The Mississippi River Anglers Association conducted its fifth 2018 Summer Trail Tournament last Saturday July 21st at Lake Ferguson with 35 boats fishing in the tournament. After the early morning light show and high winds, the weather ended up being great for July, coolest day we’d had in a while. Out of the 35 boats fishing in the tournament 29 four bass limits weighed and it took over 16 pounds to win the event.
Saturday on Ferguson , first place went to the father and son team from Leland, John and Reeves Polasini, their 4 bass limit weighed in at a nice 16.72 lbs., coming in second place was a team from the Cleveland area that are no strangers to getting a check, Joey Beevers and Bobby Burton, their 4 bass limit weighed in at 14.24 lbs., third place went to a team from Clarksdale and Mantachie, Allen Powell and Jackie Robinson, their 4 bass limits weighed in at 14.00 lbs., including the tournament lunker, a 6.39 lb. hog, which barley beat out Matt Bellipanni and Colby Howard’s 6.36 lb. bass, coming in fourth place was a team from the Vicksburg area, William Jones and Michael Buvid, their 4 bass limit went 13.49 lbs., coming in fifth place was the another team from the Clarksdale area, Charles Hughes and Mike Jordan, there 4 bass limit weighed in at 13.41lbs., coming in sixth place was a team form Greenville, Eddie Gibson and Quintal Gibson, Eddie had a young man substitute for Quintal Saturday, his name was Aden Tharp, there 4 bass limit weighed in at 13.28 lbs. and coming in seventh place and getting the last check was another team from Greenville, Charlie Jennings and Pete Cora, there 4 bass limit weighed in at 13.19lbs. Congratulation to all the money winners, great job by everyone.
MRAA 2018 Summer Trail Results Lake Ferguson III 7/21/2018:
Place | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | # Fish | Pounds | Winnings | |
1 | John Polasini | Reeves Polasini | 4 | 16.72 | $1,410.00 | |
2 | Joey Beevers | Bobby Burton | 4 | 14.24 | $770.00 | |
3 | Allen Powell | Jackie Robinson | 4 | 14.00 | $1,145.00* | |
4 | William Jones | Michael Buvid | 4 | 13.49 | $350.00 | |
5 | Charles Hughes | Mike Jordan | 4 | 13.41 | $285.00 | |
6 | Eddie Gibson | Quentel Gibson | 4 | 13.28 | $220.00 | |
7 | Charlie Jennings | Pete Cora | 4 | 13.19 | $150.00 | |
8 | Matt Bellipanni | Colby Howard | 4 | 13.08 | ||
9 | Lawson Davis | Matt Bateman | 4 | 11.64 | ||
10 | Chris Coy | Rudy Vanderford | 4 | 11.58 | ||
11 | Kenny Amos | Kendal Amos | 4 | 11.20 | ||
12 | Steve Tullos | David Skeeter | 4 | 10.87 | ||
13 | Tim McDaniel | Logan McDaniel | 4 | 10.71 | ||
14 | Clifton Ray | Parker Frew | 4 | 10.59 | ||
15 | Chris Williams | Buddy Tutor | 4 | 10.54 | ||
15 | Matt Mullins | Hunter Christmas | 4 | 10.54 | ||
16 | David Sykes | Bobby Ingram | 4 | 9.42 | ||
17 | Reid Stewart | Brad Hayes | 4 | 9.14 | ||
18 | Andy Graves | Jason Lunceford | 4 | 9.02 | ||
19 | Jerry Wayne McLendon | Robby Hughes | 4 | 8.96 | ||
20 | Daniel Clark | Thad Shelby | 4 | 8.90 | ||
21 | Joey Tatum | Ronnie Ray | 4 | 8.16 | ||
22 | Brad Threet | Darren Rone | 4 | 7.87 | ||
23 | Newton Ford | Johnathan Kent | 4 | 7.48 | ||
24 | David Reed | Jake Reed | 4 | 7.44 | ||
25 | Randy Bolden Jr. | Jeff Lindsey | 4 | 6.95 | ||
26 | Tad Keller | Michael Hayes | 3 | 6.75 | ||
27 | Keith Kendall | Brian Kendall | 4 | 6.68 | ||
28 | Jimmy Brumfield | Keith Brumfield | 4 | 5.50 | ||
29 | Anthony Wilson | Elijah Allen | 4 | 5.28 | ||
30 | Matthew Bates | Brandon Williams | 0 | |||
30 | Phillip Wasson | Charles Signa | 0 | |||
30 | Austin Jones | Terry Bates | 0 | |||
30 | Gene Jones | Taff Hitt | 0 | |||
30 | Jay Pickle | Pat Pickle | 0 | |||
Chance Meredith | Carson Meredith | |||||
Scott Mitchell | Jay Mitchell | |||||
Billy Hopkins | Taylor Flemming | |||||
Terry McWilliams | Justin Thomas | |||||
Johnathan Sulton | Colby Sulton | |||||
John King | Kevin King | |||||
Glen Brooks | ||||||
Alen Bagby | Tac Caruthers | |||||
Mike Ainsworth | Josh Goodman | |||||
Todd Lott | Jim Goodman |
*= Lunker
The MRAA Anglers of the Year race is still very close, but now it’s between the top seven teams with only one tournament to go. Anyone of these teams could still come from behind win the AOY if the teams in front of them fall short in this last tournament. As I stated in the last result email, I’m expecting a photo finish so good luck to everyone in the running.
