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Preparation And Adjustments Carry Schlapper To B.A.S.S. Nation Win At Lake Vermilion
TOWER, Minn. — An intense effort to learn a lake he’d never fished gave Pat Schlapper of Eleva, Wis., the insight to claim a wire-to-wire victory at the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Northern Regional on Minnesota’s Lake Vermilion with a three-day total weight of 52 pounds, 8 ounces.
Day 1 saw Schlapper turn in his best performance, a limit of 19-4. He followed with 16-5 on Thursday and sealed the deal with Friday’s catch of 16-15.
Notably, after leading the Day 1 field by 7 ounces, Schlapper increased his margin to 1-2 on Day 2. Friday, his winning margin of 2-13 earned him a first-place prize of $5,000 and a spot in the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship, Nov. 11-13 on Pickwick Lake.
“This week was awesome, I’m very thankful,” Schlapper said. “I had a nine-day stretch where (Wisconsin B.A.S.S. Nation teammate) Lonnie (Peterson) and I were practicing and we basically split the lake in half.
“I knew that docks were going to be a big factor, but I also knew that the majority of people would be fishing that. So, Lonnie and I both committed to fishing offshore, and we graphed every day all day.”
Schlapper said he identified a large number of promising spots but found the fish favored different habitat as the tournament progressed. Sunlight had a lot to do with this, as Day 1 brought a mix of sun and clouds, followed by a mostly sunny Day 2 and mostly cloudy skies in the final round.
“By today, I had it narrowed down to just a handful of spots,” Schlapper said. “A lot of the places I thought I was going to get them, I didn’t get them.
“I initially thought I was going to get them in 18 to 20 feet of water — and I did get a few out there. But as the tournament went on, I started to get them shallower, more in that 14-foot range.”
Schlapper caught most of his fish on a green pumpkin Big Bite Baits tube Texas-rigged on a 1/4-ounce head. He also caught fish on a drop shot with a Big Bite Baits Smallie Smasher and a Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Flat Worm — both in green pumpkin — and a 5/16-ounce shaky head with a craw bait.
Ultimately, Schlapper attributes his success to extensive pre-event preparation and the discipline to know when he needed to relocate.
“Moving around the lake and not sitting on spots was a big factor,” he said. “I’d pull up and if I didn’t catch one in the first five minutes, I left.
“It took me a lot of time to figure it out, but it saved me a lot of time during the tournament. I could pull and go right to the spot where I felt like, if there was a fish that was ready to eat, I knew where it was going to be.”
Eric Storms of Winner, S.D., placed second with 49-11. Starting strong with a second-place catch of 18-13 on Day 1, he added 14-6 on Day 2 and slipped to fourth. Today, Storms weighed 16-8.
For three days, Storms followed the same game plan: Secure a solid limit of smallmouth over a hump in the back of Daisy Bay and then hunt kickerlargemouth by flipping Texas-rigged tubes around shallow pencil reeds in Greenwood Bay.
“When you fish for those largemouth, the bites are few and far between, but when you get a bite, it’s usually a good one,” Storms said. “I got to weigh a largemouth over 4 pounds every day of the tournament.
“For my smallmouth, I fished a green pumpkin Get Bit tube on a 1/4-ounce head. For the largemouth, I used a Lake Fork Craw Tube on a 4/0 hook with a 3/16-ounce bullet weight.”
Hailing from Chippewa Falls, Wis., Lonnie Peterson finished third with 49-10. Starting Day 1 with a 12th-place effort of 15-15, he turned in his best catch — 17-10 — on Day 2 and moved into third before settling in this position with a final-round limit of 16-1.
Peterson caught his fish on a drop shot with a 4-inch Roboworm in the Aaron’s Magic color and an undisclosed plastic bait. Peterson described the latter as a power presentation on baitcasting gear.
“I was fishing in 8 to 16 feet of water and looking for anything that was a little bigger than anything else in the area,” Peterson said. “Every morning this week was terrible; I was spinning out really bad until I’d get my first keeper around 10 o’clock each day.”
Dan Parker of Guttenberg, Iowa, won the Big Bass award with his 4-14.
Matt Byrnes of Hudson, Wis., won the nonboater division with 30-10. On Day 1, Byrnes caught 9-2 and placed 15th before adding 11-6 on Thursday to take over his division’s lead. His Day 3 limit of 10-2 gave him a winning margin of 4-4 and earned the top prize of $2,500, along with a spot in the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship.
