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3rd Place Earns John Cox Bonus Bucks
John Cox is no stranger to making bass fishing headlines. Whether he’s winning tournaments, testing out head turning hair-dos, entering every professional bass fishing tournament known to man, or cashing another $3,000 of Toyota Bonus Bucks, Cox is always appearing in the news.
Cox’s marathon 2021 season is comprised of twenty-two Tour level tournaments. That includes the full Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour, the MLFBig5 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit, and the Bassmaster Elite Series calendar of events. He is the only angler taking on that kind of schedule this year.
“The more tournaments the better as far as I’m concerned,” Cox laughed. “I have a couple conflicts but will only have to miss two events. I’ll have lots of time on the water and plenty of chances to earn Bonus Bucks!”
The easy going Florida pro purchased a 2021 Tundra before the start of the season after his 2016 aged out of the popular program at the end of last year. Cox handed down his 2016 truck to his 18-year old son the day he drove his new tow vehicle off the lot.
“Man I like a lot of things about these trucks but the towing power has to be top of the list,” Cox said. “I love how a Tundra pulls and it’s hard to beat the reliability. Whether it’s me pulling a big Crestliner across the country or my 18-year-old needing a daily driver, I’m confident trusting a Toyota.”
Cox was one of many Elite Series pros vocal about an extremely tough practice and genuinely feared he would not catch a keeper on day one of the Tennessee River Elite. At 10:00 AM Cox was sitting on empty livewells when an area he knew of thanks to a past tournament win by the late Glenn Browne came to mind.
The area he referred to as “Glenn’s creek” proved fruitful and he was able to milk enough shallow water largemouth out of the spot to remain squarely inside the top 10 all week.
“It was really special having Glenn’s creek save my tournament like it did,” Cox said with a smile thinking about his old friend. “I didn’t catch a single fish in there during practice. Heck, I didn’t catch many fish at all in practice. Glenn’s creek and David Fritts making a sweet crankbait and cranking system saved my butt for sure.”
A #5 Berkley Frittside Crankbait paired with a 7-foot 6-inch medium heavy Abu Garcia Veritas Winch Crankbait rod accounted for every single bass Cox caught en route to a 3rd place finish.
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Carson-Newman Team Of Gaddis And Cully Earns Bassmaster College Series Win At Hartwell
ANDERSON, S.C. — When the first stop of the 2021 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops was changed from Lake Norman to Lake Hartwell due to COVID-19 protocols, Carson-Newman University angler Ben Cully was less than pleased.
Ben Cully and Hayden Gaddis, of Carson-Newman University, have won the 2021 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Lake Hartwell presented by Bass Pro Shops with a two-day total of 35 pounds, 10 ounces. Photo by Dalton Tumblin/B.A.S.S.
Hartwell had not been kind to him and his partner Hayden Gaddis the last couple of years, including a 35th-place finish last year.
This season, however, Gaddis and Cully flipped the script and took home the victory at Lake Hartwell, catching 17 pounds, 13 ounces on both days for a two-day total of 35-10. Along with some hardware, the duo earned a spot in the 2021 Bassmaster College Series National Championship and more than $3,000 for the Carson-Newman fishing program.
“I was looking forward to Norman,” Cully said. “We fished Hartwell quite a bit and we haven’t done the greatest. It worked out this time, though. Hartwell treated us right.”
The duo finished over 2 1/2 pounds ahead of the Emmanuel College team of Tyler Campbell and Caleb Hudson, while their Carson-Newman teammates Braden Perry and Aidan England placed third.
“It’s just a range of emotions right now,” Gaddis said. “It’s been a dream of mine since I was a child and we finally made it happen.”
With the change in venue, Gaddis said they knew they had to target largemouth if they wanted a chance to win. They focused their efforts on the Tugaloo River side of Lake Hartwell, specifically targeting the back sides of docks and laydowns.
They used a white 1/2-ounce Z-Man Evergreen JackHammer with a swimbait trailer and a 1/2-ounce Z-Man CrossEyeZ jig in green pumpkin.
“It’s kind of like a staging area for those fish to get ready and spawn,” Cully said. “All the fish we’ve been catching are fish that are just about ready to spawn.”
Sitting in third place following Day 1, Gaddis wrote a simple message on the top of his hand before taking off on Championship Saturday: “Grind it.” The phrase turned out to be a reality for the team, as cooler, cloudy conditions swept over the area overnight and prevailed most of the morning and early afternoon.
After throwing the ChatterBait for most of the morning with no success, they slowed down and started flipping jigs. With one bass in their livewell by mid-morning, they made a move and quickly filled their limit and caught their biggest bass of the day, a largemouth they estimated to be over 5 pounds.
“It was just a mental note to keep your head down and fish, even when things aren’t looking good,” Gaddis said. “We were down and out until we pulled into that pocket and that just boosted our confidence and it got the ball rolling.”
Campbell and Hudson also struggled during the morning hours trying to catch spotted bass in deeper water on the Southern end of Lake Hartwell. Their fortunes changed later in the afternoon, however, when the sun finally emerged.
“Those spotted bass, the way they are set up right now, they have their nose in the cover,” Campbell said. “Once that sun popped out, we knew we had to capitalize on the opportunity. As soon as the sun came out and it (calmed down), we were able to get them in the boat.”
With one fish in the boat for most of the day, Campbell and Hudson filled their limit at around 1 p.m. and culled several more times for a Day 2 total of 16-12, jumping from seventh to second with 33-5.
Campbell, a Lake Hartwell resident, spent most of practice eliminating water and didn’t expect to fish offshore based on history. But when the shallow pattern didn’t produce, they made an adjustment and found some manmade brushpiles offshore.
The Emmanuel College freshmen used a 3/8-ounce Greenfish Tackle Swimball paired with a 3.8 Keitech swimbait in Tennessee shad to catch their spotted bass in 20 to 40 feet of water.
“We let it sink down to the bottom,” Hudson said. “They ate it right off the bottom or in the structure we were fishing.”
Despite leading Day 1, Perry and England fell short of a victory once again on a spotted bass venue, finishing third with 33-4. The Carson-Newman team used a vertical presentation on the first day, but strong winds prevented them from setting up on their spot Saturday.
“We were fired up to get out there,” Perry said. “We got to our one little honey hole and the wind was blowing right in on it. We couldn’t get set up on our fish and didn’t catch any fish dropping like we did yesterday. We had to scramble and come up with a new game plan.”
While a 3-inch Gulp Minnow with a 1/4-ounce VMC Moon Eye jighead was the key on Day 1, Perry and England salvaged their day Saturday by running secondary points with river rock, throwing a football jig and a wobblehead jig.
While they fell short, the duo qualified for their third-straight National Championship.
The team of Brady Harp and Jordan McCaleb won the Carhartt Big Bass of the tournament award with a 6-7 largemouth caught on the first day. They earned a $500 Carhartt gift card.
The tournament was hosted by Visit Anderson.
