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New Fishing Apparel Built to #BraveTheWaves

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New Fishing Apparel Built to #BraveTheWaves

 

New Fishing Apparel Built to #BraveTheWaves

New Whitewater fishing apparel allows anglers to fight the fish, not the conditions

MUSKEGON, Mich. (April 25, 2022) – From the same company whose trusted ScentLok and Blocker Outdoors apparel lines have helped hunters stay comfortable and get closer to big game animals for over 40 years, Nexus Outdoors is excited to announce the official launch of its new Whitewater fishing apparel brand.

Fact: Mother Nature’s unpredictability conspires to ruin angling adventures. Whether faced with wind, rain, snow, sun, or extreme temperatures, Whitewater Fishing performance apparel equips anglers with the ability to overcome the elements, so they apply their focus and energies on fighting fish, not the conditions.

Passionate walleye angler and Nexus Outdoors CEO, Aaron Ambur, says the Whitewater fishing apparel brand was conceived to deliver advantages to all anglers. “Where I fish most, here in the Great Lakes Region, the conditions can be brutal, extreme, unpredictable and changeable.” he says. “Our expanding line of new Whitewater fishing apparel will give anglers a toolkit of versatile pieces that help them brave the waves of challenges that Mother nature throws at them, ultimately delivering more comfort so they can fish longer, more often, and earn more success.”

Ambur says these advantages will be delivered via the best materials, technologies, and tailoring, resulting in comfortable, high-quality garments that perform beyond anglers’ expectations. “We’re not expanding into fishing apparel because it’s simply another category we can fill,” he states. “That’s not our business model. We’re launching Whitewater fishing apparel because – similar to our hunting apparel – we’re confident in our Team’s ability to give anglers new apparel options that offer them real advantages.”

Initial offerings in the Whitewater Fishing apparel line include the Whitewater Long-Sleeve Tech Shirt, Lightweight Tech Hoodie, Rapids Short-Sleeve and Long-Sleeve Fishing Shirts, and Packable Rain Jacket and Pant. Additional designs are under development and will be announced soon.

For more information, or to order, visit whitewaterfish.com.

Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour Stage Four Set to Visit Lake of the Ozarks

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Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour Stage Four Set to Visit Lake of the Ozarks

Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat to Showcase 80 Pro Anglers Competing Over Six Days for Purse of $805,000

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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (April 25, 2022) – Major League Fishing (MLF) is set to visit Central Missouri this week, April 30-May 5, for the fourth event of the 2022 MLF Bass Pro Tour regular-season – the Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat.

The six-day event, hosted by Central Missouri’s Tri-County Lodging Association and BassingBob.com, will showcase 80 of the best professional anglers in the world, including bass-fishing superstars like Kevin VanDam, Ott DeFoe, Jacob Wheeler, Angler of the Year leader Jordan Lee, reigning REDCREST Champion Bobby Lane, and three Missouri pros – Jeremy Lawyer (Sarcoxie), Mike McClelland (Blue Eye), and James Watson (Lampe) . They’ll be competing for a purse of more than $805,000, including a top payout of $100,000 and valuable points in hopes of qualifying for REDCREST 2023, the Bass Pro Tour championship.

Although Lake of the Ozarks has played host to dozens of MLF (and former FLW) tournaments over the years, this event will mark the first time that the MLF Bass Pro Tour will visit Lake of the Ozarks. The tournament will feature the MLF catch, weigh, immediate-release format in which anglers catch as much weight as they can each day, while also feeling the pressure and intensity of the SCORETRACKER® leaderboard. The tournament will be filmed for broadcast later this year on the Discovery Channel.

“It’s going to be a shallow-water tournament, no doubt,” said Sarcoxie’s Jeremy Lawyer, who has numerous top-10 finishes – and a 2018 Toyota Series victory – on Lake of the Ozarks. “The most disappointing thing about competing here this time of the year is that there is no home-field advantage. The fish are spread out and the lake is wide open.

“It’s kind of scary because everyone that fishes their strength can do well. KVD throwing a squarebill (crankbait) and burning through water might do just as well as Dudley picking apart areas with a wacky worm. It’s kind of intimidating.”

Lawyer said that the bass are way behind the typical spawn timeframe, and that he expects sight-fishing and targeting boat docks to be popular tactics.

“No doubt, a wacky-rigged Zoom Zlinky is going to play well,” Lawyer said. “I’ll have a Freedom Tackle Structure jig tied on for flipping, and I think topwater baits could be strong as well. Catching numbers is going to be the name of this game, and this lake has got plenty of them in it – a lot of 3- to 5-pounders.

“I think the lake is going to really show out,” Lawyer went on to say. “A low day will be 10 to 12 scorable bass – that won’t be that good. I think somewhere from 16 to 20 keepers a day is very realistic and will have you looking good. If someone gets in the right pocket with a bunch of spawners, 25 to 30 scorables is definitely not out of the question.”

After three events in the 2022 Bass Pro Tour regular season, Alabama pro Jordan Lee leads the Bally Bet Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 226 points. Reigning 2021 AOY Jacob Wheeler is right behind Lee in second place with 224 points, while North Carolina’s Bryan Thrift sits in third with 203 points. Kevin VanDam currently sits in fourth place with 198 points, while Randy Howell rounds out the top five with 194 points.

Anglers will launch each day at 7:30 a.m. from the Grand Glaize Marina Recreation Area, located at 711 Public Beach Road in Osage Beach. Each day’s General Tire Takeout will be held at the Marina, beginning at 4 p.m. Fans are welcome to attend all launch and takeout events and also encouraged to follow the event online throughout the day on the MLF NOW!® live stream and SCORETRACKER® coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Fans are encouraged to come out to Meet The Pros Day on Saturday, April 30 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. All 80 Bass pro Tour anglers will be onsite at the Grand Glaize Marina Recreation Area to meet fans, sign autographs, snap selfies, participate in tackle giveaways and talk fishing on Lake of the Ozarks. The first 50 children will receive a free Dora the Explorer rod and reel combo, and free food will be provided for all.

On Championship Thursday, May 5, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. MLF will host a Celebration Event for fans of all ages, inviting fans to come out and celebrate with the professional anglers from the Bass Pro Tour as they crown the champion of the Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat. The FREE, family-friendly event will be fun for fishing fans of all ages. The first 50 middle school or high school anglers will receive a free Abu Garcia rod and reel combo valued at $100. The final 10 Championship Round Bass Pro Tour anglers will be on hand to meet and greet fans, sign autographs, take selfies and participate in tackle giveaways.

As part of the event, on Saturday, April 30 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., the MLF Fisheries Management Division (FMD) will also be participating in a clean-up event at the Grand Glaize Recreation Area – the FMD Costa Clean Water Matters Program supported by SeaArk.  Volunteers will walk the trails and shorelines to clean up trash and debris from the shores of Lake of the Ozarks and the walking trails at the State Park. SeaArk Boats will support the FMD and Costa’s efforts by providing their revolutionary trash clean-up boat for use on the water during the event.

The Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat will feature anglers competing with a 2-pound minimum weight requirement for a bass to be deemed scorable. Minimum weights are determined individually for each competition waters that the Bass Pro Tour visits, based on the productivity, bass population and anticipated average size of fish in each fishery.

The Bass Pro Tour features a field of 80 of the top professional anglers in the world competing across seven regular-season tournaments around the country, competing for millions of dollars and valuable points to qualify for the annual General Tire Heavy Hitters all-star event and the REDCREST 2023 championship.

The 40 Anglers in Group A compete in their two-day qualifying round on Saturday and Monday – the 40 anglers in Group B on Sunday and Tuesday. After each two-day qualifying round is complete, the anglers that finish in 2nd through 20th place from both groups advance to Wednesday’s Knockout Round, while the winner of each group advances directly to Thursday’s Championship Round. In the Knockout Round, weights are zeroed, and the remaining 38 anglers compete to finish in the top 8 to advance to the Championship Round. In the final day Championship Round, weights are zeroed, and the highest one-day total wins the top prize of $100,000.

The MLF NOW!® broadcast team of Chad McKee, Marty Stone and J.T. Kenney will break down the extended action on all six days of competition from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT. MLF NOW!®  will be live streamed on MajorLeagueFishing.com and the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app.

Television coverage of the Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat will premiere as two two-hour episodes at 7 a.m. ET, on Saturday, Oct. 15 and Saturday, Oct. 22 on the Discovery Channel. New MLF episodes premiere each Saturday morning on the Discovery Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel. Each two-hour long reality-based episode goes in-depth to break down each day of competition.

Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF Bass Pro Tour include: 13 Fishing, Abu Garcia, A.R.E. Truck Caps, B&W Trailer Hitches, Bally Bet, Bass Cat, Bass Pro Shops, Berkley, Covercraft, Favorite Fishing, Garmin, General Tire, Googan Baits, Grundéns, Guaranteed Rate, Humminbird, Lowrance, Luminox, Mercury, Minn Kota, Mossy Oak, Nitro Performance Boats, Onyx, Plano, Power-Pole, Power Stop, Rapala, Starbrite, Toro, Toyota, Wrangler, Yellowstone Bourbon and Zoom.

For complete details and updated information on Major League Fishing and the Bass Pro Tour, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter,  Instagram, and  YouTube.

Mitch Mitchell and Candler Mccollum Take the win on Wiess Lake the 100th ABT Event

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Mitch Mitchell and Candler Mccollum Take the win on Wiess Lake the 100th ABT Event

Mitch Mitchell and Candler Mccollum Take the win on Wiess Lake the 100th ABT Event

By Jason Duran

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Leesburg, Ala — Weiss Lake, known as the Crappie Capital of the World and home to some great bass fishing, hosted the third stop for the North Division on warm and sunny Saturday. 225 teams fished for the top prize of $10,000, and many anglers located fish on the bed spending most of their day fishing for those often hard to catch fish.

This event was the 100th tournament hosted by the ABT since its beginning in 2014. Prior to this event the ABT has paid out over $5.1 million. Kay Donaldson, Program Director for the ABT reminisces, “looking back, I thought we had a good idea and a good plan, but I guess I didn’t really understand until we sold out in 29 minutes. Then, it sunk in that what we have is something special. Add to that the way the fans turn out to support us and our sponsors. This is all built around a great group of anglers. We feel like we have 1,100 of the best salespeople out there, and I am very moved by that.” Next year is the 10th year, and we have plans to be even better with additional prize money and a new schedule announcement on May 6th at 10am.

