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El Dorado Anglers finish 14th
and 22nd out of 135 non-boaters
Happy Birthday to Me: Danny Smith Wins Bassmaster Central Open
at Red River
June 16, 2007 - SHREVEPORT, La. Danny Smith,
of Monterey, La., turned 47 on Friday. And he celebrated in grand
style Saturday, winning the Bassmaster Central Open on the Red
River.
His birthday haul? A new Triton TR20X2 boat/trailer
combination powered by a 200 horsepower Mercury OptiMax engine,
and $6,000 cash.
Smith's total bag weight Saturday of 13 pounds,
15 ounces. While it wasn,t the biggest bag of the day, it was
enough to give him a three-day weight of 42-6 and his first Bassmaster
tournament win.
Hometown angler Marvin Ettredge, the leader at
the start of the day, finished second.
In the co-angler division, 25-year-old Ryan Evans
from Grapevine, Texas, scored his first victory with a three-day
total of 29 pounds. Scott Rebholz and Todd McClure, both
of El Dorado finished 14th and 22nd.
After Thursday's heat and humidity and Friday's
rain, the top 30 anglers who made the cut were greeted Saturday
with cloud cover and cooler temperatures. The rain held off during
tournament hours, letting loose just as the first boats returned.
The changing weather and the changing conditions
along the river had many in the field changing their tactics,
but in the end the winner said he used a consistent strategy
throughout the three-day event.
"I just stayed with what I was doing,
Smith said. "Fishing a jig in maybe 5 foot of water around
the bridges. I just stayed in two areas and went back and forth.
Smith's tactic is one he has used in the past.
"If you can get fish biting a jig they usually
don,t change very much, Smith said. "The topwater patterns
and stuff like that are too undependable, I've found over the
years. You can go to a place and annihilate them on topwater
and go back the next day and they won,t even look at it.
And while Smith's tactic helped him win the tournament,
there was another key to his success.
"Me being confident in what I was using and
what I was doing, Smith said, "and not letting other people
control what I thought or what I did. I found some fish in an
area and stuck with what I like to do, and that's throw a jig.
I just stuck with it.
For second-place finisher Ettredge, the key to
success was knowing the river and reading the currents.
"Current is what helps us to catch fish, Ettredge
said. "When the current gets moving the shad get more active.
Of course you,ve got to have the right water, the right drop
and the right cover and have the bait fish, and if you have that
you have the big fish.
"I've never fished current like this in June,
it's always in the spring. It was definitely different but once
I found them and got onto to the current pattern it kind of got
easy.
In the pro division, Ryan Brown from LaPlace, La.,
was third. Brian Clark was fourth and Mike Pedroza rounded out
the top five.
Keith Morris, of Nacogdoches, Texas, was second
in the co-angler division.
Kevin Hanson from Pineville, La., took home the
Purolator Big Bass trophy with a 7-pound, 4-ounce fish he landed
on the first day of the tournament.
In the Bassmaster Central Division Points, Brian
Clark maintains his lead. The Central Open Series heads to Lake
Amistad in Texas, Sept. 27-29.
Location and Field
Bassmaster Central Open
Red River - Shreveport, La. - June 14-16, 2007
(BOATER) Standings Day 3
Angler
Hometown
No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Danny Smith
Monterey, LA
15 42-06 305 $56,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-11
Day 2: 5 12-12 Day 3: 5
