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Tournament Date: Aug 28, 2010
Lonnie Franklin and Mitch DeMint win at Mark Twain
The 6th tournament of the Year on Mark Twain Lake came with ocean blue skies and the air temp hovering around the lower 60s in the morning and mid 80s in the afternoon. Lake level was 616 and dropping.
1st place went to Lonnie Franklin and Mitch DeMint. They had 5 fish that weighed 14.23. They stated that they had an early bite catching them on mud bank main lake points on buzz baits, and Carolina rigs. They had 6 keepers in all.
2nd place went to Jim Coyner and Keith Ostrander. They had 5 fish that weighed 13.27 that was anchored by the big bass of the day which weighed 3.99 pounds. They had an all day bite fishing main lake points in the mid lake area on worms, jigs and spinner baits. They had 7 keepers for the day.
| Name | Place | Total Fish | Live Fish | Big Bass | Total Weight | Penalty | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin / DeMint | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3.77 | 14.23 | 0 | 50 |
| Coyner / Ostrander | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3.99 | 13.27 | 0 | 49 |
| Eise / Eise | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.85 | 11.04 | 0 | 48 |
| Long / Williams | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8.51 | 0 | 47 |
| Moore / Jacoby | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.33 | 0 | 46 |
| Neier / Slocum | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.32 | 0 | 45 |
| Berry / Brockleman | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.09 | 0 | 44 |
| Dodd / Skinner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Grothoff / Grothoff | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Harrington / Damefor | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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