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Congratulations to Darren Kelly for winning the Lake Guntersville Side Pot! Darren had a great week and finished in 23rd place overall (co-angler) in the Toyota Series tournament on Lake Guntersville with a 3-day total of 37lbs & 2oz! He earned an extra $450 thanks to Side Pot Fishing, and has now amassed $1,342 in career Side Pot earnings!

5/14-5/16 Toyota: Lake Guntersville
Co-anglers
Darren Kelly 37-2 ($450)
Christopher Dam 27-10
Mike Mueller 21-14
James Menold 20-2
Will Storey 9-14

Congratulations to Brian Mullaney (boater) and Dave Paszkiewicz Jr. (co-angler) for winning the Potomac River BFL Side Pot! We had 15 Side Pot entries (7 boaters & 8 co's) for the Northeast division BFL tournament on the Potomac River, and were able to pay 4 winners a total of $1,350! We also want to congratulate Stephan Sirochman and Melvin Smitson, who were both able to add to their career Side Pot earnings! THANK YOU to everyone who entered! The next Northeast division BFL tournament is scheduled for the St. Lawrence River on July 12. 

5/10 Northeast: Potomac River
Boaters
Brian Mullaney 16-2 ($441)
Stephan Sirochman 14-13 ($189)
Tom Balachvili 14-1
Travis Nale 12-14
Logan Kaplon 9-15
David Collise 1-12
Mike Egnac 0-0

Co-anglers
David Paszkiewicz 9-15 ($504)
Melvin Smitson 8-6 ($216)
Steven Schantz 7-5
Trent Carey 6-15
Devon Norwood-Kitson 6-10
Jesse Ketchum 6-8
Andrew Hostler 0-0
Jonathan Patkus 0-0

Congratulations to Todd Blakeman of Chatham, IL for winning the Lake Shelbyville Side Pot! Todd finished in 4th place overall in the Illini division BFL with a total of 10lbs & 8oz. He earnned his first career Side Pot victory as well as $270 thanks to Side Pot Fishing! The Illini division heads back to Lake Shelbyville on June 21st. 

5/3 Illini: Lake Shelbyville
Boaters
Todd Blakeman 10-8 ($270)
Travis Boley 7-7
James Duncan 3-0

5/3 Bama: Lake Demopolis 

Boaters

Anthony Goggins 8-0 ($270)

Jake Akin 7-10

CJ Knight 5-14

Congratulations to Mike Mueller for winning the Kentucky Lake Side Pot and becoming a 3x Side Pot Fishing champion! Mike finished in 23rd place overall (co-angler) in the Toyota Series tournament on Kentucky Lake with a 3-day total of 18lbs & 9oz. As the highest placing co-angler to enter the Side Pot, Mike also earned a check from Side Pot Fishing worth $190. He has now amassed $1,207 in career Side Pot earnings!

4/8-4/10 Toyota: Kentucky Lake
Co-anglers
Mike Mueller 18-9 ($190)
James Phillips 4-3

4/12 Savannah River: Lake Hartwell

Co-anglers

Rusty Odom 7-6 ($190)

Troy Mims 6-7

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)

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

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

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

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

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