NetBait Strengthens Bait Line up with the all new Flex Worm!
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (July 10, 2020) When fishing pressure is high, anglers need to be flexible on the baits they throw to generate bites. Finicky fish require finesse presentations that look ultra-realistic, and the all new Flex Worm delivers, with lifelike movement that they cannot resist. Relying on an innovative manufacturing process that allows for perfection in bait lamination, the Flex Worm brings premium color features to a finesse style bait.
The Flex Worm is designed with a solid front end profile in the first 1.5” of the bait to ensure a stable hook insertion for Texas rig or shaky head presentations, The solid front end immediately transitions into a tapering ball & joint body design which gives the bait its Flex.
The innovative ball & joint design creates an extremely flexible mid-body action that alternates with the tail of the bait to create a constant undulating, swimming movement making the bait appear alive. Designed for Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass fishing, the ultra-realistic Flex Worm is Available in 5” and 7” sizes and 10 colors.
“There is nothing that works and moves like the Flex Worm available on the market today.” said NetBait Tackle President Justin Sward. “With the action that comes along with the unique ball & joint design, we’ve made the Flex Worm unbeatable in a variety of fishing presentations!”
Launching through Virtual ICAST 2020, NetBait Tackle Flex Worm is available now and will be offered in updated clamshell packages designed to give anglers full visibility of each bait profile and color.
For more information about any of our new products for 2020/21, visit www.netbait.com
Daiwa Expands Tatula Baitcasting Line
New TATULA 300 offers discerning anglers premium performance for fishing big baits
Cypress, CA (July 9, 2020) – Just when you thought the in-demand Tatula reel family couldn’t get any better, Daiwa unleashes the new Tatula 300, a true 300-size reel for throwing big bass baits. Daiwa’s progressive product development team redesigned the new Tatula to bring anglers a slightly larger option perfect for a variety of applications including outsized, deep-diving crankbaits, swimbaits, A rigs, and more. In short, it’s the perfect option for anglers fishing large presentations for even larger fish…
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What really makes The Daiwa Tatula 300 so special is the inclusion of the T-Wing System level-wind. When you take the reel out of gear it allows for less resistance on the line, allowing the line to cast further. Daiwa’s spool lets anglers finely tune the spool tension while the T-Wing System level-wind opens up line feed, working together to cast longer, more accurately, and provide stress-free control when chunking into the wind, skipping baits or casting large lures. The T-Wing System is also very efficient at reducing backlashes on the 300-size reel with large spool. It does this by reducing the angle of the line coming off the spool and spool speed, providing efficient operation unlike anything on the market in this reel class.
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The new Tatula 300 also features Daiwa’s patented Magforce Z magnetic casting system which is located on the exterior of the reel making adjustments easy depending on wind conditions, the rods you’re fishing, and overall aerodynamics of the baits you’re throwing.
Internally, the reel has much bigger gears for handing big baits and fish, necessitated by the aluminum frame which allows space for the larger gears in precise alignment, and subsequently, much more power and torque. Besides the aluminum frame, the Tatula 300 also features an aluminum side plate. The non-handle side is graphite to reduce the overall weight of the reel.
On the drag side of things, anglers will be impressed with the Ultimate Tournament Drag (UTD™), which offers a truly exceptional amount of maximum drag at 28.7 lbs. Most competitive 300-size low profile reels max out at about 22 lbs.
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Comfort is enhanced with Soft Touch handle knobs and a large 110mm heavy cranking power handle which provides a steady grip for all fishing scenarios.
The reel also features a 43mm aluminum deep spool that easily accommodates a full spool of heavy monofilament or braid.
Anglers will also notice how smooth the reel operates, thanks to two corrosion-resistant ball bearings, five regular shielded ball bearings, and one anti-reverse bearing.
The 300 size Tatula is available in Standard (6.3:1), High Speed (7.1:1) and Hyper Speed (8.1:1). And all gear ratios come in both left- and right-hand models.
When you’re considering a slightly larger palmable baitcaster, look no further than Daiwa’s new TATULA 300…a reel that is set to bring a whole new level of efficiency to fishing large baits for big fish.
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TATULA 300 Features:
- Aluminum Frame for strength, rigidity and smooth performance
- T-Wing System (TWS)
- 43mm Aluminum Deep Spool
- Ultimate Tournament Drag (UTD)
- 110mm Heavy Cranking Power Handle
- Jet Black Finish with Daiwa logo
- Available Gear Ratios (6.3:1) (7.1:1) (8.1:1)
MSRP $269.99
Dobson Leads Toyota Series on Erie with 20 pound limit!
Courtesy of FLWFishing.com
July 9, 2020 by Jody White
The weights on day one of the Toyota Series Northern Division event on Lake Erie were about what folks expected: plenty of quality fish, but a lack of the plump 4- and 5-pounders that Erie is so known for. Weighing one of only two bags over 20 pounds, Scott Dobson put 20-12 on the scale after a day of fishing that took him as far from Sandusky as the mouth of the St. Clair River.
Using all his significant wiles, Dobson took advantage of very smooth conditions to catch fish in St. Clair, at the mouth of the St. Clair River, in the Detroit River and Lake Erie. Though his best work happened in St. Clair, he wouldn’t have had 20 pounds without a 4-pounder from Erie at the end of the day.
“I started on a relatively shallow spot and I caught a good one and a decent one on a swimbait,” says Dobson. “Then they kinda stopped biting. There was a massive mayfly hatch; it was like the locust invasion. They were everywhere. We were covered in bugs and fish were coming up slurping, but they’re super hard to catch when they’re slurping in deeper water.
“So, I ran to a mayfly break and I caught another one and had one follow my jerkbait. Then I went to a current spot and I caught two good ones and a couple more mediocre ones. Then I went to the big ones, off the Mile Roads, and they weren’t biting. We fished around, and Gary finally caught a limit, but I didn’t know how rough it was going to be, so we ran and got gas at about 11:45.”
After getting gas, Dobson stopped and fished in the Detroit River some and then ran to the islands in Erie for his final quality fish to end a somewhat lackluster day.
“It was very uneventful,” says Dobson. “I hadn’t been up to St. Clair since Friday, but my team partner had been out and said they were snapping. Well, they weren’t snapping today.”
Still, a swimbait, jerkbait and drop-shot put 20 pounds in the boat, and Dobson plans on making the big run again if he can.
“If it’s calm, I’m going to go. If I make it back, I make it back,” he says. “I don’t think I can catch more than 15 pounds out here. It’s tough, and it’s painful. You have to throw a Ned rig next to a boulder and just park it there.”
Top 10 pros
1. Scott Dobson – Clarkston, Mich. – 20-12 (5)
2. Buck Mallory – Lawton, Mich. – 20-6 (5)
3. Josh Kolodzaike – Toledo, Ohio – 19-13 (5)
4. Dick Parker – Lorain, Ohio – 19-5 (5)
5. Drew Sanford – Springfield, Mo. – 19-2 (5)
6. Neal Ramsey – Harrison, Ohio – 18-15 (5)
7. AJ Slegona – Pine Bush, N.Y. – 18-6 (5)
8. Chad Brousseau – Colchester, Vt. – 18-5 (5)
9. Troy Stokes – Brownstown, Mich. – 18-4 (5)
10. Matt Becker – Finleyville, Penn. – 18-2 (5)
| 1 | SCOTT DOBSON | 20 - 12 (5) | |
| 2 | BUCK MALLORY | 20 - 6 (5) | |
| 3 | JOSH KOLODZAIKE | 19 - 13 (5) | |
| 4 | DICK PARKER | 19 - 5 (5) | |
| 5 | DREW SANFORD | 19 - 2 (5) | |
| 6 | NEAL RAMSEY | 18 - 15 (5) | |
| 7 | AJ SLEGONA | 18 - 6 (5) | |
| 8 | CHAD BROUSSEAU | 18 - 5 (5) | |
| 9 | TROY STOKES | 18 - 4 (5) | |
| 10 | MATT BECKER | 18 - 2 (5) | |
| 11 | RYAN DAVIDSON | 17 - 14 (5) | |
| 12 | MATTHEW KIEFER | 17 - 12 (5) | |
| 13 | JONATHAN KELLEY | 17 - 7 (5) | |
| 13 | STEVE YORK | 17 - 7 (5) | |
| 15 | MARK PEISER | 17 - 6 (5) | |
| 16 | LEE ROGERS | 17 - 3 (5) | |
| 17 | JOE LUCARELLI | 17 - 1 (5) | |
| 18 | JONATHAN DIETZ | 17 - 0 (5) | |
| 19 | CHASE SERAFIN | 16 - 14 (5) | |
| 20 | CODY PIKE | 16 - 12 (5) | |
| 21 | JACOB BIGELOW | 16 - 11 (5) | |
| 21 | JUSTIN HICKS | 16 - 11 (5) | |
| 23 | JASON KERVIN | 16 - 10 (5) | |
| 23 | WAYNE VAUGHAN | 16 - 10 (5) | |
| 25 | DREW SIX | 16 - 9 (5) | |
| 26 | PAUL KIMBALL | 16 - 7 (5) | $107 |
| 27 | STEVE CLAPPER | 16 - 6 (5) | |
| 28 | JOHN DAWSON | 16 - 4 (5) | |
| 29 | KERRY FREY | 16 - 3 (5) | |
| 29 | DONALD TRIPOLI | 16 - 3 (5) | |
| 31 | GARY GINTER | 16 - 2 (5) | |
| 32 | EDWARD LEVIN | 16 - 1 (5) | |
| 33 | TONY MITCHELL | 15 - 13 (5) | |
| 34 | JIM VITARO | 15 - 10 (5) | |
| 34 | CLIFF BLACKFORD | 15 - 10 (5) | |
| 36 | JOHN HAUSERMAN | 15 - 9 (5) | |
| 37 | KURT MITCHELL | 15 - 7 (5) | |
| 37 | ALLEX CONNER | 15 - 7 (5) | |
| 39 | RANDY RAMSEY | 15 - 5 (5) | |
| 40 | DON ROBERTS | 15 - 4 (5) | |
| 40 | FRANK POIRIER | 15 - 4 (5) | |
| 42 | NICK RADTKE | 15 - 0 (5) | |
| 43 | JACOB JARRELL | 14 - 13 (5) | |
| 44 | JADE KEETON | 14 - 12 (5) | |
| 45 | NEIL DELEEUW | 14 - 9 (5) | |
| 46 | CRAIG SAYLOR | 14 - 7 (5) | |
| 46 | CHARLIE HARTLEY | 14 - 7 (5) | |
| 48 | JASON BURGER | 14 - 6 (5) | |
| 49 | DYLAN DREPHAL | 14 - 4 (5) | |
| 50 | LEO REITER | 14 - 2 (4) | |
| 51 | JASON KINNER | 14 - 1 (5) | |
| 52 | SCOTT COOKE | 13 - 15 (5) | |
| 53 | DAN GROVE, JR | 13 - 14 (5) | |
| 54 | SHANE HATCH | 13 - 12 (5) | |
| 54 | FORREST SMITH | 13 - 12 (5) | |
| 56 | ANDREW BUSS | 13 - 9 (5) | |
| 57 | TIM WILSON | 13 - 8 (5) | |
| 58 | CHARLES SIM | 13 - 7 (5) | |
| 58 | MANDEL PETTUS | 13 - 7 (5) | |
| 60 | JONATHAN FULTON | 13 - 5 (5) | |
| 61 | HEATH TOLER | 13 - 3 (5) | |
| 62 | DAVID KRANZ | 13 - 2 (5) | |
| 62 | RICHARD GROSSE | 13 - 2 (5) | |
| 64 | JAMES WHEELER | 13 - 0 (4) | |
| 65 | KIRK MCMULLEN | 12 - 14 (5) | |
| 66 | ROBERT GROSSE | 12 - 10 (5) | |
| 67 | DAN CORNELIUS | 12 - 9 (5) | |
| 68 | CODY SEEGER | 12 - 8 (5) | |
| 68 | BRIAN TYLER | 12 - 8 (5) | |
| 70 | RON JOHNSON | 12 - 4 (5) | |
| 70 | ZACH GOUTREMOUT | 12 - 4 (5) | |
| 70 | MATT HICKS | 12 - 4 (5) | |
| 73 | PAT UPTHAGROVE | 12 - 3 (5) | |
| 74 | BRET LOOMIS | 12 - 2 (5) | |
| 75 | DAKOTA EBARE | 12 - 0 (5) | |
| 76 | LUCAS BOGOSIAN | 11 - 15 (4) | |
| 76 | RONALD MARTINEZ JR. | 11 - 15 (5) | |
| 78 | HUGH COSCULLUELA | 11 - 13 (5) | |
| 78 | RUSS SIMPSON | 11 - 13 (5) | |
| 78 | CHRISTIAN MAZZOLA | 11 - 13 (5) | |
| 81 | DANGER KELLY | 11 - 12 (5) | |
| 82 | COLE HARRIS | 11 - 11 (5) | |
| 82 | MICHAEL MILLER | 11 - 11 (5) | |
| 82 | JOSHUA BARR | 11 - 11 (4) | |
| 85 | CHRIS KING | 11 - 10 (4) | |
| 86 | TOMMY ROBINSON | 11 - 8 (5) | |
| 87 | BRANDON JOHNSON | 11 - 4 (5) | |
| 87 | ALEX REDWINE | 11 - 4 (5) | |
| 89 | SHAYNE MCFARLIN | 10 - 14 (4) | |
| 90 | LOUIS MARTINEZ | 10 - 12 (5) | |
| 91 | ED CASEY | 10 - 1 (4) | |
| 92 | RYAN INGALLS | 9 - 15 (5) | |
| 93 | JOE KINCHEN | 8 - 14 (4) | |
| 94 | RANDY KUKRAL | 8 - 7 (3) | |
| 95 | ANGEL ROSARIO | 8 - 5 (4) | |
| 96 | MATT GREENBLATT | 8 - 4 (3) | |
| 97 | DARRYL ESTERLY | 8 - 1 (3) | |
| 98 | HAROLD MARIETTA | 7 - 12 (3) | |
| 99 | WILLIAM DENNISON III | 7 - 7 (3) | |
| 100 | JARRETT MARTIN | 6 - 15 (3) | |
| 101 | TOM BELINDA | 6 - 14 (3) | |
| 101 | DANIEL URBINO | 6 - 14 (3) | |
| 103 | RICK CHENOWETH | 6 - 9 (3) | |
| 104 | JOSEPH STOIS SR. | 6 - 1 (3) | |
| 105 | TODD HAHN | 5 - 13 (2) | |
| 106 | REMINGTON BARKLEY | 5 - 8 (2) | |
| 107 | BURLEY WARF | 4 - 15 (2) | |
| 108 | JASON ROOT | 4 - 13 (2) | |
| 109 | STEVE CROWLEY | 4 - 8 (2) | |
| 110 | KIRK SULLIVAN | 4 - 2 (1) | |
| 111 | SHAWN O'MALLEY | 4 - 0 (2) | |
| 111 | JOHN TRASK | 4 - 0 (2) | |
| 113 | JOHN WATTS | 3 - 0 (1) | |
| 114 | ROBERT GRABOW | 2 - 7 (1) |
Final Stage of 2020 Bass Pro Tour Starts Friday: Major League Fishing Pros Battle on Lake Michigan for Stage Title and Season Champ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2020 (Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.) The Bass Pro Tour Covercraft Stage Five presented by Abu Garcia hosted by Destination Sturgeon Bay will stream live on MLFNOW! July 10-15, 2020, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. CT daily. The 80 best professional anglers in the world will compete for the Stage Title as well as the Season Points Champion. Stage Five will also determine who qualifies for the 2021 REDCREST and Heavy Hitters events. 29-year-old Jordan Lee leads the race for Points Champion with Fletcher Shryock, Jacob Wheeler and Ott DeFoe rounding out the top four.
Major League Fishing (MLF) returned to competition in June following a mid-season pause to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. An inherently socially distant sport, MLF’s catch-weigh-immediately release format eliminates the need for a weigh-in/central gathering in competition. The League also implemented guidelines to protect and respect competitors, essential staff, and the host community including social distancing, face coverings, and the cancelation of fan events. For Sturgeon Bay, the League has also implemented their trailering policy, usually reserved for instances of weather, to decentralize anglers as they launch and return their boats from the competition field.
MLF worked with Destination Sturgeon Bay to host this final Stage after travel restrictions in Vermont forced a change from the previously announced location.
“We are beyond excited to welcome Major League Fishing to Sturgeon Bay, Door County for their final tournament of the season,” said Pam Seiler, Destination Sturgeon Bay Executive Director. “Being able to jump in to assist with the last-minute location change, we know that anglers and fans alike will love what Sturgeon Bay, Door County has to offer. We’re looking forward to seeing the pros catch record-setting bass as many anglers return for a second visit to our area and appreciate the opportunity to host as we know that this tournament will be of great economic value to our local businesses and community.”
Covercraft Stage Five presented by Abu Garcia will determine the 2020 Bass Pro Tour Points Champion. Berkley Pro Jordan Lee leads the field with 276 points. Fletcher Shryock sits in second place with 269 points and Jordan Wheeler is closely behind at 267 points. Points are awarded at each stage of the 2020 Bass Pro Tour by place through the field of 80 (80 points for finishing first, 79 points for second place, and so on). To view the complete standings, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com/standing.
Veteran angler Kevin VanDam enters Stage Five in 15th place and recently told reporters of the importance of this week’s event.
“This really is the most important event of our season,” said VanDam, a four-time Bassmaster Classic winner. “Stage Five determines our Season Points Champion, REDCREST qualifiers, and now the 2021 Heavy Hitters qualifiers. A lot is on the line this week for each Pro. It’s going to be a great event to watch!”
The top 40 anglers in season-long points qualify for REDCREST, the Bass Pro Tour Championship, scheduled for February 21-29, 2020 on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, hosted by Tulsa Regional Tourism. Mike McClelland (41st), Fred “Boom Boom” Roumbanis (42nd), and Lake Erie’s Dave Lefebre (43rd) sit within striking distance of James Elam (38th), Justin Atkins (39th), and James “Worldwide” Watson (40th). Aaron Martens currently sits in 46th place despite missing Stage Four while undergoing treatment for brain cancer. Only 92 days after undergoing life-saving brain surgery, Martens returns to fish this, the final stage. Before his diagnosis, Martens finished in the top 20 at Stages One and Three earlier this year. For the complete standings, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com/standing.
MLF recently announced that Toyota Heavy Hitters presented by Venmo will return in 2021. To qualify, each Pro’s largest catch of each Stage of the 2020 Bass Pro Tour (five Stages) is tallied. The 40 anglers with the heaviest “bag” qualify for the 2021 special event, featuring over $750,000 in payouts. The payout schedule includes big-fish bonuses per round, which can make one fish worth $100,000. Jordan Lee, winner of the inaugural Heavy Hitters event on the Kissimmee Chain June 7-12, leads the field with 30 pounds, four ounces on four bass. Andy Morgan (26-14), Takahiro Omori (26-12), and Michael Neal (26-9) sit nearby in second through fourth place.
