2026 Season

Angler of the Year Standings

Live standings for the 2026 Cal Sag and Big Lake divisions. AOY is determined by your best 5 events fished — the race is on.

How It Works

Points System

Points are earned at every tournament. Your best 5 events of the season count toward your AOY total — there are no drops.

Points Per Finish
1st place earns 60 points. 2nd place earns 58 points. Each place below that drops by one point. Fishing but not placing earns 15 points. A disqualification results in 0 points.
AOY Calculation
AOY is determined by the cumulative total of your best 5 events fished in that division. If two anglers are tied on points, the tiebreaker is total season weight.
Rewards
The AOY winner in each division receives a $1,000 prize and a trophy. The Top 5 AOY anglers in each division also earn half-price entry to the Championship tournament.

Division Winner will be based on best 5 Events

Angler	21-Mar	18-Apr	23-May	27-Jun	AOY Points
Ryan Whitacre	56	57	55	58	226
Carlos Thomas	58	51	54	56	219
Brian Jackson	51	53	57	43	204
Nick Rusnak	53	56	43	52	204
Joe Chiarella	48	55	50	49	202
Mike Cash	46	54	51	46	197
Chris Roberts	60	42	42	45	189
Erik Brztowski	57		58	60	175
Robert Pointer	15	47	44	57	163
Duncan Kopp-Richardon	52	52	53		157
Tanner Visco	55		45	53	153
Josh Sokol	54	43	52	55	149
Tim McMahon		50	46	47	143
Mike Miklos	15	46	56	15	132
Szymon Piton			60	54	114
Joe Zehner	15	48		48	111
Brian Barthelt	15	60	49		102
Dennis Banik			47	51	98
PJ Porento	47	49			96
Tony Ballay	15	15	15	44	89
Brandon Addison	15	15	41		71
Thomas VanDommelen	15	45			60
Bob Krause		41		15	56
Cody Bertrand	50				50
John Vaitkus				50	50
Andrew Mlotek	49				49
Adam Marcolini		44			44
Mardy Monson	15				15

Angler	28-Mar	25-Apr	30-May	18-Jul	AOY Points
PJ Porento	57	55	51	57	220
Dave Sanders	54	57	60	48	219
Brian Jackson	56	58	54	49	217
Ed Czerwinski	55	49	57	56	217
Ryan Whitacre	58	54	46	55	213
Carlos Thomas	47	52	55	58	212
Ross Tornabene	50	51	56	54	211
Robert Pointer	44	50	48	45	187
Erik Brztowski	15	60	58	46	179
John Nowacki	49	53	49	15	166
Duncan Kopp-Richardon	52		52	51	155
Cody Bertrand	43		43	47	133
Mardy Monson	48	15		44	107
Adam Marcolini	53			53	106
Joe Chiarella	15	56	15	15	101
Rich Hulen	15	15	50	15	95
Joe Childs	46		44		90
Josh Sokol	42		45		87
Mike Miklos	15	15	47		77
Danny Rosenwinkel	15		53		68
Zachary McNary	60				60
Chris Roberts				52	52
Andrew Mlotek	51				51
Szymon Piton				50	50
Tanner Visco	45				45
Brandon Addison				43	43
Keith Nemcek	41				41
Tyler Uteg	15				15
Jeff Jennings	15				15
Tony Ballay	15				15

Angler	# Fish	Big Bass	TOTAL WEIGHT	AOY Points	Earnings
Josh Sokol	3	0.00	10.59	60	1165
Carlos Thomas	3	4.67	10.39	58	815
PJ Porento	3	4.48	10.00	57	420
Ed Czerwinski	3	3.56	9.93	56	5 car washes/100 sticker
Ryan Whitacre	3	3.63	9.89	55	Seagur Line
Ross Tornabene	3	0.00	9.79	54	2 Rowdy Buzzbaits
Adam Marcolini	3	3.65	9.48	53
Chris Roberts	3	0.00	9.45	52
Duncan Kopp-Richardson	3	0.00	9.38	51
Szymon Piton	3	0.00	9.30	50
Brian Jackson	3	3.86	9.28	49
Dave Sanders	3	4.42	9.19	48
Cody Bertrand	3	0.00	9.15	47
Erik Brztowski	3	3.77	8.90	46
Robert Pointer	3	0.00	7.99	45
Mardy Monsen	3	0.00	7.58	44
Brandon Addison	2	0.00	4.06	43
Rich Hulen	0	0.00	0.00	15
John Nowacki	0	0.00	0.00	15
Joe Chiarella	0	0.00	0.00	15