2025 Bass Contest (Updated Weekly!)

Week 6: Johnny and Alex take this week's first place prize!

That's a wrap on Week 7 of the Lake Purdy Friday Night Bass Tournament. First Place went to Johnny Hill and Alex Smeraglia. They got the biggest bag so far this contest season with 5 fish at 18.09 pounds. They came close to getting Big Fish with their largest bass weighing 5.11 pounds. Second place went to Keith and Joseph Brasher, whose 5 fish weighed 15.60 lbs. They got the Big Fish bass with a 6.56 pounder! Next up in third place was Mike and Tyler Wolfe of the Wolfe Pack whose 5 fish weighed 10.76 pounds. These bags keep on gettin' bigger! We are excited to see everyone next week for Week 8!

Lake Purdy Friday Night Bass Tournament Results (Week 7)

Team: Points:     Total Weight:    Total Prize $:

1) Mike, Chris, & Tyler Wolfe 63 64.96 380

2) Johnathan Harris / Fischer Houser 59 54.60 252

3) Mike Forrester / Scotty Lewis / Chris Leathers 56 53.40 85

4) David McGinnis / Lee Morgan / Roy Kendrick 46 41.63 254

5) Keith & Joseph Brasher 44 41.50 160

6) Johnny Hill / Alex Smeraglia 43 44.26 254

7) Jeff England / Justin Hefner 40 46.56 32

8) Charlie Burns / Greg Lawson 26 25.37 39

9) Ryan & William Campbell 25 25.50 160

10) Jeremy Singleton 22 16.65 33

11) Greg Stewart / Hayden Wilkes / Terry Isbell 19 12.33 -

12) Jacob & Johnathan Oakes 16 11.43 -

13) Bryan McAlpin / Brandon Brazil 13 8.77 -

T14) Jacob Rodriguez 7 5.81 -

T14) Shane Cook / Blake Ezelle 7 6.22 -

T14) Zac Hall 7 7.37 -

16) Doug Felton 4 - -

T17) James & Trisha Layfield 2 - -

T17) Johnathan Brimer 2 - -

T17) Jonathan Harrel / Blake Howe 2 - -

T17) Elijah Hwang / Steve Freeman 2 - -

Week 6: Wolfe Pack Win!

Thanks everyone for coming out this week! There was a threat of storms, but we still had a great turn out.

First place went to Mike and Chris Wolfe (The Wolfe Pack) whose 5 fish were 16.81 pounds total. They got Big Fish with a 5.60 pound bass. Close behind in second place was Johnny Hill and Alex Smeraglia, whose 5 fish totaled 14.35 pounds. Third place went to David McGinnis and Lee Morgan with 5 fish at 11.04 pounds total. The bags keep getting bigger every week! See y'all next Friday for Week 7.

Lake Purdy Friday Night Bass Tournament Results (Week 6)

Team: Points:     Total Weight:    Total Prize $:

T1) Johnathan Harris / Fischer Houser 52 49.11 252

T1) Mike, Chris, & Tyler Wolfe 52 54.20 347

3) Mike Forrester / Scotty Lewis / Chris Leathers 47 42.92 85

4) David McGinnis / Lee Morgan / Roy Kendrick 44 41.63 254

5) Jeff England / Justin Hefner 33 38.33 32

6) Keith & Joseph Brasher 31 25.91 50

7) Johnny Hill / Alex Smeraglia 28 26.17 225

8) Ryan & William Campbell 25 25.50 160

9) Jeremy Singleton 22 16.65 33

10) Greg Stewart / Hayden Wilkes / Terry Isbell 19 12.33 -

11) Charlie Burns / Greg Lawson 18 16.97 39

13) Jacob & Johnathan Oakes 16 11.43 -

11) Bryan McAlpin / Brandon Brazil 13 8.77 -

T14) Jacob Rodriguez 7 5.81 -

T14) Shane Cook / Blake Ezelle 7 6.22 -

16) Doug Felton 4 - -

T17) James & Trisha Layfield 2 - -

T17) Johnathan Brimer 2 - -

T17) Jonathan Harrel / Blake Howe 2 - -

T17) Elijah Hwang / Steve Freeman 2 - -

Week 5: Cancelled

This week was cancelled because of the storms -- standings stayed the same!

See you Friday for week 6!

