D&R Sports Center Report
Luke Gritter and Neil Vande Biezen won the D&R Sports Center Tourney Series at Hardy Dam last weekend.
The winners had 17.32 pounds anchored by a 3.79 pounder.
"Luke and I were using a Strike Kings’s ZToo, a tube and a jig in anywhere from 10 to 22 feet,” explained Vande Biezen. “It was pretty tough, most of the fish we caught were scattered all over the place."
Miles Hanley and Randy VanDam finished a hair behind with 17.20 pounds. Their big fish weighed 4.38.
"We had originally planned on going out deep, but we ended up catching a few really nice ones shallow,” said VanDam. “We decided to just expand on that all day and grind it out the best we could. It turned out to be awesome as we caught them flipping and pitching. There weren’t many pads but submerged trees and weeds were where most of our bites came from. It's all how you shake the stick."
Third place went to Jeff Elliot and Trevor Young with 17.01 pounds.
"We spent most of our day utilizing MEGA Live 2 in deep water,” said Elliot. “We used Crush City freeloaders out deeper with the ML 2. Also, winding a 3.3 Keitech and dragging a finesse jig got us quality bites. It was a lot of fishing areas vs spots for us as the fish moved around a bunch."
Gary and Ben Diekevers were fourth with 15.45 pounds and had the biggest bass, a 4.44 pounder.
Fifth place was won by Forrest Brown and Brian Hopp with 15.06 pounds.