The Fifth Annual Tuff Man Bass Tournament weigh in will be held in conjunction with the Central Texas Boat Show at the Bell County Exposition Center in Belton Texas, on Saturday, January 15th, at 3:00 PM. Teams from throughout Central Texas competed in the fall series and the top teams were invited to fish the State Championship.
The Championship will be fished on Lake Stillhouse Hollow Saturday morning starting at safe daylight. This year there will be 47 teams fishing for the top prize money and bragging rights as the best fishermen in Central Texas. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top five two person teams with first place being guaranteed $7,500 plus the opportunity to win an additional $8,500 in cash and prizes in contingencies being donated by the sponsors.
The Tuff Man Championship Finalist for 2005 are as follows (finalist are not in the order that they finished):
- Mark Farmer/Curtis Neyland
- James Roberts/Matt McClendon
- Danny Coppin/Bill Blackwell
- Joe Stone/Allen Barker
- Jack Powe/Michael Selucky
- Mike Montanez/Will Hammonds
- James McBride/Mark Jarvis
- Windle Reese/Ken Carter
- Jeff Pitrucha/Brad Williams
- Wally Watts/Wade Watts
- Billy Ficke/Johnny Snyder
- Randy Cole/Tully Williams
- Gerald Poboril/Ashby Melton
- Bobby Babcock/Bob Babcock
- Tommy Durham/Mike Jones
- Lowell Bennett/Billy Brewer
- Mike Hastings/Stephan Magnelia
- Mike Graham/Randy Behringer
- Bobby Thrasher/Paul Lam
- Paul Stokes/Dennis Sullivan
- Keith Combs/Sisto Salinas
- Jeff Giarrizzo/Robert Brown
- John Halley/Kenny Johnson
- Ronnie Trower/Bret Stafford
- Danny Langely
- Jerry Whitt/Jamie Ward
- Dean Alexander/Eric Crumes
- Daren Sebek/Darrell Newman
- Rick Scott/Billy Dent
- Ryan Warren/Jason Barton
- Charles Regan/Stevie Joe Smith
- Nick Real/Noah Keeton
- Charles Gerhart/David Shuster
- Landon Ware/Dave Hogge
- Donald Gregg/Donald Gregg III
- John Guerra/Gerald Rabroker
- Travis McCollough/Bobby Wilson
- Bruce Stokes/Connie Stokes
- Pam Pope/Joe Pope
- Gary Bowien/Thomas Burns
- Landon Heinen/Jack Morse
- Kevin Ordner/Keith Kinlaw
- Gilbert Miller/Benny Love
- Terry Williams/Tom Willingham
- Scott Hamilton/Daryl LeBoeuf
- Lance Robelia/Stephen Tindell
- Mark Forbes/Richard Broxton
Sponsors for the Tuff Man Tournament Trail are Gary’s Marine of Gatesville, Central Texas Marine Of Waco, Texas Boat World of Harker Heights, National Bank of Gatesville, FishingWorld.com, Ranger Boats, Triton Boats, G3 Boats, Legend Boats, Bass Cat Boats, Xpress Boats, Yamaha Motors, Evinrude & Johnson Motors, Lowrance Electronics, Motorguide Trolling Motors, A&M Marine, V&V Marine, American Rodsmiths, Summers Electric, Strike King Lures and Rick Smith’s Marine Outlet of Temple.Stadium style seating will be available at the Central Texas Boat Show for viewing the exciting conclusion of the 2005 Tuff Man Trail.By: Rick Smith
