Elliott Eases Into Lead At First Northern Open

Randy Elliott of Bowie, Md., took the lead on Day 1 of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open #1 held on Oneida Lake out of Syracuse, N.Y. Elliott brought 19 pounds, 3 ounces to the scales at Thursday’s weigh-in.

June 30, 2016

Elliott Eases Into Lead At First Northern Open

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Checking social media reports helped Randy Elliott develop the game plan that has him leading the pro division of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open at Oneida Lake.

“I didn’t see anybody posting anything for the last week on big largemouth so I decided to stay with all smallmouth,” said Elliott, a veteran angler of Bassmaster Northern and Southern Opens. The Bowie, Md., angler caught a five-fish limit of smallmouth bass weighing 19 pounds, 3 ounces to take over the pro-division lead.

The smallmouth bite was early and often for most of the top contenders including Elliott, who had his limit by about 8 a.m. However, while other anglers struggled to catch fish later in the day, Elliott kept catching them.

“The fish are postspawn,” he said. “They are hungry and feeding up. There are lots of baitfish around. Every time I caught a fish it was coughing (baitfish) up.”

The weather was sunny with a light north wind today, but the forecast calls for clouds and rainstorms throughout Friday. Elliott doesn’t expect the weather to change his pattern.

Bird watching is usually a good way to find schooling smallmouth on Oneida as the diving seagulls indicate baitfish and bass activity on the surface, but neither Elliott nor Thursday’s runner-up Derek Yasinski relied on the birds to find their fish.

“I found five or six places this week (in practice) where I knew fish were there,” said Elliott. The government contractor decided to key on those spots rather than run around looking for bird activity.

“We saw some birds later this afternoon, pulled up on them and caught a few little fish, but I am not fishing the birds,” Yasinski said.

Yasinski caught his limit in about his first 30 minutes of fishing and finished the day with 18-9.

“Then we jumped around and caught one or two here or there,” said the 29-year-old machinist from Senoia, Ga. “I tried to catch a bigger fish (after catching his limit), but I mostly went prefishing so I could hopefully catch a decent limit tomorrow.”

Other pro division anglers in the Top 5 include Jesse Tacoronte, Orlando, Fla., third place, 18-0; Wesley Strader, Spring City, Tenn., fourth, 17-7; and Mike Shumanis, Bethlehem, Pa., fifth, 17-6.

Local angler Andrew Hammond took advantage of a one-hour spurt in the middle of the day to catch a three-fish limit weighing 11-3 to move into first place in the co-angler division. The 38-year-old sales rep for a paint coating company lamented losing a fish that would have padded his lead.

“I dropped about a 4 1/2-pounder on my second cast, so I would have had about 13 pounds today,” said the Fulton, N.Y., angler.

Hosting this tournament is Visit Syracuse. The competitors will take off the next two days at 5:30 a.m. ET at Oneida Shores Park. Tomorrow’s weigh-in will be held at 2 p.m. at Oneida Shores Park, with the final weigh-in on Saturday being held at 3 p.m. at the Bass Pro Shops in Utica, N.Y.

2016 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster  Northern Open Oneida Lake 6/30-7/2Oneida Lake, Syracuse  NY.(BOATER) Standings Day 1

