.
And if you happen to be fishing in a place without that deep water, it gets very difficult. But shallow is still the answer. Early morning and late evening are really the prime times for bass, and to stay a little cooler. For me, I have a variety of baits that I depend on for catching those shallow bass.
My first choice is the Missile Baits DStroyer Texas rigged. I love to pitch this around any cover, especially lay downs. It gives off enough action to draw in the finicky bass and those looking for a big meal. I like to use a Gamakatsu Heavy Cover straight shank hook and a 1/8 ounce Woo Tungeston weight on 20 pound Seaguar AbrazX fluorocarbon. Depending on the bass, I will switch this up with a Missile Baits DBomb at times, especially when the cover is thick.
My second choice is a Missile Baits Ike’s Mini Flip paired with a Mini Chunk on Seaguar AbrazX 20 pound fluorocarbon. I prefer 3/8 ounce for this, as I use it just as I do the soft plastic. Just make sure to work it slow and hop it. For beginners, it’s all about learning the feel of what you are hitting. That stick that bends and pulls back always feels so good. Yes, I’m guilty of setting the hook on a few as I learned to work a jig.
A topwater bait is always a good choice. A buzzbait, a walking bait, a popper, and a frog are all great choices. For around the lily pads, I really love to use a SPRO Bronzeye Frog. Keep it simple with colors. I like to use black and a natural bluegill color. I do like to use 65-pound Seaguar Smackdown braid for the pads. I want to make sure I have a line heavy enough to get them out if they get down in the pads.
For open water, I have a difficult time sticking to just one bait. A buzzbait can really be a great way to draw them in and up, but you really have to keep it moving constantly. For those times I want to work around or over something, a walking bait or a popper is my choice. I will switch between them until the bass let me know what they want.
And you have to have a wacky-rigged worm. For beginners or the pro, this bait just flat out catches bass. They may not always be those big monsters, but they can be. I like to use a 10 pound Seaguar InvizX fluorocarbon leader to a braid main line. My main choices are a Missile Baits 48 and a Magic Worm. Both work great and offer two different fall rates. Just pay attention to your line as you let it fall on a slack line.
For deeper water, I like a variety of baits. One of my favorites is the SPRO Aruku Shad. A lipless crankbait can be worked at a variety of depths, from shallow out to the deepest depths. It works especially well over grass. I like to use 10 pound Seaguar InvizX as it allows it to drop faster and less lift.
Summer is getting hotter, but it doesn’t mean you can’t catch monster bass. Pay attention to what the bass are doing and what they are telling you. Sometimes you may have to really work an area carefully and sometimes you just need to keep moving. Let the bass tell you. If you get a hit, pay attention. And drink plenty of fluids.





Fishing Top to Bottom in Summer!

Brian Carter
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Fishing Top to Bottom in Summer!
During the summer, bass don’t all retreat to deep, cool waters as many anglers assume. While some fish will hold in deeper areas, others remain in shallower zones thanks to shade, current, or an abundance of food. Shallow grass beds, docks, and areas with steady water flow often provide enough cover and oxygen to keep bass comfortable. Understanding this behavior allows anglers to avoid solely targeting deep water and instead fish multiple depth zones throughout the day. By focusing on environmental factors like shade and forage availability, anglers can locate fish in surprising areas even during hot weather. Keeping an open mind about depth is essential to catching more bass in challenging summer conditions. Many anglers find success by scanning the entire water column before settling on one pattern. Checking shallow cover early in the morning and then moving deeper as the sun climbs often produces steady bites. Electronics can help identify bass suspended at mid-depths or holding tight to structure, preventing wasted time in unproductive areas. Observing baitfish activity is equally important, as bass are more likely to stay near easy feeding opportunities than strictly follow temperature changes. This awareness allows anglers to adapt quickly, stay efficient, and consistently find fish no matter how hot the weather gets.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. Each is scented for complete and total attraction underwater along with being made in the USA by real fishermen just like you. We’ve recently dropped a new HellaMite Pro Pack that is loaded with 60 total baits in all six proven colors, plus three Owner Block Head Ned Jigs and a handy storage bag. This kit has everything you need to stay rigged and ready year-round. Grab our newest Lil Bass, Hot Sauce, MidNight, Glow, 10w30 Synthetic, Slimer Green, and Barbie Pink HellaMite colors. We’ve also recently restocked our popular Smoke Purple HellaMite. The HellaMite’s solid body and hyperactive ribbed tail design produce a life-like quivering action with every twitch of the rod. Its 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.
Shaded areas near grass beds, docks, and overhanging trees are prime spots to target bass holding higher in the water column. Anglers can wake soft plastics such as lizards insect larvae, or beetles across the surface to mimic vulnerable prey. The key is to keep the lure moving just fast enough to create a surface disturbance without diving below. This type of presentation that resemble small animals or insects struggling on the surface often trigger explosive strikes from ambushing bass. By fishing these shaded zones early, late, or during cloudy periods, anglers can capitalize on fish actively feeding near the top. A slow, steady retrieve combined with occasional pauses is often enough to entice bites from bass hiding under cover. The quiet approach of soft plastics is ideal for pressured waters where bass have become wary of louder surface lures. Using lighter line and longer casts helps avoid spooking fish, especially in clear water. Anglers should pay attention to wind direction because calm water often makes surface presentations more realistic and easier to detect strikes. Watching for swirls, small baitfish skipping, or insect activity near shade can help pinpoint feeding areas. These techniques give anglers an edge when targeting bass that prefer cooler, shaded zones and ambush prey from below.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, and the 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 that triggers strikes!
Shallow wood cover, such as submerged logs and stumps, attracts bass throughout the summer because it provides ambush points and shade. Anglers can use soft plastic options like cray-styled baits or beetles to create a similar reaction bite. Casting past the cover and working the lure into and around wood structure gives fish a natural-looking meal passing through their territory. Quick bursts of speed and contact with cover often trigger a strike from bass that might otherwise ignore slower presentations. Shallow areas are often replenishing spots, so anglers can return multiple times a day and continue catching fish. This approach offers a natural alternative for pressured waters where traditional lures might spook fish. Using a heavier soft plastic setup can help maintain contact with cover and improve hook sets when fishing around thick wood. Anglers should focus on making precise casts to specific targets, like the ends of logs or root balls, to maximize strike potential. Pausing the bait briefly after bumping into cover can simulate injured prey and often draws an immediate bite. Fishing wood cover requires patience and multiple angles, as bass may hold tight to one side of the structure depending on current or sunlight. These techniques build confidence and produce consistent results in some of the most reliable shallow summer locations.The new FreshBaitz Lizards deliver a realistic profile that excels in both power and finesse techniques. Act fast, we’ve recently just released new Hot Sauce, MidNight, Ghost, and 10w30 Synthetic 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.
Vegetation-rich areas often hold large numbers of bass during the hot summer months. Fishing along weed edges or pitching into pockets within the vegetation with soft plastics like beetles or cray-styled baits can be highly effective. Drop speed plays a critical role, too fast and the bait may pass by uninterested fish, while too slow may seem unnatural. A moderate-weight setup that allows for controlled, vertical presentations works best to entice bites. Two techniques often excel, swimming a soft plastic along weed edges or pitching directly into holes for a vertical drop. By paying close attention to where and how fast the bait falls, anglers can consistently catch bass using vegetation as cover. Heavier vegetation may require stronger line and a stout rod to pull fish out quickly once hooked. Anglers should also look for transition areas where one type of vegetation meets another, as these edges often hold more active bass. Working the bait from multiple angles helps determine the most productive presentation for the day. Keeping weedless rigs ensures fewer snags and smoother presentations through thick cover. This approach allows anglers to confidently work through heavy vegetation and reach bass that many others overlook.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!
Brush piles in 12 to 20 feet of water provide shelter and ambush opportunities for bass during summer heat. A Texas-rigged worm, ideally 5-7 inches or longer, can reach these fish effectively when dragged slowly through the cover. Positioning the boat on the deeper side of the structure and casting beyond it allows the angler to work the bait naturally through the limbs. Lifting and dropping the worm through branches covers suspended fish while also presenting it to those on the bottom. Varying retrieve speed helps match fish activity levels, often requiring slower presentations when bites are scarce. This method is excellent for anglers looking to target bass that have moved deeper but are still holding tight to cover. Electronics can help identify brush piles and pinpoint exactly where fish are holding before making a cast. Anglers should also pay attention to how the worm moves after contact with a limb, as small twitches often trigger reaction strikes. Using a heavier weight helps the bait fall quickly into the strike zone, especially in deeper brush or when current is present. Maintaining steady pressure on the line helps detect subtle bites, which are common when fish are less aggressive. This catches bass in hot weather and builds confidence in fishing deeper structure effectively.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 MidNight, Glow, and Ghost Worms! Our popular Watermelon Red 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, Electric 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 — 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.
Bass behavior changes day to day and even hour to hour depending on weather, light, and fishing pressure. Faster-moving presentations like swimming soft plastics across the surface or through mid-depth areas can trigger reaction strikes when fish are aggressive. However, when bass become sluggish, slowing down with a worm or insect larva along the bottom often works better. Experimenting with retrieve speed, pause length, and movement intensity allows anglers to find what bass are willing to bite. It’s often necessary to start fast and gradually slow down until a pattern emerges. Mastering this adaptability is key to turning a tough day into a productive one. Paying attention to water clarity and temperature can help determine how bass respond to speed changes. In cooler mornings or after weather fronts, slower presentations often outperform fast-moving lures. Conversely, on warm, stable days, bass may chase faster-moving baits as they feed more aggressively. Keeping multiple rods rigged with different presentations saves time and allows quick adjustments when activity levels shift. Over time, learning how to read these subtle behavioral cues builds confidence and improves overall consistency on the water.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!
Summer bass can be anywhere in the water column, from the surface to the bottom, depending on temperature, oxygen levels, and food sources. Focusing on one depth zone limits an angler’s potential, so it’s best to have multiple techniques ready for different conditions. Surface wake baits, mid-depth soft plastics, and bottom-focused worms each cover different parts of the water column. Switching between approaches based on where baitfish and cover are located ensures no opportunities are missed. This top-to-bottom strategy allows anglers to adapt quickly as conditions change throughout the day. The more versatile your game plan, the greater your chances of consistently catching bass in summer heat. Anglers who monitor seasonal patterns and water conditions are better equipped to predict where bass are likely to position. Using electronics to scan for suspended fish or bait schools can help determine which depth zone to focus on first. Rotating through techniques keeps fish from becoming conditioned to one specific presentation. Having a balanced setup of surface, mid-depth, and bottom gear ensures you can adjust instantly without wasting time re-rigging. This adaptability is what separates successful anglers from those who struggle when conditions change unexpectedly.We have a wide variety of terminal tackle to choose from, but we’ve 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. Owner Mosquito Hooks work for dropshotting and perfectly accommodates a wide range of soft plastics. 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. The popular All Purpose Hooks are built with an extra-wide gap and are made to accommodate a wide range of soft plastics. 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! 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 precious 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 released 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 water, mud, and grime. It’s lightweight yet spacious, it fits snugly in your tackle box or backpack, making it perfect for your next adventure.





