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Danville’s Black Wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event on Neely Henry Lake

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Boater Lee Black of Danville, Alabama, and Strike-King co-angler Mike Langdale of Sycamore, Georgia.
GADSDEN, Ala. (June 13, 2022) – Boater Lee Black of Danville, Alabama, caught five bass Saturday weighing 15 pounds, 6 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine on Neely Henry Lake . The tournament, hosted by the City of Gadsden, was the fourth event for the Bass Fishing League Bama Division. Black earned $4,315 for his victory.

“I started off and ran about 40 minutes to my first place, and it was kind of slow for the first two hours,” Black said. “I had four fish in the livewell, and one that weighed 3½ pounds. Then, about noon, the bigger fish started biting and I caught three 4-pounders.”

Black said he focused on an upriver section of Neely Henry and caught 10 bass, including eight keepers, during the course of the day. He said a vibrating jig accounted for most of his keeper fish. He added that two of his biggest fish came while flipping a Z-Man Palmetto BugZ creature bait.

“I have fished a lot of BFL events and have finished second and third, but never have won one,” Black said. “It feels good to finally get one.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:        Lee Black, Danville, Ala., five bass, 15-6, $4,315
2nd:       Kris Colley, Ragland, Ala., five bass, 15-0, $2,767
3rd:       Wes Logan, Springville, Ala., five bass, 14-15, $1,439
4th:        Scott Chatham, Kingston, Ga., five bass, 13-7, $1,007
5th:        Mark McCaig, Oxford, Ala., five bass, 13-5, $1,563 (includes $500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
6th:        Taylor Parker, Lake View, Ala., five bass, 12-8, $1,441
7th:        Jason Nixon, Wetumpka, Ala., five bass, 12-3, $683
7th:        Bradley Jones, Aragon, Ga., five bass, 12-3, $683
9th:        Beau Gregory, Tallassee, Ala., four bass, 11-14, $575
10th:     David Wesson, Southside, Ala., five bass, 11-12, $503

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Colley had a largemouth that weighed 5 pounds, 11 ounces that was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division and earned the day’s Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $610.

Mike Langdale of Sycamore, Georgia, won the Strike King Co-angler Division and $2,657 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 11 pounds, 6 ounces.

The top 10 Strike King co-anglers were:

1st:        Mike Langdale, Sycamore, Ga., five bass, 11-6, $2,657
2nd:       Kade Kitchens, Southside, Ala., five bass, 10-8, $1,079
3rd:       Johnny Suratt, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., five bass, 10-5, $717
4th:        William Maddox, Trussville, Ala., five bass, 9-13, $503
5th:        Jon Huffine, Powder Springs, Ga., five bass, 9-8, $413
5th:        Rodney Thompson, Highland Home, Ala., five bass, 9-8, $413
7th:        Justin Nalley, Fayetteville, Ga., five bass, 9-2, $360
8th:        Cameron Petras, Biloxi, Miss., five bass, 9-1, $324
9th:        Daniel Buswell Jr., Fayetteville, Ga., five bass, 8-13, $288
10th:     Michael Corbett, Oxford, Ala., five bass, 8-9, $252

Marrell Deering of Rome, Georgia, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 5 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Berkley Big Bass Co-angler award of $305.

After four events, Robbie Robinson of Mobile, Alabama, leads the Bass Fishing League Bama Division Boater Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 961 points, while Mike Langdale of Sycamore, Georgia, leads the Strike King Co-Angler Division AOY race with 979 points.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 13-15 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Pickwick Lake in Counce, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of $60,000, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard.

The 2022 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and Strike King co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six Regional Championships where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.

The top 45 boaters and Strike King co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division will also earn priority entry into the MLF Toyota Series, the pathway to the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour.

Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 4WP, 13 Fishing, Abu Garcia, AFTCO, A.R.E. Truck Caps, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Rifle Coffee, E3, Epic Baits, Favorite Fishing, Gary Yamamoto Baits, General Tire, Lew’s, Lowrance, Lucas Oil, Mercury, Mossy Oak, Onyx, Phoenix, Polaris, Power-Pole, Revital Outdoors, Strike King, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, Wiley X, YETI and Yo-Zuri.

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.

Steve Roberts & Mark Cooper Win Anglers Choice Kerr Lake with 17.22lbs

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Steve Roberts & Mark Cooper Win Anglers Choice Kerr Lake with 17.22lbs

The final regular season Anglers choice event wrapped up on Kerr Lake with 88 teams. As you can tell by the photos it was a rough day for a lot of the anglers. Kerr has always been that type of lake when the sun comes out and the temperatures climb into the upper 80’s. At the end of the day, the final three came down to ounces. Congratulations again to Steve Roberts & Mark Cooper on the win.

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We accidentally left Ryan Reynolds’ photo out of the slideshow

Adam Flint Wins Bass Cast Kayak Series New River event with 89.75″

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Adam Flint Wins Bass Cast Kayak Series New River event with 89.75″

BC Kayak – New River – 6.11

It was a beautiful day on the New River for the 20 anglers who participated in our tournament on Saturday. The smallies were biting all day long, and made up nearly all of the 110 catches that were submitted.

At the end of the day, Adam Flint took home the win with 89.75”. He also had the biggest fish of the day at 19.00”.

Jonathan Graham and Dale Allison were not all that far behind with 77.25” and 76.50” respectively. Aaron Davis was also in the money with 76.25”.

More than half of our anglers joined us for the check-in and awards, and hanging out with them after was the best part of the day! Thanks to all who fished with us, and we look forward to seeing you on the Maury River for the next one.

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Uribe’s Balanced Strategy Yields First APEX CUP Win on El Capitan/San Vicente

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Uribe’s Balanced Strategy Yields First APEX CUP Win on El Capitan/San Vicente

Uribe’s Balanced Strategy Yields First APEX CUP Win on El Capitan/San Vicente

By David A. Brown

LAKESIDE, Calif. — Joe Uribe Jr. of Surprise, Ariz. played a smart game that complemented a conservative start with the right amount of aggression and sacked up a limit of 12.97 pounds to win the APEX Cup event on El Capitan Reservoir/San Vicente Reservoir presented by DISH and Accell Marketing Inc.

After two days of qualifying competition on El Capitan, Championship Sunday concluded on San Vicente. Uribe, who qualified through the Most Scorable Bass standings, earned his first APEX Cup trophy by a margin of 3.37 pounds.

“This was a goal of mine; I wanted two major wins this season,” Uribe said. “I got the WON BASS Arizona Open (February on Lake Havasu) and I definitely wanted one of those APEX trophies.

“Today everything just came together. I knew at like 1:30, ‘It’s gonna happen.’ I’ve been there before and when it’s your time, it’s your time. There’s nothing you can do, so just enjoy the moment and that’s what I did.”

The only competitor to break 10 pounds on the final day, Uribe, said he knew that trading El Capitan’s stained waters for San Vicente’s ultra-clear complexion would require strategic adjustment. While he started the first two days by targeting active fish with a topwater, he began Championship Sunday with finesse tactics.

“I caught a small limit pretty early on a dropshot with a 6-inch Roboworm in morning dawn on a 2/0 Robowom Rebarb hook and a 3/16-ounce Voss tungsten weight,” Uribe said. “Then around 10-10:30 I said ‘Alright, I have to figure out what I need to be doing now that the wind’s blowing and there’s a lot of boat traffic.’”

Focusing on flatter, muddy banks with sparse grass, Uribe felt confident there were bigger fish in his area, so he picked up a white double buzzbait with a Zoom Horny Toad and a trailer hook — the same one he fished on El Capitan — and started covering water. Targeting mud lines, he quickly found success.

“Once I caught one, that gave me the adrenalin to just do it,” Uribe said. “I was putting that double buzzbait right on the bank. I was throwing it where other guys wouldn’t throw it.

“I didn’t get bit on the outside weed line, so I was putting it in little weed pockets where I’d get maybe five cranks of the reel. Most of my fish were in a foot of water.”

While Uribe’s reaction bait yielded the best quality, he’s confident he executed the right game plan. Starting with an aggressive presentation may have delivered, but he wisely established a firm foundation from which to expand.