Dan O’Keefe of Prior Lake, Minn., won the Big Bass award among nonboaters with a 5-5.
The event was hosted by the Fortune Bay Resort Casino.
2020 B.A.S.S. Nation Title Sponsor: TNT Fireworks
2020 B.A.S.S. Nation Platinum Sponsor: Toyota
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About B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S. is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and keeper of the culture of the sport, providing cutting edge content on bass fishing whenever, wherever and however bass fishing fans want to use it. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., the 515,000-member organization’s fully integrated media platforms include the industry’s leading magazines (Bassmaster and B.A.S.S. Times), website (Bassmaster.com), television show (The Bassmasters on ESPN2 and The Pursuit Channel), radio show (Bassmaster Radio), social media programs and events. For more than 50 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Basspro.com Bassmaster Opens Series, TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Series, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Bassmaster Team Championship, new Huk Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series powered by TourneyX presented by Abu Garcia and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic.
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Bethel University Pair Takes Lead At Bassmaster College Series Event On Lake Hartwell
ANDERSON, S.C. — For the first time this season on the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, there will not be a wire-to-wire winner.
After weighing in 9 pounds, 11 ounces on Day 1 of the third tour stop at Lake Hartwell, Bethel University’s Brad Ableman and Wilson Smith jumped from sixth to first on Day 2 with a 9-5 three-fish limit for a two-day total of 19-0.
Meanwhile, Day 1 leaders Jeremy Dellinger and Nathan Smith from Catawba Valley Community College in North Carolina dropped to second with a limit of 6-14 and a two-day total of 18-7.
“It feels pretty good. I didn’t expect it,” Ableman said. “We caught what we caught and we thought it would get us into the final day and qualify us for the National Championship. We are probably going to have to catch the same (weight) if not more tomorrow.
“We are excited to just get back out there and see what we can end up with.”
It is the first time Ableman and Wilson Smith have secured a Top 12 finish as a team. Ableman said they went into this tournament searching for largemouth and have been able to capitalize on that bite for two days, specifically in one area where they have spent the majority of their time.
“We have stayed in our main area until about noon and then went and fished some new stuff,” he said. “We haven’t really found anything new. We have one area that we have been catching some fish in and we are hoping it can hold up.”
The Bethel duo has stayed in shallow water most of the tournament, using a Strike King Rage Bug and a Strike King KVD Sexy Frog to generate a few quality bites.
According to Ableman, the fish they have caught have been on a few key spots, and he believes if the water levels continue to slowly drop, more fish will funnel out of the backwaters close by and replenish those targets. However, if the water drops too much, he fears the fish will move out of the creek completely.
“We don’t really have a backup plan,” Ableman said. “It’s either we catch the fish and we are in position, or we aren’t.”
Meanwhile, the quality of fish decreased for Dellinger and Nathan Smith on Day 2, but the CVCC team remains in contention just 9 ounces behind Ableman and Wilson Smith. Dellinger and Nathan Smith returned to the same pocket they had success in yesterday but did not find the same success.
“There was a bunch of bait in there, and there was some schooling activity yesterday. Today our fish came up schooling and pushed all of the bait out of the pocket,” Dellinger said. “For that particular pocket, I think most of the quality is gone.”
Toward the end of the day, the CVCC team found another pocket with schooling fish, a potential tournament saver if the bass are fired up on Championship Saturday.
“If we can put three bites on those fish in the boat, it’s going to make it interesting tomorrow,” Dellinger said.
All six of the fish Dellinger and Nathan Smith have brought to the scales were caught on the same bait, and Dellinger said he doesn’t intend to change on the final day.
Jake Lee and Mason Cizek from Bryan College in Tennessee rounded out the Top 3 with a two-day total of 18-4, while Jacksonville State University anglers Zeke Gossett and Lucas Smith, who started the day in 30th with a Day 1 total of 6-3, rocketed to fifth place with an 11-7 limit, the heaviest of Day 2.
The Brewton-Parker College duo of Bryce Henley and Reese Kingston claimed the Carhartt Big Bass of the day with a 5-12 largemouth, just 2 ounces shy of the overall big bass of the tournament weighed in by Clemson University’s GL Compton and Matthew Sprouse on Day 1.
The Top 12 teams will take off Saturday from Green Pond Landing at 6:45 a.m. ET and return for the weigh-in at 2:45 p.m. The 12 teams have also already earned a spot in the 2020 Carhartt Bassmaster College National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops on the Harris Chain of Lakes starting Oct. 29.
The event is being hosted by Visit Anderson.
2020 Bassmaster College Series Title Sponsor: Carhartt
2020 Bassmaster College Series Presenting Sponsor: Bass Pro Shops
2020 Bassmaster College Series Platinum Sponsor: Toyota
2020 Bassmaster College Series Premier Sponsors: Abu Garcia, Berkley, Humminbird, Mercury, Minn Kota, Nitro Boats, Power-Pole, Skeeter Boats, Talon, Ranger Boats, Yamaha
2020 Bassmaster College Series Supporting Sponsors: Garmin, Huk Performance Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing, Rapala, TNT Fireworks
About B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S. is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and keeper of the culture of the sport, providing cutting edge content on bass fishing whenever, wherever and however bass fishing fans want to use it. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., the 515,000-member organization’s fully integrated media platforms include the industry’s leading magazines (Bassmaster and B.A.S.S. Times), website (Bassmaster.com), television show (The Bassmasters on ESPN2 and The Pursuit Channel), radio show (Bassmaster Radio), social media programs and events. For more than 50 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Basspro.com Bassmaster Opens Series, TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Series, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Bassmaster Team Championship, new Huk Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series powered by TourneyX presented by Abu Garcia and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic.
2020 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Lake Hartwell presented by
Bass Pro Shops 8/27-8/29
Lake Hartwell, Anderson SC.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2
Angler Club/School Pts
1. Brad Ableman – Wilson Smith Bethel University 250
Day 1: 3 09-11 Day 2: 3 09-05 Total: 6 19-00
2. Jeremy Dellinger – Nathan Smith CVCC 249
Day 1: 3 11-09 Day 2: 3 06-14 Total: 6 18-07
3. Jake Lee – Mason Cizek Bryan College 248
Day 1: 3 09-12 Day 2: 3 08-08 Total: 6 18-04
4. Bryce Henley – Reese Kingston Brewton-Parker College 247
Day 1: 3 06-13 Day 2: 3 11-00 Total: 6 17-13
5. Zeke Gossett – Lucas Smith Jacksonville State 246
Day 1: 3 06-03 Day 2: 3 11-07 Total: 6 17-10
6. Grant Adams – Wil Rigdon Campbellsville University 245
Day 1: 3 10-02 Day 2: 3 07-07 Total: 6 17-09
7. Griffin Fernandes – Gunner Wilson Adrian College 244
Day 1: 3 08-08 Day 2: 3 08-10 Total: 6 17-02
8. Cody Gregory – Levi Mullins Bethel University 243
Day 1: 3 09-03 Day 2: 3 07-04 Total: 6 16-07
9. Grayson Morris – Jacob Pfundt University of Montevalllo 242
Day 1: 3 08-00 Day 2: 3 08-04 Total: 6 16-04
10. Jarred Jones – Logan Tate Jacksonville State University 241
Day 1: 3 07-07 Day 2: 3 08-06 Total: 6 15-13
11. Garrett Warren – Snead State Community College 240
Day 1: 3 06-10 Day 2: 3 08-07 Total: 6 15-01
12. Harbor Lovin – Zachary Martin Murray State University 239
Day 1: 3 08-12 Day 2: 3 06-02 Total: 6 14-14
13. Joseph McClosky – Ryan Winchester Bethel University 238
Day 1: 3 04-10 Day 2: 3 10-02 Total: 6 14-12
14. GL Compton – Matthew Sprouse Clemson University 237
Day 1: 3 10-01 Day 2: 3 04-07 Total: 6 14-08
15. George Fallon – George Gore Clemson University 236
Day 1: 3 09-00 Day 2: 3 05-03 Total: 6 14-03
16. Cole Sands – Conner Dimauro Bryan College 235
