Anglers predict tough fishing in Southern Open
What's at stake: $166,250 in cash and merchandise to the top 30 pro anglers and valuable points towards qualifying for the Bassmaster Classic and Bassmaster Elite Series. The top 30 co-anglers will compete for $69,700 in prizes. This is the second event of the Bassmaster Southern Opens.
The Pros Said It
"The practice has been pretty tough on me. I've been getting three or four bites a day and I've caught some quality fish, but what scares me is that I'm just not getting the numbers. It has been a tough practice outside of the quality bites I've gotten, and I don't know if I can duplicate it or not. I'd like to be catching them a lot better, that's for sure."— Todd Auten, 41, Lake Wylie, S.C., two-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier (1999 and 2003).
"Right now it's really slow. You will find fish on the bed one day and then they're gone the next. If I can catch 15 pounds a day, I'll be thrilled. I assure you someone will be on them. Someone will find a way to catch the big ones because they certainly live here."— John Kremer, 39, Sanford, Fla.
"I think that the fish have probably been spawning and now are moving out into deeper water and I just haven't been able to locate them. I haven't caught many fish, but the ones I have caught have been quality-sized bass. I think that when the tournament comes along, you'll see a lot of big fish weighed in. "— Roger Schofield, 61, Killen, Ala.
The Strategy
Auten: Auten is fishing a shallow pattern and using a variety of lures including worms and crankbaits. He describes the fishing as "real spotty" and is covering a lot of water to find locations on all sides of the lake, regardless of how the wind may blow. He is keying on 3 to 4 spots and estimates that it will take 9 pounds a day to make the Day Two cut to the Top 30.
Kremer: Kremer is targeting spawning bass in water three to four feet deep, pitching a worm into vegetation.
Schofield: The Alabama pro is fishing shallow water 2 to 4 feet deep and using a variety of lures including flipping a plastic craw, Senko, and shallow-running crankbait.
Location and Field
Bassmaster Southern Open
Santee Cooper Reservoir
Manning, S.C.
May 3-5
Field
Cut to top 30 after Day 2
Launch & Weigh-in
Land, III, Boating & Sportfishing Facility
State Route 260
Manning, S.C.
6:45 a.m./2:45 p.m.
Background
Previous BASS events
2006 ESPN Outdoors Bassmaster Series
2006 Bassmaster Southern Tour
2006 Bassmaster Elite Series
2006 ESPN Outdoors Bassmaster Series
2005 ESPN Outdoors Bassmaster Series
2005 ESPN Outdoors Bassmaster Series
2004 Bassmaster Tour
2003 Bassmaster Tour
1998 Bassmaster Invitational
1997 Bassmaster Invitational
1994 Bassmaster Invitational
1994 Bassmaster Invitational
1976 Bassmaster Invitational
1975 Bassmaster Invitational
Previous winners on lake
Kent M. Ware, 29.5, 2006
Glenn Kimbrell, 20-13, 2006
Preston Clark, 115-15, 2006
Lex Costas, 19-15, 2006
Lex Costas, 25-13, 2005
Joey Outlaw, 25-14, 2005
Kelly Jordon, 93-13, 2004
Zell Rowland, 98-9, 2003
Scott Martin, 39-2, 1998
Julian Reitzel, 61-13, 1997
Kevin Wirth, 39-15, 1994
O.T. Fears III, 77-4, 1994
Jimmy Houston, 67-5, 1976
Roland Martin, 64-0, 1975
Weather
Temperature
86 degrees
Lake level
75.42 feet above mean sea level
Local Sponsors: Local sponsor is Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce
Bassmaster Southern Open sponsors: Toyota Tundra, Triton Boats, Mercury Marine, Purolator, Berkley, Advance Auto Parts, Lowrance Electronics and MotorGuide
Bassmaster Southern Open Points Standings2007 Denison, TX - Denison, TX Boater Points After Lake Texoma, Denison, Texas Ending 03-17-2007, Day 3 ------------------------------------------- Place Name St Pts ------------------------------------------- 1 Brian Clark Texas 305 2 Trevor Rogge Minn. 300 3 Dave Wolak N.C. 290 4 Pete Cherkas Iowa 285 5 Bradley Hallman Okla. 280 6 Jay Fuller Okla. 276 7 Charlie King La. 272 8 CLARK Reehm Ark. 268 9 Chip Hawkins Ark. 264 10 Scott Dean Texas 260 11 Matt Hupp Texas 259 12 Pat Golden N.C. 257 13 Anton Silvester Ill. 251 14 Alan Kelly Okla. 248 15 Craig Schuff Texas 245 16 James Morgan Okla. 243 17 