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Lake Hartwell, Anderson SC.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2
Angler Club/School Pts
1. Ben Cully – Hayden Gaddis Carson-Newman University 250
Day 1: 5 17-13 Day 2: 5 17-13 Total: 10 35-10
2. Tyler Campbell – Caleb Hudson Emmanuel College 249
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 5 16-12 Total: 10 33-05
3. Braden Perry – Aidan England Carson-Newman University 248
Day 1: 5 18-11 Day 2: 5 14-09 Total: 10 33-04
4. Emil Wagner – William Perry 247
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 18-05 Total: 10 33-04
5. Brady Harp – Jordan McCaleb 246
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 5 16-08 Total: 10 33-01
6. Jack York – Jacob Miller Stephen F Austin State Universit 245
Day 1: 5 15-15 Day 2: 5 16-13 Total: 10 32-12
7. Easton Fothergill – Nick Dumke University of Montevallo 244
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 5 18-05 Total: 10 32-07
8. Logan Parks – Tucker Smith 243
Day 1: 5 16-15 Day 2: 5 13-13 Total: 10 30-12
9. Calvin Landsberg – Jack Palaia 242
Day 1: 5 16-01 Day 2: 5 13-14 Total: 10 29-15
10. Nate Lesch – Will Schibig Tennessee Tech 241
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 11-08 Total: 10 29-08
11. Chad Pruner – Ethan Ange 240
Day 1: 5 16-13 Day 2: 5 12-10 Total: 10 29-07
12. Britt Myers – Tyler Anderson Lander University 239
Day 1: 5 12-09 Day 2: 5 16-05 Total: 10 28-14
13. Allex Conner – Grant Hack Ohio State University 238
Day 1: 5 12-06 Day 2: 5 16-05 Total: 10 28-11
14. Grayson Perkins – Luke Barrett 237
Day 1: 5 12-06 Day 2: 5 14-11 Total: 10 27-01
15. Bennett Kudder – Andrew Fisher Bryan College 236
Day 1: 5 09-11 Day 2: 5 17-04 Total: 10 26-15
16. Harmon Marien – Devon Rathbun McKendree University 235
Day 1: 5 15-00 Day 2: 5 11-14 Total: 10 26-14
17. Jeremy Dellinger – Nathan Smith Catawba Valley Community College 234
Day 1: 5 11-15 Day 2: 5 14-13 Total: 10 26-12
18. Andrew Harp – John Higginbotham Louisiana Tech University 233
Day 1: 5 11-10 Day 2: 5 14-14 Total: 10 26-08
19. Louis Monetti – 232
Day 1: 5 12-10 Day 2: 5 13-11 Total: 10 26-05
20. Brenton Godwin – Hunter Odom University of Montevallo 231
Day 1: 5 10-11 Day 2: 5 15-09 Total: 10 26-04
21. Taylor Mazur – Keegan Witt St Cloud State University 230
Day 1: 5 07-14 Day 2: 5 18-03 Total: 10 26-01
22. Blake Brashears – Tyler Stacy University of Kentucky 229
Day 1: 5 14-11 Day 2: 4 11-05 Total: 9 26-00
23. Austin Carr – Justin Carr 228
Day 1: 5 14-08 Day 2: 5 11-06 Total: 10 25-14
24. Lafe Messer – Matt Messer Kentucky Christian University 227
Day 1: 5 12-09 Day 2: 5 12-13 Total: 10 25-06
25. Dalton Smith – Cade Hayford Campbellsville University 226
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 10-02 Total: 10 25-01
26. Hunter Loftin – Mac Johnston-Herzberg Missouri State University 225
Day 1: 5 11-02 Day 2: 5 13-14 Total: 10 25-00
27. Tyler Cory – Brock Gullixon University of Montevallo 224
Day 1: 5 11-14 Day 2: 5 12-14 Total: 10 24-12
28. Ty Black – Avry Thomason Georgia Southern University 223
Day 1: 5 12-13 Day 2: 5 11-14 Total: 10 24-11
29. Chandler Ellis – Parker Lambert Lander University 222
Day 1: 5 12-05 Day 2: 5 12-06 Total: 10 24-11
30. Carson Childs – Mathew McCannon Young Harris College 221
Day 1: 5 08-07 Day 2: 5 16-02 Total: 10 24-09
31. Drew Gill – Zebulon Frasure Wabash Valley College 220
Day 1: 5 16-02 Day 2: 5 08-05 Total: 10 24-07
32. Collin Sutherland – Aiden Free Erskine College 219
Day 1: 5 13-03 Day 2: 5 11-04 Total: 10 24-07
33. Chase Carey – Dylan Akins Emmanuel College 218
Day 1: 5 11-10 Day 2: 5 12-13 Total: 10 24-07
34. Blake Banks – Wes Wilson 217
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 11-06 Total: 10 24-06
35. Jack Hunt – Hunter White Erskine College 216
Day 1: 5 09-08 Day 2: 5 14-13 Total: 10 24-05
36. Chris Payne – Terry Sentell Tennessee 215
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 3 10-13 Total: 8 24-05
37. Cole Holloway – Taylor Mcmullen Emmanuel College 214
Day 1: 5 10-08 Day 2: 5 13-12 Total: 10 24-04
38. Ben Anderson – Kobie Koenig 213
Day 1: 5 09-08 Day 2: 5 14-11 Total: 10 24-03
39. Gunner Whitaker – Mitchell Johnson Kentucky Christian University 212
Day 1: 5 13-12 Day 2: 5 10-07 Total: 10 24-03
40. Jacob Moore – Gilliam Tharpe North Carolina State University 211
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 5 10-03 Total: 10 24-02
41. Joseph Bruener – McKendree University 210
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 3 09-15 Total: 8 24-01
42. Garrett Warren – Will Jones 209
Day 1: 5 10-01 Day 2: 5 13-15 Total: 10 24-00
43. Reese Kingston – Caleb Barrow Brewton-Parker College 208
Day 1: 5 11-07 Day 2: 5 12-07 Total: 10 23-14
44. Tommy Loper – Kyle Bahr University of Montevallo 207
Day 1: 5 09-04 Day 2: 5 14-09 Total: 10 23-13
45. Isaac Duncan – Taylor Owens Blue Mountain College 206
Day 1: 5 14-08 Day 2: 5 09-04 Total: 10 23-12
46. Evan Seggerman – Nate Overocker Greenville University 205
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 12-00 Total: 10 23-11
47. Brian Arabie – Connor Whisenant Texas A and M University 204
Day 1: 5 11-12 Day 2: 5 11-15 Total: 10 23-11
48. Cade Fortenberry – Landon Baudoin Nicholls State University 203
Day 1: 5 17-06 Day 2: 4 06-03 Total: 9 23-09
49. Garrett Guinan – Will Leonard Kennesaw State 202
Day 1: 5 11-10 Day 2: 5 11-13 Total: 10 23-07
50. Hunter Baird – Jack Rankin Drury University 201
Day 1: 5 13-07 Day 2: 5 09-15 Total: 10 23-06
51. Colin Slentz – Evan Slentz Lander University 200
