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Todd Faircloth's 7th-place finish at Clarks Hill yesterday moved him into the lead in the Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year (AOY) race. It also marked his 10th consecutive finish of 50th or better in an Elite event.
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The Texan has cashed a check in every tournament since Smith Mountain (Va.) last June. Seven of those placements were Top 20s, and he has three Top 10s (including a win at Amistad) in five outings this year.
"We're not even halfway through the season, so it's still too early to start thinking (about winning the AOY)," he said. "But I'm real pleased with how I'm fishing and the way things are going, and I'm tickled to be where I'm at right now.
"I never like to look too far down the road, so I'll just keep taking each tournament one at a time. We have some lakes left that I think kind of fit my style and some that I'm not as familiar with, but I look forward to fishing all of them."
He's a firm believer in the positive effects of momentum.
"Once you get your confidence up, you just make a lot more good decisions. And then you just try to carry that over into the next tournament."
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Todd Faircloth, capitalizing on a rocket start this year, has inched ahead of Mike McClelland by 27 points to claim the lead in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings.
Faircloth finished 8th at the Harris Chain, 23rd at Kissimmee, 41st at Falcon, 1st at Amistad and 7th at Clarks Hill.
That record — he's fished three Sundays out of five events — leaves no doubt about his versatility. He can catch bass in the shallow, weedy waters of Florida and in the deep, structure laden waters of his home state of Texas. And, now that the results are in from Clarks Hill, we know he can chase transition bass, too. Full Story |
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Todd Makes Cut On Clarks Hill 10th 40-15# |
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He's coming off a win at Lake Amistad, when he moved from eighth place to first on the last day of the tournament. "The first day, I was fishing a dropshot around stumps," Faircloth said. "The second day, I ran points later in the day. Yesterday, I stayed on the points. I'm throwing a dropshot with a Yamamoto shad-shaped worm, baby bass in color with a 1/8-ounce dropshot weight, and I'm also throwing a Sebile Magic Swimmer — a jointed weight bait. I'm using 6 (pound test line) on the dropshot and 10- to 12-(pound test) with the Magic Swimmer. I've got a few fish on the points with a jig, too, an All-Terrain Tackle jig, just dragging it around." Standings | Photos | Notes | Archive |
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Todd Faircloth Wins at Amistad |
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Del Rio, TX – With the fishing at this week’s fourth stop cut a day short due to Thursday’s weather-related cancellation, strategies were somewhat amended as the entire field of 109 anglers fished through Saturday – skipping Friday’s usual 50-man cut. Sight fishing gave way to the deep jigs and swimbaits as a result of the north wind and, well, the fact that there wasn’t mass of big fish up shallow.
In the end, it became a catch-everything-you-can styled event where the lead board saw all but two of Friday’s opening round be flushed out and start their drive home a day early.
Ultimately it was Jasper, TX pro Todd Faircloth, coming from 10th place, who was able to make the most of the shortened week by catching 76-15 over three days to earn the $100,000 top prize and his second Elite Series title. Read More |
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Faircloth Stages Final-Day Rally To Claim Win At Amistad |
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Lone Star State? From a professional bass-fishing perspective, maybe Texas should be called the Comeback State.
Pulling a page from the book that Paul Elias wrote a week earlier at Falcon Lake, native Texan Todd Faircloth caught 29-06 on the final day of the weather-shortened Amistad Bassmaster Elite Series and rallied all the way from 9th place to his second career Elite win. His 3-day total of 76-15 gave him a 12-ounce margin of victory. Read More |
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