Kevin VanDam

RIGHT ON THE MARK AT DARDANELLE

March 28, 2009
(basszone.com, March 27, 2009)

Friday, many anglers reported that the fishing was better – though all agreed that the weekend’s weather was going to be difficult at best. Change, as they say, is in the wind.

Hovering at just under a 20-pound-per-day average is Mark Menendez, with a combined weight of 39 pounds, 4 ounces after weighing a 21-pound, 8-limit Friday to jump a spot in to first place. Cliff Pace, starting the day in 6th place, ended the second day in second place with a two-day combined limit going 38 pounds, 7 ounces after placing five keepers onto the scales weighing 21 pounds, 12 ounces.

“This week is really taking me back to my roots, and I’m just having a blast. I’m fishing in a little area that has males and females moving up and they’re really eating,” said Menendez. “ I’m looking forward to going back in there again tomorrow with another Strike King bait and doing it again.”

Kevin VanDam, who started the morning in 11th place ended Friday in third after placing 18 pounds, 6 ounces on the scales, with a two-day weight of 33 pounds and 12 ounces. Matt Herren, starting the day in 4th place, ended it the same way after weighing five bass that went 15 pounds and 7 ounces giving him 32 pounds, 8 ounces overall.

Alton Jones fell two spots to fifth after weighing a five-bass limit of 14 pounds, 14 ounces, pushing his combined weight to 32 pounds and 3 ounces. Rounding out the Super Six was Freddy “Boom Boom” Roumbanis, with a combined weight of 32 pounds and 1 ounce, who weighed in a limit going 15 pounds and 5 ounces Friday.

The proverbial last man standing in 50th place was Pete Ponds, with a two-day total weight of 20 pounds, 15 ounces after weighing four fish that went 7 pounds and 9 ounces.

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