Morehead Wins EverStart Series Championship on Kentucky Lake

Troy Anderson wins co-angler title

Buchanan, TN – Prevacid pro Dan Morehead of Paducah, KY, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 19 pounds, 5 ounces Sunday to win the EverStart Series Championship on Kentucky Lake with a four day total of 20 bass weighing 61 pounds, 4 ounces. For his victory, Morehead earned $50,000 plus a 198VX Ranger boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard motor.

“I’ve been waiting since 10:30 to weigh my fish,” said an overzealous Prevacid pro Dan Morehead who was looking for his first championship title. “I am tickled to death with what I did. A lot of people thought this tournament would be won down south, but Kentucky Lake is Kentucky Lake and I had to go north to my home waters.

“I caught most of my fish with the Alabama rig,” Morehead continued. “Let me tell you, nothing triggers suspended fish quite like this rig. I have never felt the bass strike the way they do as on an Alabama rig. I had three rods on my deck. Two had the Alabama rig. One had four, 4 1/2 inch Berkley Hollow Belly Swimbaits surrounding a 5 1/2 inch swimbait. On the other I had five, 5 1/2 inch Berkley swimbaits and would switch to the bigger bait rig after I had caught my limit and wanted to go for the bigger bass. On the first day when the weather was so nasty I caught two of my better fish using a Zara Spook. But for the rest of the tournament it was all Alabama rig.

“This is just awesome to be able to win in front of all my friends and family,” Morehead added.

The Rest of the Top 10

2nd:  Jeff Hippert, Hamburg, NY, 20 bass, 56-14, $16,800 
 
3rd:  Lendell Martin Jr., Nacogdoches, TX, 19 bass, 55-12, $8,450 
 
4th:  Kellogg’s pro Jim Tutt, Longview, TX, 20 bass, 55-2, $7,600 
 
5th:  Koby Kreiger, Okeechobee, FL, 20 bass, 54-14, $6,750 
 
6th:  Chad Prough, Chipley, FL, 20 bass, 52-13, $5,900 
 
7th:  Brad Knight, Wartburg, TN, 20 bass, 52-7, $5,050 
 
8th:  Jess Caraballo, Danbury, CT, 18 bass, 51-6, $4,200 
 
9th:  Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, TX, 20 bass, 51-2, $3,400 
 
10th:  Mike McDonald, Randleman, NC, 18 bass, 46-11, $2,600 

Troy Anderson of Galesville, WI, won the Co-angler Division and a Ranger boat with an Evinrude or Mercury outboard motor plus $5,000 with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 42 pounds, 3 ounces.

Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers were:

2nd:  Richard Peek, Centre, AL, 14 bass, 35-6, $4,200

3rd:  Hale White, Franklin, TN, 14 bass, 35-2, $2,950 
 
4th:  Beecher Strunk, Somerset, KY, 10 bass, 34-2, $2,100 
 
5th:  Russell Lohman, Pineville, LA, 11 bass, 33-10, $1,875 
 
6th:  Eric Richey, Paradise, TX, 13 bass, 30-12, $1,675 
 
7th:  Vince Denina, Willis, TX, 12 bass, 30-8, $1,475 
 
8th:  Doug Caldwell, Kane, PA, 11 bass, 29-1, $1,275 
 
9th:  Jeff McCarnan, Henderson, KY, 11 bass, 28-2, $1,075 
 
10th:  David Underwood, Waco, TX, 10 bass, 27-4, $875 

The EverStart Series consists of five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western. Each division consists of four qualifying events. The top 40 pros and co-anglers from each respective division qualified for this championship event and were fishing this week on Kentucky Lake.

Coverage of the EverStart Series Championship on Kentucky Lake will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on VERSUS. “FLW Outdoors” will air December 18th from 1:00pm to 2:00pm ET. “FLW Outdoors,” hosted by Jason Harper, is broadcast to more than 500 million households worldwide.

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