Day 1: 3 08-05 Day 2: 3 05-08 Total: 6 13-13
17. Cal Culpepper – Mason Waddell University of Montevallo 234
Day 1: 3 07-02 Day 2: 3 06-08 Total: 6 13-10
18. Mark Harris – Reece Martin Dallas Baptist University 233
Day 1: 3 03-05 Day 2: 3 10-01 Total: 6 13-06
19. Miller Spivey – Trey Dickert University of Montevallo 232
Day 1: 3 06-06 Day 2: 3 07-00 Total: 6 13-06
20. Joshua DeKoning – Carter Ball Adrian College 231
Day 1: 3 06-14 Day 2: 3 06-06 Total: 6 13-04
21. Weston Hollar – Wesley Gore University of Montevallo 230
Day 1: 3 06-05 Day 2: 3 06-12 Total: 6 13-01
22. Dax Ewart – Kyle Palmer Bethel University 229
Day 1: 3 07-14 Day 2: 3 05-01 Total: 6 12-15
23. James Willoughby – Chance Schwartz University of Montevallo 228
Day 1: 3 05-12 Day 2: 3 07-02 Total: 6 12-14
24. Lane Bailey – Adam Seagle CVCC 227
Day 1: 3 10-05 Day 2: 2 02-03 Total: 5 12-08
25. Emil Wagner – Ole Miss 226
Day 1: 3 06-02 Day 2: 3 06-05 Total: 6 12-07
26. Hunter MCClaskey – Nicholas Gilbert King University 225
Day 1: 3 05-11 Day 2: 3 06-10 Total: 6 12-05
27. Nolan Minor – Casey Lanier West Virginia University 224
Day 1: 3 03-08 Day 2: 3 08-12 Total: 6 12-04
28. Mitchel Goodin – John Jacobs Georgia Southern University 223
Day 1: 3 04-05 Day 2: 3 07-13 Total: 6 12-02
29. Bryce Miller – Nick Crawford Kent State University 222
Day 1: 2 04-08 Day 2: 2 07-07 Total: 4 11-15
30. Whit Edmonds – Bobby Long Lander University 221
Day 1: 3 05-05 Day 2: 3 06-09 Total: 6 11-14
31. Dalton Smith – Bradley Dunagan Campbellsville University 220
Day 1: 3 04-09 Day 2: 2 07-03 Total: 5 11-12
32. Colin Slentz – Evan Slentz Lander University 219
Day 1: 3 07-03 Day 2: 3 04-05 Total: 6 11-08
33. Jacob Blumling – Nathanael Wright Emmanuel College 218
Day 1: 3 07-01 Day 2: 2 04-07 Total: 5 11-08
34. Jason Zubris – Penn State University 217
Day 1: 3 07-02 Day 2: 3 04-05 Total: 6 11-07
35. Hayden Gaddis – Ben Cully Carson-Newman University 216
Day 1: 3 06-08 Day 2: 3 04-15 Total: 6 11-07
36. Weston Bison – Parker Wilton Lander University 215
Day 1: 3 05-06 Day 2: 3 05-15 Total: 6 11-05
37. Luke Lamb – Seth Roberts Bethel University 214
Day 1: 2 06-11 Day 2: 3 04-08 Total: 5 11-03
38. Jj Kocevar – Tanner Shriver Kent State University 213
Day 1: 3 05-11 Day 2: 3 05-06 Total: 6 11-01
39. Zachary Asher – Jacob Klicman Kent State University 212
Day 1: 3 05-07 Day 2: 3 05-10 Total: 6 11-01
40. Braden Perry – Aidan England Carson-Newman University 211
Day 1: 3 09-09 Day 2: 1 01-06 Total: 4 10-15
41. Mason Moore – Ryan Freeman Eastern Kentucky University 210
Day 1: 3 04-05 Day 2: 3 06-10 Total: 6 10-15
42. Drew Pridgen – Kaleb Brown Lander University 209
Day 1: 3 08-04 Day 2: 1 02-10 Total: 4 10-14
43. Shane Nelson – Brayden Federer Adrian College 208
Day 1: 3 06-01 Day 2: 3 04-13 Total: 6 10-14
44. Calvin Currie – Tommy Teaster Lander University 207
Day 1: 3 05-01 Day 2: 3 05-13 Total: 6 10-14
45. Solomon Glenn – Hunter Ward University of Montervallo 206
Day 1: 3 04-00 Day 2: 3 06-13 Total: 6 10-13
46. Austin Goins – Kirk Elijah Bryan college 205
Day 1: 3 04-10 Day 2: 3 06-00 Total: 6 10-10
47. Cole Zagrzebski – Ryan Bradway Western Michigan University 204
Day 1: 3 05-11 Day 2: 3 04-15 Total: 6 10-10
48. Jack Dice – Liberty University 203
Day 1: 3 04-15 Day 2: 3 05-07 Total: 6 10-06
49. Andrew Fisher – Bennett Kudder Bryan College 202
Day 1: 3 03-12 Day 2: 3 06-08 Total: 6 10-04
50. William Martin – Jack Baron University of Montevallo 201
Day 1: 3 04-07 Day 2: 3 05-08 Total: 6 09-15
51. Cordell Beckman – Dru Johnson Greenville University 200
Day 1: 3 03-11 Day 2: 3 06-03 Total: 6 09-14
52. Austin Davis – Josh Howard Greenville Techincal 199
Day 1: 3 04-03 Day 2: 3 05-11 Total: 6 09-14
