CHATTANOOGA (WRCB) - The team of Steve Rogers and Carl Vickers caught a five-bass limit weighing 21.67 lbs. to win first place and $560 in the March Southern 175 Series bass tournament at Chester Frost Park. Rogers said "we caught fish all day long using a variety of methods".
Anthony Pittman and Jonathan James took over-all big-fish honors with a largemouth bass weighing 6.36 pounds which earned them $410.
This was the first tournament of six for the 2012 season. The Southern 175 series will end its season with a classic in September and the winners will receive a new Tracker bass boat from Island Cove Marine.
The remainder of the top 10 places are listed below:
1ST STEVE ROGERS & CARL VICKERS with 21.67 lbs. good for $560
2ND JACK BROWN & JARED MCMILLIAN with 17.99 lbs. good for $380
3RD ANTHONY PITTMAN & JONATHAN JAMES with 17.29 lbs. good for $280
4TH BRENT BULTER & TYLER MCFALL with 17.20 lbs. good for $180
5TH STEVE HICKS & TOMMY BEAVERS with 14.64 lbs. good for $140
6TH DAVID KELLEY & J. BAIN with 13.89 lbs. good for $100
7TH JEFF BRYDEN & KEN HOOD with 12.59 lbs.
8TH JOHN GUDEL & JOHN GREEN with 11.87 lbs.
9TH WADE KILGORE & ROBBIE MCGILL with 11.27 lbs.
10TH TIM THORNBURY & TYLER THORNBURY with 10.44 lbs.
