Hudgins Wins Bass Fishing Tournament on Harris Chain

February 1, 2009
B.A.S.S. News - Archived

Tavares, Fla. - Helped by a limit weighing more than 30 pounds on the second day of competition, Bryan Hudgins of Orange Park, Fla., scored victory at the Bassmaster Southern Open bass fishing tournament on Florida's Harris Chain of Lakes in commanding fashion Saturday. Hudgins' final day tally was 14 pounds, 9 ounces, which upgraded his three-day total of 68 pounds, 10 ounces, enough to hold off his nearest competitor, Scott Ashmore of Broken Arrow, Okla., by more than 10 pounds.

   It was a different approach to the Harris Chain that aided Hudgins. The vast majority of the nearly 200-pro field found spots far from the launch site, some up to an hour and a half away, but Hudgins fished within ten minutes of the ramp. He pulled all of his weight from the same area by flipping a Git 'Em Bait Co. craw, in either black and blue or watermelon red, into emergent vegetation.

   With the victory, Hudgins takes home the $45,000 top prize. Ashmore took second with 58 pounds, 6 ounces, while Bassmaster Elite Series pro Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Fla., took third with 54 pounds, 13 ounces. Day 1 leader John Kremer of Sanford, Fla., who finished with 51 pounds, 6 ounces, finished fourth while Elite pro Tim Horton of Muscle Shoals, Ala., brought in 51 pounds, 2 ounces, good enough for fifth.

   With the launch temperature hanging around 40 degrees, Hudgins decided to stick to his plan of fishing close where there was little boat traffic.

   "Most of the guys ran way far away, so the water was all muddied from the boats passing through there all day for the past week,"said Hudgins. "Those fish took a pounding so I thought the bite would slow, and it did. I didn't burn a quarter tank of gas the whole time."

   Hudgins said the bite was good for him early in the day, then died off after noon.

   "It all came together yesterday, and continued into today," he said.

   Ashmore, who had a shot at victory if he performed better on the final day, blamed two of his weighed fish for his light total of 12-1 Saturday.

   "I had two fish get off, I think they were about three and four pounds, and while I don't know if I would've won with that, it would've made it close," he said. "The fish I was on today had been hit hard all week, there was a couple other guys fishing that same area, so they tightened up today for sure."

   In the co-angler division, Donnie Dodd, of Guntersville, Ala., took top honors with 32 pounds, 7 ounces. Dodd zeroed on the first day, but rocketed up the chart with five fish weighing 19 pounds, 2 ounces on Friday. Dodd won a Skeeter/Yamaha rig valued at over $32,000 with his amazing comeback win.

   Dodd took the lead from Marlon Crowder of Tampa, Fla, who held top position for the first two days. Crowder's three-day total of 30 pounds, 10 ounces, was good for second while Ben Potaracke of La Crosse, Wisc., was third with 26 pounds, 15 ounces.

   Greg Vinson's 10-pound, 2-ounce largemouth he caught on Day One held up as big bass of the tournament. The Wetumpka, Ala., native and Elite Series pro finished 6th on the pro side with 45-pounds, 11-ounces. Pam Martin-Wells, a pro on the Women's Tour finished 23rd with 31 pounds, 0 ounces.

   Next up for pros in the three-tournament Southern Open division is the April 30-May 2 event on Wheeler Lake out of Decatur, Ala.

Bassmaster Southern Open- Final Standings- Pro

 

   Angler                  Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

 

