Natchitoches High Tandem Takes Lead At Bassmaster High School National Championship

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August 3, 2018

Natchitoches High Tandem Takes Lead At Bassmaster High School National Championship

Wes Rollo (left) and Hunter Owens of Natchitoches Central High School take the lead on the first day of the 2018 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods on Kentucky Lake with 19 pounds, 11 ounces.

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

Aug. 2, 2018

Natchitoches High Tandem Takes Lead At Bassmaster High School National Championship

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PARIS, Tenn. — Cutting short their fishing time proved beneficial to Natchitoches Central High School anglers Hunter Owens and Wes Rollo during Thursday’s opening round of the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods at Kentucky Lake.

With a couple of their bass struggling in the livewell, Rollo and Owens decided to check in about an hour early and weighed a five-bass limit of 19 pounds, 11 ounces to take the lead.

The Louisiana anglers said their day went as expected from what they learned in practice.

“We started out in practice messing around deep and shallow and in between,” Rollo said. “We found the fish we wanted early on this morning and caught them real quick.”

The bite hit a short lull around 9 a.m. But then Rollo caught a 7-2 largemouth, and they culled three times during the next five minutes. When a couple of their fish started bellying up in the livewell, Rollo and Owens headed back to the Paris Landing ramp at 12:40 p.m., so they wouldn’t lose any fish and suffer the penalties.

Owens said they switched between a couple of lures throughout the morning before finally settling on one near the end of their day. He said he believes their areas spots have enough bass to produce the same results Friday.

“We were conservative today,” Owens said. “We didn’t just catch them and catch them (in the same place). We got what we needed for our limit.” Then they tried a couple of new areas and caught a few bass but didn’t cull.

Some last-hour heroics moved the Mount Ida (Ark.) High School team of Fisher Bissell and Fisher Davis into second place with four bass that weighed 19-4.

“It was really tough and really slow,” Bissell said. “We had one big bite (a 7-5 largemouth caught by Bissell) early in the morning, and then we had our last three keepers in the last 20 minutes.”

Davis noted the late flurry took place when they were about to move to another spot. The Arkansas angler said he was lifting the trolling motor with his line still in the water when he noticed the motor was still running.

When he dropped the trolling motor back in the water, he noticed his line was tightening and thought he was snagged on something. But it turned out to be one of the keepers they needed, so they stayed put and caught their next two keepers.

Georgia’s Pickens High School team of Spencer Childs and Owen Moss moved into third place with an 18-9 limit. Childs, who fished in last year’s championship, said the day went better than he expected after a slow practice.

Kyle Simmons and Brett Halstead of Capital City High School in Kansas are in fourth place with 18-3, and Grayson Morris and Tucker Smith of Alabama’s Briarwood Christian School are fifth with 16-10.

The leaders are among 670 anglers from 337 high school teams competing for the national title. The teams qualified through a series of state and regional tournaments.

Two high school anglers are teamed in each boat with an adult boat captain, who serves as a mentor and operates the outboard motor.

The full field of teams will compete again Friday, but the field will be cut to the Top 12 for Saturday’s final round. The teams are vying for $118,000 in scholarship money. B.A.S.S. and its sponsors are awarding $22,000 to the competitors, and Bethel University in McKenzie, Tenn., will be presenting the remaining $96,000.

Hosts of the national championship are Henry County Tourism Authority, Carroll County and Bethel University. Anglers will take off at 5:45 a.m. CT from Paris Landing State Park and return at 1:45 p.m. to weigh in at the same location. The final weigh-in Saturday will switch locations to downtown Paris at 2:30 p.m.

Mossy Oak Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods
8/2/2018 – 8/4/2018
Kentucky Lake – Paris Landing State Park – Paris, TN
STANDINGS BOATER DAY 1

