Man oh Man, the tournament that just concluded a few minutes ago was probably the greatest in B.A.S.S.’s long history.  Skeet Reese trumped Preston Clark’s record from last year with a giant 4 day total of 117-6!  That was short lived fame, because the very next angler Steve Kennedy blew him out of the water with 122-14, nearly 7lbs heavier then what Clark could muster at Santee Cooper last April.   Believe it or not, that is the 3rd time Kennedy has reached the century club in BASS tournaments!  It was unbelievable watching it unfold on the live internet weigh-in.  Kennedy averaged over a 6lb bass for 4 days straight and told stories of a 9lb Goliath that he had to turn loose today because it was hooked on the outside of the mouth, not too shabby for a guy that says he never threw a swimait before practice at Amistad in early March.  It is borderline disturbing how good the bass fishing was this week at Clark Lake.  G-man caught a great bag of 29-4 that was anchored by a 10-6 donkey, and you will get to see him go Ike next Saturday morning  

Congrats to Greg Gutierrez who finished a respectable 3rd and got lost in Kennedy’s heroics the past two days, after day 2 it looked like Greg may run away with this event like McClelland did last summer on Grand Lake.  Gutierrez,  Gerald Swindle, John Murray, Kelly Jordan & Paul Elias all topped the 100lb mark this week.  And poor Peter T, missed the century club by ounces

Glenn Delong managed to bring 3 runts for 5-8 today and fell to 12, which reminds me of the guy I fished with at Amistad.  I am actually stunned that he made the top 12 after what I saw when I fished with him, but maybe nerves got the best of him that first day at Amistad, tough to say.

It will be great to read Bassmaster.com BassFan.com & BassZone.com to see how all the guys caught them, from what I can gather swimbaits was a big part of most of these anglers’ successes this week.

Rich
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