PRESS RELEASE … FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
March 27, 2008
Bass Cat Boat Owners from across the country have converged on Mountain Home, Arkansas this week to attend the 2008 Bass Cat Owners Invitational.This two day tournament is open to all owners of Bass Cat Boats from our 1971 models to the newest 2008 models. The Pierce Family has provided family oriented fun, great prizes, and a challenging fishing tournament which has been a tradition since 1987.
The Pierce family and Bass Cat employees welcome their customers with southern hospitality and some challenging fishing on a very unusual high lake level due to recent flooding. A level of 571.54 compared to a 553′ normal pool on Lake Norfork, should help level the playing field for this tournament. A total of 566 Owners accepted the Invitation and launched this morning starting a typical Invitational day … overcast, with a projected 71 degree high. A little high water sure can’t dampen the hopes of the Winners taking home the grand prize, a 2008 Bass Cat Puma rigged with a new Mercury 225 OptiMax. Second Place winners are vying for a new Pantera II … not bad for 2nd place. Great prizes including a New Mercury Outboard and a vast assortment of Strike King products … as well as those from many other sponsors are at stake during this two day tournament.
Our first day leaders, Max Atkinson and Shawn White of Midway, AR weighed in 4 Bass weighing 15.26 pounds and were very tight lipped on stage as the looked out at the two Bass Cat’s sparkling in the distance … first and second place prizes.Second place team of Randell James of Springdale, Ar and his partner Glenn Rhodes followed closely with 13.64 … keeping pressure on the top team for Friday’s final weigh-in.
Big Bass today was a very healthy 6.49# lunker which was brought to the scales by Michael Crane and Sean Nicodemus of Riverton, KS.
Weather forecasters are predicting a different day for day two with much cooler temps and possible thunderstorms early, a common kink historically placing a jinx on our first day leaders alive. First day leaders have yet to win the tournament.
1 542 MAX ATKINSON SHAWN WHITE MIDWAY, AR 4 0 0 15.26 Lbs 2 460 RANDELL JAMES GLENN RHODES SPRINGDALE, AR 5 0 0 13.64 Lbs 3 78 JAMES SOUTHARD LEWIS MOODY JORDAN, AR 5 0 0 12.75 Lbs 4 197 LARRY STANLEY HEATH STANLEY MTN. HOME, AR 5 0 0 12.48 Lbs 5 85 TERRY STONE JEREMY STONE MAMMOTH SPRINGS, AR 5 0 0 12.27 Lbs 6 478 MARK HALL PAUL THORPE LITTLE ROCK, AR 5 0 0 11.50 Lbs 7 436 RICHARD TOMLIN DAVID WOOD DARDANELLE, AR 5 0 0 11.28 Lbs 8 293 GLEN MORRIS CHARLES MORRIS FLORISSANT , MO 5 0 0 