Who's Junk Is Best?
Bennett Leads Cup Cut On Up/Down Day 2

Photo: BassFan Michael Bennett burned through two tanks of gas today and landed five of six bites.

Michael Bennett junked up 15-05 today at Lake Murray to move up nine spots and lead the cut with 27-04. He fished about 30 spots, he said. And he's the big buzz among the pros backstage who think he's got a "knack" for catching clear-water cruising fish.

Day-1 leader Mark Rose caught 6-04 and comfortably made the cut in 2nd with 26-06. He didn't lay off, he said. He just had a tough day. He's running the bank and throwing at stuff too, but he's been concentrating on a single area.

Past Cup champion Brent Ehrler, who's got the same aura as Bennett when it comes to junking clear-water fish, caught a big 14-12 and moved up from 11th to make the cut in 3rd with 26-01. He's throwing topwater.

Terry Bolton caught the day's best bag at 15-12. He added that to his 9-14 yesterday and climbed 14 spots to make the cut in 4th with 25-10. He's junking too – running new water all the time and mixing in a lot of docks.

TBF National Champion Brian Travis sacked 9-02 and moved down two spots to make the cut in 5th. He runs a Stratos, so his top earning potential if he wins is $500,000 (vs. $1 million available to Ranger owners).

Chris Baumgarder also moved into the cut (from 14th to 6th). He's covering water and running banks, but he might have had a little extra mojo today. His son Ryan turned 12 today, and he told his dad this morning that he'd catch 12 pounds. Baumgarder came in with 12-12.

Dave Lefebre, at this point, seems to be the major exception inside the Top 10. He said he's got two solid patterns working, and he's been fishing behind people and catching fish. He weighed 12-02 today and climbed from 12th to make the cut in a tie for 7th with 23-00.

Jay Yelas flipped up 12-09 today in the River and improved seven spots to make the cut in 8th. Yelas is the only other non-Ranger owner in the Top 10 (he runs a Skeeter).

Kevin Vida's sight-fishing for shallow schoolers, and said he lost four fish today that might have put him in the top spot. He came in comparatively light with 5-06, and dropped seven spots from his day-1 position to make the cut in 9th with 22-11.

And Dion Hibdon, who's fishing brush that he planted, was the last man in the cut. He caught 11-15 for 22-01 total, which moved him up six spots.

Bud Pruitt was the first out. He posted 7-12 today and missed tying Hibdon by 8 ounces.

Weights are now zeroed, and the best 2-day weight wins.

Those who fell out of the cut included: Pruitt (4th to 11th), Ron Shuffield (5th to 16th), Koby Kreiger (6th to 26th), Larry Nixon (6th to 38th), Carl Svebek III (8th to 12th), and Andy Montgomery (9th to 13th).

Conditions seem to have settled out after the severe cold front that blew through Tuesday and Wednesday, but clearly, the deep bite's nearly dead. Some feel the cold weather put the deep fish off their holding areas and into a late-summer transition phase, which could be why so many schools of fish are starting to run as wolfpacks on the banks.

Local Anthony Gagliardi, as an example, limped in with 2-05 and fell from 17th to finish 48th. His deep fish just disappeared.

Thunderstorms did move into the area around the time of weigh-in, but it's not clear whether the lake received, or will receive, rain. The potential for a downpour exists, which could funk up some of the shallow areas.

Thunderstorms are also a threat tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon.

Bennett Started Over

"It's a little shocking," Bennett said of his 15-pound catch. "I had about one fish at 9:00, and I finally gave up everything I was doing and went fishing again. I just started over every few hours. I found the right stretch and caught three decent ones and I had a limit at about 12:00. Then I just drove around the lake looking for stuff to catch."

He noted his good stretch today was a "shallower" stretch, but aside from that, it was one and done on the other spots. So he doesn't expect that stretch to have anything tomorrow, so he'll fish all new water again.

"I don't know what to think at this point," he added. "Today I caught five fish total. I had one small one come off. I don't know. I'm going to go out and see what happens. I found a few areas that look like what I need to fish, but I don't know if they've been hit.

"I dialed into a little pattern today, but I still have an open mind. Today, the spots where I caught them were a little bit different than where I caught them yesterday, so I'm not sure what to think."

He's been catching a few deep and a few shallow each day, and described his technique as a combination of power and finesse.

About risking everything at this point on new water, he said: "I went to stuff I never even practiced on today – stuff I never even looked at. I think that's the main key for me – approaching each area with an open mind, and fishing what I think I need to fish.

"Anytime you're fishing new water it's an adventure. There's a risk that you're not around fish, or around ones that'll bite. It's nerve-wracking. You don't know if you'll catch one fish, zero fish, or 20 fish. You just have no idea. But that's why I like fishing new water. It's an adventure."

Photo: BassFan Mark Rose only spent an hour on his best spot this morning, but he said he'll camp on it all day tomorrow.

Since the weights reset on the third day of FLW events, most pros who weigh strong bags on day 1 and usually try to catch just enough to sneak into the cut on day 2. A quick glance at the standings might lead you to believe that Mark Rose played his hand masterfully today, but that wasn't on purpose.

"I had a tough day out there," Rose said. "It looks like I laid up and took it easy on my fish, but I was scratching and clawing to get bites out there."

He's got one key area that produced three big bites for him yesterday, and he did play it safe on that spot. "I only stayed in my best area for an hour. Part of the reason for that is because I wanted to save it, but it wasn't producing for me, either.

"I was hoping I could get in there and catch one big fish and leave. I probably could have if I would've stayed a little longer, but I didn't want to beat on it too much."

Bud Pruitt, who barely missed the cut in 11th place, has been working the same area. In fact, Rose said they were "within talking distance" of each other today.

About whether he thought Pruitt's absence would help him out the next 2 days, he said: "I really don't know. I'd like to think it'll help, but I really don't have this place figured out. I don't have the spot figured out and I don't have the lake figured out.

"The only thing I know is that I'm going right to my best spot tomorrow and I'm going to camp," he added. "I really think the key to that spot is to spend a lot of time in there. On day 1 I caught my two biggest fish in the span of 30 minutes. So if you leave for a few minutes that might be the time they decide to turn on. That spot got me here and that's what I'm going to ride for the rest of the tournament."

He said he's shocked to have done as well as he has thus far. He was on the water from daylight to dark during practice and was only scratching out a measly three keepers a day during those marathon sessions.

"I'm completely surprised to be in this position," he said. "I really didn't figure anything out until my last few hours of practice, and even then I didn't have much I could really rely on. Now I'm just running my water and trying to figure it out a little more each day. Tomorrow could be a lot better or it could be a lot worse. We'll see what happens."

Photo: BassFan Topwater guru Brent Erhler said one of the keys to being successful at Murray this week is keeping an open mind.

Topwaters are factoring in big at Murray, and there's few more adept with a surface walker than California's Brent Ehrler. He was careful not to give too much away about what's working for him, but he did say that topwater baits are playing a role in his arsenal.

Like his fellow western pro Michael Bennet, Ehrler's mixing it up between shallow and deeper fish. Although he'd "rather catch them shallow," because "they tend to be bigger up there."

He's covering up to thirty spots a day. Some he'll sit on for a minute, others he'll work over for an hour. And he said he doesn't really know which spots will cough up some weight and which ones he'll blank in.

"I put my trolling motor down in one area today and I said to myself, 'This just doesn't feel right.' Then I trolled the bank a little farther and I caught three. You have to keep an open mind, for sure."

Some pros reported seeing their fish before they caught them, but he said he'd prefer clouds and a little bit of wind, so he's obviously not dialed in to the visual deal. Beyond that, his pattern sounds largely junk-based.

"I'm catching one off a dock, one off grass, one off a laydown - some of them are on brush piles. Honestly, I feel real fortunate just to be here. It's one of those things where I could go out tomorrow and not have a limit, or catch a really small limit."

4th: Bolton Still 'Practicing'

Arkansas pro Terry Bolton described his practice as "terrible" and said he was still practicing when he hit the water yesterday morning. He nabbed a decent limit that landed him in 18th place after the first quarter, but when he hit the water this morning he was still in practice mode.

