Skeeter Bass Champs North Texas Team Trail held their third stop on Lake Lewisville April 16th. The lake was barraged with 220 boats heading out to win almost $70,000 in cash and prizes. Fishing alone, Robby Rose pulled in the only sack over 20 lbs, and won his third brand new Skeeter SX200 / Yamaha 200 V-Max bass rig from Bass Champs valued at $34,000.
1st place winner Robby Rose fished by himself and managed a 20.10 lb sack, a full four pounds ahead of 2nd place. "The shad have been spawning all over the lake. During practice, I got on a crankbait pattern and relied on it coming into the tournament. I was throwing an Excalibur Fat Free Guppy in a shad pattern on the North end at a secondary point and caught a couple early on it. That pattern diminished, and I had to scramble. The wind picked up and the shallow water warmed so I headed south. I went behind the marinas and fished along the walkways. I knew when the water warmed up the big fish would get there. It was a real funny bite, they didn't want a moving bait. I started dead sticking a watermelon red Senko with a swivel 1 foot above the hook. It was a working pattern, and I was able to finish up my limit." Robby Rose still holds the Bass Champs record for largest stringer brought in at a Bass Champs event. Last year he broke the record, weighing in just over 33 pounds at Lake Lewisville!
Wayne Nolan and Brian Bell took home $5,000 in this event. The first $4,000 was for their 2nd place finish, weighing in at 16.08 lbs. They won another $1,000 for Big Bass honors. Bell caught the big bass and she weighed in at 6.50 lbs. "That's not bad for a 62 yr old man!" exclaimed Nolan. "The weather was absolutely marvelous, and the Lord blessed us with five good fish." This is their best Bass Champs win so far, and they did it by throwing a Carolina rigged watermelon lizard off of main lake points. "The bite was really strange today. Real light bite. We caught 10 fish total, but only five were keepers. At 11:00, we still didn't have a fish in the boat. I was getting kind of worried there for a while." He added that the best time of the day to catch fish came between 12-2:00.
The North team trail has averaged 263 teams per event so far this season. The participation keeps coming on strong, and the payback just keeps growing with it. Twenty new teams were added to the roster, and there was an abundant crowd present to cheer them on.
The next North Texas Team event will be May 14th on Cedar Creek at Log Cabin. There are only two events left in this division, the last will be June 25th on Tawakoni at the State Park. Entry fees are only $260 per team, and that includes Big Bass! $60,000 is guaranteed in cash and prizes at every event, regardless of the entries. Top 25 places are guaranteed at all qualifying events. Additional places and cash is paid at each event based on participation. The tournament trail is open to all boat brands, and there is no limit to field size.
Place Boat Angler 1 Angler 2 Fish BB Weight Earnings
Lake Lewisville ResultsPlace Boat Angler 1 Angler 2 Fish BB Total Earnings
1 Robby Rose Robert Alexander 5.00 20.10 Skeeter SX 200/ Yamaha 200
2 Skeeter C Wayne Nolan Brian Bell 5.00 6.52 16.08 $4000.00
3 John Sims JR Woods 5.00 14.96 $3000.00