1.  Bryan Hudgins          Orange Park, Fla.     15  68-06  310   $50,657.00

  Day 1: 5   22-14    Day 2: 5   30-15    Day 3: 5   14-09  

2.  Scott Ashmore          Broken Arrow, Okla.   15  58-02  295   $22,514.00

  Day 1: 5   17-13    Day 2: 5   28-04    Day 3: 5   12-01  

3.  Bobby Lane            Lakeland, Fla.       15  54-13  290   $19,137.00

  Day 1: 5   20-00    Day 2: 5   20-02    Day 3: 5   14-11  

4.  John Kremer            Sanford, Fla.         11  51-06  290   $14,071.00

  Day 1: 5   29-13    Day 2: 5   17-13    Day 3: 1    3-12  

5.  Timmy Horton          Muscle Shoals, Ala.   15  51-02  280   $11,257.00

  Day 1: 5   23-00    Day 2: 5   10-15    Day 3: 5   17-03  

6.  Greg Vinson            Wetumpka, Ala.        15  45-11  276   $10,131.00

  Day 1: 5   25-09    Day 2: 5    9-04    Day 3: 5   10-14  

7.  Todd Auten             Lake Wylie, S.C.      14  44-12  272    $9,006.00

  Day 1: 5   18-07    Day 2: 5   16-04    Day 3: 4   10-01  

8.  Jimmie Murphy          Ocala, Fla.           14  43-03  268    $7,880.00

  Day 1: 5   17-03    Day 2: 5   16-11    Day 3: 4    9-05  

9.  Mike White             Reynoldsburg, Ohio    15  41-06  264    $6,754.00

  Day 1: 5   17-10    Day 2: 5    9-00    Day 3: 5   14-12  

10. Terry Segraves         Kissimmee, Fla.       11  41-00  260    $5,629.00

  Day 1: 1    6-09    Day 2: 5   18-09    Day 3: 5   15-14  

11. Dave Wolak            Wake Forest, N.C.      15  39-09  257   $4,503.00

  Day 1: 5   12-05    Day 2: 5   14-08    Day 3: 5   12-12  

12. Ben Quisno             Maineville, Ohio      14  39-09  254    $3,940.00

  Day 1: 5   18-11    Day 2: 4   11-15    Day 3: 5    8-15  

13. Eric Stong            Belle Isle, Fla.      13  39-04  251    $3,377.00

  Day 1: 5   17-09    Day 2: 4    9-15    Day 3: 4   11-12  

14. Scott Mcgehee          Madison, Miss.         15 37-12  248    $2,814.00

  Day 1: 5   15-11    Day 2: 5   10-09    Day 3: 5   11-08  

15. David Kilgore         Jasper, Ala.          15  37-07  245    $2,533.00

  Day 1: 5   13-01    Day 2: 5   12-05    Day 3: 5   12-01  

16. Luke Estel             Murphysboro, Ill.     15  36-03  243    $2,251.00

  Day 1: 5   14-02    Day 2: 5    7-07    Day 3: 5   14-10  

17. Casey Ashley          Donalds, S.C.          14  36-00  241    $2,195.00