"I feel great," Bolton said about his day. "I still don't feel like I'm on anything too solid, but today was my best day of practice fishing. I started in the area where I caught them yesterday and I caught three that weren't very big. From there I just decided to run new stuff."

His new-water pattern came through, and he managed to cull the three fish he boated in his first spot. "Tomorrow I want to go run back through some of my spots and see if I've got something I can realy on. I looked at some other places today that I didn't fish, and I'll probably go visit those tomorrow."

His keeper count was nine, and he executed perfectly by catching everything that bit. Junk is his bread and butter right now, and he's "fishing a little bit of everything." He did say additional spectator traffic could make it hard "to skip baits under stuff," so shallow cover is a part of his plan.

About how he's dealing with the pressure that comes along with the potential for a 7-digit payday, he said: "I really don’t think it's dawned on me yet. The first morning I had the jitters. A million dollars is a big deal, but I'm just having fun out there.

"I had such a bad practice I really don't feel like I have anything to lose," he added. "I've already overachieved just to make it to the Top 10, so I'm just having fun now. I'm sure I'll be a little nervous in the morning, but I'll just go out and try to treat it like another day of fishing."

Photo: BassFan Brian Travis struck out on his jig today and switched to a topwater.

Travis, at 5th, was the highest angler in the standings to weigh less than 10 fish the last 2 days. He only weighed four today, but he still had enough to make the cut.

"It was a totally different day than it was yesterday," he noted. "I think the water settled down a little bit, and that changed the shallow bite. There's fish there if you can catch them, but I only caught four keepers, and five fish total. One came off, a schooling fish. It came up right beside the boat, then it was gone."

He caught them on a jig yesterday, but that "wasn't happening today" so he threw a topwater. "They totally shut up. I went 3 or 4 hours this morning without a bite. And yesterday I had three in the first 15 minutes."

About his emotions today, he said: "I'm happy. For 2 days, I fished as hard I can fish. I was nervous this morning about getting on them, because it's really easy to zero. Once I kind of figured out what they were doing, I caught one right off the bat.

"I ran this lake about as hard as you can run it from one end to the other to squeak out the four I had today."

6th: Baumgardner's 12

Baumgardner said today was all about covering water – putting "the trolling motor on high and running banks."

"There's fish up running the banks, and if you can get it in front of one, it'll bite," he added. "I caught seven keepers today, and missed three or four, but none that would have affected me much.

"I thought I could have caught more yesterday," he said in reference to his 10-04 day-1 sack. "I missed one that hurt me yesterday. But today I fished pretty well. I was fortunate to get a couple of bites late. I'm happy."

7th: Lefebre's Got Stuff Left

The Cup has always been somewhat of a sore spot for Lefebre. He's run into some trouble with tough brackets, and last year, dead-fish penalties cost him a chance at the cut.

This year he's on something solid, he said, and it's worked every day of practice and the past 2 days of competition.

"I feel good now, but it's been hectic," he said. "I felt good all day, but I was just waiting back there in line forever. I didn't think I had enough. Then I got up and saw the weights were down a little bit.

"If you look at my season, it's been pretty bad," he added. "Maybe I've been setting myself up for this. My family was asking me, Would you rather win a tournament or the championship? So I feel good. I'm fishing relaxed. It's real rare on a pro tour that you're able to do what you love to do in a tournament, and I've got that rarity going this week. You can't ask for anything more."

He didn't get into any specifics about that "rarity" but did say he caught 15 to 20 keepers today and culled six times. His biggest was a 3-pounder. He's also able to fish behind other boats and catch fish because he's "doing something different," he noted.

One of the boats he was fishing behind also made the cut, but he wouldn't say which boat it was.

"I was running like crazy," he added. "It's a solid pattern. I've got two patterns that are really, really solid. I'm able to fish the same stuff, and there's a lot of stuff I didn't fish yet. I was able to duplicate what I did yesterday and still leave that stuff alone. So I'm managing the area pretty well and only fished one new spot today, which is where I caught the 3-pounder."

