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Welcome to Sow Seekers Bass Club

The Sow Seekers Bass Club was started in 1983 and remains an active club, fishing a buddy circuit, usually from March through November each year. Tournaments are typically held on Sundays, once a month, on lakes in Missouri and occasionally Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas.

Schedule

March 22, 2026:

Truman Lake
Shawnee Bend Ramp

April 12, 2026:

Stockton Lake
RB Ramp

May 3, 2026:

Lake of the Ozarks
Drake Harbor

June 7, 2026:

Pomme De Terre
Hermitage Ramp

July 12, 2026:

Truman Lake
Fairfield Ramp

August 9, 2026:

Stockton Lake
Roark Bluff Ramp

September 20, 2026:

Pomme De Terre
Hermitage Ramp

October 11, 2026:

Stockton Lake
Roark Bluff Ramp

November 7-8, 2026:

Year End Tourney
TBD

Tournament Results

July 12, 2026 – Truman Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Luke Ruth & Greg Erwin 16.52
2 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 14.91
3 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 10.3
4 Greg Brown & Richard Kiblinger 8.98
5 Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte 7.23
6 Mick Hayes 5.32
7 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 3.08
8 Mike & David Gillen 2.44
9 Doug & Darin Troxell 1.89
10 Joel Porter & Rick Muhl 0

*Big Bass was 5.40 pounds caught by Glenn & Hughes

Tournament Results

June 7, 2026 – Pomme De Terre Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Warner & Nolte 11.11
2 Bob, Eric & Jayse Sheperd 9.76
3 Brown & Kiblinger 9.62
4 Byron & Gabe Maze 9.57
5 Hayes & Loflin 9.49
6 McKenney & Adamson 8.57
7 Granberg & Bartlett 8.55
8 Doug & Darin Troxell 7.54
9 Porter & Mohl 6.95
10 Tony French 0

*Big Bass was 4.05 caught by Warner & Nolte

Tournament Pictures

June 7, 2026 – Pomme De Terre Lake

Jayse Sheperd with one of the 2nd place team’s fish.

Tournament Results

May 3, 2026 – Lake of the Ozarks

Place Team Total Weight
1 Glen & Hughes 14.38
2 McKenney & Adamson 12.1
3 Ruth & Irwin 10.97
4 Mike & Dave Gillen 10.22
5 Brown & Kiblinger 9.28
6 Warner & Nolte 7.64
7 Hayes & Loflin 5.7
8 Granberg & Bartlett 4.28
9 Bob, Eric & Jayse Sepherd 3.11
10 Doug Troxell 1.9
11 Tony French 0

*Big Fish was 5.30 caught by the team of Glenn & Hughes

Tournament Results

April 12, 2026 – Stockton Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Luke Ruth & Greg 17.49
2 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 15.33
3 Mike & Dave Gillen 13.81
4 Mike Ward 13.26
5 Bob, Eric & Jayse Sheperd 13.11
6 Joel Porter & Greg Brown 12.61
7 Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte 12.05
8 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 11.88
9 Byron Maze 11.45
10 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 10.92
11 Doug & Darin Troxell 8.14

*Big Bass of the Tournament with 4.74 caught by Luke Ruth

Tournament Pictures

April 12, 2026 – Stockton Lake

Luke Ruth, with his Big Bass of the tournament and another good one!

Mike & Dave Gillen with a nice bag for 3rd Place!

Tournament Results

March 22, 2026 – Truman Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Joel Porter & Rick Mohl 19.72
2 Mike & Dave Gillen 16.52
3 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 12.78
4 Bob, Eric & Jayse Sheperd 12.07
5 Doug & Darin Troxel 11.64
6 Luke Ruth & Greg Irwin 10.39
7 Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte 9.45
8 Greg Brown & Richard Kiblinger 9.08
9 Mike Ward 7.59
10 Lucas Fornelli & Kolbee McKee 5.05
11 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 1.15

*Big Bass was 6.89 pounds, caught by Porter & Mohl

Tournament Pictures

March 22, 2026 – Truman Lake

Doug Troxell releasing some really nice bass.

Truman Lake really produced for the winning team of Porter and Mohl.

Wasn’t the biggest fish of the day, but still a bass for Lucas Fornelli.

