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Missouri’s Chad Brauer Takes Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open in Dominating Performance on Red River

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. – Chad Brauer’s mastery of the Red River continued Saturday and left even local anglers shaking their heads in disbelief. Boating the week’s heaviest catch, 21 pounds, 3 ounces, to the scales as the last angler to weigh in, the Osage Beach, Mo., pro totally blew away the competition in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open here. His three-day total of 56-14 easily bested runner-up Craig Schuff by more than 16 pounds; Schuff weighed in 40-12.

“Tournaments like this don’t happen very often,” said Brauer, whose only other win in BASS competition came in 1996. “I had a large area completely to myself the entire week, so all I had to do was figure out what the bass were doing. I never had to fish defensively at all.”

Concentrating in an off-river oxbow he found on Internet maps and visited this past February, Brauer flipped a black/blue flake Strike King Rodent and cranked a Strike King Series 4S crankbait around various types of flooded timber. With water levels dropping daily, he followed the bass as they moved from the shoreline out to about 10 feet where they suspended in fallen timber.

“I had my limit today by 9 a.m.,” said Brauer. “But it only weighed about 10 pounds. Then, between 9:30 and 11 a.m., everything I caught was in the 3- to 4-pound range. I left the area at 11 a.m to come back to the weigh-in.”

Schuff, winner of the Central Division’s opening event at Lake Amistad, fished within site of the launch ramp, but had to work much harder. Rather than fish a floating frog over lily pads as most were doing, he swam a 5/16-oz. Eakins Finesse Jig with a NetBait Paca Craw trailer through the pads a foot under the surface. As unusual as the technique may have been, it kept Schuff in the top five all week.

James Biggs of Bedford, Texas, followed in third with 38-11; he was fishing laydown timber with nearby deep water and catching 15 to 20 bass a day with finesse-type plastic worms and light line. Keith Combs captured fourth with 32-10, after spending his tournament fishing a shallow backwater area with floating frogs and shallow-running crankbaits.

Dianna Clark, a former Women’s Bassmaster Tour champion and one of several former WBT anglers in the tournament, claimed fifth with 31-5, flipping a Lake Fork Trophy Tackle finesse lure to shallow stumps and laydowns. Rather than run to different areas, Clark, who’s known for her flipping skills, stayed in one small area and worked it thoroughly all three days.

Thomas Tysdal, an IBM program manager, won the co-angler division with four bass weighing 20 pounds, 14 ounces. More than half that weight came with one bass, an 11-pound, 3-ounce, giant he caught on a Spro Bronzeye Frog Jr. on Friday.

Saturday’s final weigh-in was conducted at Bass Pro Shops in Bossier City where an overflow crowd watched as each pro and co-angler partner were pulled to the weigh-in stage in Toyota Tundra trucks.

The next Central Open tournament, to be held on Lake Texoma on Oct. 21-23, will close out the series and determine the two 2011 Bassmaster Classic spots and the seven qualifying berths into the Bassmaster Elite Series.

Leading the race is Schuff, who is followed by Texan Keith Combs and Bassmaster Elite Series angler Clark Reehm. The full standings can be found below.

