His day one results were 11.99 total weight with Pro Fisherman Dick Watson; his second day results were 8.60 total weight with Pro Fisherman Todd Wood; and day three results were 8.44 total weight with Pro Fisherman Tim Klinger,Toms Shoes Sale.
Cooke’s overall total three-day weight was 29 pounds, 3 ounces, putting him in 7th place overall.
In the AAA tournament, the amateur is paired with a different pro each day, and they can keep five fish in the boat to be weighed. On the first day, Cooke caught three and Watson two, but his biggest was almost 4 pounds, Cooke said.
While he wasn’t a top-five winner,longchamp sac pas cher, his biggest fish was 2.77 pounds, a “smallmouth bass, so that was pretty big, especially for Lake Mead.”
He said the WON Bass tournaments were the first big tournaments – in 1981, the professional winner took home $50,true religion outlet,000, he said. This year it was $84,000, adding that before the recession, the winner took home $151,000 in 2007.
“I won $1,400, so after expenses I ended up with a couple of hundred bucks, which is better than being in the hole!” Cooke said Friday,Cheap Toms shoes.
Cooke said he runs equipment for a family-owned business in Bowie, but he has “always followed fishing.”
Cooke said he started fishing at about age eight, but didn't really start bass fishing until he was about 12 years old.
“I mostly fished by myself when I first started out; my Aunt's ex-husband was the one who got me turned on to bass fishing. He was also the one who I mainly went fishing with over the years and he taught me a lot that I know and use today.”
When asked how he learned the things that put him above 121 others at the WON Bass pro-am, he said, “I really don't think I am any better than the next angler out there. This last tournament was the first time I made the top ten, so I am still struggling to become a better angler,celine bag. One professional I do follow and try to mimic is John Murray. He is from Arizona and has won over a million dollars over the years. I have watched him a lot growing up and been to a couple of his seminars too,true religion outlet.”
The love of fishing will likely continue, as he and his wife, Tamara, took their son to one of the pro-ams when he was just 14 months old.
“He really likes the boat and the water. He spent the whole time pushing all the buttons in the boat – he managed to do figure out things I couldn’t on the fishfinders (GPS equipment that helps you find fish) – and he threw my $200 rod over the side,Prada Bags! Luckily, I was able to catch it before it got away!” Cooke said.
Cooke,sac longchamp, 32, said he will continue fishing when the new season begins. “I’m ready to look at the new schedule!”
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