FLORENCE, Ala. (June 10, 2011) – Lloyd Pickett Jr. of Bartlett, Tenn., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 27 pounds, 13 ounces Friday to lead day two of the EverStart Series Southeast Division bass fishing tournament on Pickwick Lake. Pickett, with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 52-12, holds a massive 13-pound, 7-ounce lead going into the final day of competition. The final weigh-in on Saturday will be at Walmart located at 3100 Hough Rd. in Florence, Ala., and start at 3p.m.
The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition are:
2nd: Bobby Padgett, LaGrange, Ga., 10 bass, 39-5
3rd: Anthony Goggins, Auburn, Ala., 10 bass, 37-8
4th: William Davis, Sheffield, Ala., 10 bass, 36-8
5th: Scott Mansfield, McKenzie, Tenn., 10 bass, 35-4
6th: Donny Beck, Killen, Ala., 10 bass, 34-11
7th: Curt McGuire, Paris, Tenn., 10 bass, 34-9
8th: Matt Ferguson, Pontotoc, Miss., 10 bass, 34-9
9th: Jeremy Utley, Florence, Ala., 10 bass, 34-8
10th: Randy Haynes, Counce, Tenn., 10 bass, 33-2
Rounding out the top 25 pros are:
11th: Kip Carter, Loganville, Ga., 10 bass, 32-13, $1,988
12th: Tim Wilson, Gas City, Ind., 10 bass, 32-13, $1,988
13th: Chad Prough, Chipley, Fla., 10 bass, 32-10, $1,988
14th: Jimmy Harrison, Marianna, Fla., 10 bass, 32-5, $1,988
15th: Clark Smith Jr., Pell City, Ala., 10 bass, 32-5, $1,988
16th: Danny Montgomery, Waterloo, Ala., 10 bass, 31-9, $1,491
17th: Jason Lambert, Pickwick Dam, Tenn., 10 bass, 31-6, $1,491
18th: Leon Williams, Fairdale, Ky., 10 bass, 31-3, $1,491
19th: Andy Poss, Muscle Shoals, Ala., 10 bass, 31-2, $1,491
20th: Kelley Jaye, Dadeville, Ala., 10 bass, 30-9, $1,491
21st: Koby Kreiger, Okeechobee, Fla., 10 bass, 30-7, $1,391
22nd: Keith Whitlow, Savanah, Tenn., 10 bass, 30-1, $1,391
23rd: Todd Rasberry, Killen, Ala., 10 bass, 30-1, $1,391
24th: Brian Parker, Corinth, Miss., 10 bass, 29-14, $1,391
25th: Kevin Snider, Elizabethtown, Ky., 10 bass, 29-13, $1,391
Pickett caught the EverStart Series Big Bass weighing 8-5 on the pro side to win $296.
Richard Peek of Centre, Ala., leads the Co-angler Division with 10 bass weighing 41-4.
The top 10 co-anglers advancing to the final day of competition are:
2nd: Tim Cummings, Waynesboro, Tenn., 10 bass, 35-7
3rd: Lyn Melton, Florence, Ala., 10 bass, 32-5
4th: T.J. Smith, Richmond, Ky., 10 bass, 28-13
5th: Daniel Hinkelman, Conyers, Ga., 10 bass, 28-6
6th: Greg Sorrell, Guntersville, Ala., 10 bass, 28-3
7th: Justin Jones, Apex, N.C., 10 bass, 27-15
8th: Daniel Costley, Memphis, Tenn., 10 bass, 27-3
9th: Robert Russell, Smyrna, Tenn., 10 bass, 26-9
10th: Jason Smith, Killen, Ala., 10 bass, 26-8
Jones caught the EverStart Series Big Bass weighing 7-10 on the co-angler side to win $197.