YUM pro Edwin Evers' three consecutive quality limits at Clarks Hill have him in first place in the BASS Elite Series "Pride of Georgia" tournament with one day remaining in the competition. Evers' three-day weight of 51 pounds, 1 ounce includes the biggest fish brought to the scales on the second and third competition days. Evers is gunning for his fifth career BASS win.
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 another big limit on Day 3 and is in 5th place going into the final day of competition. The top 12 anglers, who will compete on the final day, also includes Bassmaster Classic Alton Jones. Jones is tied for 10th place.
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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Horton Gets a Haircut
YUM pro Timmy Horton of Muscle Shoals, Ala, who has been growing out his hair for several months to donate to "Locks of Love," had his hair cut on the day before the first competition day Classic competition. Horton decided to do the haircut publicly, in front of media gathered for the Classic, to generate additional publicity for Locks of Love.
Speaking of Timmy Horton and the Classic, while the championship event turned out to be disappointing for the former Angler of the Year, Horton did surpass the million dollar career BASS earnings mark with the $10,000 check he earned for his appearance in this year's Classic, his ninth in a row.
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