![<strong>Joey Barghouty</strong>
<p>
11 pounds 2 ounces<br />
Barefoot Bay, Fla.<br />
5-inch Yum Dinger (Ozark smoke)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557163.jpg)
11 pounds 2 ounces
Barefoot Bay, Fla.
5-inch Yum Dinger (Ozark smoke)
![<strong>Travis Brown</strong>
<p>
6 pounds 2 ounces<br />
Bridgeport Lake, Texas<br />
Bandit crankbait (pearl, red eyes)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557346.jpg)
6 pounds 2 ounces
Bridgeport Lake, Texas
Bandit crankbait (pearl, red eyes)
![<strong>Wendell Brown</strong>
<p>
10 pounds 2 ounces<br />
Lake El Salto, Mexico<br />
10-inch Berkley Power Worm</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557347.jpg)
10 pounds 2 ounces
Lake El Salto, Mexico
10-inch Berkley Power Worm
![<strong>James Bunch</strong>
<p>
6 pounds 2 ounces<br />
Lake St. Clair, Mich.<br />
Strike King tube (greenpumpkin)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557348.jpg)
6 pounds 2 ounces
Lake St. Clair, Mich.
Strike King tube (greenpumpkin)
![<strong>Amy Choate</strong>
<p>
12 pounds<br />
Lake Ray Hubbard, Texas<br />
4-inch Zoom Finesse Worm (junebug red)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557312.jpg)
12 pounds
Lake Ray Hubbard, Texas
4-inch Zoom Finesse Worm (junebug red)
![<strong>Rick Di Lenno</strong>
<p>
6 pounds 5 ounces<br />
Red Horse Lake, Canada<br />
Strike King Bitsy Bug jig (black)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557349.jpg)
6 pounds 5 ounces
Red Horse Lake, Canada
Strike King Bitsy Bug jig (black)
![<strong>Steve Irwin</strong>
<p>
11 pounds<br />
Lake Berryessa, Calif.<br />
Splash-It</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557313.jpg)
11 pounds
Lake Berryessa, Calif.
Splash-It
![<strong>Engrum Johnson</strong>
<p>
10 pounds 4 ounces<br />
Private Lake, SC<br />
8-inch Zoom Magnum Lizard (watermelon red)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557314.jpg)
10 pounds 4 ounces
Private Lake, SC
8-inch Zoom Magnum Lizard (watermelon red)
![<strong>Ricahrd Lee Kitchens</strong>
<p>
12 pounds<br />
St. Johns River, Fla.<br />
Spro Poppin' Frog (firetiger)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557350.jpg)
12 pounds
St. Johns River, Fla.
Spro Poppin’ Frog (firetiger)
![<strong>Randall P. Kramer</strong>
<p>
10 pounds 8 ounces<br />
Lake Arrowhead, Texas<br />
3/8-ounce Terminator Pro's Top Secret jig</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557351.jpg)
10 pounds 8 ounces
Lake Arrowhead, Texas
3/8-ounce Terminator Pro’s Top Secret jig
![<strong>Aaron LeSieur</strong>
<p>
11 pounds 15 ounces<br />
Lake Clementia, Calif.<br />
1/2-ounce Bass Patrol Jig (green pumpkin)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557315.jpg)
11 pounds 15 ounces
Lake Clementia, Calif.
1/2-ounce Bass Patrol Jig (green pumpkin)
![<strong>Jeffery Lovell</strong>
<p>
13 pounds 1 ounces<br />
Lake Raven, Texas<br />
Lucky Craft LV100 (aurora black)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557319.jpg)
13 pounds 1 ounces
Lake Raven, Texas
Lucky Craft LV100 (aurora black)
![<strong>John C. McCarthy</strong>
<p>
12 pounds 8 ounces<br />
Lake El Salto, Mexico<br />
6-inch Yum Dinger (red shad)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557316.jpg)
12 pounds 8 ounces
Lake El Salto, Mexico
6-inch Yum Dinger (red shad)
![<strong>Bob Mistretta</strong>
<p>
11 pounds 7 ounces<br />
Washington Lake, N.Y.<br />
spinnerbait (golden shiner)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557352.jpg)
11 pounds 7 ounces
Washington Lake, N.Y.
spinnerbait (golden shiner)
![<strong>Patrick Parten</strong>
<p>
10 pounds 7 ounces<br />
Harris Lake, N.C.<br />
4 1/2-inch Bass Magic swimbait</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557317.jpg)
10 pounds 7 ounces
Harris Lake, N.C.
4 1/2-inch Bass Magic swimbait
![<strong>Taylor St. Pierre</strong>
<p>
11 pounds 2 ounces<br />
Tyler Pond, Fla.<br />
ChatterBait (chartreuse)</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557318.jpg)
11 pounds 2 ounces
Tyler Pond, Fla.
ChatterBait (chartreuse)
![<strong>Frank Wassell</strong>
<p>
6 pounds 2 ounces<br />
Lake of the Woods, Canada<br />
No. 7 Mepps spinner with bucktail</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557320.jpg)
6 pounds 2 ounces
Lake of the Woods, Canada
No. 7 Mepps spinner with bucktail
![<strong>David V. Williams</strong>
<p>
10 pounds 8 ounces<br />
Lake Clay, Fla.<br />
5-inch shiner</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4557353.jpg)
10 pounds 8 ounces
Lake Clay, Fla.
5-inch shiner