About whether or not he thinks he can win, he said: "Yeah. I feel really good. I'm excited. After what I saw in practice, I was extremely excited. I just have to keep my head open. I've still got my spots, but at the same time, I still have to keep my mind like it was in practice. That's how you catch those bigger fish.

"I got an 8-pounder in practice, and that's what it'll take to win it."

8th: Yelas Flipped Again

> For a first-person account of Jay Yelas' day, click here to go On Tour With the BassFan Big Sticks.

9th: Vida Eyed 'Em

One of the few standout patterns in the field belongs to Kevin Vida. The first reason his stuff stands out is because it's not junk. The other reason is because it's completely off the wall for this time of year.

"I'm 100-percent sight-fishing," Vida said. "It's weird. I love to sight fish, but you don't expect to be able to do that kind of thing in the middle of August. I'm seeing every single one of my fish before I catch them."

He's watching "wolf packs" of six to eight largemouths patrol the banks, and he's seeing some giants. "These aren't little fish. I'm seeing fish in the 7- to 8-pound class, and it’s not just one here and one there. I bet I probably saw 50 or 60 like that in a couple hours."

The most difficult part about his sight bite is that the fish are extremely skittish, and stealth is a huge factor in his success.

"I'm sitting way back off the bank and throwing a Pop-R to them," he noted. "The key is you have to see them from far off and throw way out in front of them. I'm just letting the bait sit and then when they get close I'll give it a little twitch. If you don't do it right they'll bolt off in the other direction at 20 mph."

But the topwater is proving to be a double-edged sword. He only weighed four fish today, and he had his fifth keeper on three times, but couldn't bring any of them to the boat.

"They weren't eating it today like they did yesterday," he said. "There was one second where I looked down and I heard my co-angler say 'Dude you've got a big one.' I looked up and my Pop-R was gone. The fish just sucked it under. I set the hook, but I lost that fish almost immediately.

"I think these fish are just messed up because it's the second day after a cold front. Hopefully tomorrow we'll get back on the feed.

"There's only one way I'm going to win, and that's to go back shallow and look for those fish, because they're big. I'm not thinking about anything else."

10th: Hibdon Recovered

You'll be hard-pressed to find a pro who'll say good things about the fishing on Lake Murray this week. Most of the competitors are poor-mouthing about how slow it's been, but Dion Hibdon said he's not having any trouble catching limits. In fact, he said his day 1 limit of 10 pounds was the worst day he's had since he started practicing here last week.

"Yesterday blew me away," Hibdon said. "I just never had a good bite. All of my fish were just little 2-pounders. In practice I've been able to put together some pretty good bites, and today I had a 5 and a 3. I don't know what happened yesterday."

He put some time in on Murray earlier this year, and a crappie fisherman clued him into the bite he's banking on now.

"I was watching this crappie guy work this brush pile and he pulled a big bass out of it," he said. "I slipped over there and noticed how deep it was and I looked at my son and said, 'As soon as your older brother gets here we're going to work. We're going to drop some brush.'"

He dropped about 30 piles throughout the lake in strategic locations "off the end of points and in little alleyways between islands. I dropped the brush where I know fish already live. I'm just trying to give them a place to come to and sit."

Where most of the anglers are constantly leap-frogging each other in the search of new water, repetition is a big key for Hibdon's pattern. He's visiting the same piles several times during the day, and he noted that he hit one of his spots three times before he got a big bite off it.

He purposefully made his brush piles small, and said he can dissect each pile with two pitches, and then he moves on.

"When I get to a spot I'm not wasting a bunch of time. It's just 'boom-boom' and I’m gone. These fish live on these areas because there's a lot of bait. So when I pull up to an area that fish might be out chasing shad somewhere, but when I come back he could be pulled up on the brush. You just have to keep checking it. If he's there, he's there. If he's not, he's not. You're not going to grind anything out of there."

He's got another dozen waypoints up the Little Saluda River that he hasn't hit yet, and he purposefully dropped his piles in areas that he feels are prime for replenishing overnight.

"I probably should've dropped a lot more piles - 50 or so," he added. "But I think what I got will last me. We'll see how they hold up tomorrow."

