Cripple picks up 2nd straight win

Reeling in the top catch at the Trophy Bassmasters Knox Lake tournament were (from left) Andy Cripple, first; John Clark, second; Bert Grubbs Jr., third and Boyd Downey, big bass. 

No, it’s not a reprint. The top 3 winners from the Belleville tournament a week earlier repeated in the Trophy Bassmasters Knox Lake tournament this past weekend.
Andy Cripple was the top finisher with five fish and 13.50 pounds. John Clark took second with five fish weighing 13.06 pounds, while Bert Grubbs Jr. had five fish and 12.56 pounds for third place.
The big bass winner was Boyd Downey with a 4.06 pound largemouth.
The Knox Lake trip is always one of the highlights of the season as the anglers usually encounter numbers of cooperative fish. Although the numbers were down somewhat the stats were still quite impressive as the 16 anglers scored 58 bass weighing 123.81 pounds for better than a 2 pound per fish average. Nine of the members had five fish limits.
Not so coincidentally, following their recent success, the trio of Clark, Grubbs and Cripple lead the 2012 Angler of the Year point race. For further info log onto www.trophybass.org
The top 10 after 5 of 14 events are: 1. John Clark 135, 2. Bert Grubbs Jr. 132, 3. Andy Cripple 114, 4. Bob Flowers 107, 5. Don Kraft 102, 6. Don Ratcliff 100, 7. Kelly Dearwester 97, 8. Steve Barker 91, 8. Guy Gerber 91, 10. Boyd Downey 87.

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Posted by Kenton Times on June 15, 2012. Filed under Recent Pictures,Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry