Day 3 of our 2024 Berkley Classic Series National Championship on the Harris Chain in FL- 03/16/24

Well, the Top 36 were sent out on Championship day after a slight fog delay with all 36 Teams due back at 3pm. As anticipation built throughout the day, knowing that the big ones are starting to bite, made it anyone’s tournament to win. Would we see another 12 pounder? Would we see multiple teams with giant fish making standings around all over the board? No one would know until 3 PM check in time and all the teams made their way to the scales. However, we did know two teams were going home with two brand new, fully rigged BassCat Boats.

Championship day’s weigh in started with our founder Al Odom welcoming everyone to the beautiful Harris Chain of Lakes in Leesburg, Florida. He thanked our wonderful host, which was a combined effort between the Greater Orlando Sports Commission, the City of Leesburg, Florida and Visit Lake County. These Championship’s hosts help make this event a true blessing for all evolved. After his prayer of thanks over the weather, thanks for all the anglers who travelled the distance to make this event happen. After our Day 2 leaders, Dan Smith & Jeremy Smith with a two day total of 44.87, took their place in the “Hot Seats”, boats 36 - boats 2 started coming to the scales. First team the had a three day total of more than the Smith’s 44.87 two day total, took their place in the “Hot Seats”. Of course, the Smith’s had their last say with their Day 3 catch at the end. Dan & Jeremy were able to remain in the “Hot Seats” until boat #21 came to the scales. Darrell Shull & James Vining needed 16.65 to take the lead for a three day total. Fish on the scales, weighing 16.88 and they slide in 1st Place with a three day total of 45.11 new leaders.

Rolling on down to boat numbers, next to take the lead was Brian Bohanon & Anthony OConnell with a 12.87 on the scales make the new leader total for Day 3 of 45.81.

Next to roll into those seats were Brian Lopp & Lauri Lopp with a three day total of 47.64. The Lopp’s didn’t have too much time to get comfortable with the Hults’ coming to the scales.

Alan Hults and Matt Hults weight of 18.68 for Day 3 total slid them in to first place with 54.33 anchored with a new BIG FISH of 8.09 for the day.

Now with our 3rd Place Day 2 winners, Mike Robinson & Jeff Robinson at the scales they take the new BIG FISH for today with a 9.02 whopper! They came into today with 39.99 pound and need to add four more quality fish to their bag to take the lead. They need 14.35 to take the lead to a three day total.

NEW LEADERS with a huge 23.28 bag to end up with a three day total of 63.27 pounds……. and now there are only two teams left that can unseated the Robinson’s.

Next up is Jonathan Thompson & Tyler Thompson with a two day total of 41.25 needing a big bag of 22.03 to take over the lead. Today’s weight was only 12.45 giving them a three day total of 53.70.

One team in the hot seats and one team to still weigh-in. Both of these teams are going home with brand new fully rigged BassCat boats.

Dan Smith and Jeremy Smith coming in today with a two day total of 44.87 and needing more than 18.40 to take over the lead. Today’s total was 18.15, close but only good enough for 2nd Place with a three day total of 63.02. WOW! What an ending with just 0.25 separating 1st Place and 2nd Place.

