Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament 4/24

Every angler that participates in the Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament is wondering when the spring temperatures will return.  Last night all the anglers were dressed in winter clothing because of the low temperaturesmid to low 40's at the 6:30 pm take-off.

This week there were only fifteen teams signed up for the tournament with just as many waiting for warmer weather, especially after the sun sets.  The bite was super tough with most of the anglers only weighing one or two keepers, however there is always that ten percent who somehow manage to locate bass and strut up to the scales with a heavy limit. That is exactly what happened last night.

Last weeks winners, Roger Cook and Mike Hutton, won again with a very impressive limit weighing 19.36 pounds, which included a "hog" weighing 6.34 pounds.  Roger and Mike are definitely on a solid pattern, especially with the tough conditions, cold fronts and lake fluctuating daily.  

Second place was claimed by Shawn Kowal and Mike Hill brought a nice limit to the scales that weighed 14.70 pounds.  Their big fish weighed 5.47 pounds, which would normally be big bass of the tournament.

Third place went to Chad Green and Robby Robinson with four bass weighing 12.07 pounds.  Their big bass weighed in at 3.91 pounds.

Free entry for next weeks Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament was drawn by Art Harlan.

Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament 4/17

With the negative weather reports, tornadoes and thunderstorms forecasted in the area,  there were only nineteen teams that ignored the weatherman's reports.  The anglers that cancelled their entries missed out on some great T-shirt weather of the 3 1/2 hour tournament.  The storms were north of the lake and did not effect the lake area.

It was a typical early spring bite, good until it got dark.  The lake has good color with an average surface water temperature of 52 to 55 degrees in the mid lake area and Glaize arm.  There weren't many bass caught , but the fish that were caught came mainly on jigs and spinner baits.  There's a lot of moss on the shoreline out to about four or five feet, which makes it almost impossible to throw a crank bait without bring in a glob of moss.       

There were four bass weighing 5 pounds or better, but on average the bass brought to the scales didn't weigh much more than 2 1/2 pounds.   Of the nineteen teams only six  teams weighed in their catch.

1st. Roger Cook & Mike Hutton 5 Bass 14.49 lbs.

2nd.    Scott, Sr. & Scott,Jr. Danek 4 Bass 14.06 lbs.

3rd. Scott Stonitsch & "Pug" Bledsoe 3 Bass 13.04 lbs.

Big Bass of the tournament weighed in at 5.87 pounds and was caught by the team of Scott, Sr. and Scott, Jr, Danek. 

Free entry for next weeks Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament was drawn by the team of Roger Springs and Kenny Hunt.

This year the Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament series is promoting the Bass Cat Boats-Quest Program along with Marty's Marine of Osage Beach.  The first Quest event will be next week, April 24, 2013, with five additional Quest events scheduled throughout the year.  Check with Bass Cat Boats to determine your eligibility. 

In addition, Triton Boats-Gold Program will also be available for Triton boat owners and will be honored in all Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournaments.