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Results

The 1st of May found Navajo Lake less than great unless you were the team of Gerhardt and Crites. The 16 teams that showed up at KB Dillon's on Friday night were more optimistic than the results that were recorded that first Saturday in May. It has just been one of those years where the weather and rising water levels have wreaked havoc on the patterns that were found during pre-fish. Navajo is starting to fish like it is in its summer pattern but it is only May and should be in the middle of the spawn. Nevertheless, as in most tournaments it seems, someone always finds a way to catch enough fish to win.

That team was Dave Gerhardt and Russell Crites with 11.18lbs and the Big Bass, a largemouth at 5.10lbs. They had a nice smallmouth in the bag of 5 fish and took home $990 for 1st place plus another $160 for Big Bass. Second place went to the team of David Perry and Scott Skelton with 5 fish weighing 7.66lbs. They culled fish most of the day with just ounces making the difference in each fish. They used an arsenal of baits from spinnerbaits, cranks, tubes, and jigs to fool enough fish for a check worth $495. Wade Jordan and Mike Carver secured third place. Their 4 fish weighed 6.60lbs, which was worth $265. This team will have to be considered a favorite on the next two tournaments when the series moves to their home lake of McPhee. First team out of the checks was 4th place team of Chris Kinley and Ben Crites with 4 fish weighing 5.78lbs. Ben is the son of Russell Crites and there seems to be some good-natured rivalry between them. Too bad Ben and Chris missed a tournament or there could be a great race for AOY between them also.

The race for Angler of the Year is really heating up with 4 teams separated by 8 points. There are 2 events left and if the 4 teams don't falter, it should be a great race till the end. There are 14 teams eligible still to qualify either by points or by Wild Card. There will be 8 teams qualify by points at the last event. The 2 teams not qualifying by points at that time but are the 2 highest finishers, with 6 events or more fished, in that event will be the Wild Card teams.

The next tournament will be held on McPhee Lake out of Dolores, Co. on June 5th. This should be a great time to be on McPhee. The water should be rising and warming, which should get the spawn started. There will be fish caught flippin', crankin' and drop-shottin'.

If there are any anglers out there that want to experience a bass tournament environment without the pressure, find a friend and show up. All events are 2 member teams that you pick. There is no team circuit going today that gives 3 boats away at their Championship other than Anglers Choice. You can start now to get a feel of the competition and be ready for next year's run for the championship. Get on the website www.www.usanglerschoice.net for more info or call Barry Stanley at 505-334-6001.

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