The team of Mitch Mitchell and Candler McCollum claimed their 4th victory on the ABT with 19.96 pounds.  Coming into this event, they decided to spend their practice locating bed fish. They shook off one fish in practice and decided not to catch any more and instead work on locating bed fish.  On tournament day, they returned to the area where they had located fish on the bed. “We started our morning shallow just flipping around the grass in the area where we knew they were. We caught a good keeper quick.” They spent the rest of their day targeting bed fish. “The water depth was very shallow, and we only fished two areas using two baits.” “We caught a total of 10 fish today. Three of the fish we caught today were caught by blind casting to them; the rest were all caught sight fishing for them. We had one fish caught outside the mouth, so we had to release it. We went back to that fish and caught it inside the mouth later.  At the end of the day, we lost a fish with ten minutes to go, but we continued to fish for it and finally caught it! That helped us cull up four more ounces. That wasn’t the difference today, but it sure would have been closer if we had lost it again.” Their total payout with bonuses was $17,000.

The second-place team of Zachary Taylor and Josh Austin caught 19.29 pounds. They have fished the ABT for the last five years and cashed 3 checks in four events here at Weiss Lake.  “Practice for us on this lake has always been horrible, but we had a top ten finish last year. We woke up this morning knowing we were going to catch five; it was just a question of what fish were going to show up. They showed up for us today. We spent practice finding grass and watercolor we wanted to fish on tournament day probably marking 25 different areas. The first spot we pulled into today had 8 boats sitting on it. We got our confidence back when we moved to our second spot and quickly caught our largest fish of the day at 4.61 pounds. We spent the rest of the day with our heads down focusing on watercolor grass and presentation and it worked out.”  The grass they were looking for “was the typical Coosa Riverbank Grass, but the grass was not right on the bank. It needed to be 15-20 yards off the bank with some type of hard structure mixed in, either a wooden lay down or a dock.  We didn’t really catch any fish on the bank; it was more in the scattered grass off the bank. The water depth we targeted these fish in was six inches to three feet.” They gathered their solid limit fishing shallow and moved out later in the day to focus on humps. “We really aren’t shallow water fishermen, and we prefer to be offshore. We located the fish in practice shallow, so we decided to run that pattern. Later in the day we shifted to our offshore pattern of fishing shallow humps with a Shaky Head.” Their payday for this event was $,5750 including the bonus from Garmin and ABT Gear.

Third place went to the team of Bryan Dowdy and Kyle Lewellen with 18.48. This is their fourth year fishing the ABT. The team described their pattern as “junk fishing. During practice we located a few fish on the bed. However, due to the wind and water clarity, we could not see them on the bed on Saturday.  We made a change and decided to stay back away from them and make casts to where we had located them in practice. We targeted these fish using a yellow Magic Topwater early in the morning and caught some flipping soft plastic.” They caught a limit fairly quick using this pattern.  Later in the day, they spent lots of time looking for a larger fish because they knew they needed to cull one more fish to get the win- they never were able to cull. “We call the Tennessee River home, but we have had our better finishes on the Coosa River lakes with 4 top 10 finishes.” For their third-place finish, they collected $4000.

The Top 10 places are below for a complete list of standings visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/weiss-lake/results/

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.

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.

Alabama’s Jon Canada Wins Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Lithium Pros Stop 3 on Pickwick Lake Presented by Covercraft

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Helena, Alabama Pro Earns First Major Win of His Career, Takes Home Top Prize of $100,000

COUNCE, Tenn. (April 24, 2022) – Pro Jon Canada of Helena, Alabama , brought a five-bass limit to the scale Sunday weighing 20 pounds even – his biggest limit of the event – to win the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Lithium Pros Stop 3 at Pickwick Lake Presented by Covercraft in Counce, Tennessee. Canada edged out the second-place angler Abu Garcia pro Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Alabama, by 1-pound, 2-ounces to earn the top payout of $100,000.

Link to Photo of Lithium Pros Stop 3 Winner Jon Canada
Link to Photo Gallery of Jon Canada’s Championship Day & Weigh-In
Link to Video of Day 4 Championship Weigh-In from Lithium Pros Stop 3
Link to Video of Fish Catch Highlights from Day 4 of Lithium Pros Stop 3

After ending Day One in 74th place with only 12 pounds, 13 ounces, Canada weighed in the largest limit of Day Two – five bass totaling 19-15 – to catapult into seventh place. He brought another solid limit of 17-8 to the scale on Day Three, putting him in third place and qualifying him into Championship Sunday.

“This win is just the good Lord above, I don’t know what else to say – It was just meant to be,” Canada said. “I came here and practiced for two days when the water was down, idling up and down this thing – marking every stump, shell bed, everything you can think of on a 5- to 8-mile stretch of the river and I ended up catching them in some of the areas where I did my homework.

“I spent most of the event fishing around the same areas as Lucas and (Andrew) Loberg , just fishing a little bit of grass and isolated stumps,” Canada continued. “I caught two of the biggest bass I’ve ever caught on Pickwick in this one area during pre-practice for another tournament – a 7-pounder and an 8-pounder.

“I only had two fish at lunchtime on Day Two and decided to change it up and run out to that spot. I’m not typically a drop-shot guy, but if it works, I’ll do it. I pitched the first couple stumps and had 19 or 20 pounds within 40 minutes, and I knew there was something special going on.”

With weights zeroed on the final day, the tournament was anyone’s to win, but Canada found himself trailing behind Lucas in the number two spot on the unofficial leaderboard throughout most of the day.

“I felt like the stumps I’d been fishing had a little extra pressure yesterday,” Canada said. “I could see the fish, but they wouldn’t bite and just kept running around and picking at my worm. I decided to idle to a new spot today that I’d never fished before, marked about 20 stumps and caught two big ones.”

This last-minute move upriver proved very profitable for the Alabama pro, who caught a good kicker fish in the final hour of Championship Sunday to finally push him over the top.

“Catching that fish this afternoon absolutely saved my tail,” Canada said. “I didn’t realize it was the winning fish, and knew it was going to be close, but I also knew that it definitely put me in contention for the top spot.”

Canada said most of his fish were caught on isolated stumps in 4- to 8-feet of water.

“I spent the first two days swimming a jig with a Reactions Innovations Twerk on the back of it, white-colored with chartreuse tipped ends, then I flipped a Reaction Innovations Spicy Beaver. I caught a lot on the first day doing that,” Canada continued. “When I went offshore, I threw a shaky head with a Reaction Innovations Flirt Worm , green-pumpkin colored, and caught a 4-pounder. I decided to switch to a drop-shot because it was faster and allowed me to work the stumps more quickly and thoroughly.”

Canada said he’s been fishing pretty good this year, but everything just finally came together during this event.

“The win hasn’t really sunk in yet,” Canada laughed. “It feels great to finally win one. This has been a long time coming.”

The top 10 pros at the Lithium Pros Stop 3 on Pickwick Lake finished:

1st:           Jon Canada of Helena, Ala., five bass, 20-0, $100,000
2nd:          Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Ala., five bass, 18-14, $30,000
3rd:          Mitch Crane of Columbus, Miss., five bass, 15-14, $25,000
4th:           Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich., five bass, 15-3, $20,000
5th:           Nick Hatfield of Greeneville, Tenn., four bass, 14-4, $19,000
6th:           John Hunter of Shelbyville, Ky., five bass, 13-12, $18,000
7th:           John Cox of DeBary, Fla., five bass, 11-10, $17,000
8th:           Andrew Loberg of Rocklin, Calif., four bass, 9-15, $16,000
9th:           Nick LeBrun of Bossier City, La., four bass, 7-10, $15,000
10th:        Troy Stokes of Trenton, Mich., zero bass, 0-0, $14,000
For a full list of results visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.Overall, there were 42 bass weighing 127 pounds, 2 ounces caught by nine pros Sunday. The catch included six five-bass limits.

The four-day Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Lithium Pros Stop 3 on Pickwick Lake Presented by Covercraft was hosted by the Hardin County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The event will premiere on the CBS Sports Network this summer in July.

In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit competition, the full field of anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 50 pros based on their two-day cumulative weight advanced to Saturday, then only the top 10 pros, based on cumulative weight from the first three days continued competition on Championship Sunday, where weights were zeroed, and the winner was determined by the heaviest weight from the final day of competition.

The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Lithium Pros Stop 3 on Pickwick Lake Presented by Covercraft marked the third regular-season event of the year for the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by Fuel Me. The next event for Pro Circuit anglers will be Stop 4 at Lake Guntersville Presented by A.R.E., May 12-15 in Guntersville, Alabama.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2022 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit TITLE Presented by Mercury, the Pro Circuit Championship, where they will compete for up to $235,000. The 2022 TITLE will be on the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York on Aug. 16-21, and is hosted by the Town of Massena.

Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by Fuel Me include: 4WP, 13 Fishing, Abu Garcia, A.R.E. Truck Caps, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Rifle Coffee, E3, Epic Baits, Favorite Fishing, Fuel Me, Gary Yamamoto Baits, General Tire, Lew’s, Lowrance, Lucas Oil, Mercury, Mossy Oak, Onyx, 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 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit on the MLF5 social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and  YouTube.

About Major League Fishing
Major League Fishing (MLF) is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, producing more than 250 events annually at some of the most prestigious fisheries in the world, while broadcasting to America’s living rooms on CBS, the Discovery Channel, the Outdoor Channel, CBS Sports Network, the World Fishing Network and on-demand on MyOutdoorTV (MOTV). Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with offices in Benton, Kentucky, the MLF roster of bass anglers includes the world’s top pros and more than 30,000 competitors in all 50 states and 13 countries. In 2019, MLF expanded its portfolio of catch, weigh, and immediately release events to include the sport’s strongest five-biggest-fish format tournament circuits. Since its founding in 2011, MLF has advanced the sport of competitive fishing through its premier television broadcasts and livestreams and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for bass through research, education, fisheries enhancement and fish care.

