TTT champions to be crowned today
HEMPHILL, Texas – Competitors traveled back to the west side of Toledo Bend Reservoir Sunday morning to put in for the second and final day of tournament action at the 2001 Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail Championship. At 7 a.m. 102 pros and co-anglers set out from Pendleton Marina in search of competitive bass fishing’s biggest payout in Texas – the championship has a total purse of $195,000.
It’s all or nothing in today’s round of the two-day, combined-weight tournament. Jerrel Pringle of China Spring, Texas, has what looks like a relatively comfortable lead in the Pro Division. He caught 19 pounds, 7 ounces of bass on day one and leads second-place Randy Qualls of Winkler, Texas, by over 2 1/2 pounds.
“I can win it if I catch 16 or 17 pounds (Sunday),” Pringle said.
Mark Tullis of Conroe, Texas leads the rest of the Co-angler Division by over a pound with a day-one weight of 16 pounds, 1 ounce.
Conditions are almost exactly the same as Saturday. The weather’s warm, the lake’s water level is still at an all-time low, and there is still a lot of weekend fishing traffic.
With contingency considerations, the Pro Division winner could take home a possible $70,000 and the Co-angler Division winner could pocket a possible $40,000.
Weigh-in Sunday will start at 3:30 p.m. at the Wal-Mart located in nearby Many, La.
Vital statistics
Sunrise: 7:21 a.m.
Temperature at takeoff: 61 degrees
Expected high temperature: 82 degrees
Wind: Southeast at less than 5 mph
Relative humidity: 72 percent
Day’s outlook: Mostly sunny
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