The second U.S. Anglers Choice team bass
tournament was held Sunday out of Kentucky Dam Marina. The
team of Danny York and Chuck Rounds of Benton Kentucky brought
in a 5 fish limit weighing 18.59 pounds capture the First
Place Trophies and $1,220.00 cash. Danny also had the biggest
bass of the event, a 6.36 largemouth that added $186.00
to the teams total winnings. Danny said they caught all
of their fish on rattletraps. Chuck said they only had 7
bites all day, but 5 were keepers and they got them all
in the boat.
In second place with a 5 fish limit weighing
17.01 pounds was the team of Todd and Troy Hollowell from
Beech Grove Indiana. Todd said the ran to the southern end
of Kentucky Lake in the heavy swells to find their fish.
The wind was blowing quite hard Sunday and Troy said the
ride back was a real thriller.
In third place with 4 fish weighing 13.94
pounds was the team of Andy Hodges from Cadiz and Dewayne
Whitledge of Dixon Kentucky. Andy and Dewayne were the winners
of the first tournament and now have a check in 2 straight
events.
In the points standings, York and Rounds
took over the lead with 233.43 points. Hodges and Whitledge
are second with 229.77 and the team of Mark Jordan from
Kevil Kentucky and Lynn Wilson from Paducah are third with
215.02 points. At the end of the year, the top 40% of the
teams will be invited to the classic on Dale Hollow Lake
on November 4-6th. They will be fishing for 3 fully rigged
Bass Cat boats powered by Mercury motors and fitted with
Lowrance electronics and a Motoguide trolling motor. The
classic is a no entry fee event. In addition, any team qualifying
for the classic that has fished in all 7 events on Kentucky/Barkley
or 7 or more events in the Choice ( traveling ) division
will also be eligible to fish any of the other 6 regional
classics, all with no entry fee. Some of the other classic
locations are Neely Henry, Alabama, Arkansas River and Toledo
Bend, Texas.
We would also like to thank Kentucky Lake
Outdoor World in Benton, Dunn's Sporting Goods in Paducah
and Jet-A-Marine in Calvert City for providing the door
prizes given away at the weigh-ins each tournament. More
information for Anglers Choice may be found at www.www.usanglerschoice.net
or by contacting tournament director Rick Chidester at 270-52-5919.
