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2/28/2010
Reese Narrows The Gap

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Following are the BassFan World Rankings as updated after the recent Bassmaster Classic. Notable movement:

> Bassmaster Classic winner Kevin VanDam retains his dominating grip on the No. 1 spot, but his lead is narrowed significantly. He ended last season with an approximate 26-point lead over 2nd-ranked Brent Ehrler. Now, his lead over 2nd place is about 17 points.

> Skeet Reese is the main reason behind the cut in VanDam's lead. Reese didn't have a good Classic (he finished 43rd out of 51), but remember that the Rankings formula doesn't penalize anglers for championship finishes – it awards bonus points based on finish. And Reese has been on an absolute tear the past 2 years.

> Alton Jones (27th at the Classic) improves a spot to 3rd. However, Jones might soon slip a little, since his 2008 Classic victory's about to be dropped from his Rankings sheet.

> Based on the movement of Reese and Jones, FLW Tour pro Brent Ehrler drops two spots to 4th.

> Mike Iaconelli and Todd Faircloth, both of whom finished in the Top 6 at the Classic, switch spots. Ike moves up to 7th and Faircloth dips to 8th.

> Two well-known flippers – Tommy Biffle and Kelly Jordon – move into the Top 10. Biffle improves two spots to 9th. Jordon's up 5 spots to 10th.

> Gerald Swindle is back on the march as he starts to erase some of his past disasters. He's up 12 spots in this edition of the Rankings to 23rd.

> Classic runner-up Jeff Kriet improves 17 spots to 32nd.

The next event that will affect the BassFan World Rankings is this week's Table Rock FLW Tour.

