Tournament Story

POPE PERSEVERES TO LEAD ON LEWISVILLE

Pro Results    Co-Angler Results

LEWISVILLE, Texas (Oct. 21, 2005) – Despite a strong breeze at Lewisville Lake on Friday, Pamela Pope of Robinson, Texas, flipped her way to the Day 2 lead after catching an impressive 12-pound, 7-ounce limit during the preview event of the newly created Women’s Bassmaster Tour. Pope leads Lisa Sternard of Clarksville, Tenn., by 1 pound, 9 ounces going into the final day, when only the top six boaters and non-boaters will compete.

“The wind drove me nuts today,” Pope said. “The sun came out and I got very excited, but the wind was really annoying.”

Pope was short on details about her technique, but said she keyed on shallow timber to find her fish on Friday. On Thursday, when she ended the day in fifth place, she concentrated on pockets of water 18 to 24 feet deep.

Pope, 47, started fishing professionally about four years ago. A material coordinator for a government defense contractor company, she fishes whenever she can find the time. As just one of a slew of new women fishing in a BASS event, Pope weighed in and then anxiously waited to see if a competitor would bump her from the top spot. “I am shaking all over,” Pope said. ”I just hope my holes will hold up, I am not sure if they have enough left.”

Sternard, an occupational therapist, pitched plastics in shallow water to secure both second place and the Purolator Big Bass of the day (3-11). The 44-year-old also had the day’s largest bag, 13-15.

Also making the cut are Mississippi’s Kathi Hurst (20-12), Oklahoma’s Brenda Davis (20-3), Day 1 leader Angie Douthit of Florida (19-3) and Georgia’s Pam Martin-Wells (18-8).

Sharon Rushton of Kimberling City Mo., still holds the non-boater lead with a total of 9 pounds, 8 ounces. Trailing behind is Texan Billie Jaynes (7-4), Alabama’s Jo Bucki (7-2), Florida’s Carrie Bronson (7-2), Arkansas’ Lesa Brown (6-14) and Texan Donna Prado (6-7).

Prado made the cut after catching just one fish so far in the tournament. As the last non-boater to weigh-in, Prado’s 6-7 lunker edged out Judith Hart of Greenville, Texas, by just 2 ounces.
 

Story Courtesy of BASS Inc.