18.67 to Win Berryessa | 2021 APEX Championship FINAL RESULTS

Post by **WB Staff** » Tue Nov 09, 2021 5:31 am

BACK TO BACK

The Apex Pro Tour wrapped up on Lake Berryessa and Ken Mah is your 2021 Apex Champion!
After a two week delay, the final day of the Apex Pro Tour ended with Ken Mah catching a 5-bass limit of 18.67 pounds with a 8.14 toad!

Ken Mah
WEIGHT: 18.67 BIG FISH: 8.14

Austin Wilson
WEIGHT: 15.11

John Pearl
WEIGHT: 12.63

Luke Johns
WEIGHT: 10.36

Zack Thompson
WEIGHT: 10.02

Bill O’Shinn
WEIGHT: 8.99

Nick Cloutier
WEIGHT: 8.65

Travis Huckaby
WEIGHT: 8.59

Juan Acosta
WEIGHT: 5.26

Joe Uribe Jr.
WEIGHT: DNF

Results from WWBT Championship win-the-delta-wwbt-pro-championship-fin ... 35604.html

d75bender · Post by **d75bender** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:11 pm

Congrats to Ken on the back to back wins!!! That's one heck of an accomplishment.

Does anyone know why APEX would schedule the TOC for 3 days at the Delta, have days 1 and 2 at the Delta, then not only postpone Day 3 due to weather but also change it from the Delta to Berryessa? Doesn't really seem fair to people who were leading after day 2 on the Delta. I know Ken is a major stick out there at the Delta and he could have easily come in with a 25+lb bag at the Delta and took first there too.

I'm not tryin to take away anything from Ken's accomplishment and I apologize if it comes off like that but man this kinda stinks for the guys who were in the lead after day 2 at the Delta.

Just wondering if anyone knows why APEX changed the TOC from the Delta to Berryessa mid way through the TOC when the Delta was perfectly fishable?

gixxer464 · Post by **gixxer464** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:14 pm

d75bender wrote:Congrats to Ken on the back to back wins!!! That's one heck of an accomplishment.

Does anyone know why APEX would schedule the TOC for 3 days at the Delta, have days 1 and 2 at the Delta, then not only postpone Day 3 due to weather but also change it from the Delta to Berryessa? Doesn't really seem fair to people who were leading after day 2 on the Delta. I know Ken is a major stick out there at the Delta and he could have easily come in with a 25+lb bag at the Delta and took first there too.

I'm not tryin to take away anything from Ken's accomplishment and I apologize if it comes off like that but man this kinda stinks for the guys who were in the lead after day 2 at the Delta.

Just wondering if anyone knows why APEX changed the TOC from the Delta to Berryessa mid way through the TOC when the Delta was perfectly fishable?

I have been wondering the exact same thing for a couple of weeks nows. I also share the same sentiment as you.

kmah · Post by **kmah** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 8:57 pm

There were a few tangible reasons this happened.

1) severe weather occurred on what would have been championship Sunday on the original date.
2) the WWBT Pro/Am championship was 2 weeks later on the Delta. The off limits for this event started the Monday immediately following the APEX Championship
3) there were 2 anglers from the APEX top 10 championship who were not in the Pro/Am championship

Had they put it back on the Delta on Monday this would have created an unfair advantage for 8 of the 10 anglers who would have fished the delta for 6 days.

APEX is designed to be twisty, and make us adapt to format changes. I hope this answers your questions.

d75bender · Post by **d75bender** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:10 pm

I gotcha and that makes sense. I just didn't know why they changed locations like that. I knew they postponed day 3 due to weather but I didn't know why they changed the location.

To bad they didn't make it a week before or a week after the WWBT Championship, which you still could have won like the WWBT Championship out there.

Either way, congrats again and thanks for answering my question.