Additional Notes

12th: Carl Svebek III (8-00 today)

"Today I concentrated a lot more on docks. I caught my biggest fish off a dock yesterday so I was hoping I might be able to elaborate on that some today. I think I've hit just about every brush pile and laydown in the creek I'm working, so I had to switch it up a little.

"It's really hard to duplicate anything out here. It's almost like catching a big one just has to be meant to be. I know I haven't been able to follow anything up.

"My dock fish weren't way up under the docks. They seemed to be hanging more to the outside. I was fishing the deepest part of the dock, which is about 8 feet of water most of the time."

13th: Andy Montgomery (7-15 today)

"I fished down the lake today (instead of the river). I just didn't get any big bites. Actually, I caught more fish today than yesterday. I went back up the river later in the day and caught three good ones, and lost one good one. That was the cut fish, probably.

"It was pretty neat. It's kind of crazy. It takes so much to make it here, then when you miss the cut, you feel like you lost the whole tournament. It's crazy to be in the Top 15 but feel like you lost it. There's really only one place in this tournament, and that's 1st place."

16th: Ron Shuffield (6-04 today)

"I had a better day yesterday than I really expected. In practice I was struggling to get bites. I went out there and got lucky and got three quality bites yesterday, and that was unexpected.

"Today I never caught my first keeper until 11:00. I caught my second one at 1:00. I only hooked five keepers all day, and only landed four.

"I can't complain. It's been a really good year, and a good tournament. If you're never given an opportunity to win in a championship, you can't complain about not winning. I never developed a pattern, and I'm just glad I caught what I caught."

19th: Andy Morgan (11-00 today)

"I'm a little disappointed. I thought I could make it. I made a mistake yesterday – I got in fishing behind Jay Yelas and he gleaned them out. I made a risky guess yesterday and thought I could get in one area with some better fish. I wasn't sure how many were there and if the timing of the bite was really right.

"They didn't bite early. By the time I got to where I knew some fish were, I hammered them pretty good. So to kind of just sum it up, I had a bad rotation.

"Today I went out and caught 11 pounds. I stayed as long as I could. When I got back, I had like 3 minutes left. I culled three in the last 30 minutes."

38th: Larry Nixon (1-05 today)

"The biggest thing that hurt me was the breeze this morning. It was coming off of my bank instead of coming across my area. That pushed the bait away from the structure about 20 yards.

"I was working a long ridge out in the middle of a cove. The top of the ridge was about 14 feet and it dropped off to about 25. They were schooling up on that ridge, and yesterday I was able to sit there and just wait on them to come up. But today they were way out in the middle of nowhere and you couldn't stay on them.

"I thought I had some bank fish, but they were gone. They were blueback chasers, so who knows where they went? I really didn't have a good practice and I didn't anticipate doing any good. Yesterday was just kind of a fluke, I guess."

48th: Anthony Gagliardi (2-05 today)

"From pre-practice through practice, I only practiced one way. From the minute I started practicing I had an idea of what I wanted to do, and what I thought I needed to do to give myself the best shot to win. You can do a lot of stuff in the lake, but I didn't want to go mix it up with guys I feel are better at certain techniques. So I picked the technique I thought would be easiest for me to beat everybody else doing, and that was schooling fish.

"I don't have any regrets. Yesterday I still had a chance, but I really feel that the weather that came in is what changed what my fish were doing.

"This is the first time in 5 years that I didn't make the Top 10. I wanted to make it just for that reason. On top of that, it's my home lake."

62nd: Ray Scheide (3-15 today)

"Going into it, I thought I might have had a chance. I'm disappointed that another year has come and gone, but there's always next year. I didn't have a good tournament, but it's just a special year if you make it here and have the opportunity to fish for a million dollars.

"I fished my strengths. I fished shallow in pre-practice and official practice, and I think the area I chose to fish – they just didn't hold up. I like to fish my strengths wherever I go, so if I had it to do again, I'd fish shallow, but maybe somewhere else."