53. Jackson Staib – Baylor Howell Bethel University 198
Day 1: 3 05-10 Day 2: 2 04-00 Total: 5 09-10
54. Conner Giles – Christian Wright Bryan College 197
Day 1: 3 05-00 Day 2: 3 04-10 Total: 6 09-10
55. Trevor Harrill – Ty Leatherwood Appalachian State University 196
Day 1: 3 04-06 Day 2: 3 05-03 Total: 6 09-09
56. Caleb Lonca – Justin Eggers CVCC 195
Day 1: 3 05-13 Day 2: 3 03-10 Total: 6 09-07
57. Stephen Kinard – Jimmy Mitchum Lander University 194
Day 1: 3 06-12 Day 2: 2 02-07 Total: 5 09-03
58. Shawn Coots – Luke Henderson Campbellsville University 193
Day 1: 3 04-05 Day 2: 3 04-14 Total: 6 09-03
59. Nolan Yeager – Ethan LeGare Stephen F. Austin State Universi 192
Day 1: 3 03-06 Day 2: 3 05-12 Total: 6 09-02
60. Matthew Davis – Cody Batterson Adrian College 191
Day 1: 3 04-13 Day 2: 3 04-05 Total: 6 09-02
61. Sean Clayton – Owen Dimaio Clemson University 190
Day 1: 3 04-06 Day 2: 3 04-11 Total: 6 09-01
62. Matthew Cummings – Joseph Woods Bethel University 189
Day 1: 3 02-14 Day 2: 3 06-02 Total: 6 09-00
63. Dawson Cassidy – Gus Mclarry Texas AM Commerce 188
Day 1: 3 04-10 Day 2: 3 04-04 Total: 6 08-14
64. Hunter Bond – Bowman Davis Clemson University 187
Day 1: 3 07-11 Day 2: 1 01-01 Total: 4 08-12
65. Ross Parris – Reed Green Lander University 186
Day 1: 2 03-11 Day 2: 3 05-01 Total: 5 08-12
66. Atom Ward – Gavin Lagle Indiana University Southeast 185
Day 1: 3 04-07 Day 2: 3 04-05 Total: 6 08-12
67. Zach Manneback – Jarrod Layton Adrain College 184
Day 1: 2 04-05 Day 2: 3 04-05 Total: 5 08-10
68. Curtis Dillon – Aaron Digh East Carolina University 183
Day 1: 3 04-02 Day 2: 3 04-07 Total: 6 08-09
69. Cameron Rhodes – Jacob Witkowski Dallas Baptist University 182
Day 1: 3 04-09 Day 2: 3 03-13 Total: 6 08-06
70. Tyler Christy – Trey Schroeder McKendree University 181
Day 1: 3 05-05 Day 2: 2 03-00 Total: 5 08-05
71. Cole Dodson – Trent Jones University of Montevallo 180
Day 1: 3 06-02 Day 2: 1 02-02 Total: 4 08-04
72. Wyatt Reid – Gehrig DeFronzo Erskine College 179
Day 1: 3 04-05 Day 2: 3 03-13 Total: 6 08-02
73. Griffin Phillips – Ethan King University of Montevallo 178
Day 1: 3 01-11 Day 2: 3 06-06 Total: 6 08-01
74. Cy Casey – Daelyn Whaley Emmanuel College 177
Day 1: 3 04-01 Day 2: 3 03-14 Total: 6 07-15
75. Hayden Fuhr – Chase Carver Lander University 176
Day 1: 3 05-02 Day 2: 3 02-12 Total: 6 07-14
76. Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson Minnesota State Univ Mankato 175
Day 1: 3 05-09 Day 2: 2 02-03 Total: 5 07-12
77. Tristan McCormick – Stevie Mills Bethel University 174
Day 1: 1 00-15 Day 2: 3 06-08 Total: 4 07-07
78. Matthew Benson – Garrett Ankerich Emmanuel College 173
Day 1: 1 01-15 Day 2: 3 05-05 Total: 4 07-04
79. Tanner Barnes – Jordan Smallwood Campbellsville University 172
Day 1: 3 03-11 Day 2: 3 03-09 Total: 6 07-04
80. Mark Wilson – Dylon Williams georgia southern 171
Day 1: 1 01-01 Day 2: 3 05-09 Total: 4 06-10
81. James Duncan – Blake Stringer Campbellsville University 170
Day 1: 1 01-03 Day 2: 3 05-07 Total: 4 06-10
82. Bailey Bleser – Christian Hernandez Mckendree University 169
Day 1: 3 03-14 Day 2: 2 02-10 Total: 5 06-08
83. Colby Hays – Logan Hawkins Campbellsville University 168
Day 1: 2 01-15 Day 2: 3 04-07 Total: 5 06-06
84. Britt Myers – Tyler Anderson Lander University 167
Day 1: 3 03-06 Day 2: 3 03-00 Total: 6 06-06
85. Spencer Black – Lucas Oliver CVCC 166
Day 1: 3 03-08 Day 2: 1 02-13 Total: 4 06-05
86. Ethan Shaw – Tyler Price Bryan College 165
Day 1: 2 02-06 Day 2: 3 03-13 Total: 5 06-03
87. Sam Shoemaker – Hayden Scott Adrian College 164
Day 1: 1 01-15 Day 2: 3 04-02 Total: 4 06-01
88. Kollin Smith – John Wesley Wardlaw Emmanuel College 163
Day 1: 3 05-13 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 05-13
