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BFL Regional Cut Day in the Books

Posted by ken on October 29, 2016

Two days down at Dardanelle and the leader, Sheldon Collings, has a surprising weight at over 30 pounds. Not trying to jinx the guy but there have only been 6 limits over 15 lbs weighed in the entire boater field and he has weighed two of them. I'd call him a local as he's from Grove just over the border on Grand in Oklahoma, however I bet his stomach is in knots, guy has never won, only two top 10's in 32 events....interesting to see if he can close the deal for a whole lot of cash and a berth into the All American. Couple really interesting notes, I don't think a single Arkansan made the top 12 cut even though a bunch of them qualified through the Okie. Scanning down the leaderboard of guys that seem to have a shot at the win watch Roger Fitzpatrick down in 4th, although he hasn't wont in 6-7 years, he has won, actually several times on several lakes, guy to watch. Day 1 leader, well I think I jinxed him some, he was only able to put 4 in the boat for 9 pounds, less than half his day 1 weight. Our sole Texan fishing today is Lew's pro Dicky Newberry, creeping up 2 places to 8th. We talked last night, he's catching same size fish everyday, however the little area he's in has produced some 5-6 pound fish in the past, he's the most accomplished guy in the top 12 in both BFL and Costa series events, but again, he needs some luck with a big bite or probably two to make up a pretty big deficit. He does however have every chance to get into the top 6 and get another All American berth, which I know from talking to him was his #1 goal.

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