(Jun. 13, 2005 - Lake Dardanelle State Park, Russellville, AR)... The fourth tournament of 2005 for Arkansas’s Couples opened with temperatures of 75 at take off and 93 at weigh-in and light east winds. 43 couples caught 68 fish weighing 154.231lbs with 4/5 fish limit.
Royce and Regina Davis used Green Pumpkin Zoom Brush hogs and 6" Lizards in brush piles to catch 13.58lbs to win $930 for first. They added $200 for a lunker of 4.74lbs.They also earned $250 Quest bonus from Bass Cat Boats. This gave them total earnings of $1380 for the event.
Second place were Michael and Tonya Johnson who used crank baits, brush hogs, and buzz baits in assorted locations to catch their limit. The 13.30 got them a $530 payday.
Third were Frank Leone and Erin Knoll who weighed 10.30 to earn them $430.They used Jewel Ekins jigs on main river rocks to boat their 5 fish.
The next Arkansas Couples tournament will be July 31 on Lake Chicot out of Conley Bayou. For more information on Arkansas Couples tournaments call: Vince Miller (501) 834-5733 OR (501) 758-1940 or (501) 607-3475 e-mail; vmxxx@aol.com
We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this all possible include Bass Cat Boats, Mercury Outboards, Sure Life Labs, Fish ‘N Stuff, Norman Lures, Right Bite Baits, Riser Ford, Robs Transmissions, N.I.F.E Marine, Best Car Wash, Wild Cat Marine cleaner, H2O Sportz and Marine, Falcon Rods, Mizmo Baits, Calcutta Line, and Hoggs Meat Market. |