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Results: KIMBERLING CITY, Mo. (Oct. 8, 2011) – Robbie Dodson of Harrison, Ark., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 10 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday to win the EverStart Series Central Division event on Table Rock Lake with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 37 pounds, 6 ounces. For his victory, Dodson earned $24,133 and a 198VX Ranger boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard motor. “It was a brutal slow week,” said Dodson who has two previous top 10 finishes on Table Rock Lake. “Every day was different and you had to figure something new out each day. There was no one emerging pattern all week. What worked one day didn’t work the next and it took a couple hours each morning to figure it out. “I had seven bites on Thurs., six yesterday and six today, continued Dodson. “I caught fish in 1 foot of water and I caught fish 40 feet deep. I was using Luck “E” Trickster Spinnerbaits, Lucky Strike series 3 brown and black jigs and Lucky Strike spoons. “Fishing on clear water is always tough but you just have to keep your head down and work hard.” Rounding out the top 10 pros were: 2nd: Tom Murphy, Richland, Mo., 14 bass, 34-2, $8,274 3rd: Pop-tarts pro Greg Bohannan, Rogers, Ark., 12 bass, 31-0, $6,895 4th: Lance Williams, Billings, Mo., 13 bass, 30-1, $6,206 5th: Matthew Jones, Spokane, Mo., 11 bass, 24-8, $5,516 6th: Earl Garrison IV, Bull Shoals, Ark., 10 bass, 24-1, $4,827 7th: Scott Nelson, Lake Ozark, Mo., 10 bass, 23-12, $4,137 8th: Zach King, Clarksvile, Ark., seven bass, 22-7, $3,448 9th: Chris Hughes, Springfield, Mo., 10 bass, 22-7, $2,758 10th: Randall Hutson, Washburn, Mo., 10 bass, 21-3, $2,069 Robert Nosbisch of Collinsville, Ill., won the Co-angler Division and a Ranger boat with an Evinrude or Mercury outboard motor with a three-day total of 10 bass weighing 21 pound, 13 ounces. Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers were: 2nd: Brett Haake, Joliet, Ill., six bass, 15-10, $3,365 3rd: Larry Creech, Columbia City, Ind., five bass, 11-14, $2,991 4th: Melvin McNeal, Circleville, Ohio, five bass, 11-7, $2,617 5th: Jimmy Lee, Carthage, Mo., five bass, 11-6, $2,243 6th: Jacques Fleischmann, Lampe, Mo., four bass, 8-15, $1,869 7th: Max Wilson, Everton, Mo., four bass, 8-11, $1,495 8th: Joey Henderson, Mayfield, Ky., four bass, 7-14, $1,122 9th: Kevin McCullough, Greencastle, Ind., two bass, 7-7, $748 10th: Tom Lindsay, Glenview, Ill., three bass, 7-6, $598 The EverStart Series consists of five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western. Each division consists of four tournaments and competitors will be vying for valuable points in each division that could earn them the Strike King Angler of the Year title along with $5,000 for the pro and $2,000 for the co-angler. The top 40 pros and co-anglers from each respective division will qualify for the EverStart Series Championship that will be held on Kentucky Lake in Buchanan, Tenn., Oct. 27-30.

My new 4 month old GSP - Rowdy - been out of bird hunting for a few years, but time to get back into it. Breeder thinks he'll be ready to hunt by November, hopefully so. Going out to WA state for a couple of weeks in November for chukar, quail, and maybe a few pheasants. May do some hunting in Nebraska in December, or maybe Kansas, but I've heard KS bird numbers are down due to the heat and drought.

I don't understand why Texas doesn't have catch and release rules for alligator gar, and no bowfishing. Should have the same regs in Arkansas also. As far as I know they aren't any good to eat, so might as well release them and establish a trophy fishery.

I sent an email to info@flwoutdoors.com - only email address I could find for them. I expressed my concern that I had heard about excessive fish handling during the weigh in. We'll see if they reply. If they do, I'll post it here.

I gotta get a new mouse, didn't mean to post that last message 3 times.

Or maybe contact Missouri fish and game? It probably wouldn't hurt to have them monitor the proceedings.

Or maybe contact Missouri fish and game? It probably wouldn't hurt to have them monitor the proceedings.

Or maybe contact Missouri fish and game? It probably wouldn't hurt to have them monitor the proceedings.

The "Collection for the pet trade" thing is disturbing. If there aren't hefty fines in place for doing that, there needs to be. Of course enforcement is the problematic part.

I would just be guessing, but I'm wondering if the windy weather and partly cloudy skies might get the fish in a biting mood.

Excellent! Congrats to him on his PB!

I thought Seattle might compete with the Chefs as worst NFL team, but somehow the Seachickens pulled off a win last week. Chefs are still my favorite in the Luck sweepstakes. My only fear is that if the Chefs get Luck, but keep Haley around, Haley will screw him up.

I thought Seattle might compete with the Chefs as worst NFL team, but somehow the Seachickens pulled off a win last week. Chefs are still my favorite in the Luck sweepstakes. My only fear is that if the Chefs get Luck, but keep Haley around, Haley will screw him up.

Thanks again, BW. Yeah I might take a look at the Elk. Just a matter of getting enough time to get over there.

Thanks for the advice, BW, I was checking out the map, may have to launch at twin bridges and head down towards the lake. Looks like a good area to throw that squarebill.

I did a little dog walking - no bites.

Overheard an old codger saying, "When I was a kid, Mom would send me to the store with a dollar and I'd come home with a bag of potatoes, two loaves of bread, three bottles of milk, a chunk of cheese, some tea, six eggs and two chocolate bars. Can't do that now. Too many darn security cameras!

Made the trip over to Grand yesterday for the first time this year. Fishing was slow for me, caught 1/2 dozen bass, all on t-rigged creature baits. Didn't do any good on spinner baits, cranks and worms, creature bait was the only thing I could get bit on. Shad are in the coves, but most of my bass came on main lake banks, with two coming about halfway back in coves. Weather sure was nice!

Wow, those BFL results are eye opening. Tough fishing for sure.

Yeah, but is there any bass fishing in India?

They played well the first half, that pic six hurt, but then they collapsed in the 3rd quarter. I have to wonder if starting off the year by playing 3 cupcakes before going on the road to play a top SEC team is a bad idea. I think they should play at least one quality team before starting the SEC schedule. They just did not look ready to play Alabama, I think they have the talent to do better than they did.

Did you get the tournament name? Just curious, me and jeb went out last week and we saw a couple of wrapped boats in the Hickory creek parking lot, we were wondering if they were practicing for a tourney this weekend and what tourney it was.

2 weeks in a row they have stunk. Charles got carted off, doesn't look good for him. That leaves McCluster and Jones to run the ball, Jones is looking old and McCluster ain't big enough. No running game, lousy QB, only one good reciever (Bowe), and a questionable head coach. I think they should just forfeit the rest of the season, spare us the misery of watching any more of their games, and be first in line to get Luck.

Glad to hear you got some, I saw lots of shad in Windsor last week. Done OK fishing worms c-rigged around brush piles, no big fish however for me.