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APPLE
AND ATWELL WIN GOT BASS AT GRAND LAKE |
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15.58
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The GOT BASS Team Trail Tournament held its second event of the year on Grand Lake on Sunday, March 11th with the Stillwater Marine & Smoke Hollow Smokers Invitational.
The anglers launched out onto the waters of Oklahoma’s most popular bass tournament destination in the early morning hours looking for the five biggest largemouth bass they could find in order to claim the first place prize. Cloud cover dominated throughout the day as the forecast called for rain later in the afternoon.
However, at the conclusion of the dreary competition day the team of Kevin Apple and Michael Atwell brought a tournament limit of bass to the weigh-in scales good enough for the first place win at 15.58 pounds. Steve Fulps and Larry Shackleford had five fish good enough for 15.18 pounds and fell just short of the win landing in second place. Third place went to Scott Reed and Brad Harlow with 14.94 pounds on five fish. Robert Jones and Casey Sullivan had four fish that weighed in at 14.81 pounds, which took fourth place. Rounding out the top five with five bass weighing 14.71 pounds was the team of Jerry Wiessinger and Charlie Apperson.
The winning team of Kevin Apple and Michael Atwell agreed to provide the BASS ZONE viewers with a little information, here’s what they had to say. “We concentrated on the points today throwing rigs, jigs and jerkbaits. Basically we junk fished all day! We fished mid-lake all day and there was one other boat in the same area, fishing this event, but he had enough courtesy to let us fish our spots. In fact we left one spot and when we came back he gave it right back to us, so that was really huge for us. We also think that the clouds and wind may have helped us some. But that was about it!” The team also wanted to thank Land Rover of Tulsa for their support!
The BASS ZONE would like to again congratulate the winning team and thank them for the interview.
Steve Fulps and Larry Shackleford fell just short of the win and here’s what they had to say. “We hit a lot of main lake points from sailboat bridge all the way down past horse creek; we would catch one here and then one there. Anything from crankbaits, spinnerbaits and jigs seemed to be working for us. Basically no one bait in particular caught the bulk of our fish today. We actually had three good keepers in the boat before eight this morning, but overall we caught about 13 keepers on the day, we just had a hard time culling our two-pound fish. We caught about 3 different fish that all weighed the same and never could cull and that’s the difference between winning and coming in second.” The team also wanted to thank Quantum, Okie Bait and Tackle and Ranger Boats.
Third place went to Scott Reed and Brad Harlow with 14.94 pounds and they said, “we hit the Elk River today basically throwing some finesse stuff around boat docks or really anything that had some brush on it. That was the key for us! We just fished really slow and fell a little more than ˝ a pound short of the win.”
The BASS ZONE would like to thank all the competitors for the informative interviews and thank them for their time!
The GOT BASS Team Trail will continue the 2007 season on May 6th with the Jimmy Houston Marine, XCalibur & Humminbird Invitational at Lake Tenkiller. The morning launch and afternoon weigh-in will be held at the Chicken Creek Ramp.
Kelly Cooper and the entire GOT BASS Team Trail Tournament organization would like to thank the very generous sponsors of the 2007 season, without them this would not be possible. Ranger Boats, Ranger Cup, Evinrude E-TEC, Bob Hurley Ford, XCalibur, BOOYAH Bait Co., Yum, Bomber, Humminbird, Minn Kota, BassMedics, Rejuvenade, 2iG Ultra Strike Rods, Johnsonville, Smoke Hollow Smokers, Solar Bat Sunglasses, Trophy Printing, Simon’s Ace Hardware, Outdoor Leisure Products C.S.I. Chemical Systems, Inc., Water Tech, Inc., Industrial Oils Unlimited, Inc., Carpet Cabin, State Farm, Speaker Trailer Sales, Bear Products Inc., Fiberglass Specialist, Inc., HotStuff Dream Shop, Hi-Performance, and Magic Man Propeller Service.
Also, many thanks goes out to our participating Ranger dealers, your continued support is greatly appreciated, Barling Boat Sales Fort Smith, AR, Stillwater Marine Stillwater, OK, Nichols Marine McAlester, OK, Premier Powersports Oklahoma City, OK and Rogers, AR and Jimmy Houston Marine Lake Tenkiller and Broken Arrow, OK.
For more information about the GOT BASS Team Trail events you may contact Kelly Cooper at (918) 649-4749 or by email at gotbass@alltel.net. You may also visit the GOT BASS Team Trail webpage through the BASS ZONE tournament links. From the Region Coverage simply click on Oklahoma Team Trails then scroll down to the GOT BASS trail and click on the website link. Inquires may also be mailed to: GotBass Team Trail, 32640 Gilmore Rd, Poteau, OK 74953.
The BASS ZONE would like to again thank the 2007 GOT BASS Team Trail and Tournament Director Kelly Cooper letting the BASS ZONE be a part of the exciting action in 2007.
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