Ouch! Tough day

Standings here
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmast...outhern_stand_
day1.html

Story:

PADUCAH, Ky. ? Federation anglers fishing the CITGO BASS Federation
Southern Divisional presented by Busch Beer had a tougher time launching
their boats than catching fish Wednesday.
The first of three rounds of
competition saw the Tennessee, Ohio and Cumberland Rivers near flood
stage, but anglers managed to find fish despite the muddy, fast-moving
waters.
Alabama's John Welborn jumped out to the early lead, bringing
in 16 pounds, 1 ounce of bass to lead both his team and the overall
standings, but said credit was due to his partner.
Anglers from each of
the seven state teams fish with a different partner from a competing
state each day.
"I had a good partner today. He put me on them,"
Welborn said.
"I got big bites today. I was just hoping to catch 8 or
10 pounds and I didn't catch a fish until 10:30. From 10:30 to 11:30 I
caught five. I was fishing deep with a Carolina rig."
The anglers
fishing the BASS Federation Southern Divisional are competing for a $23,
000 top prize that will go to the winning state federation.
The top
angler from each of the seven states making up the Southern Division
will advance to the world championship of amateur bass fishing, next
spring's CITGO BASS Federation Championship presented by Busch beer.

From there, the top angler from each of the five geographic BASS
divisions will advance to the crown jewel of bass fishing, the CITGO
Bassmaster Classic presented by Busch Beer.
That chance is something
that Kentucky's team leader, Kaoru O'Bryan, is chasing up and down river.

"Bass fishing is about making the right decisions," O'Bryan said. "I had
a great partner. We had our limit by eight o'clock and I'll tell you, we
were bored the rest of the day.
"We tried to find different areas and
different things, but what's bad about this place is that the three
bodies of water are so far apart that it so hard to go all the way up to
Cumberland and then make the run all the way down ? so you have to
dedicate your whole time to one area.
"I'm just thinking about helping
our team and trying to make sure I get five good bites each day and what
happens at the end is what happens at the end. I just need to help our
team and catch 5 or 10 pounds each day."
The big bass of the day was
brought in by North Carolina's Charles Davis. If his 5-11 bass holds out
to be the biggest in competition, Davis will receive $1,000 from
Purolator for the Purolator Big Bass of the Tournament.
Day two of the
Southern Divisional will take place Thursday at J.R.'s Executive Inn in
Paducah, Ky. Launch is at 6:15 a.m., with the weigh-in beginning at 2:45
p.m.
BASS is the world's largest fishing organization, sanctioning more
than 20,000 tournaments worldwide through its Federation. The CITGO
Bassmaster Tournament Trail is the oldest and most prestigious pro bass-
fishing tournament circuit and continues to set the standard for
credibility, professionalism and sportsmanship as it has since 1968.

BASS Federation sponsors include CITGO Petroleum Corp., Busch Beer,
Purolator, Triton Boats, Skeeter Boats, Mercury Marine, Yamaha Outboards,
Berkley, Abu Garcia, Lowrance Electronics, Flowmaster Exhaust Systems,
MotorGuide, Bass Pro Shops, Evan Williams and BankOne.
Associate
Sponsors include G3 Boats.
Local Sponsors include J.R.'s Executive Inn
and the Kentucky BASS Federation.



In go-bassn wrote:
Hugh,mine is next week, Thursday & Friday. Sure it doesn't start
tomorrow?

WW
wrote in message
...
Dunno, I got all confused ***doh!*** and thought they started Sunday ...
couldn't figure out why BASS didn't have a thing on their site about
it.

Today was first day, I imagine they are mid - weigh in as I type.





In go-bassn wrote:
hows r guy ronnie doin fritz?

Warren

wrote in message
...
DOH My bad, I had the wrong dates. they are still in practice
day

In
wrote:
Anyone know or have a link to BASS Federation Southern
divisional daily standings?


BASS web site is weeks slow and out dated