BASS PRO SHOPS BASSMASTER CENTRAL OPEN STANDINGS- RED RIVER- PRO- FINAL

2010 Bassmaster Central Open Tour 2 - Shreveport, LA 06/03-06/05 Red River, Shreveport La.

(BOATER) Standings Day 3

Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$

1. Chad Brauer Osage Beach, Mo. 15 56-14 310 $47,571.00

Day 1: 5 16-15 Day 2: 5 18-12 Day 3: 5 21-03

2. Craig Schuff Watauga, Texas 15 40-12 295 $21,143.00

Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 5 14-14 Day 3: 5 10-06

3. James Biggs Bedford, Texas 15 38-11 290 $14,800.00

Day 1: 5 11-07 Day 2: 5 14-10 Day 3: 5 12-10

4. Keith Combs Del Rio, Texas 13 32-10 285 $10,571.00

Day 1: 3 5-10 Day 2: 5 11-06 Day 3: 5 15-10

5. Dianna Clark Bumpus Mills, Tenn. 14 31-05 280 $9,514.00

Day 1: 5 11-14 Day 2: 4 6-05 Day 3: 5 13-02

6. Frank Scalish Cleveland Heights, Ohi 15 30-04 276 $8,457.00

Day 1: 5 13-06 Day 2: 5 8-02 Day 3: 5 8-12

7. Russell Parrish Riesel, Texas 10 30-02 277 $7,400.00

Day 1: 5 18-10 Day 2: 2 4-09 Day 3: 3 6-15

8. Brian Clark Haltom City, Texas 15 29-09 268 $6,343.00

Day 1: 5 9-07 Day 2: 5 9-09 Day 3: 5 10-09

9. Ryan Piersdorf Forest Lake, Minn. 13 29-00 264 $5,286.00

Day 1: 3 7-08 Day 2: 5 11-08 Day 3: 5 10-00

10. James Stricklin Jasper, Texas 13 28-07 260 $4,757.00

Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 3 6-00 Day 3: 5 9-07

11. Scott Mcgehee Madison, Miss. 14 28-06 257 $4,229.00

Day 1: 5 11-05 Day 2: 4 6-06 Day 3: 5 10-11

12. Scott Dean Terrell, Texas 15 28-04 254 $3,700.00

Day 1: 5 6-02 Day 2: 5 11-07 Day 3: 5 10-11

13. Jim Dillard Houston, Ark. 14 27-08 251 $3,171.00

Day 1: 5 12-07 Day 2: 4 5-10 Day 3: 5 9-07

14. Jared Miller Cookson, Okla. 11 27-08 248 $2,643.00

Day 1: 5 8-07 Day 2: 5 18-00 Day 3: 1 1-01

15. Lee Sisson Winter Haven, Fla. 14 27-07 245 $2,379.00

Day 1: 5 9-03 Day 2: 5 10-10 Day 3: 4 7-10

16. OT Fears Sallisaw, Okla. 12 27-05 243 $2,114.00

Day 1: 4 10-02 Day 2: 3 6-14 Day 3: 5 10-05

17. Derick Kuyrkendall Bergheim, Texas 13 27-01 241 $2,009.00

Day 1: 5 13-04 Day 2: 5 7-07 Day 3: 3 6-06

18. Clark Wendlandt Leander, Texas 14 26-10 239 $1,903.00

Day 1: 4 7-08 Day 2: 5 10-04 Day 3: 5 8-14

19. Tommy Martin Hemphill, Texas 13 25-06 237 $1,797.00

Day 1: 5 9-10 Day 2: 4 6-09 Day 3: 4 9-03

20. Tim Skelton Sallisaw, Okla. 13 23-06 235 $1,691.00

Day 1: 5 11-05 Day 2: 5 7-15 Day 3: 3 4-02

21. Robbie Latuso Gonzales, La. 13 23-04 233 $1,533.00

Day 1: 5 6-03 Day 2: 5 10-09 Day 3: 3 6-08

22. Cody Bird Granbury, Texas 13 23-03 231 $1,480.00

Day 1: 5 12-04 Day 2: 5 7-09 Day 3: 3 3-06

23. Mark Pack Mineola, Texas 14 22-07 229 $1,427.00

Day 1: 5 8-05 Day 2: 4 7-03 Day 3: 5 6-15

24. Marvin Ettredge Shreveport, La. 9 21-08 227 $1,374.00

Day 1: 5 7-02 Day 2: 3 10-11 Day 3: 1 3-11

25. Dave Parsons Yantis, Texas 10 21-07 225 $1,321.00

Day 1: 3 10-00 Day 2: 5 7-13 Day 3: 2 3-10

26. Billy Hurt Spring Creek, Tenn. 11 20-05 223 $1,269.00

Day 1: 4 9-10 Day 2: 5 7-00 Day 3: 2 3-11

27. Mark Kirkpatrick Wichita, Kan. 8 20-05 221 $1,216.00

Day 1: 5 15-06 Day 2: 1 2-01 Day 3: 2 2-14

28. Spencer Mcalester Denison, Texas 10 19-07 219 $1,163.00

Day 1: 5 13-06 Day 2: 2 2-07 Day 3: 3 3-10

29. Brian Kanke Spring, Texas 8 19-00 217 $1,110.00

Day 1: 5 11-00 Day 2: 1 5-00 Day 3: 2 3-00

30. Dewayne French Mammoth Spring, Ark. 10 16-15 215 $1,057.00

Day 1: 4 8-09 Day 2: 5 7-05 Day 3: 1 1-01

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Totals

Day #Limits #Fish Weight

1 41 455 904-11

2 28 393 757-15

3 15 112 235-06

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84 960 1898-00