Covercraft Stage Five presented by Abu Garcia hosted by Destination Sturgeon Bay will air on Discovery Channel as two, two-hour original episodes September 26 and October 3, 2020. For additional details, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com/tv-schedule.
Holiday Hangover
This week Chris and the boys are still trying to recover from the holiday weekend. Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Matt Arey joins the show to talk about life on the Elite Series side of life and more. David talks Sportsmans Bass Wrap up, Jason previews upcoming events and Kenneth, well he's just Kenneth. Ya'll hit play!
American Baitworks Pros Take 3 of Top 10 in Renegade Bass Tour on Dog Lake
American Baitworks’ Team of Kyle Healy and Adam Howell Take the win with 21.75lbs
July 8, 2020, Ocean Springs, Mississippi – Hot weather made for even hotter fishing at Stop 1 of the 2020 Canadian Elite Series - Renegade Bass Tour on Whitefish, Cranberry and Dog Lakes this past Saturday. Taking 18+ pounds to make the Top 10, shows that the fishing is good and the competition is tough.
American Baitworks Pros Kyle Healy and Adam Howell represented NetBait, Scum Frog, Freedom Tackle, Halo Rods and STH Bait Co. well, taking top spot with 21.75lbs in the 85 boat elite field. Healy and Howell barely edged out American Baitworks Pro Lenny Devos and his partner Jeff Desloges who finished 2nd with 21.23lbs. American Baitworks Pros Matt Massey and Travis Raison took 9th place weighing in 18.25lbs.
“All the long days on the water paid off with our first qualifier win! 2 years ago AJ Howell and I had our worst Renegade Bass Tour finish on Dog and Cranberry.... and that was not how we wanted it to go this time.” said American Baitworks Pro Kyle Healy“We were ecstatic when the lake was announced for the 2020 season to get our shot at redemption and to put some largie's in the boat. We want to say a big thanks you our sponsors #americanbaitworks #netbait #scumfrog #sth #freedomtackle#smoothsidedocks and #parkit360”
Healy and Howell focused on deep isolated rock and spent the bulk of their practice using their electronics and scanning for rock and boulders.
“Well I still can't believe it happened. 2 years ago Kyle Healey and I had our worst RBT finish on Dog and Cranberry and all we wanted was redemption for it.” said American Baitworks Pro Adam (AJ) Howell “Throughout the whole 2019 season we never put a single green fish in our well and it felt great to go back to our roots an put a largie win under our belts.”
Howell and Healy will carry the lead for Team of the Year heading in the the 2nd and 3rd stops of the 2020 Renegade Bass Tour on the historic Big Rideau Lake, in Portland, Ontario July 18th and 19th, 2020
You’ll Feel More Bites with Halo’s New Super-Sensitive, Upscaled KS II Elite Series Fishing Rods
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (July 9, 2020) Halo Fishing has stepped up its efforts to provide tour grade fishing rods at an affordable price with the new KS II Elite Series.
Halo’s new leadership is strongly committed to integrity to their customers and products and driven by a passion for building high quality rods at affordable prices. The KS II Elite exemplifies the attention to detail and quality Halo demands from every product they manufacture. Demonstrated in the KS II Elite rods build quality which is manufactured with premium components on a super light, ultra-sensitive Nano-fiber carbon blank.
The KS II Elite Series consists of six casting and one spinning model all of which were designed with input from Halo’s pro fishing team. Retailing at $169.99, the series is built with premium Fuji guides featuring zirconia inserts that heighten rod sensitivity even more. The KS II Elite’s rock solid, proprietary reel handle is made of AAA cork with green Eva Foam highlights for comfort and sensitivity. An exposed, “two-finger” section in the reel seat provides anglers a direct feel to the blank for those delicate bites.
“Nano-fiber carbon not only is stronger and more sensitive than graphite but it’s more durable as well,” says Halo Brand Manager Walt Roberts.
The spinning reel seat also features a double-nut attachment to keep the reel secured to the rod. Both casting and spinning rods have a hook hanger integrated into the blank.
“Halo is working closely with our pro staff team to get our input on rod lengths, features and actions,” says Scott Canterbury, the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year. “We’ve made huge strides in improving the overall quality of the rods and dialed in the actions to meet the needs of serious anglers.”
In addition to focusing on quality products, the new Halo leadership has doubled down on its commitment to anglers and customer service. The KS II Elite rods are backed by a five-year warranty.
“We know our customers work hard all week so they can fish harder on weekends,” says Roberts. “The new management team is not only passionate about providing customers a quality product for their hard-earned dollars, but we’re equally committed to a vastly improved customer service program for anglers and our dealer network.”
Halo is a subsidiary of the American Baitworks Co. American Baitworks has made significant strides to overhaul the rod company since moving the business from Florida to Mississippi in 2019.
For more product information, visit www.americanbaitworks.com.
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Suntex and Bradley Roy Announce Partnership
Jamestown, KY – Today, State Dock, a Suntex Marina, announced a partnership with Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour angler Bradley Roy. The ten-year pro from Lancaster, KY, will actively promote the Lake Cumberland State Dock facility located in Jamestown, KY.
Roy grew up fishing Lake Cumberland. His annual Bradley Roy High School Open fishing tournament is held there and had a field of 200 boats in October of 2019. The eighth annual tournament will on Cumberland the weekend of October 17th.
As part of the partnership, the State Dock is providing lodging for the winner of the Fish with Bradley Sweepstakes. One lucky winner will spend two nights at the State Dock on Lake Cumberland and a day on the water with Bradley. Entry into the sweepstakes is free at www.bradleyroy.com.
In addition to competing at the highest level of bass fishing, Roy is well-known for giving back. Aspiring anglers from his home state compete in his High School Open each year for two spots in the Bassmaster National Championship and compete for college scholarships and prizes in a unique catch, weigh, and release format on day two of that event.
Through a partnership with Louisville-based USA Cares (www.usacares.org), since 2016, Roy has hosted annual benefit tournaments to assist the organization with its efforts to provide financial and advocacy assistance to post-9/11 active duty US military service personnel, veterans and their families.
“We are thrilled to partner with a true professional like Bradley Roy,” said Suntex’s Southeastern Marketing Specialist Shanalda Burden. “Bradley does so much to give back to his community and makes the angling community in Kentucky very proud. We love that his roots are deep at Lake Cumberland and that his annual high school tournament brings so many people to the lake.”
State Dock, a Suntex Marina, will immediately become involved with both of those initiatives and join Roy’s current sponsors helping him give back to his community.
About State Dock, a Suntex Marina
For more information regarding State Dock, please visit www.statedock.com.
The Suntex portfolio spans across the United States, including locations in California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia. For more information on Suntex Marinas or the complete portfolio of Suntex marinas, please visit www.suntex.com.
Cayuga Lake Bassmaster Elite Series Event Canceled; Two NY Tournaments Still Scheduled
July 8, 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S. officials announced they will cancel the Bassmaster Elite at Cayuga Lake, scheduled for July 14-17 in the Village of Union Springs, N.Y., and plan to reschedule the tournament for another fishery later this season.
Last week, the State of New York released guidelines for professional sports competitions which include diagnostic testing and protocols for daily health screenings for all athletes and staff, along with a host of other safety and social distancing measures. Under these guidelines, no fans or spectators are allowed to attend events, even those held at outdoor venues.
“New York does allow for professional athletes to have a fast track to compete here, but the regulations and protocols were way beyond what we could produce,” said Mayor Bud Shattuck from the Village of Union Springs, the tournament’s local host. “While we tried valiantly to get this done, it was beyond our control given the tight time frame between when guidelines were announced and competition.”
At this time, both B.A.S.S. and local hosts believe the required testing can be arranged so that the remaining two Elite Series tournaments in New York — the SiteOne Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River July 23-26 and Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain July 30 – Aug. 2 — can continue as scheduled.
“B.A.S.S. is doing everything possible within the guidelines to make sure everyone is safely on the water and fishing our events,” said B.A.S.S. CEO Bruce Akin. “Every major professional sports league is instituting testing protocols and working to develop new competition plans that adhere to strict health and safety guidelines, and we’ll evolve and enhance our plans as needed to work toward our goal of completing the 2020 Bassmaster Elite Season.”
Back by Popular Demand
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Daiwa hears the call from anglers and reintroduces the Double Clutch 95SP jerkbait |
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Cypress, CA (July 6, 2020) – Automotive enthusiasts understand what it means to double-clutch with a manual transmission. In simple terms, through ace footwork, you downshift to build RPMs and provide the engine power for an instant burst of speed. You could say Daiwa’s revived Double Clutch 95SP will be doing the same for hardcore fishing enthusiasts. The 3 ¾ inch (95mm) freshwater threat is a proven producer for bass, walleyes, trout and monster panfish. Engineered and manufactured in Japan, the Daiwa Double Clutch 96SPsupplies intense action when cast or trolled. And when you put on the brakes, the lure instantly suspends, giving curious fish a chance to study its indisputably realistic baitfish profile. |
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Regarding the lure’s seductive shape, its thin hydrodynamic design with sliding weight transfer system yields exceptionally long and straight casts, diving from 4- to 6-feet, deeper yet when trolled. Daiwa recommends 10- or 15-lb. test J-Braid x8 braided line to maximize running depth and sensitivity, along with an 18- to 24-inch J-Fluoro fluorocarbon leader. The Double Clutch 95SP’s hooks are equally as remarkable. Daiwa affixes a pair of #8 SaqSas treble hooks, which are heralded for their exceedingly smooth and sharp points. |
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The Daiwa Double Clutch 95SP is available in well-established colors, including Bone, Delta Smelt, Laser Wakasagi. And as the result of Daiwa’s imaginative Inner Paint Process (IP), the IP Pink, IP Ayu and IP Wakasagi patterns offer greater resistance to scratching, and an even more dynamic 3D appearance. “Daiwa lure product manager, Satoshi Ito, brought the lure back due to popular demand,” said Marc Mills, Daiwa field test manager. “The Double Clutch 95P has consistently proven to catch more fish and get more strikes than almost any other jerkbait. We’re glad to see its return.” MSRP $18.99. Now available. |
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For Daiwa’s latest color catalog and/or information on Daiwa dealers in your area, call Daiwa’s Customer Service Department at 562-375-6800 or e-mail inquiries to: [email protected]. The URL for Daiwa’s web site is http://www.daiwa.com/us/ |
Topwater Chaos will Erupt with the Innovative Mischief Minnow
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (July 7, 2020) There is nothing more exciting than a fish erupting on a topwater bait and the chaos that ensues. Topwater chaos is what makes the all new Mischief Minnow from Freedom Tackle one of the hottest and most innovative baits to land in 2020 – and puts it in a class all its own.
The secret to the Mischief Minnow’s performance is the unique Kilter Blade – this custom blade design is center-mounted on the bait body by an angled blade pin. The patent-pending Kilter Blade creates a highly erratic action – there is simply nothing like it in the market today!
Working the bait is simple, relying on the Kilter Blade to create side-to-side body rolling action which mimics a wounded baitfish on the water’s surface. The Mischief Minnow’s unique thrashing action combines clacking sound, wake vibration and blade flash – a true triple threat in topwater fishing that makes fish want to smash.”
At rest, the high-float body relies on a nose-up presentation that thrashes into action with the slightest twitch. Use a straight retrieve or mix it up with a pause-and-rip rod technique to entice bone jarring strikes!
The Mischief Minnow is designed to put fish in the boat with premium paint finishes, super-sharp Gamakatsu Short Shank treble hooks and the exclusive Freedom Color-Matched Custom Kilter Blade.
“The Mischief Minnow brings innovation to topwater fishing by combining all the advantages of sound, wake and blade flash in a pencil style bait design.” said Michael Tamburro, President of Freedom Tackle. “Two years of design and product testing has given us feedback from the biggest critics we have – the fish! They don’t just eat it, they want to destroy it and that’s the kind of mischief we want to create when topwater fishing!”
For more information about any of our new products for 2020/21, visit www.americanbaitworks.com
Keep Small Tackle Organized with the New EDGE™ 3500
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Grand Prairie, TX (July 7, 2020) Launched at ICast 2019, the Plano EDGE™ was built on the familiar Plano 3600 and 3700 Stowaway footprints. The EDGE™ tackle systems were created to answer anglers' questions before they even ask. Adaptable, durable and intuitively designed means the lure you just thought of using is available in seconds. The Plano EDGE™ family offers an entire line of storage solutions for any angler in the industry standards 3600 and 3700 Stowaway footprints.
New for ICast 2020, Plano unveils the newest addition to the EDGE™ family - the Plano EDGE™ 3500. Like its bigger brethren, the EDGE™ 3500 has all of the standard features of the line but in a smaller and more agile frame. The new EDGE™ 3500 is sure to strike a chord among anglers who are on the go and can't carry larger boxes and gear. Kayak anglers, bank and wading fisherman or anyone familiar with the benefits of the EDGE™ 3600 or 3700 Standard box should quickly embrace the smaller 3500.
Starting with its Duraview™ crystal-clear lid, the EDGE™ 3500 makes identifying baits and terminal tackle a fast affair. No more opening and closing multiple boxes to find a specific lure or bait. When closed, the Dri-Loc™ watertight seal makes a barrier that moisture cannot penetrate. Another unique feature of the Plano EDGE™ 3500 is the new patent-pending, one-handed latch. Durable, steel-pin hinges finish off the rugged lid and marry it to the EDGE's base for years of use.
Plano's new exclusive Rustrictor™ anti-corrosion compound is infused into the base of all EDGE™ boxes. Rustrictor™ prevents terminal tackle and expensive baits from corroding. Water Wick™ provides further corrosion defense from a water-absorbing desiccant divider, giving EDGE™ a one-two punch against rust and corrosion. Patent-pending, pre-separated, vented dividers allow for air circulation. They are also recessed into the base of the box so that terminal tackle and smaller items don't migrate throughout the box. The EDGE™ 3500 also features an innovative labeling system on the latch of every box.
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Scott Canterbury Casts His New Signature Series of Halo Fishing Rods
July 8, 2020, Ocean Springs, Mississippi – Almost every professional angler, has design adaptations and enhancements they would like to make to the tools of their trade, and Scott Canterbury is no exception. When we approached the 2019 Bassmaster Angler of the Year and Halo Fishing Rods Pro to have him consult on adding tournament-proven design enhancements to our rods, no question, he was immediately all-in.
Working closely with Scott, the Halo Fishing Rods design team identified a number of important advancements in product design. From his years of experience and personal recommendations, we saw an opportunity to develop a completely new series of rods that could build upon Scott’s success, performance and consistency. From those initial design ideas, the team developed seven models of Scott Canterbury Signature Series rods. These seven new Scott Canterbury rod models were designed to cover every fishing situation and the extreme conditions that a professional angler faces throughout their extensive tournament season.
“I’ve been using Halo Fishing Rods for the best part of my tournament career and the company already makes some of my favorite tournament-proven rods. When they gave me the challenge of adding my recommendations and design enhancements for tournament situations, I was excited to get involved.” said 2019 Bassmaster Angler of the Year Scott Canterbury “Each of these rods have my 20-plus years of tournament experience in them. They are priced to be affordable for any angler and designed to be tournament tough. I’m very proud of the work of our team to create some truly innovative fishing rods.”
The Scott Canterbury Signature Series rods are built with High-end Japanese Nano-fiber Graphite for unmatched sensitivity and durability. The blank design is centered around a reduced handle length for increased casting accuracy, as well as, improved butt-end clearance to eliminate interference with bulky clothing. The blank is matched with stainless steel guide frames with zirconia inserts for smooth casting and durability. We also added a new, proprietary reel seat to improve hand-to-blank touch sensitivity and a super-comfortable grip to reduce casting fatigue for those long days on the water. The Scott Canterbury series are great rod designs developed by a true Champion.
Features:
- 7 rods in the series - 6 casting & 1 spinning
- Japanese Nano-fiber Graphite
- Reduced Handle Lengths
- Sensitive, light and durable
- Stainless steel guides with zirconia inserts
- Proprietary Halo reel seat
- Ultra-Comfort Grips
www.halofishing.com
NetBait Collaborates with STH Bait Co to launch new line of Finesse Soft Plastics
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (July 7, 2020) NetBait Tackle is advancing the company’s line up of soft plastic baits with the all new STH Finesse Series. The collaboration between the two American Baitworks Co. brands will expand the NetBait product selection with 3 new series of products: Finesse Series Drifter, Finesse Series Crush Worms and Finesse Series Tubes.
The new NetBait STH Finesse Series products have been designed almost exclusively for fishing smallmouth bass, as well as highly pressured and finicky fish where subtle bait actions and reduced bait profiles are critical to generating more bites. These super-soft bait profiles are made with exceptional attention to detail with incredibly natural color patterns.
NetBait STH Finesse Series Products
DRIFTER
Drifter (2.75”) 6/pack
One of the best baits available for finesse applications like drop shot, jig head and the STH Flatty Rig. A classic, handcrafted, hand-poured bait with year-round application for Bass, Walleye and Ice Fishing, the Drifter is 2.75 inches and comes in 8 color options.
Super soft salted and scented, the Drifter moves freely in any application without you having to shake it. Integrated 3D eyes give the Drifter a lifelike, fleeing baitfish appearance to get every fish to stop and chomp.
CRUSH WORM
Crush Worm (3.75") 10/pack
Stumpy Crush Worm (3.5") 8/pack
Jr. Crush Worm (3") 10/pack
The Crush Worm is one of the most lifelike baits available on the market today thanks to a super-soft, high-float plastic integrated with salt and scent – the ultimate combination to get fish to bite and hang on!
The three size profiles give anglers the option to size down between the Crush Worm and Jr. Crush Worm for more subtle presentations or use a slightly wider bait profile with the Stumpy Crush.
The Crush Worm has quickly become the mainstay drop shot bait for a wide range of anglers. We recommend using an extremely subtle technique with minimal rod tip movement as it has been proven consistently that slight twitches and dead sticking the Crush Worm optimizes the bait’s performance.
FINESSE SERIES TUBES
Our Finesse Series Tubes are rewriting the rules when it comes to tube fishing and smallmouth bass! STH Series Tubes outperform others because of an important design feature – body to tail ratio!
The 40% body to 60% tail ratio delivers vastly improved action with the slightest twitch of your rod and allows for a fully exposed hook in the tail section which improves hookups with hard-lipped smallmouth bass.
Available in 10 colors and two sizes; 2.5” and 4” – tube anglers can use the bigger size tubes for smallmouth and largemouth or size down for super finicky bass and walleye that need to be enticed with a smaller profile.
