 10.74 lbs Wins Sam Rayburn McDonald’s Big Bass Splash  Robert Laird brought in the first double digit bass of the event at 10.74lbs Friday and held the lead to win the McDonald's Big Bass Splash on Lake Sam Rayburn, TX. |
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Mine was bigger.
Laird is a big bass fisherman ! Leads on day 2 at Rayburn.
Robert Laird of Livingston set the hook on a 13.19 pound bass. Laird was fishing in 6 to 8 feet of water beside the U.S. 190 bridge across Lake Livingston. He was using a Bagley crankbait.
Laird’s fish is the first ShareLunker ever entered from Lake Livingston and is the new lake record for largemouth. The fish also was the big fish in the Polk County Bass Club tournament Laird was fishing in and helped him win. The fish bested Lake Livingston’s previous largemouth record of 12.45 pounds caught February 16, 1987.
Lake Livingston is not known as a big bass lake, and some of Laird’s friends doubted him when he said he had a fish over 10 pounds to weigh in.
“They didn’t want to believe me on Lake Livingston,” he said. “When I pulled her out of the bag, all their eyes flew open.”
Any angler legally catching a 13 pound or bigger largemouth bass from Texas waters, public or private, between October 1 and April 30 may submit the fish to the Toyota ShareLunker program by calling program manager David Campbell at 903-681-0550 or paging him at 888-784-0600 and leaving a phone number including area code.
Big Bass Splash results, day 2.
I've been waiting for day 3 results but they are not yet available, soooo, I will publish this. For all hourly results of the 1st 2 days, http://www.sealyoutdoors.com/
Day 2 of the McDonald’s Big Bass Splash on Sam Rayburn started out with very cool temps in the 40’s and the wind was already rolling. Robert Laird is still in the lead from his Day 1catch weighing 10.74 lbs. He was closely challenged on Day 2 as Joe Kirbow (photo on right) of Beaumont, Texas ran to the scales with the biggest catch of his life – a 10.36 lb fish! The top 5 leader board nearly had a complete turnover by the end of the day.
| 1st | Robert Laird | Livingston, TX | 10.74 |
| 2nd | Joe Kirbow | Beaumont, TX | 10.36 |
| 3rd | Tommy Hammons | Jacksonville, TX | 9.73 |
| 4th | Russell Spacek | Dime Box, TX | 9.52 |
| 5th | Bob Sims | Orange, TX | 8.98 |
Friday, April 15, 2011
Big Bass Splash results, day 1.
10.74 Leads Day 1 - McDonald's Big Bass Splash on Lake Sam Rayburn, TX Day 1 Leader Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
That's gonna be hard to beat. Keep watching. |
Big Bass Splash
It's that time of year again! The McDonald's tournament is back at Big Sam. The weather is going to be < perfect. I went out yesterday morning and caught about 10 fish in all. Nothing big, but as you know, all fish are good fish. The fish bit watermelon/red Senco on a 5-0 hook with no weight, also on a floating rattling Rogue in orange and black in about 5' of water. Water temp. was 68 and the water is clear. I am not too sure that the winning fish won't be caught on Sunday, because the weather is going to be bad today and Saturday. Now, it depends on when the cold front comes through today. If the first few hours of the day are good then it could be caught early today. I will keep you posted.
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