Lake Purdy Friday Night Bass Tournament Results (Week 5)

Team: Points:     Total Weight:    Total Prize $:

1) Johnathan Harris / Fischer Houser 43 39.22 252

2) Mike Forrester / Scotty Lewis / Chris Leathers 40 20.00 85

3) Mike, Chris, & Tyler Wolfe 37 37.39 160

4) David McGinnis / Lee Morgan / Roy Kendrick 33 30.59 221

5) Keith & Joseph Brasher 31 25.91 50

T6) Jeff England 25 15.00 32

T6) Ryan & William Campbell 25 25.50 160

8) Jeremy Singleton 20 16.65 33

9) Charlie Burns / Greg Lawson 18 16.97 39

10) Johnny Hill / Alex Smeraglia 15 11.82 170

11) Bryan McAlpin / Brandon Brazil 13 8.77 -

12) Greg Stewart / Hayden Wilkes / Terry Isbell 12 6.72 -

13) Jacob & Johnathan Oakes 4 2.70 -

T14) Jacob Rodriguez 7 5.81 -

T14) Shane Cook / Blake Ezelle 7 6.22 -

16) Doug Felton 4 - -

T17) James & Trisha Layfield 2 - -

T17) Johnathan Brimer 2 - -

Week 4: Johnny and Alex return and take the first place prize

This Friday was rainy on our fishermen, but that didn't stop them! We had 10 boats compete last night, and they all did very well. First place went to Johnny Hill and Alex Smeraglia whose 5 fish weighed 11.82 pounds. They also had Big Fish with a 5.06 pound bass. Second place went to Keith and Joseph Brasher, who had 5 fish that weighed 10.01 pounds total. They came close to getting Big Fish with a 3.73 pound bass. Third place went to Mike Forrester and Chris Leathers, whose 5 fish weighed 9.87. Everybody did great last night. Thanks to everyone who came out! See you next Friday.

Lake Purdy Friday Night Bass Tournament Results (Week 4)

Team: Points:     Total Weight:    Total Prize $:

1) Johnathan Harris / Fischer Houser 43 39.22 252

2) Mike Forrester / Scotty Lewis / Chris Leathers 40 20.00 85

3) Mike, Chris, & Tyler Wolfe 37 37.39 160

4) David McGinnis / Lee Morgan / Roy Kendrick 33 30.59 221

5) Keith & Joseph Brasher 31 25.91 50

T6) Jeff England 25 15.00 32

T6) Ryan & William Campbell 25 25.50 160

8) Jeremy Singleton 20 16.65 33

9) Charlie Burns / Greg Lawson 18 16.97 39

10) Johnny Hill / Alex Smeraglia 15 11.82 170

11) Bryan McAlpin / Brandon Brazil 13 8.77 -

12) Greg Stewart / Hayden Wilkes / Terry Isbell 12 6.72 -

13) Jacob & Johnathan Oakes 4 2.70 -

T14) Jacob Rodriguez 7 5.81 -

T14) Shane Cook / Blake Ezelle 7 6.22 -

16) Doug Felton 4 - -

T17) James & Trisha Layfield 2 - -

T17) Johnathan Brimer 2 - -

Week 3: David McGinnis and Lee Morgan are our winners!

That's a wrap on week 3. We had a lot of big fish weighed in last night and a lot of great bags! Our fishermen had good weather conditions, as it was pretty warm yesterday, even though it was windy.

We had David McGinnis and Lee Morgan take first place. Their 5 fish totaled 15.04 pounds - our biggest bag so far this competitive season! They got Big Fish too with a 6.22 pounder!

Second place went to Jonathan Harris and Fischer Houser, who got 5 fish at 11.48 pounds total. Next up in third place was Charlie Burns and Greg Lawson. Their 5 fish totaled 10.95 pounds! They also came close to getting Big Fish with a 4.10 pound bass. Honorable mentions include Ryan and William Campbell who got a 3.49 bass last night.

Thanks everyone for coming out!

We will see y'all next Friday for week 4!

Lake Purdy Friday Night Bass Tournament Results (Week 3)

Team: Points:     Total Weight:    Total Prize $:

1) Johnathan Harris / Fischer Houser (Bait Shop Bandits) 36 31.06 252

2) Mike, Chris, & Tyler Wolfe 30 29.18 160

3) Mike Forrester / Scotty Lewis / Chris Leathers 29 15.00 55

4) Ryan & William Campbell 25 25.50 160

5) David McGinnis / Lee Morgan / Roy Kendrick 24 21.70 221

6) Jeremy Singleton 20 16.65 33

T7) Keith & Joseph Brasher 18 15.90 -

T7) Charlie Burns / Greg Lawson 18 16.97 39

9) Jeff England 17 19.84 32

10) Hayden Teems / Charles Monte 15 16.68 48

11) Bryan McAlpin / Brandon Brazil 11 8.77 -

12) Greg Stewart / Hayden Wilkes / Terry Isbell 8 2.44 -

T13) Jacob Rodriguez 7 5.81 -

T13) Shane Cook / Blake Ezelle 7 6.22 -

T15) Jacob & Johnathan Oakes 4 2.70 -

T15) Doug Felton 4 - -

T16) James & Trisha Layfield 2 - -

T16) Johnathan Brimer 2 - -

Week 2: Wolfe Pack takes first!