“We’re excited to announce these incredible new baits under our new STH Finesse Series which is adding even more versatility to our products and giving anglers more choice and more bites with NetBait.” said NetBait Tackle President Justin Sward.
Launching through Virtual ICAST 2020, NetBait Tackle STH Finesse Series products will be available in August 2020 and will be offered in updated dimensional clamshell packaging designed to give anglers full visibility of each bait profile and color.
For more information about any of our new products for 2020/2021, visit www.netbait.com
AFTCO - The Original Reaper — Upgraded!
The Reaper 3-Layer Windproof Jacket constructed from a durable stretch soft shell rip-stop fabric with an ultra-warm Hexatron™ fleece lining and integrated micro-fleece face mask.
The AFTCO Reaper Hoodie swept the fishing world and quickly became the staple for cold weather fishing comfort, rendering traditional fishing sweatshirts obsolete. The Reaper Windproof Jacket is the next generation of technical cold weather gear in the Reaper family. This soft shell jacket still incorporates a built-in face mask and neck warmer but is now lined with AFTCO's very own Hexatron™ fleece material. A durable 94% polyester / 6% spandex rip-stop outer shell is fused to the Hexatron™ lining. This combination in a 3-layer fabric provides added comfort, warmth, and wind protection. Built with laser cut underarm ventilation and a zippered side vent.
For the angler looking for a soft shell jacket specifically for cold weather and Fall/Winter fishing, the Reaper Soft Shell Jacket is the versatile piece that checks all the boxes and more.
The Reaper Jacket will be available later this fall here
American Baitworks Makes Major Move With Industry Veteran Doug Minor
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi. (July 7, 2020) American Baitworks started its journey in 2018 with a commitment to designing, creating and manufacturing high quality products to help the company’s partners and customers achieve success on and off the water. Through investment and acquisition, American Baitworks brand family includes 6 outstanding brands; Freedom Tackle. Halo Fishing Rods, NetBait Tackle, Scum Frog, Snag Proof and STH Bait Co.
Today, the company is advancing that promise and commitment to our customers and partners as industry veteran Doug Minor joins the American Baitworks team. Doug Comes to American Baitworks after 37 years with Strike King Lure Company. Doug will join the company on July 7th taking on a leadership role as President of American Baitworks.
“I’m truly blessed to have an opportunity to join and work with our growing team at American Baitworks. I see such tremendous opportunity to make a difference in and for the fishing industry with our brands and through our team.” said Doug Minor, President of American Baitworks. “In my time in the industry I have been fortunate to have made lifelong relationships and friendships through a shared passion for the outdoors. I’m excited and looking forward to continuing those relationships in my new role at American Baitworks.”
“There is a very bright future for our company and our family of brands at American Baitworks. Doug’s passion and enthusiasm is unbridled and he brings with him the experience we need to establish American Baitworks as a leader in our industry.” said American Baitworks Founder and CEO Robert Greenberg. “
Toyota Series Set to Visit Lake Erie for Northern Division Opener
SANDUSKY, Ohio (June 30, 2020) – The 2020 Toyota Series will open the Northern Division with a tournament next week at Lake Erie, July 9-11, with the Toyota Series at Lake Erie. Hosted by the City of Sandusky, the three-day tournament will feature the region’s best bass-fishing pros and co-anglers casting for a top prize of up to $65,000, plus a $35,000 bonus if the winner is a qualified Phoenix Boat owner.
The event will be the third Toyota Series tournament held since the organization paused all competition in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Originally scheduled to be held at the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York, the event was moved to Lake Erie at Sandusky after New York’s recently announced travel restrictions last week.
“Because of the timing of the event and with Canada being off-limits, it’s going to be a little tougher tournament for the smallmouth bass,” said boater Mike Trombly of Belleville, Michigan, who has eight career FLW wins. “Typically, what ends up happening, is those fish come to the islands to spawn, and then those fish scatter off into Canada. With it being postspawn, I think it’s going to be tougher for the smallmouths.
“They’re pretty much just done. You may have some bucks still on beds, but you’re probably going to catch fish deeper,” said Trombly. “They’re going to start finding them on the deeper structure, probably 16-feet plus, and you could catch them as deep as 25 or 30 feet. How well they get caught depends on how far into summer they are. If they’ve had a chance to gang up guys should catch them.”
While the smallmouths are likely to be in a transition stage, Trombly thinks the largemouths, which spawned earlier in warmer bays and backwaters, will be ready to rock. In the shallows, frogs, other topwaters and flipping baits will work. For offshore fish, a crankbait or a heavy jig could get the call.
For smallmouths, the usual range of Great Lakes techniques should play. For shallow fish, a jerkbait, swimbait and spy bait will be good tools. For deeper fish, the tried and true standards apply.
“It’s pretty much the same old, same old for the smallmouths,” said Trombly. “Ned rigs – anything that is minnow-replicating – goby baits, that all is good. Gobies are probably the predominant forage species for smallmouth, on that particular part of the lake.
“I think a mixed bag could definitely do it, and I would not be surprised if a largemouth-only angler won it,” Trombly went on to say. “I think if someone can average 20 pounds a day, they will have a really good chance of winning.”
Anglers will take off daily at 6 a.m. EDT from the Shelby Street Boat Launch Facility, located at 101 Shelby St., in Sandusky. Weigh-ins will also be held at the Shelby Street Launch Facility and will begin at 2 p.m. To minimize the spread of COVID-19, attendance is limited to competing anglers and essential staff only. Fans are encouraged to forgo the daily takeoffs and weigh-ins and follow the event online through the “FLW Live” weigh-in broadcasts and daily coverage at FLWFishing.com.
In Toyota Series regular-season competition, payouts are based on the number of participants competing in the event, scaling up for every 20 boats over 160 and scaling down for every boat below 160. With a 160-boat field, pros fish for a top prize of $40,000, plus an extra $35,000 if FLW PHOENIX BONUS qualified. Co-anglers cast for the top prize of a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard (valued at $33,500). With a 260-boat field, pros fish for a top award of $65,000, plus an extra $35,000 if FLW PHOENIX BONUS qualified. Co-anglers cast for the top prize of a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard (valued at $33,500) plus $5,000 cash.
The Toyota Series consists of eight divisions – Central, Eastern, Northern, Plains, Southeastern, Southern, Southwestern and Western – each holding three regular-season events, along with the International division. Anglers who fish all three qualifiers in any of the eight divisions and finish in the top 25 will qualify for the no-entry-fee Toyota Series Championship for a shot at winning $235,000 cash, including a $35,000 FLW PHOENIX Bonus for qualified anglers. The winning co-angler at the championship earns a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard. The 2020 Toyota Series Championship will be held Dec. 3-5 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky, and is hosted by the Somerset Tourist & Convention Commission and the Burnside Tourism Commission.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Toyota Series on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Arey: Frogs, lemonade and the 4th of July
Courtesy of Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships
When Team Toyota’s Matt Arey is home between tournaments, rather than spend tons of time fishing his favorite local waters, you’ll more likely find him assisting his two young daughters in their efforts to make tie dye t-shirts or find seven words to describe bubble gum as daughter Reese completes a homework assignment about adjectives.
Given his nearly full time role as “Mr. Mom” while wife Emily fulfills her full-time career obligations as Director of Records and Educational Partnerships at their local community college, Arey’s ability to consistently sit high in the Bassmaster Angler of the Year points race is worthy of great respect.
The goodness of Matt and Emily’s marriage and parenting partnership was recently reflected in lemonade when daughter Reese teamed with neighbors and close friends to sell the refreshing summer drinks to raise money for a good cause.
The youngsters netted $266 and donated the money to the Community Math Academy, which helps mostly underprivileged students improve their math skills and confidence through personal attention and tutoring while encouraging equality for all members of the Cleveland County, NC community.
Reese’s hard work and generous heart will soon be rewarded with a family beach trip. The Areys plan to spend fun times together over the 4th of July weekend about four hours from home at Pawleys Island, south of Myrtle Beach, SC.
“My wife Emily and the girls are beach bums. They could play in the sand all day, but I have trouble sitting still that long. So I may squeak in a fishing trip for trout, flounder, or maybe go a little further off shore one day,” says Arey. “Most importantly though, is just seeing the joy on my daughters’ faces once their feet hit the sand.”
Trout and flounder aside, when quizzed to name one lure all largemouth anglers should consider throwing right now, Arey was quick to name a Lunkerhunt compact skirted frog that comes out of the package with the legs already trimmed. He throws it on 50-pound P-Line braided line, spooled to a fast 8.3:1 Lew’s baitcaster, and warns it’s a lure that often gets more and more bites as summer progresses and aquatic vegetation grows thicker.
“You might not get a ton of bites on a frog, but don’t be afraid to throw it all day, and be ready for big bites, because even in hot summer some of the biggest fish in the lake stay shallow eating bluegill, mayflies and frogs,” warns Arey.
From tie-dyes to mayflies and lemonade in between, Matt Arey is indeed a knowledgeable man with a deep love of family who has earned a third place position on the Bassmaster Angler of the Year leaderboard.
2020 Bass Pro Tour Premieres on Discovery Channel Saturday, July 4
July 1, 2020 (Tulsa, Okla.) Major League Fishing (MLF) announced today the premiere of the 2020 Bass Pro Tour on the Discovery Channel, debuting Saturday, July 4, 7 to 9 a.m. ET and PT.
This competitive bass fishing circuit brings together 80 of the most accomplished professional anglers including Jacob Wheeler, Jordan Lee, and Ott DeFoe, currently ranked the top three anglers in the world by industry media outlet, BassFan, alongside Kevin VanDam, Mike Iaconelli, and reigning 2019 Bass Pro Tour Points Champion Edwin Evers.
“Major League Fishing is overwhelmingly the number one rated show or series in the fishing category across all networks, and the 2020 Bass Pro Tour on Discovery Channel is a critical piece of that schedule,” said Jim Wilburn, Major League Fishing President and CEO. “In 2019 MLF was the highest rated series to ever air in the Discovery outdoor block. We look forward to bringing new fans to the sport with our return to Discovery Channel on July 4th.”
Fans can follow the 2020 Bass Pro Tour season every Saturday morning from 7 to 9 a.m. ET/PT through October 4, 2020. The 15-week, 14-episode show schedule is as follows:
| Air Date | 2020 Bass Pro Tour Season Episode Listing |
| July 4 | B&W Hitches Stage One presented by Power-Pole on Lake Eufaula, Ala. – Knockout Round |
| July 11 | B&W Hitches Stage One presented by Power-Pole on Lake Eufaula (Ala.) – Championship Round |
| July 18 | Favorite Fishing Stage Two presented by Bass Cat on Lake Okeechobee (Fla.) – Knockout Round |
| July 25 | Favorite Fishing Stage Two presented by Bass Cat on Lake Okeechobee (Fla.) – Championship Round |
| August 1 | General Tire Stage Three presented by TrueTimber on Lake Fork (Texas) – Knockout Round |
| August 8 | General Tire Stage Three presented by TrueTimber on Lake Fork (Texas) – Championship Round |
| August 15 | - No MLF episode due to Shark Week - |
| August 22 | Toyota Heavy Hitters presented by Venmo on Kissimmee Chain (Fla.) – Qualifying Round Group A, Day One |
| August 29 | Toyota Heavy Hitters presented by Venmo on Kissimmee Chain (Fla.) – Qualifying Round Group B, Day One |
| September 5 | Toyota Heavy Hitters presented by Venmo on Kissimmee Chain (Fla.) – Qualifying Round Group A, Day Two |
| September 12 | Toyota Heavy Hitters presented by Venmo on Kissimmee Chain (Fla.) – Qualifying Round Group B, Day Two |
| September 19 | Toyota Heavy Hitters presented by Venmo on Kissimmee Chain (Fla.) – Knockout Round |
| September 26 | Toyota Heavy Hitters presented by Venmo on Kissimmee Chain (Fla.) – Championship Round |
| October 3 | Stage Five presented by Covercraft hosted by Sturgeon Bay (Wisc.) – Knockout Round |
| October 4 (Sunday) | Stage Five presented by Covercraft hosted by Sturgeon Bay (Wisc.) – Championship Round |
About the 2020 Bass Pro Tour
Following a mid-season interruption to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the 2020 Bass Pro Tour includes five Stages. Each stage features six days of competition: four days of Qualifying Rounds featuring the full field of 80; a one-day Knockout Round, culminating into the final 10 competing in the Championship Round. To meet preexisting production timelines, MLF on Discovery Channel brings fans the drama of the Knockout and Championship Rounds from Stages One, Two, Three, and Five, and all six days of the Toyota Heavy Hitters presented by Venmo.
Using SCORETRACKER®, fans and anglers alike keep track of the changing field as each fish shifts the standings in real time until time runs out at the end of Period Three. Each episode culminates into the Championship Round of Stage Five. Standings after Stage Five determine the 2020 Season Points Champion as well as qualifiers for the 2021 Heavy Hitters, and the Bass Pro Tour Championship: REDCREST, scheduled for February 21-29, 2021 in Tulsa, Okla.
Glide Bait 101 with Carl Jocumsen
On this episode of the AC Extra brought to by Sportsmans Warehouse, AnglersChannel's Kenneth Grover heads to Lake Chickamauga to catch up with Elite Series Winner Carl Jocumsen to get the 411 on all things Glide Baits. Carl will run you through all the basics and give a detailed, fish catching example on how you can utilize the Glide bait in your arsenal. Check it out MATE!!!
Welcome to the Show!
This week Chris and the boys welcome in FLW Tour Rookie Cole Floyd to the show to talk about his recent 2nd place finish on Lake ChickaMAUGA in the FLW Super Tournament. They also welcome in Adam Knowles, Associate Brand Manager with Minn Kota to talk about the new RAPTOR Shallow Water Anchor and more. Check it out!
Iaconelli – Keeping it Fresh
Courtesy of Luke Stoner - Dynamic Sponsorships
You may know Mike Iaconelli best for his long list of tournament wins, accolades, and infamous on-the-water antics that includes genuine elation, shouts of disappointment, enthusiastic screams of joy, growls of frustration, or the occasional animal noise.
What fishing fans might be surprised to hear is the Team Toyota pro has been spending a lot time the past few months on small, serene bodies of water fishing out of his Hobie Kayak or jon boat with no one in sight except for his son Vegas or daughter Stella. The New Jersey native still “goes Ike” when one of them catches a fish, but in a way that lights up his soul instead of the SCORETRACKER.
Lately Iaconelli has thoroughly enjoyed watching his children’s passion for fishing grow; while simultaneously reconnecting himself to the genesis of his own fishing pursuits.
For the love of the game
If you follow Iaconelli on social media you’ve seen he and his son, Vegas “the hammer”, spending a lot of time on the water in a small jon boat recently. Like thousands of other Americans, Ike turned to the outdoors when social distancing became the norm for he and his family. He took the time to teach his kids more about the outdoors, while simplifying his own passion for fishing.
“When I developed my love of the sport it was at the grass roots level,” Iaconelli explained. “I’d fish anywhere and any way I could. On the bank with a backpack, out of canoe, kayak, or jon boat; any way I could get on the water intrigued me. It’s been great to reconnect to that style of fishing. It takes away the noise and the business side of this gig… It’s much needed sometimes.”
Make no mistake, Iaconelli is still partial to his Yamaha powered Bass Cat and tournament competition, but he values the nostalgia and connection felt when fun fishing out of a small vessel. There is something special about catching a fish without all the latest, greatest bells and whistles.
“As a professional angler it’s my job to keep up with new technology, new gadgets, and that sort of thing,” Iaconelli said. “But sometimes it is good to re-learn how to fish without all of that crap. It’s just you and the fish. I’ve fished that way my entire life and I’ll never stop.”
Growing the sport
Another reason Ike appreciates this pace of fishing is just how available it is to new anglers. Iaconelli is no stranger to efforts that help grow the sport. Through The Ike Foundation, Iaconelli and his team do a tremendous amount to help get more people involved with fishing, especially youths. Anything that helps remove barriers to first-time anglers is right up Ike’s alley.
“The best thing about kayak fishing is the affordability and accessibility,” Iaconelli said. “Not everyone can afford a $50,000 bass boat, but any kid with a dream can budget for a cheap kayak or old jon boat. It makes getting into the sport so much easier, and helps people fall in love with bass fishing.”
Kayaks or jon boats also have the ability to access smaller more remote fisheries than a traditional bass boat. Iaconelli travels the country with a Hobie Kayak on the roof of his Tundra and lately has found himself taking advantage of its “off-road” capabilities more and more.
“I’ll be honest I’ve been doing a bit of kayak training,” Iaconelli admitted. “I’ve competed out of a bass boat for 20+ years, and I’ve been with Hobie Kayaks for six years… but I’ve never fished a kayak tournament. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and I’m looking forward to changing that this fall.”
Alabama Teen catches 15lb Bass!
Courtesy of AONmag.com
https://aonmag.com/fishing/15-lb-alabama-bass-caught-on-camera-by-teen/?fbclid=IwAR2PgeOBlqx3X6ncKK6RXIt3cKfGuWGVOaogR0dUB7-3La-zwvVrK-2fbWg
Original Story from AONMag.com and Mike Bolton below
Emory Carver, a 13-year-old from Vestavia Hills, went to a Henry County private lake on Friday, June 26 dreaming of catching a 10-lb. bass. What he caught instead was maybe the eighth largest bass ever from Alabama.
The youngster landed a largemouth bass that on hand-held digital scales weighed 15.4 pounds. Converted to pounds and ounces, that’s 15-lbs., 6.4-ozs., and it is less than a pound and 2 ounces from the Alabama state record fish that weighed 16-lbs., 8-ozs. caught from a private lake in Shelby County in 1987.
Emory’s previous largest bass was 5 pounds. The eighth-grader-to-be at Pizitz Middle School released the huge Henry County bass back into the lake unharmed.
“I was visiting one of my grandparents north of Dothan, and a 60-year-old man I know down there took me fishing at this private lake,” said Emory.
The youngster sure loves to fish—he was surf fishing on the beach when contacted by AON about his giant bass.
“My friend had fished the lake several times before. He told me where some good spots were, and he showed me a place he had never fished. I went to that spot.”
Emory said it was about 7 a.m. when he cast a 6-inch Texas-rigged Gary Yamamoto Senko in a spot and felt the unmistakable thump of a fish inhaling the bait.
“I set the hook, and it was hard to reel in,” he said. “It jumped about a foot in the air, and I thought it was 10 pounds. I didn’t know what a 15-lb. bass looked like.”
Using a stiff rod and 14-lb. test monofilament, Emory was able to manhandle the bass to the bank in about a minute, he said. With the big bass in hand, he almost had a story of the big one that got away.
Emory said the bass slipped out of his hand, but it was still hooked, and he was able to get ahold of it again. He said when he weighed the fish and it pulled the digital scales to more than 15 pounds, he was in shock.
