Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament 7/25

The tempertatures continue to be over 100 degrees without any significant let up in sight, which is keeping a lot of anglers home instead of fishing the Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament. Because of the 103 degree temperature at take-off there were only twenty-five (25) teams fishing.

Out of the twenty-five teams only seven, 5 fish limits were brought to the scales. There were eight bass four pounds or better, which included four bass weighing five pounds. Big bass of the tournmanet weighed in at 5.88 pounds caught by the team of Delbert Shepherd and Frankie Carroll.
Although there were two limits weighing seventeen pounds, the best bite doesn't pick up until later in the evening, which doesn't help the anglers weighing in at 10:00 P.M. Most of the anglers in the tournament had three or four small keepers weighing between nine and twelve pounds.

Free entry for next week's Wednesday Night Tournament was drawn by the team of Gary Schultz and Scott Melton.

1st. Scott Stonitsch & "Pug" Bledsoe 5 Bass 17.64 lbs.
2nd. Dan Bowman & Dirk Sluyter 5 Bass 17.39 lbs.
3rd. Terry Blankenship & Ron Clement 5 Bass 15.31 lbs


1ST PLACE -- "PUG" BLEDSOE AND SCOTT STONITSCH

SCOTT STONITSCH HOLDING TWO BASS 4.75 & 4.45 POUNDERS

2ND PLACE -- DAN BOWMAN AND DIRK SLUYTER

DIRK HOLDING TWO NICE BASS OVER 4 POUNDS

3RD PLACE -- TERRY BLANKENSHIP AND RON CLEMENT

BIG BASS WEIGHING IN 5.88 LBS.
CAUGHT BY DELBERT SHEPHERD

BIG BASS WINNERS DELBERT AND FRANKIE CARROLL

JOSH SWINEBERG WITH HIS 5.39 LBS. LARGEMOUTH

JEFF BEAUCHAMP WITH A 5.11 LBS. BASS