The Oklahoma Bass Federation held the first two 2020 State Qualifying tournaments on Lake Texoma, Saturday and Sunday, March 14 the 15.  If you like wind, rain  and cold weather you would have loved this weekend of fishing on Texoma, however, the consensus of the anglers was that any one of the conditions would be okay but all together it was a very tough weekend for fishing.  The water temperature ranged from 55 to 60 degrees F, depending on the area of lake you were fishing.  The first day resulted in 15 five fish limits while day two, with increased winds, yielded only 9 limits.

DAY ONE

The Saturday tournament started with rain and cold air temperatures but not much wind.  Johnny Babb and Allen Musser (Ada) weighed in the biggest limit of the weekend with 5 fish weighing 20.72# to take the top honors for day one.  The limit included a 5.72# lunker.  A couple pounds back was another Ada team of Stewart and Wyatt Ryan with 17.78#.  The team of Jason and Lynn Conaway (Chickasha) had the only 15# limit for the day that totaled 15.98#, however that total put them in third place.  Fourth and fifth place winners both had 14# stringers.  Jeremy Vantuyl and Dustin Meyer (Ponca City Hookers) nosed out Gene Vogt and Cody Hunt (PC Hookers) by only 0.22# to take fourth place with a limit weighing 14.35#.  Gene and Cody’s limit was 14.13# to garner fifth place.  Sixth place went to Donnie Combrink and Curtiss Plunkett (PC Hookers) with a limit weighing 13.53# with Brandon Beck and Jake Beam (Ponca City) only 0.12# back with 13.41# to take seventh place.  The only 12# stringer was weighed in by Brandon West and Chris Angier (Bedlam) with their limit tipping the scales at 12.70# to register an eighth-place finish.  The next three places all had 11# limits.  Leading that group was Troney Langston and George Sawyer (PC) at 11.86# at ninth, followed by John Garcia and Brett Taylor (Bedlam) at tenth with 11.59# while Keltyn Hendrix and Bradley Sullivan (Ada) placed eleventh with 5 fish weighing 11.38#.  Dean Matts and Wayne Osborn (Central) took twelfth place with 10.03# while Jody and Don Linder placed thirteenth with 9.75#.  Brian Browning and Shane Egger (PC) followed at fourteenth with 9.55# while Marc and Julie Downs (Bedlam) had four fish weighing 9.33# to take fifteenth place.  The other limit brought to the scales was by the team of David Thompson and Mark Stricklin (Ada) with a total weight of 8.88# to place sixteenth.

DAY TWO

The Sunday tournament started with all three of the conditions weather conditions, that is, the wind was added to the first day rain and cold temperature.  There were only 9 limits weighed with Jeremiah Petricek and Kyle Warden (Bedlam) taking the top honors with five fish weighing 16.70#.  Their bag included the big bass of the day and the weekend tipping the scales at 6.19#.  Second went to first day winners, Johnny Babb and Allen Musser, with the other 16# stringer of the day with a total weight of 16.13#.  Gene Vogt and Cody Hunt moved up to third with a 14.63# limit while Troney Langston and George Sawyer garnered fourth with 13.57#.  Stewart and Wyatt dropped to fifth on day two with a limit weighing 13.14#.  Dean Matts and Wayne Osborn moved up from day one to take the sixth-place spot with a limit tipping the scales at 12.99#.  Brandon West and Chris Angier moved from eighth on day one to seventh today with another limit weighing 12.89# to take seventh.  Eighth place, at 12.16#, was Donnie Combrink and Curtiss Plunkett while Keltyn Hendrix and Bradley Sullivan took ninth, with the final limit for day two, with a total weigh of 11.68#.  Rounding out the top ten was Brandon Beck and Jake Beam with 4 fish weighing 11.32#.  The next three places were recorded with three fish bags.  Jason and Lynn Conaway led the group at eleventh with a weight of 7.10# while Marc and Julie Downs were close behind with 7.05# for twelfth place.  Jeffrey Linder and Brett Krieger (Ponca City) was the other 3 fish team, taking thirteenth with a weight of 6.67#.  Fourteenth went to Jason and Issac Lair (Bedlam) with a weight of 6.05# while Jody and Don Linder garnered fifteenth with a total of 4.28#.  Sixteenth went to Jackie Husmann and Sandy Hooker while John Garcia and Brett Taylor took seventeenth place.

