Tournament News | Rose Cruising on Pickwick Lake
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7/23/2011 6:33:08 PM |
Mark Rose of Arkansas Holds 7-pound lead on field with one day of fishing left
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Mark Rose of Arkansas leads by more than 7 pounds going into the final day of the Walmart FLW Tour event on Pickwick Lake near Florence, Ala. He's led the event wire-to-wire and looks to win his second professional bass fishing tournament on the lake going into Sunday's final day of fishing.
Rose caught 18-4 on Saturday to extend his lead on second place by 7 pounds, 2 ounces.
"This place holds a special place in my heart," Rose said. "These are some of the best fans. I had a huge armada following me today. And they were real respectful and gave me plenty of space to fish. I'm not nervous about tomorrow. If we were on Lake Mead or something I might be nervous. But I'm real comfortable fishing here."
During the first two days of competition, Rose targeted ledges and relied on a Strike King shaky-head rig to catch his early limit and then culled fish using a large soft-plastic worm as well as a chartreuse Strike King 6XD crankbait. His larger fish, including a 5 1/2-pounder he caught Friday, have come on the crankbait.
Rose said he began Saturday’s competition with the same methods that had earned him the lead on the first two days, but his efforts had different results.
“I had 6 pounds today at 12 o’clock,” said Rose. “At that point in time, I started getting a little uneasy. I wasn’t worried because I felt like it was going to happen later on in the day. Had I been on some unfamiliar water, I may not have felt like that.”
Rose said he changed baits and began throwing a vertical jigging spoon and a shaky-head rig. The change netted Rose a total of “13 or 14” keepers. Rose also said his most productive bait Saturday was a soft-plastic worm.
“I had to break out everything I had in the box today,” Rose said.
Rose said his 7-pound lead has boosted his confidence going into the final day of competition.
“I’m not nervous in regard to knowing where I’m fishing and knowing I can catch a few fish,” said Rose. “I’ve been on this body of water a whole lot. If I catch 13 pounds tomorrow, I’d make someone have to catch 20.
“But 13 pounds tomorrow is a lot harder than it sounds,” Rose added. “There’s so many 2 pounders out there, and getting those 3- and 4-pounders is really hard.”
Robbie Dodson of Harrison, Ark., advanced to the final round of 10 pros in the No. 2 spot with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 53-14.
Rounding out the top 10 pros and advancing to the final day of competition are:
3rd: EverStart pro Randall Tharp, Gardendale, Ala., 15 bass, 53-3
4th: Kenneth Woods, Hazard, Ky., 15 bass, 52-5
5th: Shad Schenck, Waynetown, Ind., 15 bass, 52-4
6th: Kevin Snider, Elizabethtown, Ky., 15 bass, 51-2
7th: Jim Dillard, West Monroe, La., 15 bass, 50-6
8th: Lance Vick, Mineola, Texas, 15 bass, 50-1
9th: National Guard pro Brent Ehrler, Redlands, Calif., 15 bass, 49-7
10th: Kyle Mabrey, McCalla, Ala., 15 bass, 49-6
Finishing in 11th through 20th are:
11th: Castrol pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 15 bass, 49-1, $9,942
12th: Clark Wendlandt, Leander, Texas, 15 bass, 48-4, $9,942
13th: Castrol pro Darrel Robertson, Jay, Okla., 15 bass, 47-15, $9,942
14th: Straight Talk pro Scott Canterbury, Springville, Ala., 15 bass, 47-1, $9,942
15th: Scotch Blue Painter’s Tape pro Ray Scheide, Dover, Ark., 15 bass, 44-10, $9,942
16th: Cody Meyer, Grass Valley, Calif., 15 bass, 43-12, $9,532
17th: EverStart pro Ron Shuffield, Bismarck, Ark., 15 bass, 43-5, $9,532
18th: Cheez It pro Shinichi Fukae, Palestine, Texas, 15 bass, 42-4, $9,532
19th: Christian Romans, Carrollton, Ky., 15 bass, 40-6, $9,532
20th: Diet Mt. Dew pro Jason Christie, Park Hill, Okla., 14 bass, 38-11, $9,532
Final results for the remaining field can be found at FLWOutdoors.com.
Overall there were 99 bass weighing 295 pounds, 11 ounces caught by pros Saturday. The catch included 19 five-bass limits.
Of note, Brent Ehrler weighed early and headed back to California for the birth of his child and as a result will not fish on Sunday even though he made the top-10 cut. The remaining nine anglers will fish without a 10th boat in the field.
Clent Davis of Montevallo, Ala., won the Co-angler Division and $20,250 Saturday with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 52 pounds, 4 ounces followed by Dan Thill of La Crosse, Wis., in second place with 15 bass weighing 45-5 worth $6,337.
“This feels good,” Davis said. “I’ve been close a couple of times, but (a win) just never happened.”
Davis said he caught “a lot” of fish on a B&M football head paired with a Zoom Magnum Trick Worm during the course of the tournament.
“At 1:30 today I had two fish for 2 pounds and Mark (Rose) went to another hole and we loaded the boat,” Davis said. “Second place really would have had to catch them to beat me. I kind of thought I had it then.”
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers are:
3rd: Joseph Ellis Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio, 15 bass, 40-14, $4,037
4th: Chris Hults, Vancleave, Miss., 15 bass, 40-7, $3,217
5th: Spencer Shuffield, Bismarck, Ark., 15 bass, 39-7, $2,397
6th: Mike McDonald, Randelman, N.C., 15 bass, 36-8, $1,987
7th: Jeff Sprague, Forney, Texas, 15 bass, 35-7, $1,577
8th: Nick Hensley, Cumming, Ga., 15 bass, 34-12, $1,413
9th: Dakota Lucy, Hot Springs, Ark., 15 bass, 34-6, $1,331
10th: Dean Tucker, Hiawassee, Ga., 15 bass, 34-5, $1,249
Final results for the remaining field can be found at FLWOutdoors.com.
Overall there were 92 bass weighing 213 pounds, 10 ounces caught by co-anglers Saturday. The catch included 18 five-bass limits.
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