Previous Rankings

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Place	Prior	Start	Angler	City	State	Boat/Motor	Points
1	1	1	Kevin VanDam	Kalamazoo	MI	Nitro/Mercury	213.121
2	3	3	Skeet Reese	Auburn	CA	Champion/Mercury	196.289
3	4	4	Alton Jones	Waco	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	192.897
4	2	2	Brent Ehrler	Redlands	CA	Ranger/Yamaha	192.708
5	5	5	Luke Clausen	Spokane	WA	Ranger/Yamaha	188.389
6	6	6	Clark Wendlandt	Cedar Park	TX	Ranger/Yamaha	186.881
7	8	8	Michael Iaconelli	Voorhees	NJ	Bass Cat/Yamaha	184.590
8	7	7	Todd Faircloth	Jasper	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	183.567
9	11	11	Tommy Biffle	Wagoner	OK	Ranger/Mercury	177.022
10	15	15	Kelly Jordon	Mineola	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	175.187
11	9	9	Aaron Martens	Leeds	AL	Triton/Mercury	174.041
12	20	20	Randy Howell	Springville	AL	Triton/Mercury	173.462
13	17	17	Mark Menendez	Paducah	KY	Skeeter/Yamaha	173.133
14	10	10	Mike McClelland	Bella Vista	AR	Champion/Mercury	170.908
15	12	12	Jacob Powroznik	Prince George	VA	Ranger/Yamaha	169.168
16	18	18	Steve Kennedy	Auburn	AL	Ranger/Yamaha	168.998
17	23	23	Gary Klein	Weatherford	TX	Triton/Mercury	168.519
18	16	16	Bryan Thrift	Shelby	NC	Ranger/Yamaha	167.473
19	13	13	Dean Rojas	Lake Havasu City	AZ	Skeeter/Yamaha	167.329
20	14	14	Andy Morgan	Dayton	TN	Bass Cat/Evinrude	167.225
21	19	19	Greg Hackney	Gonzales	LA	Phoenix/Mercury	166.606
22	28	28	Shaw E. Grigsby, Jr.	Gainesville	FL	Triton/Mercury	166.008
23	35	35	Gerald Swindle	Warrior	AL	Triton/Mercury	166.006
24	24	24	Ron Shuffield	Bismarck	AR	Ranger/Yamaha	165.835
25	27	27	Kevin Wirth	Crestwood	KY	Triton/Mercury	164.817
26	41	41	Cliff Pace	Petal	MS	Skeeter/Yamaha	162.763
27	32	32	Brent Chapman	Lake Quivira	KS	Triton/Mercury	162.746
28	25	25	Jay Yelas	Corvallis	OR	Ranger/Yamaha	162.703
29	22	22	Bobby Lane	Lakeland	FL	Skeeter/Yamaha	162.050
30	26	26	Kevin Short	Mayflower	AR	Bass Cat/Mercury	161.641
31	44	44	Takahiro Omori	Emory	TX	Ranger/Yamaha	161.431
32	49	49	Jeff Kriet	Ardmore	OK	Triton/Mercury	160.966
33	33	33	Larry Nixon	Bee Branch	AR	Stratos/Evinrude	160.877
34	21	21	Anthony Gagliardi	Prosperity	SC	Ranger/Evinrude	160.341
35	42	42	Byron Velvick	Del Rio	TX	Triton/Mercury	159.215
36	34	34	Mark Hardin	Jasper	GA	Ranger/Yamaha	158.972
37	29	29	Mark Rose	Marion	AR	Ranger/Yamaha	158.932
38	50	50	Dave Lefebre	Union City	PA	Ranger/Yamaha	157.566
39	40	40	Shad Schenck	Waynetown	IN	Ranger/Yamaha	156.379
40	31	31	Scott R. Martin	Clewiston	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	156.244
41	37	37	Casey Ashley	Donalds	SC	Triton/Mercury	154.794
42	59	59	Matthew Herren	Trussville	AL	Skeeter/Yamaha	154.112
43	38	38	Terry Scroggins	San Mateo	FL	Triton/Mercury	152.553
44	39	39	Koby Kreiger	Okeechobee	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	151.978
45	45	45	Andy Montgomery	Blacksburg	SC	Ranger/Evinrude	151.524
46	46	46	Boyd Duckett	Demopolis	AL	Triton/Mercury	151.076
47	54	54	David Walker	Sevierville	TN	Ranger/Evinrude	150.488
48	43	43	Shinichi Fukae	Osaka		Ranger/Yamaha	149.867
49	48	48	Ott DeFoe	Knoxville	TN	Ranger/Yamaha	149.528
50	51	51	Dan Morehead	Paducah	KY	Ranger/Evinrude	148.381
51	58	58	Keith Williams	Conway	AR	Ranger/Yamaha	148.318
52	36	36	Edwin Evers	Talala	OK	Nitro/Mercury	148.216
53	30	30	Michael Bennett	Lincoln	CA	Ranger/Yamaha	148.051
54	81	81	Stephen Browning	Hot Springs	AR	Triton/Mercury	147.377
55	79	79	Ramie Colson, Jr.	Cadiz	KY	Ranger/Yamaha	146.754
56	80	80	John Murray	Phoenix	AZ	Ranger/Mercury	146.523
57	87	87	Terry Butcher	Talala	OK	Bass Cat/Mercury	146.262
58	98	98	Jason Quinn	Clover	SC	Nitro/Mercury	146.058
