Search
Subscribe
Monday, December 22, 2025
Home Blog Page 737

Winford And Ratliff Outpace The Field At Bassmaster High School Event On Toledo Bend

wpalert
-
0
Winford And Ratliff Outpace The Field At Bassmaster High School Event On Toledo Bend
Maverick Winford and Ian Ratliff of Atascocita (Texas) High School win the 2020 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series event at Toledo Bend presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors with 18 pounds, 4 ounces.

                                                                                                                                                        Photo by Ronnie Moore/B.A.S.S.

January 26, 2020

Bethel Dynasty Grows With Victory At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend
MANY, La. — Maverick Winford and Ian Ratliff have been on a hot streak, and it continued Sunday on Toledo Bend Reservoir in the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.

The duo from the Atascocita (Texas) Top Gun Anglers Club caught a five-bass limit that weighed 18 pounds, 4 ounces and clinched the title on this famed 185,000-acre fishery. The victory earned $1,930 for the Top Gun team, and it qualified Winford and Ratliff for the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championship later this year.

Sunday’s title marked the second consecutive week Winford and Ratliff were victorious in a tournament. They won a B.A.S.S.-sanctioned team trail tournament last week on Texas’ Sam Rayburn Reservoir, which is about an hour’s drive west of Toledo Bend. They placed second in another derby on Rayburn two weeks ago.

“It was exactly the same conditions for all three tournaments,” said Winford, a 17-year old junior. “It feels really good to win again, and it’s amazing to be able to go to the national championship and see what we can do there.”

Winford boated the Texas tandem’s biggest bass, a 6-6 largemouth he plucked from a grassbed in North Housen Bay about 9:20 a.m. Winford threw a Jackhammer ChatterBait to get that bite, but a Carolina-rigged Zoom Brush Hog (watermelon candy) also was effective for both anglers.

“I set the hook and I thought it was a 2-pounder because he was running at me,” Winford said. “I saw it jump and I said ‘Ian, get the net! Get the net!’ It went under the boat, but when it came back up, he netted it.”

Winford and Ratliff finished their limit in North Housen, and eventually decided to head south on the reservoir. The water was dirty there, but they still were able to upgrade twice.

Winford has had success on Toledo Bend before, and he targeted areas Sunday where he caught fish previously. It was the first time fishing Toledo Bend for Ratliff, a 15-year old freshman, but he contributed a couple 2 1/2- to 3-pounders that helped advance the winning weight.

Brothers Matthew and Christopher Kahrs of Barbe High School in Lake Charles, La., finished second overall with three bass that weighed 15-6, but the 10-9-giant Matthew caught Sunday was the talk of the tournament.

Kahrs, a 17-year old senior, caught the big bass in 10 feet of water using a Zoom Baby Brush Hog in the watermelon candy color pattern. Because it weighed at least 10 pounds, the bass qualified for the Toledo Bend lunker program. A photo of the bass was taken and a taxidermist will use it to create a cast for Kahrs to keep.

The fish was returned to the reservoir only minutes after weigh-in was complete.

“My previous best was a 5-0 that I caught here in another tournament,” Kahrs said. “This was a completely different feeling. It was amazing.”

A total of 174 teams from 12 states competed in the one-day event, and the Top 12 duos split a cash purse worth more than $6,600 to benefit their high school fishing teams.

Also, the Top 17 teams earned berths to the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School National Championship later this summer. The date and location of that annual three-day tournament have not been announced.

The Toledo Bend tournament was the first of four regular-season stops scheduled in the 2020 Bassmaster High School Series. Additional tournaments will be held at Smith Lake in Alabama on March 1 and Cumberland Lake in Kentucky on May 9. Another high school event is scheduled for June 20, though the location has not been disclosed.

The Louisiana Office of Tourism, Toledo Bend Lake Country, the Sabine River Authority, Desoto Parish Tourist Commission and the Vernon Parish Tourist Commission sponsored the Toledo Bend tournament.

2020 HS Open Stop Toledo Bend Reservoir 1/26-1/26
Toledo Bend Reservoir, Many  LA.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Maverick Winford – Ian Ratliff               Atascocita High School  Club-Top      0
Day 1: 5   18-04   Total:   5  18-04
2.  Matthew Kahrs – Christopher Kahrs            Barbe fishing Club                    0
Day 1: 3   15-06   Total:   3  15-06
3.  Hagen Cooley – Cameron Rogers                DeRidder HS                           0
Day 1: 5   15-04   Total:   5  15-04
4.  Andrew Bennett – Wade Roberts                Barbe High Fishing Team               0
Day 1: 5   15-02   Total:   5  15-02
5.  Dj Drake – Austin Jones                      Franklin County High School- TN       0
Day 1: 5   15-01   Total:   5  15-01
6.  Dakota Posey – Brendon Brones                Little Cyprus Mauriceville HS         0
Day 1: 5   14-06   Total:   5  14-06
7.  Matthew Milioto – Jace Martin                Lutcher                               0
Day 1: 4   14-00   Total:   4  14-00
8.  Forrest Lagarde – Bronson May                LA-46 FISHING TEAM-LA                 0
Day 1: 5   13-10   Total:   5  13-10
9.  Bryant Martin – Grant Schexnailder           Notre Dame High School                0
Day 1: 5   13-05   Total:   5  13-05
10. Tucker Smith – Hayden Marbut                 Briarwood Christian School            0
Day 1: 5   13-02   Total:   5  13-02
11. Kain Custis – Jakeb Baldridge                Lakeview                              0
Day 1: 5   12-13   Total:   5  12-13
12. Fletcher Phillips – Will Phillips            Gardendale High School                0
Day 1: 5   12-10   Total:   5  12-10
13. Jaxon Sullivan – Spencer Chase Milholen      Scotts Hill High School Anglers       0
Day 1: 5   11-15   Total:   5  11-15
14. Tanner Scruggs – Storm Cline                 Anderson Co.                          0
Day 1: 5   11-09   Total:   5  11-09
15. Chance Shelby – Jackson Broderick            Live Oak High                         0
Day 1: 4   11-06   Total:   4  11-06
16. Daniel Waguespack – Reese Aucoin             Ascension Anglers                     0
Day 1: 2   11-04   Total:   2  11-04
17. Cayden Walls – Connor Moulin                 Central High School                   0
Day 1: 4   11-01   Total:   4  11-01
18. Hagan Marlin – Dylan Ingram                  Lee-Scott Fishing                     0
Day 1: 5   10-10   Total:   5  10-10
19. Griffin Gatwood – Landon Forbes              Oak Grove High School                 0
Day 1: 5   09-11   Total:   5  09-11
20. Hunter Pinho – Jake Childress                Patterson High School                 0
Day 1: 5   09-10   Total:   5  09-10
21. Nathan Reynolds – Connor Polk                Backwoods Bassin                      0
Day 1: 5   09-09   Total:   5  09-09
22. Mason Alberes – Bryson Benoit                Assumption High School                0
Day 1: 4   09-03   Total:   4  09-03
23. TJ Edwards – Houston Vaiden                  North Mississippi Anglers             0
Day 1: 5   08-14   Total:   5  08-14
24. Jacob Holder – Peyton Paul                   Harleton HS                           0
Day 1: 5   08-12   Total:   5  08-12
25. John Kyle  Pearce – Jackson Gregory          Calvary Baptist Academy               0
Day 1: 4   08-12   Total:   4  08-12
26. Jack Alexander – Colledge Elliott            Mountain Brook High School            0
Day 1: 5   08-06   Total:   5  08-06
27. Chase Edmonston – Trevor Dunne               Ascension Anglers                     0
Day 1: 4   07-15   Total:   4  07-15
28. Luke Iles –                                  Ascension Anglers                     0
Day 1: 2   07-15   Total:   2  07-15
29. Jacob Davidson – Owen Chamberlain            Mt. Juliet                            0
Day 1: 5   07-14   Total:   5  07-14
30. Drake Koonce – Hunter Wesley                 Sulpher High School- LA               0
Day 1: 5   07-11   Total:   5  07-11
30. Hayes White – Tiger Manuel                   Sulphur High School                   0
Day 1: 5   07-11   Total:   5  07-11
32. Peyton Briggs – Dawson Mccann                Buckeye High School                   0
Day 1: 5   07-10   Total:   5  07-10
33. Douglas Davenport – Coby Bertrand            sam houston high                      0
Day 1: 3   07-08   Total:   3  07-08
34. William Cothran – Ryan Cothran               Mt. Pleasant                          0
Day 1: 2   07-06   Total:   2  07-06
35. Trace Day – Jackson McKee                    Denham Springs                        0
Day 1: 5   07-01   Total:   5  07-01
36. Justin James – Gavin Cooper                  LCM Bass Team                         0
Day 1: 3   07-00   Total:   3  07-00
37. Noah Trant – Mark Andrew Trant               Calvary Baptist Academy               0
Day 1: 3   06-10   Total:   3  06-10
38. Brock Gullixon –                             Waupaca bass club                     0
Day 1: 5   06-08   Total:   5  06-08
39. Blayne Carpenter – Brett Perkins             Sulphur High School-LA                0
Day 1: 3   06-06   Total:   3  06-06
40. Luke Miller – Jacob Tullier                  central high school                   0
Day 1: 4   06-05   Total:   4  06-05
41. Brandon Comeaux – Bryce Robertson            Sam Houston High School               0
Day 1: 3   06-05   Total:   3  06-05
42. Wyatt Loving – Brett Velzis                  Cy Woods                              0
Day 1: 2   06-04   Total:   2  06-04
43. Micah Cromer – Austin Hicks                  Captain Shreve High School            0
Day 1: 3   06-02   Total:   3  06-02
44. Shamar Pierre – Khristian Rousseve           WEST ST JOHN HIGH                     0
Day 1: 3   06-00   Total:   3  06-00
45. Connor Morrow – Morgen Johnson               Pineville HS                          0
Day 1: 2   06-00   Total:   2  06-00
46. Connor Rushing – Ethan Simon                 Central High School                   0
Day 1: 3   05-14   Total:   3  05-14
47. Kyle Stephens – Baylor Leger                 Teurlings Catholic                    0
Day 1: 3   05-13   Total:   3  05-13
48. Kolten Goolsby – Morgan Banta                Cayuga High School                    0
Day 1: 3   05-12   Total:   3  05-12
49. Brayden Nichols – Trenton Contario           Northwood High School                 0
Day 1: 2   05-12   Total:   2  05-12
50. Ross Miller – Tanner Meyer                   Notre Dame High School                0
Day 1: 3   05-11   Total:   3  05-11
51. Peyton Grizzaffi – Christian Holland         Morgan City High School               0
Day 1: 2   05-10   Total:   2  05-10
52. Hayden Oleveaux – Mason Ortego               West Feliciana                        0
Day 1: 3   05-09   Total:   3  05-09
53. Dylan Guidry – Brayden Melancon              Teurlings Catholic High School        0
Day 1: 3   05-08   Total:   3  05-08
54. Braxton Little – Hayden Marshall             Gardendale High School                0
Day 1: 3   05-04   Total:   3  05-04
55. Jacob Long – Casey Lovett                    LA – Jr Southwest Bassmasters         0
Day 1: 2   05-00   Total:   2  05-00
56. Ty Haymon – Gage Shepard                     Elizabeth HS                          0
Day 1: 3   04-14   Total:   3  04-14
57. Garrett Pierce – Gunnar Gray                 Benton High School                    0
Day 1: 3   04-13   Total:   3  04-13
57. Ryan Stimmel – Cy Cramer                     Seminole High School                  0
Day 1: 3   04-13   Total:   3  04-13
59. Braden Pujol –                               Assumption High School                0
Day 1: 2   04-13   Total:   2  04-13
60. Wyatt Roach – Cameron Courville              Sulphur High School                   0
Day 1: 2   04-12   Total:   2  04-12
61. Tristen Porschakin – Eryn Shuff              Franklin county                       0
Day 1: 2   04-06   Total:   2  04-06
61. Cayden Reily – Evan Maddie                   Central High School                   0
Day 1: 2   04-06   Total:   2  04-06
63. Brennen Howard – Logan Turner                White Plains High School              0
Day 1: 1   04-04   Total:   1  04-04
64. Peyton Matherne – Stephen James              Walker High School                    0
Day 1: 3   04-03   Total:   3  04-03
65. Ryhan Fox – Isaac Irvin                      Galatia High School                   0
Day 1: 2   04-03   Total:   2  04-03
66. Justin Raymond – Tucker Scarber              Shelby County Junior Bass Angler      0
Day 1: 1   04-03   Total:   1  04-03
67. Will D’aquilla – Kaden Cowart                West Feliciana                        0
Day 1: 1   04-00   Total:   1  04-00
68. Hayden Thomas – Grant Cochran                Stilwell High School- OK              0
Day 1: 2   03-15   Total:   2  03-15
69. Chase Stone – Brice Clavin                   Sulphur High School                   0
Day 1: 2   03-11   Total:   2  03-11
70. Devan Perkins –                              Denham Springs High School            0
Day 1: 2   03-10   Total:   2  03-10
71. Kellen Katchur – Dakota Manuel               Barbe High School                     0
Day 1: 2   03-04   Total:   2  03-04
72. Palmer Peters – Hunter Lawrence              Silliman Fishing                      0
Day 1: 1   03-04   Total:   1  03-04
73. Bradyn Hosea – Logan Moore                   sulphur high school                   0
Day 1: 1   03-03   Total:   1  03-03
74. Luke Ferachi – Hanson Chaney                 Walker High School                    0
Day 1: 2   03-01   Total:   2  03-01
75. Elizabeth Eastman – Porter Savarese          Fairhope High School                  0
Day 1: 2   03-00   Total:   2  03-00
76. Noah Ray –                                   Tullahoma High School- TN             0
Day 1: 2   02-15   Total:   2  02-15
77. Chase Taylor – Alexis Barton                 Anacoco High School                   0
Day 1: 1   02-13   Total:   1  02-13
78. Cameron Cannon – Braxton Voisin              St Thomas More HS                     0
Day 1: 1   02-12   Total:   1  02-12
79. Hannah Robertson – Brennan Cummings          Denham Springs High School            0
Day 1: 2   02-10   Total:   2  02-10
80. Cullin Liner – Ezra Patureau                 Morgan city highschool                0
Day 1: 1   02-09   Total:   1  02-09
80. Hayden Mckenzie – Jayden Ragusa              Walker High School                    0
Day 1: 1   02-09   Total:   1  02-09
82. Morgan Babin – Brooke Stroughter             Denham Springs High School            0
Day 1: 1   02-08   Total:   1  02-08
83. Brentyn Wheat – Cody Georgel                 Livingston Parish Bassmasters         0
Day 1: 1   02-05   Total:   1  02-05
84. Cecil Barton – Hunter Giroir                 West Feliciana                        0
Day 1: 1   02-03   Total:   1  02-03
84. Samuel Maturin – William Cramer              Terlings Catholic Broussard, LA       0
Day 1: 1   02-03   Total:   1  02-03
86. Brady Duncan – Mason Huddleston              Mt. Juliet High School                0
Day 1: 1   02-01   Total:   1  02-01
87. Joseph Cramer – Brett Garber                 Teurlings Catholic High School        0
Day 1: 1   02-00   Total:   1  02-00
88. Aaron Cherry – Hudson Choquette              Headland Bass Team                    0
Day 1: 1   01-15   Total:   1  01-15
89. Cooper Miller – Landon Sepulvado             Many High School                      0
Day 1: 1   01-14   Total:   1  01-14
90. Dylan Breaux – Gage Boquet                   Lafourche Bassmaster                  0
Day 1: 1   01-13   Total:   1  01-13
90. Logan Leblanc – Garrett Watts                Walker                                0
Day 1: 1   01-13   Total:   1  01-13
92. Dylan Melancon – Drake Carret                Teurlings Catholic High School        0
Day 1: 1   01-12   Total:   1  01-12
93. Chandler Bourgeois – Eli Fuselier            Ascension Anglers                     0
Day 1: 1   01-11   Total:   1  01-11
94. Michael Corlew – Archer Pangburn             West Feliciana                        0
Day 1: 1   01-09   Total:   1  01-09
95. Chase Mccarter – Garrett Hawkins             Sevier County High School             0
Day 1: 1   01-06   Total:   1  01-06
96. Matthew Guidry – Brandon Peschier            Teurlings Catholic High School        0
Day 1: 1   01-02   Total:   1  01-02
96. Logan Martin – Dylan Verret                  Patterson High                        0
Day 1: 1   01-02   Total:   1  01-02
98. Stone Adair – Jacob Cosenza                  Many High School                      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Matthew Arceneaux – Adam Theriot             West Feliciana                        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Landon Arceneaux – Brant Youngblood          Sulphur HS-LA                         0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Ethan Armstrong – Taylor Wilson              Walker High School                    0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Parker Ballard – Cory Sonnier                Barbe High School                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Tristan Beck – Colson Brust                  Carthage                              0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Austin Birdsong – Jd Hoyt                    Mount Juliet Fishing                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Alexander Blanchard – Noah Deshotel          assumption high school                0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Owen Boudreaux – Clayton Schmill             Thibodaux High School                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Thomas Bourque – Gabe Hogan                  Southside High School                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Lane Brown – Caden Birch                     Silliman Fishing                      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Jacob Bruener – Isaac Jones                  Douglas High School                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Ty Catalan – Noah Melancon                   St Thomas More                        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Kenneth Clark – Hunter Wallace               Harleton HS                           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. BJ Collins – Owen Jenkins                    Chatuge Anglers-NC                    0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Daymon Columbia – Brady Talbot               Live Oak High School                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Ethan Cortez – Chance Hebert                 Assumption High School                0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Jackson Crouch – Landon Miller               Souhtside High School                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Jacob Damron – Hunter Palmer                 Tullahoma City Schools                0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Joseph Dejean – Gavin Davis                  West Feliciana                        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Layton Dousay – Reid Kelly                   Silliman High School                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Lance Dragon – Laken Comeaux                 Walker High                           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Hunter Dugas – Cameron Wheatley              COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Matthew Elliott – Nathan Ellis               Central High School                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Gunner Ellis – Braxton Hill                  Silliman Fishing                      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Riley Falcon – Zack Clark                    Assumption High School                0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Brian Fontenot Jr – Michael Marks            Teurlings catholic high school        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Jayden Foster – Jett Watts                   franklin high school                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Brennan Fox – Colin King                     Marion High School- IL                0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Rebecca Gallien – Evan Baker                 Lakeview High School                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Lily Girouard – Sadie Guirdy                 Teurlings                             0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Kade Guidry – Buddy Leblanc                  Teurlings Catholic High School        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Logan Guy – Brennan Simoneaux                Central HS                            0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Brayten Harper – Corbin Sanders              Harleton HS                           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Landon Hotard – Brody Hulin                  Southside high                        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Trace Johnson – Blake Lundy                  East Hickman                          0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Cole Lacour – Trystan Ganey                  Ponchatoula High School               0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Aidan Landry – Evan Leboeuf                  Teurlings Catholic High School        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Victoria Lemmler – Emma Simon                Central High School                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Laney Leon – Connor Kuriger                  Ascension Anglers                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Noe Liles – Jake Sparks                      Fairhope HS                           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Dylan Mack – Parker Diamond                  Albany High School                    0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Reagan Martine –                             Ascension Anglers                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Colin McDaniel – Cade Nettles                North Desoto HS                       0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Kayden Meade – Benton Miller                 North DeSoto High School Fishing      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Branson Melancon – Ben Francis               Notre Dame High School                0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Jacob Meliet – Jobe Bourgeois                Ascension anglers                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Brody Metcalf – Colby Lindley                Harleton HS                           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Ethan Morgan – Ryan Craig                    Pineville High School                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Ridge Mullis – Garrison Palmer               Hillcrest High School- AL             0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Micah Murray – Brayden Davis                 albany high  school                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Dylan Nimrod – Collin Stephens               De Soto Bass Team- KS                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Tucker Pendergrass – Lucas Roberts           Livingston Academy                    0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Dylan Pennison – Cameron Migues              Assumption High School                0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. JW Prejean – Joshua Stockstill               teurlings catholic                    0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Cameron Pruitt – Dylan Meeks                 Casey County High School- KY          0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Hudson Reviere – Winston Frey                Notre Dame HS                         0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Laindree Richardson – Lucas Wielt            Benton Bass Fishing-IL                0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Levi Robinson – Kenton Thomas                Parkway Fishing Team                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Cooper Shaffett – Cade Warlock               Central High School                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Jaden Silas – Lane Harrell                   Denham springs freshman high          0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Dakota Skipper – Olivia Simpson              Silliman Fishing                      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Skylar Smith – Jacob White                   Mabank High School                    0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Colton Smith – Matthew Gallman               Parkway Fishing Team                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Cole Sposito – Seth Belanger                 H. L. Bourgeois                       0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Levi Sterling – Joshua Wallace               Franklin County                       0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Dakota Stewart – Scott Lemmler               Central High School                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Dylan Stokes – Keaton Mills                  Wilson Central High School- TN        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Gage Tate – Clayton Braddock                 West Feliciana                        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Alyssa Taylor – Reid Burns                   Walker Valley High School-TN          0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Levi Thibodaux – Holdyn Delatte              Lafourche Bassmaster                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Corey Vincent –                              SULPHUR HIGH                          0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Thompson Waddell – Ross Melancon             Silliman High School                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Savannah Walls – Keely Ana Strickland        Central High School                   0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Cambre Webb – Alan-Michael  Horne            Silliman Fishing                      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Tristan Welch – Jordan Gibson                Ascension Anglers                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
98. Noelle Wilkinson – Braxton Willis            Pineville High School                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
———————————————————————–
Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        25       277       627-12
———————————-
25       277       627-12

