blue ridge brawl

[hookingem]

whos wining? is KVD reapeating?

[5bass]

KVD is a threat anywhere. They'll definitely have to find other ways to catch 'em rather than sitting on spawners all day, so that plays right into KVD's m.o.

From what I saw over the weekend on SML, there are only certain areas of the lake that the fish are actually on beds and I've been from one end to the other.

I dont think there's going to be enough fish on beds to go around but the moon phase may push some more up as the tournament wears on so you never know whats going to happen.

I think 17# - 18# a day average will be hard to beat when all is said and done.

[Tin]

I can see a lot of guys smoking them the first day and maybe a few bags in the low 20's then really falling off.

Are both largies and smallies doing the deed or just the brown bass 5BL?

And for the first time ever, I'm picking Wolak to win, he is a great sight fisherman. Hoping my buddy BJ can turn things around.

[5bass]

Both but mainly the smallmouth from what I've been seeing. Lots of buck largemouth cruising shallow and I've seen some absolute GIANT females up under the docks so it's not far off.

[Tin]

Sounds like everyone will have a limit if the bucks are up and there will be some nice day 1 and 2 sacks.

I say upper 60's to win.

[5bass]

Day 1 is done. This is the leaderboard from Bassmaster.com

1 Jason Williamson 5 22- 9 5 22- 9

2 Bobby Lane 5 21- 7 5 21- 7

3 Terry Scroggins 5 19-13 5 19-13

4 Marty Robinson 5 19- 2 5 19- 2

5 Jason Quinn 5 18-11 5 18-11

6 Todd Faircloth 5 18- 9 5 18- 9

7 Aaron Martens 5 18- 6 5 18- 6

8 Guy Eaker 5 18- 1 5 18- 1

9 Davy Hite 5 17-10 5 17-10

10 Skeet Reese 5 17- 9 5 17- 9

11 Matt Reed 5 17- 3 5 17- 3

12 Mark Menendez 5 17- 1 5 17- 1

13 James Niggemeyer 5 16-11 5 16-11

14 Kotaro Kiriyama 5 16- 9 5 16- 9

15 Ish Monroe 5 16- 8 5 16- 8

16 Dean Rojas 5 16- 7 5 16- 7

17 Cliff Pace 5 16- 5 5 16- 5

18 Mark Tyler 5 16- 3 5 16- 3

19 Mark Tucker 5 16- 1 5 16- 1

20 Scott Rook 5 15-15 5 15-15

21 Alton Jones 5 15-14 5 15-14

22 Greg Hackney 5 15-13 5 15-13

23 Terry Butcher 5 15-11 5 15-11

24 Derek Remitz 5 15- 9 5 15- 9

24 Britt Myers 5 15- 9 5 15- 9

26 Gerald Swindle 5 15- 8 5 15- 8

27 Keith Poche 5 15- 3 5 15- 3

28 Timmy Horton 5 15- 1 5 15- 1

29 Kelly Jordon 5 14-15 5 14-15

30 Jared Lintner 5 14-14 5 14-14

31 Edwin Evers 5 14-13 5 14-13

31 Matt Herren 5 14-13 5 14-13

31 Cliff Crochet 5 14-13 5 14-13

34 Kevin VanDam 5 14-12 5 14-12

34 Fred Roumbanis 5 14-12 5 14-12

36 Byron Velvick 5 14-11 5 14-11

37 Mike McClelland 5 14-10 5 14-10

37 Steve Kennedy 5 14-10 5 14-10

37 Bernie Schultz 5 14-10 5 14-10

37 Russ Lane 5 14-10 5 14-10