Mad Scientist Tackle’s Ghost Shad features powerful and proven UV coatings on a popular lure design

Brian Carter
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Mad Scientist Tackle’s Ghost Shad features powerful and proven UV coatings on a popular lure design
The Ghost of Fishing’s Future
Mad Scientist Tackle’s Ghost Shad features powerful and proven UV coatings on a popular lure design
FINLAYSON, MN (July 28, 2025) – When it comes to versatility for fishing situations and species, it’s hard to beat lipless rattlebaits. From shallow to deep, the angler can control what the bait’s doing and exactly how to fish it for maximum results. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, walleyes, pike, lake trout, wipers, stripers, and even inshore species—the rattlebait is the Swiss Army Knife of lures, catching about everything with fins, scales, and an appetite. Meet the Mad Scientist Tackle Ghost Shad and elevate your rattlebait game. 
GHOST SHAD (Green/Holographic Basecoat)
Besides its forage-matching shad profile, agitating action, and raucous rattle, the Ghost Shad features Mad Scientist Tackle’s exclusive and advanced APEX Vision coatings, which include seven colors: red, blue, green, gold, pink, and natural for the highest possible visibility in the visible, UV and infrared light spectrums. Plus, holographic scale patterns help with the reflectivity and baitfish-mimicking to produce a rattlebait that summons bites unlike any that have come before it. “From crankin’ green bass or smallies, pitching walleyes, to vertical jigging for lake trout, and more, the Ghost Shad is just a producer. It’s been used side by side with other rattlebaits and just plain outperforms thanks to its APEX Vision coating,” said Mad Scientist Tackle Sales Director and hardcore angler, Patrick Kalmerton.“If want to cover water, it’s hard to beat the Ghost Shad. It’s a power fishing wonder. And the Ghost Shad not only looks good to fish in all water clarities – its built-in rattle chamber attracts them from afar, too. The visual and audible properties combine into something special.”
Kalmerton added: “With bass anglers, pink is popular, as are blue and green, which reflect like baitfish and young-of-the-year scales. We’ve had great results on bass with those colors. Plus, to match the hatch of fall-spawning cisco (tullibee), walleye and pike anglers have had extremely positive results on natural.” Kalmerton concluded: “If you’re putting together that survival kit tackle box with baits that just produce fish, you’re going to want to include the Mad Scientist Tackle Ghost Shad.”
Natural/Holographic Basecoat
Pink/Holographic Basecoat
Blue/Holographic Basecoat
Gold/Holographic Basecoat
Ghost Shad FEATURES:Hyper-realistic design for relentless strikesBuilt-in rattle chamber for maximum attractionVersatile for all fishing techniques and environmentsEquipped with razor-sharp, high-carbon steel hooksAvailable in a variety of APEX Vision colorsBuilt tough to handle the fiercest fightsMSRP: $8.99
About APEX Vision Colors: Made For the Way Fish SeeAll Mad Scientist Tackle baits start off as either nude, pearl, or black base lures that are then customized through a multistage process whereby they end up in an APEX Vision coating, which radiate color in the visible, UV, and infrared spectrums, mimicking real baitfish scales and making it highly visible to predatory fish. Available colors include red, blue, green, gold, pink, natural, and cisco-colored, which is designed to mimic pelagic baitfish and radiates UV light farther than any of the company’s other coatings. And for some baits – like select topwaters and Ghost Shad – you can also choose the pattern in shadow or holographic scale application, finetuning the look.The novel coatings were developed to appeal to the way fish see, creating flashing iridescent colors in visible, UV, and infrared spectrums that attract fish from farther than ever.Here are recommendations for when to use each APEX Vision color: 
Choose Your GHOST SHAD Color
APEX +RED: Proven to entice reaction bites, Apex +RED imitates bleeding baitfish so perfectly that predatory fish can’t resist. It’s also the best choice for fishing in the green, algae blooms of late summer. 
APEX +BLUE: In stained to dark water, APEX +BLUE outperforms other colors. Thanks to the iridescent flash of the lure, fish see it in stained to murky water conditions with low light. 
APEX +GREEN: One of the best colors on any body of water, APEX +GREEN resembles young-of-the-year and other baitfish. It works best in spring and summer in clear and stained water. 
APEX +GOLD: Gold is a standard in every angler’s arsenal, but APEX +GOLD has brought fishing to a whole new level. It resembles a school of baitfish/minnows and is a great choice year ‘round in any water color. 
APEX +PINK: One of the most popular colors to attract predator fish from a distance. It works well in clear and stained water conditions. 
APEX +NATURAL: Resembles crayfish and gives off a more natural presentation, especially when fishing near rocks. It performs well in clear and stained water.





Rochester’s Jagdfeld Picks Up Second Career Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Detroit River

Brian Carter
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Rochester’s Jagdfeld Picks Up Second Career Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Detroit River
Boater winner Aaron Jagdfeld of Rochester, Michigan, and co-angler winner Mark Lyons of Marion, Indiana.
Indiana’s Lyons Tops Co-Angler Division

TRENTON, Mich. (July 28, 2025) – Boater Aaron Jagdfeld of Rochester, Michigan, caught a five-bass limit weighing 25 pounds, 5 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on the Detroit River Presented by Lew’s. The tournament was the third event of the season for the BFL Michigan Division. Jagdfeld earned $3,926 for his victory.

“I’ve been chasing another one of these for a while,” said Jagdfeld, whose last win came in an MLF Abu Garcia College Fishing event back in 2021. “To finally get it done feels incredible – especially on such a stacked body of water like this one.”

Jagdfeld made the long run north and set up on Lake St. Clair, where he committed to covering as much water as possible. He struck early with two big bites in the morning, but things quickly cooled off under cloudy skies. Rather than panic or hunker down, Jagdfeld stayed mobile – a decision that proved to be the turning point in his day.

“It was a grind for a while,” he said. “The bite just shut down, but I had a spot in the back of my mind that I’d seen in practice. When the sun finally popped out around noon, I had a hunch those fish might lift off the bottom, and that’s exactly what they did. I pulled up and saw them five feet off the bottom, and they were tanks.”

Jagdfeld’s winning area was isolated and unpressured, a stark contrast from the boat traffic he faced earlier in the day.

“In the morning I was around a bunch of guys, but in the afternoon I didn’t see another boat,” he said. “I think that really helped. I was able to settle in and focus on getting the right bites.”

Armed with forward-facing sonar and a Rapala Crush City Freeloader rigged on a VMC Hybrid jighead, Jagdfeld picked apart the water column and put together a limit of heavyweight smallmouth that ultimately sealed the deal.

“That setup was key,” he explained. “The Freeloader let me target those fish when they were suspended just off the bottom, and I was able to trigger some really aggressive bites.”

In total, Jagdfeld estimates he caught about 30 fish over the course of the day. His co-angler also found success, bringing in three quality bass for 8-1/4 pounds. While many anglers made the move to St. Clair due to a tougher bite elsewhere, Jagdfeld believes the timing of his decision was the difference.

