Pirch wins Walmart FLW Series event on Clear Lake

Pirch wins Walmart FLW Series event on Clear Lake KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Team National Guard pro Clifford Pirch of Payson, Ariz., caught a Western Division record-breaking five-bass catch weighing 37 pounds, 8 ounces Saturday to win $105,820 in the Walmart FLW Series National Guard Western Division tournament on Clear Lake with a four-day stringer of 20 bass weighing 97-8. The catch gave him the win by a solid 10-pound, 14-ounce margin over Randy Mcabee, Jr., who caught a total of 20 bass weighing 86-10 and earned $40,410. Pirch beat the previous Western Division heaviest bag record by 1 pound 12 ounces which was held by Sean Stafford. Stafford weighed in a 35 pound, 12 ounce bag that he caught at the California Delta in 2008. “I just had an incredible day,” said Pirch, whose biggest pro bag to date was about 27 pounds. “I don’t know what they were . . .” Read More