Super User A-Jay Posted January 8, 2021 Super User Posted January 8, 2021 Now that's a pretty hefty sack ! Details Below . . . Derek Mundy of Broaddus, Texas, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing a staggering 40 pounds, 10 ounces to win the 2021 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine season opener at Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Brookeland, Texas. Mundy earned $7,000 for his victory. Mundy said he found his fish in practice but didn't realize just how good his spot was going to be. "You can't look on the graph and see 40 pounds, but I knew I could have a good bag if they bit," Mundy said. "It's not guaranteed you're going to roll up to your first spot and catch 30, much less 40. "I caught the first four on a big crankbait and they busted up a bit," Mundy said. "Then I pulled out a jig and caught the last one. I caught those five, all on the first stop, in about 20 minutes." Fishing a Strike King 8XD and a 3/4-ounce V&M The Flatline Pacemaker Football Jig, Mundy said he did all of his damage in about 17 feet of water, in the mid-lake region. After catching five giants, including a 11-pound, 10-ounce largemouth, Mundy said he felt he could relax. "I took it easy and went to some Plan B stuff to try to get my co-angler on fish, but it never worked out – the wind got up pretty bad in the afternoon," he admitted. Weighing his fish as soon as he was allowed, Mundy said he was content to wait for the weigh-in to conclude before collecting his check. "It's the biggest bag I've ever caught," said Mundy, who makes his living working on oil pipelines. "It felt good. I didn't realize they were that big until I was checking on them to make sure they were doing alright in the livewell, but even then, I didn't realize I had 40 pounds." The top 10 boaters finished the tournament as follows: 1st: Derek Mundy of Broaddus, Texas, five bass, 40-10, $7,000 2nd: Cameron Mattison of Bossier City, La., five bass, 28-6, $3,000 3rd: Tommy Loving of Cypress, Texas, five bass, 22-14, $2,000 4th: Wyatt Frankens of Corrigan, Texas, five bass, 17-11, $1,400 5th: Jimmy Hickman of Shreveport, La., five bass, 17-8, $1,200 6th: Cannon Bird of Marshall, Texas, five bass, 16–6, $1,100 7th: Chris McCall of Woodville, Texas, five bass, 15-15, $1,000 8th: Richard Ballard of Sulphur, La., five bass, 15-12, $1,400 9th: Dicky Newberry of Houston, Texas, five bass, 15-0, $800 10th: Bobby Vice of Orange, Texas, five bass, 14-11, $665 10th: Travis Franks of Lake Charles, La., five bass, 14–11, $665 A-Jay 4 Quote
Super User Catt Posted January 9, 2021 Super User Posted January 9, 2021 I read that last week, replace the 11 lb 10 oz with anything & he's still over 30 lbs. 2 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 9, 2021 Super User Posted January 9, 2021 GEEZ... 20 minutes of a lifetime! 2 Quote
Super User Hammer 4 Posted January 9, 2021 Super User Posted January 9, 2021 Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!. Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 9, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 9, 2021 Holy smokes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Shimano_1 Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 Anyone who fishes tournaments does so with dreams of having a "day" like that ....can't even wrap my brain around 20 minutes like that! Congrats to him amazing catch and very likely once in a lifetime deal! Quote
lynxcat Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 20 minutes with fish that size plus prepping them for the live well means he literally caught them on back to back to back to back casts. Quote
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