BISMARCK, AR - North
Carolina anglers Brandon Gray and Todd Massey had never seen DeGray Lake before
this week, but this team found a few clues in practice to have a solid start on
the first day of the Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team Championship.
Massey
said their practice went "not real well," and he was surprised they
caught five fish weighing 14 pounds, 2 ounces to move into first place today.
"We found some spots (in practice) that had some fish, but we never really
beat them to see what was there," Massey said. "Today, we just
started picking those spots and tried to dissect them from there. We bounced
around a couple of times but kind of stayed in the same general area."
The
North Carolina anglers caught fish in both deep and shallow water. "I
think the fish are scattered," Massey said. "There are some fish shallow,
and there are some fish deep. So you can fish whatever style you prefer to
fish."
Massey
and Gray qualified for the first Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team
Championship through the Anglers Choice circuit and have fished as a team for
four years. "We traveled together and fished the (Bassmaster) Weekend
Series for some years," Massey said.
Fishers
of Men teammates Flannagan Fife and Royce Davis fish
DeGray Lake about once a year and usually do well in tournaments on the lake,
according to Fife.
The
Arkansas anglers took over second place with four bass weighing 13-1. Because
they had what Fife described as an "inconsistent practice," they
decided to use their confidence bait today. "Everything we caught was on
crankbaits shallow - about 4 feet of water or less," Fife said. "We
were doing a lot of hopping around and fishing isolated stuff."
Another
Fishers of Men team from Arkansas moved into third place. Wayne Dixon and Jared
Allen had only five bites all day, but they boated five keepers weighing 12-9
to take over third. "We didn't fish for Kentuckies.
We stayed out and fished for largemouth all day long. We just junk fished all
day," Dixon said, referring to a term used to describe fishing a variety
of techniques and locations.
This
unique four-day tournament is two events rolled into one. Today was the first
round of a two-day competition pitting two-man teams from various
B.A.S.S.-sanctioned team trails across the country against each other to
determine a national champion.
The
winning team will be awarded the first-place prize of a Nitro Z7 bass
boat/Mercury Optimax 150 Pro XS outboard rig and the
Livingston Leader Award of $500. A traveling trophy is also presented to the
team champions to take back to the team trail they represent.
The
six anglers from the Top 3 finishers of the team competition advance to the
final two days of the tournament and will fish individually. The individual
winner of the tournament will qualify for the final 2015 GEICO Bassmaster
Classic berth and receive a Skeeter FX20/Yamaha 250 outboard rig to run in the
Classic.
The
DeGray Lake Resort State Park is hosting the Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team
Championship. Launches and weigh-ins for the next three competition days will
be held at Caddo Bend in DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Bismarck, Ark.
2014
Bassmaster Team Championship Title Sponsor: Toyota Bonus Bucks
2014
Bassmaster Team Championship Official Sponsors: Mercury, Nitro Boats, Skeeter
Boats, Yamaha
2014
Bassmaster Team Championship Supporting Sponsors: Booyah,
Diet Mountain Dew, Livingston Lures
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Toyota
Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team Championship
12/10/2014
Degray Lake - Degray Lake
Resort - Bismarck, AR
STANDINGS
BOATER DAY 1
Name #
Fish Lbs-Oz
1
Brandon Gray - Todd Massey Anglers Choice 5 14- 2
2 Flannagan Fife - Royce Davis Fishers of Men 4 13- 1
3
Wayne Dixon - Jared Allen Fishers of Men 5 12- 9