59	85	85	Darrel Robertson	Jay	OK	Ranger/Yamaha	145.789
60	105	105	Russ Lane	Prattville	AL	Bass Cat/Yamaha	145.762
61	73	73	Jami Fralick	Martin	SD	Nitro/Mercury	145.720
62	53	53	Scott Canterbury	Odenville	AL	Ranger/Yamaha	145.427
63	57	57	Tim Horton	Muscle Shoals	AL	Nitro/ProCraft/Mercury	145.213
64	82	82	Wesley Strader	Spring City	TN	Ranger/Yamaha	144.872
65	103	103	James Niggemeyer	Van	TX	Bass Cat/Mercury	144.833
66	56	56	Sean Hoernke	Magnolia	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	144.547
67	62	62	Kotaro Kiriyama	Moody	AL	Bass Cat/Yamaha	144.505
68	61	61	Jason Williamson	Aiken	SC	Nitro/Mercury	144.236
69	47	47	Fred Roumbanis	Bixby	OK	Triton/Mercury	143.785
70	77	77	Tracy Adams	Wilkesboro	NC	Ranger/Evinrude	143.658
71	68	68	Gabriel Bolivar	Oceanside	CA	Ranger/Evinrude	143.630
72	70	70	Mike Hawkes	Sabinal	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	143.603
73	71	71	Greg Bohannan	Rogers	AR	Ranger/Evinrude	143.419
74	52	52	Greg Pugh	Cullman	AL	Ranger/Evinrude	143.233
75	76	76	Keith Combs	Del Rio	TX	Ranger/Evinrude	143.205
76	66	66	Terry Baksay	Easton	CT	Skeeter/Yamaha	142.960
77	63	63	Brian Snowden	Reeds Springs	MO	NItros/Mercury	142.614
78	97	97	Denny Brauer	Camdenton	MO	Ranger/Evinrude	142.585
79	72	72	Scott Suggs	Alexander	AR	Ranger/Yamaha	142.467
80	67	67	Craig Powers	Rockwood	TN	Ranger/Yamaha	142.047
81	69	69	Chris Baumgardner	Gastonia	NC	Ranger/Yamaha	141.925
82	60	60	Dave Wolak	Wake Forest	NC	Ranger/Yamaha	141.858
83	108	108	Mark Tucker	Kirkwood	MO	Bass Cat/Mercury	141.482
84	83	83	Nate Wellman	Jenison	MI	Ranger/Yamaha	141.212
85	55	55	Alvin Shaw	State Road	NC	Ranger/Evinrude	140.691
86	84	84	Brett Hite	Phoenix	AZ	Ranger/Evinrude	140.594
87	94	94	Matt Reed	Madisonville	TX	Nitro/Mercury	140.471
88	89	89	John Devere	Berea	KY	Ranger/Yamaha	140.290
89	65	65	Bill Lowen	Cincinnati	OH	Skeeter/Yamaha	140.103
90	102	102	Jason Christie	Park Hill	OK	Ranger/Mercury	139.443
91	88	88	Kevin Vida	Clare	MI	Ranger/Yamaha	139.308
92	75	75	Dustin Wilks	Rocky Mount	NC	Skeeter/Yamaha	139.166
93	74	74	Terry Bolton, Jr.	Paducah	KY	Ranger/Yamaha	138.586
94	86	86	Bernie Schultz	Gainesville	FL	Ranger/Mercury	138.483
95	95	95	Davy Hite	Ninety Six	SC	Triton/Evinrude	137.551
96	100	100	Craig Dowling	Many	LA	Legend/Mercury	137.384
97	99	99	Rick Clunn	Ava	MO	Nitro/Mercury	136.703
98	91	91	Rick Morris	Lake Gaston	VA	Triton/Mercury	136.601
99	64	64	David Dudley	Lynchburg	VA	Ranger/Yamaha	135.891
100	96	96	Bradley Hallman	Norman	OK	Skeeter/Yamaha	135.848
101	78	78	Mark Davis	Mt. Ida	AR	Skeeter/Yamaha	135.227
102	90	90	Art Ferguson III	St. Clair Shores	MI	Triton/Mercury	135.009
103	101	101	Matthew Sphar	Pavilion	NY	Bass Cat/Mercury	134.835
104	109	109	Marty Stone	Linden	NC	Bass Cat/Mercury	133.689
105	104	104	Vic Vatalaro	Kent	OH	Ranger/Yamaha	133.671
106	118	118	Tom Mann, Jr.	Buford	GA	Ranger/Evinrude	133.294
107	125	125	Brennan Bosley	Benton	AR	Ranger/Yamaha	132.896
108	126	126	Jim Tutt	Longview	TX	Ranger/Evinrude	132.583
109	114	114	Greg Vinson	Wetumpka	AL	Skeeter/Yamaha	130.250
110	127	127	Todd Auten	Gastonia	NC	Ranger/Mercury	130.146
111	106	106	Jim Dillard	Bauxite	AR	Ranger/Yamaha	129.712
112	112	112	Kyle Mabrey	McCalla	AL		129.406
113	122	122	Randy Blaukat	Jasper	MO	Ranger/Yamaha	129.232
114	115	115	Chad Grigsby	Maple Grove	MN	Ranger/Yamaha	128.882
115	131	131	Jeff Connella	Bentley	LA		128.621
116	111	111	Jared Lintner	Arroyo Grande	CA	Skeeter/Yamaha	128.228
117	120	120	Morizo Shimizu	Osaka		Champion/Mercury	128.099
118	93	93	Kenyon Hill	Norman	OK	Triton/Mercury	127.471
119	110	110	Peter Thliveros	Jacksonville	FL	Ranger/Mercury	127.076
