McGee Creek was the site for the last event of the season for Angler's Choice Southern Oklahoma Team Tournaments. Gene Robertson, Kingston OK, and Don McFarlin, Gordonville TX, won the event with five base weighing 11.21 pounds. Robertson and McFarlin used the same game plan they have followed nearly all year slow fishing their baits and covering the whole lake from one end to the other. Which seems to work well with this being their third win of the season. They fished clear 8 - 20 feet water in heavy timber areas where they found schooling fish. They caught their first bass of the day about two hours into the tournament, with the big bass of the event coming about 11:30 on a black/blue 7" Power Worm. Their big bass weighed 6.26 pounds and was the only bass weighed in over the 22" slot. Robertson and McFarlin also caught bass on a white ¼ oz Terminator spinnerbait and silver grubbs. They received $950.00 for first place and $220.00 from the angler's bonus side pot plus $210.00 for the big bass.

Second place and $500 went to Jason Ward, McAlester OK. and Tracy Gardner, Kiowa OK with five bass weighing 8.19 pounds. Ward and Gardner caught their fish early in the day using a 3/8 oz chartreuse and white Strike King spinnerbait in the Crooked Creek area fishing 15 feet water over brush piles.

James Crane, Durant OK, and Jeff Kriet, Ardmore OK, filling in for Charles Crane, finished third with five bass weighing 7.75 pounds. They received $ 400.00 for third place and $130.00 from the angler's bonus side pot.

96 bass were brought to the scales weighing 127.46 pounds for an average weight of 1.33 pounds per bass. 11 teams had a five fish limit. The lake was 4 feet below normal.

Congratulations go to Jay Symonds and Kelly McCollum, both from Coalgate OK, the new Anglers of the Year for 2003 with 714.92 points. Runner-up Anglers of the Year went to the husband wife team of Sam and Diana Matheny of Ardmore OK. with 703.68 points

Southern Oklahoma Teams would like to thank the Best Western Inn of Atoka for being the host motel and KHKC 102.1FM for being the official radio station for the McGee Creek event.

The Sooner Division Championship will be October 22 thru 25 on Lake Texoma going out of Catfish Bay. First Place will receive a fully rigged BassCat boat.

Southern Oklahoma Teams would like to thank the national sponsors BassCat, Mercury, Lowrance, MotorGuide, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Bass West, Competitive Edge, KeepAlive, Sure Life. And also their local sponsors Shop and Tackle, Label Stable, Hart Tackle Co., Ryan Construction, Brannan's Bass Shop, Bailey's Outdoor Shop, Texoma Tackle, Oklahoma Hunting Show, Extreme Marine, Idle Time RV, and J & M Marine.

For more information on Southern Oklahoma Team Tournaments contact Director Joe Copeland at e-mail joe@simplynet.net or call 580-759-2088.