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Davis Keeps Leads on
Tennessee-Tombigbee
 COLUMBUS,
Miss. – Arkansas pro Mark Davis brought in a five-fish limit Thursday that
lifted his two-day weight up to 33 pounds, 5 ounces and gave him the lead on
day two of the Bassmaster Elite 50 tournament on the Tennessee-Tombigbee
Waterway.
Davis and his fellow pros are fishing for one of 10 berths in the 2004 CITGO
Bassmaster Classic, as well as the $1.6 million prize purse at the end of
the first no-entry-fee series on the CITGO Bassmaster Tournament Trail.
“I fished the same areas as yesterday,” Davis said. “It took a long
time to catch a
limit today, though. I had one by about one (o’clock), but between
three and four,
I caught about 20, and all those fish were 2 or more pounds.”
Although the fishing was good in his area, Davis will have to leave it for
day
three, as the top 12 pros will fish a specially designated six-hole course
for the
final two days of competition.
“Anytime you have a place like that, you want to go back,” Davis said, “but
we all
know what we’re getting into, so I think I’ll be OK.”
The three-time CITGO Bassmaster Angler of the Year continued to use his
Strike King
3X ribbon tail worm Thursday to catch his limit.
Another former Angler of the Year, South Carolina’s Davy Hite, brought in
22-4 to
claim second place. Hite also stayed with the same pattern he was
fishing on
Wednesday, working a Gambler worm.
“I think the key was just being patient,” Hite said. “Just realizing
that the bite
was off, settling down and figuring them out.
“I feel good about tomorrow. I can fish the same way that I have been.
I think
what I’m doing can definitely work here.”
Missouri’s Brian Snowden had a big payday Thursday, picking up two $1,000
bonuses.
The first, a check from Purolator for having the Purolator Big Bass of the
Day, came
from a 4-pound, 12-ounce lunker that anchored his five-fish limit weighing
12-8.
That 12-8 was enough to earn him another $1,000 for the Busch Heavyweight of
the
Day, a voluntary contingency program from Busch Beer for the angler with the
largest
catch each day.
The catch pushed Snowden’s weight up to 21-12 for two days and put him in
third
place going in to Friday’s competition.
Texas’ Gary Klein (21-8), Arizona’s John Murray (20-15), Texas’ Alton Jones
(20-13),
Michigan’s Kevin VanDam (20-5), Oklahoma’s Tommy Biffle (18-5), Missouri’s
Stacey
King (18-5), North Carolina’s Dustin WIlks (17-12), Texas’ Ben Matsubu
(17-6), and
Texas’ Zell Rowland (17-4) round out the top 12.
The Bassmaster Elite 50 series, which will be telecast in two parts on
ESPN2, May 29
and June 5 at 10:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. CT, continues Friday. Launch
begins at 10
a.m. and daily weigh-ins will begin at 7 p.m. at the Stennis Lock and Dam
and are
free to the public. Day 2
| Rank |
Name |
Hometown |
Bass |
Weight |
| 1 |
Mark Davis |
Mount Ida, AR |
10 |
33-05 |
| 2 |
Davy Hite |
Prosperity, SC |
10 |
22-04 |
| 3 |
Brian Snowden |
Springfield, MO |
9 |
21-12 |
| 4 |
Gary Klein |
Weatherford, TX |
10 |
21-08 |
| 5 |
John Murray |
Phoenix, AZ |
10 |
20-15 |
| 6 |
Alton Jones |
Waco, TX |
10 |
20-13 |
| 7 |
Kevin VanDam |
Kalamazoo, MI |
10 |
20-05 |
| 8 |
Tom Biffle |
Wagoner, OK |
10 |
18-05 |
| 8 |
Stacey King |
Reeds Spring, MO |
9 |
18-05 |
| 10 |
Dustin Wilks |
Rocky Mount, NC |
9 |
17-12 |
11. Ben Matsubu
Hemphill, Texas 9
17-06
Day 1: 5 10-11 Day 2: 4
6-11
12. Zell Rowland
Montgomery, Texas 10 17-04
Day 1: 5 10-14 Day 2: 5
6-06
13. Todd Auten
Lake Wylie, S.C. 10 16-08
Day 1: 5 9-03 Day 2: 5
7-05
13. Roland Martin
Naples, Fla.
