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?It took a lot of hard work to get here,? said Kreiger. ?I was predominantly fishing the river for as many bites as I could get, it was tough catching anything big. I tried fishing the bayous a little bit but the quantity of bites was not there and knew I would be better off on the river.

?On the last day of practice my partner and I headed towards the Columbia Lock,? Kreiger continued. ?You could see the shad on just about any piece of wood. When I figured that pattern out I pretty much had my game plan. I used War Eagle spinnerbaits, CP1 or CP2 crankbaits and a Mini-Frenzy umbrella rig to catch all my fish this week. The river was about 50-feet deep where I was fishing and the bass were suspending in about 7- or 8-feet of water.

?Making next year?s Forrest Wood Cup definitely takes a lot of pressure off,? Kreiger went on say. ?It?s a big feat; however, I won?t fish any differently than I normally would during the season.?

Final top-10 pro standings:

????? 1^st:??????? Koby Kreiger, Okeechobee, Fla., 20 bass, 38-5, $50,000 plus a Ranger Boat with outboard motor

??????2^nd:????? Kent Ware, Wadmalaw Island, S.C., 20 bass, 34-6, $16,500

????? 3^rd:??????? James Stricklin Jr., Texarkana, Texas, 15 bass, 32-8, $8,500

????? 4^th:??????? Joseph Kremer, Osteen, Fla., 20 bass, 32-0, $7,500

???????5^th:???? ?? Casey Martin, New Market, Ala., 20 bass, 31-13, $6,600

????? 6^th:??????? Bill Chapman, Salt Rock, W. Va., 19 bass, 31-11, $5,700

????? 7^th:??????? Larry Jones, Acworth, Ga., 20 bass, 31-4, $4,900

?????? 8^th:?? ???? Brandon Medlock, Lake Placid, Fla., 13 bass, 30-14, $4,100

???????9^th:??????? Robbie Dodson, Harrison, Ark., 20 bass, 30-14, $3,300

???????10^th:????? Kettle Brand Chips pro Dan Morehead, Paducah, Ky., 20 bass, 30-9, $2,500

Daniel Leue of Colusa, Calif., won the co-angler division by 1 pound over Audie Brantley of North Augusta, S.C. Leue had a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 20 pounds, 3 ounces to win a Ranger Z117 with 90-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard. Brantley took second place with 13 bass weighing 19-3 to win $4,100.

The EverStart Series consists of five divisions ? Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western. Each division consists of four tournaments where competitors earn valuable points to help them qualify for the EverStart Championship. The top 40 pro and co-anglers from each respective division qualified for this event. Pros were competing for a top award of $50,000 plus a Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard if Ranger Cup guidelines were met. Co-anglers were fishing for a top award consisting of a Ranger Z117 with 90-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $5,000 if Ranger Cup guidelines were met. The EverStart Pro and Co-Champion also earned a berth in the 2013 Forrest Wood Cup being held on the Red River in Shreveport-Bossier City, La., Aug. 15-18.

The EverStart Championship which was held on the Ouachita River was hosted by the Monroe/West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau and was the final EverStart Series tournament of the 2012 season. The EverStart Series will kick-off the 2013 season again when the Southeast Division visits Lake Okeechobee in Okeechobee, Fla., Jan. 10-12.

Coverage of the EverStart Championship will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network when ?FLW? airs Jan. 6, 2013, from 1 to 2 p.m. ET. ?FLW? is hosted by Jason Harper and is broadcast to more than 559 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world.

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