Woodrow wins club opener

Eric Woodrow of Duncan Falls won the Southern Ohio Bassmasters 2009 Anger of the Year Title by a wide margin. He started the club's 2010 schedule without missing a beat, grabbing a comfortable victory on Buckeye Lake Sunday.

Woodrow was the only member out of 30 fishing to bring a 5-fish limit to the scales. His 7 pounds, 3.6 ounces gave him a better than 2-pound margin over Mike Baughman of Crooksville, who had 3 fish weighing 5 pounds, 2.8 ounces. Mike's catch included the big bass of the tournament, a 3-pound, 2.2-ounce fish.

Kenny Fulks of Nashport finished third with three bass weighing 5 pounds, 1 ounce; Chris Lighthizer of Zanesville took fourth with three bass weighing 4 pounds, 7.6 ounces and Tom Sherfey of Zanesville was fifth with three bass weighing 3 pounds, 14 ounces.

Of the 30 members fishing, 18 weighed in a total of 40 bass.

A second night of cold weather, clear skies in the morning and a brisk wind put the bass in a more uncooperative mood than they had been even the day before, when anglers in the Buckeye Open had impressive numbers despite the cold front that blew in Friday.