“St. Clair’s just starting to turn on right now, and I think I hit it right,” he said. “It’s only going to get better over the next few weeks, but today I had it all to myself when it counted.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:        Aaron Jagdfeld, Rochester, Mich., five bass, 25-5, $3,926
2nd:       Chris Hellebuyck, White Lake, Mich., five bass, 23-0, $1,963
3rd:       Nolan Mandel, Kimball, Mich., five bass, 22-9, $1,309
4th:        Julian Sweet, Flint, Mich., five bass, 22-6, $916
5th:        Trent Wilt, Manitou Beach, Mich., five bass, 21-12, $785
6th:        Mike Trombly, Belleville, Mich., five bass, 21-11, $720
7th:        Noah Stauffer, Gowen, Mich., five bass, 21-9, $654
8th:        Scott Dobson, Clarkston, Mich., five bass, 20-14, $589
9th:        Brock Vogel, Perrysburg, Ohio, five bass, 20-8, $523
10th:     Matt Mosby, Dryden, Mich., five bass, 20-7, $458

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Boater Matt Mosby of Dryden, Michigan, caught a bass that weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, and earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $530.



Mark Lyons of Marion, Indiana, won the co-angler division and $1,963 Saturday, after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 12 pounds, 13 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:        Mark Lyons, Marion, Ind., three bass, 12-13, $1,963
2nd:       Erick Schenavar, Newport, Mich., three bass, 11-12, $981
3rd:       Justen Fain, Springfield, Ohio, three bass, 11-11, $655
4th:        Terry Bucciarelli, Ypsilanti, Mich., three bass, 11-9, $458
5th:        Dan Beach, Clarkston, Mich., three bass, 11-8, $377
5th:        Albert Davis, Wayne, Ohio, three bass, 11-8, $377
7th:        Cullan Parker, Lorain, Ohio, three bass, 11-6, $327
8th:        Robert Hernandez, Canton, Mich., three bass, 11-5, $294
9th:        Scott Davis, Morenci, Mich., three bass, 10-15, $262
10th:     Max Sato, Troy, Mich., three bass, 10-14, $229

Co-anglers Anthony Gilmore of Livonia, Michigan, and Adam Suliman of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, both caught bass weighing 5 pounds, 9 ounces, to split the co-angler Berkley Big Bass award of $265.

After three events, Nolan Mandel of Kimball, Michigan, now leads the Fishing Clash Michigan Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 745 points, while Scott Sims of Morgantown, Indiana, leads the Fishing Clash Michigan Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 728 points.

The next event for BFL Michigan Division anglers will be held Aug. 23 at the Detroit River out of Trenton, Michigan. To register for the event as a boater or a co-angler, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com or call (270)-252-1000.

The top 60 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 3-4 BFL Regional tournament on Lake Erie out of Sandusky, Ohio. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top award of $20,000.

The 2025 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 134 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 60 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of 12 BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top three, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American.

Proud sponsors of the 2025 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, BUBBA, Deep Dive App, E3 Sport Apparel, Epic Baits, Fishing Clash, Grizzly, Humminbird, Lew’s, Li Time Batteries, Mercury, Minn Kota, Mossy Oak, Mystik Lubricants, 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 tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular Bass Fishing League updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.





Johnston Goes Wire-to-Wire to Win Tackle Warehouse Invitational Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River

Brian Carter
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Johnston Goes Wire-to-Wire to Win Tackle Warehouse Invitational Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River

Canadian pro smashes limit weighing 24-9 Sunday to slam the door on tournament and win $80,000 top prize

MASSENA, N.Y. (July 27, 2025) – Canadian pro Chris Johnston continued his strong track record on the St. Lawrence River with an impressive wire-to-wire victory Sunday at Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Stop 6 Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches. Johnston weighed in 76 pounds, 1 ounce over three days, making long runs nearly to Lake Ontario each day to seal the win in dominant fashion.

The victory marked Johnston’s second career win at the FLW Tour or Invitationals level, his first coming in 2018 on Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes. With this latest triumph, Johnston earned an $80,000 payday and further solidified his reputation as one of the top smallmouth anglers in the sport.

While several other anglers cracked the 67-pound mark – including Hayden O’Barr, Banks Shaw, Brent Anderson, and Clay Reece – none could keep pace with Johnston, who pulled away from the field with a stellar Day 2 performance.

Though the Johnston family’s success on the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario may not be inevitable, this weekend made it feel pretty close.

Link to Photo Gallery of Day 3 Championship Sunday Weigh-In
Link to Photo Gallery of Day 3 on-the-water Highlights: Scooping up big St. Lawrence Smallmouth on Championship Sunday
Link to Video of Fish-Catch Highlights of Day 3 from the St. Lawrence River

After making a long run on Day 1, Johnston wasn’t exactly feeling the love from his favorite river early on.

“I went to some spots that were new to me, to be honest,” he said. “I found them in practice and made a long run to them, and they were pretty loaded in practice. I was pretty excited. And, I had four spots where I thought they were all 4 1/2-plus, and there were five to 10 fish per spot.

“Some of them were gone, some wouldn’t bite, and the wheels started spinning,” he said. “It was 11:00. I had two hours left to fish. And I’m like, ‘I’ve got to get out of this area.’”

Luckily, Johnston is long on experience on the St. Lawrence, and he had some good backup stuff in the tank.

“I went to a different section of the river, and I landed on a couple spots, and they were biting every spot,” he said. “I just stayed in the other zone where I caught them at the end of the day, and it produced every day. I probably shouldn’t leave that area again, to be honest.”

When his closest competition faltered on Day 2, Johnston was able to go into Day 3 with a solid lead. Though he didn’t immediately catch the winning bag, he wasn’t nervous for long.

“I’ve been super close many times on the St. Lawrence with MLF or FLW in the past,” he said. “I won my first Toyota Series here four or five years ago in Massena. This is my second time back, so it’s been good to me. I’ve led on the St. Lawrence probably four or five times and blew it on the final day, so there’s always a little nerves going out there, but catching a few early kind of took the nerves away and it made for a pretty good day fishing today.”

Fishing mostly familiar water, Johnston stayed fairly deep and drifted a lot and used LiveScope and a minnow some.

For drifting, Johnston mostly used a 3/8-ounce Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Tube, and he used a minnow on a 5.3-gram Gamakatsu Horizon Jig Head. Launching his baits on a Daiwa Tatula Elite with an 8-pound Seaguar Tatsu leader, he used 16-pound Seaguar PEX8 braid, which he thinks made a big difference in his presentations. 

“It’s the best [braid] I’ve ever used, but the key is being able to get your bait a long ways away from the boat,” he said. “Even ‘Scoping, my LiveScope is set out to 100 feet. I still have to cast further than that because the current sucks my bait down. When it’s actually in the strike zone, it’s usually 70, 80 feet from my boat, but you’ve got to cast 130 feet to get it down there.”

Running close to Ontario every day, Johnston mixed old standards with some new places and tweaks to come out on top yet again.

“I hit a couple spots that have been good to me in the past,” Johnston said. “I saw boats on them in practice, and there weren’t any in the tournament, which shocked me. But that’s part of the reason is because they’re so hard to catch. So, just knowing they’re there and just figuring out a way to get them to bite was the key this week, and then, finding a couple new areas.

“I’d never caught them on a few areas where I caught them in this tournament,” he added. “So, it’s not just going to fish the same old water. You’ve got to relocate them every year, because it seems like if you find a new spot, they seem to bite a little better. They don’t necessarily live there all year, but if they’re there for a week and you can find them on that little staging point, you can put a little hurting on them.”

The top 30 pros at the Invitationals Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches finished:

1st:        Chris Johnston, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 15 bass, 76-1, $80,000
2nd:       Hayden O’Barr, Scottsboro, Ala., 15 bass, 68-8, $30,000
3rd:       Banks Shaw, Harrison, Tenn., 15 bass, 67-14, $20,000
4th:        Brent Anderson, Kingston Springs, Tenn., 15 bass, 67-9, $18,000
5th:        Clay Reece, Lexington, Ky., 15 bass, 67-3, $17,000
6th:        Nick Hatfield, Chuckey, Tenn., 15 bass, 66-12, $16,000
7th:        Brett Carnright, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 15 bass, 66-7, $15,000
8th:        Mitchell Robinson, Landrum, S.C., 15 bass, 66-4, $14,250
9th:        Lane Olson, Forest Grove, Ore., 15 bass, 65-14, $13,000
10th:     John Murray, Spring City, Tenn., 15 bass, 65-16, $13,000
11th:     Jacob Walker, Springville, Ala., 15 bass, 65-5, $10,750
12th:     Jon Canada, Helena, Ala., 15 bass, 65-5, $10,000
13th:     John Levesque, Nashua, N.H., 15 bass, 65-4, $10,000
14th:     Brian Latimer, Belton, S.C., 15 bass, 65-4, $10,000
15th:     Jordan Wiggins, Cullman, Ala., 15 bass, 64-9, $10,000
16th:     Shaw Grigsby, Gainesville, Fla., 15 bass, 63-15, $10,000
17th:     Ethan Greene, Eufaula, Ala., 15 bass, 63-12, $10,000
18th:     Marty Robinson, Lyman, S.C., 15 bass, 62-10, $10,000
19th:     Bradley Roy, Lancaster, Ky., 15 bass, 62-7, $10,000
20th:     Keith Poche, Pike Road, Ala., 15 bass, 62-2, $10,000
21st:      Keith Carson, DeBary, Fla., 15 bass, 61-8, $9,000
22nd:    Kyle Cortiana, Broken Arrow, Okla., 15 bass, 61-8, $9,000
23rd:     Chris Lane, Guntersville, Ala., 15 bass, 61-8, $9,000
24th:     Blake Smith, Lakeland, Fla., 15 bass, 61-1, $9,000
25th:     Joshua McGeary, Mount Pleasant, Pa., 15 bass, 60-10, $9,000
26th:     Andrew Nordbye, Guntersville, Ala., 15 bass, 58-5, $9,000
27th:     Marshall Hughes, Hemphill, Texas, 14 bass, 57-10, $9,000
28th:     Drew Gill, Mount Carmel, Ill., 15 bass, 56-12, $9,000
29th:     Bobby Lane, Lakeland, Fla., 15 bass, 56-11, $9,000
30th:     Gary Miller, Colborne, Ontario, Canada, 15 bass, 54-9, $9,000

Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Overall, there were 149 bass weighing 620 pounds, 15 ounces caught by the final 30 pros on Sunday. The catch included 29 five-bass limits.

