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:

Name Points after drop-3
after 12 tournaments
Bill Rule 481
Sam Fling 458
Todd Carnes 456
Larry Glover 436
Bob Barnes 430
Pat Baker 424

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 8th 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:

Name Points after drop-3
after 12 tournaments
Bill Rule 469
Larry Glover 456
Sam Fling (tie) 452
Ray Rippstein (tie) 452
Bob Barnes 442
Jack Gressett 424

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:

Name Points after drop-3
after 12 tournaments
Jimmy Vann 461
Bill Rule 454
Sam Fling 446
Bob Barnes 444
Todd Carnes 434
Jack Gressett 432

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:

Name Points after drop-3
after 12 tournaments
Sam Fling 468
Jimmy Vann 458
Todd Carnes 444
Bill Rule 443
Ray Rippstein 424
Gerald May 414

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!

You bass anglers check out the magazine... a professional guide's report and our or other BCA monthly tournament reports are listed by region for the popular Texas bass tournament lakes. Honey Hole Magazine is the best source of published bass fishing information in Texas.




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:

Name Points after drop-3
after 12 tournaments
Sam Fling 464
Jimmy Vann 460
Clyde Wilkerson 454
Todd Carnes 452
Gerald May 430
Dan Phifer 407

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 picture Gerald May (L) and Zell Rowland (R)
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:

Name Points after drop-3
for 12 tournaments
Clyde Wilkerson 466
Sam Fling 444
Bobby Barnes 432
Todd Carnes 413
Charlie Thomas 363
Larry Glover 342

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
bbc 98 top-6 BASS Fed
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 3rd club team, and Sam Fling finished 2nd 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:

Name Points after drop-3
for 12 tournaments
Sam Fling 482
Bobby Barnes 478
Clyde Wilkerson 462
Ray Rippstein 414
Charlie Thomas 410
Darlene Fairchild 384

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 24th 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:




This page was updated on October 3, 2002.

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