March 6, 2004 Lake Eygpt, IL
Berner And Guill Best A Strong Field

1st Place	2nd Place
3rd Place
Results

The Southern Illinois division kicked off the 2004 season at Lake Egypt. Forty-two boats launched and took off out of Pyramid acres marina. The bite had been reported to be good but the recent heavy rains had muddied up some of the lake and by Saturday the cold front had past and the bite had toughened up a bit. The morning seemed to be productive for most but after 10:00am the sun was in full force with bluebird skies making for a challenging second half of the day. Even on a tough day the lake still produces good fish and with many of the best angler's in Southern Illinois present at this event it would take a good bag to win on this day.

The first place team of: Greg Berner from Elkville, IL. and David "Boo" Guill of Royalton, IL. bested a strong field with a total weight of 16.52lbs. The team stayed in main lake areas that were still clear and not affected as much from the earlier rains. They found their fish to be shallow, in water depths ranging from one to five feet in depth. All of the their fish were located in or around the grass that is abundant on the lake. Windy banks also played a key role as the team was throwing unique spinner bait made by Lunker Lure called a Vibratron. The windy banks, grass, wind and the Vibratron spinner bait was a winning combination as team had a limit in the boat by 8:30am. They went on to catch 8 keepers total during the day with their best five earning them checks totaling $1,830.00. The team is sponsored by: Jackson Hewitt, Harrison's Sport Shop, Solar Bat, Triton Boats, Dunn's Sporting Goods, Falcon Rods and Lunker Lure/Hawg Caller. Great Job Guys!!

Second Place goes to the team of Derek "Duke" Jenkel from Pinkneyville, IL. and Jeff Atchison of Ina, IL. The team used an arsenal of baits to boat their five keepers consisting of spinner baits Carolina rigs, jigs and crank baits. The average water depth they concentrated on was anywhere from six to ten feet. The team had a total weight of 16.28lbs, which was anchored by a healthy 6.02lb beauty that also captured big bass honors for the day. The team takes home checks totaling $1,540.00 for their day on the water. The team is sponsored by: Cotton Mouth Lures, and Svanda Chevrolet.

Third Place goes to the team of: Paul Seiler from Cambria, IL. and Rob Seiler of Joliet, IL. This father and son team focused their efforts in deeper water depths ranging from ten to fifteen feet. They had their five fish limit by 9:30am and then struggled but was able to boat one of their larger fish of the day around 2:00pm which allowed them to cull. All of their fish were caught on jigs that were fish either in the grass or around it. The team had a total weight of 14.28lbs, which earned them checks totaling $710.00 for the day.

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 March 28th at Kincaid Lake "It looks to be a good one". 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, Harrison's Sport Shop, Rend Lake Sporting Goods, Great Net, Lucky Craft, Solar Bat, Wayne's Props, Pyramid Acres, Adventure Sports Outdoors, and Bobs Marine in Hillsboro, IL