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Hughey Holds On for AOY Crown at Bull Shoals

FORSYTH, MO. — Hollister’s Dorman Hughey, is the 2019 Mo-Yak Fishing Series Angler of the Year (AOY). Over seven events, Hughey straight up outfished and ultimately outlasted the other 108 Mo-Yak anglers who ended the season.

Hughey finished 3rd in the final event of the season on Bull Shoals. It was enough to lock up his second career AOY title, his first coming in 2015.

Along with the most prestigious title in Missouri kayak angling, Hughey earned $882 as Mo-Yak’s best angler in 2019.

His season had ups and downs out of the gate. He finished first in the opener on Lake of the Ozarks and followed it up with Top 25 finishes on the Pomme de Terre (22nd) and Table Rock Lake (23rd). Following up on those two subpar performances, Dorman dominated the rest of the way. He never finished out of the top seven for the remaining four events. With back to back wins on Taneycomo and Stockton he proceeded to close the door with a 7th place in the River Rat Challenge and finally, 3rd at Bull Shoals!

The rest of the 2019 AOY Top 5 are Lance Burris, Brian Hillman, Troy Enke, Richie McMichael, respectively.

Hillman takes Bull Shoals eventFor the final AOY event on Bull Shoals, Brian Hillman took first place with a five-bass limit measuring 83.5″. Hillman won $1000 and the KGB Swimbaits Wallhanger Award which is given to the angler who caught the longest bass of the season.  For his 22.5″ Taneycomo largemouth, Hillman also won a KGB Chad Shad swimbait and a trophy designed and built by Richie Laughery.

 

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KBF National Championship Qualifiers

Let’s go to Guntersville!

April 2-4, 2020

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 MoYak 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!

Lake Guntersville

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Taneycomo Close Call

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.

Taneycomo 22.50" Big Bass

Caught my PB Kayak Bass yesterday during the Mo-Yak Fishing Series Taneycomo event. This lake has been good to me the last few years giving up some of my biggest catches during that time. Hobie Fishing Ozark Mountain Trading Company

Posted by Brian Hillman Fishing on Sunday, June 16, 2019

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 takes the win at Taneycomo

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.