Patty Lenderman reports that 50 teams brought brought in weights exceeding 20 pounds, and there were two double digit bass weighed in. The top three weights were over 30 pounds. In the end, it was the team of Roy and Justin Wade of Diboll, TX who took home the $20,000 guaranteed 1st place prize.
The Wade team weighed their biggest fish, 8.66 lbs first, then adding their final four bass to it for a total of 30.96 lbs.
“We fished points in about 6’ of water, using green pumpkin shaky heads, jigs and spinnerbaits,” the team reported. “Throughout the day we probably caught around twelve keepers, and most of them came early.” They earned a payday of $20,000.
There was only about an ounce difference between 1st and 2nd places. Alan Moore and Robert Davis, both of Lufkin TX had another huge sack weighing in at 30.85 lbs. They used swim jigs and Senko’s in shallow depths of 3’-6’ to find their catch in grassy areas.
“We fished the mid lake area, and launched closer to where we were fishing. They pulled out a 2nd place winning check for $7,500.
Another 30+ pound sack won 3rd place, caught by Jim Prothro of Gilmer, TX and Tommy Morrison of Granbury. They also heaved their biggest fish on the scales to be weighed first. The trophy breached the double digit mark locking in at 10.34 pounds. Adding the rest of their catch, their total weight came to 30.64 pounds.
“We fished shallow water, using a Texas rigged 10 inch worm,” they explained. “We had our initial limit in the boat by 7a.m.”
They were fishing sandy, bald, secondary points. The big bite happened around 11:30. “We were able to cull a two pounder with it.” Increasing their weight by eight pounds with that one catch, they landed their final finish for a $5,500 check.
They also collected additional cash, $1,000, for Big Bass, and added another $5,000 for the highest finishing team in a Skeeter boat. They also cashed in on the Lowrance Gen3 bonus and the Abu Garcia Revo bonuses as well.
Perry Moss and Greg Smith of Shreveport, LA caught a trophy bass weighing 10.25 lbs that anchored their 5th place overall finish.
