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U.S. Angler's Choice News
April 20, 2002 Lake Eufaula, OK
Waller and Jackson Win Eufaula

Waller and Jackson
Dannie and Preston Gentry

The third event for the Southern Oklahoma Team Division was April 20 on Lake Eufaula. Four teams had five fish limits. All but two teams had fish. 35 bass were weighed in weighing 84.39 lbs with an average weight of 2.41 lbs.

Junior Waller, Duncan OK, and Kelly Jackson, Comanche OK, had five bass weighing 14.74 pounds for the first place win. They received $740.00 and winner's tee-shirts from the Label Stable, Ardmore OK. Waller and Jackson fished the Long Town area of the lake slow rolling a ¼ oz chartreuse Terminator spinnerbait in, two to six feet deep murky to muddy water in weeds and brush. Their first cast of the day produced their first bass, with the next bass not coming until noon. Waller Machine and JC&J Auto of Duncan OK sponsor Waller and Jackson.

The father son team of Dannie and Preston Gentry, Shawnee OK, came in second with five bass weighing 12.12 pounds. They caught fish all day, fishing the mid lake area in willow trees in muddy water using a medium retrieve on a Chartreuse spinnerbait Dannie had made and hopping a black blue Johnson's Mark Stevenson's Lake Fork jig. The Gentry's received $365.00.

Anglers of the year, father son team of Bob and Chris Carver, Shawnee OK, had the big bass of the event weighing 4.28 pounds. Bob caught the big bass in the Long Town area on a 3/8oz white Nichols spinnerbait in the bushes in two feet of dirty 66-degree water about 1:oclock. Movie Stars Video of Shawnee OK sponsors the Carvers. They received $120.00 for big bass.

US U.S. Angler's Choice Southern Oklahoma Teams would like to thank Ken's Pizza for the registration site, the Loyal Inn Motel for headquarters and KFOX 102.5FM for being the official radio station for the Eufaula event.

The next team event will be May 4, on Broken Bow going out of Beavers Bend Marina. K & E Texaco will be the registration site. Charles Wesley Motel will be the headquarters, call (1-580-584-3303) for rooms. KBEL 96.7 FM will be the official radio station for the Broken Bow event. The length limit for Broken Bow will be 16 inches and over for small mouth and large mouth bass and 12 inches and over for spotted bass. The patch of teeth on the tongue will determine if a fish is a spotted bass.

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).

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