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ROD
KEEL AND DAVE SANDERS WIN AT MONROE
Monroe Lake, July 10,
2006, by Paul Jolly
ROD KEEL AND DAVE
SANDERS, TWO OF MONROE’S BASS FISHING GURUS, WERE FISHLESS IN
PRIME EARLY MORNING HOURS. AFTER MAKING THE USUAL MILK RUN TO
THEIR FAVORITE HAUNTS AND AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARED AND THE DUST
SETTLED, THEY BROUGHT A LIMIT OF SIX BASS TO THE SCALES WEIGHING
23.5 LBS., BEATING THE NEAREST COMPETITORS BY SEVEN POUNDS.
CONSISTENCY HAS PAYED OFF AS KENNY HENDERSON AND DONNIE HOLDEN
TAKE THE LEAD FOR POINT CHAMPIONS WITH TWO EVENTS REMAINING ON
THE CALENDAR.
TOURNAMENT STATS:
MOST OF THE DAY BROUGHT A LIGHT WIND, OVERCAST SKIES AND
TEMPERATURE IN THE MID 80s
88 OF 101 TEAMS CAUGHT 255 BASS WEIGHING 605 LBS. (2.4 LB.
AVERAGE)
NINE SIX-FISH LIMITS
WINNING WEIGHT – 23.50 LBS., BIGGEST BASS – 6.18 LBS., 2ND
BIGGEST BASS – 6.04 LBS.
$11,463 WAS PAID TO 15 PLACES INCLUDING BIG BASS & 2ND BIG BASS
1ST place – Rod Keel and Dave Sanders, both of Bloomington
caught six bass weighing 23.50 lbs. Their fish were caught on
plastic worms casting to wooded breaks at 10 feet
Won $3,815.00 + $50 for 2nd BB = $3,925.00
2nd
place – Rob Campbell of Martinsville and Chris Davis of Emience
Caught six bass weighing 16.62 lbs.
Caught fish casting crankbaits to shallow grass
Won $1,873.00
3rd
place – Tom Todd III of Bedford and Stan Wehr of Huntingburg
Caught 6 bass weighing 15.72 lbs.
Caught fish casting plastic worms to areas with no particular
structure at 14 feet
Won $1,175.00
Big Bass
– Steve Robinson of Richmond and Mike Seal of Fountain City
Caught a 6.18 lb. bass on ???
Won $1,010.00
ROD KEEL & DAVE SANDERS RECEIVED TROPHIES FROM SUTTERFIELD’S AND
$50 FROM MID- SOUTHERN SAVINGS FOR 2ND BIG BASS
RANGER CUP WAS WON BY FRED FELIX & JEFF WEHNER - $150
DON HOLDEN WON $150 FROM TED’S AQUA MARINE FOR BEING THE HIGHEST
FINISHER FROM A BOAT
BOUGHT AT TED’S. WINNING ONE OF OUR EVENTS IN A BOAT FROM TED’S
IS WORTH $1,000.
FRED FELIX & JEFF WEHNER WON TWO PAIR OF SOLAR BATS SUNGLASSES.
THEY WERE THE HIGHEST FINISHERS WEARING AND MENTIONING SOLAR
BATS AT WEIGH-IN.
COMING EVENTS:
MDA TOURNAMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER AT ROCKY POINT, AUGUST 6,
HOOSIER OPEN IS AT PATOKA AUGUST 13 & 27 |
