Hutson And Elsay Dominate Santee Open Team Tournament
Mark Hutson and Gary Elsey dominated the Santee Open Team Tournament on Saturday, April 27, bringing a 5-bass limit weighing 34.80 lbs to the scales to win by almost 8 pounds. They took the first-place prize of $5000, and added $260 in bonus money for taking the 2nd Big Fish award with an 8.73 lb largemouth.Marc Deschenes and Ray Walsh brought what would normally be an impressive bag of 5 fish weighing 26.87 for second place and $2500. Ronnie McCoy and Kevin Bazen took 3rd with 26.44, good for $2000. Todd Smith and Cid Fowler won $1500 for their 24.77 lb bag which landed them in 4th place. Rounding out the top 5 was Kent Ware and Greg Boone with 24.39, pocketing $1000.