| Harrison, Tennessee Pro Sets New Two-Day Record with 222 Pounds, 1 Ounce to Advance Directly to Wednesday’s Championship Round, 19 Anglers Advance to Knockout Round
Link to Photo of Qualifying Group A Winner Jacob Wheeler MASSENA, N.Y. (June 27, 2021) – After Friday’s record-setting pace, Sunday’s Qualifying Round finale was a much tougher, grueling day on the water for the 40 anglers in Group A at the Major League Fishing (MLF) Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five at the St. Lawrence River Presented by Berkley in Massena, New York. After battling the windy conditions, when the final bass was tallied on SCORETRACKER™ Academy Sports + Outdoors pro Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tennessee, coasted to victory in Group A, catching 66 bass totaling 222 pounds, 1 ounce – a new Bass Pro Tour record for the heaviest two-day Qualifying Round weight. The six-day event, hosted by the Town of Massena and Fish Massena, features 80 of the top professional anglers from around the world competing for a purse of $805,000, including a top cash prize of $100,000 to the winner. Pro Brent Ehrler of Redlands, California, boated a two-day total of 59 bass totaling 190-13 to end the day in second place after starting in third. Berkley pro Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Alabama, caught 52 bass weighing 177-9 over two days to finish the round in third place. Toro pro Jeff Sprague of Point, Texas , ended the round in fourth place with a two-day total of 59 bass for 172-4. Rounding out the top five was Favorite Fishing pro Jonathon VanDam of Kalamazoo, Michigan, who caught the heaviest weight of the day Sunday – 25 bass for 77-15 – to finish with a two-day total of 54 bass for 172-4 and advance in fifth place. The top 20 anglers from Group A will now enjoy an off-day Monday, while the 40 anglers in Qualifying Group B will complete their two-day Qualifying Round of competition. The Knockout Round, featuring 38 anglers competing to finish in the top eight, will take place on Tuesday. Wednesday’s Championship Round will feature Wheeler, Monday’s Group B winner, and the top eight anglers from the Knockout Round competing in a final-day shootout for the top prize of $100,000. “To break another record just feels unbelievable,” said Wheeler. “I’ve been catching fish in all three phases of the spawn, this week. Some of the fish were set up and cruising – those are post-spawners. Some of them were actually sitting on the edges of those points, and those were pre-spawners. And then there are bass spawning on top of the points around the islands, and I’m just rotating through them. “I rotated between a drop-shot rig, using a Rattlin’ Ned from Googan Baits called a Blue Penny, and then throwing the same bait but actually on a Ned rig,” Wheeler continued. “I threw them on my 7-foot medium action Signature Series Duckett rod on one and my 7-foot, 2-inch medium-heavy Signature Series Duckett rod on the other. Ehrler also used the drop-shot rig Sunday, but credited his Daiwa Tatula LT reel and its faster gear ratio as being the key to his day. “I caught them very similar today to how I did the first day – pitching and casting to light and dark spots on some of these main river reefs,” Ehrler said. “I’ve been drop-shotting a Roboworm with a Gamakatsu G Finesse Drop Shot hook and a 3/8-ounce Ark Tungsten sinker. The key was really my Daiwa Tatula LT reel, though. “A lot of times today I would pitch into these light spots in the current and when the fish would bite they would move off and swim down the current very fast,” Ehrler continued. “My line would go slack, but luckily I was able to pick up a lot of line quickly with the LT and it’s faster gear ratio. That was really important in getting these fish in the boat today.” The top 20 pros from Qualifying Group A that now advance to Tuesday’s Knockout Round on the St. Lawrence River are: 1st: Jacob Wheeler, Harrison, Tenn., 66 bass, 222-1 A complete list of results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com. Overall, there were 477 bass weighing 1,446 pounds, 9 ounces caught by the 40 pros on Sunday. Jeff Kriet of Ardmore, Oklahoma, won Sunday’s $1,000 Berkley Big Bass Award, weighing in a 6-pound, 10-ounce smallmouth bass on a drop-shot rig during Period 3. Berkley will award $1,000 to the angler that weighs the biggest bass each day, and a $3,000 bonus to the angler who weighs the largest bass of the tournament. The MLF Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five at the St. Lawrence River Presented by Berkley is hosted by the Town of Massena and Fish Massena. The 40 Anglers in Group A competed in their two-day qualifying round on the St. Lawrence River on Friday and Sunday – the 40 anglers in Group B on Saturday and Monday. After each two-day qualifying round is complete, the anglers that finish in 2nd through 20th place from both groups advance to Tuesday’s Knockout Round, while the winner of each group advances directly to Wednesday’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. Anglers will take off from the Massena Intake Boat Launch Ramp, located on Route 13, in Massena, at 9 a.m. ET each day of competition. Each day’s General Tire Takeout will also be held at the Launch Ramp, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Fans are welcome to attend all takeoff and takeout ceremonies and also encouraged to follow the event online throughout the day on the MLF NOW!® live stream and SCORETRACKER® coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com. The Bass Pro Tour features a field of 76 of the top professional anglers in the world – joined at each event by 4 pros that qualify from the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit – competing across seven regular-season tournaments around the country, competing for millions of dollars and valuable points to qualify for the annual Heavy Hitters all-star event and the REDCREST 2022 championship. 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 9:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. MLF NOW!® will be live streamed on MajorLeagueFishing.com and the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app. Television coverage of the Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five Presented by Berkley at the St. Lawrence River will be showcased across two two-hour episodes, premiering at 7 a.m. ET, Oct. 23 on the Discovery Channel. New MLF episodes premiere each Saturday morning on the Discovery Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel. Each two-hour long reality-based episode goes in-depth to break down each day of competition. For complete details and updated information on 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. |
Wheeler Wins Group A Qualifying Round at Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five at St. Lawrence River Presented by Berkley
John Cox Leads Group B at Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five at St. Lawrence River Presented by Berkley
| DeBary, Florida Pro Catches 31 Bass Weighing 99 Pounds, 1 Ounce on New York’s St. Lawrence River to Lead Group B’s Qualifying Round after Day 1, Group A to Wrap Up Their Qualifying Round Sunday
Link to Photo of Qualifying Group B Leader John Cox MASSENA, N.Y. (June 26, 2021) – Although it didn’t quite match Friday’s frenetic day of fishing, the 39 pro anglers on the water Saturday also experienced a special day of fishing at the Major League Fishing (MLF) Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five at the St. Lawrence River Presented by Berkley in Massena, New York. When time expired at 5:30 p.m., Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, held the early lead for Group B with 31 bass weighing 99 pounds, 1 ounce. Right behind Cox in second place is reigning REDCREST Champion Favorite Fishing pro Dustin Connell of Clanton, Alabama, who boated 21 bass totaling 83-13. Rounding out the top three was Shelby, North Carolina’s Bryan Thrift, who caught 28 bass for 81-13 to end the day in third. The 39 anglers in Group B will have the day off on Sunday, while the 40 anglers in Group A will complete their two-day Qualifying Round of competition. Group B will conclude their Qualifying Round on Monday. The six-day event, hosted by the Town of Massena and Fish Massena, features 80 of the top professional anglers from around the world competing for a purse of $805,000, including a top cash prize of $100,000 to the winner. “What an awesome day. I can’t believe that I’m leading a smallmouth tournament up north,” said the Floridian Cox. “I feel like I picked up right where I left off last year. After looking at SCORETRACKER™ yesterday, I couldn’t sleep last night. And now I don’t know how I’m going to sleep tonight or tomorrow. I’m so ready to get back out there again. “It’s hilarious, but I’m leading because I was worried about running out of my (Berkley PowerBait) MaxScent Flat Worms and (Berkley PowerBait) MaxScent Generals during practice,” Cox continued. “In practice I had a bunch of these (Berkley PowerBait MaxScent) Hit Worms , and I figured I’d use them up so I didn’t use up all of my good stuff before the event started. But man, they’ve been eating that Hit Worm so good and that thing really carried me today.” Although the majority of Cox’s keepers came on the Hit Worm, he did say that he added a few key bass on the Berkley General. “We did pull the General out for a few of them and I threw that thing around and caught some big ones too,” Cox continued. “It was just an awesome day. I moved around a lot today and sampled a lot of stuff to help get a game plan for when we come back out here Monday. “I would love to win the Qualifying Round and be able to skip the Knockout Round and advance straight into the Championship Round,” Cox went on to say. “I know a lot of guys like being in that Knockout Round so they can follow the fish, but I feel pretty set on the areas that I’m fishing, so if I can let them rest it’ll be better.” Connell credited a Ned rig for most of his success Saturday. “I caught all of my fish on a Googan Baits Rattlin’ Ned,” Connell said. “This place is just unbelievable. I think I caught seven or eight 5-pounders today, maybe more. They’re biting out here, and I can’t wait to get back out here on Monday.” “Using P-Line Tactical Fluorocarbon Line and making super long casts was the keys to my success today,” said third-place angler Thrift. “Most of my fish today came on a jig head with two types of soft plastics – the 3-inch Tennessee Shad-colored Damiki Stinger and Berkley MaxScent. “I threw it on my signature series 7-foot medium-action Fitzgerald Drop Shot and Ned Rig rod, paired with an Abu Garcia Revo Premier Spinning Reel and spooled with 10-pound (P-Line) TCB 8 braid for my main line with 8-pound P-Line Tactical fluorocarbon leader. That setup is as good as it gets for finesse fishing,” Thrift went on to say. The top 20 pros in Group B after Day 1 on the St. Lawrence River are: 1st: John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 31 bass, 99-1 A complete list of results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com. Overall, there were 621 bass weighing 1,855 pounds, 15 ounces caught by the 39 pros on Saturday. Bass Pro Tour angler Aaron Martens of Leeds, Alabama, was unable to compete in this event and was issued a medical exemption. Lintner won Saturday’s $1,000 Berkley Big Bass Award, weighing in a 6-pound, 10-ounce smallmouth bass on a drop-shot rig during Period 2. Berkley will award $1,000 to the angler who weighs the biggest bass each day, and a $3,000 bonus to the angler who weighs the largest bass of the tournament. The MLF Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five at the St. Lawrence River Presented by Berkley is hosted by the Town of Massena and Fish Massena. The 40 Anglers in Group A compete in their two-day qualifying round on the St. Lawrence River on Friday and Sunday – the 40 anglers in Group B on Saturday and Monday. After each two-day qualifying round is complete, the anglers that finish in 2nd through 20th place from both groups advance to Tuesday’s Knockout Round, while the winner of each group advances directly to Wednesday’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. Anglers will take off from the Massena Intake Boat Launch Ramp, located on Route 13, in Massena, at 8:30 a.m. ET each day of competition. Each day’s General Tire Takeout will also be held at the Launch Ramp, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Fans are welcome to attend all takeoff and takeout ceremonies and also encouraged to follow the event online throughout the day on the MLF NOW!® live stream and SCORETRACKER® coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com. On Sunday, June 27, the Town of Massena will join the anglers at 7:45 a.m. at the Massena Intake Ramp for Fishin’ Church, hosted by Bass Pro Tour anglers Mark Rose and Edwin Evers along with Judy Van Kennan, Chaplain for the Massena Fire Department. A free breakfast will be provided. Also on Sunday, Louisville, New York, will host a VIP Golf Course Event featuring multiple Bass Pro Tour anglers from noon to 3 p.m. at The River Course at Louisville Landing. All activities are free and open to the public. For more information on the Stage Five Community Events hosted by Fish Massena, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. The Bass Pro Tour features a field of 76 of the top professional anglers in the world – joined at each event by 4 pros that qualify from the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit – competing across seven regular-season tournaments around the country, competing for millions of dollars and valuable points to qualify for the annual Heavy Hitters all-star event and the REDCREST 2022 championship. 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 9:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. MLF NOW!® will be live streamed on MajorLeagueFishing.com and the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app. Television coverage of the General Tire Stage Five Presented by Berkley at the St. Lawrence River will be showcased across two two-hour episodes, premiering at 7 a.m. ET, Oct. 23 on the Discovery Channel. New MLF episodes premiere each Saturday morning on the Discovery Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel. Each two-hour long reality-based episode goes in-depth to break down each day of competition. For complete details and updated information on 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. |
Late Big Bites Lift Gardendale To Bassmaster High School Series Victory On Lay Lake
Fletcher Phillips and Will Phillips, of Gardendale (Ala.) High School, have won the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Lay Lake presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors with 17 pounds, 15 ounces.