13-15
2. Marvin Ettredge
Shreveport, LA
10 34-05 300 $16,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-06
Day 2: 4 16-02 Day 3: 1
02-13
3. Ryan Brown
La Place, LA
12 34-03 290 $12,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-05
Day 2: 5 15-06 Day 3: 2
03-08
4. Brian Clark
Haltom , TX
15 34-01 290 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-15
Day 2: 5 08-13 Day 3: 5
07-05
5. Mike Pedroza
Sibley, LA
15 32-15 280
$9,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-03
Day 2: 5 10-00 Day 3: 5
10-12
6. Jacky Hawthorne
Greenville, TX
11 32-04 276 $8,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-01
Day 2: 2 10-00 Day 3: 4
07-03
7. Jeff Stevens Flower
Mound, TX 15
30-14 272 $7,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-10
Day 2: 5 08-08 Day 3: 5
11-12
8. Ed Whaley
Montgomery, TX
15 28-15 268 $6,000.00
Day 1: 5 08-10
Day 2: 5 12-01 Day 3: 5
08-04
9. Gary Giudice
Norman, OK
14 28-13 264 $5,000.00
Day 1: 4 07-10
Day 2: 5 10-05 Day 3: 5
10-14
10. Clark Reehm
Russellville, AR 12
28-09 260 $4,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-08
Day 2: 5 09-05 Day 3: 2
04-12
11. Dave Wolak
Wake Forest, NC
13 27-00 257 $3,500.00
Day 1: 5 09-14
Day 2: 5 11-01 Day 3: 3
06-01
12. Dave Parsons
Yantis, TX
11 26-12 254 $3,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-05
Day 2: 4 04-08 Day 3: 2
08-15
13. Pat Golden
High Point, NC
11 26-09 251 $3,500.00
Day 1: 2 04-11
Day 2: 5 12-11 Day 3: 4
09-03
14. Billy Graves
Montgomery, LA 14
26-03 248 $2,000.00
Day 1: 5 08-13
Day 2: 4 07-14 Day 3: 5
09-08
15. Ross Watkins
Carriere, MS
15 25-14 245 $1,750.00
Day 1: 5 09-11
Day 2: 5 08-05 Day 3: 5
07-14
16. Brandon Collins Haughton,
LA
14 25-10 243 $1,500.00
Day 1: 5 12-02
Day 2: 5 08-15 Day 3: 4
04-09
17. Benjamin Jackson
Broken Arrow, OK 15
23-13 240 $1,500.00
Day 1: 5 08-14
Day 2: 5 07-10 Day 3: 5
07-05
17. Shawn Johnson
Middleburg, FL
11 23-13 240 $1,500.00
Day 1: 5 11-04
Day 2: 4 10-03 Day 3: 2
02-06
19. Jay Fuller
Kingston, OK
12 23-11 237 $1,500.00
Day 1: 3 06-15
Day 2: 4 10-02 Day 3: 5
06-10
20. Arron DAVE Lance
Boyce, LA
15 23-09 235 $1,500.00
Day 1: 5 07-07
Day 2: 5 09-01 Day 3: 5
07-01
21. Aaron Martin
KIMBERLING CITY, MO 9 23-06
233 $1,200.00
Day 1: 5 15-02
Day 2: 3 04-08 Day 3: 1
03-12
22. Bradley Hallman
Norman, OK
12 22-14 231 $2,200.00
Day 1: 5 10-12
Day 2: 4 06-09 Day 3: 3
05-09
23. Joe Pope
Robinson, TX
12 22-10 229 $1,200.00
Day 1: 4 07-09
Day 2: 5 10-09 Day 3: 3
04-08
24. Logan Sherrer
Shongaloo, LA
10 21-08 227 $1,200.00
Day 1: 5 14-00
Day 2: 4 04-11 Day 3: 1
02-13
25. Rob Lee
Deatsville, AL
9 21-07 225 $1,200.00
Day 1: 1 02-04
Day 2: 5 14-04 Day 3: 3
04-15
26. Chip Hawkins
White Hall, AR
8 20-09 223 $1,000.00
Day 1: 2 07-11
Day 2: 4 08-11 Day 3: 2
04-03
27. Dale Jackson
Troup, TX
13 20-05 221 $1,000.00
Day 1: 5 06-08
Day 2: 5 09-15 Day 3: 3
03-14
28. Billy McCaghren Jr. Mayflower,
AR
9 18-14 219 $1,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-08
Day 2: 3 05-12 Day 3: 1
02-10
29. Robert Byrd
Dallas, TX
8 18-05 217 $1,000.00
Day 1: 4 09-06
Day 2: 4 08-15 Day 3: 0
00-00
30. Steven Bunt
Wallkill, NY
9 17-11 215 $1,000.00
Day 1: 4 10-05
Day 2: 4 06-04 Day 3: 1
01-02
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PUROLATOR BIG BASS
Day
1 Bradley Hallman
Norman, OK
05-02 $1,000.00
2 Marvin Ettredge
Shreveport, LA
05-10 $1,000.00
3 Pat Golden
High Point, NC 05-10
$1,000.00
PUROLATOR BIG BASS OF TOURN
Kevin Hanson
Pineville, LA 07-04
$1,000.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish
Weight
1
47 454
911-14
2
32 399
744-08
3
11 97
184-00
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90 950
