The final day started off with cooler temperatures & cloud coverage. It was a tough day for a lot of the anglers & most of the anglers headed to the house. But one team that had two great looking bags both days took home the final pot of almost $39,000 Dollars.
Rogersville’s Drinnon Wins Rescheduled Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event on Cherokee Lake Presented by Lithium Pros
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Boater Bobby Drinnon of Rogersville, Tennessee, and Strike-King co-angler Stephen Vick of Dandridge, Tennessee.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (May 23, 2022) – Boater Bobby Drinnon of Rogersville, Tennessee, caught five bass Sunday weighing 17 pounds, 15 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine on Cherokee Lake Presented by Lithium Pros . The rescheduled tournament, hosted by the Economic Development Alliance Jefferson County, was the fourth of the season for the Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division. Drinnon earned $4,806 for his victory. “I had a late boat draw, so I started pretty close to takeoff because I didn’t really have any place specific to go,” Drinnon said. “I just had a simple shad spawn pattern I was running. I just ran as much of that water as quickly as I could and had all of my weight by 8 o’clock.” Drinnon said the early catch didn’t give him much comfort, because he didn’t cull a fish after 8 a.m. He said he caught the early bass on a homemade jig by throwing toward the bank in less than three feet of water and retrieving it back steadily. Drinnon said he caught 15-20 bass during the course of the day, including one he lost. All of the bass during the tournament were keepers except one. “Overall, it was a great day, and I’m really blessed,” said Drinnon, who had three BFL wins in co-angler competition before switching to the boater side. “I knew how good the bite was, and there were a few others who figured out the bite as well, because the weights were really tight. “I was really nervous about it, to be honest,” Drinnon added. “I felt I really needed the one that I had lost. I thought that was going to cost me, but it ended up working out.” The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in: 1st: Bobby Drinnon, Rogersville, Tenn., five bass, 17-15, $4,806 Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com. Vicchio had a largemouth that weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces that was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division and earned the day’s Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $725.
Stephen Vick of Dandridge, Tennessee, won the Strike King Co-angler Division and $2,343 Sunday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 6 ounces. The top 10 Strike King co-anglers were: 1st: Stephen Vick, Dandridge, Tenn., five bass, 13-6, $2,343 Denvelle Ketron of Kingsport, Tennessee, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 15 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Berkley Big Bass Co-angler award of $345. After four events, Jacob Woods of Loudon, Tennessee, leads the Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division Boater Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 911 points, while Brad Barton of Middlesboro, Kentucky, leads the Strike King Co-Angler Division AOY race with 953 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. 20-22 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Smith Lake in Cullman, Alabama. 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 2022 All-American will be held June 2-4 at Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs. 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. About Major League Fishing |
Michael Hood and Randy Wiggins Win the ABT on Wheeler Lake with 24.27 By Jason Duran
Michael Hood and Randy Wiggins Win the ABT on Wheeler Lake with 24.27
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Decatur, Ala May 22— The Alabama Bass Trail North Division completed stop number four on Wheeler Lake. In recent years the lake has seen a huge rebound. In this event, many teams reported catching 70-100 fish throughout the day. With the return of the grass and the healthy bass population, Wheeler Lake is arguably one of, if not the best, lakes in Alabama. The team of Michael Hood and Randy Wiggins agree saying, “this is probably one of our favorite lakes right now, and to get this win against these guys, is a huge win we really wanted.”
Michael Hood and Randy Wiggins 24.27 pounds finished first. “We had a terrible practice; we fished until 3:30 on two spots and only caught 4 fish. We started our day at the first spot on a grass mat not far from take-off,” an area also found by many other teams in the event. They spent some time fishing around in the area using “a Jack Hammer Chatter bait with a Strike King green pumpkin trailer” and catching a limit of 10-11 pounds around 7:00.” Because it was so crowded and the team realized they needed to upgrade those fish to have a chance, they moved to the second area they found in practice. This area is described as a “dirt shallow area.” The team positioned the boat in “1.9 – 2.0 feet of water and made casts up shallower where we believed the fish were still spawning. We made a cast and caught a 4.08 smallmouth and made another cast to catch a 5-pound largemouth- both fish barely had enough water over their backs, so it was so shallow. We believe the fish had just moved up on a hard spot.” Most of their quality fish were caught from 10:30 to 12:00 which is usually the worst time of the day to catch quality fish. They focused their time working the shallow area and caught 15 fish culling probably 15 pounds to reach the 24.27-pounds that won the money. With this win they collected $10,000 and punched their ticket to the ABT Championship on Lake Jordan in October.
Jamie Smith and Michael Rains finished second place with 21.68. “In practice we found a little spot of fish but didn’t really know what was there. We ran straight to them this morning and got really lucky. We hadn’t seen a 5-pound fish in practice, but we caught two of them first thing. About 6:45 we had a limit and started culling from there.” The team spent the day in the Decatur Flats area just a mile or so from take-off catching fish near the river ledge. The fish they caught were post spawn fish that were making their way out to the river ledge. “We used a Freedom Tackle Chatterbait and a NetBait C-Mac 11 worm in plum apple along with American Bait Works Bait Fuel and believe it was the difference maker for us. We have fished the ABT from the beginning, and this is the third time we have finished second. We were sitting in 19th place in AOY before this event, so hopefully this will bump us up a little more to qualify to fish the BASS Team Championship. We are headed to our home, Lake Guntersville, for the next event and are really looking forward to that.” For second place, the team collected a $5,000 check.