4 Skeeter Stan Lawing Tim Wilcoxson 5.00 14.52 $4500.00 ($2000 Skeeter
Bonus + $500 Fun-N-Sun Bonus
5 Skeeter Allen Shelton Scott Dean 5.00 13.92 $1200.00
6 Brady Winans Spencer Turner 5.00 13.62 $1100.00
7 Trevor Romans Les Kennedy 5.00 13.22 $1080.00
8 Skeeter Ronnie Denton DC Joiner 5.00 13.20 $1070.00
9 Skeeter LJ Castillo Fred White 5.00 6.3 12.94 $1060.00
10 Skeeter Steve Sullivan Eddie Minihan 5.00 12.86 $1050.00
11 Raymond Smith Tim Cline 5.00 12.62 $1040.00
12 Skeeter Johnny Snyder Brian Hand 5.00 12.60 $1030.00
13 Brian Olson Brandon Jenniges 5.00 12.46 $1020.00
14 Alan Ainsworth Richard Jenkins 5.00 5.32 12.42 $1010.00
15 Skeeter Garland Young Blake Enberg 5.00 12.08 $1000.00
16 Duane Pippin Shane Pippin 5.00 11.94 $850.00
17 Skeeter Brad Volland Bret Westbrook 5.00 11.70 $800.00
18 Dale Gossett Sean Gossett 5.00 11.64 $750.00
19 Bryan Tucker Butch Huie 5.00 11.50 $700.00
20 Skeeter Curtis Sigler Vicky Sigler 4.00 11.42 $650.00
21 Skeeter Terry Peacock Gary Tuggle 5.00 11.30 $600.00
22 Rob Burns Mike Burns 5.00 11.02 $600.00
23 Scott Williams John La Hue 3.00 10.60 $600.00
24 Steve Angell Tim Wooldridge 5.00 10.46 $600.00
25 Jonathan Calhoun Mike Dowdy 3.00 10.44 $600.00
26 Skeeter Ron Denis Doug Tapley 4.00 10.12 $600.00
27 Charles Reagan Stevie Smith 4.00 10.04 $600.00
28 Keith Trimble Clyde Welker 5.00 9.88 $600.00
29 Bruce Spring Larry McKinnon 5.00 9.84 $500.00
30 Keith White Travis White 5.00 9.68 $500.00
30 Steve Schiele John Wimsatt 5.00 9.68 $500.00
32 Skeeter Rick Johnson Todd Anderson 4.00 9.60
33 Terry Johnson Bill Gammons 4.00 9.52
34 Mike Adam Paul Sewell 5.00 9.48
35 Skeeter Wesley Price Dave Kelly 5.00 9.46
36 Calvin Rhodes Mark Ross 5.00 9.32
36 Skeeter Bob Gross Gary Gruber 4.00 9.32
38 Ronny Farquhar Johnny Nixon 3.00 9.24
39 Skeeter Kevin Dritschler Mike Coleman 4.00 9.18
40 Shon Stovall Dewey Goodwin 5.00 9.16
41 Charles Haynes Chad Haynes 4.00 9.14
42 Skeeter Brad Brister Johnny Jenkins 4.00 9.02
43 Skeeter George Seale Wayne Langhorn 5.00 8.92
44 Chris Moore Hal Gay 5.00 8.84
45 Dustin Hamlett Shawn Flurry 3.00 8.82
46 Skeeter Billy Brewer Kyle Rowe 4.00 8.78
47 Ricky Robinson Odes Wilson 4.00 8.74
48 Monte Ragan Johnny Gonzalez Jr 4.00 8.72
49 John Morgan Charles Simmons 4.00 8.68
49 Skeeter Mike Cogburn Jerry Deaton 4.00 8.68
51 Charlie Yowell Lee Yowell 5.00 8.66
52 Jeff Norris Ronnie Norris 5.00 8.64
53 Skeeter Glen Baker Edwin Baker 5.00 8.32
54 Craig Cumby Eddie Stebbons 3.00 8.30
54 Skeeter Wade Bibbee Mark Hanna 4.00 8.30
56 Skeeter Al Hogan Butch Driggers 5.00 8.28
57 Terry Hall Jason Jones 3.00 8.26
57 Mark Baird Ronnie Settle 4.00 8.26
59 John Pierce Gene Crane 4.00 8.20
60 Skeeter Darin Ford Matt Miller 4.00 8.18
61 Mick Batson Lee Batson 4.00 8.06
62 John McBee Sam Hooten 4.00 7.84
63 Don Meek Donny Allen 4.00 7.70
64 Skeeter Shawn Stephens Chad Brozovich 4.00 7.52
65 Tommy Hubbard Ivan Slayton 4.00 7.46
66 Daniel Stewart JD Yarbrough 4.00 7.38
67 Leslie Tidwell Klint Krhovjak 3.00 7.30
68 Bruce Fisk Steve Foushee 4.00 7.26
69 Skeeter Frank Cuccurullo Patrick Delaney 5.00 7.22
70 JD Laughery Tommy Climer 4.00 7.18
71 David Porter Coy Frazier 3.00 7.16
72 Skeeter Gib Coats Don Dawson 3.00 6.78
73 Skeeter Ron Haley Chad Nickell 3.00 6.74
74 Skeeter Troy Smith Hugo Velaco 4.00 6.72
75 Robert Janes Ted Vaughan 3.00 6.58
