Lake Havasu day 1

Local pro Mike Goodwin of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., led the charge on opening day of the inaugural FLW Series Western Division tournament with a five-bass weight of 13-13.
DAY 1 STORY

61 pro’s did not weigh & only 68 co’s weighed fish–tough bite

day 2

Goodwin’s on a roll.

I thought this was most interesting coming from one the nation’s top Bass anglers Jay Yelas.

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“I’m using a 17-foot, aluminum G3 boat and trying to stay as light as I can. And that’s going to be the real key for me this week,” said Yelas. “A lot of the guys are fishing the main lake just rotating from spot to spot, but the key for me is being able to get into these backwater lakes. You’d never be able to do that in a fiberglass boat. I’m doing a lot of push-polling but hopefully that will give me an edge. I don’t have to worry about fishing pressure and I’m pretty sure nobody has fished these spots for months. And that’s a big edge. And you have to have some kind of an edge when you fish these four-day events.”

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I didn’t think there were too many guys in the circuit who fished an aluminum boat. My hat’s off to Jay, it’d be great to see him win it in that aluminum rig!

DAY 3

what time is weigh in today. i am hoping yelas came through with it!!!!
ike

yelas blanked–lost his water–it was a wire to wire win–i will post results in a moment

1 MIKE GOODWIN LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 5 13-13 5 11-01 3 7-02 13 32-00 2 5-13 15 37-13 $100,000
+$25,000 Ranger Boat Bonus
2 MIKE PHUA CHINO, CA 5 8-11 5 11-04 4 8-04 14 28-03 4 8-05 18 36-08 $48,841
3 PHIL STRADER GLIDE, OR 5 8-15 5 12-02 5 10-15 15 32-00 2 3-09 17 35-09 $39,073
4 RANDY MCABEE BAKERSFIELD, CA 5 10-05 5 7-09 3 6-15 13 24-13 5 9-07 18 34-04 $29,305
5 ERIC MCFARLAND MERIDIAN, ID 5 10-08 4 9-12 4 6-11 13 26-15 1 2-09 14 29-08 $19,536
6 JAY YELAS TYLER, TX 4 9-10 5 9-12 5 9-10 14 29-00 0 0-00 14 29-00 $18,560
7 BRENT EHRLER REDLANDS, CA 4 8-10 3 6-14 4 7-06 11 22-14 3 5-15 14 28-13 $17,583
8 GARY DOBYNS YUBA CITY, CA 2 4-03 5 13-00 2 5-14 9 23-01 2 3-07 11 26-08 $16,606
9 CHRIS ZALDAIN SAN JOSE, CA 1 1-12 4 9-09 5 10-10 10 21-15 1 1-07 11 23-06 $15,629
10 NEIL RUSSELL NAMPA, ID 5 10-04 3 8-15 1 3-08 9 22-11 0 0-00 9 22-11 $14,652

IF jay could have gotten there and caught another 10 pounds he would have won it and that would have been awesome. he nearly did it. Blanked the last day and still finished sixth that is a mark of a good man. ike