Tommy Reyer and Jeremy White finished in third place with 21.09. Their morning started on a spot they found late Friday afternoon in practice described by them as “a shell bed with milfoil grass surrounding it.” They began fishing the spot using a topwater but quickly realized that bait was not going to produce for them. After changing to go with a custom-made chatterbait they call “Daddy Hammer because a buddy’s daddy makes it for” them, they began to get some quality 3-pound fish catches. For the next two hours they caught fish every cast. Deciding about mid-day that they had really worked the spot over and possibly caught all the fish there, they decided to let that spot rest, so they headed down river to another spot. After sitting on the new spot about an hour, they caught one that weighed about 3-pounds. They thought about heading back to the original spot, but soon after they caught a 4-pound fish and decided to stay and continue to fish the area. About 2:00 they decided to slowly make the run back to weigh in to make sure to take good care of the fish they had. They caught about 100 fish off the first spot using baits that matched the blue gill bait fish. Those baits include a “Zoom Ol’ Monster in blue flake, a blue gill colored Senko- when we ran out of those, we use green pumpkin blue Senko and green pumpkin blue swirl Senko. We caught most of our better fish on the custom-made chatter bait in bluegill with a Strike King Menace trailer.” The team collected a $4,000 pay day for their finish.
The Top 10 places are below for a complete list of standings visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/wheeler-lake/results/
There is one more event in the regular season and one more chance to qualify for the ABT Championship and the BASS Team Championship as well as the coveted title of Angler of the year. Listed below are the top 12 in AOY after 4 events:
1 Gregory Lamb/David Powell 833
2 Wesley Sams/Jordan Wiggins 826
3 Luke Kyle/Arch Cornett 803
4 Mitch Mitchell/Candler Mccollum 802
5 Justin Lane/Luke Mason 780
6 Jamie Smith/Michael Rains 765
7 Benjie Seaborn/Johnathan Seaborn 759
8 Nolen Spencer/Jonathon Reese 752
8 Jacob Davis /Chris Wages 752
10 Craig Grubbs/Matt Ferguson 740
11 Zachary Taylor/Josh Austin 738
12 Bryan Dowdy/Kyle Lewellen 727
12 Damien Willis/Tyler Kiker 727
Download and listen to the ABT Podcast on your favorite Podcast app by searching for “Alabama Bass Trail Podcast.” The podcast is released each week on Tuesday, and this week will feature the winners form Wheeler Lake.
The sponsors of the 2022 Alabama Bass Trail include: Phoenix Boats, Academy Sports, Alabama Power, America’s First Federal Credit Union, American Trailer Rental Group, BAJIO, Berkley, Big Bite Baits, Bill Penny Automotive, Black Rife Coffee Company, Buck N’ Bass, Anheuser – Bush, Inc., E3 Sports Apparel, Fish Neely Henry Lake.com, Garmin, Jack’s, Lew’s, Mountain Dew, Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association, Power-Pole, Strike King, Sweet Home Alabama, T-H Marine, Wedowee Marine, Yamaha, Navionics and YETI Coolers.
Steve Deisher & Bobby Pauly Win Region 4 TBF VA Bass Open Team Tournament Trail Stop #5 Clayton Lake, May 21
Region 4 TBF VA Bass Open Team Tournament Trail
Stop #5 Clayton Lake, May 21
We had 19 boats come out to play, on a Hot May day. Taking home the win was Steve Deisher and Bobby Pauly with 14.26lbs. 2nd place Zach Peaslee and Bob Peaslee 11.66lbs and Big Fish 3.86lbs , see y’all June 18th at SML night tournament, Remember it must be 2 people per boat “NO SOLO”
Any questions please call 540-529-6550
Bluff City’s Lilly Earns Victory at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event on Douglas Lake Presented by Lithium Pros
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Boater Travis Lilly of Bluff City, Tennessee and Strike-King co-angler Brad Barton of Middlesboro, Kentucky.
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DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (May 23, 2022) – Boater Travis Lilly of Bluff City, Tennessee, caught five bass Saturday weighing 16 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine on Douglas Lake Presented by Lithium Pros . The tournament, hosted by the Economic Development Alliance Jefferson County, was the third event for the Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division. Lilly earned $5,874 for his victory. Lilly said he targeted the lower end of Douglas Lake near Flat Creek, fishing a shad spawn pattern and “whatever looked good.” “The key was just junk fishing and being in the right place at the right time,” Lilly said. “I used a white homemade jig, a Lake Fork Flutter Spoon and an Azuma Timmy Horton Z Boss crankbait.” The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in: 1st: Travis Lilly, Bluff City, Tenn., five bass, 16-5, $5,874
2nd: Corey Neece, Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 16-2, $3,045 (includes $500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus) 3rd: Eddie Ball, Newport, Tenn., five bass, 15-4, $1,898 4th: Greg McDavid, Blountville, Tenn., five bass, 14-11, $1,487 5th: Derek Turner, Jacksboro, Tenn., five bass, 14-4, $1,018 6th: Mark Pappas, Dandridge, Tenn., five bass, 14-2, $933 7th: Jeremy Shuman, Louisville, Tenn., five bass, 13-13, $848 8th: Matthew Rock, Bristol, Va., five bass, 13-9, $721 8th: Brant Grimm, Church Hill, Tenn., five bass, 13-9, $721 10th: Corey Brooks, Louisville, Tenn., five bass, 13-8, $594
Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Lilly had a largemouth that weighed 5 pounds, 7 ounces that was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division and earned the day’s Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $785. 
