Contenders for the Central Open 3 on Lake Texoma make their final trip to the docks at the Highport Marina
Contenders for the Central Open 3 on Lake Texoma make their final trip to the docks at the Highport Marina
Anglers crowd into the tanks as they watch fellow competitors weigh in on stage.
Pro Lance Vick proudly claims fourth place at the end of Day Two with a total of 25-11.
Terry Butcher continues his onslaught on Day Two, weighing in 13 pounds, 9 ounces for a total of 30-10.
Co-angler Monty Kirby will fish on Day Three after finishes in 20th place Friday with 9-0.
Pro Kyle Fox brought only one fish to the scale on Day Two, a 2-12 smallmouth that put him just shy of the money cut (50th). He finished in 52nd place.
Jeff Avery tied Brent Broderick for ninth place on the pro side with 21-7.
David "Happy" White is usually working the Bassmaster Elites and Opens with tournament support for Nitro boats. He goes into Day Three in seventh place with 11-0.
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Rick Clunn takes the fish from his livewell and places them in the Berkley bag for transport to the weigh-in area.
Pro Doc Merkin finished a heartbreaking 31st with 16-14, just one place out of the Day Two cut.
Pro Michael Burns reeled his way into second place with a two-day total of 27-7.
Competitors watch the leaderboard on the BASS trailer to see how the final 30 cut would shake out.
Danette Jackson, coordinator of events for BASS, enters the boat numbers and angler names into the weigh-in system before sending them to the 'bump table.'
Bill Thompson, BASS tournament support, works the 'bump table' where the fish are measured, counted and checked to make sure they are alive and well before they are sent to the stage.
Pro Michael Blaha finished just outside the cut in 33rd place with 16-13.
Pro Vince Fulks holds up a Lake Texoma bass that helped him to 11th place on Day Two.
Jami Fralick, a Bassmaster Elite Series pro, was only able to bring three fish to the table on Day Two, dropping him to 23rd.
Elite pro Brian Clark finished Day Two in fifth place with 25-6.
Pro Warren Gensel was unable to recover from a dismal Day One and finished the Central Open in 90th place.
Co-angler Mickey Davis finished Day Two in fifth place with 12-0.
Lucy Mize and Kathy Crowder wait at the tanks for their chance to weigh-in.
Co-angler Kathy Crowder finished the day in eighth place and will fish against a field of men for all the marbles on Day Three.
Frank Villa leads the co-angler side of the tournament with 16 pounds.
Pro Brent Broderick sits in ninth place tied with Jeff Avery at 21-7.
Pro Bradley Hallman said he has junk fished all week, which has put him in 6th with 24-11.
Mike Pharr climbed into the seventh spot with a two-day total of 21-11.
Pro Charles Hammack is all smiles on Day Two sitting in third place with 26-9.
Pro Jerry Williams of Arkansas came into the Central Open on Lake Texoma leading in points and said he was never able to put together a solid pattern. He finished the tournament in 75th.