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News: 08/16/08
Quincy Houchin and Tracy Holden Win Sherwood Bass Club
Tournament on the Arkansas River
Story by Ron Plate
As the 2008 season winds down, 45 boats arrived bright and early for the
next to last tournament of the season for Sherwood Bass Club. With the
weather cooling off over the last few days, the anglers were excited to get
out on the water and test their skills. Also with the “Team of the year”
race being very tight, the level of excitement was there for a great
tournament day.
With the recent rains, the water flow and level was up so it made for a
interesting day of fishing vs.a week earlier. But like all tournaments,
someone found the fish as 14 limits came to the scales. The top team for the
day was Quincy Houchin and Tracy Holden with a weight of 15.52 lbs which
included big bass of the day at 4.78 lbs.
Quincy and Tracy said they caught fish all day long on frogs fishing main
river grass. For their efforts they won $810 + $450 for big bass.
Second place team of Sam Eastwood and Chip Hawkins said they caught
their fish using buzzbaits early and then switching to a Fat Free shad fishing
rock dikes on the main river. Their efforts won them $495 with a weight of
15.00 lbs
They third place team of Duke Gunnell and Brandon Rhoden caught their
fish on topwater and a Norman Middle N. They won $315 with a weight of
14.43 lbs
Below is the balance of the top Ten Teams.
4. Jeff Grappe/Jeff Glymp 14.24 lbs $180
5. Kyle Henderson/Jackie Cole 13.14 lbs Free Entry
6. Steve Howard 13.01 lbs
7. Duane Paquette/Casey Jones 12.59 lbs
8. Dan Dinges/Gary Clark 12.06 lbs
9. Kyle Wodmansee/Bryan Calloway 11.52 lbs
10. Robert Spears/Martin Whitaker 10.02 lbs