Although the season-long points titles were decided on Saturday, the final day of competition at Stop 6 of the Tackle Warehouse Invitationals was needed to solidify the full roster of anglers earning Bass Pro Tour invitations. Pro Banks Shaw of Harrison, Tennessee, capped an outstanding rookie season by winning both the Fishing Clash Angler of the Year and Polaris Rookie of the Year titles – a rare and impressive double crown.

Joining Shaw in the final points top five were pros Mitchell Robinson, Jacob Walker, Bobby Lane, and Dustin Smith. All but Lane – a current Bass Pro Tour pro – secured invitations to fish the 2026 Bass Pro Tour season. Should they accept, the new class of anglers brings a wealth of talent and momentum to the league, with several poised to make an immediate impact at the sport’s highest level.

The three-day MLF Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches was hosted by the Town of Massena and featured professional bass anglers competing for a top prize of up to $115,000 and valuable points to qualify for the 2025 Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Championship in September. The full field of anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Friday and Saturday in a five-fish, weigh-in format. Only the top 30 pros, based on their two-day cumulative weight, advanced to the final round on Championship Sunday.

Television coverage of the MLF Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches will air as a two-hour episode, premiering at 9 a.m. ET, on Saturday, Nov. 1 on CBS Sports Network.

The next event for Invitationals anglers will be the MLF Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Championship at the Mississippi River in La Crosse Presented by Phoenix Boats, set for Sept. 5-7 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Proud sponsors of the 2025 MLF Tackle Warehouse Invitationals include: 7Brew Coffee, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Bubba, Deep Dive, E3 Sport Apparel, Epic Baits, Fishing Clash, Grizzly, Humminbird, Lew’s, Mercury, Minn Kota, Mossy Oak, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Polaris, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Strike King, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, WIX Filters and YETI.

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





Grigsby announces retirement from pro fishing By Bryan Brasher

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Grigsby announces retirement from pro fishing By Bryan Brasher

Grigsby announces retirement from pro fishing
By Bryan Brasher


Shaw Grigsby has spent the bulk of his professional fishing career teaching us all that it’s OK to smile and have fun while competing at the highest level.
For those of us who appreciate the technical side of the sport, the Florida native also taught lessons about sight fishing for bedding bass that blew us all away.
And while he may not be done imparting wisdom, he’s officially done applying that wisdom to professional competition.
Grigsby announced last week that he’s retiring from the sport after a career that began way back in 1977 with the Bassmaster Florida Invitational on the St. Johns River. He finishes with nine top-level wins and nearly $2.5 million in career earnings.
“I have been so blessed to be able to make professional fishing my career for more than 40 years,” said Grigsby, who most recently fished with Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour after previous stints with B.A.S.S. and FLW. “I have worked with so many people and companies that I am proud to have represented.”
Grigsby’s many aliases include the “sight master” and the “sight-fishing king” in reference to his unmatched ability to spy and catch bedding bass — a skill he first developed on the clear-water fisheries of his home state.
In addition to his nine victories, Grigsby qualified 16 times for the Bassmaster Classic and twice for FLW’s Forrest Wood Cup. He finished 64 times in the Top 10 of tournaments at the highest level of the sport.
His trademark mustache, ear-to-ear smile and downhome personality made him a fan favorite and helped him establish a major following for his own television show, One More Cast with Shaw Grigsby — a program that aired for the first time back in 1997.
In competition, Grigsby’s first win came in 1988 at the Bassmaster Invitational on Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Texas. His final win came in the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series event on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Florida, but Grigsby was constantly in the thick of things, finishing in the Top 20 more than 100 times and earning a check in more than 200 high-end events.
His accomplishments were enough to hold the respect of his competitors for his entire career.
“Shaw and I have been friends for as long as I can remember — and looking back, it’s not just the on-the-water lessons I gained from our friendship,” said fellow Florida pro Bernie Schultz. “It’s also his attitude and approach to the sport and the outdoors in general. He’s a true teacher with a driving passion to share his knowledge.”
Now that he’s done with pro fishing, Grigsby plans to focus on being a full-time husband, father and grandfather — and a part-time alligator hunter. He’s licensed by the State of Florida to trap and remove nuisance gators, and he and his grandson Bryce have caught and relocated several of the massive reptiles that measured more than 10 feet and weighed as much as 600 pounds.
Grigsby’s legacy was cemented long ago, and he was inducted into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame back in 2017. Now he can look back on one of the finer careers in the history of the sport.
“I have been in this career for so long and to have been a part of the greatest industry has been a true joy,” Grigsby said. “I am proud to have been able to do it for so long. I’m thankful to all of the people who made it possible.”





John Proctor & Jacob Barfield win the CATT Phantom on the Waccamaw River with 5 bass weighing 18.02 lbs!

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John Proctor & Jacob Barfield win the CATT Phantom on the Waccamaw River with 5 bass weighing 18.02 lbs!

Another great day on the Waccamaw River in South Carolina! Yes, it was hot but it’s always hot in July, and these guys know how to catch ’em!

Remember guy,s by fishing the Phantom this past Saturday, you are eligible to enter the Waccamaw Summer Final on Aug 9!

We had 25 teams enter and paid back a total of $8,575.00!

July 25, 2026, in the date for the Phantom Outdoors on the Waccamaw River! Make plans to be there and win BIG!!

John Proctor & Jacob Barfield win the Phantom on the Waccamaw River with 5 bass weighing 18.02 lbs! They collected a total of $4,625.00! They also received 2 $100 Lews Strike King Gift Cards and 2 Academy Gift Cards!

Mark Johnson & Gary Pope earned 2nd with 5 bass weighing 16.51 lbs and they took home $2,100.00!

Chase Marshall & Brian Howard claimed 3rd with 5 bass weighing 15.42 lbs! $600 total winnings!

Nick Gant & Patrick Cook took home $550.00 for their 4th Place finish with 5 bass weighing 15.32 lbs!

5th Place Chris Jones & Ed Owens 14.47 lbs!

Jonathan Sutton & James Gibbons weighed in the 1st BF at 6.11 lbs! They also received 2 Academy Gift Cards!

Danny Martin & Britt Brown weighed in the 2nd BF at 5.19 lbs!

They also received 2 Academy Gift Cards!

TeamBFWeightWinnings
John Proctor – Jacob Barfield4.9918.02$4,625.00
Gary Pope – Mark Johnson4.9416.51$2,100.00
Chase Marshall – Brian Howard3.7415.42$600.00
Nick Gant – Patrick Cook0.0015.32$550.00
Chris Jones – Ed Owens4.0014.47
Keaton Harrelson – Shawn Todd4.0714.38
Will Hardee McGuirt – Hayes Hudson4.1913.18
Andrew Vereen – Dustin Powell3.9712.66
Casey Warren – Bennett Lawshe3.4012.60
Joey & Danny McLean0.0012.40
James Gibbons – Jonathan Sutton6.1112.36$250.00
Jonathan Hammond – Hagan Garrison0.0012.14
Danny Martin – Britt Brown5.1911.25$100.00
Matthew Mitchell – Travis Spivey0.0011.22
Marshall Sasser – George Gore0.0010.85
Michael Dennis – Bill Moore0.0010.67
Thomas Hepstall0.0010.66
Jesse Norris – Mike Gerrald2.2310.61
Trey Cribb – Dylan McConnell0.009.97
Noah Jones – Timmy Williamson0.008.34
Bradley Canady – Houston Spivey0.007.26
Garrett Tyler0.006.72
Robby Byrum – Eric Cox0.000.00
Jeremy & Wilson Hewitt0.000.00
Chris & Simie Wren0.000.00





Eigbrett wins weather-shortened Kayak Series at Lake Champlain

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Eigbrett wins weather-shortened Kayak Series at Lake Champlain

New York’s Bailey Eigbrett has won the Newport Bassmaster Kayak Series at Lake Champlain presented by Native Watercraft with a total of 100.25 inches.