Photo by Emily Hand/B.A.S.S.
June 26, 2021
Late Big Bites Lift Gardendale To Bassmaster High School Series Victory On Lay Lake
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SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. — Although they only live about an hour from Lay Lake, Will Phillips and Fletcher Phillips from Gardendale High School had not spent much time on the lake prior to this weekend.
After catching 17 pounds, 15 ounces to win the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Lay Lake presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Fletcher said they will definitely be back in the future.
Along with the win, Fletcher and Will earned Big Bass of the Tournament honors with a 6-12 largemouth they caught near the end of the day. The Bainbridge High School duo of Caleb Reynolds and Lex Thompson followed in second place with 14-9, while John Nutt and Carter Nutt from Backwoods Bassin’ finished third with 14-5.
“It was pretty exciting,” Will said. “Even though I didn’t catch the big ones, it was pretty nice watching him catch them. I caught them in the net. Basically, half the work.”
Fletcher and Will split their time between fishing grass banks and main-river current breaks, using a warmouth-colored Dirty Jigs Swim Jig in the grass and a finesse jig in the current. The morning started fast with two keeper bites, although Fletcher lost a quality fish that would have increased their total weight.
The morning bite fizzled quickly, however.
“We didn’t have a bite for probably two hours,” Will said. “We started fishing the river and caught a 3-pound spot and we started fishing the grass and it turned on from there.”
After catching the big spotted bass, the duo moved to a creek arm and on the first points Fletcher landed a 4-pound largemouth. Several minutes later, he hooked their biggest bass of the day.
“We go all the way to the back and don’t get a bite and come back out and I catch a little one,” Fletcher said. “I threw up to the second point after the point I caught the 4-pounder on and it blew up and I caught it.”
Hailing from the Lake Seminole area of Georgia, Reynolds and Thompson had a tough practice but were fortunate enough to grind out six bites on tournament day.
“We didn’t catch our first keeper fish until about 8 o’clock,” Reynolds said. “I caught two on a crankbait and then at about 10:30, Lex caught two on a shaky head and another that was about 12 inches.”
With time winding down, the Bainbridge duo caught their biggest fish flipping grass mats, culling out their 12-incher in the process.
Heading into the tournament, Thompson said the game plan was to flip grass all day but found a point with rocks and stumps where they thought they could catch some spotted bass.
“It worked out for us,” Thompson said. “We caught the first three pretty quickly and I figured it would be a spotted bass day. But not long after I caught one of the bigger largemouth.”
The Lay Lake event marked the end of the regular season for the High School Series. The Top 19 teams secured their spot in the 2021 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors to be held at Chickamauga Lake, July 29-31.
The tournament was hosted by Discover Shelby.
2021 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Lay Lake presented
by Academy Sports + Outdoors 6/26-6/26
Lay Lake, Columbiana AL.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1
Angler Club/School Pts
1. Fletcher Phillips – Will Phillips Gardendale High School 0
Day 1: 5 17-15 Total: 5 17-15
2. Caleb Reynolds – Lex Thompson Bainbridge High School 0
Day 1: 5 14-09 Total: 5 14-09
3. John Nutt – Carter Nutt Backwoods Bassin 0
Day 1: 5 14-05 Total: 5 14-05
4. Jordan Guest – Landon Guest Skyline High School (414) 0
Day 1: 5 13-06 Total: 5 13-06
5. Andon Goins – Blake Wheat Rhea County High School 0
Day 1: 5 13-02 Total: 5 13-02
6. Nathan Reynolds – Jimmy Oguin Backwoods Bassin 0
Day 1: 5 12-09 Total: 5 12-09
7. Langston Martin – Coleman Mezick Lee County Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 11-12 Total: 5 11-12
8. Evan Mabrey – Skyler Stevens 0
Day 1: 5 11-08 Total: 5 11-08
9. Jack Alexander – Colledge Elliott Mountain Brook High School 0
Day 1: 5 11-05 Total: 5 11-05
10. Dylan Breaux – Gage Boquet Lafourche Bassmaster 0
Day 1: 5 11-05 Total: 5 11-05
11. AJ McGee – Evan Dunn Bibb county 0
Day 1: 5 10-11 Total: 5 10-11
12. Jake Krauth – Austin Roberts Franklin County High School 0
Day 1: 5 10-10 Total: 5 10-10
13. Caleb Bridges – Brady Duncan Mt. Juliet High School Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 10-08 Total: 5 10-08
13. Cody Smith – Rhett Stottlemire Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 5 10-08 Total: 5 10-08
15. Tj Cox – Dalton Cochran Brookwood High School 0
Day 1: 5 10-07 Total: 5 10-07
16. Jackson Isbell – Dalton Head Moody High School 0
Day 1: 5 10-07 Total: 5 10-07
17. Logan Beane – Tyler Wakefield Shelby County High School 0
Day 1: 5 10-01 Total: 5 10-01
18. Kevin Dowdy – Kaleb Devos Zion Chapel 0
Day 1: 5 09-15 Total: 5 09-15
19. Will Carnes – Lawson Hon Lincoln County High School (195) 0
Day 1: 5 09-14 Total: 5 09-14
19. Peyton Harris – Braxton Hopper Chelsea Anglers (442) 0
Day 1: 5 09-14 Total: 5 09-14
21. Ryan Wright – Brody Lineberry Baldwin County High School (524) 0
Day 1: 5 09-13 Total: 5 09-13
22. Kai Barnett – Justin Straate Shelby County High School 0
Day 1: 5 09-12 Total: 5 09-12
23. Fischer Barber – Wells Johnson Heritage Christian Academy 0
Day 1: 5 09-12 Total: 5 09-12
24. Taedem Ashworth – Evan Wood Mount Pleasant (369) 0
Day 1: 5 09-11 Total: 5 09-11
24. Brady Whitworth – Walker Whitworth Faith Christian 0
Day 1: 5 09-11 Total: 5 09-11
26. Eli Saint – Ethan Tedder Muscle shoals high school 0
Day 1: 5 09-10 Total: 5 09-10
27. Connor Clark – Elijah Page Good Hope Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 09-08 Total: 5 09-08
28. Brayden Stotler – Braydon Myers Bloomington South High School 0
Day 1: 5 09-06 Total: 5 09-06
29. BJ Collins – Owen Jenkins Chatuge Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 09-05 Total: 5 09-05
29. Garrett Thomas – Caleb Seymour Walker High School-LA 0
Day 1: 5 09-05 Total: 5 09-05
31. Cayden Walls – Connor Moulin Central High School 0
Day 1: 5 09-02 Total: 5 09-02
32. Luke McGuffin – Kaleb Butts Crescent High School 0
Day 1: 5 09-02 Total: 5 09-02
33. Barclay Butler – Connor Mclaughlin Scottsboro High School BassCats 0
Day 1: 5 09-01 Total: 5 09-01
34. Trey Waddell – Hunter Hilburn Piedmont 0
Day 1: 5 08-15 Total: 5 08-15
35. Jonathan Stogner – Shelby County High School 0
Day 1: 4 08-15 Total: 4 08-15
36. Storm Clark – Gunnar Williamson Harris County Bass Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 08-14 Total: 5 08-14
37. Emory Olinger – Bryce Tucker Bledsoe County High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-12 Total: 5 08-12
38. Brentyn Wheat – Samuel Cobb Livingston Parish Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 5 08-11 Total: 5 08-11
39. Ben Hester – Mason Caldwell Rhea County High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-09 Total: 5 08-09
40. Jacob Hodge – Henry Garett Greenbrier High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-08 Total: 5 08-08
41. Hunter Hamilton – Noah Higgins Parkview Baptist 0
Day 1: 5 08-06 Total: 5 08-06
41. Gage Starks – Sawyer Williams Henry County High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-06 Total: 5 08-06
43. Bryson Carter – Aaron Fortenberry Brandon High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-05 Total: 5 08-05
43. Canyon Odom – Christopher Johnson Baldwin County High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-05 Total: 5 08-05
45. Kaden Casey – Collin French Montgomery County High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-04 Total: 5 08-04
45. Elisha Colley – Ashton Johnson Sand Rock High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-04 Total: 5 08-04
47. Cason Hill – Jamison Hester Handley High School 0
Day 1: 5 08-03 Total: 5 08-03
47. Tyler Morris – Connor Hebert West Baton Rouge Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 5 08-03 Total: 5 08-03
49. Blayne Carpenter – Drake Koonce Sulphur High School 0
Day 1: 5 07-14 Total: 5 07-14
49. Preston Parker – Will Shaw American Christian Academy 0
Day 1: 5 07-14 Total: 5 07-14
49. Philip Parker – Brody Tuinder MGM JR Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 07-14 Total: 5 07-14
52. Briar Dodson – Chris Fallon Gardendale Rockets 0
Day 1: 5 07-12 Total: 5 07-12
53. Tanner Mcclain – Garrett White Rhea County Eagle Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 07-12 Total: 5 07-12
54. Gavin Schmitz – Addison Sikes Saraland High School Fishing Tea 0
Day 1: 2 07-12 Total: 2 07-12
55. Dj Arias – Ayden Braddy Rehobeth High School 0
Day 1: 5 07-11 Total: 5 07-11
56. Jackson Mitchell – Kanon Boyd Hueytown Student Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 07-10 Total: 5 07-10
57. Ben Puckett – Jesse Klutts Henry County High School (236) 0
Day 1: 3 07-10 Total: 3 07-10
58. Chance Shelby – Tyler Jordan Live Oak High 0
Day 1: 5 07-09 Total: 5 07-09
59. Andrew Kay – Donald Voitik Minooka High School (356) 0
Day 1: 5 07-08 Total: 5 07-08
60. Easton Drennon – Chase McConnell Mt. Juliet Fishing (216) 0
Day 1: 5 07-04 Total: 5 07-04
61. Colby Patterson – Landon Dodson Rehobeth Bass Team 0
Day 1: 5 07-03 Total: 5 07-03
61. Joe Vaulton – Pierce Tollett Alcoa High School (644) 0
Day 1: 5 07-03 Total: 5 07-03
63. Carter Koza – John Thomason Mount Paran Christian School 0
Day 1: 5 07-03 Total: 5 07-03
64. Charles Nesmith – Brody Hopper Cullman High School 0
Day 1: 5 07-02 Total: 5 07-02
65. Spencer Grooms – Clayton Reed Auburn Anglers (556) 0
Day 1: 5 07-01 Total: 5 07-01
66. Harrison Wims – Coby Wright Gallatin High School 0
Day 1: 5 06-13 Total: 5 06-13
67. Matthew Elliott – Colby Dupuy Central High School 0
Day 1: 5 06-12 Total: 5 06-12
67. Tyler Finley – William Cothran Mt Pleasant High School 0
Day 1: 5 06-12 Total: 5 06-12
67. Colton Odom – Triton Graham Citronelle HS 0
Day 1: 5 06-12 Total: 5 06-12
70. Hudson Choquette – Cal McInnis Headland High School 0
Day 1: 5 06-09 Total: 5 06-09
70. Brandon Williams – Evan Ramsey Baldwin County High School 0
Day 1: 5 06-09 Total: 5 06-09
72. Kenny Eddings – Luke Walden Hueytown Student Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 06-08 Total: 5 06-08
73. Ethan Gilbert – Carson Aarup Downeast Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 4 06-05 Total: 4 06-05
73. Landon Grider – Kolby Clark Scottsboro High School BassCats 0
Day 1: 4 06-05 Total: 4 06-05
75. Bennett Bauer – Preston Venable RoCo Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 06-02 Total: 5 06-02
75. Newt Brooks – Colby Doyle Faith Christian School 0
