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8/3/07
M&M's pro John Sappington is looking to add another Forrest Wood Cup title to his long list of angling accomplishments. |
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8/2/07
M&M's pro John Sappington of Willard, Mo., holds down the third place position after day one with 13 pounds, 13 ounces. |
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5/17/07
M&M’s pro John Sappington of Willard, Mo., is headed for his second FLW Tour top 10 for 2007 with five bass for 11-9. |
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4/1/07
John Sappington caught a five-bass limit that weighed 12-7 Sunday and finished the tournament in 8th place. |
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3/29/07
John Sappington used brown bass to capture fouth place in the Pro Division. |
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3/8/06
Team Snickers pro John Sappington |
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7/14/05
Past FLW Championship winners receive recognition from Castrol's Tracy Curtis (left) prior to Thursday's weigh-in. Pictured are (l to r) Steve Daniel (winner, 1996), Darrel Robertson (1999), Dion Hibdon (2000), John Sappington (2002), David Dudley (2003), and Luke Clausen (2004). |
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6/15/05
John Sappington says the Kentucky/Barkley bass will be caught deep this week. |
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2/23/05
John Sappington displays two of his Sam Rayburn lunkers that propelled him into fifth place on day one. |
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1/19/05
After near-crippling back and neck injuries sustained last season, Snickers pro John Sappington returns to the FLW Tour scene to the delight of the Lake Okeechobee crowd. |
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1/21/04
Oklahoma pro John Sappington (left) and Australian co-angler Kim Bain at work Wednesday |
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12/19/03
John Sappington |
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10/30/03
Pro John Sappington (left) and co-angler Tom Burks in action on Old Hickory Thursday |
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10/29/03
Pro John Sappington of Willard, Mo., reeled in this big-bellied bass on day one of 2003 EverStart Series Championship action. |
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9/11/03
2002 FLW Champion John Sappington and legendary bass fishing pro Larry Nixon (left) will battle it out in the semifinals. |
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6/28/03
Sean Hoernke weighs in his bass as John Sappington, in the lead at the time, watches nervously from behind. Hoernke caught five bass weighing 12 pounds, 10 ounces and beat Sappington by 4 ounces to win the Pro Division. |
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6/28/03
Pro John Sappington of Wyandotte, Okla., caught a limit weighing 12 pounds, 6 ounces in the finals and collected $10,000 for second place. |
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6/28/03
With John Sappington in the hot seat, pro Jerry Hester of Coushatta, La., finishes in fourth place with five bass weighing 9 pounds, 2 ounces. He collected $8,000. |
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6/28/03
Pro Randall Osborne of Mount Sterling, Ky., who finished eighth and collected $5,000 with 7-7, shares a laugh with John Sappington as he weighs in a bass. |
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6/28/03
Runner-up John Sappington also won the $1,500 Ranger Cup award for being the highest-finishing pro of the tournament. In addition, Sappington won $750 for big bass on day two. |
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6/27/03
Pro John Sappington of Wyandotte, Okla., came in fourth with a limit weighing 11 pounds, 2 ounces. |
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6/26/03
Pro John Sappington, who made a major push up the leaderboard with the overall biggest stringer Thursday – 15 pounds, 3 ounces – slid into second place with a two-day weight of 26-4. |
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5/2/03
Pro John Sappington (left) and co-angler Mitch Greenwood share a laugh before takeoff. |
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5/2/03
Pro John Sappington of Wyandotte, Okla., used a 13-pound, 9-ounce catch to qualify for the finals in fifth place. |
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2/6/03
Pro John Sappington (left), winner of the 2002 FLW Championship, is in position to make the opening-round cut after a 29th-place performance on day one. His co-angler partner for day two is Gary Clark (right). |
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11/8/02
Gerald Swindle and John Sappington trade glances after learning they would face each other in the championship final round for $260,000. |
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11/8/02
When I broke the crankbait, I kind of lost my mental edge. - John Sappington |
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9/14/02
John Sappington gets prepared to fish for $260,000 before the final day of championship fishing on Cross Lake. |
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9/14/02
John Sappington of Wyandotte, Okla., weighs in part of his winning 9-pound, 12-ounce catch. |
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9/14/02
John Sappington of Wyandotte, Okla., proudly displays his first-place check after wininng the 2002 FLW Championship. |
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9/14/02
John Sappington of Wyandotte, Okla., holds up his first-place trophy after defeating Gerald Swindle in the finals of the 2002 FLW Championship. |
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9/14/02
Champion of the 2002 Wal-Mart FLW Tour, John Sappington, hoists his final fish at the weigh-in and looks toward his competitor Gerald Swindle, challenging him to match the catch. |
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9/14/02
John Sappington was visibly affected by the pressure of waiting to see if he had landed a large enough catch to be crowned champion of the 2002 FLW Tour. |
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9/13/02
John Sappington |
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9/13/02
John Sappington of Wyandotte, Okla., won a berth in the 2002 FLW Championship title match with a combined weight of 25 pounds, 6 ounces. |
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9/13/02
Pro Gerald Swindle (left) of Hayden, Ala., and John Sappington (right) of Wyandotte, Okla., will battle against one another for the 2002 FLW Championship title. |
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5/18/02
Day-three leader John Sappington of Wyandotte, Okla., weighs in a fish en route to a fifth-place finish. |
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5/17/02
John Sappington of Wyandotte, Okla., landed five bass weighing 16 pounds, 13 ounces Friday to lead 10 of the nation's top pro anglers into the Wal-Mart FLW Tour's lucrative final round on Old Hickory Lake. |
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5/17/02
Pro John Sappington (right) of Wyandotte, Okla., patiently awaits the outcome of the day's weigh-in. Sappington ultimately qualified for the finals in first place. |
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3/15/02
Pro John Sappington (left) and co-angler Michael Yeager prepare to head out onto the open waters of Lake Ouachita. |
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3/15/02
Eleventh-place pro John Sappington squirms in the hotseat as Craig Powers (onscreen in background) bumps him out of the final round. |
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3/18/00
John Sappington readies his gear under the early morning glare of TV lights at Lake Murray. |
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3/17/00
Co-angler leader David Hudson and second-place pro John Sappington check out their officially sponsored fishing machines. |