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts  

1.  Randy Elliott          Bowie, MD                5  19-03  200Day 1: 5   19-032.  Derek Yasinski         Senoia, GA               5  18-09  199Day 1: 5   18-093.  Jesse Tacoronte        Orlando, FL              5  18-00  198Day 1: 5   18-004.  Wesley Strader         Spring City, TN          5  17-07  197Day 1: 5   17-075.  Mike Shumanis          Bethlehem, PA            5  17-06  196Day 1: 5   17-066.  Wil Hardy II           Harlem, GA               5  17-04  195Day 1: 5   17-047.  Ed Loughran III        Mechanicsville, VA       5  17-02  194Day 1: 5   17-028.  Ian Renfrew            Phoenix, NY              5  17-01  193Day 1: 5   17-019.  Larry Mazur            East Aurora, NY          5  16-15  192Day 1: 5   16-1510. Tyler Berger           Westerville, OH          5  16-14  191Day 1: 5   16-1411. Buddy Cipoletti        West Islip, NY           5  16-11  190Day 1: 5   16-1112. Jacob Wheeler          Indianapolis, IN         5  16-10  189Day 1: 5   16-1013. Kurt Dove              Del Rio, TX              5  16-07  188Day 1: 5   16-0713. Tom  Graziano          Chester, NY              5  16-07  188Day 1: 5   16-0715. Adrian Avena           Vineland, NJ             5  16-06  186Day 1: 5   16-0615. Tim Grein              Winston Salem, NC        5  16-06  186Day 1: 5   16-0615. Alton Jones Jr.        Lorena, TX               5  16-06  186Day 1: 5   16-0615. Tyler Morgan           Pine Grove, PA           5  16-06  186Day 1: 5   16-0619. Chad Pipkens           Lansing, MI              5  16-04  182Day 1: 5   16-0420. Michael Cooper         Sellersville, PA         5  16-03  181Day 1: 5   16-0321. Chris Noffsinger       Interlochen, MI          5  16-03  180Day 1: 5   16-0322. Jason Dudek            Excelsior, MN            5  16-02  179Day 1: 5   16-0222. Mike McClelland        Bella Vista, AR          5  16-02  179Day 1: 5   16-0222. Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID             5  16-02  179Day 1: 5   16-0225. Josh Douglas           Mound, MN                5  16-01  176Day 1: 5   16-0125. Alvin Shaw             Roaring Gap, NC          5  16-01  176Day 1: 5   16-0127. Hunter Shryock         Newcomerstown, OH        5  16-00  174Day 1: 5   16-0028. Jonathan Carter        Glenburn, ME             5  15-15  173Day 1: 5   15-1528. Garrett Paquette       Canton, MI               5  15-15  173Day 1: 5   15-1530. David Dudley           Lynchburg, VA            5  15-12  171Day 1: 5   15-1230. Stanley Sypeck         Sugarloaf, PA            5  15-12  171Day 1: 5   15-1232. Derek Cummings         Clayton, NC              5  15-11  169Day 1: 5   15-1132. Ish Monroe             Hughson, CA              5  15-11  169Day 1: 5   15-1134. Jon Englund            Farwell, MN              5  15-10  167Day 1: 5   15-1035. Aaron Busch            Cicero, NY               5  15-08  166Day 1: 5   15-0835. Jason Chier            Binghamton, NY           5  15-08  166Day 1: 5   15-0837. Eddie Levin            Westerville, OH          5  15-08  164Day 1: 5   15-0838. Jamie Hartman          Newport, NY              5  15-06  163Day 1: 5   15-0639. Michael Iaconelli      Pitts Grove, NJ          5  15-06  162Day 1: 5   15-0640. Matthew Sphar          North Java, NY           5  15-05  161Day 1: 5   15-0541. Cody Pike              Powhatan, VA             5  15-04  160Day 1: 5   15-0441. Brent Shores           Boise, ID                5  15-04  160Day 1: 5   15-0443. Tyler Carriere         Youngsville, LA          5  15-02  158Day 1: 5   15-0243. Rick Morris            Lake Gaston, VA          5  15-02  158Day 1: 5   15-0243. Paul Pagnato Jr        Reston, VA               5  15-02  158Day 1: 5   15-0246. Tim Gillies            Union City, MI           5  15-02  155Day 1: 5   15-0247. Ron Johnson            Chandler, AZ             5  15-01  154Day 1: 5   15-0147. Randy Lamanche         Marcellus, NY            5  15-01  154Day 1: 5   15-0149. Trait Crist            Fort Worth, TX           5  15-00  152Day 1: 5   15-0049. Dave Davenport         Milford, OH              5  15-00  152Day 1: 5   