Day 1: 5 06-02 Total: 5 06-02
75. Parker Ramsey – Morgan Beaver Hoover High School 0
Day 1: 5 06-02 Total: 5 06-02
78. Laden Hilburn – Jacob McCurdy Piedmont HS Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 4 06-02 Total: 4 06-02
79. Tucker McCoy – Ethan Hopkins Mortimer Jordan Bass Club 0
Day 1: 4 06-01 Total: 4 06-01
80. Bre Arnold – Doston Putman Good Hope Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 06-00 Total: 5 06-00
80. Cody Brooks – Fisher Anaya Brewer High School 0
Day 1: 5 06-00 Total: 5 06-00
82. Hayden Buchanan – Barrett Choquette Headland High School 0
Day 1: 5 05-15 Total: 5 05-15
83. Jordan Turner – Garrett Whitehead Eufaula High School 0
Day 1: 4 05-15 Total: 4 05-15
84. Luke Coleman – Jacob Handley Oneonta High School 0
Day 1: 4 05-14 Total: 4 05-14
85. Zach Coleman – Billy Jackson Baldwin County High 0
Day 1: 5 05-13 Total: 5 05-13
86. Jake Carney – Knox Whalen Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 5 05-12 Total: 5 05-12
87. Peyton Sorrow – GREENWOOD 0
Day 1: 4 05-12 Total: 4 05-12
88. Colton Parten – Will Travis Rhea County High School 0
Day 1: 3 05-12 Total: 3 05-12
89. Joshua Stokes – Jaylen Uline Mortimer Jordan Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 05-11 Total: 5 05-11
90. Landon Guarnieri – Logan Willis Chelsea Anglers 0
Day 1: 4 05-11 Total: 4 05-11
91. Wayland Adkisson – Daniel Summers BGA 0
Day 1: 3 05-11 Total: 3 05-11
92. Hunter Petrovic – John Sergeant Minooka High School 0
Day 1: 5 05-10 Total: 5 05-10
93. Brady Underwood – Trace Montgomery Corner High School Bass Fishing 0
Day 1: 4 05-09 Total: 4 05-09
94. Brandon Berry – Hunter Bright Helena Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 05-08 Total: 5 05-08
95. Harrison Terry – Luke Clifton DCHS Fishing Team (274) 0
Day 1: 4 05-07 Total: 4 05-07
96. Anna Kay – Lane Clark Crescent High School 0
Day 1: 3 05-07 Total: 3 05-07
97. Hunter Travis – Jameson Norris Baldwin County high (396) 0
Day 1: 4 05-06 Total: 4 05-06
98. Connor Green – Harley Gosdin Valley High School 0
Day 1: 3 05-06 Total: 3 05-06
99. Lane Lassiter – Braxton Campbell Warren County High School 0
Day 1: 3 05-05 Total: 3 05-05
100. Peyton Matherne – Stephen James Walker High School 0
Day 1: 5 05-03 Total: 5 05-03
101. Logan Deloney – Cameron Whitehead Rehobeth high School 0
Day 1: 3 05-03 Total: 3 05-03
102. Bennett Rackley – Joshua Taylor North Paulding High School 0
Day 1: 2 05-01 Total: 2 05-01
102. Brendin Simich – Kenton Bueche 0
Day 1: 2 05-01 Total: 2 05-01
104. Max Deroche – Thomas Istre North Vermilion High School (35 0
Day 1: 4 04-14 Total: 4 04-14
105. Grant West – Cameron Thompson Scottsboro High School BassCats 0
Day 1: 4 04-13 Total: 4 04-13
106. Moss Mcgee – Joshua Decker Vestavia Hills High School 0
Day 1: 4 04-11 Total: 4 04-11
107. Jacob Davidson – Tristen Boyd Mt Juliet High School 0
Day 1: 3 04-09 Total: 3 04-09
108. Dylan Johnson – Noah Widick SEQUATCHIE COUNTY (248) 0
Day 1: 4 04-07 Total: 4 04-07
109. Brodie Stuart – Brock Johnson Oak Grove High School 0
Day 1: 4 04-05 Total: 4 04-05
110. Evan Klocek – Owen Teague 0
Day 1: 2 04-01 Total: 2 04-01
111. Victoria Lemmler – Emma Simon Central High School 0
Day 1: 4 04-00 Total: 4 04-00
112. Mason Snider – Dalton Benson Mount Juliet Fishing 0
Day 1: 3 04-00 Total: 3 04-00
113. Alexis Grandstaff – James Quinlivan Headland Bass Team 0
Day 1: 2 04-00 Total: 2 04-00
114. Andrew Davis – Asher Peters Headland High School (335) 0
Day 1: 3 03-11 Total: 3 03-11
115. William Hoskins – Joshua Vanderpool Wilson Christian Academy 0
Day 1: 1 03-10 Total: 1 03-10
116. Eddie Denmark – Chase Bryan Citronelle Community Fishing Tea 0
Day 1: 3 03-09 Total: 3 03-09
117. Houston Snell – Logan Kirkland Rehobeth High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-07 Total: 2 03-07
117. Andrew Weaver – Jagger White Cold Springs High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-07 Total: 2 03-07
119. Scott Lemmler – Cade Ross Central High School 0
Day 1: 3 03-06 Total: 3 03-06
120. Jacob Frizzell – Johnathan Walls Warren County High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-05 Total: 2 03-05
121. Annie Lassiter – Hayden Jones warren county (451) 0
Day 1: 1 03-04 Total: 1 03-04
122. Owen Freeman – Jack Abernathy Titan Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 3 03-02 Total: 3 03-02
123. Carson Debord – Daniel Rogers Sequatchie County High School 0
Day 1: 2 02-13 Total: 2 02-13
123. Cole Kelley – Luke Sparkman Jasper High School 0
Day 1: 2 02-13 Total: 2 02-13
123. Mason Mullins – Caden Graham Soddy Daisy High School (443) 0
Day 1: 2 02-13 Total: 2 02-13
126. Kruze Clayton – Izack Hancock Meigs County High School (465) 0
Day 1: 2 02-12 Total: 2 02-12
127. Culley Mcdowell – Riley Margeson Warren County High School 0
Day 1: 2 02-10 Total: 2 02-10
128. Sadie Rodgers – Brentlea Rodgers Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 2 02-09 Total: 2 02-09
129. Ashton Ozolins – Ethan Arkell Montgomery County Highschool 0
Day 1: 2 02-05 Total: 2 02-05
129. C.J. Stanley – Peyton Jones Rhea County Eagle Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 02-05 Total: 2 02-05
131. Peyton Fitzgerald – Jackson Dowdy Zion Chapel 0
Day 1: 4 02-02 Total: 4 02-02
132. Savannah Walls – Keely Ana Strickland Central high School (217) 0
Day 1: 2 01-15 Total: 2 01-15
133. Austin Sawyer – Levi Sells Eufaula High School 0
Day 1: 2 01-03 Total: 2 01-03
134. Bryant Kennamer – Daniel O’linger Skyline High School (423) 0
Day 1: 1 00-14 Total: 1 00-14
135. Hayden Blackwell – Carter Newborn Jasper High School 0
Day 1: 1 00-12 Total: 1 00-12
136. Buckner Anderson – Greyson Widgeon Scottsboro Junior BassCats 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Jack Blakney – Garrison Walker 901 Bass Club 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Alex Bowen – Aaron Mills Cardinal Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. James Broderick – Trent Thompson Spain Park 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Landon Brown – Connor Mckinzie Bourbon County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Chance Bryars – Noah Bryars Baldwin County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Andrew Buchan – Josiah Johnson Eufaula High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Jon-Rex Cain – Aubrey Jones Jasper High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Jeffrey Chapman – Jake Ellis MGM Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Cody Clowdus – 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Christian Ferguson – Carter Hazlett Siegel High School (266) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Eli Galloway – Jed Defee Baldwin county high school (407) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Landen Graves – Hunter Hood Mortimer Jordan Bass Club 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Forrest Gunnison – Connor Gunnison Fairhope High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Hayden Hammond – Drake Sturgill Rowan County 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Andrew Haney – Kenneth Young Martin County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Hall Hobbs – Shelby County 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Austin Johns – Trevor Lee Zion Chapel 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. George Jude – Jacob Hunt Cardinal Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Brent Key – Hunter Canova Lenoir City High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Manning Larkins – Nathan Webster Hueytown High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Blayton Mangram – Blake Gray Handley High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Aidan Mann – Dakota Jude Cardinal Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Hayden Marbut – Reese Petitti Vestavia Hills High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Hayden Marshall – Austin Bates Gardendale High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Briley Mattox – Seth Loggins Good Hope Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Chandler Millsap – 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Daniel Moon – Zachary Helton Halls High School (232) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Dixie Morris – DJ Morris Valley Bass Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Julian Moss – Hunter Tucker Gallatin High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Brett Mouw – Tj Wright The Hill Toppers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Andy Napier – Dalton Coale Spencer County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Jacob Nekvinda – Devon Dvorak Benton Community 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Allen Nichols – Nicholas Cochran Bibb county high school (648) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Alex Pace – Wes Kinard American Christian academy (517) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Kasen Pemberton – Samuel Godwin Sneads High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Tyler Phillips – Drake Crosby Montgomery County High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Noah Ray – Kyler Smith Tullahoma High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Laindree Richardson – Lucas Wielt Benton High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Caleb Roblin – Blake Verberne Denham Springs High School (420) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Evan Salter – Seth Ridley Hueytown High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Mason Sampley – Gabriel Sanders Walker Valley High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Sam Schmitz – Adam Schmitz 901 Bass Club Memphis 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Gage Sharp – Levi Sharp La anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Mack Taylor – Reese David Sand Springs HS 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Zachary Taylor – Carter Ensley Walker Valley High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Peter West – Zach Knight Gallatin High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Hayes White – Tiger Manuel Sulphur High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Aden Whorton – Luke Melton Lifeway Christian School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
136. Matthew Wilson – Grayson Mcclendon Holy Spirit Tuscaloosa (293) 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 81 560 939-08
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81 560 939-08
Shelby County Team Takes Bassmaster Junior Series On Alabama’s Lay Lake
Alabama’s Aiden King and Dillyn Dill, of the Shelby County Junior Anglers, have won the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster Junior Series at Lay Lake with 10 pounds, 15 ounces.
