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Guaranteed Rate Sponsors Bassmaster Event At Chickamauga Lake

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October 12, 2020

Guaranteed Rate Sponsors Bassmaster Event At Chickamauga Lake

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Guaranteed Rate, one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the country, has signed on as the title sponsor when the Bassmaster Elite Series takes on Tennessee’s Chickamauga Lake Oct. 16-19. The Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake will feature 85 of the world’s best anglers competing for their share of a prize purse worth more than $700,000 as well as valuable Angler of the Year points.

“Guaranteed Rate is excited to be the title sponsor of this year’s Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake,” said Guaranteed Rate Chief Marketing Officer Steve Moffat. “We look forward to being a part of the impressive momentum the series has built this season while supporting its talented group of anglers.”

Chicago-based Guaranteed Rate is perhaps best known for its support of the Chicago White Sox, which play at Guaranteed Rate Field, but also has a diverse presence across the sports world. The company has sponsored events with World TeamTennis and the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) as well as NASCAR’s Ryan Newman, NHRA Funny Car Series driver Dave Richards and Indy driver Alex Palou.

“Guaranteed Rate is already a fantastic supporter of sports, and we’re thrilled to partner with the company to reach enthusiastic fans of sportfishing,” said B.A.S.S. CEO Bruce Akin.

Live coverage of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake starts Friday, Oct. 16 on Bassmaster.com and ESPN3. Semifinal Sunday will feature additional live coverage on ESPN2. Check local listings for details.

About Guaranteed Rate Companies
The Guaranteed Rate Companies, which includes Guaranteed Rate Inc., Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, and Proper Rate, LLC, has over 7,500 employees in a total of 700 offices across the U.S. Headquartered in Chicago, Guaranteed Rate Inc. is one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the United States funding $37 billion in 2019.  Founded in 2000 and licensed in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., Guaranteed Rate Companies has helped homeowners nationwide with home purchase loans and refinances. The company has established itself as an industry leader by introducing innovative technology, offering low rates and delivering unparalleled customer service. 2017 marked the launch of Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, a mortgage origination joint venture between Guaranteed Rate, Inc. and Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), a global leader in residential real estate franchising and brokerage. In 2020, the company launched Proper Rate, LLC, a mortgage origination joint venture between Guaranteed Rate and @properties, one of the nation’s largest residential brokerage firms. Collectively, the companies have earned honors and awards including: “Top Lender for Online Service” for 2018 by U.S. News & World Report; No. 3 ranking in Scotsman Guide’s Top Retail Mortgage Lenders 2018; Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces list for seven consecutive years; and Best Online Lender and Best Lender for FHA Streamline Refinance by NerdWallet in 2019. Visit rate.com for more information.

Big Final Day Lifts Palaniuk To Win In Bassmaster Elite At Santee Cooper

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Big Final Day Lifts Palaniuk To Win In Bassmaster Elite At Santee Cooper
Brandon Palaniuk, of Rathdrum, Idaho, has won the 2020 Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes brought to you by the United States Marine Corps with a four-day total of 72 pounds, 2 ounces. 

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October 11, 2020

Big Final Day Lifts Palaniuk To Win In Bassmaster Elite At Santee Cooper

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CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — Championships come down to decisions and execution — two things that Brandon Palaniuk mastered en route to amassing a four-day total of 72 pounds, 2 ounces for a dominant win at the Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes brought to you by the United States Marine Corps.

 

Notching his fifth Elite victory — his second in 2020 (the first at Lake Champlain) — Palaniuk earned a top prize of $100,000.

After leading Day 2, Palaniuk entered Championship Sunday in third place, just 1-3 behind Carl Jocumsen. On Sunday, the pro from Rathdrum, Idaho, added a limit of 22-11 to his previous weights of 21-1, 18-13 and 9-9 to edge Jocumsen.

“This one is so unexpected,” Palaniuk said. “Every single one I won before, I had a good practice and I knew that I would have a shot at the Top 10 and a shot at the win. This one came out of nowhere.”

Spending his tournament in Lake Marion, Palaniuk attributed his final-round success to a prelaunch decision to start in the mouth of the Potato Creek area. Having started there on Day 1, he had a feeling the area was ready to reward him again.

“I was sitting at the dock this morning and something told me to go try it,” Palaniuk said. “With the (warm) weather, the humidity, I felt like I could catch them on topwater, but when I got there, the water was dirty.

“I couldn’t get them to eat it, so I just picked up a 1/2-ounce bladed jig with a 4-inch white X-Zone Swammer. I had not caught a fish on this all week and I caught a 4-pounder and a 3 1/4-pounder.”

Palaniuk caught a lucky break that he exploited when he saw a big fish blow up just out of casting range. Idling toward the commotion, he spotted a brushpile he had not found earlier in the week.

“I tied up a drop shot and caught a giant (7-12) on 10-pound test,” Palaniuk said. “I caught my other limit fish on the drop shot, but I ended up culling them out later.”

Palaniuk’s drop-shot rig comprised a green pumpkin blue flake X-Zone Deception Worm rigged on a No. 1 VMC Finesse Neko Hook with a 1/4-ounce VMC teardrop weight.

Later in the day, Palaniuk returned to the Jack’s Creek area, which produced several of his fish this week. There, he caught two of his keepers by punching a black/blue laminate X-Zone Muscle Back Finesse Craw on a 3/0 VMC Heavy Duty Flippin’ Hook with a 1 1/4-ounce tungsten weight.

“I think it came down to versatility; that’s why I was able to have the kind of day I had,” Palaniuk said. “Without that big one on the drop shot, without those two I caught this morning, I wouldn’t have been able to win.”

Palaniuk overcame a Day 1 penalty of 2 pounds, 4 ounces for inadvertently making a cast with six fish — one more than his legal limit — in his livewell. Palaniuk self-reported the infraction.

“It went through my head about 47 times in the last hour (before weigh-ins),” Palaniuk said. “I kept thinking, ‘If somebody beats me, let it be (more than the penalty weight).’

“One of the things I say a lot is, ‘Control the controllables.’ When I do something like that, it bothers me because it’s something I can control and I knew this event was going to be so tough that 2 pounds is not something you want to be giving up.”

Hailing from Queensland, Australia, Jocumsen took the Day 1 lead by catching the event’s heaviest sack — 25-8. He slipped to second on Day 2 after adding 12-7 and regained the top spot on Saturday with a 4-fish bag that weighed 12-11. On Sunday, Jocumsen missed his limit again and weighed four bass for 13-8 and tallied 64-2.

Each day, Jocumsen started by fishing a grassy depression midlake with a white Z-Man JackHammer ChatterBait with a white Yamamoto Zako trailer. He then moved to grass mats where he punched with a black and blue Molix SV Craw rigged on a 4/0 Owner Jungle hook and a 1 1/4-ounce Woo! Tungsten weight.

