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16th Annual
Governors Bass Tourney
The team of Sam Lashlee and Jeff Davis captured the first-place prize of
$4,000 in the 16th annual Governors Bass Tournament last Sunday out of
Paris Landing State Park.
Lashlee of Hermitage, and Davis, of Lebanon, came away with a catch of
29.12 pounds to easily outdistance Erin’s Scott Mansfield, who fished by
himself but hauled in 22.42 to take the second-place prize of $1,500.
Lashlee has fished in each Governors Bass Tourney and owns a previous
first-place finish. He and Davis caught their haul with crank baits,
Strike King 6XD, jigs and worms.
The tournament, originally scheduled for May 8th, was pushed back to
Sunday because of flood conditions back in the week’s second weekend. The
date change didn’t seem to faze the anglers as 269 teams launched from
Paris Landing State Park.
In total, $11,000 in prize money was awarded with proceeds from the
tournament benefitting Austin Peay athletics.
In addition to Lashlee/Davis and Mansfield, five other teams, Jeremy
Conrad/Steven Trull (22.23/$1,000), Russell Moran/Frank Bell (21.59/$600),
Doug Pietrzak/Shane Ross (21.33/($400), Marshall Russell/Eddie Basford
(20.73/$200) and Jim Story/Harold Knight (20.67) had catches of 20 pounds
or more. The top 25 places earned cash prizes.
The team of Stump Spencer (New Johnsonville)/Leo Knowles (Tennessee
Ridge), however, had the tourney’s big fish at 6.83 pounds while the team
of Joe Grogan/Joe McElyea was second with a 6.56-pound catch.
Kent Chapman, of Woodlawn, won the drawing for the 150 HP Mercury Outboard
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