Year End Club Championship
Tournament Results

Octorber 25-26, 2025 – Truman Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 30.21
2 Doug & Darin Troxell 27.68
3 Greg Brown & Joel Porter 23.39
4 Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte 22.35
5 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 21.76
6 Mick Hayes & Richard Loflin 21.03
7 Bob & Eric Sheperd 8.64
8 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 8.47
9 Tony French

*Big Bass Saturday was caught by Glenn & Hughes at 5.04 pounds
*Big Bass Sunday was caught by McKenney & Adamson with 4.11 pounds

Tournament Results

September 28, 2025 – Stockton Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 12.66
2 Bob & Eric Sheperd 12.2
3 Byron & Gabe Maze 11.73
4 Jeff Nolte & Mark Warner 10.77
5 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 10.63
6 Greg Brown & Joel Porter 10.28
7 Mick Hayes & Richard Lofling 5.93
8 Ron & Conner Parker 5.9
9 Lucas Fornelli & David Hughes 5.88
10 Tony French 5.43
11 Doug & Darin Troxel 3.7
12 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 2.36

*Big Bass was 3.98 pounds caught by Sheperd & Sheperd

Tournament Results

August 10, 2025 – Drake Harbor

Place Team Total Weight
1 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 15.83
2 Jeff Nolte & Mark Warner 12.51
3 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 12.36
4 Mick Hayes & Richard Loflin 5.51

*Big Bass was 4.60 pounds caught by Granberg & Bartlett

Tournament Results

July 20, 2025 – Truman Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 10.55
2 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 9.4
3 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 8.63
4 Jeff Nolte & Mark Warner 6.42
5 Greg Brown & Joel Porter 4.25

*Big Bass was 5.47 pounds and caught by Granberg & Bartlett

Tournament Pictures

July 20, 2025 – Truman Lake

 

Big Bass caught by Granberg & Bartlett

Tournament Results

June 22, 2025 – Stockton Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 13.76
2 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 12.95
3 Doug Troxell & Joel Porter 9.87
4 Jeff Nolte & Mark Warner 7.69
5 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 4.45
6 Mick Hayes & Richard Loflin 4.3
7 Tony French 3.78
8 Ron & Conner Parker 0

*Big Bass was 4.20 pounds and caught by Glenn & Hughes

Tournament Results

May 18, 2025 – Pomme De Terre Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 15.79
2 Greg Brown & Richard Kiblinger 14.73
3 Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte 14.07
4 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 11.08
5 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 9.98
6 Doug & Darin Troxell 8.35
7 Bob & Eric Sheperd 8.28
8 Ron & Conner Parker 8.14
9 Tony French 7.26
10 Byron Maze 3.23

*Big Bass was 5.04 pounds and caught by Warner & Nolte

Tournament Pictures

May 18, 2025 –  Pomme De Terre Lake


2nd Place

Team: Greg Brown & Richard Kiblinger

Tournament Results

March 30, 2025 –  Truman Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Ron & Conner Parker 16.97
2 Greg Brown & Joel Porter 11.97
3 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 10.41
4 Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte 9.68
5 Mick Hayes & Richard Loflin 8.71
6 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 6.7
7 Tony French 4.9
8 Doug & Darin Troxell 2.25
9 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 0

*Big Bass was 4.90 pounds caught by Tony French

Tournament Pictures

March 30, 2025 –  Truman Lake


Winning Team

Team: Ron & Conner Parker
Total Weight: 16.97

Tournament Results

March 9, 2025 –  Stockton Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte 17.59
2 Bob & Eric Sheperd 12.44
3 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 11.55
4 Lucas Fornelli & David Hughes 9.59
5 Tony French 8.75
6 Charlie Thomas & Kirk Deer 8.16
7 Doug & Darin Troxell 7.35
8 Richard Kiblinger & Greg Brown 6.46
9 Tim McKenney & Frand Adamson 4.67
10 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 2.39
11 Byron & Gabe Maze 1.68
12 Mick Hayes & Richard Loflin 0

*Big Bass was 4.25 pounds caught by Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte

Tournament Pictures

March 9, 2025 –  Stockton Lake


Winning Team

Team: Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte
Total Weight: 17.59

2024 Year End Results

2024 Points Champions: Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson with 880.59 points

2024 Big Bag: Kyle & Graham Hathaway with 22.37, April 14th, Truman Lake

2024 Big Bass: Seth Glenn & KJ Adams with 5.95, April 14th, Truman Lake

2024 Year End Championship
Tournament Results

November 2-3, 2024 –  Stockton Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Bob & Eric Sheperd 27.28
2 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 20.17
3 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 19.88
4 Mick Hayes & Richard Loflin 19.87
5 Greg Brown & Richard Kiblinger 19.65
6 Jeff Nolte & Mark Warner 17.18
7 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 11.76
8 Tony French & Kolbee McKee 10.38
9 Byron & Gabe Maze 6.3
10 Doug Troxell 2.74
11 Larry Stevenson & Jackson Ewalt 0

