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3rd Place	Big Bass Winners
Results

The Illinois winter division kicked off its 2004 season with the first of seven qualifying events on Lake Egypt. The lake is a power plant lake and offers some of its best fishing during the winter months. Take off temperature was in the low thirties and immediately after take off teams were pelted with sleet for a short period of time as if Mother Nature wanted to remind them this is a winter division. The temperature did make it into the upper forties by weigh-in as respectable weights were brought to the scales.

In first place was team of Mark Jelley and Danny Clark both of Mulkeytown, IL. Mark and Danny concentrated their efforts in water depths ranging from 10 to 12 feet. The team used a combination of spinner baits and jigs to boat all of the day's fish. The fish were located about mid lake and the bites did not come easy as they were spread throughout the day. The team did manage seven keeper fish during the day and after culling down to their best five the team brought a bag to the scales weighing 15.70lbs. The team takes home checks totaling $1,175.00 for their day on the water. Danny and Mark would also like to give a special thanks to their sponsor Pyramid Acres. Great Job Guys!!

Second place goes to the team of George Panick from Marion, IL and Albert Krueger of Chicago, IL. The team fished the grass mats on the lake for most of the day, using a rat or a frog to draw the majority of their bites. George and Albert were also able to catch a couple of fish on jigs and plastics as the day went on. The team brought a five fish limit to the scales weighing 14.41lbs. The day's catch earned the team checks totaling $646.00 for the place.

Third place goes to the team of Bob Hughey from Carbondale, IL. and Steve Ramey of Cape Girardeau, MO. The team also concentrated on the grass mats around the lake to catch their fish. The baits of choice were frogs and rats as they were able to bring four solid fish to the scales weighing 12.85lbs. The day's total earnings came to $289.00 for the place. Bob is sponsored by: Ron Ward Chevrolet, Steve is Sponsored by: Cape GMC Pontiac.

Big Bass of the day goes to the team of Bill Bernet and Fred Kisak both from Carterville, IL. The fish was caught on a frog atop a grass mat near the back of a cove. Fred stated the fish must have been in about eight inches of water. The fish weighed 4.80lbs and the team will cash checks totaling $180.00 for the bite. The team is sponsored Bernet's Custom Tackle and Boogerman Lures.
Angler's Choice would like to thank all those who came out and fished and we hope to see you at our next event on November 30th at Lake Egypt. I would also like to thank all of our sponsors for making this possible. National sponsors include Bass Cat Boats, Mercury Outboards, Motorguide Trolling Motors, Lowrance, Competitive Edge Fishing and Yamamoto Custom Baits. Also a big thanks to our divisional sponsors: Harrison's Sport Shop, Rend Lake Sporting Goods, Great Net, Lucky Craft, Solar Bat, Wayne's Props, Pyramid Acres, Adventure Sports Outdoors, and Bobs Marine in Hillsboro, IL.