“I told myself, ‘Just catch a limit and get the momentum going,’ because I figured if I went for the gusto right away and it didn’t happen and these guys got on the worm bite really good, then I would have missed the boat,” Uribe said. “If I had gambled and thrown reaction baits right from the start, but only caught two fish, that wouldn’t have been enough.

“I kinda tested the waters a little bit until about 10 o’clock and I said ‘Fishing’s tough on the dropshot and the fish are small.’ So I put that away, went to my first bay, put the tolling motor on 7 and covered some real estate, just like I did at El Cap. I just got in that rhythm and once I got that first bite, I stuck with it and it paid off.”

Luke Johns of Folsom, Calif. finished second with 9.60. After qualifying by flipping El Capitan’s shallow grass, he tried to re-pattern that scenario on San Vicente, but found that the extreme clarity necessitated a modified approach.

“I boiled it down to finding brush piles that had some grass mixed into them,” Johns said. “I targeted the edges of these weed lines where there would be some brush sticking out of them. I caught all my fish in 5 feet or less, except for my biggest one, which was a bed fish in 8 or 9 feet of water.”

Johns said he wasn’t necessarily looking for bed fish and he wasn’t sure of the fish’s status until he took a shot at it.

“I rolled into a pocket about 10 o’clock and there was a hole in the grass with a little stick,” he said of the late-morning opportunity. “I saw the fish and didn’t really think it was on a bed, but it didn’t move when I drove right over top of it.

“I whipped around and pitched a dropshot in there. I shook the bait twice and just felt the fish thump it. Thankfully, it came up to the boat nice and easy.”

Johns caught his fish on a power shot version of the dropshot with a 6-inch leader of 12-pound fluorocarbon, a 6-inch Roboworm in morning dawn and a 1/-ounce weight.

Scott Hellesen of Paso Robles, Calif. finished third with 9.31. Taking an early morning cue, he committed his day to fishing the marina near the launch ramp.

“While we were all getting ready for takeoff, I saw (Day-2 leader) Matthew Nadeau’s son catch a 2-pound right there in the marina,” Hellesen said. “I said, ‘Okay, there’s fish here. I’ll just stay right here.”

Hellesen focused on a riprap bank and made his bait and depth decisions based on sunlight. In the morning, he fished close to the rocks and caught fish on a wacky-rigged 5-inch green pumpkin Yamamoto Senko.

Later in the day, as increasing light and heat pushed the fish deeper, he moved out to 20 feet and switched to a dropshot with a 6-inch Roboworm in margarita mutilator. With both scenarios, stealth was his top strategy.

“The water here is very clear on San Vicente and these fish are super smart,” Hellesen said. “Long casts and fishing super slow was the key.”

Rounding out the top 5 were Thomas Kanemoto with 8.63 and David Swendseid with 8.17.

After two days of full-field competition, the top-10 anglers advance to Sunday’s Championship round. The final field will comprise the top-5 anglers with the Most Keepers and the top-5 anglers with the highest Total Weight. Total days weight and keeper count from days 1 and 2 are accumulated. In the final round, weights and keeper count are zeroed.

Steve Crist and Dennis Stump Win HillCity Bassmasters Leesville Lake

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Steve Crist and Dennis Stump Win HillCity Bassmasters Leesville Lake

Today was a beautiful day and we appreciate you all coming out to fish at Leesville Lake!

1st Place: Steve Crist and Dennis Stump with 5 fish weighing in at 14.54 lbs


2nd Place: Donald Orange with 5 fish weighing in at 13.12 lbs

3rd Place: Tink Burns and Nathan Reeds with 5 fish weighing in at 11.43 lbs

Thank you all again for coming out today! We truly appreciate all of you joining us each month and look forward to seeing you all at our TWO DAY Benefit Tournament on August 27 and 28 at Monacan Park!!

 

Scooter Lilly & Eric Galasso Win Anglers Choice Kerr Lake with 22.01lbs

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Scooter Lilly & Eric Galasso Win Anglers Choice Kerr Lake with 22.01lbs

One hundred & eight teams fished the Anglers Choice Kerr lake event. Congratuultation to everyone that cashed a check as well as to the winners Scooter Lilly & Eric Galasso.

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Midland High Claims Another Victory At Bassmaster High School Series Event On Saginaw Bay

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Midland High Claims Another Victory At Bassmaster High School Series Event On Saginaw Bay
Brady Pinwar and Alec Albrecht of Midland High School have won the Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Series at Saginaw Bay presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors with a total of 21 pounds, 9 ounces.
Photo by Kyle Jessie/B.A.S.S.

June 11, 2022

Midland High Claims Another Victory At Bassmaster High School Series Event On Saginaw Bay

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BAY CITY, Mich. — Despite giant waves and heavy winds that prevented them from effectively fishing their preferred areas, Brady Pinwar and Alec Albrecht from Midland High School became repeat champions on Saginaw Bay by catching 21 pounds, 9 ounces to win the 2022 Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.

“Once B.A.S.S. announced they were coming here for another high school tournament, instantly we were both pumped and were like, ‘We have to go back-to-back.’ We have some good history out here and got it done,” Pinwar said.

Pinwar and Albrecht were followed by Fenton High School anglers Mitch Straffon and Hank Sturm with 20-7 and the Freeland High School duo of Brayden Ruckman and Nate Helmreich with 20-6, both teams that finished inside the Top 3 during the 2021 event.

While Saginaw Bay serves as their home lake, Albrecht said winning last year’s tournament helped their mental game this year.

“We came into this tournament knowing we had it in us and knowing the same spots stuck around,” he said. “We just believed in ourselves.”

Using an area similar to the one that produced 23-4 during their victory a year ago, Pinwar and Albrecht targeted spawning flats where they could see the smallmouth set up on bed. A late boat draw Friday night was just the beginning of a number of obstacles they had to overcome to win as the wind kicked up earlier than expected, making sight fishing extremely difficult.

“The waves and the wind were not on our side at all,” Albrecht said. “We were sitting in 5-footers all day trying to catch fish. We stumbled across a few later in the day and then finally on one of our last casts we caught the biggest one.”

“There wasn’t a lot of sun out either,” Pinwar added. “It was obviously hard to see them. For the first half of the day, we were blind casting to try and catch some cruisers. They were either pre- or postspawn.”

The morning was not as productive as they hoped, as they only landed three keepers by noon. Around that time, however, the sun came out and they were able to see a couple of bass on beds.

“We went up to one bed and there were two fish on it, and we caught them on back-to-back casts,” Pinwar said. “Then we went to one of the big ones we had marked. We caught it at the last minute and went in and got it done.”

All of their bass were caught on a drop-shot rig.

Straffon and Strum wanted to head out to the big water and catch smallmouth as well, but when they completed the idle up the Saginaw River and evaluated the conditions on Saginaw Bay, they turned back and pivoted to the largemouth bite.

“I wasn’t too happy with it, but at the end of the day our safety matters the most,” said Straffon, a member of the 2021 Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors. “We knew we had a few fish back here. We didn’t know it would be that much. We put our heads down all day and flipped.”

Using two different colored jigs, they targeted a stretch of main-river bank lined with rocks and laydowns. Most of their bass were located next to the bank while a couple bit as they brought their jigs closer to the drop-off.

“We knew a lot of these fish were super pressured,” Strum said. “We both picked up a jig. We really moved slowly and they would pick it up and swim off the drop.”

Dallas Taylor and Hayden Thomas from Stilwell High School caught the Big Bass of the tournament, a 4-13 largemouth.

Saginaw Bay was the final regular-season event of the year, and now qualified teams will set their sights on Lake Hartwell for the 2022 Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors Aug. 11-13.

The tournament was hosted by the Michigan B.A.S.S. Nation.