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	25175	Mike Robinson Jeff Robinson	5	9.02	23.28	0	23.28	150
2	29529	Alan Hults Matt Hults	5	8.09	18.68	0	18.68	148
3	19838	Dan Smith Jeremy Smith	5	0	18.15	0	18.15	149
4	23834	Darrell Shull James Vining	5	0	16.88	0	16.88	141
5	6486	C J Johnston Matt Stanley	5	0	16.51	0	16.51	146
6	25854	John Santos Matthew McClanahan	5	0	16.05	0	16.05	137
7	30127	Christopher Newell Chris Cooper	5	0	15.5	0	15.5	134
8	29611	RJ Sanger Ken Sharpless	5	5.91	15.06	0	15.06	133
9	24512	Brian Lopp Lauri Lopp	5	0	14.43	0	14.43	143
10	31733	Terry McWilliams Brody McWilliams	5	0	14.62	0.25	14.37	136
11	28743	Mark Richardson Phillip Richardson	5	0	14.22	0	14.22	139
12	25440	Bob Maggerise Darryl Whitehead	5	0	13.93	0	13.93	138
13	31630	Josh Clark Jack Jones	5	0	13.33	0	13.33	135
14	31228	Brian Bohanon Anthony OConnell	5	0	12.87	0	12.87	142
15	27780	Jerry Olsen Grant Olsen	5	0	12.8	0	12.8	144
16	28184	Garrett Kemp Blake Sylvester	5	0	12.55	0	12.55	140
17	29468	Jonathan Thompson Tyler Thompson	5	0	12.45	0	12.45	147
18	29801	Kevin Dykes Matthew Rayborn	5	0	12.2	0	12.2	145
19	28415	Jonathan Adams Jim English	5	0	11.24	0	11.24	131
20	1121	Michael Smith Brian Jordan	3	7.26	10.99	0	10.99	127
21	23783	Cody Thompson Ethan Cox	5	0	10.96	0	10.96	132
22	28509	Thomas Harden Luis Ponce	5	0	10.3	0	10.3	128
23	18417	Jonathan Botts Wayne Botts	5	0	9.69	0	9.69	129
24	19037	George Crain Allan Glasgow	5	0	9.69	0	9.69	125
25	339	Wayne Frierson Ronald Mueller	5	0	9.64	0	9.64	123
26	30333	Jeff Lamberth Kelly Lamberth	5	0	9.35	0	9.35	130
27	19884	Randy Dickson Kevin Dickson	5	0	9.13	0	9.13	124
28	28750	Justin Moye Robbie Brown	5	0	7.91	0	7.91	122
29	30090	Ethan Thomas Jordan Crane	5	0	7.3	0	7.3	120
30	29551	Charles Watts William Watts	4	0	7.04	0	7.04	121
31	30082	Mark Lewis Scott Dennis	4	0	6.73	0	6.73	126
32	26905	Danny Ashley Blake Riddle	4	0	6.2	0	6.2	119
33	29096	Arthur Fortin Toby Hudson	2	0	2.89	0	2.89	118
34	31198	Al Cleghorn Josh Guy	2	0	2.18	0	2.18	116
35	2390	Larry Harris Phillip Harris	1	1.1	1.1	0	1.1	115
36	26002	Phillip Brinegar Mike Walker	0	0	0	0	0	57
37	30388	Tom Rufenacht James Rufenacht	0	0	0	0	0	55
38	27622	Tony Ladd Greg Ladd	0	0	0	0	0	81
39	30195	Jason Lee AJ Smith	0	0	0	0	0	12
40	30812	Tanner Lindler Joseph Frierson	0	0	0	0	0	59
41	23979	BJ Ballard Chastan Hanna	0	0	0	0	0	13
42	30285	David Kneece Terry Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	36
43	25516	Darry Waits Brady Waits	0	0	0	0	0	71
44	26455	Brent Broussard Chuck Dufour	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	28368	Randy Ryals Bryan Ryals	0	0	0	0	0	91
46	23670	Brad Johnson Chris Breedlove	0	0	0	0	0	101
47	22701	Eddie Bean Ethan Bean	0	0	0	0	0	28
48	28306	Cledas Manuel Ben Jones	0	0	0	0	0	34
49	27079	Wade Jenkins Shawn Monhollen	0	0	0	0	0	22
50	26810	William McLemore Brian Scates	0	0	0	0	0	58
51	3869	Greg Cope Donnie Wormsley	0	0	0	0	0	26
52	23841	Ronny Jones Bailey Fain	0	0	0	0	0	111
53	27209	Don Ingram Ronnie Grant	0	0	0	0	0	20
54	24513	Mark Rahn Jason Stomberg	0	0	0	0	0	52
55	31222	Dustin Dennis Aarron Riffle	0	0	0	0	0	74
56	28426	Mark Syck Elmer Cobb	0	0	0	0	0	84
57	29614	Ken Harris Michael Torrissi	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	26885	Mitch Rollins Jackson Rollins	0	0	0	0	0	77