Brad Barton of Middlesboro, Kentucky, won the Strike King Co-angler Division and $2,607 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 2 ounces. The top 10 Strike King co-anglers were:
1st: Brad Barton, Middlesboro, Ky., five bass, 12-2, $2,607
2nd: Keith Gunsauls, Dandridge, Tenn., four bass, 12-1, $1,635 3rd: Don Raines, five bass, 11-12, $837 4th: Hunter Cseledy, Waynesville, N.C., five bass, 11-11, $585 5th: Peyton Kent, McDonald, Tenn., five bass, 11-7, $501 6th: Jeremy Haney, Crossville, Tenn., five bass, 11-3, $460 7th: Kiel Guin, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 11-0, $418 8th: Nick Coker, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 10-14, $576 9th: Dennis Putthoff, Old Hickory, Tenn., five bass, 10-13, $334 10th: Thai Tatum, Lebanon, Va., five bass, 10-9, $277 10th: Pop Catalin, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 10-9, $277
Gunsauls caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 12 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Berkley Big Bass Co-angler award of $382.
After three events, Jacob Woods of Loudon, Tennessee, leads the Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division Boater Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 694 points, while Brad Barton of Middlesboro, Kentucky, leads the Strike King Co-Angler Division AOY race with 730 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. 20-22 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Smith Lake in Cullman, Alabama. 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 2022 All-American will be held June 2-4 at Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs. 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. |
Okahumpka’s Semento Rallies to Win Toyota Series Southern Division Finale on the Harris Chain of Lakes
LEESBURG, Fla. (May 22, 2022) – Despite only weighing in four bass totaling 9 pounds, 15 ounces that had him buried in 119th place after Day 1, pro angler Jonathan Semento of Okahumpka, Florida, rallied on the final two days – including a 25-pound, 3-ounce final-day limit – to win the Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. at the Harris Chain of Lakes and win the top payout of $80,500, including the lucrative $35,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus. Semento’s three-day total of 14 bass weighing 60-1 earned him the victory by a 3-pound, 12-ounce margin over second place pro Andrew Ready of Auburndale, Florida, who caught 15 bass weighing 56-5 to finish second and earn $17,000.
The three-day bass fishing tournament, hosted by Visit Lake County, was the third and final event of the regular season for the Toyota Series Southern Division.
“It feels great to come back from so far and win like this,” Semento told MLF reporter Rob Newell. “I was pretty frustrated that first day. But I knew those big fish were offshore and I just needed to relocate them. On the second day, I moved around a lot more and found them about 200 yards from where I caught them two weeks ago.
“What made it possible to relocate them was the fact that I had the whole lake to myself,” he added. “If 80 boats went over there every day, I wouldn’t have been able to hop around and fish as freely. Having no pressure over there was definitely a big key.”
The lake that Semento fished in was Lake Griffin, which was avoided by many tournament competitors after recent hydrilla spraying, algae blooms and rising water temperatures had colored the water into a hue that resembled pea soup. Despite the tougher conditions, Semento, a resident of nearby Okahumpka, had placed second in a local tournament after fishing in Griffin a couple of weeks ago and decided that he was going to stick with the lake for this event.
Semento’s key area in Lake Griffin was a 100-yard stretch of clumpy eelgrass in 4 to 6 feet of water. To do his work, Semento utilized two ChatterBaits: one was a 3/8-ounce golden shiner color for shallower 4-foot clumps and the other was a ½-ounce chartreuse and white model for deeper clumps in 6 feet. He trailed both with Yamamoto Zako trailers in matching colors to the ChatterBaits. He fished both on 15-pound-test P-Line.
“Sometimes with tournament fishing, it just comes down to being stubborn enough until it pays off,” Semento said. “Some people might think I was crazy to go right back over to Griffin after catching 9 pounds there the first day. But this fishing game can get personal, and it comes down to knowing you are doing the right thing even when your weigh-in ticket doesn’t reflect it the first day. I knew in my heart what lived there and I was determined to prove it.”
The top 10 pros on the Harris Chain of Lakes finished:
1st: Jonathan Semento, Okahumpka, Fla., 14 bass, 60-1, $80,500
2nd: Andrew Ready, Auburndale, Fla., 15 bass, 56-5, $17,000
3rd: Flint Davis, Leesburg, Ga., 15 bass, 53-10, $12,750
4th: Austin Baskette, Leesburg, Fla., 15 bass, 53-1, $10,750
5th: Kennie Steverson, Umatilla, Fla., 15 bass, 52-7, $9,750
6th: Eric Conant, Lakeland, Fla., 15 bass, 52-4, $8,375
7th: Mike Surman, Boca Raton, Fla., 15 bass, 51-10, $7,300
8th: Dustin Smith, Grand Island, Fla., 15 bass, 51-2, $6,300
9th: Val Osinski, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 15 bass, 50-9, $5,300
10th: Ben McCann, Bradenton, Fla., 15 bass, 49-6, $4,200
Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Pro Nolan Gaskin of Broussard, Louisiana, won the $500 Day 1 Berkley Big Bass award in the pro division Thursday with a largemouth weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Grant Valkaria, Florida’s Jonathan Mickler earned Friday’s $500 Berkley Big Bass award with a 9-pound, 5-ounce kicker.
Semento took home an extra $35,000 as the highest finishing Phoenix MLF Bonus member. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $35,000 per event in each Toyota Series tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the Phoenix MLF Bonus contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.
Nate Bloom of Winter Springs, Florida, won the Strike King Co-angler Division Saturday with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 37 pounds, 10 ounces. Bloom took home the top prize package of a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower Mercury outboard motor.