120	137	137	Pat Golden	High Point	NC		126.294
121	132	132	Britt Myers	Mt. Holly	NC	Bass Cat/Mercury	126.029
122	130	130	Scott Campbell	Springfield	MO	Triton/Mercury	125.692
123	123	123	Jon Bondy	Windsor	ON	Champion/Mercury	125.163
124	148	148	Tim Johnson	Dallas	GA	Ranger/Evinrude	125.062
125	113	113	Ray Scheide	Russellville	AR	Ranger/Yamaha	124.160
126	119	119	J.T. Kenney	Palm Bay	FL	Ranger/Yamaha	123.544
127	124	124	Chris Lane	Guntersville	AL	Legend/Mercury	123.509
128	139	139	Brian Clark	Haltom City	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	123.460
129	128	128	Derek Remitz	Grant	AL	Triton/Mercury	123.057
130	140	140	Jimmy Millsaps	Canton	GA	Ranger/Evinrude	122.817
131	129	129	George Cochran	Hot Springs	AR	Ranger/Evinrude	122.769
132	134	134	Chris Elliott	Gloucester	NC	Ranger/Yamaha	121.983
133	117	117	Ish Monroe	Hughson	CA	Ranger/Yamaha	121.978
134	135	135	Glenn Delong	Bellville	OH	Champion/Mercury	121.461
135	147	147	Mark Tyler	Vian	OK	Bass Cat/Mercury	121.438
136	138	138	Thanh Le	Davie	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	121.394
137	144	144	Eric Ambort	Mabelvale	AR		121.333
138	142	142	Pete Gluszek	Franklinville	NJ	Ranger/Evinrude	121.072
139	145	145	Keith Monson	Burgin	KY	Ranger/Yamaha	120.049
140	133	133	Jim Moynagh	Carver	MN	Ranger/Yamaha	119.784
141	121	121	Jerry Green	Cullman	AL	Ranger/Evinrude	119.554
142	136	136	Dion Hibdon	Stover	MO	Ranger/Evinrude	119.070
143	162	162	Joe Thomas	Milford	OH	Ranger/Evinrude	118.509
144	161	161	Jeremiah Kindy	Benton	AR		118.113
145	141	141	John Crews, Jr.	Salem	VA	Bass Cat/Mercury	118.083
146	116	116	Scott Rook	Little Rock	AR	Ranger/Mercury	116.895
147	151	151	Wade Grooms	Bonneau	SC	Ranger/Mercury	116.727
148	163	163	Jack L. Wade	Knoxville	TN	Ranger/Evinrude	116.551
149	158	158	Chad Morgenthaler	Coulterville	IL	Phoenix/Yamaha	116.312
150	146	146	Paul Elias	Pachuta	MS	Triton/Mercury	115.024
151	159	159	Jim Murray, Jr.	Arabi	GA		114.638
152	156	156	Rob Kilby	Hot Springs	AR	Ranger/Mercury	114.414
153	166	166	Pete Ponds	Madison	MS	Ranger/Mercury	114.165
154	165	165	Chip Harrison, Jr.	Bremen	IN	Ranger/Yamaha	113.883
155	143	143	Brandon Coulter	Knoxville	TN	Skeeter/Yamaha	113.506
156	172	172	Ken Wick	Star	ID	Ranger/Mercury	112.794
157	167	167	Mike Surman	Boca Raton	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	112.348
158	150	150	Tim Klinger	Boulder City	NV	Ranger/Evinrude	112.069
159	160	160	Clifford Pirch	Payson	AZ	Ranger/Yamaha	111.805
160	157	157	Jeff Reynolds	Platter	OK	Nitro/Mercury	111.623
161	153	153	Carl Svebek III	Siloam Springs	AR	Ranger/Evinrude	111.145
162	176	176	Cody Bird	Granbury	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	111.125
163	154	154	David Fritts	Lexington	NC	Ranger/Evinrude	110.724
164	149	149	Mark Pack	Mineola	TX	Ranger/Yamaha	110.202
165	152	152	Jeremy Starks	Charleston	WV	Bass Cat/Evinrude	110.171
166	169	169	Brent Crow	Hartselle	AL		108.978
167	173	173	Marty Robinson	Landrum	SC	Skeeter/Yamaha	108.610
168	164	164	Curt Lytle	Suffolk	VA	Ranger/Yamaha	107.895
169	175	175	Jimmy D. Mize	Ben Lomond	AR	Triton/Mercury	106.566
170	180	180	Ken Cook	Meers	OK	Triton/Mercury	106.073
171	183	183	Guy Eaker	Cherryville	NC	Triton/Mercury	105.715
172	203	203	George Jeane, Jr.	Evans	LA	Ranger/Yamaha	105.076
173	181	181	Grant Goldbeck	Gaithersburg	MD	Bass Cat	104.997
174	171	171	Clark Reehm	Russellville	AR	Skeeter/Yamaha	104.982
175	178	178	Charlie Hartley	Grove City	OH	Ranger/Mercury	104.766
176	192	192	Billy McCaghren	Mayflower	AR	Bass Cat/Mercury	104.680
177	177	177	Sam Newby	Pocola	OK	Ranger/Yamaha	102.890