Notable

> Day 2 stats – 77 anglers, 34 limits (9 fewer than yesterday), 10 fours, 12 threes, 11 twos, 7 ones, 3 zeroes (1 more than yesterday).

> Bud Pruitt was in the cut until Lefebre, who was boat number 66, knocked him out. Behind the stage, Pruitt was visibly angst-ridden while in the cut and wouldn't talk with the media. When he got bumped, he quickly walked away.

> FLW Outdoors president and CEO (and weigh-in master) Charlie Evans made several classy references to BASS tournament director Trip Weldon onstage. When a few Alabama anglers weighed in, Evans asked them if they knew Weldon, and noted Weldon's a heck of a good fisherman, and a good fishing friend.

> BASS pros Steve Kennedy and Derek Remitz made respectable showings, despite missing a significant portion of practice due to the Oneida Elite Series. Kennedy finished 23rd, and Remitz 30th.

> Another Top-10 streak besides Gagliardi's came to an end today. Clark Wendlandt made the cut in the last three Cups he fished (2007, 2006, 2004), but finished 54th today. Wendlandt also finished in the Top 10 three times in a row in the late 1990s.

Weather Forecast

Here's the weather forecast for the remaining tournament days.

> Sat, August 16– Isolated T-Storms – 90°/67°
- Wind: From the SE at 4 mph

> Sun, August 17 – Isolated T-Storms – 85°/67°
- Wind: From the E at 6 mph

Day 2 Standings

1. Michael Bennett -- Lincoln, Ca -- 5, 11-15 -- 5, 15-05 -- 10, 27-04

2. Mark Rose -- Marion, Ar -- 5, 20-02 -- 4, 6-04 -- 9, 26-06

3. Brent Ehrler -- Redlands, Ca -- 5, 11-05 -- 5, 14-12 -- 10, 26-01

4. Terry Bolton -- Jonesboro, Ar -- 5, 9-14 -- 5, 15-12 -- 10, 25-10

5. Brian Travis -- Conover, Nc -- 5, 13-15 -- 4, 9-02 -- 9, 23-01

6. Chris Baumgardner -- Gastonia, Nc -- 5, 10-04 -- 5, 12-12 -- 10, 23-00

7. Dave Lefebre -- Union City, Pa -- 5, 10-14 -- 5, 12-02 -- 10, 23-00

8. Jay Yelas -- Corvallis, Or -- 5, 10-03 -- 5, 12-09 -- 10, 22-12

9. Kevin Vida -- Clare, Mi -- 5, 17-05 -- 4, 5-06 -- 9, 22-11

10. Dion Hibdon -- Stover, Mo -- 5, 10-02 -- 5, 11-15 -- 10, 22-01

The following anglers didn't make the cut and won't be fishing tomorrow:

11. Bud Pruitt -- Houston, Tx -- 5, 13-13 -- 5, 7-12 -- 10, 21-09 -- $20,000

12. Carl Svebek Iii -- Siloam Springs, Ar -- 5, 12-12 -- 5, 8-00 -- 10, 20-12 -- $19,000

13. Andy Montgomery -- Blacksburg, Sc -- 5, 12-08 -- 5, 7-15 -- 10, 20-07 -- $18,000

14. David Dudley -- Lynchburg, Va -- 5, 9-10 -- 5, 10-10 -- 10, 20-04 -- $17,000

15. Bryan Thrift -- Shelby, Nc -- 4, 8-12 -- 5, 11-04 -- 9, 20-00 -- $16,000

16. Ron Shuffield -- Bismarck, Ar -- 5, 13-09 -- 4, 6-04 -- 9, 19-13 -- $15,000

17. Glenn Browne -- Ocala, Fl -- 5, 6-00 -- 5, 13-09 -- 10, 19-09 -- $14,000

18. Mathew Saavedra -- Redding, Ca -- 5, 8-08 -- 5, 11-01 -- 10, 19-09 -- $13,000

19. Andy Morgan -- Dayton, Tn -- 5, 8-03 -- 5, 11-00 -- 10, 19-03 -- $12,000

20. Mark Hardin -- Jasper, Ga -- 5, 9-08 -- 5, 9-10 -- 10, 19-02 -- $11,000

21. Curt Lytle -- Zuni, Va -- 5, 10-12 -- 5, 8-03 -- 10, 18-15 -- $10,000

22. Greg Pugh -- Cullman, Al -- 4, 5-11 -- 5, 12-13 -- 9, 18-08 -- $10,000

23. Steve Kennedy -- Auburn, Al -- 5, 8-03 -- 5, 10-00 -- 10, 18-03 -- $10,000

24. Jim Moynagh -- Carver, Mn -- 4, 9-02 -- 4, 8-09 -- 8, 17-11 -- $10,000

25. Ott Defoe -- Knoxville, Tn -- 3, 5-04 -- 5, 12-06 -- 8, 17-10 -- $10,000

26. Koby Kreiger -- Okeechobee, Fl -- 5, 13-02 -- 2, 4-06 -- 7, 17-08 -- $10,000

27. Scott Canterbury -- Odenville, Al -- 5, 9-06 -- 5, 7-11 -- 10, 17-01 -- $10,000

28. George Cochran -- Hot Springs, Ar -- 5, 7-15 -- 5, 9-01 -- 10, 17-00 -- $10,000

29. David Curtis -- Trinity, Tx -- 5, 7-03 -- 5, 9-12 -- 10, 16-15 -- $10,000

30. Derek Remitz -- Grant, Al -- 2, 7-13 -- 4, 8-11 -- 6, 16-08 -- $10,000

31. Greg Vinson -- Wetumpka, Al -- 4, 9-05 -- 5, 7-00 -- 9, 16-05 -- $10,000

32. Dan Morehead -- Paducah, Ky -- 4, 6-08 -- 3, 9-07 -- 7, 15-15 -- $10,000

33. Art Ferguson Iii -- St. Clair Shores, Mi -- 5, 7-08 -- 5, 7-12 -- 10, 15-04 -- $10,000

34. Joel Richardson -- Kernersville, Nc -- 5, 6-04 -- 5, 8-11 -- 10, 14-15 -- $10,000

35. Craig Powers -- Rockwood, Tn -- 3, 5-03 -- 5, 9-11 -- 8, 14-14 -- $10,000

36. Shayne Berlo -- Vienna, Va -- 4, 5-01 -- 4, 9-10 -- 8, 14-11 -- $10,000

37. Michael Tuck -- Antelope, Ca -- 3, 8-06 -- 3, 6-03 -- 6, 14-09 -- $10,000

38. Larry Nixon -- Bee Branch, Ar -- 5, 13-02 -- 1, 1-05 -- 6, 14-07 -- $10,000

39. Bobby Barrack -- Oakley, Ca -- 5, 8-11 -- 3, 5-08 -- 8, 14-03 -- $10,000

40. Vic Vatalaro -- Kent, Oh -- 5, 7-13 -- 5, 6-06 -- 10, 14-03 -- $10,000

41. Kevin Bishop -- Hilton, Ny -- 2, 6-15 -- 2, 7-01 -- 4, 14-00 -- $1,000

42. Shinichi Fukae -- Mineola, Tx -- 5, 8-11 -- 4, 5-04 -- 9, 13-15 -- $1,000

43. Kyle Mabrey -- Mccalla, Al -- 5, 9-00 -- 3, 4-13 -- 8, 13-13 -- $1,000

