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Team
Fountain Mercury Clinches
SKA Pro Division Opener
By Jack Holmes
FORT PIERCE,
FLORIDA-Ninety one boats,
the largest Yamaha Professional
Kingfish Tour field
to date, descended on
the citrus capital of
the south, Fort Pierce,
in the hopes of putting
two good kings on the
scale to get a jump
on the competition.
Some did, some didn't,
it was one of those
weekends where you were
right on the fish or
you weren't.
Don Combs,
Thomas Cowan, and Steve
Grant fishing the Mercury
powered Fountain, C
& H Lures, scaled
a 38.02 on day one and
a 34.20 on day two for
a winning 72.22 aggregate.
"We found that
nice fish the first
day fishing 29 miles
south in 47 feet of
water using a Pearl
Baby laced ribbonfish
on the downrigger trolled
right near the bottom,"
said a tired but excited
leader at day's end,
Don Combs. "We
just got lucky on Saturday.
I had told my crew ten
more minutes then we
were going in. A couple
of minutes later the
34-pounder skied on
the bait and we were
in the money."
The team had run 31
miles south and fished
in 45 feet of water
using a pink and white
king buster in front
of a blue runner. Combs
holds the National ranking
of number 19 after the
team's first season
on the Pro Tour last
year and amassed a seven
fish aggregate of 199.31
points. This is a great
start for the team.
They picked up $30,000
and some Raymarine Electronics
for the win.
Captain
Bob Clement and his
wife Julie along with
Darren Farish and Al
Deane could only find
a 15.60 on day one but
rallied back on day
two with a 44.77. On
day one Clement ran
the Mercury powered
Fountain, 401K, 35 miles
south where he got the
teenager. On day two
he ran north to the
pines but without success,
then moved back south
18 miles and fished
the beach in 20 feet
of water using hardtails.
It was the right move.
This was a tournament
about adaptation. Most
in the area don't fish
the beach but a lot
of good fish came from
there. The 401K was
the second Fountain
in the top ten.
FINAL
FOUNTAIN STANDINGS:
1. C &
H LURES ................38.02................
34.20................
72.22
Jacksonville, Florida
Fountain .... Mercury
Don Combs
Thomas Cowan
Steve Grant
6.
401K .............................15.60................
44.77................
60.37
Mobile, Alabama
Fountain, Mercury
Bob Clement
Julie Clement
Darren Farish
Al Deane
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