“I never thought about keeping it,” he said. “I wanted to throw it back so someone else could catch it when it weighed maybe 16 pounds. I’m hoping someone can make me a mount from the picture.”
Emory’s is the first bass in 20 years to make the list of Alabama 10 Largest Bass.
Incredibly, Emory got the catch on video. He had a GoPro camera strapped to his chest. He was filming for his Youtube.com fishing channel.
He films all of his fishing trips on puts them online.
Emory said he has been fishing all of his life and got his start fishing with his dad and grandad. He sure set the bar high at a very early age with his bass of a lifetime.
Alabama’s 10 Largest Bass, Compiled By AON’s Mike Bolton
All New Realistic Scum Frog Painted Trophy Series Meets Angler Demands
American-Made Scum Frog advances frog fishing once again with 10 hand-designed colors
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi, USA (May 21, 2020) - Discriminating anglers demand specific features in their quest for the best hollow-bodied frog. They want their frogs to be soft, so they collapse the moment a bass strikes, yet durable to last through numerous fish catches. They seek a higher hook-up ratio due to accurate positioning of quality hooks and they want them to convey a lifelike appearance and move realistically across the water.
Scum Frog, which has been manufacturing hollow-bodied frogs seemingly forever, offers the highest quality components at a reasonable price in its upgraded Painted Trophy Series. Like the recently introduced Launch Series, the ALL NEW Trophy Series now features 10 new hand-designed colors in addition to the 11 original colors.
The Painted Trophy Series’ realistic color schemes mimic several different types of bass forage. Each color has been meticulously designed by award-winning, internationally renowned lure artist Andrew Gardner, a Scum Frog staffer.
Plus, anglers don’t have to worry about the paint design wearing off; Scum Frog uses a proprietary system that digitally patterns onto the frog making them extremely durable.
Like all Scum Frog models, they are made at American Baitworks. Unlike most frogs that are produced with automated manufacturing, Scum Frog manufacturing is done by hand, by American employees ensuring the time and care it takes to meet the company’s high-quality control standards.
“We don’t make crankbaits or spinnerbaits or any other types of lures at Scum Frog” says Scum Frog General Manager Frank Mackin. “We have specialized in frogs for 30+ years and know more about designing and manufacturing hollow body frogs because that’s all we do.” Mackin also says the company’s exclusive and detailed dip-mold manufacturing process is one of the reasons Scum Frog has the softest hollow body in the market.
Reigning Bassmaster Angler of Year Scott Canterbury says that’s a huge reason why they catch more fish. “I’ve been fishing Scum Frogs for more than 20 years,” explains the Alabama pro. “I’ve experimented with all of the brands, but none offers as good of hook-up ratio as the Scum Frog models. They have the softest body which collapses easily and offers more exposure to the super sharp Owner hooks built in them.”
The Painted Trophy Series, one of 14 Scum Frog series of frogs, is designed to ride low in the water and push a lot of water for more surface disturbance. “It’s ideal for working edges of vegetation, especially during low light hours around matted grass, vertical structure, docks and seawalls,” says Canterbury.
Like all Scum Frogs, the Trophy Series has a patented keel hole in the bottom to make it self-draining. Each time you lift the bait to make another cast, water automatically drains. That means there’s no need to “squeeze” the body to remove water which is required of many other brands. The Trophy Series is offered in 1/2 and 5/8-ounce sizes and both models cast easily.
“The frog has a solid, brass button weight to enhance casting distance and give the bait a good presence in the water,” says Canterbury. “I really like the size of it too, especially when fishing around pressured fish.”
The Painted Trophy’s legs are made with 40-strand silicone skirt material that is color coordinated to match the lure body perfectly. Scum Frog, a subsidiary of American Baitworks, makes a frog for every action, size and price point in the market.
“We’re not a niche company,” says Mackin. “We produce a variety of frogs for all levels of anglers; we’re very conscientious about that.”
The new Trophy Series will be available to retailers nationwide beginning June 1. It will carry a suggested retail of $6.49
Iowa’s Riceville High School Wins 2020 TBF/FLW High School Fishing National Championship on Mississippi River
STODDARD, Wis. (June 30, 2020) – Iowa’s Riceville High School duo of Lawson Losee and Kooper Tweite brought a three-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 11 pounds, 2 ounces to win the 2020 TBF/FLW High School Fishing National Championship on the Mississippi River in Stoddard, Wisconsin. Riceville’s three-day total of nine bass totaling 30-4 gave them the win by a 1-pound, 13-ounce margin and earned the duo a trio of scholarship options.
“This is amazing,” said Losee. “Early on we were joking about winning. But, after leading the second day, we talked and said, ‘we can really do this.’ We came out, caught some big fish and now we’re National Champions. It’s awesome.”
“We went into the day expecting maybe 9½ or 10 pounds and came in with the second-biggest bag of the tournament,” said Tweite. “It was a great day of fishing.”
The team locked down to Pool No. 9 on all three days of competition to find unpressured bass. The strategy paid off handsomely, producing an 8-pound, 12-ounce limit on day one, a 10-pound, 6-ounce limit on day two, and the 11-pound 2-ounce limit on day three.
Riceville’s National Championship win earned Losee and Tweite a trio of scholarship options – a 4-year, $120,000 scholarship offer to Simpson University in Redding, California, an $80,000 4-year scholarship to Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky, or a $10,000 cash scholarship from FLW to any college or trade school of their choice.
“We definitely have a lot to think about,” said Tweite.
A total of 312 high school teams from 39 states competed for a share of the more than $3.2 million in scholarships and prizes in the National Championship and the High School Fishing World Finals tournaments, held in conjunction with each on Pools No. 7, 8 and 9 of the Mississippi River in Stoddard, Wisconsin. The event was hosted by the La Crosse County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The top 10 finishers from the event were:
1st: Riceville High School, Riceville, Iowa – Lawson Losee and Kooper Tweite, nine bass, 30-4
2nd: Illinois Student Angler Federation – Trey McKinney, Carbondale, Ill., and Zachary Martin, nine bass, 28-7
3rd: Lukfata Public School, Broken Arrow, Okla. – Jace Anderson and Braydon Harcrow, nine bass, 26-7
4th: Morgan County High School, Madison, Ga. – Ryan Thomas and Cole Holloway, nine bass, 26-0
5th: Madison High School, Marshall, N.C. – Ransom Boone and Russell Moore, nine bass, 25-14
6th: Legacy Christian Academy, Andover, Minn. – Ryder Mains and Mason Chapman, nine bass, 25-0
7th: Lamar High School, Lamar, Ark. – Mat Higby and John Foster Case, nine bass, 24-6
8th: Thurston High School, Springfield, Ore. – Joshua Butler and Conner Chase, nine bass, 23-9
9th: Carthage High School, Carthage, Mo. – Tristan Beck and Colson Brust, nine bass, 23-5
10th: Central High School, Martinsburg, Pa. – Jerry Brumbaugh and Hunter Klotz, nine bass, 20-5
Complete results from the event can be found at HighSchoolFishing.org.
The 2020 TBF/FLW High School Fishing National Championship on the Mississippi River was a three-day event that saw the entire field of 194 teams compete for two days. The National Championship field was cut to the top 10 for day three and the winner was determined by heaviest three-day cumulative weight. The tournament featured the top anglers from the 2019 TBF High School Fishing State Championships and FLW High School Fishing Open presented by Favorite Fishing events.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow FLW/TBF High School Fishing on FLW’s social media outlets Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Classic fans and Carhartt donate cash to Keep the TN River Beautiful
Courtesy of Alan McGuckin / Dynamic Sponsorships
Fans who attended the 2020 Bassmaster Classic in Birmingham earlier this year had the chance to help keep Lake Guntersville and other Tennessee River reservoirs clean by making a $10 donation to the Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful organization at the Carhartt booth in exchange for a custom Carhartt Classic beanie.
During the 3-day 2020 Bassmaster Classic Outdoor Expo on March 6 - 8, hard working folks from the Carhartt manufacturing plant were in the Carhartt exhibit booth sewing the B.A.S.S. logo on Carhartt’s famous “A18” acrylic watch cap.
Thanks to loyal and generous fishing fans who purchased the custom beanies, $4,990 was raised to help assure Lake Guntersville and other iconic bass fisheries along the Tennessee River are far less littered with trash for years to come.
Keep the TN River Beautiful organization performs inspiring work. Thus far, they have collected 99,000 pounds of trash from popular Tennessee River bass fisheries such as Guntersville and Pickwick through roughly 30 cleanups annually.
Kathleen Gibi, executive director of the organization recently met Carhartt pro angler Matt Lee at Lake Guntersville, and had this to say about the generous donation fishing fans helped make possible.
“Our goal is to inspire Tennessee River Valley residents to take action for a positive impact on their river, and this donation will help us push even further with our education and river cleanup efforts using our 25-foot work boat,” says a very grateful Gibi. “The team at Carhartt has demonstrated how they can lead with good river stewardship by supporting water conservation.”
While 2020 has been a challenging year with cleanup postponements due to COVID-19, Gibi says she still expects the organization to conduct nearly 30 cleanups this calendar year, and intends to name a future cleanup day in Carhartt’s honor.
The custom Carhartt beanie project is an ongoing annual effort by Carhartt to partner with B.A.S.S. and avid fans at the Classic each year to support conservation agencies and projects in the host state of the Classic each year.
About Carhartt, Inc.
Established in 1889, Carhartt is a global premium workwear brand with a rich heritage of developing rugged products for workers on and off the job. Headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, Carhartt is family-owned and managed by the descendants of the company’s founder, Hamilton Carhartt. For more information, visit www.carhartt.com and follow @Carhartt on Twitter.
Clear Lake Named Best Bass Fishery Of The Past Decade
Bassmaster Magazine has released its rankings for 100 Best Bass Lakes of the past decade, and Clear Lake, Calif., has been named the No. 1 fishery in the country.
Photo by B.A.S.S.
June 30, 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Since 2012, Bassmaster Magazine has released annual rankings of the country’s best bass fisheries. While tournament data could not be gathered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, crunching numbers gathered over the past eight years revealed a surprising Best Bass Lake of the Decade— California’s Clear Lake.
“Typically, creating the rankings takes more than two months as we dig through current tournament data as well as state fishery information on stocking efforts, catch rates and angler access,” explained BassmasterMagazine Editor-in-Chief James Hall. “Instead, we used all of this research and rankings from the past eight years to create an incredible — and somewhat surprising — ranking of bucket-list destinations for anglers.”
While long-considered a West Coast powerhouse, Clear Lake has never topped the Best Bass Lakes list until this year. However, in the past decade, California’s largest natural lake has also never ranked below 10th in the country and has been the top-ranked Western fishery for the past three years. Anglers can expect to consistently catch big bass in a fishery where an average bass weighs in at over 5 pounds. In fact, a bass over 16 pounds was landed at Clear Lake last year. Combine that production with a pristine setting in California’s wine country, and you have the definition of a bucket-list fishing destination.
Alabama’s Lake Guntersville, home of the 2020 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, took the No. 2 spot, matching its 2019 rank. Like Clear Lake, the Big G has never been named the Best Bass Lake in the nation, but it is rarely out of contention. Guntersville is known for its breathtaking scenery and easy access, but big fish swim there as well. Most big-bass prizes are awarded to fish topping the 8-pound mark, with 10-plus-pounders taking center stage on occasion.
True giants call our third-place fishery, Lake Erie, home. While most of the tournament data comes out of Buffalo, N.Y., anglers can expect smallies in the 6-pound range anywhere along the shoreline, which includes New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Michigan’s Lake St. Clair, where you can catch the smallmouth of a lifetime surrounded by Instagram-worthy scenery, is in the fourth spot.
Rounding out the remainder of the Top 10 lakes are California’s Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta at fifth; Toledo Bend, on the Louisiana/Texas border, at sixth; Texas’s Sam Rayburn Reservoir at seventh; Texas’s Falcon Lake at eighth; Idaho’s Lake Coeur d’Alene at ninth; and Florida’s Lake Okeechobee at tenth.
The rankings identify the Top 25 lakes in the nation based on head-to-head comparisons, as well as the top lakes in four geographical regions — Central, Western, Southeastern and Northeastern.
“We divide the nation into four regions and rank the lakes in each region to give anglers perspective on the fisheries they can most likely reach,” Hall explained.
As for bragging rights on which state has the most fisheries in the all-decade rankings, that title goes to Michigan with seven lakes. Right behind the “Great Lake State” there is a three-way tie with California, Florida and Texas each placing six lakes on the list.
Bassmaster Magazine’s 100 Best Bass Lakes of the Decade
Top 25
1 Clear Lake, California
2 Lake Guntersville, Alabama
3 Lake Erie, New York/Ohio/Pennsylvania/Michigan
4 Lake St. Clair, Michigan
5 Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, California
6 Toledo Bend, Louisiana/Texas
7 Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Texas
8 Falcon Lake, Texas
9 Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
10 Lake Okeechobee, Florida
11 Lake Champlain, New York/Vermont
12 St. Lawrence River (Thousand Islands), New York
13 Pickwick Lake, Alabama/Mississippi/Tennessee
14 Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees, Oklahoma
15 Chickamauga Lake, Tennessee
16 Lake Fork, Texas
17 Lake Havasu, Arizona/California
18 Oneida Lake, New York
19 Candlewood Lake, Connecticut
20 Columbia River, Oregon/Washington
21 Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota
22 Lake Seminole, Georgia/Florida
23 Santee Cooper Lakes (Marion/Moultrie), South Carolina
24 Lake Charlevoix, Michigan
25 Sturgeon Bay (Lake Michigan), Wisconsin
About B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S. is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and keeper of the culture of the sport, providing cutting edge content on bass fishing whenever, wherever and however bass fishing fans want to use it. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., the 515,000-member organization’s fully integrated media platforms include the industry’s leading magazines (Bassmaster and B.A.S.S. Times), website (Bassmaster.com), television show (The Bassmasters on ESPN2 and The Pursuit Channel), radio show (Bassmaster Radio), social media programs and events. For more than 50 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
Robbie Hartline Wins Lady Bass Anglers Pickwick Lake Event with over 28 pounds!
| Place | Name | CityState | D1 Fish | D1 Wt | D2 Fish | D2 Wt | Total Fish | Wt | Pnty | Big Bass | Total |
| 1 | Hartline, Robbie | Hot Springs, AR | 4 | 10.25 | 5 | 18.64 | 9 | 28.89 | 0 | 7.24 | 28.89 |
| 2 | Martin-Wells, Pam | Bainbridge, GA | 5 | 14.17 | 5 | 11.72 | 10 | 25.89 | 0 | 4.49 | 25.89 |
| 3 | Gessner, Lynda | Hot Springs, AR | 5 | 12.91 | 5 | 11.62 | 10 | 24.53 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.53 |
| 4 | Johnson, Lisa | Centre, AL | 2 | 4.72 | 5 | 17.84 | 7 | 22.56 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.56 |
| 5 | Goodfellow, Martha | Simpsonville, SC | 3 | 5.79 | 5 | 10.44 | 7 | 16.23 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 15.73 |
| 6 | Wolfinbarger, Mickie | Halfway, MO | 3 | 6.34 | 4 | 8.21 | 7 | 14.55 | 0 | 3.42 | 14.55 |
| 7 | Johnson, Alisa | Chandler, TX | 3 | 6.85 | 3 | 7.16 | 6 | 14.01 | 0 | 3.33 | 14.01 |
| 8 | Anderson, Leslie | St. Louis, MO | 3 | 7.49 | 3 | 5.7 | 6 | 13.19 | 0 | 0.00 | 13.19 |
| 9 | Lovvorn, DeAnna | Bradyville, TN | 4 | 7.36 | 2 | 5.49 | 6 | 12.85 | 0 | 0.72 | 12.85 |
| 10 | Hart, Tiffany | Magnolia, TX | 3 | 4.53 | 2 | 7.09 | 5 | 11.62 | 0 | 0.63 | 11.62 |
| 11 | Ridgle, Pam | Murchison, TX | 5 | 7.47 | 2 | 3.86 | 7 | 11.33 | 0 | 3.66 | 11.33 |
| 12 | Cindric, Teri | Hermitage, TN | 3 | 5.59 | 2 | 5.69 | 5 | 11.28 | 0 | 0.70 | 11.28 |
| 13 | York, Secret | Benton, KY | 2 | 3.73 | 3 | 5.54 | 5 | 9.27 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.27 |
| 14 | McLauren, Noella | Vivian, LA | 3 | 6.77 | 1 | 1.6 | 4 | 8.37 | 0 | 2.88 | 8.37 |
| 15 | Cook, Robyn | Raliegh, NC | 3 | 5.18 | 1 | 2.95 | 4 | 8.13 | 0 | 2.95 | 8.13 |
| 16 | Brumley, Daisy | Leesville, LA | 1 | 2.27 | 1 | 2.61 | 2 | 4.88 | 0 | 2.61 | 4.88 |
| 17 | Bowden, Cheryl | N. Richland Hills, TX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.52 | 1 | 4.52 | 0 | 4.52 | 4.52 |
| 18 | Kendrick, Wendy | Walker, LA | 1 | 1.79 | 1 | 2.19 | 2 | 3.98 | 0 | 2.19 | 3.98 |
| 19 | DarBonne, Julia | Many, LA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.06 | 1 | 2.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.06 |
| 20 | Baugh, Christena | Benton, AR | 1 | 1.89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.89 | 0 | 1.89 | 1.89 |
| 21 | Carroll, Ann | Murphy, NC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.64 | 1 | 1.64 | 0 | 1.64 | 1.64 |
| 22 | Ashby, Rhonda | Mooringsport, LA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.85 | 1 | 0.85 | 0 | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| 23 | McCuiston, Marcella | Dawson Springs, KY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Skiatook’s Webb Wins Saturday, Eldon’s Fitzpatrick and Grove’s Gilbreath Tie Sunday at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Double-Header on Arkansas River
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (June 29, 2020) – It was a double-header for bass anglers this past weekend in Muskogee with the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on the Arkansas River events. FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, rescheduled the events after the coronavirus pandemic forced the organization to pause competition in mid-March.
Boater Mitchell Webb of Skiatook, Oklahoma, brought five bass to the scale totaling 16 pounds, 1 ounce to win Saturday’s event and earn $12,839 – including the lucrative $7,000 FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency award – while boaters Roger Fitzpatrick of Eldon, Missouri, and Mike Gilbreath of Grove, Oklahoma, both brought in limits weighing 13 pounds, 13 ounces, on Sunday to tie for the win. Fitzpatrick earned $3,380 for his victory, while Gilbreath won a total of $6,880 after contingency awards.
“It started off kind of slow for me. I just kind of caught one here, then caught one there, and by the end of the day I realized I had a pretty decent limit,” said Webb, who earned his first career FLW win. “I stayed in Muskogee Pool and just covered a lot of water. I basically ran from lock to lock.