Our last 2018 Summer Trail Tournament will be at Lake Chicot on August 25th, launching form Connelly Bayou. As we always done in the past since this is the last tournament of the season, any new team may fish without paying a membership fee. These teams however will not receive any points going toward the final AOY standings, or credit for fishing in the tournament towards next years championship.
MRAA 2018 Summer Trail Points Standings after 5 tournaments:
Place | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | Points |
1 | Chris Williams | Buddy Tutor | 529.95 |
2 | Joey Beevers | Bobby Burton | 526.66 |
3 | Charlie Jennings | Pete Cora | 525.04 |
4 | David Reed | Jake Reed | 515.68 |
5 | Allen Powell | Jackie Robinson | 513.14 |
6 | Tim McDaniel | Logan McDaniel | 508.94 |
7 | Charles Hughes | Mike Jordan | 503.52 |
8 | David Sykes | Bobby Ingram | 486.92 |
9 | Jerry Wayne McLendon | Robby Hughes | 479.93 |
10 | Randy Bolden Jr. | Jeff Lindsey | 477.99 |
11 | Clifton Ray | Parker Frew | 476.67 |
12 | Lawson Davis | Matt Bateman | 475.96 |
13 | Newton Ford | Johnathan Kent | 475.43 |
14 | Matt Mullins | Hunter Christmas | 472.58 |
15 | Keith Kendall | Brian Kendall | 457.40 |
16 | Phillip Wasson | Charles Signa | 435.33 |
17 | Joey Tatum | Ronnie Ray | 430.46 |
18 | John Polasini | Reeves Polasini | 429.51 |
19 | Austin Jones | Terry Bates | 429.03 |
20 | William Jones | Michael Buvid | 427.79 |
21 | Kenny Amos | Kendal Amos | 414.19 |
22 | Reid Stewart | Brad Hayes | 386.57 |
23 | Andy Graves | Jason Lunceford | 381.79 |
24 | Matthew Bates | Brandon Williams | 378.73 |
25 | Steve Tullos | David Skeeter | 364.86 |
26 | Tad Keller | Michael Hayes | 342.44 |
27 | Scott Mitchell | Jay Mitchell | 302.81 |
28 | Chance Meredith | Carson Meredith | 289.59 |
29 | Chris Coy | Rudy Vanderford | 287.06 |
30 | Eddie Gibson | Quentel Gibson | 284.34 |
31 | Billy Hopkins | Taylor Flemming | 246.77 |
32 | Gene Jones | Taff Hitt | 234.81 |
33 | Brad Threet | Darren Rone | 212.87 |
34 | Jay Pickle | Pat Pickle | 188.13 |
35 | Daniel Clark | Thad Shelby | 184.70 |
36 | John King | Kevin King | 107.20 |
37 | Matt Bellipanni | Colby Howard | 106.08 |
38 | Glen Brooks | 89.00 | |
39 | Mike Ainsworth | Josh Goodman | 84.09 |
40 | Terry McWilliams | Justin Thomas | 80.86 |
41 | Alen Bagby | Tac Caruthers | 79.97 |
42 | Todd Lott | Jim Goodman | 78.78 |
43 | Jimmy Brumfield | Keith Brumfield | 77.50 |
44 | Anthony Wilson | Elijah Allen | 76.28 |
45 | Johnathan Sulton | Colby Sulton | 70.00 |