Howell’s Lake Murray Giant Secures Summit Select Elimination Round Win

By Joel Shangle – January 15, 2019

ARDMORE, Oklahoma – On a hot, torpid day in central Oklahoma where every bite mattered, Major League Fishing veteran Randy Howell got the first bite. And as it turned out, the bite that mattered the most.

Just minutes into the second Elimination Round of the 2019 Summit Select in Ardmore, Okla., Howell connected with the first scorable bass of the day: a 6-pound, 7-ounce giant. That fish – one of the biggest ever caught in MLF Select competition – was Howell’s difference-maker for the day, part of a 13-10 total that advanced the Alabama pro into the Sudden Death Round.