Photo by Mark Cisneros/B.A.S.S.

July 26, 2025

Eigbrett wins weather-shortened Kayak Series at Lake Champlain

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Bailey Eigbrett entered the Newport Bassmaster Kayak Series at Lake Champlain presented by Native Watercraft with one goal; qualify for the 2026 Bassmaster Kayak National Championship in Knoxville.

Not only did he accomplish that goal, but he also claimed a big trophy to add to his mantle.

The Cheektowaga, N.Y., angler claimed the victory in his home state, landing a limit of smallmouth measuring 100.25 inches. Eigbrett’s total included three smallies measuring 20 inches, a 20.5-incher and a 19.75-incher, enough to edge out Pennsylvania’s Nick Audi, who finished second with 100 inches. 

“To win one of these is absolutely awesome. Knocking this one down in the home state is very special to me,” Eigbrett said. 

Scheduled as a two-day event, anglers launched this morning hoping Day 2 on Lake Champlain would go on as planned. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other ideas. Forecasts called for strong SSE winds on Sunday and guidance from the National Weather Service indicated an increasing risk for strong thunderstorms, forcing tournament officials to cancel the final day.   

Anglers were notified through TourneyX around midday that Saturday would be the one and only day of the tournament. While disappointing, it wasn’t entirely unexpected, nor did it change Eigbrett’s approach.

“I was still going to throttle down on the fish regardless,” the Serious Angler Podcast host said. “I did think I would have a better shot to win today, because I didn’t know what I was going to do tomorrow with the wind.”

Saturday’s tournament hours featured sunny and mostly calm conditions across most of Lake Champlain, and the limits reflected that. Thirty-seven of the 158 angler field landed limits of 90 inches or better while the 86th-place finisher caught 80 inches. In total, 104 limits were recorded. 

While an excellent largemouth fishery, Eigbrett knew smallmouth were going to be the key to winning. He focused most of his attention on a 300-yard stretch where smallmouth had a choice to either feed on schools of 6- to 7-inch alewives near the surface or perch hanging out near the bottom of the lake in 50 to 60 feet of water. 

A Rapala CrushCity Mooch Minnow produced all his bites. For the smallmouth near the surface, he rigged the Mooch Minnow on a 3/16-ounce Owner Range Roller jighead. He used a 3/8-ounce Cipher tungsten jighead to get down to the perch eaters.

“A lot of the damage was done on the 3/8-ounce,” Eigbrett said. “A lot of the time they were traveling very high up in the water column or they would be on bottom eating bait and start rising toward the surface. I would time the cast so that when they were rising, my bait fell to them.

“I could tell on Live when they acknowledged my bait. I’d kill it, then start twitching it and reeling it back to the boat pretty quickly actually and make them chase it.”

Before heading out to his primary area, Eigbrett started on a hard break on the end of an island and landed his initial limit in short order. That initial limit, however, included one of his 20-inchers, something he was not expecting that spot to produce.

“It was just a limit spot full of 17 and 18-inchers,” he said. “My first cast was a 20-incher, a nice bonus fish. Really started the good vibes for the day.”

Once he had recorded his limit, he headed out to his primary area and by 8 a.m., he had landed two more 20-inch smallmouth. 

“I started getting into some pretty good fish,” he said. “I was just doing figure 8’s with my MEGA Live 2 rigged on my Sniper Marine pole. I just tried to run into as many bass as I could and hoping for the big bites. When I caught my fourth 20-incher I knew I had a chance to do something special. I had never been able to catch 100 inches in a tournament, so it was pretty dang cool to do it in this event.”

Connecticut’s Ryan Nye finished third with 99 inches followed by Jake Angulas in fourth with 98.75 inches and Matt Kiefer in fifth with 98.25 inches. West Virginia’s Jody Queen landed a 21-inch largemouth, earning Big Bass of the Tournament honors and a $500 bonus as well as a sixth-place finish. 

All 158 anglers earned points towards the Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Kayak Series Angler of the Year race.

Final results from the Newport Bassmaster Kayak Series at Lake Champlain presented by Native Watercraft are scored by TourneyX and can be found here.

The Adirondack Coast and Discover Plattsburgh hosted this tournament.

2025 Bassmaster Kayak Series Title Sponsor: Newport

2025 Bassmaster Kayak Series Presenting Sponsor: Native Watercraft
2025 Bassmaster Kayak Series Angler of the Year Sponsor: Dakota Lithium





Johnston Extends Lead, Shaw Clinches AOY at Tackle Warehouse Invitational Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River

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Johnston Extends Lead, Shaw Clinches AOY at Tackle Warehouse Invitational Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River

Canadian pro catches limit weighing 25-12 for second consecutive day to maintain control heading into final day

MASSENA, N.Y. (July 26, 2025) – At roughly 10:45 a.m. EST on Saturday, MLFNOW! analyst Rob Newell made the unofficial call as Canadian pro Chris Johnston wrestled with a fat St. Lawrence River smallmouth on Day 2 of Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Stop 6 Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches.

“I believe the Johnston beatdown is in full effect right now,” Newell quipped as Johnston fought the fish to the boat, referring to the Canadian pro’s 20-plus-pound morning and his burgeoning lead on the rest of the field.

That fish – a rotund 4 1/4-pound smallie built more like an Opah than a bass – resulted in a 3/4-pound cull that boosted Johnston to a 4-pound lead at the time. He would add to that lead shortly, culling up two more times in the next 90 minutes to cross the 25-pound mark and boost his cushion to 6 pounds. Johnston finished the day with 25-12 for the second straight day, giving him a two-day total of 51-8 and leaving Clay Reece (47-1), John Murray (44-14), Shaw Grigsby (44-12) and the rest of the Top 10 a tall hill to climb to catch the peerless Canadian pro.

“If your name is Johnston, you can lay claim to this river,” Newell said, referring to the success that Chris, his brother Cory and father Lynn have enjoyed on the St. Lawrence system for years.

Pro Banks Shaw, meanwhile, caught a modest bag of 17-5 to fall from second place to 11th. But while he’ll likely concede the battle on the St. Lawrence to Johnston, the Tennessee pro easily won the war: Shaw wrapped up the 2025 Fishing Clash Angler of the Year and Polaris Rookie of the Year titles by a wide margin. He’ll finish the season with a 60-plus-point gap over second place and take home bonuses of $50,000 for AOY and a Polaris Ranger 1000 UTV for ROY – plus an invitation to fish the Bass Pro Tour in 2026.


Link to Video of Fish-Catch Highlights of Day 2 from the St. Lawrence River

Heading into Saturday – the one day of competition without live sonar – many studious tournament fans had Johnston pegged as the most dangerous angler in the field. The Mercury pro’s knowledge of the St. Lawrence supplied him with a selection of key spots where he knew 5- and 6-pounders live. The potential speed bump, though, was that he was “maybe 50/50” in his confidence he could get them to bite.

“I wasn’t overly confident or thinking that it was a guarantee by any means,” Johnston said. “In the back of my mind, I knew that I could go catch maybe 19 to 22 pounds fishing some other stuff, but those places don’t have fish that will get you a 25 to 28 pounds. Fishing that way, you can easily not catch a fish. I didn’t go there knowing that I was going to catch 25 pounds.”

Johnston’s go-for-broke plan was rewarded quickly, though, as he connected with the first of a steady enough supply of 4 1/2- to 5-pounders while drifting big-fish haunts that he’s accumulated since he was 18 years old (“Doing it old school,” Johnston said). By 11 a.m., his livewell held over 22 pounds of smallmouth; it was up to 24 by noon, en route to the only 25-plus-pound bag of the day. Johnston’s morning success was in stark contrast to Day 1, when he struggled (by his standards) through much of the day before culling up to 25-12.  

Johnston will head into Championship Sunday with an opportunity to collect his third major win on the St. Lawrence (he won a Toyota Series Northern Division event in 2021 and a Bassmaster Elite Series in 2023), and a chance to add $80,000 to his career winnings on a river that’s already accounted for roughly 25% of the $1.6 million he’s earned on the major tours to date.

“This is a fun tournament for me,” Johnston said. “It’s an awesome, high-stakes tournament where I don’t have to worry about points. I’m here to win. I can just go out and swing for the fences again (Sunday). I’m going with the same plan. I might fish one or two more areas that I didn’t get to Saturday and hit a couple spots that I can maybe fish a little more effectively with LiveScope. I may go out and catch 17, but I’m going to go where the big ones live and try to crack another 25-12.”