178	186	186	Yusuke Miyazaki	Mineola	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	102.307
179	174	174	Mike Wurm	Hot Springs	AR	Ranger/Evinrude	101.811
180	182	182	Chad Griffin	Cresson	TX	Ranger/Yamaha	101.599
181	185	185	Danny Pierce	Greenbrier	AR		101.216
182	189	189	Tony Couch	Buckhead	GA	Ranger	100.279
183	188	188	Jason Reyes	Humble	TX		99.462
184	208	208	Fred Contaoi	Lakeport	CA		99.421
185	194	194	Tim McDonald	Hagerhill	KY		99.005
186	200	200	Scott Dobson	Clarkston	MI		98.477
187	184	184	Jonathan Newton	Rogersville	AL		98.395
188	195	195	Zell Rowland	Montgomery	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	97.978
189	168	168	Glenn Browne	Ocala	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	97.659
190	196	196	Elton Luce, Jr.	Brookeland	TX	Bass Cat/Mercury	97.113
191	198	198	Guido Hibdon	Gravois Mills	MO	Ranger/Evinrude	97.024
192	193	193	Kim Stricker	Howell	MI		96.989
193	187	187	Kevin Langill	Terrell	NC	Skeeter/Yamaha	96.226
194	206	206	James Kemper	Frankfort	KY		94.386
195	202	202	Matt Arey	Shelby	NC		94.273
196	211	211	Jake Deeds	El Dorado	AR		93.993
197	197	197	Lendell Martin, Jr.	Nacogdoches	TX	Ranger/Yamaha	93.399
198	209	209	Stacey D. King	Reeds Spring	MO	Nitro/Mercury	93.379
199	201	201	John Tanner	Quitman	TX		93.360
200	204	204	Glenn Chappelear	Acworth	GA		93.280
201	212	212	Jason McKinnie	Umatilla	FL		91.473
202	210	210	Richard Lowitzki	St. Charles	IL		91.272
203	205	205	Dave Smith	Del City	OK	Ranger/Mercury	90.655
204	213	213	Bobby Curtis	Siloam Springs	AR	Ranger/Evinrude	90.415
205	216	216	Dale Evans	Ridgeville	SC		89.822
206	214	214	Jeffrey Thomas	Broadway	NC	Ranger/Yamaha	89.070
207	217	217	J. Todd Tucker	Moultrie	GA	Ranger/Yamaha	85.916
208	220	220	Michael Murphy	Gilbert	SC	Ranger/Yamaha	84.876
209	221	221	Robert Pearson	Oak Hill	VA		81.733
210	218	218	Stetson Blaylock	Benton	AR	Ranger/Yamaha	79.732
211	224	224	Charles Sim	Ottawa	ON	Ranger	78.437
212	228	228	Vince Fulks	Purcell	OK		77.658
213	229	229	Gary Yamamoto	Mineola	TX	Legend/Yamaha	77.455
214	223	223	Mike Todd	Norman	OK		77.056
215	225	225	Robert Sherry	Saint Charles	IL		76.760
216	231	231	Rusty Trancygier	Hahira	GA	Ranger/Yamaha	76.515
217	232	232	Jason Abrams	Gray	TN		73.196
218	92	92	Bryan Hudgins	Orange Park	FL	Ranger/Mercury	70.308
219	234	234	Travis Fox	Lowell	AR		69.091
220	107	107	Ray Sedgwick	Cross	SC	Triton/Mercury	67.932
221	238	238	Luke Gritter	Kalamazoo	MI		65.585
222	248	248	Gary Riffle	Paris	TX		64.252
223	240	240	Bobby McMullin	Pevely	MO	Ranger/Mercury	63.402
224	242	242	Robert Dodson	Harrison	AR		63.080
225	244	244	Mark Burgess	Norton	MA	Skeeter/Yamaha	62.942
226	246	246	Randall Tharp	Gardendale	AL		61.419
227	249	249	Ricky Scott	Van Buren	AR		59.817
228	251	251	David Young	Mayfield	KY		57.870
229	250	250	Kevin Snider	Elizabethtown	KY	Ranger/Yamaha	57.474
230	257	257	Aaron McManaway	Altamont	IL		56.280
231	259	259	John Voyles	Petersburg	IN		56.125
232	264	264	Bob Blosser	Lodi	WI		55.754
233	155	155	Ben Matsubu	Hemphill	TX	Legend/Mercury	55.705
234	255	255	Al Little	Greensboro	NC		55.369
235	261	261	Stuart Arthur	Benton	MO		55.359
236	263	263	Brent Broderick	Oregonia	OH		55.162
237	253	253	Brian Travis	Conover	NC		55.079
238	170	170	Preston Clark	Palatka	FL	Triton/Mercury	54.076
239	266	266	Kenneth (Boo) Woods	Hazard	KY		53.651
240	267	267	Tom Redington	Royse City	TX		53.629
241	179	179	Kurt Dove	Fairfax	VA	Triton/Mercury	53.184
242	190	190	Billy Brewer	Bruceville	TX	Bass Cat/Mercury	52.896
243	199	199	Corey Waldrop	Fort Worth	TX		51.878
244	269	269	Clint Brownlee	Tifton	GA		51.437
245	191	191	Steve Daniel	Clewiston	FL	Triton/Mercury	50.943
246	270	270	Pat Eichmann	Nancy	KY		49.002