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York And Smith Of Y&S Fishing Club Win Bassmaster High School Event At Norfork

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York And Smith Of Y&S Fishing Club Win Bassmaster High School Event At Norfork
Huntlee York and Colton Smith of the Y&S Fishing Club have won the Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Series at Norfork Lake presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors with a total of 13 pounds, 7 ounces.
Photo by Logan Crumley/B.A.S.S.

April 24, 2022

York And Smith Of Y&S Fishing Club Win Bassmaster High School Event At Norfork

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MOUNTAIN HOME Ark. — Without any practice time, Huntlee York and Colton Smith of the Y&S Fishing Club completely fished on instincts to take home the victory in the Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Series at Norfork Lake presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.

Their five-bass limit weighed 13 pounds, 7 ounces.

The pair of 14-year-olds, who attend Salem School District just 27 miles from Norfork Lake, were still eligible to fish the Junior Series in 2022 but decided that they were going to make the jump to fish the High School Series. It paid off with a win on their home body of water.

The winners were fishing the Bass Cat Boats Owners Tournament on nearby Beaver Lake over the weekend, which didn’t allow them to practice for the event. Having a pretty good idea of what the bass may be doing, York and Smith used their local knowledge that had produced in the past.

“We had a pretty good idea of what the fish were going to be doing, and they were doing just what we thought — they were spawning,” said York. “It started off pretty well. He (Colton Smith) caught the first and second fish on a topwater and then we started throwing what we wanted and ran into the right ones.”

Although the Y&S duo caught a couple of their keepers by sight fishing later in the day, their early keepers came from targeting fish that were pushing up bait in the backs of pockets. The anglers later went on to call it a “junk-fishing” pattern.

“They started in the backs of spawning pockets where some shad were getting blown up,” added Trapper York, the Y&S Fishing team boat captain. “Later in the day they went to the bank and were able to pick off a few on beds.”

When the fish were schooling on the surface, the anglers were able to catch their fish on a topwater, but later had to switch to a swimbait when the fish moved down in the water column. Once they made the move to the bank to target spawning fish, a floating worm was their key bait.

“This means everything — we come and fish here almost every weekend,” said Huntlee York in closing.

Garrett Thomas and Hunter Holland of Walker High School finished second with 12-12.

Langston Martin of Lee County Anglers fished solo to finish third with 12-0.

The event was hosted by the Norfork Lake Chamber of Commerce.

2022 Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Series at Norfork Lake presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors 4/24-4/24
Norfork Lake, Mountain Home  AR.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Huntlee York – Colton Smith                  Y&S Fishing Club                      0
Day 1: 5   13-07   Total:   5  13-07
2.  Garrett Thomas – Hunter Holland              Walker High School                    0
Day 1: 5   12-12   Total:   5  12-12
3.  Langston Martin –                            Lee County Anglers                    0
Day 1: 5   12-00   Total:   5  12-00
4.  Fisher Tyler – Blake Ingram                  Salem                                 0
Day 1: 5   11-05   Total:   5  11-05
5.  Brice Davis – Garrett Angotti                Cooter High School                    0
Day 1: 5   11-03   Total:   5  11-03
6.  Dustin Swafford – Mason Long                 Stilwell High School                  0
Day 1: 5   11-00   Total:   5  11-00
7.  Evan Newell – Michael Teate                  Mid Florida Youth Anglers             0
Day 1: 5   10-15   Total:   5  10-15
8.  Hunter Stuckey – Joseph Horne                                                      0
Day 1: 5   10-12   Total:   5  10-12
9.  Ely Hagans – Cole Pennington                 Clinton High School                   0
Day 1: 5   10-09   Total:   5  10-09
10. Dallas Taylor – Wyatt Nelson                 Stilwell High School                  0
Day 1: 5   10-05   Total:   5  10-05
11. Colson Brust – Tristan Beck                  Bam Squad                             0
Day 1: 5   10-01   Total:   5  10-01
12. Brett Mouw – Danny Schlenbecker              The Hill Toppers                      0
Day 1: 5   09-15   Total:   5  09-15
13. Mason Snider – Dalton Benson                 Mount Juliet Fishing                  0
Day 1: 5   09-09   Total:   5  09-09
14. Brendin Simich – Jon James Coco              Oak Mountain High School              0
Day 1: 5   09-08   Total:   5  09-08
14. Kendall Smith – Kelton Wilson                Bruno Pyatt                           0
Day 1: 5   09-08   Total:   5  09-08
16. Nick Carter – Cole Parks                     Rogers High School                    0
Day 1: 5   09-06   Total:   5  09-06
17. Ben Puckett – Jesse Klutts                   Henry County High School (236)        0
Day 1: 4   08-12   Total:   4  08-12
18. Karson Hubbard – Aden Yarger                 Gainesville                           0
Day 1: 3   08-12   Total:   3  08-12
19. Stone Grove – Wyatt Hamilton                 Creek Wood High School                0
Day 1: 5   08-10   Total:   5  08-10
19. Jackson Smith – Eric Pilkington              Fayetteville High School              0
Day 1: 5   08-10   Total:   5  08-10
21. Garrett Ring – Cole Sanford                  Greenbrier High School                0
Day 1: 4   08-10   Total:   4  08-10
22. Alexander Costanza –                         Alabama Christian Academy             0
Day 1: 5   08-01   Total:   5  08-01
23. Austin Benson – Brendan Brown                Mount Juliet                          0
Day 1: 5   08-00   Total:   5  08-00
24. Cade Calkins – Brayden Vallie                Fruitport High School                 0
Day 1: 5   07-14   Total:   5  07-14
24. Reece Chambless – Temern Pfaffenberger       DeWitt High School                    0
Day 1: 5   07-14   Total:   5  07-14
26. Devon Kessler – Charlie Ellis                Lakeside Fishing Team                 0
Day 1: 5   07-13   Total:   5  07-13
27. Kayden Waller –                              Mt. Juliet high school                0
Day 1: 5   07-11   Total:   5  07-11
28. Caleb Kuykendall – Asher Williams            Murfreesboro High School              0
Day 1: 5   07-09   Total:   5  07-09
29. Wade Roberts – Zachary Lambert               Barbe Fishing Club                    0
Day 1: 4   07-08   Total:   4  07-08
30. Lainie Holbert – Sarah Swindle               Riverside Bass Team                   0
Day 1: 5   07-04   Total:   5  07-04
31. Annie Lassiter –                             warren county pioneer anglers         0
Day 1: 3   06-14   Total:   3  06-14
32. Easton Bouma – Logan Luebker                 Rogers High School                    0
Day 1: 3   06-10   Total:   3  06-10
33. Brady Horton – Rhett Horton                  Greenbrier High School                0
Day 1: 4   06-02   Total:   4  06-02
34. Kort Rutledge – Kira Calvert                 Natchitoches Central High School      0
Day 1: 5   05-13   Total:   5  05-13
35. Parker Welch – Derek Landis                  Kickback high school bass club        0
Day 1: 3   05-13   Total:   3  05-13
36. Grant Priesmeyer – Brent Ryan                Eureka Wildcat Fishing Team           0
Day 1: 3   05-13   Total:   3  05-13
37. Parker Adair – Jackson Miller                Arkansas Youth Anglers                0
Day 1: 2   05-12   Total:   2  05-12
38. Camden Bruner – Logan Webb                   Southern Illinois Future Anglers      0
Day 1: 3   05-08   Total:   3  05-08
39. Briley Knowles – Kayden Townsend             Genoa Central                         0
Day 1: 3   05-04   Total:   3  05-04
40. Presley Lannom – Morgan Lannom               Mt Juliet Fishing                     0
Day 1: 3   05-02   Total:   3  05-02
41. Hayes Finch – James Lamberth                 Alabama Christian Academy             0
Day 1: 3   04-01   Total:   3  04-01
42. Kolby Angell – Evan Powell                   Iowa youth fishing league             0
Day 1: 3   03-13   Total:   3  03-13
43. William Hoskins – Joshua Vanderpool          Wilson Christian Academy              0
Day 1: 3   03-05   Total:   3  03-05
44. Copeland Cross – Cohen Duncan                Huntsville                            0
Day 1: 2   03-05   Total:   2  03-05
45. Carter Pjesky – JD McBroom                   Kaneland High School                  0
Day 1: 2   02-02   Total:   2  02-02
46. Hayden Vavak – Grayson Bryant                Rector High School                    0
Day 1: 1   01-15   Total:   1  01-15
47. Madison Busch – Keaton Bassham               Salem High School                     0
Day 1: 1   01-11   Total:   1  01-11
47. Houston Nance – Kayla Philpott               Gentry Youth Anglers                  0
Day 1: 1   01-11   Total:   1  01-11
49. Landon Mausser – Canaan Horton               Marshall high                         0
Day 1: 1   01-05   Total:   1  01-05
50. Fischer Barber –                             Heritage Christian Academy            0
Day 1: 1   01-03   Total:   1  01-03
51. Derek Davis – Connor Jaco                    Mt.Pleasant Bass Team                 0
Day 1: 1   00-13   Total:   1  00-13
51. Laindree Richardson – Luke Dardeen           Benton High School                    0
Day 1: 1   00-13   Total:   1  00-13
53. Hinesley Bryant –                            Central High School                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
53. Collier Declerk – Ryan Leiffer               Bentonville West and Bentonville      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
53. Anthony Loggins – Sawyer Horton              Marshall High School                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
53. Cason Mcnutt – Mason Melton                  Mt Juliet High School                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
53. Gabriel Sanders – Bryan Martin               Chilhowee Bassmasters                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
53. Braylan Tyler – Michael Brewer Jr            Franklin County High School           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
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BIG BASS OF TOURN
Karson Hubbard           Hardenville, MO     04-05          $0.00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        27       197       369-15
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27       197       369-15

Isaac Jones Wins Spring Big Bass Tour event on Smith Mountain Lake with a 7.83

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Isaac Jones Wins Spring Big Bass Tour event on Smith Mountain Lake with a 7.83

In the forth hour on the final day of the 2022 Big Bass Tour Isaac Jones comes to the scales with a giant bass weighing 7.83 lbs knocking off day 1 & 2 leader Monte Atkin’s 6.93. But in the final hour, prior winner of the Big Bass Tour, Chris Brummett, came to the scales giving Isaac a scare, weighing in a 7.61. Congratulation to Isaac on winning a brand new Nitro boat & $1,000 by only .22 oz.

