Sticks and Crankbait Johnny talk all things MO-Yak fishing series with Joshua Boothe plus nationwide tournament recaps. Yak-a-bass, KBF Texas region, KBF southeast region, KBL. Also cover upcoming events for KBF trail at East/West Harbor, SI-Yak Anglers klub, East Texas Kayak Fishing, Washington Kayak Bass Fishing, Hobie Worlds, and Hobie Open.
This will be a 3-day event (Thur/Fri/Sat) with an optional KBF Big Bass Brawl. The field will be trimmed after Day 2, and the top 100 competitors will continue to compete for the Champion title on Saturday. While they do, all others who entered the KBF Big Bass Brawl will be invited to keep fishing on Saturday for even greater big bass prizes. Prize ceremonies and awards will be Saturday evening.
As of 7/25, here are the Mo
Yak members who’ve punched their ticket the KBF National Championship;
Denton Giovenco
Troy Enke
Lance Burris
Chris King
Tyy Ward
Nate Gloria
Justin Brewer
Brian Hillman
Richie McMichael
Joshua Boothe
Tommy Probst
Way to go everyone that has earned a ticket to the big show!
Also remember that if any of those anglers finish in the top 10 in AOY, those end of the year invites to the NC will roll down. So keep grinding because a lot of you can still get that invite. After the river tournament everyone drops their lowest score as well. The season isn’t over yet!
Check out the promoting our sport on bassresource.com featuring our very own, Jeff Mellencamp.
The top 5 anglers finished the day within four and a half inches of each other in a tight race on Missouri’s beautiful Lake Taneycomo.
With all the flooding occurring around her, it was a shock to some that Taneycomo was about two feet shallower than most anglers saw during practice the weeks prior. Storms threatened throughout mid-morning but anglers saw very little precipitation.
Once again, the Bull Creek area produced the winning stringer and most of the top ten reported catching their fish going out of Rockaway Beach.
Brian Hillman caught his PB kayak largemouth on a bladed jig near the mouth of the Bull which helped to propel him to become the new AOY leader.
Richie McMichael made a huge jump in the standings after posting a solid second place finish with 86.25″. Other anglers making a move were Lance Burris and Jeff Mellencamp, both over 80″ on the day. Putting over 11 miles in out of Empire Park, Lance credited his Torqueedo and a frog for his third place effort.
Dorman Hughey ended the day with 86.50″ to take his third win of the season and solidify his position near the top of the AOY standings. A squarebill and a Senko were the baits that did his damage in the Bull Creek area.
TourneyX Facts:
No other Taneycomo June event, by any club, has produced more bags over 80″ than the MoYak 2019 stop #4.