  Day 1: 5   15-03    Day 2: 5   13-03    Day 3: 4    7-10  

18. Jason Knapp            Uniontown, Pa.        15  35-05  239    $2,139.00

  Day 1: 5   11-07    Day 2: 5   14-11    Day 3: 5    9-03  

19. Preston Clark         Palatka, Fla.         11  34-03  237    $2,083.00

  Day 1: 5   19-04    Day 2: 5   13-00    Day 3: 1    1-15  

20. Terry Scroggins        San Mateo, Fla.       13  34-02  235    $2,026.00

  Day 1: 5   15-09    Day 2: 5   14-01    Day 3: 3    4-08  

21. Jason Williamson       Aiken, S.C.           13  32-04  233    $1,970.00

  Day 1: 5    7-02    Day 2: 5   19-12    Day 3: 3    5-06  

22. Keith Poche            Troy, Ala.            12  31-02  231    $1,914.00

  Day 1: 5   11-06    Day 2: 4   13-10    Day 3: 3    6-02  

23. Pam Martin-Wells       Bainbridge, Ga.       13  31-00  229    $1,857.00

  Day 1: 5   10-15    Day 2: 5   15-11    Day 3: 3    4-06  

24. James Charlesworth     Saint Cloud, Fla.     13  28-08  227    $1,801.00

  Day 1: 5   13-01    Day 2: 5    9-06    Day 3: 3    6-01  

25. Joe Clements           Saint Cloud, Fla.     13  27-00  225    $1,745.00

  Day 1: 5   10-14    Day 2: 5   11-08    Day 3: 3    4-10  

26. Mike Prindle           Bainbridge, Ga.       10  26-08  223    $1,689.00

  Day 1: 4   17-11    Day 2: 5    6-10    Day 3: 1    2-03  

27. Peter Thliveros        St Augustine, Fla.     9  25-13  221    $1,632.00

  Day 1: 3    9-06    Day 2: 5   15-00    Day 3: 1    1-07  

28. Wayne Clifton         Moncks Corner, S.C.    11  25-05  219    $1,576.00

  Day 1: 5   14-07    Day 2: 5    8-12    Day 3: 1    2-02  

29. Robert Grosso          Odessa, Fla.           9  25-03  217    $1,520.00

  Day 1: 3    8-05    Day 2: 5   15-00    Day 3: 1    1-14  

30. Jimmy Mason            Rogersville, Ala.     11  23-10  215    $1,463.00

  Day 1: 5   11-03    Day 2: 5   10-14    Day 3: 1    1-09  

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Totals

Day   #Limits    #Fish     Weight

 1       65       597     1306-14

 2       67       590     1347-12

 3       13       106      253-12

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        145      1293     2908-06

 

Bassmaster Southern Open- Co-Angler Standings

 

   Angler                  Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

 