Tournament Results

September 15, 2024 –  Truman Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 15.66
2 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 13
3 Jeff Nolte & Mark Warner 9.15
4 Kolbee & Paul McKee 8.56
5 Mick Hayes & Richard Loflin 7.95
6 Tony French 7.06
7 Doug & Darin Troxell 4.41
8 Tyler & Mark Bartlett 3.44
9 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 2.15
10 Ron & Conner Parker No Weight

*Big Bass was 4.86 pounds caught by Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes

Tournament Results

August 18, 2024 –  Lake of the Ozarks

Place Team Total Weight
1 Doug & Darin Troxell 12.28
2 Greg Brown & Richard Kiblinger 11.5
3 Kyle Hathaway & Dustin Hall 10.36
4 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 9.7
5 Tyler Hibdon & Tyle Bartlett 8.55
6 Bob & Eric Sheperd 5.51
7 Jeff Nolte & Mark Warner 5.3
8 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 4.57
9 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 1.42

*Big Bass was caught by the team of Bob & Eric Sheperd – 3.48 pounds

Tournament Pictures

August 18, 2024 – Lake of the Ozarks

Winning Team

Winning bag of more than 12 lb’s

Tournament Results

July 28, 2024 –  Truman Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 17.07
2 Bob & Eric Shepherd 11.16
3 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 11.14
4 Kolbee & Paul McKee 8.46
5 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 5.91
6 Mark Warner & Jeff Nolte 2.41
7 Mick Hayes & Richard Loflin 2.06
8 Greg Brown & Richard Kiblinger 0
8 Byron & Jaxon Maze 0

*Big Bass was caught by Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson at 4.72 pounds.

Tournament Results

June 30, 2024 –  Hudson Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 15.66
2 Jeff Nolte & Mark Warner 12.24
3 Darin & Doug Troxell 10.26
4 Richard Liblinger & Greg Brown 10.01
5 Mick Hayes and Richard Loflin 9.76
6 Jeff Granberg & Mike Bartlett 9.73
7 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 0
7 Tony French 0

*Big Bass was caught by Warner & Nolte – 4.07

Tournament Pictures

June 30, 2024 – Hudson Lake

Winning Team

Winning bag of more than 15 lb’s

Winning Team

Winning bag of more than 15 lb’s


Nice bag by the Troxells


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Tournament Results

May 4, 2024 –  Pomme De Terre Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Bob & Eric Sheperd 14.44
2 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 12.72
3 Jeff Granbery & Mike Bartlett 11.24
4 Mike & David Gillen 8.82
5 Doug & Darin Troxell 7.2
6 Mark Warner and Greg Brown 2.81

*Big Bass was McKenney & Adamson with 4.58 Pounds

Tournament Pictures

May 4, 2024 – Pomme De Terre Lake

Winning Team

Winning bag of more than 14 lb’s

Winning Team

Winning bag of more than 14 lb’s


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Tournament Results

April 14, 2024 – Truman Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 Kyle & Graham Hathaway 22.37
2 Seth Glenn & KJ Hughes 21.89
3 Tim McKenney & Frank Adamson 19.97
4 Ron & Conner Parker 16.33
5 Bob & Eric Sheperd 15.85
6 Jeff Nolte & Mark Warner 15.36
7 Lucas Fornelli 14.55
8 Jeff Granbery & Mike Bartlett 13.55
9 Byron & Gabe Maze 12.7
10 Tony French 8.42
11 Richard Kiblinger & Greg Brown 7.48
12 Mike & David Gillen 7.2
13 Doug & Darin Troxell 5.79
14 Mick Hayes & Richard Loflin 2.04
15 Larry Stevenson & Jackson Ewalt 0

