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News: 09/30/07
Chris Phillips and Brad Bowen Win Fish'N Stuff TNT Championship on the Arkansas River
Brad Bowen and Chris Phillips take the TNT Championship!!!
The duo of Chris Phillips and Brad Bowen topped 50 teams fishing the 2007 Fish'N Stuff TNT Champioship held on the Arkansas River (Little Rock Pool) by catching 5 bass that tipped the scales at 13.71 pounds. Chris and Brad took home over $3,800.00 in cash and prizes for their victory. Here's how the top 3 teams caught their fish:
1st - Chris Phillips and Brad Bowen - 5 bass - 13.71 pounds - $3,825.00
Chris and Brad started around main channel jetties and rocks but quickly switched patterns after catching only 1 keeper. They moved to windy banks in backwater areas, where they threw Texas-rigged tubes (black) to land their fish.
Brad Bowen with part of the winning catch
2nd - Dudley and Jason Peck - 5 bass - 13.50 pounds - $2,387.00
Dudley and Jason also fished backwater, and they threw plastic worms (green pumpkin) around wood to catch their fish.
Jason Peck with two good bass
3rd - Nathan Martin and Randy Billingsley - 5 bass - 12.57 pounds - $1,737.00
Nathan and Randy struggled early but had a good afternoon. They caught their fish on Zara Spooks and Jigs.
Vince Miller congratulates the 3rd place team
Here's the rest of the top 10:
4th - Bill Pryor and Doug Swann - 5 bass - 11.79 pounds - $1,305.00 5th - Wayne Martin and Brayden Oliphant - 5 bass - 11.71 pounds - $1,155.00 6th - Rodney Kennon and Adam Ciaccio - 4 bass - 11.12 pounds - $459.00 7th - Gary Hubble and Joey Korte - 5 bass - 10.91 pounds - $394.00 8th - Larry Shea and Cody Hunt - 5 bass - 10.81 pounds - $361.00 9th - Steve Bowman and Billy Chapman - 5 bass - 10.64 pounds - $285.00 10th - James Fields and Vince Sherrill - 3 bass - 10.14 pounds - $275.00