Last year in  June 2013 the Alabama Bass Federation dominated the TBF Southern Division Championship on Lake Barkley at Clarksville Tennessee. The only thing that changed in a years time is the geography as Alabama dominated the TBF Southern Division Championship again this year on Lake Neely Henry and won the event going away with a three day total for their 12 team members combined weight of 362-02  which equates to a margin of win of a whopping 67 pounds and 8 ounces!

Second place is where the real race was as no one challenged Alabama.   Less than 2 pounds separated the second place squad from North Carolina (294-10)  from third place finisher Georgia (292-13). The next race was between 4th and 5th between Kentucky (278-02) and South Carolina (275-03) with only one legal fish separating the two. Winding up in sixth was Tennessee with 266-10 and in Seventh was Florida 260-10.

In the individual standings and the race for the division champions title the lead changed daily, Georgia angler Joe Eubanks led day 1 with 16-03, after that it was all Alabama anglers. Wes Logan led day 2, but it was Terry Tucker who hails from Gadsden, Alabama who finished atop the pile on the final day and claimed the division champions title and advancing to the 2015 TBF Federation National Championship as the boater from Alabama.

Under the TBF format the top angler from each state team advances as the boater to the championship and the second place angler from each state advances as a non-boater.  The championship anglers advancing from each state are:

ALABAMA

B – Terry Tucker

NB – Wes Logan

NORTH CAROLINA

B – Jeff Hager

NB – Derek Lilley

GEORGIA

B – Joey Nichols

NB – Joe Eubanks

KENTUCKY

B – Brian Hickey

NB – Kenneth Rice

SOUTH CAROLINA

B – Davey Thomas

NB – Nathan Nienhius

TENNESSEE

B – Mike Hardin

NB – Adam Jones

FLORIDA

B – Mark Lundgren

NB – David Glenn

For Full Final standings CLICK HERE

Team Alabama continued to hold on to the overall Team Lead as Alabama Team Members Wes Logan & Terry Tucker both had 5 fish limits for daily weights of 15-12 & 16-15 respectively .  Logan moves to the overall top leader position with a total weight of 29-13 followed closely by Tucker with a 2 day total of 29-01.

Todays 84 anglers landed a total of 49 five fish limits

Alabama Team has jumped out to a rather commanding lead but there is only 9-15 difference between 2^nd Place and 7^th Place.

Anglers are still very tight lipped on main techniques used to land their fish.   Some are  reporting topwater bites, some are cranking, while pitchin’ & flippin also are being mentioned.

Team Leaders after 2 days are as follows:

Alabama        Wes Logan  29-13            Terry Tucker   29-01

Georgia       Joe Eubanks 24-10           Joey Nichols   23-00

No Carolina   Mike Lanier  25-12            Jeff Hager   24-10

Kentucky      Brian Hickey  25-00          Kenneth Rice  24-07

So Carolina   Mark Lundgren 26-03        David Glenn  21-08

Tennessee    Adam Jones  22-09          Mike Hardin  20-07

Lamar Middleton of Florida took over the Big Bass race with a Lunker on day 2 that tipped the scales at 5lbs 12oz.

For full results CLICK HERE

Leader Joe Eubanks 16-03

Neely Henry Lake in Gadsden AL has the Southern Divisional Championship day 1 contenders scratching for limits.  84 Anglers from 7 states began the day at the early morning takeoff at 5:30 AM with all anglers hoping for a 5 fish limit.

Joe Eubanks of the Georgia Team leads Day 1 with 5 fish totaling 16-03.  In 2^nd Place with 5 fish we have Todd Rackley of Alabama 5 fish 15-04 and 3^rd Pl Richard Philllips of Alabama with 14-16

Click the link below to view the complete standings.

Mark Lundgren – Big Bass 4-06 lbs

At the registration all state wanted to have a Optional Big Bass jackpot.  Each state paid $120.00 to procure a Overall Big Bass Jackpot for the largest bass of the entire event.   Currently the leader is Mark Lundgren of Florida with a 4-06 Largemouth.

Proving to be a tight race Neely Henry coughed up 48 five fish Limits on Day 1.  With double digit weights the top 27 places currently range from 16-03 lbs for the leader with 27^th Place only trailing with a total weight of 10-05

All 84 anglers came across the Stage to weigh 1 or more fish.

Day 1 Leaders by State

Alabama………………… Todd Rackley…….………..  15-04

Tennessee……………….Tony Demoss………………. 13-01

Florida…………………….Mark Lundgren……………. 13-13

Georgia…………………..Joe Eubanks…………………. 16-03

Kentucky…………………Michael Boggs……………… 13-06

North Carolina…………Jeff Hager…………………….. 12-01

South Carolina………… Davey Thomas…………….. 14-00

COMPLETE STANDINGS

Georgia President and 36 year Veteran, Larry Lewis makes his debut as Co-Angler for team with 5 fish limit for 7 lbs. 13 ozs.  Larry stated, “This is the first time in 36 years to compete as fishing team member.”

The state team for Idaho went into today’s final round with a 20 pound lead, Kyle Gellles from Pingree, ID has lead the first two days and knew very few anglers can lead and win a three days event wire to wire. However, both managed to hang on to their leads for a uncommon wire to wire win.

Although Idaho did loose nearly all of its 20 pound cushion to Wyoming today who moves up to finish in second place,Idahos lead was just barely big enough to hang on.  Their winning weight was 275-00 even. Wyoming made a big jump to finish with 274-05.

As stated Gelles dominated this event in the individual overall standings with his 3 day lead and 3 day weight of  45-05 to claim the title of division champion. Sitting in second place was Bubba O’Neil from Evanston, WY with 42-07 and Mark Maderos, Maple Valley, WA., rounded out the top three with 39-10.

The top 2 anglers from each state federation advance to the 2015 TBF Federation National Championship, the top anglers as a boater in that event and the second place angler as a non-boater. Here is the list of the championship qualified anglers form each state.

Representing:

IDAHO

B – Kyle Gellles

NB – Josh Polfer

WYOMING

B – Bubba O’Neil

NB – Zach Lugibihl

WASHINGTON

B – Mark Maderos

NB – Brian Merlini

OREGON

B – Ed Chin

NB – Aurther Ferreira

MONTANA

B – Danny Stamper

NB – Mark Hilyer

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