FLORENCE, Ala. (June 9, 2011) – Lloyd Pickett Jr. of Bartlett, Tenn., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 24 pounds, 15 ounces Thursday to lead day one of the EverStart Series Southeast Division bass fishing tournament on Pickwick Lake. Pickett holds a 2-pound, 11-ounce lead going into the second day of competition. The weigh-in Friday will be at McFarland Park beginning at 2 p.m. The final weigh-in on Saturday will be at Walmart located at 3100 Hough Rd. in Florence, Ala., and start at 3 p.m.
Rounding out the top 25 pros are:
2nd: William Davis, Sheffield, Ala., five bass, 22-4
3rd: Curt McGuire, Paris, Tenn., five bass, 19-14
4th: Kevin Snider, Elizabethtown, Ky., five bass, 19-10
5th: Randy Haynes, Counce, Tenn., five bass, 19-8
6th: Bobby Padgett, LaGrange, Ga., five bass, 19-5
7th: Jason Lambert, Pickwick Dam, Tenn., five bass, 19-2
8th: Casey Martin, Huntsville, Ala., five bass, 19-1
9th: Jimmy Harrison, Marianna, Fla., five bass, 18-14
10th: Keith Whitlow, Savanah, Tenn., five bass, 18-13
11th: Matt Ferguson, Pontotoc, Miss., five bass, 18-12
12th: Donny Beck, Killen, Ala., five bass, 18-0
Anthony Goggins, Auburn, Ala., five bass, 18-0
George Kapiton, Inverness, Fla., five bass, 18-0
Todd Rasberry, Killen, Ala., five bass, 18-0
16th: Marty Brown, Dalton, Ga., five bass, 17-13
17th: Adam Lynch, Hamilton, Ala., five bass, 17-10
18th: Clark Smith Jr., Pell City, Ala., five bass, 17-9
19th: Leon Williams, Fairdale, Ky., five bass, 17-7
20th: Andy Poss, Muscle Shoals, Ala., five bass, 17-3
21st: Shawn Perrigo, Rienzi, Miss., five bass, 17-2
22nd: Jeremy Utley, Florence, Ala., five bass, 16-13
23rd: Koby Kreiger, Okeechobee, Fla., five bass, 16-12
24th: Chad Prough, Chipley, Fla., five bass, 16-11
25th: Tim Wilson, Gas City, Ind., five bass, 16-8
Pickett caught the EverStart Series Big Bass weighing 7-2 on the pro side to win $296.
Richard Peek of Centre, Ala., leads the Co-angler Division with five bass weighing 20-4.
Rounding out the top 25 co-anglers are:
2nd: Daniel Costley, Memphis, Tenn., five bass, 17-7
3rd: Tim Cummings, Waynesboro, Tenn., five bass, 17-3
4th: Lyn Melton, Florence, Ala., five bass, 16-9
5th: James Sharp, Leesburg, Ga., five bass, 15-12
6th: Jason Smith, Killen, Ala., five bass, 15-5
7th: Greg Noles, LaGrange, Ga., five bass, 15-3
8th: Aaron Fahnestock, Enterprise, Ala., five bass, 15-2
9th: Scotty Gasaway, Dennis, Miss., five bass, 15-1
10th: Marty Denton, Hampton Cove, Ala., five bass, 14-14
11th: Greg Sorrell, Guntersville, Ala., five bass, 14-6
12th: Greg Gilley, Orange Beach, Ala., five bass, 14-5
13th: Shane Robertson, Gadsden, Ala., five bass, 14-3
14th: Mitch Reynolds, Petal, Miss., five bass, 14-0
15th: Steve Brown, Cordova, Tenn., five bass, 13-15
16th: Howard Poitevint, Bainbridge, Ga., five bass, 13-12
17th: Jamie Bladow, Houston, Ala., five bass, 13-9
18th: Daniel Hinkelman, Conyers, Ga., five bass, 13-7
Charles Nails, Rainbow City, Ala., five bass, 13-7
20th: Jimmy Brumfield, Madison, Miss., five bass, 13-5
21st: T.J. Smith, Richmond, Ky., five bass, 13-0
22nd: Johnny Carr, Loxley, Ala., five bass, 12-14
23rd: Wesley Anderson, Moscow, Tenn., five bass, 12-12
24th: Robert Russell, Smyrna, Tenn., five bass, 12-9
25th: Donnie Dodd, Guntersville, Ala., five bass, 12-5
Chuck Ledbetter, Fort Campbell, Ky., five bass, 12-5
Barry Stokes, Covington, Ga., five bass, 12-5
Costley caught the EverStart Series Big Bass weighing 8-7 on the co-angler side to win $197.