1.  Donnie Dodd            Guntersville, Ala.     8  32-07  305   $32,000.00

  Day 1: 0    0-00    Day 2: 5   19-02    Day 3: 3   13-05  

2.  Marlon Crowder         Tampa, Fla.           10  30-10  305    $5,629.00

  Day 1: 5   20-01    Day 2: 2    5-10    Day 3: 3    4-15  

3.  Ben Potaracke          La Crosse, Wisc.       12 26-15  290    $4,503.00

  Day 1: 4    7-13    Day 2: 4    6-14    Day 3: 4   12-04  

4.  Dwaine Williams        Greenup, Ky.          13  24-06  285    $3,377.00

  Day 1: 5   11-09    Day 2: 4    6-08    Day 3: 4    6-05  

5.  Larry Inman            Greensboro, N.C.       13 23-10  280    $2,814.00

  Day 1: 5    7-08    Day 2: 3    4-05    Day 3: 5   11-13  

6.  Aaron Gengler          Lakeland, Fla.        10  23-09  276    $2,533.00

  Day 1: 3    6-07    Day 2: 5   12-15    Day 3: 2    4-03  

7.  Bj Hannah              Dyersburg, Tenn.       8  23-06  272    $2,251.00

  Day 1: 1    0-13    Day 2: 5   17-11    Day 3: 2    4-14  

8.  Randy Hadden           Jacksonsville, Fla.   10  21-15  268    $2,139.00

  Day 1: 4    6-13    Day 2: 5   13-00    Day 3: 1    2-02  

9.  John Brodkorb          Orange City, Fla.      7  21-07  264    $1,914.00

  Day 1: 0    0-00    Day 2: 5   16-00    Day 3: 2    5-07  

10. Jon Jezierski          Troy, Mich.            9  19-14  260    $1,463.00

  Day 1: 5   13-06    Day 2: 1    1-14    Day 3: 3    4-10  

11. Dan Thill              La Crosse, Wisc.       11 17-05  257    $1,238.00

  Day 1: 4    6-14    Day 2: 4    5-07    Day 3: 3    5-00  

12. Marcus Parker          Jacksonville, Fla.    11  17-03  254    $1,126.00

  Day 1: 5    8-01    Day 2: 2    2-13    Day 3: 4    6-05  

13. Kurtis Michaux         Clermont, Fla.        11  16-04  251    $1,013.00

  Day 1: 5    6-09    Day 2: 5    6-03    Day 3: 1    3-08  

14. Lee Boutwell          Climax, Ga.            7  15-10  248      $901.00

  Day 1: 5   10-03    Day 2: 2    5-07    Day 3: 0    0-00  

15. Scott Kerslake         Henderson, N.C.        6  15-03  245      $788.00

  Day 1: 2    5-02    Day 2: 2    7-01    Day 3: 2    3-00  

16. Edward Knight         Magnolia, Del.          6  14-07  243      $760.00

  Day 1: 4    9-05    Day 2: 2    5-02    Day 3: 0    0-00  

17. Mike Fraker           Flowery Branch, Ga.    6  14-07  241      $732.00

  Day 1: 1    2-13    Day 2: 3    9-02    Day 3: 2    2-08  

18. Darrell Davis          Dover, Fla.            7  14-04  239      $704.00

  Day 1: 4    5-14    Day 2: 3    8-06    Day 3: 0    0-00  

19. John Foster            Altamonte Springs, Fla 7  14-03  237      $675.00

  Day 1: 3    7-03    Day 2: 3    4-05    Day 3: 1    2-11  

20. Brian Fuller           Prattville, Ala.       6  13-14  235      $647.00

  Day 1: 2    3-08    Day 2: 3    7-12    Day 3: 1    2-10  

21. Jim Russell           Dade City, Fla.        7  13-10  233      $619.00

  Day 1: 0    0-00    Day 2: 5   11-03    Day 3: 2    2-07  

22. Mike Prance            Palatka, Fla.          7  13-08  231      $563.00

  Day 1: 1    2-00    Day 2: 4    9-03    Day 3: 2    2-05  

23. Steven Wells           Bainbridge, Ga.        6  13-05  229      $535.00

  Day 1: 4    9-00    Day 2: 1    2-14    Day 3: 1    1-07  

24. Thomas Henderson       Roseland, Fla.         6  13-03  227      $507.00

  Day 1: 2    3-10    Day 2: 3    7-14    Day 3: 1    1-11  

25. Andy Fleming           Ashland City, Tenn.    7  12-10  225      $478.00

  Day 1: 5    7-05    Day 2: 2    5-05    Day 3: 0    0-00  

26. Matthew Wightman       Montevallo, Ala.       5  12-10  223      $450.00

  Day 1: 2    8-06    Day 2: 2    2-15    Day 3: 1    1-05  

27. Tyler Berger           Worthington, Ohio      5  12-09  221      $422.00

  Day 1: 2    3-10    Day 2: 2    6-13    Day 3: 1    2-02  

28. John Mccutchan         Altamonte Springs, Fla 8  12-02  219      $394.00

  Day 1: 4    5-15    Day 2: 3    4-10    Day 3: 1    1-09  

29. Steve Warner           Winter Haven, Fla.     8  12-00  217      $366.00

  Day 1: 4    5-02    Day 2: 4    6-14    Day 3: 0    0-00  

30. Rod Dubose             Opelika, Ala.          7  11-09  215      $338.00

  Day 1: 4    7-05    Day 2: 3    4-04    Day 3: 0    0-00  

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Totals

Day   #Limits    #Fish     Weight

 1        8       277      503-07

 2       13       279      558-13

 3        1        52      108-06

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         22       608     1170-10

 

2009 Bassmaster Southern Open Points Standings

 

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Place  Name               St            Pts

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  1 Bryan Hudgins         Fla.          310

