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2/1/2005
Lane Still Leads





Bassmaster Tour rookies jumped into the BassFan Rookie of the Year Race last week at Florida's Lake Toho, and Pennsylvania's Dave Wolak finished the best of all of the true rookies in the field, in 24th. But that's not enough to displace Florida FLW Tour rookie Bobby Lane, who remains in the lead by 8 points.

Three more Bassmaster Tour rookies took over the 3rd- through 5th-place spots. Former Federation champ Thad Takes is the next of the BASS rookies in the ROY standings, in 11th.

Notes:

> Again, the BassFan ROY Race only counts "true rookies," meaning anglers who have never fished the boater side of a tour-level event before. This means that the following anglers new to the Bassmaster Tour this year do not qualify for BassFan ROY consideration:

- Andre Moore -- Fishes the FLW Tour.
- Connecticut's Chris Bielert -- Fished one FLW Tour event in 1998.
- David Cooke, Mooresville, NC -- Has been an FLW Tour pro since 2000.
- David Gliebe, Stockton, CA -- fished 1989 and 990 Megabucks.
- Fred Roumbanis, Auburn, CA -- Fished the FLW Tour last year.
- Bradley Stringer, Huntington, TX -- Fished half the FLW Tour season in 2000.

> This is the first year in the four years the BassFan ROY Race has existed that no true rookies are fishing both tours.

(PLEASE NOTE: Richard Bennett of Roseville, Calif. was incorrectly listed as an FLW Tour rookie this year. He is the same person as RJ Bennett, who was a Bassmaster Tour rookie in 2004. He has been removed from the 2005 ROY standings, and the remaining rookies have been re-sorted accordingly. Any discrepancy between the text above and the standings below is due to this re-sorting.)



   2/1/2005 ROY Standings


Click a column heading to re-sort. Click an angler's name to view his or her profile.
Place Sort by Place
Prior
Angler
City
State
Boat/Motor
Tour
Points
1     
1     
Bobby Lane
Lakeland
FL
Phoenix/Yamaha
BPT
185.300 
2     
-      
Dave Wolak
Wake Forest
NC
Ranger/Yamaha
BASS
177.000 
3     
-      
Russ Lane
Prattville
AL
Phoenix/Yamaha
BPT
157.000 
4     
-      
Cliff Pace
Petal
MS
Skeeter/Yamaha
BASS
155.000 
5     
-      
Preston Clark
Palatka
FL
Triton/Mercury
BASS
149.000 
6     
2     
Marcus Clouse
Henderson
NV

FLW
144.400 
7     
3     
Ramie Colson, Jr.
Cadiz
KY
Bullet/Evinrude
FLW
135.850 
8     
4     
William Davis
Russellville
AL

FLW
134.900 
9     
5     
Stephen Tosh, Jr.
Modesto
CA
Bass Cat
FLW
130.150 
10     
6     
Michael Bennett
Panama City
FL
Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
127.300 
11     
-      
Thad Takes
Center Point
IA

BASS
123.000 
12     
7     
Ken Wick
Star
ID
Ranger/Mercury
FLW
114.000 
13     
-      
Chip Hawkins
White Hall
AR

BASS
104.000 
14     
-      
Jesse Draime
Long Beach
MS

BASS
102.000 
15     
8     
Katsutoshi Furusawa
Tokyo

Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
100.700 
16     
9     
Toby Hartsell
Livingston
TX

FLW
99.750 
17     
10     
Keith Pace
Monticello
AR
Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
82.650 
18     
-      
Terry Butcher
Talala
OK
Bass Cat/Mercury
BASS
77.000 
19     
11     
Brent Ehrler
Redlands
CA
Ranger/Mercury
BPT
72.200 
20     
-      
Grant Goldbeck
Boerne
TX
Bass Cat/Yamaha
BASS
68.000 
21     
12     
Joe Small
Marion
AR

FLW
63.650 
21     
12     
Derek Yamamoto
Tempe
AZ

FLW
63.650 
23     
-      
Zachary Thompson
Orinda
CA

BASS
62.000 
24     
14     
William Drown
Roseland
FL

FLW
58.900 
25     
-      
Greg Gutierrez
Red Bluff
CA
Nitro/Mercury
BASS
57.000 
26     
-      
Terry Adams
Morgan City
LA

BASS
53.000 
27     
15     
James Quillman
Plano
TX

FLW
49.400 
28     
-      
Louis Iribarren
Port Jervis
NY

BASS
49.000 
29     
16     
Walt Starling
Live Oak
FL

FLW
41.800 
30     
17     
Michael Brown
Rocky Face
GA

FLW
38.950 
31     
18     
Scott David
Goodrich
TX

FLW
31.350 
32     
19     
Nick Grebb
Roseville
CA

FLW
30.400 
33     
20     
Mary Divincenti
Clinton
LA

FLW
28.500 
34     
21     
Simon Morrow
Alexander City
AL
Triton/Evinrude
FLW
27.550 
35     
22     
Steve Naas
Inverness
FL

FLW
17.100 
36     
23     
Greg Gulledge
Monticello
AR

FLW
15.200 
37     
24     
Clifford Pirch
Payson
AZ
Phoenix/Suzuki
BASS
14.250 
38     
25     
Stephen Wilson
Mission Hills
CA

FLW
9.500 
39     
26     
Paul Whitman, Jr.
Dallas
TX

FLW
4.750 


About the ROY Race
The BassFan Rookie of the Year Race/Award recognizes the best rookie in all of tour-level professional fishing for the current year or season. Unlike the league rookie races, only true rookies are eligible: To qualify as a rookie for the BassFan race, a tour angler cannot have fished the pro (boater) side of any Bassmaster or FLW tour/series-level event before.

  • BassFan Rookie of the Year Race points are calculated using a methodology loosely similar to the BassFan World Rankings (points based on finish with bonuses given for winning and finishing high). Only regular-season events count. Championships do not.
     
  • The BassFan Rookie of the Year Race was created in 2002 as the first rookie race in professional bass fishing. Like Rookie of the Year awards in all sports, it recognizes top-performing newcomers to the professional ranks.

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