YUM Bait Company congratulates Dan Rockwell, the most recent winner of the Houdini Crab Photo Contest. While fishing with his son, Dan Jr., Rockwell used a Smoke Gold Flake Houdini Crab to fool this 16-pound Islamorada redfish. Rockwell had removed the legs from the two-in-one Houdini Crab to convert the bait into a shrimp imitation before casting the bait around mangroves. Scroll down for more contest details.
Evers Finishes 3rd at Clarks Hill 
YUM pro Edwin Evers finished 3rd in the BASS Elite Series "Pride of Georgia" tournament on Clarks Hill Reservoir, which straddles the Georgia/South Carolina border. Evers' main weapon in the tournament, in which he earned "big fish" honors on two of four days, was a BOOYAH Football Jig matched with a YUM Gonzo Grub.
YUM Pro Timmy Horton, who struggled on Day 1 but brought in a big sack on Day 2 to get into contention, backed his second-day catch with two more solid limits and ended up in second place at Clarks Hill. Horton used a combination of BOOYAH Jigs and Heddon Zara Spooks. Bassmaster Classic champion Alton Jones finished 12th at Clarks Hill and is in 7th place in the BASS Angler of the year standings halfway through the Elite Series season. Jones noted that he caught some of his best fish during the tournament on a YUM Money Minnow.
Clarks Hill Favorite - Cotton Cordell Pencil Popper
As often is the case when professional bass anglers visit the Savannah River chain during the spring, Cotton Cordell Pencil Poppers were tied to at least one rod in MANY contenders' boats at Clarks Hill. Among those anglers who relied on a Pencil Popper
was winner Kenyon Hill, who used the a Chrome/Black 6-inch Pencil Popper, along with a Carolina rig and a swimbait, throughout the tournament. Davy Hite and Casey Ashley, who finished in 2nd and 5th place, respectively, also used Pencil Poppers part of the time.
Another Alton Jones
Bass fishing fans were formally introduced to Alton Jones, Jr. on Thursday, when the son of the Classic champ stepped onto the Clarks Hill stage as an Elite Series co-angler.
Under BASS rules, the younger Jones had to wait till he turned 16 to compete. "Little Alton," as he is commony called, is no stranger to Elite Series anglers, though. The Jones family travels together to all tournaments and the two Altons have practiced together for several years. Alton, Jr. will fish the remainder of the Elite Series season as a coangler. He brought fish to the scales both days, but narrowly missed the cut in his first event.
Photos courtesy of ESPN Outdoors.Big Show's Big Day
Heavyweight limits were the norm, not the exception, during the BASS Elite Series Lone Star Shootout on Falcon Lake, but Big Show Terry Scroggins bested them all today when he brought 44 pounds, 4 ounces to the tournament scales. The YUM pro's monster catch included a 10-pound, 6 ounce fish, which
was big bass on the final day. Scroggins, who entered the final day of competition in 12th place and 20 pounds out of the lead, used a 10-inch
YUM Ribbontail Worm and a
YUM Lizard throughout the four-day event. When Scroggins weighed in, his four-day total of 132 pounds, 4 ounces, became the largest four-day weight ever in a BASS event. However, the record only lasted about 45 minutes and he ended up finishing second, 4 ounces behind Paul Elias.
Photo courtesy of ESPN Outdoors. Alton Jones Wins Bassmaster Classic
BOOYAH Bait Company is saying it Louder and Prouder than ever, boasting to the world about BOOYAH pro Alton Jones winning the 2008 Bassmaster Classic. Jones, who was competing in his 12th Classic, used a combination of prototype BOOYAH Pigskin Jigs and A-Jigs to help him bring 49 pounds 7 ounces to the scales over three days, topping his nearest competitor by more than 5 pounds. For more on Jones win,
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