90 boats showed up this year for the 17^th Annual Strike King Bass Fish Off sponsored by 17^th St. Bar & Grill held on Kinkaid Lake in Murphysboro, Illinois. With a front moving through and light rain all day, most of the anglers struggled to catch their limit. What looked like a great top water day, the fish just wouldn’t cooperate. Like with any other tournament there were several teams that got the right bites and were able to fill their limit. By the end of the weigh in, twelve teams were able to put their five fish limit on the scales. Here are the final results.

·         1^st Place-Larry Hastings/Josh Coppedge – 18.30 pounds.  $2200.00

·         2^nd Place-Dusty Lepere/Brian Gass- 16.76 pounds. $1500.00

·         3^rd Place-Todd Bennett/Josh Ballard- 16.71 pounds. $1000.00

·         4^th Place-Jack Yates/Justin Looft- 16.31 pounds. $800.00

·         5^th Place-Tony Dowdy Sr./Tony Dowdy Jr.-15.67 pounds. $700.00

·         6^th Place-Marc Sheffer/Kevin Reynolds-15.60 pounds. $600.00

·         7^th Place-Jedd Harper/Jerry Rednour-15.40 pounds. $400.00

·         8^th Place-Duane Grammer/Todd Hughes-15.03 pounds. $250.00

·         9^th Place-Holthaus/Holtaus-14.28 pounds. $150.00

·         10^th Place-Jim Budde/Luke Budde-13.97 pounds. $100.00

·         1^st Place Big Bass- Chris Hicks/Brad Curtis-6.17 pounds. $600.00

·         2^nd Place Big Bass-Keith Clore/ Joey Crain-5.87 pounds. $200.00

·         3^rd Place Big Bass-David Blumenstock/Jason Fred-5.49 pounds. $80.00

This year we were able to donate $440.00 to Kinkaid Reeds Creek Conservancy District to help with the restocking of bass into Kinkaid Lake.

I would like to thank all of the anglers that participated in this great event. Without your support this tournament wouldn’t be what it is today.

A big thank you to Strike King Lure Company, 17^th St. Bar & Grill, Venegoni Distributing, Tony Chacheres Creole Seasoning, Vicious Fishing, Kinkaid Marina.