2022 Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Series at Saginaw Bay presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors 6/11-6/12
Saginaw Bay, Bay City  MI.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Brady Pinwar – Alec Albrecht                 Midland High School                   0
Day 1: 5   21-09   Total:   5  21-09
2.  Mitch Straffon – Hank Sturm                  Fenton High School                    0
Day 1: 5   20-07   Total:   5  20-07
3.  Brayden Ruckman – Nate Helmreich             Freeland High School                  0
Day 1: 5   20-06   Total:   5  20-06
4.  Reece Keeney – Bryce Moder                   Northeast Wisconsin Bass              0
Day 1: 5   19-09   Total:   5  19-09
5.  Derek Davis – Connor Jaco                    Mt.Pleasant Bass Team                 0
Day 1: 5   18-09   Total:   5  18-09
6.  Mason Snider – Dalton Benson                 Mount Juliet Fishing                  0
Day 1: 5   18-09   Total:   5  18-09
7.  Presley Lannom – Morgan Lannom               Mt Juliet Fishing                     0
Day 1: 5   17-12   Total:   5  17-12
8.  Cole Jimkoski – Jack Sprague                 Freeland High School                  0
Day 1: 5   17-11   Total:   5  17-11
9.  Max Himmel – Tyler Morris                    Catholic High School of Baton Ro      0
Day 1: 5   17-10   Total:   5  17-10
9.  Ryan Kahut – Noah Varitek                    Michigan A1 Anglers                   0
Day 1: 5   17-10   Total:   5  17-10
11. Andrew Haney – Kenneth Young                 Martin County High School             0
Day 1: 5   16-11   Total:   5  16-11
12. Carter Pjesky – JD McBroom                   Kaneland High School                  0
Day 1: 5   16-08   Total:   5  16-08
13. Dallas Taylor – Hayden Thomas                Stilwell High School                  0
Day 1: 5   16-05   Total:   5  16-05
14. Austin Benson – Brendan Brown                Mount Juliet                          0
Day 1: 5   16-02   Total:   5  16-02
15. Trey Richardson – Reid Luckett               Free State Bass                       0
Day 1: 5   15-14   Total:   5  15-14
16. Lainey Judson – Ella Winchell                Terre Haute North HS                  0
Day 1: 5   15-11   Total:   5  15-11
17. Kyle Johnson – Carson Kellogg                Black Swamp Youth Bass Club           0
Day 1: 5   15-03   Total:   5  15-03
17. Reece Nixon – John Stark                     Soddy Daisy High School               0
Day 1: 5   15-03   Total:   5  15-03
19. Adam Dionne – Zach Waters                    Eastside Elites                       0
Day 1: 5   15-02   Total:   5  15-02
19. Jerrod Haney – Tanner Young                  Martin County High School             0
Day 1: 5   15-02   Total:   5  15-02
21. Alex Bowen – Aaron Mills                     Cardinal Fishing Team                 0
Day 1: 5   14-11   Total:   5  14-11
22. Kyle Chouinard – Caleb Cook                  East side Elites Bass Team            0
Day 1: 5   14-05   Total:   5  14-05
22. Luke Somerville – Leland Fox                 Gaylord High School                   0
Day 1: 5   14-05   Total:   5  14-05
24. Cole Berry – Graham Palmer                   Terre Haute North High School         0
Day 1: 5   14-04   Total:   5  14-04
25. Tyler Williams – Blaise Gatrell              Terre Haute North HS                  0
Day 1: 5   13-15   Total:   5  13-15
26. Tristan Fawley – Van Price                   Carlson High School                   0
Day 1: 5   13-14   Total:   5  13-14
27. Nick Seitz – Brock Vogel                     419 fishing                           0
Day 1: 5   13-12   Total:   5  13-12
28. Lainie Holbert – Sarah Swindle               Riverside Bass Team                   0
Day 1: 5   13-03   Total:   5  13-03
29. Jake Brown – Preston Kolisek                 Loretto Mustangs Bass Club            0
Day 1: 5   13-02   Total:   5  13-02
29. Colten Dickerson – Gabe Aldrich              Fishhawx                              0
Day 1: 5   13-02   Total:   5  13-02
29. Jack Swihart – Rylan Hamlin                  Jackson Fishing                       0
Day 1: 5   13-02   Total:   5  13-02
32. Nathan Frank – Alex Balla                    Howell high school                    0
Day 1: 5   12-11   Total:   5  12-11
33. Benjamin Hester – Mason Caldwell             Rhea County High School               0
Day 1: 5   12-09   Total:   5  12-09
34. Ryan Rang – Ben Rickard                      Lakeland High School                  0
Day 1: 5   12-08   Total:   5  12-08
35. Christian Misciagna – Logan Wood             Oneida Lake HS Bassmasters            0
Day 1: 5   12-07   Total:   5  12-07
36. Luke Bailey – Luke Barriger                  Meridian Early College High Scho      0
Day 1: 5   12-06   Total:   5  12-06
36. Brett Mouw – Logan Kinsella                  The Hill Toppers                      0
Day 1: 5   12-06   Total:   5  12-06
36. Nathan Reynolds – Luke Malik                 Backwoods Bassin                      0
Day 1: 5   12-06   Total:   5  12-06
39. Wyatt Carr – Jamie Neel                      Reeths-Puffer High School             0
Day 1: 5   12-04   Total:   5  12-04
39. Gus Dietrich – Max Phillpotts                Powers Catholic High School           0
Day 1: 5   12-04   Total:   5  12-04
41. Alex Herter – Barret Vanmarter               Howell High School                    0
Day 1: 5   12-02   Total:   5  12-02
41. Andrew Lithgow – Pavel Everest               Stevenson highschool                  0
Day 1: 5   12-02   Total:   5  12-02
43. Tanner Wolf – Kaleb Casler                   Dewitt High School                    0
Day 1: 5   12-01   Total:   5  12-01
44. Cade Calkins – Brayden Vallie                Fruitport High School                 0
Day 1: 5   12-00   Total:   5  12-00
45. Harry Richter – Jacob Piniatoglou            Saline High School                    0
Day 1: 5   11-14   Total:   5  11-14
46. Nick Fashho – Lucas Fashho                   Eastside Elites                       0
Day 1: 5   11-13   Total:   5  11-13
47. Burke Aidan – Caleb Horn                     Martin County High School             0
Day 1: 5   11-12   Total:   5  11-12
48. William Cothran – Taedem Ashworth            Mt. Pleasant High School              0
Day 1: 5   11-09   Total:   5  11-09
48. Luke Lowery – Connor Rumohr                  Howell High School                    0
Day 1: 5   11-09   Total:   5  11-09
48. Gavyn Rapp – Israel Limon                    Black Swamp Youth Bass Club           0
Day 1: 5   11-09   Total:   5  11-09
48. Ryan Seitz – Brady Osborn                    Southeastern Bass Anglers             0
Day 1: 5   11-09   Total:   5  11-09
52. Dalton Polega – Sarah Hable                  Freeland High School                  0
Day 1: 5   11-06   Total:   5  11-06
53. C.J. Stanley – Colton Parten                 Rhea County Eagle Anglers             0
Day 1: 5   11-02   Total:   5  11-02
54. Stone Grove – Wyatt Hamilton                 Creek Wood High School                0
Day 1: 5   11-01   Total:   5  11-01
55. Corey Parsley – Weston Jude                  Martin County High School             0
Day 1: 5   10-14   Total:   5  10-14
56. Avery Shoemaker – Samuel Shoemaker           Buford High School                    0
Day 1: 4   10-13   Total:   4  10-13
57. Camden Judson – Will Gorrell                 Terre Haute North HS                  0
Day 1: 5   10-12   Total:   5  10-12
58. Hunter Kellogg – Tim Fulk                    Renegades Bass Club                   0
Day 1: 5   10-08   Total:   5  10-08
59. Connor Dobrinski – Gage Brouwer              Zeeland Fishhawx                      0
Day 1: 5   10-06   Total:   5  10-06
60. Riley Spytma – Trent Van Dam                 Reeths-Puffer High School             0
Day 1: 5   10-04   Total:   5  10-04
61. Henry Fox – Grady Schultz                    Fruitport High School                 0
Day 1: 5   10-02   Total:   5  10-02
62. Evan Ludlow – Mackenzie Taylor               Fruitport High School                 0
Day 1: 5   10-02   Total:   5  10-02
63. Dylan Mcgee – Caleb Kidder                   Licking Valley                        0
Day 1: 4   09-09   Total:   4  09-09
64. Aaron King –                                 Waupaca Junior Bass Busters           0
Day 1: 5   09-07   Total:   5  09-07
65. Kayden Waller – Andrew Schoenemann           Mt. Juliet high school                0
Day 1: 3   09-03   Total:   3  09-03
66. Carson Aarup – Kyle Smith                    Downeast Fishing                      0
Day 1: 5   08-12   Total:   5  08-12
67. William Hoskins – Joshua Vanderpool          Wilson Christian Academy              0
Day 1: 3   08-12   Total:   3  08-12
68. Jack Miner – Colin Hull                      Detroit Catholic Central              0
Day 1: 3   08-10   Total:   3  08-10
69. Annie Lassiter – Madison Pendergraph         warren county pioneer anglers         0
Day 1: 4   08-08   Total:   4  08-08
70. Remington Barkley – Carlie Mitchell          Hartland                              0
Day 1: 4   08-06   Total:   4  08-06
71. Connor Wallace – Sophia Balla                Howell High School                    0
Day 1: 3   08-05   Total:   3  08-05
72. Thomas Hinshaw –                             Northville High School                0
Day 1: 3   07-00   Total:   3  07-00
73. Cason Mcnutt –                               Mt Juliet High School                 0
Day 1: 3   05-12   Total:   3  05-12
74. Kolby Angell – Evan Powell                   Iowa youth fishing league             0
Day 1: 3   05-08   Total:   3  05-08
75. Connor Racine – Drew Brzys                   Dexter Highschool                     0
Day 1: 2   05-07   Total:   2  05-07
76. Alex Standerfer – Collin Mcglin              New London High School                0
Day 1: 3   05-02   Total:   3  05-02
77. Nathaniel Terbush – Dima Griffiths           Dexter High School                    0
Day 1: 2   05-02   Total:   2  05-02
78. Brendan Shinn – Owen Silverson               Dexter High School                    0
Day 1: 3   04-10   Total:   3  04-10
79. Jacob Policka – Collin Jolman                Fruitport High School                 0
Day 1: 3   04-09   Total:   3  04-09
80. Peter Duffy – Bryce Formsma                  GR Bass boys Northview                0
Day 1: 2   04-08   Total:   2  04-08
81. Matthew Wenzell – Nathaniel Wenzell          Midland High                          0
Day 1: 3   04-07   Total:   3  04-07
82. Jack Hay – Jakob Stamper                     howell high school                    0
Day 1: 2   04-07   Total:   2  04-07
83. Marco Wolf – Jake Maiberger                  Howell                                0
Day 1: 1   04-01   Total:   1  04-01
84. Paxton Giem – Nolan Little                   Boyne City High School                0
Day 1: 2   03-15   Total:   2  03-15
85. Blake Marcum – William Copley                Louisa Bass Club High School          0
Day 1: 1   03-13   Total:   1  03-13
86. Colin Oldfield – Mario Manzardo              Lakeland                              0
Day 1: 2   03-06   Total:   2  03-06
87. Jeffrey Mansfield – Garrett Schultz          Howell High School                    0
Day 1: 1   02-14   Total:   1  02-14
88. Mitch Porter – Chase Aaron                   White Lake Lakeland                   0
Day 1: 1   02-11   Total:   1  02-11
89. Miller Pomper – Louie Alpers                 Benzie Central                        0
Day 1: 1   02-04   Total:   1  02-04
90. Alex Decia – Jaylee Lesniak                  Howell High School                    0
Day 1: 1   02-01   Total:   1  02-01
91. Cayden Geurts – Andon Harwood                Freeland High School                  0
Day 1: 1   02-00   Total:   1  02-00
92. Chase Quillin – Hunter Alviar                Reeths-Puffer High School             0
Day 1: 1   01-08   Total:   1  01-08
93. Cougar Fagan – Caden Adams                   Michigan bass bandits                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
93. Josh Garbarino – Nathan Akahoshi             Livonia                               0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
93. Clay George – Wayland Adkisson               BGA Fishing Team                      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
93. Colter Mahabir – Matthew Swanson             Midland High School                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
93. Miles Smith – Casen Rogers                   Central Lafourche High School         0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
93. Logan Ware – Jack Romatz                     Midland High                          0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
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BIG BASS OF TOURN
Dallas Taylor            Stilwell, OK        04-13          $0.00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        63       384      1023-00
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63       384      1023-00

