Midwest Sportsman Classic Results

334 teams registered to fish the 2006 Classic held on KY / Barkley Lakes this past Wed., Thurs., and Friday. The field was cut to 100 teams for the final day. With all teams starting at zero weight, it made for an exciting finish with everyone having an equal chance at taking home 2 fully rigged 591 Nitro boats, complete with 150 hp Mercury Optimax motors!! All teams competing the final day received a check with $159.00 going to the last place teams.


2006 Classic ♦ KY / Barkley Lakes ♦ Top 100

Place Boater Partner Weight
1 Gary Martin Dave Pedigo 16.83
2 Bill Juett Lafe Masters 13.65
3 Dean Hesse Scott Robins 13.23
4 Don Ingram Ronnie Grant 13.05
5 Steve Caudill Rodney Roe 12.62
6 Jeff Knight H.L. Knight 12.00
7 Marion Tipton Kendall Beaty 11.57
8 Tim Harman Derek Jackson 11.43
9 Jason Tucker Bill Harris 11.37
9 Stanley Willoughby Kevin Willoughby 11.37
11 Lee Miller David Kelly 11.24
12 Greg Church Todd Sautter 11.14
13 Rob Caudill Billy Caudill 10.89
14 Jeremy Benningfield Mike Gowen 9.93
15 Danny Conner Mark Weston 8.70
16 Mike Brown Mike Combs 8.00
17 John Miller Phil Miller 7.88
18 Matson Smith Larry Hall 7.44
19 Herbie Phelps David Barnes 7.34
20 Chuck Hagan Tommy Downs 6.72
21 Willmer Morris Jr. Matt Bell 6.71
22 Gene Calloway John Cain 6.48
23 Jim Sherwood Todd Kuhn 6.44
24 Eric Foister Kevin Willour 6.40
25 David Warfield Larry Warfield 6.11
26 Wayne Cooper Charlie Land 6.09
27 Paul Johnson Jimmy Joiner 6.08
28 Phillip Robinson James White 6.04
29 Paul Jones Kelly Hook 5.99
30 Eric Braden 5.76
31 Scott McCarther Jack Powers 5.68
32 Mark Stowe Brian Estridge5.54
32 Donald Shupe Barry Stopher 5.54
34 Jerry W.Faulkner Bryan Templin 5.40
35 Travis Reed Terry Reed 5.29
36 Richard Paul Larry Johnson 4.88
37 Dan Runyan Dennis Snyder 4.47
38 Anthony Collins Billy Collins Jr 4.37
39 Bill Ferris Jeff Wells 4.30
40 Wayne Dial Doug Akin 4.26
41 Henry Antle Judy Antle 4.10
42 Tim Wyatt Delmer Wyatt 4.08
43 Gene VanHorn Ron Estep 4.01
44 Billy Crawford Chad Crawford 3.93
45 Ronald Foley Terry Blankenship 3.83
46 Kevin Warner Kelly Warner 3.74
47 Jim Gullett Mark Horton 3.66
48 Jim Hite Brian Caudill 3.57
49 Jeff Delk Timmy Gribbins 3.46
50 Dwayne Hagler Dennis Poland 3.28
51 Clark Marshal Porter Lobb 2.74
52 Richard Schooler Jason Abney 2.71
53 Jarrod Swift Darrel Swift 2.63
54 Jr. Dugan Teddy Berry 2.51
55 James Hailstones Rick Robertson 2.45
56 Greg Adkins Anthony Mabry 2.38
57 David Skinner Les Mills 2.35
58 Todd Elliott Arlie Centers 2.32
59 William Southan Marshall Yarnell 2.28
60 Dennis McNabb Dennis McNabb Sr 2.23
61 Bill Lycans Brent Massie 2.22
62 Ron Alexander Christy Young 2.16
63 Loren Peters Jerry Martoglio 2.08
64 Derek Coon Jake Bowers 2.02
65 Bradley Taylor Danny Patterson 1.98
65 Brent Turner Rodney Cook 1.98
67 Tom Evans Felix Fugate 1.88
68 Larry Skaggs Sherbert VanMeter 1.87
69 Bob Robinson Gary Hill 1.82
70 Charlie Land Bruce Cott 1.81
71 Kevin Snider Billy Snead 1.74
72 Jeff Gibson Harry Williams 1.73
73 Brent Travis Michael Harris 1.62
74 Jeff Smith David Whittaker 0
74 Tracy Harden Mike Morrow 0
74 John Talton Jerry Shields 0
74 Johnnyl Midkiff Johnny Midkiff Jr.0
74 Dave Manley Steve Riley 0
74 Jim Cares Delle Ferrezea 0
74 Robert Moberly Javen Young 0
74 Randy Conkwright Shawn Murphy 0
74 Patrick Mertens Jim Turner 0
74 Jeff Stevens John Logue 0
74 Chris Beck Willie Dowell 0
74 Scott Wilson John E. Whaley 0
74 James Bouldin Terry Speck 0
74 Donnie Coffey Stanley Baird 0
74 Brian Mullett Rick Imler 0
74 Philip Carver Gabriel Jackson 0
74 Jeremy Estes Ronnie Critcheloe 0
74 Dale Fleenor Fred Klien 0
74 Kenneth Rowe Charles Rowe 0`
74 Tim Loseman Larry Pierce 0
74 Steve Estridge Charlie Monds 0
74 Coby Skaggs Jimmy Mains 0
74 Randy Flowers Dennie Turpin 0
74 Greg Lewis Donald Wray 0
74 Christopher Hill Rick Krivell 0
74 Ellis Bumgarner Robbie Lane 0
74 Wesley Carroll John Stacy 0

