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Results
3/29 Swamp Donkey Open
The Swamp Donkey Open was wet 'n wild but an amazing success! We set an all-time record with 38 Side Pot entries and paid out a total $3,610 in Side Pot winnings! Congrats to the team of Jim Mergen, Bryan Mergen, & Brad Meskill for finishing in 3rd place overall and taking home the top Side Pot honors worth $1,625! They had an impressive 5-walleye limit weighing over 35 pounds! The five highest placing teams to enter the Side Pot will all earn a little extra cash thanks to Side Pot Fishing!
A big thanks to Rob at Swap Donkey Bait & Tackle and our hype man Trevor Gantz for helping make it happen! We're already looking forward to next year!
Jim Mergen 35.6lbs ($1,625)
Ryan Foster 33.3lbs ($902)
Avery Fields 31.3lbs ($541.5)
Shane Rockteacher 30.1lbs ($361)
Trevor Gantz 30.0lbs ($180)
3/27-3/29 South Holston & Harris Chain of Lakes
Congratulations to Cliff Humphreys for going back-to-back at South Holston and earning his 10th career Side Pot victory! Cliff finished in 29th place overall in the Volunteer division BFL on South Holston Lake with a total of 14lbs & 11oz. Although he missed cashing a check in the tournament, he still earned $270 thanks to Side Pot Fishing! Cliff has now amassed $3,140 in career Side Pot earnings!
3/29 Volunteer: South Holston
Boaters
Cliff Humphreys 14-11 (270)
Bradley Stringfield 10-13
Vince Botts 2-4
3/27-3/29 Toyota: Harris Chain
Boaters
Kennie Steverson 49-7 ($380)
Derrick Blake 41-4
Co-anglers
Jeffrey Bagwell 15-7 ($270)
Tyler Nekolny 14-12
Jose Velazquez 6-1
3/22 Harris Chain of Lakes
Congratulations to Kennie Steverson of Umatilla, FL for winning the Harris Chain Side Pot! Kennie had a great weekend, finishing in 2nd place overall in the Gator division BFL on the Harris Chain of Lakes with a total of 22lbs & 5oz! He also backed it up with an impressive 3rd place finish on Sunday!
3/22 Gator: Harris Chain
Kennie Steverson 22-5 ($190)
Jed Lamb 8-3
3/16 Kentucky Lake
Congratulations to Grant Meisenhelter for winning the LBL: Kentucky Lake Side Pot! Grant finished in 31st place overall in the LBL division BFL with a total of 13lbs & 8oz thanks to a 7+ pound GIANT! Although he narrowly missed cashing a check in the tournament, he still won $270 from Side Pot Fishing!
3/16 LBL: Kentucky Lake
Boaters
Grant Meisenhelter 13-8 ($270)
Gary Singleton 10-1
Cole Logsdon 0-0
3/7-3/9 Soiuth Holston, Santee Cooper, & Keowee
Congratulations to Cliff Humphreys for winning the South Holston BFL Side Pot and becoming a 9x Side Pot Fishing champion! Cliff has now earned $2,870 thanks to Side Pot Fishing!
Honorable mention goes out to Bradley Stringfield who also dropped a very respectable bag on the scales but fell just short of cashing a Side Pot check! Also, any co-angler who weighed-in a single keeper bass would have won the Side Pot on the co-angler side!
3/8 Volunteer: South Holston Lake
Boaters
Cliff Humphreys 15-11 ($190)
Bradly Stringfield 14-1
3/7 NPFL: Santee Cooper
Kevin Rogers 64-2 ($270)
James Watson 31-11
Tyler Williams 0-0
3/8 Savannah River: Keowee
Rusty Odom 8-13 ($190)
Justin Thompson 5-8
3/1 Lay Lake
Congratulations to Anthony Goggins of Chelsea, Alabama for winning the Lay Lake BFL Side Pot! 
Anthony finished in 18th place overall in the Bama division BFL tournament on Lay Lake with a total 14lbs & 12oz. As the highest placing angler to enter the Side Pot, he pocketed an extra $190 thanks to Side Pot Fishing!
3/1 Bama: Lay Lake
Anthony Goggins 14-12 ($190)
CJ Knight 9-8
2/22 Lake Martin
Cashin' checks for 92nd place?! The team of CJ Knight & Anthony Goggins did that this past weekend in the ABT tournament on Lake Martin! Although they finished in 92nd place overall with 9.44lbs, they still earned a check from Side Pot Fishing! CJ Knight is now a 9x Side Pot Fishing Champion and finds himself atop the record books for most Side Pot "W's" of all-time!
2/22 ABT South: Lake Martin
Knight/Goggins 9.44 lbs ($190)
Hearn/Walker 6.74 lbs
2/13 Lake Okeechobee
Have you ever cashed a check for 95th place?! Congratulations to Kyle Jenkins of Summerville, SC for winning the Lake Okeechobee Side Pot!
Kyle had a 2-day today of 14lbs & 3oz in the Toyota series tournament on Lake Okeechobee to finish in 95th place overall. As the highest placing co-angler to enter the Side Pot, he earned himself a check worth $190 from Side Pot Fishing!
2/13-2/15 Toyota: Lake Okeechobee
Co-anglers
Kyle Jenkins 14-3 ($190)
Jose Velazquez 6-10
2/8 Lake Chickamauga
Congratulations to Derrick Blake for winning the Lake Chickamauga Side Pot! Derrick is now a 4x Side Pot Fishing champion with $1,220 in career Side Pot earnings!
Derrick finished in 43rd place overall (boater) in the Volunteer division BFL on Lake Chickamuaga with a total of 13lbs & 10oz. Although he missed cashing a check in the tournament itself, he still won $190 as the highest placing angler to enter the Side Pot!
2/8 Volunteer: Lake Chickamauga
Boaters
Derrick Blake 13-10 ($190)
Bradly Stringfield 0-0
1/23-1/25 Sam Rayburn
Congratulations to Jacob Root and Dale Roesener for becoming our first Side Pot winners of 2025!
Jacob finished in 58th place overall (boater) in the Toyota Series tournament on Sam Rayburn with a 2-day total of 21lbs & 8oz. As the highest placing angler to enter the Side Pot, he won $380 from Side Pot Fishing!
Dale Roesener was the Side Pot winner on the co-angler side, thanks to his 45th place finish with 5lbs & 1oz. Over 100 anglers (57 boaters & 44 co-anglers) missed out on a potential Side Pot payday!
1/23-25 Toyota: Sam Rayburn
Boaters
Jacob Root 21-8 ($380)
Philip Roesener 9-10
Co-anglers
Dale Roesener 5-1 ($190)
Jimmy Fellegy 3-13
12/12-12/13 Lake Murray
Congratulations to Kevin Rogers of Pleasant Hill, MO for winning the Lake Murray Side Pot! Kevin is now a 4-time Side Pot Fishing champion! Kevin had a 2-day total of 23lbs & 10oz in the NPFL tournament on Lake Murray to finish in 37th place overall. He has now amassed a total of $1,350 in career Side Pot earnings!
12/12-12/13 NPFL: Lake Murray
Kevin Rogers 23-10 ($270)
Richard Kee 21-14
Stephanie Hemphill-Pellerin 8-11
11/7-11/9 Toyota Championship: Wheeler Lake
Congratulations to Hayden Marbut for winning the Toyota Series Championship and becoming a 2x Side Pot Fishing Champion! Hayden had a 3-day total of 57lbs & 12oz on Wheeler Lake to earn another major tournament victory, as well as $756 from Side Pot Fishing! He has now pocketed an additional $1,656 in 2024 thanks to Side Pot Fishing!
Tyler Nekolny took top honors on the co-angler side thanks to his 3rd place finish overall! He'll be rewarded with a check worth $630 from Side Pot Fishing, making him a 3x Side Pot Fishing Champion! Tyler now has over $1,600 in career Side Pot earnings! Casey Dunn also had a great tournament and earned his first even Side Pot check ($270) thanks to his 6th place finish overall! We needed just one more co-angler entry to pay 3 winners!
11/7-11/9 Toyota Championship: Wheeler Lake
Boaters
Hayden Marbut 57-12 ($756)
Dillon Falardeau 40-4 ($324)
Ty Faber 20-4
Brady Duncan 16-5
Jason Blair 14-6
Mark Lassagne 1-4
Co-anglers
Tyler Nekolny 26-15 ($630)
Casey Dunn 22-8 ($270)
Darren Kelly 19-13
Steven Schantz 18-2
Jacob Turner 11-12
Justin McGaha 7-15
David Paszkiewicz 5-1
Brian Senter 3-11
Melvin Smitson 2-1
Mike Mueller 1-15
10/23-10/25 NPFL: Lake of the Ozarks
Congratulations to Kevin Rogers of Pleasant Hill, MO for winning the Lake of the Ozarks Side Pot! Kevin finished in 43rd place overall in the NPFL tournament with a 3-day total of 20lbs & 11oz. As the highest placing angler to enter the Side Pot, Kevin earned himself $270 from Side Pot Fishing!
Kevin is now a 3x Side Pot Fishing champion with $1,080 is career Side Pot earnings!
NPFL: Lake of the Ozarks
Kevin Rogers 20-11 ($270)
Richard Kee 20-7
Stephanie Hemphill-Pellerin 2-5
10/17-10/19 Regional: Wright Patman
Congratulation to Darren Kelly of Wartburg, TN for winning the Watts Bar Lake Side Pot thanks his 10th place (co-angler) finish in the BFL Regional tournament!
Darren had a 3-day total of 23lbs & 11oz to earn his 4th Side Pot Fishing check of 2024! Darren has now won $892 from Side Pot Fishing so far this year! Check out the awesome 5.3 pound "meanmouth" (smallmouth bass & spotted bass hybrid) he caught on day 1 !
10/17-10/19 Regional: Watts Bar Lake
Co-anglers
Darren Kelly 23-11 $190
James Wheatley 9-8
10/17-10/19 Regional: Wright Patman Lake
Co-anglers
Scott Stallings 4-13 $190
Kris McCarter 0-0
10/10-10/11 Lake Martin
Congratulations to Jimmy Fellegy of Mustang, OK for winning the Lake Martin Side Pot! Jimmy is now a 6x Side Pot Fishing champion! Jimmy finished in 6th place overall (co-angler) in the Bass Open tournament on Lake Martin with a two-day total of 9lbs & 15oz. He pocketed an additional $270 from Side Pot Fishing, bringing his 2024 Side Pot earnings total up to $840!
10/10-10/11 Bass Open: Lake Martin
Co-anglers
Jimmy Fellegy 9-15 ($270)
Troy Mims 7-10
Kyle Jenkins 3-8
10/3-10/5 Pickwick & Kerr
Congratulations to James Wheatley for winning the Pickwick Lake regional Side Pot! James is now a 4x Side Pot champion and has won $1,090 from Side Pot Fishing so far this season!
James finished in 19th place overall (co-angler) in the bfl regional tournament on Pickwick Lake with a two-day total 8lbs & 4oz. As the highest placing co-angler to enter the Side Pot, he earned himself $360 from Side Pot Fishing!
10/3-10/5 Regional: Pickwick Lake
Co-anglers
James Wheatley 8-4 ($360)
Tommy Cowart 2-13
Cliff Humphreys 2-0
Douglas Guidorzi 0-0
10/3-10/5 Regional: Kerr Lake
Boaters
Trent Cole 9-4 ($190)
David Collise 8-1
Co-anglers
Chad Mcqueen 10-14 ($360)
Hunter Navari 4-7
Melvin Smitson 2-9
Glenn Eskin 2-8
9/18-9/22 Pickwick Lake & Lake Mead
Congratulations to Kris McCarter of Pheba, MS for winning the Pickwick Lake Side Pot!
Kris finished in 27th place overall (co-angler) in the Mississippi division BFL on Pickwick Lake with a total of 2lbs & 2oz. Even though he only caught 1 keeper bass, he still earned $190 from Side Pot Fishing!
9/21-22 Mississippi: Pickwick Lake
Co-anglers
Kris McCarter 2-2 ($190)
James Menold 0-0
9/18-20 US Open: Lake Mead
Philip Roesener 30.93 ($190)
Kurt Dove 29.39
9/14-9/15 Lake Cumberland & Potomac River
Congratulations to James Wheatley for winning the Lake Cumberland Side Pot! Catching one keeper bass on a stingy Lake Cumberland was enough for James to pocket $270 from Side Pot Fishing!
James is now a 3x Side Pot Fishing champion and has won $730 so far this season!
9/14 Mountain: Lake Cumberland
James Wheatley 2-14 ($270)
Cliff Humphreys 0-0
Jeff Johnston 0-0
9/14 Northeast: Potomac River
Boaters
Stephan Sirochman 6-14 ($190)
Flash Butts 0-0
Co-anglers
Hunter Navari 11-4 ($270)
Melvin Smitson 10-9
Jonathan Patkus 0-0
9/15 Northeast: Potomac River
Co-anglers
Melvin Smitson 7-4 ($270)
Hunter Navari 4-13
Jonathan Patkus 0-0
9/12-9/14 Mississippi River & Santee Cooper
Congratulations to Logan Parks (boater) and Mark Ripp (co-angler) for winning the Mississippi River Side Pots! Logan Parks made a big rally on day 2 bringing over 18lbs to scales, moving him up to 25th place overall in the Bass Open tournament on the Mississippi River! As the highest placing boater to enter the Side Pot, Logan earned himself $720 from Side Pot Fishing!
Mark Ripp was consistent out of the back of the boat, catching a total of 13lbs & 12oz to finish 25th overall in the co-angler division. Mark earned himself $450 from Side Pot Fishing, and is now a 2x Side Pot champion!
9/12-9/14 Open: Mississippi River
Logan Parks 30-15 ($720)
Rich Lindgren 25-1
Tadd Johnson 17-11
Cody Salzmann 11-11
Co-anglers
Mark Ripp 13-12 ($450)
Jimmy Fellegy 9-10
Sean Ruegemer 6-2
Justin Oppegard 6-0
Scott Hill 5-5
9/12-9/14 Toyota: Santee Cooper
Co-angler
Mike Mueller 6-5 ($450)
James Menold 3-8
Jacob Turner 3-5
David Archibald 1-11
Jose Velazquez 0-0
9/7 Dale Hollow Lake
Congratulations to Brady Duncan for winning the Dale Hollow Side Pot! Brady is now a 3x Side Pot champion! Brady finished in 18th place overall in the Music City division BFL on Dale Hollow Lake with a total of 15lbs & 2oz. He has now won $650 from Side Pot Fishing so far this season!
9/7 Music City: Dale Hollow Lake
Boaters
Brady Duncan 15-2 ($190)
Hunter Bouldin 10-4