Photo by Emily Hand/B.A.S.S.
June 26, 2021
Shelby County Team Takes Bassmaster Junior Series On Alabama’s Lay Lake
SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. — The Shelby County Junior Anglers team of Aiden King and Dillyn Dill defended their home-lake advantage by winning the Mossy Oak Bassmaster Junior Series title on Lay Lake Saturday afternoon with 10 pounds, 15 ounces.
The Saraland Junior team of Colby Onderdonk and Dalton Kelly finished second with 9-13, and the Riverside Junior Bass team of Lainie Holbert and Sarah Swindle, who won last week’s Junior Series tournament at Saginaw Bay, took third with 8-6.
King and Dill anchored their bag with a 3-7 largemouth they caught first thing in the morning. The duo only caught five fish throughout the day on their home lake, but they ended up being the right five bites to win the tournament.
King said winning a tournament on their home lake was a special opportunity.
“I really like Lay,” King said. “I’ve been here my whole life and fished it my whole life. Having an opportunity to fish in these tournaments is amazing.”
Dill said they caught all of their fish using some of their favorite techniques; frogging and throwing a swim jig.
Boat captain Shannon King said that while the fish didn’t bite like he thought they would, he was proud of the effort from the two anglers.
“It has been like that all year,” he said. “They have had good tournaments and some rough ones. They caught two good fish to start with. The spots didn’t bite like I thought they would. It got tough.
“When they got the fourth one, they perked up a little bit. When they got the fifth one, they said ‘We don’t care if we win or not, we’ve got five.’ That was the goal for them.”
Parker Batts and Brody Jones from Jefferson County landed the Big Bass of the Tournament, earning $100 with their 3-11 largemouth.
With the regular season complete, qualifying teams will set their sights on the 2021 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster Junior National Championship at the Carroll County 1000 Acre Recreational Lake in Huntingdon, Tenn., scheduled for Oct. 8-9.
The tournament was hosted by Discover Shelby.
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Jacob Wheeler Shatters Single-Day Weight Record at Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five at St. Lawrence River Presented by Berkley
Tennessee Pro Jumps out to Opening-Day Lead with 47 Bass Weighing Record 165 Pounds, 1 Ounce After Day 1 of Qualifying Round Group A – Group B to Compete Saturday
Link to Photo of Qualifying Group A Leader Jacob Wheeler
Link to Photo Gallery of Fish Catch Highlights from Day 1 at St. Lawrence River, Qualifying Group A
MASSENA, N.Y. (June 25, 2021) – The old saying “records were made to be broken” certainly held true for anglers Friday at the Major League Fishing (MLF) Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five at the St. Lawrence River Presented by Berkley in Massena, New York, as nearly every major Bass Pro Tour record was shattered on an incredible day of fishing.
Academy Sports + Outdoors pro Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tennessee, grabbed the early lead in Group A, catching 47 bass totaling 165 pounds, 1 ounce – a new Bass Pro Tour record for the heaviest single-day weight. The six-day event, hosted by the Town of Massena and Fish Massena, features 80 of the top professional anglers from around the world competing for a purse of $805,000, including a top cash prize of $100,000 to the winner.
The former record of 141-9 held by Justin Lucas was also broken by the second- and third-place anglers Friday – Alton Jones Jr. of Waco, Texas, caught 49 bass weighing 147-10 to end the day in second place on the SCORETRACKER® leaderboard, and California pro Brent Ehrler caught 43 bass totaling 141-12, good for third.
Overall, there were 918 bass weighing 2,894 pounds, 8 ounces caught by the 40 pros on Friday –a new Bass Pro Tour record for the heaviest total weight caught in a single day of competition.
The 40 anglers in Group A will now enjoy a well-deserved day off on Saturday, while the 40 anglers in Group B will begin their first day of competition. Group A resumes competition on Sunday.
“Goodness, gracious, what a day of fishing. I can’t even express how unbelievable today was. My knees hurt, my back hurts, I feel like an old guy,” joked the 31-year-old Wheeler. “But the guys right behind me are dang good, and I know that I’m going to have to do that every single day I’m out here. I’m looking forward to getting back out on Sunday, but I’m also glad we get to chill and take a break tomorrow.”
Wheeler’s record-breaking day came down to just a couple of different baits.
“I caught a lot of fish on a pink Ned Bait, and a lot on a (Googan Baits) Blue Penny (Rattlin’ Ned Bait) on a Ned rig,” Wheeler said. “That was pretty much the deal for me, just switching it up between the Rattlin’ Ned and a couple of other different Ned baits. It was pretty typical smallmouth fishing, just not a typical day.”
Second-place angler Alton Jones Jr. relied on a drop-shot rig.
“That was such a fun day that I will never forget,” Jones said. “I caught 147 pounds and finished the day in second. I don’t even know what to say. Good job to Wheeler. But there is always another day, and I’ll be ready.
“I caught all of my fish on a drop-shot today,” Jones continued. “I used two different baits – the 3.8-inch Gee Crack Bellows Stick and a Gee Crack Revival Shad. I ran waypoint to waypoint and literally relied on my Garmin units. Every single place that I stopped today I had a fish marked on the bed. Some of them were gone, but a lot of them weren’t.”
Like Jones, third-place pro Brent Ehrler did the majority of his damage on a drop-shot rig, but he also added a few fish on a Ned rig.
“I knew the fishing was going to be pretty good, but man, they absolutely caught them today,” Ehrler said. “I caught them on a drop-shot rig, with the bulk of my damage coming on a rod that I designed for Daiwa – the Tatula Elite drop-shot rod – with a Tatula LT reel. I used a Roboworm with an Ark Tungsten weight, 12-pound Sunline Xplasma braided line to an 8-pound Sunline FC Sniper fluorocarbon leader. That’s really standard for me on all spinning outfits and I caught the bulk of them today on that.
“I also caught a few on a Ned rig using the same setup, just with a BOSS Ned head and a Roboworm NED Worm and that was it. I found some good fish in practice and just went back and fished those areas and it paid off today.”
The top 20 pros in Group A after Day 1 on the St. Lawrence River are:
1st: Jacob Wheeler, Harrison, Tenn., 47 bass, 165-1
2nd: Alton Jones Jr., Waco, Texas, 49 bass, 147-10
3rd: Brent Ehrler, Redlands, Calif., 43 bass, 141-12
4th: Josh Bertrand, Queen Creek, Ariz., 41 bass, 135-3
5th: Jeff Sprague, Point, Texas, 45 bass, 132-9
6th: Justin Lucas, Guntersville, Ala., 36 bass, 125-8
7th: Cody Meyer, Star, Idaho, 40 bass, 121-11
8th: Bradley Roy, Lancaster, Ky., 37 bass, 115-12
9th: Adrian Avena, Vineland, N.J., 34 bass, 115-0
10th: Jonathon VanDam, Kalamazoo, Mich., 29 bass, 94-4
11th: Dean Rojas, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., 30 bass, 86-6
12th: David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 26 bass, 85-2
13th: Jordan Lee, Cullman, Ala., 25 bass, 84-4
14th: Skeet Reese, Auburn, Calif., 28 bass, 81-12
15th: Kevin VanDam, Kalamazoo, Mich., 23 bass, 78-7
16th: Brandon Coulter, Knoxville, Tenn., 21 bass, 72-11
17th: Stephen Browning, Hot Springs, Ark., 25 bass, 70-15
18th: Wesley Strader, Spring City, Tenn., 22 bass, 67-3
19th: Roy Hawk, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., 22 bass, 66-11
20th: Greg Vinson, Wetumpka, Ala., 23 bass, 66-10
A complete list of results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Lucas won Friday’s $1,000 Berkley Big Bass Award, weighing in a 6-pound, 13-ounce smallmouth bass on a Ned rig during Period 2. Berkley will award $1,000 to the angler who weighs the biggest bass each day, and a $3,000 bonus to the angler who weighs the largest bass of the tournament.
The MLF Bass Pro Tour General Tire Stage Five at the St. Lawrence River Presented by Berkley is hosted by the Town of Massena and Fish Massena.