11.08 Lbs 9 158 BILLY SANTHUFF PHIL REIN PIEDMONT, MO 5 0 0 10.89 Lbs 10 12 KEVIN COVINGTON CORY HART PEKIN, IL 5 0 0 10.72 Lbs 11 135 MICHAEL HOLT TRACY HUNTER BATESVILLE, AR 5 0 0 10.63 Lbs 12 132 JOE HARDCASTLE JAY HARDCASTLE SPARTA, MO 5 0 0 10.17 Lbs 12 194 JOHN R. WALKER JOHN R. WALKER JR. ELLSINORE, MO 5 0 0 10.17 Lbs 14 505 BILLY MCCAGHREN JR., BOBBY EDWARDS MAYFLOWER, AR 4 0 0 9.04 Lbs 15 226 HAL WOLF RITCHIE BLACK BULL SHOALS, AR 4 0 0 8.91 Lbs 16 176 NELS CARLSON JAY MCKNIGHT SPRINGFIELD, MO 4 0 0 8.90 Lbs 17 224 DARVIN CARLTON BRIGGS CARLTON GREERS FERRY, AR 3 0 0 8.81 Lbs 18 461 JERRY FOSTER RANDY EVANS HINDSVILLE, AR 3 0 0 8.78 Lbs 19 133 DANNY COLLIER TIM TAYLOR OZARK, MO 4 0 0 8.71 Lbs 20 263 JIM BEAVERS BILL BEAVERS FARMINGTON, AR 3 0 0 8.20 Lbs 21 152 WILLIAM COLMAN BILLY LEROY WEST PLAINS, MO 4 0 0 8.12 Lbs 22 445 JOE CLIFTON BOBBY DAWSON VIOLA, AR 3 0 0 7.96 Lbs 23 100 LEROY DAVID JONES LARRY MARRIOTT WAYNESVILLE, MO 4 0 0 7.87 Lbs 24 450 KEN SMITH TONY HIGGINS HIGDEN, AR 3 0 0 7.81 Lbs 25 362 RANDY CRAPPS THOMAS KOULA BEEBE, AR 3 0 0 7.59 Lbs 26 75 WILLIS BEENE TONY CHAMBERS MAGNOLIA, AR 3 0 0 7.57 Lbs 27 564 TIM STARKEY WINDELL CURTIS HARRISON, AR 3 0 0 7.56 Lbs 28 341 TED THOMAS BUSTER LOVING SPRINGFILELD, MO 2 0 0 7.38 Lbs 29 289 RODNEY BAKER BEN BAKER ATKINS, AR 3 0 0 7.31 Lbs 30 69 JUSTIN PACE JIM FRANKLIN LEES SUMMIT, MO 3 0 0 7.11 Lbs 31 66 MIKE KIRCH GREG COLEMAN LOMBARD, IL 4 0 0 6.95 Lbs 32 334 LINK HUMPHRIES RANDY ZEIGLER SALEM, AR 3 0 0 6.92 Lbs 33 242 MIKE FARRIS DOUG SMALL CALICO ROCK, AR 3 0 0 6.66 Lbs 34 462 JIMMY FOSTER SHANE LATHAM HINDSVILLE, AR 3 0 0 6.60 Lbs 35 16 BOB LIPTON RANDY BARNHILL ST. CHARLES, MO 3 0 0 6.51 Lbs 36 302 MICHAEL CRANE SEAN NICODEMUS RIVERTON, KS 1 0 0 6.49 Lbs 37 188 JUSTIN TYLER TRAPPER YORK STURKIE, AR 3 0 0 6.48 Lbs 38 338 TIM OWNES JEFF JOHNSON COLCORD, OK 3 0 0 6.42 Lbs 39 19 LADD SHANNON RUSTY ALLEN ATKINS, AR 3 0 0 6.37 Lbs 40 117 JIM RURA KEN ZAHN MORRIS, IL 2 0 0 6.35 Lbs 41 126 DONALD DRUMRIGHT MARTY FOX WEST PLAINS, MO 3 0 0 6.24 Lbs 42 560 JEFF PASCOE GERALD MCDANIEL BRANSON, MO 2 0 0 6.16 Lbs 42 98 SHAWN FIFE SHAWN DRAKE DRASCO, AR 3 0 0 6.16 Lbs 44 143 TY BOWMAN TRAVIS GOODMAN MTN. HOME, AR 3 0 0 6.07 Lbs 45 211 TOMMY JUBAN COLIN JUBAN BENTON, LA 3 0 0 6.04 Lbs 46 140 PHILLIP MURPHY JAN MURPHY ALMA, AR 3 0 0 6.00 Lbs 47 93 BILL PENROD SCOTT PENROD OFALLON, MO 3 0 0 5.97 Lbs 48 8 JIMMY RICHARDSON GAYLEN DAVIS SPARTA, MO 3 0 0 5.95 Lbs 49 54 ROBERT REEDY JAMES SMITH ROSE BUD , AR 3 0 0 5.81 Lbs 50 77 JAMES KELLEY DENNIS MCALLISTER OWOSSO, MI 2 0 0 5.55 Lbs
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