247	272	272	John Billheimer, Jr.	Discovery Bay	CA		48.190
248	222	222	Randy Allen	Shreveport	LA		45.867
249	277	277	Christian Romans	Carrollton	KY		45.717
250	278	278	Neil Russell	Nampa	ID	Ranger/Mercury	45.510
251	207	207	Rick Ash	Pottstown	PA	Bass Cat	45.483
252	215	215	Jay Fuller	Kingston	OK		45.335
253	282	282	David Kromm	Kennewick	WA		44.864
254	219	219	James Kennedy	Lacombe	LA		42.195
255	226	226	David Sherrer	Shreveport	LA		40.776
256	292	292	Timothy Sisk	Cherryville	NC		40.466
257	288	288	Michael Brown	Rocky Face	GA		39.646
258	290	290	Jason Hickey	Weiser	ID		38.346
259	227	227	Paul Hirosky	Guys Mills	PA	Gambler/Mercury	38.331
260	296	296	James Christian	Dickson	TN		35.789
261	245	245	Brent Long	Catawba	NC		35.769
262	230	230	Bud Pruitt	Spring	TX	Skeeter/Yamaha	35.415
263	233	233	Charles Ingram	Santa Fe	TN	Ranger/Honda	35.053
264	300	300	Daniel Gray	Butler	PA		34.531
265	236	236	Danny Correia	Marlboro	MA	Skeeter/Yamaha	32.993
266	239	239	Hank Cherry	Maiden	NC		32.734
267	241	241	Aaron A. Hastings	Boonsboro	MD	Ranger/Evinrude	31.969
268	243	243	Rob Digh	Denver	NC		30.389
269	247	247	Kevin Lasyone	Dry Prong	LA		30.375
270	252	252	Eric M. Weir	Gastonia	NC		29.818
271	308	308	Adam Postelle	Rocky Face	GA		29.803
272	260	260	Chris McCall	Jasper	TX	Ranger/Evinrude	29.095
273	317	317	Andrew Veach	Carol Stream	IL		28.433
274	316	316	Jeff Magee	Mendenhall	MS		28.388
275	265	265	Tony Defilippo	Lake Ann	MI	Nitro	28.363
276	279	279	Lewis Denney	Indian Mound	TN		28.360
277	320	320	Clay Dyer	Hamilton	AL	Ranger/Evinrude	27.861
278	256	256	Pat Fisher	Dacula	GA	Ranger/Yamaha	27.641
279	237	237	Matt Amedeo	Clinton	OH		27.588
280	254	254	Steve Redding	Irvine	CA		26.867
281	326	326	Charles Ely	Roosevelt	TX		26.239
282	262	262	Lloyd Pickett, Jr.	Bartlett	TN		26.169
283	268	268	Dan Schoonveld	Mansura	LA		25.585
284	258	258	Andre Moore	Scottsdale	AZ	Legend/Evinrude	24.599
285	271	271	Keith Pace	Monticello	AR	Ranger/Yamaha	24.340
286	275	275	Kevin Long	Clewiston	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	24.123
287	276	276	Tommy Martin	Hemphill	TX	Nitro/Mercury	23.641
288	327	327	Will Jefferies	Bountiful	UT		23.620
289	273	273	Monte Knight	Quitman	MS		22.948
290	284	284	Joel G. Richardson	Kernersville	NC	Ranger/Yamaha	22.454
291	235	235	Greg Gutierrez	Red Bluff	CA	Nitro/Mercury	22.185
292	274	274	Woo Daves	Spring Grove	VA	Nitro/Mercury	21.843
293	283	283	Bob Bjorklund	Centennial	CO		21.749
294	280	280	Bill Day	Frankfort	KY		21.057
295	291	291	Scott Hamrick	Denver	NC		20.002
296	285	285	Marcel Veenstra	Brighton	MI	Ranger/Yamaha	19.734
297	287	287	Charles Cummings	Leeds	AL		19.600
298	281	281	Randy Hadden	Jacksonville	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	19.522
299	336	336	Shawn Carnahan	Chandler	AZ		18.800
300	286	286	Sandy Melvin	Boca Grande	FL	Ranger/Yamaha	18.210
301	289	289	Brad Knight	Wartburg	TN		17.942
302	293	293	Jack A. Gadlage	Benton	KY	Ranger/Yamaha	17.392
303	294	294	Arch Cornett	Huntsville	AL		17.375
304	298	298	Katsutoshi Furusawa	Tokyo		Ranger/Yamaha	17.250
305	295	295	David Lawson	Richmond	KY		17.194
306	299	299	Tim Carroll	Owasso	OK	Skeeter/Yamaha	16.802
307	297	297	John Sappington	Willard	MO	Ranger/Evinrude	16.620
308	314	314	Brad Wall	Clarksville	OH		16.455
309	347	347	Jamie Feick	Blanchard	OK		15.933
310	310	310	Jim Turner	Clarksville	IN		15.810
311	301	301	J R Grubb	Hamburg	AR		15.608
312	305	305	Tom Monsoor	La Crosse	WI	Ranger	15.548
313	302	302	Robert Walser	Lexington	NC		14.985
314	321	321	Karen Savik	St. Louis Park	MN		14.875
315	323	323	Norman Seat	Branson West	MO		14.710