Florida pro Claims Fifth Career FLW Pro Victory, Wins $100,000

wpalert
-
0
Florida pro Claims Fifth Career FLW Pro Victory, Wins $100,000

Cox Goes Wire-to-Wire to Win Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Florida pro Claims Fifth Career FLW Pro Victory, Wins $100,000

[print_link]

 BROOKELAND, TEXAS (Jan. 26, 2020) – Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, already had an impressive resume – four career victories, two runner-up finishes in the FLW Angler of the Year race and the 2016 FLW Cup Championship. Sunday in Texas, Cox added another accolade to the FLW record books.

Cox weighed a five-bass limit totaling 12 pounds, 9 ounces to win with a wire-to-wire victory at the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Cox’s four-day total of 65-15 was enough to get the win by a 2-pound, 7-ounce margin and earn his fifth career victory in FLW pro-level competition. Each of those five victories have come from a different fishery and a different state.

“This was the best win I’ve ever had,” said Cox, who moved into a tie with David Dudley at No. 6 all-time with five career wins. “I usually start off the year pretty slow and get better through the season. To start the season with a win, I don’t even know what to say. I’m so thankful – this is just incredible.”

Cox caught all of his fish on the first two days of competition at one specific spot, making one specific cast with one specific bait. He described the area as a 3-foot high spot with a little bit of sand and rock with hydrilla all around it, right at the mouth of one of the best-known spawning creeks on Sam Rayburn.

“I had to make the same cast the entire time,” Cox said. “I could feel the crankbait come over their backs – it felt like logs – and then one would just smoke it.”

After mining the same spot for the first two days with a Berkley Frittside 5 Crankbait (Lone Ranger- and Ghost Morning Dawn-colored), the area fizzled on Saturday. Cox was forced to scramble for the final two days of competition, but in true John Cox-fashion he was able to find just enough weight to hang on and earn the win.

“The last two days have been the hardest that I’ve ever had to grind, ever, just to catch a limit,” Cox said. “Coming back to the weigh-in today, I thought I had blown it.”

Cox managed to scratch up limits on Saturday and Sunday throwing a Dirty Jigs swimjig with a black and blue Berkley Powerbait Maxscent Meaty Chunk and a Z-Man Original ChatterBait with a black and blue Berkley Powerbait Grass Pig. He also added two small keepers Sunday on an unnamed frog.

“The key was definitely the Frittside crankbait and catching all of them on that spot,” Cox went on to say. “I didn’t even own a crankbait rod until this year.”

Cox’s crankbait was thrown on a 7-foot, 6-inch Abu Garcia Veritas Winch rod paired with an Abu Garcia REVO EXD casting reel.

The top 10 pros on Sam Rayburn Reservoir finished:

1st:       John Cox of DeBary, Fla., 20 bass, 65-15, $100,000
2nd:      Tommy Dickerson of Orange, Texas, 20 bass, 63-8, $30,000
3rd:       Darold Gleason of Many, La., 20 bass, 62-14, $25,000
4th:       Corey Neece of Bristol, Tenn., 19 bass, 59-9, $20,000
5th:       Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich., 20 bass, 57-5, $19,000
6th:       Scott Dobson of Clarkston, Mich., 20 bass, 56-10, $18,000
7th:       Kerry Milner of Bono, Ark., 20 bass, 54-0, $17,500
8th:       Sam George of Athens, Ala., 17 bass, 52-13, $16,000
9th:       Alex Davis of Albertville, Ala., 20 bass, 52-12, $15,000
10th:     Jonathan Canada of Helena, Ala., 18 bass, 51-11, $14,000

Complete results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 44 bass weighing 108 pounds, 8 ounces caught by pros Sunday. Seven of the final 10 pros weighed in five-bass limits.

Television coverage of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir will premiere in the third quarter of 2020. The 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit will have 156 two-hour airings on network television, including 26 consecutive weeks of Friday night primetime airing on Outdoor Channel and 130 airings on Sportsman Channel for a total of 312 hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit programming.

The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir was hosted by the Jasper County Development District. The next event for FLW Pro Circuit anglers will be the FLW Pro Circuit at the Harris Chain of Lakes, Feb. 20-23, in Leesburg, Florida. The tournament will be hosted by Lake County, Florida.

In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit competition, the full field of 154 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to fish Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2020 FLW TITLE, the Pro Circuit Championship. The 2020 FLW TITLE will be on the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York, Aug. 8-13 and is hosted by the Town of Massena.

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

 

Cox Retains Lead at Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir

wpalert
-
0
Cox Retains Lead at Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Tennessee pro Corey Neece Catches 20 Pounds, 7 ounces to Close Gap, Set Up Dramatic Final Day Showdown

[print_link]

BROOKELAND, TEXAS (Jan. 25, 2020) – The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir has set the stage for another dramatic finale on Sunday – the top 10 is stacked with a former FLW Cup champion, a Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) All-American Champion and two semi-local anglers with a wealth of experience on Sam Rayburn – all in striking distance to win the tournament, and the top prize of $135,000.

Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, who has led the tournament the entire way, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 13 pounds, 3 ounces to retain his lead with a three-day total of 53-6.

Pro Corey Neece of Bristol, Tennessee, (52-10), who started the day in seventh place, vaulted into second after bringing in the largest limit of the day Saturday weighing 20-7. Darold Gleason of Many, Louisiana, (50-1), Alabama’s Sam George (46-3) and Tommy Dickerson of Orange, Texas, (45-8) round out the top five.

With just a 12-ounce cushion heading into the final day, Cox is ready to see how it all shakes out on Championship Sunday.

“I am honestly so thrilled to have caught 13 pounds today,” said Cox, who has four previous wins in FLW pro competition. “Nothing felt right. I pulled up to my magic spot and everything seemed okay – the wind was blowing a little bit from a different direction, but no big deal. I threw out there and caught a 12-incher and that was it. I tried to stay there and wait, but it just wasn’t happening.

“I ended up just running around until I saw something that looked good, then I’d stop and fish. I probably stopped 100 times, and about every 10th stop I’d catch something.”

Cox had caught his fish earlier this week on a Berkley Frittside crankbait, but when his main area fizzled he was forced to switch to a Z-Man ChatterBait to cover more water.

“I couldn’t really throw the crankbait today, because I was moving too fast,” Cox said. “I had the trolling motor on 100 and was always looking for my next cast.

“Nothing came on the same thing,” he continued. “One came off of an isolated stick. One came off of a laydown. One came on a rocky point. One came off of a drain in the back of a pocket. I got so lucky to catch what I did.”

The upside for Cox after Day Three was that he survived, and still has the lead going into the final day.

“I was looking at my past results and it really seemed like I bombed on a lot of Day Threes last year,” Cox went on to say. “I was thinking that I blew it again today and was going to drop to fifth or sixth and really have to get lucky and catch a big fish tomorrow. I still think I’ll need some big fish – Neece caught 20 (pounds) today and he’s on something magical – but I’m hoping my little area turns back on, and if it doesn’t we’ll scramble again and see what happens.”

The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition Sunday on Sam Rayburn Reservoir are:

1st:       John Cox of DeBary, Fla., 15 bass, 53-6
2nd:      Corey Neece of Bristol, Tenn., 10 bass, 52-10
3rd:       Darold Gleason of Many, La., 15 bass, 50-1
4th:       Sam George of Athens, Ala., 15 bass, 46-3
5th:       Tommy Dickerson of Orange, Texas, 15 bass, 45-8
6th:       Jonathan Canada of Helena, Ala., 15 bass, 45-8
7th:       Kerry Milner of Bono, Ark., 15 bass, 45-2
8th:       Scott Dobson of Clarkston, Mich., 15 bass, 43-8
9th:       Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich., 15 bass, 43-7
10th:     Alex Davis of Albertville, Ala., 15 bass, 43-4

Finishing in 11th through 30th are

11th:     Bill McDonald of Greenwood, Ind., 15 bass, 42-12, $11,000
12th:     Jake Ormond of Sterlington, La., 15 bass, 42-9, $11,000
13th:     Joshua Weaver of Macon, Ga., 15 bass, 42-4, $11,000
14th:     Mitch Crane of Columbus, Miss., 15 bass, 42-0, $11,000
15th:     Bradford Beavers of Summerville, S.C., 15 bass, 41-15, $11,000
16th:     Hunter Freeman of Monroe, La., 12 bass, 41-12, $11,000
17th:     Mike Surman of Boca Raton, Fla., 15 bass, 41-5, $11,000
18th:     Miles Burghoff of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., 15 bass, 41-3, $11,000
19th:     Grae Buck of Harleysville, Pa., 15 bass, 41-2, $11,500
20th:     Matt Becker of Finleyville, Pa., 15 bass, 40-3, $11,000
21st:     Greg Bohannan of Bentonville, Ark., 13 bass, 38-7, $10,500
22nd:    Jeff Dobson of Bartlesville, Okla., 15 bass, 37-12, $10,500
23rd:     Chris McCall of Palmer, Texas, 14 bass, 37-9, $10,500
24th:     Tim Frederick of Leesburg, Fla., 13 bass, 37-0, $10,500
25th:     Miles Howe of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., 13 bass, 36-12, $10,500
26th:     Tyler Stewart of West Monroe, La., 15 bass, 35-15, $10,500
27th:     Mark Fisher of Wauconda, Ill., 15 bass, 35-10, $10,500
28th:     Spencer Shuffield of Hot Springs, Ark., 15 bass, 34-0, $10,500
29th:     Scott Ashmore of Broken Arrow, Okla., 13 bass, 32-14, $10,500
30th:     Joey Cifuentes of Clinton, Ark., 13 bass, 32-3, $10,500

Full results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 138 bass weighing 354 pounds, 14 ounces, caught by pros Saturday. Of the final 30 pros, 23 of them were able to bring a five-bass limit to the scale.