  2 Scott Ashmore         Okla.         295

  3 John Kremer           Fla.          290

  3 Bobby Lane            Fla.          290

  5 Timmy Horton          Ala.          280

  6 Greg Vinson           Ala.          276

  7 Todd Auten            S.C.         272

  8 Jimmie Murphy         Fla.          268

  9 Mike White            Ohio          264

 10 Terry Segraves        Fla.         260

 11 Dave Wolak            N.C.         257

 12 Ben Quisno            Ohio          254

 13 Eric Stong            Fla.          251

 14 Scott Mcgehee        Miss.         248

 15 David Kilgore         Ala.          245

 16 Luke Estel            Ill.          243

 17 Casey Ashley          S.C.         241

 18 Jason Knapp           Pa.           239

 19 Preston Clark         Fla.          237

 20 Terry Scroggins       Fla.         235

 21 Jason Williamson      S.C.         233

 22 Keith Poche           Ala.          231

 23 Pam Martin-Wells      Ga.           229

 24 James Charlesworth    Fla.          227

 25 Joe Clements          Fla.         225

 26 Mike Prindle          Ga.           223

 27 Peter Thliveros       Fla.         221

 28 Wayne Clifton        S.C.          219

 29 Robert Grosso         Fla.          217

 30 Jimmy Mason           Ala.          215

 31 Sean Hoernke          Texas         213

 32 Jeremy Prouty         Fla.          211

 33 Bradley Roy           Ky.           209

 34 J Todd Tucker         Ga.           207

 35 Scott Mason           Ky.           205

 36 David Cooke           N.C.         203

 37 Brannon Jones         Ala.          201

 38 Wayne Hauser         N.C.          199

 39 Darrin Schwenkbeck    N.Y.         197

 40 Sammy Burks           Mo.           195

 41 Wade Grooms          S.C.          193

 42 Jason Berg            Minn.         191

 43 Luke Gritter          Mich.         189

 44 Josh Guess            Fla.          187

 45 Gerald Gostenik       Mich.         185

 46 James Anderson        Fla.          183

 47 Mark Menendez         Ky.           181

 48 Ron Wolfarth          N.C.         179

 49 Patrick Kelly         Ala.          177

 50 Sandy Melvin          Fla.          175

 51 Russ Lane             Ala.          173

 52 Bradley Enfinger      Ga.           171

 53 Rogne Brown           Tenn.         169

 54 Derek Jones           Ill.          167

 55 Justin Hamner         Ala.          165

 56 Allen Glasgow         Ala.          163

 57 Will Evans            Fla.         161

 58 Jeff Fitts            Fla.         159

 59 Hiroshi Kojima        Ala.          157

 60 Charlie Ingram        Tenn.         155

 61 Mark McCaig           Ala.          153

 62 Lance Vick            Texas         151

 63 Scott Browning        N.C.         149

 64 Andre Moore           Ala.          147

 65 Trevor Fitzgerald     Fla.          145

 66 Patrick Pierce        Fla.          143

 67 Chris Wilkerson       Texas         141

 68 Marty Robinson       S.C.          139

 69 Homer Humphreys       La.           137

 70 Clifford Dawson       Fla.          135

 71 Shawn Strader         Tenn.         133

 72 Glenn Delong          Ohio          131

 73 Mike Hawkes           Texas         129

 74 Bob Eagleston         Fla.          127

 75 John Crews            Va.           125

 76 Chris Payne           Ala.          123

 77 Brian Elder           Ga.           121

 78 Rodney Allen          Ind.          119

 79 Teb Jones            Miss.         117

 80 Jim Johnson          Wisc.         115

 81 Brad Wall             Ohio          113

 82 Kevin Langill         N.C.         111

 83 Chris Barnett         Tenn.         109

 84 Kyle Kempkers         Mich.        107

 85 Preston Johnson       Wisc.         105

 86 Jim Hardy             Ala.         103

 87 Arnie Lane            Fla.          101

 88 Rick Ash              Pa.            99

 89 Brad Staley          N.C.           97

 90 Christopher Foley     N.C.          95

 91 Kevin Pulsifer        Fla.           93

 92 Brian Rufty           Ky.            91

 93 Roger Bitz            Fla.           89

 94 Aaron Martens         Ala.           87

 95 Alan Rae             S.C.           85

 96 Paul Pagnato          Va.            83

 97 David Perdue          Va.            81

 98 Frank Scalish         Ohio           79

 99 Brandon Coulter       Tenn.          77