The top 30 pros advancing to the final day of competition on the St. Lawrence River are:

1st:        Chris Johnston, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 10 bass, 51-8
2nd:       Clay Reece, Lexington, Ky., 10 bass, 47-1
3rd:       John Murray, Spring City, Tenn., 10 bass, 44-14
4th:        Shaw Grigsby, Gainesville, Fla., 10 bass, 44-12
5th:        Ethan Greene, Eufaula, Ala., 10 bass, 44-8
6th:        Hayden O’Barr, Scottsboro, Ala., 10 bass, 44-6
7th:        Marshall Hughes, Hemphill, Texas, 10 bass, 44-1
8th:        Brent Anderson, Kingston Springs, Tenn., 10 bass, 43-11
9th:        John Levesque, Nashua, N.H., 10 bass, 43-9
10th:     Lane Olson, Forest Grove, Ore., 10 bass, 43-3
11th:     Brian Latimer, Belton, S.C., 10 bass, 42-14
12th:     Banks Shaw, Harrison, Tenn., 10 bass, 42-13
13th:     Marty Robinson, Lyman, S.C., 10 bass, 42-11
14th:     Drew Gill, Mount Carmel, Ill., 10 bass, 42-10
15th:     Mitchell Robinson, Landrum, S.C., 10 bass, 42-7
16th:     Bradley Roy, Lancaster, Ky., 10 bass, 42-5
17th:     Keith Carson, DeBary, Fla., 10 bass, 42-3
18th:     Blake Smith, Lakeland, Fla., 10 bass, 42-3
19th:     Nick Hatfield, Chuckey, Tenn., 10 bass, 42-0
20th:     Keith Poche, Pike Road, Ala., 10 bass, 42-0
21st:      Jordan Wiggins, Cullman, Ala., 10 bass, 41-15
22nd:    Jacob Walker, Springville, Ala., 10 bass, 41-8
23rd:     Joshua McGeary, Mount Pleasant, Pa., 10 bass, 41-8
24th:     Kyle Cortiana, Broken Arrow, Okla., 10 bass, 41-7
25th:     Jon Canada, Helena, Ala., 10 bass, 41-6
26th:     Bobby Lane, Lakeland, Fla., 10 bass, 41-3
27th:     Chris Lane, Guntersville, Ala., 10 bass, 40-14
28th:     Brett Carnright, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 bass, 40-12
29th:     Andrew Nordbye, Guntersville, Ala., 10 bass, 40-10
30th:     Gary Miller, Colborne, Ontario, Canada, 10 bass, 40-8

Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Overall, there were 433 bass weighing 1,578 pounds, 15 ounces caught by 87 pros Saturday. The catch included 85 five-bass limits.

Saturday’s $1,000 Berkley Big Bass Award went to pro Jordan Wiggins of Cullman, Alabama, who brought a bass weighing 6 pounds, 3 ounces to the scale.

The three-day MLF Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches is hosted by the Town of Massena and features professional bass anglers competing for a top prize of up to $115,000.

In Tackle Warehouse Invitationals competition, the full field competed in the two-day opening round on Friday and Saturday in a five-fish, weigh-in format. Only the top 30 pros, based on their two-day cumulative weight, now advance to the final round on Championship Sunday, where they will compete for the grand prize of up to $115,000. The winner of the Tackle Warehouse Invitational Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches is determined by the heaviest three-day cumulative weight.

The final 30 anglers will launch at 6:30 a.m. ET Sunday from the Massena Intake Boat Launch, located at 1415 State Highway 131 in Massena, New York. The Championship weigh-in will be held at the boat launch and will begin at 2:30 p.m. Fans are welcome to attend all launch and weigh-in events and also encouraged to follow the event online throughout the day on the MLFNOW!® live stream and coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

The MLFNOW! broadcast team of Chad McKee and Rob Newell will break down the extended action live on Championship Sunday from 7 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. ET. MLFNOW! will be live streamed on MajorLeagueFishing.com, the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app and Rumble.

Television coverage of the MLF Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches will air as a two-hour episode, premiering at 9 a.m. ET, on Saturday, Nov. 1 on CBS Sports Network.

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Smith and Randan take the title at Junior Championship

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Smith and Randan take the title at Junior Championship

Parker Smith and Carson Randan of Tennessee’s Scotts Hill High School Anglers have won the Bassmaster Junior National Championship at Clarks Hill Lake with a two-day total of 20 pounds, 7 ounces. 

Photo by Tyler Bridges/B.A.S.S.

July 26, 2025

Smith and Randan take the title at Junior Championship

EVANS, Ga. — With a Day 2 catch of 8 pounds, 7 ounces, Tennessee’s Scotts Hill High School Anglers Junior duo Parker Smith and Carson Randan claimed the 2025 Bassmaster Junior National Championship title at Clarks Hill Lake with a two-day total of 20 pounds, 7 ounces.

Parker and Smith, 14 and 13 years old, respectively, were in third place after the first day with a three-bass limit weighing 12 pounds. That had them a mere 3 ounces out of the lead. On Day 2, as the bite tightened up for just about everyone, they landed 8 pounds 7 ounces to win by 1-04 over the second-place Junior Keystone Bassmasters team of Weston Bouchikas and Luke Hoskinson.

The Scotts Hill team certainly aren’t strangers to winning: “Thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number,” said boat captain Nick Hart. “But this is the thirteenth tournament they’ve won this year, including some big ones. They fish all the time and they do the work that it takes to be great.”

Today that involved staying patient after losing a quality fish this morning that might’ve sealed the deal.

“That kind of hurt us early,” said Smith, “But we kept culling up and culling up and eventually we caught another big one.”

Every fish that they caught came LiveScoping minnow style bait comprised of a 3/16 ounce Berkley Fusion19 Hybrid Jighead with a 1/0 hook and a 5-inch Deps Sakamata Shad in Electric Shad. They sprayed the soft plastic bait with Bang fish attractant and tied it on with a loop knot to allow it to roll better.

“My strength is scoping for big fish,” Smith continued. “Carson’s strength is fishing a jig or a worm or a shakey head, really finessing them. That’s why we work so well together.” They also capitalized on extreme patience honed through hundreds of hours on the water. Randan said that they maximized their fishing time by staying within 2 miles of the ramp and looking for bait balls that held aggressive fish.

Runners up Bouchikas and Hoskinson finished with a two-day total of 19-3, followed by Alabama’s Headland Junior High School team of Hayes Henderson and Caden Harris in third with 18-4.

Bouchikas and Hoskinson were the only team to catch a double digit bag today, with three Clarks Hill bass that totaled 10-3. No team had over 10 pounds each day.

To catch their Day 1 bag, the Oklahoma team ran a selection of the approximately 100 brush piles they’d marked in practice. Yesterday that put them in 11th place with 9 pounds even, not far out of the lead, but needing to improve their quality to make a run at the title.

Today they started off with that same pattern, but “we weren’t getting the right bites, so we starting ’Scoping bait balls with Damiki rigs,” Bouchikas reported. “We started catching decent fish right away.” Like the winners, they used a 5-inch Sakamata Shad, albeit in the Silver Shad pattern. They paired them with Queen Tackle Tungsten jigheads.

Boat captain Chris Bouchikas remains amazed by the young anglers’ maturity and talent: “There’s not a lot that they don’t do well,” he said. “I let them make their own decisions on the boat and they do a great job with it.”

They also got a special thrill late in the day when the team captained by Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series superstar Mike Iaconelli pulled up within a couple hundred yards and the pro’s son Vegas quickly caught a quality bass: “We got to witness Ike go off,” Chris recalled. “We heard him yell ‘Never give up!’ just going crazy. We all had goosebumps for at least 30 minutes.”

Despite catching 4 pounds less today than they did yesterday, Henderson and Harris saw their position in the standings rise from 6th to 3rd. Their strategy centered on running brush piles fairly close to the ramp.

Yesterday they amassed most of their damage with a Morning Dawn colored Roboworm 6-inch straight tail worm on a dropshot. Today a Chug Bug was their primary producer, as they caught only half as many fish. Despite the smaller bag, they had no regrets.

“We didn’t lose any fish,” Hayes said. “They were there, we just couldn’t catch them.”

They made no excuses, but surmised the increased fishing pressure and heavier winds made it a tougher bite.

Fifty-nine teams caught a three-bass limit today, a dozen fewer than yesterday’s count. One hundred five teams weighed in at least one bass today, and 115 of 120 had a fish at least one day.

Today’s big bass was a 5-12 largemouth brought to the scales by the team of Kendal Ward and Coleton Bradley of New Mexico, the fifth-place finishers. Memphis Johnson and Bryson Seal from Alabama’s Good Hope Fishing Team, the Day 1 leaders, caught the Big Bass of the Tournament yesterday, a 7-13 largemouth.

Visit Columbia County hosted this event. 