BASS PRO SHOPS BASSMASTER CENTRAL OPEN- RED RIVER- CO-ANGLER- FINAL

2010 Bassmaster Central Open Tour 2 - Shreveport, LA 06/03-06/05 Red River, Shreveport La.

(NON-BOATER) Standings Day 3

Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$

1. Thomas Tysdal Lawton, Okla. 4 20-14 310 $34,000.00

Day 1: 0 0-00 Day 2: 2 14-06 Day 3: 2 6-08

2. Bryan Cox Shreveport, La. 9 20-11 295 $5,286.00

Day 1: 3 6-04 Day 2: 3 7-10 Day 3: 3 6-13

3. Randy Skelton Greenbrier, Ark. 8 18-04 290 $4,229.00

Day 1: 3 8-06 Day 2: 2 2-05 Day 3: 3 7-09

4. Bryan Hester Bossier City, La. 8 17-13 285 $3,171.00

Day 1: 3 6-11 Day 2: 2 5-09 Day 3: 3 5-09

5. Dustin Wood Keithville, La. 7 17-12 280 $2,643.00

Day 1: 3 8-13 Day 2: 1 2-09 Day 3: 3 6-06

6. Todd Gibson Haughton, La. 7 16-07 276 $2,379.00

Day 1: 3 8-09 Day 2: 2 2-12 Day 3: 2 5-02

7. Ronnie Terry San Angelo, Texas 8 15-14 277 $2,114.00

Day 1: 3 10-02 Day 2: 3 3-02 Day 3: 2 2-10

8. Dale Jamison Vidalia, La. 8 14-05 268 $2,009.00

Day 1: 3 5-00 Day 2: 3 4-07 Day 3: 2 4-14

9. Dan Stevens Dry Prong, La. 8 14-04 264 $1,797.00

Day 1: 3 4-13 Day 2: 3 4-02 Day 3: 2 5-05

10. Adrian Smiley Bossier City, La. 7 14-04 260 $1,374.00

Day 1: 1 2-08 Day 2: 3 6-00 Day 3: 3 5-12

11. Raul Cordero Del Rio, Texas 6 14-00 257 $1,163.00

Day 1: 2 3-03 Day 2: 1 5-01 Day 3: 3 5-12

12. Gilbert Herald Pittsburg, Texas 6 13-15 254 $1,057.00

Day 1: 2 2-14 Day 2: 3 7-05 Day 3: 1 3-12

13. Russell Lohman Pineville, La. 8 13-14 251 $951.00

Day 1: 3 4-05 Day 2: 2 4-02 Day 3: 3 5-07

14. Bobby Sharpley Haughton, La. 6 12-03 248 $846.00

Day 1: 1 1-12 Day 2: 3 7-01 Day 3: 2 3-06

15. Randall Vaughan Blanco, Texas 7 12-02 245 $740.00

Day 1: 2 4-15 Day 2: 3 5-03 Day 3: 2 2-00

16. Raleigh Todd Lexington, Tenn. 5 11-10 243 $714.00

Day 1: 3 5-09 Day 2: 1 4-13 Day 3: 1 1-04

17. Heath Willard Brookhaven, Miss. 4 11-00 241 $687.00

Day 1: 0 0-00 Day 2: 3 9-03 Day 3: 1 1-13

18. Rodney Floyd San Angelo, Texas 5 10-13 239 $661.00

Day 1: 2 4-08 Day 2: 2 4-12 Day 3: 1 1-09

19. Joseph Sestak Tabor, S.D. 6 10-06 237 $634.00

Day 1: 2 3-01 Day 2: 3 5-08 Day 3: 1 1-13

20. Brian Tolley Katy, Texas 6 10-05 235 $608.00

Day 1: 3 5-03 Day 2: 3 5-02 Day 3: 0 0-00

21. Buz Craft Vidalia, La. 7 10-02 233 $581.00

Day 1: 3 4-05 Day 2: 3 3-15 Day 3: 1 1-14

22. John Moon Brookeland, Texas 7 10-00 231 $529.00

Day 1: 3 5-15 Day 2: 3 3-02 Day 3: 1 0-15

23. Austin Abadie Saint Amant, La. 5 9-13 229 $502.00

Day 1: 2 4-04 Day 2: 3 5-09 Day 3: 0 0-00

24. Steven Duty Collins, Miss. 6 9-10 227 $476.00

Day 1: 3 4-07 Day 2: 3 5-03 Day 3: 0 0-00

25. Allen Wares Austin, Texas 4 9-09 225 $449.00

Day 1: 3 8-02 Day 2: 1 1-07 Day 3: 0 0-00

26. Barry Gray Bastrop, La. 4 9-05 223 $423.00

Day 1: 3 8-00 Day 2: 0 0-00 Day 3: 1 1-05

27. Travis Gray Princeton, La. 5 9-04 221 $396.00

Day 1: 2 5-12 Day 2: 2 2-05 Day 3: 1 1-03

28. Jubal Cannon Lufkin, Texas 4 9-03 219 $370.00

Day 1: 1 2-15 Day 2: 2 5-00 Day 3: 1 1-04

29. Kevin Culpepper Seminary, Miss. 5 9-00 217 $344.00

Day 1: 3 5-15 Day 2: 2 3-01 Day 3: 0 0-00

30. Frank Polley Henderson, Texas 4 8-13 215 $317.00

Day 1: 3 7-01 Day 2: 1 1-12 Day 3: 0 0-00

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Totals

Day #Limits #Fish Weight

1 0 242 467-02

2 0 181 341-13

3 0 45 89-13

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0 468 898-12

BASSMASTER CENTRAL OPEN POINTS STANDINGS- PRO

2010 Bassmaster Central Open Tour 2 - Shreveport, LA - Central Open 2 - Shreveport, LA Boater Points After Red River, Shreveport, La. Ending 06-05-2010, Day 3