 

Linder And Thompson Come From Behind For Bassmaster College Series Win On Saginaw Bay

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Linder And Thompson Come From Behind For Bassmaster College Series Win On Saginaw Bay
Brian Linder and Nathan Thompson of Minnesota State-Mankato have won the 2022 Strike King Bassmaster College Series at Saginaw Bay presented by Bass Pro Shops with a two-day total of 44 pounds, 3 ounces.
Photo by Kyle Jessie/B.A.S.S.

June 10, 2022

Linder And Thompson Come From Behind For Bassmaster College Series Win On Saginaw Bay

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BAY CITY, Mich. — Since the fifth grade, Nathan Thompson and Brian Linder have been fishing tournaments together but had never been able to seal the deal on a major victory.

That changed Friday when the Minnesota State-Mankato duo claimed the title at the Strike King Bassmaster College Series at Saginaw Bay presented by Bass Pro Shops with a two-day total of 44 pounds, 3 ounces. The Mille Lacs natives landed in second place with 21-1 on Day 1 before sacking 23-2 on the final day, the biggest bag of the tournament.

“We got close so many times and with this being our last tournament, it means the world to me,” Thompson said.

After falling 9 ounces short at this same event in 2021, Linder and Thompson entered this week with redemption on their minds and beat the reigning champions, Tucker Smith and Logan Parks from Auburn University, by over a pound.

“It is a dream come true. I have been working hard at this my whole life. I never gave up. This is my last college tournament ever and it is a blessing to be able to go home with a win.” Linder said. “We were hungry coming into this tournament. We went off of what we found last year and we wanted to make sure we had enough for the win.”

When they arrived in Bangor Charter Township for practice, Linder and Thompson anticipated the smallmouth would be locked on beds in shallow water. But during practice, they discovered that was not the case and they quickly pivoted to the prespawn and postspawn bass.

They utilized two different areas on Saginaw Bay that featured isolated boulders on a sand flat in 6 to 12 feet of water. While they could see the boulders in the water, Linder said if they got too close they would spook the smallmouth. Using their Humminbird 360 sonar, they could locate the boulders while staying far enough away from the target.

Heavy winds kept the Minnesota anglers from making the run to one of those areas on Day 1, but with the wind subsiding during the morning on Day 2, they ventured out to that area and were able to catch their bass before the wind cranked back up.

“The area we fished today we only prefished for two hours,” Linder said. “Our guts were just telling us this morning that we had to go there. We gambled and it paid off.”

An Outkast Feider Fly, a Ned rig with an Outkast Perfect Ned head and a drop shot were responsible for most of their bites this week.

A Magic Boulder: Although they caught over 21 pounds on Day 1, Linder and Thompson only caught six keeper bass. On Day 2, they found the bass were more active in the morning and the quality was better.

“Today we caught our fish off of one big boulder about the size of the boat,” Linder said. “There were fish everywhere this morning and it was an awesome day.”

The duo caught three fish almost immediately on that one boulder. After giving it a short break, they returned and filled out their limit before moving to a different rock and making two important culls.

“In this area, there were multiple boulders and in practice there were fish on every single one,” Thompson said. “But today it seemed like they condensed to one or two of them. Then we culled twice at a different boulder 200 yards away.”

National Championship Bound: Before the victory, it had been a down year for Linder and Thompson. They entered this event 31st in the Bassmaster Team of the Year standings and had not notched a National Championship qualification.

But with the win, the duo earned a berth to the 2022 Strike King Bassmaster College National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops at Winyah Bay Sept. 2-4, guaranteeing one more event together before their College Series career ends.

