Sunday September 25, 2005 — Lake Limestone was the first lake on the Sixth Annual Tuff Man Trail. With Hurricane Rita bearing down on the Texas coast the tournament directors took a chance that the weather would clear for Sunday and got a beautiful day with mild breezes and no rain.
Fifty one teams fished for the top 15 positions that will qualify for the 2006 Tuff Man Championship to be held at the Central Texas Boat Show on January 14th at the Bell County Exposition center in Belton, Texas. The top fifteen finalist are as follows:
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1
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Mike Montanez & Will Hammonds
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5 fish
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17.30 lbs.
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$1,500.00
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| 2 | Kenneth Wick & Kenneth Wick, Jr. | 5 fish | 15.36 lbs. | $1,000.00 |
| 3 | Gene Lathrop & Ryan Glass | 5 fish | 15.00 lbs. | $ 750.00 |
| 4 | Travis McCollough & Bobby Wilson | 5 fish | 14.89 lbs. | $ 500.00 |
| 5 | Curtis Neyland & Mike Farmer | 5 fish | 14.50 lbs. | $ 300.00 |
| 6 | Jay Bray & Mike Swallow | 5 fish | 13.81 lbs. | |
| 7 | Keith Combs & Landan Ware | 5 fish | 13.78 lbs. | |
| 8 | Steven Tindell & Don Tindell | 5 fish | 12.33 lbs. | |
| 9 | Gerald Poboril & Ashby Melton | 5 fish | 11.81 lbs. | |
| 10 | Allen McAdams & Joe Contrevas | 5 fish | 11.81 lbs. | |
| 11 | Pam Pope & Joe Pope, Jr. | 4 fish | 11.61 lbs. | |
| 12 | Brian Wendeborn & Eric Wendeborn | 5 fish | 11.12 lbs. | |
| 13 | Jason Perrego & Daniel Watson | 5 fish | 10.50 lbs. | |
| 14 | Terry Williams & Terry Brown | 5 fish | 10.34 lbs. | |
| 15 | Jimmy Bennett & Lowell Bennett | 5 fish | 10.34 lbs. |
Big Bass weighed in at 7.65 lbs. And was caught by the team of Mike Montanez & Will Hammonds. It paid $510.00.
The Next Tuff Man Tournament will be held Saturday, November 12 on Lake Belton. Tuff Man is open to all fishermen. The Trail is sponsored by Fishing World.com; Gary’s Marine of Gatesville, Texas; Central Texas Marine of Waco, Texas; Texas Boat World of Harker Heights, Texas; Marine Outlet of Temple, Texas; and County Ford of Gatesville, Texas.
Other sponsors include Legend Boats, Triton Boats, Ranger Boats, BassCat Boats, G3 Boats, Xpress Boats and Yamaha Marine.By: Rick Smith