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 11-04 Total: 10 22-15
52. Cade Rudiger – Cooper Thor Stephen F. Austin University 199
Day 1: 5 13-01 Day 2: 5 09-12 Total: 10 22-13
53. Thomas Mingle – Stone Payne Univerity of Tennessee 198
Day 1: 5 09-14 Day 2: 5 12-13 Total: 10 22-11
54. Cal Culpepper – Mason Waddell University of Montevallo 197
Day 1: 5 08-15 Day 2: 5 13-08 Total: 10 22-07
55. Aaron Hawkins – Garret Bean 196
Day 1: 5 09-06 Day 2: 5 13-01 Total: 10 22-07
56. Hunter Bond – GL Compton Clemson University 195
Day 1: 5 11-00 Day 2: 5 11-07 Total: 10 22-07
57. Logan Anderson – Tyler Little North Carolina State University 194
Day 1: 5 11-12 Day 2: 5 10-10 Total: 10 22-06
58. Tommy Sendek – Andrew Howell University of Montevallo 193
Day 1: 5 08-13 Day 2: 5 13-08 Total: 10 22-05
59. Zach McMillan – Payton Sodervick Indiana University 192
Day 1: 5 09-02 Day 2: 5 13-01 Total: 10 22-03
60. Sean Clayton – Owen Dimaio Clemson University 191
Day 1: 5 11-15 Day 2: 5 10-02 Total: 10 22-01
61. Hunter Waldrop – Mark Kershaw University of South Carolina Uni 190
Day 1: 5 11-07 Day 2: 5 10-09 Total: 10 22-00
62. Peyton McCord – Caleb Whitehurst 189
Day 1: 5 10-08 Day 2: 5 11-07 Total: 10 21-15
63. Anthony Fazio – 188
Day 1: 5 07-15 Day 2: 5 13-11 Total: 10 21-10
64. Jacob Woods – Samuel Vandagriff Tennessee Tech University 187
Day 1: 5 11-00 Day 2: 5 10-08 Total: 10 21-08
65. Cole Thompson – Chase Fernandez University of North Alabama 186
Day 1: 5 10-07 Day 2: 5 10-14 Total: 10 21-05
66. Jade Craft – Parker Mcmahan Arkansas Tech 185
Day 1: 5 10-11 Day 2: 5 10-10 Total: 10 21-05
67. David George – Russell Moore King University 184
Day 1: 5 12-06 Day 2: 5 08-13 Total: 10 21-03
68. Lucas Smith – Dalton Mize Jacksonville State University 183
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 5 09-11 Total: 10 21-03
69. Auston Ballard – Connor Gable Itawamba community college 182
Day 1: 5 11-03 Day 2: 5 10-00 Total: 10 21-03
70. Griffin Heffington – Drake Hemby Carson-Newman University 181
Day 1: 5 09-15 Day 2: 5 11-01 Total: 10 21-00
71. Benson Dowler – Tyler Pendergrass university of north alabama 180
Day 1: 5 08-06 Day 2: 5 12-09 Total: 10 20-15
72. Cooper Park – Levi Juby Northeastern State University 179
Day 1: 5 12-02 Day 2: 4 08-11 Total: 9 20-13
73. Amren Strigo – Samuel Dunson 178
Day 1: 5 09-09 Day 2: 5 11-04 Total: 10 20-13
74. Bryar Chambers – Clent Blackwood Wallace State 177
Day 1: 4 09-10 Day 2: 5 11-02 Total: 9 20-12
75. Wesley Livingston – Austin Farrell 176
Day 1: 5 08-06 Day 2: 5 12-05 Total: 10 20-11
76. Hunter Osborne – Jacob Locke Georgetown College 175
Day 1: 5 12-03 Day 2: 5 08-08 Total: 10 20-11
77. Tyler Price – Bryan College 174
Day 1: 5 08-05 Day 2: 5 12-05 Total: 10 20-10
78. Kaleb Brown – Caleb Sheldon Lander University 173
Day 1: 5 09-01 Day 2: 5 11-08 Total: 10 20-09
79. Patrick Mcmurry – Ben Hatcher 172
Day 1: 5 12-12 Day 2: 5 07-10 Total: 10 20-06
80. James Lecroy – Bryson Glenn Clemson 171
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 08-10 Total: 10 20-05
81. Christian Wright – Conner Giles Bryan college 170
Day 1: 4 09-07 Day 2: 5 10-14 Total: 9 20-05
82. Rudolph Worley – John Nowlin Blue Mountain College 169
Day 1: 5 10-12 Day 2: 5 09-09 Total: 10 20-05
83. Erin Fangman – Carson Cottrill 168
Day 1: 5 10-06 Day 2: 5 09-15 Total: 10 20-05
84. Brycen Hendriks – Gavin Ange 167
Day 1: 5 11-09 Day 2: 5 08-10 Total: 10 20-03
85. Whit Edmonds – Bobby Long Lander University 166
Day 1: 5 09-14 Day 2: 5 10-05 Total: 10 20-03
86. Brock Bila – Dylan Chambers Drury University 165
Day 1: 5 11-04 Day 2: 5 08-14 Total: 10 20-02
87. Matt Baker – Kory England Arkansas Tech 164
Day 1: 5 10-03 Day 2: 5 09-15 Total: 10 20-02
88. Tanner Barclay – Lloyd Laconsay 163
Day 1: 5 15-00 Day 2: 3 05-00 Total: 8 20-00
89. Cade Tootle – Caleb Mason Georgia Southern University 162
Day 1: 5 08-10 Day 2: 5 11-06 Total: 10 20-00
90. Bryson Osteen – Zack Barrera Florida Gateway College 161
Day 1: 4 10-13 Day 2: 4 09-03 Total: 8 20-00
91. Conner Crosby – James Cobbs 160
Day 1: 5 11-01 Day 2: 4 08-14 Total: 9 19-15
92. Elijah Kirk – Austin Goins bryan college 159
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 08-03 Total: 10 19-14
93. Spencer Black – Catawba Valley Community College 158
Day 1: 5 10-09 Day 2: 5 09-05 Total: 10 19-14
94. Noah Boyett – Ty Garlington 157
Day 1: 5 07-12 Day 2: 5 12-01 Total: 10 19-13
95. Weston Randall – Rankin Houser Appalachian State University 156
Day 1: 5 09-10 Day 2: 5 10-01 Total: 10 19-11
96. Ryan Phillips – Austin Polly Morehead State University 155
Day 1: 5 07-06 Day 2: 5 12-03 Total: 10 19-09
97. Weston Bison – Tommy Teaster Lander University 154
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 07-14 Total: 10 19-09
98. Conner Johnson – Tyler Greenlee Georgetown college 153
Day 1: 5 08-12 Day 2: 5 10-13 Total: 10 19-09
99. Brock Lederman – Kyle Schwibinger University of Wisconsin- Stevens 152
Day 1: 5 10-06 Day 2: 5 09-02 Total: 10 19-08
100. Eric Hansard – Mason Lee Jacksonville State University 151
Day 1: 3 04-03 Day 2: 5 15-03 Total: 8 19-06
101. Jacob Butts – Trevor Gorman Erskine College 150
Day 1: 5 10-04 Day 2: 5 09-02 Total: 10 19-06
102. Judd Morgan – Joseph Bissing University of Tennessee 149
Day 1: 5 09-04 Day 2: 3 10-02 Total: 8 19-06
103. Eli Stevenson – Tim Herrmann 148
Day 1: 5 10-04 Day 2: 5 09-01 Total: 10 19-05
104. Robert Gee – Chase Dawson University of Tennessee 147
Day 1: 5 09-08 Day 2: 5 09-13 Total: 10 19-05
105. Kyle Knoll – Southern Union State Community C 146
Day 1: 5 08-02 Day 2: 5 11-01 Total: 10 19-03