44. Rob Riehl -- Tracy, Ca -- 3, 4-03 -- 5, 9-00 -- 8, 13-03 -- $1,000

45. Greg Bohannan -- Rogers, Ar -- 5, 7-04 -- 4, 5-09 -- 9, 12-13 -- $1,000

46. Alvin Shaw -- State Road, Nc -- 4, 6-01 -- 3, 6-11 -- 7, 12-12 -- $1,000

47. Nick Gainey -- Charleston, Sc -- 4, 5-13 -- 3, 6-13 -- 7, 12-10 -- $1,000

48. Anthony Gagliardi -- Prosperity, Sc -- 5, 10-01 -- 2, 2-05 -- 7, 12-06 -- $1,000

49. Luke Clausen -- Spokane, Wa -- 5, 6-03 -- 5, 6-03 -- 10, 12-06 -- $1,000

50. Neil Russell -- Nampa, Id -- 5, 7-09 -- 3, 4-09 -- 8, 12-02 -- $1,000

51. Chad Grigsby -- Maple Grove, Mn -- 5, 9-02 -- 3, 2-14 -- 8, 12-00 -- $1,000

52. Jt Kenney -- Palm Bay, Fl -- 5, 5-03 -- 5, 6-02 -- 10, 11-05 -- $1,000

53. Brett Hite -- Phoenix, Az -- 5, 9-02 -- 2, 1-11 -- 7, 10-13 -- $1,000

54. Clark Wendlandt -- Leander, Tx -- 5, 9-02 -- 2, 1-08 -- 7, 10-10 -- $1,000

55. Terry Baksay -- Easton, Ct -- 5, 6-11 -- 3, 3-15 -- 8, 10-10 -- $1,000

56. Jimmy Reese -- Witter Springs, Ca -- 3, 6-15 -- 3, 3-09 -- 6, 10-08 -- $1,000

57. Jason Hickey -- Weiser, Id -- 2, 3-03 -- 5, 6-13 -- 7, 10-00 -- $1,000

58. Andre Moore -- Alabaster, Al -- 2, 4-05 -- 2, 5-05 -- 4, 9-10 -- $1,000

59. Jacob Powroznik -- Prince George, Va -- 4, 4-08 -- 2, 5-02 -- 6, 9-10 -- $1,000

60. Randy Blaukat -- Jasper, Mo -- 5, 7-10 -- 1, 1-15 -- 6, 9-09 -- $1,000

61. Clayton Meyer -- San Diego, Ca -- 4, 5-15 -- 2, 3-09 -- 6, 9-08 -- $1,000

62. Ray Scheide -- Russellville, Ar -- 5, 5-02 -- 4, 3-15 -- 9, 9-01 -- $1,000

63. John Devere -- Berea, Ky -- 1, 1-01 -- 5, 7-15 -- 6, 9-00 -- $1,000

64. Scott Martin -- Clewiston, Fl -- 2, 4-13 -- 1, 4-02 -- 3, 8-15 -- $1,000

65. Nate Wellman -- Jenison, Mi -- 2, 2-02 -- 3, 5-08 -- 5, 7-10 -- $1,000

66. Brandon Coulter -- Knoxville, Tn -- 2, 2-11 -- 1, 3-10 -- 3, 6-05 -- $1,000

67. David Fritts -- Lexington, Nc -- 0, 0-00 -- 5, 5-14 -- 5, 5-14 -- $1,000

68. Mike Jackson -- San Mateo, Fl -- 3, 4-05 -- 1, 1-05 -- 4, 5-10 -- $1,000

69. Michael Rooke -- Lake Havasu City, Az -- 2, 4-14 -- 0, 0-00 -- 2, 4-14 -- $1,000

70. Danny Correia -- Marlborough, Ma -- 1, 1-05 -- 3, 3-09 -- 4, 4-14 -- $1,000

71. Chris Elliott -- Morehead City, Nc -- 2, 2-08 -- 2, 2-05 -- 4, 4-13 -- $1,000

72. Charlie Ingram -- Santa Fe, Tn -- 1, 1-15 -- 2, 2-11 -- 3, 4-10 -- $1,000

73. Jerry Green -- Cullman, Al -- 0, 0-00 -- 2, 3-06 -- 2, 3-06 -- $1,000

74. Jim Dillard -- Bauxite, Ar -- 2, 1-12 -- 1, 1-08 -- 3, 3-04 -- $1,000

75. Ken Wick -- Star, Id -- 2, 3-02 -- 0, 0-00 -- 2, 3-02 -- $1,000

76. Gabe Bolivar -- Ramona, Ca -- 1, 2-09 -- 0, 0-00 -- 1, 2-09 -- $1,000

77. Chris Zaldain -- San Jose, Ca -- 1, 1-07 -- 1, 1-02 -- 2, 2-09 -- $1,000