“The early spot kicked off like I had hoped it would today,” Jocumsen said. “It was cloudy and dark this morning and they were feeding and I got two good ones.

“After that, I went punching. The sun came out, there was a little bit of wind, everything was right. I had a few opportunities, I had the bites, I just didn’t put them in the boat.”

Cory Johnston of Cavan, Canada, finished third with 61-9. Spending all week in Jack’s Creek, Johnston turned in a consistent performance with daily weights of 17-7, 14-6, 15-3 and 14-9.

“I found the most fish there in practice, so I thought my best bet was to figure out what was going on in that creek day-to-day,” Johnston said. “I caught them flipping a black creature bait, a 3/8-ounce swim jig with a Strike King Rage Craw trailer and a black Spro Bronzeye Poppin’ Frog.”

Palaniuk’s win moved him into 15th place in the Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year standings with 493 points. Clark Wendlandt of Leander, Texas, holds the lead with 587, Johnston follows in second with 550 and David Mullins of Mt. Carmel, Tenn., is in third with 540.

Jeff Gustafson of Keewatin, Canada, won Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with his 9-7.

Bernie Schultz of Gainesville, Fla., took home $3,000 for being the highest-placing entrant in the Toyota Bonus Bucks program, and Brandon Lester of Fayetteville, Tenn., earned $2,000 for being the second-highest placing entrant.

The tournament was hosted by the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce.

2020 Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lake brought to you by
the United States Marine Corps 10/8-10/11
Santee Cooper Lakes, Clarendon County, S.C.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4
Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID            20  72-02  100 $102,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-01     Day 2: 5   18-13     Day 3: 5   09-09     Day 4: 5   22-11
2.  Carl Jocumsen          Queensland AUSTRALIA 18  64-02   99  $25,000.00
Day 1: 5   25-08     Day 2: 5   12-07     Day 3: 4   12-11     Day 4: 4   13-08
3.  Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA            20  61-09   98  $20,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-07     Day 2: 5   14-06     Day 3: 5   15-03     Day 4: 5   14-09
4.  Austin Felix           Eden Prairie, MN        20  60-14   97  $15,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-09     Day 2: 5   12-02     Day 3: 5   17-02     Day 4: 5   11-01
5.  Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL         20  60-05   96  $15,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-08     Day 2: 5   17-10     Day 3: 5   17-13     Day 4: 5   12-06
6.  Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN          20  58-07   95  $15,000.00
Day 1: 5   15-00     Day 2: 5   14-03     Day 3: 5   13-10     Day 4: 5   15-10
7.  Destin DeMarion        Grove City, PA          19  57-06   94  $15,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   15-15     Day 3: 5   17-15     Day 4: 4   11-08
8.  David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN           20  56-01   93  $16,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-06     Day 2: 5   11-09     Day 3: 5   16-13     Day 4: 5   09-05
9.  Jeff Gustafson         Keewatin Ontario CANADA 16  53-12   92  $17,000.00
Day 1: 4   12-15     Day 2: 5   22-07     Day 3: 3   09-14     Day 4: 4   08-08
10. Derek Hudnall          Denham Springs, LA      15  50-06   91  $15,000.00
Day 1: 5   15-11     Day 2: 5   19-15     Day 3: 2   09-03     Day 4: 3   05-09
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1   Brandon Palaniuk         Rathdrum, ID        07-09      $1,000.00
2   Jeff Gustafson           Keewatin Ontario CANADA09-07      $1,000.00
3   David Mullins            Mt Carmel, TN       07-07      $1,000.00
4   Brandon Palaniuk         Rathdrum, ID        07-12      $1,000.00

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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Jeff Gustafson           Keewatin Ontario CANADA09-07      $1,000.00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        59       349       952-12
2        54       349       931-01
3        24       165       434-08
4         6        45       124-11
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143       908      2443-00

FLW Announces Lake of the Ozarks as Venue for 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Wild Card Tournament

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FLW Announces Lake of the Ozarks as Venue for 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Wild Card Tournament

FLW Announces Lake of the Ozarks as Venue for 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Wild Card Tournament

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TULSA, Okla. (Oct. 11, 2020) – FLW announced Sunday that the 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Wild Card tournament will take place on Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri, Nov. 20-21. The two-day event, hosted by Fish-Intel, will launch from Public Beach No. 2 in Osage Beach.

In order to be eligible to fish the no-entry-fee Wild Card, anglers must have entered all five events within a Bass Fishing League division during the 2020 season and fished at least two of them. In addition, anglers who fish in a regular BFL regional tournament are ineligible.

Anglers will take off from Public Beach No. 2, located at 711 Public Beach Road in Osage Beach at 7 a.m. CDT each day of competition. The weigh-ins will be held each day at the launch location beginning at 3 p.m. Due to COVID-19 protocols, attendance is limited to competing anglers and essential staff only. Fans are encouraged to follow the event online through the “FLW Live” weigh-in broadcasts and coverage at FLWFishing.com.

“Fish-Intel is proud to be the host of the upcoming 2020 Wild Card event,” said Bob Bueltman, founder of Fish-Intel, LLC and Bassing Bob, LLC. “Lake of the Ozarks is an ideal location due to its central U.S. location and is a great community with plenty of restaurants and lodging. Fish-Intel and BassingBob.com are looking forward to welcoming all the anglers, their families and the FLW staff next month.”

During the Phoenix Bass Fishing League Wild Card, the full field competes both days, with winners determined by the heaviest two-day catch. The top six boaters and top six co-anglers will advance to the 2021 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine All-American, held on Lake Douglas in Dandridge, Tennessee, June 3-5, hosted by Jefferson County Department of Tourism.

An optional pot is available to anglers who elect to participate at the Wild Card tournament. Entry fees for the optional pot is $300 for boaters and $150 for co-anglers, with the top 20 percent of anglers who elect to participate in the optional pot receiving checks. There will be no official practice period or off-limits period prior to the pretournament meeting for the Wild Card. No contestant may be on tournament waters for the purpose of locating bass or potential fishing waters after the start of the pretournament meeting except during tournament hours.

Entry for the Bass Fishing League Wild Card is now open and runs through Thursday, November 19, 2020, at 5 p.m. CDT. Anglers can enter by phone at 270.252.1000.

The 2020 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 co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.

About FLW
FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, FLW and its partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Zimbabwe.

FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show while Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. Acquired by Major League Fishing in late 2019, FLW is expanding its programming in 2020 to the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel as well as on-demand at MyOutdoorTV (MOTV).

