August 22, 2009 Bear Creek(1st Annual Open Tournament)

The first Annual West Helena Bass Open Tournament was a beatuitful day for fishing. We had 19 boats turn out, our largest turn yet for one tournament. I want to say thanks for my help on advertising to John Gray for the radio commerical and Robbie Travis for helping with the Flyers and also Clay Bowen and David Dunigan. Well there was alot of fish caught numbering in at 44 that was weighed in. I winners for today taking home 400 dollars for first and 200 for lunker of the day was team of Michael Buie and Randy Dunigan weighing in at 15 lbs 9 ozs and just edging out the lunker with a 5lb 13.5ozs only beating the team of Matt and David Holland on their lunker by .5 ozs. Our second place team for the day was Clay Bowen and David Dunigan. Third place team was Tim Brock and Scott Carter and fourth place was Dustin Bonds and Foster Mitchell. Again I want to say thanks to Robbie Travis for helping me with everything, I could not make this happen without your help on tournament Day. Also thanks to Larry Helmke and Clay Bowen and David Dunigan.
1. Michael Buie/Randy Dunigan 5 @ 15lbs 9 ozs
2.Clay Bowen/David Dunigan 5 @ 14lbs 6 ozs
3.Time Brock/Scott Carter 5 @ 13lbs 15ozs
4.Dustin Bonds/Foster Mitchell 5 @ 13lbs 10 ozs
5.Kenny Laxon 5 @ 13 lbs 9ozs
6. Chuck Halbert/John Gray 5 @ 12 lbs 15 ozs
7.David and Matt Holland 3 @ 10 lbs 8 ozs
8.Ryan Clark/Scott Baskes 5 @ 9lbs 5 ozs
8.Michael Posey/ Andy Dennis 5 @ 9lbs 5 ozs
9.Scott Pryor/Robbie Travis 5 @ 8lbs 3 ozs
10.Eric Pankey/Tim Rawls 5 @ 7lbs 2 ozs
11.Derward and Earshel Mauldin 5 @ 6lbs 12 ozs
12.Blake Doster/Nathan Whitted 1 @ 2lbs
13.Larry Helmke
13.Stan Posey/ Tim Gabbard
13.Wayne Wallace
13.Preston Parker/ Bruce Pace
13.Gary Scabroe/ Joe Sivite
13. Ed Parker
Sorry about some of the spelling on the names