Tournament Pictures

April 14, 2024 – Truman Lake

Winning Team

Winning bag of more than 22 lb’s

A nice cull for the team of McKenney & Adamson on their way to a 19.97 lb. bag

Nice sack of fish, nearly 17 lb’s

More nice Truman Bass


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Tournament Results

Mach 24, 2024 – Stockton Lake

Place Team Total Weight
1 McKee & McKee 15.65
2 Nolte & Warner 12.3
3 Glenn & Hughes 11.98
4 McKenney & Adamson 11.57
5 Sheperd & Sheperd 10.87
6 Granbery & Bartlett 10.04
7 French 6.45
8 Maze & Maze 4.35
9 Troxell & Troxell 3.62
10 Kiblinger & Brown 1.72
11 Hayes & Loflin 1.59
12 Stevenson & Ewalt 0
13 Parker & Parker 0

Tournament Pictures

March 24, 2024 – Stockton Lake

Winning Team

Team: McKee & McKee
Total Weight: 15.65
Big Bass Weight: 4.49


 

Club Rules

  • Eligibility: All individuals asking for membership that are not voted down and pay dues. Members may bring a guest to a monthly tournament one (1) time without that guest paying membership fees. If anyone wishes to fish a second time, they must pay their yearly dues to do so. Anyone fishing under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. All boaters fishing a club tournament just have liability insurance equal to $100,000.00 or greater. Members may be voted out of the Sow Seekers Bass Club by a majority vote. Yearly dues will be paid no later than the first tournament fished by that individual. Dues are $15 per season.

  • Regular Season Entry Fees: Entry fee is $100 per boat which includes $10 per boat for Big Bass, Club Fund and monthly entry. $30 per entry fee, per tournament, is put into the club fund for expenses and year end tournament. Payback per monthly tournament is $70 per boat to be paid back 1 place per 4 boats. $100 per boat remains the same regardless of number of fisherman in the boat.

  • Take Off & Weigh In: It is the responsibility of all members to help with take-off or weigh in as needed. Live well checks will be done on ramp or in water before launch. Weigh ins will include measuring of fish. Weigh in committee will be assigned at the ramp by Tim McKenney or other appointed member. Take off order is determined by time of entry for each tournament. The last boat out each morning will do live well check and boat set off.

  • Points: Points are awarded in each monthly tournament as follows: 1st Place – 100 points, 2nd Place – 99 points, etc. Teams not weighing any fish receive 25 show up points per person. In addition to these points, each team receives points for their bag weight. For example, if a team wins the tournament with a bag weight of 12.26 pounds, their total points for that tournament would be 112.26 points. For year end points totals, each team will throw out their lowest tournament point total to their final point total. Dead fish penalty is .2 for each dead fish weighed. Short fish presented at weigh in receive a 1 pound penalty. Members are allowed to measure a fish in advance of weigh in on the club board if they wish.

  • Ties: All ties will be broken by 1) Big Bass 2) most fish weighed in.

  • Protests: Any protest must be brought to the attention of the weigh in committee no later than the conclusion of that tournaments weigh in.

  • Late penalty: Late penalty is 1 pound per minute up to 10 minutes, then disqualification. Lateness is determined by weigh in committee.

  • Safety: All boats must be equipped with a working “kill Switch” and all boaters and non boaters are required to wear a coast guard approved life vest any time the boat is on plane. All contestants are required to follow the highest degree of sportsmanship, courtesy and conservation. At the discretion of the majority of club members, changes of cancellations may be made to member status or tournament status for safety reasons.

  • Lake Rules: All members must adhere to all local, state and federal lake rules.

  • Fish Care: Nets are allowed. All boats must have adequate, working live wells to support any fish stored in a live well.

  • Tournament limits: All tournaments will have a 5 fish limit unless state or local laws do not allow it. Culling on the water is allowed, but no culling after a boat is trailered.

  • Tackle and equipment: Only artificial lures and pork style baits are allowed. Only one rod and reel may be used at any time. If you get hung up, you may set the rod down and use a different rod until you decide to retrieve your lure.

  • All members must fish at least 3 regular season tournaments to qualify for the year end tournament. Exceptions may occur if the majority of the club agrees the reason is warranted.

  • Year End Entry Fees and Awards: Year End Points Total Champion Team receives $200.00. Year End Heavy Bag receives $50. Year End Heavy Bass receives $50. Entry fee for year-end tournament is as follows: $20 per member plus $15 per member for each tournament missed covers both days. Payback is 1 pay back for each 4 boats entered. $50 per day for Big Bass. The club will withhold approximately $100 each year from club fund to take care of monthly bank fees and any other misc expenses.

  • Contact information: 620-224-8007 or www.sowseekers.com

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