106. Kollin Smith – Lilly Smith Emmanuel College 145
Day 1: 5 10-09 Day 2: 4 08-10 Total: 9 19-03
107. Matthew Roberts – Alice Lloyd College 144
Day 1: 5 13-13 Day 2: 3 05-05 Total: 8 19-02
108. Wyatt Pearman – Kyle Workman Campbellsville University 143
Day 1: 5 10-08 Day 2: 5 08-10 Total: 10 19-02
109. Dylan Adams – Independent 142
Day 1: 5 10-12 Day 2: 5 08-04 Total: 10 19-00
110. Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson 141
Day 1: 5 10-00 Day 2: 5 08-15 Total: 10 18-15
111. Andre Eaton – Alex Cooke 140
Day 1: 5 11-15 Day 2: 5 06-15 Total: 10 18-14
112. Gavin Cloutier – Calvin Rogers King University 139
Day 1: 4 07-09 Day 2: 5 11-05 Total: 9 18-14
113. Aaron Digh – Bryce Fowler East Carolina University 138
Day 1: 5 08-10 Day 2: 5 10-03 Total: 10 18-13
114. Fischer Keel – Hunter Raughton southern union state community c 137
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 5 09-06 Total: 10 18-13
115. Jake Blumling – Nathanael Wright Emmanuel College 136
Day 1: 5 09-03 Day 2: 5 09-07 Total: 10 18-10
116. Dylan Kierstead – Bryce Kostman Adrian College 135
Day 1: 5 09-13 Day 2: 5 08-11 Total: 10 18-08
117. Colton Parrott – Trevor Topken 134
Day 1: 4 06-00 Day 2: 5 12-07 Total: 9 18-07
118. Michael Looker – Ethan Perry 133
Day 1: 5 07-02 Day 2: 5 11-05 Total: 10 18-07
119. Bradley Dunagan – Shawn Coots Campbellsville University 132
Day 1: 5 09-15 Day 2: 5 08-07 Total: 10 18-06
120. Aidan Hansen – Mitchell Evans St. Cloud State University 131
Day 1: 5 07-00 Day 2: 5 11-04 Total: 10 18-04
121. Will Harkins – Marshall Harrelson Young Harris College 130
Day 1: 5 07-05 Day 2: 5 10-13 Total: 10 18-02
122. David Hinton – Zack Ruhland Bellarmine University 129
Day 1: 5 08-05 Day 2: 4 09-13 Total: 9 18-02
123. James Yuska – Adam Troyer Indiana University 128
Day 1: 5 11-09 Day 2: 4 06-08 Total: 9 18-01
124. Trevor Harrill – Ty Leatherwood Appalachian State University 127
Day 1: 5 08-08 Day 2: 5 09-09 Total: 10 18-01
125. Stephen Smith – Aj Agro 126
Day 1: 5 08-00 Day 2: 5 10-00 Total: 10 18-00
126. Mary Goode – Nicholas Watson Brewton-Parker College 125
Day 1: 5 08-14 Day 2: 5 09-02 Total: 10 18-00
127. Blake Stringer – James Duncan Campbellsville University 124
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 3 04-15 Total: 8 17-15
128. Justin Botts – Bryan college 123
Day 1: 5 06-06 Day 2: 5 11-09 Total: 10 17-15
129. Hayden Bailey – John Anderson Bellarmine University 122
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 5 08-08 Total: 10 17-15
130. Jordan Nicely – Sam Clark Georgetown 121
Day 1: 5 09-10 Day 2: 5 08-04 Total: 10 17-14
131. Jacob Witkowski – Reid Strobl Dallas Baptist Univesity 120
Day 1: 5 08-15 Day 2: 5 08-13 Total: 10 17-12
132. John Sells – Cooper Hesling Georgia Southern University 119
Day 1: 2 04-00 Day 2: 5 13-11 Total: 7 17-11
133. Braxton Chase – Drew Matthews East Carolina University 118
Day 1: 5 07-04 Day 2: 5 10-06 Total: 10 17-10
133. Kevin Dunahoo – Allen Bryan 118
Day 1: 5 10-06 Day 2: 5 07-04 Total: 10 17-10
135. John Garrett Pearson – James Pearson 116
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 5 08-02 Total: 10 17-09
136. Connor Jacob – Sam Smith 115
Day 1: 5 08-13 Day 2: 5 08-12 Total: 10 17-09
137. Jj Kocevar – Logan Knoebel Kent State University 114
Day 1: 5 07-11 Day 2: 5 09-12 Total: 10 17-07
138. John Wesley Wardlaw – Easton Lindus Emmanuel College 113
Day 1: 4 05-09 Day 2: 5 11-12 Total: 9 17-05
139. Tyler Lubbat – Hayden O’barr 112
Day 1: 5 08-04 Day 2: 5 09-01 Total: 10 17-05
140. Drew Elrod – Luke Byerly University of Tennessee Knoxvill 111
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 1 02-00 Total: 6 17-04
141. Josh Finnerty – Cole Hopson 110
Day 1: 5 06-13 Day 2: 5 10-07 Total: 10 17-04
142. Rickey Wood – Lukas Little 109
Day 1: 5 08-12 Day 2: 5 08-08 Total: 10 17-04
143. Chandler Jarrard – James Rogers Georgia Southern University 108
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 1 01-10 Total: 6 17-02
144. Hunter MCClaskey – Nicholas Gilbert King University 107
Day 1: 5 11-01 Day 2: 5 06-01 Total: 10 17-02
145. Chase Sansom – Tyler Drown Marshall University 106
Day 1: 5 06-13 Day 2: 4 10-05 Total: 9 17-02
146. Mitchell Lewis – Luke Chaddock 105
Day 1: 4 08-09 Day 2: 4 08-07 Total: 8 17-00
147. Avery Hammock – Daniel Wilson Erskine College 104
Day 1: 4 10-12 Day 2: 3 06-03 Total: 7 16-15
148. Steve Kinard – Jimmy Mitchum Lander University 103
Day 1: 5 07-06 Day 2: 5 09-09 Total: 10 16-15
149. Matt Short – Colton Combs Eastern Kentucky University 102
Day 1: 3 06-04 Day 2: 5 10-10 Total: 8 16-14
150. Zach Adamec – Blair Cox Missouri State University 101
Day 1: 4 07-05 Day 2: 5 09-09 Total: 9 16-14
151. Caden Fuller – Cody Fuller Marshall University 100
Day 1: 5 08-03 Day 2: 5 08-11 Total: 10 16-14
152. Noah Pressler – Jacob Silver 99
Day 1: 5 10-05 Day 2: 3 06-08 Total: 8 16-13
153. Riley Lawson – Jay Issac Moreheadstate University 98
Day 1: 5 06-07 Day 2: 5 10-05 Total: 10 16-12
154. Jacob Welch – Lee Lambrecht Drury University 97
Day 1: 4 05-12 Day 2: 5 10-15 Total: 9 16-11
155. Drew Traffanstedt – Dakendrick Patterson University of Montevallo 96
Day 1: 5 09-08 Day 2: 5 07-02 Total: 10 16-10
156. Chase Mundhenke – Blake Milligan 95
Day 1: 5 07-09 Day 2: 5 09-01 Total: 10 16-10
157. Jacob Bickett – Jacob Gruneisen Bellarmine University 94
Day 1: 5 08-13 Day 2: 5 07-12 Total: 10 16-09
158. Layton Brown – Parker Brown Dallas Baptist University 93
Day 1: 5 08-09 Day 2: 5 08-00 Total: 10 16-09
159. Michael Peinado – Cody Fuller 92
Day 1: 5 08-04 Day 2: 5 08-05 Total: 10 16-09
