Two Missouri anglers proved they were very capable of holding on to their first day six pound lead to capture the top spot in the 2009 Bass Cat Owners Invitational today.

James and David Schnable of St. Louis, MO weighted in a record total of 36.66 (6.62 kicker big bass) to claim a new Bass Cat Pantera II rigged with a Mercury 200 OptiMax.

Challenging a field of 547 teams from across the nation proved trying for many of the anglers with unstable weather conditions ... challenging to say the least. Second place award of a new 2009 Bass Cat Skiff Cat was won by Mike Rhodes of Ash Flat, AR and his partner Wes Rogers of Mammoth Spring, AR with a weight of 30.16#.

Overall Big Bass winners for the two days weighed 6.62 and was brought to the scales by the winners James and David Schnable of St. Louis, MO., that put a big stack of cash into a pocket.

A total of 1675 fish were caught that weighed in at 3,807.37 pounds.

Special thanks, and a big bow to Strike King Lures, and Mercury Outboards, without them and other sponsors the Owners Invitational sure wouldn't the same great event!