Cook Wins Toyota Series Event on Lake of the Ozarks

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Cook Wins Toyota Series Event on Lake of the Ozarks

Cook Wins Toyota Series Event on Lake of the Ozarks

Lebanon Pro Wins by 2-pound, 14-ounce margin, Earns $33,619

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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Oct. 11, 2020) – Toyota Series angler Corey Cook of Lebanon, Missouri, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 11 pounds even to win the three-day Toyota Series at Lake of the Ozarks tournament in Osage Beach, Missouri. Cook’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 49-13 earned him the win by a 2-pound, 14 ounce margin over second-place pro Jeremy Lawyer of Sarcoxie, Missouri, and earned Cook the top payout of $33,619 in the second tournament of the 2020 Toyota Series Plains Division.

“This is crazy,” said Cook, who earned his first career FLW victory. “Last year we won that boat, and that was the biggest thing. And I’ll never forget that, because it was with my dad. It’s super special. But to get this, man, this is super awesome. It’s what I always dreamed of.”

However, Cook said that dream was nearly a nightmare to start the day.

The moment they announced his name at takeoff, Cook’s motor stopped working as he went to pull away from the dock. Fortunately, he was able to swap into another boat, but his luck really never turned around much, from only catching three keepers by midday, to a lost big fish, to even making a few-mile run to hit one dock, only to have two guys stomp across it while he was fishing it.

Basically, Cook said, if it could go wrong for him, it did. Fortunately, he had a goal and stuck to it.

“There was definitely a moment or two this morning where I thought, ‘man, it’s just not my day,’” said Cook. “But I tried to keep my mind positive. I knew I just needed five good keeper bites because it’s usually tougher on Saturday.”

Cook ended the day catching seven and landed six keepers, which was more than enough.

Cook said he spent most of the year sinking brush piles around docks for this event in the Grand Glaize area and marking them, though only by memory. Some spots were in out-of-the-way places, according to Cook, but only one in five was any good, with less than 20 producing fish for him this event. Cook also said he only used two rods with a small tackle box full of homemade green pumpkin football jigs with matching Zoom Super Speed Craw trailers.

“That’s just what we do,” said Cook, who counted on his memory and simple tackle options when he quickly switched boats Saturday morning. “It keeps it simple. You’re not switching back and forth between a hundred things throughout the day. We have two colors: green and brown, but brown wasn’t as good this week; however, if you put it in front of the right fish, he’s going to bite it.”

Cook said he found just enough “right ones” today to hold on to his first big tournament victory and to seal the win.

“Words can’t describe how this feels,” said Cook.

The top 10 pros on the Lake of the Ozarks finished:

1st:       Corey Cook of Lebanon, Mo., 15 bass, 49-13, $33,619

2nd:      Jeremy Lawyer of Sarcoxie, Mo., 15 bass, 46-15, $13,028

3rd:       Shane Long of Willard, Mo., 15 bass, 45-12, $10,086

4th:       Andy Newcomb of Camdenton, Mo., 15 bass, 44-13, $9,405

5th:       Roger Fitzpatrick of Eldon, Mo., 15 bass, 44-10, $7,621

6th:       Lawson Hibdon of Versailles, Mo., 15 bass, 40-11, $6,724

7th:       Brent Chapman of Lenexa, Kan., 15 bass, 39-10, $5,883

8th:       Brian Wilson of Somerset, Ky., 11 bass, 29-10, $5,043

9th:      Joe Wieberg of Freeburg, Mo., 11 bass, 28-13, $4,202

10th:     Takayuki Koike of Ohtsu, Japan, 10 bass, 26-12, $3,362

A complete list of results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Newcomb took home an extra $1,000 as the highest finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $35,000 per event in each Toyota Series tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.

Matt Krekovich of Granite City, Illinois won the Co-angler Division Saturday with a three-day total of 12 bass weighing 27 pounds, 12 ounces. Krekovich took home the top prize package of a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard motor.

The top 10 co-anglers on the Lake of the Ozarks finished:

1st:       Matt Krekovich of Granite City, Ill., 12 bass, 27-12, Phoenix 518 Pro boat w/115-hp outboard

2nd:      Adam Caldwell of Springfield, Mo., 10 bass, 24-9, $4,278

3rd:       Mike Youngblood of St. Louis, Mo., nine bass, 20-10, $3,422

4th:       Shannon McClelland of Springdale, Ark., 10 bass, 18-4, $2,995

5th:       Tyrone Phillips of Little Rock, Ark., 10 bass, 18-4, $2,767

6th:       Robert Shockley of Springfield, Mo., seven bass, 17-0, $2,139

7th:       Robert Bogard, Jr. of Conway, Ark., seven bass, 16-12, $1,711

8th:       Mark Shelton of Fayetteville, Ark., seven bass, 15-5, $1,997

9th:       Matthew Cesar of Crane, Mo., seven bass, 15-4, $1,283

10th:     Jeff Moss of Oronogo, Mo., eight bass, 15-4, $1,069

The Toyota Series at the Lake of the Ozarks was hosted by the Tri-County Lodging Association. It was the second of three regular-season tournaments in 2020 for Plains Division anglers. The next event for Toyota Series anglers will take place on Oct. 15-17 – the Toyota Series at Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Brookeland, Texas. For a complete schedule, visit FLWFishing.com.

The 2020 Toyota Series consists of eight divisions – Central, Eastern, Northern, Plains, Southeastern, Southern, Southwestern and Western – each holding three regular-season events, along with the International division. Anglers who fish all three qualifiers in any of the eight divisions and finish in the top 25 will qualify for the no-entry-fee Toyota Series Championship for a shot at winning $235,000 cash, including a $35,000 FLW PHOENIX Bonus for qualified anglers. The winning co-angler at the championship earns a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard. The 2020 Toyota Series Championship will be held Dec. 3-5 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky, and is hosted by the Somerset Tourist & Convention Commission and the Burnside Tourism Commission.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Toyota Series on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

Nick Williams & Corey Stone Win CATT Lake Norman NC Oct 4, 2020

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Nick Williams & Corey Stone Win CATT Lake Norman NC Oct 4, 2020

 

Next up on Lake Norman! Oct 17th $60 Open and the Fall Trails continues Oct 18th!

Nick Williams & Corey Stone win with 9.24 lbs ! A tough tourney no doubt!

Mark & Vince Parker 2nd

Paul & Melissa Watson with the BF of the day!