160. Hunter Enlow – Will Lindley Lander University 91
Day 1: 5 07-03 Day 2: 5 09-05 Total: 10 16-08
161. Ty Mundhenke – Cam Busby 90
Day 1: 5 07-15 Day 2: 5 08-09 Total: 10 16-08
162. William Vega – Cody Parker Sam Houston State University 89
Day 1: 5 07-06 Day 2: 5 09-01 Total: 10 16-07
163. Christopher Daniels – Alex Cummings Erskine College 88
Day 1: 5 07-11 Day 2: 5 08-10 Total: 10 16-05
164. Reagan Nelson – Collin Reyes Tarleton State University 87
Day 1: 5 08-07 Day 2: 5 07-11 Total: 10 16-02
165. Ryan Franks – Kent State University 86
Day 1: 5 10-12 Day 2: 2 05-05 Total: 7 16-01
166. Robert Wise – Grant Tomlin Clemson University 85
Day 1: 5 08-07 Day 2: 5 07-09 Total: 10 16-00
167. Boone Faulkner – Brody Kitchings Mississippi State 84
Day 1: 5 08-03 Day 2: 5 07-11 Total: 10 15-14
168. Sam Moll – Aidan Kolb Murray State University 83
Day 1: 3 03-10 Day 2: 5 12-03 Total: 8 15-13
169. Calvin Currie – Hayden Fuhr Lander University 82
Day 1: 4 06-13 Day 2: 4 08-14 Total: 8 15-11
170. Tanner Shriver – Jacob Klicman Kent State University 81
Day 1: 5 10-04 Day 2: 3 05-06 Total: 8 15-10
171. Dawson Burton – Jonathan Fraley Kentucky Christian University 80
Day 1: 5 10-13 Day 2: 3 04-12 Total: 8 15-09
172. Alex Palomba – Brennan Kenison 79
Day 1: 5 09-15 Day 2: 2 05-10 Total: 7 15-09
173. Austin Parr – Chase Cole Erskine College 78
Day 1: 5 06-10 Day 2: 5 08-15 Total: 10 15-09
174. Cole Jackson – Clark Garland 77
Day 1: 3 06-05 Day 2: 5 09-03 Total: 8 15-08
175. Morgan Miracle – Jake Thornbury Campbellsville University 76
Day 1: 5 06-15 Day 2: 5 08-09 Total: 10 15-08
176. Trace Moore – Dagen Leger Lamar State College Orange 75
Day 1: 2 05-06 Day 2: 5 10-01 Total: 7 15-07
177. Aaron Jagdfeld – Austin Tapley Adrian College 74
Day 1: 4 08-01 Day 2: 5 07-05 Total: 9 15-06
178. Tyler Watts – Austin Cole 73
Day 1: 5 08-00 Day 2: 5 07-05 Total: 10 15-05
179. Fisher Overton – Fisher Young Blue Mountain College 72
Day 1: 5 06-10 Day 2: 5 08-09 Total: 10 15-03
180. Perry Marvin – Jacob Johnson Virginia Tech 71
Day 1: 3 03-11 Day 2: 5 11-07 Total: 8 15-02
181. Garrett Thompson – Caden Haines 70
Day 1: 5 08-03 Day 2: 5 06-12 Total: 10 14-15
182. Ryan Park – Sam Niemeyer Murray State University 69
Day 1: 2 05-04 Day 2: 5 09-10 Total: 7 14-14
183. TJ Edwards – Camdon Lewis Blue Mountain College 68
Day 1: 5 09-05 Day 2: 3 05-08 Total: 8 14-13
184. Jon Johnston – Will Niebrugge Murray State University 67
Day 1: 5 08-11 Day 2: 4 06-02 Total: 9 14-13
185. Cole Dodson – Trent Jones University of Montevallo 66
Day 1: 5 07-09 Day 2: 5 07-03 Total: 10 14-12
186. Wyatt Wright – Austin Francis Emmanuel College 65
Day 1: 5 07-04 Day 2: 5 07-07 Total: 10 14-11
187. Ryan Tezzi – Sam Westall University of North Carolina at 64
Day 1: 5 08-07 Day 2: 4 06-00 Total: 9 14-07
188. Lucas Oliver – Hayden Lail Catawba Valley Community College 63
Day 1: 5 07-10 Day 2: 5 06-13 Total: 10 14-07
189. Paul Tabisz – James Ge University of Michigan 62
Day 1: 3 06-01 Day 2: 5 08-05 Total: 8 14-06
190. Chase Noland – Tommy Bayer 61
Day 1: 5 07-02 Day 2: 3 07-04 Total: 8 14-06
191. JP Pirani – Peyton Nance 60
Day 1: 5 10-00 Day 2: 3 04-05 Total: 8 14-05
192. Ashton Smith – Savannah Sumner Brewton-Parker College 59
Day 1: 1 01-15 Day 2: 5 12-05 Total: 6 14-04
193. Emily Freeman – Braiden Koerber Murray State University 58
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 13-15
194. Joseph Skeen – Cj Jobe 57
Day 1: 5 10-01 Day 2: 2 03-14 Total: 7 13-15
195. Will Sams – Trey Barnett University of Kentucky 56
Day 1: 2 04-01 Day 2: 5 09-10 Total: 7 13-11
196. Avery Whitwell – Jackson Holbert University of North Alabama 55
Day 1: 5 06-15 Day 2: 3 06-12 Total: 8 13-11
197. Austin Marley – Alex Belin Georgia Southern University 54
Day 1: 5 10-03 Day 2: 2 03-05 Total: 7 13-08
198. Nolan Yeager – Devin Vega Stephen F. Austin State Universi 53
Day 1: 5 08-13 Day 2: 3 04-08 Total: 8 13-05
199. Ben Rand – Austin Jager Davenport University 52
Day 1: 4 07-15 Day 2: 1 05-05 Total: 5 13-04
200. Braden Jenkins – Bailey Rene Indiana University Southeast 51
Day 1: 5 07-12 Day 2: 4 05-08 Total: 9 13-04
201. Andrew Pittman – Greyson Reel East Carolina University 50
Day 1: 1 01-08 Day 2: 5 11-07 Total: 6 12-15
202. Caden Sweeten – Samuel Heichel 49
Day 1: 2 03-01 Day 2: 4 09-13 Total: 6 12-14
203. Andrew Kuebler – Bellarmine University 48
Day 1: 3 04-08 Day 2: 5 08-05 Total: 8 12-13
204. Hayden Bartee – Syon Barnes Jacksonville State University 47
Day 1: 3 06-01 Day 2: 5 06-10 Total: 8 12-11
205. Kyle Zainitzer – Walker Sahagun University of North Alabama 46
Day 1: 4 05-03 Day 2: 5 07-07 Total: 9 12-10
206. Nicholas Nobles – Gabe Brown 45
Day 1: 4 08-01 Day 2: 2 04-07 Total: 6 12-08
207. Sam Hoesley – Mitchell Koser 44
Day 1: 5 07-12 Day 2: 3 04-12 Total: 8 12-08
208. Drew Jennings – Cody Griffith 43
Day 1: 2 04-04 Day 2: 3 08-03 Total: 5 12-07
209. Riley Fletcher – Jack Long Drury University 42
Day 1: 5 05-10 Day 2: 5 06-07 Total: 10 12-01
210. Tanner Maness – Ross Parris Lander University 41
Day 1: 5 07-04 Day 2: 3 04-11 Total: 8 11-15
211. Levi Sanchez – Nathan Schrader Clemson University 40
Day 1: 5 07-14 Day 2: 3 03-14 Total: 8 11-12
212. Seth Jenkins – Taylor Green Emmanuel College 39
Day 1: 4 07-14 Day 2: 2 03-13 Total: 6 11-11
213. Tanner Barnes – Jordan Smallwood Campbellsville University 38
Day 1: 5 09-02 Day 2: 1 02-07 Total: 6 11-09
214. Teddy Peznola – Jonathan Ayers University of Tennessee 37
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 11-08
215. William Missert – Samuel Rivers University of North Carolina at 36
