Fool Hollow Lake.. No Fooling!
Remember that consistent echo of footsteps I was talking about? Well, they've arrived! Television host Johnny Johnson managed to nudge his way past Stan Culling to take over the 1st place spot in the race for the coveted Angler of the Year award in The White Mountain Bass Club Top Ten when him and amateur partner Nathun Koreny brought in a whopping five fish limit of 14.34 lbs. to take 1st place this weekend at Fool Hollow Lake. This is Johnny's first win of the year, putting him about 13 points ahead of Stan Culling, who ended up with a 4th place finish. In the amateur division, Nathun is miles ahead of the competition with a 35 point spread between him and 2nd place Brad Savrage. Nathun managed to haul in the 2nd and 3rd Big Fish of the day weighing 4.02 and 3.66 lbs. respectively. Topwater was the key early in the day as Johnny pulled in a limit for the team within the first hour of the tournament. They later switched to sluggo's in the afternoon to end up culling six fish on the day before weigh-in.
Now that's some In Your Face fishing!
Johnny Johnson and Nathun Koreny
1st Place
Doug Coplan remains a consistent competitor. Bringing in 5 fish for a total of 10.36 lbs., him and amateur partner Larry Kress took home a 2nd place win to get him within just over a point shy of 2nd place Stan Culling in the race for Angler of the Year. Doug is sponsored by Tempe Marine, who is surely happy with his performance this year.
3rd place goes to Don Kleifgen with a stringer of bass ( including a huge 7.58 pounder ) weighing in at 9.34 lbs. Don placed 2nd at Willow Springs at the last Top Ten tournament and seems to be on a roll. Watch out for this guy!
Third place in the amateur division went Reese Simpson.
Reese has been consistant on Fool Hollow lake. He took 1st place last year here on a tough day of fishing and seems to have a nack for this lake. You can bet that most of the pros hope to draw Reese on this lake.
Good job Reese!
Big Fish award goes to Don Kleifgen with a large mouth tipping the scales at a healthy 7.58 lbs.!
This is the biggest fish this year. Congrats to Don on a fine catch.
View Last Month's Top Ten Tournament
Standings after One Tournament:
Pro Division
| 1st | Johnny Johnson | 89.32 |
| 2nd | Stan Culling | 76.00 |
| 3rd | Doug Coplan | 74.73 |
| 4th | Don Kleifgen | 69.65 |
| 5th | Bob Swanson | 56.90 |
| 6th | Mike Cachero | 52.23 |
| 7th | Manny Verdugo | 26.58 |
| 8th | Bill Bishop | 25.15 |
| 9th | Tony Martins | 15.41 |
Amateur Division
| 1st | Nathun Koreny | 94.34 |
| 2nd | Brad Savrage | 58.55 |
| 3rd | Kenny Donaldson | 54.31 |
| 4th | Reese Simpson | 53.59 |
| 5th | Doug Coplan Jr. | 35.58 |
| 6th | Larry Kress | 34.36 |
| 7th | Bill Dupee | 21.58 |
| 8th | Dwayne Jacques | 19.45 |
| 9th | Teree Rhodes | 18.55 |
| 10th | Greg Hines | 17.90 |
Special Thanks to The White Mountain Bass Club Top Ten sponsors:
Sterling Fence
Charlie Clarks
Pinetop Sporting Goods
Body Works
Running Bear Mobile Resort
Rainbow Lake tournament on June 23rd was cancelled due to the Rodeo-Chedeski fire and will not be rescheduled.
Tournament schedule is as follows:
| April 28th 9:30AM - 5PM | Rainbow Lake |
| May 19th safelite to 2 PM | Willow Springs |
| June 23rd safelite to 2 PM | Rainbow Lake !!CANCELED!! |
| July 14th safelite to 2 PM | Fool Hollow Lake |
| Aug. 4th safelite to 2 PM | Willow Springs |
| Aug. 25th safelite to 2 PM | Fool Hollow Lake |
| Sept. 15th safelite to 2 PM | Willow Springs |
Top 5 Anglers in each division out of 7 tournaments will automatically be entered into a two day Championship tournament to be held October 5th at Willow Springs and October 6th at Fool Hollow Lake Safe-Light to 2PM.
Pay-Out is as follows:
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Pro
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Amateur
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Big Fish
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1st Place
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$500
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$250
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1st Big Fish is $350
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2nd Place
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$300
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$150
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2nd Big Fish is $150
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3rd Place
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$200
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$50
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Total Pay-Out is over $14,000 for the year!
The White Mountain Bass Club Top Ten Single Season Records 2001
Biggest Limit 12.04 (5 fish)---------Johnny Johnson - Dino Felkins
Biggest Fish 4.79 -------------------Fred Deifenbaugh
Most wins Pro-- Johnny Johnson (4) Am-- James Guin (3)
Most Points for a season Pro-- 181.98 Johnny Johnson Am 148.96 James Guin
Check out last year's Top Ten season HERE