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Fuller hangs on for Stren Southeast co-angler victory

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Nathan Fuller of Hillsboro, Ga., won the Co-angler Division of the Stren Series on West Point Lake with a two day total of 9 pounds, 6 ounces. Photo by Rob Newell. Angler: Nathan Fuller.
February 18, 2006 • Rob Newell • Archives

LAGRANGE, Ga. – Nathan Fuller of Hillsboro, Ga., won the Stren Series Southeast Division event on West Point Lake with a two-day total of 9 pounds, 6 ounces.

Fuller’s win can mostly be atrributed to the 7-pound, 13-ounce monster bass he landed Friday, but he still needed the precious keeper weighing 1 pound, 9 ounces that he caught today to fend off a charge from runner-up Thomas Shafer.

Since Fuller was the registered owner of a Ranger boat, he was awarded a Ranger boat in addition to his $5,000 cash prize.

“I had an awesome day fishing with Terry (Tucker) today,” Fuller said. “He is a great guy. He was throwing a bream-colored crankbait, and the only thing I had in that color was a shallow-running speed trap, and that’s what I caught that winning fish on today.”

Shafer of Pine City, N.Y., finished second with a two-day total of 7 pounds, 14 ounces and collected $4,000.

Shafer caught his two keepers today on a spinnerbait and a crankbait.

Rodger Ray of Social Circle, Ga., finished third with a two-day total of 7 pounds, 3 ounces and won $3,500.

Clinton McClure of Gosport, Ind., finished fourth with a two-day total of 6 pounds, 14 ounces for $2,500.

Richard Mitchell of Appling, Ga., finished fifth with a two-day total of 5 pounds, 15 ounces.

Rest of the best

Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers in the Stren Series Southeast event on West Point Lake:

6th: Kevin Roberts of West Chester, Ohio, with a two-day total of 2-9, $1,900

7th: Melvin Pigue of Aiken, S.C., with a two-day total of 1-14, $1,800

8th: Mark Denney of Somerset, Ky., with a two-day total of 1-5, $1,700

9th: Fred Hill of Roxboro, N.C., with a two-day total of 1-4, $1,600

10th: Alan Hults of Gautier, Miss., with a two-day total of 1-1, $1,500

Coming up

The next Stren Southeast event takes place March 15-18 on Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, Ala., while the next event to take place in the Stren Series overall will be Feb. 22-25 when the Central Division visits Lake Amistad in Del Rio, Texas.