STOCKTON, Calif. (May 5, 2011) – Charlie Weyer of West Hills, Calif., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 32 pounds, 9 ounces Thursday to lead day one of the EverStart Series Western Division bass fishing tournament on the California Delta. Weyer holds a 4-pound, 8-ounce lead going into the second day of competition. The weigh-in Friday will be at Weber Point Event Center located at 1025 West Weber Ave. in Stockton and start at 2:30 p.m. The final weigh-in on Saturday will be at Weber Point Event Center and start at 3 p.m.
Rounding out the top 25 pros are:
2nd: Benjamin Byrd, Moab, Utah, five bass, 28-1
3rd: Sean Stafford, Fairfield, Calif., five bass, 27-7
4th: Stephen Tosh Jr., Modesto, Calif., five bass, 27-4
5th: Clifford Pirch, Payson, Ariz., five bass, 26-8
6th: Ken Mah, Elk Grove, Calif., five bass, 25-4
7th: Vu Au, Tucson, Ariz., five bass, 23-8
8th: Michael Tuck, Granite Bay, Calif., five bass, 23-6
9th: Sean Minderman, Spokane, Wash., five bass, 22-14
10th: Steve Geffs, Antelope, Calif., five bass, 21-15
11th: Robert Lee, Angels Camp, Calif., five bass, 21-2
12th: Zack Thompson, Alameda, Calif., five bass, 20-12
13th: Mitch Southern, Yucaipa, Calif., five bass, 20-9
14th: Young Yang, Los Angeles, Calif., five bass, 20-3
15th: Ron Colby, Page, Ariz., five bass, 20-1
16th: Joe Uribe Jr., Lake Forest, Calif., five bass, 19-14
17th: Aaron Cole, Salida, Calif., five bass, 19-12
Tony Lain, Sun City, Calif., five bass, 19-12
19th: Chris Bond, Oak Hills, Calif., five bass, 19-8
Richard Dobyns, Yuba City, Calif., five bass, 19-8
21st: Kurt Walters, Grand Junction, Colo., five bass, 19-4
22nd: Jim Moulton, Merced, Calif., five bass, 19-2
23rd: Keith Kitchen, Bend, Ore., five bass, 18-13
24th: Beau Palley, El Dorado Hills, Calif., five bass, 18-11
25th: Ricky Shabazz, Rialto, Calif., five bass, 18-2
Weyer caught the EverStart Series Big Bass weighing 10-10 on the pro side to win $254.
Kyle Baker of Lancaster, Calif., and Mike Chen of Stockton, Calif., lead the Co-angler Division with both catching five bass weighing 16-13.
Rounding out the top 25 co-anglers are:
3rd: Jared Frantzich, Sacramento, Calif., five bass, 16-11
4th: Trevor Young, Fontana, Calif., five bass, 15-13
5th: Phil Risnes, Hartford, S.D., five bass, 15-10
6th: Lester Albury, Temecula, Calif., five bass, 14-8
7th: Chris Hughes, Orangevale, Calif., five bass, 14-3
8th: Toshiyuki Tanokura, Tokyo, Japan, five bass, 14-1
9th: Greig Sniffen, Saratoga, Calif., five bass, 13-12
10th: Matthew Nadeau, Grass Valley, Calif., five bass, 13-10
11th: Hideki Maeda, five bass, 13-9
12th: Steven Cook, Phoenix, Ariz., five bass, 12-10
13th: Carl Limbrick Jr., San Diego, Calif., five bass, 12-8
14th: Steven Latino, Hemet, Calif., five bass, 12-6
15th: Adam Cartwright, Citrus Heights, Calif., five bass, 12-3
Willie Church, Cottonwood, Calif., five bass, 12-3
17th: Bruce McCune, Anderson, Calif., five bass, 11-12
18th: Tom Elliott, Downey, Calif., five bass, 11-3
19th: Toshitada Suzuki, Katusikaku, Japan, five bass, 11-2
20th: Scott Hamman, Sacramento, Calif., five bass, 11-0
21st: Keith Adams, Redding, Calif., five bass, 10-12
22nd: Aaron Seay, San Diego, Calif., five bass, 10-2
23rd: O’Neal Martin, Roseville, Calif., five bass, 9-12
Bryant Smith, Castro Valley, Calif., five bass, 9-12
25th: Michael “Chip” Gilbert, San Marcos, Calif., five bass, 9-11
Rodney Scott, Newhall, Calif., five bass, 9-11
Jimmy Zanotelli, Redding, Calif., five bass, 9-11
Cook caught the EverStart Series Big Bass weighing 6-12 on the co-angler side to win $169.