MATT LEE AND BRUCE TUCKER CASH-IN ON THE VINE WITH 17.26 POUNDS!

The final regular season qualifier of the 2012 BPS Grapevine Series took us to the Vine one last time prior to the upcoming championship August 11th and 12th. We had (33) teams brave the heat today and Matt Lee and Bruce Tucker bested the field with an impressive 17.26 limit which was anchored by the BPS BIG BASS of the day, a 5.79 kicker to take the win. Bob Pasternak and Mike Aaron took second with 13.87. James Adams and Timmy Haggard locked-in third with a 13.36 limit which included a nice 5.58 largemouth. Theron Caldwell and Brandon "Dog-Catcher" Dickensen slid into fourth with 11.62 pounds. Arkansas Collegiate anglers Kenny Anderson and Mitch Rausch finished in the fifth spot with 10.46, and rounding out the top-six was Greg Chapman and Mike Sawin with 9.34 pounds.

Congratulations to Clay Shipe and Brandon Dillard for locking in the 2012 BPS Grapevine Series AOY today!

Special thanks to "Tournament Tanks.com" for providing the live-release tank!

BASS PRO SHOP GRAPEVINE SERIES # 9 - LAKE GRAPEVINE

1ST: TUCKER / LEE 5/17.26 + 5.79 BPS BIG BASS
2ND: PASTERNAK / AARON 5/13.87
3RD: ADAMS / HAGGARD 5/13.36 + 5.58 BB
4TH: CALDWELL / DICKENSEN 5/11.62
5TH: K. ANDERSON / RAUSCH 5/10.46
6TH: CHAPMAN / SAWIN 5/9.34
7TH: SOLIS / FRENCH 5/8.55
8TH: CROWLEY / ROBINSON 4/8.21
9TH: LEWIS / WICKMAN 5/8.17
10TH: SOUHRADA / MCCLENDON 5/8.01
11TH: RONQUILLO / CONNER 5/7.37
12TH: SHIPE / DILLARD 4/6.82
13TH: BURWINKLE / THETFORD 5/6.50
14TH: GAMMONS / SMILEY 5/6.10
15TH: PREWITT / ANDERSON 4/5.55
16TH: MOFFETT / RENESTO 5/5.13
17TH: BURKHAM / HARVEY 5/4.97
18TH: SIKES / SIKES 5/4.05
19TH: BLESSING / HALL 3/3.79
20TH: WIGGINS / WIGGINS 5/3.78
21ST: HARRIS 5/3.75
22ND: NICHOLAS / NICHOLAS 3/3.08
23RD: H. GORDON / LEVY 3/2.56
24TH: LANGLEY 3/2.28
25TH: SHRUM / SHRUM 1/0.84
26TH: CROUCH / STEEN 0/0.00
26TH: FRANCE 0/0.00
26TH: FREEMAN / WINFORD 0/0.00
26TH: HODGSON 0/0.00
26TH: JOHNS / MARTIN 0/0.00
26TH: PRICE / BARRINGTON 0/0.00
26TH: WITT / WHITSON 0/0.00
26TH: WOODARD / SCHULTZ 0/0.00

TOTAL TEAMS: (33)
TOTAL FISH WEIGHED: (110)
TOTAL FISH RELEASED: (110-100%)
TOTAL FISH WEIGHT: (175.42)
AVERAGE WEIGHT/FISH: (1.59)
AVERAGE # FISH/TEAM: (3.33)
AVERAGE WEIGHT/TEAM: (5.16)

UPCOMING EVENTS:

EACH WEDNESDAY - BPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT SERIES - LAKE GRAPEVINE

AUGUST 11TH & 12TH: BPS GRAPEVINE SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP

AUGUST 18TH & 19TH: KINGS-OF-DALLS

way to go bruce and matt

Congrats to Matt and Bruce on the win and Shipe and Dillard on AOY....

Scott, Mike and I just wanted to thank you for all your hard work. We gave it a good run but just fell a little short. Thanks to Justin Johns and Kenny Martin for their hard work supplying the live release tank.

See you at the championship!!!

Bob

Scott is easily the best in Texas if not the country!


He is very dedicated and is ALWAYS top notch.


We salute you!

1ST: TUCKER / LEE 5/17.26 + 5.79 BPS BIG BASS...
WOW.. Congrats guys, I just happened to be at weigh-in for a spell.. You guys rocked today..

Dillard/ Shipe.. great year guys, outstanding. Enjoy it !!!!!
Very proud of you Brandon...

Thanks for the kind words guys, it's very appreciated. I've been told many times that "I am crazy for wanting to host tournaments", but I love what I do and really enjoy each season with all of you. Each year gets a little better and I have some awesome improvements in the works for next season.

Bob, when I returned home to my upstairs office I began compiling final AOY points and was just about to confirm Shipe and Dillard as AOY when I got to yours and Mike's finish today. You guys took quite a leap in the points and thought briefly that you may have overtaken them. Great season to the both of you!

I am looking forward to seeing you all in a couple of weeks! The two-day championship will be awesome!!

Thanks so much guys. Clay and myself fished our hearts out this season and especially today on a tough Vine. Looks like y'all forgot to mention a Matt Lee in the Grapevine Top 20 and he has made a statement out there since. Congrats on the win guys. Very good bag on a tough day. Thanks to Scott and Helen for all there hard work and dedication. I would also like to thank all the grapevine series anglers this year for being great competition...y'all are the reason we keep trying to get better. Shipe congrats buddy...way to get it done. See y'all at the championship.

Thanks everyone! It has been a crazy couple of months. I want to thank Scott and Helen Gordon for an awesome season! Man its been a hot one. Can we wait till its in the mid 70's to have the championship? Lol. Also thanks to all anglers who tough it out in this series, congrats to everyone. Taking AOY home on only my second year in this series is mind blowing, and I owe it all to Brandon "Mr. Lewisville Jesus" Dillard. Brandon is one of a kind, knows his stuff inside and out and never misses a beat when it counts the most. Great job on every fish boated this year dude, couldn't have done it without you. Again congrats to everyone! See y'all at the championship! POW!

University of Arkansas's Kenny Anderson took 5th in that tournament. He also participated in a Collegiate Match fishing episode, filmed the friday before, and that will be released in about a week.

Until then here's a clip I just finished working on:




Thanks for watching. ONE YEAR, YEAH!

Scott, you must be doing something right to have 33 teams come out and fish this late in the year and in the brutal heat.Good job!

Congrats to my son Clay and Brandon for a great season and AOY !Way to get er done men..

Congrats Matt and Bruce, nice work!

Good job guys

Thanks yall, and thanks to Scott Gordon for another perfectly run event. Bruce caught the 5.79 with 15 minutes left, I vow to never make fun of a "fairy wand" again. LOL.

Congratulations Scott on another awesome year!!
Also a huge congratulations to Brandon and Clay for their success this year...great job guys!!

J.W.