Now that several Angler's have been added to the Best 5, the points will be harder to gain. A point here and there will be all that separates an angler. Some angler's had a few bad tournaments and can turn around their points by scoring well. That means entering tournaments with a larger number of boats and placing well within their respective tournaments. Every fish counts, so it is a must that anglers weigh their fish in.

For those anglers well in the Top of the Poll Rankings (Top 10), mere points seperate you from your peers. Anglers such as Stan Stockton, James Williams, Rex Shell, Jerry Patterson, Orece Robinson; all can leap up several places by having a good finish and replacing one of their other Top 5 finish points with a better finish.

Also, those just out of the Top 10 - Shaun Peregoy, Jesse Munden, Mike Cooper, Roger Ewing & Jay North - are within 11 points or less of being in the Top 10. For right now, anglers who have at least 5 tournament finishes, your points will not go down; however, it will take some strong finishes (amount of boats in tournaments are critical - the more the better your points) in order to gain any points from here on out.

Currently, Gerald Gentry sets atop the overall (Best 5) Poll Standings and has only been unseated once this season by Orece Robinson. However, that was short lived. Presently, Orece Robinson holds the Overall Points (1,574) with 9 tournaments under his belt, as well as scoring the largest total weight at 71lbs 4oz.

As it stands in the Top 10, it looks like those anglers fishing with Bass Jon's have more Anglers in the Top 10; as well as the Top 20. There are 15 anglers in the Top 20 that belong to the Bass Jon's group; whereas there are only 5 outside of that. Rule 9 has 1 angler in the Top 20; Russ Hall.

This has been interesting so far this year, but I hope to get more Clubs/Trails involved next year. It will be tasking, but I am willing to continue with the number crunching, so long as I continue to be provided with the Tournament Results. A change that I will be making next year, due to the way I have to score Bass Jon's, I will be adding the scores of the Co-Angler's as well; not just the points for the Boat Captain's. The reason is, some anglers fish separate from their Boat Captain and become Boat Captain's themselves, but don't get credit for fishing separately. Examples of those anglers would be Jerry Hogge, Sam North and Mike Schneider. There are more out there, but these anglers did not get credited for tournaments that they had fished as a Co-Angler, but I score the Co-Anglers for Bass Jons. These Poll Rankings are catered towards the Boat Captain's, but with Bass Jon's, the Boat Captain's change depending on the draw. For next year, as long as an angler is able to be identifiy (Captain or Co-Angler), they will be scored.

Also, if an Angler would like to be scored for other tournaments fished in the area, let us know the Point-of-Contact (P.O.C.) of the Tournament so that we may verify the Place of Finish, total weight and number of boats. For example, tournaments have started at Bethel Lake, yet they haven't been scored. We are having problems getting the score cards in hand in order for us to achieve this. All suggestions or ideas will be looked into; if emailed to us or called in, we will respond back to you with an answer.