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1st Place: Wayne Boyd of Rome, Georgia, a Salesman for J Supply Company, and Lance Wiseman of Cedar Bluff, who works for Simpson Grocery as a Budweiser Distributor, fished very shallow using a crankbait to catch their two largest bass of the day. When the big eye in the sky came out, they changed patterns to flippin a Hoppy's black and blue jig in the creek channels off the main river. The fish were staging waiting for the lake to raise enough for them to move up into the creeks to bed. The team caught fish all day long and culled 15 more bass in the three pound range on their way to filling their 5 fish limit weighing 20.59 lbs. For this great catch, they took home a check for $1410.

2nd Place: Lynn Johnson, owner of Johnson Food Giant, and Steve Body, with Supermarket Design & Maintenance, both of Gadsden, started the morning trying to defend their 2003 Anglers of the Year Title. The team struggled most of the morning trying to figure the bass out and didn't boat their first fish until almost noon. The "Dream Team" found a creek with warmer water and located their fish along a 100-foot stretch of bank. They flipped True Life Jigs with a Prowler Pro Craw Chunk trailer using 30lb test line on their Kistler Helium Flippin Stick rods. Nitro Boats and Mercury Outboard Motors also sponsor the team.

3rd Place: Krystal Fishing Team members Jerry Lackey, who retired from Fort McClellan and is from Alexandria, and Jim Shank, Operations Manager for Griggs Foods Inc. (DBA Krystal Restaurants) from Manchester, Georgia got off to a slow start. With the water temperature at 40.1 degrees, their Spinner Bait pattern that had been working didn't produce, so they started working a shallow running crankbait extremely slow and it produced their first three keeper fish. As the day warmed up they flipped isolated wood with a black/blue Randy Bobo Jig to finish out their limit, and cull a few to boot. Their limit weighed 15.30 lbs. They are also one of our Team Trail Sponsors.

Danny Rodriguez, who is a mechanic at Alexandria Muffler and Brake Service, and Scott Chitwood, with Advance Auto Parts, caught the Big Bass, which weighed in at 6.20 lbs. They won $320, and were also presented with the Rat L Trap Award for the biggest fish of the tournament caught on a Rat L Trap. The Team of Jerry Cheatwood and John Benefield, of Cedartown, Georgia, were the lucky team to win the Frog Togg Foul Weather suits donated by Will Fowler, the owner of Frog Togg and a new sponsor for this years team trails.

Thanks to our Team Sponsors and supporters this year: The Carl Black Auto Group of Kennesaw, Georgia, Jim Shank and the Krystal Fishing Team, Doug and Joe Campbell of Waterfront Tackle, Guntersville Boat Mart and the Hampton Inns of Guntersville, Will Fowler and Frog Toggs, First Choice Marble, Al's Top Shop and Rat L Trap. Also, special thanks to Randy Swells, the new owner of Weiss Lake Landing, for hosting the tournaments on Weiss Lake this year, and for making the teams feel welcome and appreciated.

Coming up on March 20th is the first of the new Neely Henry Super Teams tournaments, sponsored by Gadsden Parks and Recreation. It has a 1st Place Guaranteed Payout of $2,500. Participating in the Super Team Events could not only help you qualify for the Championship this October 6th - 9th on Neely Henry, but it will also give you some valuable experience on the lake. You can qualify for the S.E. Regional by fishing the Choice Division, which means that you can fish any tournament in the S. E. Region and we will take your best 7 tournaments, or you can qualify through any of the other team trails in the S.E. Region. So come out and support the City of Gadsden, a city that has always appreciated the Anglers. Come and spend time in their city and on the beautiful Coosa River.