Name # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz # Fsh # Live Lbs-Oz PTS
1 Wes Rollo – Hunter Owens Natchitoches Central HS 5 5 19-11 5 5 19-11 0.00
2 Fisher Davis – Fisher Bissell Mt Ida Jr Bass Hookrz 4 4 19- 4 4 4 19- 4 0.00
3 Spencer Childers – Owen Moss Pickens High School 5 5 18- 9 5 5 18- 9 0.00
4 Kyle Simmons – Brett Halstead Capital City HS 5 5 18- 3 5 5 18- 3 0.00
5 Grayson Morris – Tucker Smith Briarwood Christian School 5 5 16-10 5 5 16-10 0.00
6 Maddux Walters – Ryan Jackson North GA Anglers 5 5 15-14 5 5 15-14 0.00
7 Gracie Herbold – Aaron Cherry Headland Bass Team 5 5 15- 9 5 5 15- 9 0.00
8 Michael Bonadona – Greg Diamond Brusley High School 5 5 15- 8 5 5 15- 8 0.00
9 Jacob Fitzgerald – CJ Teas Riley’s Catch 5 5 14- 6 5 5 14- 6 0.00
10 Ross Napier – Levi Lanier Hartselle HS 5 5 14- 1 5 5 14- 1 0.00
11 Christopher Capdeboscq – Forrest Lagarde Northlake Christian 5 4 13-12 5 4 13-12 0.00
12 Dakota Posey – Chance Dillon Little Cyprus Mauriceville HS 5 5 13- 9 5 5 13- 9 0.00
13 Dawson Gnewikow – Andrew Molino Mt Juliet Fishing 5 5 13- 6 5 5 13- 6 0.00
14 Easton Fothergill – Jack Webb Grand Rapids High School 4 4 13- 6 4 4 13- 6 0.00
15 Lawson Graves – Cameron Glasscock Cullman High School 5 5 13- 5 5 5 13- 5 0.00
16 Nathan Canaday – Ayden Wood South Johnston High School 4 4 13- 5 4 4 13- 5 0.00
17 Landon Owens – Caleb Mayfield Marion High School 5 5 13- 2 5 5 13- 2 0.00
18 Ashton Smith – Cole Tennihill West Volusia HS 5 5 12- 5 5 5 12- 5 0.00
19 Alyssa Taylor – Luke Fraley Walker Valley High School 4 4 12- 3 4 4 12- 3 0.00
20 Jarod Riddle – Luke Corbin Oconee County High School 5 5 12- 2 5 5 12- 2 0.00
21 Tyler Campbelll – Joe Mitchell Franklin Co High School 4 4 11-14 4 4 11-14 0.00
22 Ethan King – Matthew Vining SC Fishing Team 5 5 11- 4 5 5 11- 4 0.00
23 Tamlyn Duff – Paige Blackmon Livingston Fishing Team 3 3 11- 4 3 3 11- 4 0.00
24 Andrew Barry – John Gusmano Livonia Outlaws 4 4 11- 3 4 4 11- 3 0.00
24 James Willoughby – Ashton Saucier West Harrison HS Bass Team 4 4 11- 3 4 4 11- 3 0.00
26 Joey Bloom – Dylan Westhelle Seminole Co HS 4 4 11- 1 4 4 11- 1 0.00
26 Beau Browning – Cole Lamb Melbourne Bearkatz 4 4 11- 1 4 4 11- 1 0.00
28 Grant Dees – Ben Freeman Grundy County HS 3 3 11- 1 3 3 11- 1 0.00
29 Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson Eagan High School 5 5 10-15 5 5 10-15 0.00
29 Garick Robinson – Micah Bryant Sequoyah High School 5 5 10-15 5 5 10-15 0.00
31 Jaxon Brown – Jordan McCaleb Gardendale Rockets 3 3 10-13 3 3 10-13 0.00
32 Isaiah Cano-Garza – Jordon Gregory WA HS BASS Nation 4 4 10-11 4 4 10-11 0.00
33 Cole Holloway – Zach Smith Morgan County HS 5 5 10-10 5 5 10-10 0.00
34 Kyle Knoll – Cecil Lane Handley HS 2 2 10-10 2 2 10-10 0.00
35 Griffin Fernandes – Zach Witte Southeastern Bass Anglers 5 5 10- 8 5 5 10- 8 0.00
36 Britt Myers – Tanner Maness York County High School 4 4 10- 8 4 4 10- 8 0.00
37 Austin Gaab – Jacob Jones Wildcats HS Fishing 4 3 10- 5 4 3 10- 5 0.00
38 Gavin Melcher – Logan Huewe Elk River High School 4 4 10- 3 4 4 10- 3 0.00
39 Bryce Kostman – Garin Garlie Eau Claire Memorial 3 3 10- 0 3 3 10- 0 0.00
39 Connor Neal – Sam Hoesley Hoover High School 3 3 10- 0 3 3 10- 0 0.00
41 Josh Lee – Mason Cizek Karns Bass Fishing Club 4 4 9-13 4 4 9-13 0.00
42 Nathanial Kimberling – Jakobe Akins Lake City HS 3 3 9-12 3 3 9-12 0.00
43 Mason Raveling – Ben Provost Prior Lake High School 2 2 9-10 2 2 9-10 0.00
44 Connor Nimrod – Dylan Nimrod De Soto Bass Team 3 3 9- 9 3 3 9- 9 0.00
45 Lake Norsworthy – William Burt Brandon HS 3 3 9- 8 3 3 9- 8 0.00
46 Trevor Rumsey – Chris Ramirez AZ HS BASS Nation 4 3 9- 5 4 3 9- 5 0.00
47 Daelyn Whaley – Molly Beauford Abbeville HS 4 3 9- 3 4 3 9- 3 0.00
48 Carson Childs – Royce Crowe North Oconee High School 2 2 9- 2 2 2 9- 2 0.00
49 Bryce Bullock – Blake Bullock Oak Grove High School 4 4 9- 1 4 4 9- 1 0.00
50 Jackson Stephens – Jake Lange Lindbergh High School 4 4 8-15 4 4 8-15 0.00
51 Casey Cornelius – Devan Skaggs Mt Vernon Bass Team 4 4 8-12 4 4 8-12 0.00
52 Sean Clayton – Tyler Anderson York County High School 3 2 8-12 3 2 8-12 0.00
53 Preston Crowley – Wesley Hall Tuscaloosa County High School 2 2 8-11 2 2 8-11 0.00
54 Jacob Autry – Dylan Roberts Ohio Co HS 4 3 8- 6 4 3 8- 6 0.00
55 Brandon Bates – Logan Phillips Soddy Daisy High School 2 2 8- 6 2 2 8- 6 0.00
56 Cal Culpepper – Mason Waddell Harris County High School 3 3 8- 4 3 3 8- 4 0.00
57 Corbett Sands – Lance Frazier Walker Valley High School 4 4 8- 3 4 4 8- 3 0.00
57 Austin Ware – Chase Hicks Willard Tigers 4 4 8- 3 4 4 8- 3 0.00
59 Camden Slone – Caleb Hurst DCA Warriors 3 3 8- 3 3 3 8- 3 0.00
60 Kobie Koenig – Alex Kerranen Grand Rapids High School 2 2 8- 1 2 2 8- 1 0.00
61 Bryson Glenn – Laython McLean Dixie HS 3 3 8- 0 3 3 8- 0 0.00
62 Tucker Putman – Will Dickerson Good Hope Fishing Team 3 3 7-15 3 3 7-15 0.00
63 Kobe Thompson – Jagger Lindell Renegades Bass Club 4 4 7-11 4 4 7-11 0.00
64 Kyler McKie – Chad Champy North Augusta Fishing Team 3 2 7-11 3 2 7-11 0.00
65 Chace Gregory – Tucker Weidler Helena High School 2 2 7-10 2 2 7-10 0.00
65 Laker Howell – Jantzen Leonard Guntersville HS 2 2 7-10 2 2 7-10 0.00
65 TJ Paul – Kollin Kemerling Pennfield High School 2 2 7-10 2 2 7-10 0.00
68 Vincent Maffei – Hector Cortez Lake Wales High School 3 3 7- 7 3 3 7- 7 0.00
69 Dawson Hamdorf – Isaiah Minton Eastern Iowa 3 3 7- 6 3 3 7- 6 0.00
70 Ryan Tezzi – Sam Westall Riley’s Catch 4 4 7- 5 4 4 7- 5 0.00
71 John Hubbert – Andrew Johnson Bolivar High School 2 2 7- 4 2 2 7- 4 0.00
72 Mason Beck – Brent Cowley Springville Anglers 4 4 7- 3 4 4 7- 3 0.00
73 Hunter Courvelle – Alex Erickson Sam Houston High School 3 3 7- 3 3 3 7- 3 0.00
74 Chase Carey – James Laws North GA Anglers 2 1 7- 3 2 1 7- 3 0.00
75 Levi Singletary – Bradley Cohen Brookwood School 2 2 7- 2 2 2 7- 2 0.00
76 Garrett McWilliams – Dalton Jones Discovery Christian 2 2 7- 1 2 2 7- 1 0.00
77 Dawson Andrews – Wyatt Ensminger Central HS 3 2 7- 0 3 2 7- 0 0.00
78 Tyler Lubbat – Tyler Christy Buffalo Grove Bass Fishing 3 3 6-13 3 3 6-13 0.00
79 Bailey Bleser – Matthew McDonald Catholic Central High School 2 2 6-13 2 2 6-13 0.00
80 Daniel Meadows – Aaron Stephens Mortimer Jordan HS Bass Club 3 3 6-12 3 3 6-12 0.00
80 Marshal Robinson – Mason Fulmer Byrnes Rebels 3 3 6-12 3 3 6-12 0.00
80 Samuel Vandagriff – Matthew Vandagriff Warren County HS 3 3 6-12 3 3 6-12 0.00
83 Austin Smith – Noah Pierce Campbell Co HS 2 2 6-10 2 2 6-10 0.00
84 Eli Chambers – Hunter Herfurth Vinemont High School 2 2 6- 8 2 2 6- 8 0.00
85 Blake Daughtry – Hudson Barber Bainbridge High School 1 1 6- 8 1 1 6- 8 0.00
85 Zander McMahon – Riley Presgrove Mt Vernon 1 1 6- 8 1 1 6- 8 0.00
87 Ryan Persson – Sean McKiernan Ozark High School 3 3 6- 6 3 3 6- 6 0.00
88 Brock Gullixon – Waupaca HS 3 3 6- 5 3 3 6- 5 0.00
89 Brooks Anderson – David Britt Mt. Bethel Christian Academy 3 2 6- 5 3 2 6- 5 0.00
90 Hunter Cooper – Jaron Cooper Lincoln County HS 2 2 6- 5 2 2 6- 5 0.00
90 Shaw Sandy – Sam Bennett Athens Anglers 2 2 6- 5 2 2 6- 5 0.00
92 Garrett Bates – Pelham High School 2 2 6- 4 2 2 6- 4 0.00
92 Jace Hammons – Ethan Hopkins Burgin Independent 2 2 6- 4 2 2 6- 4 0.00
92 Bryson Harvey – Samuel Albino Gibbs High School 2 2 6- 4 2 2 6- 4 0.00
92 Kyle Roy – Jesse York Russell County HS 2 2 6- 4 2 2 6- 4 0.00
96 Westin Moss – Nathan Powell Whitwell High School 3 3 6- 2 3 3 6- 2 0.00
97 Hunter Meadows – Cameron Meadows Central OK Comm Team 2 2 6- 1 2 2 6- 1 0.00
98 James Gibbons – Piercen Lynch South Florence High School 2 2 5-15 2 2 5-15 0.00
98 Bode Meader – Paul Ersing Gorham HS 2 2 5-15 2 2 5-15 0.00
100 Jon Bedford – Walker Brown Lawrence County High School 2 1 5-15 2 1 5-15 0.00
101 Hayden Pinho – Hunter Pinho Patterson High School 2 2 5-14 2 2 5-14 0.00
102 Garrett Bartlett – Henry Bryan B&B Fishing 2 2 5-14 2 2 5-14 0.00
102 Matthew Stombaugh – Cole Miller Roane County HS 2 2 5-14 2 2 5-14 0.00
104 John Adams Gray – Abby Montgomery Lakeside Chiefs 2 2 5-11 2 2 5-11 0.00
104 Kameryn Henderson – Tyler Shearin Little Cyprus Mauriceville HS 2 2 5-11 2 2 5-11 0.00
106 Cameron Vaughn – Gunnar Halstead Herrin High School 2 2 5-10 2 2 5-10 0.00
107 Robert Powe – Allen Powe George Rogers Clark 3 3 5- 9 3 3 5- 9 0.00
108 Kaden Devore – Tyson Kelly Woodlawyn Wayne City 2 2 5- 9 2 2 5- 9 0.00
108 Zane O’Domirok – Thomas Brown Lenoir City High School 2 2 5- 9 2 2 5- 9 0.00
110 Gaige Blanton – Riley Merrow St Joe HS Bass Club 1 1 5- 9 1 1 5- 9 0.00
111 Caz Anderson – Luke Barrett Chatuge Anglers 2 2 5- 8 2 2 5- 8 0.00
112 Brent Randall – Giancarlo Russo RF Munroe HS 1 1 5- 8 1 1 5- 8 0.00
113 Brayden Liebe – Trey Hartley WA HS BASS Nation 1 1 5- 4 1 1 5- 4 0.00
114 Bryant Martin – Grant Schexnailder Notre Dame HS 2 2 5- 3 2 2 5- 3 0.00
114 Asher Peters – Hudson Choquette Headland HS 2 2 5- 3 2 2 5- 3 0.00
116 Coleman Hill – Grayson York Franklin Co HS 2 2 5- 2 2 2 5- 2 0.00
116 Jacob Woods – Cole Rankin Lenoir City High School 2 2 5- 2 2 2 5- 2 0.00
118 Jake Beihoffer – Bailey Faires Soddy Daisy HS 3 3 5- 1 3 3 5- 1 0.00
119 Sean Mercier – Kyle Verhelle Brighton High School 2 2 5- 1 2 2 5- 1 0.00
119 Christian Wright – Chris Metcalf Clinton High School 2 2 5- 1 2 2 5- 1 0.00
121 Jonathan Burns – Zach Naquin Assumption High School 2 2 5- 0 2 2 5- 0 0.00
121 Nicholas Pallaria – Billy Ashford Timberlane Bassmasters 2 2 5- 0 2 2 5- 0 0.00