A Special thank you to Jacob Stephens for taking these photos

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Zane Hodges Wins the Youth Devision with a 4.16 at Big Bass Tour On SML – Photos

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Zane Hodges Wins the Youth Devision with a 4.16 at Big Bass Tour On SML – Photos

Congratulations goes out to this young man Zane Hodges who caught this great looking bass & taking home $500 in the youth devision. Zane told us he caught it on a Wack Warm.

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Drury’s Browning And Peck Capture Bassmaster College Series Title On Norfork

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Beau Browning and Jake Peck of Drury University have won the 2022 Strike King Bassmaster College Series at Norfork Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops with a two-day total of 30 pounds, 3 ounces.
Photo by Kyle Jessie/B.A.S.S.

April 23, 2022

Drury’s Browning And Peck Capture Bassmaster College Series Title On Norfork

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MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — Dropping a big bag on Day 1 helped Drury University’s Beau Browning and Jake Peck get their “vibe” back heading into Day 2, and with a two-day total of 30 pounds, 3 ounces they’ll be taking home a whole new vibe and the winners’ trophy from the Strike King Bassmaster College Series at Norfork Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops.

Despite a Day 2 weight of just 11-2, they edged the second-place team of Kaleb Brown and Chad Mrazek from Lander University by 1-1. Browning and Peck took home $2,699 ($1,349 apiece).

“This just feels so good,” said Browning, a Hot Springs, Ark., native. “I told Peck yesterday that we just needed an event to get our vibe back and this event did just that. I feel like we’ve been so close all year to making it happen, so this is just rejuvenating.”

“All those days where you were just one bite away or you get your teeth kicked in makes days like today so worth it,” added Peck, who hails from Tulsa, Okla.

Sharing water with a pair of teammates from Drury — a small school with an enrollment of about 2,600 in Springfield, Mo. — Browning and Peck targeted specific sweet spots on offshore flats that were 2 to 4 feet deep. They estimated they caught nearly 100 bass a day. However, catching keepers was not that easy on Day 2, as the duo only boated eight.

“We ran straight to the same little offshore school that we banked on during Day 1 and, as soon as I dropped the trolling motor in the water, I could tell on my Active Target that they were not set up the same,” said Browning. “We knew we were going to have to switch it up a little and try to expand on what we had.”

Rotating baits: The Drury teammates noted that rotating lures was key. They covered water on the flat until they were able to get bites. Then, once they found an area where there was a group of fish, they would slow down and fish a number of different baits before leaving.

“A lot of the areas that would hold fish were little depressions, ditch bends or stumps,” Browning said. “As soon as we’d get bit, we would Power-Pole down and really pick apart the area with a different bait.”

A 1/2-ounce Z-Man JackHammer ChatterBait and a 1/2-ounce jig were two of their key lures.

White River history: Although neither of the Drury anglers has spent much time on Norfork Lake, they both said their experience on other White River lakes such as Table Rock and Bull Shoals helped them tremendously.

“White River lakes are really unlike any other lakes in the country,” Browning said. “Being so close to Table Rock and fishing there so much really helped us out a lot.”

B.A.S.S. baby: Watching his father, Stephen Browning, fish the Bassmaster Elite Series during his childhood made the win that much sweeter for Beau Browning.

“I’ve grown up in the Bassmaster family since I was born, and I’ve always wanted to win on that stage,” Browning said. “I guess you could say I’ve grown up as a B.A.S.S. baby.”

Second place: After weighing 13-0 on Day 1, Brown and Mrazek of Lander University, which is located in Greenwood, S.C., came back with an impressive 16-2 on Day 2 to finish in second with 29-2. Practicing for the conditions played a huge role for them.

“We practiced for different conditions because we knew the fish we were on were changing by the hour,” said Mrazek. “We knew early on this morning that we were going to have to make some adjustments and the adjustments worked out.”

“We targeted typical prespawn areas with a jig and a ChatterBait,” Brown added. “It was kind of a junk-fishing pattern on secondary points and hard cover.”

Third place: Weighing in 17 pounds, 14 ounces on Day 2 (the biggest bag of the day), Ryan Thomas and Solomon Glenn of the University of Montevallo (Ala.) jumped from 35th place all the way to third. A couple of key bites late in the day helped jolt them up the leaderboard.

“We didn’t really make too many adjustments from yesterday to today,” said Glenn. “We had a couple of big ones pull up late in the day which helped out a lot.”

With limited practice time, the Montevallo team ran new water most of the tournament.

“We just started running new water yesterday and ended up finding one key area where we caught most of them today,” Glenn said. “We just went fishing and ran into them.”

A Megabass Magdraft and a wacky-rigged worm were two of the key baits for Glenn and Thomas.

Competition will continue Sunday with the Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Series at Norfork Lake presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors and the Bassmaster Junior Series at Norfork Lake.

The events are being hosted by the Norfork Lake Chamber of Commerce.

