A slight delay on the normal Monday Top 5 Update but better late than never. Today’s featured anglers are our most recent Top 5 champs. Brent Jackson (2024 Champ) posts his first three entries of 2025 and Jim Junk (2021, 2022, 2023 Champ) adds his second quality bass of the year.

Weight: 4-10
Angler: Brent Jackson
Date: April 6
Location: Knox County public strip pit
Lure: Strike King Red Eye Shad (sexy shad)

Weight: 1-5
Angler: Brent Jackson
Date: April 6
Location: Knox County public strip pit
Lure: Strike King Red Eye Shad (sexy shad)

Weight: 1-0
Angler: Brent Jackson
Date: April 6
Location: Knox County public strip pit
Lure: Strike King Red Eye Shad (sexy shad)
Angler Comments: Three hours of fishing, seventeen bass. Overall, it was a decent day, and it was nice out. The sun was shining, and the wind was mild.
Top 5 Weight: 6-15 (4-10,1-5,1-0)

Weight: 3-13
Angler: Jim Junk
Date: April 6
Location: Peoria County Pond
Lure: Dark Sleeper
Angler Comments: Spent about an hour throwing a chatterbait and a Dark Sleeper. Again, one bite and one fish landed, a nice 3-13 on the Dark Sleeper. At this rate, I’ll have my Top 5 completed in three more weeks.
Top 5 Weight: 6-12 (3-13,2-15)

The weather looks to continue improving through the weekend and beyond so here’s hoping that it will result in another batch of submissions next week. Talk to you later. Troy