The 40 Anglers in Group A compete in their two-day qualifying round on the St. Lawrence River on Friday and Sunday – the 40 anglers in Group B on Saturday and Monday. After each two-day qualifying round is complete, the anglers that finish in 2nd through 20th place from both groups advance to Tuesday’s Knockout Round, while the winner of each group advances directly to Wednesday’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.
Anglers will take off from the Massena Intake Boat Launch Ramp, located on Route 13, in Massena, at 9 a.m. ET each day of competition. Each day’s General Tire Takeout will also be held at the Launch Ramp, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Fans are welcome to attend all takeoff and takeout ceremonies and also encouraged to follow the event online throughout the day on the MLF NOW!® live stream and SCORETRACKER® coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
As part of the event fans will also be treated to multiple community events throughout the week, hosted by Fish Massena. A Kid’s Fishing Derby with local area youth fishing alongside Bass Pro Tour anglers will take place on Saturday, June 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fobare’s Pond (Sandy Beach) on Coles Creek Road in Massena.
On Sunday, June 27, the Town of Massena will join the anglers at the Massena Intake Ramp for Fishin’ Church, hosted by Bass Pro Tour anglers Mark Rose and Edwin Evers along with Judy Van Kennan, Chaplain for the Massena Fire Department. A free breakfast will be provided. Also on Sunday, Louisville, New York, will host a VIP Golf Course Event featuring multiple Bass Pro Tour anglers from noon to 3 p.m. at The River Course at Louisville Landing. All activities are free and open to the public. For more information on the Stage Five Community Events hosted by Fish Massena, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.
The Bass Pro Tour features a field of 76 of the top professional anglers in the world – joined at each event by 4 pros that qualify from the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit – competing across seven regular-season tournaments around the country, competing for millions of dollars and valuable points to qualify for the annual Heavy Hitters all-star event and the REDCREST 2022 championship.
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 9:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. MLF NOW!® will be live streamed on MajorLeagueFishing.com and the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app.
Television coverage of the General Tire Stage Five Presented by Berkley at the St. Lawrence River will be showcased across two two-hour episodes, premiering at 7 a.m. ET, Oct. 23 on the Discovery Channel. New MLF episodes premiere each Saturday morning on the Discovery Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel. Each two-hour long reality-based episode goes in-depth to break down each day of competition.
For complete details and updated information on 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.
Low’s Old-School Tactics Deliver B.A.S.S. Nation Northeast Regional Win On Erie
June 25, 2021
Low’s Old-School Tactics Deliver B.A.S.S. Nation Northeast Regional Win On Erie
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ERIE, Pa. — Going old school turned out to be the right call for Eric Low of Buxton, Maine, who turned in a three-day total of 48 pounds, 8 ounces to win the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Northeast Regional on Lake Erie.
Topping the New Hampshire B.A.S.S. Nation team, Low caught a limit of 12-12 on Day 1 to place 26th. He added 16-11 on Thursday and moved to fifth. In the final round, Low caught the tournament’s heaviest bag — 19-1 — and edged Day 2 leader Tyler Williams by 1-5.
For his efforts, Low won the $5,000 Skeeter first-place prize and a spot in the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on the Ouachita River in Monroe, La., Nov. 3-5.
Making his first trip to this part of Lake Erie, Low found the windy practice conditions made it difficult to search for promising areas. He finally located a spot that produced good quality and fished most of Day 1 there. He spent the last hour of the first day inside Presque Isle Bay.
“The second day, when my primary spot ran out, I went looking for interesting stuff in the other direction — toward New York,” Low said. “I don’t have a lot of fancy electronics on my boat, so I just used my football jig to drag the bottom.
“If it was ‘sticky,’ that was good; if it was sticky, then soft, then sticky, then soft; that was really good. If there were little contours where you got hung up (occasionally), that was good too.”
Anchoring his bag with a 6-3, Low employed his bait as a depthfinder — a technique by which anglers commonly searched before the era of modern electronics. Low used a 3/4-ounce Do-it Molds football head with a 3.8-inch Keitech Swing Impact trailer.
“I couldn’t use the 3/8-ounce (football head) because the wind was carrying it right off the bottom,” Low said.
In the final round, Low caught one of his keepers on the football head. The other three bit a drop shot with a 1/2-ounce weight and a Berkley MaxScent Flat Worm.
“The area I located with the football head was about the size of a football field,” Low said. “We just went round and round and connected the dots. Every time (my nonboater or I) caught a fish, I’d mark a waypoint.
“We caught a fish an hour. That 6-pounder came a half an hour before we had to come in.”
Hailing from Belgrade, Maine, Williams finished second with 47-3. After placing second on Day 1 with 17 pounds, he took over the lead by adding a Day 2 limit of 16-8. On Friday, he finished with a limit that went 13-11.
“Today, I just burned spots; I went from waypoint to waypoint to waypoint and eventually, I’d stumble upon a couple of fish,” Williams said. “I went the wrong way. I worked toward Pennsylvania and the fish went toward New York. Everyone I know who was down by New York had a big bag today.”
Scanning with Garmin Panoptix, Williams caught all of his fish by locating isolated rocks and dragging a Ned rig past the structure. He used a 3/8-ounce Woo Tungsten head and a Z-Man Finesse TRD.
“I’d catch a drum, or a walleye, or a perch and eventually, I’d catch a bass,” Williams said.
Mike Wolfenden of Warwick, R.I., finished third with 43-2. Making the event’s biggest comeback, Wolfenden caught three fish for 10-2 on Day 1 and placed 47th. Adding 14-14 in the second round, he rose to 21st before gaining 18 more spots with a Day 3 limit of 18-2.
In the final round, Wolfenden spent his day on the New York side and caught his fish by dragging a drop shot with a 3/8-ounce weight and a Berkley MaxScent Flat Worm over scattered rock and grass in about 25 to 30 feet.
“I fished about a 3-mile stretch; I just kept going back and forth over certain spots that had fish on them,” Wolfenden said. “I’d go through my area and do a sweep with my Garmin Panoptix LiveScope and if I didn’t see a fish, I wouldn’t stay. That technology saves a lot of time.
“A lot of guys were on top of the same spots and I think the fishing pressure moved the fish. I was able to relocate them. Today, I saw more bait than I had any other day, so I think the fish were (fleeing the fishing pressure) and going with the bait.”
Low won the $500 Big Bass award for his 6-3.
Casey Baroffio of Northfield, Vt., won the nonboater division with a tournament total of 33-6. On Friday, he bolstered his first two days’ limits of 9-15 and 10-5 with a final-round limit of 13-2. He earned the $2,500 Yamaha first-place prize.
Baroffio noted that he was fishing his first B.A.S.S. Nation event for the learning experience. The event delivered the lessons he sought and one of them helped him win the trophy.
“One of our teammates took me out in practice and showed me a lot,” Baroffio said. “I was drop shotting a Berkley MaxScent Flat Worm, and I adjusted my rig by downsizing my line from a 10-pound leader to an 8-pound leader and decreased my weight from a 1/2-ounce to a 3/8.
“A lot of the guys on the Vermont team gave me grief because, with the week’s windy conditions, they were all throwing a 1/2- or 3/4-ounce. But I kept my back to the wind so it didn’t affect my line and I was able to keep that 3/8- down there and feel every bite.”
Dayton Lilly of Hope Valley, R.I., won the $250 Big Bass award among nonboaters with a 5-13.
The tournament was hosted by the Erie Sports Commission.
2021 TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Northeast Regional 6/23-6/25
Lake Erie/Presque Isle Bay, Erie PA.
