The Wild West Bass Trail top-10 field cut for Championship Sunday on February 26 at Lake Mohave has been named.
SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. – Laythe Moore of Banning, Calif. grabbed the lead on Day Two of the Wild West Bass Trail (WWBT) Pro/Am on Lake Mohave, presented by the City of Henderson, weighing the big stringer of the day at the desert fishery with 19.37. Moore’s sack was anchored by his biggest bass at 4.19. His two-day total of 37.18 moved him three spots and gave him a lead of more than four-pounds.
Securing a spot to fish in the top-10 on Championship Sunday kept Moore tight-lipped regarding his Mohave strategy. “I am using a finesse technique and I’m getting most of my fish early in the morning,” he revealed.
Also climbing three spots, landing in 2nd place with a two-day total of 33.14 was Troy Lindner from Los Angeles, Calif. “It was a little bit tougher today; but I still caught ‘em,” shared Lindner who also chose not to disclose any fishing deets for the day.
Rocketing up the leaderboard from 11th,, Tai Au of Glendale, Ariz. weighed a full string at 17.25 to lock a spot in the top-3 for Championship Sunday. Au’s biggest bass went 4.29. “I sight fished ‘em all,” said Au.
The WWBT Pro/Am at Mohave will continue with the top-10 pros and co-anglers casting for a final day on February 26 – Championship Sunday. The day’s forecasted conditions call for cloud cover, a high of 50 degrees spiking at around 2 p.m. and winds from 5 to 11 MPH, changing directions from N, NNW, NNE, ENE, S to SSE throughout the day.
For Championship Sunday, each of the competing pros and cos will be separated into their own boats to once again catch the five biggest bass possible in eight hours on the lake. Each angler will be accompanied by an observer or member of the camera crew.
In this innovative format – new for 2017 – WWBT promotes the co-anglers to the front of a boat to make their own decisions, control their own destiny and get the first (and only) shot at the best cast.
The daily weights for all three competition days will be combined for each angler’s tournament total to determine both a WWBT pro and co-angler champion. Weights are compared against their respective sides – pros against pros and cos against cos.
A live stream of the daily weigh-in is available beginning at 3 p.m.
Preceding the weigh-in – at 2:40 p.m. – is the daily pre-game show featuring the West’s All-Time Leading Money Winner and WWBT tournament director Gary Dobyns alongside WWBT TV host Craig Gottwalls.
The live stream for both is can be found at the Wild West Bass Trail website or at the WWBT Facebook page.
WWBT Pro Top-10 Day Two at Lake Mohave:
- 37.18 Laythe Moore
- 33.14 Troy Lindner
- 32.58 Tai Au
- 31.69 Randy Pierson
- 30.94 Mitch Southern
- 30.56 Justin Kerr
- 30.35 Kevin Wiggins
- 27.45 Jesse Milicevic
- 27.26 Bryant smith
- 27.19 Kenny Webb
Cody Murray climbed into the co-angler top-spot from the runner-up position with a two-day total for seven-fish, weighing 20.96.
WWBT Co-Angler Top-10 Day Two at Lake Mohave:
- 20.96 Cody Murray
- 20.84 Jesse Parks
- 20.12 Brandon Smith
- 18.83 Robert Zumwalt
- 16.51 Gunnar Stanton
- 16.25 Jim Sullivan
- 15.86 Robert Nicholson
- 15.22 Dustin Robinson
- 15.05 Lon Armel
- 15.03 Dante Ray
WWBT Mohave Event Schedule:
Daily Blast off and Weigh-In
1000 Cottonwood Cove
Searchlight, Nev. 89046
Blast Off: Safelight
Weigh-in: 3 p.m. EST
Awards will be presented after the top-10 weigh-in on Sunday, February 26 at the Fiesta Hotel and Casino, located at 777 West Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, Nev.
Blast off and weigh-ins are free of charge and open to the public. Fans can cheer on their favorite fishermen and hometown heroes as part of the WWBT fully-televised event to air on Fox Sports and the Pursuit Channel in the first quarter of 2018.
A special thanks to all of the 2017 WWBT sponsors – A & M Graphics, Costa, Dobyns Rods, Evinrude, Gator Guards, General Tire, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Hydro Force, Lowrance Electronics, Lucas Oil, Power-Pole, Protect the Harvest, Ranger Boats and Super Clean.
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Offering professional-level competition throughout the west, the Wild West Bass Trail provides its anglers the opportunity to further develop and advance their fishing careers. Additionally, the WWBT offers its corporate partners the opportunity to expand sales through comprehensive national and regional television coverage, exclusive on-the-water demonstrations and various tournament incentive programs.
For 2017, the WWBT will conduct 16 events that include one Pro/Am circuit and two Teams circuits – one based in California and the other in Arizona. The Pro/Am circuit consists of five tournaments throughout California and Arizona and a year-end, qualifying championship event. Each Teams circuit includes four tournaments and a year-end, qualifying championship. For more information visit WildWestBassTrail.com and follow WWBT at Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram.
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