121 Ryan Scott – Austin Anz Choctaw Bass Club 2 2 5- 0 2 2 5- 0 0.00
124 Cooper Goff – Sheldon Reese Kelseyville Knights 1 1 4-15 1 1 4-15 0.00
125 Braden Berryman – Brennon Davis Kirbyville Fishing Team 2 2 4-14 2 2 4-14 0.00
126 BJ Collins – Garrett Holder Chatuge Anglers 2 2 4-11 2 2 4-11 0.00
126 Lilli Shank – Colton Kosek Howard Lake High School 2 2 4-11 2 2 4-11 0.00
128 Austin Winburn – Chandler Brown Conway High School 2 2 4-10 2 2 4-10 0.00
129 Steven Browning – Morgan Miracle Garrard Co HS 2 2 4- 7 2 2 4- 7 0.00
129 Taylor Keener – Jayden Meaux Crowder Angler Club 2 2 4- 7 2 2 4- 7 0.00
131 Brady Duncan – Mason Huddleston Mt Juliet Fishing 2 2 4- 6 2 2 4- 6 0.00
132 Max Teas – Carson Causey Riley’s Catch 1 1 4- 6 1 1 4- 6 0.00
133 Jacob Eaton – Nick Johnson Riverdale High School 2 2 4- 5 2 2 4- 5 0.00
133 Hunter Kogel – Mason Ferachi Walker High School 2 2 4- 5 2 2 4- 5 0.00
135 Micah Holliman – Brayden Batchelor Clarks Hill High School 1 1 4- 4 1 1 4- 4 0.00
136 Josh Kissinger – Drew Traffanstedt Hoover High School 2 2 4- 3 2 2 4- 3 0.00
137 Reid Humphries – Cole Sanders Curry HS 1 1 4- 3 1 1 4- 3 0.00
138 Ashleigh Berry – Cade Baker Phil Campbell Fishing Team 2 2 4- 2 2 2 4- 2 0.00
139 Hayden Fox – Owen Chamberlain Mt Juliet Fishing 2 2 4- 2 2 2 4- 2 0.00
140 Garrett Thomas – Jacob Teal Mulberry High School 2 2 4- 1 2 2 4- 1 0.00
141 Devon Rathbun – Caleb Hains Parkview HS 1 1 4- 1 1 1 4- 1 0.00
142 Garrett Davis – Isaiaha Owens Coffee County High School 2 2 4- 0 2 2 4- 0 0.00
143 Colsyn Head – Nathan Phelps Owen Valley Patriots 2 2 3-15 2 2 3-15 0.00
143 Mitch Konrad – Ty Konrad Naperville North HS 2 2 3-15 2 2 3-15 0.00
143 Dalton Powell – Baylor Layne Whitwell High School 2 2 3-15 2 2 3-15 0.00
143 Brett Wray – Kasey Anderson North Desoto HS 2 2 3-15 2 2 3-15 0.00
147 Sully Machnicz – Jake Schiavi The Sound School 2 2 3-14 2 2 3-14 0.00
147 Matthew Roberts – Richard Cornett Perry County Central High School 2 2 3-14 2 2 3-14 0.00
149 Grant Sanford – Lane Sanford Northside HS 1 1 3-14 1 1 3-14 0.00
150 Cy Casey – Tanner Hadden Greenbrier HS 2 2 3-13 2 2 3-13 0.00
150 Austin Goins – Bryar Goins Rhea County High School 2 2 3-13 2 2 3-13 0.00
150 Mason Wade – Colton Collier Jackson County High School 2 2 3-13 2 2 3-13 0.00
153 Miller Dowling – Chandlar Hollingsworth American Christian Academy 2 2 3-12 2 2 3-12 0.00
153 Jackson Isbell – Trent Robinson Moody Fishing 2 2 3-12 2 2 3-12 0.00
155 John-Murphy Day – Hayden McCarty Corner High School 1 1 3-12 1 1 3-12 0.00
156 Devin Paddy – Ewing Minor OCHS Anglers 2 1 3-11 2 1 3-11 0.00
157 Jack Hunt – Peyton Hawkins Pendlelton HS 1 1 3-11 1 1 3-11 0.00
158 Reid Rayborn – Brock Bennett Livingston Parish Bassmasters 2 2 3-10 2 2 3-10 0.00
159 Bailey Miller – Lucas Scott Tullahoma HS 1 1 3-10 1 1 3-10 0.00
159 Ezra Smith – Devin Howard Walker Valley High School 1 1 3-10 1 1 3-10 0.00
161 Layne Hinson – Evan Williams Lake Wateree High School 2 2 3- 9 2 2 3- 9 0.00
162 Garrett Beatty – Dexter Wesson Sandwich High School 2 2 3- 8 2 2 3- 8 0.00
162 Colby Thurmond – Braeden Thurmond Coffee County High School 2 2 3- 8 2 2 3- 8 0.00
162 Gage Walther – Malakai Mckinney Riley’s Catch 2 2 3- 8 2 2 3- 8 0.00
165 Riley Christensen – Tanner Loren Riley’s Catch 2 2 3- 7 2 2 3- 7 0.00
166 Colton Noel – Allen Mullins Laker Bass Club 1 0 3- 6 1 0 3- 6 0.00
167 Gavin Gordon – Jayce Reddick Henry County High School 2 2 3- 5 2 2 3- 5 0.00
168 Dalton Johnson – Bryce Lane Arkansas Youth Anglers 1 1 3- 5 1 1 3- 5 0.00
168 Kadin Oettinger – Keegan Oettinger Lincoln County HS 1 1 3- 5 1 1 3- 5 0.00
168 Mack Taylor – Reese David Sand Springs HS 1 1 3- 5 1 1 3- 5 0.00
171 Hunter Martin – Justin Jacob Lutcher High School 2 1 3- 3 2 1 3- 3 0.00
172 Cody Ross – Cody Laird Livingston Fishing Team 1 1 3- 3 1 1 3- 3 0.00
173 Jake Maddux – Carson Maddux Spain Park High School 1 1 3- 2 1 1 3- 2 0.00
173 Marshall Williams – Marshall Harrelson Tallulah Falls 1 1 3- 2 1 1 3- 2 0.00
175 Caleb Clark – Brennen Leger St Thomas More HS 1 1 3- 1 1 1 3- 1 0.00
176 Tyler Conde – Mason Studley Bass Assassins 1 1 3- 0 1 1 3- 0 0.00
176 Ryan Prince – Kolby Reed Mt Pleasant High School 1 1 3- 0 1 1 3- 0 0.00
176 Dakota Vance – Jacob Marcum Tug Valley Bass Club 1 1 3- 0 1 1 3- 0 0.00
179 Cap Massey – Coy Wagley Mesilla Valley Bass Anglers 1 1 2-15 1 1 2-15 0.00
179 Hunter White – Nathan St Onge NCHS Anglers 1 1 2-15 1 1 2-15 0.00
181 Carson Campbell – Dylan Axt Cavalier Fishing 1 1 2-13 1 1 2-13 0.00
181 Jordan Smallwood – Evan Fields Elizabethtown Collins Bass Team 1 1 2-13 1 1 2-13 0.00
183 Braxton Hopper – Dakota McLaren Pelham High School 1 1 2-12 1 1 2-12 0.00
183 Caleb Patterson – Alec Harris Alexandria HS 1 1 2-12 1 1 2-12 0.00
185 Jonathan Williams – Clay Greer Jackson County High School 1 1 2-11 1 1 2-11 0.00
186 Jaydon Hill – Cameron Haling Grove High School 1 1 2-10 1 1 2-10 0.00
186 Chase Parsons – Hayden Drucker Hillcrest High School 1 1 2-10 1 1 2-10 0.00
188 Will Garrett – Fischer Keel Auburn Anglers 1 1 2- 9 1 1 2- 9 0.00
188 Braxton Shifflett – Larry Selig Mt Ida Jr Bass Hookrz 1 1 2- 9 1 1 2- 9 0.00
190 Haden Beasley – Andrew Riggins Livingston Academy 1 1 2- 8 1 1 2- 8 0.00
190 Caleb Thompson – Cole Taylor Benton Panther Fishing Team 1 1 2- 8 1 1 2- 8 0.00
190 John Walley – Justin Duke Satsuma HS 1 1 2- 8 1 1 2- 8 0.00
190 Makenzy Winegardner – Michael Mayles Southern Garrett Bass Slayers 1 1 2- 8 1 1 2- 8 0.00
194 Luke Buchanan – Chance White Magnolia West Angles Club 1 0 2- 8 1 0 2- 8 0.00
195 Damon Coleman – Benjamin Witala Bass Assassins 1 1 2- 7 1 1 2- 7 0.00
195 Mason McCoy – Carter Koza Mt Paran Christian School 1 1 2- 7 1 1 2- 7 0.00
195 Braxton Voisin – Cameron Cannon St Thomas More HS 1 1 2- 7 1 1 2- 7 0.00
198 Austin Adcox – Wyatt Hamner Sipsey Valley High School 1 1 2- 6 1 1 2- 6 0.00
199 Michael Childers – Landon Nelson Brewer High School 1 1 2- 5 1 1 2- 5 0.00
199 Niko Romero – Jonathan Milburn AZ HS Bass Nation 1 1 2- 5 1 1 2- 5 0.00
199 Cole Wooten – Russ Boackle Gardendale High School 1 1 2- 5 1 1 2- 5 0.00
202 Shelton Byrd – Blake Pruitt Russellville Golden Tiger Anglers 1 1 2- 4 1 1 2- 4 0.00
203 Seth Moser – Reilly Butler Sequoyah High School 1 1 2- 3 1 1 2- 3 0.00
203 Evan Redic – Kyson Brown Mt Juliet Fishing 1 1 2- 3 1 1 2- 3 0.00
203 Michael Yeatman Jr – Austin Sanford Sipsey Valley High School 1 1 2- 3 1 1 2- 3 0.00
206 Hanson Chaney – Bronson Beck Walker High School 1 1 2- 2 1 1 2- 2 0.00
206 Riley Henderson – Bryce Bland Franklin Co HS 1 1 2- 2 1 1 2- 2 0.00
206 Drew Sommo – Connor Jarmie North Branford HS 1 1 2- 2 1 1 2- 2 0.00
206 Konner West – Daryl West Chapman High School 1 1 2- 2 1 1 2- 2 0.00
210 Tyler Fitzner – Ben Anderson Lakeville Fishing Team 1 1 2- 1 1 1 2- 1 0.00
210 Dalton Goble – Garrett Brady Grainger HS 1 1 2- 1 1 1 2- 1 0.00
210 Mason Harkey – Clay Henderson Purdy High School 1 1 2- 1 1 1 2- 1 0.00
210 Thomas Shubert – Isaiah Lane Mooresville High School 1 1 2- 1 1 1 2- 1 0.00
210 Michael Vinesett – Hunter Vinesett Gaffney High School 1 1 2- 1 1 1 2- 1 0.00
215 Connor Handley – JP Johnson Vinemont High School 1 1 2- 0 1 1 2- 0 0.00
215 Isaiah Rios – Kalin Docter AZ HS BASS Nation 1 1 2- 0 1 1 2- 0 0.00
215 Stuart Roggli – Abbigail Roggli Grundy County HS 1 1 2- 0 1 1 2- 0 0.00
215 Lucas Senay – Josh Pitre York High School 1 1 2- 0 1 1 2- 0 0.00
219 Cameron Cokley – Jack Brown Unity High School 1 1 1-15 1 1 1-15 0.00
219 Cade Holcomb – Kopeland Rosser Helena High School 1 1 1-15 1 1 1-15 0.00
221 Joshua Austin – Alex Rigg Mesilla Valley Bass Anglers 1 1 1-14 1 1 1-14 0.00
221 Ethan Cruze – Carlo Castiglione Sam Houston High School 1 1 1-14 1 1 1-14 0.00
221 Trey Thomasson – Hunter Robertson Golden Eagles 1 1 1-14 1 1 1-14 0.00
221 Jordan Thompkins – Jacob Thompkins Calvary Christian 1 1 1-14 1 1 1-14 0.00
225 Case Anderson – Grant Hodosi Grundy County HS 1 1 1-13 1 1 1-13 0.00
225 Stanley Flesher – Briar Napier Highlands Co Anglers Club 1 1 1-13 1 1 1-13 0.00
225 Jackson Swisher – Seth Slanker Columbia High School 1 1 1-13 1 1 1-13 0.00
228 Dylan Fitzgerald – Devin Conliffe Upper Kanawha Valley Warriors 1 1 1-12 1 1 1-12 0.00
228 Troy Garner – Ben Joiner Mannford High School 1 1 1-12 1 1 1-12 0.00
228 Jared McCain – Jayden McCain Piedmont High School 1 1 1-12 1 1 1-12 0.00
228 Parker Reed – Caleb Pierce Walker Valley High School 1 1 1-12 1 1 1-12 0.00
228 Keetan Stutesmun – Ben Thrap Ozark High School 1 1 1-12 1 1 1-12 0.00
233 Aiden Caroccio – Nicholas Gray Oneida Lake High School 1 1 1-11 1 1 1-11 0.00
233 Noah Charron – Conner Polymeros Blackstone Valley Tech 1 1 1-11 1 1 1-11 0.00
233 Dylan Smothers – Chance Johnson Henry County High School 1 1 1-11 1 1 1-11 0.00
236 John Joyce – James Ford Boiling Springs High School 1 1 1-10 1 1 1-10 0.00
236 Mason Pitts – Jackson McGee Captain Shreve Gators 1 1 1-10 1 1 1-10 0.00
238 Kaleb Cook – Hudson Tinnell Helena High School 1 1 1- 8 1 1 1- 8 0.00
239 Noah Pawlak – Andrew Caskey Prior Lake High School 1 1 1- 6 1 1 1- 6 0.00
