KEOSAUQUA - Anthony Barnes of Fort Madison was fishing lights out on Lake Sugema to finish at the top of the leader board for the second time this summer. With temperatures reaching in the nineties and with stiff winds anglers caught fish on drop baits, frogs and buzz baits. Water temperature ranged 80-82’ degrees. Barnes finished with 91.25 inches.
Rob Needham, Kirksville, Mo. was second place with five fish at 85.25 inches of largemouth bass. Included in his fish limit was a nice 20.625 incher .
Third-place finds angler Ryan Culbertson, West Point, IA. with a 84.50 inch bag of fish including the Big Bass of the tournament with a golly whopper 21.50 inch bass. It has been said he caught them on a special proprietary homemade bait he keeps as a secret.
Fourth place Jeff Eaves of Fort Madison, finished with a very respectful 57 inches.
In the Co-Angler Division, Dan Goecke finished first place with 78 inches. Kritter Hayes, Keokuk, IA finished second with 76.5 inches including a 21.25 inch bass that gives him the 2nd Big Bass pot finishing just .25in. behind Culbertsons’ fish. Dan Waters caught 73.25 inches of bass and J. Breckhuizen finished out with 72.125 inches.
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