Tourament News | Grigsby Leads Elite Series on Harris Chain
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3/11/2011 6:16:34 PM |
Bass Fishing Tournament Boasts Big Bass on Day Two
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Florida’s Shaw Grigsby is considered one of the greatest, if not the
greatest, sight fisherman of all time when bass are on their spawning
beds – and he’s more than living up to his reputation here at the Harris
Chain of Lakes this week, 90 miles south of his Gainesville home.
Today he hauled a show-stopping limit of five bass totaling 29 pounds, 8
ounces to the Bassmaster Elite Series scale.
Fact
is, if kindness and upbeat attitudes could be weighed in, Grigsby would
win that tournament every time. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more
positive guy among professional bass fishing’s best than Grigsby. That
said, Pat Golden and Grant Goldbeck, who are fishing very near to Shaw,
might be the only ones in the field to root against him – but don’t
count on it – they’re known to be good guys too.
“Conditions
are not the best (referring to the moon phase), but the sun was a real
good thing,” said Grigsby. “We’ll have sun the next two days, but the
question is will there be enough bass to last all three of us for two
more days, because I’ll be surprised if the area is replenished with
more bass coming into the area,” he added.
“I
left a 5-pound male bass on a bed, so yea, there’s still quality fish
there, but again you have to question how many bass are in there, and
will there be enough for all three of us,” Grigsby contemplated.
When
asked about his penchant for catching spawners better than just about
anybody in the world, Shaw replied, “There’s was never a time in my
career when I thought I was better at it than anybody else. Alton Jones
and Dean Rojas are really, really good at it too, and my eyes are
ancient compared to theirs. I just love to look for them and find them.
It’s something I love to do.”
Grigsby caught fish on line ranging from 8- to 25-pound test.
“I
caught the 10-pounder with a Quantum Smoke baitcasting reel spooled
with 25-pound line, she was barely hooked by the skin on her jaw, but I
caught two or three of my keepers with light line spooled on a Quantum
Tour Edition size 30 spinning reel,” said Grigsby.
Can
Shaw’s 8-pound lead over Quantum teammate Kevin VanDam hold up for two
more days? In Florida, you never know. But one’s thing’s for
sure, if
it does, a nice guy will finish first.
Day Two Standings
Place Angler Day1 # Weight D2# Weight Total Weight
1 Shaw E Grigsby 5 14- 7 5 29- 8 10 43-15
2 Kevin VanDam 5 17- 9 5 18- 3 10 35-12
3 Stephen Browning5 19-13 5 14- 8 10 34- 5
4 Pat Golden 5 20- 7 5 11- 3 10 31-10
5 Chris Lane 5 14- 5 5 17- 1 10 31- 6
6 James Niggemeyer5 11- 6 5 19-12 10 31- 2
7 Terry Scroggins 5 17- 9 5 12- 4 10 29-13
8 Cliff Crochet 4 13- 5 5 16- 5 9 29-10
9 Andy Montgomery 5 10- 8 5 18-12 10 29- 4
10 J Todd Tucker 5 17- 8 5 11- 9 10 29- 1
11 Greg Vinson 5 14- 2 5 14-12 10 28-14
12 Casey Ashley 5 12- 6 5 16- 4 10 28-10
13 Matt Greenblatt 5 10- 3 5 18- 3 10 28- 6
14 Alton Jones 5 11- 9 5 16-10 10 28- 3
15 Ott Defoe 5 14- 0 5 14- 2 10 28- 2
16 Grant Goldbeck 1 1- 1 5 27- 1 6 28- 2
17 Jeff Kriet 5 14- 9 5 12- 6 10 26-15