In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit competition, the full field of 154 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Now, only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir is hosted by the Jasper County Development District.

The final 10 anglers will take off at 7:30 a.m. CST Sunday from the Umphrey Family Pavilion, located at 5438 Sam Rayburn Parkway, in Brookeland. Sunday’s championship weigh-in will be held at the pavilion, beginning at 4 p.m.

Television coverage of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir will premiere in 2020. The 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit will have 156 two-hour airings on network television, including 26 consecutive weeks of Friday night primetime airing on Outdoor Channel and 130 airings on Sportsman Channel for a total of 312 hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit programming.

The popular FLW Live on-the-water broadcast will air Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran is joined by former FLW pro Todd Hollowell to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The on-the-water broadcast will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.

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

Bethel Dynasty Grows With Victory At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend

wpalert
-
0
Bethel Dynasty Grows With Victory At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend
Cody Huff and Dakota Pierce of Bethel University won the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Toledo Bend presented by Bass Pro Shops with a three-day total of 60 pounds, 7 ounces.

                                                                                                                                                        Photo by Ronnie Moore/B.A.S.S.

January 25, 2020

Bethel Dynasty Grows With Victory At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend

[print_link]

MANY, La. — Cody Huff and Dakota Pierce finished what they started and clinched a wire-to-wire victory on Saturday in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Toledo Bend presented by Bass Pro Shops.

The duo from Tennessee’s Bethel University bagged another five-bass limit, weighing a tournament-high 20 pounds, 15 ounces. That gave them a three-day total of 60-7 and sealed a convincing victory at this famed 185,000-acre reservoir on the Louisiana/Texas border.

Huff and Pierce earned more than $3,000 for the Bethel bass fishing team with the win. They also earned a spot in the College Series National Championship, which is scheduled for later this year at a date and location to be determined.

“This is awesome,” Pierce said, still clutching his tournament title trophy. “We went out there and worked our butts off all week to do it. It wasn’t easy.”

They made it look easy, though, after grabbing the lead with a 19-11 limit on Thursday and following with a 19-13 bag a day later. That gave them nearly a 4-pound cushion over the 11 other teams that survived Friday’s cut. Their final margin of victory was an impressive 6-7.

There were no giants among the 15 bass Huff and Pierce weighed this week. Instead, they relied on a steady stream of 3 1/2- to 4 1/2 -pound largemouth.

“(We’ll take those) any day of the week, any week of the year,” Huff said.

The Bethel duo targeted larger ditches and channel swings where baitfish were concentrated all week. Their best bites came during the afternoons in 20 to 60 feet of water.

“We caught them on jigging spoons,” Pierce said. “There wasn’t much to it, we just had to get it down there quick. Those fish are always moving and following shad. All we had to do was get it in front of their face.”

The win continues a tremendous run for Huff, who now has led on six consecutive days in Bassmaster tournaments. He previously won all three of his matches in the Bassmaster College Series Classic Bracket event on Tennessee’s Watts Bar Lake last August, and that qualified him for the 2020 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk which will take place March 6-8 on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville.

Huff said it wasn’t difficult to maintain focus at Toledo Bend, despite the fact he’ll compete in the biggest bass tournament in the world in six weeks.

“Everything’s just one week at a time right now,” he said. “I’m just going fishing and enjoying the year while it’s here.”

Huff and Pierce are both 22-year-old seniors, and they grew up together in Ava, Mo., which is five hours from McKenzie, Tenn., where Bethel is located. They credited the program’s culture of success and said they’ve become better anglers since enrolling at the school

“It’s cool to be around a bunch of guys who know what they’re doing,” Pierce said.

Brett Clark and Cody Ross of East Texas Baptist placed second with 54-0, and the Kent State duo of Tanner Ward and Rory Franks were third with 53-12.

In all, 248 teams from 26 states entered the tournament, and the Top 12 tandems split a total purse of $10,625 for their school fishing teams. The top 25 pairs in the standings advanced to nationals.

Stevie Mills and Baylor Howell of Bethel won the $500 Carhartt Big Bass Award for the 7-8 largemouth they caught on Thursday. Huff and Pierce won the Bass Pro Shops/Nitro Boats Big Bag Award and the $250 in merchandise that goes with it for having the biggest bag of the tournament (the 20-15 limit on Saturday.)

The Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Toledo Bend presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors will take place Sunday, as will the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster Junior Series event. Takeoff for both fields is set for 7 a.m. CT at Cypress Bend Park. Juniors will weigh in back at the park at 1:30 p.m., with the high school anglers scheduled for 3 p.m.

All three tournaments are presented by the Louisiana Office of Tourism, Toledo Bend Lake Country, the Sabine River Authority, Desoto Parish Tourist Commission and the Vernon Parish Tourist Commission.

2020 Tour Stop Toledo Bend Reservoir 1/23-1/25
Toledo Bend Reservoir, Many  LA.
(BOATER) Standings Day 3

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Cody Huff – Dakota Pierce                    Bethel University                   250
Day 1: 5   19-11     Day 2: 5   19-13     Day 3: 5   20-15   Total:  15  60-07
2.  Brett Clark – Cody Ross                      East Texas  Baptist University      249
Day 1: 5   16-11     Day 2: 5   19-00     Day 3: 5   18-05   Total:  15  54-00
3.  Tanner Ward – Rory Franks                    Kent State University               248
Day 1: 5   17-10     Day 2: 5   15-08     Day 3: 5   20-10   Total:  15  53-12
4.  Thaddeus Simerly – Ethan Shaw                Bryan College                       247
Day 1: 5   18-13     Day 2: 5   12-02     Day 3: 5   18-00   Total:  15  48-15
5.  Ty Cox – Fisher Overton                      Blue Mountain College               246
Day 1: 5   17-01     Day 2: 5   16-00     Day 3: 5   12-01   Total:  15  45-02
6.  Austin Carr – Justin Carr                    Illinois State University           245
Day 1: 5   14-15     Day 2: 5   16-05     Day 3: 5   11-13   Total:  15  43-01
7.  Brett Fregia – Jack Tindell                  Lamar State College Orange          244
Day 1: 5   16-14     Day 2: 5   13-10     Day 3: 5   12-02   Total:  15  42-10
8.  Charles Norris – Braxton Resweber            University of Louisiana at LaFay    243
Day 1: 5   16-02     Day 2: 5   18-04     Day 3: 4   07-10   Total:  14  42-00
9.  Griffin Phillips – Ethan King                University of Montevallo            242
Day 1: 5   13-12     Day 2: 5   15-13     Day 3: 5   12-00   Total:  15  41-09
10. Grant Lesage – Zach Davis                    Southeastern Louisiana Universit    241
Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 5   17-06     Day 3: 5   10-01   Total:  15  40-14
11. Jacob Pfundt – Emil Wagner                   Ole Miss                            240
Day 1: 5   15-10     Day 2: 5   15-03     Day 3: 4   07-15   Total:  14  38-12
12. Austin Smith – Maddux Walters                Carson Newman                       239
Day 1: 4   15-05     Day 2: 4   14-12     Day 3: 2   03-07   Total:  10  33-08
13. Cole Sands – Conner Dimauro                  Bryan College- TN                   238
Day 1: 5   15-12     Day 2: 5   13-10   Total:  10  29-06
14. Boone Faulkner – Nikolas Beckstein           Mississippi State                   237
Day 1: 5   16-11     Day 2: 5   12-05   Total:  10  29-00
15. Jack York – Samuel Harrison                  stephen f austin state universit    236
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   12-02   Total:  10  28-09
16. James Willoughby – Chance Schwartz           University of Montevallo            235
Day 1: 4   12-03     Day 2: 5   16-00   Total:   9  28-03
17. Adam Carroll – Justin Barnes                 University of Montevallo            234
Day 1: 5   15-13     Day 2: 5   12-06   Total:  10  28-03
18. Chase Mundhenke – Blake Milligan             Auburn                              233
Day 1: 5   11-12     Day 2: 5   15-12   Total:  10  27-08
19. Wesley Pennington – Austin Mize              University of North Alabama         232
Day 1: 5   12-12     Day 2: 5   14-10   Total:  10  27-06
20. Zeke Gossett – Lucas Smith                   Jacksonville State                  231
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   15-02   Total:  10  27-02
21. Tommy Sendek – Tyler Turk                    Grand Canyon university             230
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 5   15-10   Total:  10  26-15
22. Jarred Jones – Logan Tate                    Jacksonville State University       229
Day 1: 5   15-09     Day 2: 5   11-01   Total:  10  26-10
23. Cole Breeden – Cameron Smith                 Drury University                    228
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 5   14-12   Total:  10  26-05
24. Kyle Everett – John Higginbotham             LA Tech                             227
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   14-03   Total:  10  26-03
25. Jake Maddux – Chace Gregory                  Southern Union                      226
Day 1: 5   13-14     Day 2: 5   12-05   Total:  10  26-03
———————————————————————–
Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1       100       772      1924-11
2        70       587      1438-04
3         9        55       154-15
———————————-
179      1414      3517-14

Blade Baits Vs Spoons: A Winter Fishing Battle Royale – MTB

wpalert
-
0
Blade Baits Vs Spoons: A Winter Fishing Battle Royale – MTB

Blade Baits Vs Spoons: A Winter Fishing Battle Royale

[print_link]

When the water dips below the 40-degree mark, there are few better lure options than a blade bait or spoon. Knowing the difference between these two Winter fishing staples will help you put more fish in the boat.

Watch along as our boy SB Fishing breaks down his favorite ways to fish a blade bait and spoon.

How To Fish Blade Baits & Spoons For Lethargic Winter Bass w/ SBFishingTV!

Load Up On Winter Fishing Lures

Karl’s Bait And Tackle is home to all of the classic winter fishing baits. Stock up on spoons, blade baits, jigging raps, and more. All at a discounted price!

Blade Bait Vs Spoon
Shop Blade Baits And Spoons
Blade Bait Vs Spoon - Death Stalker
Unlike your standard blade bait, the Death Stalker comes with a trailing willow blade, providing added flash and action.
Shop The 10,000 Fish Death Stalker

Follow SB Fishing For More Fishing Hacks!

Blade Bait Vs Spoon SB Fishing
Follow SB Fishing On InstagramSubscribe To SB Fishing On YouTube

Bethel’s Huff And Pierce Maintain Lead At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend

wpalert
-
0
Bethel’s Huff And Pierce Maintain Lead At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend
Cody Huff and Dakota Pierce of Bethel University extended their lead on Day 2 of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Toledo Bend presented by Bass Pro Shops with a two-day total of 39 pounds, 8 ounces.

                                                                                                                                                          Photo by Ronnie Moore/B.A.S.S.

January 24, 2020

Bethel’s Huff And Pierce Maintain Lead At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend
[print_link]

MANY, La. — The weather changed dramatically on Friday, but Cody Huff and Dakota Pierce remained consistent on Day 2 of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Toledo Bend presented by Bass Pro Shops.

The duo from Tennessee’s Bethel University caught a limit of five bass that weighed 19 pounds, 13 ounces and maintained their lead with a two-day mark of 39-8.

Huff and Pierce have nearly a 4-pound lead on their closest competitors heading into the tournament’s third and final day. The Top 12 remaining teams from the original field of 248 will compete for the championship on Saturday.

Huff and Pierce were confident the shift from Thursday’s rain to Friday’s sunshine would not affect the quality of their bites, and they were right. Their Friday bag was the heaviest of the tournament to date, and the bulk of it came from the same general area where they staked their Day 1 lead with a limit that weighed 19-11.

The bass they’re weighing at Cypress Bend Park have been consistently in the 3- to 4-pound range.

“The sun helped our bite a lot today,” Huff said. “We didn’t have to lean on them at all. A lot more fish moved into the area we’ve been fishing. Hopefully that’s the same deal tomorrow.”

The Bethel tandem hasn’t said much about its strategy this week, but both Huff and Pierce acknowledge they’re covering a lot of water on the vast 180,000-acre fishery that straddles the Louisiana/Texas border. They said a strong wind would be the only thing that might prevent them from maneuvering as frequently as they have during the first two days.

“It’s just a mixture of the right depth, the right bait and the right bottom contours,” Huff said. “It’s kind of a special spot.”

Huff has been finding plenty of those recently. He won the Bassmaster College Series Classic Bracket event last fall and qualified for the 2020 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, which is scheduled for March 6-8 on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville with weigh-ins taking place in nearby Birmingham.

That is the biggest tournament in professional bass fishing, but Huff is focused on nothing right now but winning this week on Toledo Bend.

“I think we can go do the exact same thing (tomorrow) we did today,” he said.

Pierce agreed, and said he’s not feeling pressure with a tournament title within reach.

“We’re from the same hometown (Ava, Mo.) and have been fishing together our whole lives,” he said. “Tomorrow is just another day.”

Behind Huff and Pierce are Brett Clark and Cody Ross of East Texas Baptist University in second place with 35-11. Charles Norris and Braxton Resweber of Louisiana-Lafayette are third with 34-6.

Schools from 26 different states were represented this week in the first Bassmaster College Series tournament of the year. Additional College Series tournaments are scheduled for Feb. 27-29 on Smith Lake in Alabama, March 26-28 on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina and May 6-8 on Lake Cumberland in Kentucky.

The Series championship will follow, with the date and location of that derby yet to be disclosed. The Top 25 teams from this week’s event will qualify for the championship.

Stevie Mills and Baylor Howell of Bethel kept the lead for the Carhartt Big Bass Award with the 7-8 largemouth they caught on Thursday. Huff and Pierce lead for the Bass Pro Shops/Nitro Boats Big Bag Award with their limit on Friday.

The Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Toledo Bend presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors will take place Sunday, as will the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster Junior Series event.

All three events are presented by the Louisiana Office of Tourism, Toledo Bend Lake Country, the Sabine River Authority, Desoto Parish Tourist Commission and the Vernon Parish Tourist Commission.

Saturday’s action begins with a 7 a.m. CT takeoff from Cypress Bend Park. Weigh-in will be back at the park at 3 p.m.