37 Chris Lane 5 14-10 5 14-10

42 Brian Snowden 5 14- 7 5 14- 7

42 Tommy Biffle 5 14- 7 5 14- 7

44 Takahiro Omori 5 13-12 5 13-12

45 Mark Davis 5 13-11 5 13-11

46 Michael Iaconelli 5 13- 9 5 13- 9

46 Brent Chapman 5 13- 9 5 13- 9

46 Greg Vinson 5 13- 9 5 13- 9

49 Bradley Hallman 5 13- 7 5 13- 7

49 Billy McCaghren 5 13- 7 5 13- 7

51 Jeremy Starks 5 13- 6 5 13- 6

52 Wade Grooms 5 13- 5 5 13- 5

53 Byron Haseotes 5 13- 4 5 13- 4

53 Marty Stone 5 13- 4 5 13- 4

55 Vince Fulks 5 13- 3 5 13- 3

56 Matt Greenblatt 5 13- 1 5 13- 1

57 Bill Lowen 5 13- 0 5 13- 0

58 Dustin Wilks 5 12-15 5 12-15

58 Randy Howell 5 12-15 5 12-15

60 Morizo Shimizu 5 12-14 5 12-14

61 Dave Wolak 5 12-13 5 12-13

62 Paul Elias 5 12-11 5 12-11

63 Yusuke Miyazaki 5 12-10 5 12-10

64 Gary Klein 5 12- 8 5 12- 8

65 Jeff Kriet 5 12- 7 5 12- 7

65 J Todd Tucker 5 12- 7 5 12- 7

67 Rick Clunn 5 12- 6 5 12- 6

68 Stephen Browning 5 12- 5 5 12- 5

68 John Crews 5 12- 5 5 12- 5

70 Kevin Short 5 11-15 5 11-15

70 Pat Golden 5 11-15 5 11-15

72 Zell Rowland 5 11-14 5 11-14

73 Kenyon Hill 5 11-13 5 11-13

74 Jeff Connella 5 11- 9 5 11- 9

75 Casey Ashley 5 11- 4 5 11- 4

76 Charlie Hartley 5 10-15 5 10-15

77 Shaw E Grigsby 5 10-14 5 10-14

78 Kevin Wirth 5 10-13 5 10-13

79 Clark Reehm 5 10-11 5 10-11

80 Bradley Roy 5 10-10 5 10-10

81 Pete Ponds 5 10- 4 5 10- 4

82 Peter E Thliveros 5 9-14 5 9-14

83 Boyd Duckett 5 9-13 5 9-13

84 Rick Morris 3 9-10 3 9-10

85 John Murray 5 9- 0 5 9- 0

86 Chad Griffin 4 8-15 4 8-15

87 Denny Brauer 4 8-12 4 8-12

88 Scott Ashmore 5 8-11 5 8-11

89 Dennis Tietje 5 8- 6 5 8- 6

90 Jami Fralick 3 6-10 3 6-10

91 David Smith 2 4-11 2 4-11

92 Grant Goldbeck 1 3- 6 1 3- 6

93 Mark Burgess 2 1- 9 2 1- 9

[1inStripes]

It would be pretty cool if Guy Eaker won it.

[Tin]

I would be shocked of weights didn't really fall and KVD didn't finish in the top 10.

I'm just praying BJ makes the cut, he is only a couple ounces out!!!!

[1inStripes]

It could be interesting to see what a little rain tomorrow night and cooler temps on Saturday affect things.

[5bass]

It could go either way, really. If the sun stays out like it did today the females will be more inclined to go shallow. If that does happen they'll have some more big bags come across.

If it goes the other way (which I think it will on Saturday and Sunday) they'll have to figure out something besides sight fishing. That's when it will get really interesting. If KVD can make the cut into the weekend, things could set up real well for him.

Go Ike!!

[5bass]

Day 2 is done. I was hoping Ike would make the cut but he missed it by a few ounces. Here's the leaderboard from Bassmaster.com.