13. Teams BF Weight Winnings Points
Nick Williams / Corey Stone 3.12 9.24 $650.00 110
Mark & Vince Parker 2.67 9.00 $200.00 109
Wayne Ingrahm / Chris Brown 0.00 7.69 108
Mark Morrison / Rodney Lambert 0.00 7.31 107
Dean Lyons / Mike Burk 0.00 7.14 106
Matt Drake / Shane Wallace 0.00 6.69 105
Christian Johnson 0.00 6.31 104
Paul & Melissa Watson 3.71 5.93 $98.00 103
John Marshall / William Hodge 0.00 5.12 102
Eric Cantrell / Jerry McMurtrie 3.27 4.38 $42.00 101
Arthur Harris 0.00 3.89 100
Bill Sporney 0.00 0.00 99
Bob & Conner Furstenburg 0.00 0.00 99
Bobby Gill 0.00 0.00 99
Total Entrys $1,040.00
BONUS $ $200.00
Total Paid At Ramp $990.00
Norman FALL 2019 Final Fund $250.00
2020 CATT Championship/Phantom Fund $20.00
2019 Norman Fall Final Fund Total $500.00
2020 CATT Champ/Phantom  Fund Total $4,870.00

Mark Winn & Mike Nichols Win the Bass Cast Tournament Trail Stop #2 Oct 10th on SML

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Mark Winn & Mike Nichols Win the Bass Cast Tournament Trail Stop #2 Oct 10th on SML

We would like to thank all 26 teams that made it out in the hurricane rain to fish the second stop of the Bass Cast Tournament trail on Smith Mountain Lake. With over half of the anglers weighing in fish vying to win the 2020 points championship & free entry into the classic. Currently leading & winning another one of our events Mark Winn & Mike Nichols with 5 fish weighing 19.20. Congratulations men & thank you for everyone dreading the weather. Brian

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Late Catch Pushes Jocumsen Into Lead At Bassmaster Elite On Santee Cooper

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Late Catch Pushes Jocumsen Into Lead At Bassmaster Elite On Santee Cooper

Queensland, Australia native Carl Jocumsen is leading after Day 3 of the 2020 Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes brought to you by the United States Marine Corps with a three-day total of 50 pounds, 10 ounces. 

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Late Catch Pushes Jocumsen Into Lead At Bassmaster Elite On Santee Cooper

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CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — Carl Jocumsen’s never-give-up attitude served the Queensland, Australia, angler well, as a last-second catch propelled him to the Day 3 lead of the Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes brought to you by the United States Marine Corps with a three-day total of 50 pounds, 10 ounces.

After taking the Day 1 lead with the event’s biggest bag — a limit of 25-8 — Jocumsen added a 12-7 limit on Friday. On Saturday, he caught four keepers for 12-11, but the day nearly ended with a greater deficit.

“Today, I had three fish at the end of the day and I should’ve been running back; E.K. (cameraman Eric Kaffka) was saying, ‘Are you gonna run back?’ And I said, ‘No, I need one more,’” Jocumsen said. “I literally flipped a 3 1/2-pounder, put it in the boat, we got on pad and ran back and I made it in at 3:20. I literally made it in with 15 seconds left to go.”

Jocumsen caught all of his fish punching weed mats in a creek at the upper end of Lake Marion. Each of his fish bit a black and blue Molix SV Craw rigged on a 4/0 Owner Jungle hook and a 1 1/4-ounce Woo! Tungsten weight.

“I found that a green pumpkin weight gives the bait a smaller profile,” Jocumsen said. “If you go with a black weight with the black and blue weight, it looks huge.”

After a sunny Day 1, followed by a mix of sun and clouds on Friday, Jocumsen said today’s dim skies probably limited his punch bite.

“With the storm front coming in and it getting cool, it could push more fish up there,” Jocumsen said. “But the clouds are making it harder. The fish are just swimming around; they’re not getting set up.

“If the sun came out, it would position them and I’d be able to catch them a lot easier.”

Jocumsen, who won his first Elite title last year on Oklahoma’s Lake Tenkiller, said the afternoon’s windy conditions and his bumpy ride to the check-in amplified today’s drama.

“This is a dream come true for a kid from Australia to lead this event,” he said. “It’s unbelievable and I look forward to getting out there tomorrow.”

Jocumsen is hoping that the grassy depression that he found during practice ignites on Championship Sunday. Each day, he has started on this midlake spot and thrown a white ChatterBait with a white Yamamoto Zako trailer.

“Day 1, I caught three there, including a 6-pounder. Day 2, I caught one there. Today, I caught none,” Jocumsen said. “They’re still in there and if that fires for me, that’s my chance at winning. I have an ace up my sleeve.

“With the conditions changing and the storm coming in, I have to go there. If I can just catch one or two there, I’m going to get three to five big opportunities (punching) up the river.”

Given Friday’s missed opportunities and Saturday’s short bag, Jocumsen said execution will be Sunday’s priority.

“Yesterday, I lost some good fish. Today, I got four bites and put four in the boat,” he said. “Tomorrow, it’s going to be about putting every single bite in the boat and that (grass) spot firing and we’re in with a shot.”

Austin Felix of Eden Prairie, Minn., is in second with 49-13. After placing third on Day 1 with 20-9, Felix added 12-2 on Friday and slipped to sixth. On Saturday, he improved his position with a limit of 17-2.

Spending his day in Lake Marion, Felix did all of his damage on a main-channel point with sharp, rocky breaks, stumps and a shellbar. He caught an early-morning schooling fish on a swimbait and the rest on a shaky head with a Roboworm in the margarita mutilator color

“Depending on the wind, I had to move around and fish it at different angles,” Felix said. “They’re just sitting in the same sort of way you’d expect a ledge tournament to be — on the upcurrent side of the point.”

Brandon Palaniuk of Rathdrum, Idaho, is in third with 49-7. Placing second on Day 1 with 21-1, he added 18-13 and took the Day 2 lead. A leaner Day 3 yielded a limit of 9-9.

Fishing the upper end of Lake Marion, Palaniuk targeted a 4- to 6-foot stretch of shell bottom with stumps and caught most of his fish on a 5-inch X-Zone Swammer rigged on a 1/2-ounce VMC swimbait head. He added one keeper that ate an X-Zone Muscle Back Finesse Craw on a 3/0 VMC Heavy Duty Flippin’ Hook with a 1 1/4-ounce weight.

“The fish pull up and down out of that hole and they set up to feed,” Palaniuk said. “I was catching them every cast this morning and then it just shut off.”

Jeff Gustafson of Keewatin, Canada, is in the lead for Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with his 9-7.

The Top 10 remaining anglers will take off from John C. Land III Sport Fishing Facility on Sunday. The weigh-in will be held back at the facility at 3:20 p.m. with the winning angler receiving $100,000.

Live coverage of the event will be available starting at 7:30 a.m. on Bassmaster LIVE at Bassmaster.com and ESPN3.

The tournament is being hosted by the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce.