“I caught four of my five fishing flipping shallow, and the other one I caught on an offshore spot,” Webb went on to say. “I’d had a couple of mishaps with my tow vehicle earlier this week, so it feels good to finally come out on the right side of something.”
The top five boaters on Saturday were:
1st: Mitchell Webb of Skiatook, Okla., five bass, 16-1, $12,839
2nd: Caleb Black of McAlester, Okla., five bass, 15-2, $2,419
3rd: Jeff Clark of Van Buren, Ark., five bass, 14-11, $1,614
4th: Blake Capps of Muskogee, Okla., five bass, 13-4, $1,129
5th: Jason Sandidge of Centerton, Ark., five bass, 13-2, $968
Complete results for Saturday can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Steven McLarty of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, brought a 5-pound, 4-ounce bass to the scale to win Saturday’s Boater Big Bass award of $730.
Webb was the highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home the top contingency payout of $7,000. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.
Aubrey Herlocker of Stillwater, Oklahoma, won the Co-angler Division and $2,419 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 4 ounces.
The top five co-anglers Saturday finished as follows:
1st: Aubrey Herlocker of Stillwater, Okla., five bass, 13-15, $2,419
2nd: Hunter Moody of Norman, Okla., three bass, 12-11, $1,210
3rd: Porky Roberts of Morris, Okla., three bass, 12-10, $807
4th: Matthew Hargarten of Bolivar, Mo., three bass, 12-9, $565
5th: Chase Fitzpatrick of Eldon, Mo., two bass, 12-3, $484
Joe Landers of Okemah, Oklahoma, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division Saturday, weighing in at 5 pounds, 3 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $365.
On Sunday, winning boaters Roger Fitzpatrick and Mike Gilbreath also stayed in Muskogee Pool.
“I caught a limit fairly early on a crankbait, but it only weighed around 10 pounds and I knew it wasn’t going to help me much,” said Fitzpatrick, who earned his ninth career FLW victory. “I spent the rest of my day flipping wood with a Zoom Speed Craw.
“I also found a little hyacinth patch that had floated to the bank,” Fitzpatrick continued. “It was near deeper water – over 5 feet – and I ended up catching my three biggest fish out of that.”
Gilbreath fished a similar pattern as Fitzpatrick.
“I had a great time out there,” Gilbreath said. “I caught some early on a squarebill crankbait, then flipped in the creeks later in the day. It was tough – I found a few areas where I had to make 8 to 10 casts to the same piece of structure before I’d get a bite – but all in all it was a very good day.”
The top five boaters on Sunday were:
1st: Roger Fitzpatrick of Eldon, Mo., five bass, 13-13, $3,380
1st: Mike Gilbreath of Grove, Okla., five bass, 13-13, $6,880
3rd: Ed Barton of Vian, Okla., five bass, 13-11, $1,502
4th: Jared Miller of Norman, Okla., five bass, 12-7, $1,052
5th: Joel Baker of Talala, Okla., five bass, 11-10, $901
Complete results for Sunday’s event on the Arkansas River can be found at FLWFishing.com
Scott Burkett of Bokchito, Oklahoma, brought a 4-pound, 12-ounce bass to the scale Sunday to earn the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $655.
Thad Hewitt of Delaware, Oklahoma, won the Co-angler Division and $2,253 Sunday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 12 pounds, 11 ounces.
The top five co-anglers Sunday finished as follows:
1st: Thad Hewitt of Delaware, Okla., five bass, 12-11, $2,253
2nd: Ken Coats of Claremore, Okla., five bass, 12-10, $1,127
3rd: Maverick Mosiman of Bel Aire, Kan., five bass, 11-12, $751
4th: Aaron Warren of Inola, Okla., four bass, 10-14, $526
4th: Raymond Moody of Norman, Okla., five bass, 10-13, $451
Bill Wiles of Arcadia, Oklahoma caught Sunday’s largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 4 pounds, 8 ounces to earn him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $327.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Double-Header on the Arkansas River was the third and fourth of five qualifying events in the Okie Division.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Okie Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 22-24 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, hosted by ExploreBranson.com. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
FLW Shifts Toyota Series Northern Event to Lake Erie
SANDUSKY, Ohio (June 29, 2020) – FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced today that due to New York’s recently announced travel restrictions, the organization will shift its July 9-11 Toyota Series Northern Division opener from the St. Lawrence River at Massena, New York, to Lake Erie at Sandusky, Ohio.
“The City of Sandusky is excited for the opportunity to host the Toyota Series at the Shelby Street Boat Launch facility,” said Eric Wobser, City Manager for the City of Sandusky. “We welcome the opportunity to provide access from our waterfront downtown destination and are encouraged by FLW’s commitment to safety and the guidelines set during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“The Town of Massena deeply regrets that FLW has to reschedule the Toyota Series outside New York State due to the newly-implemented directives for people traveling from other parts of the country,” said Don Meissner, Tournament Coordinator for the Town of Massena. “The town highly values its relationship with FLW and we look forward to future tournaments.”
Entries will roll over to the rescheduled event unless instructed otherwise.
Anglers will take off daily at 6 a.m. EDT from the Shelby Street Boat Launch Facility, located at 101 Shelby St., in Sandusky. Weigh-ins will also be held at the Shelby Street Launch Facility and will begin at 2 p.m. To minimize the spread of COVID-19, attendance is limited to competing anglers and essential staff only. Fans are encouraged to forgo the daily takeoffs and weigh-ins and follow the event online through the “FLW Live” weigh-in broadcasts and daily coverage at FLWFishing.com.
FLW continues to monitor Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), federal, state and local guidelines. Officials are still evaluating options for other New York events, including the 2020 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota, currently scheduled Aug. 24-29 at the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York. No additional updates are available at this time.
The Toyota Series consists of eight divisions – Central, Eastern, Northern, Plains, Southeastern, Southern, Southwestern and Western – each holding three regular-season events, along with the International division. Anglers who fish all three qualifiers in any of the eight divisions and finish in the top 25 will qualify for the no-entry-fee Toyota Series Championship for a shot at winning $235,000 cash, including a $35,000 FLW PHOENIX Bonus for qualified anglers. The winning co-angler at the championship earns a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard. The 2020 Toyota Series Championship will be held Dec. 3-5 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky, and is hosted by the Somerset Tourist & Convention Commission and the Burnside Tourism Commission.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Toyota Series on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Sheridan’s Richmond Wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League Tournament on Lake Ouachita
MOUNT IDA, Ark. (June 29, 2020) – Boater Russell Richmond of Sheridan, Arkansas, brought three bass to the scale Saturday totaling 11 pounds, 5 ounces to win the 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine event at Lake Ouachita in Mount Ida, Arkansas. Richmond topped his neared competitor, Stephen Browning of Hot Springs, Arkansas, by 1-pound, 1-ounce and earned $4,394 for his victory.
“I caught all of my fish on a white Strike King swimjig, running grass in Webb and Twin Creeks,” said Richmond, who earned his second career win in FLW competition. “I had all of my fish that I weighed in by 6:30 (a.m.). I caught a bunch of more small ones throughout the day, but I never could upgrade.
“The area that I was fishing had a creek channel really close. My boat was sitting in about 10 foot of water and it went up to about 3 to 4 feet at the edge of the grass,” Richmond continued. “I hadn’t practiced there, but I had fished it before and I was committed to that spot. I knew that if I stayed there long enough I could catch enough to win, and it only took 15 minutes.”
Richmond was ecstatic about earning the win in the tough Bass Fishing League Arkie division.
“This division is very hard to win as a boater. These guys are very good, and we fish all different types of water – clear-water reservoirs, rivers – so it’s hard to beat these guys,” Richmond went on to say. “I’ve been fishing BFL events since 2005 and this is my second trophy. I’ve been to the All-American once, and I really want to make it back.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament as follows:
1st: Russell Richmond of Sheridan, Ark., three bass, 11-5, $4,394
2nd: Stephen Browning of Hot Springs, Ark., three bass, 10-4, $1,940
3rd: Beau Browning of Hot Springs, Ark., three bass, 10-1, $1,293
4th: Chris Darby of Hot Springs, Ark., three bass, 9-13, $905
5th: Chris Layton of North Little Rock, Ark., three bass, 9-8, $776
6th: Brian Bean of Hot Springs, Ark., three bass, 9-5, $711
7th: Josh Busby of Rogersville, Mo., three bass, 9-3, $1,147
8th: Eric Pinter of Little Rock, Ark., three bass, 9-1, $582
9th: Evan Barnes of Hot Springs, Ark., three bass, 8-12, $517
10th: Derwin Thomas of Little Rock, Ark., three bass, 8-11, $453
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Richmond caught brought a 5-pound, 3-ounce bass to the scale to add the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $515 to his winnings.
Busby was the highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.
Alvin Williams of Hartman, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division and $1,897 Saturday after catching three bass weighing 8 pounds, 5 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished as follows:
1st: Alvin Williams of Hartman, Ark., three bass, 8-5, $1,897
2nd: Bryan Barnard of Harrison, Ark., three bass, 7-7, $949
3rd: Brian Choate of Conway, Ark., three bass, 7-0, $661
4th: Justin Eldridge of Marion, Ark., three bass, 7-0, $538
5th: Jason Phillips of Rison, Ark., three bass, 6-14, $379
6th: John McCullar of Benton, Ark., three bass, 6-12, $348
7th: Buck Blackwell of Pine Bluff, Ark., three bass, 6-10, $316
8th: Terry Dugger of Little Rock, Ark., three bass, 6-9, $285
9th: Robert Bogard Jr. of Conway, Ark., three bass, 6-8, $237
9th: Chris Cusick of Hot Springs, Ark., three bass, 6-8, $237
Choate caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 3 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $123.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on Lake Ouachita was the fourth of five qualifying events in the Arkie Division.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Arkie Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 22-24 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, hosted by Explore Branson. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
About FLW
FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, FLW and its partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Zimbabwe.
FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show while Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. Acquired by Major League Fishing in late 2019, FLW is expanding its programming in 2020 to the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel as well as on-demand at MyOutdoorTV (MOTV).
Scottsburg’s McClain and Noblesville’s Drake Earn Wins at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Double-Header on Lake Monroe presented by Fish-Intel
Co-angler Victories Go to Evansville’s Gish & Kentucky’s Bays
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (June 29, 2020) – It was a double-header for bass anglers this past weekend in Bloomington with the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on Lake Monroe events presented by Fish-Intel. FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, rescheduled the events after the coronavirus pandemic forced the organization to pause competition in mid-March.
Boater Frank McClain of Scottsburg, Indiana, brought five bass to the scale totaling 20 pounds, 7 ounces to win Saturday’s event and earn $4,271, while boater Bob Drake of Noblesville, Indiana,brought in four bass weighing 16 pounds, 12 ounces, on Sunday to earn the win and $4,155.
The top five boaters on Saturday were:
1st: Frank McClain of Scottsburg, Ind., five bass, 20-7, $4,271
2nd: Mike Quinlin of Mooresville, Ind., five bass, 20-6, $2,636
3rd: Russell Sproessig of Columbus, Ind., five bass, 19-9, $1,424
4th: Blake Knies of Jasper, Ind., five bass, 17-4, $997
5th: Lee Mills of Columbus, Ind., five bass, 17-0, $854
Complete results for Saturday can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Barry Gunter of Trafalgar, Indiana, brought a 6-pound, 2-ounce bass to the scale to win Saturday’s Boater Big Bass award of $595.
Quinlin was the highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.
Brant Gish of Evansville, Indiana, won the Co-angler Division and $2,136 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds, 1 ounce.
The top five co-anglers Saturday finished as follows:
1st: Brant Gish of Evansville, Ind., five bass, 19-1, $2,136
2nd: Roger Seitzinger of Lawrenceville, Ill., five bass, 17-4, $1,216
3rd: Remington Gill of Mitchell, Ind., five bass, 16-2, $860
4th: Tim Knight of Bargersville, Ind., five bass, 14-8, $498
5th: Lincoln Bowen of Crothersville, Ind., five bass, 13-2, $427
Gill caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division Saturday, weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 ounces, to earn the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $148.
According to post-tournament reports, Sunday’s boater winner Bob Drake caught his fish with a Marten’s Madness-colored Roboworm on a drop-shot rig on the main lake, about 3 to 4 miles from the takeoff site.
The top five boaters on Sunday were:
1st: Bob Drake of Noblesville, Ind., four bass, 16-12, $4,155
2nd: Kyle Sears of Lebanon, Ohio, five bass, 15-6, $2,078
3rd: Brad Hostetler Jr. of Franklin, Ind., five bass, 15-3, $1,383
4th: Chris Martinkovic of Hamilton, Ohio, five bass, 14-10, $1,170
5th: John Melton of Corydon, Ind., five bass, 13-9, $831
Complete results for Sunday’s event on Lake Monroe can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Mike Quinlin of Mooresville, Indiana, brought a 6-pound, 1-ounce bass to the scale Sunday to earn the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $570.
Lenny Bays of Dayton, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $2,078 Sunday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 7 ounces.
The top five co-anglers Sunday finished as follows:
1st: Lenny Bays of Dayton, Ky., five bass, 12-7, $2,078
2nd: Darren Green of Muncie, Ind., five bass, 10-7, $1,039
3rd: Shane Thomas of Bedford, Ind., three bass, 10-4, $691
4th: Gary Owens of Columbus, Ind., four bass, 9-10, $485
4th: Jason Skipworth of Aurora, Ind., three bass, 8-6, $416
Bill Smith of Columbus, Indiana, caught Sunday’s largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $285.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Double-Header on Lake Monroe presented by Fish-Intel was the first and second of five qualifying events in the Hoosier Division.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Hoosier Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 15-17 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin, hosted by Explore La Crosse. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Pirowski Wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event on Potomac River
North Carolina’s Robertson Wins Co-angler Division
MARBURY, Md. (June 29, 2020) – Boater Alex Pirowski of Occoquan, Virginia, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 17 pounds, 3 ounces to win the 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine event at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. For his victory, Pirowski earned a total of $5,337.
The tournament was the second of five events in the Shenandoah Division presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps. “It was tough for most of the day, but I couldn’t be happier with how it all turned out,” said Pirowski, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I ran south and fished main-river docks and wood. The bite was pretty hit-or-miss, so I rolled into Potomac Creek for a little bit and managed to pick one up there as well.”
Pirowski said that he caught his fish on a Texas-rigged black-and-blue NetBait Paca Craw.
“The key was sticking with areas that I knew had fish, even though they weren’t biting at the time,” Pirowski went on to say. “I just had to wait the tide out.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament as follows:
1st: Alex Pirowski of Occoquan, Va., five bass, 17-3, $5,337
2nd: Bryan Elrod of Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 16-3, $2,326
3rd: Chris Daves of Spring Grove, Va., five bass, 15-11, $1,551
4th: Kermit Crowder of Matoaca, Va., five bass, 14-8, $1,086
5th: Paul McGinley of Bowie, Md., five bass, 13-14, $930
6th: Ben Reynolds of Callands, Va., five bass, 13-13, $814
6th: Terry Olinger of Louisa, Va., five bass, 13-13, $814
8th: Dan Rodriguez of Monkton, Md., five bass, 13-9, $659
8th: Jim Jarvis of Timberville, Va., five bass, 13-9, $659
10th: Cody Pike of Powhatan, Va., five bass, 13-8, $1,043
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Pirowski also earned the day’s $685 Boater Big Bass award with his largest fish, a 6-pound, 4-ouncer.
Pike took home an extra $500 as the highest finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found atPhoenixBassBoats.com.
Mark Robertson of Henderson, North Carolina, earned the win in the Co-angler Division Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 8 ounces. Robertson earned $2,326 for his victory.
