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Rutledge lands 11.68-pound bass to win Dodge Mega PDF Print E-mail
Written by Bass Champs   
Thursday, 31 July 2008
ImageFishing out of a pontoon boat, Steve Rutledge of Kountze brought home the big prize at the Dodge Mega Bass event at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. His 11.68-pound bass, caught in the two-day tournament’s second hour.

With nearly 1,500 anglers and 12 pickups given to the top hourly winners, the event claims the title of the world’s richest two-day hourly bass tournament.

Participants chose when they weighed their catch, gambling on which hour they will fare best in.

The prize for largest bass of the event was a Dodge mega cab valued at more than $44,000.

Rutledge caught his fish in Ayish Bayou. “My brother caught several small ones, then hooked into a big one that broke him off,” Rutledge said. “While he was re-tying I pitched my jig into the same area. The next thing I knew I had one on.” Lonnie Stanley of Stanley Jigs in Huntington won the third hour with his 9.26-pound bass caught on a 1⁄2-ounce football head jig in 10 feet of water.

The hourly truck winners were as follows:

Steve Rutledge of Kountze, 11.68 pounds
Billy Gatwood of Hallisburg, Miss., 9.52 pounds
Lonnie Stanley of Huntington, 9.26 pounds
Stan Burgay of Timpson, 8.68 pounds
David Harvey of Nederland, 8.52 pounds
Dustin Day of Wimberly, 8.32 pounds
Jay Bray of Jewett, 8.2 pounds
Mike Metcalf of Jasper, 8.12
Jerry Heintschel of Baytown, 7.72 pounds
James Stricklin, Jr., of Jasper, 7.68 pounds
Mick Batson of Mabank, 7.28 pounds
Roy Belknap of Leesville, La., 6.28 pounds
 
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