Day 1: 3 08-02 Day 2: 1 03-06 Total: 4 11-08
216. James Bonnell – Connor Goble 35
Day 1: 5 07-02 Day 2: 4 04-06 Total: 9 11-08
217. Dustin Lewis – Brewton-Parker College 34
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 1 01-13 Total: 6 11-04
218. Chase Hubble – Brent May Florida Gateway College 33
Day 1: 5 08-00 Day 2: 1 03-01 Total: 6 11-01
219. Jared Simpson – Kaden Brown Eastern Kentucky University 32
Day 1: 2 03-08 Day 2: 4 07-09 Total: 6 11-01
220. Keegan Barber – Jackson Donato Missouri State University 31
Day 1: 5 10-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 10-15
221. Alden Keel Jr – Grant Busby Blue Mountain College 30
Day 1: 2 03-10 Day 2: 3 06-13 Total: 5 10-07
222. Hunter Jones – Colby Kerr Kentucky Christian University 29
Day 1: 4 05-02 Day 2: 4 05-03 Total: 8 10-05
223. Clayton Halbig – Colin King Wabash Valley College 28
Day 1: 4 08-11 Day 2: 1 01-06 Total: 5 10-01
224. Zach Salters – Joshua DeKoning Adrian College 27
Day 1: 3 04-06 Day 2: 4 05-10 Total: 7 10-00
225. Britney Cox – Bella Bramblett University of Kentucky 26
Day 1: 4 05-05 Day 2: 4 04-11 Total: 8 10-00
226. George Fallon – George Gore Clemson University 25
Day 1: 5 09-10 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 09-10
227. Sam Hanggi – Will Maiden 24
Day 1: 5 09-08 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 09-08
228. Chase Berry – Robert Pryor Virginia Tech University 23
Day 1: 5 08-02 Day 2: 1 01-03 Total: 6 09-05
229. Kele Maney – Reid Fletcher 22
Day 1: 5 09-01 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 09-01
230. Noah Campbell – Troy Harris 21
Day 1: 5 08-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 08-15
231. Tj Davis – David Bartlett Greenville University 20
Day 1: 3 04-05 Day 2: 2 04-02 Total: 5 08-07
232. Brandon Sapp – Corey Pyles 19
Day 1: 5 07-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 07-15
233. Carson Maddux – Jake Maddux 18
Day 1: 4 07-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 4 07-15
234. Hunter Bailey – Jr Young Jacksonville State University 17
Day 1: 1 02-13 Day 2: 3 05-00 Total: 4 07-13
235. Kaden Woo – Ryan Kleine-Kracht Bellarmine University 16
Day 1: 1 01-12 Day 2: 4 05-12 Total: 5 07-08
236. Kreed Averhoff – Jordan Kalsbeek Tarleton State University 15
Day 1: 5 07-07 Day 2: 5 00-00 Total: 10 07-07
237. Connor Handley – Wallace State 14
Day 1: 2 04-00 Day 2: 2 03-04 Total: 4 07-04
238. Jacob McLaighlin – Corey Waits Clemson University 13
Day 1: 4 07-01 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 4 07-01
239. David Ackerman – 12
Day 1: 1 00-13 Day 2: 4 06-02 Total: 5 06-15
240. Mason Atwell – Drew Elliott UNC Chapel Hill 11
Day 1: 4 06-12 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 4 06-12
241. Austin Owen – Carter Thompson Clemson University 10
Day 1: 2 04-06 Day 2: 2 02-06 Total: 4 06-12
242. Kyle Dillon – Jesse Mull 9
Day 1: 3 06-08 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 06-08
243. David Howell – Christian Zirzow Appalachian State University 8
Day 1: 3 03-11 Day 2: 1 02-12 Total: 4 06-07
244. Scout Smith – Paul Mosteller Clemson University 7
Day 1: 4 06-03 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 4 06-03
245. Rob Lindsey – Mason Cizek Bryan College 6
Day 1: 1 02-01 Day 2: 2 04-00 Total: 3 06-01
246. Derek Brewer – Bryce Siegle University of Kentucky 5
Day 1: 4 05-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 4 05-15
247. Dalton Cross – 4
Day 1: 3 05-13 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 05-13
248. Jonathan Williams – Landon Mcmellon Itawamba community college 3
Day 1: 2 01-14 Day 2: 2 03-09 Total: 4 05-07
249. Seth Elkins – John Russell Reaves Jacksonville State University 2
Day 1: 1 01-06 Day 2: 3 03-13 Total: 4 05-03
250. Nate Triplett – Cody Barnes University of North Alabama 1
Day 1: 3 03-10 Day 2: 1 01-09 Total: 4 05-03
251. Andrew Mega – 0
Day 1: 3 05-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 05-00
252. Logan Odum – Joseph Castelluccio 0
Day 1: 2 04-10 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 2 04-10
253. Garrett Smith – Jonathan Hanna Erskine College 0
Day 1: 2 02-11 Day 2: 1 01-08 Total: 3 04-03
254. Grant Oliver – Jake Sears Appalachian State 0
Day 1: 3 04-01 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 04-01
255. Noah Hurford – Dalton Coleman Kentucky Christian University 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 03-00 Total: 2 03-00
256. Jacob Schmidt – Sam Popovitz Bellarmine University 0
Day 1: 2 02-07 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 2 02-07
257. Dillon Bryant – Jacob Lovell King University 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
257. Jacob Davis – Itawamba community college 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
257. Eion Patterson – Hailey Williams Unc Charlotte 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
257. Jake Thomas – Cam Cornelius Georgetown 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
257. Daniel Young – Lukas Mckinney Murray State 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
1 193 1147 2343-00
2 169 1035 2193-07
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362 2182 4536-07
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Tuma Earns Bassmaster Southern Open Win With Huge Final Day On Harris Chain
LEESBURG, Fla. — Overcoming a modest start, Keith Tuma of Brainerd, Minn., caught the week’s biggest bag of 26 pounds, 2 ounces Saturday and won the Basspro.com Bassmaster Southern Open at the Harris Chain of Lakes with a three-day total of 58-13.
