Barrack wins Western Super Tournament on California Delta

OAKLEY, Calif. – Bobby Barrack of Oakley, Calif., out-fished 27 competitors this weekend to earn $3,708 and 100 CITGO Challenge Points on the boater side of the Red Man Tournament Trail’s Western Division season finale – a two-day Super Tournament on the California Delta.

Barrack caught five bass weighing 13 pounds, 9 ounces on opening day to qualify for the second and final day of competition. On day two, he caught five more bass weighing 13-14 to top Richard Bennett of Grass Valley, Calif., who finished with a day-two catch of four bass weighing 8-5 worth $1,854. Barrack caught his limits fishing grass on Sherman Lake with a brown plastic frog.

Bennett, who opted to fish a floating worm around grass on Sherman Lake, won the Abu Garcia Big Bass Award in the Boater Division and collected $270 with a 10-pound, 12-ounce largemouth bass.

Peter Jenson of Roseville, Calif., was declared the Divisional Points Champion and awarded $1,000 after amassing 226 points through five regular season events.

First place in the Co-Angler Division and $1,854 went to Robert Morrish of Orinda, Calif., who topped 27 competitors with a day-two catch of three bass weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces. Morrish caught five bass weighing 10-11 on opening day to qualify for the final round.

Second place in the Co-Angler Division and $927 went to Steve Moduno of Brentwood, Calif., with a day-two catch of two bass weighing 3-10. Moduno caught five bass weighing 9-7 on opening day to make the final round.

Roy Lim of San Bruno, Calif., won the Abu Garcia Big Bass Award in the Co-Angler Division and collected $135 with a 3-pound bass.

Bud Sipes of Oroville, Calif., amassed more points than any other co-angler during five regular season events to win the Co-Angler Divisional Points title and $500. He earned 248 points this season.

Darrell Hagood of Wilton, Calif., won the Berkley Power Bait award, a package of baits valued at $200, for the heaviest overall catch on Power Bait or Frenzy lures. He caught three bass weighing 4 pounds, 10 ounces.

The trail’s championship event, the Red Man All-American, will award $100,000 to the winning boater and $50,000 to the winning co-angler. Overall, more than $5.7 million could be awarded in 2000 based on full fields in each of the series’ 119 events nationwide.

Red Man became the trail’s title sponsor in 1983. Wal-Mart recently announced that it has assumed title sponsorship of the tournament series for 2001 and will rename it the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League.