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🔥 Kentucky Bass Nation – Adult Qualifier Stop #2 Results 🔥  

Hosted on Green River Lake and launching out of Lone Valley Campground, anglers showed up ready to compete and brought some solid bags to the scales!

🎣 Top Boaters  

🥇 Nathan Sheehan – 12.87 lbs  

🥈 Luke Schmits – 11.30 lbs  

🥉 Dustin Bauer – 11.22 lbs  

4️⃣ Mark Cooper – 10.80 lbs  

🎣 Top Co-Anglers  

🥇 David Eads – 12.23 lbs  

🥈 Matt Luken – 10.68 lbs  

🥉 Arthur Ballard – 9.39 lbs  

4️⃣ Ben Carter – 7.91 lbs  

🐟 Big Fish Honors  

🏆 Tim Robinson – 5.71 lbs  

🏆 Christian Peters – 5.55 lbs  

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Another competitive stop in the books as the race continues—see you at the next one! 💪  

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The Kentucky BASS Nation visited Lake Cumberland last Saturday for the first qualifier of the 2026 season. We enjoyed beautiful spring weather throughout the event. As is typical, results varied across the field, with some catching many and others finding just a few.  And add with that, 3 new members we would like to welcome to our KBN family. 

We all start each season hoping to begin a journey just like the recent Bassmaster Classic Champion Dylan Nutt accomplishment just a couple weeks ago.  Not just a chance to compete in the Bassmaster Classic BUT winning the Classic straight from the BASS Nation side of things.  Dylan took control of his destiny by winning the Pickwick Lake Bass Southern Regional in March of 2025.  Unfortunately, I (along with several other KBN participants) happened to be one of his victims. LOL  But what an inspiration to our membership.  Dreams can happen at any time when we set our sights high and work hard to achieve!

For the KBN Saturday, those dreams began.  First place on the boater side went to one of our very talented fishermen, Nick Ratliff with 16.79 lbs  paying $862.50who barely escaped second place finisher Mitchell Major who had 16.25 lbs worth $603.75.  On the co-anglers side just like the boater side it was a dog fight for the win.  Christian Peters outdueled Jason Brown with the win totaling 11.99 lbs taking home $562.50.  Jason finished with 10.56 lbs winning $393.75.

Third place on boater side was newcomer Tyler Strunk totaling a weight of 13.63, winning $285.75 and co-angler third place finish goes to Nolan Bunnell with 8.43 lbs taking home $168.75.  BF boater side was Mitchel Major 3.90/$150 and BF of the tournament went to Christian Peters at 4.59/$150.  

The next KBN qualifier will be at Green River Lake on April 18th.  How about your dreams?  Are you ready to compete for the chance to be world champion of bass fishing?  Come join the KBN!  The place where the dream begins.

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2026 Officers

Mark Cooper/Randall Christopher Co-Presidents           Greg Marshall - Treasurer

Mike Mayes/Kevin True - Co Vice Presidents                     Arthur Ballard - Secretary

Kevin True - Tournament Director                                           Karl Schreiber - Conservation

Region 1  Directors        Region 2 Directors          Region 3 Directors         Region 4 Directors

Nick Coleman                  Matt Hall                             Mike Williams                  Rich Young

Jason Brown                      Mark Bell                             Arthur Ballard                  Greg Barnes

Meeting agenda items of importance:

• New Website - www.kybassnation.com
• We will also be developing a new FaceBook page.  Be on the lookout.
• Updates/changes from B.A.S.S.
  • BNC auto birth for Kentucky now is at 1.  This will be our State Champion!
  • The State Team concept partially returns.  Kentucky will send 10 boater codes/10 non-boater codes to the BASS Southern Regional tournament.  This Kentucky boater field and non-boater field will compete against your other 9 cohorts.  Top weight from each boater/non-boater will earn a slot to BNC.  This will give Kentucky 2 guaranteed slots.
  • Codes now have greater value.  The KBN will distribute the codes per the following:
    • Top 3 positions in AOY. (3)  Positions 2-8 at state Championship. (7) = 10 boater/10 non-boaters
  • Other slots can be won by anyone finishing in the top 10 at our Southern Regional tournament.  Why we might as well take the whole top 10 slots!  Go Kentucky!
• Contact any KBN officer if you have any questions.  There are other changes at the regionals we can discuss at our meetings.  
• So, come on board and make 2026 KBN the best year ever!  We have a great schedule and payouts at our qualifiers.  An awesome state championship with excellent payback. There's never been a better time to fish with the KBN.  Hope to see you at Cumberland on March 21st!