Brandt Sjuts and Cameron Cokley take the win in the 2023 Season opener at Lake Springfield.
Friday night at the pre-tournament meeting the anglers were served up a pulled pork dinner, and a message of good news from the director. Door prizes from Angler Assets and Razor Custom Tackle were given out as everyone in attendance received a prize.
Saturday morning 27 teams were launched after a prayer into the beautiful morning sunrise with 60 degree weather and light winds. During the day a front with some rain moved in and then the winds increased to between 15-25mph by the afternoon. At 3pm the winds calmed back down again and allowed us to have a great weigh in. One by one the teams came to the scales. The first few teams had difficulty finding the fish and only weighed in 1 or 2. Four teams had 4 fish and only five teams had a 5 fish limit. The teams that had limits and all five teams finished in the money. At the start of 2022 season Brandt and Cameron finished 2nd in our first event, but this year they managed to get the win with a whopping 17.21lbs earning them First Place money and plaques. Congratulations Brandt and Cam! Second Place was the team of Jeff Sexton and John Williams with 16.94lbs. They also caught the Big Bass of the day with a largemouth weighing 5.45lbs earning them Second Place money including $500 Scheels Big Bass Award and a plaque. Third Place was our 2021 points champs Herb Rush and Zach Pierce with 15.84lbs. Fourth Place was the father son team of Brian and Will Plank with 14.50lbs. Our final money spot was last years District Champions Mark Rahn and Jason Stomberg with 13.96lbs. Congrats all the money winners. Our next event is an OPEN to all Bass Tournament. The 5th Annual CJ Parks Memorial Big Bass Tournament at Clinton Lake April 29 from 7-3. Hope to see you there.
Thanks to all our local sponsors for making our events so great for the anglers.
Scheels Bedford Sales & Outdoors Angler Assets Razor Custom Tackle Ben Green Insurance Agency Trophies of Grace North
Fishers Of Men-"FOM Nation"

Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 28993 |
Cameron Cokley Brandt Sjuts | 5 | 4.16 | 17.21 | 0 | 17.21 | 150 | |
2 | 30495 |
Jeff Sexton John Williams | 5 | 5.45 | 16.94 | 0 | 16.94 | 199 | |
3 | 25898 |
Herb Rush Zach Pierce | 5 | 4.83 | 15.84 | 0 | 15.84 | 198 | |
4 | 28987 |
Brian Plank Wil Plank | 5 | 0 | 14.5 | 0 | 14.5 | 147 | |
5 | 24513 |
Mark Rahn Jason Stomberg | 5 | 0 | 13.96 | 0 | 13.96 | 196 | |
6 | 24512 |
Brian Lopp Lauri Lopp | 5 | 0 | 12.81 | 0 | 12.81 | 195 | |
7 | 30519 |
Glen Bates David Jones | 4 | 0 | 10.76 | 0 | 10.76 | 194 | |
8 | 30459 |
Kale Snyder Griffin Gregory | 3 | 4.17 | 10.52 | 0 | 10.52 | 193 | |
9 | 30456 |
Mark Busch Steve Beckwith | 4 | 0 | 10.51 | 0 | 10.51 | 192 | |
10 | 25912 |
Kevin Mathews Wesley Gordon | 4 | 0 | 9.72 | 0 | 9.72 | 191 | |
11 | 24326 |
Kerry Malone Jim Dietel II | 4 | 0 | 9.34 | 0 | 9.34 | 190 | |
12 | 30455 |
Joe DiGiovanna Ronald Brake | 2 | 4.91 | 8.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 189 | |
13 | 30492 |
Dave Whalen Steve Volz | 3 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 7.4 | 138 | |
14 | 30454 |
Steve Hoots Gene Meier | 2 | 0 | 5.39 | 0 | 5.39 | 187 | |
15 | 28986 |
Reggie Davis Steven Davis | 2 | 0 | 5.17 | 0 | 5.17 | 186 | |
16 | 30489 |
Paul Paskevicius Jacob Ginzburg | 2 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 4.8 | 185 | |
17 | 29007 |
Gerald Turner Tony Gambiani | 2 | 0 | 4.43 | 0 | 4.43 | 184 | |
18 | 30457 |
thomas Acton John Marshall | 1 | 4.27 | 4.27 | 0 | 4.27 | 183 | |
19 | 29352 |
Leonard Beatty Kevin Clancy | 1 | 4.25 | 4.25 | 0 | 4.25 | 132 | |
20 | 30462 |
Kyle Copp Conner Jones | 1 | 4.14 | 4.14 | 0 | 4.14 | 181 | |
21 | 30460 |
John Osmer Bill Cearlock | 1 | 3.17 | 3.17 | 0 | 3.17 | 130 | |
22 | 27780 |
Jerry Olsen Grant Olsen | 1 | 2.89 | 2.89 | 0 | 2.89 | 179 | |
23 | 29004 |
Wes Oxley Kyle VanMeter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | |
24 | 30488 |
Bart Whitney Joe Hea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | |
25 | 30458 |
Mark Aiman Conner Aiman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | |
26 | 30518 |
Butch Jones Sherri Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | |
27 | 27899 |
Adam Hornberger Adam Hornberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | |
![]() Cokley/Sjuts 17.21lbs ![]() Sjuts/Cokley First Place Plaques ![]() Sexton/Willams 2nd Place 16.94lbs ![]() Sexton/Williams Big Bass 5.45lbs ![]() Sexton/Williams Scheels $500 Big Bass Award ![]() 3rd Place Rush/Pierce 15.84lbs ![]() 4th Place Plank/Plank 14.50lbs ![]() 5th Place Rahn/Stomberg 13.96lbs ![]() 6th Place Lopp/Lopp 12.81lbs ![]() 7th Place Bates/Jones ![]() 8th Place Snyder/Gregory 10.52lbs ![]() 9th Place Beckwith/Busch 10.50 lbs |