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7th Annual Lake Allatoona Moby In The Morning Bass Tournament
More than 230 teams competed in the 1999 event, and GON-TV was there.
Daryl Kirby | April 30, 1999
With seven years of the annual Moby-In-The-Morning Bass Tournament in the books, there are several things you can count on for this Lake Allatoona event: a huge field of anglers including the top locals, a weigh-in before the biggest crowd of spectators you’ll see at a tournament, and hefty sacks of bass for the top teams.
This year’s Moby tournament, held last Saturday, April 24, 1999, out of Allatoona Landing, attracted a record field of 236 teams, and the top team broke the 20-lb. mark with a limit of five bass. The winners, Clinton Elkins and Claude Sims, both of Dawsonville, anchored their limit with the Big Fish of the tournament, a 7.56-lb. largemouth. At about 7:30 a.m. the sow blew up and missed Clinton’s buzzbait, and Claude pitched a Zoom Super Fluke to the boil and caught the big bass. Clinton and Claude won a Triton 180SC bass boat powered by a 150 hp Yamaha.
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Claude Sims, of Dawsonville, with the Big Fish of the tournament, a 7.56-lb. bass that helped Claude and Clinton Elkins win first place with a 5-bass limit weighing 20.20 pounds. Also pictured is Atlanta DJ “Moby.”
Finishing in second with a limit weighing 17.18 pounds was Tommy Davidson and Charles Matthews of Calhoun. Their sack was anchored by a 6.15-lb. largemouth. Tommy came up just short of winning the Moby Tournament’s first-place boat for the second year in a row. Last year, Tommy and a different partner actually had the best weight in the tournament, but because they lost count of their fish and accidentally had six fish in the livewell for a time before realizing the mistake, they were disqualified. Second place this year earned the team a check for $2,000.
The Moby Tournament is more than a bass-catching contest. After the weigh-in spectators saw live country music followed by a fireworks display. Proceeds from the tournament benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Atlanta.
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Tommy Davis, of Calhoun, with a 6.15-lb. bass that helped he and partner Kenneth Matthews place second.
Results 1999 Lake Allatoona Moby Tourney
Place, Anglers, Pounds
1. Clinton Elkins/Claude Sims 20.20
2. Tommy Davidson/Charles Matthews 17.18
3. Jim Crisler/J.C. Lee 14.80
4. Ted Burns/Michael Dickson 13.57
5. Scott Hamlin/Mark Holloway 12.23
6. Kerry Moon/Tommy Moon 11.52
7. Jackie Bagley/Kelly Bagley 11.50
8. Steven Foster/Danny Childers 11.17
9. Robert Castleberry/Tim Moore 11.12
10. George Fowlkes/Albert Rice 10.64
11. Brian Shook/Barry Forest 10.60
12. Tommy Petroski/David Smith 10.32
13. David Millsaps/Pansy Millsaps 10.20
14. Jimmy Millsaps/Jeanne Millsaps 9.88
15. David Seabolt/Jeff Seabolt 9.48
16. Tim Samples/Sam Samples 8.98
17. Tim Howell/Brandon Howell 8.96
18. Forest Boss/Darrell Everson 8.83
19. Keith Blalock/Tony Howell 8.79
20. Al Harrison/Russ Livesay 8.78
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Claude Sims and Clinton Elkins (far right) get the keys from Moby to the first-place prize, a Triton 180SC with a 150 hp Yamaha. Also pictured (L-R): Joe Antonneau and Jack Malone of Yamaha, Mike Morris of Cartersville Marine, Neal Hart, VP of Triton, and tournament director Ted Gambrell of the Dugout.
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