Kevin VanDam

Faircloth Stages Final-Day Rally To Claim Win At Amistad

April 12, 2008
(bassmaster.com, April 12, 2008)

Lone Star State? From a professional bass-fishing perspective, maybe Texas should be called the Comeback State.

Pulling a page from the book that Paul Elias wrote a week earlier at Falcon Lake, native Texan Todd Faircloth caught 29-06 on the final day of the weather-shortened Amistad Bassmaster Elite Series and rallied all the way from 9th place to his second career Elite win. His 3-day total of 76-15 gave him a 12-ounce margin of victory.

Louisiana rookie Clark Reehm held onto his 2nd-place position with 21-09 today for a 76-03 total. Two Arkansans who began the day tied for 3rd were next: Kevin Short caught 22-07 today (a bag that was exceeded only by Faircloth’s) and ended up 3rd with 75-10, and Mike McClelland caught 17-14 to land in 4th with 71-10.

Day-2 leader Jason Williamson managed just 14-00 today and dropped four places to 5th with 69-12.

Faircloth began the day 8-11 behind Williamson. Weight-wise, his rally wasn’t as dramatic as Elias’ last week but he had to leapfrog for more anglers than the Mississippian did.

He’s become one of the most consistent anglers on the planet, with 15 finishes in the Top 30 in his last 20 outings. This was his third Elite Series Top 12 since he closed out the 2006 season with a win at Table Rock.

Today’s bright, dead-calm conditions rendered swimbaits less effective, and those who caught the biggest bags relied on slower presentations for at least part of the day.

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