The top 10 Strike King co-anglers on the Harris Chain of Lakes finished:
1st: Nate Bloom, Winter Springs, Fla., 15 bass, 37-10, Phoenix 518 Pro boat w/115-hp Mercury outboard
2nd: Mason Chapman, Lenexa, Kan., 15 bass, 37-7, $5,375
3rd: William Lewis, Jacksonville, Fla., 15 bass, 36-7, $4,300
4th: Billy Schwach, Summerville, S.C., 15 bass, 36-2, $3,650
5th: Shane Zelazo, Pollocksville, N.C., 15 bass, 36-0, $3,150
6th: Hunter Kaiser, Lakeland, Fla., 13 bass, 35-3, $2,650
7th: Colten Drawdy, Plant City, Fla., 15 bass, 34-15, $2,150
8th: Erik Kraft, Port Saint Lucie, Fla., 14 bass, 33-12, $1,825
9th: Blaine Partee, Oviedo, Fla., 15 bass, 33-5, $1,530
10th: Jeff Turner, Plainfield, Ill., 15 bass, 33-5, $1,490
The Day 1 Berkley Big Bass $150 award winner in the Strike King co-angler division, was Justin Thompson of Marshall, Virginia, with an 8-pound, 15-ounce bass, while the Day 2 $150 award went to Hunter Rudd of Leesburg, Georgia, who weighed in a 7-pound, 15-ounce largemouth.
Now that the three regular-season events in the Toyota Series Southern Division are complete, pro Christian Greico of Tampa, Florida, has won the Toyota Series Southern Division Pro Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 711 points, while Mason Chapman of Lenexa, Kansas – son of Bass Pro Tour angler Brent Chapman – won the Strike King Co-Angler Division AOY race with 757 points.
The next event for Toyota Series anglers will take place June 1-3 – the Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. at the California Delta in Bethel Island, California. For a complete schedule, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.
The 2022 Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. consists of six divisions – Central, Northern, Plains Presented by Outlaw Ordnance, Southern, Southwestern Presented by Outlaw Ordnance and Western – each holding three regular-season events, along with the International and Wild Card divisions. Anglers who fish in any of the six divisions and finish in the top 25 – or the top 12 from the Wild Card division – will qualify for the no-entry-fee Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. Championship for a shot at winning up to $235,000 cash. The winning Strike King co-angler at the championship earns a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower Mercury outboard. The 2022 Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. Championship will be held Nov. 3-5 on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, and is hosted by Marshall County Tourism and Sports.
Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. 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, Outlaw Ordnance, Phoenix, Polaris, Power-Pole, Strike King, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, Wiley X and YETI.
For complete details and updated information visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the MLF Toyota Series on the MLF5 social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Livesay Wins Second-Straight Bassmaster Elite Series Title On Lake Fork
Lee Livesay of Longview, Texas, has won the 2022 Simms Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork with a four-day total of 113 pounds, 11 ounces.
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May 22, 2022
Livesay Wins Second-Straight Bassmaster Elite Series Title On Lake Fork
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QUITMAN, Texas — Lee Livesay definitely expected to do well; he just never expected his second consecutive victory on his home waters to be fueled by a “junk” spot.
But that’s exactly what happened, as the Longview, Texas, pro turned in a four-day total of 113 pounds, 11 ounces to win the Simms Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork.
Livesay caught 32 pounds on Day 1 and finished just 5 ounces out of the top spot. A second-round limit of 28-10 then gave him the lead with a 4-pound margin over Brandon Palaniuk of Rathdrum, Idaho.
Livesay added 27-5 on Semifinal Saturday and entered Championship Sunday with a 3 1/2-pound advantage over Palaniuk. Then his final limit of 25-12 sealed the victory and pushed him past Palaniuk and Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala. — both with 102-2 — by a margin of 11-9.
Ties are broken by the heaviest single-day weight. Palaniuk’s 30-1 limit on Day 2 topped Swindle’s Day 1 limit of 29-7.
“This week is the most stressful week ever for me because I want to do good for every single person in this crowd that supports me — friends, family, sponsors, everybody,” Livesay said. “This place is special to a lot of people, but it’s special to me because it’s home.
“It’s hard to win on your home lake, but I’m a very blessed man.”
It marked the third Elite title for Livesay, who won at Lake Fork in 2021 and Chickamauga Lake in 2020. In addition to the $100,000 first-place prize, Livesay claimed his second Century Club belt for breaking 100 pounds in a four-day event. His first was for last year’s Lake Fork winning total of 112-5.
Despite intimate Lake Fork knowledge earned through a lifetime of fishing and several years of guiding, Livesay lamented a tough tournament. The lake is down 5 1/2 feet for dam repairs, so many of the spots he fished last year were inaccessible, if not high and dry.
With several of his fishable areas failing to impress, Livesay turned to an unlikely option that ended up producing much of his weight. Located on the west side of the Lake Fork Creek arm, Livesay’s main target comprised a 40-foot by 40-foot high spot reaching into nearby timber in about 13 to 17 feet of water.
Devoid of cover, the spot had a hard bottom where large gizzard shad were congregating. Big bass would periodically pull up to feed and when they did, Livesay could expect aggressive bites.
“I caught every fish today and every one but one yesterday on a spot I found in practice that I never looked at in my life,” Livesay said. “I’ve covered every piece of water on this lake a million times over and that’s what’s crazy. I didn’t catch anything where I normally do.”
Locating this spot was more by default than intent. Nevertheless, Livesay is thankful he found it.
“I only went looking (for new spots) because the first day of practice there was another tournament here and I didn’t want to be seen on anything good. I just went looking at junk and junk turned into 100 grand.”