15-0049. Sam George             Athens, AL               5  15-00  152Day 1: 5   15-0049. Kraig Kettelkamp       Clifton Springs, NY      5  15-00  152Day 1: 5   15-0049. Michael Simonton       Fremont, OH              5  15-00  152Day 1: 5   15-0049. Carl Svebek III        Orangefield, TX          5  15-00  152Day 1: 5   15-0049. Joseph Zombek II       Scranton, PA             5  15-00  152Day 1: 5   15-0056. Chris Daves            Spring Grove, VA         5  14-14  145Day 1: 5   14-1457. Jeff Lugar             Cross Junction, VA       5  14-12  144Day 1: 5   14-1258. Jess Salmon            Milford, NJ              5  14-12  143Day 1: 5   14-1259. Mike Morrin            Waterloo, NY             5  14-11  142Day 1: 5   14-1160. Travis Manson          Conshohocken, PA         5  14-09  141Day 1: 5   14-0961. Shin Fukae             Palestine, TX            5  14-09  140Day 1: 5   14-0962. Cameron Smith          Mashpee, CA              5  14-08  139Day 1: 5   14-0863. Tony Dorman            Taylor, PA               5  14-07  138Day 1: 5   14-0763. Mike Lavallee          Sandy, UT                5  14-07  138Day 1: 5   14-0765. Jeff Barth             Marshfield, WI           5  14-06  136Day 1: 5   14-0665. Glenn Browne           Ocala, FL                5  14-06  136Day 1: 5   14-0665. Seiji Kato             Shiga JAPAN              5  14-06  136Day 1: 5   14-0668. Austin Felix           Eden Prairie, MN         5  14-05  133Day 1: 5   14-0568. Brian Kelly            Liverpool, NY            5  14-05  133Day 1: 5   14-0568. Trevor Lo              Maplewood, MN            5  14-05  133Day 1: 5   14-0568. Jonathon VanDam        Kalamazoo, MI            5  14-05  133Day 1: 5   14-0572. Charlie Hartley        Grove City, OH           5  14-04  129Day 1: 5   14-0473. Michael Neal           Dayton, TN               5  14-03  128Day 1: 5   14-0373. David Smith            Del City, OK             5  14-03  128Day 1: 5   14-0375. Ross Rhodes            Mattawan, MI             5  14-02  126Day 1: 5   14-0275. Whitney Stephens       Waverly, OH              5  14-02  126Day 1: 5   14-0277. Bret Loomis            Groveland, NY            5  14-01  124Day 1: 5   14-0177. Edward Naydihor Jr     Kenosha, WI              5  14-01  124Day 1: 5   14-0179. Destin DeMarion        Grove City, PA           5  14-00  122Day 1: 5   14-0080. Joe Hamilton           Fairfield, OH            5  14-00  121Day 1: 5   14-0081. Jim Bianchi            Rush, NY                 5  13-15  120Day 1: 5   13-1582. Shayne Berlo           Fairfax, VA              5  13-14  119Day 1: 5   13-1482. Gary Clouse            La Vergne, TN            5  13-14  119Day 1: 5   13-1484. Grae Buck              Harleysville, PA         5  13-14  117Day 1: 5   13-1485. Jake Whitaker          Fairview, NC             5  13-13  116Day 1: 5   13-1386. Gaspare Costabile      Niagara Falls ONTARIO C  5  13-13  115Day 1: 5   13-1387. Pete Garnier           Trenton ONTARIO CANADA   5  13-12  114Day 1: 5   13-1287. Sean Wieda             Florence, KY             5  13-12  114Day 1: 5   13-1289. Frank Miller           Berwick, PA              5  13-11  112Day 1: 5   13-1190. Lee Rogers             Swartswood, NJ           5  13-10  111Day 1: 5   13-1091. Paco Giner             Danbury, CT              5  13-10  110Day 1: 5   13-1092. Gerald Sensabaugh      Kingsport, TN            5  13-09  109Day 1: 5   13-0993. Luke Shrader           Moorestown, NJ           5  13-09  108Day 1: 5   13-0994. Timothy Reams          Morgantown, WV           5  13-09  107Day 1: 5   13-0995. Gregg Johnson          Oxford, NY               5  13-08  106Day 1: 5   13-0896. Randy Howell           Guntersville, AL         5  13-07  105Day 1: 5   13-0796. Carmen Peluso          Ambridge, PA             5  13-07  105Day 1: 5   13-0796. Jason Root             Fostoria, OH             5  13-07  105Day 1: 5   13-0799. Jason Burger           Bridgeton, NJ            5  13-06  102Day 1: 5   13-0699. Wayne Vaughan Jr       Chester, VA              5  13-06  102Day 1: 5   13-06101. Dylan Fulk             Concord, NC              5  13-06  100Day 