Ritter Ferguson weighed a 13-04 sack today to finish off a wire-to-wire victory at the Lake of the Pines Texas EverStart. His 46-09 3-day total left him 2 1/2 pounds in front of runner-up John Tanner.
"The good Lord was shining down on me this week and made everything happen,” he said. “Lake of the Pines is known for schooling fish and I was lucky enough to find five or six good schools of fish during practice that held out for me all week."
He threw a Zoom Brush Hog today and also caught fish on a Texas-rigged Zoom Trick Worm earlier in the week. Details of his winning pattern will be published soon.
Below are the final totals for the Top 10:
1. Ritter Ferguson: 46-09
2. John Tanner: 44-01
3. Harold Allen: 43-14
4. Kris Wilson: 42-12
5. Brian Clark: 39-00
6. Austin Terry: 36-00
7. Stewart Herndon: 33-11
8. Joe Don Setina: 33-03
9. Russell Cecil: 29-12
10. Bert Thompson: 26-09