Livesay anchored his final limit with an 8-3 at 2:38 p.m. He caught most of his Day 4 bass on a 3/4-ounce 6th Sense Divine Hybrid Jig with a Netbait Paca Craw and a Hog Farmer Magnum Shaky Head with a Netbait C-Mac worm. His biggest fish ate a 5-inch 6th Sense Flutter Spoon.
He became the 14th angler with three Elite wins and the fourth to win Elite events in three consecutive seasons. Livesay, 36, is also the second youngest (behind Palaniuk) to reach his third Elite title.
It all happened for the Texas pro less than a month after he won his first St. Croix Bassmaster Open presented by Mossy Oak Fishing at Ross Barnett on April 30
Palaniuk, who turned in daily weights of 26-9, 30-1, 27-13 and 17-11, earned his first Century Club belt. Spending his tournament on two main spots in the lake’s lower basin, he targeted shallow points in 10 to 25 feet. The less-obvious spots were his preference.
“These were places that I somehow managed to have to myself that didn’t have any pressure,” Palaniuk said. “I think that allowed those fish to set up and stay there. They weren’t constantly getting beat on, so I could kind of cycle back and forth and get those bites.”
Palaniuk caught most of his fish on a Rapala DT-16 and a flutter spoon.
Swindle, who added a Century Club entry to the one he earned on California’s Clear Lake in 2007, turned in daily limits of 29-7, 22-5, 29-2 and 21-4.
For much of the tournament, Swindle caught his fish by working a Zoom Magnum Trick Worm on a 3/4-ounce shaky head amid trees in the Lake Fork Creek arm. When that bite fizzled on Day 4, he transitioned to flipping a 1/2-ounce Boss jig with a Zoom Z-Craw trailer.
Swindle had earlier noticed bream rising to eat bass fry next to timber, so he tipped the trailer in chartreuse dye to match the panfish tails. After catching a limit this way, he upgraded with two bass — one a 6-13 — by fishing a big worm over a bream bed.
Late in the day, Swindle was stuck at 99 pounds, 15 ounces when he stopped on a dock en route to the weigh-in. With about 12 minutes left, he swam the Boss jig down the dock perimeter and caught a 4-pounder that pushed him over 100.
“That was the only jig that I had in my hand so I just threw it over there and started swimming it,” he said. “I was running by that dock and my gut was telling me ‘Do it, do it, do it,’ so I turned around and went back to it. If nothing else, it’s a reinforcement to always trust my gut.”
Marc Frazier of Newnan, Ga., won the $1,000 Phoenix Boats Big Bass award with the 8-12 largemouth he caught Sunday.
Florida pro Cliff Prince won the $2,000 VMC Monster Bag award with his 32-5 limit from Day 1.
Josh Stracner of Vandiver, Ala., took home an additional $3,000 for being the highest-placing entrant in the Toyota Bonus Bucks program, while Todd Auten of Lake Wylie, S.C., also earned $2,000 for being the second-highest placing entrant.
As part of the Yamaha Power Pay program, Palaniuk earned an additional $2,500 as the highest-placing entrant and Bill Lowen of Brookville, Ind., claimed an additional $1,500 for being the second-highest placing entrant.
Palaniuk leads the Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 442 points. John Cox of DeBary, Fla., is in second with 422, followed by David Mullins of Mt. Carmel, Tenn., with 401, Drew Benton of Blakely, Ga., with 381 and Brandon Lester of Fayetteville, Tenn., with 377.
Jay Przekurat of Stevens Point, Wis., leads the Falcon Rods Rookie of the Year standings with 320 points.
The Simms Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork is being hosted by the Sabine River Authority and Wood County Economic Development Commission.
2022 Simms Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork 5/19-5/22
Lake Fork, Quitman TX.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Lee Livesay Longview, TX 20 113-11 100 $100,000.00
Day 1: 5 32-00 Day 2: 5 28-10 Day 3: 5 27-05 Day 4: 5 25-12
2. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 20 102-02 99 $36,000.00
Day 1: 5 26-09 Day 2: 5 30-01 Day 3: 5 27-13 Day 4: 5 17-11
3. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 20 102-02 98 $30,000.00
Day 1: 5 29-07 Day 2: 5 22-05 Day 3: 5 29-02 Day 4: 5 21-04
4. Shane LeHew Catawba, NC 20 100-09 97 $25,000.00
Day 1: 5 26-11 Day 2: 5 24-07 Day 3: 5 21-13 Day 4: 5 27-10
5. Marc Frazier Newnan, GA 20 99-01 96 $22,000.00
Day 1: 5 20-15 Day 2: 5 25-05 Day 3: 5 26-04 Day 4: 5 26-09
6. Bryan New Saluda, SC 20 98-14 95 $19,000.00
Day 1: 5 23-07 Day 2: 5 28-14 Day 3: 5 23-00 Day 4: 5 23-09
7. Joshua Stracner Vandiver, AL 20 97-14 94 $18,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-02 Day 2: 5 27-00 Day 3: 5 30-10 Day 4: 5 23-02
8. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 20 96-12 93 $17,000.00
Day 1: 5 24-12 Day 2: 5 20-02 Day 3: 5 26-03 Day 4: 5 25-11
9. Derek Hudnall Denham Springs, LA 20 92-04 92 $16,000.00
Day 1: 5 24-05 Day 2: 5 23-02 Day 3: 5 22-09 Day 4: 5 22-04
10. Chris Johnston Otonabee Ontario CANADA 20 92-02 91 $15,000.00
Day 1: 5 26-04 Day 2: 5 20-03 Day 3: 5 24-12 Day 4: 5 20-15
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1 Gary Clouse Winchester, TN 08-10 $1,000.00
2 Chad Pipkens Dewitt, MI 08-11 $1,000.00
3 Jeff Gustafson Keewatin Ontario CANADA08-09 $1,000.00
4 Marc Frazier Newnan, GA 08-12 $1,000.00
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Marc Frazier Newnan, GA 08-12 $1,000.00
VMC MONSTER BAG
Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 32-05 $2,000.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 85 447 1676-05
2 81 441 1605-01
3 44 224 931-15
4 10 50 234-07
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220 1162 4447-12
Late Rally Lifts Gregory To Bassmaster Kayak Series Win On Smith Lake
Drew Gregory of Kent, Ohio, has won the 2022 Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series at Lewis Smith Lake powered by TourneyX with a five-fish limit of 89.5 inches.
