Flw Day 4 Results

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BRANSON, Mo., April 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no April Fool's prank. Brent Long of Cornelius, N.C., weighed five bass worth 19 pounds, 14 ounces Sunday that gave him a four-day weight of 78 pounds, 13 ounces as well as his second championship trophy and $125,000 at the Walmart FLW Tour on Table Rock Lake presented by Kellogg's. Long's Sunday weight gave him a 7-ounce margin of victory in an exciting weigh-in that capped four days of competition with pros from all across the United States, Canada, Spain and Japan.

Link to photo of pro winner Brent Long

"I don't even remember winning the first one anymore," said Long, whose other FLW Tour victory came at Lake Guntersville in 2010. "Any time that you can come to a major national tournament and beat these guys ... it's unbelievable."

"I really thought I had about 19 pounds," Long added. "I knew it was going to be really close."

Long is coming off of a "disappointing" finish at Lake Hartwell, where he expected to do well because the lake is somewhat near his house. Long fished clear water at Hartwell and said he wishes he had chosen to fish dirty water during the event.

Long's plan for the Table Rock event was solidified when he took a wrong turn and chose to travel to the lake by a different route.

"When I came across the 86 bridge on my way in here and I saw that (the water) was real dirty, I said, 'That's where I'm going to be for four days,'" Long said. "I flipped shallow water. That's my strength and I stuck to it, and it paid off."

Long said he fished an area aptly named Long Creek during the event. He chose to flip wood cover with a black and blue jig made by Earnest Langley (tipped with a Charlie's Chunk) or a Charlie's Worms Flippin' Bug.

"It was fun," Long said. "I was catching quality fish. I was catching them as they moved up. I was fishing the steeper banks because they had been pulling water all week. I'm glad I don't have to fish tomorrow because the water's getting so low I don't have any more cover in the water and it's clearing up."

Rookie pro Spencer Shuffield of Bismarck, Ark., posted a total weight of 78 pounds, 6 ounces to claim second place and $35,000 in his second event as a pro.

The remaining top 10 pros finished the tournament in:

3rd: Troy Morrow, Eastanollee, Ga., 20 bass, 70-13, $30,000

4th: Clint Brownlee, Tifton, Ga., 20 bass, 67-6, $25,000

5th: Stacey King, Reeds Spring, Mo., 19 bass, 63-13, $20,500

6th: Chevy pro Anthony Gagliardi, Prosperity, S.C., 20 bass, 62-9, $17,000

7th: Snickers pro Chris Baumgardner, Gastonia, N.C., 20 bass, 62-1, $16,000

8th: Rayovac pro Jason Christie, Park Hill, Okla., 17 bass, 61-11, $15,000

9th: Kyle Welcher, Opelika, Ala., 17 bass, 60-2, $14,500

10th: Clent Davis, Montevallo, Ala., 19 bass, 56-5, $13,000