(BOATER) Standings Day 3
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Eric Low Buxton, ME (NH) 12 48-08 0
2. Tyler Williams Belgrade, ME (ME) 12 47-03 0
3. Mike Wolfenden Warwick, RI (RI) 11 43-02 0
4. Josh Cotier Clinton, MA (MA) 12 41-05 0
5. Will Kanwisher Ramsey, NJ (NJ) 12 39-14 0
6. Casey Smith Macedon, NY (NY) 12 39-14 0
7. Dave Cousins Standish, ME (ME) 11 39-10 0
8. Jeremy Sadowski Valuntower, CT (RI) 11 39-07 0
9. Aaron Green Everett, PA (PA) 11 39-06 0
10. Keith Poulin Lisbon, ME (ME) 9 37-06 0
11. Kevin Rose Jr Anniston, CT (CT) 12 36-06 0
12. Michael Comeau Alburgh, VT (VT) 9 36-02 0
13. Cody Petit Arundel, ME (ME) 10 34-13 0
14. Chad Shutty Northern Cambria, PA (P 9 34-02 0
15. David Dziob Meriden, CT (CT) 11 34-02 0
16. Aaron Orsi Auburn, MA (MA) 11 33-15 0
17. Fabian Rodriguez Ocean City, MD (DE) 10 31-08 0
18. Brandon Labove Mystic, CT (RI) 9 30-00 0
19. Michael Mello Manville, RI (MA) 9 29-11 0
20. Bob Jeffrey Prospect, CT (CT) 9 29-01 0
21. Randy Lamanche Marcellus, NY (NY) 8 27-10 0
22. Timothy Dube Nashua , NH (NH) 9 27-10 0
23. Jay Walls Milford, DE (DE) 11 26-15 0
24. Dan Patane Canastota, NY (NY) 7 25-02 0
25. Keith Cowan Mt Ephraim, NJ (NJ) 7 24-14 0
26. Ken Golubjatnikov Pittsford, NY (NY) 7 24-12 0
27. Nicholas Holt Ellsworth, ME (ME) 7 23-09 0
28. Rich Dewling Boxford, MA (MA) 8 23-08 0
29. Jonathan Carter Portland, ME (ME) 7 23-04 0
30. Brian Kelly Liverpool, NY (NY) 7 23-01 0
31. Brian Croteau Blackstone, MA (RI) 8 22-12 0
32. Rick Svoboda Cockeysville , MD (MD) 10 22-06 0
33. Denis Carrier Skowhegan, ME (ME) 7 21-07 0
34. Russell Belanger Gt Barrington, MA (MA) 7 20-13 0
35. Kevin Miller Hollis, NH (NH) 7 20-12 0
36. John Mcgraw Hamilton Sq, NJ (NJ) 7 20-11 0
37. Chris Guncheon Warwick, RI (RI) 7 20-07 0
38. Mickey Soler Newington, CT (CT) 8 20-07 0
39. Mark Burgess Norton, MA (MA) 8 20-04 0
40. Brian Spencer Bentleyville, PA (PA) 6 20-03 0
41. Conor Cahill North East, MD (NJ) 6 20-00 0
42. Matthew Szczoczarz Cumberland, RI (RI) 8 19-13 0
43. Seth Parker La Fargeville, NY (NY) 7 19-09 0
44. Thomas Hughes Cicero, NY (NY) 6 19-03 0
45. Benjamin Hale Rowley, MA (MA) 8 19-02 0
46. Zack Hajecate Wallkill, NY (NY) 5 18-13 0
47. Paul Mayo Shelton, CT (CT) 6 18-04 0
48. Douglas Savino Tyrone, PA (PA) 6 18-03 0
49. Frank McCormick Warwick, RI (RI) 8 18-03 0
50. Michael Sentore Gloucester City, NJ (NJ 8 18-00 0
51. Shaun Brown Slippery Rock, PA (PA) 5 17-14 0
52. Patrick Martin St Roch De L Achigan Qu 7 17-13 0
53. Sean Cummins Huntgindon, PA (PA) 6 17-11 0
54. Cliff Humphreys Philadelphia, PA (NJ) 8 17-09 0
55. Sheron Brown Leminster, MA (MA) 8 17-08 0
56. Tim Talento Meriden, CT (CT) 7 17-01 0
57. Mike Morris Dover, DE (DE) 7 17-00 0
58. Richard Martin Jr Sparrows Point, MD (MD) 8 17-00 0
59. Ben Bilott Larimer, PA (PA) 6 16-15 0
60. Andrew Sams Easton, MD (MD) 7 16-02 0
61. Billy Bick Brentwood, NH (NH) 5 15-12 0
62. Bret Winegardner Swanton, MD (MD) 5 15-09 0
63. Lewis Mendall Winthrop, MA (RI) 7 15-09 0
64. Jason Muir Milford, DE (DE) 7 15-04 0
65. Jesse Magee Williamstown, NJ (NJ) 5 15-03 0
66. Mark Hogan Milford, DE (DE) 5 15-02 0
67. David Maiorano Durham, CT (CT) 7 15-02 0
68. Chris McCarthy Woonsocket, RI (RI) 4 15-01 0
69. Michael Zachodny Nashua, NH (NH) 5 14-14 0
70. Joe Burchill Salem, NH (NH) 6 14-11 0
71. Luke Shrader Barrington, NJ (NJ) 6 14-10 0
72. Rob Messenger Jr Sunapee, NH (NH) 4 13-14 0
73. Richard Warhurst Canterbury, CT (RI) 6 13-13 0
74. Tim Mcglenn Welcome, MD (MD) 4 13-11 0
75. Randy Baran Millstone Township, NJ 5 13-06 0
76. Chris Episcopo Canonsburg, PA (PA) 4 13-02 0
77. Jeff Kenney Franklin, MA (MA) 5 13-00 0
78. David Trask Skowhegan, ME (ME) 6 13-00 0
79. Mark Schafer Williamstown, NJ (NJ) 5 12-15 0
80. Joseph Tinsley Charlotte Hall, MD (MD) 3 12-10 0
81. Andrew Getsy Hastings , PA (PA) 3 11-09 0
82. Amos Dixon Camden Wyoming, DE (DE) 4 11-00 0
83. Abe Kalechman West Hartford, CT (CT) 3 10-15 0
84. Andy Kent Denton, MD (DE) 5 10-15 0
85. Paul Reter II Hanover, PA (MD) 5 10-10 0
86. Rod Eshleman Greencastle, PA (MD) 4 10-01 0
87. Chris Heath Miromar Lakes, FL (NY) 4 09-15 0
88. Mike Roselle La Plata, MD (MD) 3 09-11 0
89. Brandon Neal Middletown, CT (CT) 3 09-10 0
90. Robert Ramasci Wakefield, MA (MA) 3 09-07 0
91. Chris Groman West Cornwall, VT (VT) 3 09-04 0
92. Brian Barnes Seaford, DE (DE) 4 09-02 0
93. Mike Rodevitz Colebrook, NH (NH) 4 09-00 0
94. Brandon Forsman Church Hill, MD (DE) 4 08-13 0
95. David Reiss Westport Island, ME (ME 3 08-09 0
96. Steve Viger Auburn, NH (NH) 3 08-08 0
97. Scott Mislevy Patton, PA (PA) 3 08-01 0
98. Michael Nutter La Plata, MD (MD) 3 07-12 0
99. Kevin Comes Addison, VT (VT) 4 07-11 0
100. John Fitzgerald Salisbury, VT (VT) 3 07-10 0
101. Daniel Kane Surry, ME (ME) 3 07-06 0
102. Jason Betourney Bridgeport, VT (VT) 2 06-04 0
103. Russell Phillips Guilford, CT (VT) 2 06-01 0
104. Greg Alexander Hebron, MD (DE) 2 05-08 0
105. Justin Spraske Hinsdale, NH (NH) 2 03-15 0
106. Mike Billings Meriden, CT (CT) 1 02-06 0
107. Zach Cullen Redwood, NY (NY) 1 02-01 0
108. David Mathieu Woodstock, CT (VT) 0 00-00 0
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 0 327 977-13
2 0 299 891-09
3 0 64 206-03
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0 690 2075-09
TEAM STANDINGS Day 3
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State Lbs-Oz
1 RHODE ISLAND 368-14
2 MAINE 361-00
3 NEW YORK 360-03
4 CONNECTICUT 343-15
5 NEW HAMPSHIRE 337-05
6 MASSACHUSETTS 334-12
7 PENNSYLVANIA 319-13
8 NEW JERSEY 309-06
9 DELAWARE 281-05
10 MARYLAND 241-15
11 VERMONT 191-07
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 3
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CONNECTICUT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Kevin Rose Jr Anniston, CT 12 36-06 0
2 David Dziob Meriden, CT 11 34-02 0
3 Bob Jeffrey Prospect, CT 9 29-01 0
4 Mickey Soler Newington, CT 8 20-07 0
5 Paul Mayo Shelton, CT 6 18-04 0
6 Tim Talento Meriden, CT 7 17-01 0
7 David Maiorano Durham, CT 7 15-02 0
8 Abe Kalechman West Hartford, CT 3 10-15 0
9 Brandon Neal Middletown, CT 3 09-10 0
10 Mike Billings Meriden, CT 1 02-06 0
DELAWARE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Fabian Rodriguez Ocean City, MD 10 31-08 0
2 Jay Walls Milford, DE 11 26-15 0
3 Mike Morris Dover, DE 7 17-00 0
4 Jason Muir Milford, DE 7 15-04 0
5 Mark Hogan Milford, DE 5 15-02 0
6 Amos Dixon Camden Wyoming, DE 4 11-00 0
7 Andy Kent Denton, MD 5 10-15 0
8 Brian Barnes Seaford, DE 4 09-02 0
9 Brandon Forsman Church Hill, MD 4 08-13 0
10 Greg Alexander Hebron, MD 2 05-08 0
MASSACHUSETTS
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Josh Cotier Clinton, MA 12 41-05 0
2 Aaron Orsi Auburn, MA 11 33-15 0
3 Michael Mello Manville, RI 9 29-11 0
4 Rich Dewling Boxford, MA 8 23-08 0
5 Russell Belanger Gt Barrington, MA 7 20-13 0
6 Mark Burgess Norton, MA 8 20-04 0
7 Benjamin Hale Rowley, MA 8 19-02 0
8 Sheron Brown Leminster, MA 8 17-08 0
9 Jeff Kenney Franklin, MA 5 13-00 0
10 Robert Ramasci Wakefield, MA 3 09-07 0
MARYLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Rick Svoboda Cockeysville , MD 10 22-06 0
2 Richard Martin Jr Sparrows Point, MD 8 17-00 0
3 Andrew Sams Easton, MD 7 16-02 0
4 Bret Winegardner Swanton, MD 5 15-09 0
5 Tim Mcglenn Welcome, MD 4 13-11 0
6 Joseph Tinsley Charlotte Hall, MD 3 12-10 0
7 Paul Reter II Hanover, PA 5 10-10 0
8 Rod Eshleman Greencastle, PA 4 10-01 0
9 Mike Roselle La Plata, MD 3 09-11 0
10 Michael Nutter La Plata, MD 3 07-12 0
MAINE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Tyler Williams Belgrade, ME 12 47-03 0
2 Dave Cousins Standish, ME 11 39-10 0
3 Keith Poulin Lisbon, ME 9 37-06 0
4 Cody Petit Arundel, ME 10 34-13 0
5 Nicholas Holt Ellsworth, ME 7 23-09 0
6 Jonathan Carter Portland, ME 7 23-04 0
7 Denis Carrier Skowhegan, ME 7 21-07 0
8 David Trask Skowhegan, ME 6 13-00 0
9 David Reiss Westport Island, ME 3 08-09 0
10 Daniel Kane Surry, ME 3 07-06 0
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Eric Low Buxton, ME 12 48-08 0
2 Timothy Dube Nashua , NH 9 27-10 0
3 Kevin Miller Hollis, NH 7 20-12 0
4 Billy Bick Brentwood, NH 5 15-12 0
5 Michael Zachodny Nashua, NH 5 14-14 0
6 Joe Burchill Salem, NH 6 14-11 0
7 Rob Messenger Jr Sunapee, NH 4 13-14 0
8 Mike Rodevitz Colebrook, NH 4 09-00 0
9 Steve Viger Auburn, NH 3 08-08 0
10 Justin Spraske Hinsdale, NH 2 03-15 0
