Benton High’s Richardson And McKinney Win Bassmaster High School Fishing Tournament

Dailus Richardson and Trevor McKinney of Benton High School in Illinois catch 16 pounds, 9 ounces to win the Costa Bassmaster High School Midwestern Open on Clinton Lake out of Clinton, Ill., Sunday.

June 5, 2016

Benton High’s Richardson And McKinney Win Bassmaster High School Fishing Tournament

CLINTON, Ill. — Dailus Richardson and Trevor McKinney of Benton High School win the Costa Bassmaster High School Midwestern Open on Clinton Lake with 16 pounds, 9 ounces.

The Illinois teammates took the title in their home state by a slim 7-ounce margin over Cole Miles and Dillan White of the Southside Anglers Club. The winners used a two-pronged approach to overcome windy conditions on Clinton Lake and vault to the top of the 63-team field.

“Right now is a really tough time to catch fish on Clinton,” McKinney said. “There is a hot portion of the lake and then a cooler area, so the fish are doing so many different things. Having knowledge of this fishery really helps.”

The teammates showed their versatility by fishing out of their comfort zone and deeper than they normally like to. A key bait for the one-day tournament was a custom shaky head created by Richardson paired with a Zoom Magnum Trick Worm. McKinney also boated his fish on a Zoom 10 1/2-inch Ol’ Monster Worm.

Patience was a big factor as fishing in the early morning was slow, which the pair blamed on a dozen other teams fishing near their starting spot.

“We weren’t thrilled when there were a lot of boats to start the morning, but we figured most would leave after an hour so,” McKinney said. “After most left, we were able to hit the key spot we wanted. We caught a 3-pounder, and Dailus boated the 5-5 that anchored our weight.”

Weather conditions were a challenge, with partly cloudy skies and sustained winds in the teens and gusts up to 20 mph. Those windy conditions helped keep the pressure of tournament anglers from effecting Richardson and McKinney’s area because it was hard to stay on the main lake all day.

At the halfway point in their day, they only had three keeper bass and knew they needed to change their strategy. The Benton anglers moved to shallower water, where they caught two more bass and filled their limit.

“We caught a couple (of bigger) fish shallow in practice, so we had confidence to do that today,” Richardson said. “After fishing shallow we went deep to finish the day, and we caught another 5-pounder before we came in.”

The Benton High School seniors were recently named to the prestigious Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team. They will attend this week’s GEICO Bassmaster BASSFest presented by Choctaw Casino Resort on Lake Texoma, Oklahoma, where they will fish with Elite Series pros in their own competition. The teammates have committed to fish for McKendree University on scholarship. In addition to the trophies for winning the Midwestern Open, they each received $2,500 per year in additional scholarship funds from McKendree University.

Dayten Schureman and Chance Fears of Rogers High School Bass Club took home the Big Bass Award for their 5-10 largemouth.

The Top 6 teams from the Midwestern Open punched their ticket to the Costa Bassmaster High School Championship later this summer on Kentucky Lake pending any double qualifications that may arise.

STANDINGS BOATER DAY 1Clinton Lake – Clinton Lake Marina – Clinton, IL6/5/2016 – 6/5/2016Costa Bassmaster High School Series Midwestern

Today’s Activity# Fish Lbs – OzAccumulativeName # Live # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz

1 Dailus Richardson – Trevor McKinney Benton High School 5 5 16- 9 5 5 16- 92 Cole Miles – Dillan White Southside Anglers 5 5 16- 2 5 5 16- 23 Zack Bauer – Levi McKinney Martinsville High School 5 5 14- 9 5 5 14- 94 Blake Albertson – Dylan Cobb Southside Anglers 5 5 13-15 5 5 13-155 Jonathon Wilburn – Connor Jones Guntersville High School 5 5 11-15 5 5 11-156 Jordan Mullis – Adam Puckett Southside Anglers 5 4 11- 4 5 4 11- 47 Griffin Fernandes – Joe Keller Southeastern Bass Anglers 5 5 10-12 5 5 10-128 Hunter Litchfield – Lawson John Macomb High School 5 5 10- 6 5 5 10- 69 Anthony Fazio – Grant Olsen Minooka Anglers Club 4 4 10- 2 4 4 10- 210 Ty Coon – Clayton Hill Bismarck Henning 4 4 9-15 4 4 9-1511 Dylan Poplawski – Dylan DeGrofft Champaign Central HS 5 5 9- 0 5 5 9- 012 Tyler Nelson – Tanner Nelson Batavia High School 4 4 8-15 4 4 8-1513 Bryce Reeves – Jake Wade Clinton High School 5 5 8- 7 5 5 8- 714 Jacob Doster – Zachary Petersen Minooka Anglers Club 2 2 7- 3 2 2 7- 315 Zach Hingson – Kirk Herschberger Arthur Levington Atwood Hammond HS 4 4 6- 4 4 4 6- 415 Connor Nimrod – Desoto Bass Team 4 4 6- 4 4 4 6- 417 Sam Medo – Chase Miller Stevens Point Bass 4 4 6- 1 4 4 6- 118 Michael Hannon – Nolan Feeney Angler Advantage 4 3 6- 1 4 3 6- 119 Carter Ball – Mitchell Conard Noblesville High School 3 3 6- 1 3 3 6- 120 Dayten Schureman – Chance Fears Rogers High School Bass Club 1 1 5-10 1 1 5-1021 AJ Wojtowicz – Brent Beckwith Minooka Anglers Club 5 5 5- 7 5 5 5- 722 Austin Strawmyer – Trevor Humphrey Westfield HS Fishing Club 3 3 5- 0 3 3 5- 023 Paige Wendt – Tanner Falk Maroa-Forsyth High School 2 2 4-15 2 2 4-1524 Austin Carr – Justin Carr Bloomington High School 2 2 4-14 2 2 4-1425 Keegan Findley – Bailey House Grand Haven High School 2 2 4-13 2 2 4-1326 Michael Bobich – Jack Blomquist Plainfield South Bass Fishing Team 3 3 4-11 3 3 4-1127 Jacob Bigelow – Karson Rades Shawano Bass Assassins 3 3 4-10 3 3 4-1028 Riley Carr – Marse Visnevac Plainfield South Bass Fishing Team 3 3 4- 5 3 3 4- 529 Sam Toppen – Andrew Lamore Manteno Bass Team 2 2 4- 4 2 2 4- 430 Gage White – Drake Sundstrom Harlem Huskies Bass Club 2 2 4- 1 2 2 4- 131 Douglas Guidorzi – William Curtright Summit Falcons Fishing Club 2 2 4- 0 2 2 4- 032 Riley Miner – Luke Residori GSW High School 3 3 3-14 3 3 3-1433 Jay Pzekurat – Wyatt Szymanski Stevens Point Bass 3 3 3-13 3 3 3-1334 Cole Zagrzebski – Jesse Pliska Stevens Point Bass 2 2 3- 9 2 2 3- 935 Trey Wells – Cesar Alvarez Champaign Central HS 1 1 3- 5 1 1 3- 536 Tanner Dunville – Nathan Shuey Fighting Irish 2 2 3- 1 2 2 3- 137 Cameron Cokley – Jack Brown Rocket Bassmasters 2 2 3- 0 2 2 3- 038 Steven Callahan – Daniel Lin Marmion Academy 2 2 2-15 2 2 2-1539 Carter Williams – Cameron Scarbrough Grand Haven High School 1 1 2-15 1 1 2-1540 Jon Hoekstra – Gary Langkamp Angler Advantage 2 2 2-11 2 2 2-1141 Zack Helland – Jarid Tomnitz Angler Advantage 1 1 2- 4 1 1 2- 442 Alec Berens – Glenn Banaszak Minooka Anglers Club 2 2 2- 1 2 2 2- 143 Austin Day – Luke Hanouw Minooka Anglers Club 1 1 1-14 1 1 1-1444 Ryan Park – CJ Hemker Plainfield South Bass Fishing Team 1 1 1-13 1 1 1-1345 Janette Comstock – Adam Hingson Arthur Levington Atwood Hammond HS 1 1 1- 9 1 1 1- 945 Blake Osborne – Alex Jiminez Marion High School 1 1 1- 9 1 1 1- 947 Will May – John Ladd Herrin HS Fishing Tigers 1 1 1- 8 1 1 1- 848 Josh Kasalko – Tim Pattenaude Manteno Bass Team 1 1 1- 7 1 1 1- 749 Raven Pointer – Mitchell DeGraaf Minooka Anglers Club 1 1 1- 6 1 1 1- 650 Solomon Glenn – Nehemiah Glenn Lakeville High School 1 1 1- 5 1 1 1- 551 Caleb Peck – Colton Romine Arthur Levington Atwood Hammond HS 1 1 1- 2 1 1 1- 252 Alex Ellerbrock – Noah Clark Midwest Elite Anglers 1 1 0-15 1 1 0-1553 Sean Cook – Nathan Ballard Joliet Central High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 Carson Elkins – Trevor Hodge Reel Deal Lunker Legends Comm Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 Derek Fortune – Chandler Luedke Westfield HS Fishing Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 Devin Jarmasek – Benjamin Komes Midwest Elite Anglers 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 Blake Jones – Ethan Jones McGivney Bass Club 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 Calvin Lang – Elijah Joiner Guntersville High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 Salvatore Milazzo – Nick Martens 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 Carl Parks – Kyle Curtis Rocket Bassmasters 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 Seth Ryder – Nathan Podein Grand Haven High School 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 Rob Schmidt – Clayton Cokley Rocket Bassmasters 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 053 John VanDevender – Mitch Plonka Benet Academy 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0Name City,State Lbs-OzBIG BASSDay1 Dayten Schureman – Chance Fears Rogers, AR 5-10Day # Live Lbs-Oz # LimitsTOTALS# Fish1 144 142 294- 7 11

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