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News: 02/08/09
Danny Waldo and Nick Ruffin Win the Super Team Tournament on Lake Hamilton
Nick Ruffin and Danny Waldo Win on Lake Hamilton!!!
Danny Waldo and Nick Ruffin topped 45 teams fishing the first Super Team tournament of 2009 by catching 5 bass that tipped the scales at 10.38 pounds. As usual at Hamilton, this tournament was a limit fest with twenty-two 5 bass limits brought to the scales. The next Super Team event will be March 1st at Lake Ouachita. For more details call Vince Miller @ (501) 607-3475. Here's how the top 3 teams caught their fish:
1st - Danny Waldo and Nick Ruffin - 5 bass - 10.38 pounds - $2,500.00
Danny and Nick focused on the middle section of the lake, where they threw jerkbaits (Megabass 110; custom painted) around brushpiles to catch their fish. Their sack also included the day's big bass, a 4.18 pound "baby cub", which earned them an additional $500.00
Duke and Brandon started their day throwing Carolina-rigged soft plastics on a road bed, which produced 3 keepers. Mid-morning they started fishing spinnerbaits in the backs of pockets, which also produced several keepers. They went back to the c-rig in the afternoon, which again produced several keepers. They caught 15 or 16 keepers on the day. Duke Gunnell and Brandon Rhoden
Here's the rest of the top 10:
4th - Hoyt Akins/Doug Thompson - 5 bass - 9.20 pounds - $600.00 5th - Grant Jordon/Timmy Poe - 5 bass - 9.10 pounds - $400.00 6th - Jason Keen/Andrew Smith - 5 bass - 8.61 pounds - $400.00 7th - Greg Grandt/Gary Scott - 5 bass - 8.39 pounds - $400.00 8th - Aubrey Johnson/Jason Linderman - 5 bass - 8.36 pounds - $400.00 9th - Eddie and Essix Hawkins - 5 bass - 8.34 pounds 10th - Dean and Lloyd Jackson - 5 bass - 7.91 pounds
1st - Big Bass: Danny Waldo/Nick Ruffin - $500.00 2nd - Big Bass - Grant Jordan/Timmy Poe - $320.00