Cogburn and Williams	Morgan and Boydston
Results

The second event for the US U.S. Angler's Choice Tournament Trails Southern Oklahoma Team Division was greeted with rain at take-off that finally stopped when the weigh-in was over. The fish must have liked the rain all but one team had fish and several teams said they caught fish all day. Lake Texoma had rose from resent rains until it was at normal lake level. 50 bass were weighed in weighing 121.98 lbs with an average weight of 2.43 lbs. Six five fish limits were brought to the scales.

Previous Angler of the year David Williams, Broken OK and Shannon Cogburn, Bethel OK, were among the last to weigh-in. Williams and Cogburn took the lead with five bass weighing 17.31 lbs and remained there to receive $925.00 for first place. Williams and Cogburn fished the north end of the lake above the bridge. They had a limit by 8:30am and culled their last bass at 2:00pm. After fishing tournaments on Lake Texoma for about ten years, this was the first time they had been able to cull. Williams and Cogburn were slow fishing a white 3/8oz spinnerbait made by Cogburn and a 3/8oz Stanley blue/black jig. They fished brush and logs in shallow muddy water. When Williams was asked what he thought about the weather and the lake he replied good, another angler said how can you say that with all this rain, Williams said if the weather hadn't rained we might not have caught our fish.

James Morgan, Marietta OK, and Buddy Boydston, Ardmore OK, the winners of the Lake Murray tournament, were the second team to weigh-in. They took the lead with a five fish limit weighing 16.43 lbs, which included a big bass weighing 5.10 lbs. Morgan and Boydston caught fish all day fishing rocks in the north end of the lake, the same area of the lake as Williams and Cogburn. The two teams watched each other catch fish all day. Morgan and Boydston slow fished with ½oz chartreuse and white Diamond Back Spinnerbaits and a crank bait in two to four feet of off color dingy, 55-degree water. Morgan and Boydston received $455.00 for second place and $140.00 for the big bass of the tournament. The big bass was caught on a crank bait about 12:00noon.

US U.S. Angler's Choice Southern Oklahoma Team would like to thank Catfish Bay Gas Dock for the weigh-in and take-off site, the Marina Mart for the registration site, Lakeside Motel for headquarters and KKAJ 95.7FM for being the official radio station for the Texoma event.

The next Southern Oklahoma Team event will be April 20, on Lake Eufaula going out of Eufaula Cove. Ken's Pizza will be the registration site. The Loyal Inn (1-800-450-6576) will be headquarters. KFOX 102.5 FM will be the official radio station for the Eufaula event.

To qualify for the US U.S. Angler's Choice Team championship, a team is required to fish at least five of the seven tournaments in a season, so it's not to late to start fishing the Southern Oklahoma Team circuit and make the championship. For a team to qualify for the Championship they must fish the Eufaula event and the four remaining events of the season. The team's championship is a no entry fee event. First place is two fully rigged Bass Cat Boats with a Mercury Motor, and a MotorGuide Trolling Motor. 2nd place is one fully rigged Bass Cat Boat. The date of the team's championship is Oct. 4-5, on the Red River at Shreveport, LA.

National sponsors for US U.S. Angler's Choice Tournament Trails are Bass Cat Boats, Mercury Motors, Hamby's Protector Beaching Bumpers, Hamby's Light Duty, Please Release Me, MotorGuide Trolling Motors, and KeepAlive Oxygen Infusor.

Southern Oklahoma Teams are sponsored locally by Lindsay Ford, Johnson Jigs & Spinnerbaits Mark Stevenson's "Lake Fork Jig", K & E Texaco Food Mart, Lil' Hustler Tackle Co., Label Stable, Idle Time RV, Ryan Construction, Bailey's Outdoor Shop, Shop & Tackle, and Oklahoma Hunting Show,

For more information on US U.S. Angler's Choice Tournament Trails Southern Oklahoma Team Division tournaments, you can contact Director Joe Copeland (580-759-2088)