2020 Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lake brought to you by
the United States Marine Corps 10/8-10/11
Santee Cooper Lakes, Clarendon County, S.C.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3
Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TN AUSTRALIA 14  50-10  100
Day 1: 5   25-08     Day 2: 5   12-07     Day 3: 4   12-11
2.  Austin Felix           Eden Prairie, MN        15  49-13   99
Day 1: 5   20-09     Day 2: 5   12-02     Day 3: 5   17-02
3.  Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID            15  49-07   98   $1,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-01     Day 2: 5   18-13     Day 3: 5   09-09
4.  Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL         15  47-15   97
Day 1: 5   12-08     Day 2: 5   17-10     Day 3: 5   17-13
5.  Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA            15  47-00   96
Day 1: 5   17-07     Day 2: 5   14-06     Day 3: 5   15-03
6.  David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN           15  46-12   95   $1,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-06     Day 2: 5   11-09     Day 3: 5   16-13
7.  Destin DeMarion        Grove City, PA          15  45-14   94
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   15-15     Day 3: 5   17-15
8.  Jeff Gustafson         Keewatin Ontario CANADA 12  45-04   93   $1,000.00
Day 1: 4   12-15     Day 2: 5   22-07     Day 3: 3   09-14
9.  Derek Hudnall          Denham Springs, LA      12  44-13   92
Day 1: 5   15-11     Day 2: 5   19-15     Day 3: 2   09-03
10. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN          15  42-13   91
Day 1: 5   15-00     Day 2: 5   14-03     Day 3: 5   13-10
11. Patrick Walters        Summerville, SC         15  42-13   90  $12,000.00
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 5   14-02     Day 3: 5   14-09
12. Drew Cook              Cairo, GA               15  42-08   89  $12,000.00
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 5   14-01     Day 3: 5   17-02
13. Steve Kennedy          Auburn, AL              13  42-03   88  $12,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-01     Day 2: 5   16-04     Day 3: 3   07-14
14. Frank Talley           Temple, TX              15  42-02   87  $12,000.00
Day 1: 5   19-08     Day 2: 5   12-08     Day 3: 5   10-02
15. Matt Herren            Ashville, AL            15  41-15   86  $12,000.00
Day 1: 5   11-04     Day 2: 5   16-08     Day 3: 5   14-03
16. Jake Whitaker          Fairview, NC            15  41-15   85  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   14-01     Day 2: 5   14-11     Day 3: 5   13-03
17. Clark Wendlandt        Leander, TX             14  41-10   84  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   13-08     Day 2: 5   18-08     Day 3: 4   09-10
18. Luke Palmer            Coalgate, OK            14  41-08   83  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   18-11     Day 3: 4   08-14
19. Brett Preuett          Monroe, LA              15  41-08   82  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-10     Day 2: 5   09-10     Day 3: 5   14-04
20. Drew Benton            Blakely, GA             15  41-07   81  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   11-13     Day 3: 5   15-15
21. Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        15  41-00   80  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   10-09     Day 2: 5   14-14     Day 3: 5   15-09
22. John Cox               Debary, FL              15  40-00   79  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 5   18-00     Day 3: 5   12-07
23. Tyler Rivet            Raceland, LA            15  38-09   78  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   10-11     Day 2: 5   17-08     Day 3: 5   10-06
24. Randy Sullivan         Breckenridge, TX        15  38-07   77  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   15-07     Day 2: 5   12-03     Day 3: 5   10-13
25. Hank Cherry Jr         Lincolnton, NC          15  38-04   76  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   15-03     Day 2: 5   11-10     Day 3: 5   11-07
26. Mike Huff              Corbin, KY              13  37-04   75  $10,000.00
Day 1: 4   07-13     Day 2: 4   16-08     Day 3: 5   12-15
27. Koby Kreiger           Alva, FL                15  37-04   74  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-11     Day 2: 5   13-04     Day 3: 5   11-05
28. Randy Pierson          Oakdale, CA             15  36-10   73  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   11-11     Day 3: 5   10-08
29. Hunter Shryock         Newcomerstown, OH       13  36-05   72  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-03     Day 2: 5   15-01     Day 3: 3   04-01
30. Caleb Sumrall          New Iberia, LA          13  35-10   71  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   16-11     Day 3: 3   05-04
31. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ              15  35-05   70  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 5   12-02     Day 3: 5   10-09
32. Kyle Welcher           Opelika, AL             13  34-14   69  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   14-12     Day 3: 3   06-07
33. Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT           13  34-06   68  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   10-00     Day 2: 5   16-01     Day 3: 3   08-05
34. Clent Davis            Montevallo, AL          15  33-11   67  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   13-02     Day 2: 5   11-02     Day 3: 5   09-07
35. Brandon Card           Salisbury, NC           10  33-03   66  $10,000.00
Day 1: 3   14-07     Day 2: 5   14-08     Day 3: 2   04-04
36. Chad Morgenthaler      Reeds Spring, MO        12  32-08   65  $10,000.00
Day 1: 4   16-02     Day 2: 5   09-13     Day 3: 3   06-09
37. Buddy Gross            Chickamauga, GA         11  31-15   64  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-12     Day 2: 4   10-09     Day 3: 2   04-10
38. Chris Zaldain          Fort Worth, TX          10  30-11   63  $10,000.00
Day 1: 3   12-10     Day 2: 4   11-08     Day 3: 3   06-09
39. Brad Whatley           Bivins, TX              12  29-12   62  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-01     Day 2: 5   12-14     Day 3: 2   04-13
40. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA               10  28-01   61  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   10-06     Day 2: 4   15-00     Day 3: 1   02-11
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1   Brandon Palaniuk         Rathdrum, ID        07-09      $1,000.00
2   Jeff Gustafson           Keewatin Ontario CANADA09-07      $1,000.00
3   David Mullins            Mt Carmel, TN       07-07      $1,000.00

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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        59       349       952-12
2        54       349       931-01
3        24       165       434-08
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137       863      2318-05

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CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — Locating big-fish areas and remaining mobile enabled Brandon Palaniuk of Rathdrum, Idaho, to take the Day 2 lead of the Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes brought to you by the United States Marine Corps with 39 pounds, 14 ounces.

After placing second on Day 1 with 21-1, Palaniuk added 18-13 Friday.

Palaniuk, who claimed his fourth Elite Series win on Lake Champlain earlier this season, caught two of his keepers on a jerkbait, one on a 5-inch X-Zone Swammer rigged on a 1/2-ounce VMC swimbait head and two on a punch rig comprising an X-Zone Muscle Back Finesse Craw on a 3/0 VMC Heavy Duty Flippin’ Hook with a 1 1/4-ounce weight.

Rotating through 10 to 12 spots within a 2-mile area on the upper end of Lake Marion, Palaniuk anchored today’s limit with a 6-6 that he caught while punching shortly before 2 o’clock. Proximity, he said, confirmed he was in the right area.

“I caught the 7-9 I had yesterday maybe 5 feet from where I had a 4-pounder in practice, and then today, I caught a 6-5 maybe 30 feet from where I caught that big fish yesterday,” Palaniuk said. “It’s definitely an area that’s holding the right size fish; I just need to catch five of them.”

