Pocketing nearly $4,000, Tony Nesterenko on the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series, operated by American Bass Anglers, Arkansas Division 12 championship tournament, held Aug. 28-29, 2010, on Lake DeGray near Arkadelphia.
The 45-year-old angler from Little Rock landed six bass going 18.95 pounds in the two-day event. Anchoring his Day 1 stringer with a 4.95-pounder, he jumped to a big lead with 16.85 pounds. Struggling when the weather changed from sunny and mild to rainy on the second day, he landed one bass weighing 2.10 pounds. He also earned a $1,000 bonus as the Triton Gold winner. Nesterenko caught most of his fish on 10-inch worm Texas-rigged with a 3/8-ounce sinker.
"I spent three or four days idling around looking for brush piles," Nesterenko explained. "I got a side-scan sonar and that helped me find some brush piles. On the first day, the fish bit good on the brush piles. On the second day, with the clouds and rain, they were not biting on the brush piles."
In second for the 35 boaters, Danny Gwinn, 42, of Mount Ida landed eight bass going 18.82 pounds including one 4.97-pounder. Like Nesterenko, Gwinn looked for brush piles in the 13,400-acre lake. Unlike Nesterenko, Gwinn did better on the second day, catching 5.42 pounds on Day 1 and following up with 13.40 pounds to take home $1,600.
"I fished shallow brush piles," Gwinn said. "The cloud cover helped. I threw a new topwater bait called a Paycheck and a 10-inch plum-apple worm around brush piles. I caught 15 fish on the first day and 40 the second day."
Gentry DePriest, 28, of Sheridan finished third with six bass for 18.53 pounds, but took lunker honors with a 5.20-pounder. Mainly fishing worms and jigs, he landed 11.20 pounds on the first day and 7.33 pounds the second day. For the win, he collected $931 with a $131 bonus for the lunker.
"I mainly fished brush piles and points with brush on them," DePriest said. "I caught my bigger fish where a channel swung close to a point. Weather played a big role in the tournament. The water temperature dropped about seven degrees compared to last week. I had been catching consistent bags in deep brush. When the temperature dropped, the bite changed. I lost two good fish that would have won the tournament for me."
In fourth, Duke Gunnell of Benton finished with seven bass going 18.04 pounds. Derwin Thomas of Little Rock landed in fifth place with six bass at 17.33 pounds with one 4.32 pounder. He actually landed 17.83 pounds, but a penalty set him back. Mark Boling of Stuttgart finished 10th, but racked up 382 points, enough to take the boater Angler of the Year title.
Description: http://www.abaproam.com/AdvHTML_Upload/hays.jpgIn the Co-Angler Division, Dylan Hays, 23, of Greenbriar won the championship and the co-angler Angler of the Year title. In May, Hays won an event on Greers Ferry Lake. He landed five bass weighing 13.71 pounds with one 3.90 pounder, but a penalty dropped him back to an official weight of 13.21 pounds. He landed 6.90 pounds on the first day and followed with a 6.31-pound effort to win $1,446.
"Before my first cast on the first day, a fish blew up in 80 feet of water," Hays said. "I had a football head jig in my hand. I was going to cast to a point, but turned around and caught a 3-pounder on my first cast. I caught another keeper on a Carolina rig. On the second day, we targeted fish in shallow water with topwaters. The cloudy conditions helped the topwater bite, but I lost about a 4-pounder on a buzzbait."
Chase Crook of Junction City caught three bass going 10.38 pounds for second place. He anchored his bag with a 4.08-pounder. Crook caught 6.30 pounds on the first day and 4.08 pounds the second day.
Glynn Brown of Clarksville landed in third with four bass weighing 9.59 pounds including a 3.40-pound kicker. Terry Cordum of Cove took fourth with four bass at 9.27 pounds with one 2.80-pounder. Chris Megee of Natchez, La., finished fifth with three bass at 9 pounds. James O'Hara of Dallas, Ga., took the division lunker honors with a 4.20-pounder.
About American Bass Anglers: The Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series provides weekend anglers a professionally operated competitive tour with a path the world championship of bass fishing the Bassmaster Classic. American Bass Anglers commitment is to provide low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler and at the same time offer each competitor an upward path for individual angler progression. For more information about American Bass Anglers and the American Fishing Tour, The Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series, The American 150 Series or the American Couples Series, visit www.americanbassanglers.com.
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