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News: 05/14/10
Doug Osmera and Pat Hayes Win the Bass Cat Owner's
Invitational Tournament on Norfork Lake
Pat Hayes and Doug Osmera (back) show off their new BassCat
Pantera II with Bass Cat Boats Founders Ron and Jan Pierce (front)
Doug Osmera and Pat Hayes (both from Omaha, Nebraska) topped 481
teams (to watch video of the "sea" of Bass Cat boats at take-off, Click
Here) fishing the Bass Cat Invitational on Norfork Lake by catching 9 bass
that weighed 29.13 pounds during the 2-day event. For their efforts, they will
take home a beautiful fully rigged Bass Cat Pantera II! As usual, this was
an awesome event filled with activities for the entire family. Bass Cat
treated the owners and their families to an excellent banquet, which included
a meal and an awards ceremony that featured many of the anglers on Bass
Cat's pro staff (including Kevin Short, Marty Stone, Billy McCaghren,
James Niggemeyer, and Kota Kyriama). The banquet culminated with one
lucky owner winning a brand new Bass Cat Sabre! For more information on
the Bass Cat Owner's Invitational, please visit www.basscat.com. Here's
how the top 3 finishing teams caught their fish:
1st - Doug Osmera and Pat Hayes - 9 bass - 29.13 pounds - Bass Cat PII
Doug and Pat spent nearly a week
trying to find the winning stringer and
they were successful!!! The duo ran
up the river, where they threw
home made jigs (peanut butter/jelly)
to flooded brush. They commented
that they had never won a big bass
award, but they actually had the
biggest bass both day's of this event.
To see Get5's video interview with
Doug and Pat, Click Here
Kevin Short (far left) and Marty Stone
interview Pat Hayes and Doug Osmera
2nd - Dan Brown and Darren McFarland - 10 bass - 27.37 pounds - Bass Cat Skiff
Dan and Darren used the weather
conditions to their advantage. When
the wind blew, they caught their bass
on spinnerbaits (Booyah and
Chompers; white/chartreuse). During
calm conditions, they threw shakey
heads (Zoom Trick Worms on 3/16 oz.
heads) to fill out their limits.
Darren McFarland and Dan Brown
3rd - Troy Lackey and Larry Graddy - 10 bass - 27.02 pounds
Larry and Troy caught keepers on
spinnerbaits, crankbaits and jigs.
They commented that the majority of
their weight came off the jig, which
was home made.
Larry Graddy and Troy Lackey
Here's the rest of the top 10:
4th - Link Humphries/Randy Ziegler - 10 bass - 24.48 pounds
5th - Jim Byler/Gene Bridges - 10 bass - 24.47 pounds
6th - Jimmie and Michael Cross - 10 bass - 23.33 pounds
7th - Mike Spears/Steve Dufresne - 10 bass - 23.30 pounds
8th - Randy and Caleb Glenn - 10 bass - 23.18 pounds
9th - Stephen and Gerald Mitchell - 8 bass - 23.03 pounds
10th - Ronnie Jordan/Calvin Mitchell - 10 bass - 22.26 pounds
For Complete Results, Click Here
Get5's Frank Leone and Jeremy Risley fished this event and finished in the
money in 19th position. Click Here to read their "In the Boat" Column
presented by Jewel Bait Company
(Editors note - Frank Leone) While the final results were being tabulated,
Bass Cat provided some young anglers with rod/reel combo's as door prizes.
One of the young anglers put his new rod and reel to good use and caught a
nice bass not 100 yards from the weigh-in stage on a green pumpkin tube. It
was one of the coolest scenes that I've ever seen at a bass tournament........
Marty Stone (right) admires the youngster's bass
Doug Osmera and Pat Hayes Win the Bass Cat Owner's
Invitational Tournament on Norfork Lake
Pat Hayes and Doug Osmera (back) show off their new BassCat
Pantera II with Bass Cat Boats Founders Ron and Jan Pierce (front)
Doug Osmera and Pat Hayes (both from Omaha, Nebraska) topped 481
teams (to watch video of the "sea" of Bass Cat boats at take-off, Click
Here) fishing the Bass Cat Invitational on Norfork Lake by catching 9 bass
that weighed 29.13 pounds during the 2-day event. For their efforts, they will
take home a beautiful fully rigged Bass Cat Pantera II! As usual, this was
an awesome event filled with activities for the entire family. Bass Cat
treated the owners and their families to an excellent banquet, which included
a meal and an awards ceremony that featured many of the anglers on Bass
Cat's pro staff (including Kevin Short, Marty Stone, Billy McCaghren,
James Niggemeyer, and Kota Kyriama). The banquet culminated with one
lucky owner winning a brand new Bass Cat Sabre! For more information on
the Bass Cat Owner's Invitational, please visit www.basscat.com. Here's
how the top 3 finishing teams caught their fish:
1st - Doug Osmera and Pat Hayes - 9 bass - 29.13 pounds - Bass Cat PII
Doug and Pat spent nearly a week
trying to find the winning stringer and
they were successful!!! The duo ran
up the river, where they threw
home made jigs (peanut butter/jelly)
to flooded brush. They commented
that they had never won a big bass
award, but they actually had the
biggest bass both day's of this event.
To see Get5's video interview with
Doug and Pat, Click Here
Kevin Short (far left) and Marty Stone
interview Pat Hayes and Doug Osmera
2nd - Dan Brown and Darren McFarland - 10 bass - 27.37 pounds - Bass Cat Skiff
Dan and Darren used the weather
conditions to their advantage. When
the wind blew, they caught their bass
on spinnerbaits (Booyah and
Chompers; white/chartreuse). During
calm conditions, they threw shakey
heads (Zoom Trick Worms on 3/16 oz.
heads) to fill out their limits.
Darren McFarland and Dan Brown
3rd - Troy Lackey and Larry Graddy - 10 bass - 27.02 pounds
Larry and Troy caught keepers on
spinnerbaits, crankbaits and jigs.
They commented that the majority of
their weight came off the jig, which
was home made.
Larry Graddy and Troy Lackey
Here's the rest of the top 10:
4th - Link Humphries/Randy Ziegler - 10 bass - 24.48 pounds
5th - Jim Byler/Gene Bridges - 10 bass - 24.47 pounds
6th - Jimmie and Michael Cross - 10 bass - 23.33 pounds
7th - Mike Spears/Steve Dufresne - 10 bass - 23.30 pounds
8th - Randy and Caleb Glenn - 10 bass - 23.18 pounds
9th - Stephen and Gerald Mitchell - 8 bass - 23.03 pounds
10th - Ronnie Jordan/Calvin Mitchell - 10 bass - 22.26 pounds
For Complete Results, Click Here
Get5's Frank Leone and Jeremy Risley fished this event and finished in the
money in 19th position. Click Here to read their "In the Boat" Column
presented by Jewel Bait Company
(Editors note - Frank Leone) While the final results were being tabulated,
Bass Cat provided some young anglers with rod/reel combo's as door prizes.
One of the young anglers put his new rod and reel to good use and caught a
nice bass not 100 yards from the weigh-in stage on a green pumpkin tube. It
was one of the coolest scenes that I've ever seen at a bass tournament........
Marty Stone (right) admires the youngster's bass
