Gunn and Ferrell Win Butler Chain of Lakes Tournament
Team Matt Gunn and Ernie Ferrell worked Carolina-rigged worms and a flipping
technique to land 15.05 pounds of bass to win Courtesy Angler’s November monthly tournament. Working water in Lake Down as deep as
fourteen feet, the team landed most of their bass early on Carolina rigs. They reportedly lost a four pound bass, but they kept
their heads in the game and offset the lost fish with a nice 5.82 pound big-bass, caught flipping late in the day at 2pm. The
win earned the team a birth into the year-end Classic Tournament next month.
Counsil and Guest Finish Strong in Second Place
Bringing
in a five-bass limit weighing 13.11 pounds the team captured second place and the points needed to fish the year-end Classic Tournament.
Hunter
and Porter Squeak Out Third Place
Travis Hunter and Derrick Porter win third place with a limit of bass weighing 12.74 pounds.
A dead fish reduced the team’s margin of victory to a mere 0.29 pounds over fourth place.
Stone and Guest Secure a Fourth Place
finish and the Team Angler of the Year Title
Ashley Stone, fishing with a guest, brought in 12.45 pounds from Lake Butler to
capture fourth place. The 94 points earned from this event ended the year-long battle for determining the best team of 2009.
With a year-end total of 946 points, the team of Bloom and Stone earn the official title of Courtesy Angler’s Team of the Year.
Top Five in the Team of the Year Race
Rick Bloom and Ashley Stone earned enough monthly tournament points (946) in 2009 to out distance
forty other teams and capture the Team Angler of the Year Race.
Matt Gunn and Ernie Ferrell ended the year with strong tournament finishes and took second place in Team of the Year with 892 points. They came within 54 points of upsetting the first place leaders.
Jason Council and Rodney Glunt accumulated 888 points for a third place finish in the Team of the Year race. A single missed tournament during the year cost the team valuable points as they came within a meager 4 points of taking second place and 58 points out of the lead.
Rounding out fourth place was the team of David Rushing and Phillip Anderson with 874 points.
Lastly, fifth place was captured by Chip Dover and John Ricketson with 870 points.