Palaniuk said the challenging conditions of the fall transition have required significant consideration, as the fish are in a completely different seasonal mode than they would have been during the event’s originally scheduled dates of April 16-19. When the pandemic required rescheduling, Palaniuk went to work studying for an autumn tournament.

“I came here and pre-practiced in January, which has nothing to do with now,” he said. “I was practicing for an April event, so where I’m actually catching them, I never looked at in pre-practice.

“Coming into this event, I knew I had to put myself around fish, so I researched every article I could find online and I came up with about five or six areas that were frequently mentioned, and that’s where I spent my time in practice. I’ve just continued to narrow it down every day.”

Continuously rotating through his spots gave Palaniuk the best chances of getting his timing right.

“It was literally just showing up at the right place when those fish are ready to feed and then executing when you get that opportunity,” he said. “I haven’t been able to get it dialed in to say, ‘I need to go do this at this time of day’ — I literally have to fish what’s in front of me.”

That game plan mostly worked well, but despite a morning disappointment, Palaniuk kept himself mentally relaxed.

“I didn’t execute as well as I did yesterday — I caught two fish on a jerkbait yesterday,” Palaniuk said. “Today, I lost a big one but I felt like, mentally, I was fishing better. I was way calmer, I was not rushing anything. I was just settling in and taking my time.

“It was actually very similar to how I felt the last day at Champlain. If I can just keep doing that, I feel like I will at least have a chance and then the fish just have to do their part.”

Day 1 leader Carl Jocumsen is in second place with 37-15. After sacking up the event’s biggest bag — 25-8 — on Thursday, the pro from Queensland, Australia, added 12-7 Friday.

“That’s the difference between fishing clean and missing some bites,” Jocumsen said. “I really feel like I’m in the right area and I just didn’t capitalize on those opportunities. I definitely got the bites to have another really good day.”

“I had my head down, grinding with five minutes to go before I had to run back and I cracked a 2 1/2- to 3-pounder and saved the day. There’s two more days to fish, this place has them, I’m around them and I’m going to do everything I can to put them in the boat tomorrow.”

Jocumsen lost a big fish on the white ChatterBait he used on Day 1 and ended up catching all of his weight on a black and blue Molix SV craw rigged on a 4/0 hook.

Derek Hudnall of Baton Rouge, La., is in third with 35-10. After weighing 15-11 on Day 1, he added 19-5. Essential to his success was a 7-12 that bit on the same tree from which he lost a 5-pounder on his previous flip.

“The bites are few and far between, I’m fishing for big fish,” Hudnall said. “I’m around a lot of big ones. More than that is possible where I’m at if I can just make the right casts.”

Targeting cypress trees on the upper end of Lake Marion, Hudnall said the key to his area’s productivity is a set of drains that keep the water moving. He’s catching his fish on a wacky-rigged Missile Baits 48.

Jeff Gustafson of Keewatin, Canada, is in the lead for Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with his 9-7.

The Top 40 anglers advanced to Saturday’s semi-final round. The remaining Top 10 will go on to fish Championship Sunday.

Saturday’s takeoff is scheduled for 7:05 a.m. ET at John C. Land III Sport Fishing Facility. The weigh-in will be held back at the facility at 3.20 p.m.

Live coverage of the event will be available starting at 7:30 a.m. on Bassmaster LIVE at Bassmaster.com and ESPN3.

The tournament is being hosted by the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce.