316	311	311	Melinda Mize Hooper	Ben Lomond	AR		14.686
317	307	307	Mike Lanier	Leland	NC		14.312
318	328	328	Jim Russell	Statham	GA		14.177
319	303	303	Stephen Johnston	Hemphill	TX		14.037
320	306	306	Dwayne Horton	Knoxville	TN	Ranger/Mercury	13.811
321	309	309	Chad Cook	Summerville	SC		13.708
322	318	318	Richard Strother	Tyler	TX		13.536
323	337	337	Mark Modrak	China Township	MI		13.387
324	312	312	Clark Smith, Jr.	Pell City	AL		13.310
325	338	338	David Reault	Livonia	MI		13.200
326	322	322	O.T. Fears III	Sallisaw	OK	Ranger/Mercury	13.029
327	340	340	David McCrone	MInnetonka	MN		12.949
328	343	343	Jason Knapp	Uniontown	PA	Ranger/Yamaha	12.449
329	324	324	Alfred Williams	Jackson	MS		12.431
330	344	344	Joe Balog	Harrison Township	MI		12.386
331	304	304	Jason Abram	Chuckey	TN	Ranger/Yamaha	12.112
332	319	319	Kim Bain-Moore	Alabaster	AL		11.131
333	313	313	Bobby Myers	Tulsa	OK	Bass Cat	11.130
334	334	334	Rick Marsh	High Point	NC		11.077
335	351	351	Roger O'Dell	Rockwood	TN		11.068
336	315	315	David Vance	Winnsboro	TX		10.842
337	335	335	Patrick Baynes	Chatsworth	GA		10.494
338	354	354	Bryan Coates	Amherst	OH		10.323
339	330	330	Wes Thomas	Hanover	IN	Ranger	10.286
340	331	331	Paul Whitman, Jr.	Dallas	TX		9.751
341	325	325	Ben Lee	Lexington	SC		9.700
342	355	355	Trevor Jancasz	White Pigeon	MI		9.635
343	357	357	Michael Woolley	West Bloomfield	MI		9.572
344	358	358	Steve Clapper	Lima	OH	Ranger/Mercury	9.447
345	359	359	Wayne Cupp	New Tazewell	TN		9.371
346	360	360	Jared Rhode	Port Clinton	OH		9.134
347	361	361	Eric Struif	Lake Villa	IL		9.072
348	363	363	Tommy Brown	Louisville	TN		8.932
349	329	329	Jesse Draime	Long Beach	MS		8.559
350	365	365	Josh Myers	Chatham	ON		8.509
351	366	366	Jonathan Pelfrey	Rockwood	TN		8.492
352	348	348	Jim Short	Ocean Pines	MD		8.349
353	353	353	Sean Minderman	Spokane	WA		8.337
354	346	346	Truman White	Myersville	MD		8.304
355	378	378	Jesse West	Strandquist	MN		8.150
356	341	341	Ryan Valentine	Jonesboro	GA		8.095
357	339	339	Jimmy Houston	Cookson	OK	Ranger/Mercury	8.086
358	370	370	Thomas Moleski	Elkhart	IN		8.071
359	332	332	Jeff Buchanan	Lufkin	TX		7.795
360	333	333	Tee Watkins	East Point	KY		7.611
361	352	352	John Barrett	Fayetteville	NC		7.198
362	374	374	Jacky Dunaway	Clinton	TN		7.110
363	375	375	Jeff Miller	Crestwood	IL		6.882
364	349	349	Mike Ellenstein	Newburgh	IN	Ranger/Evinrude	6.647
365	342	342	Allen Armour	Norcross	GA	Ranger	6.443
366	350	350	Terry Segraves	Kissimmee	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	6.420
367	345	345	Chuck Medley	Owens Cross Roads	AL		6.090
368	362	362	Russell Colwell	Baltimore	MD		5.972
369	356	356	Randy Morris	Garfield	AR		5.756
370	379	379	Quint Bourgeois	Knoxville	TN		5.477
371	381	381	Terrence Newcomb	Rockford	TN		5.351
372	382	382	Michael Trombly	Perrysburg	OH		5.255
373	373	373	Toby Chenoweth	Port Byron	IL		5.248
374	368	368	Bruce Dale	Jamestown	OH		5.177
376	385	385	John Zubkoff	Monroe	MI		4.567
377	364	364	Michael Hall	Annandale	VA		4.257
378	367	367	Jeremy Vandenbosch	Lowell	MI		4.235
379	369	369	Scott Browning	Franklin	NC		4.054
380	371	371	Tom Burns	Carbondale	IL	Ranger/Mercury	3.848
381	372	372	MAtthew Jones	Spokane	MO		3.691
382	389	389	John Devries	Fishers	IN		3.566
383	376	376	Roger Harp	Huntsville	AR		3.347
384	377	377	Kip Carter	Loganville	GA		3.316
385	394	394	Chris King	South Amherst	OH		2.440
386	384	384	Kazuki Kitajima	Fayetteville	AR		2.346
387	396	396	Miles Johnson	Washington Township	OH		2.002
388	392	392	James Quillman	Plano	TX		1.502
389	403	403	Travis Rulle	Huntsville	AL		0.515
390	402	402	Bub Taylor	Tontitown	AR		0.344
391	404	404	Archie Wilson, Jr.	Corryton	TN		0.232

