Illinois sent two anglers to the finals: boater Brian Elgin,
who finished third overall and first for Illinois with 17.06
pounds, and co-angler Jeff Morrison, who placed 16th overall
with 4.10 pounds. Indiana’s participation numbers opened up
four championship slots, allowing second-place boater Jerry
Arnett (21.14 pounds) and second-place co-angler Rodney
Johnson (9 pounds) to also advance.
The Indiana Bass Federation won the District 10 State
Pride Award with 34 pounds to Illinois’ 28.14 pounds.
District 14
Wayne Parish won the District 4 Semi-Finals event.
District 10
A total of 142 TBF members from Illinois and Indiana
clashed in the District 10 Semi-Finals event Oct. 28-29 on
Kentucky and Barkley lakes. Launching out of Kentucky Dam
Village Marina, contestants were met with near-freezing tem-
peratures and a challenging bite.
Indiana’s Brad Schneck tied for second on day one with three
bass for 10.06 pounds, then moved into first on day two with a
12.03-pound limit and 22.09-pound total. Schneck collected
$4,300 for his efforts, including the $3,300 first-place payout and
$1,000 Evinrude E-Tec award, along with a trip to nationals.
Indiana co-angler Bruce Schuyler blanked on day two, but
his 9.07-pound day-one weight carried him to victory among
the non-boaters – good for $1,650 cash and a championship
invite.
Brad Schneck topped the District 10 boaters.
A 62-boat field hailing from New York, Ontario and
Pennsylvania anticipated world-class smallmouth action dur-
ing the District 14 Semi-Finals event Oct. 7-8 on the St.
Lawrence River and Lake Ontario.
Indeed, the tournament provided plenty of beefy bronze-
backs. Two Ontario anglers, Andrew Shufelt and Charles Simm,
ended up taking first and second, respectively, on the boater
side with a mere 0.34 pounds separating them. Shufelt’s 24.56-
pound limit topped the field and earned him $3,100 plus a tick-
et to fish the championship. Simm sacked a 24.22-pound limit,
good for a $1,840 second-place check and the $500 Ranger
Cup award.
Along with Shufelt, Pennsylvania boater John Schoener
(third overall, 23.25 pounds) and New York boater Chris Gore
(fourth overall, 18.24 pounds) qualified for the championship,
as did co-anglers Colton Sowers of Pennsylvania (first overall,
19.41 pounds), Will McFarlane of Ontario (fourth overall, 15.88
pounds) and David Dumas of New York (fifth overall, 13.89
pounds).
The Ontario Bass Federation ran away with the District 14
State Pride Award with 109.77 pounds.
District 23
The Arizona Bass Federation hosted the District 23
National Semi-Finals event Nov. 11-12 on Lake Havasu out of
Lake Havasu City. Some anglers struggled to find fish measur-
ing up to the 13-inch minimum size limit, but overall the field
caught good numbers of bass with a few bulging bags com-
ing to the scales.
California’s Austin Wilson won the boater division with
25.53 pounds, good for $1,420. Fellow Cali angler Aldo
Acevedo tallied 11.69 pounds to win the co-angler division,
earning $710.
Wilson and Acevedo advance to the championship, along
with Arizona boater Richard Vizcar