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Place Name St Pts

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1 Craig Schuff Texas 600

2 Keith Combs Texas 545

3 Clark Reehm Ark. 502

4 Dean Alexander Texas 484

5 James Stricklin Texas 479

6 Ray Hanselman Texas 476

7 Frank Scalish Ohio 467

8 Lee Sisson Fla. 460

9 Jared Miller Okla. 455

10 Russell Parrish Texas 454

10 Aaron Johnson La. 454

10 Randy Allen La. 454

13 Cody Bird Texas 444

14 Mike Kernan Texas 442

15 Clark Wendlandt Texas 434

15 Todd Castledine Texas 434

17 Trent Huckaby Texas 433

18 Jimmy Mize Ark. 424

19 Ricky Campbell Texas 419

20 Tommy Martin Texas 418

21 Bo Middleton Okla. 416

22 Timmy Reneau Texas 411

23 Tim Skelton Okla. 410

24 Jimmy Johnson Texas 398

25 Jami Fralick S.D. 396

26 Dicky Newberry Texas 390

27 Jim Dillard Ark. 388

28 Chris Burnham La. 386

29 Chad Griffin Texas 379

30 Dillon Lee Texas 378

31 James Biggs Texas 377

32 Derick Kuyrkendall Texas 374

32 Dave Parsons Texas 374

32 Homer Humphreys La. 374

35 Rob Burns Texas 373

36 Scott Mcgehee Miss. 362

37 Scott Dean Texas 361

38 Roger Boler La. 352

38 Darrell Newman Texas 352

40 Joey Nania Wash. 344

41 Chad Brauer Mo. 343

42 Spencer Mcalester Texas 342

43 Lendell Martin Texas 336

44 Bob Weaver Okla. 324

44 Myron Beachy Texas 324

46 Brian Clark Texas 320

47 Charles Hammack Texas 314

48 OT Fears Okla. 308

49 Lisa Sternard Tenn. 306

50 Craig Hatchel Texas 298

51 Dianna Clark Tenn. 294

52 Chad Martin Calif. 290

53 Monty Fralick S.D. 289

54 Matt Michel La. 286

55 Dustin Lester Texas 284

55 Robbie Latuso La. 284

57 Brandon Mosley Okla. 280

58 Kenta Kimura Texas 278

58 Tommy Durham Texas 278

60 Brian Kanke Texas 276

60 Michael Yoder Ark. 276

62 Billy Hurt Tenn. 273

63 Zack Gagnard La. 270

63 Ray Brazier Tenn. 270

65 Stephen Johnston Texas 269

66 Chris McCall Texas 268

67 Ryan Piersdorf Minn. 264

68 Lance Vick Texas 262

68 Thomas Redington Texas 262

70 Randy Pitre La. 259

71 Ernest Smoak La. 256

71 Wayne Brown Okla. 256

73 Ed Whaley Texas 255

74 Preston Johnson Wisc. 253

74 Dewayne French Ark. 253

76 Mark Kirkpatrick Kan. 250

77 Wade Leblanc La. 249

78 Dave Mansue Texas 245

79 Jacky Hawthorne Texas 240

80 Austin Terry Texas 236

81 Bob Sealy Texas 232

81 Brent Broussard La. 232

83 Mark Pack Texas 231

84 Logan Sherrer La. 230

84 Mike Burns Texas 230

86 Marvin Ettredge La. 227

87 Mike Bates Texas 226

88 Jerry Dolezal Texas 224

89 Porter Trimble La. 221

90 Robert Gann La. 217

91 Patrick Pierce Fla. 215

92 Ryan Dupriest Texas 212

92 Jamie Narramore Ark. 212

94 Bryan Schmidt Texas 210

95 Josh Guess Fla. 208

96 Ryan Lovelace Texas 205

97 Pam Martin-Wells Ga. 202

98 Debra Hengst Texas 201

99 Michael Randolph Texas 199

100 Larry Byrd La. 198

101 Dru Smith Okla. 196

101 Eddy May Kan. 196