8 16-08
$1,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-06 Day 2: 3
4-02
15. Gerald Swindle Hayden,
Ala. 10
16-03
Day 1: 5 8-13 Day 2: 5
7-06
16. Bernie Schultz
Gainesville, Fla. 9 15-13
Day 1: 4 6-02 Day 2: 5
9-11
16. Jay Yelas
Tyler, Texas 10
15-13
Day 1: 5 7-10 Day 2: 5
8-03
18. David Fritts
Lexington, N.C. 10
15-06
Day 1: 5 6-11 Day 2: 5
8-11
19. Jack A Gadlage Benton,
Ky.
8 15-01
Day 1: 3 5-01 Day 2: 5
10-00
20. Todd Faircloth Jasper,
Texas 7
14-11
Day 1: 2 3-10 Day 2: 5
11-01
20. David Wharton Sam
Rayburn, Texas 8 14-11
Day 1: 4 6-09 Day 2: 4
8-02
22. Dean Rojas
Grand Saline, Texas 8 14-08
Day 1: 3 4-04 Day 2: 5
10-04
23. Larry Nixon
Bee Branch, Ark. 7
14-06
Day 1: 4 9-01 Day 2: 3
5-05
24. Bud Pruitt
Spring, Texas 9
13-01
Day 1: 5 8-07 Day 2: 4
4-10
25. Brent Chapman
Shawnee, Kan. 9
12-14
Day 1: 5 7-13 Day 2: 4
5-01
26. Kelly Jordon
Mineola, Texas 6
12-13
Day 1: 1 1-04 Day 2: 5
11-09
27. Michael Iaconelli Runnemede, N.J.
6 12-03
Day 1: 5 10-15 Day 2: 1
1-04
28. Peter E Thliveros Jacksonville, Fla.
10 12-01
Day 1: 5 6-10 Day 2: 5
5-07
29. Randy Blaukat
Lamar, Mo.
8 11-13
Day 1: 5 8-01 Day 2: 3
3-12
30. Ishama Monroe
Patterson, Calif. 6 11-08
Day 1: 5 8-06 Day 2: 1
3-02
31. Mike Wurm
Hot Springs, Ark. 7 10-14
Day 1: 2 2-13 Day 2: 5
8-01
32. Denny Brauer
Camdenton, Mo. 8
10-11
Day 1: 5 7-08 Day 2: 3
3-03
33. Kenyon Hill
Norman, Okla. 6
10-00
Day 1: 2 3-06 Day 2: 4
6-10
34. Randy Howell
Springville, Ala. 6
9-14
Day 1: 5 7-15 Day 2: 1
1-15
34. Mark Menendez
Paducah, Ky.
6 9-14
Day 1: 3 3-04 Day 2: 3
6-10
36. Robert Lee
Angels Camp, Calif. 8 9-02
Day 1: 3 2-10 Day 2: 5
6-08
37. Kevin Wirth
Crestwood, Ky. 8
8-11
Day 1: 3 3-01 Day 2: 5
5-10
38. Greg Hackney
Gonzales, La. 4
8-10
Day 1: 1 3-04 Day 2: 3
5-06
39. Paul L Elias
Pachuta, Miss. 6
8-02
Day 1: 3 5-08 Day 2: 3
2-10
40. Skeet Reese
Auburn, Calif. 6
8-00
Day 1: 1 2-10 Day 2: 5
5-06
41. Brett Hite
Phoenix, Ariz. 6
7-02
Day 1: 2 2-09 Day 2: 4
4-09
42. Chad Brauer
Osage Beach, Mo. 3
6-14
Day 1: 0 0-00 Day 2: 3
6-14
43. Rick Clunn
Ava, Mo.
6 6-10
Day 1: 4 4-13 Day 2: 2
1-13
44. O T Fears III
Sallisaw, Okla. 4
6-06
Day 1: 2 2-10 Day 2: 2
3-12
45. Edwin Evers
Mannsville, Okla. 3
5-14
Day 1: 3 5-14 Day 2: 0
0-00
46. Jim Bitter
Fruitland Park, Fla. 5 4-14
Day 1: 3 2-10 Day 2: 2
2-04
47. George Cochran Hot
Springs, Ark. 3 4-11
Day 1: 0 0-00 Day 2: 3
4-11
47. Tim Horton
Tuscumbia, Ala. 2
4-11
Day 1: 1 3-07 Day 2: 1
1-04
49. Ron Shuffield
Bismarck, Ark. 1
0-10
Day 1: 0 0-00 Day 2: 1
0-10
50. Shaw E Grigsby, Jr Gainesville, Fla.
0 0-00
Day 1: 0 0-00 Day 2: 0
0-00
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