Matt Lea Wins the Mr. Bass of Arkansas Tournament on the Arkansas River @ Dumas
Matt Lea Wins on the Arkansas River!!!
Story by Andy Case
Matt Lea topped 38 pro's fishing the 5th MBOA Tournament of 2010 by catching 5 bass that weighed 16.32 pounds. Here's how Matt Caught his fish:
Not only was it SMOKING HOT, so was Matt Lea! Matt brought five fish to the scales for a weight of 16.32. Matt said he ran way up river and worked all the way back to the boat ramp. He started the morning catching fish on a Lucky Craft Sammy the pulled out the Jewel Eakins' Jig to keep catching fish as the sun blazed down.
2nd place went to Ryan Williams with 14.47 pounds 3rd place went to Bobby Williams with 13.11pounds
George Bowman With the day's Big Bass
Mr. George Bowman took the Big Bass Honors on the Pro side with a 6.28 HAWG!!
For Pro Points Standings as of 07/18/10, Click Here
Brent Kirkendoll Wins the Amateur Division!!!
Brent Kirkendoll Wins the Amateur Division!!!
Brent weighed a nice 5 fish limit of 9.94 pounds. He said he caught his fish on a variety of baits from a frog, to a Big 0, to a Big Red Shad Worm.
Ryan Maxwell with the Amateur Big Bass
Ryan Maxwell-a.k.a. Big Fish Magnet won the Amateur Big Bass with a 4.63 pounder. The really cool thing is both Pro and Amateur big fish winners came out of the same boat.
For Amateur Points Standings as of 07/18/10, Click Here
Also, a very special Thank You goes out to the First Assembly of God Church in Dumas AR. They were kind enough allow us the use of their facility for the parings and meeting, outta the HEAT. Thanks so much for that, we all do appreciate it.