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Rojas
Set His Sights On Bayou
Trophy
Photo BASS
Before
the tournament even
started Dean Rojas thought
that he could come to
Toledo Bend and sight fish
his way to a victory. So
when practice got underway
that was what Dean set out
to do, see if he could put
together a sight fishing
pattern that would allow
him to hold that blue
Elite trophy over his head
and claim the win when it
was all done.
Dean soon learned during
his three days of practice
that a good number of
quality bass were still
spawning and on the beds
in weedy areas that were
located by primary or
secondary points off of
the main lake.
Rojas started the
tournament strong in
catching a limit sight
fishing his newest Big
Bite signature bait the WarMouth,
rigged a 4/0 Gamakatsu EWG
hook, and fished on 22lb
Sunline Shooter
Fluorocarbon line. As the
day went on Dean switched
to a Spro Hydro-Pop, a
topwater bait in shad
color that he fished on
14lb Sunline Super Natural
Mono Line. Between these
two presentations; Dean
brought 23-01lbs to the
stage, claiming first
place.
Day two and three pretty
much followed suit Dean
worked his sight fishing
one, two punch and mounted
a 4 pound lead over second
place David Walker heading
into the last day.
Rojas caught his biggest
bass of the last day a 5
½-pounder on his
Hydro-Pop in the morning.
For the rest of the day
Dean worked on sight
fishing his WarMouth
to fill out his limit and
catch a key upgrade late
in the day to come in with
13-08lbs.
Dean
started the last day with
David Walker 4lbs behind
him but the greatest
charge that last day came
from Gerald Swindle. When
all the fish were weighted
Dean came out on top by a
one ounce margin to claim
the wire to wire win.
The
win is Dean’s fourth at
the tour level; his second
on Toledo Bend. This win
not only gave Dean a
$100,000 payday, he is now
qualified for the 2012
Bassmaster Classic.
He also gained
valuable Toyota Tundra
Angler of the Year points
to move from 31st
to 8th.
Congratulations Dean from
all of us at Big Bite Bait
on your Bayou victory.
Scott Petersen
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