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Water
temp-58-65 degrees
Sky-
Clear/Bluebird
Wind-
variable
This is a
fund raiser with a tournament. The anglers fishing the tournament
raise money for St Jude. Last year the anglers raised over $69,000.
This year the anglers raised over $100,000. Since the inception of
this fund raiser and tournament 8 years ago, the anglers have raised
over $400,000 for this great cause.
The weather
the prior week was cool with highs in the mid to upper 50’s to low
60’s with rain and wind. The starting day of the tournament, the
weather was clear and 34 degrees out. High sky’s and warmer
weather for the two days warmed the water back up from a drop Friday
night of almost 5 degrees.
First Place Jim Smith and
Tom Whitehead
Taking top
honors this year was the team of Tom Whitehead and Jim Smith with a
total 2 day weight of 37.74#. Tom and Jim were throwing 6”
straight tailed worms on grass banks and dragging them off into the
water the first day and caught a limit by noon. On Sunday, they
threw Tube baits, Lake Fork Craw Tubes, and Sweat Beavers. The water
temps they were fishing were 62-65 degrees.
Second place Scott Lambert and Brent Lake
Second place
was Scott Lambert and Brent Lake with 35.04#. Saturday they had a
limit fishing grass and wood in current. They were using Booya
Spinner Baits and crank baits to catch there limit of Largemouth. On
Sunday, they threw Booya Spinner Baits and Jigs to catch Smallie’s
in 5 feet of water or less in current with riprap banks.
Third place John Graham and Lee Schoneman
Third place
was John Graham and Lee Schoneman with a total weight of 33.96#.
They fished both pools 4&5 and found there fish wood and grass.
Water temps were in the low 60’s. They caught a limit flipping
jigs.
Big bass for
day 1 was caught by the team of George Liddle and Mick Anselmo
weighing 4.04#.
Big bass on
day 2 and for the tournament was the team of Bob Kuhn and Ken
Koosman weighing 4.46#.
This was and
always is a great event. The real winners here are the kids and
there families. All the money raised goes for cancer research. If a child's
insurance does not cover the treatment or pay the whole bill, St
Jude takes care of it. The child and there families never have to
pay. They get free room and board when they are there. It costs over
1 million dollars a day to run St Jude. All the donations help.
Thanks again
to all the anglers and staff the helped in this event.
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