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Brandon Phillippee 1st Place 5 fish 16.95 lbs

Brandon Phillippee and Tony Grubbs break down a stingy Grand Lake O' the Cherokees

The MidAmerica Industrial Park Team Trail presented by Baitmasters Outdoors kicked off today with nearly every team looking for a single bite. Leading up to the event most anglers were in serious panic mode, as the bite had become so tough even professional anglers questioned their positive mental attitudes. March is always a good month to fish the Grand Lake chain with all the giants coming up for their annual spawn.

Water temps were in the low 40's but the ambient temperature was a smooth 68. That warming up of the air sure does a lot for your patience in these scenarios. The wind remained calm and let the anglers pursue each and every cast as they desired. With a five fish limit most angler new the struggle was real and decided to fish anyway.

Brandon Phillippee and long time CoAngler Tony Grubbs have always been in the hunt for AOY and have finished in the mix for the Bassmaster Team Championship fish off several years in a row. This may just be their year as the dropped the net on 5 fish weighing 16.95 starting off the 2021 season with a W.

Zach Vankulen and Brandon McDonald followed up with a second place finish bringing in 5 fish that totaled 15.62 anchored by a 7.77 toad.

The Bill's Marine Lowest Weight Award of $100 went to James Reib and alternate Jeff Taylor on a single largemouth bass that weighed a final 1.34 lbs.

Overall this opening event went off really well, and we are looking at a solid season ahead.

Up next we travel to Mannford, Ok to Keystone Lake where todays teams that struggled will be looking for redemption.

Full Results

Team Trail 2020 Championship Results Announcement

Team Trail Championship
Hudson Lake Salina, Ok | Keystone Lake Mannford, Ok

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Day 1 was brutal ! I can honestly never remember being on water that looked like that. Anyone you ask would say it was 100 mph or more ..
Mike and Derrick Jones one of our many father son teams lead day 1 with 5 fish 18.78 lbs. That is a strong start going into a cold front Sunday with rain in the forecast.

Day 1 Leaders Mike and Derrick Jones 18.78 5 fish

Day 1 Big Bass goes to team Blake Gingerich and Jeremy Dunn dropping a giant 7.36 on the scales. Its not the largest of the year, but It made some heads turn...

Day 1 Big Bass, Blake Gingerich and Jeremy Dunn, 7.36

Bret Fite and Wade Goins are in a strong second place looking to take it all away !!

Day 1 second place, Bret Fite and Wade Goins, 16.93 5 fish

Day 1 Results | Final Results

Team Trail Top 5 Summary

Annual Top 5 Total Weights

Rank	Team	Captain	Co Angler	Weight
1	25	TOM HAYNES	GEORGE TOALSON	66.87
2	5	JOE DURNAL	MICHAEL CORBETT	61.44
3	90	KEITH ALLEN	JEFFERY MONTGOMERY	57.90
4	43	DILLON ROBERTS	JALEN DICKISON	56.95
5	144	BRET FITE	WADE GOINS	55.50

Annual Top 5 Big Fish

Rank	Team	Captain	CoAngler	Big Fish
1	48	CHARLES MOORE	BROCK ENMEIER	7.69
2	63	BRANDON ACKERSON	BRAD COOK	7.50
3	34	BRETT MCCLINTOCK	BILLY FULLER	7.23
4	21	TONY GRUBBS	BRANDON PHILLIPPE	7.22
5	43	DILLON ROBERTS	JALEN DICKISON	7.07

Annual Top 5 Lowest Total Weight

Rank	Team	Captain	CoAngler	LTW
1	14	DOUG SMITH	BRAD SMITH	2.00
2	66	JOEL CLARK	MATT SALYER	2.24
3	64	CALEB GIBSON	BO ADAMS	2.28
4	17	GARY MCCARTY	LARY SMITH	2.48
5	17	LARY SMITH	GARY MCCARTY	2.48

Bass Team Trail Details

BASSMASTER TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Will be one more benefit of fishing the Angler Nation in 2020.

This means that for $120 per man membership and $100 entry fees we will qualify teams to fish the B.A.S.S. TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP on a lake to be announced later in the year.

Here is how it works.

Fish the #AnglerNationTeamTrail , and we will qualify 1 team every 25 teams based on the AOY standings for the Bass Team championship.
Fish the Bass Team Championship. the top 3 teams ( 6 anglers) will fish-off for the one spot in the 2020 Bassmaster Classic.

Some things to note:

You must fish with a team member in our local trail.
You are required to pay a $10 Bass Team Trail membership which we will include as part of your $120 membership. this will give you a subscription to the Bass Times Magazine for a full year.
Qualifying teams will be responsible for all costs associated with fishing the BTC.
If for some reason you cannot attend the Bass Team Championship we will invite the next team on the list..

If you have any questions just let us know and one of our staff will help to get it answered...

Read more on the BASS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP HERE