{"id":9580,"date":"2025-01-21T08:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanbassanglers.com\/news\/?p=9580"},"modified":"2025-01-21T09:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T15:27:53","slug":"harp-wins-divisional-professional-league-season-opener-on-lake-toho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanbassanglers.com\/news\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/harp-wins-divisional-professional-league-season-opener-on-lake-toho\/","title":{"rendered":"Harp Wins Divisional Professional League Season Opener on Lake Toho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ATHENS, Ala. \u2013 Greg Harp won the 2025 American Bass Anglers Professional League, Presented by Caymas Boats, Florida Central Division 6 season opener tournament, held January 18TH, 2025 on Lake Toho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running out of Kissimmee Lakefront Park in Kissimmee, FL the Vero Beach, FL angler caught five bass weighing 25.88 pounds including a kicker bass that weighed 8.06 pounds. For the Boater Division victory, Harp took home a check for $4200 for his win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll my fish came on a Gambler Burner Worm today. Just slow reeling it through the hydrilla. I was on the South end of Lake Toho; it was just one of them days just started catching fish and just couldn’t seem to do anything wrong. I\u2019ve got to give a big shout out to Rob Branagh from Aqua Tech Marine, yeah, he got my boat back up operational for me so I could make this tournament. \u201cHarp said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second place for the boaters, Robert Branagh of Malabar, FL landed a 5-bass limit weighing 17.65 pounds. He earned $2300 for the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI didn’t have anything for Greg today he whipped me today. Actually, after practice I was going to be lucky to catch 5 fish. I pulled in the spot where I got bites yesterday and I had a limit by about 8:00am over by Goblets. I probably weeded through 50 fish literally if not more. I caught my fish on a Bruiser Big Stick black and blue tail. I think the key was weightless and just dead sticking it, if you thought you let it sit long enough let it sit another 5 minutes.\u201d Branagh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelton Smith of Saint Cloud, FL took the third spot for the boaters. He landed a 5-bass limit going 16.56 pounds. He earned $1650 for his finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI stayed on the North End of Toho and caught them all on the fluke. I probably caught 50 today. I think they were pulling up the spawn and I was just catch him before they went in.\u201d Smith said<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big bass award of the boaters went to Chris McBeath of Bradenton, FL for an 8.65-pound lunker. McBeath earned $610 for that fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI was about 11:00am today I pulled up to North Cove and started throwing a chatterbait and saw her busting the water and as soon as I threw over she ate it. \u201cMcBeath said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finishing in 13th place, just one spot out of the money, Dave Thomas of Casselberry, FL won a set of three 12.8v 100ah Watt Cycle Lithium batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cUsually, the consolation prize is a bag of rubber worms, this is a lot better than that, but these Watt Cycle lithium batteries will come in really handy for me, absolutely a great prize.\u201d Thomas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finishing fourth, David Kilbury of Clermont, FL landed 5-bass weighing 16.08 pounds. Matt Demott of Boca Raton, FL rounded out the top five boaters landed a 5-bass limit weighing 13.91 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the season, the best anglers from across the nation advance to the 2025 Ray Scott Championship to be held in April, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n MemberID<\/th> MemberID2<\/th> Season<\/th> Circuit<\/th> Region<\/th> Division<\/th> Date<\/th> Date2<\/th> Location<\/th> AnglerType<\/th> Pl<\/th> Name<\/th> Service<\/th> F<\/th> FishReleased<\/th> Weight<\/th> Penalty<\/th> BB<\/th> Total<\/th> Pnts<\/th> Payout<\/th> <\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n \n \n\n\n
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