Tournament # 3
May 30th, 2009
Mississippi River Pool 19

US Angler's Choice held their 3rd team bass tournament on pool 19 for 2009 at Montrose, IA last Saturday, May 30th. On a day where the weather varied hourly, the best anglers the area had to offer came together to duke it out. The river seemed a little low for this time of year, was muddy due to recent rains, and the water temperature was 68 degrees. Fewer big bass were brought to the scales than previous years due to changing weather conditions, muddy water, and ecosystem recovery from last year's epic flood.

Once the day was complete the team of Todd Flockhart and Danny Graham found their sack of 5 bass weighing 16.48lbs was heavy enough to hold off the other competitors and claim the top prize of the day of $1280 which included big bass prize from their 4.05lbs largemouth.

The remainder of the podium finishers were the father and son team of Ron and Pete Cherkas in second place with13.15lbs and in 3rd place was Tim and Sam Kipling, another father and son team, with 10.91lbs.

The next event for this division is June 27th launching from Dallas City, IL. Come join us. Registration begins at 4:30am and weigh-in is at 1pm. For more info visit www.riverratpromotions.com

From L to R: 3rd, Sam & Tim Kipling; 2nd, Ron & Pete Cherkas; 1st, Todd Flockhart, Danny Graham