2022 Strike King Bassmaster College Series at Norfork Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops 4/22-4/23
Norfork Lake, Mountain Home  AR.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Beau Browning – Jake Peck                    Drury University                    250
Day 1: 5   19-01     Day 2: 5   11-02   Total:  10  30-03
2.  Kaleb Brown – Chad Mrazek                    Lander University                   249
Day 1: 5   13-00     Day 2: 5   16-02   Total:  10  29-02
3.  Ryan Thomas – Solomon Glenn                  University of Montevallo            248
Day 1: 5   11-02     Day 2: 5   17-14   Total:  10  29-00
4.  Jack Dice –                                  Liberty University                  247
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   13-03   Total:  10  27-10
5.  Hunter Palmer – Eli Stevenson                bryan college                       246
Day 1: 5   16-00     Day 2: 5   11-07   Total:  10  27-07
6.  Sam Engelmeyer – Brant Rowland               Drury University                    245
Day 1: 5   15-13     Day 2: 5   11-02   Total:  10  26-15
7.  Lafe Messer – Matt Messer                    Kentucky Christian University       244
Day 1: 5   14-10     Day 2: 5   11-12   Total:  10  26-06
8.  Jacob Welch – Lee Lambrecht                  Drury University                    243
Day 1: 5   10-15     Day 2: 5   15-01   Total:  10  26-00
9.  Colton Hill – Trey Budach                    McKendree University                242
Day 1: 5   13-14     Day 2: 5   11-09   Total:  10  25-07
10. Cole Lamb –                                  Arkansas Tech University            241
Day 1: 5   11-04     Day 2: 5   13-08   Total:  10  24-12
11. Justin Botts – Conner Dimauro                Bryan college                       240
Day 1: 5   13-01     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:  10  24-04
12. Cole Breeden – Hunter Baird                  Drury University                    239
Day 1: 5   11-07     Day 2: 5   12-12   Total:  10  24-03
13. Logan Parks – Tucker Smith                   Auburn University                   238
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 4   10-12   Total:   9  23-15
14. Griffin Fernandes – Hayden Scott             Adrian College                      237
Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 5   11-04   Total:  10  23-10
15. Jack Tindell – Brett Fregia                  Lamar State College Orange          236
Day 1: 5   13-12     Day 2: 5   09-05   Total:  10  23-01
16. Koltyn Harbin – Baylor Howell                Bethel University                   235
Day 1: 5   12-12     Day 2: 5   10-05   Total:  10  23-01
17. Brock Bila – Dylan Chambers                  Drury University                    234
Day 1: 5   12-11     Day 2: 5   10-03   Total:  10  22-14
18. Louis Monetti – Michael Fugaro               UNC Charlotte                       233
Day 1: 5   14-13     Day 2: 5   07-15   Total:  10  22-12
19. Connor Jacob – Sam Smith                     Auburn University                   232
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 5   08-14   Total:  10  22-11
20. Harmon Marien – Bailey Bleser                McKendree University                231
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   10-10   Total:  10  22-10
21. Logan Bozeman – Andrew Fryer                 Southern Union State Community C    230
Day 1: 5   10-09     Day 2: 5   12-00   Total:  10  22-09
22. Braden Perry – Aidan England                 Carson-Newman University            229
Day 1: 3   11-11     Day 2: 5   10-13   Total:   8  22-08
23. Jaxson Freeman – Kyle Hopping                McKendree                           228
Day 1: 5   10-00     Day 2: 5   12-04   Total:  10  22-04
24. Kyle Knoll – Luke Morgan                     Southern Union State Community C    227
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   10-03   Total:  10  22-03
25. Cal Culpepper – Aaron Cherry                 University of Montevallo            226
Day 1: 5   09-10     Day 2: 5   12-08   Total:  10  22-02
26. Robert Cruvellier – Carson Maddux            Auburn University                   225
Day 1: 4   08-07     Day 2: 5   13-07   Total:   9  21-14
27. Braedon Metzgar – Sid Wallace                Texas AM University                 224
Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 5   10-10   Total:  10  21-11
28. Cordell Beckmann – Mark Burnham              Greenville University               223
Day 1: 5   09-06     Day 2: 5   12-04   Total:  10  21-10
29. Spencer Black – Caleb Lonca                  Catawba Valley Community College    222
Day 1: 5   12-02     Day 2: 4   09-08   Total:   9  21-10
30. Jackson Pontius – Trey Dickert               University of Montevallo              0
Day 1: 4   09-15     Day 2: 5   11-08   Total:   9  21-07
31. Parker Lambert – Koby Horn                   Lander university                   220
Day 1: 4   09-00     Day 2: 5   11-14   Total:   9  20-14
32. Tyler Cory – Scott Sledge                    University of Montevallo            219
Day 1: 5   08-06     Day 2: 5   12-07   Total:  10  20-13
33. Cody Clifton –                               Missouri State University           218
Day 1: 5   09-08     Day 2: 5   11-02   Total:  10  20-10
34. Brooks Anderson – Parker Guy                 Emmanuel College                    217
Day 1: 5   11-07     Day 2: 5   09-02   Total:  10  20-09
35. Cameron Smith – Jacob Blackburn              Ohio State University               216
Day 1: 5   10-07     Day 2: 5   10-01   Total:  10  20-08
36. Hunter Bailey – JR Young Jr                  Jacksonville State University       215
Day 1: 5   11-10     Day 2: 5   08-05   Total:  10  19-15
37. Britt Myers – Tyler Anderson                 Lander University                   214
Day 1: 5   10-02     Day 2: 5   09-13   Total:  10  19-15
38. Jack York – Jacob Miller                     Stephen F Austin State Universit    213
Day 1: 3   09-00     Day 2: 5   10-12   Total:   8  19-12
39. Coleman Bingham – Jackson Staib              Bethel University                   212
Day 1: 5   10-12     Day 2: 4   08-12   Total:   9  19-08
40. Alec Berens – Joseph Bruener                 Mckendree University                211
Day 1: 5   09-02     Day 2: 5   10-06   Total:  10  19-08
41. Hunter Keller – Carson Eckard                Catawba Valley Community College    210
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 4   08-00   Total:   9  19-05
42. Mac Johnston-Herzberg – Aric Szambelan       Missouri State University           209
Day 1: 5   09-11     Day 2: 5   09-09   Total:  10  19-04
43. Cole Rankin – Ely Dennison                   Carson-Newman University            208
Day 1: 5   11-11     Day 2: 5   07-06   Total:  10  19-01
44. Drew Traffanstedt – Dakendrick Patterson     University of Montevallo            207
Day 1: 5   07-11     Day 2: 5   11-05   Total:  10  19-00
45. John Garrett Pearson – Rudy Pearson IV       Georgia College                     206
Day 1: 5   10-06     Day 2: 5   08-10   Total:  10  19-00
46. Walter Trulock – Paden Chrisman              Mississippi State University        205
Day 1: 4   08-13     Day 2: 5   10-03   Total:   9  19-00
47. Cole Dodson – Tyler Cain                     University of Montevallo            204
Day 1: 5   10-02     Day 2: 5   08-11   Total:  10  18-13
48. John Nowlin – Rudy Worley                    Blue Mountain College               203
Day 1: 5   12-03     Day 2: 3   06-08   Total:   8  18-11
49. Teddy Peznola – Garrett Lewis                University of Tennessee             202
Day 1: 5   10-03     Day 2: 4   08-06   Total:   9  18-09
50. Tyler Pendergrass – Benson Dowler            University of North Alabama         201
Day 1: 4   10-10     Day 2: 4   07-13   Total:   8  18-07
51. Reece Martin – Mark Harris                   Dallas Baptist University           200
Day 1: 5   08-10     Day 2: 5   09-13   Total:  10  18-07
52. Walker Brown – Chandler Brewer               University of North Alabama         199
Day 1: 5   08-02     Day 2: 5   10-04   Total:  10  18-06
53. Jacob Butts – Mark Kershaw                   Erskine College                     198
Day 1: 5   09-12     Day 2: 4   08-09   Total:   9  18-05
54. Brody Kitchings – Elijah Hughey              Mississippi State                   197
Day 1: 5   08-14     Day 2: 5   09-07   Total:  10  18-05
55. Kopeland Rosser – Ryan Branch                University of Montevallo            196
Day 1: 5   16-04     Day 2: 1   01-13   Total:   6  18-01
56. Conner Giles – Christian Wright              Bryan College                       195
Day 1: 5   10-08     Day 2: 4   07-09   Total:   9  18-01
57. Drew Gill – Jonah Potts                      Wabash Valley College               194
Day 1: 5   07-05     Day 2: 5   10-11   Total:  10  18-00
58. Jacob Witkowski – Hunter Jenkins             Dallas Baptist Univesity            193
Day 1: 4   10-12     Day 2: 2   07-00   Total:   6  17-12
59. Jackson Kennedy – Tristan Friesner           Southern Illinois University edw    192
Day 1: 5   10-08     Day 2: 3   07-04   Total:   8  17-12
60. Calvin Landsberg –                           University of Alabama               191
Day 1: 3   08-06     Day 2: 4   09-04   Total:   7  17-10
61. Carter Ball – Austin Tapley                  Adrian College                      190
Day 1: 5   11-04     Day 2: 3   06-05   Total:   8  17-09
62. Easton Fothergill – Nick Dumke               University of Montevallo            189
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 2   04-04   Total:   7  17-07
63. Garrett Warren – Hayden Marbut               Auburn University                   188
Day 1: 5   08-15     Day 2: 5   08-08   Total:  10  17-07
64. Trevor Easter –                              Tarleton State University           187
Day 1: 2   03-04     Day 2: 5   14-00   Total:   7  17-04
65. Tommy Sendek – Andrew Howell                 University of Montevallo            186
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 3   05-10   Total:   8  17-03
66. Caden Sweeten – Samuel Heichel               Bemidji State University            185
Day 1: 4   08-05     Day 2: 4   08-12   Total:   8  17-01
67. Landon Lawson – Hunter MCClaskey             King University                     184
Day 1: 2   05-00     Day 2: 5   11-15   Total:   7  16-15
68. James Willoughby – Jacob Pfundt              University of Montevallo            183
Day 1: 5   09-13     Day 2: 4   06-15   Total:   9  16-12
69. Lucas Smith – Dalton Mize                    Jacksonville State University       182
Day 1: 5   09-11     Day 2: 3   07-00   Total:   8  16-11
70. Brantley Anders – Will Rooker                Kentucky Christian University       181
Day 1: 4   07-05     Day 2: 4   09-05   Total:   8  16-10
71. Brady Duncan – Stevie Mills                  Carson-Newman University            180
Day 1: 2   02-14     Day 2: 5   13-10   Total:   7  16-08
72. Chase Carey – Dylan Akins                    Emmanuel College                    179
Day 1: 3   05-11     Day 2: 5   10-13   Total:   8  16-08
73. Weston Hollar – Jordan Pennington            University of Montevallo            178
Day 1: 3   05-15     Day 2: 5   10-08   Total:   8  16-07
74. Collin Reyes – Reagan Nelson                 Tarleton State University           177
Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 5   09-10   Total:   8  16-07
75. Andrew Yazdi – Adam Troyer                   Indiana University                  176
Day 1: 2   04-02     Day 2: 5   12-02   Total:   7  16-04
76. Austin Woody – Bryce Fowler                  East Carolina University            175
Day 1: 3   08-00     Day 2: 5   07-12   Total:   8  15-12
77. Cy Casey – Tanner Hadden                     Emmanuel College                    174
Day 1: 4   08-10     Day 2: 4   07-01   Total:   8  15-11
78. Michael Zawicki – Carson Tucker              UW Whitewater                       173
Day 1: 3   07-00     Day 2: 4   08-01   Total:   7  15-01
79. Caz Anderson – Jacob Frazier                 Carson-Newman University            172
Day 1: 2   05-14     Day 2: 5   08-15   Total:   7  14-13
80. Nathan Burdett – Evan Rice                   Troy University                     171
Day 1: 5   13-05     Day 2: 1   01-06   Total:   6  14-11
81. Nate Lesch –                                 Tennessee Tech University           170
Day 1: 5   11-08     Day 2: 3   03-02   Total:   8  14-10
82. Evan Barker – Kyle Workman                   Campbellsville University           169
Day 1: 4   10-12     Day 2: 3   03-14   Total:   7  14-10
83. Russel Buffa – Nick Owens                    Adrian College                      168
Day 1: 4   07-06     Day 2: 2   07-04   Total:   6  14-10
84. Lane Bailey – Justin Eggers                  Catawba Valley Community College    167
Day 1: 5   08-08     Day 2: 3   06-01   Total:   8  14-09
85. Jameson Jenkins – Cameron Loveless           Texas AM                            166
Day 1: 3   07-06     Day 2: 3   07-00   Total:   6  14-06
86. Jackson Stephens – Maxwell Trotter           Mckendree University                165
Day 1: 5   09-11     Day 2: 3   04-09   Total:   8  14-04
87. Riley Lawson – Chris Baker                   Kentucky Christian University       164
Day 1: 3   05-04     Day 2: 4   08-15   Total:   7  14-03
88. Wil Rigdon – Cade Hayford                    Campbellsville University           163
Day 1: 2   04-03     Day 2: 4   09-14   Total:   6  14-01
89. Avery Whitwell – Jackson Holbert             University of North Alabama         162
Day 1: 5   09-05     Day 2: 3   04-12   Total:   8  14-01
90. Logan East – Tim Herrmann                    Bryan College                       161
Day 1: 4   06-09     Day 2: 3   07-07   Total:   7  14-00
91. Nate Triplett – Cy Lambert                   University of North Alabama         160
Day 1: 4   07-02     Day 2: 3   06-13   Total:   7  13-15
92. Tomas Matual – Grant Olsen                   McKendree University                159
Day 1: 5   10-04     Day 2: 2   03-10   Total:   7  13-14
93. Briggs Alavezos – Colton White               University Montevallo               158
Day 1: 2   04-07     Day 2: 5   09-05   Total:   7  13-12
94. Christopher Kistler – Malcolm Patton         Calhoun Community College           157
Day 1: 4   09-09     Day 2: 1   04-02   Total:   5  13-11
95. Aaron Shumaker – Hunter Enlow                Lander University                   156
Day 1: 5   09-00     Day 2: 1   04-11   Total:   6  13-11
96. Matthew Pufahl – Alex Ripplinger             Bemidji State University            155
Day 1: 5   10-07     Day 2: 2   03-02   Total:   7  13-09
97. Blair Cox – Zach Adamec                      Missouri State University           154
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 1   01-15   Total:   6  13-08
98. Caleb Dachenhaus – Elliot Wielgopolski       Adrian College                      153
Day 1: 5   09-02     Day 2: 2   04-06   Total:   7  13-08
99. Rob Lindsey – Mason Cizek                    Bryan College                       152
Day 1: 3   04-08     Day 2: 5   08-15   Total:   8  13-07
100. Chase Mundhenke – Blake Milligan             Auburn University                   151
Day 1: 4   08-05     Day 2: 2   05-02   Total:   6  13-07
101. Fisher Overton – Isaac Duncan                Blue Mountain College               150
Day 1: 5   08-04     Day 2: 3   05-00   Total:   8  13-04
102. Andrew Rickman – Michael Postlewait          Dallas Baptist University           149
Day 1: 5   10-05     Day 2: 2   02-14   Total:   7  13-03
103. Joseph Woods – Anthony Cicero Iv             Bethel University                   148
Day 1: 5   10-12     Day 2: 1   02-04   Total:   6  13-00
104. Merritt Arnold – Chance Schwartz             University of Montevallo            147
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 2   03-07   Total:   7  13-00
105. Ryan Park – Samuel Niemeyer                  Murray State University             146
Day 1: 2   02-01     Day 2: 5   10-14   Total:   7  12-15
106. Tyler Christy – Trey Schroeder               McKendree University                145
Day 1: 4   05-01     Day 2: 5   07-14   Total:   9  12-15
107. Seth Elkins –  Dale Hansard                  Jacksonville State University       144
Day 1: 4   09-01     Day 2: 2   03-12   Total:   6  12-13
108. Keaton Roadman – Cole Klasing                Greenville University               143
Day 1: 3   08-10     Day 2: 2   04-01   Total:   5  12-11
109. Morgan Miracle – Jake Thornbury              Campbellsville University           142
Day 1: 2   05-14     Day 2: 3   06-13   Total:   5  12-11
110. Nate Overocker – Adam Green                  Greenville University               141
Day 1: 5   09-06     Day 2: 2   03-03   Total:   7  12-09
111. Matthew Cummings – Levi Mullins              Bethel University                   140
Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  12-06