2025 Bassmaster Junior Championship 7/25-7/26
Clarks Hill Lake, Evans  GA.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2  

  Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts 1.  Parker Smith – Carson Randan                 Scotts Hill High School Anglers       0
  Day 1: 3   12-00     Day 2: 3   08-07   Total:   6  20-07
2.  Weston Bouchikas – Luke Hoskinson            Junior Keystone Bassmasters           0
  Day 1: 3   09-00     Day 2: 3   10-03   Total:   6  19-03
3.  Hayes Henderson – Caden Harris               Headland Jr High School – AL          0
  Day 1: 3   11-02     Day 2: 3   07-02   Total:   6  18-04
4.  Bennett Bullard – Kei Blaylock               Trader Bills                          0
  Day 1: 3   10-03     Day 2: 3   07-14   Total:   6  18-01
5.  Kendal Ward – Coleton Bradley                New Mexico At Large                   0
  Day 1: 3   11-06     Day 2: 1   05-12   Total:   4  17-02
6.  Cullen Sanders – Trace Nobles                Liberty County Junior Anglers         0
  Day 1: 3   12-02     Day 2: 2   04-15   Total:   5  17-01
7.  Brady Williams – Miles Kearney               Pickens County Jr. Dragons Fishi      0
  Day 1: 3   09-08     Day 2: 3   07-07   Total:   6  16-15
8.  Andrew Ziegler – Henry Freter                Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets               0
  Day 1: 3   09-14     Day 2: 3   06-10   Total:   6  16-08
9.  Will Crisman – Reed Crisman                  Buggs Island Elite Anglers            0
  Day 1: 3   07-05     Day 2: 3   09-01   Total:   6  16-06
10. Memphis Johnson – Bryson Seal                Good Hope Fishing Team – AL           0
  Day 1: 3   12-03     Day 2: 3   04-02   Total:   6  16-05
11. Kannon Wood – Jackson Randall Jr             Gulf Port High School                 0
  Day 1: 3   09-01     Day 2: 3   07-03   Total:   6  16-04
12. JT Cross – Jake Paradis                      L/A Junior Bassmasters – ME           0
  Day 1: 3   08-08     Day 2: 3   07-09   Total:   6  16-01
13. Greyson Harper – Garreson Currie             Topeka Jr Hawgs                       0
  Day 1: 3   11-14     Day 2: 3   04-00   Total:   6  15-14
14. Grayson Tassone – Cole Bryant                Port City Junior Bass Masters         0
  Day 1: 2   06-09     Day 2: 2   09-04   Total:   4  15-13
15. Easton Gray – Carter Shinn                   Arkansas YBN Northern                 0
  Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 3   08-13   Total:   6  15-10
16. Piers Picou –                                Central Catholic – LA                 0
  Day 1: 3   07-03     Day 2: 3   08-05   Total:   6  15-08
17. Coop Caldwell – Konnor Macoubrie             Team Fishing 4 Life                   0
  Day 1: 3   06-14     Day 2: 3   08-07   Total:   6  15-05
18. Carsen Sands – Dylan Shook                   Michigan A1 Anglers                   0
  Day 1: 3   05-13     Day 2: 3   08-10   Total:   6  14-07
19. Vegas Iaconelli – Wally Peer Iv              Bass Nation Juniors                   0
  Day 1: 3   04-11     Day 2: 3   09-10   Total:   6  14-05
20. Kole Wingfield – Kline Wingfield             Arkansas Youth Anglers Junior         0
  Day 1: 3   08-15     Day 2: 3   05-03   Total:   6  14-02
21. Olivia King – Harper Krohn                   D’iberville Hs Warrior Bass Nati      0
  Day 1: 3   08-14     Day 2: 3   05-01   Total:   6  13-15
22. Tommy Richards –                             Denver Jr Bassmasters                 0
  Day 1: 3   08-02     Day 2: 3   05-09   Total:   6  13-11
23. Maddox Shaffer – Myles Shaffer               Junior Garrett Bass Slayers           0
  Day 1: 3   06-12     Day 2: 3   06-12   Total:   6  13-08
24. Easton Dickens – Isaiah Crockett             New River Bassmasters                 0
  Day 1: 3   06-14     Day 2: 3   06-04   Total:   6  13-02
25. Easton Trotter – Cooper Thomas               Rehobeth Jr High School Team          0
  Day 1: 3   07-11     Day 2: 3   05-06   Total:   6  13-01
26. Cort Elrod –                                 Riverside Middle School               0
  Day 1: 3   07-07     Day 2: 3   05-07   Total:   6  12-14
27. Kallen Williams – Caden Wingfield            863 Anglers                           0
  Day 1: 3   05-09     Day 2: 3   06-14   Total:   6  12-07
28. Kenny Beale III – Henry Beale                Foothills Jr. Anglers                 0
  Day 1: 3   04-13     Day 2: 3   07-08   Total:   6  12-05
29. Brady Wells – Zeke Brock                     Bath County Juniors                   0
  Day 1: 3   07-09     Day 2: 2   04-07   Total:   5  12-00
30. Crews Mcferrin – Colin Bourne                Karns Jr High School                  0
  Day 1: 3   06-02     Day 2: 3   05-14   Total:   6  12-00
31. Deacon Keefe – Brayden Blair                 Reeths Puffer High School Fishin      0
  Day 1: 3   04-15     Day 2: 3   06-14   Total:   6  11-13
32. Gunner Robbins – Drew Smith                  Livingston Academy Junior Bassma      0
  Day 1: 3   05-07     Day 2: 3   06-06   Total:   6  11-13
33. John Brown – Blaine Summers                  Indiana Junior Bassmasters            0
  Day 1: 3   03-12     Day 2: 3   07-13   Total:   6  11-09
34. Hunter Beach – Austin Jefferson              Denver Jr Bassmasters                 0
  Day 1: 3   05-15     Day 2: 3   05-10   Total:   6  11-09
35. Colt Carmean – Gunner Vargeson               Susquehanna Valley Jr Fishing Te      0
  Day 1: 3   04-09     Day 2: 3   06-13   Total:   6  11-06
36. Layne Shoffiett – Jackson Lee                Notre Dame Junior Bass Team           0
  Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 3   04-08   Total:   6  11-05
37. Gabe Holshouser – Gunner Edwards             Roco Anglers                          0
  Day 1: 3   04-13     Day 2: 3   06-07   Total:   6  11-04
38. Cody Hails – Aiden Espinoza                  Denver Jr Bassmasters                 0
  Day 1: 3   05-00     Day 2: 3   06-02   Total:   6  11-02
39. Truman Duhamell – Drake Wray                 Indian Creek Junior Fishing Club      0
  Day 1: 3   05-14     Day 2: 3   04-13   Total:   6  10-11
40. Caleb Gurley – Keegan Smith                  Palmetto Jr Bassmasters               0
  Day 1: 3   06-00     Day 2: 3   04-09   Total:   6  10-09
41. Owen Stephens – Max Roy                      Russell County Jr Bass Club           0
  Day 1: 3   07-12     Day 2: 2   02-12   Total:   5  10-08
42. Lane Nickles – Kohan Branyon                 Palmetto Jr Bassmasters               0
  Day 1: 3   05-04     Day 2: 3   05-04   Total:   6  10-08
43. Colby Christopher – Hudson Mcclure           Oconee Fishing Club                   0
  Day 1: 3   06-02     Day 2: 3   04-05   Total:   6  10-07
44. Hayden VanWinkle – Ryan Skiles               Rocky Mtn Bass Anglers                0
  Day 1: 3   08-01     Day 2: 2   02-03   Total:   5  10-04
45. Colton Willging – Brody Heacock              Dubuque Bass                          0
  Day 1: 3   08-06     Day 2: 1   01-13   Total:   4  10-03
46. Sullivan Kraft – Jude Pfeiffer               Port City Junior Bass Masters         0
  Day 1: 3   08-08     Day 2: 1   01-09   Total:   4  10-01
47. Jax Fuhrman – Max Decker                     Hawghead Bassmaster Juniors           0
  Day 1: 3   04-12     Day 2: 3   05-05   Total:   6  10-01
48. Avery Watkins – Bentley Mchenry              Wilson Christian Academy Juniors      0
  Day 1: 3   06-10     Day 2: 2   03-06   Total:   5  10-00
49. Christopher Cox Jr. – Gage Chlomoudis        Triangle Bass Club                    0
  Day 1: 3   08-00     Day 2: 2   01-15   Total:   5  09-15
50. Cullen Simon – Easton Stanley                Little Cypress Mauriceville Jr        0
  Day 1: 3   05-12     Day 2: 3   04-02   Total:   6  09-14
51. Heston Hoffman – Samuel Holland              Topeka Jr Hawgs                       0
  Day 1: 3   06-09     Day 2: 3   03-04   Total:   6  09-13
52. Joseph Eskew – Nathan Banach                 Off The Hook Jr. Bassmasters          0
  Day 1: 1   01-04     Day 2: 3   08-07   Total:   4  09-11
53. Camden Baker – Asher Hart                    Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets               0
  Day 1: 3   05-01     Day 2: 3   04-09   Total:   6  09-10
54. Lem Tate – Baylor Mccuiston                  West Union Bass Fishing Club          0
  Day 1: 3   06-07     Day 2: 2   03-00   Total:   5  09-07
55. Brayen Barnhill – Reed Abrams                757 Bass                              0
  Day 1: 3   06-06     Day 2: 3   02-15   Total:   6  09-05
56. Kort Roberts – Katera Roberts                Junior Keystone Bassmasters           0
  Day 1: 3   05-14     Day 2: 3   03-07   Total:   6  09-05
57. Bentley Brown – Lawton Rollison              Dixie Junior Bassmasters – FL         0
  Day 1: 3   05-10     Day 2: 3   03-08   Total:   6  09-02
58. Drew Oberhoffer – Cale Richman               Dubuque Bass                          0
  Day 1: 3   04-04     Day 2: 3   04-13   Total:   6  09-01
59. Luke Mcandrew – Brody Witmer                 Sml Junior Anglers                    0
  Day 1: 3   05-08     Day 2: 3   03-08   Total:   6  09-00
60. Walker Brogdon – Pershing Glenn              Gca Backlashers                       0
  Day 1: 3   05-00     Day 2: 2   04-00   Total:   5  09-00
61. Isaac Sprouse – Will Sprouse                 Gaffney Jr High School Fishing T      0
  Day 1: 3   04-03     Day 2: 3   04-13   Total:   6  09-00
