Local ace Clint Brown weighed an 18-03 sack on Saturday to win the Lake Seminole Southeastern Rayovac with a 3-day total of 52-11.
Brown, who earned $40,000 for the victory, primarily sight-fished on days 1 and 2, but had exhausted his supply of visible spawners by the final day.
“Today, I went to an area where I had gotten one bite in practice,” he said. “I hadn’t seen any other anglers fishing it throughout the week. I went to the back of a pocket that had a lot of shad and managed to catch eight keepers on a shad-colored Dirty Jigs swimjig.
“I had a decent five-bass limit, but I had two small fish. In the last hour of the day I had a hunch to switch things up and I ended up catching my two biggest fish of the day on a chartreuse and white half-ounce buzzbait. Sometimes you just have to trust your instinct and hope you make the right decision. I did today, and to get the win on my home lake is just awesome.”
Details of his winning pattern will be published this week.
Here are the final totals for the Top 10:
1. Clint Brown: 52-11
2. Ken Ellis: 49-05
3. Tim Reneau: 42-13
4. Scott Wiley: 41-00
5. John Hunter: 40-09
6. Rodger Beaver: 39-06
7. Clayton Batts: 38-09
8. John Bitter: 37-06
9. Bradley Enfinger: 37-00
10. Sven Hilland: 36-03
