Bassmaster Elite Pride of Georgia West Point Lake: Day 2

Edwin Evers Still Leading as Standings Flip Flop
West Point Lake - LaGrange, GA,
May 5 - 8, 2011
By Luigi De Rose

Working on the lead early on Friday.
(Photo: James Overstreet BASS)

Edwin Evers still in command of the Elite tournament on West Point Lake in Georgia. Landing a very respectable 15-03 limit, Edwin has kept on top of the leader board for the second day. Most of the Bassmaster Elite field didn't fair as well as Edwin. Many who did very well on Day 1 struggled. The name of the game is always consistency but here on stingy West Point it really is a deal breaker.

Notable slips were Stephen Kennedy who was expected to win and looked like he would with a first day limit of 22 pounds. But on Friday, he was only able to net 10-14 which was good enough for fifth. David Walker who entered Day 2 in second fell to ninth with a small catch of 9-13. Considering Walker had engine trouble it is amazing he didn't fall completely out of the top 20. He might be the secret threat at this tournament. Dustin Wilks had a 7 pound difference in his catch today compare to yesterday but that was because he nail the tournament's largest bass of 7-08 on Day 1. Without that giant bass he wouldn't be sitting in sixith place.  

Others who has a disappointing second day were: Bobby Lane 18th, Dave Wolack 26th, Ben Parker 35th, and Boyd Duckett who dropped from 6th to 49th. He only managed 1-13.

Not everyone stunk on West Point today. KVD roared into second with the tournament's best catch so far with 23-10. Kevin is only ounces off the lead. This is a post spawn tournament and a tough one at that, both factors play into Van Dam's style of fishing. Another strong showing was from Ish Monroe who is sitting in third on the back of a 21 pound limit.  He is another who does well during the post spawn, his most recent success was last year with a top 5 finish at the FLW Lake Ouachita tournament. Again, he is another angler who does well at covering tremendous amounts of water hunting for active fish.  Others who did well today were Alton Jones17-11, Andy Montgomery 17-11, Nate Wellman 16-11 and Ott DeFoe with 17-02.

This tournament is shaking up the leader board on the AOY standings as well. A lot of anglers who did amazing catching sight fish have had a rotten tournament here. Shaw Grigsby finished 83, Zell Rowland has 91st and Grant Goldbeck sits in 94 position. For their sake, I hope they can rebound at the next event

Stay tuned this looks like it will be a nail bitter all the way to the end. 

Top 30
position    name (fish) day1 (fish) day 2 total
1 Edwin Evers 5 22- 4 5 15- 3 10 37- 7
2 Kevin VanDam 5 13- 9 5 23-10 10 37- 3
3 Ishama Monroe 5 12-11 5 21- 0 10 33-11
4 Andy Montgomery 5 15-11 5 17-11 10 33- 6
5 Stephen Kennedy 5 22- 3 5 10-14 10 33- 1
6 Dustin Wilks 5 20- 3 5 12-12 10 32-15
7 Nate Wellman 5 15- 6 5 16-11 10 32- 1
8 Alton Jones 5 13-14 5 17-15 10 31-13
9 David Walker 5 21- 3 5 9-13 10 31- 0
10 Jared Lintner 5 14- 4 5 16- 7 10 30-11
11 Greg Vinson 5 18- 3 5 11-13 10 30- 0
12 Bill Lowen 5 18- 9 5 10-15 10 29- 8
13 Mark Davis 5 13- 9 5 15-15 10 29- 8
14 Terry Butcher 5 14-12 5 14- 1 10 28-13
15 Keith Poche 5 16-10 5 11-14 10 28- 8
16 Terry Scroggins 5 15- 7 5 12-14 10 28- 5
17 Dennis Brauer 5 15- 2 5 13- 0 10 28- 2
18 Bobby Lane 5 18-14 5 9- 1 10 27-15
19 Gerald Swindle 5 8-12 5 18- 9 10 27- 5
20 Mark Menendez 5 12- 5 5 14- 9 10 26-14
21 Ott DeFoe 5 9- 8 5 17- 2 10 26-10 22
Dean Rojas 5 10- 9 5 14-15 10 25- 8
23 Davy Hite 5 9- 8 5 15-13 10 25- 5
24 Scott Rook 5 12- 1 5 13- 1 10 25- 2
25 Morizo Shimizu 5 12- 7 5 12- 9 10 25- 0
26 Dave Wolak 5 15- 1 5 9-10 10 24-11
27 Aaron Martens 5 10-13 5 13-13 10 24-10
28 Pat Golden 5 11-15 5 12-11 10 24-10
29 Casey Ashley 5 12-14 5 11- 8 10 24- 6
30 Takahiro Omori 5 12-12 5 11- 3 10 23-15