76 Skeeter Arthur Seals Jr Charles Dixon 2.00 6.52
77 Skeeter Jim Fielding Kendall Lovett 3.00 6.46
78 Skeeter Kurtis Walker Bruce Breisch 2.00 6.40
79 Joe Mazzurco Garrick McPherson 4.00 6.38
79 Mike Edwards Dennis Exum 4.00 6.38
81 Curtis Neyland Rick Helmcamp 2.00 6.32
82 B.J. Gammons Nathan Lintner 3.00 6.16
83 Bill Steelman George Bryan 4.00 6.10
84 Skeeter David Chiles Denny Copeland 3.00 6.06
85 David Hutton Michael Hutton 3.00 5.98
86 Jeremy Blair Bounds Selby 4.00 5.88
87 Skeeter Butch Scheppler Chris Disanto 2.00 5.80
88 Phillip Crouch Dan Trevino 3.00 5.66
89 Skeeter Jeremy Zmolik Keith Smith 1.00 5.58
90 Kent Hathcock Shawn Burris 2.00 5.48
91 Dan Jezek John Jezek 3.00 5.42
92 Jeremy Watney Ken Presley 2.00 5.40
93 Matt Cooper Mark Wyatt 2.00 5.24
94 Skeeter Jason Williams Seth Blair 2.00 5.16
95 David Combs Mark Perry 3.00 5.08
96 David Waller Dannie Golden 2.00 5.06
97 Rusty Broussard Glenn Routhouska 1.00 5.04
98 Steve Lynam Robb Lynam 3.00 4.98
99 Skeeter Perry Taylor Billy Ray Johnson 2.00 4.78
100 Skeeter Robert Hitt Vernon Ritter 2.00 4.72
101 Steven Farrell Damon Lewis 3.00 4.70
102 Drew Sloan Jeremy Rhoades 3.00 4.54
103 Marcus Brister Bill Brasher 2.00 4.28
103 Skeeter Keith West Jeffrey Gilliam 1.00 4.28
105 Skeeter Hutch Beach Mark Waddell 2.00 4.10
106 Skeeter Tracy Sanders Louie Petty 2.00 4.06
107 Skeeter John Adams Greg Flemming 2.00 3.98
108 Phil Shoyer Nick Brown 2.00 3.96
109 Mike Green Mike Keenan 2.00 3.92
110 Skeeter Bruce Powell Harold Meroney 2.00 3.90
111 Skeeter Joel McBride Joe Rome 1.00 3.76
111 Skeeter Joel Mixon Dell Brown 2.00 3.76
113 Skeeter Sam McCollum Paul McCollum 2.00 3.68
114 Skeeter Joe McBeth Byron Talley 3.00 3.64
115 Joe Rodriguez Brandon Rodriguez 4.00 3.62
116 Trae May Stacy Kennemur 2.00 3.56
117 Jesse Johnson Carl Barrett 2.00 3.52
118 Jackie Wood Mark McGinnis 2.00 3.50
119 Monte Coon Chase Whaley 2.00 3.46
120 Chuck Hershberger Ryan Autery 2.00 3.30
120 Skeeter Terry Hawkins Randy Kvapil 2.00 3.30
122 Skeeter Bobby Sirmans Sr Roy Cheaney 2.00 3.24
123 Michael Edgett Johnny Edgett 1.00 3.12
124 Scott Troutt Cory Harper 2.00 3.06
125 Chris Lee Clint Farrell 1.00 3.02
126 Skeeter Monty Kirby Jerry Tonubbee 1.00 2.92
127 Skeeter Brad Roberts Billy Horton 1.00 2.80
128 Jim Redmon Jeffrey McManus 1.00 2.76
129 Skeeter Don Hawkins Clay Buckelew 1.00 2.74
130 Wes Hughes John Hughes 1.00 2.52
131 Skeeter David Weaver Bill Stegall 1.00 2.50
132 Skeeter Sean Rohde Jason Geesey 1.00 2.42
133 Gary Kinard Mike Manrose 1.00 2.34
134 Robert Youngblood Russell Mitchell 1.00 2.30
135 Eric Karlis Robert Ramirez 1.00 2.22
135 Skeeter Mike Kernan David Weber 1.00 2.22
137 Randall Briggs Jr Justin Manary 1.00 2.10
138 Skeeter Mike Smithey Heath Moody 1.00 1.94
139 Skeeter Keith Ivy John Nicholson 1.00 1.92
140 Skeeter Jared Taylor Perry Powell 1.00 1.90
141 Rick Clark Bill Flowers 1.00 1.86
141 Skeeter Jeff Dvorak Brandon Atkins 1.00 1.86
143 Strider Browning Dennis Wells 1.00 1.82
144 Brian McCrary Mac McCrary 1.00 1.76
144 Richard Coker Scott Coker 1.00 1.76
146 John Johnson Jeff Johnson 1.00 1.72
147 Skeeter Zach Keathley James Grigar 1.00 1.70
148 Dennis Matlock Garry Burchett 1.00 1.68
149 Skeeter Sonny Wilson Richard Deatherage 1.00 1.64
150 Moses Sanchez Dee Cagle 1.00 1.56