Second Place: Tucker Smith and Logan Parks’ bid for a repeat at Saginaw Bay fell just short after they weighed 19-12 on Day 2 to land in second place with a two-day total of 42-11. After a fast start on Day 1 that included a 22-15 bag, the Auburn duo suffered a slow start on Day 2 and had to bounce around to find a limit.

“It has been an awesome week,” Parks said. “We caught a lot of fish and a lot of really big fish. We didn’t really know what we were going to find when we came back up here. We ran into them and had a pretty good event.”

They caught most of their fish on a Berkley MaxScent Flatworm on a 3/8-ounce drop-shot rig.

The strong winds that blew across Saginaw Bay on Thursday subsided some on Championship Friday, something Smith said hurt their quality.

“We caught big ones all day yesterday. I think smallmouth like the nasty weather,” Smith said. “I think that’s when the big ones usually bite. Today we went out there and started on our hole and didn’t catch a fish. We had to go up shallow to catch some. We ended up going back out deep later in the day when it got windier and ended up catching some key fish.”

Fishing areas they used to win in 2021, Smith and Parks targeted prespawn and postspawn smallmouth on rock structures in 10 to 14 feet of water. On Day 2, they were forced to move shallower and catch some bass that were set up to spawn.

Third Place: After weighing a 20-14 bag of largemouth on Day 1, the Lamar State College Orange duo of Dakota Posey and Trent Buchholz doubled down on green fish and sacked 21-7 to land in third place and qualify for their first National Championship.

“We had one big marsh area and it produced enough for us. And for some reason, we had it all to ourselves for two days. It was a big blessing,” Posey said.

Using a spinnerbait and a flapping-style frog, Posey and Buchholz stayed in the Saginaw River and targeted grassy areas that looked similar to waters in East Texas. On Day 2, the frog played more than the spinnerbait and they landed around 100 total bass.

“Yesterday we had 20 pounds in two hours and left,” Buchholz said. “Today it was a little slower. It got hot and dead calm. We stopped throwing the spinnerbait and picked up a frog and it was instant. We worked our way up to 21 pounds. It was a numbers game, we had to work through them and get to the bigger ones.”

Final Thoughts: Just like last year, Saginaw Bay showed out as one of the hidden fisheries in the country. Anglers this week landed 4,750 pounds of bass total during the two-day event with 312 total limits amongst the 189-boat field.

While winds and some thunderstorms forced teams to leave spots in the big water early, smallmouth bags were impressive while those who stayed closer to fish for largemouth caught plenty of numbers as well as quality.

In total, there were nine bags over 20 pounds with multiple 19-pound bags as well.

The tournament was hosted by the Michigan B.A.S.S. Nation.

2022 Strike King Bassmaster College Series at Saginaw Bay presented by Bass Pro Shops 6/9-6/10
Saginaw Bay, Bay City  MI.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson               Minnesota State – Mankato           250
Day 1: 5   21-01     Day 2: 5   23-02   Total:  10  44-03
2.  Logan Parks – Tucker Smith                   Auburn University                   249
Day 1: 5   22-15     Day 2: 5   19-12   Total:  10  42-11
3.  Dakota Posey – Trent Buchholz                Lamar State College Orange          248
Day 1: 5   20-14     Day 2: 5   21-07   Total:  10  42-05
4.  Easton Fothergill – Nick Dumke               University of Montevallo            247
Day 1: 5   20-09     Day 2: 5   21-02   Total:  10  41-11
5.  Justin Botts – Conner Dimauro                Bryan college                       246
Day 1: 5   17-15     Day 2: 5   20-12   Total:  10  38-11
6.  Brooks Anderson – Parker Guy                 Emmanuel College                    245
Day 1: 5   19-01     Day 2: 5   19-09   Total:  10  38-10
7.  Owen Januszewski – Matt Mosby                Adrian College                      244
Day 1: 5   19-13     Day 2: 5   17-14   Total:  10  37-11
8.  Chase Carey – Dylan Akins                    Emmanuel College                    243
Day 1: 5   17-08     Day 2: 5   19-14   Total:  10  37-06
9.  Sam Hanggi – Sam Hoesley                     Auburn University                   242
Day 1: 5   19-10     Day 2: 5   17-09   Total:  10  37-03
10. Cason Ragsdale – Kaden Proffitt              East Texas Baptist University       241
Day 1: 5   16-03     Day 2: 5   20-15   Total:  10  37-02
11. Louis Monetti – Michael Fugaro               UNC Charlotte                       240
Day 1: 5   17-05     Day 2: 5   19-05   Total:  10  36-10
12. Tyler Christy – Trey Schroeder               McKendree University                239
Day 1: 5   19-15     Day 2: 5   16-10   Total:  10  36-09
13. Mitchell Gunn – Kyle Kunst                   Grand Valley State University       238
Day 1: 5   19-04     Day 2: 5   17-01   Total:  10  36-05
14. Connor Jacob – Sam Smith                     Auburn University                   237
Day 1: 5   19-00     Day 2: 5   16-06   Total:  10  35-06
15. Robert Gee – Chad Sentell                    University of Tennessee             236
Day 1: 5   18-14     Day 2: 5   15-15   Total:  10  34-13
16. Adrian Urso – Corbin Templon                 Murray State University             235
Day 1: 5   17-04     Day 2: 5   17-03   Total:  10  34-07
17. Ryan Park – Samuel Niemeyer                  Murray State University             234
Day 1: 5   16-10     Day 2: 5   17-10   Total:  10  34-04
18. Landon Lawson – Hunter MCClaskey             King University                     233
Day 1: 5   16-02     Day 2: 5   17-15   Total:  10  34-01
19. Lafe Messer – Matt Messer                    Kentucky Christian University       232
Day 1: 5   18-15     Day 2: 5   14-12   Total:  10  33-11
20. Ryan Thomas – Solomon Glenn                  University of Montevallo            231
Day 1: 5   14-01     Day 2: 5   19-07   Total:  10  33-08
21. Weston Hollar – Jordan Pennington            University of Montevallo            230
Day 1: 5   16-14     Day 2: 5   16-10   Total:  10  33-08
22. Troy Gibson – Jake Novotny                   University of Louisville            229
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   18-09   Total:  10  33-00
23. Tyler Cory – Scott Sledge                    University of Montevallo            228
Day 1: 5   16-12     Day 2: 5   16-00   Total:  10  32-12
24. Connor Hicks – Austin Wadzinski              University of Tennessee             227
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   16-05   Total:  10  32-12
25. Dustin Bauer – Wyatt Pearman                 Campbellsville University           226
Day 1: 5   16-00     Day 2: 5   16-07   Total:  10  32-07
26. Jack York – Jacob Miller                     stephen f austin state universit    225
Day 1: 5   17-08     Day 2: 5   14-13   Total:  10  32-05
27. Jack Baron – Bradley Martin                  University of Montevallo            224
Day 1: 5   18-06     Day 2: 5   13-14   Total:  10  32-04
28. Ryan Franks – Jason Reding                   Kent State University               223
Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 5   17-14   Total:  10  32-02
29. Zach Mcnary – Eric Hanover                   Grand Valley State University       222
Day 1: 5   18-07     Day 2: 5   13-04   Total:  10  31-11
30. Russel Buffa – Jenson Kay                    Adrian College                      221
Day 1: 5   16-13     Day 2: 5   14-12   Total:  10  31-09
31. Easton Lindus – Matthew Zdrazil              Emmanuel College                    220
Day 1: 5   19-07     Day 2: 5   12-01   Total:  10  31-08
32. Caz Anderson – William Harris                Carson-Newman University            219
Day 1: 5   14-14     Day 2: 5   16-09   Total:  10  31-07
33. Cody Ross – Ethan Thurston                   East Texas Baptist University       218
Day 1: 5   16-01     Day 2: 5   15-05   Total:  10  31-06
34. Tim Herrmann – Austin Goins                  Bryan College                       217
Day 1: 5   16-15     Day 2: 5   14-06   Total:  10  31-05
35. Drew Traffanstedt – Dakendrick Patterson     University of Montevallo            216
Day 1: 5   16-01     Day 2: 5   15-00   Total:  10  31-01
36. Haydan Quesenberry – James Cobbs             Auburn University                   215
Day 1: 5   16-06     Day 2: 5   14-10   Total:  10  31-00
37. Chase Mundhenke – Blake Milligan             Auburn University                   214
Day 1: 5   11-12     Day 2: 5   19-00   Total:  10  30-12
38. Derek Rodriguez Jr. – Nick Owens             Adrian College                      213
Day 1: 5   15-07     Day 2: 5   15-05   Total:  10  30-12
39. Spencer Black – Caleb Lonca                  Catawba Valley Community College    212
Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 5   15-13   Total:  10  30-06
40. Eion Patterson – Brennan Kenison             UNC Charlotte                       211
Day 1: 5   18-15     Day 2: 5   11-06   Total:  10  30-05
41. Walker Brown – Cole Thompson                 University of North Alabama         210
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   16-04   Total:  10  30-03
42. Isaac Carlson – Blaine Mattingly             Campbellsville University           209
Day 1: 5   14-10     Day 2: 5   15-08   Total:  10  30-02
43. Griffin Fernandes – Hayden Scott             Adrian College                      208
Day 1: 5   16-06     Day 2: 5   13-06   Total:  10  29-12
44. Storm Cline – Ely Dennison                   Carson-Newman University            207
Day 1: 5   14-05     Day 2: 5   15-07   Total:  10  29-12
45. Kobe Thompson – Mathias Dahline              Adrian College                      206
Day 1: 5   12-05     Day 2: 5   17-03   Total:  10  29-08
46. Cameron Dials – Jonathan Fraley              Kentucky Christian University       205
Day 1: 5   10-13     Day 2: 5   18-10   Total:  10  29-07
47. Jordan McCaleb – Chase Clarke                Auburn University                   204
Day 1: 5   15-03     Day 2: 5   14-04   Total:  10  29-07
48. Jacob Highley – Autumn Belcher               Kentucky Christian University       203
Day 1: 5   15-05     Day 2: 5   14-01   Total:  10  29-06
49. Britt Myers – Tyler Anderson                 Lander University                   202
Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 5   15-02   Total:  10  29-06
50. Drew Gill – Jonah Potts                      Wabash Valley College               201
Day 1: 5   15-00     Day 2: 5   14-06   Total:  10  29-06
51. Alex Richmond – Riley Bowen                  Grand Valley State University       200
Day 1: 5   15-13     Day 2: 5   13-08   Total:  10  29-05
52. Ethan Vanden Busch – Luke Loewe              University of Minnesota             199
Day 1: 4   10-14     Day 2: 5   18-03   Total:   9  29-01
53. Hunter Bailey – JR Young Jr                  Jacksonville State University       198
Day 1: 5   11-12     Day 2: 5   17-05   Total:  10  29-01
54. Parker Domschke – Lane Stephens              McKendree University                197
Day 1: 5   18-14     Day 2: 5   10-01   Total:  10  28-15
55. Colby Kerr – Jonathan Fitch                  Kentucky Christian University       196
Day 1: 5   13-00     Day 2: 5   15-15   Total:  10  28-15
56. Calvin Landsberg – Tyler Lubbat              University of Alabama               195
Day 1: 5   13-12     Day 2: 5   15-03   Total:  10  28-15
57. Blair Erickson – Charlie Wright              University of Montevallo            194
Day 1: 5   12-08     Day 2: 5   16-06   Total:  10  28-14
58. JD Clarke – Hunter Muncrief                  Stephen F Austin State Universit    193
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   14-07   Total:  10  28-14
59. Jake Monti – Samuel Dunson                   UNC Charlotte                       192
Day 1: 5   15-01     Day 2: 5   13-09   Total:  10  28-10
60. Troy Harris – Jase Smith                     Georgia College                     191
Day 1: 5   15-02     Day 2: 5   13-07   Total:  10  28-09
61. Ty Mundhenke – Bennett Slinkard              Auburn University                   190
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 5   14-07   Total:  10  28-09
62. Walter Trulock – Paden Chrisman              Mississippi State University        189
Day 1: 5   15-10     Day 2: 5   12-14   Total:  10  28-08
63. Will Oberman – Lane Pohlman                  Campbellsville University           188
Day 1: 5   15-05     Day 2: 5   13-03   Total:  10  28-08
64. Harmon Marien – Bailey Bleser                McKendree University                187
Day 1: 5   18-07     Day 2: 5   10-00   Total:  10  28-07
65. Brantley Anders – Will Rooker                Kentucky Christian University       186
Day 1: 5   15-07     Day 2: 5   13-00   Total:  10  28-07
66. Coleman Bingham – Braden Leffew              Bethel University                   185
Day 1: 5   13-08     Day 2: 5   14-14   Total:  10  28-06
67. Joseph Bissing – Jackson Paden               University of Tennessee             184
Day 1: 5   15-11     Day 2: 5   12-10   Total:  10  28-05
68. Michael Zawicki – Carson Tucker              UW Whitewater                       183
Day 1: 5   12-07     Day 2: 5   15-13   Total:  10  28-04
69. Logan Hawkins – Evan Waggener                Campbellsville University           182
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   13-13   Total:  10  28-04
70. Joshua DeKoning – Dalton Mollenkopf          Adrian College                      181
Day 1: 5   14-03     Day 2: 5   14-01   Total:  10  28-04
71. Nate Triplett – Cy Lambert                   University of North Alabama         180
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 5   14-02   Total:  10  28-04
72. Cole Holloway – Taylor Mcmullen              Emmanuel College                    179
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   13-09   Total:  10  28-00
73. Stevie Mills – Brady Duncan                  Carson-Newman University            178
Day 1: 5   12-09     Day 2: 5   15-04   Total:  10  27-13
74. Drew Fromm – Hunter Capehart                 Wabash Valley College               177
Day 1: 5   16-06     Day 2: 5   11-06   Total:  10  27-12
75. Cameron Tullis – Brett Jolley                East Texas Baptist University       176
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   13-04   Total:  10  27-11
76. Matthew Davis – Sam Shoemaker                Adrian College                      175
Day 1: 5   13-09     Day 2: 5   14-02   Total:  10  27-11
77. Garrett Thompson – Ethan Perry               West Virginia University            174
Day 1: 5   13-14     Day 2: 5   13-12   Total:  10  27-10
78. Clay Henderson – Brant Rowland               Drury University                    173
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 5   14-14   Total:  10  27-08
79. Nick Staub – Lake Norsworthy                 Blue Mountain College               172
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 5   14-11   Total:  10  27-05
80. Max Pierlott – Mike Pierlott                 UNC Charlotte                       171
Day 1: 5   15-04     Day 2: 5   11-14   Total:  10  27-02
81. Caleb Dachenhaus – Elliot Wielgopolski       Adrian College                      170
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   13-07   Total:  10  27-02
82. Riley Lawson – Chris Baker                   Kentucky Christian University       169
Day 1: 5   12-14     Day 2: 5   14-02   Total:  10  27-00
83. Kyle Bahr – Trey Dickert                     University of Montevallo            168
Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 5   12-11   Total:  10  26-15
84. Trevor Easter – Reagan Nelson                Tarleton State University           167
Day 1: 5   13-05     Day 2: 5   13-10   Total:  10  26-15
85. Hunter Palmer – Eli Stevenson                bryan college                       166
Day 1: 5   10-14     Day 2: 5   16-00   Total:  10  26-14
86. Victor Alford – Logan East                   bryan college                       165
Day 1: 5   14-00     Day 2: 5   12-14   Total:  10  26-14
87. Sam Schmitz – Walker Sahagun                 University of North Alabama         164
Day 1: 5   13-00     Day 2: 5   13-14   Total:  10  26-14
88. Hunter Fillmore – Dylan Fogarty              Bethel University                   163
Day 1: 5   12-13     Day 2: 5   13-15   Total:  10  26-12
89. Tyler Finley – Lane Lassiter                 University of North Alabama         162
Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 5   15-10   Total:  10  26-11
89. Gunner Whitaker – Mitch Johnson              Kentucky Christian University       162
Day 1: 5   15-10     Day 2: 5   11-01   Total:  10  26-11
91. Conner Giles – Christian Wright              Bryan College                       160
Day 1: 5   14-06     Day 2: 5   12-05   Total:  10  26-11
92. Dalton Coleman – Joe Bob Burchett            Kentucky Christian University       159
Day 1: 5   13-05     Day 2: 5   13-06   Total:  10  26-11
93. Layton Brown – Parker Brown                  Dallas Baptist University           158
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   12-15   Total:  10  26-10
94. Cole Breeden – Zachary Ward                  Drury University                    157
Day 1: 5   13-10     Day 2: 5   13-00   Total:  10  26-10
94. Seth Elkins –  Dale Hansard                  Jacksonville State University       157
Day 1: 5   13-10     Day 2: 5   13-00   Total:  10  26-10
96. Landon Brown – Maycee Lyons                  Morehead State University           155
