Johnny Johnson Takes The Win At Willow Springs
After two of what Johnny Johnson would call "lack-luster" 3rd place performances at Willow Springs lake earlier in the year, television host Johnny Johnson managed to outweigh the compitition and clench the title for Angler of the Year on September 15th at the high country clear water lake. Johnson and amateur partner Kenny Donaldson brought in 9.77 lbs to take first place and a Big Fish award for Johnny. Johnson now holds the Angler of the Year title two years in a row. Congratulations!
Johnny Johnson and Kenny Donaldson
1st Place
PS: Kenny mentioned that he was happy to have brought Johnny along
Pro Doug Coplan (right) takes 2nd with amateur partner Reese Simpson. The team brought in 3.87 lbs to the scales on what was a tough day of fishing for most anglers. Doug had a first place finish at Fool Hollow lake last month and has proven to be a consistent angler throughout the year, taking 2nd overall to finish the season and secure a spot in the two day Championship tournament to be held at Fool Hollow Lake and Rainbow Lake October 5th and 6th. Congratulations to Doug on a fine year!
Doug is sponsored by Tempe Marine
Doug Coplan (right) and Reese Simpson
2nd Place
3rd place goes to Bob Swanson and amateur partner Nathan Koreny. Bob would have loved to win today and end up with a sweep on Willow Springs this year as he handily won the the first two earlier, bringing in 12.22 lbs the first tournament and 9.59 lbs the next. It's ineresting to note that Bob won one of those tournaments with Nathan who has demoloished his competitors in the the amateur division this year. Though the team only brought in 1.99 lbs this time, Bob should be proud of his performance on Willow Springs Lake this year!
Big Fish goes to Johnny Johnson with this lunker tipping the scales at 3.99 lbs.
Championship tournament schedule has been changed!! AGAIN!
First day will be held at Willw Springs Lake Oct. 5th. Second day will be at Foool Holw Lake Oct. 6th.
Weigh-in at 2:00 PM
View Last Month's Top Ten Tournament
Final standings 2002:
Pro Division
| 1st | Johnny Johnson |
165.54
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| 2nd | Doug Coplan |
145.17
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| 3rd | Stan Culling |
137.30
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| 4th | Bob Swanson |
122.74
|
| 5th | Mike Cachero |
88.83
|
| 6th | Don Kliefgen |
83.63
|
| 7th | Bill Bishop |
45.16
|
| 8th | Manny Verdugo |
26.58
|
| 9th | Brad Savrage |
23.94
|
| 10th | Tony Martins |
15.41
|
Amateur Division
| 1st | Nathan Koreny |
167.07
|
| 2nd | Kenny Donaldson |
129.87
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| 3rd | Reese Simpson |
111.32
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| 4th | Larry Kress |
107.30
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| 5th | Doug Coplan Jr. |
99.78
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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 Fool Hollow Lake and October 6th at Rainbow Lake. Safe-Light to 2PM.
*Pay-Out is as follows:
|
Pro
|
Amateur
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Big Fish
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|
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1st Place
|
$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
|
$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
* based on ten teams