151 Hector De La Garza Robbie Chenault 1.00 1.52
152 Kevin Lowery Scott Key 0.00 0.00
153 Willy Townzen Don Wood 0.00 0.00
154 Willie Bensley Kevin Thompson 0.00 0.00
155 Troy O Quin Scott Wilkinson 0.00 0.00
156 Tommy Renfro Jimmie Jones 0.00 0.00
157 Skeeter Thurman Selman Charles Smith 0.00 0.00
158 Travis Jones Brian Milliorn 0.00 0.00
159 Skeeter Joseph Johnson Curtis Meadors 0.00 0.00
160 Chris Zmolick Sr Christopher Zmolick Jr 0.00 0.00
161 Scott Hoover Jim Nath 0.00 0.00
162 Skeeter Stan Potts Brad Russell 0.00 0.00
163 Skeeter Kelly Hale 0.00 0.00
164 Skeeter Jon Payne Tommy Mitchell 0.00 0.00
165 Skeeter Donald Burks Brandon Burks 0.00 0.00
166 Keith Davis Kyle Lonidier 0.00 0.00
167 Skeeter Randy Burrell Gordon Burrell 0.00 0.00
168 Josh Patterson Kyle Patterson 0.00 0.00
169 Skeeter Bo Dupree Frank Hutcheson 0.00 0.00
170 Skeeter Marcos Estrada Zack Montague 0.00 0.00
171 Skeeter Ron Lipscomb Roy Knabe 0.00 0.00
172 Jamie Hayes Justin Holder 0.00 0.00
173 Greg Burrows Charles Rhodes 0.00 0.00
174 Ronnie Hamby Keith Hamby 0.00 0.00
175 Jerry Delaughter David Mason 0.00 0.00
176 Randall Hayen David Cortinas 0.00 0.00
177 Charlie Williams Robert Stradford 0.00 0.00
178 Don Garland Larry Rike 0.00 0.00
179 JT Hasty Tommy Hasty 0.00 0.00
180 Pancho Newton Jim Bennett 0.00 0.00
181 Elton Davis Robert Bennett 0.00 0.00
182 Ronnie Ray Jr Douglas Haeussler 0.00 0.00
183 Teddy Gill Royce Evans 0.00 0.00
184 Gerald Daniels Rick Rhodes 0.00 0.00
185 Skeeter Scott Dubee Dale Washington 0.00 0.00
186 Bill Briley Danny Briley 0.00 0.00
187 Terry Osteen Terry Noyes 0.00 0.00
188 Skeeter Robert Little Mike Brungardt 0.00 0.00
189 Skeeter Albin Pustejovsky Jr. Bob Lawson 0.00 0.00
190 Skeeter Jeff Massey Cole Massey 0.00 0.00
191 Skeeter Keith Webb Roger Martin 0.00 0.00
192 Skeeter Lennon Mitchell Cecil Cook 0.00 0.00
193 James Rigdon Elvin Smith 0.00 0.00
194 Mark Mitchell Ron Bingmon 0.00 0.00
195 Skeeter Jeff Stevens Scott Slough 0.00 0.00
196 Skeeter Robert Case Jr Andy Coffman 0.00 0.00
197 Skeeter Arthur Tucker Dan Watson 0.00 0.00
198 Bob Hood Freddie Voyles 0.00 0.00
199 Vance Peeler Norman Bruce 0.00 0.00
200 Randy Hurt Ky Martin 0.00 0.00
201 Tim Norman Chad Baker 0.00 0.00
202 Skeeter Jerry Johnson Trey McAlpin 0.00 0.00
203 Tom Mociny Robert Pierce 0.00 0.00
204 Skeeter Jay Atkinson Chris Atkinson 0.00 0.00
205 Brad Smith Mike Williams 0.00 0.00
206 Skeeter Ronnie Echols Jim McKenzie 0.00 0.00
207 Mark West James White 0.00 0.00
208 Chris Nunnelee Terry Bollom 0.00 0.00
209 John McCalmont Paul D'Angelo 0.00 0.00
210 Thomas Kressley Ariel Mendez 0.00 0.00
211 Skeeter Gerald Bolin Bobby Reed Jr 0.00 0.00
212 Skeeter Kenneth Beasley Jerry Owens 0.00 0.00
213 Ken Cook Everett Cummings 0.00 0.00
214 Dan Pettis Steve Thompson 0.00 0.00
215 Jerry David John Johnson 0.00 0.00
216 Pat Galan Don Lang 0.00 0.00
217 Keith Bazzell Brandon Milam 0.00 0.00
218 Skeeter Scotty Wenzel Ron Mahl 0.00 0.00
219 Larry Crawford Paul Grove 0.00 0.00
220 Skeeter David Eaves Larry Eaves 0.00 0.00
221 Skeeter Casey Merriman Jeremy Grandstaff 0.00 0.00
222 Bruce Muller 0.00 0.00
223 Skeeter Gary Hatfield Randy Hulsey 0.00 0.00
224 Darrell Dodd Danny Dulude 0.00 0.00
225 Raymond Smith Bill Skinner 0.00 0.00
226 Brian Frechette Chris McDowell 0.00 0.00