Bryan Bass Club Archive of Standings for 2001 thru 1997 Top-Six Dual Affiliation Series

Standings for 2001 Top-Six Series

2001 BASS Federation Top-Six -- The Bryan Bass Club 2001 Top-Six competition for the Texas B.A.S.S. Federation series (January to December) kicked off with the January road trip to Lake Falcon and concluded with a tournament the first weekend of December at Lake Livingston. Final 2001 standings after dropping points for three lowest tournaments are:

The annual top-six participates in the B.A.S.S. Federation Top-six Championship in the spring of the following year. This top-six represented our club in the state championship on March 17-22, 2002 at Sam Rayburn. The Bryan Bass Club finished in 8^th place overall with 86.10 lbs, just 8.25 lbs out of top place. The third scheduled day of competition was called off due to unsafe wind conditions. Weights from the first two days of the event determined overall individual and club standings for the championship.

Honey Hole BCA Top-Six -- The Bryan Bass Club 2001 Top-Six point competition for their Honey Hole BCA series (July to June) started in the summer of 2000. The final 2001 standings after dropping three lowest tournaments are:

The 2001 Honey Hole BCA Top-six Championship tournament was October 27-28, 2001 at Lake Fork. The BCA championship permits club members to fish together as three two-person teams. Club coordination and teamwork are critical to this best-of-the-best competition. This year, they tried a new photo weigh-in process for Lake Fork's slot-size bass. By state law, certain size bass can be weighed in, but those measuring within the 16" to 24" slot length can not be retained in boats for a weigh-in and must be released after they are caught. Some tournaments avoid Lake Fork for this reason.

Honey Hole decided to also allow weigh-in credit using Polaroid instant photos of up to two slot bass per day, placed on special vinyl measuring placards. Using Texas Parks & Wildlife Department data for Lake Fork, Honey Hole developed charts to convert photo lengths to weights. Teams brought 1304 pounds of bass to weigh-in and also submitted 158 photo-bass. Honey Hole tournament personnel did an outstanding job of weighing and releasing the live bass, and then processing and adding in the photo weights for a smooth tournament. Like many clubs, the Bryan Bass Club was new to the infamous Lake Fork and found the fishing a real challenge, finishing a respectable seventh place out of the 75 clubs in the remarkable 2001 championship.

Standings for 2000 Top-Six Series

2000 BASS Federation Top-Six -- The Bryan Bass Club 2000 Top-Six competition for the Texas B.A.S.S. Federation series (January to December) kicked off with the January road trip to Lake Falcon and finalized with the December tournament at Somerville. Final 2000 standings after dropping points for three lowest tournaments are:

The annual top-six participates in the B.A.S.S. Federation Top-six Championship in the spring of the following year. In spring 2001, the announced location is Amistad Lake on the border at Del Rio. The club finished in fifteenth place there, and the six participating members said the Amistad experience was enduring with six long days of fishing but nice with quality bass and a smoothly run three-day tournament. Jimmy didn't fish it because he was Angler of the Year for the South East Federation and guaranteed a place on the state team, which allowed first alternate Ray Rippstein to go. Todd was fishing another tournament, which made second alternate Larry Glover and third alternate Charlie Thomas eligible but they couldn't go, giving Pat Baker a berth.

2000 Honey Hole BCA Top-Six -- The Bryan Bass Club 2000 Top-Six point competition for their Honey Hole BCA series (July to June) is complete. The current 2000 standings after dropping three lowest tournaments are:

The 2000 Honey Hole BCA Top-six Championship tournament will be October 14-15, 2000, at Possum Kingdom. The BCA championship permits club members to fish together as three two-person teams. Club coordination and teamwork are critical to this best-of-the-best competition. If your Texas club is not affiliated with Honey Hole, click a link and do it now. Deb makes it easy - great bunch of people!

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Standings for 1999 Top-Six Series

1999 BASS Federation Top-Six -- The Bryan Bass Club 1999 Top-Six competition for the Texas B.A.S.S. Federation series (January to December) is complete. Current 1999 standings after dropping points for three lowest tournaments are:

The B.A.S.S. Federation top-six team championship takes place April 5-7, 2000 at Toledo Bend. First alternates for this event are are Bobby Barnes and Ray Rippstein.

1999 top-six for BASS Federation affiliation left-right: Clyde, Gerald, Sam (angler of the year & big bass), Todd, Jimmy, & Dan [click on picture for larger image]	Gerald (left) invited Zell Rowland (right) to be the guest speaker at our annual awards banquet. Zell shared personal tips on lure or tackle modifications and on effective mental preparation before and during a bass tournament. Easy to see why this pro does well in BASS or Redman competition.

1999 Honey Hole BCA Top-Six -- The Bryan Bass Club 1999 Top-Six point competition for their Honey Hole BCA series (July to June) is complete. The current 1999 standings after dropping three lowest tournaments are:

Alternates are Ray Rippstein, Gerald May and Art Wilson. The 1999 Honey Hole BCA Top-six Championship tournament was held October 23-24, 1999, at Lake Livingston. The Honey Hole BCA championship permits club members to fish together as three two-person teams. Club coordination and teamwork are critical to this best-of-the-best competition. If your Texas club is not affiliated with Honey Hole, click a link and do it now. Deb makes it easy - great bunch of people!

Standings for 1998 Top-Six Series

1998 BASS Federation Top-Six -- The Bryan Bass Club 1998 Top-Six competition for the Texas B.A.S.S. Federation series (January to December) is complete. Current 1998 standings after dropping points for three lowest tournaments are:

Name	Points after drop-3 after 12 tournaments	l-r: clyde, bobby, sam, art, ray, charlie
Bobby Barnes	478
Clyde Wilkerson	476
Sam Fling	464
Charlie Thomas	452
Ray Rippstein	414
Art Wilson	397

See 1998 BASS Federation State Championship Results. BBC finished 3^rd club team, and Sam Fling finished 2^nd individual (he got to fish the divisional at Lake Eufaula). Yow!

These guys (our '98 top-six) normally represent the club at the Federation top-six state championship in April, 1999 on Lake O' the Pines. This time, Art and Charlie couldn't go and alternates Darlene Fairchild and Todd Carnes took their place. The team found LOP to be a real challenge finishing seventeenth out of 48 teams.

1998 Honey Hole BCA Top-Six -- The Bryan Bass Club 1998 Top-Six point competition for their Honey Hole BCA series (July to June) concluded with the June tournament. The current 1998 standings after dropping three lowest tournaments are:

The 1998 Honey Hole BCA Top-six Championship tournament was held on October 22-25, 1998, at Toledo Bend. The Honey Hole BCA championship permits club members to fish together as three two-person teams. Club coordination and teamwork are critical to this best-of-the-best competition. If your Texas club is not affiliated with Honey Hole, click a link and do it now. Deb makes it easy - great bunch of people!

The club top-six team placed 24^th with 35.33 in the championship at Toledo Bend. There were 90 clubs, 540 individuals in 270 boats participating in the top-six competition. A couple of our top-six could not attend and were replaced by alternates. Good times, great weather, slow bite, great company...

Standings for 1997 Top-Six Series

Here are links to pages with previous year's results and team pictures:

• 1997 BASS Federation Top-6 Standings & Championship
• 1997 Honey Hole BCA Top-6 Standings & Championship

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