Keith Tuma, of Brainerd, Minn., has won the 2021 Basspro.com Bassmaster Southern Open at Harris Chain of Lakes with a three-day total of 58 pounds, 13 ounces. Photo by James Overstreet/B.A.S.S.
One of only two anglers to break 20 pounds twice (also second-place Alex Wetherell), Tuma caught 12-6 on Day 1 and placed 58th. Friday saw him rebound with a limit of 20-5, which moved him into 10th.
Knowing he couldn’t finish any lower, Tuma said he entered Saturday’s final round with a relaxed attitude that helped him focus on improving.
“Yesterday, I never thought I’d have a shot at the Top 10, so today, I went out there super calm,” he said. “My family and friends back home told me, ‘Just go fishing. You can’t do any worse than 10.’ It just started coming together. It was ridiculous.”
Tuma earned $52,300, which included the $500 Garmin Tournament Rewards prize, and a berth in the 2022 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk.
Previous experience benefited Tuma, who, along with Minnesota B.A.S.S. Nation partner Andy Walls, placed second at the 2020 Bassmaster Team Championship at the Harris Chain. Relying on his knowledge of this stellar Florida fishery, Tuma located a key stretch of offshore grass in about 8 feet of water.
“The key for me was staying in the one spot I had found in practice until I had the limit I needed to have the confidence to check out other spots,” Tuma said. “The wind was a little harder on my main spot, but I did get an 8-pounder there and then I ran to my other area and caught one in the 6-pound range.”
Tuma’s secondary spot was a flat in 5 to 6 feet of water with low-growing hydrilla on the bottom. In both areas, he used a 1/2- to 3/4-ounce white Z-Man JackHammer ChatterBait with a Castaic Jerky J trailer.
“Everybody else who was in the area was throwing ChatterBaits with paddletail trailers, but I think that the little subtle difference in my trailer made the fish want to eat,” he said. “I was getting bit when other guys weren’t.”
Both of Tuma’s areas were within approximately half a mile of Venetian Gardens (site of the daily takeoffs and Day 1 and 2 weigh-ins). Proximity to the tournament site meant fishing near a steady travel lane — and Tuma realized that boat traffic actually benefited his game each tournament day.
“Every time a boat went by, they started biting because it pushed the bait around,” he said. “So that taught me that boat traffic didn’t bother them.”
Hailing from Middletown, Conn., Wetherell finished second with 56-13. After leading the field into Day 3, he struggled to maintain the momentum that delivered bags of 20-11 and 24-14 the first two rounds. On Saturday, he managed a limit of just 11-4.
Returning to the offshore grass he’d fished since Day 1, Wetherell looked for the healthiest vegetation he could find. He caught his bass on a 3/4-ounce white Z-Man JackHammer ChatterBait with a 4-inch Lunker City Swimming Ribster swimbait and a Carolina-rigged 7-inch green pumpkin Senko.
“I’d fish fast with the ChatterBait and then slow down with the Senko to pick apart the better areas,” Wetherell said. “Keith (Tuma) and I were fishing the same area yesterday and he was a real class act and stayed off the section I was fishing.
“Yesterday was just an incredible day and I got the bites again today; they just wouldn’t commit to it.”
Day 1 leader Patrick Walters of Summerville, S.C., finished in third place with 55-14. After leading Day 1 with 24 pounds, he caught 13-5 on Day 2 and slipped to third. He finished strong with a limit of 18-9 Saturday.
Relying on forward-facing sonar to monitor bait and fish movement, Walters started on the shallow grass he’d fished the first two days. A slow morning prompted him to shift gears and punch matted cover.
“This morning I got kinda bored with that spot, so I made a long run to Lake Apopka because I just wanted to have fun and go fishing,” Walters said. “At 12 o’clock, I had a small limit, with two of the fish I weighed in and I said, ‘Let’s turn that Garmin back on and go do some fishing.’
“I stopped in the canal (exiting Lake Apopka) and caught one really quick and ran back to Little Lake Harris at 12:45. I went back to a spot where I’d caught them the first day and, on my third cast, I caught my biggest fish of the day. So, I probably made a mistake and didn’t stay.”
Walters caught his punching fish on a Zoom Z-Craw Jr. (black/blue and green pumpkin) Texas-rigged with a 1- and a 1 1/2-ounce weight. The shallow grass fish bit a Zoom Fluke Stick and a Zoom Zlinky — both Texas- and Wacky-rigged.
Charles Proctor of Conway, S.C., won the $750 Phoenix Boats Big Bass award for a 9-0 largemouth.
This year’s Opens circuit includes three divisions — Southern, Central and Northern — with three events in each. All nine tournament winners will earn an automatic berth to the 2022 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk if they fish all events in their division. Additionally, the Top 3 finishers from each division’s points standings will receive an invitation to fish the 2022 Bassmaster Elite Series, as will the Top 3 from the overall standings accumulated in all three divisions.
With this week’s victory, Tuma took the early lead in the Falcon Rods Bassmaster Opens Angler of the Year race. The winner of that award, which is based on points accumulated in all three divisions, will earn a $10,000 prize. The winner in the co-angler division will earn paid entry fees into the Opens division of his or her choice — a value of approximately $5,400.
Lake County and the City of Leesburg hosted the tournament.
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2021 Basspro.com Bassmaster Open at Harris Chain of Lakes 3/4-3/6
Harris Chain Of Lakes, Lake County FL.
