FLW EverStart Championship Day 4: Morehead Is the Champ!

Prevacid pro goes big with the A-rig on final day to claim EverStart Series Championship

Story and Photos by Rob Newell

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PARIS, Tenn. – Through out the practice period of the EverStart Series Championship on Kentucky Lake, well-known Kentucky Lake pro Dan Morehead privately maintained that at least one of the four tournament days he was going to go big with the Alabama rig.

“I’ve been to some of my old stomping ground with the rig and it’s been unbelievable,” Morehead said before the tournament began. “I’m not going to sit here and say that I’m going to catch 20 pounds on it everyday – I think I can realistically catch 12 to 15 pounds a day on it for sure. But at least one of those four days it’s going to get right and I’m going to have 20 pounds with it.”

And today was that day. After calling his shots with daily catches of 15-3, 12-12 and 14-0 the last three days, Morehead saved the best for last, hauling in a final-day catch of 19 pounds, 5 ounces and giving him a four-day total of 61 pounds, 4 ounces.

FLW EverStart Championship Day 4: Dan Morehead Wins on Home Lake

Dan Morehead's Magic.
(Photos: Rob Newell FLW)

Dan Morehead of Paducah, KY., used every bit of his local knowledge to win the FLW EverStart Championship on Kentucky Lake. Everyday, the leader board shuffled due to moody bass and fluctuating weather. Morehead put together consistent limits throughout the tournament and save his best for last. Sunday's creel totalled 19-05, Dan's best bag of the week and the heaviest of the final day. He edged out Jim Tutt of Texas by 6 pounds. More details will follow on how he won. Speculation is very high that the Alabama rig, a multi-lure contraption with fever pitch popularity, played a vital role in Dan Morehead's win.


Top 5
place/name/hometown/day 4 catch (#of bass)/ tournament total/ winnings
 1 DAN MOREHEAD  PADUCAH, KY 19-05 (5)  61-04 (20)  $50,000
 + Ranger Boat, Motor, Trailer 
2  JIM TUTT  LONGVIEW, TX  14-04 (5)  55-02 (20)  $16,800 
3  JEFF HIPPERT  HAMBURG, NY  11-06 (5)  56-14 (20)  $8,450 
4  KOBY KREIGER  OKEECHOBEE, FL  13-14 (5)  54-14 (20)  $7,600 
5  CHAD PROUGH  CHIPLEY, FL  13-04 (5)  52-13 (20)  $6,750

FLW EverStart Championship Day 2: Texas Pro Takes Command.

Texas pro bags two consistent limits for EverStart Championship lead

28.Oct.2011 by Rob Newell

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BUCHANAN, Tenn. – The Alabama rig frenzy has settled down at the EverStart Series Championship on Kentucky Lake. Apparently, old “has been” lures such as crankbaits and jigs are catching fish again.



Martin with two of the "right kind".
(Photo: Rob Newell)



Today the common theme among Kentucky Lake leaders was shad and/or current far down the Tennessee River.

After following up his 17-pound, 11-ounce day-one catch with a strong 16-pound, 13-ounce limit today, Lendell Martin of Nacogdoches, Texas, now leads the EverStart Championship with a two-day total of 34 pounds, 8 ounces.

While Martin has admitted to throwing the Alabama rig when he returns to the Paris area every afternoon, it’s not his primary lure – or lures – when fishing down in Tennessee.

“I’m fishing suspended fish, off steep breaks that fall of into 20 to 25 feet of water,” Martin said. “The last two days I’ve pretty much just fished two spots that keep replenishing. It’s really all about the shad, when the shad show up, the bass start biting. The fish are not necessarily schooling – occasionally I do see one bust a shad – mostly they’re suspended and when some shad come by it gets the bass active and I can catch one or two pretty quick.”

FLW EverStart Championship Day 2: Lendall Martin Takes Lead.

Texas Pro, Lendall Martin proves consistency is the ticket on Kentucky Lake this week. His day 2 creel of 16-13 coupled with yesterday's bag of 17-11 was enough to take the lead. Martin's 34-08 proved the big bite is off. Marrtin is a veteran angler who competed on the Bassmaster trail in the late 1980s and 1990s. He knows how to fish and play the game. If his fish don't move, he'll catch them.