4
Brandon Gladish - Aaric Correll Fishers of Men 5 11- 5
5 John
Carnes - Kelly Dorman NTBA 5 11- 1
6
Justin Kerr - John Weisfuss Ultimate Team Tour 5 11- 0
7 Josh
Busby - David Mccormick Joe Bass Team Trail 5 10-12
8
Martin Elshout - Mark Price Fishers of Men 5 10-10
9
Steve Czerniski - Dean Kreuzer
Total Bass Addicts 5 10- 8
10
William Davis - Tim Cummings Alabama Bass Trail 5 10- 4
11
Phillip VanDerVeer - Damien McMahon Anglers Choice 5
9-15
12
Josh Wray - Kavan Maybee
Joe Bass Team Trail 5 9-14
13 Jon
Griffith - John Stewart Jr Total Bass Addicts 5 9-12
14
Jake Boomer - Jason Bryan Northwest Bass 5 9- 9
15 Rogne Brown - Cary Dotson Chattanooga Bass Association 5 9-
8
16
Kevin Brumfield - Rick Pullen Fishers of Men 5 9- 6
17
Jeremy Lawyer - Joe Waggoner Ozark Mtn Team Trail 4
9- 6
17
Dean Yamagata - Ryan Yamagata Ultimate Team Tour 4 9- 6
19
Josh Moore - Keith Butler TN Valley Team Champ Series 5 9- 2
20
Thomas Brewer - Michael Brewer Alabama Bass Trail 4 9- 2
21
Randall Hutson - Matthew Beckler
Ozark Mountain Team Trail 5 8-14
22
Daniel Morgan - Greg Shaver Chattanooga Bass Association 5 8-13
23
Mike Crowther - Ray Arbesu
Ultimate Team Tour 5 8-11
23
Travis Lilly - Buster Lilly Jr Morristown Marine 5 8-11
25
Charles Phillips - Mike Norwood McNider Marine Iron
Man 4 8-10
26
David Caylor - Allen Hayes Alabama Bass Trail 5 8- 9
27
James Wall III - Jimmy Wall Jr Carolina Bass
Challenge 4 8- 9
28
Kenneth Vicchio - Greg McDavid
Tom's Marine 4 8- 3
29 Tom
Goins Sr - TJ Goins Jr Fishers of Men 5 7-12
30
Eric Grigg - Marc Grigg
Carolina Bass Challenge 4 7-12
31
Doug Schilling - Darin Lankford Joe Bass Team Trail 4 7- 9
32
Kerry Betz - James Hammersley AC Tournament Trail 3
7- 7
33 Cledas Manuel - Dave Austin Fishers of Men 5 7- 6
34 Eran Mccormick - Mark Randolph AC
Tournament Trail 3 7- 5
35
Alan Fluharty - Chad Brinegar
WV BN Team Trail 2 7- 5
36 Don
Ingram - Ronnie Grant NTBA 5 7- 4
37
Steve Ortiz - Dominic Ortiz Joe Bass Team Trail 5 7- 2
38
Wayne Vaughan Jr - Mitch Blankenship James River
Priority 5 7- 0
39
Nathan Hipps - Heath Barker Toms Marine Team Trail 4
6-15
40
Todd Walters - Jason Threadgill Carolina Bass
Challenge 5 6-14
41
Forrest Webb - Chad Harvey Allstar Bass Fishing
Tournaments 5 6-13
42 Shane
Williams - Matt Gorum H&W Marine Trail 4 6-13
43
Aaron Hochstedler - Rodney Ellis IN BN Team Trail 3
6- 7
44
Matt McCoy - Dennis Davis IN BN Team Trail 3 6- 6
45
Soon Chul Lee - Robin Chul
Oh Top Stick 5 6- 5
46
Wesley Cashwell - Shane Doughtie
Carolina Bass Challenge 3 6- 5
47
Shane Lineberger - Jerry Lineberger
Carolina Bass Challenge 5 6- 4
48
Rusty Darnell - Tim Newberry Joe Bass Team Trail 5 6- 3
49
Steve Fincher - Chris Basinger Big Bucks Buddy Trail
4 6- 3
50
Steve Miracle - Mike Wolfenbarger Tom's Marine Team
Trail 5 6- 2
50
Tyler Ward - Corey Gaffney Renegade Bass 5 6- 2
52
Chris Parker - Abe Kalechman CT BN Team Trail 3 6- 1
53
Brian Tidwell - Michael Tidwell Fishers of Men 5 6- 0
54
Gene Parker - Stan Gunter Carolina Bass Challenge 3 6- 0
55 Kyle
Kempkers - Brett Haveman
BBT Bass R Us Tournament Trail 2 6- 0
56
Robert Silva - Garret Seppala NH BN Team Trail 2 5-15
57
Blake Felix - Chris Bridges Joe Bass Team Trail 5 5-14
58
Luke Gritter - Ryan Lapine
D&R Sports Center Team Trail 2 5-14
59
Bill Gretten - Bob Walker AC Tournament Trail 2 5-13
60
Rickie Knight - Randall Carter Airport Marine Team Trail 4 5- 7
61 Ray
White - John Frye H & W Marine Trail 5 5- 5
62
Chris Rutland - Coby Carden
Alabama Bass Trail 2 5- 5
63
Jimmy Mason - Lance Walker Alabama Bass Trail 3 5- 4
64
Clifford Bunch - Paul Napier Morristown Marine 5 5- 3
65 Jim
Sprague - Danny Sprague MI BN Team Trail 2 5- 3
66
Derrick Blake - Clint Harrison II Morristown Marine Team Trail 5 5- 1
67
Donald Ensor - John Ensor Tom's Marine Team Trail 4 5- 1
68 Jeston Anderson - Robbie Robinson Alabama Bass Trail 5
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