1 Jason Williamson 5 22- 9 5 14- 2 10 36-11

2 Skeet Reese 5 17- 9 5 18-13 10 36- 6

3 Terry Scroggins 5 19-13 5 15- 5 10 35- 2

4 Marty Robinson 5 19- 2 5 15-15 10 35- 1

5 Bobby Lane 5 21- 7 5 13- 9 10 35- 0

6 Aaron Martens 5 18- 6 5 15- 8 10 33-14

7 Matt Reed 5 17- 3 5 16-11 10 33-14

8 Gerald Swindle 5 15- 8 5 17- 2 10 32-10

9 Edwin Evers 5 14-13 5 16-15 10 31-12

10 Dean Rojas 5 16- 7 5 15- 2 10 31- 9

11 Cliff Pace 5 16- 5 5 15- 3 10 31- 8

12 John Crews 5 12- 5 5 19- 2 10 31- 7

13 Alton Jones 5 15-14 5 15- 0 10 30-14

14 Todd Faircloth 5 18- 9 5 11-10 10 30- 3

15 Mark Tucker 5 16- 1 5 14- 2 10 30- 3

16 Jason Quinn 5 18-11 5 11- 4 10 29-15

17 Terry Butcher 5 15-11 5 14- 4 10 29-15

18 Greg Hackney 5 15-13 5 13-13 10 29-10

19 Guy Eaker 5 18- 1 5 11- 8 10 29- 9

20 Ish Monroe 5 16- 8 5 13- 1 10 29- 9

21 Davy Hite 5 17-10 5 11-13 10 29- 7

22 Mark Menendez 5 17- 1 5 12- 2 10 29- 3

23 Mark Tyler 5 16- 3 5 13- 0 10 29- 3

24 Kevin VanDam 5 14-12 5 14- 3 10 28-15

25 Scott Rook 5 15-15 5 12-15 10 28-14

26 Byron Haseotes 5 13- 4 5 15- 2 10 28- 6

27 Dave Wolak 5 12-13 5 15- 8 10 28- 5

28 Jeff Kriet 5 12- 7 5 15-12 10 28- 3

29 Greg Vinson 5 13- 9 5 14-10 10 28- 3

30 Keith Poche 5 15- 3 5 12-14 10 28- 1

31 Kotaro Kiriyama 5 16- 9 5 11- 6 10 27-15

32 Derek Remitz 5 15- 9 5 12- 6 10 27-15

33 Chris Lane 5 14-10 5 13- 5 10 27-15

34 Brian Snowden 5 14- 7 5 13- 8 10 27-15

35 James Niggemeyer 5 16-11 5 11- 0 10 27-11

36 Kelly Jordon 5 14-15 5 12- 6 10 27- 5

37 Bernie Schultz 5 14-10 5 12-11 10 27- 5

38 Jared Lintner 5 14-14 5 12- 5 10 27- 3

39 Mike McClelland 5 14-10 5 12- 6 10 27- 0

40 Takahiro Omori 5 13-12 5 13- 3 10 26-15

41 Clark Reehm 5 10-11 5 16- 1 10 26-12

42 Tommy Biffle 5 14- 7 5 12- 4 10 26-11

43 Fred Roumbanis 5 14-12 5 11-13 10 26- 9

44 Steve Kennedy 5 14-10 5 11-12 10 26- 6

45 Billy McCaghren 5 13- 7 5 12-14 10 26- 5

46 Byron Velvick 5 14-11 5 11- 9 10 26- 4

47 Morizo Shimizu 5 12-14 5 13- 6 10 26- 4

****ANGLERS BELOW THIS LINE WILL NOT BE FISHING TOMORROW****

48 Zell Rowland 5 11-14 5 14- 2 10 26- 0

49 Gary Klein 5 12- 8 5 13- 5 10 25-13

50 Marty Stone 5 13- 4 5 12- 9 10 25-13

51 Russ Lane 5 14-10 5 11- 2 10 25-12

52 Michael Iaconelli 5 13- 9 5 12- 2 10 25-11

53 Vince Fulks 5 13- 3 5 12- 8 10 25-11

54 Randy Howell 5 12-15 5 12-11 10 25-10

55 Jeff Connella 5 11- 9 5 13-13 10 25- 6

56 Cliff Crochet 5 14-13 5 10- 8 10 25- 5

57 Matt Herren 5 14-13 5 10- 7 10 25- 4

58 Pat Golden 5 11-15 5 13- 5 10 25- 4

59 J Todd Tucker 5 12- 7 5 12-11 10 25- 2

60 Jeremy Starks 5 13- 6 5 11-10 10 25- 0

61 Bradley Hallman 5 13- 7 5 11- 8 10 24-15

