1st place winners brothers Steve and Tom Hoots, from Winchester, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 11-50 Lbs winning $1,1135.00, along with Tom’s 4-10 Lb big bass and Steve’s $250.00 in Ranger Cup Bonus Money. They flipped main river lay downs and rocky banks using a Yum peanut butter and jelly Wooly Hawg Tail in about 2 feet of water. Steve is 46 and is a cable splicer. Tom is 53 and is a steel fabricator. Shoots Custom Baits, Davidson Mfg and BWSTA sponsor them. 2nd place winners Jay Garrison and Jerry Reed, from Louisiana, MO, also fished main river banks using shad Bomber crankbaits and black/blue salt craws, in shallow water. They weighed in 5 fish for 10-28 Lbs winning $390.00, including Jay’s 3-28 Lb bass money. Jay is 37 and is maintenance tech. Jerry is 55 and is a truck driver. Their wife’s sponsor them. 3rd place winners and top point winners Bill Wells and Dana Daniels, from Roxana and Hartford, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 9-30 Lbs winning $135.00. They caught their fish on white spinnerbaits and buzzbaits, in about 2 feet of water. Bill is 52 and is a truck driver. Dana is 45 and is a water plant operator. All Trade, Inventory Sales and Phone Masters sponsor them. 17 boats weighed in 76 fish for 120-91 Lbs. 12-5 fish limits. River level 11.8, Water temp 68-74 weather overcast rain and sunny, temp 70’s. 17 teams

Sponsors: Ranger Boats - Mercury Outboards - MotorGuide – Garmin - Ranger Trail - Please Release Me – BWSTA Ranger Cup - Syberg’s Family Restaurants - Wholesale Batteries of MO – Bedford Sales - Belleville Sport Sales - Mertens Boats & Motors – Nameoki Village Marine – Pro’s Choice Marine – Ford Motor Company - Outdoors in the Heartland – Mann’s Bait Co – Bluff City Tackle

1st place winners J R Barron and Dewayne Azotea, from High Ridge and Curryville, MO, weighed in a nice limit of 5 fish for 15-06 Lbs winning $1,492.00, including Dewayne’s 4-09 Lb bass and J R’s $250.00 in Ranger Cup Bonus Money. They caught their fish on chart/pumpkin colored tubes, flippin rocks and lay downs along the main river channel in about 4-6 feet of water around mid pool area. J R is 60 and is in tires sales. Dewayne is 56 and is retired. 2nd place winners Dave Junk and Loren Lummer, from Quincy, IL, fished smoke tubes, flippin rocks with current in about 4-5 feet of water around the upper pool area. They weighed in 5 fish for 12-70 Lbs winning $713.00, including Dave’s 4-11 Lb smallmouth bass. Dave is 39 and is a fisherman. Loren is 60 and is a machinist. Falcon, Kayser Lure, Stare Flash and Gamemasters sponsor them. 3rd place winner Dan Curless, from Clayton, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 11-59 Lbs winning $207.00. Dan fished a purple jigs flippin rocks and lay downs in 3 feet of water around the south pool area. Dan is 31 and is a fisherman. 22 boats weighed in 87 fish for 150-82 Lbs. 12-5 fish limits. River level 12.1. Water temp 80-86, weather overcast rain and sunny, temp 80’s. 25 teams

Sponsors: Ranger Boats - Mercury Outboards - MotorGuide – Garmin - Ranger Trail - Please Release Me – BWSTA Ranger Cup - Syberg’s Family Restaurants - Wholesale Batteries of MO – Bedford Sales - Belleville Sport Sales - Mertens Boats & Motors – Nameoki Village Marine – Pro’s Choice Marine – Ford Motor Company - Outdoors in the Heartland – Mann’s Bait Co – Bluff City Tackle

1st place winners Greg and Kim Baalman, from Hardin, IL, weighed in a nice limit of 5 fish for 11-36 Lbs winning $1,377.00, including Kim’s 4-52 Lb big bass. They caught their fish using pumpkin/chart salt craws, flippin lay downs in about 2-6 feet of water in the upper pool area. Greg is 48 and is a timber harvester. Kim is a pre schoolteacher. 2nd place winners Steve and Tom Hoots, from Winchester, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 10-29 Lbs winning $817.00, including Steve’s $250.00 in Ranger Cup Bonus Money. They flipped the main riverbanks in about 2-3 feet of water using black/blue Thunder Bait tubes and peanut butter jelly colored Yum wooly bug craws. Steve is 45 and is a cable splicer. Tom is 53 and is a steel fabricator. Shooters Custom Baits, Davidson Manufacturing and BWSTA sponsor them. 3rd place winners Eddie Kelly and Rob Crutcher, from St Louis, MO, weighed in 5 fish for 9-46 Lbs winning $432.00, including Eddie’s 4-30 Lb bass. They texas rigged a pumpkin worm and a chart colored Bandit crankbait, fishing the north area of the pool fishing rocks and lay downs. Eddie is 54 and is retired. Rob is 47 and is a chef. Nameoki Village Marine, Ranger Boats, Citgo and 21st Century sponsor them. 28 boats weighed in 122 fish for 188.96 Lbs. 18-5 fish limits. River level 12-1. Water temp 81-86, weather overcast and sunny, temp 80’s. 29 teams

Sponsors: Ranger Boats - Mercury Outboards - MotorGuide – Garmin - Ranger Trail - Please Release Me – BWSTA Ranger Cup - Syberg’s Family Restaurants - Wholesale Batteries of MO – Bedford Sales - Belleville Sport Sales - Mertens Boats & Motors – Nameoki Village Marine – Pro’s Choice Marine – Ford Motor Company - Outdoors in the Heartland – Mann’s Bait Co – Bluff City Tackle