62. Bayne Robinson – Kade Stephenson             Brookland Bass Bandits Jr             0
  Day 1: 3   04-14     Day 2: 3   03-14   Total:   6  08-12
63. Colton Miller – Landon Lynch                 Brunswick Academy – VA                0
  Day 1: 3   03-13     Day 2: 3   04-09   Total:   6  08-06
64. Knox White – Grayson Sanford                 Mt. Juliet Fishing – Juniors          0
  Day 1: 2   02-06     Day 2: 3   05-14   Total:   5  08-04
65. Reese Forbes – Mason Grantham                Jr. Southwest Bassmasters-Denham      0
  Day 1: 3   05-03     Day 2: 2   03-01   Total:   5  08-04
66. Carson Stevens – Wesley Osuna                Franklin County Jr Bass Team – T      0
  Day 1: 3   05-10     Day 2: 1   02-08   Total:   4  08-02
67. Jones Thode – Luca Docken                    Hutchinson High School                0
  Day 1: 2   03-00     Day 2: 2   05-00   Total:   4  08-00
68. Case Thorn – Rodee Owen                      Lone Star Jr Bassmasters              0
  Day 1: 3   04-12     Day 2: 3   03-00   Total:   6  07-12
69. Tahlen Thomas-Hamm – Grifinn Thomas-Hamm     Southside Junior Anglers              0
  Day 1: 3   04-06     Day 2: 3   03-05   Total:   6  07-11
70. Brandon Carter – Cooper Potts                Mt. Zion Fishing                      0
  Day 1: 1   03-14     Day 2: 2   03-12   Total:   3  07-10
71. Cody Aliff – Jon Parker Pope                 Triangle Bass Club                    0
  Day 1: 1   04-03     Day 2: 2   03-03   Total:   3  07-06
72. Bryson Agee – Gage Brasher                   Good Hope Junior Fishing Team         0
  Day 1: 3   04-00     Day 2: 2   03-05   Total:   5  07-05
73. Alden Breland – Jaxon Godbold                Vancleave High School                 0
  Day 1: 1   06-05     Day 2: 1   00-15   Total:   2  07-04
74. Granger Brasuell – Jude Nichols              Aybn Northern Junior                  0
  Day 1: 3   04-14     Day 2: 2   02-05   Total:   5  07-03
75. Tj Mcqueen – Brayden Zohner                  Jackson County Homeschool             0
  Day 1: 2   02-05     Day 2: 3   04-11   Total:   5  07-00
76. Jake Morgan – Miles Krieger                  Eureka Youth Club                     0
  Day 1: 2   03-03     Day 2: 1   03-12   Total:   3  06-15
77. Carsen Feinberg – Grant Klein                New Hampshire Jr. Bassmasters         0
  Day 1: 1   01-05     Day 2: 3   05-06   Total:   4  06-11
78. Jaxon Mcdaniels – Colin Nicholson            Mon Valley Junior Bassmasters         0
  Day 1: 3   06-09     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  06-09
79. Liam Jeddry – Garret Bertuzzi                Team Outcast Juniors                  0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   05-14   Total:   2  05-14
80. Jacob Murphy – Mason Peeler                  Roco Anglers                          0
  Day 1: 3   03-06     Day 2: 2   02-08   Total:   5  05-14
81. Chase Rogers – Rogan Alderman                Bath County Juniors                   0
  Day 1: 3   05-01     Day 2: 1   00-12   Total:   4  05-13
82. Kaysen Smith – Jonah Osment                  Crescent High School Jr. Anglers      0
  Day 1: 1   02-01     Day 2: 2   03-11   Total:   3  05-12
83. Brantley Faulkner – Christian Roche          Piedmont Youth Fishing Team           0
  Day 1: 1   01-06     Day 2: 1   04-04   Total:   2  05-10
84. Deacon Nyland – Isaiah Blattner              Zeeland Fishhawx                      0
  Day 1: 1   02-07     Day 2: 2   03-01   Total:   3  05-08
85. Brayden Coussou – James Horne                Buggs Island Elite Anglers            0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   05-07   Total:   3  05-07
86. Jace Gilliam – Jett Gilliam                  Wayne Pioneers Junior Team            0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   05-06   Total:   3  05-06
87. Burke Sorenson – Braden Royse                Eureka Youth Club                     0
  Day 1: 2   03-02     Day 2: 2   01-15   Total:   4  05-01
88. Bill Young – Andrew Young                    Wolfe River Juniors                   0
  Day 1: 2   03-00     Day 2: 2   01-14   Total:   4  04-14
89. Owen Williams – Jase Quattlebaum             Rehobeth Jr High School Team          0
  Day 1: 2   02-02     Day 2: 1   02-09   Total:   3  04-11
90. Brady Terry – Graham Hall                    Buggs Island Elite Anglers            0
  Day 1: 3   04-10     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  04-10
91. Cason Curry – Jaxon Curry                    Rocky Mtn Bass Anglers                0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   04-04   Total:   2  04-04
92. Liam Johnson – Blaine Grassl                 Southern Illinois Future Jr Angl      0
  Day 1: 1   02-08     Day 2: 1   01-10   Total:   2  04-02
93. Mason Samson – Luke Warbin                   Wmrhs Bass Fishing                    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   04-00   Total:   3  04-00
94. Oliver Williams – Corvin Katzban             Eagleton Fishing Team                 0
  Day 1: 1   01-05     Day 2: 2   02-07   Total:   3  03-12
95. Bryce Stilen – Brett Nightingale             Scott West Juniors                    0
  Day 1: 2   02-05     Day 2: 1   01-03   Total:   3  03-08
96. Brystol Marsh – Madison Riley                Junior Garrett Bass Slayers           0
  Day 1: 1   01-15     Day 2: 1   01-07   Total:   2  03-06
97. Blayne Gansner – Mathias Phipps              Festus Fishing Team                   0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   03-03   Total:   2  03-03
98. Alexandre Tardif – Lucas Reid                New Hampshire Jr. Bassmasters         0
  Day 1: 1   00-04     Day 2: 2   02-12   Total:   3  03-00
99. Tripp  Jackson – Trig Mchone                 Meigs Middle School Fishing Team      0
  Day 1: 1   01-13     Day 2: 1   01-00   Total:   2  02-13
100. Dixon Heflin – Toby Potts                    Bedford County Youth Bass Club –      0
  Day 1: 1   01-00     Day 2: 2   01-11   Total:   3  02-11
101. Ryan Baas – Kade Baas                        Dubuque Bass                          0
  Day 1: 1   01-04     Day 2: 1   01-05   Total:   2  02-09
102. Marshall Hyatt – Cooper Orton                Good Hope Junior Fishing Team         0
  Day 1: 1   01-03     Day 2: 1   01-01   Total:   2  02-04
103. Lliam Crisman – Wyatt Trihey                 Buggs Island Elite Anglers            0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   02-02   Total:   2  02-02
104. Conner White – Drake Highsmith               Junior Keystone Bassmasters           0
  Day 1: 1   02-01     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-01
105. Jack Jaracy – Mason Maat                     Ct Bass Thunder                       0
  Day 1: 2   01-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  01-14
106. Jackson Feild – Camden Moody                 Mecklenburg Co Junior Bassmaster      0
  Day 1: 1   01-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-07
107. Troy Cunningham – Austin Shroyer             Mahomet Seymour Hs Bass Fishing       0
  Day 1: 1   01-04     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-04
107. Kam Sessions – Jasper Keogh                  Riley’s Catch                         0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-04   Total:   1  01-04
109. Kaidyn Ruark – Hunter Helton                 Bath County Juniors                   0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-01   Total:   1  01-01
110. Fisher Arnold – Jackson Caudill              Lakeland Junior Hawg Hunters          0
  Day 1: 1   01-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-00
111. Colt Teague –                                Junior Keystone Bassmasters           0
  Day 1: 1   00-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  00-15
112. Slade Smith – Landon Grigg                   Aybn Northern Junior                  0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   00-14   Total:   1  00-14
113. Carter Kulpa – Elliot Weeks                  Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets               0
  Day 1: 1   00-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  00-13
114. Grace Whiting – Mackenzie Vote               Rogers High School                    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   00-12   Total:   1  00-12
115. Briar Blackwood – Colt Green                 Good Hope Junior Fishing Team         0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
115. Rhett Corley – Cole Cawthon                  Northwest Rankin Jr Bass Fishing      0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
115. Jase Cox – Bentley Oldfield                  Bath County Juniors                   0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
115. Broghan Kuhns – Rylee Brunson                Junior Wildcats                       0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
115. Micajah Pickette – Brantley Rice             Munford Fishing – Juniors             0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
115. Kolton Scarlett – Hunter Nugent              Frederick County Bass                 0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
 1        71       255       550-00
 2        59       250       474-05
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         130       505      1024-05





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