KIMBERLING CITY, Mo. — The last time Todd Faircloth fished on Table Rock Lake, he didn't fare well and lost a berth in the CITGO Bassmaster Classic. This time around, Faircloth earned some redemption. Faircloth, who hails from Jasper, Texas, won The Rock presented by Theraseed — the final tournament of the 2006 CITGO Bassmaster Elite Series. His four-day total of 50 pounds, 9 ounces, propelled him to the victory, earned him a $100,000 check and secured him a spot in the 2007 Bassmaster Classic. It was Faircloth's first victory in his seven years as a professional angler. "I'm emotional," Faircloth said, as he choked back tears. "It's all coming out. Where to start? Seven years I've been doing this and I've been close. I just hadn't got it done. But I got it done today." Faircloth was fishing in approximately 30 to 35 feet of water at the James River near Indian Point south of Table Rock Lake. Todd Faircloth hoists the trophy presented for his first-ever BASS win. He drop-shot a 5-inch Senko Slim Worm (green pumpkin color) to land all of his bass on Sunday — the same lure that made him one of only two anglers who caught a limit of fish each day of this tournament. He looked for underwater contour near deep drop-offs and specifically targeted gravel flats to land his biggest fish. "It was anywhere you had a break, in about 30 to 35 feet of water," Faircloth said. "If you had some wood, it was even better. I caught a lot of my fish around brush piles and around trees. That's what I keyed on all week." For the first time since The Rock began on Thursday, rain became a factor. Showers began at 9 a.m. and continued through the weigh-in. Faircloth was concerned Sunday morning that the foul weather might cause changes in his bite. It did, but he was able to adapt. But it took a good part of his day to do so. "I didn't figure it out until this afternoon," Faircloth said. "I was catching fish pretty tight to the brushpiles the first two or three days. But today they were off the brushpiles a little ways. So I had to pull back from that a little bit. I kind of expected that." Emotions get the better of Faircloth on Sunday. Faircloth admitted he's not crazy about drop-shotting in deep water. It's something he didn't have to do when he was growing up on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir in eastern Texas. "I would never have dreamed my first victory would have come on a drop shot," he said. "I'm better with a flipping stick in my hand. It's definitely new to me, but I'm learning how to do it. This is just incredible. "When you can go over a fish and see him on your graph and drop the bait down, it's incredible. I don't know how many times I did that this week. You just shake it and they bite. It's like using live bait. He's going to eat it." Oklahoma's Edwin Evers was the only other Elite angler to catch a five-fish limit each day. He parlayed that consistency into a second-place finish with a four-day total of 46 pounds, 3 ounces. Evers caught a 10-14 sack on Sunday. Arkansas' Kevin Short placed third with a 45-14 total. He boated a 13-1 bag Sunday.