112. Alex Cummings – Christopher Daniels          Lander University                   139
Day 1: 5   08-11     Day 2: 2   03-09   Total:   7  12-04
113. Nick Mallmann Conto – Nick Harenda           University of Wisconsin-Whitewat    138
Day 1: 2   04-04     Day 2: 3   07-15   Total:   5  12-03
114. Jake Kimbrough – Chandler Pruett             Blue Mountain College               137
Day 1: 3   09-02     Day 2: 3   03-00   Total:   6  12-02
115. Brock Blazier – Matthew Wilson               Southern union state community c    136
Day 1: 3   09-00     Day 2: 2   03-02   Total:   5  12-02
116. Robert Gee – Chad Sentell                    University of Tennessee             135
Day 1: 5   09-12     Day 2: 1   02-05   Total:   6  12-01
117. JD Clarke – Hunter Muncrief                  Stephen F Austin State Universit    134
Day 1: 2   03-06     Day 2: 5   08-10   Total:   7  12-00
118. Weston Bison – Austin Gregory                Lander University                   133
Day 1: 3   07-07     Day 2: 2   04-09   Total:   5  12-00
119. Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson               Minnesota State – Mankato           132
Day 1: 5   10-11     Day 2: 1   01-04   Total:   6  11-15
120. Peyton Harris – Dalton Head                  Montevallo                          131
Day 1: 5   09-11     Day 2: 2   01-14   Total:   7  11-09
121. Nicholas Holtgrave – Matthew Cavanaugh       McKendree University                130
Day 1: 2   03-09     Day 2: 5   07-14   Total:   7  11-07
122. Hunter Fillmore – Dylan Fogarty              Bethel University                   129
Day 1: 3   06-10     Day 2: 3   04-11   Total:   6  11-05
123. Tyler Lubbat – Hayden O’barr                 University of Alabama               128
Day 1: 2   04-06     Day 2: 2   06-13   Total:   4  11-03
124. Bryant Marsh – Tyler Hill                    Blue Mountain College               127
Day 1: 5   09-00     Day 2: 1   02-02   Total:   6  11-02
125. Justin Latham – Karsten Raney                Campbellsville university           126
Day 1: 1   01-00     Day 2: 3   10-00   Total:   4  11-00
126. Bryar Chambers – Clent Blackwood             Wallace State Community College     125
Day 1: 2   04-06     Day 2: 3   06-09   Total:   5  10-15
127. Adam Hollingsworth – Hunter Luke             University of Alabama               124
Day 1: 1   04-02     Day 2: 5   06-12   Total:   6  10-14
128. Sam Hanggi – Sam Hoesley                     Auburn University                   123
Day 1: 2   06-12     Day 2: 2   04-02   Total:   4  10-14
129. Caleb Sheldon – Chase  Beale                 Lander University                   122
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 4   10-13   Total:   4  10-13
130. Christian Hernandez – Evan Sutton            McKendree University                121
Day 1: 2   04-02     Day 2: 3   06-09   Total:   5  10-11
131. Tyler Campbell – Brandon Martin              Emmanuel College                    120
Day 1: 4   05-15     Day 2: 2   04-11   Total:   6  10-10
132. Brenton Godwin – Carson Miller               University of Montevallo            119
Day 1: 2   04-07     Day 2: 4   06-01   Total:   6  10-08
133. Shane Nelson – Aaron Jagdfeld                Adrian College                      118
Day 1: 2   05-00     Day 2: 3   05-08   Total:   5  10-08
134. Chase Sansom –                               Marshall University                 117
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   10-07   Total:   5  10-07
135. Ben Brockwell – Justice Gayhart              Kentucky Christian University       116
Day 1: 2   03-08     Day 2: 4   06-15   Total:   6  10-07
136. Wyatt Montle – Grant Dohle                   Missouri State University           115
Day 1: 1   02-02     Day 2: 3   08-03   Total:   4  10-05
137. Blake Stringer – Colby Joseph                Campbellsville University           114
Day 1: 2   03-07     Day 2: 4   06-14   Total:   6  10-05
138. Cole Hopson – Cody Gaynes                    Georgia College                     113
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 4   10-04   Total:   4  10-04
139. Conner Crosby – James Cobbs                  Auburn University                   112
Day 1: 4   05-04     Day 2: 2   05-00   Total:   6  10-04
140. Dawson Burton – Trent Keltner                Kentucky Christian University       111
Day 1: 3   05-08     Day 2: 2   04-08   Total:   5  10-00
141. Hayden Gaddis – Ben Cully                    Carson-Newman University            110
Day 1: 1   01-01     Day 2: 3   08-09   Total:   4  09-10
142. Colby Kerr – Jonathan Fitch                  Kentucky Christian University       109
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  09-09
142. Haden Smith – Stephen Bovia                  Louisiana Tech                      109
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  09-09
144. Drew Morgan – Jackson Kulijof                Murray State University             107
Day 1: 1   01-00     Day 2: 4   08-09   Total:   5  09-09
145. Trenton Webster – Hunter Alsip               Drury University                    106
Day 1: 4   05-04     Day 2: 2   04-05   Total:   6  09-09
146. Will Carnes – Tavin Hodgens                  Campbellsville university           105
Day 1: 4   05-11     Day 2: 2   03-11   Total:   6  09-06
147. Chase Milholen – Cody Gregory                Bethel University                   104
Day 1: 5   09-04     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  09-04
148. Clay Henderson – Zachary Ward                Drury University                    103
Day 1: 1   01-04     Day 2: 5   07-13   Total:   6  09-01
149. Zachary Bowen – Harrison Terry               Bethel University                   102
Day 1: 4   06-13     Day 2: 1   02-03   Total:   5  09-00
150. Gunner Whitaker –                            Kentucky Christian University       101
Day 1: 3   06-05     Day 2: 1   02-11   Total:   4  09-00
151. Wesley Smith – Grant Harris                  Catawba Valley Community College    100
Day 1: 3   05-02     Day 2: 2   03-14   Total:   5  09-00
152. Syon Barnes – Jeremy Till                    Jacksonville  State University       99
Day 1: 5   08-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  08-15
153. Easton Lindus – Matthew Zdrazil              Emmanuel College                     98
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   08-14   Total:   5  08-14
154. Brody Robison – Jack Alexander               University of Montevallo             97
Day 1: 4   08-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   4  08-13
155. Keegan Barber – Tyler Flacke                 Missouri State University            96
Day 1: 5   08-10     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  08-10
156. Dalton Coleman – Joe Bob Burchett            Kentucky Christian University        95
Day 1: 5   08-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  08-07
157. Logan Hawkins – Jordan Smallwood             Campbellsville University            94
Day 1: 3   04-11     Day 2: 2   03-12   Total:   5  08-07
158. Drew Fromm – Hunter Capehart                 Wabash Valley College                93
Day 1: 4   05-08     Day 2: 2   02-14   Total:   6  08-06
159. Masen Wade – Davis Coleman                   University of Arkansas               92
Day 1: 3   06-03     Day 2: 1   02-01   Total:   4  08-04
160. Carter Andreae – Jack Zenil                  University of Wisconsin Stevens      91
Day 1: 5   08-02     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  08-02
161. Layton Brown – Parker Brown                  Dallas Baptist University            90
Day 1: 2   03-13     Day 2: 2   04-04   Total:   4  08-01
162. Doug Wintle –                                Arkansas State University            89
Day 1: 3   03-15     Day 2: 3   04-01   Total:   6  08-00
163. Lane Stephens – Devon Rathbun                Mckendree University                 88
Day 1: 3   05-02     Day 2: 2   02-13   Total:   5  07-15
164. Will Oberman – Clay Oberman                  Campbellsville University            87
Day 1: 3   04-06     Day 2: 2   03-09   Total:   5  07-15
165. Chris Brooks – David Bartlett                Greenville University                86
Day 1: 1   02-00     Day 2: 3   05-14   Total:   4  07-14
166. Sean Obrien – Austin Aikins                  Bethel University                    85
Day 1: 4   04-11     Day 2: 2   03-03   Total:   6  07-14
167. Jon Gekiere – Carter Welch                   University of Arkansas               84
Day 1: 4   07-12     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   4  07-12
168. Jacob Swerdloff – Carson Hyles               University of Arkansas               83
Day 1: 2   04-06     Day 2: 2   03-03   Total:   4  07-09
169. Allen Bryan – Lane Collier                   University of North Georgia          82
Day 1: 5   07-05     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  07-05
170. John Berry – Blake Bullock                   Blue Mountain College                81
Day 1: 3   04-10     Day 2: 1   02-09   Total:   4  07-03
171. Matthew Benson – Nathanael Wright            Emmanuel College                     80
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   06-13   Total:   5  06-13
172. Patrick Henry – Jared Minor                  Ohio State University                79
Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  06-13
173. Kurt Litteken Jr – Colsyn Head               McKendree University                 78
Day 1: 2   04-02     Day 2: 1   02-07   Total:   3  06-09
174. Turner Hart – Summer Dees                    Bryan College                        77
Day 1: 2   03-04     Day 2: 2   03-05   Total:   4  06-09
175. Nick Staub – Lake Norsworthy                 Blue Mountain College                76
Day 1: 3   06-04     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  06-04
176. Caleb Bridges – Jacob Davidson               bryan college                        75
Day 1: 1   02-01     Day 2: 2   03-15   Total:   3  06-00
177. Lane Bradley – Holden Kauble                 Wabash Valley College                74
Day 1: 3   03-15     Day 2: 1   02-00   Total:   4  05-15
178. Connor Hicks – Austin Wadzinski              University of Tennessee              73
Day 1: 3   05-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  05-13
179. Victor Alford – Dylan Johnson                bryan college                        72
Day 1: 3   05-05     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  05-05
180. Cameron Dials – Jonathan Fraley              Kentucky Christian University        71
Day 1: 2   03-02     Day 2: 1   02-00   Total:   3  05-02
181. Cody Griffith – Drew Jennings                Auburn University                    70
Day 1: 2   05-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  05-00
182. Matthew Huffman – Grayson Hudson             Northeastern State University        69
Day 1: 3   04-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  04-15
183. Caleb Jacob – Austin Sloan                   Illinois State University            68
Day 1: 2   04-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  04-14
184. Kaden Liles – Hunter Lepping                 University of North Alabama          67
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   04-08   Total:   2  04-08
185. Seth Jenkins – TJ McKenzie                   Emmanuel College                     66
Day 1: 1   01-07     Day 2: 1   03-01   Total:   2  04-08
186. Blayner  Leeman – Noah Hurford               Kentucky Christian University        65
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   04-07   Total:   2  04-07
187. Connor Cartmell – Andrew Vereen              Coastal Carolina University          64
Day 1: 1   04-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  04-07
188. Taylor Mcmullen –                            Emmanuel College                     63
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   04-05   Total:   3  04-05
189. Jacob Highley – Autumn Belcher               Kentucky Christian University        62
Day 1: 2   04-02     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  04-02
190. Ethan Chase – Will Sams                      University Of Kentucky               61
Day 1: 2   03-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  03-15
191. Dakota Posey – Trent Buchholz                Lamar State College Orange           60
Day 1: 2   03-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  03-14
192. Cole Thompson – John Heacock                 University of North Alabama          59
Day 1: 3   03-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  03-13
193. Clay Osteen – Garett Cadenhead               Tarleton State University            58
Day 1: 2   03-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  03-07
194. Camden Lewis – TJ Edwards Jr                 Blue Mountain College                57
Day 1: 1   01-02     Day 2: 1   02-00   Total:   2  03-02
195. Braden Leffew – Colten Drawdy                Bethel University                    56
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   03-01   Total:   2  03-01
195. Ben Rand – Mason Grossbauer                  Davenport University                 56
Day 1: 2   03-01     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  03-01
197. Tyler Dubois – Niko Romero                   Bethel University                    54
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-09   Total:   1  02-09
198. Cooper Arthur – Brodie Paige                 Louisiana Tech University            53
Day 1: 1   02-05     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-05
199. Bo Thomas – Mason Vernia                     Western Michigan University          52
Day 1: 1   02-02     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-02
200. John Karisny –                               Louisiana Tech University            51
Day 1: 1   01-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-15
200. Sam Moll – Adrian Urso                       Murray State University              51
Day 1: 1   01-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-15
202. Camden Hurst – Preston Bowers                Missouri Western State Universit     49
Day 1: 1   01-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-14
202. Sam Shoemaker – Derek Rodriguez Jr.          Adrian College                       49
Day 1: 1   01-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-14
204. Nolan Yeager – Riley Aebi                    Stephen F. Austin State Universi     47
Day 1: 1   01-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-13
205. Joseph Bissing – Jackson Paden               University of Tennessee              46
Day 1: 1   01-12     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-12
206. Finn Ash –                                   Wallace State                        45
Day 1: 1   01-05     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-05
207. Remington Lawrence – Jade Craft              Arkansas Tech University             44
Day 1: 1   01-02     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-02
208. Logan Barrett – Brantley Bell                Mississippi State University          0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Tyler Finley – Lane Lassiter                 University of North Alabama           0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Thomas Hessil – Logan Spice                  University Of Wisconsin Plattevi      0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Isaac Irvin – Mason Gross                    Wabash valley college                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Terry Moore – Travis Clingensmith            Arkansas State University- Mount      0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. John Ortman – Garrett Ankerich               Emmanuel                              0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Haydan Quesenberry – Ryan Diskin             Auburn University                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Walker Sahagun –                             University of North Alabama           0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Grant Schmidt – Elliott Pritchett            Southern Illinois University Car      0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Chad Smith –                                 Wallace State                         0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Trenton Thibault – Micheal Davis             Tarleton State University             0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
208. Ben Tschoerner –                             Stephen F Austin State Universit      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        86       715      1510-12
2        68       600      1263-07
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154      1315      2774-03

