N.E. Kansas Fishing Roundup: Brandon Manis, Marc Shepard win Kansas Crappie Club tourney

Marc Shepard and Brandon Manis (Kansas Crappie Club)

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The Kansas Crappie Club hit up Perry Reservoir this weekend, with Top Secret Jig Company owner Brandon Manis and teammate Marc Shepard taking the top prize and big fish award with a bag of 10.03 pounds and a big crappie of 2.11 pounds.

Jesse Neufeld and Greg Postier (Catfish Chasers)

Jim Lewis and Scotty Cavanaugh took second place, bagging 9.83 pounds of fish to beat the team of Todd Morstorf and Ryan Harman by .65 pounds. Scott and Joey Wall took fourth place with a bag of 9.05 pounds ahead of Team Dillon (9.03).
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“Perry is, and has been, on fire for the past two weeks or so,” said tournament organizer Joe Bragg, who took seventh place while fishing alongside Don Beckstrom and Russell Falk with a bag of 8.68 pounds. “Spawn is about half way [through] I think, some still loaded with eggs, some are already spawned out. Main lake in that super clear water, they are spawning in 8 to 12 feet, and on the north end where it is super muddy, spawning in two feet or less.”

Other fishing tournament results:

• Jason Baird (boater) and Kyle Klein (nonboater) won the two-day Kansas BASS Nation Mr. Bass fishing tournament April 21-22 at Cedar Bluff Reservoir. Baird had a two-day total of 31.81 pounds while Klein tallied 16.67 pounds.

• Jesse Neufeld and Greg Postier won the Catfish Chasers fishing tournament April 23, also at Perry Reservoir. The pair combined for 84.5 pounds of fish with a big fish weighing 37 pounds even.

• Tony Niemeier and Ryan German won the Kansas Crappie Trail tournament May 5 at El Dorado Reservoir with a bag of 13.45 pounds of crappie.

• Connor and Dylan Nimrod won back-to-back Kansas BASS Nation tournaments May 5 in a split format, winning the final state qualifier in the morning and then the state championship in the afternoon to qualify for the BASS Nation nationals. The siblings weighed a total of 11.36 pounds of fish in Connor’s final KBN tournament of his high school career.

• Kyle and Nick Herrman won the youth state championship May 6 to also advance to nationals in the youth division.

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS
KBN 2018 MR. BASS CHAMPIONSHIP
Results April 21-22
At Cedar Bluff
Boaters
Angler;Day 1;Day 2;Total weight
1. Jason Baird;18.65;13.16;31.81
2. James Parsons;17.18;13.93;31.11
3. Ashley Seabolt;13.71;15.45;29.16
4. Beau Branine;13.89;12.26;26.15
5. Klint VonFeldt;9.83;13.52;23.35
6. Dennis Hamel;13.84;7.71;21.55
7. Trevir Unger;13.98;3.87;17.85
8. Larry Stoafer;7.69;8.63;16.32
9. Brent Lanoue;6.45;9.62;16.07
10. Larry Fralick;6.52;9.34;15.86
11. Mark Warner;8.54;6.82;15.36
12. Mark Matulka;12.1;2.99;15.09
13. David Stuewe;11.12;2.54;13.66
14. Dale Manning;11.62;N/A;11.62
15. Branden Garrison;6.62;4.42;11.04
16. Colby Simon;10.56;N/A;10.56
17. Mike Turner;10.5;N/A;10.5
18. Dan Basgall;10.33;N/A;10.33
19. Chris Unruh;6.62;3.31;9.72
20. Jerry Hoesli;9.14;N/A;9.14
21. Larry Brumley;4.39;3.96;8.35
Nonboaters
Angler;Day 1;Day 2;Total weight
1. Kyle Klein;8.04;8.63;16.67
2. Rue Armstrong;8.46;6.36;14.82
3. Mike Howerter;6.28;7.37;13.65
4. Zac Hopkins;6.85;6.63;13.48
5. Nate Brown;9.98;2.38;12.36
6. Blake Nowak;9.83;2.22;12.05
​7. Don Glick;2.46;8.77;11.23
8. Josh Seabolt;4.51;5.52;10.03
9. Ray Cates;4.95;4.88;9.83
10. Kyle Garrison;3.09;6.04;9.13
11. Clayton Rudman;4.87;3.58;8.45
12. Hunter Baird;4.1;2.15;6.25
13. Bruce Black;5.85;N/A;5.85
14. Shane Pickett;2.27;2.83;5.1
15. Jeff Nolte;N/A;4.8;4.8
16. Adrian Grimaldo;4.52;N/A;4.52
17. Thomas Heinen;2.6;1.83;4.43
18. Greg Brown;4.29;N/A;4.29
19. Claude Thompson;N/A;N/A;N/A
20. Brad Weiss;N/A;N/A;N/A
21. Jeff Blauw;N/A;N/A;N/A