2020 Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lake 10/8-10/11
Santee Cooper Lakes, Clarendon County, S.C.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 2
   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID            10  39-14  100   $1,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-01     Day 2: 5   18-13
2.  Carl Jocumsen          Queensland AUSTRALIA 10  37-15   99
Day 1: 5   25-08     Day 2: 5   12-07
3.  Derek Hudnall          Denham Springs, LA      10  35-10   98
Day 1: 5   15-11     Day 2: 5   19-15
4.  Jeff Gustafson         Keewatin Ontario CANADA  9  35-06   97   $1,000.00
Day 1: 4   12-15     Day 2: 5   22-07
5.  Steve Kennedy          Auburn, AL              10  34-05   96
Day 1: 5   18-01     Day 2: 5   16-04
6.  Austin Felix           Eden Prairie, MN        10  32-11   95
Day 1: 5   20-09     Day 2: 5   12-02
7.  Luke Palmer            Coalgate, OK            10  32-10   94
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   18-11
8.  Hunter Shryock         Newcomerstown, OH       10  32-04   93
Day 1: 5   17-03     Day 2: 5   15-01
9.  Frank Talley           Temple, TX              10  32-00   92
Day 1: 5   19-08     Day 2: 5   12-08
10. Clark Wendlandt        Leander, TX             10  32-00   91
Day 1: 5   13-08     Day 2: 5   18-08
11. Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA            10  31-13   90
Day 1: 5   17-07     Day 2: 5   14-06
12. Caleb Sumrall          New Iberia, LA          10  30-06   89
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   16-11
13. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL         10  30-02   88
Day 1: 5   12-08     Day 2: 5   17-10
14. David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN           10  29-15   87
Day 1: 5   18-06     Day 2: 5   11-09
15. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN          10  29-03   86
Day 1: 5   15-00     Day 2: 5   14-03
16. Brandon Card           Salisbury, NC            8  28-15   85
Day 1: 3   14-07     Day 2: 5   14-08
17. Jake Whitaker          Fairview, NC            10  28-12   84
Day 1: 5   14-01     Day 2: 5   14-11
18. Kyle Welcher           Opelika, AL             10  28-07   83
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   14-12
19. Patrick Walters        Summerville, SC         10  28-04   82
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 5   14-02
20. Tyler Rivet            Raceland, LA            10  28-03   81
Day 1: 5   10-11     Day 2: 5   17-08
21. Destin DeMarion        Grove City, PA          10  27-15   80
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   15-15
22. Matt Herren            Ashville, AL            10  27-12   79
Day 1: 5   11-04     Day 2: 5   16-08
23. Randy Sullivan         Breckenridge, TX        10  27-10   78
Day 1: 5   15-07     Day 2: 5   12-03
24. John Cox               Debary, FL              10  27-09   77
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 5   18-00
25. Buddy Gross            Chickamauga, GA          9  27-05   76
Day 1: 5   16-12     Day 2: 4   10-09
26. Brett Preuett          Monroe, LA              10  27-04   75
Day 1: 5   17-10     Day 2: 5   09-10
27. Hank Cherry Jr         Lincolnton, NC          10  26-13   74
Day 1: 5   15-03     Day 2: 5   11-10
28. Randy Pierson          Oakdale, CA             10  26-02   73
Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   11-11
29. Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT           10  26-01   72
Day 1: 5   10-00     Day 2: 5   16-01
30. Chad Morgenthaler      Reeds Spring, MO         9  25-15   71
Day 1: 4   16-02     Day 2: 5   09-13
31. Koby Kreiger           Alva, FL                10  25-15   70
Day 1: 5   12-11     Day 2: 5   13-04
32. Drew Benton            Blakely, GA             10  25-08   69
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   11-13
33. Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        10  25-07   68
Day 1: 5   10-09     Day 2: 5   14-14
34. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA                9  25-06   67
Day 1: 5   10-06     Day 2: 4   15-00
35. Drew Cook              Cairo, GA               10  25-06   66
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 5   14-01
36. Brad Whatley           Bivins, TX              10  24-15   65
Day 1: 5   12-01     Day 2: 5   12-14
37. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ              10  24-12   64
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 5   12-02
38. Mike Huff              Corbin, KY               8  24-05   63
Day 1: 4   07-13     Day 2: 4   16-08
39. Clent Davis            Montevallo, AL          10  24-04   62
Day 1: 5   13-02     Day 2: 5   11-02
40. Chris Zaldain          Fort Worth, TX           7  24-02   61
Day 1: 3   12-10     Day 2: 4   11-08
41. Gerald Swindle         Guntersville, AL        10  23-12   60   $7,500.00
Day 1: 5   12-05     Day 2: 5   11-07
42. Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA              10  22-15   59   $7,500.00
Day 1: 5   12-15     Day 2: 5   10-00
43. Rick Morris            Lake Gaston, VA         10  22-12   58   $7,500.00
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 5   10-02
44. Brock Mosley           Collinsville, MS         9  22-11   57   $7,500.00
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 4   11-02
45. Seth Feider            New Market, MN           8  22-10   56   $7,500.00
Day 1: 3   06-05     Day 2: 5   16-05
46. Shane LeHew            Catawba, NC              9  22-07   55   $5,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 4   10-07
47. Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC             10  22-04   54   $5,000.00
Day 1: 5   10-14     Day 2: 5   11-06
48. Todd Auten             Lake Wylie, SC           9  21-13   53   $5,000.00
Day 1: 5   14-08     Day 2: 4   07-05
49. Matt Arey              Shelby, NC              10  21-05   52   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   11-06     Day 2: 5   09-15
50. Chris Groh             Spring Grove, IL         8  21-02   51   $2,500.00
Day 1: 3   08-05     Day 2: 5   12-13
51. Bob Downey             Hudson, WI              10  21-00   50   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   11-10     Day 2: 5   09-06
52. Jamie Hartman          Newport, NY             10  20-09   49   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   09-05     Day 2: 5   11-04
53. Caleb Kuphall          Mukwonago, WI            7  20-07   48   $2,500.00
Day 1: 2   05-08     Day 2: 5   14-15
54. Kyle Monti             Okeechobee, FL          10  20-07   47   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   09-07     Day 2: 5   11-00
55. Brandon Cobb           Greenwood, SC            6  19-15   46   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   15-12     Day 2: 1   04-03
56. Rob Digh               Denver, NC               5  19-10   45   $2,500.00
Day 1: 3   13-07     Day 2: 2   06-03
57. Chris Johnston         Peterborough Ontario CA  8  19-07   44   $2,500.00
Day 1: 3   04-02     Day 2: 5   15-05
58. Jesse Tacoronte        Kissimmee, FL            8  18-09   43   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 3   05-06
59. Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR               8  18-05   42   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 3   05-11
60. Keith Combs            Huntington, TX           5  18-02   41   $2,500.00
Day 1: 2   06-03     Day 2: 3   11-15
61. Tyler Carriere         Youngsville, LA          7  17-14   40   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 2   04-03
62. Greg DiPalma           Millville, NJ            7  17-08   39   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 2   06-07
63. Shane Lineberger       Lincolnton, NC           7  17-04   38   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   12-13     Day 2: 2   04-07
64. Taku Ito               Chiba JAPAN              6  17-03   37   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   15-09     Day 2: 1   01-10
65. Scott Canterbury       Odenville, AL            7  17-03   36   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   12-01     Day 2: 2   05-02
66. Skylar Hamilton        Dandridge, TN            6  16-11   35   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   14-10     Day 2: 1   02-01
67. Jay Yelas              Lincoln City, OR         7  15-10   34   $2,500.00
Day 1: 2   03-06     Day 2: 5   12-04
68. Dale Hightower         Mannford, OK             7  15-09   33   $2,500.00
Day 1: 4   10-00     Day 2: 3   05-09
69. Brian Snowden          Reeds Spring, MO         6  14-06   32   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   11-12     Day 2: 1   02-10
70. Robbie Latuso          Gonzales, LA             8  14-04   31   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   09-08     Day 2: 3   04-12
71. Harvey Horne           Bella Vista, AR          7  14-00   30   $2,500.00
Day 1: 2   03-07     Day 2: 5   10-09
72. Garrett Paquette       Canton, MI               5  13-14   29   $2,500.00
Day 1: 3   09-15     Day 2: 2   03-15
73. Chad Pipkens           Dewitt, MI               6  12-01   28   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   09-11     Day 2: 1   02-06
74. Ed Loughran III        Richmond, VA             5  11-05   27   $2,500.00
Day 1: 1   01-10     Day 2: 4   09-11
75. Bill Weidler           Helena, AL               6  11-01   26   $2,500.00
Day 1: 3   06-01     Day 2: 3   05-00
76. Cody Hollen            Beaverton, OR            5  11-00   25   $2,500.00
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   11-00
77. Cliff Prince           Palatka, FL              6  10-15   24   $2,500.00
Day 1: 5   09-01     Day 2: 1   01-14
78. Quentin Cappo          Prairieville, LA         6  10-11   23   $2,500.00
Day 1: 2   02-12     Day 2: 4   07-15
79. Ray Hanselman Jr       Del Rio, TX              5  09-08   22   $2,500.00
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   09-08
80. Lee Livesay            Longview, TX             5  08-12   21   $2,500.00
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   08-12
81. Wes Logan              Springville, AL          5  08-06   20   $2,500.00
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   08-06
82. Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                  4  07-06   19   $2,500.00
Day 1: 2   03-00     Day 2: 2   04-06
83. David Fritts           Lexington, NC            3  05-06   18   $2,500.00
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   05-06
84. Bryan Schmitt          Deale, MD                2  03-07   17   $2,500.00
Day 1: 1   01-09     Day 2: 1   01-14
85. Gary Clouse            Winchester, TN           1  03-06   16   $2,500.00
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   03-06
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1   Brandon Palaniuk         Rathdrum, ID        07-09      $1,000.00
2   Jeff Gustafson           Keewatin Ontario CANADA09-07      $1,000.00

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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        59       349       952-12
2        54       349       931-01
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113       698      1883-13

MCGOWAN WINS HOBIE COOSA RIVER CHAIN B.O.S. ANCHORED BY POWER-POLE

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MCGOWAN WINS HOBIE COOSA RIVER CHAIN B.O.S. ANCHORED BY POWER-POLE

MCGOWAN WINS HOBIE COOSA RIVER CHAIN B.O.S. ANCHORED BY POWER-POLE

Hometown angler uses local knowledge to hold off Joshua Sharp and Lance Coley. All three qualify for Hobie’s Tournament of Champions in Knoxville, TN 

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (October 9, 2020) – With expansive waters, seemingly unending shoreline and a mix of largemouths plus “magnum” spotted bass to target, there was little doubt the Coosa River Chain Hobie Bass Open Series (B.O.S.) Anchored by Power-Pole was going to be an exciting contest. At stake was not only the event title, but final Angler of the Year (A.O.Y.) points, plus three qualifying spots for Hobie’s Tournament of Champions (TOC) to be held in Knoxville, Tennessee, on November 14 and 15.