Jason Christie Okla. 241 18 MIKE PICKETT Ky. 239 19 Ken Adamson Ark. 237 20 Bobby Myers Okla. 235 21 Teddy Bogard Ark. 233 22 Steve Sennikoff Texas 231 23 Dee Cagle Texas 229 24 Paul Ferguson Texas 227 25 Randy Allen La. 225 26 Doug Stump Okla. 223 27 Gary Graffagnino La. 221 28 STAN GERZSENYI Texas 219 29 Thomas Loving Texas 217 30 Jeff Bruhl La. 215 31 Chad Griffin Texas 213 32 Danny Smith La. 211 33 Matt Mize Ark. 209 34 Rob Lee Ala. 207 35 Royce Dennington Okla. 205 36 Stacy Leonard La. 203 37 Wayne Brown Okla. 201 38 Trent Huckaby Texas 199 39 Ryan Lovelace Texas 197 40 Larry Byrd La. 194 40 Thomas Law Texas 194 42 Craig Gipe Ky. 191 43 Vincent Parello Texas 189 44 Jason Cyboron Neb. 187 45 Dwayne Mcpeek Texas 185 46 Ross Watkins Miss. 183 47 Billy McCaghren Jr. Ark. 181 48 Dave Parsons Texas 179 49 Mark Hicks Ohio 176 49 Monty Fralick S.D. 176 51 Gary Riffle Texas 170 51 Randy Dearman Texas 170 51 Scott Ashmore Okla. 170 51 Corey Waldrop Texas 170 55 Billy Brewer Texas 165 56 Jeff Vanderpool Ark. 163 57 Al Fisher Ark. 161 58 Randy Alexander Ky. 159 59 Dean Gilbert Texas 157 60 Benjamin Jackson Okla. 155 61 Matthew McCabe La. 153 62 Jeff Cloud Texas 151 63 Sean Hoernke Texas 148 63 Steve Pyle Ky. 148 65 Robert Byrd Texas 145 66 Casey Merriman Texas 142 66 James Harrison Texas 142 68 Darren Burkett Okla. 139 69 Homer Humphreys, Jr La. 137 70 Michael Burns Texas 135 71 Teb Jones Miss. 133 72 Mark Smith La. 131 73 Marvin Ettredge La. 127 73 Yoshikazu Sato 127 73 Sherman Nofire Okla. 127 76 PATRICK PIERCE Fla. 122 76 Ronald Rogers Fla. 122 78 J TODD TUCKER Ga. 118 78 Timmy Reneau Texas 118 80 Cliff Crochet La. 115 81 Glenn Eastwood Ark. 113 82 Ray Brazier Tenn. 111 83 Richard Kennedy La. 109 84 Ray Hanselman Texas 106 84 Randy McCarty Ky. 106 86 David Sherrer La. 102 86 Darrell West Ark. 102 88 Trent Loukas Texas 97 88 David Stewart Texas 97 88 Logan Sherrer La. 97 91 Aaron Lee Jakub Neb. 93 92 E.P. Fletcher Ark. 91 93 Donnie Courtney La. 89 94 Joe Gilbert Texas 87 95 Shawn Rook Ark. 83 95 Wes Roberts Ark. 83 95 Max Wayne Grubb Ark. 83 98 Raul Morineau Mexico 78 98 Kip Bodkin Texas 78 100 Ryan Brown La. 76 101 Austin Banks Miss. 75 102 LEE COX Md. 74 103 Dale Jackson Texas 73 104 Rick Pierce Ark. 72 105 Steven Bunt N.Y. 71 106 Chad Kallina Texas 70 107 Keith Phillips Texas 68 107 Mike Lott Texas 68 109 Travis Loyd Ill. 67 110 Brandon Mosley Okla. 66 111 Doug Drummonds Ark. 65 112 Dean Perkins Texas 64 112 Sean Wieda Ohio 64 114 Jason Welch Texas 62 115 Bob Morin Tenn. 61 116 Guy Adams Texas 60 117 Frank Boothe N.M. 58 117 Kelly Owens La. 58 119 Darrell Newman Texas 57 120 Kevin Daigle Texas 56 121 Brad Outersky Mo. 55 122 Jeff Stevens Texas 54 122 JUSTIN TITUS Okla. 54 124 Randy Yarnall Pa. 52 124 Thomas Warren Ill. 52 126 Roger Boler La. 50 126 Dwight Dickerson Texas 50 128 GREG Terzia La. 48 129 James Buchanan Miss. 46 129 ROBERT Collett Texas 46 131 Tim Dungan Ohio 45 132 Preston Domingue La. 44 132 Marc Schilling Texas 44 134 Jason Pittman La. 42 135 Mark Morton Ark. 40 135 Deryl Janzen Texas 40 135 Anre' De Villiers South Africa 40 135 Jeremy Montoya Colo. 40 139 Shawn Johnson Fla. 36 139 JUSTIN Malone Texas 36 141 Ed Whaley Texas 35 142 Robert Bryant Ark. 34 142 Larry Ford Ark. 34 144 Ron Cherkas Iowa 32 145 Tommy Durham Texas 31 146 Chad Brauer Mo. 30 146 Kevin Stanley Texas 30 148 Hugh Rose Okla. 28 149 Jonathan Garrie Texas 26 149 Scott Smith Tenn. 26 151 Aaron Martin Mo. 25 152 Blane Dyess Texas 24 153 Gregory Jones Tenn. 23 154 Doug Luper Va. 22 155 Marvin Wells Okla. 21 156 Jeremy Vandenbosch Mich. 20 157 Scott Mcgehee Miss. 18 157 Lee Wheeler, III Texas 18 159 Brent Broderick Ohio 16 159 Tony Chachere La. 16 159 Terry Bloom Fla. 16 162 Bruce Brown La. 12 162 Rocky Cummings Ark. 12 162 Jamie Jones Ark. 12 162 Dean Gilbert Texas 12 166 Brandon Collins La. 10 167 Dennis Edmonds Colo. 8 167 Jack Sananikone Texas 8 169 Sammy Burks Mo. 7 170 Keith Stephenson Texas 6 171 Gary Giudice Okla. 0 171 Doug Spigler Texas 0 171 Joe Conway Colo. 0 171 Ken Peaker Mo. 0 171 H D (Howard) Dotson Ky. 0 171 Chuck Devereaux Okla. 0 171 roy Sanford Texas 0
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