Doug Coplan Wins His First of the Year
Doug Coplan has been a consistent competitor throughout the year. Holding 2nd or 3rd place overall in the race for angler of the year through the entire season, a first place win has always been just past his finger tips... Until now. Doug and amateur partner Nathan Koreny brought in a limit weighing 9.80 lbs. to take first place at Fool Hollow Lake on August 25th and gain a few points to widen his 2nd place standing over 3rd place Stan Culling. Doug is still about 15 points shy of 1st place Johnny Johnson, and with only one tournament left in the regular season, he's got his work cut out to win that Angler of the Year award. In the amateur division, Nathan is jetting away from the competition, with his nearest competitor being a comfortable 39 points away.
Doug Coplan (right) and Nathan Koreny
1st Place
Doug is sponsored by Tempe Marine
Stan Culling and amateur partner Doug Coplan Jr. brought home 2nd place with a limit weighing in at 7.93 pounds. Stan currently holds 3rd place overall, just a little under 4 points behind 2nd place Doug Coplan (senior). Doug Coplan Jr. managed to catch the big one of the day at 4.74 lbs. A 2nd place win and a Big Fish award has surely made dad proud.
Doug Coplan Jr.
Big Fish
3rd place goes to television host Johnny Johnson and amateur partner Larry Kress weighing in just a few ounces shy of 2nd place at 7.70 pounds. Johnny has placed in the money in every single tournament this year and holds 1st place overall. With just one regular season tournament left and a 15 point spread between him and 2nd place Doug Coplan, things are looking good for last year's champ. Coming on strong, amateur Larry Kress has now placed in the money three tournaments in a row, including a 1st place win last month at Willow Springs.
Big Fish goes to Doug Coplan Jr. with this lunker tipping the scales at 4.74 lbs.
Fool Hollow Lake is located in Show Low AZ.
View Last Month's Top Ten Tournament
Current standings:
Pro Division
| 1st | Johnny Johnson |
135.77
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| 2nd | Doug Coplan |
122.30
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| 3rd | Stan Culling |
119.65
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| 4th | Bob Swanson |
103.75
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| 5th | Mike Cachero |
88.83
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| 6th | Don Kliefgen |
83.63
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| 7th | Bill Bishop |
45.16
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| 8th | Manny Verdugo |
26.58
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| 9th | Brad Savrage |
23.94
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| 10th | Tony Martins |
15.41
|
Amateur Division
| 1st | Nathan Koreny |
148.08
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| 2nd | Kenny Donaldson |
100.10
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| 3rd | Larry Kress |
89.65
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| 4th | Reese Simpson |
88.45
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| 5th | Doug Coplan Jr. |
83.07
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| 6th | Brad Savrage |
58.55
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| 7th | Luke Reidhead |
22.78
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| 8th | Bill Dupee |
21.58
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| 9th | Teree Rhodes |
19.55
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| 10th | Dwayne Jacques |
19.45
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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 1 PM | Willow Springs |
| Aug. 25th safelite to 1 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:
|
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