62 Paul Elias 5 12-11 5 12- 4 10 24-15

63 Peter E Thliveros 5 9-14 5 14-15 10 24-13

64 Stephen Browning 5 12- 5 5 12- 7 10 24-12

65 Casey Ashley 5 11- 4 5 13- 5 10 24- 9

66 Charlie Hartley 5 10-15 5 13- 9 10 24- 8

67 Mark Davis 5 13-11 5 10-10 10 24- 5

68 Dustin Wilks 5 12-15 5 11- 5 10 24- 4

69 Rick Clunn 5 12- 6 5 11-13 10 24- 3

70 Timmy Horton 5 15- 1 5 9- 0 10 24- 1

71 Wade Grooms 5 13- 5 5 10- 9 10 23-14

72 Pete Ponds 5 10- 4 5 13- 8 10 23-12

73 Boyd Duckett 5 9-13 5 13-13 10 23-10

74 Yusuke Miyazaki 5 12-10 5 11- 0 10 23-10

75 Dennis Tietje 5 8- 6 5 15- 2 10 23- 8

76 Kevin Short 5 11-15 5 11- 3 10 23- 2

77 Kevin Wirth 5 10-13 5 12- 2 10 22-15

78 Bradley Roy 5 10-10 4 12- 1 9 22-11

79 Brent Chapman 5 13- 9 5 8-14 10 22- 7

80 John Murray 5 9- 0 5 13- 5 10 22- 5

81 Chad Griffin 4 8-15 5 13- 5 9 22- 4

82 Shaw E Grigsby 5 10-14 5 11- 4 10 22- 2

83 Britt Myers 5 15- 9 2 5-12 7 21- 5

84 Denny Brauer 4 8-12 5 10-13 9 19- 9

85 Bill Lowen 5 13- 0 4 6- 5 9 19- 5

86 Kenyon Hill 5 11-13 3 6-14 8 18-11

87 Rick Morris 3 9-10 5 8-14 8 18- 8

88 Matt Greenblatt 5 13- 1 3 4-12 8 17-13

89 Mark Burgess 2 1- 9 5 16- 1 7 17-10

90 Scott Ashmore 5 8-11 3 6-10 8 15- 5

91 Jami Fralick 3 6-10 3 6-11 6 13- 5

92 David Smith 2 4-11 5 8- 1 7 12-12

93 Grant Goldbeck 1 3- 6 2 3- 8 3 6-14

[burleytog]

Who are you going to be following tomorrow?  If you can get close enough, snag something from KVD's boat for me.  I'm not picky.  I'll take a box of cranks or something...

[5bass]

Who are you going to be following tomorrow? If you can get close enough, snag something from KVD's boat for me. I'm not picky. I'll take a box of cranks or something...

Follow a bunch of guys sight fishing? No thanks.

I'm fishing Philpott tomorrow....got a very important tournament there next month.

[burleytog]

Who are you going to be following tomorrow? If you can get close enough, snag something from KVD's boat for me. I'm not picky. I'll take a box of cranks or something...

Follow a bunch of guys sight fishing? No thanks.

I'm fishing Philpott tomorrow....got a very important tournament there next month.

You should go to South Holston and tie up a good 20 lb. sack for my tournament next weekend.

[TheBeast]

Who are you going to be following tomorrow? If you can get close enough, snag something from KVD's boat for me. I'm not picky. I'll take a box of cranks or something...

Follow a bunch of guys sight fishing? No thanks.

I'm fishing Philpott tomorrow....got a very important tournament there next month.

You should go to South Holston and tie up a good 20 lb. sack for my tournament next weekend.