59	28557	Brian Moye Kimberly Moye	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	27827	Michael Moore Nathan Moore	0	0	0	0	0	23
61	28206	Theodore Thibodeaux Jessica Thibodeaux	0	0	0	0	0	82
62	28010	Marty Nester Don Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	30629	Timothy Sharp Jonathan Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	11
64	22780	Lavon White Zachery White	0	0	0	0	0	87
65	23844	Keith Garrett James Morgan	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	26913	Jack Jr. Napier Brad Bole	0	0	0	0	0	46
67	22275	Billy Taylor William McDevitt	0	0	0	0	0	29
68	26697	Anthony Thompson Furman Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	15
69	23528	Darryl Huntsinger Dan Morrow	0	0	0	0	0	104
70	29921	Stevie Young Tyler Suddarth	0	0	0	0	0	17
71	28918	Gary Straber Jeffery Hackler	0	0	0	0	0	114
72	29635	Garrett Strickland Neal Normand	0	0	0	0	0	-1
73	24491	Mark Osgood Darrell Wentworth	0	0	0	0	0	95
74	8665	Ronnie Torrance James Lusk	0	0	0	0	0	31
75	30158	Tony Mayfield Fisher Mayfield	0	0	0	0	0	30
76	12697	Samuel Fisher Aaron Fisher	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	23760	Michael Kinard Aaron Harwood	0	0	0	0	0	24
78	19318	Kevin Izzi Dave Davenport	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	29587	Shannon Poore Owen Porter	0	0	0	0	0	62
80	29324	Jimmy Clary Joshua Clary	0	0	0	0	0	99
81	29712	Hal Gatewood Andy Whitehead	0	0	0	0	0	72
82	29813	Corbett Ross Haylie Ross	0	0	0	0	0	50
83	31162	Claude Sims Jennifer Simms	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	25358	James Griffin III Doug Wharton	0	0	0	0	0	64
85	30906	Greg Atkinson Sarah Atkinson	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	29369	Walter Emerson Jack Emerson	0	0	0	0	0	10
87	1853	Steven Stewart Johnny Creel	0	0	0	0	0	100
88	23856	Kyle Colley Marty Colley	0	0	0	0	0	41
89	15897	Paul Vaccaro Steve Drinnon	0	0	0	0	0	102
90	17112	David Sherrill Herman Mizzell	0	0	0	0	0	9
91	26902	Greg Lawson Lee Ellison	0	0	0	0	0	37
92	10601	Roger Mason Garan Mason	0	0	0	0	0	53
93	23968	Richard (Danny) Hardy Nathan White	0	0	0	0	0	68
94	11889	Ron Holler Elaine Holler	0	0	0	0	0	6
95	30134	Brian Metcalf Michael Roush	0	0	0	0	0	48
96	23882	William Anglin Mark Anglin	0	0	0	0	0	73
97	23762	Lee Sawyer Cole Winn	0	0	0	0	0	79
98	28675	Jarrett Freeze Rodney Adams	0	0	0	0	0	19
99	26496	Jason Clauss Richard Roland	0	0	0	0	0	38
100	28677	Mark Murphy Jarrett Albright	0	0	0	0	0	-1
101	30405	Jonathan Werner Jody Werner	0	0	0	0	0	42
102	23959	Michael Heatwole Mark Heatwole	0	0	0	0	0	112
103	23211	Eric Rowe Eddie Griggs	0	0	0	0	0	5
104	27111	Melvin Fulk Bryan Conley	0	0	0	0	0	92
105	13175	Sandy Gaudet Winston Michel	0	0	0	0	0	90
106	26566	Blake Martin Samuel Martin	0	0	0	0	0	89
107	26415	Jacob Mayer Marlon Karpinski	0	0	0	0	0	60
108	22781	Tony Lister James Richerson, Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	97
109	29572	Jayson Kisselburg Lake Kisselburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
110	28220	Mike Price Jimmy Bruffey	0	0	0	0	0	105
111	27855	Bruno Savoia Willie Couch	0	0	0	0	0	71
112	28331	Christopher Turner Jason Burton	0	0	0	0	0	-1
113	26498	Warren Couch Wilson Couch	0	0	0	0	0	8
114	29658	Brad Webb Eric Leuschner	0	0	0	0	0	98
115	23951	Phillip Isley Stephen Isley	0	0	0	0	0	33
116	30086	Carl Peterson Erik Fischer	0	0	0	0	0	44
117	22515	Lucas Madison Jeremy Hardin	0	0	0	0	0	108