2020 Tour Stop Toledo Bend Reservoir 1/23-1/25
Toledo Bend Reservoir, Many  LA.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Cody Huff – Dakota Pierce                    Bethel University                   250
Day 1: 5   19-11     Day 2: 5   19-13   Total:  10  39-08
2.  Brett Clark – Cody Ross                      East Texas  Baptist University      249
Day 1: 5   16-11     Day 2: 5   19-00   Total:  10  35-11
3.  Charles Norris – Braxton Resweber            University of Louisiana at LaFay    248
Day 1: 5   16-02     Day 2: 5   18-04   Total:  10  34-06
4.  Tanner Ward – Rory Franks                    Kent State University               247
Day 1: 5   17-10     Day 2: 5   15-08   Total:  10  33-02
5.  Ty Cox – Fisher Overton                      Blue Mountain College               246
Day 1: 5   17-01     Day 2: 5   16-00   Total:  10  33-01
6.  Austin Carr – Justin Carr                    Illinois State University           245
Day 1: 5   14-15     Day 2: 5   16-05   Total:  10  31-04
7.  Thaddeus Simerly – Ethan Shaw                Bryan College                       244
Day 1: 5   18-13     Day 2: 5   12-02   Total:  10  30-15
8.  Grant Lesage – Zach Davis                    Southeastern Louisiana Universit    243
Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 5   17-06   Total:  10  30-13
9.  Jacob Pfundt – Emil Wagner                   Ole Miss                            242
Day 1: 5   15-10     Day 2: 5   15-03   Total:  10  30-13
10. Brett Fregia – Jack Tindell                  Lamar State College Orange          241
Day 1: 5   16-14     Day 2: 5   13-10   Total:  10  30-08
11. Austin Smith – Maddux Walters                Carson Newman                       240
Day 1: 4   15-05     Day 2: 4   14-12   Total:   8  30-01
12. Griffin Phillips – Ethan King                University of Montevallo            239
Day 1: 5   13-12     Day 2: 5   15-13   Total:  10  29-09
13. Cole Sands – Conner Dimauro                  Bryan College- TN                   238
Day 1: 5   15-12     Day 2: 5   13-10   Total:  10  29-06
14. Boone Faulkner – Nikolas Beckstein           Mississippi State                   237
Day 1: 5   16-11     Day 2: 5   12-05   Total:  10  29-00
15. Jack York – Samuel Harrison                  stephen f austin state universit    236
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   12-02   Total:  10  28-09
16. James Willoughby – Chance Schwartz           University of Montevallo            235
Day 1: 4   12-03     Day 2: 5   16-00   Total:   9  28-03
17. Adam Carroll – Justin Barnes                 University of Montevallo            234
Day 1: 5   15-13     Day 2: 5   12-06   Total:  10  28-03
18. Chase Mundhenke – Blake Milligan             Auburn                              233
Day 1: 5   11-12     Day 2: 5   15-12   Total:  10  27-08
19. Wesley Pennington – Austin Mize              University of North Alabama         232
Day 1: 5   12-12     Day 2: 5   14-10   Total:  10  27-06
20. Zeke Gossett – Lucas Smith                   Jacksonville State                  231
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   15-02   Total:  10  27-02
21. Tommy Sendek – Tyler Turk                    Grand Canyon university             230
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 5   15-10   Total:  10  26-15
22. Jarred Jones – Logan Tate                    Jacksonville State University       229
Day 1: 5   15-09     Day 2: 5   11-01   Total:  10  26-10
23. Cole Breeden – Cameron Smith                 Drury University                    228
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 5   14-12   Total:  10  26-05
24. Kyle Everett – John Higginbotham             LA Tech                             227
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   14-03   Total:  10  26-03
25. Jake Maddux – Chace Gregory                  Southern Union                      226
Day 1: 5   13-14     Day 2: 5   12-05   Total:  10  26-03
26. Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson               MINNESOTA STATE MANKATO             225
Day 1: 5   09-03     Day 2: 5   16-15   Total:  10  26-02
27. Cody Barchenger – Alexander Chambers         Stephen F Austin State Universit    224
Day 1: 5   11-08     Day 2: 5   14-10   Total:  10  26-02
28. Trey Schroeder – Tyler Christy               McKendree University                223
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 5   12-00   Total:  10  26-02
29. Philip Hilton – Baylor Whitfield             Mississippi State University        222
Day 1: 5   12-03     Day 2: 5   13-15   Total:  10  26-02
30. Brad Hamilton – Gavin Clayton                University of Wisconsin- Stevens    221
Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 5   12-08   Total:  10  25-15
31. Hayden Gaddis – Ben Cully                    Carson Newman                       220
Day 1: 5   15-03     Day 2: 5   10-11   Total:  10  25-14
32. Conner Choate – Hunter DeSplinter            University of Wisconsin – Platte    219
Day 1: 5   15-08     Day 2: 4   10-04   Total:   9  25-12
33. Tristan McCormick – Nathon Portch            Bethel University                   218
Day 1: 5   15-06     Day 2: 5   10-05   Total:  10  25-11
34. Jack Dice –                                  LIBERTY UNIVERSITY                  217
Day 1: 5   14-14     Day 2: 5   10-10   Total:  10  25-08
35. Stevie Mills – Baylor Howell                 Bethel University                   216
Day 1: 5   17-05     Day 2: 4   07-15   Total:   9  25-04
36. Casey Lanier – Nolan Minor                   West Virginia University            215
Day 1: 5   11-11     Day 2: 5   13-07   Total:  10  25-02
37. Cade Rudiger – Cooper Thor                   Stephen F. Austin University        214
Day 1: 5   15-00     Day 2: 4   09-14   Total:   9  24-14
38. Bryant Marsh – Jacob Phillips                Blue Mountain College               213
Day 1: 5   10-15     Day 2: 5   13-12   Total:  10  24-11
39. Hunter Baird – Jack Rankin                   CapDrury University                 212
Day 1: 5   13-08     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:  10  24-11
40. Luke Lamb – Wilson Smith                     Bethel University                   211
Day 1: 5   13-02     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:  10  24-05
41. John Pearson – Knox Daniels                  GCSU                                210
Day 1: 4   11-13     Day 2: 5   12-08   Total:   9  24-05
42. Andrew Fisher – Bennett Kudder               Bryan College                       209
Day 1: 4   14-08     Day 2: 4   09-07   Total:   8  23-15
43. Jake Lee – Mason Cizek                       Bryan College                       208
Day 1: 4   07-13     Day 2: 5   15-11   Total:   9  23-08
44. Trent Stafford – Justin Tatum                Tarleton State University           207
Day 1: 5   11-10     Day 2: 5   11-14   Total:  10  23-08
45. Rob Lindsey – Christian Wright               bryan college                       206
Day 1: 5   12-11     Day 2: 5   10-12   Total:  10  23-07
46. Bradley Winkel – Kuba Jantczak               University of Wisconsin-Plattevi    205
Day 1: 5   13-05     Day 2: 4   10-01   Total:   9  23-06
47. Tyler Vanbrandt – Brayden Federer            Adrian College                      204
Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 4   08-11   Total:   9  23-04
48. Will Brown – William Nichols                 Jacksonville State University       203
Day 1: 5   16-05     Day 2: 4   06-14   Total:   9  23-03
49. Robert Cruvellier – Chase Clarke             Auburn University                   202
Day 1: 5   15-09     Day 2: 3   07-08   Total:   8  23-01
50. Jackson Gillaspie – Johndalton Miller        Snead State Community College       201
Day 1: 5   13-08     Day 2: 5   09-09   Total:  10  23-01
51. Brady Rufenacht – Jacob Ely                  University of Wisconsin- Plattev    200
Day 1: 5   13-05     Day 2: 4   09-12   Total:   9  23-01
52. Trevor McKinney – Blake Jackson              McKendree University                199
Day 1: 5   13-05     Day 2: 3   09-07   Total:   8  22-12
53. Cade Fortenberry – Cameron Gautreau          Nicholls State University           198
Day 1: 5   10-14     Day 2: 5   11-14   Total:  10  22-12
54. Miller Spivey – Trey Dickert                 University of Montevallo            197
Day 1: 5   09-13     Day 2: 5   12-07   Total:  10  22-04
55. River Lee – Hunter Muncrief                  Stephen F. Austin State Universi    196
Day 1: 5   11-02     Day 2: 4   10-09   Total:   9  21-11
56. Jacob Frazier – Griffin Heffington           Carson-Newman University            195
Day 1: 5   10-09     Day 2: 5   10-14   Total:  10  21-07
57. Carter Henderson – Connor Whisenant          Texas A&M University- TX            194
Day 1: 5   15-13     Day 2: 3   05-05   Total:   8  21-02
58. Drew Elrod – Luke Byerly                     University of Tennessee             193
Day 1: 4   09-08     Day 2: 5   11-10   Total:   9  21-02
59. Jake Biram – Rhett Meyer                     Oklahoma State University             0
Day 1: 5   09-15     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:  10  21-02
60. Jared Turnbloom – Jake Turnbloom             University of Alabama               191
Day 1: 5   11-07     Day 2: 5   09-10   Total:  10  21-01
61. Tyler Lubbat – Calvin Landsberg              University of Alabama               190
Day 1: 5   14-08     Day 2: 3   06-05   Total:   8  20-13
62. Jacob Keith – Kaden Proffitt                 East Texas  Baptist University      189
Day 1: 3   07-05     Day 2: 5   13-07   Total:   8  20-12
63. Colin Slentz – Evan Slentz                   Lander University                   188
Day 1: 5   08-11     Day 2: 5   12-00   Total:  10  20-11
64. Nolan Yeager – Ethan LeGare                  Stephen F. Austin State Universi    187
Day 1: 5   16-01     Day 2: 2   04-09   Total:   7  20-10
65. Reagan Nelson – Cody Rayburn                 Tarleton State University           186
Day 1: 5   13-14     Day 2: 3   06-12   Total:   8  20-10
66. Rudolph Worley – John Nowlin                 Blue Mountain College- MS           185
Day 1: 5   10-15     Day 2: 3   09-10   Total:   8  20-09
67. Cody Griffith – James Cobbs                  Auburn Anglers                      184
Day 1: 4   10-10     Day 2: 5   09-15   Total:   9  20-09
68. Jacob Klicman – Zachary Asher                Kent State University               183
Day 1: 5   10-09     Day 2: 5   09-14   Total:  10  20-07
69. Luke Mason – Justin Lane                     University of North Alabama         182
Day 1: 4   06-00     Day 2: 5   14-06   Total:   9  20-06
70. Gl  Compton – Matthew Sprouse                Clemson University                  181
Day 1: 1   04-01     Day 2: 5   16-04   Total:   6  20-05
71. Brock Lederman – Dakota Koepp                University of Wisconsin- Stevens    180
Day 1: 3   10-14     Day 2: 5   09-05   Total:   8  20-03
72. David Dueland – Brayden Martin               Wallace state                       179
Day 1: 5   14-05     Day 2: 1   05-03   Total:   6  19-08
73. Clay Tresler –                               Northwest Arkansas Community Col    178
Day 1: 5   12-05     Day 2: 4   07-03   Total:   9  19-08
74. Louis Monetti –                              UNC-Charlotte                       177
Day 1: 5   15-04     Day 2: 2   03-12   Total:   7  19-00
75. Lucas Lindsay – Logan Parks                  Auburn University                   176
Day 1: 3   07-15     Day 2: 4   11-01   Total:   7  19-00
76. Ryan Wood – Jacob Witkowski                  Dallas Baptist University           175
Day 1: 5   15-01     Day 2: 2   03-12   Total:   7  18-13
77. Luke Glasgow – Carlos Welch                  Itawamba Community College          174
Day 1: 5   09-13     Day 2: 4   09-00   Total:   9  18-13
78. Brady Harp – Jordan McCaleb                  Auburn University                   173
Day 1: 5   13-09     Day 2: 3   05-03   Total:   8  18-12
79. Garrett McWilliams – Jacob Westerfield       Hinds community college             172
Day 1: 5   12-07     Day 2: 2   06-05   Total:   7  18-12
80. Spencer Fair – Kasey Sanders                 SAM HOUSTON                         171
Day 1: 5   12-01     Day 2: 3   06-08   Total:   8  18-09
81. Kyler Waisner – Tyler Bartlett               University of Central Missouri      170
Day 1: 5   10-04     Day 2: 3   08-05   Total:   8  18-09
82. Hunter Bailey – Jr Young                     Jacksonville State University       169
Day 1: 3   08-06     Day 2: 5   10-01   Total:   8  18-07
83. Joshua Gruen – Seth Korb                     University of Wisconsin- Plattev    168
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 3   05-12   Total:   8  18-06
84. Garret Sanders – Owen Kuhn                   Florida State University            167
Day 1: 4   10-04     Day 2: 4   08-00   Total:   8  18-04
85. Blayde Dill – Jordon Leahy                   University of Alabama               166
Day 1: 5   14-05     Day 2: 1   03-14   Total:   6  18-03
86. Joshua DeKoning – Aaron Jagdfeld             Adrian College                      165
Day 1: 4   08-05     Day 2: 5   09-13   Total:   9  18-02
87. Grant Pietsch – Hayes Strickland             Texas A&M University                164
Day 1: 3   08-08     Day 2: 4   09-10   Total:   7  18-02
88. Andre Adams – Hayden Pinho                   University of Louisiana, Lafayet    163
Day 1: 4   12-00     Day 2: 2   05-15   Total:   6  17-15
89. Landon Chanclor – Michael Strickland         University of Georgia               162
Day 1: 2   06-13     Day 2: 5   11-00   Total:   7  17-13
90. Noah Ziadie – Reese Kingston                 Brewton-Parker College              161
Day 1: 5   13-01     Day 2: 3   04-09   Total:   8  17-10
91. Nick Montilino – Chris Armstrong             Murray State University             160
Day 1: 3   07-07     Day 2: 5   10-03   Total:   8  17-10
92. Jackson Staib – Thomas Millraney             Bethel University                   159
Day 1: 4   09-11     Day 2: 3   07-15   Total:   7  17-10
93. Atom Ward – Gavin Lagle                      Indiana University Southeast        158
Day 1: 5   10-04     Day 2: 3   07-05   Total:   8  17-09
94. Trevor Jarreau – Branson Ackman              Nicholls State                      157
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 2   06-03   Total:   7  17-08
95. Reid Strobl – Samuel Scott                   Dallas Baptist University- TX       156
Day 1: 5   11-00     Day 2: 3   06-04   Total:   8  17-04
96. Cameron Loveless – Brian Arabie              Texas A and M                       155
Day 1: 4   10-11     Day 2: 3   06-07   Total:   7  17-02
97. Lawson Graves – Cameron Glasscock            Wallace State College               154
Day 1: 5   09-00     Day 2: 5   08-01   Total:  10  17-01
98. Bailey Bleser – Nathan Doty                  Mckendree University                153
Day 1: 5   12-03     Day 2: 2   04-05   Total:   7  16-08
99. Payton Rea – Jacob Swerdloff                 University of Arkansas              152
Day 1: 3   08-06     Day 2: 4   08-02   Total:   7  16-08
100. Steven Corvin – Ross Spina                   Jefferson State Community Colleg    151
Day 1: 5   10-14     Day 2: 3   05-03   Total:   8  16-01
101. Noah Boyett – Ty Garlington                  University of Arkansas- AR          150
Day 1: 2   04-06     Day 2: 5   11-09   Total:   7  15-15
102. Owen Dimaio – Sean Clayton                   Clemson University                  149
Day 1: 5   09-11     Day 2: 3   06-04   Total:   8  15-15
103. Blake Spradlin – William Phillips            Auburn University                   148
Day 1: 4   07-10     Day 2: 5   08-05   Total:   9  15-15
104. Denver Satterlee – Jacob Schrimsher          Calhoun Community College           147
Day 1: 2   03-05     Day 2: 4   12-05   Total:   6  15-10
105. Jacob Andrews – Taylor Kolb                  ULM                                 146
Day 1: 4   08-15     Day 2: 2   06-11   Total:   6  15-10
106. Mitch Moore – Colt Oliver                    Texas A&M University                145
Day 1: 2   03-10     Day 2: 5   11-06   Total:   7  15-00
107. Nathan Ragsdale – Joshua Bennett             University of Georgia               144
Day 1: 3   05-10     Day 2: 5   09-01   Total:   8  14-11
108. Chris Carnes – Noah Shaver                   UNC-Charlotte                       143
Day 1: 1   02-11     Day 2: 5   11-12   Total:   6  14-07
109. Jacob Harris – Nicholas Moore                Southeast Missouri State Univers    142
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   14-04   Total:   5  14-04
110. Cannon Bird – Cameron Tullis                 East Texas Baptist University       141
Day 1: 2   04-07     Day 2: 5   09-10   Total:   7  14-01
111. Drew Pridgen – Kaleb Brown                   Lander University                   140
Day 1: 5   10-06     Day 2: 2   03-10   Total:   7  14-00
112. Alden Keel Jr – Taylor Owens                 Blue Mountain College               139
Day 1: 5   12-04     Day 2: 1   01-11   Total:   6  13-15
113. Salvador Garcia – Reese Jones                Northwest Arkansas Community Col    138
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  13-11
114. Patrick Pelt – Anthony Vintson               Auburn University                   137
Day 1: 5   10-05     Day 2: 1   03-04   Total:   6  13-09
115. Kayden Tanner – Wyatt Young                  Tarleton State                      136
Day 1: 5   10-03     Day 2: 2   03-06   Total:   7  13-09
116. Dalton Combs – Lee Lambrecht                 Drury University- MO                135
Day 1: 2   09-04     Day 2: 2   04-03   Total:   4  13-07
117. Colson Ginger – Andrew Launikitis            Texas A&M University                134
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   13-04   Total:   5  13-04
118. Hunter Tolbert – John Day                    WALLACE STATE                       133
Day 1: 3   07-04     Day 2: 3   05-12   Total:   6  13-00
119. Bo Adams – Jeremy Tolle                      North Eastern State                 132
Day 1: 3   09-12     Day 2: 2   02-15   Total:   5  12-11
120. Calan Cameron –                              Stephan F Austin                    131
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  12-10
121. Max Schweikert – Mason Phillpotts            Grand Valley State University       130
Day 1: 4   09-13     Day 2: 1   02-10   Total:   5  12-07
122. Logan Stewart – Donzae Patrick               Sam Houston State University        129
Day 1: 5   09-10     Day 2: 1   02-11   Total:   6  12-05