Photo by Mark Cisneros/B.A.S.S.
May 21, 2022
Late Rally Lifts Gregory To Bassmaster Kayak Series Win On Smith Lake
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JASPER, Ala. — Drew Gregory of Kent, Ohio, gave his new kayak the best possible debut by totaling 89.5 inches and earning the victory at the Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series at Lewis Smith Lake powered by TourneyX.
With his best five bass measuring 19.75, 19.25, 17.25, 16.75 and 16.5 inches, Gregory earned the first-place prize of $3,000.
Making the maiden trip in the 11-foot, 10-inch Crescent Kayaks Shoalie that he designed, Gregory fished the narrow reaches of creeks on Smith’s upper end. He targeted shallow, clear water where Alabama (spotted) bass roam.
“I like to get way back in these creeks where there would be low, clear-water pools, then the water would go down some riffles into another pool,” Gregory said. “The fish were around any wood that was in the water. I’d also fish any rock in the middle or anywhere they could sit and ambush.”
Gregory caught his bass on a spinnerbait and a River2Sea Whopper Plopper. If a fish missed the topwater, he’d follow up with a Z-Man MiniMax ChatterBait in a bream pattern with a 4-inch green pumpkin Z-Man Diesel MinnowZ trailer that he shortened slightly.
Gregory said his day started slowly and by about 1:30 p.m., he had only what he considered a mid-pack total. His day changed dramatically when he located a pool that was loaded with aggressive fish.
“Between 1:30 and 2:10 I replaced my entire (total), Gregory said. “I locked the Whopper Plopper in my hand and hit the right pools.”
With the fish extremely wary in the high visibility, Gregory made long casts and eventually resorted to fishing from a seated position. His preferred standing position, he said, would spook the fish.
In April, Gregory took home his first Bassmaster Kayak Series title on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake.
Chris Hartman of Jacksonville, Ark., placed second with 89 inches. Fishing out of a 13.2 Old Town Predator PDL, he fished a creek on the lake’s southeast end and fared best when targeting shaded areas with a finesse presentation.
“I started out throwing a little bit of everything, then I figured out that the fish weren’t up against the bank, they were up against trees in 2 to 3 feet of water,” Hartman said. “I caught all my fish on a green pumpkin YUM Dinger on a 1/16-ounce VMC weighted wacky jig.”
Harman caught about 20 fish by 10:30, then his bite slowed. His best five measured 19, 18.75, 18, 17.25 and 16 inches. Hartman won $1,500.
Tim Perkins of Heflin, Ala., placed third with 84.75 inches. His best five bass went 19.75, 18.25, 17.5, 14.75 and 14.5 inches. He earned $1,000.
Fishing from a Woodland Systems Recon 120 with a Torqueedo electric motor, Perkins stayed in the Butlers Brand area, where he focused on buck brush along the edge of a branch channel and caught his bass in a foot of water or less.
Perkins used a 3/8-ounce chartreuse and white Redline River Series spinnerbait with tandem willow-leaf and Colorado blades and a Zoom Twin Tail trailer. He chose this bait to mimic the bream he found in his area.
“I did best when the wind was breaking up my profile and the sun was out,” Perkins said.
Greg Harper, who finished ninth, won the $500 Big Bass award for his 21-inch fish.
The tournament was hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Walker County.
2022 Bassmaster Kayak Series Title Sponsor: Yamaha Rightwaters
2022 Bassmaster Kayak Series Partners: Old Town, MotorGuide
Livesay Maintains Lead In Bassmaster Elite Series Event On Lake Fork
Lee Livesay of Longview, Texas, is leading after Day 3 of the 2022 Simms Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork with a three-day total of 87 pounds, 15 ounces.
Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.
May 21, 2022
Livesay Maintains Lead In Bassmaster Elite Series Event On Lake Fork
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QUITMAN, Texas — Despite a lifetime of fishing Lake Fork and several years of guiding on the East Texas powerhouse, Lee Livesay found something he’d never seen before and that revelation delivered a Day 3 limit of 27 pounds, 5 ounces that kept him atop the Simms Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork with a three-day weight of 87-15.
Livesay heads into Championship Sunday with a 3 1/2-pound advantage over Idaho superstar Brandon Palaniuk — and he credits much of his success to that new discovery.
“Most of the fish I’ve caught this week have come from a spot I’ve never even caught a bass on,” said Livesay, who won his first St. Croix Bassmaster Open presented by Mossy Oak Fishing at Ross Barnett on April 30. “I found them the first day of practice and thought they were little, but they grew. I got lucky yesterday and got an 8-pounder on another spot where it was just her.”
Livesay knows Fork intimately, but the spot he’s leveraging this week was so unassuming that it had never caught his eye. During practice, another tournament crowded the lake’s diminished waters — the lake level is down 5 1/2 feet for dam repairs — so Livesay searched for less obvious spots.
“I went looking at off-the-wall stuff I’d never looked at,” he said. “When I found them, I thought they were catfish. I came back the second day of practice and caught two under 4 pounds.