89. Alec Coffey – Kyle Roy Campbellsville University 162
Day 1: 1 02-10 Day 2: 2 03-03 Total: 3 05-13
90. River Lee – Hunter Muncrief Stephen F. Austin State Universi 161
Day 1: 1 01-02 Day 2: 3 04-07 Total: 4 05-09
91. Tanner Maness – Chandlar Ellis Lander University 160
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 05-07 Total: 3 05-07
92. Bailey Fain – Preston Kendrick Bryan College 159
Day 1: 1 00-15 Day 2: 3 04-07 Total: 4 05-06
93. Matthew Roberts – Alice Lloyd College 158
Day 1: 1 01-00 Day 2: 1 04-02 Total: 2 05-02
94. Zachary Bowen – Thomas Millraney Bethel University 157
Day 1: 2 02-02 Day 2: 3 03-00 Total: 5 05-02
95. Rob Lindsey – Justin Botts Bryan College 156
Day 1: 3 03-12 Day 2: 1 01-01 Total: 4 04-13
96. Jake Maddux – Southern Union Community College 155
Day 1: 3 04-12 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 04-12
97. Levi Sanchez – Nathan Schrader Clemson 154
Day 1: 3 04-10 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 04-10
98. Chandler Jarrard – David Brashear Georgia Southern University 153
Day 1: 3 04-06 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 04-06
99. Adam Puckett – Blake Albertson Murray State University 152
Day 1: 3 02-13 Day 2: 1 01-06 Total: 4 04-03
100. Ty Black – Avry Thomason Georgia Southern University 151
Day 1: 3 04-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 04-00
101. Jack York – Cooper Thor Stephen F Austin State Universit 150
Day 1: 3 03-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 03-15
102. Austin Smith – Maddux Walters Carson Newman 149
Day 1: 1 02-02 Day 2: 2 01-12 Total: 3 03-14
103. Tyler Lusk – Corey Waits Lander University 148
Day 1: 2 02-11 Day 2: 1 00-15 Total: 3 03-10
104. Alex Saxon – Andrew Brock Emmanuel College 147
Day 1: 3 03-03 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 03-03
105. Troy Gibson – Adam Hope University of Louisville 146
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 02-11 Total: 1 02-11
106. Denver Monteith – Adam Watts Trevecca Nazarene University 145
Day 1: 2 02-09 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 2 02-09
107. Brant Shuler – Blake Nalley Clemson University 144
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 02-05 Total: 1 02-05
108. Cade Tootle – Thomas Mcelwaney Georgia Southern University 143
Day 1: 2 01-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 2 01-15
109. Ryan Park – Jon Johnston Murray State University 142
Day 1: 1 01-06 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 01-06
110. Garritt Coughenour – Tennessee Tech 141
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 01-04 Total: 1 01-04
111. David Hendel – Jacob Blackburn Ohio State University 140
Day 1: 1 01-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 01-00
112. Weston Randall – Anthony Hunckler Appalachian State University 139
Day 1: 1 00-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 00-15
113. Jonah Gilbert – Emmanuel College 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
113. Griffin Heffington – Jacob Frazier Carson-Newman University 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
113. Caleb Sheldon – Ben Kinney Lander University 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 85 288 538-10
2 77 265 516-09
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162 553 1055-03
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Knockout Round Predictions From the FLW TITLE
We caught up with a few FLW Series anglers at the start of today’s Knockout Round from Sturgeon Bay and got their thoughts on what they expect it will take to make the Tackle Warehouse FLW Championship on Saturday and earn a shot at a 200k payday!
