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Indiana North’s Bob Maples and Bobby Sheehan Win At Table Rock Lake With 25.80 lbs.

By Frank Evans
Frank Evans

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Fishers Of Men 2005 Midwest Regional Championship

As nearly 136 teams, one by one, slipped passed the checkpoint boat on Day-2 and then roared off to the far reaches of the expansive waters in Table Rock Lake, the downgraded tropical depression, Rita, was beginning to show its effect on the tournament waters. The final day of competition had just begun with cloudy skies prevailing and 10 to 20 mph winds steadily increasing throughout the day. With three days of fishing behind them, several teams began to put together successful patterns that would enable them to move up in the final standings of the Fishers Of Men National Tournament Trail’s, Midwest Regional Championship.

Kevin and Bryan Jackson (Ozark Div.) headed up the James River Arm and began to work the wood structure along the river channel, in the 2 to 8 feet depth range. They were one of only a few teams that were able to put together a good shallow to midrange bite. Most other successful teams had been fishing between 20 and 55 ft. Utilizing buzzbaits, a Chartreuse/Black Lucky Craft crankbait, and 9 1/2” Luck E Strike worms, Bryan and Kevin added 4 bass, weighing 9.57lbs, to their previous day’s catch and moved up 8 places to finish 7th, overall, with a 2-day catch of 6 bass, weighing 15.20lbs.

Matt Elkins and Jason Merschman, Ohio Division anglers, brought in 3 impressive fish that tipped the scales to 9.83lbs. Adding these to the Day-1 5.38lbs. Big Bass, allowed them to move from 17th up to finish in 6th place. Matt attributed their success to a Yellow/Black 2” deep-diver crankbait.

Greg Lindbloom and Colin Fleck (Minnesota East) moved up from 19th place to finish 5th overall, with a limit weighing 13.30lbs, after the .5 lb. dead fish penalty, giving them a 2-day total of 7 fish at 18.61lbs.

Coming up from 8th and finishing in 4th place, the Ozark father/son team of Brian and Kyle Maloney caught 5 bass that crossed the scales at 11.87. Their 2-day, 8 fish total was 19.36lbs. Brian said that he and his son had been tossing spider jigs in behind boat docks up the James River Arm both days. He felt that the larger bass were moving into the shallows to feed at night and instead of traveling back out to the deep drop-offs; they were just moving off the banks to the nearest cover available, the inside edge of the floating and standing docks.

Day-1 leaders, Gary Minor and Scott Lythojohn, dropped two slots to finish the Midwest Regional in 3rd place. These perennial favorites weighed in an additional three bass, at 5.74lbs. This gave the pair a tournament total of 19.40lbs. for 8 fish. Both days they had been fishing jigs in deep water.

Bill Bacon and Bruce Jennings, fishing out of the Indiana North Division, were able to hang on to their second place spot with 3 fish, weighing 8.99lbs. (One going 4.39lbs.), adding to Day-1’s 12.53, for a total weight of 21.52.

In the end, though, another Indiana North team earned the attractive Midwest Regional Championship title plaques and the brand new Triton TR-186/150hp Mercury Optimax combination, along with an additional $1000.00 from Triton Boats, for participating in the Triton Elite program by fishing out of a Triton boat.

Bobby Sheehan, from Greenwood, Indiana and Bob Maples, of Brownsburg, utilized a locally purchased white jigging spoon to move all the way from 6th place to finish 1st and claim the victory. The two stated that by marking their fishing lines at 30 ft, they were able to keep their spoons working along the thermocline where the baitfish were suspending, along with eager to feed bass. They said that it didn’t take long to know if the bass were present because you would get a bite almost immediately if they were under the baitfish. Using this method netted them five bass, weighing an astounding and tournament-high limit of 16.42lbs, to go along with the previous day’s 9.38, for a 2-day winning total of 25.80lbs. Bobby wants to thank his sponsor, Denny’s Marina, located in Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne, for the new TR-20X. Other sponsors they want to express thanks are Ambush Lures and Esox Rods.

During the weighin, Kimberling City’s mayor and Schooner Resort owner, Leon Prior, presented Al Odom, our National Director, with a framed Certificate Of Appreciation, for accepting their invitation to come to Kimberling City and Table Rock Lake. Well, we could not have received any better welcome, kindness, help, and treatment from anyone other than the Kimberling City Lodging Association, its members, employees, and the residents of this area. That’s why we truly appreciate the members of the Kimberling City Lodging Association, who are: The Clam Cove Resort (800) 739-2683; Harper's Valley Resort (800) 688-2193; Kimberling Oaks Resort (888) 779-4461; Kimberling Suites (800) 209-3150; Lighthouse Lodge Resort (800) 739-4556; Schooner Creek Resort (877) 739-4417; and Water's Edge RV Resort (800) 439-3500; for bringing our Midwest Regional Championship to the strikingly beautiful Table Rock Lake.

