ROSE GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE TO WIN STREN SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP ON PICKWICK LAKE
By editor on Nov 7, 2009 | In Bass Tournaments, Stren Series, FLW Outdoors
Chuck Rounds of Benton, Ky., won the Co-angler Division and $35,000 with five bass weighing 11-14 for a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 21-13.
“I couldn’t have done this without fishing with the top fishermen who fish FLW,” said Rounds. “Just by paying attention the last few years and doing what I thought I needed to do to catch them … that’s exactly what I did and I stuck with it.”
Rounds said he caught his fish on a 1/2-ounce War Eagle spinnerbait with double chartreuse blades. He said he used 17-pound fluorocarbon line to anchor his spinnerbait.
Rounds said he targeted grass specifically on day one with the spinnerbait and continued to find success with it on the second day of competition, even though others in the field were tending toward smaller spinnerbaits.
“I just stuck with it like I knew I should,” Rounds said.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Phil Jarmon of Apex, N.C. (10 bass, 20-14, $12,000); Steven Semelsberger of Mt. Airy, Md. (10 bass, 19-14, $5,000); Jamie Bladow of Houston, Ala. (nine bass, 19-10, $4,000) and Robert Russell of Smyrna, Tenn. (10 bass, 19-7, $3,000).
After four qualifying events were completed in each Stren Series division – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western – the top 40 pros and 40 co-anglers based on the points standings from each division advanced to the championship. The top 10 pros and top 10 co-anglers from each division also qualify for the 2010 Walmart FLW Tour®, bass fishing’s top professional circuit.
The highest-finishing pro and co-angler from each division at the Stren Series Championship also qualify for the 2010 Forrest Wood Cup. Pros qualifying are Rose (Central), Newton (Southeast), Robert Robinson of Mobile, Ala. (Texas), Defoe (North) and Chad Hulbert of Gilroy, Calif. (West). Co-anglers qualifying are Rounds (Central), Jarmon (Southeast), Rich Dalbey of Greenville, Texas (Texas), Semelsberger (North) and Jeff Grant of La Mirada, Calif. (West).
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