Day 1: 5   12-02     Day 2: 5   14-07   Total:  10  26-09
97. Justin Latham – Karsten Raney                campbellsville university           154
Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 5   14-03   Total:  10  26-09
98. Morgan Miracle – Clay Oberman                Campbellsville University           153
Day 1: 5   15-01     Day 2: 5   11-07   Total:  10  26-08
99. Gavin Clevenger – Chase Hastings             Carson-Newman University            152
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   12-09   Total:  10  26-08
100. Cole Zagrzebski – Kurt Antonowitsch          Western Michigan University         151
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 5   13-05   Total:  10  26-08
101. Cody Griffith – Drew Jennings                Auburn University                   150
Day 1: 4   10-07     Day 2: 5   15-12   Total:   9  26-03
102. Brycen Hendriks – Gavin Ange                 UNC Charlotte                       149
Day 1: 5   13-12     Day 2: 5   12-07   Total:  10  26-03
103. Hayden Gaddis – Ben Cully                    Carson-Newman University            148
Day 1: 5   13-01     Day 2: 5   13-02   Total:  10  26-03
104. Andrew Fisher – Elijah Kirk                  Bryan College                       147
Day 1: 5   14-06     Day 2: 5   11-12   Total:  10  26-02
105. Jacob Witkowski – Hunter Jenkins             Dallas Baptist Univesity            146
Day 1: 5   14-13     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:  10  26-00
106. Kyle Knoll – Luke Morgan                     Southern Union State Community C    145
Day 1: 4   09-00     Day 2: 5   16-15   Total:   9  25-15
107. Bailey Rene – John Phipps                    Indiana University Southeast        144
Day 1: 5   13-06     Day 2: 5   12-08   Total:  10  25-14
108. Luke Byerly – Parker Kaye                    University of Tennessee Knoxvill    143
Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 5   11-04   Total:  10  25-13
109. Garrett Huddleston – Riley Voltz             Auburn University                   142
Day 1: 5   14-00     Day 2: 5   11-12   Total:  10  25-12
110. Hunter Enlow –                               Lander University                   141
Day 1: 5   12-14     Day 2: 5   12-13   Total:  10  25-11
111. Wesley Smith – Grant Harris                  Catawba Valley Community College    140
Day 1: 5   13-06     Day 2: 5   12-04   Total:  10  25-10
112. Hunter Keller – Carson Eckard                Catawba Valley Community College    139
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 5   13-15   Total:  10  25-08
113. Beau Browning – Jake Peck                    Drury University                    138
Day 1: 5   14-00     Day 2: 5   11-07   Total:  10  25-07
114. Aaron Cherry – Cal Culpepper                 University of Montevallo            137
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 5   12-03   Total:  10  25-06
115. JJ Kocevar – Christian Turner                Kent State University               136
Day 1: 5   13-14     Day 2: 5   11-07   Total:  10  25-05
116. Braden Perry – Austin Smith                  Carson-Newman University            135
Day 1: 5   12-08     Day 2: 5   12-12   Total:  10  25-04
117. Bo Thomas – Mason Vernia                     Western Michigan University         134
Day 1: 5   14-13     Day 2: 4   10-06   Total:   9  25-03
118. Bryant Marsh – Tyler Hill                    Blue Mountain College               133
Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 5   12-13   Total:  10  25-03
119. Logan Dillon – Spencer Maxwell               Southwest Mississippi Community     132
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 5   11-05   Total:  10  25-02
120. Chase Sansom – Tyler Drown                   Marshall University                 131
Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 5   12-12   Total:  10  25-02
121. Blayner  Leeman – Noah Hurford               Kentucky Christian University       130
Day 1: 5   14-03     Day 2: 5   10-14   Total:  10  25-01
122. Reed Kochan – Nate Boenning                  University of Wisconsin Stevens     129
Day 1: 5   13-00     Day 2: 5   12-01   Total:  10  25-01
123. Connor Cartmell – Andrew Vereen              Coastal Carolina University         128
Day 1: 5   12-13     Day 2: 5   12-04   Total:  10  25-01
124. Shane Nelson – Aaron Jagdfeld                Adrian College                      127
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   13-00   Total:  10  25-00
125. Joseph Woods – Anthony Cicero Iv             Bethel University                   126
Day 1: 5   11-06     Day 2: 5   13-06   Total:  10  24-12
126. Rob Lindsey – Mason Cizek                    Bryan College                       125
Day 1: 5   11-13     Day 2: 5   12-14   Total:  10  24-11
127. Blair Cox – Zach Adamec                      Missouri State University           124
Day 1: 4   10-12     Day 2: 5   13-12   Total:   9  24-08
128. Kopeland Rosser – Brenton Godwin             University of Montevallo            123
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 5   11-04   Total:  10  24-07
129. Tanner Maness – Chandler Ellis               Lander University                   122
Day 1: 5   12-09     Day 2: 4   11-14   Total:   9  24-07
130. Ben Brockwell – Justice Gayhart              Kentucky Christian University       121
Day 1: 5   12-04     Day 2: 5   11-13   Total:  10  24-01
131. Grant Dohle – Wyatt Montle                   Missouri State University           120
Day 1: 5   11-15     Day 2: 5   12-02   Total:  10  24-01
132. Dawson Burton –                              Kentucky Christian University       119
Day 1: 5   14-10     Day 2: 4   09-00   Total:   9  23-10
133. Carter Ball – Austin Tapley                  Adrian College                      118
Day 1: 5   11-06     Day 2: 5   12-01   Total:  10  23-07
134. Jaxson Freeman – Kyle Hopping                McKendree                           117
Day 1: 5   10-13     Day 2: 5   12-09   Total:  10  23-06
135. Andrew Rickman – Michael Postlewait          Dallas Baptist University           116
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   11-06   Total:  10  23-06
136. Patrick Henry – Jared Minor                  Ohio State University               115
Day 1: 5   11-07     Day 2: 5   11-14   Total:  10  23-05
137. Colton Hill – Trey Budach                    mckendree university                114
Day 1: 5   12-13     Day 2: 5   10-03   Total:  10  23-00
137. Clayton Primrose – Fisher Davis              Etbu                                114
Day 1: 5   12-13     Day 2: 5   10-03   Total:  10  23-00
139. Zachary Bowen – Harrison Terry               Bethel University                   112
Day 1: 5   12-09     Day 2: 5   10-06   Total:  10  22-15
140. Alec Berens – Joseph Bruener                 Mckendree University                111
Day 1: 5   12-07     Day 2: 5   10-08   Total:  10  22-15
141. Wil Rigdon – Cade Hayford                    Campbellsville University           110
Day 1: 5   10-13     Day 2: 5   11-11   Total:  10  22-08
142. Jared Muzyka – Sean Prendergast              University of Massachusetts – Am    109
Day 1: 5   10-10     Day 2: 5   11-13   Total:  10  22-07
143. Matthew Cummings – Levi Mullins              Bethel University                   108
Day 1: 2   05-07     Day 2: 5   16-06   Total:   7  21-13
144. Carter Koza – Lee Koza                       Carson Newman University            107
Day 1: 4   08-11     Day 2: 4   13-02   Total:   8  21-13
145. Nathan Smith – Cabe Mackey                   Catawba Valley Community College    106
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 5   08-15   Total:  10  21-09
146. Matthew Benson – Nathanael Wright            Emmanuel College                    105
Day 1: 5   10-08     Day 2: 5   11-00   Total:  10  21-08
147. Adam Troyer – Andrew Yazdi                   Indiana University                  104
Day 1: 4   09-12     Day 2: 5   11-11   Total:   9  21-07
148. Jordan Smallwood – Luke Henderson            Campbellsville University           103
Day 1: 4   10-02     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:   9  21-05
149. Isaac Irvin – Mason Gross                    wabash valley college               102
Day 1: 5   12-14     Day 2: 5   08-03   Total:  10  21-01
150. Jacob Welch – Brycen Soliday                 Drury University                    101
Day 1: 5   09-14     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:  10  21-01
151. Parker Lambert – Koby Horn                   Lander university                   100
Day 1: 4   10-10     Day 2: 5   10-06   Total:   9  21-00
152. Jake Kimbrough – Chandler Pruett             Blue Mountain College                99
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 5   11-06   Total:  10  20-15
153. Braden Cox – Joel Berelsman                  Ohio State                           98
Day 1: 5   10-00     Day 2: 5   10-11   Total:  10  20-11
154. Fisher Overton – Rudy Worley                 Blue Mountain College                97
Day 1: 5   12-04     Day 2: 4   07-07   Total:   9  19-11
155. Mason Phillpotts – Max Schweikert            Grand Valley State University        96
Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 4   12-07   Total:   7  19-04
156. Jackson Stephens – Maxwell Trotter           Mckendree University                 95
Day 1: 2   04-12     Day 2: 5   14-07   Total:   7  19-03
157. Teddy Peznola – Thomas Mingle                University of Tennessee              94
Day 1: 5   11-12     Day 2: 3   06-14   Total:   8  18-10
158. Lucas Oliver – Nathan Dellinger              Catawba Valley Community College     93
Day 1: 5   14-05     Day 2: 2   03-13   Total:   7  18-02
159. Camden Lewis – TJ Edwards Jr                 Blue Mountain College                92
Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 2   04-05   Total:   7  17-12
160. David Hendel – Ian Mcgregor                  Ohio State University                91
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 2   05-10   Total:   7  17-03
161. Cameron Smith – Jacob Blackburn              Ohio State University                90
Day 1: 2   04-02     Day 2: 5   12-13   Total:   7  16-15
162. Blake Bullock –                              Blue Mountain College                89
Day 1: 4   08-12     Day 2: 4   07-15   Total:   8  16-11
163. Tommy Sendek – Andrew Howell                 University of Montevallo             88
Day 1: 4   10-00     Day 2: 2   05-04   Total:   6  15-04
164. Jacob Conyers – Spencer Pergrem              Morehead State University            87
Day 1: 5   09-12     Day 2: 2   04-13   Total:   7  14-09
165. Turner Hart – Summer Dees                    Bryan College                        86
Day 1: 5   07-05     Day 2: 4   07-03   Total:   9  14-08
166. Ben Rehm – Jarrod Pritchett                  UW Stevens Point                     85
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  14-07
167. Jacob Lambert – Cole Rankin                  Carson-Newman University             84
Day 1: 2   03-09     Day 2: 5   10-14   Total:   7  14-07
168. Lane Bailey – Justin Eggers                  Catawba Valley Community College     83
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   14-01   Total:   5  14-01
168. Ethan Troutman – Tyler Thompson              Univerisity of Louisville            83
Day 1: 5   14-01     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  14-01
170. Bryar Chambers – Clent Blackwood             Wallace State Community College      81
Day 1: 1   02-06     Day 2: 5   11-08   Total:   6  13-14
171. Reece Martin – Mark Harris                   Dallas Baptist University            80
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  13-11
172. Matthew Roberts –                            Alice Lloyd College                  79
Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  13-07
173. Matthew Bischoff – Nicholas Donald           Bowling Green State University       78
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 1   02-01   Total:   6  13-06
174. Cody Prichard – Kris Kautz                   University of Dubuque                77
Day 1: 3   07-05     Day 2: 3   05-13   Total:   6  13-02
175. Andrew Thompson – Jacob Swanson              Montevallo                           76
Day 1: 4   08-13     Day 2: 2   03-12   Total:   6  12-09
176. Ben Rand – Mason Grossbauer                  Davenport University                 75
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   12-08   Total:   5  12-08
177. Spencer Knight – Brandon Oakes               Ohio State                           74
Day 1: 1   02-12     Day 2: 4   09-08   Total:   5  12-04
178. Steve Kinard – Jimmy Mitchum                 Lander University                    73
Day 1: 1   02-11     Day 2: 4   09-00   Total:   5  11-11
179. Andy Clark – Jack Simpson                    Western Michigan University          72
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  11-05
180. Alex Strunk – Jamesen Simion                 Bowling Green State University       71
Day 1: 4   10-02     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   4  10-02
181. Keegan Barber – John Smegner                 Missouri State University            70
Day 1: 3   06-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  06-15
182. Cole Taylor – Hunter Temples                 Lander                               69
Day 1: 2   04-01     Day 2: 1   02-10   Total:   3  06-11
183. Brock Bila – Dylan Chambers                  Drury University                      0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
183. Jacob Butts – Mark Kershaw                   Erskine College                       0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
183. Robert Cruvellier – Carson Maddux            Auburn University                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
183. Drake Hemby – Ewing Minor                    Carson-Newman University              0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
183. Seth Jenkins – TJ McKenzie                   Emmanuel College                      0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
183. Tomas Matual – Grant Olsen                   McKendree University                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
183. Nolan Yeager – Riley Aebi                    Stephen F. Austin State Universi      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       157       855      2420-08
2       155       835      2330-02
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312      1690      4750-10