SUMMARY

The total fish weighed in was 93 on day one and 63 on day two.  All the 153 fish weighed in were released alive.  Day one total weigh was 231.86# or 2.49# per fish while day two produced only 63 fish weighing 170.88# or 2.71# per fish.  The top 4 leaders received a pay out while one blind draw was also drawn each day.  The team of Johnny Babb and Allen Musser took home $750 with Johnny Babb adding an additional $200 for being the leading Ranger Cup angler each day.   Jeremiah Petricek and Kyle Warden received the $500 as a result of their first-place prize on day two while Stewart and Wyatt Ryan collected $250 placing second on day one.  Jason and Lynn Conaway and the team of Gene Vogt and Cody Hunt each took the 2 third place payouts yielding $125 each.  The team of Troney Langston and George Swayer and the team of Jeremy Vantuyl and Dustin Meyer each took the fourth-place money with each getting $75.  The $50 blind draw for day one went to Jody Linder while the day two went to Brandon West and Chris Angier.

MAY 4th AND 5th, 2019

The Oklahoma Bass Federation held their third and fourth 2019 tournaments at Lake Eufaula on May 4 and 5, 2019. With weather reports calling for rain on the second practice day, some on Saturday, however, the rain passed to our North and left us with good weather conditions throughout the weekend.  The lake level was a couple feet over normal and the water was from murky/stained to muddy.  As always anglers worked with visible depths of 6 to 12 inches and found the best lures to bring fish to the scales.

DAY ONE

The Saturday tournament started at 6:15 am with partly cloudy skies and a slight breeze.  The anglers weighed-in at 3:30 pm bringing in 16 limits of fish.  Top honors for Saturday went to Stewart and Wyatt Ryan (Ada) with a limit of 5 fish weighing 18.69# with a 5.11# lunker.  Second place went to Ben Burk and Mike McGregor (Bedlam) with a solid 3-pound average per fish tipping the scales at 16.15#.  Johnny Babb and Chris Terron (Ada) nosed out Jody and Don Linder by 0.12 pounds to take third with 15.5#.  Jody and Don Linder (Ponca City) had 15.38# to garner fourth place.  Denton Long and Casey Vaughn (NEO) had the only 14-pound stringer weighing 14.56# but it included the big bass for the day at 6.10# for fifth place.  Sixth place went to Ron Boyd and Steve Carlon (Bedlam) with 13.19 pounds. followed by Bobby Walker and Ray Spears (Ponca City) at seventh with a 12.56# stringer.  Only 0.06# behind in eighth place with 12.50# was Troney Langston and George Sawyer (Ponca City).  Jack Garrett and Charles Mayberry (Ada) took ninth with a limit weighing 11.25#.  The next three places were separated by only 0.37#.  Tenth went to the team of Dean Matts and Scott Callaway (Central) with 10.69# followed by Brandon West and Chris Angier (Bedlam) at eleventh by boating a limit weighing 10.38#.  Shawn Lewis and Curtiss Plunkett (Ponca City) followed at with 10.32# to place twelfth.  Donnie Combrink (PC Hookers) and Brandon Beck (Ada) took thirteenth with a limit weighing 7.00#.  Rounding out the top fifteen teams were Mike Morgan (Ada) at fourteenth with 6.88 and Andy Belot and Daren Lewis (NEO) closing out the group with their limit of 6.69# for fifteenth.

DAY TWO

The Sunday tournament started at 6:15 am for most of the anglers, however, those launching at the dam were delayed until after 7 am until the fog lifted.  The morning started with a slight breeze, scattered clouds changing to clear blue skies mid-morning.  Stewart Ryan and son, Wyatt proved to be in their best form by repeating as the tournament leader for the second day with the biggest bag of the weekend tipping the scales at 21.50# with included the tournaments biggest bass weighing 6.19#.  Johnny Babb and Chris Terron moved up one spot from day one to take second with 16.50#.   There was a tie for third between Keltyn Hendrix and Brad Sullivan (Bedlam) and Kyle Tudor and Nate Davidson (NEO) with identical limits of 12.56#.  Fifth place went to Ben Burk and Mike McGregor only 0.18# back at 12.38#.  There were four team with 10# stringers.  Jody and Don Linder led the ten-pound group, taking sixth with 10.69# followed by Bobby Walker and Ray Spear taking seventh with a total of 10.44#.  The other two 10-pound stringers resulted in a tie at 10.19#.  The teams sharing eighth place were Mike Morgan, fishing alone, and Dean Matts and Scott Callaway.  Troney Langston and George Sawyer nosed out Donnie Combrink and Brandon Beck by only 0.07#.  Troney and George had 9.63# while Donnie and Brandon tipped the scale at 9.56#.  Marc and Julie Downs (Bedlam) took twelfth with a limit weighing 8.19#.  Jeffrey Linder and Brett Krieger got the lucky thirteenth to weigh a limit weight of 7.94# after weighing in the tournaments smallest limit of the weekend at 3.38# on Saturday.  Rounding out the top fifteen were Andy Belot and Daren Lewis took fourteenth with 7.38# while Jack Garrett and Charles Mayberry took fifteenth with 6.38#.

