Tharp Takes Early Lead In Flw Major On Beaver
It’s hard to separate yourself when big bites are so scarce. Only 2 pounds, 3 ounces separate 1st place from 10th.
Tharp’s bass weighed 15 pounds, 7 ounces.
Powroznik’s weighed 14-11.
The rest of the Top 10:
3rd: Dr. Pepper TEN pro Glenn Browne, Ocala, Fla., five bass, 14-8
4th: STP® pro Stetson Blaylock, Benton, Ark., five bass, 14-6
5th: Straight Talk pro Scott Canterbury, Springville, Ala., five bass, 14-5
5th: Christian Romans, Carrollton, Ky., five bass, 14-5
7th: Chevy pro Jay Yelas, Corvallis, Ore., five bass, 14-3
8th: Chevy pro Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., five bass, 13-12
9th: Chevy pro Luke Clausen, Spokane, Wash., five bass, 13-9
10th:Thanh Le, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., five bass, 13-4
Romans caught Thursday’s big bass weighing 5 pounds 7 ounces on the pro side to win $500.
Overall there were 625 bass weighing 1,144 pounds, 8 ounces caught by pros Thursday.
Tharp is doing something different in some odd places. He has taken precautions to not be seen for very long in any one place. He cut his practice days short in order to avoid being seen. He ran way up the river and fished down lake as well. Tharp had a limit by 8:15 this morning and said 4 of those fish came in the first 15 minutes of his day.
Chad Pipkens of Holt, Mich., leads the Co-angler Division with five bass weighing 10-12 followed by Rich Dalbey of Greenville, Texas, in second place with five bass weighing 10-11.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers are:
3rd: Kenny Blackwood, Rogers, Ark., three bass, 9-6
4th: Maurice Cobb, Kuttawa, Ky., four bass, 7-14
5th: Rob Hicks, Lula, Ga., five bass, 7-8
6th: Greg O’Neal, Winchester, Tenn., four bass, 7-7
7th: Ralph Myhlhousen, Council Bluffs, Iowa, five bass, 7-4
8th: Steven Meador, Bella Vista, Ark., five bass, 7-3
9th: Clint Williams, Fayetteville, Ark., five bass, 7-0
10th:Sam Loveless, Somerset, Ky., three bass, 6-14
