Riley And Burgess Take The 2 Day Catt Cashion Rod Classic Tournament On Santee With 57.64 And Take Home $12,155!!
The 2012 Cashion Rod CATT Classic is a wrap and what a good time we had this past weekend! We kicked off the weekend Friday afternoon with plenty of catfish stew provided by the good folks at Marshalls Marine in Lake City, SC. The pre tournament meeting was held at John C. Land and what a great venue! Many thanks go out to Cashion Rods for being the title sponsor! If you’re looking for a great rod made in the Carolinas then look no longer. Use the rod FLW Pro Anthony Gagliardi puts his trust in…CASHION! A BIG thank you also goes out the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce for helping CATT bring the 2012 CATT Classic to the Santee Cooper Lakes. At the conclusion of the Classic we just shy of $24,000.00 in total payback cash and prizes!
A total of 84 teams entered the 2-day event and most were keeping quiet with this much money on the line but some let their fishing do the talking. Brent Riley of Ridgeville, SC and Nathan Burgess of Summervile, SC brought in a 2 day catch weighing up at 57.64 lbs and ran away with the win. They came close to weighing the identical weight each day with their 1st day weight at 28.97 lbs and their 2nd day weight of 28.67 lbs. They brought in a BF weighing 8.03 lbs the 1st day and a 7.14 lb BF the 2nd day. Along with $11,225.00 in cash which included the 1st Place BONUS $ they also received 2 Cashion Rods and 2 pair of Oakley Sunglasses plus 2
River Valley Crankbaits! All total in cash and prizes Brent and Nathan took home $12,155.00 in cash and prizes!
2nd went to Wade Grooms of Bonneau, SC and Wayne Clifton of Monks Corner, SC took the lead the 1st day with 5 bass weighing 32.77 lb and followed it up with a limit weighing 9.88 lb. Wade and Wayne had boat trouble minutes after blast off and no doubt affected their 2nd day strategy. Their 2 day total weight added up to 42.65 lbs and they also took home the 1st Day BF award of $500.00 with an 8.53 lb bass. Wade and Wayne also collected the 2nd Place BONUS $ pushing their total winnings up to $4,025.00!
Danny Lowery of Gable, SC and Perry Holloway of Sumter, SC took 3rd with another solid 2 day weight of 39.92 lbs. They received $2,000.00.
Henry McFadden of Georgetown, SC and Jeff Cantey of Greeleyville, SC finished up in 4th with a 2 day total of 36.26 lbs and they claimed $1,235.00.
Ken Ellis of Bowman, SC and Chuck Howard of Elloree, SC earned $700.00 with their 5th Place finish with a 2-Day total of 36.10 lbs.
6th Randall Driggers – Josh McGregor 34.02 lbs $500.00
7th Darryl Watson – Ken McFarland 33.68 lbs $475.00
8th Nelson Walker – Chris Brunson 32.70 lbs $450.00
9th Cecil Wolfe – David Malin 2nd Day BF- 8.13 31.51 lbs $900.00
10th Wayne King – Jimmy Bass 29.52 lbs $375.00
11th Mickey Barnes – Hal Cercopely 28.69 lbs $350.00
12th Chris Jones – Ed Owens 28.05 lbs $325.00
13th Billy McIntosh – Gene Dubose 27.71 lbs $300.00
14th Ronnie McCoy – Lin Langston 27.33 lbs $275.00
15th William Davis – Robert Ross 26.90 lbs $250.00
16th Tracy Raines – Elvis Peegler 25.64 lbs $225.00
Thanks to everyone who participated and next year we will head somewhere in North Carolina and hold the 2013 Cashion CATT Classic.
Brett Collins
CATT LLC
Brent Riley and Nathan Burgess with their HAUL!: 57.64 over 2 Days at SANTEE!
Wade Grooms and Wayne Clifton: Holding up $4000 plus worth of BASS!