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FLW Title CHAMPIONSHIP – Moving On To The KNOCKOUT ROUND!
After 4 days at the FLW Title Championship, the top 20 are moving on to the Knockout round. The weights are zeroed, and only 10 of these FLW Pro Circuit will advance to the Championship Day. With $200,000 and the title of FLW CHAMPION on the line, the action is going to be intense!
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Cifuentes Wins Qualifying Round on Day Four at Tackle Warehouse TITLE presented by Toyota at Sturgeon Bay
TURGEON BAY, Wis. (Aug. 27, 2020) – Pro Joey Cifuentes of Clinton, Arkansas, caught 14 fish Thursday totaling 49 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the Group B Qualifying Round at the Tackle Warehouse TITLE presented by Toyota, the FLW Pro Circuit Championship on Lake Michigan in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Cifuentes’ two-day cumulative total of 32 bass weighing 109-10 was 15½ pounds ahead of second-place, fellow Arkansan pro Spencer Shuffield of Hot Springs, who finished with 29 bass totaling 94-2.
“I started out on a place this morning where I had fished on Tuesday and caught a 3½ pounder on my first cast,” said Cifuentes. “Other than that, every place that I fished today was brand new water for me. I put the (Berkley) Flat Worm to work and caught a ton of fish. My goal was to catch around 20 pounds and finish in the top 10, so to catch almost 50 and win the round – I’m feeling ecstatic.
“I really think that I can do even better tomorrow than I did today,” Cifuentes continued. “I wasn’t really doing anything different today – I was fishing the same pattern, the same depths, but I put a few things together mid-day and it just clicked. I’m really excited to get back out there.”
Cifuentes said that every bass that he caught came on the drop-shot rig, fished on an Abu Garcia Veritas Winch Spinning Rod with an Abu Garcia Revo Premier 30 spinning reel. He used 15-pound Berkley X5 braided line with a 6-pound Berkley Trilene 100% fluorocarbon leader and a No. 1 Berkley Fusion19 drop-shot hook.
“My goal coming into the event was to make it to the Knockout Round, so now I’m going for it,” Cifuentes said. “I want to win it, bad. I feel like I’m on the right fish and if things work out, I can do it.”
South Carolina pro Bradford Beavers caught the most weight Thursday – 17 bass weighing 56-1 – to make the biggest jump of the day, climbing to eighth place to punch his ticket to the Knockout Round after starting the day in 24th.
“I was doing the math and I thought that if I could somehow catch 17 fish today, I might have a shot,” Beavers said. “I lost two, but I still caught 17 and it ended up working out for me. The conditions weren’t favorable – there was no wind – but the fish were biting pretty steadily for me. I never had a big lull, I caught one about every 20 minutes on the Berkley Flat Worm.
“It was very stressful – I never felt safe until I caught the 5-pounder with about a minute left in Period 3,” Beavers went on to say. “But now, everyone starts over. I came into today with one good area, now I think I have two good areas. So, I’ll hit them again tomorrow and go, go, go until I run into them.”