Week 2 of our Friday night bass tournament was great! We had 16 boats participate in the tournament last night, and everyone did very well. Even though it was rainy and windy on the fishermen, they persisted through and weighed in some biggun's! As we get further into the season, the bass sizes and weights are only going to get bigger, and we saw that last night! Our first place winners were The Wolfe Pack (Tyler and Mike Wolfe), whose 5 fish weighed a total 14 lbs even! They came close to getting big fish, with their 5.04 lb bass. Second place went to Ryan and William Campbell, whose 5 fish weighed a total 12.42 lbs. Ryan and William also got Big Fish with their 5.73 lb bass! Third place went to Hayden Teems and Charles Monte, and their 5 fish weighed 10.94 lbs. Close behind them, Jeff England got fourth place with 5 fish weighing 10.56 lbs. All together, our fishermen did very well last night! We appreciate all of you coming out. The turnout last night was great! Thanks to everyone who makes these tournaments possible. We will see you next Friday!

Lake Purdy Friday Night Bass Tournament Results (Week 2)

Team: Points:     Total Weight:    Total Prize $:

T1) Johnathan Harris / Fischer Houser (Bait Shop Bandits) 23 15.04 187

T1) Mike, Chris, & Tyler Wolfe 23 21.74 160

T3) Mike Forrester / Scotty Lewis / Chris Leathers 20 19.58 55

T3) Ryan & William Campbell 20 19.94 20

5) Jeremy Singleton 18 16.65 33

T6) Keith & Joseph Brasher 11 8.03 -

T6) Hayden Teems / Charles Monte 11 10.94 48

T8) Bryan McAlpin / Brandon Brazil 9 8.77 -

T8) Jeff England 9 10.56 32

T8) David McGinnis / Lee Morgan / Roy Kendrick 9 6.66 -

T11) Jacob Rodriguez 7 5.81 -

T11) Shane Cook / Blake Ezelle 7 6.22 -

T11) Charlie Burns / Greg Lawson 7 6.02 -

T14) Jacob & Johnathan Oakes 4 2.70 -

T14) Greg Stewart / Hayden Wilkes / Terry Isbell 4 - -

T16) Doug Felton 2 - -

T16) James & Trisha Layfield 2 - -

T16) Johnathan Brimer 2 - -

Week 1: 'Bait Shop Bandits' secure the first win!

Last night started our annual Friday Night Bass Tournament, and we had a great turn out! Since it's been warmer recently, the lake had beautiful weather, and our fishermen started off with a warm welcome! Several of the fishermen weighed in contenders for big fish, but Johnathan Harris and Fischer Houser (Bait Shop Bandits) took Big Fish along with First Place! They weighed in 5 fish at a total weight of 10.54 lbs. Their biggest was a 3.20 pounder! Close behind in second place was Mike Forrester and Scotty Lewis, whose 5 fish totaled 9.69 lbs. Third place went to Jeremy Singleton whose 5 fish were 8.80 lbs in total. His biggest was 2.25, coming close to the big fish spot! Honorable mentions include Ryan and William Campbell whose biggest fish was 2.39 lbs, Mike and Chris Wolfe (Wolfe Pack) who had a 2.27 pounder, and Keith and Joseph Brasher who had a 2.02 pounder!

~~Thank you everyone for coming out. We couldn't put on these tournaments without you!~~

Lake Purdy Friday Night Bass Tournament Results (Week 1)

Team: Points: Total Weight: Total Prize $:

1) Johnathan Harris & Fischer Houser (Bait Shop Bandits) 15 10.54 187

2) Mike Forrester & Scotty Lewis 13 9.69 55

3) Jeremy Singleton 11 8.80 33

4) Keith & Joseph Brasher 9 8.03 -

5) Mike & Chris Wolfe (Wolfe Pack) 8 7.74 -

6) Ryan & William Campbell (Team Campbell) 7 7.52 -

7) Lee Morgan & Roy Kendrick 7 6.66 -

8) Charlie Burns & Greg Lawson (Hog Snatchers) 7 6.02 -

T9) Brandon Brazil & Bryan McAlpin 2 - -

T9) Johnathan Brimer 2 - -

T9) Greg Stewart & Terry Isbell 2 - -