Click thumbnails to enlarge pictures of the June tournament on Choke winners, left to right Dan Rodrigues, Larry Nors and Mason Laborde and Larry Nors’ winning stringer. The final tournament of the South Region regular season at Choke Canyon was a smoker, with mostly sunny skies and temperatures pushing the century mark. Larry Nors found a sweet spot fishing grass edges out to 10 feet deep to put together the winning 3 fish for #19.51! Mason Laborde showed up for his first South Region tournament, bringing home a second place limit for 16 pounds even. Dan Rodriguez had a great day, finishing third with #14.64 AND his #8.07 toad kicker was good for tournament big bass. See full results and year-to-date standings.

Ron Stevenson
South Region Director
(210) 722-4453

The fifth stop for the South Region was Choke Canyon, where 23 Anglers squared off under partly cloudy skies and 20+ knot “norther” winds that thankfully brought the mercury down to a “cool” 90 degrees. Michael Hargraves was the best of the field, throwing spinnerbaits and worms in 8-10 feet to produce the winning bag of 23.78#, anchored with a solid 6.88# kicker.
After a couple of month hiatus, Doc Pruski announced his return to the trail with a 19.79# for second place. Working from inside out to rocks and trees in 17’ he had a near winning big bass of 7.69# to top off a solid effort.
A close third, Ryan Watkins targeted isolated grass with a 6th Sense Divine jig in the morning, and after the “norther” blew through went out to ledges and brush piles in 15-17’ with a Gene Larew Jarhead to put together a 18.01# sack.
Larry Wilborn was just off the podium with a solid limit, but did get a check for his 7.91# big bass winner.
See full results and Year to Date standings on the Tournaments page.
The last tournament of the season before the championship will be at Choke Canyon next month on the 12th. Look forward to seeing everyone there.

Ron Stevenson
South Region Director
(210) 722-4453