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News: 04/11/09
Kevin Gibson Wins the TBF State Championship on Lake Dardanelle
Kevin Gibson talks to Zach King about his victory!!!
Story by Terrance Narveson
The TBF State Tournament had their first day cancelled due to high winds on friday so this reduced the tournament to a one day shootout. Kevin Gibson ended the day on top and will lead the team to the Regional in June. Fishing was extremely tough for the anglers today and the weights proved to be less then stellar. Only two limits were brought in today and most anglers struggled to bring in any fish. The top twelve anglers from today have qualified for the TBF Regional to be held in June on Lake Dardanelle.
Here is what our top three did today to catch their fish.
1st Place 15.00lbs Kevin Gibson He stayed on the lower end of the lake and caught three of his keepers on a jig and another on a rattletrap. It was not until later in the day that he caught his fifth fish on a stickbait. Mainly he was staying around a deeper bank and grass.
2nd Place 14.62lbs Jeff Curtis He started up the lake but with nothing in the well he came back down and proceeded to catch his limit out of the grass throwing a texas rigged lizard.
3rd Place 11.77lbs Justin Lancaster Justin also made the run up the river but he waited too long to come back down. He was throwing a jig in the grass to catch his fish but time ran out before he could get his limit.
The rest of the top 12 that made the Regional
4th Victor Holt 5th John Simonoff 6th Shawn Gordon 7th Jack Wood 8th Jerry Willis 9th Micheal Palmer 10th Terrance Narveson 11th Carl Jones 12th Jim Towers
The 2009 TBF State Team
Get5's Terrance Narveson Fished this event and made the TBF State Team. To read his "In the Boat" Column presented by Jewel Bait Company, Click Here