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Lake Egypt had been
on fire leading up to the kick off event for the Southern Illinois
division of Angler’s Choice. The past two weekends saw weights
exceeding 20 lbs to take the top positions. This day was to be different
however as the sun shined and the wind blew the bite seemed to
dissipate. Even with the lake getting a bit stingy by Egypt standards
the weights were still very respectable.
The first place team of Jack and Ben Doan, both of Desoto, IL.
bested a strong field of anglers to take the first win of the 2005
season. These two cousins were the 2003 angler’s of the year in the
North Region of Angler’s Choice but struggled during the 2004 season.
The team caught their fish predominantly on Competitive Edge “Little
Big Man” spinner baits but with one fish also being taken on an RC
Lures Advantage Jig. The team stated that the fish were located right on
the bank and would often hit the lure as soon as it hit the water. The
teams winning bag weighed 16.38lbs and earned them $1,835.00 for the
day. Great Job Guys!!
Second
place goes to the well-known team of Jerry and Brandon Bate both of
Zeigler, IL. The team
fished rogues throughout the day and targeted wind blown points with a
good concentration of both grass and bait fish. The water depth the fish
seemed to be located in was eight to ten feet. The team culled their way
through eight keeper fish during the day and just lacked that one solid
bite to take the win. The teams bag tipped the scales at 15.83lbs and
earned them $1,035.00 on the day.
Third Place goes to the team of Scott Kreger from Dubois, IL. and
Mike Frisch of Scheller, IL. The team threw an arsenal of baits at their
quarry including spinner baits, jigs, crank baits and brush hawgs. The
two larger fish in the bag however came off a white spinner bait. The
fish were holding tight in weed beds located in water depths ranging
anywhere from three to eight feet.
The teams five fish limit had a total weight of
13.52lbs and earned them checks totaling $762.00 for the day at
the lake.
The Lunker Lure Big Bass of the day went to the team of Rick
Chidester from Cadiz, KY. and Mike Hockett of Woodlawn, IL. The fish was
fooled by a Limit Lures jig fished on the outer edge of a grass line in
a water depth of approximately 10 foot. The fish tipped the scales at
6.12lbs and earned the team $540.00 for the bite.
Angler's Choice
would like to thank all those who came out and fished and we hope to see
you at our next event on April 3rd at Kinkaid Lake. I would also like to
thank all of our sponsors for making this possible. National sponsors
include Bass Cat Boats, Mercury Outboards, Motorguide Trolling Motors,
Lowrance, Eagle, Competitive Edge Fishing, Solar Bat, Bass West Magazine
and Bass Medics. Also a big thanks to our divisional sponsors:
Angler’s Advantage Insurance, Lunker Lure, Falcon Rods, Harrison's
Sport Shop, Rend Lake Sporting Goods, Great Net, Lucky
Craft, Solar Bat,
Wayne's Prop shop, Adventure Sports Outdoors, Mwbt.com and Foothills
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