Bownlie wins WON BASS Havasu Open

[Bill Hutcheson]

LAKE HAVASU CITY—Scott Brownlie of Apple Valley went wire to wire in capturing the season opener on the WON BASS Tour at Lake Havasu. His two day catch of 26.11 pounds gave him a comfortable margin over Brian Nollar of Homer, Alaska, who finished with 22.16 pounds.

For his catch, Brownlie won the $20,000 cash prize, his second straight success on the popular reservoir. Brownlie’s cause was aided by AAA partner Ken Marchand of San Bernardino on day two who busted a 4.87-pound largemouth on a spinnerbait and another 4-pound smallmouth on a plastic worm.

In third place among pros was Shaun Bailey of Agoura Hills who weighed over 15 pounds on the final day to close the gap with his 21.87 pounds. Doug Riha, of Thousand Oaks, whose second day sack of 16.62 pounds was the heaviest of the tournament, took foruth with 21.84.

Touring pro Thanh Le of La Havasu City, finished fifth with 20.49 pounds.

Jerry Baker of Apple Valley topped the AAA ranks with 19.72 pounds in front of Marchand, taking home $1200.

Jim Sims of Lake Havasu City, Scott Sweet of Chatsworth and Bradley Yang of Los Angeles rounded out the top 5 AAA’s.

Complete results can be found at www.wonbass.com

[swimb8]

Good job Shaun! You da man I cant wait to here how many you lost the first day... I was thinking last night if you caught 15 today you might win. Good job Bro.

Doug, I have nothing to say except you better never think about quiting tournies again. If you guys dont know Doug he's got more skill with a pole than you could ever imagine. It doesnt matter if its a Fly Rod or a fliipin stick, he'll catch em! Congrats on thue huge bags and huge comebacks to both of you.

[Dan P]

Good Job Shaun!

[scottsweet]

Shaun,

It was a real pleasure fishing with you this past weekend. I learned alot...especially not to use flourescent green line with a bright pink worm...I know that doesn't work! Oops...talking to much already.

I had a great time and thanks for making it happen for me! You da man.

[hippie]

who won havasu shaun or scott?????????

[Brian Linehan]

Scott did. I think Shaun got 3rd or 4th.

[S. Bailey]

no problem scott, hope you had fun. Sorry to make ya sweat it out till the end but I had a funny feeling we would find those suckers sooner or later. See ya at the next one !!

Shaun

[scottsweet]

No way...Shaun kicked butt..and I was netboy! I came tied for 3rd in AAA.

[hippie]

Id be proud of a third place net boy too. your great buddy. Good job scott your one bad moffo

[gcopple]

haha, take it easy on scott, he's a great guy. if it wasn't for me stinkin' it up on the first day he would have won it.