The top 10 pros from Group B after the Qualifying Round finished:
1st: Joey Cifuentes of Clinton, Ark., 32 bass, 109-10
2nd: Spencer Shuffield of Hot Springs, Ark., 29 bass, 94-2
3rd: Wade Strelic of Alpine, Calif., 29 bass, 87-4
4th: John Cox of DeBary, Fla., 25 bass, 86-10
5th: Dylan Hays of Hot Springs, Ark., 26 bass, 81-1
6th: Matt Becker of Finleyville, Pa., 24 bass, 81-0
7th: Mitch Crane of Columbus, Miss., 22 bass, 73-5
8th: Christopher Brasher of Longview, Texas, 22 bass, 71-8
9th: Bradford Beavers of Summerville, S.C., 22 bass, 70-5
10th: Kyle Hall of Granbury, Texas, 17 bass, 62-14
Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Clark Reehm of Elm Grove, Louisiana, caught a 5-pound, 11-ounce smallmouth bass Tuesday – the largest fish weighed in Group B’s Qualifying Round. For that fish, Reehm earned the $500 Berkley Big Bass Award.
Overall there were 214 bass weighing 710 pounds, 11 ounces caught by the 25 pros in Group B Thursday.
The top 10 pros from both Group A and Group B now advance to Friday’s Knockout Round. Tournament weights are zeroed, and anglers will compete to finish in the top 10 for the opportunity to advance to the sixth and final day of competition on Saturday.
The 20 anglers that will Compete in Friday’s Knockout Round are:
Evan Barnes of Hot Springs, Ark.
Bradford Beavers of Summerville, S.C.
Matt Becker of Finleyville, Pa.
Greg Bohannan of Bentonville, Ark.
Christopher Brasher of Longview, Texas
Grae Buck of Green Lane, Pa.
Jon Canada of Helena, Ala.
Joey Cifuentes of Clinton, Ark.
John Cox of DeBary, Fla.
Mitch Crane of Columbus, Miss.
Kyle Hall of Granbury, Texas
Dylan Hays of Hot Springs, Ark.
Kurt Mitchell of Milford, Del.
Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich.
Rusty Salewske of Alpine, Calif.
Casey Scanlon of Eldon, Mo.
Spencer Shuffield of Hot Springs, Ark.
Matthew Stefan of Junction City, Wis.
Wade Strelic of Alpine, Calif.
Joshua Weaver of Macon, Ga.
The Tackle Warehouse TITLE presented by Toyota, the FLW Pro Circuit Championship, is hosted by Destination Sturgeon Bay. The six-day event features the top 50 professional anglers from the 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit season angling for a piece of $820,000, including the first-place prize of $200,000.
Unique to the TITLE Championship, the event is being fished using the MLF catch-weigh-immediate release format. A select group of 25 pros (Group A) competed on Days 1 & 3 (Monday & Wednesday), and the other 25 pros (Group B) competed on Days 2 & 4 (Tuesday & Thursday). Now, the top-10 pros from each group based on their cumulative two-day total will advance to Day 5 (Friday). Only the top 10 pros will continue on to the sixth and final day of competition Saturday, with the winner earning the inaugural Tackle Warehouse TITLE Championship Belt presented by Toyota.
Attendance is limited to anglers and essential staff and fans are encouraged to follow the event online through expanded broadcast coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com and read the daily coverage, live blogs and photos at FLWFishing.com.
The MLF NOW! broadcast team of Chad McKee, Marty Stone and J.T. Kenney will break down the extended action every day of competition from 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. They’re joined by FLW Live hosts Travis Moran and Todd Hollowell, who will be reporting and providing from-the-water analysis from Sturgeon Bay.
Television coverage of the Tackle Warehouse TITLE presented by Toyota event will be showcased across six two-hour episodes, premiering at 7 p.m. EDT, Oct. 9 on the Outdoor Channel. Episodes premiere in Friday night primetime slots on the Outdoor Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel.
The 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit featured a field of 150 of the top professional anglers in the world competing at six regular-season events around the country. The top 50 anglers in the Angler of the Year (AOY) standings after the six events qualified to compete in this event, the inaugural Tackle Warehouse TITLE presented by Toyota.
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.
About FLW
FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, FLW and its partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Zimbabwe.
FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show while Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. Acquired by Major League Fishing in late 2019, FLW is expanding its programming in 2020 to the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel as well as on-demand at MyOutdoorTV (MOTV).
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