18 Jonathon Vandam 5 13-14 5 12- 7 10 26- 5
19 Jami Fralick 5 14-10 5 11-10 10 26- 4
20 Brandon Palaniuk5 14- 6 3 11- 7 8 25-13
21 Rick Clunn 5 11- 7 5 14- 3 10 25-10
22 Jason Williamson5 15- 1 5 10- 7 10 25- 8
23 Kevin Wirth 5 19-13 3 5- 1 8 24-14
24 Skeet Reese 5 11- 1 5 13-11 10 24-12
25 Michael Iaconell5 12- 0 5 12-10 10 24-10
26 Ben Parker 5 12- 3 5 12- 6 10 24- 9
27 Zell Rowland 5 11-10 5 12- 4 10 23-14
28 Cliff Pace 5 13- 9 5 10- 3 10 23-12
29 Jared Lintner 5 12- 8 5 11- 2 10 23-10
30 Clark Reehm 5 17- 2 5 6- 6 10 23- 8
31 Brent Chapman 5 12-14 5 10- 8 10 23- 6
32 Fred Roumbanis 5 14- 3 5 9- 1 10 23- 4
33 Marty Robinson 3 11- 3 4 12- 0 7 23- 3
34 Brian Snowden 5 14- 3 5 8- 8 10 22-11
35 Peter E Thlivero5 9- 1 5 13- 8 10 22- 9
36 Rick Morris 5 11-14 5 10-10 10 22- 8
37 Keith Poche 4 6- 0 5 16- 3 9 22- 3
38 John Murray 5 11- 3 4 11- 0 9 22- 3
39 Aaron Martens 5 11- 9 5 10- 2 10 21-11
40 Dustin Wilks 5 10-11 5 10-11 10 21- 6
41 Steve Kennedy 5 8- 3 5 13- 1 10 21- 4
42 Todd Faircloth 5 12- 0 5 9- 3 10 21- 3
43 Edwin Evers 5 9-12 5 11- 5 10 21- 1
44 Lee Sisson 5 14- 4 3 6- 9 8 20-13
45 Gary Klein 5 9- 0 5 11-12 10 20-12
46 Mike McClelland 5 10-15 5 9-13 10 20-12
47 Davy Hite 5 11- 0 5 9-11 10 20-11
48 Bill Lowen 5 7- 7 5 12-15 10 20- 6
49 Mark Davis 5 11- 5 5 9- 0 10 20- 5
50 Dean Alexander 5 12- 2 4 8- 3 9 20- 5
51 Dean Rojas 5 11- 3 5 9- 1 10 20- 4
52 Randy Howell 5 10-10 5 9- 7 10 20- 1
53 Yusuke Miyazaki 5 13- 3 4 6-14 9 20- 1
54 John Crews 5 10-13 5 8-14 10 19-11
55 Nate Wellman 5 10-12 5 8-15 10 19-11
56 Travis Manson 5 13- 0 5 6- 3 10 19- 3
57 Bernie Schultz 5 11- 0 5 8- 1 10 19- 1
58 Tommy Biffle 5 10- 2 5 8-13 10 18-15
59 Matt Reed 5 9- 3 5 9-10 10 18-13
60 Jason Quinn 5 9- 2 4 9-11 9 18-13
61 Timmy Horton 5 12- 3 4 6- 8 9 18-11
62 Keith Combs 5 9-14 5 8-10 10 18- 8
63 Britt Myers 5 12- 6 3 6- 0 8 18- 6
64 Bradley Roy 5 9- 0 5 9- 5 10 18- 5
65 Jeff Connella 5 9- 6 5 8-14 10 18- 4
66 Russ Lane 4 5- 8 5 12-11 9 18- 3
67 Kenyon Hill 4 7- 6 5 10-12 9 18- 2
68 Kelly Jordon 5 9- 3 5 8-14 10 18- 1
69 Greg Hackney 5 7- 3 5 10-13 10 18- 0
70 Dave Wolak 5 10- 4 5 7-11 10 17-15
71 Charlie Hartley 5 8- 6 5 9- 8 10 17-14
72 James Stricklin 5 9-15 4 7-10 9 17- 9
73 Pete Ponds 2 4- 8 5 13- 0 7 17- 8
74 Gerald Swindle 4 6- 4 5 11- 1 9 17- 5
75 Billy McCaghren 5 7-10 5 9- 6 10 17- 0
76 Denny Brauer 5 10-15 4 6- 1 9 17- 0
77 Kevin Short 5 10- 1 5 6-14 10 16-15
78 David Walker 5 13-13 3 2-14 8 16-11
79 Kotaro Kiriyama 3 13-15 1 1-11 4 15-10
80 Matt Herren 5 10-13 3 4-12 8 15- 9
81 Russell Parrish 5 10- 9 4 4-13 9 15- 6
82 Mark Menendez 5 7-10 2 7- 8 7 15- 2
83 Craig Schuff 5 11- 2 2 3-13 7 14-15
84 Scott Rook 5 9- 6 3 5- 6 8 14-12
85 Bradley Hallman 2 5- 3 5 9- 6 7 14- 9
86 Scott Ashmore 5 11- 4 2 2-14 7 14- 2
87 Takahiro Omori 4 9-14 4 4- 1 8 13-15
88 Chad Griffin 5 9- 2 2 4-10 7 13-12
89 Ish Monroe 4 6- 6 5 6-15 9 13- 5
90 Boyd Duckett 5 9- 1 3 3-10 8 12-11
91 Terry Butcher 5 7-13 3 3-14 8 11-11
92 David Smith 1 0-10 5 9-14 6 10- 8
93 Bobby Lane 3 6- 1 2 3- 3 5 9- 4
94 Brent Broderick 3 3- 5 1 5- 8 4 8-13
95 Paul Elias 3 3- 5 3 4- 3 6 7- 8
96 Morizo Shimizu 2 3-10 2 3-11 4 7- 5
97 Dennis Tietje 3 3- 9 2 2-11 5 6- 4
98 Ryan Said 4 4- 6 1 1- 5 5 5-11
99 Derek Remitz 0 0- 0 0 0- 0 0 0- 0
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