1840-06
2007 Shreveport, LA 6/14-6/16
Red River, Shreveport LA.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 3
Angler
Hometown
No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Ryan Evans
Grapevine, TX
11 29-00 305 $34,300.00
Day 1: 5 09-15
Day 2: 1 01-09 Day 3: 5
17-08
2. Keith Morris
Nacogdoches, TX
14 26-06 300 $5,000.00
Day 1: 5 09-08
Day 2: 5 10-02 Day 3: 4
06-12
3. Travis Gray
Princeton, LA
13 25-02 290 $4,000.00
Day 1: 5 09-09
Day 2: 3 07-00 Day 3: 5
08-09
4. John Moon
Brookeland, TX
13 22-07 285 $3,000.00
Day 1: 5 06-05
Day 2: 4 11-00 Day 3: 4
05-02
5. Matt Michel
Gonzales, LA
11 22-06 285 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 12-07
Day 2: 1 01-10 Day 3: 5
08-05
6. Dennis Mitchell
Castor, LA
10 21-11 276 $2,250.00
Day 1: 3 03-08
Day 2: 5 14-09 Day 3: 2
03-10
7. Mark Halpain
Lavon, TX
8 21-01 272 $2,000.00
Day 1: 2 04-02
Day 2: 2 07-15 Day 3: 4
09-00
8. David Cortinas
North Richland Hill, TX 11 19-06 268
$1,750.00
Day 1: 3 06-08
Day 2: 4 05-15 Day 3: 4
06-15
9. Russell Lohman
Pineville, LA
12 18-15 264 $1,500.00
Day 1: 4 04-02
Day 2: 5 09-15 Day 3: 3
04-14
10. Craig (Steven) Schmidt Columbus, NE
9 18-00 260 $1,250.00
Day 1: 5 09-01
Day 2: 2 05-05 Day 3: 2
03-10
11. Don Dickerson
Pineville, LA
10 17-14 257 $1,000.00
Day 1: 5 06-00
Day 2: 3 05-12 Day 3: 2
06-02
12. Randy Hicks
Lumberton, TX
11 17-12 254 $900.00
Day 1: 5 08-02
Day 2: 3 04-00 Day 3: 3
05-10
13. Mark Lewis
Ballwin, MO
9 17-10 251 $800.00
Day 1: 4 04-11
Day 2: 2 05-10 Day 3: 3
07-05
14. Scott Rebholz
El Dorado, KS
10 17-02 248 $700.00
Day 1: 3 06-03
Day 2: 5 08-03 Day 3: 2
02-12
15. Kevin Hanson
Pineville, LA
6 15-13 245 $1,950.00
Day 1: 1 07-00
Day 2: 4 06-11 Day 3: 1
02-02
16. Bill Bonner
Natchitoches, LA
8 14-13 243 $600.00
Day 1: 5 09-03
Day 2: 2 03-06 Day 3: 1
02-04
17. Joe Lee
Desoto, TX
9 14-07 241 $600.00
Day 1: 3 04-04
Day 2: 3 05-10 Day 3: 3
04-09
18. Jerry Morgan
New Caney, TX
9 13-14 239 $600.00
Day 1: 5 09-11
Day 2: 2 02-01 Day 3: 2
02-02
19. E Koserog
West Monroe, LA
7 13-12 237 $600.00
Day 1: 2 06-13 Day
2: 5 06-15 Day 3: 0
00-00
20. Ron Hooker
Texarkana, AR
5 13-07 235 $600.00
Day 1: 3 07-00
Day 2: 2 06-07 Day 3: 0
00-00
21. Kevin Pulsifer
Cocoa, FL
8 13-05 233 $500.00
Day 1: 5 07-04
Day 2: 2 03-13 Day 3: 1
02-04
22. Todd McClure
El Dorado, KS
6 13-03 231 $500.00
Day 1: 1 01-07
Day 2: 4 10-05 Day 3: 1
01-07
23. James Mckeithen
Baton Rouge, LA
8 12-12 229 $500.00
Day 1: 2 03-13
Day 2: 4 06-03 Day 3: 2
02-12
24. Donnie Reynolds
Gladewater, TX
9 12-05 227 $500.00
Day 1: 3 04-08
Day 2: 4 05-00 Day 3: 2
02-13
25. Morris Hymel
Covington, LA
8 12-03 225 $500.00
Day 1: 5 08-12
Day 2: 1 01-03 Day 3: 2
02-04
26. Pam Pope
Robinson, TX
6 12-02 223 $400.00
Day 1: 4 07-15
Day 2: 1 03-03 Day 3: 1
01-00
27. Matthew Mertens
Alexandria, LA
6 11-10 221 $400.00
Day 1: 4 06-00
Day 2: 2 05-10 Day 3: 0
00-00
28. Eric Sheley
Longmont, CO
3 09-09 219 $700.00
Day 1: 1 02-03 Day
2: 2 07-06 Day 3: 0
00-00
29. John Hobson
Grapeland, TX
5 09-02 216 $400.00
Day 1: 2 02-00
Day 2: 3 07-02 Day 3: 0
00-00
29. Billy Glascock
Kingston, OK
4 09-02 216 $400.00
Day 1: 0 00-00
Day 2: 4 09-02 Day 3: 0
00-00
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PUROLATOR BIG BASS
Day
1 Kevin Hanson
Pineville, LA 07-04
$300.00
2 Eric Sheley Longmont,
CO 05-11
$300.00
3 Ryan Evans
Grapevine, TX 05-12
$300.00
PUROLATOR BIG BASS OF TOURN
Kevin Hanson
Pineville, LA 07-04
$1,000.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish
Weight
1
12 234
408-06
2
6 235
430-00
3
3 64
119-11
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21 533
958-01
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