123. Carter Carlton – Garrett Spencer             Northwest Arkansas Community Col    128
Day 1: 5   12-03     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  12-03
124. Cody Ulbricht – Andrew Heppe                 Kent State                          127
Day 1: 4   05-15     Day 2: 3   05-13   Total:   7  11-12
125. Jason Lau – Samuel Climer                    Tarleton State                      126
Day 1: 4   09-06     Day 2: 1   02-05   Total:   5  11-11
126. Connor Jacob – Sam Smith                     Auburn University                   125
Day 1: 3   05-10     Day 2: 3   06-01   Total:   6  11-11
127. Gage Griffin –                               University of Wisconsin La Cross    124
Day 1: 5   11-10     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  11-10
128. Liam West – Hunter Bond                      Clemson University                  123
Day 1: 5   11-09     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  11-09
129. Connor Nimrod – Morgan Jaladin               University of Louisiana Monroe      122
Day 1: 5   11-08     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  11-08
130. Jay Shipp – Zack Phillips                    Central alabama community colleg    121
Day 1: 4   11-08     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   4  11-08
131. Jayce Garrison – Mason Hoke                  Sam Houston State                   120
Day 1: 5   11-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  11-07
131. Mason Waddell – Cal Culpepper                University of Montevallo            120
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   11-07   Total:   5  11-07
133. Steve Niemi Jr –                             University of Wisconsin Stevens     118
Day 1: 2   02-15     Day 2: 5   08-08   Total:   7  11-07
134. Anthony Fazio – Caleb Jacob                  Illinois State University           117
Day 1: 4   11-06     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   4  11-06
135. Blake Castleberry – Garrett Moss             Sam Houston State University        116
Day 1: 4   08-05     Day 2: 1   02-15   Total:   5  11-04
136. Justin Shelton – Logan Slaughter             Stephen F. Austin State Universi    115
Day 1: 5   10-10     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  10-10
137. Brock Schueck – Thomas Hessil                University of Wisconsin Plattevi    114
Day 1: 4   07-04     Day 2: 1   03-06   Total:   5  10-10
138. Luke Smith – DeAndre Allen                   Itawamba Community College          113
Day 1: 3   07-10     Day 2: 1   02-15   Total:   4  10-09
139. Andrew Harp – Austin Pace                    La Tech                             112
Day 1: 4   07-02     Day 2: 2   03-07   Total:   6  10-09
140. Stephan Hendrix – Joshua Manuel              East Texas Baptist University       111
Day 1: 1   00-14     Day 2: 4   09-04   Total:   5  10-02
141. Dagen Leger – Trace Moore                    Lamar State College Orange          110
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   10-01   Total:   5  10-01
142. Nate Overocker – Chris Brooks                Greenville University               109
Day 1: 1   01-10     Day 2: 3   08-07   Total:   4  10-01
143. Hayden Fuhr – Chase Carver                   Lander University                   108
Day 1: 3   06-11     Day 2: 2   03-04   Total:   5  09-15
144. Colby Kerr – Lafe Messer                     Kentucky Christian University       107
Day 1: 5   09-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  09-14
145. Chandler Hildebrand –                        Kent State University               106
Day 1: 3   09-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  09-14
146. Cole Amedee – Seth Naquin                    Nicholls State University           105
Day 1: 3   06-01     Day 2: 1   03-12   Total:   4  09-13
147. Daniel Mcafee – Connor Gable                 Itawamba Community College          104
Day 1: 1   02-06     Day 2: 2   07-06   Total:   3  09-12
148. Zachary Schnepf – Will Baliff                UW Oshkosh                          103
Day 1: 2   06-02     Day 2: 2   03-09   Total:   4  09-11
149. Jon Kilpatrick – Dan Dubose                  University of Alabama               102
Day 1: 2   03-10     Day 2: 4   06-00   Total:   6  09-10
150. Grant Harris – Lauren Plunkett               Drury University                    101
Day 1: 2   06-11     Day 2: 2   02-14   Total:   4  09-09
151. Garrett Thompson – Caden Haines              West Virginia University            100
Day 1: 3   05-00     Day 2: 3   04-09   Total:   6  09-09
152. Seth Roberts – Brad Ableman                  Bethel University                    99
Day 1: 5   09-08     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  09-08
153. Charlie DeShazer – Noah Franzen              University of Nebraska               98
Day 1: 1   02-13     Day 2: 3   06-11   Total:   4  09-08
154. Zachary Bowen – JACE HUGHES                  BETHEL                               97
Day 1: 2   09-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  09-07
155. Ben Burnett – Conner Hutto                   University of Arkansas               96
Day 1: 5   09-06     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  09-06
156. Conner Giles – Justin Botts                  bryan college                        95
Day 1: 1   02-03     Day 2: 3   07-03   Total:   4  09-06
157. Cash Gideon – Josh Perrin                    Sam Houston State University         94
Day 1: 5   09-04     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  09-04
158. Jacobie Miller – Devin Vega                  Stephen F. Austin State Universi     93
Day 1: 5   09-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  09-00
159. Jj Kocevar – Tanner Shriver                  Kent State University                92
Day 1: 1   01-09     Day 2: 3   07-07   Total:   4  09-00
160. Haden Smith – Stephen Bovia                  Louisiana Tech                       91
Day 1: 3   05-12     Day 2: 3   03-04   Total:   6  09-00
161. Justin Fairchild – Noah Hurford              Kentucky Christian university        90
Day 1: 2   08-09     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  08-09
162. Derek Pietsch – Trey Dawson                  Texas A&M                            89
Day 1: 5   08-08     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  08-08
163. Joseph Bruener – Harper Burkeen              McKendree University                 88
Day 1: 2   03-09     Day 2: 1   04-14   Total:   3  08-07
164. Sam Bennett – Matthew Golebiewski            Calhoun Community College            87
Day 1: 4   08-03     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   4  08-03
165. Kyle Kunst – Trenton Penninga                Grand Valley State University        86
Day 1: 4   06-05     Day 2: 1   01-13   Total:   5  08-02
166. Ben Ford – Jeffery Foltz                     Augustana College                    85
Day 1: 1   03-06     Day 2: 2   04-11   Total:   3  08-01
167. David Brant – Joe Birschbach                 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh      84
Day 1: 1   02-03     Day 2: 2   05-13   Total:   3  08-00
168. Andrew Doerge – Ethan Cutler                 Texas AM University                  83
Day 1: 4   07-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   4  07-15
168. J T Russell – Grayson Morris                 University of Montevallo             83
Day 1: 4   07-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   4  07-15
170. Garrett Warren – John Owens                  Snead State Community College        81
Day 1: 1   02-15     Day 2: 2   04-12   Total:   3  07-11
171. Troy Gibson –                                University of Louisville             80
Day 1: 3   07-09     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  07-09
172. Jacob Moore – Gilliam Tharpe                 North Carolina State University      79
Day 1: 1   03-01     Day 2: 2   04-06   Total:   3  07-07
173. Jack Thomas – Hunter Walker                  Louisiana State University           78
Day 1: 3   07-06     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  07-06
174. Mark Harris – Reece Martin                   Dallas Baptist University            77
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 4   07-05   Total:   4  07-05
175. Eric Rasmussen – Nick Redlin                  U. of Wisconsin Platteville         76
Day 1: 1   03-04     Day 2: 1   04-01   Total:   2  07-05
176. Whit Edmonds – Bobby Long                    Lander University                    75
Day 1: 4   07-04     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   4  07-04
177. Jackson Carrell – Bryton Kurtz               Sam Houston State University         74
Day 1: 3   07-03     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  07-03
178. Dylan Burch –                                West Virginia University             73
Day 1: 2   07-01     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  07-01
179. Hunter Moss – Ken Cheramie                   LSU-Shreveport                       72
Day 1: 2   04-13     Day 2: 1   02-02   Total:   3  06-15
180. Braden Perry – Aidan England                 Carson-Newman University             71
Day 1: 5   06-10     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  06-10
181. Robert Moody – Ethan Scheffler               Missouri State University            70
Day 1: 2   04-11     Day 2: 1   01-14   Total:   3  06-09
182. William Vega –                               Texas A&M Commerce                   69
Day 1: 1   01-03     Day 2: 2   05-05   Total:   3  06-08
183. Nathan Doss – Cody Henderson                 University of North Alabama          68
Day 1: 3   06-05     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  06-05
184. Matthew Cummings – Joseph Woods              Bethel University                    67
Day 1: 3   04-15     Day 2: 1   01-05   Total:   4  06-04
185. Jacob Welch – Brock Bila                     Drury University                     66
Day 1: 1   03-12     Day 2: 1   02-08   Total:   2  06-04
186. Dax Ewart – Kyle Palmer                      Bethel University- TN                65
Day 1: 1   03-08     Day 2: 1   02-11   Total:   2  06-03
187. Cole Toone – Matthew Klaes                   University of Dubuque                64
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   06-00   Total:   2  06-00
188. Bryan Bergeron – Heath Pinell                Louisiana State University           63
Day 1: 3   05-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  05-14
189. Calvin Currie – Tommy Teaster                Lander University                    62
Day 1: 2   03-10     Day 2: 1   02-02   Total:   3  05-12
190. Payton Wood – Mason Weber                    University of Wisconsin Stevens      61
Day 1: 2   05-11     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  05-11
191. Alec Louque –                                Louisiana State University           60
Day 1: 5   05-08     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  05-08
192. Tristan Cunningham – Trenton Denief          University of Arkansas               59
Day 1: 1   01-15     Day 2: 2   03-01   Total:   3  05-00
193. David Crandall – Dante Piraino               Clarkson Univeristy                  58
Day 1: 3   04-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  04-15
194. Jon Preston Downard – DYLAN MARCRUM          Shelton State Community College      57
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   04-14   Total:   2  04-14
195. Luke Barr – Connor Douglas                   Ole Miss                             56
Day 1: 3   04-09     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  04-09
196. Auston Ballard – Peyton Collums              Itawamba community college           55
Day 1: 1   02-15     Day 2: 1   01-10   Total:   2  04-09
197. Hunter Raughton – Nick Vines                 Southern Union State Community C     54
Day 1: 2   04-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  04-07
198. Jon Gekiere –                                University of Arkansas               53
Day 1: 2   04-04     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  04-04
199. Alex Walker –                                Louisiana Tech University            52
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   04-02   Total:   2  04-02
200. Jacob Mitcham – Huff McIntosh                LA Tech                              51
Day 1: 2   04-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  04-00
201. Zachariah Edwards – Eric Noyes               University of Central Oklahoma       50
Day 1: 1   03-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  03-13
202. Kaito Ajiro – Turner Mason                   Colorado State University            49
Day 1: 2   03-11     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  03-11
203. Cade Lipari – Jonathan Johnson               University of Louisiana at Lafay     48
Day 1: 1   03-11     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  03-11
204. Tanner Maness – Chandlar Ellis               Lander University                    47
Day 1: 1   03-05     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  03-05
205. Cordell Beckman – Dru Johnson                Greenville University                46
Day 1: 2   03-04     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  03-04
206. Tyler Pendergrass – Avery Whitwell           University of North Alabama          45
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   03-03   Total:   1  03-03
207. Levi Sanchez – NATHAN SCHRADER               Clemson                              44
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   03-01   Total:   2  03-01
208. Joshua Mckie – Chason Oliver                 Georgia Southern University          43
Day 1: 1   03-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  03-00
209. Ty Black – Avry Thomason                     Georgia Southern University          42
Day 1: 1   02-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-13
210. Garritt Coughenour – Kaden Liles             University of North Alabama          41
Day 1: 1   02-12     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-12
211. Wyatt Ensminger – Dawson Andrews             Southeastern Louisiana Universit     40
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-11   Total:   1  02-11
212. Jonathon Freeman – George Glass              McNeese State University             39
Day 1: 1   02-08     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-08
212. Matthew Walker – Blake Ledet                 Nicholls State University            39
Day 1: 1   02-08     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-08
214. Isaac Buterbaugh – Connor Bero               Gannon University                    37
Day 1: 1   02-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-07
214. Isaac Duncan – Fisher Young                  Blue Mountain College- MS            37
Day 1: 1   02-07     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-07
216. David Brashear – Mitchel Goodin              Georgia Southern University          35
Day 1: 1   02-06     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-06
216. Logan Wade – ZACH MCMILLAN                   Indiana University Bloomington       35
Day 1: 1   02-06     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-06
218. Bryce Fowler – Chris Bowen                   East Carolina University             33
Day 1: 2   02-05     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  02-05
219. Maguire Parker – Wes Rollo                   Northwestern State University        32
Day 1: 1   02-04     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  02-04
220. Sid Wallace – Elijah Reyes                   Texas A&M                            31
Day 1: 1   01-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-14
221. Cooper Authur – Evan Yuhasz                  Louisiana Tech University            30
Day 1: 1   01-12     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-12
221. Andrew Hargrove –                            Tarleton State University            30
Day 1: 1   01-12     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-12
221. Jacob Harris – John Sells                    Georgia Southern University          30
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-12   Total:   1  01-12
224. Dalton Cross – Mick Pattison                 University of Georgia                27
Day 1: 1   01-11     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-11
224. Cody Gregory – Levi Mullins                  Bethel University                    27
Day 1: 1   01-11     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-11
226. Briana Tucker – Gabrielle Tate               Calhoun Community College            25
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-06   Total:   1  01-06
227. Hunter Jones – Jonathan Fraley               Kentucky Christian University        24
Day 1: 1   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  00-00
228. Loc Cassida – Nicholas Whibbs                Florida State University              0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Michael Chism – Zach Koonce                  Southest Missouri State Universi      0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Nick Churchill – Will Herrington             Mississippi State University          0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Aaron Denny – Mitchell Gunn                  Grand Valley State University- M      0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Cooper Hesling – Chandler Starks             Georgia Southern University           0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Chandler Jarrard – Blake Barwick             Georgia Southern University           0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Dylon Jones – Taylor Strange                 Schreiner University                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Stephen Kinard – Jimmy Mitchum               Lander University                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Jake Leinonen – John Ruzzi                   Clemson University                    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Gus Mclarry – Dawson Cassidy                 Texas AM Commerce                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Bryce Mittasch –                             University of Arkansas                0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
228. Eli Norris – Christian Smith