California Rookie Loberg Moves Ahead on Day 3 of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Lithium Pros Stop 3 on Pickwick Lake Presented by Covercraft

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Final 10 Anglers Set for Final-Day Shootout for $135k on Championship Sunday 

COUNCE, Tenn. (April 23, 2022) – Rookie Andrew Loberg of Rocklin, California caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 11 ounces to advance and lead the top 10 anglers to the final day of competition at the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Lithium Pros Stop 3 at Pickwick Lake Presented by Covercraft in Counce, Tennessee. Loberg’s three-day total of 52-8 gives him a 1-pound, 3-ounce margin over second place pro and 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Angler of the Year (AOY) Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan who brought a five-bass limit weighing 16-10 on Day 3 for a three-day total of 51 pounds, 5 ounces.

Link to photo of Day 3 leader Andrew Loberg

Alabama pro Jon Canada of Helena moved from seventh place to third Saturday, with a limit weighing 17-8, for a three-day total of 50 pounds, 4 ounces, while pro Troy Stokes of Trenton, Michigan leaped from 24th to settle into fourth place with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 49-14. Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, slid down one spot to round out the top five with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 49-13, while pro Mitch Crane of Columbus, Mississippi made the biggest jump of the day, with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 49 pounds, 11 ounces to slide from 20th place into the top 10 with a sixth place finish.

The final 10 anglers are set and competition will resume on Championship Sunday, where weights are zeroed, and the angler that catches the heaviest five-fish limit will earn the top prize of up to $135,000.

The event, hosted by the Hardin County Convention and Visitors Bureau, marks the third regular-season event of the year for the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by Fuel Me.

“I didn’t really know what to expect after practice this week,” Loberg said. “There are so many changing conditions and springtime bass fishing is ever changing. I just kind of stuck to my guns this week. I’ve been up in one area, making a long run every day and today got a little sketchy, but I figured it out and was able to catch five.”

Loberg said he caught his biggest fish, a 5-pounder, “right off the bat” within the first 10 minutes of fishing.

“It died down after that, but I had a little flurry a while later and caught three fairly quick, before losing a good one,” Loberg said. “I had four fish around noon and ran to a spot that was semi-close. I just planned to hit it for 20 minutes or so then head back but I caught a 4-pounder and thought, ‘alright I’m done, that should be enough’.”

Although he didn’t catch another keeper in his spot all afternoon, Loberg said he’s hopeful that it will continue to perform on Championship Sunday.

“Tomorrow will be interesting,” Loberg said. “There are definitely fish around that area, but the water level keeps changing and I don’t know if they are spreading out and moving to the bank or what.

“Everybody’s been in that area, including the high school tournament anglers today, but Pickwick is notorious for handling a lot of pressure, so if we get the right conditions and the bait pushes back up in there, they could certainly feed again.”

Loberg led going into the final day at the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Stop 2 at the Harris Chain of Lakes in March and finished the event in second place, but said he hopes to take it all the way to the number one spot and the top prize of $135,000 on Championship Sunday.

“I plan to start in my main area and just play it by ear – if I can catch some fish, great – but I’m definitely prepared to make a change and try something different if needed,” Loberg said. “I don’t have anything else like that, but I do have another shallow pattern running a bunch of different stuff. I caught the 4-pounder on a stretch where I caught some fish in practice and that showed me that maybe some fish have moved up shallow. So, if the main area doesn’t pan out, I’m just going to start fresh and run some water where I think they could be.”

While he said he would feel more confident if his main area was still stirred up, he also said he knows things could change on a dime on the final day.

“If they were really firing today, they could have done the same thing tomorrow and just shut off, so I could have wasted the day there waiting for bites.

“I’m just super fired up about how this whole week has gone,” Loberg continued. “Everything’s run very smooth, and I haven’t really had too many missed opportunities, so it’s been fun. Tomorrow I just plan to go out there, have a good time, get after them and hope for the best.”