Heck we'd still only finish about 5th-6th.  I look for quite a few 20+ sacks to be brought in next week.

[Tin]

BJ Haseotes made his first cut!  8-)

[5bass]

Just got back from the Day 3 weigh in. Skeet dropped 21-13 on the scales and carries a 6 pound plus lead into the final day. If it goes like it's been going for Skeet, they'll be handing him the trophy tomorrow afternoon. This isn't good news for KVD in the AOY points race.

1 Skeet Reese 5 17- 9 5 18-13 5 21-13 15 58- 3

2 Jason Williamson 5 22- 9 5 14- 2 5 15- 3 15 51-14

3 Bobby Lane 5 21- 7 5 13- 9 5 13- 2 15 48- 2

4 Matt Reed 5 17- 3 5 16-11 5 13-13 15 47-11

5 Dean Rojas 5 16- 7 5 15- 2 5 15- 7 15 47- 0

6 Edwin Evers 5 14-13 5 16-15 5 15- 3 15 46-15

7 Terry Scroggins 5 19-13 5 15- 5 5 11- 5 15 46- 7

8 Greg Hackney 5 15-13 5 13-13 5 16- 7 15 46- 1

9 Aaron Martens 5 18- 6 5 15- 8 5 11- 7 15 45- 5

10 Gerald Swindle 5 15- 8 5 17- 2 5 12- 8 15 45- 2

11 Marty Robinson 5 19- 2 5 15-15 5 9-14 15 44-15

12 Ish Monroe 5 16- 8 5 13- 1 5 15- 4 15 44-13

****ANGLERS BELOW THIS LINE ARE NOT FISHING SUNDAY****

13 Mark Tucker 5 16- 1 5 14- 2 5 14- 9 15 44-12

14 Alton Jones 5 15-14 5 15- 0 5 13-14 15 44-12

15 Scott Rook 5 15-15 5 12-15 5 15- 5 15 44- 3

16 Dave Wolak 5 12-13 5 15- 8 5 15- 8 15 43-13

17 Davy Hite 5 17-10 5 11-13 5 14- 3 15 43-10

18 Cliff Pace 5 16- 5 5 15- 3 5 11-15 15 43- 7

19 John Crews 5 12- 5 5 19- 2 5 11- 9 15 43- 0

20 Jason Quinn 5 18-11 5 11- 4 5 12- 1 15 42- 0

21 Kelly Jordon 5 14-15 5 12- 6 5 14-10 15 41-15

22 Kevin VanDam 5 14-12 5 14- 3 5 12-11 15 41-10

23 Todd Faircloth 5 18- 9 5 11-10 5 11- 2 15 41- 5

24 Steve Kennedy 5 14-10 5 11-12 5 14-12 15 41- 2

25 Terry Butcher 5 15-11 5 14- 4 5 10-14 15 40-13

26 Brian Snowden 5 14- 7 5 13- 8 5 12-12 15 40-11

27 James Niggemeyer 5 16-11 5 11- 0 5 12- 4 15 39-15

28 Mark Menendez 5 17- 1 5 12- 2 5 10-10 15 39-13

29 Keith Poche 5 15- 3 5 12-14 5 11-10 15 39-11

30 Greg Vinson 5 13- 9 5 14-10 5 11- 6 15 39- 9

31 Jared Lintner 5 14-14 5 12- 5 5 12- 5 15 39- 8

32 Mike McClelland 5 14-10 5 12- 6 5 12- 2 15 39- 2

33 Jeff Kriet 5 12- 7 5 15-12 5 10-10 15 38-13

34 Tommy Biffle 5 14- 7 5 12- 4 5 11- 7 15 38- 2

35 Morizo Shimizu 5 12-14 5 13- 6 5 11-11 15 37-15

36 Kotaro Kiriyama 5 16- 9 5 11- 6 5 9-14 15 37-13

37 Mark Tyler 5 16- 3 5 13- 0 5 8-10 15 37-13

38 Takahiro Omori 5 13-12 5 13- 3 5 10-12 15 37-11

39 Byron Velvick 5 14-11 5 11- 9 5 11- 2 15 37- 6

40 Fred Roumbanis 5 14-12 5 11-13 5 10-10 15 37- 3

41 Clark Reehm 5 10-11 5 16- 1 5 9-12 15 36- 8

42 Byron Haseotes 5 13- 4 5 15- 2 3 8- 0 13 36- 6

43 Derek Remitz 5 15- 9 5 12- 6 5 8- 6 15 36- 5

44 Guy Eaker 5 18- 1 5 11- 8 4 6-11 14 36- 4