1: 5   13-06102. Greg Dipalma           Millville, NJ            5  13-05   99Day 1: 5   13-05102. John Lorenzo           Kane, PA                 5  13-05   99Day 1: 5   13-05102. Alex Wetherell         Middletown, CT           5  13-05   99Day 1: 5   13-05105. Rick Hawkins           Vinton, VA               5  13-05   96Day 1: 5   13-05105. Mark Hicks             Glouster, OH             5  13-05   96Day 1: 5   13-05105. Todd Sterner           Mechanicsburg, PA        5  13-05   96Day 1: 5   13-05108. Pete Gluszek           Mount Laurel, NJ         5  13-04   93Day 1: 5   13-04109. Robert Pepe            Plainville, CT           5  13-03   92Day 1: 5   13-03109. Douglas Reed           Bridgeton, NJ            5  13-03   92Day 1: 5   13-03109. Mark Rose              West Memphis, AR         5  13-03   92Day 1: 5   13-03112. Anthony Gagliardi      Prosperity, SC           5  13-02   89Day 1: 5   13-02112. Robert Kerber          Ava, NY                  5  13-02   89Day 1: 5   13-02114. Drew Benton            Panama City, FL          5  13-00   87Day 1: 5   13-00114. Matthew Martin         Chittenango, NY          5  13-00   87Day 1: 5   13-00114. John Murray            Spring City, TN          5  13-00   87Day 1: 5   13-00117. Chad Van Slyke         Cicero, NY               5  12-15   84Day 1: 5   12-15118. Kyle Kempkers          Hamilton, MI             5  12-14   83Day 1: 5   12-14119. Stephen Mui            Bartlett, IL             5  12-13   82Day 1: 5   12-13120. James Plessinger       Mechanicsville, VA       5  12-12   81Day 1: 5   12-12121. Christopher Liobis     Branchburg, NJ           5  12-10   80Day 1: 5   12-10122. Nick Ray               Ingleside, IL            4  12-09   79Day 1: 4   12-09123. Al Farace Jr           Cockeysville, MD         5  12-03   78Day 1: 5   12-03124. Jim Dillard            West Monroe, LA          5  12-03   77Day 1: 5   12-03125. Howard Brown Jr        Bridgeton, NJ            5  12-02   76Day 1: 5   12-02126. Kendall Ulsh           Schoolcraft, MI          5  12-01   75Day 1: 5   12-01127. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA  5  12-00   74Day 1: 5   12-00128. Lancen Halbert         Simpsonville , SC        5  11-12   73Day 1: 5   11-12128. Shawn Richard          Hatfield, PA             5  11-12   73Day 1: 5   11-12128. Tommy Stalb            Manheim, PA              5  11-12   73Day 1: 5   11-12131. Tyler Ashby            Swanton, MD              4  11-11   70Day 1: 4   11-11132. Timothy Macknair       Rices Landing, PA        4  11-10   69Day 1: 4   11-10133. Donald Holt Jr         Perrysburg, OH           5  11-09   68Day 1: 5   11-09133. Justin McClelland      Bella Vista, AR          5  11-09   68Day 1: 5   11-09135. Denis Kreze            Fort Erie CANADA         5  11-06   66Day 1: 5   11-06136. William Horton         Vassar, MI               5  11-05   65Day 1: 5   11-05137. Steve York             Bronson, MI              5  11-04   64Day 1: 5   11-04138. Jeff Antenucci         Danville, CA             4  11-01   63Day 1: 4   11-01139. Buck Mallory           Lawton, MI               5  10-12   62Day 1: 5   10-12140. Frankie Appaluccio     Franklin, NJ             5  10-09   61Day 1: 5   10-09141. Brad Olson             Byron, IL                4  10-09   60Day 1: 4   10-09142. Bridget Allen          Philadelphia, PA         4  10-07   59Day 1: 4   10-07143. Rob Jordan             Flowery Branch, GA       4  10-06   58Day 1: 4   10-06144. David Gaston           Sylacauga, AL            4  10-03   57Day 1: 4   10-03145. Kyle Albers            Durham, NC               4  10-02   56Day 1: 4   10-02146. Scott Siller           Milwaukee, WI            3  09-13   55Day 1: 3   09-13147. Daniel Goykhman        Budd Lake, NJ            4  09-12   54Day 1: 4   09-12148. Tommy Little           Chester, VA              4  09-11   53Day 1: 4   09-11149. Ben Nielsen            Lowell, MI               4  09-06   52Day 1: 4   09-06150. Nicky Diamandas        Oak Ridge, NJ            5  08-15   51Day 1: 5   08-15151. Aaron Limber           Millbury, OH             3  08-14   50Day 1: 3   08-14152. Rick