Faircloth Leads at La Crosse
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Jun 22nd, 2012 by OutdoorsFIRST
Modified Jun 22nd, 2012 at 12:00 AM
If you would have told each of the 99-angler field prior to weigh in on Day One of the Mississippi River Rumble that the biggest bag would weigh less than seventeen pounds you more than likely would have gotten a lot of yeah, right comments.
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| Todd Faircloth (Photo BassFIRST) |
To say the weights weren’t what they expected would be an understatement. Texan Todd Faircloth went out in eighth place this morning, 1-8 behind rookie pro Kyle Fox. Faircloth would end Day Two in the lead going into Saturday’s top 50 cut.
A place like the Mississippi where 2 1/2lbers. are abundant just about anywhere, the key this week has been trying to find that bigger bite, a 3.5lb. or larger fish. “I had a 5-pounder today and that makes a big difference when you’re talking about mostly 2- and 3-pounders,” said Todd Faircloth
Faircloth weighed in 17 pounds, 14 ounces and holds a 12-ounce lead over Terry Butcher.
The conditions on the river were nearly identical to Thursday but the leaderboard after two days of competition wasn’t so. Day One leader Kyle Fox fell out of the top 50 contention which opened the door for leader Todd Faircloth. Terry Butcher sits in second, Jamie Horton who brought in the tournament big bag of 18-4 holds the third spot while Aaron Martens fell to fourth and Rick Clunn to fifth.
Place Name Day 1 Day 2 Total Fish Total Weight
Fish Weight Fish Weight
1 Todd Faircloth 5 15- 0 5 17-14 10 32-14
2 Terry Butcher 5 15- 5 5 16-13 10 32- 2
3 Jamie Horton 5 13- 6 5 18- 4 10 31-10
4 Aaron Martens 5 16- 5 5 14-13 10 31- 2
5 Rick Clunn 5 15- 5 5 15-13 10 31- 2
6 Cliff Pace 5 14-12 5 16- 3 10 30-15
7 Cliff Prince 5 13-10 5 16- 8 10 30- 2
8 Dean Rojas 5 14-12 5 15- 3 10 29-15
9 Greg Hackney 5 15-10 5 13- 6 10 29- 0
10 Stephen Kennedy 5 13-13 5 15- 2 10 28-15
11 Randy Howell 5 13-11 5 15- 3 10 28-14
12 Terry Scroggins 5 14-15 5 13-12 10 28-11
13 Skeet Reese 5 12-13 5 15-12 10 28- 9
14 Chris Lane 5 12- 6 5 16- 2 10 28- 8
15 Mike McClelland 5 12-12 5 15-11 10 28- 7
16 Nate Wellman 5 13-14 5 14- 8 10 28- 6
17 Bill Lowen 5 13-14 5 14- 1 10 27-15
18 Timmy Horton 5 13- 8 5 13-15 10 27- 7
19 Bobby Lane 5 13- 0 5 14- 6 10 27- 6
20 Kotaro Kiriyama 5 13- 4 5 14- 2 10 27- 6
21 Gary Klein 5 13- 8 5 13-14 10 27- 6
22 Greg Vinson 5 13- 6 5 13-13 10 27- 3
23 Russell Lane 5 12-12 5 14- 5 10 27- 1
24 Takahiro Omori 5 14- 6 5 12- 9 10 26-15
25 Matthew Herren 5 13-14 5 13- 1 10 26-15
26 Kevin VanDam 5 13- 7 5 13- 8 10 26-15
27 Brent Chapman 5 14- 3 5 12-11 10 26-14
28 Ott DeFoe 5 14-11 5 12- 2 10 26-13
29 Davy Hite 5 13-13 5 12-15 10 26-12
30 Rick Morris 5 13- 8 5 13- 2 10 26-10
