Martin Leads Everstart Series Bass Fishing Event on Lake Guntersville
GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (Feb. 25, 2011) – Casey Martin of Huntsville, Ala., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 25 pounds, 12 ounces Friday to lead day two of the EverStart Series Southeast Division bass fishing event on Lake Guntersville. Martin holds a 5-pound, 10-ounce lead going into the final day of competition. The final weigh-in on Saturday will be at Walmart located at 11697 US Hwy. 431 in Guntersville, Ala., and start at 4 p.m.
The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition are:
2nd: Robert Boyd, Russellville, Ala., 10 bass, 43-8
3rd: Yancy Windham, Reform, Ala., 10 bass, 42-15
4th: Clent Davis, Montevallo, Ala., 10 bass, 42-0
5th: Rick Williams, Decatur, Ala., 10 bass, 41-10
6th: Clark Smith Jr., Pell City, Ala., 10 bass, 40-1
7th: Marty Giddens, Alpine, Ala., 10 bass, 39-14
8th: Chad Prough, Chipley, Fla., 10 bass, 38-13
9th: Brandon McMillan, Belle Glade, Fla., 10 bass, 37-4
10th: Arnie Lane, Lakeland, Fla., 10 bass, 37-2
Rounding out the top 25 pros are:
11th: Scott Mansfield, McKenzie, Tenn., 10 bass, 37-2
12th: Scott Browning, Franklin, N.C., 10 bass, 36-14
13th: Adam Brown, Attalla, Ala., 10 bass, 36-13
14th: Chad Aaron, Ethridge, Tenn., 10 bass, 36-11
15th: Kip Carter, Loganville, Ga., 10 bass, 36-2
16th: Greg Pugh, Cullman, Ala., 10 bass, 34-14
17th: Larry Jones, Acworth, Ga., 10 bass, 34-12
18th: Bobby Lane, Lakeland, Fla., 10 bass, 34-4
19th: Straight Talk pro J.T. Kenney, Palm Bay, Fla., 10 bass, 34-3
20th: Jason Lambert, Pickwick Dam, Tenn., nine bass, 33-8
21st: Brandon Medlock, Lake Placid, Fla., 10 bass, 33-7
22nd: Steve Salvador, Sioux Narrows, Ontario, 10 bass, 33-4
23rd: Greg Schultz, Wayzata, Minn., 10 bass, 33-1
24th: Brent Anderson, Kingston Springs, Tenn., 10 bass, 33-0
25th: Bradley Staley, Pleasant Garden, N.C., 10 bass, 32-15
Joey Thigpen of St. Johns, Fla., caught the big bass of the event that weighed 11-8 on the pro side Friday to win $300. Alex Posey of Roswell, Ga., leads the Co-angler Division with 10 bass weighing 37-8.
The top 10 co-anglers advancing to the final day of competition are:
2nd: Jason Atkins, Section, Ala., 10 bass, 33-12
3rd: Mitch Reynolds, Petal, Miss., 10 bass, 33-8
4th: Keith Whipple, Iuka, Miss., 10 bass, 33-3
5th: Bob Slaton, Marietta, Ga., 10 bass, 30-3
6th: Mark Sullivan, Collinsville, Miss., 10 bass, 30-3
7th: Stephen Kocell, Waxhaw, N.C., nine bass, 30-1
8th: Justin Jones, Apex, N.C., 10 bass, 29-9
9th: Mike Gipson, Niceville, Fla., eight bass, 29-0
10th: Charles Stevenson, Albany, Ga., nine bass, 28-11
Steve Keller Jr. of Bethel, Ohio, caught the big bass weighing 10-3 on the co-angler side Thursday to win $200.