NEW JERSEY
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Will Kanwisher Ramsey, NJ 12 39-14 0
2 Keith Cowan Mt Ephraim, NJ 7 24-14 0
3 John Mcgraw Hamilton Sq, NJ 7 20-11 0
4 Conor Cahill North East, MD 6 20-00 0
5 Michael Sentore Gloucester City, NJ 8 18-00 0
6 Cliff Humphreys Philadelphia, PA 8 17-09 0
7 Jesse Magee Williamstown, NJ 5 15-03 0
8 Luke Shrader Barrington, NJ 6 14-10 0
9 Randy Baran Millstone Township, NJ 5 13-06 0
10 Mark Schafer Williamstown, NJ 5 12-15 0
NEW YORK
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Casey Smith Macedon, NY 12 39-14 0
2 Randy Lamanche Marcellus, NY 8 27-10 0
3 Dan Patane Canastota, NY 7 25-02 0
4 Ken Golubjatnikov Pittsford, NY 7 24-12 0
5 Brian Kelly Liverpool, NY 7 23-01 0
6 Seth Parker La Fargeville, NY 7 19-09 0
7 Thomas Hughes Cicero, NY 6 19-03 0
8 Zack Hajecate Wallkill, NY 5 18-13 0
9 Chris Heath Miromar Lakes, FL 4 09-15 0
10 Zach Cullen Redwood, NY 1 02-01 0
PENNSYLVANIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Aaron Green Everett, PA 11 39-06 0
2 Chad Shutty Northern Cambria, PA 9 34-02 0
3 Brian Spencer Bentleyville, PA 6 20-03 0
4 Douglas Savino Tyrone, PA 6 18-03 0
5 Shaun Brown Slippery Rock, PA 5 17-14 0
6 Sean Cummins Huntgindon, PA 6 17-11 0
7 Ben Bilott Larimer, PA 6 16-15 0
8 Chris Episcopo Canonsburg, PA 4 13-02 0
9 Andrew Getsy Hastings , PA 3 11-09 0
10 Scott Mislevy Patton, PA 3 08-01 0
RHODE ISLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mike Wolfenden Warwick, RI 11 43-02 0
2 Jeremy Sadowski Valuntower, CT 11 39-07 0
3 Brandon Labove Mystic, CT 9 30-00 0
4 Brian Croteau Blackstone, MA 8 22-12 0
5 Chris Guncheon Warwick, RI 7 20-07 0
6 Matthew Szczoczarz Cumberland, RI 8 19-13 0
7 Frank McCormick Warwick, RI 8 18-03 0
8 Lewis Mendall Winthrop, MA 7 15-09 0
9 Chris McCarthy Woonsocket, RI 4 15-01 0
10 Richard Warhurst Canterbury, CT 6 13-13 0
VERMONT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Michael Comeau Alburgh, VT 9 36-02 0
2 Patrick Martin St Roch De L Achigan Qu 7 17-13 0
3 Chris Groman West Cornwall, VT 3 09-04 0
4 Kevin Comes Addison, VT 4 07-11 0
5 John Fitzgerald Salisbury, VT 3 07-10 0
6 Jason Betourney Bridgeport, VT 2 06-04 0
7 Russell Phillips Guilford, CT 2 06-01 0
8 David Mathieu Woodstock, CT 0 00-00 0
2021 TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Northeast Regional 6/23-6/25
Lake Erie/Presque Isle Bay, Erie PA.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 3
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Casey Baroffio Northfield, VT (VT) 9 33-06 0
2. Ronald Bestwick Grisword, CT (RI) 8 30-15 0
3. Chris Adams Bow, NH (NH) 9 30-03 0
4. Justin Hughes Troy, NY (NY) 8 28-01 0
5. Steven Congdon North Stonington, CT (R 9 27-13 0
6. Jerry Ramasci Wakefield, MA (NH) 9 27-08 0
7. Corey Kennington Eden, MD (DE) 9 27-05 0
8. Dayton Lilly Hope Valley, RI (RI) 8 26-15 0
9. Joe Sodora Garfield, NJ (CT) 7 26-14 0
10. GL Mitchell Millsboro, DE (DE) 9 26-09 0
11. Jeffrey Perron South Berwick, ME (NH) 8 26-05 0
12. Ross Caruso Pittsburgh, PA (PA) 8 26-03 0
13. Mark Pryal Silver Springs, MD (MD) 9 26-02 0
14. TJ Dobs Verona, NY (NY) 9 26-00 0
15. Johann Vanwoerden East Haddam, CT (CT) 6 25-09 0
16. Bill Lionetta Jr Alton, NH (NH) 6 24-08 0
17. Cody Champion Sabattus, ME (ME) 7 22-02 0
18. Del Guile Oswego, NY (NY) 7 22-00 0
19. Matthew Desimone Jr Cromwell, CT (CT) 7 21-15 0
20. Matthew Kiffer Freeport, PA (PA) 8 20-10 0
21. Joseph Raguzin Carmel, NY (NY) 6 19-01 0
22. Rob Tipton III Pitman, NJ (NJ) 6 16-15 0
23. Kevin Willinghan Fallston, MD (MD) 5 16-12 0
24. Sean Mckee IV Haddon Heights, NJ (NJ) 5 16-08 0
25. Guiseppe Andreoli Harrisville, RI (MA) 6 15-14 0
26. John Lowell Orwell, VT (VT) 6 15-11 0
27. Dwayne Turnage Hollis Center, ME (ME) 5 15-08 0
28. Jim Kline Hagerstown, MD (MD) 5 14-11 0
29. Jimmy Mirabito Wallingford, CT (CT) 4 14-10 0
30. Conner Petropoulos Portland, ME (ME) 4 14-10 0
31. Tyler Rush Clearville, PA (PA) 5 14-08 0
32. Chris Newton Whitesboro, NY (NY) 4 14-07 0
33. Rodney Oberdick Felton, DE (DE) 4 13-12 0
34. Tony Kibler Milford, DE (DE) 5 13-10 0
35. Kevin Noel Burlington, CT (CT) 5 13-08 0
36. Brad Dekraai Epsom, NH (NH) 4 13-06 0
37. Chris Heltemes Franklin, MA (MA) 6 13-06 0
38. Bryan Giran Swedesboro, NJ (PA) 5 13-03 0
39. Steven Conde Chepachet, RI (RI) 4 13-02 0
40. Kris Connor Suffield, CT (CT) 5 12-15 0
41. Brian Marino Vineland, NJ (NJ) 4 12-09 0
42. Vincent Melfi Bellmawr, NJ (NJ) 4 12-08 0
43. Jake Haas Elmer, NJ (NJ) 4 12-08 0
44. Luke Dixon Ridgley, MD (DE) 4 12-00 0
45. Fred Serge Lambertville, NJ (NJ) 5 12-00 0
46. Mark Mounts Washington, PA (PA) 3 11-15 0
47. Joe Puller Middle River, MD (MD) 4 11-15 0
48. Anthony Dulac Harpswell, ME (ME) 4 11-14 0
49. Craig Matz Mohrsville, PA (PA) 4 11-09 0
50. Zachary Cesare Swedesboro, NJ (NJ) 4 11-09 0
51. Josh Herting Sudbury, MA (MA) 3 11-07 0
52. Zachary McNaughton Proctorsville, VT (VT) 4 11-07 0
53. Rodney Parrott Stoddard, NH (NH) 3 11-07 0
54. Sammy Chhoeun Fall River, MA (MA) 3 11-05 0
54. Bob Seelley Saugus, MA (MA) 3 11-05 0
56. Jacob Zaremski West Henrietta, NY (NY) 4 11-05 0
57. Casey Marshall Frederick, MD (MD) 3 11-01 0
58. David Dias Brattleboro, VT (VT) 4 11-01 0
59. Michael Curran Southington, CT (CT) 4 11-00 0
60. Marc Fecteau Casco, ME (ME) 3 10-15 0
61. Travis Miller Colchester, CT (RI) 3 10-11 0
62. Craig Winegardner West River, MD (MD) 4 10-10 0
63. Matt Evans Pittsburg, PA (PA) 3 10-08 0
64. Chris Forti Norwell, MA (MA) 3 10-06 0
65. Neal Wharton Seaford, DE (DE) 3 10-05 0
66. Brian Brooks Pittsgrove, NJ (NJ) 5 10-05 0
67. Gregory Decell Bridgewater, VT (VT) 3 10-00 0
68. Jamie Rouleau Danville, NH (NH) 4 10-00 0
69. Rj Ricci Cranston, RI (RI) 4 09-15 0
70. Butch Van Drunen Jr Hardeson, DE (DE) 4 09-10 0
71. John Nichols Milford, DE (DE) 3 09-08 0
72. William Lane Patton, PA (PA) 2 09-07 0
73. Douglas Linn Oswego, NY (NY) 3 09-06 0
74. Asher Hotson Lenox, MA (MA) 4 09-01 0
75. Olivia Bussiere Northfield, VT (VT) 3 09-00 0
75. Neil Talento Meriden, CT (CT) 3 09-00 0
77. Rein Golubjatnikov Pittsford, NY (NY) 3 08-15 0
78. Jason Sirois Auburn, ME (ME) 3 08-15 0
79. Robert Ross Hopedale, MA (MA) 3 08-10 0
80. Julian Felix Leominster, MA (MA) 3 08-09 0
81. Ryan Aldieri Bristol, CT (CT) 3 08-06 0
82. Kevin Champagne Saco, ME (ME) 3 08-01 0
83. Andrew Sellers Richmond, NH (VT) 3 07-15 0
84. James Hitt Baltimore, MD (MD) 3 07-11 0
85. Karl Kohanski Center Barnstead, NH (N 3 07-10 0
86. Nick Nelson Walden, NY (NY) 4 07-01 0
87. Ben Iwaszkiewicz Woodbridge, CT (CT) 2 06-12 0
88. Tim Dubuc Bowdoinham, ME (ME) 3 06-08 0
89. Scott Reilly Hammonton, NJ (NJ) 3 06-06 0
90. Brandon Regnault Providence, RI (MA) 2 06-04 0
91. David Pfeiffer Milton Mills, NH (ME) 2 06-04 0
92. Chad Scroggs Mechanicsville, MD (DE) 2 05-02 0
93. Brian Penney Haverhill, MA (NH) 2 05-00 0
94. Luke Marriott Jewett City, CT (RI) 2 04-03 0
95. Brian Jarvis Coventry, RI (RI) 1 04-00 0
96. Jon Metot Phoenix, NY (NY) 2 03-15 0
97. Jim Burrows Nashua, NH (NH) 2 03-14 0
98. Norm Mccord Severn, MD (MD) 2 03-14 0
99. Logan Mayette Millersville, MD (MD) 1 03-11 0
100. Robert Rull Coventry, RI (RI) 1 03-01 0
101. Dave Reed Westminster, MD (PA) 1 02-10 0
102. Ron Horton Dover, DE (DE) 1 02-05 0
103. David Tichenor Avella, PA (PA) 1 02-02 0
103. Bob Wetzler Rutland, VT (VT) 1 02-02 0
105. Dan Feula Hackettstown, NJ (NJ) 1 01-00 0
106. Steve Davis Dover, PA (MD) 0 00-00 0
106. Skip Hinkley Richmond, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
106. Domenic Malaga Warwick, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 44 209 626-03
2 0 188 572-10
3 13 53 175-09
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57 450 1374-06
TEAM STANDINGS Day 3
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State Lbs-Oz
1 RHODE ISLAND 368-14
2 MAINE 361-00
3 NEW YORK 360-03
4 CONNECTICUT 343-15
5 NEW HAMPSHIRE 337-05
6 MASSACHUSETTS 334-12
7 PENNSYLVANIA 319-13
8 NEW JERSEY 309-06
9 DELAWARE 281-05
10 MARYLAND 241-15
11 VERMONT 191-07
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 3
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CONNECTICUT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Joe Sodora Garfield, NJ 7 26-14 0
2 Johann Vanwoerden East Haddam, CT 6 25-09 0
3 Matthew Desimone Jr Cromwell, CT 7 21-15 0
4 Jimmy Mirabito Wallingford, CT 4 14-10 0