SUMMARY

The results indicated the catch per day were close to the same.  On Saturday there was 92 fish weighed-in weighing 191.47 pounds that results in an average of 2.08# per fish.  The teams averaged 6.60# for the day with each team boating 3 fish per day.  Sunday there were 101 fish caught weighing 197.65 pounds for an average of 1.96# each.  The team average for the second day was 6.82# with each team boating 3 fish for the day.   Over-all, there were 193 fish weighed that totaled 389.12# for an average of 2.02 each fish weighed.  There were 99% of the fish released back into the lake.

Stewart and Wyatt Ryan were the big winners for the weekend by winning both days to collect the $525 daily first place money plus the Ranger Cup $100 bonus.  That brings their total payout for the weekend to $1250.  Johnny Babb and Chris Terron, with their second and third place finishes, took home $550.  Ben Burk and Mike McGregor cashed in $300 while the teams of Keltyn Hendrix and Brad Sullivan along with that of Kyle Tudor and Nate Davidson took home $225 each.  Jody and Don Linder collected the final $200 from the $2750 payout total.  The $100 blind draw were won by Denton Long and Casey Vaughn on Saturday while Ben Burk and Mike McGregor won the lucky draw on Sunday.

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The final two OBF tournaments will be held on Grand Lake May 18th and 19th to complete the qualification process to allow boaters and co-anglers to attend the TBF District 6 National Semi-Finals.  The top boaters and co-anglers will qualify based on the participation of OBF members during our sanctioned events.  Each OBF club will be allowed to enter a boater and co-angler or more than one based on the number of active club members.  The tournament will be held on Millwood Lake in Southwest Arkansas with the top boater and co-angler advancing to the 2020 TBF National Championship. The top seven Divisional leaders at TBF Nationals will qualify for the 2020 BFL All-American and possible advancement to the FLW Cup.  For information concerning our program concerning the adult program, High School program, or Junior program call 580-761-8094.

Oklahoma Bass Federation

2019 Texoma Tournaments

The Oklahoma Bass Federation held their first two 2019 tournaments March 23 and 24 on Lake Texoma.  The weather was as predicted, mild temperatures, low wind conditions and rain on the first day of the tournaments.  The Red River arm was more like its name’s sake, Red.  The Washita arm was somewhat tainted to moderate visibility in the back of some of the coves.  The weather on the two practice days allowed the anglers to move around the lake with ease, however, during the Saturday tournament, as the weatherman predicted, thunder, lightning and heavy rain sent most anglers to shelter during the mid-morning.  Sunday, we had moderate wind and a sunny day.   Water surface temperatures ranged from 55 to 60, depending were you fished.   Regardless of the conditions, the anglers met the challenge to bring in large stringers of fish.

First Day

The tournament on Saturday, March 23 started with temperatures in the 50’s and mild winds.  However, the eminent arrival of the predicted rain, thunder, and lightning was evident.  Despite the tainted water and conditions, the anglers brought in 15 five fish limits.  The winning team of Jody and Don Linder, Ponca City Bassmasters, garnered first with a limit weighing 20.48^#    anchored by a 5.42 pounder.  Second place went to Bedlam Bass Club team of John Garcia and Brett Taylor with a limit weighing 19.42# with a big bass weighing 5.40#.  Keltyn Hendrix and Brady Sullivan, Ada Bassmasters, took third with a limit tipping the scales at 18.02# with the second largest bass of the day at 6.24#.  Another team from Ponca City, Jeffery Linder and Brett Krieger, took fourth with 17.04#.  Their stinger had the big bass of the day weighing 6.72#.  Fifth went to Jackie Husmann and Sandy Hooker, PC Hookers and our current qualifiers for the TBF Nationals, with a limit weighing 16.84#.   The next four places were separated by only 0.82#.  At the top of that group at sixth place was Donnie Combrink, PC Hookers, and Brandon Beck, Ada, with 15.82# followed by Stewart and Wyatt Ryan, Ada, with 15.66# at seventh.   Eighth and ninth went to Dean Matts and Scott Callaway, Central Oklahoma Bassmasters, with 15.46# at eighth followed by Jack Garrett and Charles Mayberry, Ada, at ninth with an even 15# for ninth.    Rounding out the top ten was Jeremy Van Tuyl and Cody Hunt, PC Hookers, with a limit at 14.64#.  Marc and Julie Downs, Bedlam Bass Club, took eleventh with 14.08# followed only .06# less at 14.02# was Jason and Lynn Conaway, Chickasha Bassmasters at twelfth place.  The thirteenth place went to Ben Burk and Mike McGregor, Bedlam Bass Club, with 13.48#.  Rounding out the top 15 places was Shawn Lewis and Curtiss Plunkett, Ponca City Bassmasters, at fourteenth with a 12.56# limit and Brandon West and Chris Angier, Bedlam Bass Club, taking fifteen with 10.16# limit.