240 Jenna Albertson – Colby Reed Southside Anglers 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Luke Alexander – Casey Briley Gallatin HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Aubrey Barnes – Cory Deblasio Livingston Fishing Team 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Kirk Barnes – Michael Benade Peterhouse Zimbabwe 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Ashley Batey – Josh Emerson Pineville High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Dakota Bellew – Houston Hill Southside Fishing Team 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Noah Belt – Lane Couch Kiowa HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jacob Bowman – Darrin Driver Kawartha High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Colby Boyles – Greyson Shepherd BUHS Bass Team 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Brandon Brekke – Jake Burton Windsory High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Blake Briscoe – Roman Krzyzanowski Marion Co High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Camden Byrd – Zac Williams Bassett High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Donald Christoff III – Nicholas Ferrer Bishop Moore High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Clay Christopher – Coleman Clark Boyle Co HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Daniel Cline – Tyler Carden Liberty Raiders 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Ty Cobb – Kade Rochelle Lawrence County High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Landry Cooper – Cameron Kirkland Sequoyah High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Drake Cross – Jon Preston Downard Northriver Bass Team 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Todd Davis – Brian Canterbury Madison County 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Will Delaney – Hunter Porter Hillcrest High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jackson Douglas – Hunter Jones South Laurel HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Rob Draper – Cody Hammond Rehobeth Bass Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Nick Dumke – Noah Grotjohn Grand Rapids High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Tommy Dunaway – Riley McKamey Quincy High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Kayden Effinger – Will Dobbs Westfield HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Gavin Enders – Cadin Sheesley Susquehanna Valley Fishing Team 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Tyler Finley – Hayden Pugh Mt Pleasant High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Josh Flynn – Matthew Gerber Kickback High School Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Micah Ford – Wyatt Sauder Sequoyah High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jacob Frazier – Kaden Hillman Hazard High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Wyatt Gabby – Drew Herrmann Marion High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Caleb Gibson – Blake Moore Oak Grove High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Wesley Gore – Blake Davenport Jemison HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Annabelle Guins – Kaleb Buller Sam Houston High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Tate Hackler – Cayden Carlson New Palestine HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Denton Hargrave – Dylan Frazier Barbers Hill High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Preston Hatz – Dean Crisler Walton High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Owen Hawker – Tom Laicher NCHS Anglers 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jaden Hicks – Evan Springer Hurley HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Hunter Hollis – Jake Teafatiller Lufkin High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jeremiah Howard – Cody Cissell Bullitt Central HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Chase Hubble – Chase Givens Strawberry Crest HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Brady Huddleston – Bailey Talent Livingston Academy 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Connor Jacob – Jordan Alwan Peoria Notre Dame 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Will Johnson – Matthew Kethchem OCHS Anglers 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Logan Johnson – Ryan Ferrence Brighton High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Hunter Juvers – Samuel Alstat Herrin High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Wil Kennington – Dominic Fiorille Potomac River Bassmasters 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Parker Lambert – Brandon Lawson Palisades HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Garrett Lawton – Brent Tyrrell Oneida Lake HS Bassmasters 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jacob Lee – Mason Bounds North DeSoto HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Louie Marques – Noah Jenkins Golden State Bass Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Carsten McInnes – Charlie Albert Marion CO HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Todd McKinley – Cole Kilpatrick Mannford High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Sam McNew – McKinley Prickett Alexandria HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jace McNutt – Jon Hayden Raper Tuscaloosa County HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Dalton McPherson – Seth Patterson Highlands County Anglers Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Cole Merchant – Jackson Butler Lamar County HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Brody Metcalf – Jacob Holder Harleton HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Colby Miller – Jaden Cedars Oak Hill HS Bass Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Mason Moore – Lincoln County HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Hunter Muncrief – Landen McCary West Sabine Bass Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Kyle Nicholson – Eyston Kunz Mountan View Mavericks 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Nolan Paladino – Karston Dodd Lincoln County HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Kole Palmer – Caleb Maybrey Franklin Co HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jamie Pare – Jakob Fantasia Milford High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Brett Patterson – Wesley Woods WATERLOO BASS ANGLERS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Teddy Peznola – Nate Smith Leominster HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Reed Quarles – Garret Morris Diboll High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Laindree Richardson – Conner Bacon Benton Bass Fishing 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Asa Robertson – Blake Delong Warren County HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Connor Rushing – Cayden Reily Central HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Tanner Scruggs – Storm Cline Anderson County High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Seth Shawley – Evan Thomas Hampden Academy Bass Team 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Brody Sheldon – Colton Colwell Windsor High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Cody Shry – Jaxon Leonard Magnolia West Angler Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Noah Simmons – Scout Smith Woodruff High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Laney Skipper – Taylor Brown Rehobeth Bass Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Cameron Smith – Shane Smith Central Ohio High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Isaac Smith – Colin Cargol The Woodlands High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Scott Springer – Trust Say Christy, Springer and Say Com. C lu0b 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Logan Stackhouse – Andrew Sell Rogersville High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jaxon Sullivan – Chase Milholen Scotts Hill HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Nicholas Tamberella – Braxton Brien Vanderbilt Catholic 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jack Tindell – Collin Currie Little Cyprus Mauriceville HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jeremy Toler – Joshua Goodman Westside Renegades 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Matteo Turano – Paul Paskevicius Naperville North HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Weston Villines – Jacob Rhea Arkansas Youth Anglers 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Adam Watts – Matt Marcel Tullahoma HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Brandon Weeks – Liam Worley OP Bass Anglers 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Brentyn Wheat – Christopher Smith Livingston Parish Bassmasters 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Dillan White – Dathon Taylor Southside Anglers 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Tyler Wilson – Brady Barham Benton County 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Trenton Wilson – Jon Hodge South Putnam Bass Team 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Jeffrey Worthy Jr – Roger Weigle Jr George Jenkins HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Trey Wurst – Thomas Hubbard Westside HS 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
240 Scott Yunke – Helena High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0.00
337 Joseph Embleton IV – Evan Paugh Southern Garrett Bass Slayers 0 0 -1- 0 0 0 -1- 0 0.00

