1st place winners Mark Jordan and Bob McWhorter, from Kevil, KY and Lake St Louis, MO, weighed in the winning limit of 5 fish for 12-40 Lbs winning $1,394.00. They used pumpkin jigs fishing in the Cumberland River in 12-25 feet of water. Mark is 46 and is a retired fire fighter.  Bob is 46 and is a project manager. 2nd place winners Ronnie Fletcher and Shane Kendall, from Thompsonville, IL, fished black/blue chatter baits, swimming them in 4-5 feet of water around the north end of the pool. They weighed in 5 fish for 11-62 Lbs winning $714.00. Ronnie is 54 and is a coal miner. Shane is 35 and also a coal miner. 3rd place winners Brien Vaughn and Dan Kahrhoff, from Kimmundy and Breese, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 11-36 Lbs winning $794.00, including Brien’s $250.00 in Ranger Cup Bonus Money and Dan’s $170.00 for second big bass with his 4-94 Lb bass. They used Advantage black/blue jigs, fishing them in 12 feet of water around the south pool area. Brien is 37 and is a carpenter. Dan is 45 and is also a carpenter. Affordable Tackle in Odin, IL, sponsors them. 4th place Jerry Bate and Brandon Bate, 5 fish for 10-55 Lbs winning $204.00. Jeff Harrell, from Carterville, IL, won $330.00 for big bass with his 6-14 Lb bass, catching it on a black/blue jig in about 11 feet of water. Jeff is 43 and is a drain tech. Dainmasters sponsor them. 30 boats weighed in 127 fish for 229-84 Lbs. 23-5 fish limits. River level 28, water temp 82-84, weather partly cloudy skies, temp 90’s. 36 teams next tournament 8/17/08

1st place winners Mark Jordan and Bob McWhorter, from Kevil, KY and Lake St Louis, MO, weighed in the winning limit of 5 fish for 15-39 Lbs winning $1,665.00, including Mark’s $370.00 in big bass money for his 5-27 Lb bass. They caught their fish in the Tennessee River flippin black/blue jigs in about 15-20 feet of water. Mark is 49 and is retired fireman. Bob is 46 and is a project manager. Sportsman Edge Tackle Shop sponsors them. 2nd place winners Ron Fletcher and Paul Robinson, from Thompsonville, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 14-59 Lbs winning $703.00, using red worms, flippin and pitching laydowns in creeks in about 15 feet of water. Ron is 56 and is a coal miner. Paul is 41 and is also a coal miner. Perco Baits sponsor them. 3rd place winners Rick Byrnes and Earl Sigley, from Tamaroa and Johnston City, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 13-38 Lbs winning $444.00. They used black/blue jigs, tubes and worms fishing current banks in the Tenn. River in 20-25 feet of water. Rick is 41 and is self-employed. Earl is 46 and is also self-employed. Legend Boats, Hill Printing, Dunn’s Sporting Goods and Zeigler Feed & Baits sponsor them. 4th place Don Robey and Carl Smith, 5 fish 12-26 Lbs $481.00 including Don’s $185.00 in second big bass money for his 4-39 Lb bass. 5th place Marion Ridgeway and John Plumlee, 5 fish 10-60 Lbs $185.00. Brien Vaughn won $250.00 in Ranger Cup Bonus Money with 5 fish for 10-05 Lbs. 33 boats weighed in 150 fish for 271-78 Lbs. 26-5 fish limits. River level 29, water temp 74-79, weather sunny clear skies to partly cloudy, temp 80’s. 39 teams next tournament 7/20/08

1st place winners Brien Vaughn and Dan Kahrhoff, from Kinmundy and Breese, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 14-22 Lbs winning $1,650.00 including Brien’s $250.00 in Ranger Cup Bonus Money. They fished black/blue jigs around the south end of the pool in 10 feet of water. Brien is 36 and a carpenter. Dan is 46 and is in construction. Affordable Tackle sponsors them. 2nd place winners Ron Fletcher and Shane Kendall, from Thompson and Galatia, IL, weighed in 5 fish for 13-96 Lbs winning $760.00. Fishing the north area in 5-6 feet of water using black Perco spinnerbaits and chatter baits. Ron is 57 and is coal miner. Shane is 35 and also a coal miner. 3rd place winners Dennis Uebelhack and Troy Rogers, from Mt Vernon and Evansville, IN, fished black/blue jigs in shallow water. They weighed 5 fish for 11-44 Lbs winning $480.00. Dennis is 51 and a technician. Troy is 43 and works for GE. 4th place Scott and Ryan Dunn, 5 fish for 10-03 Lbs winning $320.00. 5th place Carl Pickering and Greg Simpson, 5 fish for 9-86 Lbs winning $200.00. Big bass winners Bill Penrod won $400.00 for his 4-50 Lb bass. Second big bass winners Richard Stevens, weighed in 4-40 Lb bass winning $200.00. 32 boats weighed in 126 fish for 216-22 Lbs. 18-5 fish limits. River level 33.2, water temp 73-77, weather cloudy and windy skies, temp 90’s. 42 teams  next tournament 6-29-08

1st place winners Kerry and B J Betz, from Stonefort, IL, weighed in the winning limit of 5 fish for 12-32 Lbs winning $1,440.00, including Kerry’s second big bass money for his 4-64 Lb bass. They fished black rattleback jigs along channel banks north of Golconda in about 10 feet of water. Kerry is 33 and is an electrical contractor. B J is a schoolteacher. Shawnee Electric and McCabe’s Marine sponsor them. 2nd place winners Bill Penrod and Greg Marlow, from El Dorado and Johnston City, IL, fished junebug colored brush hogs, flippin around the south end in about 2 feet of water. They weighed in 5 fish for 12-12 Lbs winning $1,294.00, including Bill’s $250.00 in Ranger Cup Bonus Money and Greg’s big bass money for his 4-75 Lb bass. Bill is 60, Greg is 44 and is a plant manager. 3rd place winners Larry Bailey and Dennis Morse, from Simpson and Stonefort, IL, won $432.00 with a limit of 5 fish for 12-10 Lbs, using J D Lures Flippin Jigs, natural colored in about 3 feet of water around creeks south of Lusk Creek Marina. Larry is 54 and is a mechanic. Dennis is 40 and is a truck driver. J D Lures and Paducah Radiator sponsor them. 4th place Steve Hilliard and Tim Owens weighed in 5 fish for 11-35 Lbs winning $288.00. 5th place Jeff Fulkerson and Justin weighed in 5 fish for 10-94 Lbs winning $180.00. 36 boats weighed in 145 fish for 266-60 Lbs. 21-5 fish limits. River level 31.4, water temp 63-67, weather clear sunny skies, temp 60’s. 38 teams