Cox Pads Lead at Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir

wpalert
-
0
Cox Pads Lead at Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir

[print_link]

BROOKELAND, TEXAS (Jan. 24, 2020) – Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, brought a five-bass limit of largemouth to the Umphrey Pavilion scale Friday weighing 18 pounds, 12 ounces, to extend his lead after Day Two of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Brookeland, Texas. Cox’s two-day total of 10 bass weighing 40 pounds, 3 ounces gives him a comfortable 5-pound, 4-ounce advantage heading into Day Three of the four-day competition that features a field of 154 bass-fishing professionals from around the world casting for a top award of up to $135,000.

Pro Darold Gleason of Many, Louisiana, who was in third place after Day One, moved up to second place with a limit totaling 13-12, good for a two-day total of 34-15. Pro Tommy Dickerson of Orange, Texas, who has seven top-10 finishes on Sam Rayburn in FLW competition, is just 1-pound, 8-ounces behind Gleason in third place with 33-7. The field is now cut to 30 for Saturday’s competition with only the top 10 anglers advancing to championship Sunday.

“It’s not often that I am able to fish a tournament where I make the same cast the whole time, but that’s exactly what is happening this week,” said Cox, who is competing in his 10th season at FLW’s top level. “It’s almost painful. I’ve tried to fan cast around in the same area, but nothing else works. I have to make the exact same cast, every time.”

Cox caught his fish Friday from the same spot that he did on Thursday, an area that he described as a spot with “a little bit of sand and rock with patches of hydrilla all around it.” He said it was right at the mouth of a creek, and he thinks fish are moving into the back of the creek to prepare for the spawn.

“They’re just coming through there and they stop and rest for a few seconds to get some sun – it’s real shallow, only three feet – they sit there for a little bit and then go to the back.”

Cox said that his fish bit in the morning Friday – he didn’t catch a keeper after 11 a.m. He caught all of his fish on the same bait as Thursday – a Berkley Frittside 5 crankbait.

“I think tomorrow I might make fewer casts. It seems like every time I take a little break and re-tie or whatever and let it settle, then I make another cast and seem to get one,” Cox said. “Tomorrow I’m just planning to sit there as long as I can. It might fall apart, or I might get there and make 10 casts and decide I can’t do this anymore. I’m just fortunate to be in this position heading into the final two days.”

The top 30 pros that made the cut and will fish Saturday on Sam Rayburn Reservoir are:

1st:       John Cox of DeBary, Fla., 10 bass, 40-3
2nd:      Darold Gleason of Many, La., 10 bass, 34-15
3rd:       Tommy Dickerson of Orange, Texas, 10 bass, 33-7
4th:       Jonathan Canada of Helena, Ala., 10 bass, 33-3
5th:       Hunter Freeman of Monroe, La., 10 bass, 33-0
6th:       Kerry Milner of Bono, Ark., 10 bass, 32-5
7th:       Corey Neece of Bristol, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-3
8th:       Greg Bohannan of Bentonville, Ark., 10 bass, 31-12
9th:       Joshua Weaver of Macon, Ga., 10 bass, 31-2
10th:     Chris McCall of Palmer, Texas, 10 bass, 30-15
11th:     Sam George of Athens, Ala., 10 bass, 30-10
12th:     Bill McDonald of Greenwood, Ind., 10 bass, 30-6
13th:     Grae Buck of Harleysville, Pa., 10 bass, 30-0
14th:     Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich., 10 bass, 29-11
15th:     Miles Howe of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., nine bass, 29-4
16th:     Mitch Crane of Columbus, Miss., 10 bass, 28-12
17th:     Scott Dobson of Clarkston, Mich., 10 bass, 28-12
18th:     Mike Surman of Boca Raton, Fla., 10 bass, 28-7
19th:     Scott Ashmore of Broken Arrow, Okla., 10 bass, 28-5
20th:     Jake Ormond of Sterlington, La., 10 bass, 27-14
21st:     Alex Davis of Albertville, Ala., 10 bass, 27-12
22nd:    Miles Burghoff of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., 10 bass, 27-12
23rd:     Jeff Dobson of Bartlesville, Okla., 10 bass, 26-15
24th:     Tim Frederick of Leesburg, Fla., nine bass, 26-12
25th:     Bradford Beavers of Summerville, S.C., 10 bass, 26-11
26th:     Mark Fisher of Wauconda, Ill., 10 bass, 25-12
27th:     Joey Cifuentes of Clinton, Ark., 10 bass, 25-12
28th:     Matt Becker of Finleyville, Pa., 10 bass, 25-11
29th:     Spencer Shuffield of Hot Springs, Ark., 10 bass, 25-5
30th:     Tyler Stewart of West Monroe, La., 10 bass, 25-5

Full results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Milner brought the largest bass of the day, a 7-pound, 2-ounce largemouth, to the scale Friday to claim the day’s $500 Berkley Big Bass award.

Overall there were 607 bass weighing 1,412 pounds, 15 ounces caught by 145 pros Friday. The catch included 90 five-bass limits.

In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit competition, the full field of 154 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight now advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2020 FLW TITLE, the Pro Circuit Championship. The 2020 FLW TITLE will be on the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York, Aug. 8-13 and is hosted by the Town of Massena.

Anglers will take off at 7:30 a.m. CST each day from the Umphrey Family Pavilion, located at 5438 Sam Rayburn Parkway, in Brookeland. Weigh-ins will be held at the pavilion, beginning at 4 p.m.

For youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at the pavilion on Saturday from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. The event is hosted by Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit anglers, and is free and open to anyone under the age of 18 and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. The 1st and 2nd place anglers that catch the biggest fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Pro Circuit stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.

Television coverage of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir will premiere in 2020. The 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit will have 156 two-hour airings on network television, including 26 consecutive weeks of Friday night primetime airing on Outdoor Channel and 130 airings on Sportsman Channel for a total of 312 hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit programming.

The popular FLW Live on-the-water broadcast will air on Saturday and Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran is joined by former FLW pro Todd Hollowell to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.

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

Grae Buck “Going to be one heck of a year” Part 1

wpalert
-
0
Grae Buck “Going to be one heck of a year” Part 1

An exciting look at the 2020 season with FLW Pro & 2020 Bassmaster Classic qualifier Grae Buck. This is Part 1 of series as we follow Grae through the 2020 Season. Stay tuned for more great episodes.

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=22018262″ width=”100%” height=”350px” theme=”dark” playlist=”show” playlist-continuous=”true” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”false”]

The Official Sponsor of Bass Cast Radio

Click the Photo to Learn More

Bethel University Duo Takes Lead At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend

wpalert
-
0
Bethel University Duo Takes Lead At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend
Cody Huff and Dakota Pierce of Bethel University lead Day 1 of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Toledo Bend presented by Bass Pro Shops with 19 pounds, 11 ounces.

                                                                                                                                                          Photo by Ronnie Moore/B.A.S.S.

January 23, 2020

Bethel University Duo Takes Lead At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo Bend
[print_link]

MANY, La. — Bethel University’s Cody Huff and Dakota Pierce waited more than four hours to catch a bass during Thursday’s opening round of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Toledo Bend presented by Bass Pro Shops.

They made the most of their remaining time, however, and are atop the leaderboard on this vast, 185,000-acre reservoir straddling the Louisiana/Texas border.

Huff and Pierce hammered the Toledo Bend bass for an hour just before noon and found themselves with a five-bass limit that weighed 19 pounds, 11 ounces. That gave them a 14-ounce lead over Thad Simerly and Ethan Shaw of Bryan College, who are in second place with 18-13. Tanner Ward and Rory Franks of Kent State University are in third with 17-10.

A total of 248 teams from 37 states are competing in the tournament, which is the first of four College Series events scheduled for 2020. Only the Top 12 will survive Friday’s cut and fish for the championship on Saturday.

Huff and Pierce were the steadiest duo out of the gate. The bass in their limit were all in the 3 1/2- to 4 1/2-pound range.

The haul pleased the leaders, but they’re accustomed to success. Huff won the Carhartt Bassmaster College Classic Bracket last year and clinched a berth in the 2020 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk. Pierce and another Bethel teammate finished 10th in a College Series event on Toledo Bend in 2018.

Experience paid off Thursday as the Bethel anglers withstood a slow start on a cold and dreary day.

“We kept looking and looking and we finally ran into them,” Huff said. “It took us about an hour to (finish a limit) once we did find them. I think we’re on a special deal. We found a bunch of fish in practice and they moved on us a little bit the past day or two. We just had to relocate them.”

The duo caught eight or nine keepers, but had to cover a lot of water to find bites.

“It wasn’t a really great day, but things finally came together for us,” Pierce said.

Huff and Pierce said Thursday’s chill and intermittent rain didn’t bother their bite, but they’d rather not have significant wind on Friday. Toledo Bend can get choppy in the slightest of winds, and that could stymie their plans.

“If it lays down and we can run around and look at a lot of stuff, we’ll be all right,” Huff said.

Simerly and Shaw actually caught the heaviest limit on Day 1, but incurred a 2-pound penalty for having six bass in the livewell at one point Thursday morning. They reported the violation to tournament directors and were docked, dropping their 20-13 total to 18-13.

It cost Simerly and Shaw first place on Day 1, but the setback didn’t diminish their hopes for continued success.

“We went to a place where we caught fish in practice and they weren’t there,” Shaw said. “We figured they hadn’t gone far and we found them on a little rock drop-off. My first cast there was a keeper and then I caught a limit. We stayed on that spot for 30 minutes and caught everything we could. By 9:30 (a.m.), we were done.”

Shaw provided the numbers, but Simerly brought the big bump — a 6 1/2-pound largemouth that was Thursday’s heaviest. That puts the Bryan anglers in the lead for the Carhartt Big Bass Award and the $500 in Carhartt gear that goes with it.

“When I caught the big one, I thought I was hung up on something,” Simerly said. “When I saw it, I told (Shaw) to hang on because I knew I had something big.”

Huff and Pierce lead for the Bass Pro Shops/Nitro Big Bag Award with their 19-11 limit.

Additional College Series tournaments are scheduled for Feb. 27-29 on Smith Lake in Alabama, March 26-28 on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina and May 6-8 on Lake Cumberland in Kentucky. The series championship will follow, with the date and location of that derby yet to be disclosed. The Top 25 teams from this week’s event will qualify for the championship.

The Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Toledo Bend presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors will follow the college event on Sunday. The Mossy Oak Bassmaster Junior Series at Toledo Bend also will be held that day.

All three events are presented by the Louisiana Office of Tourism, Toledo Bend Lake Country, the Sabine River Authority, Desoto Parish Tourist Commission and the Vernon Parish Tourist Commission.

Friday’s action begins with a 7 a.m. ET takeoff from Cypress Bend Park. Weigh-in will begin back at the park at 3 p.m.