45 Bernie Schultz 5 14-10 5 12-11 5 8-14 15 36- 3

46 Billy McCaghren 5 13- 7 5 12-14 5 9- 6 15 35-11

47 Chris Lane 5 14-10 5 13- 5 1 1- 9 11 29- 8

[5bass]

I dont know if any of you caught this quote from Gerald Swindle on stage at the Day 1 weigh in but when I heard him say it, I thought it was hilarious.

Quote from Bassmaster.com

"I broke off so many jigs trying to catch this one fish, it looked like Christmas in there. I finally caught that 14-inch sucker and threw him back, just to show him who's boss."

Gerald Swindle

[5bass]

Skeet won by almost 15 pounds. 4 day total of 78-1. He committed to the swimbait late on Day 2 and threw it the rest of the tournament.

Here's the final standings from Bassmaster.com

1 Skeet Reese 5 17- 9 5 18-13 5 21-13 5 19-14 20 78- 1

2 Jason Williamson 5 22- 9 5 14- 2 5 15- 3 5 11-10 20 63- 8

3 Dean Rojas 5 16- 7 5 15- 2 5 15- 7 5 14- 8 20 61- 8

4 Terry Scroggins 5 19-13 5 15- 5 5 11- 5 5 14-14 20 61- 5

5 Matt Reed 5 17- 3 5 16-11 5 13-13 5 13- 7 20 61- 2

6 Aaron Martens 5 18- 6 5 15- 8 5 11- 7 5 15- 2 20 60- 7

7 Edwin Evers 5 14-13 5 16-15 5 15- 3 5 11- 6 20 58- 5

8 Bobby Lane 5 21- 7 5 13- 9 5 13- 2 5 9- 7 20 57- 9

9 Gerald Swindle 5 15- 8 5 17- 2 5 12- 8 5 12- 6 20 57- 8

10 Greg Hackney 5 15-13 5 13-13 5 16- 7 5 11- 7 20 57- 8

11 Ish Monroe 5 16- 8 5 13- 1 5 15- 4 5 10-11 20 55- 8

12 Marty Robinson 5 19- 2 5 15-15 5 9-14 3 5- 6 18 50- 5

[Tin]

From watching the videos I guess the big difference was him throwing the swimbaits in less than a foot and a half of water while everyone else was fishing 4'+. Is it common to find those bigger fish that shallow pre/spawn 5BL?

[bmadd]

Jerry Rago is about to really see an increase in his sales. First Byron's new bait wins Clear Lake and now Skeet's new bait wins at Smith MTN. Back to back tourny wins from coast to coast haha. Didn't really see that coming.

[Bigs]

Im happy for Skeet. Doesnt look like it's gonna be KVD's year unless he gets his act together fast. And that Bobby Lane keeps doing well too, dont sleep on that guy. Congrats to Ish also

[5bass]

From watching the videos I guess the big difference was him throwing the swimbaits in less than a foot and a half of water while everyone else was fishing 4'+. Is it common to find those bigger fish that shallow pre/spawn 5BL?

Not usually except for when they get up to actually drop eggs. I suspect those fish were out in a little deeper water (3-4') and would run up and ambush the swimbait, like they do shad and bluegill. They'll just wait out a little deeper and use the bank like a wall. Anything that comes between the bass and the wall gets eaten.