It must sound like a broken reord, when each week for the last month, the Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament reports continue to brag about the big bass and five fish limits brought to the scales in just 3 1/2 hours. This week is no exception, in fact, this week was probably one of the best Wednesday nights for big bass in years. When it takes 20 to 21 pounds to be in the top four places, fishing is undoubtedly outstanding and it is here on Lake of the Ozarks.
There were twenty-three bass over 4 pounds weighed. Six were over 5 pounds, four over 6 pounds and one over 7 pounds, which was big bass of the tournament. Just like the last couple of weeks, several teams out of the 45 teams that fished the tournament had bass over 4 pounds, but because of the heavy weights recorded, dumped their fish instead of standing in line for naught. The total weight of bass brought to the scales was 261 pounds.
Lake of the Ozarks is slowly clearing with medium generation, which has changed the bite slightly. Jigs, crank baits and plastic baits are the baits of choice.
1st Dan Bowman & Dirk Slyuter 5 Bass 21.90 lbs
2nd Jeff Beachamp & "Pug" Bledsoe 5 Bass 21.85 lbs
3rd Roger Cook Mike Hutton 5 Bass 21.50 lbs
4th Shawn Kowal & Mike Hill 5 Bass 21.30 lbs
5th Quint Reed & Brandon Hecker 5 Bass 18.60 lbs
6th Jason Perrego & Stuart Toney 5 Bass 17.30 lbs
Big Bass of the tournament weighed 7.00 pounds even and was caught by the team of Shawn Kowal and Mike Hill.
Free entry for next week's Missouri Angler Wednesday Night Tournament was drawn by the team of Mike Renda and Jim Mc Devitt.
1ST PLACE --- DAN BOWMAN AND DIRK SLYUTER
2ND PLACE -- JEFF BEAUCHAMP & PUG BLEDSOE
3RD PLACE---MIKE HUTTON AND ROGER COOK
4TH PLACE -- MIKE HILL AND SHAWN KOWAL
5TH PLACE -- QUENT REED AND BRANDON HECKER
6TH PLACE -- JASON PERREGO AND STUART TONEY
BIG BASS -- 7:00 LBS AND A NICE 5:30 LBS
CAUGHT BY THE TEAM OF SHAWN KOWAL & MIKE HILL (PICTURED)
TWO LUNKERS 6.05 & 5.25LBS.
CAUGHT BY THE TEAM OF DAN BOWMAN (PICTURED ) & DIRK SLYUTER
THE TEAM OF LEON DANNETT (PICTURED) AND TOMMY JONES
HOLDING TWO BASS -- 6.25 AND 5.30 LBS.
TEAM OF QUENT REED (PICTURED) AND BRANDON HECKER
WITH THEIR LUNKERS WEIGHING IN AT 5.70 AND 5.10