Of course, our faithful National Sponsors are the best in the fishing industry and the ones that God has chosen to make the ministry and tournament trail possible. Special thanks go out to Triton Boats, Mercury Marine, Kistler Custom Fishing Rods, Strike King Lure Company, Presnell Plantation, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Marshall’s Marine, Solar Bat, Spike-It Bait Company, Castrol, V & M Baits, Motorguide, Keelshield, Lowrance Electronics, All-Terrain Tackle, Spot Remover, HOT RODS Marine Care Products, Stanley Jigs, Dual Pro Chargers, X Tools, Deka Marine Master Batteries, Jacobs Glass Company, BASS RX, Keep Alive Oxygen Infusor, and The Original Fish Formula line of products.

Place Division Boat # Partner #1 Partner #2 Day 2Big Bass Total Wgt
1 IN-North 130 Bob Sheehan Bobby Maples 25.8
2 IN-North 137 Bill Bacon Bruce Jennings 4.39 21.52
3 MN-West 76 Scott Lythjohn Gary Minor 19.4
4 OZ 100 Brian Maloney Kyle Maloney 19.36
5 MN-East 27 Greg Lindbloom Colin Fleck 18.61
6 OH 1 Jason Merschman Matt Elkins 15.21
7 OZ 57 Kevin Jackson Bryan Jackson 15.2
8 WI-S 124 Tom Schultz Bill Schultz 14.74
9 Il-Central 95 Mark Vos Stewart Cousins 13.46
10 IA 127 Chris Calkins Jon Andreson 5.21 12.43
11 OZ 77 Andy Renkoski Bud Renkoski 11.87
12 MN-West 93 Dean Truax John Kimmes 11.68
13 MN-East 131 Robert Allen Chris Hulback 11.46
14 MN-East 4 Wayne Camper 11.27
15 Il-North 138 Jeremy Miller Ben Friou 11.1
16 IA 81 Shawn Holly Robert Thomsen 10.7
17 OZ 82 Larry Herron Tim Gingrich 10.65
18 IN-North 113 Mike Shock Dan Sanders 10.44
19 IN-North 111 Lyle Smith Jim Cole 10.37
20 IN-North 84 Carl Waddington Dan Schuster 9.96
21 IA 91 Mike Langford Dave McCoy 9.89
22 WI W 87 Nathan Whiting Chad Whiting 5.14 9.41
23 MN-West 17 Sean Frame Keith Larson 9.39
24 IN-North 123 Russ Dorsey Jim Wilson 9.15
25 OZ 29 Randy Roustio John Gamblin 9.12
26 Il-North 107 Brian McMartin Don Jacobsen 8.33
27 MN-East 108 Don Wilson Don Wilson, Jr. 8.32
28 MN-West 58 Dale Lundman Trent Soberg 8.29
29 IA 46 Derick DeBorer Jim Lee Meyerdirk 8.14
30 Il-Central 65 Troy Boley Terry Adair 7.97
31 MN-East 121 Darin Bjornson Josh Bjornson 7.63
32 MN-East 112 Erich Faulks Karl Faulks 7.59
33 IA 68 Wes Mahan 7.2
34 IN-North 66 Gary Frick Troy Higgins 7.13
35 Il-North 102 K.C. Schaible Luke Berry 6.45
36 Il-Central 52 Dan Bandeko Dan Berns 6.42
37 WI W 69 Rob Keller Tim Andrea 6.35
38 OH 97 Bill Baldwin Ted Baldwin, Sr. 6.06
39 WI E 5 Craig Panfil John Sosnowski 5.89
40 IN-North 134 Ron Gerard Ron Moses 5.81
41 WI W 71 Michael Hansen Steven Hansen 5.73
41 MN-East 99 Dave Smiddle Kirk Robidue 5.73
43 OH 23 Karl Guegold Ben Guegold 5.35
44 Il-North 50 Derrick Dillion Scott Alkire 5.33
45 MI 70 Matthew Metzger Phil Holwerda 5.31
46 IN-South 139 Danny Lee Nathan Sipes 5.13
47 WI W 119 Dan Allen John Gubrud 4.97
48 WI E 30 Jeff Miller Chris Wenzel 4.53
49 IN-North 96 Kyle Neal Steve Neal 4.35
50 OH 3 David French Jude James 4.29
51 IN-North 136 Paul Cook 4.15
52 MN-West 133 Harold Haglund BJ Marzen 4.12
53 IA 126 John Capitani Dave Jordan 4.06
54 IN-South 72 Rick Wiltsey Margie Wiltsey 4.05
55 OZ 114 Ron Hawpe Rod Park 4.01
56 IN-South 13 Gary Straber Rick Straber 4.00
57 OH 56 Jeff Paul Troy Petrie 3.94
58 IN-South 6 John Shelburne Sean Zachery 3.85
59 IN-South 61 Randy Gipson Tom Harper 3.82