BIG BASS
Day Name City,State Lbs-Oz
1 Fisher Davis – Fisher Bissell Mt. Ida, AR 7- 5

TOTALS
Day # Fish Live Lbs-Oz # Limits
1 532 517 1429- 8 21

Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks Win PBC Cashion Fishing Rods ‘End of Year’ Team TT July 28,2018 Jordan Lake

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Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks Win PBC Cashion Fishing Rods ‘End of Year’ Team TT July 28,2018 Jordan Lake

PBC CASHION FISHING RODS ‘End of Year’ TEAM TOURNAMENT BASS FISHING TRAIL

RESULTS
Saturday July 28th, 2018 ~ Jordan Lake ~ Farrington Point Wildlife Ramp

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Another great day for fishing!! The PBC Cashion Fishing Rods ‘End of Year’ Trail Qualifier #2 at Jordan Lake was a winner! It started off with a beautiful morning with hardly no wind and am temps at around 72. Air temps rose to about 90 at the 2pm weighin and the winds were still light. The rain held off too! Water temps averaged about 87
degrees. The bite was typical for Summer but the top 6 teams were within 3 lbs. of each other! Real close at the top.
We also had 2 beautiful bass over 8 lbs. weighed in! About 2/3rds of the 44 boat field weighed in fish. Not bad.

The hottest team this year, Josh Hooks & Jaime Fajardo, again won 1st Place weighing in 5 bass at 20.75 lbs. and
also won 1st Place TWT for a total of $2,035 in winnings. Hooks on left, Fajardo on right. Ben Cannon & Chad Craven came in 2nd place with 5 fish weighing 19.42 lbs. & also won 2nd Place TWT to pocket a total of $1,000. 3rd place team, Todd Sumner & Mike Dinterman won $457 with 5 weighing 19.09 lbs. The 1st Place Big Fish weighed 8.17 lbs. and was caught by the team of Mark Jones & Curtis Grasty netting them $616 in cash!! Right on their heels the 4th Place Team of Christian Johnson & Brian Morgan had a 8.10 pounder to take 2nd Big Fish and $264 in cash. 128 fish were weighed in for a total of 381 pounds for an average of 2.98 lbs. each. Most of the larger fish were caught on Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, and Crankbaits in 4-12′ of water off main point dropoffs, wood & rock ledges and creek channels.

I want to thank all the anglers that participated and all our sponsors that support this trail. The next Cashion Fishing
Rods ‘End of Year’ Tournament Trail Qualifier will be August 11th at Falls Lake out of Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp.
Go to this webpage for the info on the ‘End of Year’ Trail:
http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2018CashionEOYTrailMainPage.html
All the information on our tournaments can be found http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

Now here are the full results:

1st Place: Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks of Fuquay Varina & Apex…5 bass…20.75 lbs…$1,020
2nd Place: Chad Craven & Ben Cannon of Willow Springs & Apex…5 bass…19.42 lbs…$565
3rd Place: Todd Sumner & Mike Dinterman of Southern Pines & Oxford…5 bass…19.09 lbs…$457
4th Place: Christian Johnson & Brian Morgan of Denver & Terrell…5 bass…19.00 lbs…$352
5th Place: Todd Massey & Brandon Gray of Chapel Hill & Bullock…5 bass…18.62 lbs…$317
6th Place: Keith Barker & Steven Jacobs of Cameron & Sanford…5 bass…17.53 lbs…$282
7th Place: Corey Linton & Cooper Edmondson of Pikeville & Goldsboro…5 bass…16.66 lbs…$246
8th Place: William Howard & Bryce McClenney of Raleigh & Cary…5 bass…15.93 lbs…$176
9th Place: Clay Ausley & Allen Parker of Fuquay Varina & Sanford…5 bass…14.74 lbs…$105

1st Place Big Fish..Mark Jones & Curtis Grasty of Franklinton & Efland…8.17 lbs…$616
2nd Place Big Fish..4th Place Team above…8.10 lbs…$264

1st Place TWT..1st Place Team above…20.75 lbs…$1,015

2nd Place TWT..2nd Place Team above…19.42 lbs…$435

Contact Information:

Phil McCarson…Tournament Director—922 Valetta Rd.—Durham, NC 27712
Home: 919-471-1571 Cell: 919-971-5042
email: [email protected]
website: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

August 2018 Lake Anna Lake Report by Chris Craft

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August 2018 Lake Anna Lake Report by Chris Craft

AUGUST OUTLOOK

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As we head into August, we are usually greeted with below normal lake levels and above normal water temps. This year however, the lake is at FULL POOL and we are only in the low to mid 80’s with surface temps.

The popular Sunday Morning Bass Series is going well with a 20 boat average. There are nine more SMBS Events scheduled through September. The SMBS Fall Classic (100% payback) is Scheduled for Sunday October 21 from 7am-3pm. All you need to do is fish one regular season event to be eligible.

Talk around the lake is about the upcoming 2018 Angler Appreciation Tournament on Saturday October 27 (Make up date for weather will be on Sunday October 28, 2018). We will start taking entry fees on Saturday August 4 at 5:30am. The entry fee is $120 and includes big fish. Boat numbers will be assigned in the order that entries are received.

There have been a few changes in this years event. We will not be doing catered food, instead the monies that was spent on that will be put into the tournament prize monies.

As in the past, there will be three flights of boats that are seperated by 15 minutes each.

1st Flight- Boats 1-50 7:30am-3:30pm
2nd Flight- Boats 51-100 7:45am-3:45pm
3rd Flight- Boats 101-150 8:00am-4:00pm

BASS- Concentrate your efforts in deeper water this time of year. There is a small window of opportunity first thing of a morning with a top water bite, this is however very inconsistent. This bite happens around the many balls of shad and herring fry throughout the lake. They will push bait to the surface and feed very heavily for a few minutes and then they are done.

Drop shots and shakey head rigged plastics are your best bet, fish them around bridge pilings, boat docks and brush piles. A heavier weight is best this time of year as it will help in drawing a reaction strike from your fast falling bait. If you orefer to go “OLD SCHOOL” with you bait presentation, a big Texas Rigged worm, like a Zoom Ol Monster will put fish in the boat for you.

Deep crankbaits like the Norman DD-22, Strike King 5XD & 6XD fished on main lake points, bridge pilings and brush piles have always been a great way to catch deep summer time bass.

There are still fish in the willow grass up in the North Anna arm of the lake, even though water temps can reach the middle to upper 90’s this time of year. The grass provides shade and oxygen in this region of the lake. The best way to catch these fish is to start pitching and flipping jigs, creature baits and worms into the pockets withing the grass or even punch the heavier sections with a pegged weight (1/2oz or heavier).

Over on the Pamunkey arm, the rocky main lake points up past Hunters Landing will hold fish. Crankbaits and Carolina Rigged plastics are my favorite ways to entice strikes from fish in this area. The water tends to be darker on this side so keep you color pallets simple. Chart/Blue & Chart Sexy Shad on your crankbaits and Junebug, Plum & Red Shad with your plastics.

CRAPPIE- The crappie are in full blown summer pattern, they are in deep water around bridge pilings, brush piles and just following bait around the lake.