(BOATER) Standings Day 3
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Keith Tuma Brainerd, MN 15 58-13 200 $52,300.00
Day 1: 5 12-06 Day 2: 5 20-05 Day 3: 5 26-02
2. Alex Wetherell Middletown, CT 15 56-13 199 $25,160.00
Day 1: 5 20-11 Day 2: 5 24-14 Day 3: 5 11-04
3. Patrick Walters Summerville, SC 15 55-14 198 $17,760.00
Day 1: 5 24-00 Day 2: 5 13-05 Day 3: 5 18-09
4. Jacob Foutz Charleston, TN 15 48-14 197 $14,800.00
Day 1: 5 15-00 Day 2: 5 23-09 Day 3: 5 10-05
5. Jeremy Gordon Rutledge, TN 15 48-00 196 $12,876.00
Day 1: 5 20-10 Day 2: 5 13-04 Day 3: 5 14-02
6. Scott Gibbs Rome, GA 15 47-04 195 $11,840.00
Day 1: 5 21-05 Day 2: 5 12-12 Day 3: 5 13-03
7. Blake Smith Lakeland, FL 15 46-10 194 $11,100.00
Day 1: 5 16-04 Day 2: 5 17-13 Day 3: 5 12-09
8. Jacob Powroznik North Prince George, VA 15 46-09 193 $10,360.00
Day 1: 5 15-01 Day 2: 5 22-01 Day 3: 5 09-07
9. Chris Dover Blacksburg, SC 15 44-05 192 $8,140.00
Day 1: 5 16-10 Day 2: 5 17-03 Day 3: 5 10-08
10. Michael Webster Gastonia, NC 13 36-00 191 $6,660.00
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 14-15 Day 3: 3 03-01
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Charles Proctor Conway, SC 09-00 $750.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 164 974 2144-00
2 156 915 1976-12
3 9 48 129-02
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329 1937 4249-14
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Drury University Wins 2021 Abu Garcia College Fishing National Championship presented by Lowrance
GROVE, Okla. (March 5, 2021) – The Drury University duo of Cole Breeden of Eldridge, Missouri and Cameron Smith of Nixa, Missouri, weighed a five-bass limit Friday totaling 14 pounds, 10 ounces to win the 2021 Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship presented by Lowrance at Grand Lake . This is the first national title for Drury, who had two teams in the top five, and earned the team a $33,500 prize package, including a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower Mercury outboard and automatic entry into the 2021 Toyota Series Championship to compete as pros for a shot to win up to $235,000.
After leading on Day One, then dropping to third place on Day Two, the Panther duo’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 41-10 gave them the win by a 1-pound, 5-ounce margin. Zackary Martin and Harbor Lovin from Murray State University finished second with 15 bass weighing 40-5.
“This has been an awesome week,” said Smith. “At the beginning of the week, we planned to just get a limit each of the first few days and to keep to ourselves and stay in contention. We didn’t realize at the time that what we were catching would keep us in contention for the win.”
Breeden said Grand Lake was a lot like one of their home lakes, Lake of the Ozarks, but the fish seemed to be in an atypical position for this time of year.
“If we were on Lake of the Ozarks right now, we would be fishing secondary points pretty much all day, but this week we found them up shallow,” said Smith. “We think it had something to do with the sunny, warm days earlier this week, warming up the water and making the fish up by the bank a little more active than the ones out deep.”
The duo said they spent most of the week throwing jerkbaits in the pockets in the back of creeks but the Jackall Rerange Jerkbait was key and definitely reeled in the most fish.
“We found ourselves even farther back in pockets on the final day,” Smith said. “The wind was blowing that direction, which moved the shad and baitfish even farther back. We looked for pockets that had steeper bank on them then dropped off – the fish were hanging right on that edge – so we dropped the jerkbait on top of the ledge, then worked it down. They followed it out and we could see them eat the bait on the livescope about half-way back to the boat.”
“Areas were a big thing for us – just finding the right depth in a pocket with the perfect kind of ledge on it was key,” said Breeden.
On taking home the win, the duo said they couldn’t be happier and knew their coach and school would definitely be proud.
“I’ve got to be honest, the only thing keeping me from passing out during the weigh-in was that seat holding me up – It was a nail-biter,” laughed Smith. “It just means so much – watching our team at Drury grow is amazing. Having the opportunity to fish on Championship Friday alone is amazing, let alone two teams making it into the top five and one of us taking home the win – we couldn’t be more excited.”
The top 10 teams on Grand Lake finished:
1st: Drury University – Cole Breeden, Eldridge, Mo., and Cameron Smith, Nixa, Mo., 15 bass, 41-10
2nd: Murray State University – Zachary Martin, Murray, Ky., and Harbor Lovin, Fayetteville, Ohio, 15 bass, 40-5
3rd: Josh Kelly, Cortland, Ohio, 15 bass, 39-3
4th: Drury University – Grant Harris, Springfield, Mo., and Beau Browning, Hot Springs, Ark., 15 bass, 36-7
5th: Zachary Potter, Haddon Township, N.J. and Alex Johnson, Milltown, N.J., 13 bass, 35-0
6th: Murray State University – Blake Albertson, Bloomington, Ind., and Luke Ripple, Mount Vernon, Ind., 15 bass, 33-9
7th: McKendree University – Trey Schroeder, Crestwood, Mo., and Tyler Christy, Bolingbrook, Ill., 12 bass, 33-1
8th: Justin Luetkemeyer and Josh Luetkemeyer, both of Chesterfield, Mo., 13 bass, 31-0
9th: University of Montevallo – Grayson Morris, Birmingham, Ala., and Jacob Pfundt, Ball Ground, Ga., 12 bass, 27-6
10th: Adrian College – Gunner Wilson, Fenton, Mich., and Zach Manneback, Hartland, Mich., 11 bass, 25-10
For a full list of results, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Overall, there were 41 bass weighing 98 pounds, 11 ounces caught by 10 teams Friday. The catch included 6 five-bass limits.
The Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship presented by Lowrance at Grand Lake is hosted by the Grove Convention and Tourism Bureau.
The 12th annual College Fishing Championship three-day event featured the top 150 college bass fishing teams from across the nation competing in an internationally televised, no-entry fee tournament for a $33,500 prize package, including a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower Mercury outboard.
In addition to the boat package, both members of the winning team and the runners-up now advance to the 2021 Toyota Series Championship, Oct. 28-30 on Pickwick Lake in Hardin County, Tennessee, where they will compete as pros for a top prize of up to $235,000. Both members of the third-place team also now advance to the 2021 Toyota Series Championship, to compete as co-anglers for a shot at winning a $33,500 Phoenix 518 Pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury outboard.
National television coverage of the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship presented by Lowrance will premiere Sunday, July 4, from 8-9 a.m. ET on the Outdoor Channel, with re-airs on the Sportsman Channel and World Fishing Network in the fall.
Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI teams compete in three regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top ten teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual Abu Garcia College Fishing Open advance to the following year’s Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship.
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