Mundy finished second with a three-day total of 61-14, a mere 15 ounces ahead of Dakota Ebare of Brookeland, Texas, with a three-day total of 60-15, good for third place.
“I’ve fished a lot of local tournaments back home, but this is the first time I’ve really ventured out and fished as a boater,” said Webb. “It feels great. It’s super cool to win the first big tournament on my first try.”
Webb said he wasn’t even planning to fish the event, but after a good finish in a local tournament the week before, he decided to take a shot at it and registered.
“I wasn’t really planning on fishing this event at all,” said Webb. “Once I decided to give it a try, I was able to find a link and get in and I’m so glad I did.”
Although he breezed through the first two days of competition, with more than 26 pounds on Day 1 and 28-5 on Day 2, the final day proved to be a bit more tedious for Webb, who said he threw an umbrella rig the first two days but had zero luck with it on the final day.
“There were probably more fish there on the final day than there were on Day 2 because they were loading up every day,” said Webb. “I don’t know if it was the clouds, the wind or the light, but something was off, so we had to make some adjustments.”
Webb switched to a Carolina rig late in the final day to catch his four keepers and hold on to the number one spot, returning to Oklahoma with a Toyota Series trophy and a winner’s check.
The top 10 pros on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir finished:
2nd: Derek Mundy of Broaddus, Texas, 15 bass, 61-14, $22,000
3rd: Dakota Ebare of Brookeland, Texas, 15 bass, 60-15, $16,250
4th: Brett Cannon of Willis, Texas, 15 bass, 52-10, $13,250
5th: Kris Wilson of Montgomery, Texas, 15 bass, 49-13, $12,250
6th: Cole Moore of Anacoco, La., 15 bass, 49-10, $9,775
7th: Jeffery Rice of Bossier City, La., 15 bass, 49-8, $8,300
8th: Jake Ormond of Sterlington, La., 15 bass,49-7, $7,300
9th: Cal Cameron of Coppell, Texas, 15 bass, 49-4, $6,300
10th: Jack York of Nacogdoches, Texas, 15 bass, 49-0, $4,700
Pro Jim Moynagh of Shakopee, Minnesota won the $150 Day One Berkley Big Bass award in the pro division Thursday with a bass weighing 8 pounds, 10 ounces. Moore won Friday’s $150 Berkley Big Bass award, bringing a whopping 11-pound, 15-ounce bass to the scale.
Ebare took home an extra $1,000 as the highest finishing Phoenix MLF Bonus member. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $35,000 per event in each Toyota Series tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the Phoenix MLF Bonus contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.
Levi Thibodaux of Thibodaux, Louisiana, won the Strike King Co-angler Division Saturday with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 35 pounds, 8 ounces. Thibodaux took home the top prize package worth $35,250, including a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower Mercury outboard motor.
The top 10 Strike King co-anglers on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir finished:
2nd: Duane McDaniel of Crosby, Texas, 11 bass, 33-10, $6,625
3rd: Scott Parsons of Rogers, Ark., 13 bass, 32-0, $5,300
4th: Sieg Kilby of Kilgore, Texas, 15 bass, 31-12, $4,150
5th: Phillip Hudnall of Newkirk, Okla., 11 bass, 31-4, $3,650
6th: Alan Bernicky of Joliet, Ill., 15 bass, 29-15, $3,350
7th: Albert Ignacio of Dallas, Texas, 13 bass, 28-14, $2,650
8th: Scott Reaves of Henrietta, Texas, 13 bass, 28-6, $2,075
9th: Luke Bennett of College Station, Texas, 13 bass, 28-3, $1,630
10th: Sakae Ushio of Tonawanda, N.Y., 14 bass, 27-12, $1,390
The Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. at the Sam Rayburn Reservoir was hosted by the Jasper-Lake Sam Rayburn Chamber of Commerce. It was the second regular-season Toyota Series event of 2022 and the first tournament in the Southwestern Division. The next event for Toyota Series anglers will take place on Feb. 22-24 – the Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E on Lake Guntersville in Scottsboro, Alabama, hosted by Mountain Lakes Chamber of Commerce. For a complete schedule, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.
The 2022 Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. consists of six divisions – Central, Northern, Plains, Southern, Southwestern and Western – each holding three regular-season events, along with the International and Wild Card divisions. Anglers who fish in any of the six divisions and finish in the top 25 – or the top 12 from the Wild Card division – will qualify for the no-entry-fee Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. Championship for a shot at winning up to $235,000 cash. The winning Strike King co-angler at the championship earns a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower Mercury outboard. The 2022 Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. Championship will be held Nov. 3-5 on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, and is hosted by Marshall County Tourism and Sports.
Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. include: 4WP, 13 Fishing, Abu Garcia, AFTCO, A.R.E. Truck Caps, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Rifle Coffee, E3, Epic Baits, Favorite Fishing, Gary Yamamoto Baits, General Tire, Lew’s, Lowrance, Lucas Oil, Mercury, Mossy Oak, Onyx, Outlaw Ordinance, Phoenix, Polaris, Power-Pole, Strike King, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, Wiley X and YETI.
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Major League Fishing (MLF) is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, producing more than 250 events annually at some of the most prestigious fisheries in the world, while broadcasting to America’s living rooms on CBS, the Discovery Channel, the Outdoor Channel, CBS Sports Network, the World Fishing Network, and on-demand on MyOutdoorTV (MOTV). Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with offices in Benton, Kentucky, the MLF roster of bass anglers includes the world’s top pros and more than 30,000 competitors in all 50 states and 13 countries. In 2019, MLF expanded its portfolio of catch, weigh, and immediately release events to include the sport’s strongest five-biggest-fish format tournament circuits. Since its founding in 2011, MLF has advanced the sport of competitive fishing through its premier television broadcasts and livestreams and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for bass through research, education, fisheries enhancement, and fish care.