100 Chad Morgenthaler     Ill.           76

101 Jim Short             Md.            75

102 Ray Brazier           Tenn.          74

103 Trevor Knight         Del.          73

104 Charlie Hartley       Ohio           72

105 Larry Rollings        S.C.          71

106 Johnny Patterson      Ala.           70

107 Parks Jones           S.C.          69

108 Tony Chachere         La.           68

109 Dustin Evans          Tenn.          67

110 Thomas Warren         Ill.           66

111 Tyrone Cypress        Fla.           65

112 Tom Frink             Calif.         64

113 Chris Lane            Fla.           63

114 Brian Easler          S.C.          62

115 Gene Barnette         Ala.           61

116 James Castillo        Wash.         60

117 Chad Hall             Ala.           59

118 Jimmy Liao            Fla.           58

119 Kyle Fox              Fla.           57

120 Curtis Reeves         Ga.            56

121 Kurt Dove             Texas          55

122 Joseph Kastner        S.C.          54

123 Evan Boutwell         Ga.            53

124 James Mcmon           Ala.           52

125 Jason Quinn           S.C.          51

126 Landon Lomax          Ala.           50

127 Jack Wade             Tenn.          49

128 Bill Rea              Ohio           48

129 Rodney Chastain       S.C.          47

130 Robert Comalander     Ala.           46

131 Larry Cahan           Fla.           45

132 Thomas Little         Va.            44

133 Kyle Walling          Ky.            43

134 Jo Dee Lake           Ala.           42

135 Wesley Parton         Ala.           41

136 Tony Sapp             Ga.            40

137 Paul Keltner          Tenn.          39

138 Ronald Ryals          Fla.          38

139 Russell Colwell       Md.            37

140 Andy Morgan           Tenn.          36

141 WM Kooi               Fla.           35

142 Gary Riffle           Texas          34

143 Tim Ezell             Fla.           33

144 Paul Kimball          Conn.          32

145 Randy Elliott         Md.            31

146 Andy Gaia             Texas          30

147 Steve Linville        Ohio           29

148 David Burch           Fla.           28

149 Brett Mitchell       S.C.           27

150 Brian Hatfield        Ky.            26

151 John Cromwell         Tenn.          25

152 Harry Moore           Ala.           24

153 Chris Anderson        S.C.          23

154 Sam Swett             La.           22

155 Jerry Morgan         S.C.           21

156 John Strider         N.C.           20

157 Robert Miley          Fla.           19

158 Butch Tucker          Ga.            18

159 Frank Jordan JR       Ga.            17

160 Preston Henson        Calif.         16

161 Derek Remitz          Ala.           15

162 Jason Lieblong        Ark.           14

163 Steve Hayden          N.M.          13

164 Phillip Criss         Ala.          12

165 Nick Supik            Pa.            11

166 Jelani Hennessey      Va.            10

167 Jeff Cloud            Texas           9

168 Steven Wisdom         Ala.            8

169 John Smith            Ga.             7

170 Bo Bain               Tenn.           6

171 Sam Greer             Ky.             5

172 Keith Phillips        Ala.            4

173 Gregory Roth          Canada         3

174 Rick Morris           Va.             2

175 Jim Turner            Ind.            1

175 Paul Molan            Ohio            1

175 Mark Cole            N.C.            1

175 Gary Cronin           Ga.             1

175 Allen Duke            Fla.            1

175 Mary Delgado          Fla.            1

175 Tim Saylor            Tenn.           1

175 Scott Wiley           Ala.            1

175 Bryan Talmadge        Ala.            1

175 John Condray          Fla.            1

175 John Dacko            Mich.           1

175 Tom Ondras            Ill.           1

175 Lee Sisson            Fla.            1

175 Charlie Hill          Ky.             1

175 Brian Mathis          N.C.           1

175 Brannon Long          Texas           1

175 Dean Rojas            Ariz.           1

175 Billy Charland        Fla.            1

193 Jason Seaton          Ind.            0

193 Cecil Douberly        Fla.            0

193 Cliff Prince          Fla.            0

193 Mike Haggerty         Tenn.           0

193 James Butler          Tenn.           0