News: 05/05/07
Lonnie and Billy Ray Turner Win Bass Cat Owner's Invitational
on Norfork Lake
Lonnie Turner Tells "Ike" how his team won the Bass Cat Invitiational
Lonnie and Billy Ray Turner (Arkansas) topped 648 teams fishing the Bass
Cat Owner's Invitational by bringing 25.02 pounds of bass to the scales during
the two-day tournament. They dominated the event, winning by over 3 pounds.
For their efforts, they will take home a beautiful fully rigged Bass Cat Puma
worth over $40,000.00! 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 Michael
Iaconelli, John Crews, Kevin Short, Mark Tyler, and Terry Butcher). 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 5 finishing teams caught their fish:
1st - Lonnie and Billy Ray Turner - 25.02 pounds - Winners of the
Puma!
Lonnie and Billy Ray used finesse techniques to top the 648 boat field. They
caught all of their fish on split shot rigged Zoom Trick Worm
(Watermelon/Red Flake), which they threw in the creeks (in the morning) and
main lake pockets (in the afternoon). They caught 19 keeper fish during the
tournament (13 on day one, and 6 on day two).
2nd - Ken Adamson and Larry Morris - 21.73 pounds - Winners of
a Bass Cat P II !
Ken and Larry started fishing near
the dam on day one, but only had 1
fish in the well at 1:00 pm. They
decided to run up the river, where
they found the "mother load".
Stopping to fish a vacant main lake
point, they had their limit within 15
or twenty minutes on a shaky head
worm. They returned on day 2, and
described the early action as
"phenominal". Their fish had moved
out on the point, and were pounding
topwater baits. Ken estimated that
they landed between 40 and 50 fish Larry and Ken tell Mark Tyler about
during the first hour. their second place finish
3rd - Aaron Adams and Doug King - 21.68 pounds - $2,500.00
Aaron and Doug caught all of their
fish by sight fishing. On the first day,
they went to a spot where 4 fish
were on the beds in about a 30 yard
area. They caught all of them, and
found one more nearby to finish off
their limit. Day 2 was more of a
scramble, as they relied on their GPS
to pinpoint other bedding fish they had
found in practice. To catch their fish
they threw Reaction Innovations Third place: Aaron Adams and Doug
Sweet Beavers and Zoom soft plastics King
4th - Ted Thomas and Buster Loving - 20.37 pounds
Ted and Buster fished slowly, but
commented that they covered a lot of
water. They did not divulge the
technique or the baits used to catch
their fish.
Fourth place: Buster Loving and Ted
Thomas
5th - David and Terry Wells - 19.79 pounds
David and Terry used soft plastic
french fry's, brush hogs, and jigs to
catch their fish. On day one, they
commented that their fish were
"right on the bank", but by day 2
most of their keepers were in 15 ft.
of water.
Fifth place: David and Terry Wells
Get5Bass fished this event. To read about our two days on the water, click here
Lonnie and Billy Ray Turner Win Bass Cat Owner's Invitational
on Norfork Lake
Lonnie Turner Tells "Ike" how his team won the Bass Cat Invitiational
Lonnie and Billy Ray Turner (Arkansas) topped 648 teams fishing the Bass
Cat Owner's Invitational by bringing 25.02 pounds of bass to the scales during
the two-day tournament. They dominated the event, winning by over 3 pounds.
For their efforts, they will take home a beautiful fully rigged Bass Cat Puma
worth over $40,000.00! 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 Michael
Iaconelli, John Crews, Kevin Short, Mark Tyler, and Terry Butcher). 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 5 finishing teams caught their fish:
1st - Lonnie and Billy Ray Turner - 25.02 pounds - Winners of the
Puma!
Lonnie and Billy Ray used finesse techniques to top the 648 boat field. They
caught all of their fish on split shot rigged Zoom Trick Worm
(Watermelon/Red Flake), which they threw in the creeks (in the morning) and
main lake pockets (in the afternoon). They caught 19 keeper fish during the
tournament (13 on day one, and 6 on day two).
2nd - Ken Adamson and Larry Morris - 21.73 pounds - Winners of
a Bass Cat P II !
Ken and Larry started fishing near
the dam on day one, but only had 1
fish in the well at 1:00 pm. They
decided to run up the river, where
they found the "mother load".
Stopping to fish a vacant main lake
point, they had their limit within 15
or twenty minutes on a shaky head
worm. They returned on day 2, and
described the early action as
"phenominal". Their fish had moved
out on the point, and were pounding
topwater baits. Ken estimated that
they landed between 40 and 50 fish Larry and Ken tell Mark Tyler about
during the first hour. their second place finish
3rd - Aaron Adams and Doug King - 21.68 pounds - $2,500.00
Aaron and Doug caught all of their
fish by sight fishing. On the first day,
they went to a spot where 4 fish
were on the beds in about a 30 yard
area. They caught all of them, and
found one more nearby to finish off
their limit. Day 2 was more of a
scramble, as they relied on their GPS
to pinpoint other bedding fish they had
found in practice. To catch their fish
they threw Reaction Innovations Third place: Aaron Adams and Doug
Sweet Beavers and Zoom soft plastics King
4th - Ted Thomas and Buster Loving - 20.37 pounds
Ted and Buster fished slowly, but
commented that they covered a lot of
water. They did not divulge the
technique or the baits used to catch
their fish.
Fourth place: Buster Loving and Ted
Thomas
5th - David and Terry Wells - 19.79 pounds
David and Terry used soft plastic
french fry's, brush hogs, and jigs to
catch their fish. On day one, they
commented that their fish were
"right on the bank", but by day 2
most of their keepers were in 15 ft.
of water.
Fifth place: David and Terry Wells
Get5Bass fished this event. To read about our two days on the water, click here
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