“I kind of wrote it off because usually a big one will bite before the little ones. But I went to it (during the tournament) and caught most of my bag there yesterday and all but my biggest one there today.”
Livesay described his spot as a small point reaching into the standing timber with a high spot. That 30-foot by 30-foot section has hard bottom where bass pull up to feed.
While the first two days saw Livesay catching fish early and securing all of his weight by late morning, Saturday kept him waiting until 9:15 a.m. for his first keeper. Another difference: Livesay couldn’t find the big afternoon bites the first two days, but he caught an 8-2 Saturday shortly after noon.
That kicker came off a deep point that was loaded with white bass — a common forage for Lake Fork giants.
Livesay caught all of his bass on a 6th Sense Divine Hybrid Jig with a Netbait Paca Craw.
Palaniuk caught 26-9 on Day 1 to place eighth before adding a second-round limit of 30-1 — his first limit of 30-plus in Bassmaster competition — to rise to second. His Day 3 bag of 27-13 gave the former Bassmaster Angler of the Year a total of 84-7.
While many anglers reported flurries of activity, Palaniuk caught one good fish each hour from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. He started with a 5-1 at 7:21, added a 3-9 at 8:44, then a 3-10 (9:01), a 6-6 (10:03), a 5-15 (11:46) and a 6-13 (12:06).
“Yesterday, I had a major flurry; today I just didn’t,” Palaniuk said. “The fish were moving around a lot, they wouldn’t stay in my places and really set up.
“I would have thought that with today’s lighter wind, they would have hunkered down, but with less wind, the bait’s probably moving differently, it’s not pushed up against there and the bass just moved with the bait.”
Returning to the same spots in the lake’s lower basin where he fished the previous two days, Palaniuk caught his bass over hard bottom with a variety of Rapala crankbaits and a big spoon.
Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., is in third place with 80-14. After placing third on Day 1 with 29-7, he added 22-5 and slipped to fourth on Day 2. His Day 3 limit of 29-2 helped him move up a notch with 80-14.
Swindle said the key to surging ahead Saturday was switching locations and baits. He spent the majority of his day flipping a Zoom Magnum Trick Worm on a 3/4-ounce shaky head amid trees in the Lake Fork Creek arm. With more than half his day gone, Swindle relocated to a point in 25 feet of water and picked up a deep-diving crankbait.
“I left that area and I had about 26 pounds; I’d done all I could do and I guarded it a while to make sure they didn’t keep biting,” Swindle said. “At noon, I was convinced they were not going to bite the rest of the day, so I went and checked one more point.
“I graphed the point and (the fish) that were there the second day of practice hadn’t been there in the tournament, but I pulled in there today and I’m like, ‘Well, there they are.’ I caught a 6-4 and a 5-6 off of it. I caught two more 4s and a 3 that wouldn’t help me.”
Notably, Swindle had just switched to a lighter-action rod prior to catching his 5-6. That fish was hooked in the top of the head — a common occurrence with treble-hook baits — and the new rod’s flexibility allowed him to finesse it to the boat without popping the hook loose.
Chad Pipkens of DeWitt, Mich., still leads for Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with an 8-11 largemouth.
Day 1 leader Cliff Prince of Palatka, Fla., leads the race for VMC Monster Bag with his 32-5 limit from Day 1.
Palaniuk leads the Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 442 points. John Cox of DeBary, Fla., is in second with 422, followed by David Mullins of Mt. Carmel, Tenn., with 401, Drew Benton of Blakely, Ga., with 381 and Brandon Lester of Fayetteville, Tenn., with 377.
Jay Przekurat of Stevens Point, Wis., leads the Falcon Rods Rookie of the Year standings with 320 points.
The Top 10 remaining anglers will take off at 7 a.m. CT Sunday from SRA Headquarters — Lake Fork. The weigh-in will be held at the same location at 3:10 p.m., with the winner earning $100,000. Coverage will be available on Bassmaster.com and the FOX Sports digital platforms. FS1 will also broadcast live with the tournament leaders beginning at 7 a.m.
The Simms Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork is being hosted by the Sabine River Authority and Wood County Economic Development Commission.
