Gunn, Lewis break TRBT record with 21-pound haul
Published 2:53 pm Thursday, June 25, 2015
Above: Kevin Gunn, along with his daughter, and Brandon Lewis took first place at the ninth Three Rivers Bass Tournament. Bottom left: Second place winners Jason Blankenship and Jonathan Yost. Bottom right: Jamie Nealy and his partner, Greg Ball, who is not pictured, came in third place at the tournament. — SUBMITTED | ALESIA WILLIAMS
by Alesia Williams/Reporter
Special to The Tidewater News
FRANKLIN
Father’s Day was a special celebration for one father, Kevin Gunn, along with his fishing partner, Brandon Lewis, when they took first place in round nine of the Three Rivers Bass Tournament Series.
Second place winners Jason Blankenship and Jonathan Yost — SUBMITTED | ALESIA WILLIAMS
The team had five bass weighing 21.08 pounds, which also broke the record with this Bass Club for the heaviest bag of fish weighed from the local rivers. The previous record was on July 23, 2006, when the team of Charlie Small and Larry Barefoot caught five bass at 20 pounds and 6 ounces.
Kevin Gunn also had the heaviest bass of the day at 5.31 pounds during this open-to-the-public bass tournament.
Jamie Nealy and his partner, Greg Ball, who is not pictured, came in third place at the tournament. — SUBMITTED | ALESIA WILLIAMS
Second place went to the team of Jason Blankenship and Jonathan Yost, with five bass weighing 11.41 pounds. The team of Jamie Nealy and Greg Ball took third place with five bass weighing 11.09 pounds. Following in fourth place was the team of Joey Scott and Mike Scott, who hauled in five bass weighing 10.25 pounds then the team of Marty Porter and Harvey Umphlett in fifth place, catching five at 9.87 pounds.
The bass club with be sponsoring a benefit bass tournament on Saturday, July 18, out of the Franklin City boat landing on the Blackwater River. The open tournament will benefit the Area 29 Special Olympics.
For more information and pictures, visit the Facebook page of Three Rivers Bass Tournament Series.
