Tournament News | Marks Wins Bass Fishing Tourney on Lanier
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4/2/2011 7:19:09 PM |
Paul Marks of Georgia Wins PAA Tournament Series Opener
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Paul Marks of Georgia captured the PAA Tournament Series title on Lake Lanier
with a three-day total of 44.44 pounds. (PAA: Chris Dutton)
Ranger pro Paul Marks of Cumming , Ga., thought the bass
he lost late in the day Friday would come back to haunt him in the
season-opening PAA Tournament Series presented by Carrot Stix on Lake
Lanier.
But the four he weighed were pretty stout, and Marks brought in a limit
Saturday weighing 13.92 pounds to win the tournament with a three-day
total of 44.44 pounds. He won $5,000 and a new Nitro Z-8 with a Mercury
225 and T-H Marine Atlas jackplate, along with valuable points toward
the 2012 PAA All Star Series and 2011 Toyota Texas Bass Classic.
“I don’t think there’s a happier person in the world,” Marks said. “To
do this at home with all my family and friends here is just great.”
Marks
doesn’t live far from the lake but doesn’t fish as much as he used to
due to a passel of youngsters playing sports and other activities. He hit old familiar spots that had yielded
fish over the years, but on the final day kind of ran by instinct.
“I caught three off of old places where I put out brush years ago and
haven’t fished in a long time,” he said. “Then, I had two others on
back-to-back casts on one point. I caught one, got it in and the wind
pushed me off. When I got back on the point, I fired the jerkbait in
there and it went umph-umph-umph … two straight.”
Marks threw an albino Sworming Hornet Fish Head Spin with a white Zoom Fluke and Lucky Craft
Staysee in Ghost Minnow. He worked both to bass suspending about 10-15
feet deep over brush that was about 20 feet deep.
Omega pro Derek Remitz of Alabama was second with 42.30 pounds, followed
by Ranger pro Todd Auten of South Carolina with 41.89. Megabass pro
Aaron Martens of Alabama was fourth (38.59) and Ranger pro Tom Mann Jr.
of Georgia (38.34) rounded out the top five.
The rest of the top 20:
6. John Murray, Arizona, 37.82
7. David Hendrick, North Carolina, 33.97
8. Nick Larson, Georgia, 32.71
9. Takahiro Omori, Texas, 30.79
10. Larry “Doc” Seger, Missouri, 29.43
11. Shin Fukae, Texas, 29.35
12. Chris Brasher, Texas, 29.35
13. Tommy Biffle, Oklahoma, 28.20
14. Troy Morrow, Georgia, 28.18
15. Brett Hite, Arizona, 28.09
16. Doug Jones, Oklahoma, 27.31
17. Lance Vick, Texas, 26.79
18. Mike McClelland, Arkansas, 24.90
19. Cody Bird, Texas, 24.45
20. Kevin Hawk, Alabama, 20.93
Remitz was close
After two tough tournaments during a season-opening swing through
Florida, Derek Remitz arrived with a head full of clouds to match the
gray skies at Lanier.
He easily chased them away with his strong finish and final-day catch of
18.70 pounds, the biggest of the final round and second-biggest of the
event.
Remitz threw SPRO McRip and Megabass Vision jerkbaits on points with
angled banks and rock, clay and shells. Wind helped throughout the day.
“I fished all new water,” he said. “This was about the best it could be
for throwing a jerkbait. The sun was good and the wind distorted the
water. I was glad to see it blowing like this.”
Auten’s three were big
Todd Auten has been Mr. Consistency in PAA Tournament Series events,
winning at Neely Henry in 2009 and making four of the last five cuts.
He only caught three fish Saturday but they weighed 14.59 pounds, good
enough to push him to third. He caught one sight-fishing and the other
two on a Chatterbait around docks.
“I figured I’d look around a little and found some, and then the others
came off the docks,” Auten said. “It was a tough day but those were
pretty good ones to catch.”
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