Mitchell, Montjoy On A Roll In Santee Cooper Catt Summer Trail
Jerry Montjoy and Brett Mitchell won the June 18, 2011 Qualifier
Winning this Saturday’s Carolina Anglers Team Trail Summer Division tournament on the Santee Cooper Lakes would be sweet for anybody fishing in it. It would be even sweeter if the team that wins finds a way to topple Brett Mitchell and Jerry Montjoy to win because right now Mitchell and Montjoy practically own Santee Cooper.
“They have won several – I think five – of the tournametns on Santee since 2009,” said Brett Collins, tournament director for all the Carolina Anglers Team Trail tournaments in North and South Carolina. In fact, the pair picked up this year right where they left off last year, Collins said, winning all three of the Summer Division tournaments held so far.
Mitchell and Montjoy weighed in 17.87 pounds, including the tournament’s big fish at 7.19 pounds, for first place and earned a check for $748 in the first Summer Division tournament June 4. They followed that with a limit that weighed 16.93 pounds, including big fish at 5.83 pounds, to take first place and a check for $463 in the second tournament June 18. Then on July 9, they weighed in 14.05 pounds, including the big fish at 5.55 pounds, for first place and $444 in prize money.
“Payback has increased (at Santee Cooper since we started up in 2009,” Collins said. “Brett and Jerry should top $10,000 in winnings if they keep up the pace they are on.”
Collins said he paid back more than $20,000 at Santee last year and is on track to do that again this year.
“Santee is one of the lakes I am looking at to hold the 2012 CATT Classic,” Collins said. “I’m not sure about that yet, but this past spring we had a total of 74 teams join up, which is a new high.”
Despite the heat, fishing has been good this summer at Santee Cooper, Collins said.
“It depends on which part of the lake you are fishing. Lake Marion has been better than Lake Moultrie. They are catching them on topwater, such as Spooks and floating worms. Soft plastics like Senkos are working on the deeper trees.”
Carolina Angler’s Team Trail – Santee Cooper Summer Division
Sat, Jul 23, 2011
Santee Cooper Lakes
John C Land Facility
Call Brett Collins 803-413-7521