1st place winners Steve Cook and Aren Schneider, from Quincy, IL and LaGrange, MO, weighed in 5 fish for 9-53 Lbs winning $1,630.00, including Steve 2-77 Lb bass and $250.00 in Ranger Cup Bonus Money. They caught their fish on salt craws, brush hogs flippin in sloughs in about 3-10 feet of water. Steve is 34 and is a cable splicer. Aren is 26 and is an electrician. 2nd place winner Randy Sutter, from St Charles, MO, weighed in 5 fish for 9-07 Lbs winning $630.00. Randy fished chunk rock in shallow water using a green pumpkin colored Zoom critter craw around the lock and dam area. Randy is 54 and is retired. 3rd place winners Jay Garrison and Jerry Reed, from Louisiana, MO, caught their fish flippin black/blue salt craws in shallow water along the Salt and Mississippi River channel on rocks and lay downs. They weighed in 5 fish for 8-85 Lbs winning $330.00. Jay is 37 and is a maintenance tech. Jerry is 55 and is a truck driver. Chris Butler, from Jacksonville, IL, weighed in big bass with a 3-37 Lb bass winning $300.00. Chris caught his fish on a green pumpkin craw in the Salt River in about 4 feet of water. 29 boats weighed in 109 fish for 157-47 Lbs. 15-5 fish limits. River level 12, water temp 70-78, weather overcast, temp 80’s. 32 teams

Sponsors: Ranger Boats - Mercury Outboards - MotorGuide – Garmin - Ranger Trail - Please Release Me – BWSTA Ranger Cup - Syberg’s Family Restaurants - Wholesale Batteries of MO – Bedford Sales - Belleville Sport Sales - Mertens Boats & Motors – Nameoki Village Marine – Pro’s Choice Marine – Ford Motor Company - Outdoors in the Heartland – Mann’s Bait Co – Bluff City Tackle

1st place winners Terry Mast and Daren Mast, from Quincy, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 12-97 Lbs winning $1,132.00, including $250.00 in Ranger Cup Bonus Money. They fished backwater sloughs in Salt River, in shallow water using black tubes, jigs and brush hogs. They had a limit by 8:00 am and culled 12 other fish during the day. Terry is 56 and is a concrete worker. Daren is 31 and is also a concrete worker. Mast Construction sponsor them. 2nd place winners Steve and Tom Hoots, from Winchester, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 11-55 Lbs winning $558.00, with Steve’s 4-51 Lb big bass. They fished white spinnerbaits and Robo worms in creeks in about 2-3 feet of water. Steve is 45 and is a cable splicer. Tom is 53 and is a project manager. BWSTA sponsors them. 3rd place winners Bill Wells and Dana Daniels, from Roxana and Hartford, IL, fished white crankbaits in creeks in shallow water. They weighed in 5 fish for 10-91 Lbs winning $162.00. Bill is 52 and is a truck driver. Dana is 45 and is a water plant operator. Phone Masters and Inventory Sales Co sponsor them. Tony Freeman, from St Louis, MO, weighed in a 3-84 Lb bass winning second big bass money worth $90.00. 18 boats weighed in 82 fish for 150-26 Lbs. 15-5 fish limits. River level 12.15, water temp 60-65, weather overcast, temp 60’s. 20 teams.

Sponsors: Ranger Boats - Mercury Outboards - MotorGuide – Garmin - Ranger Trail - Please Release Me – BWSTA Ranger Cup - Syberg’s Family Restaurants - Wholesale Batteries of MO – Bedford Sales - Belleville Sport Sales - Mertens Boats & Motors – Nameoki Village Marine – Pro’s Choice Marine – Ford Motor Company - Outdoors in the Heartland – Mann’s Bait Co – Bluff City Tackle

1st place winners Bill Wells and Dana Daniels, from Roxana and Hartford, IL, weighed in 4 fish for 8-00 Lbs winning $1,003.00, including Bill’s 2-85 Lb big bass. They caught their fish on white spinnerbaits and white crankbaits, in the lower pool in about 5 feet of water. Bill is 52 and is a truck driver. Dana is 45 and is a water plant operator. Phone Masters and Inventory Sales sponsor them. 2nd place winners Mark Broods and Bill Geisler, from OFallon and St Peters, MO, weighed in 4 fish for 6-83 Lbs winning $442.00, also including Mark’s 2-56 Lb bass, second largest of the tournament. They fished black/blue jigs and brush hogs, flippin creeks in about 1 foot of water. Mark is 49 and is an analyst at Boeing. Bill is 46 and is a produce clerk at Schuncks. 3rd place winners Jay Garrison and Jerry Reed, from Louisiana, MO, weighed in 4 fish for 5-46 Lbs winning $153.00. They used Yum craw bugs and crankbaits in Buffalo Creek in shallow water. Jay is 37 and is a factory maintenance tech. Jerry is 54 and is a truck driver. Jim Young, from Rood House, IL, won the $250.00 Ranger Cup Bonus Money. Jim weighed in 2 fish for 3-48 Lbs. 13 boats weighed in 30 fish for 42-90 Lbs. 0-5 fish limits. River level 11.90, water temp 50-54, weather sunny, temp 50’s. 19 teams.

Sponsors: Ranger Boats - Mercury Outboards - MotorGuide – Garmin - Ranger Trail - Please Release Me – BWSTA Ranger Cup - Syberg’s Family Restaurants - Wholesale Batteries of MO – Bedford Sales - Belleville Sport Sales - Mertens Boats & Motors – Nameoki Village Marine – Pro’s Choice Marine – Ford Motor Company - Outdoors in the Heartland – Mann’s Bait Co – Bluff City Tackle

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