118	31160	Bob Denny Logan Estes	0	0	0	0	0	7
119	30334	Robert Brownlee Kent McAfee	0	0	0	0	0	4
120	12340	Steve Sentell Chad Sentell	0	0	0	0	0	45
121	28578	Jason Roberts Guy Linville	0	0	0	0	0	2
122	30414	Michael Zerrien Adam Linkenhoker	0	0	0	0	0	39
123	30565	David Manning Braedan Trogdlon	0	0	0	0	0	0
124	29004	Wes Oxley Kyle VanMeter	0	0	0	0	0	78
125	29616	Bryan Ellis Dustin Funk	0	0	0	0	0	88
126	31209	Mike Crump Dwayne Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	65
127	15933	Justin Wimberley Eric Weeks	0	0	0	0	0	0
128	13124	Tom Goins Thomas TJ Goins	0	0	0	0	0	117
129	25259	Ryan Pardue Smith Ray	0	0	0	0	0	0
130	30423	Russell Nixon Levi Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	-1
131	17264	Jimmy Carruth Paula Carruth	0	0	0	0	0	3
132	28020	Chuck Bridgewater Jaxon Hall	0	0	0	0	0	0
133	30161	Nathan Grosch Conner Mabry	0	0	0	0	0	54
134	27352	David Saltsgaver Matthew McClure	0	0	0	0	0	67
135	27225	Floyd Williams Dee Ann Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0
136	30997	Tim Rivest Brayden Rivest	0	0	0	0	0	63
137	19847	Steve Pritchard Trina Pritchard	0	0	0	0	0	109
138	31000	Debra Gabel Randy Gabel	0	0	0	0	0	14
139	30011	Leonard Woodward John Skipper	0	0	0	0	0	83
140	26699	Brandon Dockery Marc Eggers	0	0	0	0	0	0
141	26402	George Valentine Phillip Valentine	0	0	0	0	0	0
142	26870	Michael Dobbins Brian Spalding	0	0	0	0	0	96
143	25806	Marlan Brown Debbie Brown	0	0	0	0	0	25
144	28127	Shane Ness Jani Ness	0	0	0	0	0	47
145	30681	Jonathan Nichols Lance Denny	0	0	0	0	0	86
146	27851	Kevin Diamond Logan Faith	0	0	0	0	0	85
147	12268	Brandon Hill Kevin King	0	0	0	0	0	21
148	29710	Garrett Whittington Carl Whittington	0	0	0	0	0	56
149	30203	Jack Dunaway Barry Brown	0	0	0	0	0	94
150	27347	Chris Burk Tim Maupin	0	0	0	0	0	18
151	30832	Vince Humenay William Mansell	0	0	0	0	0	0
152	28304	Chris Baldus Chet Borden	0	0	0	0	0	51
153	27535	Hunter King Brent King	0	0	0	0	0	1
154	27234	T.J. Wilcher John Stomberger	0	0	0	0	0	-1
155	31169	Kale Snyder Conner Jones	0	0	0	0	0	43
156	28537	Kevin Pratt Tyler Clement	0	0	0	0	0	0
157	28994	Alan Revels Jason Holt	0	0	0	0	0	0
158	24326	Kerry Malone Jim Dietel II	0	0	0	0	0	106
159	29937	Dennis Smith Jeff Fitts	0	0	0	0	0	75
160	30614	Dylan Ellis Tanner Christie	0	0	0	0	0	0
161	17462	David Honey Zech Honey	0	0	0	0	0	80
162	29061	Michael Coley Alan Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	69
163	22613	Kenneth Shumate Michael Norman	0	0	0	0	0	35
164	31385	Jim Moslak Adam Morlock	0	0	0	0	0	93
165	19878	Joshua Preslar Neil Preslar	0	0	0	0	0	0
166	31384	Steven White Robert Mayo Jr	0	0	0	0	0	103
167	30269	Garrick Straber Mikael Robbins	0	0	0	0	0	113
168	30222	Brian Lamb Larry Coakley	0	0	0	0	0	0
169	30396	Paul Wiley Jon Crans	0	0	0	0	0	40
170	30063	Josh Hughes Kevin Stephens	0	0	0	0	0	110
171	31203	Bill Benford John Hayes	0	0	0	0	0	0
172	25092	Tom Ward Jim Crawford	0	0	0	0	0	66
173	30413	Aaron Johnson Ryan Rhoades	0	0	0	0	0	0
174	31621	Chris Mayfield Ricky Phifer	0	0	0	0	0	16
175	30162	Caleb Messinger Steve Messinger	0	0	0	0	0	76
176	30013	Steve Bratton Brandon Daniel	0	0	0	0	0	108
177	26610	John Wilson Roxanne Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	49
178	31718	Bryan Selix Brenda Selix	0	0	0	0	0	32
179	23884	Terry Sullens Raymond McIntyre	0	0	0	0	0	27
180	31880	Jeff Camp Logan Camp	0	0	0	0	0	61
C J Johnson & Matt Stanley with al odom