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Gary Dobyn's extended his already big 2-pound, day one lead and won the WON BASS Lake Oroville ProAM by more than 5 pounds. An incredible performance by one of the biggest names in bass fishing.




The entire final results are up on wonbass.com now . There will be updates over the next few days with video reports and photos by Jody Only.

Place Name Hometown Fish Weight Penalty Big Fish Total Points
1 Gary Dobyns Yuba City CA 10/10 29.05 4.39 29.05 125
2 John McClellan Oroville CA 10/10 23.67 3.11 23.67 124
3 Ryan Friend Oroville CA 10/10 23.03 2.72 23.03 123
4 Phil Garcia Yuba City CA 10/10 22.89 3.23 22.89 122
5 Steve Consalvi Eureka CA 10/10 22.26 3.89 22.26 121

Thanks for the kind words Bob. The fished changed so much in those few days. Lots of guys stayed really deep (35 to 50 ft ) and those fish should of been the most reliable, pulled the Houdini act. I fished with Richard on Wednesday and saw first hand what the bite was. I really expected it to be won deep. I started shallow and took a clubbing on Day 1 till about 10:30 AM...then caught a 4.39 LM and 20 min later a 3 lb spot. It was my last stop before fishing 35 to 50 feet the rest of the event. One lucky stop and two bites changed everything. Still struggled through the day picking one up here and there. Just kept fishing and BSing with Terri my partner, had a slow but fun day fishing and conversing with new friend. Poached a spot of Richards at day's end and caught a 3 3/4 spot in closing minutes. Caught our fish from 10 to 30 feet, but Terri caught one at 50 feet.

Day 2 started fast, limit in 15 min. They were biting. Caught about 15 fish first hour...three 2 pounders and everything else was less. Made a big change at 10 AM. Straight up went prefishing in areas I have not fished in a year. PAYDIRT...first fish 3.96 spot..5 min later 2.5 spot....lots of keeper fish....another area change and 2.90 spot and lost a BIG one...we were rolling and it was easy at this point. I fished with Merle Noon, he has drawn both me and Richard twice each, so we are friends. Great day fishing and telling stories ( maybe some tall fish stories ) Our fish came from 10 to 30 again, but Merle caught several down to 50 feet on tube and swimbait.

When your catching them, it's fun and easy...when your struggling it plain sucks. I won this tournament because of a 4.39 bite. That bite changed everything and really helped get my head straight calmed me down to go fishing. Now I had some ideas.

Our sport has the highest highs and lowest lows. It's tough on guys but a win makes up for all those struggle days. I took a whipping at FLW a few days ago, but it was great event because Richard did well and so did some close buddies. I was happy for them and it made it special.

Thanks to Won Bass for a fun, great event. Made some good dough and even get to go to the US Open with paid $2000 entry. That's cool!!!! Thanks to both my partners for the help and great conversation all day to keep me calmed down and fishing

Looking forward to the next one!!

Congrats on the win, and thanks for the nice write up on it!

Jon

I REALLY appreciate your nice words and you being back in the winner circle in our regional Pro Am's is exciting for all of us involved in western bass fishing.

We all know you are especially tough to beat when a boat is at stake, so the guys better start practicing if you're fishing at Clear Lake and the U.S. OPEN.

We have a lot of good stuff up on FACEBOOK and wonews.com. I think most of the links can be found in the http://wonews.com write-up. Lots of great photos, group shots and even some great interview videos with many of the anglers thanks to Jody Only.

Thanks to all the anglers who fished with us this week, and to those who are just fans too. I know a lot of guys are rooting for the 49'ers today, so have a great day and enjoy the Superbowl.

Nice job Gary! I hate to say it but when I saw day one results I had a gut feelin everyone else was fishing for second! Funny how everything happens in life for a reason. Glad to c that smile on your face! RR

Conratulations, good to see you back on top!

Great job Mr. Dobyns

Congrats Gary!

Congrats, Great Job!

Great job Gary!!!! Winning by over 5lbs on Oroville, stud!!!

Congrats Gary!

Congratulations Gary!! Great performance and solid win. You still got it..

Mike

Gary you are a class act I so enjoyed fishing with you and I am grateful that we have a new friendship to build on. Fishing no matter who you are with is a learning experience and I thank you for more knowledge. Thank you again. Terri Bittner

[quote="Dorado_33"]Gary you are a class act I so enjoyed fishing with you and I am grateful that we have a new friendship to build on. Fishing no matter who you are with is a learning experience and I thank you for more knowledge. Thank you again. Terri Bittner[/quote]

Thanks for the kind words Terri. The 2nd day was much easier and more fun, we had to work too hard for those on day 1 I hope we get to draw again sometime. Making new friends at events is the side bonus to our sport. Many of my best friends were draw partners and that's how we met. But forget all of that.........

CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN !!!!!!!!

Awesome Gary!!!!! I just purchased 7 Dobyns rods. Glad to know they work this good. Now, if I could only fish like you!!!!!!!
Tim

Good Job Gary..

Its great to see one of the West Coasts Elite anglers and one of the biggest Ambassadors of our sport back on top where he belongs especially after having the last 2 years that youve had, with sugeries, injuries and such. In this day and age where sponsors are tough to come by and even harder to keep, youve proven once again that you are top notch in both company representation and dedication. Congrats on the win!!!

Pete

Great Job Gary!! Awesome Job!! I am glad everything worked out.