Fish a small minnow rigged under a slip bobber with minimal weight (just enough to keep minnow in place) or an abundance of artificial baits. Mt favorite is a 2″ Big Bite Lures Curly Tail Grub rigged on a Mizmo 1/16oz jig head in Tractor Green, Green Weenie, Back/Blue Chart Tail and Wally World.

STRIPER- This is one of my favorite times of year to chase striper, the shad and herring have finished their spawn and soon there will be pods of fry everywhere and they will be eating as much as possible every chance they get.

First thing of a morning, you can find them chasing balls of shad and herring fry to the surface. A broken back redfin is my favorite bait to entice explosive and violent strikes from aggressive line sides! A walking bait is fun to fish, but the hook up percentage is drastically lowered, due to the just slapping at the bait. The redfin is sub-surface, so you still get the top water strike, without the heartache of the fish missing the bait.

Once the morning surface feed is over, you can either troll them up or drop spoons to them. If trolling, Chart/Blue or Sexy Shad DD-22’s and Chrome/Blue or Chrome/Black deep diving redfins are both great choices. If using a redfin, tie a four to six foot leader off of the center split ring and put a 1/4oz buck tail behind it. Look for the from the power plant to just up lake from the splits.

LAKE LEVEL- FULL POOL

WATER TEMPS & CLARITY
DIKE 3- 85 Degrees CLEAR

DOWN LAKE- 82-84 Degrees CLEAR

MID LAKE- 81-84 Degrees CLEAR

UP LAKE-82-85 SLIGHT STAIN

Chris Craft

Anna Point Marina/Fish Tales Tackle Manager

540-895-5900 ext5

Fishing 101 for Kids: A Parent’s Guide to the First Time by Bruce Callis

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Fishing 101 for Kids:
A Parent’s Guide to the First Time

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For every parent, teaching their children something new that they really aren’t good at can be one of our biggest fears. Little Johnny and Sarah want to go fishing, but you have never been in your life. You want to take them, but where do you start? Forget asking anyone at Walmart, most of the employees in the Sporting Goods department don’t know the first thing about fishing. I know, I have heard them trying to help a customer too many times. But as daunting as it may seem, it is really simple to get started.

The first thing you will need is a fishing pole. There are way too many choices, but it can be simple. Johnny wants a Spiderman pole and Sarah wants a Cinderella. These poles are geared to children. They are fairly simple to use, but at the same time, affordable. The only downfall to these rods is that the drag on them really stinks. If you can’t reel in a bluegill, what would happen if it is a bigger fish, like a 2 pound bass. I picked up a Zebco Dock Demon for my grandson. It comes spooled with line and has a much better drag system, but yet, the closed face reel is so easy to use. When you push down on the button and release your thumb off it, the line comes out. To cast, you hold down on the button, and as you reach the apex of the cast, release the button to send the bait forward into the water.

The simplest type of fishing for beginners is to use live bait. Now that we have a fishing pole, we need to set it up to go fishing on the bank. For this, we need to get a hook, sinker, and bobber. For hooks, we can go simple, and buy the snelled hooks that come in a package. If we are fishing for bream, bluegill, and crappie, we don’t need an extremely large hook. I picked up a package of number 4 hooks that are prestrung onto line. This makes it very simple to use. You just tie the line from the pole directly to the hook line. I would use a cinch knot that is very easy to tie.

Now we need a weight to help keep the hook down in the water. For this, all you truly need are split shot weights. They are simple to use, and can be reused at the same time. All you need is your fingers or a pair of pliers to attach them. You slide the open end over the line about 2 inches above the hook and close it around the line. Depending on the size you buy, you may just need one to accomplish your goal of suspending the hook below the surface under your bobber.

A bobber, is a floating device you attach to your line to suspend the bait at a certain depth. You can slide it up and down the line to adjust this depth. You don’t want it 4 foot above the hook if you are fishing in 2 feet of water. Here, there are many choices of style for the bobber. I have found that a round bobber is easier for a child to watch, and you don’t need to have a huge one. One that the child can see and still just big enough to stay afloat is all you need.

Now we have everything we need to go fishing, except, what do we put on the hook. Nightcrawlers are inexpensive, you can get 18 of them for $3.00 at Walmart. Just pay attention to the bar code so that you aren’t getting the expensive one. Keep them cool, placing them in the cooler, but don’t let them get soaking wet, as this will kill the worms. In general, each worm should yield about 4 pieces of bait, so 18 should give you an afternoon of fun.

While these are the basics of what you need for a family adventure at the pond, there are a few things that will help. Remember that kids can get bored easily. Have something for them to do as they take a break. Have drinks and snacks, they will get thirsty and hungry. Bring wipes to clean your hands with after cutting the worm and handling the fish. Also, a pair of needlenose pliers are always handy for removing the hook from the fish, and for the split shots. A towel, just in case an accident happens and a change of clothes, are always a plus that we hope we never need.

The main thing is, make it fun for you and them. If they have fun, they will want to go again. Don’t force them to stay if they are overheated. Let them dictate the way the day goes. That is what I do with my grandson. If we go for a hour or for 4 hours, it is his choice. And in the words of Franc White, the Southern Sportsman, “Do yourself a favor, take a kid fishing!”

Bluegrass Junior Anglers Take Bassmaster Junior National Championship

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Bluegrass Junior Anglers Take Bassmaster Junior National Championship

Trey McKinney (right) and Carter Wijangco of the Bluegrass Jr. Bassmasters out of Illinois won the 2018 Bassmaster Junior Championship on Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake with a two-day total of 17 pounds, 6 ounces.

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Bluegrass Junior Anglers Take Bassmaster Junior National Championship

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HUNTINGDON, Tenn. — By the smallest of margins, Trey McKinney and Carter Wijangco of the Bluegrass Jr. Bassmasters outlasted the 54-team field to win the 2018 Bassmaster Junior Championship on Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake. Their two-day total of 17 pounds, 6 ounces, gave them a 1-ounce advantage over first-round leaders Jeremy Monda and Will Boyd of Florida.

On what was a tougher day on the Tennessee reservoir, the duo scrounged up a five-bass limit weighing 8 pounds, but that was enough to win the championship title. With water temperatures in the 80s, the offshore bite was the primary pattern for most of the teams, including McKinney and Wijangco.

“We were a bit nervous because the Florida team of Monda and Boyd were the leaders, and we had heard they caught another limit today,” McKinney, 13, said. “It was so nerve-racking on the ‘hot seat.’”

McKinney and Wijangco fished numerous baits this week and throughout practice, but their best lure was a Bizz Baits Dizzy Diamond stickbait rigged on a shaky head jig. They fished it slow on the bottom of numerous offshore spots. They learned from their experience in the 2017 Bassmaster Junior Championship, also held on Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake, and used that knowledge to their benefit to win on their second try.

“I finished 27th last year, and Trey finished 13th with a different partner,” Wijangco, 14, said. “We fished offshore with the shaky head yesterday, but today we also used a jig and Carolina rig. Keeping our head up and staying positive was important.”

The team stayed patient as they only had three fish before 11 a.m. each day. In the final two hours, they were able to visit enough spots to find active fish.

“It seemed that most of the field was fishing the same 10 spots offshore, so we went to the vacant areas,” said Rick Cheatem, who served as boat captain for the pair. “Fishing spots by ourselves was important, and I’m proud of how Trey and Carter stayed in the game. In 15 minutes or so, they caught four or five fish and culled to their winning weight.”

After leading Tuesday with a 10-3 catch, Monda and Boyd only managed to catch a small limit weighing 7-2 and fell short of the title.

Representing Florida’s Quincy Junior Bassmasters, the duo concentrated on the mid-depth region of the lake and caught most of their fish with swim jigs, a bait that wasn’t a factor in the practice rounds but paid off when competition began.

“We used drop shots and other baits throughout practice,” Monda said. “We saw a pocket that looked great for a swim jig, so we threw it and caught a bunch of bass, and we kept using that in the tournament.”

Rochester Junior Bassmasters Rein Golubjatnikov and Matthew Pitcher placed third with a two-day total of 16-14. Golubjatnikov finished in the runner-up position in 2017 when he fished solo. This year the New York duo took home more hardware for their third-place finish.

The Big Bass of the tournament was caught by Terrance Wiseman and Isaac Shock of the Southern West Virginia Junior Bassmasters who brought a 7-1 lunker to the weigh-in stage on Day 2. The Big Bass of the tournament also vaulted them from 38th on Day 1 to 4th place overall.

The win netted McKinney and Wijangco $2,000 in scholarship money along with Abu Garcia rods and reels. Second place took home $1,000 in scholarship prizes along with Abu Garcia Veritas rods.