2022 Simms Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork 5/19-5/22
Lake Fork, Quitman TX.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Lee Livesay Longview, TX 15 87-15 100
Day 1: 5 32-00 Day 2: 5 28-10 Day 3: 5 27-05
2. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 15 84-07 99
Day 1: 5 26-09 Day 2: 5 30-01 Day 3: 5 27-13
3. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 15 80-14 98
Day 1: 5 29-07 Day 2: 5 22-05 Day 3: 5 29-02
4. Bryan New Saluda, SC 15 75-05 97
Day 1: 5 23-07 Day 2: 5 28-14 Day 3: 5 23-00
5. Joshua Stracner Vandiver, AL 15 74-12 96
Day 1: 5 17-02 Day 2: 5 27-00 Day 3: 5 30-10
6. Shane LeHew Catawba, NC 15 72-15 95
Day 1: 5 26-11 Day 2: 5 24-07 Day 3: 5 21-13
7. Marc Frazier Newnan, GA 15 72-08 94
Day 1: 5 20-15 Day 2: 5 25-05 Day 3: 5 26-04
8. Chris Johnston Otonabee Ontario CANADA 15 71-03 93
Day 1: 5 26-04 Day 2: 5 20-03 Day 3: 5 24-12
9. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 15 71-01 92
Day 1: 5 24-12 Day 2: 5 20-02 Day 3: 5 26-03
10. Derek Hudnall Denham Springs, LA 15 70-00 91
Day 1: 5 24-05 Day 2: 5 23-02 Day 3: 5 22-09
11. Todd Auten Lake Wylie, SC 15 69-04 90 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-05 Day 2: 5 24-08 Day 3: 5 25-07
12. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 15 67-14 89 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 22-14 Day 2: 5 23-13 Day 3: 5 21-03
13. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 15 67-12 88 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 28-07 Day 2: 5 16-10 Day 3: 5 22-11
14. Kenta Kimura Osaka JAPAN 15 67-12 87 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 5 28-01 Day 3: 5 23-00
15. Tyler Rivet Raceland, LA 15 66-15 86 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 22-04 Day 2: 5 21-05 Day 3: 5 23-06
16. Caleb Kuphall Mukwonago, WI 15 66-03 85 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 25-05 Day 2: 5 16-14 Day 3: 5 24-00
17. Matt Robertson Kuttawa, KY 15 66-00 84 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 23-02 Day 2: 5 20-06 Day 3: 5 22-08
18. Pat Schlapper Eleva, WI 15 65-14 83 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 5 26-06 Day 3: 5 20-01
19. Chad Pipkens Dewitt, MI 15 65-05 82 $11,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-12 Day 2: 5 27-08 Day 3: 5 19-01
20. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 15 65-04 81 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 32-05 Day 2: 5 18-06 Day 3: 5 14-09
21. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 15 64-02 80 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 27-07 Day 2: 5 21-07 Day 3: 5 15-04
22. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 15 63-13 79 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 20-13 Day 2: 5 21-13 Day 3: 5 21-03
23. Matty Wong Honolulu, HI 15 63-06 78 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 27-11 Day 2: 5 13-06 Day 3: 5 22-05
24. Jeff Gustafson Keewatin Ontario CANADA 15 63-03 77 $11,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-06 Day 2: 5 18-10 Day 3: 5 26-03
25. Seth Feider New Market, MN 15 62-09 76 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 24-05 Day 2: 5 17-06 Day 3: 5 20-14
26. Scott Canterbury Odenville, AL 15 60-15 75 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-02 Day 2: 5 15-15 Day 3: 5 25-14
27. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 15 60-15 74 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 24-11 Day 2: 5 15-05 Day 3: 5 20-15
28. Jacob Foutz Charleston, TN 15 60-11 73 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 24-00 Day 2: 5 16-14 Day 3: 5 19-13
29. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 15 60-02 72 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-08 Day 2: 5 19-12 Day 3: 5 18-14
30. Jamie Hartman Newport, NY 15 59-15 71 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 23-06 Day 2: 5 19-08 Day 3: 5 17-01
31. Carl Jocumsen Queensland AUSTRALIA 15 57-10 70 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-13 Day 2: 5 24-15 Day 3: 5 17-14
32. John Cox Debary, FL 15 57-09 69 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-14 Day 2: 5 23-03 Day 3: 5 12-08
33. Gregory DiPalma Millville, NJ 15 57-08 68 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 23-05 Day 2: 5 21-04 Day 3: 5 12-15
34. Patrick Walters Summerville, SC 15 57-08 67 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-03 Day 2: 5 22-09 Day 3: 5 19-12
35. Daisuke Aoki Minamitsurugun Yamanash 15 57-08 66 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-06 Day 2: 5 17-08 Day 3: 5 18-10
36. Jacob Powroznik North Prince George, VA 15 57-03 65 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-02 Day 2: 5 21-13 Day 3: 5 19-04
37. Josh Douglas Isle, MN 14 56-12 64 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 25-05 Day 2: 4 10-02 Day 3: 5 21-05
38. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 15 56-08 63 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 20-10 Day 2: 5 17-15 Day 3: 5 17-15
39. Darold Gleason Many, LA 15 56-03 62 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 23-04 Day 2: 5 19-08 Day 3: 5 13-07
40. Chris Zaldain Fort Worth, TX 14 54-09 61 $10,000.00
Day 1: 4 17-15 Day 2: 5 18-02 Day 3: 5 18-08
41. Drew Benton Blakely, GA 15 54-07 60 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-10 Day 2: 5 20-07 Day 3: 5 17-06
42. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 15 53-14 59 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 19-15 Day 3: 5 19-00
43. Ed Loughran III Richmond, VA 15 51-06 58 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-06 Day 2: 5 13-06 Day 3: 5 16-10
44. Luke Palmer Coalgate, OK 15 51-00 57 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-13 Day 2: 5 17-04 Day 3: 5 14-15
45. Jay Yelas Turner, OR 10 46-03 56 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 23-04 Day 2: 5 22-15 Day 3: 0 00-00
46. Bob Downey Detroit Lakes, MN 13 45-07 55 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-02 Day 2: 5 23-13 Day 3: 3 05-08
47. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 9 37-00 54 $10,000.00
Day 1: 3 11-12 Day 2: 5 22-09 Day 3: 1 02-11
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1 Gary Clouse Winchester, TN 08-10 $1,000.00
2 Chad Pipkens Dewitt, MI 08-11 $1,000.00
3 Jeff Gustafson Keewatin Ontario CANADA08-09 $1,000.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 85 447 1676-05
2 81 441 1605-01
3 44 224 931-15
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210 1112 4213-05
Tom Wilkinson & Brandon Curtis Lead Day 1 CATT 2022 Championship on Kerr Lake 19.23lbs
The Catt 2022 Championship on Kerr lake kicked off today. With well over half of the 218 boat field weighing in for the opportunity of taking home Thousands of dollars in winnings. Check out day 1 results & photos below. Tomorrow we will have interview & more. So pleas come on back.