CATFISH CHASERS
At Perry Reservoir
Results April 23
Anglers;Big fish;Pounds of fish
1. Neufeld/Postier;37.00;84.50
2. Meyer/Shipman;36.30;75.85
3. Scraberry/Tran;31.55;71.80
4. Perry/Andersen;27.80;68.65
5. Bockover/Schmitt;43.35;64.60
6. Wells/Stanton;31.20;54.90
7. Jordan/Munger;31.20;52.55
8. Kuhlman/Kuhlman;23.10;49.65
9. McCarter/Smith;31.90;47.40
10. Bredow/Schifflebein;25.45;47.05
T11. Drake/Olson;31.60;31.60
T11. Walters/Thurston;N/A;31.60
13. Holthus/Handlon;30.25;30.25
14. Studebaker/Collings;27.80;27.80
15. Palmer/Crowley;N/A;18.45
16. Wolf/Wolf;N/A;15.10
17. Flerage/Wehl;N/A;9.60
18. Romero/James;N/A;7.25
T19. Brown/Troyer;N/A;N/A
T19. Breitkreute/Martin;N/A;N/A
T19. Kaufman/Page;N/A;N/A
T19. Huss/Smith;N/A;N/A
T19. Sink/Tullis;N/A;N/A
T19. Carey/Carey;N/A;N/A
T19. Callahan;N/A;N/A
T19. Bellinghausen/Vaughn;N/A;N/A
T19. Thelen/Norris;N/A;N/A
T19. Sheen/Schifflebein;N/A;N/A
T19. Burgett/Messner;N/A;N/A
T19. Boehm/Enright;N/A;N/A
Big Fish: Bockover/Schmitt, 43.35lbs

KANSAS CRAPPIE TRAIL
At El Dorado Reservoir
Results May 5
Anglers;Pounds of fish
1. German/Niemeier;13.45
2. Harman/Morstorf;12.84
3. Schrock/Schrock;12.33
4. B. Manis/Shepard;12.21
5. Bybee/Bybee/Bybee;11.84
6. Beckwith/Lynn;11.57
7. Eustice/Spencer/Stewart;11.56
8. Garrison;11.51
9. Hobbs/Hobbs;11.17
10. Kruse/Schmitt;10.91
11. Stucky/Stucky;10.53
12. Luttman/Wagner;9.84
13. Faulconer/Miller;9.78
14. Wall/Wall;9.78
DQ. Thomas/Osbourne;12.46*
DQ. Beckstrom/Coffee;10.28*
*Eight fish
Big Fish: Tony Neimeier, 2.21 pounds

KANSAS CRAPPIE CLUB
Results Saturday
At Perry Reservoir
Anglers;Pounds of fish
1. B. Manis/Shepard;10.03
2. Lewis/Cavanaugh;9.83
3. Morstorf/Harmon;9.18
4. Wall/Wall;9.05
5. Dillon/Dillon;9.03
6. Hurd;8.85
7. Bragg/Beckstrom/Falk;8.68
8. Beckwith/May;8.67
9. Hobbs;8.44
10. Schrock/Schrock;8.28
11. Mitchel/Bevan;8.04
12. Maz/Schmidt;6.98
13. Morgan/Roberts;6.50
14. Still/Brees;6.44
15. K. Manis/Tyler;5.70
16. Akins/Messik;2.94
Big Fish
Anglers;Fish weight
1. Manis/Shepard;2.11
2. Wall/Wall;1.64
3. Bragg/Beckstrom/Falk;1.55
4. Morstorf/Harmon;1.53
5. Hurd;1.50
6. Schrock/Schrock;1.47
7. Dillon/Dillon;1.46
8. Lewis/Cavanaugh;1.45
9. Maz/Schmidt;1.42
10. Beckwith/May;1.35