Bassmaster Junior Championship
7/31/2018 – 8/1/2018
Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake – Huntingdon, TN
STANDINGS BOATER DAY 2

Name# Fish# Live Lbs – Oz # Fish # Live Lbs-Oz PTS
1 Trey McKinney – Carter Wijangco Bluegrass Jr’s 5 5 8- 0 10 10 17- 6 0.00
2 Jeremy Monda – Will Boyd Quincy JR Bassmasters 5 5 7- 2 10 9 17- 5 0.00
3 Rein Golubjatnikov – Matthew Pitcher Rochester Jr Bassmasters 5 5 6-14 10 10 16-14 0.00
4 Terrance Wiseman – Isaac Shock Southern WV Jr Bassmasters 5 5 11- 4 8 8 15- 6 0.00
5 Wade Roberts – Blayne Carpenter Jr Southwest Bassmasters 5 5 8- 1 10 10 15- 5 0.00
6 Camden Kendrick – Ty Elkins DAR Middle School 5 5 7- 4 10 10 14-15 0.00
7 Mitchell Robinson – Mason Ritts Rebels Jr Fishing Team 5 5 7- 7 10 9 14-12 0.00
8 Cole Carr – Luke McGuire BassBusters 5 5 6- 5 10 10 14-10 0.00
9 Alexander Gordon – Bryan Leslie Jr BASS Lightning 5 5 7- 3 10 9 14- 1 0.00
10 Vince Nekvinda – Cole Bailey Eastern Iowa Jr Bassmasters 3 3 4- 7 6 6 13-13 0.00
11 Shooter Nelson – Seth Ricketts West Carroll Jr High 5 5 6- 2 10 10 13-11 0.00
12 Tate Jones – Troy Carter Bassett Jr Anglers 5 5 8- 5 9 9 13- 2 0.00
13 Zach Henderson-Jackson Landry JR Southwest Bassmasters-Denham Springs 5 5 8-0 7 7 12-15 0.00
14 Cole Moulton – Chance Vantran New Hampshire Jr Bassmasters 4 4 4- 5 9 9 12- 7 0.00
15 Cale Carr – Ethan Turner OCHS Jr Anglers 5 5 5-14 10 10 12- 3 0.00
16 Nathan Fiant – Braden McNamara Hartley’s Hawgs 5 5 7- 0 9 9 11-15 0.00
17 Dugger Tipton – Mathew Sisk Arkansas Youth Anglers 4 4 6- 4 9 8 11-11 0.00
18 Will Haynes – Austin Thomas Curry Jr High School 5 5 6-12 10 9 11-10 0.00
19 Kolten Goolsby – Morgan Banta Lone Star Jr Bass Masters 5 5 6- 5 10 10 11-10 0.00
20 Mason Grose – Caden Grose Southern WV Jr Bassmasters 5 5 5- 7 9 9 11- 9 0.00
21 Joshua Borrousch – Conner McClellan Indiana Jr Bassmasters 5 5 5-10 10 10 11- 8 0.00
22 Storm Clark – Gunnar Williamson Harris County Jr 5 5 5- 7 10 10 11- 4 0.00
23 Tyler Thomas – Lucas Wray Russell County Jr Bass Club 2 2 1-15 7 7 11- 3 0.00
24 Chris Luckey – Hayden Hazelgrove Brown County Fishing Club 2 2 3- 5 7 7 11- 1 0.00
25 Phillip Herring – Calup Williams Greene County Youth Bassmaster s4 4 4- 8 9 9 10- 8 0.00
26 Kollin Crawford – Stoney Holmes Battiest Bass Club 5 5 5- 6 9 9 10- 8 0.00
27 Joseph Phegley – Wilson Ravenscroft North Augusta Fishing Team 5 5 6- 2 8 7 10- 5 0.00
28 Cody Mundy – Brayden Askey Broaddus HS Fishing 3 3 2-12 8 8 9-15 0.00
29 Dallas Taylor – Hayden Thomas Arkansas Youth Anglers 1 0 0-11 6 5 8-15 0.00
30 Hunter Alexander – Hayden Hammond Carson HS Bass Team 5 5 5- 0 8 8 8- 9 0.00
31 Kaden Abmeyer – Blake Louderbaugh Bison Fishing Team 3 3 3- 9 8 7 8- 7 0.00
32 Reece Keeney – Bryce Moder Northeast WI Bass 2 2 1-15 7 6 8- 3 0.00
33 Noah Parrish – Dylan Kramer Fighting Fishsticks Jr Club 4 4 4- 3 8 8 8- 1 0.00
34 Nicholas Herrman – Kyle Herrman Topeka Jr Hawgs 5 5 4-10 9 9 7-13 0.00
35 Aston Meland – Alex Meland Eastern Iowa Jr Bassmasters 2 2 4- 9 5 5 7-13 0.00
36 Mitchell Straffon – Henri Sturm Fenton Jr Bass Fishing 1 1 1- 2 6 5 7- 6 0.00
37 Carson Forrester – Dylan Barefoot Capital City Jr Bassmasters 4 4 3-13 6 6 7- 4 0.00
38 Fisher Cusic – Corbin Cepero Lakeland Junior Bassmasters 1 1 1-12 3 3 7- 3 0.00
39 Harrison McCall – Will Webb Salisbury Academy 1 1 0-14 5 5 7- 1 0.00
40 Cullen Behen – Gavin Sperlich Mainely Jr Bass 5 5 4-15 7 7 6-13 0.00
41 Ross Kearns – Scotty Hagan Bottomline Jr Bassmasters 3 2 2-11 5 4 6- 5 0.00
42 Parker Lane – Coda Bunch Tahlequah Jr Bass Club 0 0 0- 0 4 4 6- 3 0.00
43 Jaden Northey – Daniel Noble Kawartha Bassmasters 2 2 3- 5 5 5 6- 3 0.00
44 Mike Abbott – Julian Dent Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets 0 0 0- 0 4 4 5-14 0.00
45 Payton Whirley – Conner Erickson Pequot Lakes 1 1 1- 8 4 4 4-15 0.00
46 Trey Kegebein – Taylor Kuhlman Coulee Region Bass 0 0 0- 0 3 3 4-10 0.00
47 Ryan Ringer – Jake Mantovani Off the Hook Jr Bassmasters 2 2 2- 0 5 5 4-10 0.00
48 Elijah Benson – CJ Hudson Dawson Christian Academy 0 0 0- 0 5 5 4- 7 0.00
49 Charlie Brekke – Isabella Putmam Fighting Fishsticks Jr Club 2 2 2- 6 3 3 3-12 0.00
50 Christian Misciagna – Aidan McCormack Port City Jr Bassmasters 1 1 1- 0 4 3 3-11 0.00
51 Grayden Scibilia – Chase Atehison Jr Potomac River Bassmasters 0 0 0- 0 2 2 3-10 0.00
52 Benjamin Hester – Karson Jenkins Rhea County Jr Eagle Anglers 3 3 3- 5 3 3 3- 5 0.00
53 Beau McQuade – Clifton Bennett Jr Potomac Bassmasters 1 1 1- 6 2 2 2- 4 0.00
54 Nickolas Monistere – Bran Boyd Northwest Rankin 0 0 0- 0 2 2 2- 2 0.00

BIG BASS
Day Name City,State Lbs-Oz
1 Vince Nekvinda – Cole Bailey Shellsburg, IA 7- 0
2 Terrance Wiseman – Isaac Shock Winfield, WV 7- 1

TOTALS
Day # Fish # Live Lbs-Oz # Limits
1 207 197 290-15 25
2 176 174 228- 0 24

Lowrance Reduces Minimum Retail Price on HDS Carbon

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Lowrance Reduces Minimum Retail Price on HDS Carbon

Savings Up to $1,000 on Today’s Most Advanced Fishfinders

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Tulsa, Okla. – Lowrance®, a world-leading brand in fishing electronics since 1957, announced today a reduction in the Minimum Retail Price (MRP) on all HDS Carbon fishfinder/chartplotters. MRP will be reduced $1,000 on HDS Carbon 16, $700 on HDS Carbon 12, $600 on HDS Carbon 9 and $500 HDS Carbon 7. These significant savings are effective immediately.

Featuring a multi-touch SolarMAX™ HD display, HDS Carbon offers unrivaled brightness and clarity and extreme viewing angles – viewable even through polarized sunglasses. A dual-core, high-performance processor delivers the fastest sonar updates and chart redraws with no lag, easily driving features like StructureMap™, Live Network Sonar, Dual Channel CHIRP and StructureScan® 3D Imaging with power to spare for future fishfinding upgrades.

HDS Carbon comes preloaded with C-MAP U.S. enhanced mapping, and is the most versatile combo available today, offering touchscreen control of Mercury® VesselView® Link, Power-Pole® shallow-water anchors, and SmartSteer™ trolling motor/outboard motors. An expansive list of safety and entertainment plug-and-play options are available to complete the network.

For more information on the latest HDS Carbon features – including FishReveal™ Smart Target Viewing and High-Visibility StructureScan® Color Palettes – please visit www.lowrance.com.

Wherever baitfish swim, bass bite Storm 360GT Searchbaits – Rapala

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Wherever baitfish swim, bass bite Storm 360GT Searchbaits

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Anywhere and everywhere you see schools of baitfish this summer – shallow near the surface, or deep on your sonar graph – throw a Storm® 360GT Searchbait™ and you’ll put bass in the boat.