103 Chris Weaver Okla. 190

104 Harold Allen Texas 186

105 Teb Jones Miss. 182

106 Jamie Laiche La. 178

107 David Sherrer La. 177

108 Chris Wilkerson Texas 173

109 Trent Durst Texas 172

110 Bill Lee Texas 171

111 Josh Bertrand Ariz. 166

112 Ken Iyobe Japan 163

113 Mike Edwards Texas 162

114 Arnie Lane Fla. 154

115 Mark Smith La. 151

116 Austin Banks Miss. 149

117 Jonathan Brown La. 146

118 Mark Peiser Ind. 141

119 Lisa Johnson Ala. 140

120 Paul Pagnato Va. 135

121 Janet Parker Texas 134

122 Terry Peacock Texas 132

123 Bink Desaro Nev. 129

124 Robert Chandler La. 127

125 Jerry Barnett La. 125

126 Tony Chachere La. 124

127 David Cooper La. 123

128 Ryan Brown La. 121

128 Robert Byrd Texas 121

130 Jim Culp Okla. 117

131 Brannon Long Texas 115

132 Jay Fuller Okla. 113

133 Cliff Crowder Ark. 112

134 Quinn Peacock Texas 110

135 Blake Foret La. 109

136 Helen Gordon Texas 107

137 Andy Gaia Texas 99

138 Ben Rude Okla. 91

139 Meta Burrell Texas 89

140 Kyle Fox Fla. 88

141 Sandi Karnes Texas 85

142 Ronald Rogers Texas 83

143 Vincent Parello Texas 82

143 Richard Crozier Texas 82

145 Tim Blanchette Texas 81

146 Tim Webb Kan. 80

147 Reed Sartin Texas 79

148 David Mullins Texas 76

149 Randy Qualls Ark. 75

149 Mark Child Texas 75

151 Darold Gleason La. 74

152 Kenny Rooke Texas 73

152 Jeff Blankenship Ill. 73

154 Gary Key Ariz. 72

155 Shane Hilton La. 70

156 Gary Vining La. 68

157 T. Isaacs Okla. 67

158 Perry Powell Texas 66

159 Keith Bryan Calif. 64

160 Cody Malone Texas 62

160 Mike Hawkes Texas 62

162 Darrell West Ark. 61

163 Dale Jackson Texas 60

164 Joseph Lancaster Texas 58

165 Claude Rabb La. 57

166 Chad Vosburg La. 55

166 Kevin Ledoux Okla. 55

168 Jason Berg Minn. 54

169 Judy Wong La. 52

169 Rick Hanna Texas 52

171 Scott Suggs Ark. 47

172 Barry Bennett Texas 46

173 Chuck Moore Texas 45

174 Monty Kirby Texas 44

174 Johnny Grice Texas 44

176 Gilbert Coats Texas 43

177 Jeff Wade Ark. 41

178 Johnny Graham Okla. 37

178 Christiana Bradley Va. 37

180 Mike Pharr La. 35

181 Jeff Cloud Texas 32

182 Bobby Bolton La. 29

183 Mike Bakutis Ill. 28

183 Doug Vahrenberg Mo. 28

185 Charles Thompson La. 25

186 Larry Triplett Colo. 24

187 Kathy Crowder Ark. 22

188 J.C. Worley Okla. 20

189 Cheryl Spencer Okla. 19

190 Sandy Gaudet La. 18

191 Buck Carraway Texas 14

192 Yukinari Uchiyama Texas 13

193 Trey Cloud La. 9

194 Wade Middleton Texas 8

195 Michael Hubbard Colo. 7

196 Douglas Watkins Ark. 6

197 Dustin Cotten Texas 3

198 Sammy Burks Mo. 0

198 Chris Brimager Kan. 0

198 Bill Watts Texas 0

198 Steven Lynam Texas 0

198 Brandon Collins La. 0

198 Theron Caldwell Texas 0

198 Kevin Ricks La. 0

198 Steve Hayden Texas 0

198 Jerrel Pringle Texas 0

198 Dwight Dickerson Texas 0

198 Joe Papa La. 0

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