5 Kevin Noel Burlington, CT 5 13-08 0
6 Kris Connor Suffield, CT 5 12-15 0
7 Michael Curran Southington, CT 4 11-00 0
8 Neil Talento Meriden, CT 3 09-00 0
9 Ryan Aldieri Bristol, CT 3 08-06 0
10 Ben Iwaszkiewicz Woodbridge, CT 2 06-12 0
DELAWARE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Corey Kennington Eden, MD 9 27-05 0
2 GL Mitchell Millsboro, DE 9 26-09 0
3 Rodney Oberdick Felton, DE 4 13-12 0
4 Tony Kibler Milford, DE 5 13-10 0
5 Luke Dixon Ridgley, MD 4 12-00 0
6 Neal Wharton Seaford, DE 3 10-05 0
7 Butch Van Drunen Jr Hardeson, DE 4 09-10 0
8 John Nichols Milford, DE 3 09-08 0
9 Chad Scroggs Mechanicsville, MD 2 05-02 0
10 Ron Horton Dover, DE 1 02-05 0
MASSACHUSETTS
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Guiseppe Andreoli Harrisville, RI 6 15-14 0
2 Chris Heltemes Franklin, MA 6 13-06 0
3 Josh Herting Sudbury, MA 3 11-07 0
4 Sammy Chhoeun Fall River, MA 3 11-05 0
4 Bob Seelley Saugus, MA 3 11-05 0
6 Chris Forti Norwell, MA 3 10-06 0
7 Asher Hotson Lenox, MA 4 09-01 0
8 Robert Ross Hopedale, MA 3 08-10 0
9 Julian Felix Leominster, MA 3 08-09 0
10 Brandon Regnault Providence, RI 2 06-04 0
MARYLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mark Pryal Silver Springs, MD 9 26-02 0
2 Kevin Willinghan Fallston, MD 5 16-12 0
3 Jim Kline Hagerstown, MD 5 14-11 0
4 Joe Puller Middle River, MD 4 11-15 0
5 Casey Marshall Frederick, MD 3 11-01 0
6 Craig Winegardner West River, MD 4 10-10 0
7 James Hitt Baltimore, MD 3 07-11 0
8 Norm Mccord Severn, MD 2 03-14 0
9 Logan Mayette Millersville, MD 1 03-11 0
10 Steve Davis Dover, PA 0 00-00 0
MAINE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Cody Champion Sabattus, ME 7 22-02 0
2 Dwayne Turnage Hollis Center, ME 5 15-08 0
3 Conner Petropoulos Portland, ME 4 14-10 0
4 Anthony Dulac Harpswell, ME 4 11-14 0
5 Marc Fecteau Casco, ME 3 10-15 0
6 Jason Sirois Auburn, ME 3 08-15 0
7 Kevin Champagne Saco, ME 3 08-01 0
8 Tim Dubuc Bowdoinham, ME 3 06-08 0
9 David Pfeiffer Milton Mills, NH 2 06-04 0
10 Skip Hinkley Richmond, ME 0 00-00 0
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Chris Adams Bow, NH 9 30-03 0
2 Jerry Ramasci Wakefield, MA 9 27-08 0
3 Jeffrey Perron South Berwick, ME 8 26-05 0
4 Bill Lionetta Jr Alton, NH 6 24-08 0
5 Brad Dekraai Epsom, NH 4 13-06 0
6 Rodney Parrott Stoddard, NH 3 11-07 0
7 Jamie Rouleau Danville, NH 4 10-00 0
8 Karl Kohanski Center Barnstead, NH 3 07-10 0
9 Brian Penney Haverhill, MA 2 05-00 0
10 Jim Burrows Nashua, NH 2 03-14 0
NEW JERSEY
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Rob Tipton III Pitman, NJ 6 16-15 0
2 Sean Mckee IV Haddon Heights, NJ 5 16-08 0
3 Brian Marino Vineland, NJ 4 12-09 0
4 Vincent Melfi Bellmawr, NJ 4 12-08 0
5 Jake Haas Elmer, NJ 4 12-08 0
6 Fred Serge Lambertville, NJ 5 12-00 0
7 Zachary Cesare Swedesboro, NJ 4 11-09 0
8 Brian Brooks Pittsgrove, NJ 5 10-05 0
9 Scott Reilly Hammonton, NJ 3 06-06 0
10 Dan Feula Hackettstown, NJ 1 01-00 0
NEW YORK
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Justin Hughes Troy, NY 8 28-01 0
2 TJ Dobs Verona, NY 9 26-00 0
3 Del Guile Oswego, NY 7 22-00 0
4 Joseph Raguzin Carmel, NY 6 19-01 0
5 Chris Newton Whitesboro, NY 4 14-07 0
6 Jacob Zaremski West Henrietta, NY 4 11-05 0
7 Douglas Linn Oswego, NY 3 09-06 0
8 Rein Golubjatnikov Pittsford, NY 3 08-15 0
9 Nick Nelson Walden, NY 4 07-01 0
10 Jon Metot Phoenix, NY 2 03-15 0
PENNSYLVANIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Ross Caruso Pittsburgh, PA 8 26-03 0
2 Matthew Kiffer Freeport, PA 8 20-10 0
3 Tyler Rush Clearville, PA 5 14-08 0
4 Bryan Giran Swedesboro, NJ 5 13-03 0
5 Mark Mounts Washington, PA 3 11-15 0
6 Craig Matz Mohrsville, PA 4 11-09 0
7 Matt Evans Pittsburg, PA 3 10-08 0
8 William Lane Patton, PA 2 09-07 0
9 Dave Reed Westminster, MD 1 02-10 0
10 David Tichenor Avella, PA 1 02-02 0
RHODE ISLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Ronald Bestwick Grisword, CT 8 30-15 0
2 Steven Congdon North Stonington, CT 9 27-13 0
3 Dayton Lilly Hope Valley, RI 8 26-15 0
4 Steven Conde Chepachet, RI 4 13-02 0
5 Travis Miller Colchester, CT 3 10-11 0
6 Rj Ricci Cranston, RI 4 09-15 0
7 Luke Marriott Jewett City, CT 2 04-03 0
8 Brian Jarvis Coventry, RI 1 04-00 0
9 Robert Rull Coventry, RI 1 03-01 0
10 Domenic Malaga Warwick, RI 0 00-00 0
VERMONT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Casey Baroffio Northfield, VT 9 33-06 0
2 John Lowell Orwell, VT 6 15-11 0
3 Zachary McNaughton Proctorsville, VT 4 11-07 0
4 David Dias Brattleboro, VT 4 11-01 0
5 Gregory Decell Bridgewater, VT 3 10-00 0
6 Olivia Bussiere Northfield, VT 3 09-00 0
7 Andrew Sellers Richmond, NH 3 07-15 0
8 Bob Wetzler Rutland, VT 1 02-02 0
Wyman Brannon & AJ Dipietro Win CATT Phantom Outdoors Invitational Lake Murray, SC June 19, 2021
Next Phantom Outdoors Invitational in South Carolina will be at Waccamaw River July 24 Bucksport Marina!
Wyman Brannon & AJ Dipietro took 1st with 5 bass weighing 19.83 lbs! They took home $2,500.00!
2nd Place went to Phillip Anderson & Andy Lake with 5 bass weighing 17.73 lbs plus the BF at 6.08 lbs worth $2,32500! They also received a $100 Lews/Strike King!
Meredith Havaird finished 3rd with 17.16 lbs!
Todd and Gibson Huntley with th 2nd BF at 5.57 lbs!
| Team | BF | Weight | Winnings |
| Wyman Brannon – AJ Dipietro | 4.70 | 19.83 | $2,500.00 |
| Andy Lake – Phillip Anderson | 6.08 | 17.73 | $2,325.00 |
| Meredith Havaird | 3.65 | 17.16 | $300.00 |
| Kevin Fulmer – Tim Sox | 4.20 | 17.00 | $300.00 |
| Chad Hastings – Eric Jeter | 5.36 | 16.98 | |
| Clay Riddle – Dave Franklin | 4.79 | 16.43 | |
| Todd Huntley – Gibson Huntley | 5.57 | 15.88 | |
| Rodney Cromer – Roger Farr | 4.66 | 15.38 | |
| Trey Shultz – Tanner Shultz | 3.34 | 15.06 | |
| Donald Poteat – Dwayne Canipe | 3.93 | 13.13 | |
| Benn Lee – Anna Lee | 2.80 | 10.61 | |
| Kenny Brice – Earl McElveen | 4.31 | 8.71 | |
| Scott Farmer – Samuel Freeman | 3.46 | 6.59 | |
| Stacy James – Tallen Lith | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Keaton Owens – Jontahn Hpkins | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Russ Padgett – Brittin Padgett | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Shane Crawford – Bryant Clary | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Britt Long – Lance Rodgers | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Justin McGrady | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| George Berry – Daniel Howell | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Phoenix Bass Fishing League Tournament on Lake St. Clair Cancelled Due to High Winds and Inclement Weather
WHAT:
The Major League Fishing (MLF) Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine tournament on Lake St. Clair Presented by TINCUP, scheduled for Saturday, June 26, has been cancelled due to high winds and expected inclement weather. The new date for this event is Sunday, Aug. 1. The event will be a part of a Michigan Division double-header, with the first event held Saturday, July 31 and the second event held on Sunday.
NOTES:
Tournament entries will automatically carry over to the rescheduled event unless the angler contacts MLF Customer Service at (270)-252-1000.
UPDATED 2021 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine Michigan Division Schedule:
- July 10 Lake St. Clair Presented by TINCUP Whiskey Harrison Township, Mich.
- July 31 Detroit River Presented by TINCUP Whiskey Trenton, Mich.
- Aug. 1 Detroit River Presented by TINCUP Whiskey Trenton, Mich.
- Aug. 28 Detroit River Presented by TINCUP Whiskey Trenton, Mich.
- Sept. 18-19 Detroit River Presented by TINCUP Whiskey Trenton, Mich.
The 2021 MLF 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 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Regional Championships. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while Strike King co-anglers will fish for a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard.
The top six finishers in each regional will then qualify for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.
The top 45 boaters and Strike King co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division will also earn priority entry into the Toyota Series, the pathway to the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on MLF’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagra