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COACH KILL'S 6TH ANNUAL FISHIN AND FOOTBALL

BRAD WHITE & TIM OWENS GET THE RIGHT 5!
Lake Egypt, March 10, 2007, by Rick Byrnes

84 Teams launched at Pyramid Acres on Lake Egypt for the 6th Annual Coach Kill Tournament. Proceeds from the event go toward supporting the SIU football program. This event is quickly becoming one of the areas favorites and with the extraordinary amount of door prizes and raffles its not hard to figure out why. Everything about the event is first class and if you haven't fished it before your missing a good one! 

The day started off cloudy but around 10:00am the skies cleared and post frontal conditions dictated. The bite had been very strong going into this event and although it seemed to toughen up just a bit it was still a very productive day for most with lots of good bags coming to the scales. Fish were being caught with a multitude of patterns.

The first place team of Brad White and Tim Owens reported a slow bite all day. They only had five keeper bites but they were the right ones. They used jigs and rattle traps over grassy points to catch their fish. The teams bag tipped the scales at 19.49 lbs. and was anchored by a 5.66 lb Lake Egypt Special. The teams earned $1,200.00 for fishing the lake on this day.

The second place team of Shannon Toigo and Joe Burgess used a combination of Jerkbaits early in the morning and Rattle Traps later on in the day to catch their fish. The team caught the fish over grass beds in water depths ranging from 3 to 10 feet. They had a total weight of 18.39 lbs that was anchored by 5.07 lb. beauty. For the teams efforts they received checks totaling $1,000.00. The team is sponsored by: Zeigler Outdoors

The third place team of Don Norris and Billy Dean culled through 7 keepers on the day. They were fishing very shallow "probably 2 feet or less" stated Dean. The fish were located in and around the shallow grass and were fooled by red rattle traps. The team had a total weight of 18.36 lbs. on the day and cashed checks totaling $850.00

Big Bass went to the team of Dave Thompson and George Panick. The fish was caught by throwing a jerkbait in about 25 feet of water. The fish was caught around 1:30pm as the team located fish busting on shad in the main lake area. The Healthy football shaped largemouth weighed in at 6.27 lbs and earned the team $840.00.

This event was sponsored by: Rend Lake Beverages  ( Coors Beer), Dunn’s Sporting Goods, Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, Lunker Lure and Anglers Choice.  Also, so many people donated to this event I wouldn’t even know where to start. This event is getting bigger every year and this year set a new record of 84 boats.

Below is a complete listing of teams that weighed fish. Keep in mind this was an open event and no points given thus many elected not to weigh if they were not challenging for a check.