Nitkiewicz        Pittsburgh, PA           4  08-12   49Day 1: 4   08-12153. Jason Young            Port St Lucie, FL        5  08-11   48Day 1: 5   08-11154. William Shipes         Williston, SC            3  08-11   47Day 1: 3   08-11155. Terry Baksay           Easton, CT               3  08-09   46Day 1: 3   08-09156. JT Kenney              Palm Bay, FL             3  08-05   45Day 1: 3   08-05157. Kenny Garippa          Tobyhanna, PA            3  08-04   44Day 1: 3   08-04158. Tom Huynh              Moorehead, MN            4  08-03   43Day 1: 4   08-03159. Jeremiah Johnson       North Branch, MN         3  08-03   42Day 1: 3   08-03160. Craig Nelson           Mather, PA               3  08-01   41Day 1: 3   08-01161. Charlie Machek         Midlothian, VA           4  08-00   40Day 1: 4   08-00162. Craig Workman          Fort Worth, TX           4  07-14   39Day 1: 4   07-14163. Shane Rees             Middletown, IN           3  07-06   38Day 1: 3   07-06164. Jared Lintner          Arroyo Grande, CA        3  07-04   37Day 1: 3   07-04165. Fletcher Shryock       New Philadelphia, OH     3  07-03   36Day 1: 3   07-03166. Scott Ashmore          Broken Arrow, OK         3  07-02   35Day 1: 3   07-02167. Gary Isgrigg           Mt Washington, KY        4  07-00   34Day 1: 4   07-00168. Vince Troiano          Chesterfield, NJ         3  06-12   33Day 1: 3   06-12169. Joseph Vacanti         Mount Laurel, NJ         2  06-06   32Day 1: 2   06-06170. John Malzahn           Sparrow Bush, NY         2  06-03   31Day 1: 2   06-03171. Tyler Ferris           Webberville, MI          2  06-02   30Day 1: 2   06-02172. Scott Johnson          Nashville, OH            3  05-13   29Day 1: 3   05-13173. Joseph Sancho          New Windsor, NY          2  05-13   28Day 1: 2   05-13174. Mike Elsea             Mooresville, IN          2  05-12   27Day 1: 2   05-12175. Brian Wilhoit          Oxon Hill, MD            2  05-08   26Day 1: 2   05-08176. George Yund            Albany, NY               2  04-15   25Day 1: 2   04-15177. Kevin Brockner         Ferndale, NY             2  04-14   24Day 1: 2   04-14178. Arnie Duck Jr          Williamsport, PA         3  04-13   23Day 1: 3   04-13179. Scott Shafer           Glenville, NY            2  04-10   22Day 1: 2   04-10180. Robert Whitehurst      Henrico, VA              2  04-09   21Day 1: 2   04-09181. Scott Pellegrin        Eau Claire, WI           2  04-08   20Day 1: 2   04-08182. Randy Caruso           Liberty, NY              2  04-04   19Day 1: 2   04-04182. Allen Crutchley Jr     Fulton, NY               2  04-04   19Day 1: 2   04-04184. Jonathan Evans         Horseheads, NY           2  04-03   17Day 1: 2   04-03185. Tom Balachvili         Brooklyn, NY             2  03-03   16Day 1: 2   03-03186. Randy Morrison         Piedmont, SC             1  02-15   15Day 1: 1   02-15187. Jeff Hippert           Hamburg, NY              1  02-11   14Day 1: 1   02-11188. Lucas Bogosian         Harrington Park, NJ      1  02-07   13Day 1: 1   02-07189. Thomas Waltz           St. Albans, VT           1  02-06   12Day 1: 1   02-06190. Keith Evans            Queenstown, MD           1  02-05   11Day 1: 1   02-05190. Greg Mansfield         Olathe, KS               1  02-05   11Day 1: 1   02-05192. Bill Gallagher III     Swedesboro, NJ           1  02-03    9Day 1: 1   02-03193. Chris Dillow           Waynesboro, VA           1  01-14    8Day 1: 1   01-14194. Frank Ramsey           Spring Grove, IL         1  01-09    7Day 1: 1   01-09195. James Hanson           Yulan, NY                0  00-00    0Day 1: 0   00-00195. Mark Inman             Greensboro, NC           0  00-00    0Day 1: 0   00-00195. Steve Schubert         Rayland, OH              0  00-00    0Day 1: 0   00-00195. Jeff Sinkic            Innisfil CANADA          0  00-00    0Day 1: 0   00-00195. Tim Stackus            Lyons, NY                0  00-00    0Day 1: 0   00-00———————————————————————–TotalsDay   #Limits    #Fish      Weight1       138       842      2358-12———————————-138       842      2358-12

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