Powers Grabs Lead in $550,000 Wal-Mart FLW Tour Event; Anglers Rebound from Opening Day Fog.Sports Editors & Fishing/Outdoors Writers HOT SPRINGS, Ark.--(BW SportsWire)--March 14, 2002 Thursday's warm temperatures and overcast skies gave many anglers fishing Lake Ouachita's $550,000 Wal-Mart FLW FLW Frank Lloyd Wright FLW Forrest L Wood (fishing tournament) FLW Fort Leonard Wood (US Army) FLW Famous Last Words FLW Four Letter Word FLW Final Weight Tour event presented by Alpo a much needed boost after a four-hour fog delay left a record number of the nation's top pros in the cold Wednesday. The improved conditions allowed pro Craig Powers of Rockwood, Tenn., to jump from second place into the lead with a two-day, opening-round total of eight bass weighing 27 pounds, 2 ounces. Powers caught four bass weighing 13 pounds, 6 ounces on opening day when a record 78 of 175 pros failed to produce a single fish for weigh-in. The addition of Thursday's four-bass catch weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces makes him the No. 1 seed entering Friday's semifinal round featuring the top-20 pros. Powers caught his bass Thursday using a crankbait and jig jig, dance of English origin that is performed also in Ireland and Scotland. It is usually a lively dance, performed by one or more persons, with quick and irregular steps. When the jig was introduced to the United States, it was often danced in minstrel shows. . As fishing conditions continue to improve and weights are cleared for the final two rounds, he'll have to step up his performance even further to fend off his rivals as they strive to win $110,000 cash. "I've had a bad year so far, so it feels great to be back," said Powers, who won the tour's Red River event in Shreveport, La., last season. "I just hope I can keep it going (Friday)." Opening day leader Greg Hackney Hackney, inner borough (1991 pop. 164,200) of Greater London, SE England, on the Lea River. Clothing manufacture (in Hackney) and printing and furniture making (in Shoreditch) are the borough's chief industries. London's first theater was built in Shoreditch (c.1575). of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. , La., claimed the No. 2 spot Thursday with a two-day total of nine bass weighing 27 pounds, 1 ounce, and Team Conseco pro Shad Schenck of Waynetown, Ind., retained his third place ranking with nine bass weighing 24 pounds, 2 ounces. Rick Clunn Rick Clunn (born August 24, 1946) is a paid professional fisherman from Ava, Missouri. He is arguably the world's greatest angler, having dominated the Bassmasters Classic by qualifying for more than any other angler and for winning twice as many Bassmaster Classics than his of Ava, Mo., climbed from 11th place into fourth with a total of eight bass weighing 20 pounds, 2 ounces, and Kellogg's pro Jim Tutt of Longview, Texas Longview is a city in Texas, United States, located between Dallas, TX and Shreveport, LA. The population was 73,345 at the 2000 census, but a 2005 estimate placed the city's population at 75,609. , jumped from 35th place into fifth with seven bass weighing 18 pounds, 9 ounces. Thursday's biggest comeback belongs to Team Castrol pro David Dudley of Manteo, N.C., who earlier this month won the largest award in freshwater fishing history -- $700,000 -- in the Ranger M1 on the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Dudley zeroed on opening day, but clinched 10th place with five bass weighing 15 pounds, 2 ounces -- the day's heaviest catch. Chris Daniels of Clayton, N.C., and Kenneth Strickland of Oak Ridge, N.C., also qualified for the semifinal round after coming up empty on opening day. Daniels qualified in 11th with five bass weighing 14 pounds, 6 ounces, and Strickland qualified in 19th with five bass weighing 12 pounds, 12 ounces. Eight pros weighed in five-bass limits Thursday and all but 39 pros weighed in at least one bass. A total of 409 bass were weighed in Thursday compared to 226 Wednesday. No limits were caught in the co-angler division. Co-angler Armil Morgan of Mineral Springs, Ark., claimed the No. 1 spot heading into the final day of co-angler competition Friday with a two-day total of four bass weighing 11 pounds, 9 ounces. Japan native Kentaro Amagai recovered from an opening round zero to qualify second with three bass weighing 9 pounds, 15 ounces, and Bobby Hendricks of Bullard, Texas Bullard is a town located in southern Smith County, Texas at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm-to-Market roads 2137, 2493, and 344, about 12 miles south of Tyler. A small part of the city extends into Cherokee County. , slipped from second to third with a total of four bass weighing 9 pounds, 9 ounces. The real co-angler drama played out for the 20th and final qualifying position as Arch Cornett For the place in England, see . The cornett, cornetto or zink is an early wind instrument, dating from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. It was used in what are now called alta capellas or wind ensembles. of Huntsville, Ala., and Greg Lineberry of Galax galax: see diapensia. , Va., squared off in the first one-hour fish-off tie breaker in Wal-Mart FLW Tour history. Both anglers had opening-round catches weighing exactly 5 pounds, 10 ounces. Neither angler caught a fish, however, during the allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. fish-off time and fading daylight forced a coin toss to decide who would advance. Cornett called heads and the coin landed on tails, giving Lineberry a berth in the final round for a shot at $15,000 cash. For complete results, visit FLWOutdoors.com. |
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