Previous Rankings

About the World Rankings
The BassFan World Rankings are the only statistical, multi-year, comprehensive rankings of the world's best professional bass anglers, and are the official World Rankings of the sport.

Why
The BassFan World Rankings were created in 2001 to answer a simple question — who is the best professional bass angler in the world ?— and to give fishing fans a way to track their favorite pros, as well as to show the non-fishing world that consistently catching fish isn't "just luck."

While the two leagues — ESPN-owned BASS and FLW Outdoors - have their own single-year point races (called Angler of the Year races, which are not rankings), and "power rankings" are starting to crop up in the sport, these are not World Rankings. World Rankings in all professional sports are complex, multi-year statistical endeavors simply because that's the only way to accurately and fairly show consistent performance over time.

Until BassFan did it, no one produced a statistical, multi-year ranking system for professional bass fishing using results from the top tours. These used to be the Bassmaster Tour and the FLW Tour, but as of January 2005 are the Bassmaster Elite Series, the Bassmaster Majors, the FLW Tour and the FLW Series. The BassFan World Rankings will also include results from other competitive (i.e., non-exhibition) tournaments that feature the world's top pros, like the Top Gun Championship.

How
Here's a brief overview of what's involved in calculating the BassFan World Rankings. (For confidentiality reasons, the proprietary methodology won't be discussed in detail.)

The rankings are based on angler performance in top-level BASS and FLW Outdoors events. These events are the top ones in the sport and attract the top fishermen.
Events are weighted based on strength of field (calculated using the BassFan World Rank of everyone in the field) and size of field, meaning that it's easier to do well in smaller-field events than larger-field ones.
Bonus points are given for winning and for placing in the top 10% in all regular-season events. No bonuses are given for league Angler of the Year awards, points or standings because those data are already accounted for in the World Rankings methodology.
Championships are treated differently than regular-season tournaments.
The BassFan World Rankings methodology ensures that anglers who fish only one tour/series or league are not at a disadvantage vs. anglers who fish more than one. Rather, anglers who fish more events have more chances to do better - or worse - than anglers who fish fewer events. A simple example: six 5th-place finishes are better than three, and four 100th-place finishes are worse than two.
The rankings use data from the current and immediately prior years only (a rolling 2 calendar years), and are updated after each major tournament.
The rankings are not an indication of who is/was the best bass angler ever. That is not a World Rankings. It's a list.
As with all World Rankings in all sports, the methodology used in the BassFan World Rankings calculation will change over time based on feedback from interested parties.
Bassmaster Open, Bassmaster Northern/Southern Tour and FLW Stren (formerly EverStart) Series tournament data are not included in the BassFan World Rankings because these are "minor-league" or "triple-A" events.

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2/28/2010 Reese Narrows The Gap

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Reese Narrows The Gap