PRESS RELEASE … FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! Final Results … 2009 Bass Cat Boats Owners Invitational May 1, 2009 Two Missouri anglers proved they were very capable of holding on to their first day six pound lead to capture the top spot in the 2009 Bass Cat Owners Invitational today. James and David Schnable of St. Louis, MO weighted in a record total of 36.66 (6.62 kicker big bass) to claim a new Bass Cat Pantera II rigged with a Mercury 200 OptiMax. Challenging a field of 547 teams from across the nation proved trying for many of the anglers with unstable weather conditions … challenging to say the least. Second place award of a new 2009 Bass Cat Skiff Cat was won by Mike Rhodes of Ash Flat, AR and his partner Wes Rogers of Mammoth Spring, AR with a weight of 30.16#. Overall Big Bass winners for the two days weighed 6.62 and was brought to the scales by the winners James and David Schnable of St. Louis, MO., that put a big stack of cash into a pocket. A total of 1675 fish were caught that weighed in at 3,807.37 pounds. Special thanks, and a big bow to Strike King Lures, and Mercury Outboards, without them and other sponsors the Owners Invitational sure wouldnt the same great event! For a complete in depth story please see Bulletin Sports Writer Neal Denton of the Mountain Home Baxter Bulletin … his story, is at this link: Baxter Bulletin – Bass Cat Invitational Final Story Photographer Chris Brown also offers a great selection of photos from both days at this site: Invitational Images by Chris Brown ~ Images as a Charity to Michelle Short Scholarship at UCA and Cystic Fibrosis. Complete Standings, click on link lower left on the front page, or: Bass Cat Invitational 2009 – Final Standings Option Entry Details 3. $ 2,500 4. $ 1,400 5. $ 1,200 6. $ 1,050 7. $ 900 8. $ 850 9. $ 700 10. $ 600 11. $ 550 12. $ 500 13. $ 425 14. $ 410 15. $ 400 16. $ 358 17. $ 340 18. $ 320 19. $ 300 20. $ 265 21. $ 240 22. $ 200 23. $ 175 24. $ 165 25. $ 150 Big Bass – (Benefit – $ 1,018.00) 1st $ 2,036 2nd $ 1,527 3rd $ 1,018 Wild Card Positions @ 547 Entries 509 pd or 93% Paid 1. 227th Day One $ 1,000 2. Smallest Catch Overall $ 1,000 3. Largest Striper $ 1,000 4. Largest Walleye $ 1,000 5. First out of money Overall $ 1,000 6. 51st $ 925 7. 76th $ 740 8. 87th $ 502 9. 101st $ 399 10. 126th $ 374 11. 151st $ 815 12. 165th $ 335 13. 176th $ 800 14. 201st $ 799 15. 226th $ 274 16. 249th $ 251 17. 251st $ 749 18. 286th $ 714 19. 326th $ 674 20. 355th $ 645 (Tie) We Move Down the List for double ups on Major Prizes. Ties are determined by Largest number of fish (1st) then Largest Fish (2nd)Last edited by Bass Cat Boats on May 4th, 2009, 2:31 pm, edited 6 times in total.
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