2020 Tour Stop Toledo Bend Reservoir 1/23-1/25
Toledo Bend Reservoir, Many  LA.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Cody Huff – Dakota Pierce                    Bethel University                   250
Day 1: 5   19-11   Total:   5  19-11
2.  Thaddeus Simerly – Ethan Shaw                Bryan College                       249
Day 1: 5   18-13   Total:   5  18-13
3.  Tanner Ward – Rory Franks                    Kent State University               248
Day 1: 5   17-10   Total:   5  17-10
4.  Stevie Mills – Baylor Howell                 Bethel University                   247
Day 1: 5   17-05   Total:   5  17-05
5.  Ty Cox – Fisher Overton                      Blue Mountain College               246
Day 1: 5   17-01   Total:   5  17-01
6.  Brett Fregia – Jack Tindell                  Lamar State College Orange          245
Day 1: 5   16-14   Total:   5  16-14
7.  Brett Clark – Cody Ross                      East Texas  Baptist University      244
Day 1: 5   16-11   Total:   5  16-11
7.  Boone Faulkner – Nikolas Beckstein           Mississippi State                   244
Day 1: 5   16-11   Total:   5  16-11
9.  Jack York – Samuel Harrison                  stephen f austin state universit    242
Day 1: 5   16-07   Total:   5  16-07
10. Will Brown – William Nichols                 Jacksonville State University       241
Day 1: 5   16-05   Total:   5  16-05
11. Charles Norris – Braxton Resweber            University of Louisiana at LaFay    240
Day 1: 5   16-02   Total:   5  16-02
12. Nolan Yeager – Ethan LeGare                  Stephen F. Austin State Universi    239
Day 1: 5   16-01   Total:   5  16-01
13. Adam Carroll – Justin Barnes                 University of Montevallo            238
Day 1: 5   15-13   Total:   5  15-13
13. Carter Henderson – Connor Whisenant          Texas A&M University- TX            238
Day 1: 5   15-13   Total:   5  15-13
15. Cole Sands – Conner Dimauro                  Bryan College- TN                   236
Day 1: 5   15-12   Total:   5  15-12
16. Jacob Pfundt – Emil Wagner                   Ole Miss                            235
Day 1: 5   15-10   Total:   5  15-10
17. Robert Cruvellier – Chase Clarke             Auburn University                   234
Day 1: 5   15-09   Total:   5  15-09
17. Jarred Jones – Logan Tate                    Jacksonville State University       234
Day 1: 5   15-09   Total:   5  15-09
19. Conner Choate – Hunter DeSplinter            University of Wisconsin – Platte    232
Day 1: 5   15-08   Total:   5  15-08
20. Tristan McCormick – Nathon Portch            Bethel University                   231
Day 1: 5   15-06   Total:   5  15-06
21. Austin Smith – Maddux Walters                Carson Newman                       230
Day 1: 4   15-05   Total:   4  15-05
22. Louis Monetti –                              UNC-Charlotte                       229
Day 1: 5   15-04   Total:   5  15-04
23. Hayden Gaddis – Ben Cully                    Carson Newman                       228
Day 1: 5   15-03   Total:   5  15-03
24. Ryan Wood – Jacob Witkowski                  Dallas Baptist University           227
Day 1: 5   15-01   Total:   5  15-01
25. Cade Rudiger – Cooper Thor                   Stephen F. Austin University        226
Day 1: 5   15-00   Total:   5  15-00
26. Austin Carr – Justin Carr                    Illinois State University           225
Day 1: 5   14-15   Total:   5  14-15
27. Jack Dice –                                  LIBERTY UNIVERSITY                  224
Day 1: 5   14-14   Total:   5  14-14
28. Tyler Vanbrandt – Brayden Federer            Adrian College                      223
Day 1: 5   14-09   Total:   5  14-09
29. Tyler Lubbat – Calvin Landsberg              University of Alabama               222
Day 1: 5   14-08   Total:   5  14-08
30. Andrew Fisher – Bennett Kudder               Bryan College                       221
Day 1: 4   14-08   Total:   4  14-08
31. Blayde Dill – Jordon Leahy                   University of Alabama               220
Day 1: 5   14-05   Total:   5  14-05
31. David Dueland – Brayden Martin               Wallace state                       220
Day 1: 5   14-05   Total:   5  14-05
33. Trey Schroeder – Tyler Christy               McKendree University                218
Day 1: 5   14-02   Total:   5  14-02
34. Jake Maddux – Chace Gregory                  Southern Union                      217
Day 1: 5   13-14   Total:   5  13-14
34. Reagan Nelson – Cody Rayburn                 Tarleton State University           217
Day 1: 5   13-14   Total:   5  13-14
36. Griffin Phillips – Ethan King                University of Montevallo            215
Day 1: 5   13-12   Total:   5  13-12
37. Salvador Garcia – Reese Jones                Northwest Arkansas Community Col    214
Day 1: 5   13-11   Total:   5  13-11
38. Brady Harp – Jordan McCaleb                  Auburn University                   213
Day 1: 5   13-09   Total:   5  13-09
39. Hunter Baird – Jack Rankin                   CapDrury University                 212
Day 1: 5   13-08   Total:   5  13-08
39. Jackson Gillaspie – Johndalton Miller        Snead State Community College       212
Day 1: 5   13-08   Total:   5  13-08
41. Brad Hamilton – Gavin Clayton                University of Wisconsin- Stevens    210
Day 1: 5   13-07   Total:   5  13-07
41. Grant Lesage – Zach Davis                    Southeastern Louisiana Universit    210
Day 1: 5   13-07   Total:   5  13-07
43. Trevor McKinney – Blake Jackson              McKendree University                208
Day 1: 5   13-05   Total:   5  13-05
43. Brady Rufenacht – Jacob Ely                  University of Wisconsin- Plattev    208
Day 1: 5   13-05   Total:   5  13-05
45. Bradley Winkel – Kuba Jantczak               University of Wisconsin-Plattevi    206
Day 1: 5   13-05   Total:   5  13-05
46. Luke Lamb – Wilson Smith                     Bethel University                   205
Day 1: 5   13-02   Total:   5  13-02
47. Noah Ziadie – Reese Kingston                 Brewton-Parker College              204
Day 1: 5   13-01   Total:   5  13-01
48. Wesley Pennington – Austin Mize              University of North Alabama           0
Day 1: 5   12-12   Total:   5  12-12
49. Rob Lindsey – Christian Wright               bryan college                       202
Day 1: 5   12-11   Total:   5  12-11
50. Calan Cameron –                              Stephan F Austin                    201
Day 1: 5   12-10   Total:   5  12-10
50. Joshua Gruen – Seth Korb                     University of Wisconsin- Plattev    201
Day 1: 5   12-10   Total:   5  12-10
52. Garrett McWilliams – Jacob Westerfield       Hinds community college             199
Day 1: 5   12-07   Total:   5  12-07
53. Clay Tresler –                               Northwest Arkansas Community Col    198
Day 1: 5   12-05   Total:   5  12-05
54. Alden Keel Jr – Taylor Owens                 Blue Mountain College               197
Day 1: 5   12-04   Total:   5  12-04
55. Bailey Bleser – Nathan Doty                  Mckendree University                196
Day 1: 5   12-03   Total:   5  12-03
55. Carter Carlton – Garrett Spencer             Northwest Arkansas Community Col    196
Day 1: 5   12-03   Total:   5  12-03
55. Philip Hilton – Baylor Whitfield             Mississippi State University        196
Day 1: 5   12-03   Total:   5  12-03
58. James Willoughby – Chance Schwartz           University of Montevallo            193
Day 1: 4   12-03   Total:   4  12-03
59. Spencer Fair – Kasey Sanders                 SAM HOUSTON                         192
Day 1: 5   12-01   Total:   5  12-01
60. Kyle Everett – John Higginbotham             LA Tech                             191
Day 1: 5   12-00   Total:   5  12-00
60. Zeke Gossett – Lucas Smith                   Jacksonville State                  191
Day 1: 5   12-00   Total:   5  12-00
62. Andre Adams – Hayden Pinho                   University of Louisiana, Lafayet    189
Day 1: 4   12-00   Total:   4  12-00
63. John Pearson – Knox Daniels                  GCSU                                188
Day 1: 4   11-13   Total:   4  11-13
64. Chase Mundhenke – Blake Milligan             Auburn                              187
Day 1: 5   11-12   Total:   5  11-12
65. Casey Lanier – Nolan Minor                   West Virginia University            186
Day 1: 5   11-11   Total:   5  11-11
66. Gage Griffin –                               University of Wisconsin La Cross    185
Day 1: 5   11-10   Total:   5  11-10
66. Trent Stafford – Justin Tatum                Tarleton State University           185
Day 1: 5   11-10   Total:   5  11-10
68. Cole Breeden – Cameron Smith                 Drury University                    183
Day 1: 5   11-09   Total:   5  11-09
68. Liam West – Hunter Bond                      Clemson University                  183
Day 1: 5   11-09   Total:   5  11-09
70. Cody Barchenger – Alexander Chambers         Stephen F Austin State Universit    181
Day 1: 5   11-08   Total:   5  11-08
70. Connor Nimrod – Morgan Jaladin               University of Louisiana Monroe      181
Day 1: 5   11-08   Total:   5  11-08
72. Jay Shipp – Zack Phillips                    Central alabama community colleg    179
Day 1: 4   11-08   Total:   4  11-08
73. Jayce Garrison – Mason Hoke                  Sam Houston State                     0
Day 1: 5   11-07   Total:   5  11-07
73. Jared Turnbloom – Jake Turnbloom             University of Alabama               177
Day 1: 5   11-07   Total:   5  11-07
75. Anthony Fazio – Caleb Jacob                  Illinois State University           176
Day 1: 4   11-06   Total:   4  11-06
76. Trevor Jarreau – Branson Ackman              Nicholls State                      175
Day 1: 5   11-05   Total:   5  11-05
76. Tommy Sendek – Tyler Turk                    Grand Canyon university             175
Day 1: 5   11-05   Total:   5  11-05
78. River Lee – Hunter Muncrief                  Stephen F. Austin State Universi    173
Day 1: 5   11-02   Total:   5  11-02
79. Reid Strobl – Samuel Scott                   Dallas Baptist University- TX       172
Day 1: 5   11-00   Total:   5  11-00
80. Bryant Marsh – Jacob Phillips                Blue Mountain College               171
Day 1: 5   10-15   Total:   5  10-15
80. Rudolph Worley – John Nowlin                 Blue Mountain College- MS           171
Day 1: 5   10-15   Total:   5  10-15
82. Steven Corvin – Ross Spina                   Jefferson State Community Colleg    169
Day 1: 5   10-14   Total:   5  10-14
82. Cade Fortenberry – Cameron Gautreau          Nicholls State University           169
Day 1: 5   10-14   Total:   5  10-14
84. Brock Lederman – Dakota Koepp                University of Wisconsin- Stevens    167
Day 1: 3   10-14   Total:   3  10-14
85. Cameron Loveless – Brian Arabie              Texas A and M                       166
Day 1: 4   10-11   Total:   4  10-11
86. Justin Shelton – Logan Slaughter             Stephen F. Austin State Universi    165
Day 1: 5   10-10   Total:   5  10-10
87. Cody Griffith – James Cobbs                  Auburn Anglers                      164
Day 1: 4   10-10   Total:   4  10-10
88. Jacob Frazier – Griffin Heffington           Carson-Newman University            163
Day 1: 5   10-09   Total:   5  10-09
88. Jacob Klicman – Zachary Asher                Kent State University               163
Day 1: 5   10-09   Total:   5  10-09
90. Drew Pridgen – Kaleb Brown                   Lander University                   161
Day 1: 5   10-06   Total:   5  10-06
91. Patrick Pelt – Anthony Vintson               Auburn University                   160
Day 1: 5   10-05   Total:   5  10-05
92. Kyler Waisner – Tyler Bartlett               University of Central Missouri      159
Day 1: 5   10-04   Total:   5  10-04
92. Atom Ward – Gavin Lagle                      Indiana University Southeast        159
Day 1: 5   10-04   Total:   5  10-04
94. Garret Sanders – Owen Kuhn                   Florida State University            157
Day 1: 4   10-04   Total:   4  10-04
95. Kayden Tanner – Wyatt Young                  Tarleton State                      156
Day 1: 5   10-03   Total:   5  10-03
96. Jake Biram – Rhett Meyer                     Oklahoma State University             0
Day 1: 5   09-15   Total:   5  09-15
97. Colby Kerr – Lafe Messer                     Kentucky Christian University       154
Day 1: 5   09-14   Total:   5  09-14
98. Chandler Hildebrand –                        Kent State University               153
Day 1: 3   09-14   Total:   3  09-14
99. Luke Glasgow – Carlos Welch                  Itawamba Community College          152
Day 1: 5   09-13   Total:   5  09-13
99. Miller Spivey – Trey Dickert                 University of Montevallo            152
Day 1: 5   09-13   Total:   5  09-13
101. Max Schweikert – Mason Phillpotts            Grand Valley State University      150
Day 1: 4   09-13   Total:   4  09-13
102. Bo Adams – Jeremy Tolle                      North Eastern State                149
Day 1: 3   09-12   Total:   3  09-12
103. Owen Dimaio – Sean Clayton                   Clemson University                 148
Day 1: 5   09-11   Total:   5  09-11
104. Jackson Staib – Thomas Millraney             Bethel University                  147
Day 1: 4   09-11   Total:   4  09-11
105. Logan Stewart – Donzae Patrick               Sam Houston State University       146
Day 1: 5   09-10   Total:   5  09-10
106. Seth Roberts – Brad Ableman                  Bethel University                  145
Day 1: 5   09-08   Total:   5  09-08
107. Drew Elrod – Luke Byerly                     University of Tennessee            144
Day 1: 4   09-08   Total:   4  09-08
108. Zachary Bowen – JACE HUGHES                  BETHEL                               0
Day 1: 2   09-07   Total:   2  09-07
109. Ben Burnett – Conner Hutto                   University of Arkansas             142
Day 1: 5   09-06   Total:   5  09-06
110. Jason Lau – Samuel Climer                    Tarleton State                     141
Day 1: 4   09-06   Total:   4  09-06
111. Cash Gideon – Josh Perrin                    Sam Houston State University       140
Day 1: 5   09-04   Total:   5  09-04
112. Dalton Combs – Lee Lambrecht                 Drury University- MO               139
Day 1: 2   09-04   Total:   2  09-04
113. Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson               MINNESOTA STATE MANKATO            138
Day 1: 5   09-03   Total:   5  09-03
114. Lawson Graves – Cameron Glasscock            Wallace State College              137
Day 1: 5   09-00   Total:   5  09-00
114. Jacobie Miller – Devin Vega                  Stephen F. Austin State Universi   137
Day 1: 5   09-00   Total:   5  09-00
116. Jacob Andrews – Taylor Kolb                  ULM                                135
Day 1: 4   08-15   Total:   4  08-15
117. Colin Slentz – Evan Slentz                   Lander University                  134
Day 1: 5   08-11   Total:   5  08-11
118. Justin Fairchild – Noah Hurford              Kentucky Christian university      133
Day 1: 2   08-09   Total:   2  08-09
119. Derek Pietsch – Trey Dawson                  Texas A&M                          132
Day 1: 5   08-08   Total:   5  08-08
120. Grant Pietsch – Hayes Strickland             Texas A&M University               131
Day 1: 3   08-08   Total:   3  08-08
121. Hunter Bailey – Jr Young                     Jacksonville State University      130
Day 1: 3   08-06   Total:   3  08-06
121. Payton Rea – Jacob Swerdloff                 University of Arkansas               0
Day 1: 3   08-06   Total:   3  08-06
123. Blake Castleberry – Garrett Moss             Sam Houston State University       128
Day 1: 4   08-05   Total:   4  08-05
123. Joshua DeKoning – Aaron Jagdfeld             Adrian College                     128
Day 1: 4   08-05   Total:   4  08-05
125. Sam Bennett – Matthew Golebiewski            Calhoun Community College          126
Day 1: 4   08-03   Total:   4  08-03
126. Andrew Doerge – Ethan Cutler                 Texas AM University               125  Day 1: 4   07-15   Total:   4  07-15
126. J T Russell – Grayson Morris                 University of Montevallo           125
Day 1: 4   07-15   Total:   4  07-15
128. Lucas Lindsay – Logan Parks                  Auburn University                  123
Day 1: 3   07-15   Total:   3  07-15
129. Jake Lee – Mason Cizek                       Bryan College                      122
Day 1: 4   07-13   Total:   4  07-13
130. Blake Spradlin – William Phillips            Auburn University                  121
Day 1: 4   07-10   Total:   4  07-10
131. Luke Smith – DeAndre Allen                   Itawamba Community College         120
Day 1: 3   07-10   Total:   3  07-10
132. Troy Gibson –                                University of Louisville           119
Day 1: 3   07-09   Total:   3  07-09
133. Nick Montilino – Chris Armstrong             Murray State University            118
Day 1: 3   07-07   Total:   3  07-07
134. Jack Thomas – Hunter Walker                  Louisiana State University         117
Day 1: 3   07-06   Total:   3  07-06
135. Jacob Keith – Kaden Proffitt                 East Texas  Baptist University     116
Day 1: 3   07-05   Total:   3  07-05
136. Whit Edmonds – Bobby Long                    Lander University                  115
Day 1: 4   07-04   Total:   4  07-04
136. Brock Schueck – Thomas Hessil                University of Wisconsin Plattevi   115
Day 1: 4   07-04   Total:   4  07-04
138. Hunter Tolbert – John Day                    WALLACE STATE                      113
Day 1: 3   07-04   Total:   3  07-04
139. Jackson Carrell – Bryton Kurtz               Sam Houston State University       112
Day 1: 3   07-03   Total:   3  07-03
140. Andrew Harp – Austin Pace                    La Tech                            111
Day 1: 4   07-02   Total:   4  07-02
141. Dylan Burch –                                West Virginia University           110
Day 1: 2   07-01   Total:   2  07-01
142. Landon Chanclor – Michael Strickland         University of Georgia              109
Day 1: 2   06-13   Total:   2  06-13
143. Hayden Fuhr – Chase Carver                   Lander University                  108
Day 1: 3   06-11   Total:   3  06-11
144. Grant Harris – Lauren Plunkett               Drury University                   107
Day 1: 2   06-11   Total:   2  06-11
145. Braden Perry – Aidan England                 Carson-Newman University           106
Day 1: 5   06-10   Total:   5  06-10
146. Kyle Kunst – Trenton Penninga                Grand Valley State University      105
Day 1: 4   06-05   Total:   4  06-05
147. Nathan Doss – Cody Henderson                 University of North Alabama        104
Day 1: 3   06-05   Total:   3  06-05
148. Zachary Schnepf – Will Baliff                UW Oshkosh                         103
Day 1: 2   06-02   Total:   2  06-02
149. Cole Amedee – Seth Naquin                    Nicholls State University          102
Day 1: 3   06-01   Total:   3  06-01
150. Luke Mason – Justin Lane                     University of North Alabama        101
Day 1: 4   06-00   Total:   4  06-00
151. Cody Ulbricht – Andrew Heppe                 Kent State                         100
Day 1: 4   05-15   Total:   4  05-15
152. Bryan Bergeron – Heath Pinell                Louisiana State University           99
Day 1: 3   05-14   Total:   3  05-14
153. Haden Smith – Stephen Bovia                  Louisiana Tech                       98
Day 1: 3   05-12   Total:   3  05-12
154. Payton Wood – Mason Weber                    University of Wisconsin Stevens      97
Day 1: 2   05-11   Total:   2  05-11
155. Connor Jacob – Sam Smith                     Auburn University                    96
Day 1: 3   05-10   Total:   3  05-10
155. Nathan Ragsdale – Joshua Bennett             University of Georgia                96
Day 1: 3   05-10   Total:   3  05-10
157. Alec Louque –                                Louisiana State University           94
Day 1: 5   05-08   Total:   5  05-08
158. Garrett Thompson – Caden Haines              West Virginia University             93
Day 1: 3   05-00   Total:   3  05-00
159. David Crandall – Dante Piraino               Clarkson Univeristy                  92
Day 1: 3   04-15   Total:   3  04-15
159. Matthew Cummings – Joseph Woods              Bethel University                    92
Day 1: 3   04-15   Total:   3  04-15
161. Hunter Moss – Ken Cheramie                   LSU-Shreveport                       90
Day 1: 2   04-13   Total:   2  04-13
162. Robert Moody – Ethan Scheffler               Missouri State University            89
Day 1: 2   04-11   Total:   2  04-11
163. Luke Barr – Connor Douglas                   Ole Miss                             88
Day 1: 3   04-09   Total:   3  04-09
164. Cannon Bird – Cameron Tullis                 East Texas Baptist University        87
Day 1: 2   04-07   Total:   2  04-07
164. Hunter Raughton – Nick Vines                 Southern Union State Community C     87
Day 1: 2   04-07   Total:   2  04-07
166. Noah Boyett – Ty Garlington                  University of Arkansas- AR           85
Day 1: 2   04-06   Total:   2  04-06
167. Jon Gekiere –                                University of Arkansas               84
Day 1: 2   04-04   Total:   2  04-04
168. Gl  Compton – Matthew Sprouse                Clemson University                   83
Day 1: 1   04-01   Total:   1  04-01
169. Jacob Mitcham – Huff McIntosh                LA Tech                              82
Day 1: 2   04-00   Total:   2  04-00
170. Zachariah Edwards – Eric Noyes               University of Central Oklahoma       81
Day 1: 1   03-13   Total:   1  03-13
171. Jacob Welch – Brock Bila                     Drury University                     80
Day 1: 1   03-12   Total:   1  03-12
172. Kaito Ajiro – Turner Mason                   Colorado State University            79
Day 1: 2   03-11   Total:   2  03-11
173. Cade Lipari – Jonathan Johnson               University of Louisiana at Lafay     78
Day 1: 1   03-11   Total:   1  03-11
174. Calvin Currie – Tommy Teaster                Lander University                    77
Day 1: 2   03-10   Total:   2  03-10
174. Jon Kilpatrick – Dan Dubose                  University of Alabama                77
Day 1: 2   03-10   Total:   2  03-10
174. Mitch Moore – Colt Oliver                    Texas A&M University                 77
Day 1: 2   03-10   Total:   2  03-10
177. Joseph Bruener – Harper Burkeen              McKendree University                 74
Day 1: 2   03-09   Total:   2  03-09
178. Dax Ewart – Kyle Palmer                      Bethel University- TN                73
Day 1: 1   03-08   Total:   1  03-08
179. Ben Ford – Jeffery Foltz                     Augustana College                    72
Day 1: 1   03-06   Total:   1  03-06
180. Denver Satterlee – Jacob Schrimsher          Calhoun Community College            71
Day 1: 2   03-05   Total:   2  03-05
181. Tanner Maness – Chandlar Ellis               Lander University                    70
Day 1: 1   03-05   Total:   1  03-05
182. Cordell Beckman – Dru Johnson                Greenville University                69
Day 1: 2   03-04   Total:   2  03-04
183. Eric Rasmussen – Nick Redlin                  U. of Wisconsin Platteville         68
Day 1: 1   03-04   Total:   1  03-04
184. Jacob Moore – Gilliam Tharpe                 North Carolina State University      67
Day 1: 1   03-01   Total:   1  03-01
185. Joshua Mckie – Chason Oliver                 Georgia Southern University          66
Day 1: 1   03-00   Total:   1  03-00
186. Steve Niemi Jr –                             University of Wisconsin Stevens      65
Day 1: 2   02-15   Total:   2  02-15
187. Auston Ballard – Peyton Collums              Itawamba community college           64
Day 1: 1   02-15   Total:   1  02-15
187. Garrett Warren – John Owens                  Snead State Community College        64
Day 1: 1   02-15   Total:   1  02-15
189. Ty Black – Avry Thomason                     Georgia Southern University          62
Day 1: 1   02-13   Total:   1  02-13
189. Charlie DeShazer – Noah Franzen              University of Nebraska               62
Day 1: 1   02-13   Total:   1  02-13
191. Garritt Coughenour – Kaden Liles             University of North Alabama          60
Day 1: 1   02-12   Total:   1  02-12
192. Chris Carnes – Noah Shaver                   UNC-Charlotte                        59
Day 1: 1   02-11   Total:   1  02-11
193. Jonathon Freeman – George Glass              McNeese State University             58
Day 1: 1   02-08   Total:   1  02-08
193. Matthew Walker Walker – Blake Ledet Ledet    Nicholls State University            58
Day 1: 1   02-08   Total:   1  02-08
195. Isaac Buterbaugh – Connor Bero               Gannon University                    56
Day 1: 1   02-07   Total:   1  02-07
195. Isaac Duncan – Fisher Young                  Blue Mountain College- MS            56
Day 1: 1   02-07   Total:   1  02-07
197. David Brashear – Mitchel Goodin              Georgia Southern University          54
Day 1: 1   02-06   Total:   1  02-06
197. Daniel Mcafee – Connor Gable                 Itawamba Community College           54
Day 1: 1   02-06   Total:   1  02-06
197. Logan Wade – ZACH MCMILLAN                   Indiana University Bloomington       54
Day 1: 1   02-06   Total:   1  02-06
200. Bryce Fowler – Chris Bowen                   East Carolina University             51
Day 1: 2   02-05   Total:   2  02-05
201. Maguire Parker – Wes Rollo                   Northwestern State University        50
Day 1: 1   02-04   Total:   1  02-04
202. David Brant – Joe Birschbach                 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh      49
Day 1: 1   02-03   Total:   1  02-03
202. Conner Giles – Justin Botts                  bryan college                        49
Day 1: 1   02-03   Total:   1  02-03
204. Tristan Cunningham – Trenton Denief          University of Arkansas               47
Day 1: 1   01-15   Total:   1  01-15
205. Sid Wallace – Elijah Reyes                   Texas A&M                            46
Day 1: 1   01-14   Total:   1  01-14
206. Cooper Authur – Evan Yuhasz                  Louisiana Tech University            45
Day 1: 1   01-12   Total:   1  01-12
206. Andrew Hargrove –                            Tarleton State University            45
Day 1: 1   01-12   Total:   1  01-12
208. Dalton Cross – Mick Pattison                 University of Georgia                43
Day 1: 1   01-11   Total:   1  01-11
208. Cody Gregory – Levi Mullins                  Bethel University                    43
Day 1: 1   01-11   Total:   1  01-11
210. Nate Overocker – Chris Brooks                Greenville University                41
Day 1: 1   01-10   Total:   1  01-10
211. Jj Kocevar – Tanner Shriver                  Kent State University                40
Day 1: 1   01-09   Total:   1  01-09
212. William Vega –                               Texas A&M Commerce                   39
Day 1: 1   01-03   Total:   1  01-03
213. Stephan Hendrix – Joshua Manuel              East Texas Baptist University        38
Day 1: 1   00-14   Total:   1  00-14
214. Hunter Jones – Jonathan Fraley               Kentucky Christian University        37
Day 1: 1   00-00   Total:   1  00-00
215. Loc Cassida – Nicholas Whibbs                Florida State University              0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Michael Chism – Zach Koonce                  Southest Missouri State Universi      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Nick Churchill – Will Herrington             Mississippi State University          0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Aaron Denny – Mitchell Gunn                  Grand Valley State University- M      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Jon Preston Downard – DYLAN MARCRUM          NORTH RIVER BASS TEAM                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Wyatt Ensminger – Dawson Andrews             Southeastern Louisiana Universit      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Colson Ginger – Andrew Launikitis            Texas A&M University                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Jacob Harris – John Sells                    Georgia Southern University           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Mark Harris – Reece Martin                   Dallas Baptist University             0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Jacob Harris – Nicholas Moore                Southeast Missouri State Univers      0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Cooper Hesling – Chandler Starks             Georgia Southern University           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Chandler Jarrard – Blake Barwick             Georgia Southern University           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Dylon Jones – Taylor Strange                 Schreiner University                  0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Stephen Kinard – Jimmy Mitchum               Lander University                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Dagen Leger – Trace Moore                    Lamar State College Orange            0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Jake Leinonen – John Ruzzi                   Clemson University                    0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Gus Mclarry – Dawson Cassidy                 Texas AM Commerce                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Bryce Mittasch –                             University of Arkansas                0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Eli Norris – Christian Smith                 Texas A and M                         0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Tyler Pendergrass – Avery Whitwell           University of North Alabama           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Ethan Perry – Aidan Ford                     WEST VIRGINIA                         0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Chase Pomeroy – Cale Rinn                    Winona State University               0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Hunter Porter –                              shelton state                         0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Collin Reyes –                               Tarleton State University             0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Levi Sanchez – NATHAN SCHRADER               Clemson                               0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Tyler Tamburo – Jeremy Severic               LSU Shreveport                        0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Cole Thompson – Benson Dowler                University of North Alabama           0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Cole Toone – Matthew Klaes                   University of Dubuque                 0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Briana Tucker – Gabrielle Tate               Calhoun Community College             0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Connor Turner – Richard Hebert               LSU Baton Rouge                       0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Joseph Vander – Gage Ulrich                  northwestern state university         0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Mason Waddell – Cal Culpepper                University of Montevallo              0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Alex Walker –                                Louisiana Tech University             0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
215. Gunner Whitaker – Cameron Chitwood           Kentucky Christian                    0
Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
———————————————————————–
Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1       100       772      1924-11
———————————-
100       772      1924-11