SECOND DAY

The second day tournament was as expected concerning the weather.  There was a higher velocity of wind and the eminent approach of the expected rain.  The later part of the day was sunny and clear, this seemed to challenge the anglers and dropped the number of fish on Sunday vs. Saturday.  However, we still had some excellent stringers.  First day fourth place finishers, Jeff Linder and Brett Krieger, Ponca City, met the challenge to take first place with a 19.98# stringer anchored by a 5.68# lunker.  Ron Boyd and Steve Carlon, Bedlam Bass Club, weighed in the big bass of the weekend at 7.00# to anchor a 16.90# stringer to take second place.  Day one leaders, Jody and Don Linder, Ponca City, dropped to third with a limit weighing 16.22#.  Stewart Ryan, Ada Bassmasters, took fourth with a limit tipping the scales at 15.72#.  Keltyn Hendrix and Brady Sullivan, Ada Bassmasters, dropped down from third on day one to take fifth place with15.30#.  Andy Beloat and Daren Lewis, NEO, jumped in the top 10 with a limit weighing 14.90# to take sixth.  Seventh place went to Dean Matts and Scott Callaway, Central Oklahoma Bassmasters, with a 14.04# limit.  Brandon West and Chris Angier, Bedlam Bassmasters, jumped into the top 10 with 13.50# limit to take eighth place.  Jeremy Van Tuyl and Cody Hunt moved up one place to take ninth with a limit weighing 13.50#.  Ben Burk and Mike McGregor, Bedlam Bassmasters, moved into the top 10 by taking tenth with 10.70#.  Eleventh went to Bobby Walker and Ray Spear, Ponca City Bassmasters, with a limit tipping the scales at 10.64#.  The next two places were separated by on 0.04# Paul Davis and Richard
Williams, Bedlam Bassmasters, with 10.28# nosed out Donnie Combrink, PC Hookers, and Brandon Beck, Ada Bassmasters, for twelfth while Donnie and Brandon had 10.24# for thirteenth.  Jackie Husmann and Sandy Hooker, PC Hookers, took fourth with 9.64# Jack Garrett and Charles Mayberry, Ada Bassmasters, was fifteenth with only 2 fish that weighed 8.16#, that included a 6.10# lunker.

Summary

There were 96 fish brought to the scales on day one weighing 281.48# resulting in average weight per fish at 2.93#.   The second day catch was 12 less for a total of 84 fish with the average weight per fish was about the same at 2.92#.  The total catch for Sunday was 244.88#.   Therefore, there were a total of 180 fish brought to the scales for a total weight of 526.36# for the weekend.  Due to the excellent care of the fish in the live wells, we released 99.4% of the fish back to the lake.

The payback for each of our tournaments is $1375 per day which is 80% of the entry fee to 20% of the field.  We paid the top four and had a blind draw for the fifth place.  There is also a $100 bonus to the qualified Ranger Cup angler each day.  The total payback for the weekend were follows: Jody and Don Linder – $875 (includes Ranger Cup), Jeff Linder and Brett Krieger – $825 (includes Ranger Cup), John Garcia and Brett Taylor – $300, Ron Boyd and Steve Carlon – $300, Keltyn Hendrix and Brady Sullivan – $250, Stewart Ryan – $200.Our next event will be May 4 and 5 on Lake Eufaula. 

The top boaters and co-anglers that qualify will advance to the District 6 TBF National Semi-Finals to be held on Millwood Lake in southwestern Arkansas June 15 and 16.  Arkansas and Oklahoma Federations make up the district.  There will be three practice days for the event with the lake going off limits Sunday evening, June 9.  Pre-fishing will start Wednesday, June 12.  The top boater and co-angler from each state will advance to the 2019 TBF National Championship to compete for over $250,000 in cash and prizes and advance to the BFL All-American and a shot at the FLW Cup.