“You don’t even need to have cover, you just need to be around baitfish,” says Davy Hite, a Bassmaster Classic champion and seven-time Bassmaster tournament winner. “Whether you’re talking about shad, alewives, blueback herring, bluegill or perch, whatever waterbody you’re on will have some baitfish that the largemouth, smallmouth or spotted bass key on. So the 360GT’s slogan, ‘Throw it anywhere, catch fish everywhere’ really is perfect for the bait. I’ve fished it from Canada all the way to Florida, and it catches fish.”

“GT” stands for “Go To” bait. Creating the ultimate illusion of natural movement, the 360GT pairs a lifelike, single-ball rattling jig head with a realistic, phthalate-free soft body with 3D holographic eyes and a toe-in boot tail that elicits fish-attracting action and vibration at any retrieve speed.

“The boot tail does a couple things,” Hite explains. “It gives the bait vibration, which the fish can feel in the water. And the slim tail going to the boot gives the bait another action — it moves side to side, just like a fish trying to propel through the water.”

Like all professional anglers, Hite hits the water with several rods rigged with different baits to account for differing weather and water conditions. In the summer, one rod is always rigged with a 360GT. He picks it up when he sees schools of baitfish, be it 50 feet deep or a foot shallow.

“When I’m deep, I’ll see schools of baitfish on my sonar graph,” Hite explains. “When I’m shallow, I’ll actually see the baitfish in the water. So whether I’m fishing a river or stream, a natural lake or man-made reservoir, I’ll throw that 360GT when I see those baitfish.”

When baitfish are shallow, fishing a 360GT couldn’t be more simple – cast it out and reel it in. When your sonar graph shows schools of bait around deep structure like reefs, humps and rockpiles, just to name a few, you’ll need to count down your 360GT to the strikezone after casting toward your target.

“Just count down the bait until you get it to the right depth, and then reel it in slowly,” Hite explains. “Typically, that bait’s going to fall about a foot a second, but it varies.”

Baits fall faster or slower in different current and wind speeds. When water color allows, Hite gauges rate-of-fall by pitching his 360GT a few feet from the boat and counting “one-thousand-one, one-thousand two, and so on,” as he watches it fall. Once it’s out of sight, he stops counting and reels in, noting how much line he had out. “So then when I make a long cast on that same slack line, I’ll know how long to count it down to get to the bottom.”

Hite’s summer 360GT game plan includes a “deep-shallow” strategy as well. When his sonar graph shows baitfish schooling near the surface over water 50 feet deep or more, he casts at the school and reels in rapidly, with his rod tip high in the 10- or 11-o’clock position.

“A lot of times, those baitfish will be suspended in the summertime and the bass will be right under them,” Hite explains. “So cast out and start reeling immediately when the bait hits the water – maybe even slightly before – so it’s not sinking down any. The bass will come up to hit it.”

Smaller 360GT’s are generally better closer to the water surface, and vice versa to get to the bottom in deeper water. Pre-rigged 360GT’s are available in three sizes: 1/8 oz jighead, 3 1/2-inch body; ¼ oz. jighead, 4 ½-inch body; and 3/8 oz. jighead, 5 1/2-inch body. Each pre-rigged pairing comes in a package two extra bodies. Each size body is available in 11 color patterns: Chartreuse Ice, Gaga, Herring, Houdini, Hot Olive, Marilyn, Pearl Ice, Smokin’ Ghost, Smelt, Tru Blue and Volunteer.

In most situations, Hite fishes 360GT’s on 12-pound-test fluorocarbon line with a 7-foot medium or medium-heavy baitcasting rod and a 7:1 ratio baitcasting reel.

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Phillip Anderson took 1st Place at CATT Lake Murray July 28,2018

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Phillip Anderson took 1st Place at CATT Lake Murray July 28,2018

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Guys check out Southern Plastics for custom made soft plastic baits!

Go to their Facebook page and get ya some! Southern Plastics!

Phillip Anderson took 1st Place at Lake Murray this past Saturday with 5 bass weighing 14.33 lbs and took home $645.00!

Next Lake Murray Open is this coming Saturday at Dreher Island Aug 4th!

$100 entry!

Optional $25 Side pot

1st BF Sean Anderson

	Big	Total
	Fish	Weight	Winnings
Phillip Anderson BONUS $	4.57	14.33	$645.00
Rhett Manus 2nd BF	5.25	13.65	$192.00
Dave Murdock – Steve Pizzino	3.59	12.95
Sean Anderson – George Berry 1st BF	5.73	11.46	$65.00
David Arnold – Eddie Belcher	3.83	6.70
Todd Ledford – Chris Curtis	0.00	0.00
Daniel Howell	0.00	0.00
Jeremiah Jensen – DJ McEachern	0.00	0.00
Keith Chichester – Baylen Moore	0.00	0.00

B.A.S.S. Will Not Reschedule 2018 Bassmaster Elite At Upper Chesapeake Bay

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B.A.S.S. Will Not Reschedule 2018 Bassmaster Elite At Upper Chesapeake Bay

Aaron Martens shows off one of the bass that helped him win the Huk Performance Fishing Bassmaster Elite at Chesapeake Bay in 2015.

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August 1, 2018

B.A.S.S. Will Not Reschedule 2018 Bassmaster Elite At Upper Chesapeake Bay

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For the second time in the 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series season, B.A.S.S. was forced to postpone an Elite event because of massive flooding and unsafe boating conditions. And for the first time in Elite Series history, one of those events has been canceled altogether, the organization announced today.

The Huk Bassmaster Elite at Upper Chesapeake Bay presented by Mossy Oak Fishing will not be rescheduled, said Bruce Akin, CEO.

“By the time conditions on the upper Chesapeake Bay improved enough for competition, our great hosts at Harford County, Md., were unable to accommodate our event,” he said. “We could have switched the event to another fishery, but in consideration of Elite anglers who had important obligations during the times we had available, we elected to end the season with eight qualifying events, instead of the nine we had planned.

“We are really disappointed that we could not conduct the Maryland event as planned. We were anticipating huge crowds of spectators and excellent fish catches — as we always have on the upper Chesapeake.”

The regular season will end with the Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River presented by Black Velvet, to be held Aug. 23-26 at Waddington, N.Y. Elite anglers ranked in the Top 50 of the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points list after that event will compete in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Chatuge Lake at Young Harris, Ga., Sept. 20-23.

That championship will pay $1 million to the qualifiers based on cumulative AOY points, and it will determine the 2018 Bassmaster Angler of the Year as well as pro qualifiers for the Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods at Knoxville, Tenn., next March.

The decision to cancel was reached after discussions with B.A.S.S. sponsors, as well as consultations with the Elite Advisory Board — an 11-member panel of pros elected by their peers — and polling of the Elite Series field.

The Chesapeake Bay tournament was postponed on July 25, the eve of competition, after dam operators upstream announced plans to release massive quantities of water that were expected to create flooding downstream and fill the waterways with debris.

In addition, Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton issued a statement saying, “It is vitally important that anglers and boaters avoid the area downstream of the dam,” including the upper Chesapeake Bay. According to reports this week, flooding problems and hazardous boating conditions are ongoing.

“We regret the effect this decision has on our anglers who were hoping to improve their AOY standings in Elite No. 8, as well as on our sponsors, the host community of Harford County and our B.A.S.S. fans,” said B.A.S.S. Tournament Director Trip Weldon. “However, we had to consider the interests of all concerned when deciding to cancel.”

Time to Empty Your Bucket by Ron Bradley

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Time to Empty Your Bucket by Ron Bradley

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The Bucket list. I’m willing to bet that most of us avid anglers have one. A list of lakes you would love to fish for that monster bass. A place that amounts to heaven on earth in your eyes. I had one of about 10 lakes, lakes that I’ve been wanting to fish for years but never found the time to. The only lake I’ve managed to scratch off my bucket list is Lake Okeechobee. As for the rest of them I’m afraid it’s too late.

You see on May 5th of this year, my whole world changed in an instant. Something as little as getting out of my chair emptied my bucket list in the blink of an eye. A pop in my back and eight hours later I had no feeling below my waist, no control over my bowels or bladder. I suffered from what the doctors called Cauda Equina Syndrome, the result of a firefighting accident I had years ago. The two repaired disks finally gave out and exploded into my spinal canal. Now I sit here in my adult diapers. I’m no longer the independent person I once was. I must have help doing what was the simplest of task, like cooking, using the bathroom, getting dressed, etc.

My days of fishing are all but over. I haven’t been in a boat or held a rod since my accident. I am lucky in that I still run a tournament trail, Georgia Nitro Owners Tournament Trail, which allows me to still be apart of the sport. Only now I sit on the doc as my partner and friends fish. Words cannot describe how much that sucks.
I’m not telling you this for sympathy. I’m telling you this because I am an example of how quickly your life can change. Don’t let that bucket list sit there, go do it. Don’t just go do it, take someone you care about with you. These experiences are better shared with someone you care about. So grab your son, your wife, or whomever it is you want to share the experience with and get on it. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to any of us. So, my plea to you today is don’t let another day, week, or month go by without working on your list. It’s time to empty your bucket…..

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