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HALL LEADS DAY ONE OF EVERSTART SERIES EVENT ON THE POTOMAC
RIVER WOODBRIDGE, Va. (Aug. 17, 2005) -
Pro Michael Hall of Annandale caught a five-bass limit weighing
17 pounds, 10 ounces to lead day one of the EverStart Series
Northeast Division event on the Potomac River near Woodbridge.
Pro anglers are competing for $10,000 plus a Ranger 519VX powered
by a Yamaha or Evinrude outboard, Minn Kota trolling motor,
Garmin electronics and EverStart Batteries. Ranger also awards
an additional $10,000 to the winner if he is a qualified Ranger
owner for a total of $69,000 in cash and prizes. "I live about
25 miles away from the river," Hall said. "I went to a grassbed
this morning that was full of big baitfish. I found what I believe
is a migratory route for the fish moving out of the creeks and
into that grassbed. In the river, there are miles and miles
of grassbeds, and most of them are barren right now. You have
to find one where all the ingredients come together - grass,
bait and depth, and just fish slowly." Hall caught his bass
on soft-plastic lures, the style of which he chose to keep to
himself. Hall credited much of his catch to Tuesday's cold front,
which lowered the water temperature by about five degrees. "It's
been really hot here, but with it getting cooler, the bite got
a lot better today," Hall said. Rounding out the top five pros
are Mike Hicks of Mineral (five bass, 16 pounds, 8 ounces);
Peter Herbst of Arlington (five bass, 14 pounds, 7 ounces);
Tim Peek of Sharpsburg, Ga. (five bass, 14 pounds, 5 ounces);
and Clark Wendlandt of Cedar Park, Texas (five bass, 14 pounds).
Michael Huminik of Stafford caught a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass
to earn the day's Snickers Big Bass award for the Pro Division,
worth $550. Doug Jenkins of St. Leonard, Md., caught a five-bass
limit weighing 12 pounds 2 ounces to lead the Co-angler Division.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are David Borodziuk of
Audubon Park, N.J. (five bass, 11 pounds, 9 ounces); John Pellegrino
of Smithtown, N.Y. (three bass, 9 pounds, 3 ounces); Larry Church
of Keysville (two bass, 8 pounds, 15 ounces) and Douglas Grant
of Manchester, Conn. (four bass, 8 pounds, 11 ounces). Church
earned $250 for catching the Snickers Big Bass in the Co-angler
Division. The big bass weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces. Anglers
caught a total of 707 bass weighing 1,430 pounds, 12 ounces
on the first day of the event. Leesylvania State Park located
at 2001 Daniel K. Ludwig Drive in Woodbridge hosts the daily
takeoffs at 6:30 a.m. Leesylvania State Park will also host
Thursday's weigh-in beginning at 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday's
weigh-ins will be held at the Wal-Mart located at 17041 Jefferson
Davis Hwy. in Dumfries beginning at 4 p.m. EverStart Series
tournaments are four-day events consisting of two rounds. The
entire field competes Wednesday and Thursday, and the top 10
pros and co-anglers - based on two-day accumulated weights -
advance to the final round. Anglers start at zero Friday, and
pro and co-angler winners are determined Saturday based on two-day
accumulated weights
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