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Written by FLW Outdoors   
Friday, 19 October 2007

Day one leader Ronnie Hopkins Jr. retained his top spot and built a margin of nearly 7 pounds. Photo by David A. Brown, FLW Outdoors
Day one leader Ronnie Hopkins Jr. retained his top spot and built a margin of nearly 7 pounds. Photo by David A. Brown, FLW Outdoors
Fishing Pro Ronnie Hopkins Jr. of Mounds, Okla., caught a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 8 ounces Thursday to retain the lead in the Stren Series Texas Division tournament on Lake Texoma. With a two-day catch of 10 bass weighing 33-06, he now holds an 6-pound, 15-ounce lead over second place pro Douglas Jones of Fort Gibson, Okla., who managed to haul in a total of 10 bass weighing 26-08 during the first two days of competition. "Today was a lot harder," Hopkins said. "This morning I only caught one fish and I didn't catch my next one until around 11 a.m. That must have been the hot spot, because after that fish, I had my limit by 11:15 a.m. My dad is fishing this tournament as well, and he has been fishing along side of me. He is currently in ninth place and we are both hoping to make the cut." Hopkins caught his five-bass limit throwing a crankbait near rock piles.

"I'm not sure what the wind will do tomorrow. I'm just going to fish hard and try to stay on top of the leaderboard." Rounding out the top five pros are Craig Hatchel of Whitesboro, Texas (eight bass, 25-09); Russell Cecil of Willis, Texas (10 bass, 25-07); and Ryan Lovelace of Denison, Texas (10 bass, 23-03). Robert McFarlane of San Antonio, Texas, earned $218 for the Snickers Big Bass award in the Pro Division thanks to a 5-pound, 15-ounce bass. Overall there were 347 bass weighing 708 pounds, 6 ounces caught by 120 pros Thursday. The catch included 27 five-bass limits.

Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Gilbert Herald of Pittsburg, Texas (nine bass, 15-07); Ira Lynn of Adkins, Texas (eight bass, 13-09); Kenny Moser of Alba, Texas (six bass, 12-13); and Jeff Lobaugh of Emory, Texas (seven bass, 12-05). Rusty Harvey of Nederland, Texas, earned $116 for the Snickers Big Bass award in the Co-angler Division thanks to a 3-pound, 4-ounce bass. Overall there were 179 bass weighing 332 pounds, 2 ounces caught by 94 co-anglers Thursday. The catch included one five-bass limits.

Anglers will take off at 6:30 each morning from Highport Marina located at 120 Texoma Harbor Drive in Pottsboro, Texas. Friday's weigh-in will be held at the marina beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday's weigh-in will be held at the Wal-Mart store located at 401 N. U.S. Highway 75 in Denison, beginning at 4 p.m. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.
Last Updated ( Friday, 19 October 2007 )
 
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