John Cox Grabs Early Lead at Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir

wpalert
-
0
John Cox Grabs Early Lead at Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir

John Cox Grabs Early Lead at Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Six Pros Top 20 Pounds on Day One of Four-Day Event

[print_link]

 BROOKELAND, TEXAS (Jan. 23, 2020) – Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 21 pounds, 7 ounces, Thursday to grab the early lead after Day One of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Veteran FLW pro Greg Bohannan of Bentonville, Arkansas, is in second place, just 3 ounces behind Cox after bringing a 21-4 limit to the scale. The season-opening Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit event features a field of 154 bass-fishing professionals from around the world casting for a top award of up to $135,000.

“My morning was pretty slow, but it turned out to be a really awesome day,” said Cox, who has more than $1.3 million in career earnings with FLW. “I didn’t have anything special – only 10 or 11 pounds – until almost noon. I was getting a little down, so I just started whipping my crankbait out into open water. I caught one off of a bush, and that’s what slowed me down. Then I found a little area that had them.”

Cox said he culled out his entire limit and weighed in five keepers all from that one area. He said that his key bait was a Berkley Frittside 5 crankbait.

“They weren’t crazy-stacked up, but they all came on the same kind of throw,” Cox said. “You knew when you were around them because you could feel the bait coming over the fish – it felt like reeling over logs. Then all of a sudden one would eat it.

“What’s crazy is that I caught them flipping there in 2010,” Cox continued. “It was a fall tournament. I had nothing, then went up there and found some hydrilla mats and ended up flipping like 18 pounds. Now I’m just throwing the crankbait in the same spot.”

Cox believed that the fish he caught today were not resident fish.

“I’m pretty sure it was a transition area – they were either coming or going, but they were just passing through there for some reason,” Cox went on to say. “They might not be there tomorrow, but I hope that I can still find them. I’m just going to try to milk it for all its worth.”

The top 10 pros after day one on Sam Rayburn Reservoir are:

1st:       John Cox, DeBary, Fla., five bass, 21-7

2nd:      Greg Bohannan, Bentonville, Ark., five bass, 21-4

3rd:       Darold Gleason, Many, La., five bass, 21-3

4th:       Corey Neece, Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 20-14

5th:       Grae Buck, Harleysville, Pa., five bass, 20-9

6th:       Mitch Crane, Columbus, Miss., five bass, 20-3

7th:       Jon Canada, Helena, Ala., five bass, 19-10

8th:       Hunter Freeman, Monroe, La., five bass, 18-2

9th:       Lane Olson, Tigard, Ore., five bass, 18-0

10th:     Mark Fisher, Wauconda, Ill., five bass, 17-15

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

Buck won the day’s $500 Berkley Big Bass award in the pro division after bringing a largemouth weighing 9 pounds, 8 ounces to the scale.

Overall there were 619 bass weighing 1,520 pounds, 14 ounces caught by 151 pros Thursday. The catch included 88 five-bass limits.

In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit competition, the full field of 154 pro anglers compete in the two-day opening round Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2020 FLW TITLE, the Pro Circuit Championship. The 2020 FLW TITLE will be on the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York, Aug. 8-13 and is hosted by the Town of Massena.

Anglers will take off at 7:30 a.m. CST each day from the Umphrey Family Pavilion, located at 5438 Sam Rayburn Parkway, in Brookeland. Friday’s weigh-in will be held at the pavilion beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins will also be held at the pavilion, but will begin at 4 p.m.

For youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at the pavilion on Saturday from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. The event is hosted by Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit anglers, and is free and open to anyone under the age of 18 and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. The 1st and 2nd place anglers that catch the biggest fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Pro Circuit stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.

Television coverage of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir will premiere in 2020. The 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit will have 156 two-hour airings on network television, including 26 consecutive weeks of Friday night primetime airing on Outdoor Channel and 130 airings on Sportsman Channel for a total of 312 hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit programming.

The popular FLW Live on-the-water broadcast will air on Days Three and Four of the event, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran is joined by former FLW pro Todd Hollowell to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.

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

1...736737738...1,534Page 737 of 1,534

Follow Us

The latest

Shawn Holland & Aaron Scott Win CATT Smith Mountain Lake Championship with 23.03 lbs

CATT Smith Mountain Lake 0
CLICK TO SEE RESULTS https://youtu.be/deSk1C1fA0k (adsbygoogle...

Winter Is Prime for Trophy Bass

Fresh Baitz 0
Late fall and early winter are often overlooked, yet...

Bassmaster Elite Angler and St. Croix Rod Pro, Bob Downey, Joins SEVIIN Reels Team

Bass News 0
PARK FALLS, WIS. – “Ol’ Bob Downey” will be competing...

© 2023 The Bass Cast. All Rights Reserved.