Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - May 2018

-ning on the clock. This great tom was taken in heavy cover and would give Team Middleton a lead over Team Kriet heading into the fishing portion, while leaving Team Palaunik to rely on fishing the famed waters of Lake Amistad in order to make a final day charge. Each team arrived at the ramp on Lake Amistad the next morning with their bass boats in tow to start the final round of competition. There was plenty of boat ramp talk going on about who would catch the most and largest, but once again it was high winds that were going to play havoc on the day and cause the teams to be limited to fishing certain areas. As the day began Jeff Kriet quickly boated what would be the biggest fish of the event! The eight-pound plus bass would put Team Kriet and Team Middleton pretty much in a tie at that point in the day. The fishing was good all day long with a lot of fish being caught by all the teams on a variety of baits.

At the end of the day when the score was combined for the fishing and turkey portions, it was the Team Kriet, consisting of Jeff Kriet, John Geiger, and Brad Dreyer who were crowned Champions of the inau-

gural 2018 Yamaha Turkey Bass Smash -- which lead to a loud and fun celebration around the camp with all the pageantry worthy of any major sporting championship win! This event was a great example of sportsmanship, comradery, and showcased the Yamaha Products on both the Marine and Outdoor side that Yamaha offers. Talks for next year’s event are already underway and we will just have to wait and see if Team Kriet can de- fend their title. Be on the lookout for full coverage of this event in a future episode of Americana Outdoors .

Brad Dreyer (left), Jeff Kriet (center), and John Geiger (right) are crowned the champions.

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