{"id":15001,"date":"2025-12-17T11:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanbassanglers.com\/news\/?p=15001"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:18:10","slug":"ben-and-ashley-sutton-chaulk-up-another-win-on-lake-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanbassanglers.com\/news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/ben-and-ashley-sutton-chaulk-up-another-win-on-lake-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben and Ashley Sutton Chalk Up Another Win on Lake Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

December 13, 2025, Elberton, GA \u2013Ben and Ashley Sutton from Gloverville, SC, secured their third win of the 2026 season at the fourth tournament of the South Carolina Couples Trail, Division 11, held on Lake Russell.  The day turned into a beautiful day on the water with all twelve teams that braved the cold morning weighing in a 5-bass limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben and Ashley topped the leaderboard with a total weight of 13.90-pounds. Their bag was anchored by Ben\u2019s 6.08-pound bass taking Men\u2019s Big Bass of the tournament.  First place earned the Suttons $475 in cash and 192 points to add to their lead in the National Standings.  Ben also earned $55 for Men\u2019s Big Bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben and Ashley started off in standing timber, catching his 6.08-pounder on a Berkley jerk bait using his AOY rod provided by Kissel Krafts Custom Rods.  The rest came on a drop shot with one caught out of the back of a pocket on an A-rig.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team of Zach Garner and Ashlyn Gordon took second place with a weight of 12.78-pounds earning them $300 in cash and 191 points.  Zach and Ashlyn started the day chasing schooling bass on live scope throwing a minnow style baits and jerk baits before going up to dirty water for the rest of the day and catching the majority of their better fish on jigs in brush piles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The team of Tom and Missy Bancroft ended up with a third-place finish, weighing in a 10.23-pound sack for 190 points and $125 in cash.  Their bag was anchored with Missy\u2019s 3.38-pound bass taking Ladies Big Bass and earning her $60.  The Bancrofts started fishing the back of a creek to catch the majority of their weight on wacky worms and shaky heads.  They finished in timber to cull up using same style baits.  All bass were caught using ALX spinning rods and Lew\u2019s reels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019d like to take a moment to congratulate one of our long-time Couples Teams on their 56th<\/sup> Wedding Anniversary.  Congratulations to John and Susan Mills! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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