See story and pictures at www.lonestaroutdoornews.com Written by ESPN Outdoors Photos by ESPN Outdoors Demolishing the four-day BASS heavyweight catch record, Paul Elias of Laurel, Miss., scored his sixth BASS victory in comeback fashion at the Bassmaster Elite Series’ Lone Star Shootout on Falcon Lake besting his nearest competitor, Terry Scroggins of Palatka, Fla., by just 4 ounces. Aided by a 37-pound, 11-ounce Sunday catch, Elias jumped from fifth to first. His four-day total of 132 pounds, 8 ounces, demolished the previous record of 122 pounds, 14 ounces, set by Alabama’s Steve Kennedy on California’s Clear Lake in 2007. The top six anglers bested Kennedy’s record. Though Elias took the victory, fish factory Falcon Lake also starred in the competition. The mainstream reservoir on the Rio Grande River with a surface area of 83654 acres yielded catches of more than 100 pounds to all of the 12 anglers who qualified for the final day, an unprecedented accomplishment. With the victory, Elias takes the $100000 top prize. “It was just one of those days,” said Elias through tears. “I was struggling early and found a way to entice those bigger bass around 1 Primarily working a deep-diving crankbait the first three days of competition, Elias, the 1982 Bassmaster Classic champion, mixed in a Mann¹s worm the final day. Sunday, Elias knew he was on the right fish, but he didn’t identify the correct technique until later in the day. Switching up his presentation method, Elias …

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