Pierre South Dakota:
Twenty three year old Sam Anderson  of Apple Valley Minnesota conveted night-crawlers into walleyes and then walleyes into a $40,000.00 victory in the final round of the / "Old West Quest" here today at Lake Sharpe.After two days of grueling competion, what had been a 35 pro field was narrowed down to the top ten, all of whom began the day even, setting the stage for an exciting final weight in.The Apple Valley, Minnesota pro's final day basket of six walleyes weighting 20.36 lbs edged out runner up "Bigfoot" Rick Lacourse, 46 of Oregon Ohio. Andersons $40,000.00 top prize included a new Tournament Pro 170 boat equipped with a 150 h.p.  motor and trailer.Anderson credited sticking with a simple game plan and reacting to boat pressure for his winning catch. he and amateur Paul "Cannonball" Warriner of Blunt, South Dakota each fished two rods. The majority of there weight fish came on rods rigged with small splitshot and a # 4 Aberdeen hook baited with a whole night crawler, which was then dragged on the upstream side of their boat.The duo pitched small jigs baited with half a night crawler with other rods and carefully culled through more than 100 fish during the 10 hour tournament.Warriner a 39 year old farmer won a fully rigged Superfisherman 170SC with a 90 h.p. motor and trailer woth $13,500.00Because most of the pros fished the same general area, sweeping along the current below the Oahe Dam, Anderson said the bigger fish moved to deeper water, where he and his partner successfully targeted them the final day.Although just 23 , Sam has guided since age 14 and fished professional tournaments since he was 18 years old. This was his first victory after several second place finishes."A real key was having six rods rigged at all times- we were usually fishing with only three because we were taking fish off or cleaning weeds off the hooks" Anderson said."Bigfoot" Rick Lacourse was using virtually an identical set-up to take second place and $10,000.00 as was local favorite, Hall of Fame angler Mike McClelland who finished third and won $9,000.00 with a final weight of 15.83 lbs. 

PLACE	NAME	CITY	STATE	TOTAL WEIGHT	PRIZE  VALUE
1	Sam Anderson	Apple Valley	Minnesota	20.36	$40,000.00
2	Rick Lacourse	Oregon	Ohio	18.21	$10,000.00
3	Mike McClelland	Pierre	South Dakota	15.83	$9,000.00
4	Perry Good	Eagan	Minnesota	15.72	$8,000.00
5	Paul Meleen	Onamia	Minnesota	15.56	$7,000.00
6	Ron Seelhoff	Lewellen	Nebraska	15.16	$6,000.00
7	Scott Glorvigen	Grand Rapids	Minnesota	14.84	$5,000.00
8	Dale Stroeschein	Sturgeon Bay	Wisconsin	14.55	$4,500.00
9	Scott Fairburn	Mendota Heights	Minnesota	12.79	$4,000.00
10	Pat Foster	Little Canada	Minnesota	11.87	$3,500.00

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