February 15, 2004 Lake of the Ozarks, MO
Curtis And Weast Win Lake Of The Ozarks

1st Place	2nd Place
3rd Place
Results

Tuesday of the week leading up to the event nearly the entire lake was ice covered. Three days of temps in the forties had melted some of the ice but with the lack of wind it would only freeze up again over night with temps in the low teens "would there even be a tournament was the question" Saturday the temps again reached the mid forties and where accompanied with a breeze which really helped break up the ice. Those who practiced Saturday found the bite to be extremely tough and many elected to stay at home and do battle on another day due to these conditions. With all the coves still froze and huge sections of the lake restricted because of ice 36 of some of the areas best anglers still decided to make the trip to the lake and launched there boats on a balmy 22-degree morning.

The first place team of: Tony Curtis from Pleasant Hill, MO. and Jason Weast of Mack's Creek, MO. Bested seventeen other teams with a stringer nothing short of amazing. The team reported busting through about 150 yards of some heavy ice to get to their fish. Jason reported that the team had been catching fish in this area for over a month and won an event there in January. The area was thick with gizzard shad and was near the 35-mile marker. The team used Lucky Craft baits and jigs to amass a winning weight that tipped the scales at an astonishing 26.35lbs! The bag was also anchored by the Lunker Lure Big Bass of the day weighing 6.50lbs. The team took home checks totaling $1,380.00 for the day. The team is sponsored by: F'n A Marine. Great Job Guy's!!

Second place goes to the team of Shawn Kowal from Linn Creek, MO. and Casey McTaggart of Troy, IL. The team concentrated on main lake points in water depths of 12 to fifteen feet and their bait of choice was a Mega Bass stick bait. The team had a five fish limit with a total weight of 10.43lbs. The day's catch earned the team checks totaling $560.00 for the place. The team is sponsored by: Bass Cat boats, Mercury Outboards, Proguide batteries and 42 boats and more.

Third place goes to the 2003 points champions Stan Snelson and Gary Phelps from Rolla, MO. The team caught their fish within six miles of the take off area. The fish were taken on Lucky Craft baits and jigs. A transitional change from chunk rock to pea gravel seemed to be key as all of their fish came from this type of area. The team brought three fish to the scales weighing 8.12lbs. Stan and Gary received checks totaling $370.00 for the day. The team is sponsored by: Bass Cat boats

Angler's Choice would like to thank all those who came out and fished and we hope to see you at our next event on April, 10th at Lake of the Ozarks. I would also like to thank all of our sponsors for making this possible. National sponsors include Bass Cat Boats, Mercury Outboards, Motorguide Trolling Motors, Lowrance, Competitive Edge Fishing, Solar Bat, Bass West Magazine and Bass Medics. Also a big thanks to our divisional sponsors: Lunker Lure, Dunn's Sporting Goods, Falcon Rods, Great Net, Lucky Craft, Solar Bat, Adventure Sports Outdoors, and Bobs Marine in Hillsboro, IL.