Last night was the final Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament of the year. Thirty-two teams qualifying for the year end fish-off launched out of PB#2 at 5:00 pm giving the anglers an hour and half extra to catch a five fish limit before the 10:00 pm weigh-in.
Fishing was fairly tough for most of the anglers except for three or four teams. Most of the anglers reported catching a lot of non-keepers, but very few keepers. The productive baits were jigs and plastics worked from 8 ot 15 feet in brush piles around docks and points.
Gary Shultz and Scott Melton brought an impressive weight of 18.80 pounds to the scales, which included a 5.14 pound largemouth for big bass of the tournament. Shultz said he and Scott had five keeper bites, and caught the 5.14 pounder fifteen minutes before weigh-in.
The second place team of Chuck Knight, Jr. and Branden Carnahan came close to the top spot with their 17.41 pound limit, but were bumped out by Schults and Melton by a pound an a half. Still, seventeen pounds ain't bad, especially as tough as the bite was and has been.
Second big bass of the tournament weighed 5.11 pounds caught by the team of Chuck Knight and Brenden Carnahan. Third big bass of the tournament weighed 4.34 pounds caught by the team of Delbert Shepherd and Frankie Carroll.
2012 BIG STRING OF THE YEAR 21.84 LBS. ON 6/20/11
SCOTT DANEK AND SCOTT SR. (NOT PIC.)
2012 BIG BASS OF THE YEAR 7.34 LBS ON 4/25/12
MIKE RUCK AND BILL RUPRECHT (NOT PIC)
During and after the weigh-in a great spread of pork, slaw, potato salad and beans were served to the anglers and their guests furnished by Jim Ross, owner of Tirebiter's Bar and Grill, located in Osage Beach.
The Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament would not have been possible without Kathy Swan, Lou Torrence and Ray Mosley doing the weigh-ins and keeping angler records, as well as, Marty's Marine of Osage Beach, especially Mary Shadrick and John Odom.
Thanks to Jeff Hayes of Ripp'n Lips Bait and Tackle, in Kaiser, Missouri for the many gift certificates he gave throughout the year and also Nicky Winn of Tom's Slaughter House and Meat Market, in Montreal, Missouri. Can't forget Woody Tweed who administered the polygraph tests at midnight instead of being home watching the Cardinals blow another game.
1st. Gary Shultz & Scott Melton 5 Bass 18.80 lbs.
2nd Chcuk Knight, Jr. & Brenden Carnahan 5 Bass 17.41 lbs.
3rd Delbert Sheppard & Frankie Carroll 5 Bass 14.55 lbs.
4th Scott Stonitsch & "Pug" Bledsoe 5 Bass 13.28 lbs.
5th Shawn Kowal & Mike Hill 5 Bass 13.02 lbs.
6th Dan Swan & Harry Litsey 5 Bass 11.11 lbs.
7th Donnie Snelling & Dave Wolf 5 Bass 10.15 lbs.
8th Terry Blankenship 4 Bass 9.45 lbs.
9th Scott Danek & Scott Danek, Jr. (Side Pot) 5 Bass 8.93 lbs.
10th Roger Springs & Ken Hunt (Gift Cert.) 4 Bass 8.80 lbs.
1ST PLACE AND BIG BASS WINNERS
SCOTT MELTON AND GARY SHULTZ
GARY SHULTZ AND BIG BASS 5.14 LBS. .
2ND PLACE AND 2ND BIG BASS WINNERS
CHUCK KNIGHT AND & BRANDEN CARNAHAN
BRENDEN CARNAHAN WITH 2ND BIG BASS 5.11 LBS.
3RD PLACE AND 3RD BIG BASS (SIDE POINT)
DELBERT SHEPHERD AND FRANKIE CARROLL
FRANKIE CARROLL AND 3RD BIG BASS 4.34 LBS.
4TH PLACE -- SCOTT STONITSCH & "PUG" BLEDSOE
SCOTT STONITSCH WITH A 3.67 LBS. BASS
5TH PLACE -- SHAWN KOWAL AND MIKE HILL
6TH PLACE -- DAN SWAN AND HARRY LITSEY
DAN SWAN WITH A 3.84 POUNDER
7TH PLACE -- DAVE WOLF AND DONNIE SNELLING
9TH PLACE -- SCOTT DANEK AND SCOTT SR. (NOT PIC.)
10TH PLACE -- KEN HUNT AND ROGER SPRINGS
DON FRANKS WITH TWO NICE BASS
DAVE PHELPS A NICE LARGEMOUTH
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