“This was our last open event of the season and it really lived up to expectations,” said Tournament Director A.J. McWhorter. “We had 87 kayak anglers measure and release 655 bass with our top three finishers separated by just two inches. The fishing was great, Gadsden, AL offered plenty of support as our home base, and our anglers battled it out on the water until the final minutes. What a great way and awesome place to wrap up these events.”

In the end, Coley McGowan, 25, a Gadsden, Alabama native, took home the crown with 181 total inches of catch and release largemouth bass for the two-day event. Joshua Sharp, 26, of Franklin, Tennessee, finished second, and Lance Coley, 38 of Calera, Alabama, carried off the bronze. All three anglers also qualified for the Hobie TOC. For their efforts, McGowan took home $5,100, Sharpe earned $2,750 and Coley pocketed $1,600 as the tourney paid out $16,100 through ninth place. Eric Siddiqi took home Bassin’ Big Bass honors and $348 for a 22-inch largemouth that inhaled a Z-Man ChatterBait early on Day 1.

“I think having local knowledge helped a lot in this tournament,” said McGowan. “There’s a ton of water to cover on this river and its impoundments. If the fish aren’t where you expect them to be after a couple days of practice fishing, it’s good to have a few options to explore.”

That was exactly the scenario McGowan faced early on Day 1 when a stretch of water that had proved productive during pre-fishing came up cold. “We had a full moon leading into the tourney, cooler conditions than in practice, and a few boats had worked over the area where I planned to fish,” explained McGowan. “I don’t know if those fish had shut down or moved on, but they weren’t cooperating, so I just put my head down and kept covering water to scrape up what I could.”

At the end of Day 1 McGowan was in sixth place. Fortunately, on Day 2, the bass were right back where he expected them to be – and they started hitting immediately. “They were running a little bigger than I expected,” said McGowan, “and they were more numerous. In fact, I had my limit by 9 a.m. and started culling from there.”

McGowan tossed spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and Z-Man ChatterBaits around shad in the mornings and switched to Bo’s Jigs and green pumpkin Paca craw trailers for the afternoons. “Most of my action related to grass and wood,” he stated. “I was throwing 5 to 10 feet outside the grass lines where there was some current, laydowns, stumps and trees. The fish were paralleling grass in mornings and super-glued to the wood in the afternoons.”

Sharp spent most of his time waking a Santone Lures ½-ounce Pretender Series spinnerbait in shallow water and flipping laydowns with a beaver-style bait on a ½-ounce jighead. “I had to go real shallow to find those fish,” he said.

Finishing in 15th place on Day 1, Sharp was optimistic about his chances on Day 2. Like McGowan, he had started slowly but a strong finish brought hope and he would bang out 98.5 inches of bass to lead the pack on Day 2, while clawing his way to the second spot. With just five minutes to go in the event, Sharp connected with a bass that looked to be over 20 inches long, but it came unbuttoned almost immediately after the hookset. “That one might have put me over the top,” he conceded, “but it slipped the jig and just kept swimming. Still, I rang up my best scores both for a single day and a tournament total, so I’m thrilled with my effort. It was a really great weekend.”

Coley, like McGowan, said that being on his home waters may have provided an edge. While most anglers targeted largemouths, he set his sights on the Coosa River’s famed “magnum” spotted bass. “I knew it was going to be tough going against those largemouths,” he explained, “but I had a stretch with a good stack of spots so I stuck with them and it worked out pretty good. I threw a variety of reaction baits including a RedLine spinnerbait. When they got smart on those, I switched to crankbaits and Z-Man ChatterBaits and culled up. I was working a small stretch of water, letting it rest, and then working it again.”

While the scores showed how close the competition was in this event, McGowan said that it was even closer than he could have imagined. “I broke a paddle on a rock or stump around 2 p.m. on Day 2, and that effectively ended my fishing,” he revealed. “For the rest of the way, I had to watch the leaderboard to see if my score would hold up. That certainly made things a little tense.”

McGowan and Coley were all competing in their first Hobie B.O.S. Anchored by PowerPole event, and all three came away impressed.

“It was great to see some of the biggest names in kayak bass fishing show up, and to see from how far away people were willing to come to compete,” said McGowan. “I met people from Iowa, Ohio and the Northeast. If it’s top level competition you want, this is the place to be.”

Sharp called the Coosa River Chain event “the best kayak tournament I’ve ever fished,” adding that he appreciated how it ran so smoothly, that other anglers were accepting of newcomers to the circuit, and that protocols were in place throughout the tournament to keep anglers safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coley, meanwhile, enjoyed the camaraderie and testing his skills against some of the “big guns” in kayak bass fishing. “I also liked how helpful and friendly everyone seemed to be,” he said. “That’s the nature of this sport. Everyone seems pretty cool.”

Of course, the Hobie B.O.S. series is driven by amazing supporters and sponsors, in addition to an unparalleled fleet of elite kayak bass anglers, a point McWhorter made clear at the final open event award ceremony.

“It really has been an amazing year for this Hobie series and I’d like to give a big shout out to all the anglers who supported us, everyone following and sharing these events on social media, and our amazing sponsors: Power-Pole, AFTCO, Lowrance, Scotty, NRS, Daiwa, Bassin’ Magazine, Engel Coolers, Dakota Lithium, Hobie Polarized [TS1] and Aqua-Vu,” summed up McWhorter. “In nine two-day opens, we qualified 27 anglers from across the country for our Tournament of Champions in Knoxville, TN. Over the next few days, we’ll be tallying A.O.Y. points and announcing the next 20 qualifiers. For those who didn’t make the cut by that point, we still have one last qualifying event, the Hobie B.O.S. Shootout Anchored by Power Pole, a single-day T.O.C. qualifying event with payouts and a $150 entry fee to be held on Lake Tellico, in Knoxville, on Friday, Nov. 13.”
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