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| Weigh Master Kory Mitchell and Jackie Davis holding two of the five bass making up his teams winning 24.44 pounds total. |
Neither snow nor ice shall keep the dedicated tournament bass fisherman from the pursuit of a $10,000 first prize. Despite the early spring and ice and snow storm that impacted parts of Missouri and Kansas last weekend, the Branson based Central Pro-Am Association (CPAA) held the first team tournament of the “2009 CPAA Missouri Skeeter Tour” at the Lake of the Ozarks, Sunday, March 29. Jim Thompson, CPAA’s owner said that 92 boats took off from the ramp at Public Beach #2 in Osage Beach in 31 degree temperatures.
He estimated that, without the wintery weather forecast for the tournament site and the actual snow and ice storms to the north and west the day before, there would have been at least 125 boats in the tournament. He said, except for the 31 degree temperature at the take off, it was a wonderful day for fishing and all the participants were enthusiastic and excited.
Thompson said that this was the first of three team tournaments making up the “2009 CPAA Missouri Skeeter Tour” with a guaranteed first place prize of $10,000 for each tournament. The Tour uses the Team format with one team of two fishermen in each boat. The winner and tournament placements are determined by the highest total weight with a team limit of a maximum of five bass.
Thompson said the fishing was excellent and that each of the 18 teams receiving a payout weighed in a “bag” with a limit of five bass. Thompson stated that $18,400.00 was collected from the fishermen and all $18,400.00 was paid back in prizes. The guaranteed First place prize of $10,000 was won by the team of Jimmy Davis, Jr. and Jackie Davis, brothers from Willard, with a total weight of 24.44 pounds. They won an additional $630.00 for catching the second biggest bass in the tournament weighing 7.35 pounds. The team of Dave Thomason and Todd Eddington won $1,170.00 for catching the biggest single bass in the tournament, weighing 7.79 pounds.
Second through Tenth place with the total weight in pounds and prize payout are as follows: Second, James Edge and Jerry Roark, 23.05 pounds, $1,760.00, Third, James Watson and Robbie Dodson, 20.52 pounds, $1,050.00, Fourth, Stan Snelson and Butch Belt, 19.48 pounds, $950.00, Fifth, Bobby Sullivan and Jim Bible, 19.28 pounds, $780.00, Sixth, Mark Wiese, Jr. and Kelly Power, 18.59 pounds, $630.00, Seventh, Lupe Garcia and Joey Penzo, 18.30 pounds, $530.00, Eighth Dave Thomason and Todd Eddington, 18.04 pounds, $430.00, Ninth, Andre Dickneite and Joe Wieberg, 17.52 pounds, $330.00, and Tenth, Bob Richardson and Lynn Luther, 17.44 pounds, $285.00.
Thompson said, unlike the regular CPAA Tournaments where, in addition to the prize payouts in each tournament, cumulative points are earned toward a free entry championship at the end of the season. Each of the three “CPAA Missouri Skeeter Tour” tournaments is non-cumulative and has a $10,000 first place guaranteed by Skeeter. The next two CPAA Skeeter Tour Tournaments are on May 9 at Table Rock Lake and on July 26, at Truman, Lake.
