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News: 05/15/10
David Johnston and Rob Walker Win the Sherwood Bass Club Tournament on Lake Chicot Story provided by Ron Plate
28 teams arrived bright and early to fish the 4th tournament of the year at Lake Chicot for the Sherwood Bass Club. There was a lot of excitement in the air due to the approaching storm system and the fact that some of the anglers had not fished Lake Chicot before. Dock talk was the bite was on as lots of folks had pre-fished the day before and said they were catching good numbers of fish, but like most times, will the fish bite the day of the tournament, only time would tell.
And at the end of the day, the scales said some folks found the fish and others did not as only 4 limits were weighed in. And the winner for the day was the team of David Johnston/Rob Walker with a 4 fish bag that weighed 15.25 lbs. Helping their bag was the big fish of the day, a 5.51 pounder.
The first place team of Rob Walker/ David Johnston said they caught all their fish throwing senko’s and brushogs around cypress trees.
The second place team of Alan Petlak/Greg Meador said they also caught their fish around cypress trees but were using spinnerbaits and jigs. They had a weight of 13.78 lbs.
The team of Hoyt Akins/Doug Thompson rounded out the top three with 13.16 lbs. They also used spinnerbaits and jigs to catch their fish.
The balance of the top ten were:
4. Jeff Grappe/Jeff Glymp - 13.08 lbs 5. Kevin Thompson/Matt Greer - 12.00 lbs 6. Chris Pelliter/Mike Thomas - 10.40 lbs 7. Ron Plate/Bob Tidball - 9.26 lbs 8. Harry Simmons/Desmond Simmons - 8.45 lbs 9. Doug/Scott Shrum - 7.61 lbs 10. John Hatcher/Jerry Watkins - 7.61 lbs
Pay out for the day totaled $1400 including big bass pot.
Door prizes were donated for this tournament by Azuma Baits, Gitem Plastics, JJ’s Magic Dippin Dye, and Performance Boat Works. To see about all the great sponsors of Sherwood Bass, go to www. sherwoodbassclub.com and click on sponsor page.