The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition on Pickwick Lake are:

1st:           Andrew Loberg of Rocklin, Calif., 15 bass, 52-8
2nd:          Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich., 15 bass, 51-5
3rd:          Jon Canada of Helena, Ala., 15 bass, 50-4
4th:           Troy Stokes of Trenton, Mich., 15 bass, 49-14
5th:           John Cox of DeBary, Fla., 15 bass, 49-13
6th:           Mitch Crane of Columbus, Miss., 15 bass, 49-11
7th:           Nick Hatfield of Greeneville, Tenn., 15 bass, 48-8
8th:           John Hunter of Shelbyville, Ky., 15 bass, 48-5
9th:           Nick Lebrun of Bossier City, La., 15 bass, 48-1
10th:        Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Ala., 15 bass, 47-1
Finishing in 11th through 50th are:
11th:        Chris Lane of Guntersville, Ala., 15 bass, 46-13, $11,000
12th:        Mark Rose of Wynne, Ark., 15 bass, 46-12, $11,000
13th:        Jacopo Gallelli of Florence, Italy, 13 bass, 46-6, $11,000
14th:        Corey Neece of Bristol, Tenn., 15 bass, 44-15, $11,000
15th:        Brad Knight of Lancing, Tenn., 15 bass, 44-14, $11,000
16th:        Wesley Strader of Spring City, Tenn., 15 bass, 44-14, $11,000
17th:        Skeet Reese of Auburn, Calif., 15 bass, 44-12, $11,000
18th:        Josh Butler of Hayden, Ala., 15 bass, 43-13, $11,000
19th:        Brian Latimer of Belton, S.C., 15 bass, 43-9, $11,000
20th:        Joey Cifuentes of Clinton, Ark., 15 bass, 43-7, $11,000
21st:        Jim Moynagh of Shakopee, Minn., 15 bass, 42-12, $10,500
22nd:       Steve Lopez of Oconomowoc, Wis., 15 bass, 42-9, $10,500
23rd:       Blake Hall of Decatur, Ala., 15 bass, 42-9, $10,500
24th:        Miles Burghoff of Dayton, Tenn., 15 bass, 42-3, $10,500
25th:       Cameron Mattison of Benton, La., 15 bass, 41-5, $10,500
26th:        Mike Surman of Boca Raton, Fla., 13 bass, 40-10, $10,500
27th:        Darrell Davis of Dover, Fla., 15 bass, 40-9, $10,500
28th:        Kyle Gelles of Pingree, Idaho, 15 bass, 40-8, $10,500
29th:        Jim Tutt of Longview, Texas, 15 bass, 40-1, $10,500
30th:        Mitchell Webb of Skiatook, Okla., 14 bass, 39-14, $10,500
31st:        Josh Bragg of Fayetteville, Ga., 15 bass, 39-14, $10,000
32nd:       Kurt Mitchell of Milford, Del., 15 bass, 39-11, $10,000
33rd:       Andy Newcomb of Camdenton, Mo., 15 bass, 39-1, $10,000
34th:        Larry Nixon of Quitman, Ark., 13 bass, 38-13, $10,000
35th:        Brett Hite of Phoenix, Ariz., 14 bass, 38-4, $10,000
36th:        Barron Adams of Mineral Bluff, Ga., 15 bass, 37-15, $10,000
37th:        Spencer Shuffield of Hot Springs, Ark., 13 bass, 37-14, $10,000
38th:        Mike McClelland of Blue Eye, Mo., 13 bass, 35-15, $10,000
39th:        Shane Lineberger of Lincolnton, N.C., 11 bass, 35-8, $10,000
40th:        Randy Howell of Guntersville, Ala., 12 bass, 35-3, $10,000
41st:        John Voyles of Petersburg, Ind., 14 bass, 34-15, $10,000
42nd:       Kyle Cortiana of Broken Arrow, Okla., 13 bass, 34-11, $10,000
43rd:       Cal Lane of Guntersville, Ala., 12 bass, 33-8, $10,000
44th:        Chad Warren of Sand Springs, Okla., 12 bass, 33-5, $10,000
45th:        Justin Cooper of Zwolle, La.,13 bass, 33-2, $10,000
46th:        Lane Olson of Forest Grove, Ore., 12 bass, 32-9, $10,000
47th:        Colby Schrumpf of Highland, Ill., 11 bass, 32-4, $10,000
48th:        Joshua Weaver of Macon, Ga., 13 bass, 31-15, $10,000
49th:        Philip Dutra of Guntersville, Ala., 12 bass, 31-11, $10,000
50th:        Braxton Setzer of Wetumpka, Ala., 11 bass, 30-8, $10,000
For a full list of results visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.Overall, there were 207 bass weighing 567 pounds, 12 ounces caught by 50 pros Saturday. The catch included 33 five-bass limits.

In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit competition, the full field of anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 50 pros based on their two-day cumulative weight advanced to Saturday. Now, only the top 10 pros, based on cumulative weight from the first three days, will continue competition on Championship Sunday, where weights will be zeroed, and anglers will compete in a one-day shootout for the grand prize of up to $135,000, including the lucrative $35,000 Phoenix MLF Bonus for qualified anglers.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2022 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit TITLE Presented by Mercury, the Pro Circuit Championship, where they will compete for up to $235,000. The 2022 TITLE will be on the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York on Aug. 16-21, and is hosted by the Town of Massena.

The final 10 anglers will launch at 6:30 a.m. CT Sunday from the Pickwick Landing State Park located at 120 Playground Loop in Counce. Sunday’s Championship weigh-in will also be held at the park at 2:30 p.m. Fans are encouraged to attend the event or follow the live on-the-water action all four days of competition online on MLF NOW! beginning at 7 a.m. CT at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

The MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Lithium Pros Stop 3 at Pickwick Lake Presented by Covercraft will feature live on-the-water coverage and a two-hour action-packed television show that will premiere in July on the CBS Sports Network.

Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by Fuel Me include: 4WP, 13 Fishing, Abu Garcia, A.R.E. Truck Caps, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Rifle Coffee, E3, Epic Baits, Favorite Fishing, Fuel Me, Gary Yamamoto Baits, General Tire, Lew’s, Lowrance, Lucas Oil, Mercury, Mossy Oak, Onyx, 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 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit on the MLF5 social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and  YouTube.

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Drew Six Wins NPFL On Lake Hartwell

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Drew Six Wins NPFL On Lake Hartwell

Saving the biggest bag of the tournament for Showdown Saturday, Drew Six wins big on Lake Hartwell.

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Story by Justin Brouillard | Photos by Tanner & Travis Lyons

Saving the best for last, Drew Six weighed in his biggest bag of the tournament on Showdown Saturday to capture his first NPFL victory. With 17-pounds, 7-ounces on day one, 14-pounds, 13-ounces on day two and 19-pounds, 1-ounce on day three, Six had a three-day total of 51-pounds, 5-ounces to secure the victory.

Drew Six
With and copy and paste method, running the same program all week, Six executed a shallow water sight fishing bite by catching a mix of spawning bass, fry guarders and bluegill chasing bass, different each day.

“Day one we had all three phases of the spawn, day two spawn was wearing off, and today was a new wave of spawners.”

Opting for super light line, Six fished a Z-Man StreakZ 3.75-inch shad bait in the shiner color rigged on a Z-Man Texas eye Jig head on 6-pound Seaguar Tatsu fluorocarbon, all available at Fisherman’s Central. Focusing on sharp drops near long points off the main channel, he fished all new water on Showdown Saturday and relied on Lowrance mapping to replicate his deal all over the lake.

“The keys for me this week were that Z-Man bait, the light line and Lowrance C-Map Reveal. I used the exact same jig head and plastic all three days and today I fished all new water and was able to identify spots on the Lowrance map and I would pull up and they all had fish. This is my biggest win and it was a phenomenal week. By using that light line, I was able to fish behind and around people all week and catch some key fish that others were not able to.”

Patrick Walters
After losing several key bass on day one, Patrick Walters caught 19-pounds, 6-ounces on day two to take the lead and added 13-pounds on Showdown Saturday to finish the event in the 2nd place spot with a three-day total of 46-pounds, 14-ounces.

Keying on the shad spawn, Walters employed a mix of several moving baits to temp schooling bass. Noting he did have some key areas, but the trick to herring fish is to keep moving and covering water until you run into fish that will bite.

Jason Wilson
With a three-day total of 46-pounds, 14-ounces, Jason Wilson added 17-pounds, 10-ounces to go with an excellent day one to finish the event in 3rd place. Fishing a primarily shallow sight fishing pattern, the North Carolina pro spent his practice period marking fish on the bed and returned throughout the tournament to catch what was around.

“I had some key areas but basically, I was covering water – I would start at the mouth and work through until I saw a fish and lock down and catch it. I caught a 4 and 5-pounder in one pocket today and I have had a lot of success in previous tournaments on Hartwell, it’s one of my favorite lakes.”

Bryant Smith
Finishing in the 4th place spot, California pro Bryant Smith wrapped up a very consistent week by bringing 15-pounds, 6-ounces to the scales on Showdown Saturday to finish with a three-day total of 46-pounds, 11-ounces. Fishing the ultimate junk pattern, Smith rotated between herring fish and shallow sight fishing to catch his fish every day.

“The keys for me this week were the really flat points for the schoolers and the flat banks for sight fishing. If there was red clay it was better, but the flat banks and points overall has the most fish. I was randomly looking in pockets and if the bigger pocket had several smaller pockets, that was where most of the bites would come from.”

Burning over 100 gallons of gas throughout the event, Smith fished a variety of baits including the most important – a soft jerkbait.

“I was using that Lews Custom Lite reel and that was key for making very long casts with basically a weightless bait. I was easily getting another 10 to 15-yards out of each cast. I ran that Ranger, Mercury all over the lake it got me back here every day.”

T.R. Andreas
With his biggest bag of the week on the final day, including a 6-pound, 2-ounce kicker, T.R. Andreas brought 19-pounds, 4-ounces to the scales on Showdown Saturday to finish tied for 5th with a three-day total of 45-pounds, 1-ounce. Sticking to a sight fishing bite all week, Andreas was keying on East facing banks.

“I was basically just moving around looking for fish locked on beds and I was throwing three baits to get them to bite. A 3/0 Gamakatsu hook with a 5/16-ounce weight and 15-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, I was using both a Yum Dinger and a Rage bug on that, and the third was a wacky rigged green pumpkin Yamamoto Senko. I would rotate through and once I would make a switch, they would bite.”

Jason Williamson
Bringing 18-pounds, 9-ounces to the scales on Showdown Saturday, Jason Williamson finished tied for 5th place with a three-day total of 45-pounds, 1-ounce.  Williamson caught 16-pounds, 6-ounces on day one and 10-pounds, 2-ounces on day two before bringing in his heaviest catch on the final day.

Rest of the best:
7 Jesse Millsaps 44-9
8 Jesse Wise 44-6
9 Josh Ray 44-6
10 Mike Corbishley 43-13

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