Bass Cast Kayak Series – New River/Claytor Lake Captain’s Meeting

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Bass Cast Kayak Series – New River/Claytor Lake Captain’s Meeting

Rules, schedule, and additional info here: https://thebasscast.com/2022-bass-cast-kayak-bass-series-rules-schedule/
A registration/release form is required for each angler once per year. If you have not completed yours, you can do that here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSct8ExaXOYSEiSmybxwLuP4J1Ddqwqh-9odi0KncdE4aeWaxg/viewform

For questions, concerns, or issues on tournament day:
Email – [email protected]
Text/Call – (434) 515-1194

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Built to Brawl – Shimano’s Curado BFS XG Baitcaster by Tackle Tour

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Built to Brawl – Shimano’s Curado BFS XG Baitcaster by Tackle Tour

Built to Brawl – Shimano’s Curado BFS XG Baitcaster

Date: 6/6/22
Tackle Type: Reel
Manufacturer: Shimano
Reviewer: Zander

Total Score: 8.41 – BEST VALUE AWARD

Introduction: Once just a niche technique in Japan, the Bait Finesse System (BFS) is now becoming mainstream, and manufacturers are designing new reels and rods with the goal of making the technique more accessible to all anglers. The Shimano Curado BFS takes the brands most popular baitcaster series in the Americas and offers a compact reel with casting and drag systems designed specifically for finesse presentations.

Shimano Curado BFS XG Specifications
Line Capacity – Rated 8lb (0.235mm) / 50 yds (45m)
Line Capacity – Spool Volume 3.8 cm3
Retrieve Ratio
8.2:1
Inches Per Turn (IPT) – calculated
27 – 31
Weight 6.2 oz
Spool Weight 9 g
Bearings 7+1
Bearings per Knob 1 bearing + 1 bushing
Rated/Measured Max Drag 8lbs. / 8.3lbs.
Origin Made in Malaysia
MSRP $199


Shimano’s most finesse oriented Curado, the Curado BFS XG

Impressions: With BFS gaining momentum globally it was just a matter of time before manufacturers started offering more affordable reels designed specifically for the technique. In the overseas markets Shimano offers the very affordable SLX BFS which we reviewed previously. With that launch we knew it was just a matter of time before either that reel or a Curado BFS would be introduced in the U.S. market.

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