60 OZ 83 Duane Mauzy Patrick Shaw 3.81
61 OH 60 Darrin Brumbaugh Bryan Duncan 3.59
62 OH 79 Jason Tucker Jay Tucker 3.44
63 IA 129 Brian Kennedy Brian Kennedy,Jr. 2.75
64 MI 103 Justin Keithley John Carter 2.70
65 OH 115 Gary Sindelir John Duwel 2.47
66 OZ 9 Joe Millikin Brian Millikin 2.42
67 WI W 2 Troy McCann John Hess 2.40
68 MN-East 135 Josh Kadlec Tony Raywood 2.40
69 IN-North 32 Dirk Hayward Zack Hayward 2.38
70 IN-South 41 Steve Chrenko Larry Short 2.38
71 IN-South 42 William Miller Bill Miller 2.38
72 OZ 104 Ed Glasgow Jerry Lantz 2.38
73 Il-Central 11 Richard Ivy Aaron Ivy 2.37
74 MN-West 74 John Monroe Rob Stoltz 2.35
75 Il-North 64 James Bridges Thomas Bridges 2.32
76 MN-West 49 Ronald Markham Kristine Markham 2.27
77 IA 36 Donald Peart, Jr. Tyson Vance 2.21
78 OZ 21 Larry Hess Jeff Hendrickson 2.2
79 WI-S 105 Doug Hennings Shawn Bagley 2.19
80 OH 90 Doyle Donnett Daniel Holtzapple 2.14
81 Il-North 7 James Cogar Bill Poreda 2.12
82 IN-North 43 Robert Vaughn Rebecca Vaughn 2.09
83 IN-North 51 Joe Coble Kim Coble 2.09
84 WI E 118 Jordan Thayse Nathan Eckberg 2.08
85 IN-North 38 Chip Wood Steve Grubb 2.06
86 MN-East 53 Steven Howard Patricia Howard 2.06
87 OZ 54 Jerry Laffoon Connie Laffoon 2.00
88 OZ 45 Mike Fenton Art Fenton 1.95
89 OH 128 Richard Trucksis Eric Ross 1.92
90 MN-West 110 Steve Whitman Jake Skojguest 1.91
91 IA 67 Rick Hanson Wayne Kautzky 1.90
92 OH 120 Wes Booth Eric Booth 1.88
93 IN-South 80 Tim Carter Steve Carter 1.86
94 IN-North 31 Mike Elsea Darren Elsea 1.78
95 IN-North 92 Jeff Tighe Sharon Tighe 1.70
96 Il-Central 10 Lester Brown Robert Brown 0
96 IN-South 8 Bill Kehl Dick Thompson 0
98 IN-North 12 Ben Dietzel John Green 0
99 MN-West 14 Jason Mehsikomer Eric Ahlstrom 0
100 IN-North 15 Richard Humphryes Jeff Hampton 0
101 MN-West 16 Joe Lemmerman Dan Niccum 0
102 WI W 18 Josh Schindeldecker Tom Schindeldecker 0
103 MN-East 19 Shane Miller Adam Carson 0
104 Il-North 20 Ron Beck Rick Beck 0
105 Il-North 22 Richard Sneath Glen Swartz 0
106 OH 24 Ryan Vaughn Tony Cannon 0
107 IA 25 Steve Green John Thomsen 0
108 OH 26 Jim Conkle Rocky Luckydo 0
109 OH 28 Richard Adams Rick Adams 0
110 IN-South 34 Dan Voorhies Derek Voorhies 0
111 OZ 37 Jimmy Rogers Tyler Rogers 0
112 OH 40 Gideon Maxwell Dan Maxwell 0
113 OH 44 Paul Amstutz Bill Harris 0
114 MN-West 47 Todd Zitzloff Rich Langevin 0
115 WI-S 48 Jeff Ripp Dan Huizenga 0
116 IN-North 55 Leon Hensley Tadd Fischer 0
117 MN-West 59 Dale Roth Will Roth 0
118 MN-West 62 Jessie Suttle Chris Franco 0
119 OZ 63 Van Cox Gary Cook 0
120 IN-North 73 Tony Goff Ron True 0
121 WI W 75 Craig Radle Nick Radle 0
122 OH 78 Matt Climer John Harris 0
123 IN-South 85 Shawn Harden Lisa Harden 0
124 IA 86 Jake Sternberg Dave Boruff 0
125 IN-North 88 Dick Lester Jerry Lesley 0
126 OH 89 Jeff Longenecker Chris Moyers 0
127 OZ 94 Glenn Rosser Sean Kelley 0
128 IN-South 98 Steven Timmons Stephanie Timmons 0
129 OH 101 Scott Carnes Michael Conway 0
130 MN-East 106 Mickey Goetting Mike Breuer 0
131 WI W 109 Michael Yarrington Terry Yarrington 0
132 MN-West 116 Chris Zakashefski Pat Bartley 0
133 OH 117 Jody Boggs Mike Palermini 0
134 OZ 122 Garon Smith Dustin Wilson 0
135 MN-West 125 Rory Gunderson Craig Gunderson 0
136 MN-East 132 Lorenzo Daniels Marty Girling 0

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