On a final note, I would like to take this time to thank all the anglers that have supported Midwest Sportsman over the last 6 years.

The membership in Kentucky has grown every year and this year we topped 700 members!!

As some of you have heard by now, I have resigned my position as Regional Director effective Oct. 7th, 2006. It has been my pleasure to work with you and I will treasure the friendships that I have made over the last 6 years. I hope you continue to support Midwest Sportsman as they continue to expand into other states.

And last but not least, I want to thank all of the Tournament Directors that have made Midwest Sportsman what it is today.

It's been a great ride....now i'm going fishing!!!

Steve Riley

Thanks, Steve.

Looks like Midwest gets bragging rights over ABA, too. :9 Midwest didn't have nearly as many boats, but Midwest guys had lots better bags on Friday. The Midwest winner had 5+ pounds more than the ABA's top weight on Friday. ABA had four bags over 10 pounds that day, to 13 for Midwest.

yea but you gotta think 334 midwest boats = 668 competitors or roughly that, there werent that many in the ABA nationals. Im not throwing judgement one way or another but if two guys dont beat one on any given lake, on any given day, then either the one guy is freakin awesome, or the two guys need to stay home.

First of all I want to congratulate the winning team of the Midwest Sportsman Classic. Along with Johhny Johnson of the ABA. But, as a member of the ABA I think comparing the ABA to midwest is like compairing apples and oranges. Midwest is a team circuit were as ABA is a individual Tournament were boaters are matched with boaters and are only able to fish their waters for half a day if so desired. So in fact you are fishing against the person in the boat. This does make it more difficult to catch a large stringer. So easy_13 if you were trying to get a response or make out one orginazation is better than another. Then you should do more research. because im sure there are plenty of team circuits going on to compair apples to apples. I will say fishing in general was tuff for most people no matter who you fished for. And you must also agree we are all fishermen no matter who you cheer for.

I'm a member of Midwest Sportsman and assumed ABA was a team event, too. I also assumed that the smilie I used would alert you that I was posting in a playful, joking manner. I guess both my assumptions were wrong.

Hey mike,

No harm done. You can't really compare the two circuits because they use entirely different formats.

I also fish the ABA circuit and like the "single" format. In fact, George Salov (ABA Director) and I fish as a team in the Plapp's river circuit.

So...before anyone gets carried away here...lets not get in a pissing contest.

Steve Riley

you know what you make when you assume :P