31 Andy Montgomery 5 12- 8 5 14- 1 10 26- 9
32 John Crews 5 13-11 5 12-14 10 26- 9
33 Boyd Duckett 5 11- 2 5 15- 6 10 26- 8
34 Grant Goldbeck 5 16- 0 5 10- 7 10 26- 7
35 Mark Menendez 5 14-14 5 11- 7 10 26- 5
36 Michael Simonton 5 12- 0 5 14- 5 10 26- 5
37 Edwin Evers 5 12- 1 5 14- 4 10 26- 5
38 Bernie Schultz 5 14-10 5 11-10 10 26- 4
39 Matt Greenblatt 5 12- 3 5 14- 1 10 26- 4
40 Jared Miller 5 12-13 5 13- 5 10 26- 2
41 Michael Iaconelli 5 13-12 5 12- 4 10 26- 0
42 Jason Quinn 5 12-11 5 13- 2 10 25-13
43 Stephen Browning 5 13- 9 5 12- 4 10 25-13
44 Jason Williamson 5 13-15 5 11-12 10 25-11
45 Jami Fralick 5 12-13 5 12-13 10 25-10
46 Kevin Short 5 12- 6 5 13- 3 10 25- 9
47 Matt Reed 5 13- 2 5 12- 7 10 25- 9
48 Paul Elias 5 11- 0 5 14- 8 10 25- 8
49 Dustin Wilks 5 14- 4 5 11- 4 10 25- 8
50 Casey Ashley 5 13- 9 5 11-15 10 25- 8
51 Clark Reehm 5 12-13 5 12-10 10 25- 7
52 Brandon Card 5 13- 3 5 12- 3 10 25- 6
52 Fred Roumbanis 5 12- 3 5 13- 3 10 25- 6
54 Yusuke Miyazaki 5 12- 0 5 13- 4 10 25- 4
55 Kelly Jordon 5 12- 3 5 13- 0 10 25- 3
56 Brent Broderick 5 14- 5 5 10-12 10 25- 1
57 Brian Snowden 5 12- 8 5 12- 9 10 25- 1
58 Jared Lintner 5 11- 2 5 13-12 10 24-14
59 Brandon Palaniuk 5 14- 0 5 10-12 10 24-12
60 Cliff Crochet 5 13- 5 5 11- 7 10 24-12
61 Alton Jones 5 13- 3 5 11- 8 10 24-11
62 J Todd Tucker 5 12-14 5 11-13 10 24-11
63 Gerald Swindle 5 13- 9 5 11- 1 10 24-10
64 Keith Combs 5 13-11 5 10-14 10 24- 9
65 Jeff Kriet 5 11- 0 5 13- 9 10 24- 9
66 Pete Ponds 5 12-13 5 11-12 10 24- 9
67 David Smith 5 12-12 5 11-11 10 24- 7
68 Mark Davis 5 12-11 5 11- 9 10 24- 4
69 Casey Scanlon 5 14-11 5 9- 5 10 24- 0
70 Marty Robinson 5 12- 2 5 11-10 10 23-12
71 Billy McCaghren 5 15-11 4 7-15 9 23-10
72 Charlie Hartley 5 12- 4 5 11- 5 10 23- 9
73 Britt Myers 5 12-11 5 10-13 10 23- 8
74 John Murray 5 13- 6 5 9-15 10 23- 5
75 Jonathon VanDam 5 12- 6 5 10-13 10 23- 3
76 Shaw E Grigsby 5 12- 4 5 10-15 10 23- 3
77 Ishama Monroe 5 12- 1 5 11- 0 10 23- 1
78 Morizo Shimizu 5 11-13 5 11- 3 10 23- 0
79 Russell Parrish 5 12- 2 5 10-11 10 22-13
80 Bradley Roy 5 12- 1 5 10-11 10 22-12
81 Chris Zaldain 5 11- 9 5 11- 2 10 22-11
82 James Niggemeyer 5 10- 7 5 12- 2 10 22- 9
83 Kyle Fox 5 16- 8 3 6- 1 8 22- 9
84 Scott Rook 5 12- 6 5 10- 2 10 22- 8
85 Zell Rowland 5 11-11 4 10-10 9 22- 5
86 Derek Remitz 5 11- 4 5 11- 0 10 22- 4
87 Kenyon Hill 5 10- 1 5 12- 2 10 22- 3
88 Byron Velvick 5 10-11 5 11- 0 10 21-11
89 Keith Poche 5 12-13 4 8- 1 9 20-14
90 Travis Manson 5 10- 8 5 10- 5 10 20-13
91 Jeremy Starks 5 9-10 5 11- 2 10 20-12
92 David Walker 5 10-12 5 9-11 10 20- 7
93 Denny Brauer 5 10-11 5 9- 8 10 20- 3
94 Fletcher Shryock 5 12- 3 3 7- 5 8 19- 8
95 Kevin Ledoux 5 10- 6 3 7- 9 8 17-15
96 Tommy Biffle 3 6-10 5 11- 2 8 17-12
97 Chad Griffin 4 8- 7 3 8- 2 7 16- 9
98 Scott Ashmore 1 2- 7 3 4-15 4 7- 6