The top 10 co-anglers finished as follows:
1st: Mark Robertson of Henderson, N.C., five bass, 13-8, $2,326
2nd: Cornell Badra of Clarksburg, Md., five bass, 13-4, $1,163
3rd: Chase Blase of Culpeper, Va., five bass, 13-0, $777
4th: Chris Whittaker of Waverly, Va., five bass, 12-4, $478
4th: Matthew Noraas of Pamplin, Va., three bass, 12-4, $478
4th: Justin Thompson of Marshall, Va., five bass, 12-4, $478
7th: Matt McCluskey of Ashburn, Va., five bass, 12-3, $368
7th: Lenny Baird of Stafford, Va., four bass, 12-3, $368
9th: Rich Knisely of Disputanta, Va., three bass, 12-2, $310
10th: Steven Schantz of Vienna, Va., five bass, 12-0, $271
Tevinn Rollins of Newport News, Virginia, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 5 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $171.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Shenandoah Division presented by A.R.E. based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 8-10 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on the James River in Richmond, Virginia, hosted by Richmond Region Tourism. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Kris Wilson & Bryan Lohr top 250 teams to win over $50,000 at the 6th annual Techron TX-Shootout on Rayburn
| Place | Boat | Truck | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | Fish | Big Bass | Wt. | Prize Amt. | |
| 1 | KRIS WILSON MONTGOMERY , TX |
BRYAN LOHR LUMBERTON , TX |
5 | 9.52 | 29.86 |
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| 2 |  |
BUBBA FRAZIER PINELAND , TX |
TOMMY HILL JR PINELAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 21.79 |
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| 3 | JASON MOORHEAD JASPER , TX |
TY MOORHEAD JASPER , TX |
5 | 0 | 21.06 |
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| 4 | JASON SHROPSHIRE CLEVELAND , TX |
RICHIE THORNTON SPLENDORA , TX |
5 | 0 | 20.40 |
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| 5 |  |
LARRY COTTEN HUFFMAN , TX |
NICK DIBERARDINO JASPER , TX |
5 | 0 | 20.24 |
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| 6 | BRIAN BRANUM JASPER , TX |
TODD DRISCOLL JASPER , TX |
5 | 0 | 20.14 |
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| 7 | JONATHAN SIMON ORANGE , TX |
ROGER BACON NEWTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 19.68 |
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| 8 | STEPHEN PHILLIPS HUNTINGTON , TX |
RUSSELL SPARKS LUFKIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 19.63 |
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| 9 | CORBETT ROSS PORT NECHES , TX |
BOBBY BARRACK MAUD , TX |
5 | 0 | 19.57 |
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| 10 | |
RONNIE MADOLE SHREVEPORT , LA |
RICKY MADOLE MANY , LA |
5 | 0 | 19.50 |
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| 11 | ZAC CLARK CENTER , TX |
BRETT CLARK CENTER , TX |
5 | 0 | 19.20 |
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| 12 | ALLEN GASS LLANO , TX |
JOHN RATLIFF KINGSLAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 19.18 |
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| 13 | ALBERT COLLINS NACOGDOCHES , TX |
CLAYTON BOULWARE ZAVALLA , TX |
5 | 0 | 19.06 |
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| 14 | TRACY FAIR STREETMAN , TX |
SPENCER FAIR STREETMAN , TX |
5 | 0 | 19.05 |
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| 15 | TRENT MANUEL ORANGE , TX |
GEORGE GLASS DERRIDER , LA |
5 | 0 | 18.55 |
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| 16 | JAMES WILLIAMS JASPER , TX |
RANDY DEARMAN ONALASKA , TX |
2 | 9.75 | 18.20 |
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| 17 | TERRY STEVENS HUTTO , TX |
JASON HARPER MONTGOMERY , TX |
5 | 0 | 18.18 |
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| 18 | DAVID CURTIS TRINITY , TX |
MARK MUECK LIVINGSTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 18.05 |
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| 19 | |
SAM FLYNN NACOGDOCHES , TX |
PERRY HOOKS DOUGLASS , TX |
5 | 0 | 18.01 |
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| 20 | BOB SIGNORIN OAKHURST , TX |
TRAVIS SIGNORIN WILLIS , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.94 |
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| 21 | SHANNON FRICK HEMPHILL , TX |
PHILLIP SMITH JR BROOKELAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.56 |
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| 22 | |
JACK TINDEL III ORANGE , TX |
DALTON SOLIZ ORANGE , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.34 |
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| 23 | |
GREG GREEN LUMBERTON , TX |
RICHARD WAGNON JASPER , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.27 |
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| 24 | JERREL PRINGLE HEMPHILL , TX |
BILLY PENICK JR DEER PARK , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.10 |
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| 25 | |
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DANNY BENNETT HUNTSVILLE , TX |
CHAD HOKE CONROE , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.88 |
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| 26 | BOBBY VICE GROVES , TX |
RICKY GUY HUMBLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.58 |
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| 27 | SIDNEY AUCOIN PATTERSON , LA |
ROBERT GANN FLORIEN , LA |
5 | 0 | 16.55 |
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| 28 | JOHN SPENCER IV ETOILE , TX |
HENRY SARGENT III ETOILE , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.53 |
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| 29 | |
KALEB LASYONE DRY PRONG , LA |
KEVIN LASYONE DRY PRONG , LA |
5 | 0 | 16.44 |
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| 30 | |
GARY WALPOLE LONGBRANCH , TX |
MICHAEL GARDNER CENTER , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.41 |
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| 31 | |
DAMON BOND HEMPHILL , TX |
TERRY HOTARD HEMPHILL , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.37 |
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| 32 | |
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ERIC HUNT BUNA , TX |
STEVEN MOORHEAD JASPER , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.36 |
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| 32 | MARSHALL HUGHES HEMPHILL , TX |
DANIEL METREYEON BEAUMONT , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.36 |
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| 34 | |
LOUIS FERGUSON WOODVILLE , TX |
TROY CARRELL WOODVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.31 |
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| 34 | CLIFFORD MCCARTY LONGVIEW , TX |
RIKI PIKE BROOKELAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.31 |
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| 36 | |
MATTHEW DELANEY POLLOCK , LA |
MATTHEW NUGENT DRY PRONG , LA |
5 | 0 | 16.25 |
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| 37 | ROBERT DAVIS LUFKIN , TX |
ALAN MOORE LUFKIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.21 |
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| 38 | RANDY MILLENDER TEAGUE , TX |
KENNETH NICHOLS TEAGUE , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.18 |
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| 39 | |
WILLIAM COOK HOUSTON , TX |
JOHN HALE LUFKIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.07 |
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| 40 | |
SHAINE CAMPBELL BROOKELAND , TX |
KEITH COMBS HUNTINGTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.06 |
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| 41 | NOLAN GASKIN BROUSSARD , LA |
CHRIS MAXWELL BROUSSARD , LA |
5 | 7.37 | 15.98 |
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| 42 | DOUGLAS SCHYSM RAGLEY , LA |
HOWARD HARTLEY PATTERSON , LA |
5 | 0 | 15.97 |
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| 43 | JOE WILKERSON MANY , LA |
COLE STEWART HEMPHILL , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.95 |
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| 44 | |
CORY RAMBO ORANGE , TX |
RUSTY CLARK SAM RAYBURN , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.88 |
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| 45 | |
KELLEY MAULDIN COPPELL , TX |
JAMES CANTWELL KINGSLAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.86 |
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| 46 | JASON BONDS LUFKIN , TX |
JAMES NITSCHKE WILLIS , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.82 |
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| 47 | |
MIKE RICHARDSON THORNDALE , TX |
TOM GRIDLEY WIMBERLEY , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.78 |
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| 48 | |
PHILIP HANKS BUNA , TX |
MARK OSBORNE NEDERLAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.40 |
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| 49 | |
DEREK MONG MANY , LA |
CHARLES MONG MANY , LA |
5 | 0 | 15.38 |
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| 50 | |
NATHAN BYERLY ORANGE , TX |
JUSTIN BUCHHOLZ BEAUMONT , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.25 |
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| 51 | BRANNON MIRE BLOUSSARD , LA |
BEN MATSUBU MILAM , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.23 |
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| 52 | |
ROCK BISCAMP SR SILSBEE , TX |
EDWIN SMITH SILSBEE , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.17 |
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| 53 | RUSSELL CECIL WILLIS , TX |
TODD CASTLEDINE NACOGDOCHES , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.09 |
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| 54 | JERRY MASON RAGLEY , LA |
GLENN BLANCHARD BATSON , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.98 |
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| 55 | |
DOUG MCCAIN LAKE CHARLES , LA |
MASON MCCAIN LAKE CHARLES , LA |
5 | 0 | 14.87 |
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| 56 | CHRISTOPHER BASH HUNTINGTON , TX |
CURTIS JORDAN DAYTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.82 |
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| 57 | |
JADEN PARRISH LIBERTY , TX |
JAMES CHANDLER LIBERTY , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.51 |
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| 58 | JEFF BRIDGES PROSPER , TX |
JIMMY LLOYD LUMBERTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.37 |
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| 59 | JUSTIN KING ORANGE , TX |
BYRON BURNHAM BEAUMONT , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.36 |
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| 60 | LARRY ODSTRCIL SHEPHERD , TX |
JOSHUA WARE NEW CANEY , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.17 |
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| 61 | DANNY CHERRY JASPENT , TX |
MARK LANHAM LUFKIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.94 |
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| 62 | |
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ALLEN SHELTON FARMERS BRANCH , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.83 |
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| 63 | MATTHEW BENEFIELD HUFFMAN , TX |
LARRY BENEFIELD HUFFMAN , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.61 |
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| 64 | JASON LAWSON CORRIGAN , TX |
JAY LAWSON CORRIGAN , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.59 |
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| 65 | JOEY RENFRO NACOGDOCHES , TX |
TYLER PRATT HUNTINGTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.51 |
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| 66 | LEN PAULEY LAKE CHARLES , LA |
DEVON PAULEY LAKE CHARLES , LA |
5 | 0 | 13.37 |
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| 67 | YARRI SCHREIBVOGEL BROOKLAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.18 |
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| 68 | JOEL MAYFIELD PERKINSTON , MS |
RYAN PATTERSON PASCAGOULA , MS |
5 | 0 | 13.02 |
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| 69 | JOSEPH BOLT JUNCTION , TX |
HUNTER JOHNSTON LIBERTY , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.91 |
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| 70 | |
ALFONSO HERRERA ALAMOGORDO , NM |
GARY SOUKUP ALMOGORDO , NM |
5 | 0 | 11.85 |
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| 71 | CADE DURIO LAKE CHARLES , LA |
JORDAN BREAUX SULPHUR , LA |
5 | 0 | 11.78 |
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| 72 | ERIC PHILLIPS KERENS , TX |
KYLE MIERS MALAKOFF , TX |
4 | 0 | 10.86 |
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| 73 | |
MIKE WRIGHT GLADEWATER , TX |
JUSTIN MCCRAVEN BEAUMONT , TX |
4 | 0 | 10.82 |
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| 74 | |
BRIAN HUGHES TAYLOR , TX |
DANNY HUGHES TAYLOR , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.80 |
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| 75 | MIKE LOTT MONTGOMERY , TX |
JIMMY ROZELLE JR PORTER , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.86 |
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| 76 | |
KURT HARE SILSBEE , TX |
JUSTIN SOWELL SILSBEE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | KRISTOPHER DOUGLAS LARNE , TX |
CODY WISE NACOGDOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CARTER AKERS BRENHAM , TX |
BEN BOEKER BRENHAM , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | PATRICK GAMMILL LUFKIN , TX |
STEPHANIE GAMMILL LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | BRIAN LOWRANCE NACOGDOCHES , TX |
DANNY CROSS LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | TONY DAVIS CROSBY , TX |
LEVI DAVIS CROSBY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | AUSTIN KIMBALL FORT WORTH , TX |
DESMEND SAGE WEATHERFORD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | DOMONICK POULLARD HOUSTON , TX |
CEDRIC JACKSON HOUSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CHRIS BAILEY EDDY , TX |
BRANDY FRANCIS CIBOLO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
MARK MARTIN VIDOR , TX |
JAMES LARAMORE VIDOR , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CHRIS EAVES PORTER , TX |
ROBERT SCOTT KINGWOOD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CLINT WADE HUNTSVILLE , TX |
STACY SPRIGGS HUNTSVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
ROBERT JONES CLUTE , TX |
GORDON HUNTINGTON III LAKE JACKSON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
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PHIL MARKS DALLAS , TX |
TIM RENEAU RICHLAND SPINGS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
CHRIS LEWIS HALLSVILLE , TX |
KEITH JONES WHITE OAK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | MATTHEW WRIGHT ORANGE , TX |
CAMERON MALLETT BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | LARRY PEACHER BENTLEY , LA |
MICHAEL BREWTON NACOGDOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CODY NAQUIN THIBODAUX , LA |
BLAKE NAQUIN THIBODAUX , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
SAM MCCOLLUM CORSICANA , TX |
EARL SCHWARTZLANDER CORSICANA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
RICKY COLLINS WOODVILLE , TX |
JOHNNY MCKEE WOODVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
PHIL ADDISON BAYTOWN , TX |
DEAN WOOD NEDERLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
CHRIS TORRY YOUNGSVILLE , LA |
ERIC SMITH ERATH , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | JUSTIN JOACHIMI BROADDUS , TX |
TYLER BAKER SAN AUGUSTINE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
JACOB JOHNSTON GREENVILLE , TX |
DEARIS WILLIAMS RENO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | STEVEN SHAFER CLEVELAND , TX |
JASON MANNERS CLEVELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | EDWARD SCALES SEGUIN , TX |
HAROLD ALVES SEGUIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
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JOHN MCCALMONT ROCKWALL , TX |
BRAD DRAKE IRVING , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | MICHAEL GROSSMAN DALLAS , TX |
JAY KENDRICK TULSA , OK |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CLOYS WARREN JR RED ROCK , TX |
JUSTIN MAASS GIDDINGS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | JEFFERY LOFTIN COUSHATTA , LA |
JT HINDS JR COUSHATTA , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
RORY LAYNE EMORY , TX |
RORY LAYNE DALLAS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
GEORGE SHIPPEY MT PLEASANT , TX |
RICHARD FAULKNER PROVIDENCE VILLAGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
COLE BREWER LEESVILLE , LA |
CHARLES GUTHRIE CONROE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
MICHAEL BEDGOOD COUSHATTA , LA |
COLE BEDGOOD COUSHATTA , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
LARRY WEPPLER HOUSTON , TX |
DENNIS FIKES HOUSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CLINT WEST BEAUMONT , TX |
JUSTIN BURNS BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | GARY SEEGER HAYMARKET , VA |
RYAN CHOAT GILLIAM , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | SAM HUCKABEE SHREVEPORT , LA |
TOBY JOHNSON BOSSIER , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | GREG OSTERTAG MT VERNON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
MARK DAVIS SILSBEE , TX |
BRYAN CARETHERS SILSBEE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | DICKY NEWBERRY HOUSTON , TX |
JENNAFER NEWBERRY BROOKELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CODY BROWN SARATOGA , TX |
ROY BROWN JR SARATOGA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | DAVID LIVINGSTON III GLADEWATER , TX |
DAVID LIVINGSTON IV GLADEWATER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
STEVE PHILLIPS DIBOLL , TX |
VICTOR MARTINEZ LAREDO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
ERNIE HILLEBRANDT LAFAYETTE , LA |
AUSTIN HILLEBRANDT LAFAYETTE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | LUCAS RAGUSA GONZALES , LA |
DUANE PITTMAN PRAIRIEVILLE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | WILL WEST NACOGDOCHES , TX |
KEVIN JURECKA NACOGDOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | MELVIN DUNN ORANGE , TX |
JAMES DAVIS JR FERRIDAY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | KENNETH CATES ZAVALLA , TX |
RODNEY SPIVEY OAKHURST , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | LANCE LAMOON LIVINGSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | KEVIN MADELEY VIDOR , TX |
DARRELL REEVES RAGLEY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | JOHN GOWIN RUSK , TX |
JOEL FORD RUSK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
TOMMY JOSEPH KIOWA , TX |
PAM THOMPSON KIOWA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | RANDY QUINN HUFFMAN , TX |
DEAN COLEMAN HUMBLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | LAMARCUS MCCRAY HOUSTON , TX |
JAMES ROZELL HOUSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
MARK HOOKER MONTGOMERY , TX |
BRAD HENSLEY CLEVELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
DAVID REID CANYON LAKE , TX |
JUSTIN WOJCIK BULVERDE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
WILLIAM LAPRARIE BALL , LA |
JESSICA LAPRARIE BALL , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | GARY KING KENNARD , TX |
GARY BOYETT LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | TODD NEWMAN NACOGDOCHES , TX |
SHANNON HALE NACOGDOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CODY NIX PLANO , TX |
CORY NIX DALLAS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | JASON STOVALL CLEVELAND , TX |
JASON HOPSON CLEVELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
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DELL BROWN ARLINGTON , TX |
RYKER HOLMES ARLINGTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | HAROLD MOORE CALDWELL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
DARRELL WUENSCHE THRALL , TX |
JOHNNY RAY BURLESON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
LOUIS ARMSTRONG ANAHUAC , TX |
SETH LOVE ANAHUAC , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | KENNETH DAVIS MONTGOMERY , TX |
BURTON BRIGGS UNIVERSAL CITY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
TERRY NEWCOMER MIDLOTHIAN , TX |
SHAUN ALEXANDER MIDLOTHIAN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
KEVIN WALKER JR BUNA , TX |
TED ODELL BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | ANDREW STRAUGHAN PROSPER , TX |
BUCK CARTER WINNFIELD , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | DAVE REDINGTON WINNSBORO , TX |
LEE SANDERS HILLSBORO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
DARWIN BALLARD HUNTSVILLE , TX |
KEITH PHILLIPS HUNTSVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
ROCKY BISCAMP JR SILSBEE , TX |
KIRK LELEUX KIRBYVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
ERIC WILSON MARSHALL , TX |
HOWARD WILSON NACOGDOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | JAKE MCWHIRTER BURLESON , TX |
CHRIS THOMPSON BURLESON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
CAVIB COURVILLE LAKE CHARLES , LA |
SLATE FULLER LAKE CHARLES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | MICK RAYDON MAGNOLIA , TX |
DANNY FERRARO MONTGOMERY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | MATT REED MADISONVILLE , TX |
CHRIS MCCALL BROOKELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | TOMMY DURHAM WHITNEY , TX |
CLINT MAY LA PORTE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | MICHAEL COTTER ARLINGTON , TX |
GREGORY DEGRANT CONROE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | SKIP FLOYD HEMPHILL , TX |
ROBERT STEWART DERIDDER , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
KENNETH STEWART BEAUMONT , TX |
MIKE BROWN VIDOR , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
RICK JOHNSON ROCKWALL , TX |
MEGAN NICHOLS FREEPORT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
DAVID SHAW HUNTINGTON , TX |
RICK DAVIS SILSBEE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
DEWAYNE REESE DIBOLL , TX |
JOHN COX LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | BOBBY BURKEEN CARLSBAD , NM |
BRANDON BURKEEN CARLSBAD , NM |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | DONALD LUKER CLEVELAND , TX |
KURT LUKER CLEVELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | ANDREW UPSHAW TULSA , OK |
BRADLEY HALLMAN NORMAN , OK |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | CHASE ULERY ORANGE , TX |
CHRIS MCCLAIN DEWEYVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | SCOTT PETERSON CONROE , TX |
SCOTT OFFENBECHER 12602 BROWNING DR , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | WESLEY MCCLAIN SMITHVILLE , TX |
MIKE HARMAN BASTROP , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
JERE BICE LAKE CHARLES , LA |
MICHAEL MCDONALD IOWA , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | JOHN BOWEN HEMPHILL , TX |
SHANNON THIBODEAUX LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | BEAU GREENHAW HARRISON , AR |
JOHN HARDIN HARRISON , AR |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
MATTHEW TOTTEN EVADALE , TX |
BILLY NICHOLS EVADALE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
KIRK MCCARTY BROOKELAND , TX |
KEITH WHITE DECATUR , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | RICKEY ELLIOTT SPRING , TX |
LINDY HADLEY BROOKELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | DUSTIN GUNSTREAM VIDOR , TX |
PRUITT PERKINS ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | JODY HOLT JASPER , TX |
RAYMOND BALCEROWICZ CROSBY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | RICK HARRIS DEL RIO , TX |
DYLAN THOMPSON DEL RIO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | WILLIAM SWORD RUSK , TX |
DUSTIN FOREMAN SANTO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | JAMES LEE ORANGE , TX |
ALSTON GILBERT BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | TRAVIS FRANKS LAKE CHARLES , LA |
COREY THERIOT LAKE CHARLES , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | HORACE FRAZIER MANY , LA |
GARRETT GOODSON LIVINGSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
JUSTIN WELLER MARQUEZ , TX |
DEREK THOMAS MARQUEZ , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
MICHAEL SCALISE PORT ALLEN , TX |
BRADLEY HILLEBRANDT RAGLEY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
DANA DEASON LONGVIEW , TX |
RICKY DOSS LONGVIEW , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | STEVEN SINGLETON ORANGE , TX |
CASE SINGLETON ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | ANDREW DELANO BUNA , TX |
AARON FREEMAN MONTGOMERY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
JUSTIN CHILDRESS MANSFIELD , LA |
ROY LOVE JR STONEWALL , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
SPIKE STOKER STEPHENVILLE , TX |
CHANCE WOODS MILLERSVIEW , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | JOHN PACKARD TIMPSON , TX |
JOSH SOWELL CENTER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | MIKE TAYLOR JASPER , TX |
JERRY REYNOLDS KIRBYVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | GARY MCDONALD CENTER , TX |
CLARENCE DENBY ETOILE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | TRENT ERXLEBEN ROUND ROCK , TX |
AUSTIN TODD ROUND ROCK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
CLINT FOUNTAIN KIRBYVILLE , TX |
ROBERT GLENDE KIRBYVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
TREY BURFORD GLOSTER , LA |
GARRETT BURFORD GLOSTER , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | JASON HANKS PINELAND , TX |
MARC WOOLEMS JASPER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | BUD PRUITT HOUSTON , TX |
BRANDON KITCHENS WIMBERLEY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
COLBY BRYANT HOUSTON , TX |
WESLEY BAXLEY CYPRESS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
PAUL BATMAN SILSBEE , TX |
TERRY HARDY JR SILSBEE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | BRADLEY PAGE FRIENDSWOOD , TX |
JOHN NEMECEK FRIENDSWOOD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | LEE BATSON HEATH , TX |
JASON GREER HEATH , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
CURTIS COOK KIRBYVILLE , TX |
CORY TUCKER BEAUMONT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
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SKEETER FOWLER GRAND SALINE , TX |
DARRIN LONGORIA MINEOLA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | JESSE SONNIER CARENCO , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
CLARK MOORE JR NACOGDOCHES , TX |
LARRY MOSBY GARRISON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | JONATHAN BRITT FLOWER MOUND , TX |
NEVELLE MAY QUITMAN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CHRISTOPHER WADE CANTON , TX |
ARCHIE WADE CANTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | WYATT FRANKENS CORRIGAN , TX |
HUNTER PRICE LEANDER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | MIKE EDWARDS ETOILE , TX |
KENNETH FRANKLIN JR ETOILE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | RALPH DUPUY GROVES , TX |
BRYANT RODRIGUES PORT NECHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | IVAN RENTERIA EL PASO , TX |
SHANE SPARKS SPLENDORA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | KEN SMITH RICHARDSON , TX |
STEVE EVANS LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | TJ GOODWYN CENTER , TX |
PHILIP CRELIA CENTER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
WILLIAM LAMBERT WEST MONROE , LA |
JON ROBINSON W MONROE , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | JOHN MADDOX LUFKIN , TX |
JEFFERY WISE LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
GARRY JEFFERSON CENTER , TX |
LOGAN JEFFERSON CENTER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | BOB VOTE KINGWOOD , TX |
ANDY VOTE KINGWOOD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | SHANE BARNES MIDWAY , TX |
RANDY CARTER MIDWAY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | DONNIE ONEAL PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
STEPHEN PHILLIPS JR BEAUMONT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | CHRIS KING BEAUMONT , TX |
BRADLEY STRINGER HUNTINGTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | |
RANDY PAGE GIDDINGS , TX |
CAMERON PAGE GIDDINGS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | KAYDEN TANNER MILLSAP , TX |
MARTY TANNER MILLSAP , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | KEITH COLE ZAVALLA , TX |
CHUCK COLE BROOKLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | WESLEY DAWSON CHESTER , TX |
TEDDY CLOIDE VIDOR , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | LARRY DEAN HUMBLE , TX |
BRODY SHUMAKER POLLOK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 76 | BRYAN FINCH BELTON , TX |
LANDON WINTON SALADO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | GERALD BOLIN FRUITVALE , TX |
HAROLD MERONEY FRUITVALE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
STEVE DILLARD LUFKIN , TX |
FLINT RALSTON HUNTINGTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | DELMAR ALLEN OKEMAH , OK |
JEFFREY MONTGOMERY CASTLE , OK |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
HARRY HEWLETT UNIVERSAL CITY , TX |
CHET MARKGRAF MARION , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
GARY GROSSMAN YANTIS , TX |
WAYNE GODWIN YANTIS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
JUSTIN LONG IRVING , TX |
PHILLIP BAKER CLEBURNE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | ANTHONY JONES WILLIS , TX |
ED MELTON HOUSTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | BRETT HORTMAN NATCHITOCHES , LA |
DEREK MUNDY BROADDUS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | KELLY OWENS CROWLEY , LA |
JORDAN OWENS CROWLEY , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
COLT DEAR VIDOR , TX |
RALPH DEAR BUNA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | ANTHONY SHOFFITT LUFKIN , TX |
CHAD MEYER NACOGDOCHES , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | JARED DEAN HUNTINGTON , TX |
BEN VAUGHAN LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
DAVID CHILES WACO , TX |
PAT NUNLEY WACO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
RUSTY NEUGEBAUER MONTGOMERY , TX |
WILLIAM MADDOX KATY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
DYLAN WILLIAMS KOUNTZ , TX |
GREGORY WILLIAMS FLORIEN , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | STEVE WRIGHT PLANO , TX |
RONALD RISENHOOVER LUFKIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | BUBBA NUGENT POLLOCK , LA |
SHAWN ONEAL DRY PRONG , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | CHARLIE HERRON EUSTACE , TX |
DAVID COLE COMBINE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
RANDALL WARD LUFKIN , TX |
DAVID BLUM CLEVELAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
EASTON HEIGLEY BROOKELAND , TX |
BLAKE SCHROEDER WHITEHOUSE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | DAVID PERCIFUL CONROE , TX |
WESLEY IALACCI CONROE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
GUY MARSH MIDLAND , TX |
TRISTAN MARSH MIDLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | ZANE DRAKE LIBERTY , TX |
JEROME COPE LUMBERTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | MICHAEL LOWERY ETOILE , TX |
LANCE HUGHES TIMPSON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | JOHNNY STEWART GOLDONNA , LA |
MARVIN HINES GOLDONNA , LA |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | |
TED PATE ALEXANDRIA , LA |
VINCENT NEAL CALDWELL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 76 | OSCAR LANGELE JR MANY , LA |
JAMES CAMPISE ORANGE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
From Deep to Shallow Shane Powell and Tim Fox Dominate on Lake Eufaula with 26.22
By Jason Duran
Eufaula AL-In recent weeks the Lake Eufaula has seen pressure from some of the best pros in the sport. The lake has produced huge weights time and time again. It was time for the best teams in South East to take their turn at the lake when the Alabama Bass Trail South Division converged on Lake Eufaula. Going against the norm the team of Shane Powell and Tim Fox did things a little different to win with 26.22 pounds.
Shane and Tim went against the grain and started the morning out deep. They went to work fishing a roadbed. Tim said, “he was really surprised they had the whole spot to themselves.” It is a well know community area that stretches out for a couple miles, but they located a stretch that produced 19 pounds really quick for them. They noticed in practice “the fish were really feeding out deep early.” Making the decision to go deep when a good majority of the field went shallow early was unique. Timing proved to be a deciding factor because they returned later in the morning to check the roadbed again, but it didn’t produce a bite.
Once the sun got up, the bite died down on the roadbed. They then they moved to their second spot. This time they fished out a little deeper to the ledges. Their they used a 10XD and upgraded a few times. Shane said there “were sill large schools of fish still there.” Shane said they continued to notice “they had areas completely to themselves because guys were still up shallow”
At the end of the day they switched up and moved shallow. Using a white ½ oz War Eagle spinnerbait they target shallow water brush piles. Shane said, “we could see shad busting the surface on the top of the brush piles.” He felt “with it being so hot the key was to use a smaller bait and get down in the brush pile and the fish would knock slack in their line. The fish didn’t really want a big bait and those two fish in the last hour really catapulted us up to the top”
All together they caught about 40-50 fish. They said, “the key was really mixing it up and fishing deep to shallow.’ They avoided the traffic that way and really fished opposite of the rest of the field. When they showed up in their areas the fish were active, no one was there, and they could really fish it the way they wanted too. Their Key Baits were: Strike King black and blue Pro Model Jig with a Rage Craw Menace; Strike King Natural shad 10Xd Crankbait and a War Eagle ½ oz white spinnerbait with willow leaf blades and a Big Bites white grub as a trailer.
Steve Graziano and Greg Hall finished 2nd with 23.96 pounds. Steve said, “They started early on one of the biggest community holes on the lake called the Potty Hole” and he also said they fished his name sake hole “the Graz hole but that was not where we caught our fish.” They ended up catching fish in about 20 feet of water by fishing “natural lake structure.” They said the key for them was “hard bottom like a shell bed.” Steve said he is “not a brush pile fisherman and prefers to fish the way he did today.” Greg said “typically this time of year the bush pile bite is fading away and it gives way the way we fished today. But this year has sent been the typical year and everything has been trending later.” Steve said he “felt his areas got better today because they dropped the water about 6 inches today.” They caught most of their fish later in the morning using a “Unnamed dark heavy shaky head and a homemade Brush Puppy jig.” They also threw a Strike King 10Xd but they just couldn’t get the fish to bite using that. Steve is a local guide on the lake, and he said, “that is usually a jinx in these tournaments, but he fished an area that was replenishing quick” and was able to put together enough for second place.
It took 22.71 for third place. The team of Kenny Smith and Rj Thompson found a stretch on the main lake that was holding fish early and they put together a good limit before 8am. Kenny described the area as a “main lake shallow bank with grass.” The key stretch was a few hundred yards long. When asked what was holding the fish there shallow, they answered “blue gill.” They spent most of their day flipping that area with a Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver in Green Pumpkin color. RJ said he also “caught one of their bigger fish on a brim color Dirty Jigs swim jig with a Skinny Dipper Trailer.” The plan for them was to stay shallow all day. Kenny said he spend a lot of time graphing out deep in practice and found some good brush piles but “that’s just not who we are we like to go to the bank” This 3rd place finish moved them to 34th in points going in to the final event on Lay Lake.
The top ten standings are below, and for a full list of results visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/le-results/
Download and listen to the ABT Podcast on your favorite Podcast app by searching for “Alabama Bass Trail Podcast.” The Podcast is released each week on Tuesday.
The sponsors of the 2020 Alabama Bass Trail include; Phoenix Bass Boats, Bill Penney Toyota, Garmin, Academy Sports & Outdoors, America’s First Federal Credit Union, Sweet Home Alabama, Alabama Tourism Department, Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association, T-H Marine Supplies, Wedowee Marine, Strike King, Buffalo Rock, Mountain Dew, Jack’s, Fish Neely Henry Lake.com, Alabama Power Company, Lew’s Fishing, Berkley, YETI, Power Pole, Big Bite Bait Company, E3 Apparel and Hydrowave.
For information about Alabama Bass Trail and for complete tournament standings visit www.alabamabasstrail.org.
JODY QUEEN WINS KENTUCKY LAKE HOBIE BOS EVENT AS SOLID CATCHES AND ANGLER RESPECT RULE THE WEEKEND
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OCEANSIDE, Calif. (June 29, 2020) - The Hobie Bass Open Series (BOS) resumed its schedule after a brief break due to the coronavirus pandemic as 129 kayak anglers converged on Kentucky Lake in Calvert City, KY. Operating under physical-distancing guidelines designed to keep competitors, staff and others safe throughout the two-day event, the tournament proceeded smoothly, participants worked their fishing magic, and the bass cooperated enough to see the top-three finishers separated by less than two inches of total length. When all the wakes had faded, Jody Queen, 55, of Bluefield, WV stood alone atop the winner’s list with 177.5” of largemouth bass. Adam Riser, 36, of Nashville, TN claimed second with 176.50”, and Cody Milton, 27, of Searcy, AK took third with 175.75”. Measurements reflected full-limit catches of five bass per day for each of the top-three finishers. As with all Hobie BOS events, the winning anglers took home substantial cash prizes from the Kentucky Lake tourney with Queen grabbing $7,000, Riser $3,800, and Milton $2,200. Additionally, Riser, Milton and fourth-place finisher Mark Davis of Birmingham, AL, all qualified for the Hobie Tournament of Champions (TOC). Queen, who had already qualified for the TOC by winning that event last year, also picked up a slot for the Hobie Worlds 10 – kayak fishing’s most prestigious international competition. |
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“This event had plenty of fun and excitement, but it also had a little different feel from usual,” admitted Hobie BOS Tournament Director, A.J. McWhorter, “Most of our events see a lot of interaction and banter between participants. Still, it was great to see everyone ready to go and showing such support for the series. Our anglers did an amazing job of respecting the COVID-19 guidelines we instituted for this event. They followed the instructions and protocols to the letter and did a terrific job. We’re thankful to all who helped demonstrate these events can be safely run within our format.” Queen was pleased with both the event alterations and his results, remarking that he felt safe and comfortable with the tournament being run digitally, without official meetings, weigh-ins, award ceremonies or other gatherings. Anglers, he added, were asked to avoid large groups after hours and to respect the precautions being taken within the tournament and local community that allowed the event to launch. “There’s one thing you can expect from the BOS,” said Queen. “It’s consistently well run. You just feel comfortable here, and you can count on each event being designed specifically for the anglers no matter the circumstances. As for the fishing, it was a bit tough this weekend, but I had some good fortune on Day 1 and managed to figure things out late on Day 2.” |
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Indeed, Queen started off hot. Using a Z-Man Mag FattyZ in green pumpkin and a 3/16-ounce Tungsten weight, he worked several brush piles at the mouth of a creek to pull a limit by 7:30 a.m. on Day 1 before the fish turned off. “I was fortunate to be on the bass and fishing clean during that window of opportunity,” he chuckled. “Those fish were very aggressive.” Returning to the same area on Day 2, Queen found the fishing much different. The water had become muddied, some carp had moved into the area, and the bass seemed to be gone. By 12:30 p.m. he had caught only two bass. “I knew it was time to make an adjustment,” he revealed. “I managed to catch a third fish while transitioning to a new spot where I knew there were some gizzard shad. That area was a wide-open flat. I put down my soft plastic, began tossing a Z-Man Jack Hammer™ ChatterBait®, and managed to pull my last two fish – one measured 18” and the other went 19.25”. That was all I needed to get over the top.” According to Queen, the combination of Z-Man baits and his Hobie MirageDrive 360 really came together to help him earn the win. “I absolutely love my Hobie,” he stated. “It’s got plenty of room for storage, it’s comfortable, and it has tremendous ability to handle the wind. I was casting into a stiff breeze – there were some whitecaps by that point – but I was able to use the 360 like a spot lock. I’d just turn my drive in the direction I needed to go, give a couple pumps, and stay in position. I bet I stayed on that last spot for 30 minutes. Incredible.” |
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As for Z-Man baits, Queen says he doesn’t choose to rely on them so much intentionally, but it’s hard not to reach for them because they keep producing. “Last year I won close to $40,000 throwing those baits,” he stated. “This year, I’m already up around $15,000 - and I’ve won four tournaments. You can’t argue with that success.” Second place finisher Adam Riser contributed his good fortune to finding a decent pattern and sticking with it from start to finish. He began each day looking for a big fish in an area where he had scouted several during pre-fishing. Later, he headed over to an island edge that seemed to be holding increasing numbers of scorable fish. “This was my third tournament on Kentucky Lake in three weeks,” said Riser, “so I had a good feeling about where the bass might be. Both days I gave the lunkers an early shot but couldn’t connect, so I moved on to some ditches and troughs that surrounded an island. There, the bass seemed to be moving in quickly. It would take me about an hour to circle the island while tossing a 5”, green pumpkin Senko worm or a swimbait. By the time I got back to the head of the circle, the bass had reloaded. It really helps when the fish are coming to you.” Cody Milton, meanwhile, was especially pleased with the appearance of the host lake. “I was fortunate to finish fourth here last year,” he said, “so I’m glad I moved up a spot. The lake this year looked completely different. There were substantially fewer carp around and it’s looking much clearer. I was really impressed with the improvements. It seems like Kentucky Lake is definitely on the rebound.” |
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Milton concentrated his efforts in a 200-yard stretch, focusing on wood and brush piles in 5-to-7-foot depths. Most of his fish on Day 1 came on a 5” green Senko worm, while Day 2 saw a one-ounce flipping jig turn the most heads. “I spent Saturday picking off all the fish in front of what I guessed would be the best 30 yards,” said Milton, “then cleaned up the rest on Sunday. There were steep banks and a lot of laydowns in that last stretch, and they held some very solid fish; I had seven measuring over 17 inches on Sunday. I also drilled my biggest Kentucky Lake bass there during practice, a sweet 22” lunker.” Both Riser and Milton agreed with Queen that the Hobie BOS series is exceptionally run, especially given current circumstances. “To be honest,” said Riser, “I’d rather fish a COVID-19 version of the BOS than a standard version of any other tournament. That’s how highly I think of these tourneys, their management team and the other competitors.” Riser also wanted to give a shout out to the respect, courtesy and cooperation between anglers on this latest Hobie BOS event. “Everyone works hard to get along and help each other out,” he offered, “That runs from the most experienced to the newest anglers on the trail. Queen and Cory Dryer, for example, bumped into an area I was exploring during practice. It was a small, tight place we all knew from previous tournaments. We discussed the spot from our kayaks, and then Jody and Cory decided to move on even though they had every right fish that spot, too. When we can all work together and respect each other like that, the fishing is more fun and productive for everyone.” Queen agrees. “Seemed to me that if we moved in there, we would just ruin the spot for all of us,” he recalls. “These big tournament lakes have plenty of room so there’s no need to crowd anyone. Besides, it worked out fine for me in the end. After all, I did win the tournament. No complaints here whatsoever!” Next up on the Hobie BOS schedule is the Mississippi River in beautiful La Crosse, Wisconsin on July 11 and 12. |
“FLW Fishing” to Premiere on Outdoor Channel Friday, July 3
Tournament Organization to Air 312 Hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit on Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel
BENTON, Ky. (June 29, 2020) – FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced today the 2020 season of “FLW Fishing” will debut on the Outdoor Channel, Friday, July 3 (7 to 9 p.m. EDT).
The 2020 season of “FLW Fishing” features 13 two-hour episodes, showcasing competition during each of the six regular-season Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit events, plus all six days of the Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota, the Pro Circuit Championship.
Prime-time episodes of “FLW Fishing” will premiere Friday at 7 p.m. EDT on the Outdoor Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel throughout the subsequent week. FLW will air 312 hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit action on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel in 2020.
The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit, professional bass fishing’s premier five-fish limit tournament series, features bass pros from around the world competing for huge prize money across six regular-season tournaments and the Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota. Each episode of “FLW Fishing” focuses on the anglers and storylines that emerge from those live sports events, showcasing the dramatic happenings from each day of competition.
2020 “FLW Fishing” Television Premiere Schedule:
- July 3 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Brookeland, Texas
- July 10 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at the Harris Chain of Lakes, Leesburg, Fla.
- July 17 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Martin, Alexander City, Ala.
- Aug. 14 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga (Ep. 1), Dayton, Tenn.
*Super Tournament feat. FLW & Major League Fishing (MLF) Pros - Aug. 21 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga (Ep. 2), Dayton, Tenn.
*Super Tournament feat. FLW & MLF Pros - Sept. 11 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at the Mississippi River, La Crosse, Wis.
*Super Tournament feat. FLW & MLF Pros - Sept. 25 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at the Detroit River, Trenton, Mich.
*Super Tournament feat. FLW & MLF Pros - Oct. 9 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota (Ep. 1), Massena, N.Y.
- Oct. 16 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota (Ep. 2), Massena, N.Y.
- Oct. 23 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota (Ep. 3), Massena, N.Y.
- Oct. 30 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota (Ep. 4), Massena, N.Y.
- Nov. 6 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota (Ep. 5), Massena, N.Y.
- Nov. 13 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota (Ep. 6), Massena, N.Y.
Viewers can catch the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit every Friday night when “FLW Fishing” airs from 7-9 p.m. EDT through December 27, 2020 on the Outdoor Channel.
For complete details, full broadcast schedules and updated information on “FLW Fishing”, visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Wheeler Wins Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super Tournament at Lake Chickamauga
Harrison Pro Catches Four-Day Total of 93 Pounds to Win by Nearly 12-Pounds
DAYTON, Tenn. (June 26, 2020) – Major League Fishing (MLF) pro Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tennessee, caught a final-day five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 6 ounces to win $125,000 in the $1.3 millionTackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super Tournament at Lake Chickamauga. Wheeler topped his closest competitor, Cole Floyd of Leesburg, Ohio, by 11 pounds, 13 ounces to earn the win in the event that featured a field of 204 anglers competing from FLW and MLF in Dayton, Tennessee.
“It’s been an unbelievable week,” said Wheeler, who notched his fifth major win since the start of the 2019 season. “I put more time in (practice) for this event than any other event that I’ve fished. To get the win here means so much to me. On my home lake. In front of my best friends and family. With FLW, the organization that I started with and the people that watched me grow up. This one means the world to me.”
Wheeler said he used a variety of baits to catch his fish this week, including Rapala DT-20 (Citrus Shad) and DT-16 (Big Shad) crankbaits, an 8-inch green-pumpkin-colored worm, a 5/8-ounce white hairjig, a scrounger with a soft-plastic jerkbait trailer, a jig, an unnamed topwater bait, and a vibrating jig.
“I knew that I had to keep an open mind and I couldn’t get locked into one particular bait,” Wheeler said. “There was no magical bait. That’s why I had so many different rods on my deck each day. I was able to trigger some of those really good bites by rotating through them.”
Wheeler estimated that he fished around 50 spots throughout the week but had three areas that were really key for him. While many pros focused solely shallow or deep, Wheeler constantly switched between the two over the course of the event.
“Each place was so unique,” Wheeler said. “The areas were completely different. It’s not like it was a pattern. It was just finding places that were a little bit less obvious was really what it came down to. Those fish weren’t as pressured and easier to get to bite. That was my game plan the whole week.
Wheeler opened the tournament Tuesday in first place with five bass weighing 24-9. He slipped to second place Wednesday with a five-bass catch weighing 22 pounds, 1 ounce to advance into the top 50 cut with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 46 pounds, 10 ounces. On Thursday, Wheeler caught five bass weighing 25-12 to reclaim his lead and advance to the final day of competition in first place. Wheeler added another five bass weighing 21-6 to his final-round total Friday and earn $125,000.
The top 10 pros on Lake Chickamauga finished:
1st: Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tenn., 20 bass, 93-12, $125,000
2nd: Cole Floyd of Leesburg, Ohio, 20 bass, 81-15, $35,500
3rd: Jason Reyes of Huffman, Texas, 20 bass, 76-12, $30,000
4th: Cody Meyer of Auburn, Calif., 20 bass, 72-13, $25,000
5th: Alex Davis of Albertville, Ala., 20 bass, 72-12, $22,000
6th: Miles Burghoff of Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., 20 bass, 71-3, $21,000
7th: John Cox of DeBary, Fla., 20 bass, 70-1, $19,000
8th: Joshua Weaver of Macon, Ga., 20 bass, 65-10, $18,000
9th: David Williams of Maiden, N.C., 20 bass, 65-0, $17,000
10th: Alton Jones of Lorena, Texas, 20 bass, 61-4, $16,200
Complete results for the entire field can be found atFLWFishing.com.
Overall there were 50 bass weighing 149 pounds, 14 ounces caught by pros Friday. All of the final 10 pros weighed in five-bass limits.
Television coverage of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga will premiere at 7 p.m. EDT, Aug. 14 on the Outdoor Channel. Beginning July 3 and running through Dec. 27, FLW will air 312 hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit action on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel. Episodes have been expanded to two hours long, allowing each show to go in-depth to break down the final rounds of regular-season competition. Each episode will premiere in Friday night primetime slots on the Outdoor Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel.
The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga was hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic & Tourism Council.
In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super Tournament competition, the full field of 204 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Tuesday and Wednesday. The top 50 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Thursday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition on Friday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
FLW anglers are vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota, the Pro Circuit championship. The 2020 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota will be held on the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York, Aug. 24-29.
MLF pros competing in the Pro Circuit Super Tournaments will fish for prize money only. No points will be awarded toward any championship or title to MLF competitors. Only the original Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit anglers will compete for the AOY title throughout the remainder of the season. AOY points in the final events will be awarded based on Pro Circuit anglers finishing order. The top-finishing FLW pro will receive “first-place points” regardless of where he finishes in the overall standings, and so on.
For complete details and updated information visitFLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
JACKSON INTRODUCES BRAD TAYLOR AS NEW VP OF SALES
A familiar face to paddlesports returns to his roots as the new Vice President of Sales at Jackson Adventures and provides a glimpse at the emerging leadership at one of the industry’s greatest brands.
Brad Taylor is welcomed this week by Jackson Adventures as its new Vice President of Sales. Brad brings 25+ years of experience in the paddling world to Jackson. He will be managing Jackson’s global sales initiatives, taking over as part of what has been a continual evolution at Jackson this past year. 2020 has seen Jackson rebrand bringing three brands under a new Jackson Adventures corporate structure. It has also been a year of complete corporate growth management exercises including the addition of new executive. “Brad fits perfect with the Jackson environment”, Peter Hausin, Jackson’s CEO points out, “He connects the culture of paddlesports with business extremely well. Brad is an avid paddler and he knows the industry both as a paddler and a business man.”
Brad will be replacing Doug Ragan, who leaves Jackson in a move to Oregon. “Jackson has had a lot of momentum in sales over the last two years and I step into an incredible track record,” Taylor adds, “Jackson’s unique programs are some of the strongest in the industry and will continue to get better, but the groundwork is thanks to Doug.”
About Brad Taylor
“Paddlesports is where I belong”, reflects Brad Taylor, Jackson’s latest executive hire. “Two years away from my home in the kayaking world was long enough.” Taylor spent short stint with Merrell after almost two decades working with some of paddling’s top brands like Dagger, Wavesport, Wilderness Systems and and other legendary organizations. In all of his roles, Brad lead predominantly in sales in regional and national levels and is intertwined in the history of paddlesports growth through the last 25 years.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbradtaylor/
About Jackson Adventures
Jackson Kayak was founded in 2003 by Eric Jackson and Tony Lunt. Currently located in Sparta, Tenn. USA, near the Caney Fork River, Jackson Kayak designs, builds, and manufactures leading whitewater kayaks, fishing kayaks, exploration kayaks as well as paddling and outdoor products. Their motto "Outdoor to the Core" represents a company wide passion for getting outside. Jackson Kayak has always had a focus on Made in the USA and supporting local economy. Their success is largely due to delivering high quality products through paddlesports specialty shops globally; all supported by regional, national and international team members who are engaged to promote the outdoor lifestyle.
Go ‘Timberbassing’ with Z-Man’s® New All-Terrain Bladed Jig
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Ultimate snag-resistant CrossEyeZ™ ChatterBait® emerges from bass pro David Walker’s workshop |
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Ladson, SC (June 25, 2020) – David Walker is a git ‘er done kind of guy, a DIY luresmith from way back. Most bass fans know all about his genius with a jig. Fewer know about the hefty bags of bass he regularly boats with a ChatterBait in tow. So it was a few years ago that Walker—who’s never entirely satisfied with a lure right out of the pack—found himself once again out in the workshop, cutting, calibrating and sleuthing out a solution. The challenge? To match the right hook, jighead, skirt, and component parts and build a fish-catching ChatterBait truly worthy of the tag, snag-resistant. “The ChatterBait has been a proven bass tour commodity since its release almost two decades back,” notes Walker, who’s won nearly $2-million dollars in bass competition. “To me, it’s largely been known as a grass bait—and no one disputes its value in vegetation. But I worked for a long time on a design I could fish in timber, cypress knees, laydowns and around marinas and under dock structures. After boating over 75 bass on the final prototype, I’m super happy to tell folks about the CrossEyeZ ChatterBait, a highly-developed bladed jig built for true all-terrain fishing in wood, emergent vegetation and anywhere else you want to throw it.” |
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The Z-Man CrossEyeZ ChatterBait, notes Walker, is anything but ‘just another ChatterBait with a fresh coat of paint. “Other than borrowing the proven ChatterBait JackHammer blade, we developed the CrossEyeZ ChatterBait entirely from the ground up, using totally customized, deeply vetted components,” he notes. Walker knew exactly what he wanted, and when Z-Man finally tapped him for design intel, he’d already sketched out a comprehensive breakdown of essential accoutrements. “The CrossEyeZ ChatterBait features its own unique, tournament-winning action and vibration,” notes Walker. “It’s a high performance bladed swim jig whose blade, jighead, terminal connections, skirt and hook all work together in harmony.” Walker proudly points to the bait’s totally adjustable, coated, multi-strand wire brushguard. “I knew the standard jig brushguard with a pile of stiff fibers wasn’t right for this bait. I began by taking an existing ChatterBait, drilling holes in the head and welding two coated wire guards in parallel, letting the jighook ‘split the uprights’ for easy hooksets as the guard compresses. Deflects cover like a dream. And Z-Man has duplicated this configuration and produced what I believe to be the most efficient ChatterBait brushguard ever. |
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“When I say it’s adjustable, I mean you can bend it down so the wires barely cover the hookpoint, or you can spread them wide apart for enhanced protection around super heavy brush, so when the bait comes up and over a log, the guard deflects the cover and protects the hookpoint. And you can customize the guard for every situation, as in, you can re-bend the guard over and over again without the wires breaking off. This really is the ultimate ChatterBait brushguard.” To activate the bait’s dinner-bell-like vibrations, Z-Man and Walker affixed a proven hex ChatterBlade® to the jighead with Z-Man’s patented direct-to-head connection. “I’m a steadfast believer in the bass’ lateral line and its function in triggering bites, and the CrossEyeZ ChatterBait plays on this advantage with its powerful vibrations.” Adding a secondary layer of sound, Walker prescribed a wider jighead—and totally original sculpt— that frequently collides with the blade as it oscillates back and forth. “The direct blade-to-jighead connection gives the blade so much freedom of movement. When you pull the bait fast with your rodtip, you can hear that knocking sound as the blade cracks the jighead—it’s another auditory cue that really makes bass eat the bait.” |
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Walker also notes that the slightly flattened, well-balanced head “keels the bait and keeps the hook in the upright position at all times. The shape also produces a subtle body roll that activates the soft ElaZtech® trailer,” he says. “Red, bulging ‘cross’ eyes focus fish’s attention and provide a strike target.” To hook and keep bass pinned all the way to the boat, the CrossEyeZ ChatterBait utilizes a custom forged 5/0 O’Shaughnessy hook. Walker says this special hook sports a unique bend that keeps bass buttoned down better than other jighooks by a wide margin. Relative to the ChatterBait JackHammer™, the CrossEyeZ ChatterBait hook also has a slightly shorter shank for a more compact presentation. Standard equipment on the CrossEyeZ ChatterBait, a high-grade snap affords extra freedom of movement and stays shut. “The snap plays a surprisingly critical role in bringing out the right vibration in the blade, as well as allowing the bait to ‘start’ with the first turn of the reel handle,” notes Walker. To prevent it from opening up, the snap features an extended clasp, turned at a 90-degree angle to slide cleanly through cover. Primo silicone skirts are painstakingly chosen by Walker himself, including specific strand colors and quantities. Wraps of tough-as-nails stainless steel wire affixes skirts nearly permanently in place. A two-way trailer keeper includes both a molded in lead barb and a secondary wire flange for total plastics protection. For trailers, Walker is a big fan of both the Z-Man 3” MinnowZ and the RaZor ShadZ, though the lure is equally compatible with other soft plastics. |
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Z-Man CrossEyeZ ChatterBait |
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“When it comes to lure design, David Walker is among the most hands-on and meticulous anglers we work with,” notes Z-Man president Daniel Nussbaum. “It’s really fun collaborating with him on projects like this because no detail goes overlooked. Makes a huge difference in the fish-catching qualities of all the baits we work on together.” Landing at outdoor retailers in early August, the snag-resistant Z-Man CrossEyeZ ChatterBait will be priced competitively at $9.99 each, perhaps the best value in pro-grade bladed jigs today. Available in 3/8-, ½- and ¾-ounce sizes and ten elite color patterns. Visit www.zmanfishing.comfor more information. |
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Wheeler Reclaims Lead at Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super Tournament at Lake Chickamauga
DAYTON, Tenn. (June 25, 2020) – Major League Fishing (MLF) pro Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tennessee, caught a five-bass limit weighing 27 pounds, 12 ounces Thursday to reclaim his lead in the $1.3 million Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super-Tournament at Lake Chickamauga. Wheeler now holds a 4-pound, 13-ounce edge over his closest competitor, Jason Reyes of Huffman, Texas, heading into the fourth and final day of competition. The $1.3 million Super Tournament that featured 204 anglers competing from FLW and Major League Fishing (MLF) with a top prize of up to $160,000.
Although Wheeler’s weight on the scale was 27-12, he was credited with 25-12 after being assessed a 2-pound penalty for accidently making a cast with six fish in his livewell. After catching a 10-pound largemouth, Wheeler placed it into his livewell and quickly jumped up to make another cast. The problem was that Wheeler already had a five-bass limit. Wheeler made one cast before realizing his mistake, and did not catch a fish, but the Tennessee pro was assessed a 2-pound penalty and allowed to cull out his smallest fish.
“When you catch one that big, you get a little flustered,” Wheeler joked on the weigh-in stage. “I was so excited to make another cast. As soon as I fired it out there, I was like ‘Gosh, dang it. I’ve got six in my livewell.’ I immediately called (Tournament Director) Daniel Fennel and I knew I was getting a 2-pound penalty. I was so mad at myself for making that error, I used it to motivate myself to go out and catch even more than what I had.”
Other than the penalty, it was a near flawless day for Wheeler on the water Thursday as he caught the largest limit of the tournament. After spending the first two days of the tournament bouncing back and forth between shallow and deep water, Wheeler spent day three mainly offshore.
“It was an awesome day out there on the lake,” Wheeler said. “Yesterday I had 10 to 15 places shallow, but today I spent most of my time deep. I had some stuff in my back pocket that I was sort of saving, and I still have some stuff that I saved shallow where there should be some big ones.
“I’m going out tomorrow with the mindset that I’m going to have to catch a really big bag,” Wheeler said. “It’s so easy here for someone to catch a 10-pounder and put together a 30-pound limit, so I’ve got to catch another 20+ pounds. If I lose, I lose, and I leave it out on the water, but for me, my goal is to keep catching 20.”
The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition Friday on Lake Chickamauga are:
1st: Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tenn., 15 bass, 72-6
2nd: Jason Reyes of Huffman, Texas, 15 bass, 67-9
3rd: Cole Floyd of Leesburg, Ohio, 15 bass, 62-3
4th: Cody Meyer of Auburn, Calif., 15 bass, 57-1
5th: Miles Burghoff of Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., 15 bass, 55-6
6th: John Cox of DeBary, Fla., 15 bass, 55-1
7th: Alex Davis of Albertville, Ala., 15 bass, 54-11
8th: Joshua Weaver of Macon, Ga., 15 bass, 53-2
9th: David Williams of Maiden, N.C., 15 bass, 51-15
10th: Alton Jones of Lorena, Texas, 15 bass, 51-14
Finishing in 11th through 30th are:
11th: Dakota Ebare of Denham Springs, La., 15 bass, 51-10, $14,000
12th: Spencer Shuffield of Hot Springs, Ark., 15 bass, 50-1, $14,000
13th: Andy Morgan of Dayton, Tenn., 15 bass, 49-2, $14,000
14th: Wade Strelic of Alpine, Calif., 15 bass, 48-14, $14,000
15th: Mark Daniels Jr. of Tuskegee, Ala., 15 bass, 48-9, $14,000
16th: Lendell Martin Jr. of Nacogdoches, Texas, 15 bass, 48-3, $14,000
17th: Kerry Milner of Bono, Ark., 15 bass, 48-1, $14,000
18th: Tom Monsoor of La Crosse, Wis., 15 bass, 47-11, $14,000
19th: Jesse Wiggins of Logan, Ala., 15 bass, 46-14, $14,000
20th: Fred Roumbanis of London, Ark., 15 bass, 46-10, $14,000
21st: Matt Greenblatt of Port Saint Lucie, Fla., 15 bass, 46-8, $11,000
22nd: Christopher Brasher of Longview, Texas, 15 bass, 46-7, $11,000
23rd: Justin Atkins of Florence, Ala., 15 bass, 46-6, $11,000
24th: Jason Meninger of Saint Augustine, Fla., 15 bass, 46-3, $11,000
25th: Jonathan Canada of Helena, Ala., 15 bass, 46-1, $11,000
26th: Barry Wilson of Birmingham, Ala., 15 bass, 45-15, $11,000
27th: Kyle Cortiana of Coweta, Okla., 15 bass, 45-14, $11,000
28th: Adrian Avena of Vineland, N.J., 15 bass, 45-9, $11,000
29th: Michael Neal of Dayton, Tenn., 15 bass, 45-9, $11,000
30th: Terry Scroggins of San Mateo, Fla., 15 bass, 45-5, $11,000
Full results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Overall there were 237 bass weighing 678 pounds, 3 ounces, caught by 50 pros Thursday. Of the final 50 pros, 44 of them were able to bring a five-bass limit to the scale.
The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga is hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic & Tourism Council.
In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super Tournament competition, the full field of 204 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Tuesday and Wednesday. The top 50 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Thursday. Now only the top 10 pros will continue competition on Championship Friday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
FLW anglers are vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota, the Pro Circuit championship. The 2020 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota will be held on the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York, Aug. 24-29.
MLF pros competing in the Pro Circuit Super Tournaments will fish for prize money only. No points will be awarded toward any championship or title to MLF competitors. Only the original Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit anglers will compete for the AOY title throughout the remainder of the season. AOY points in the final events will be awarded based on Pro Circuit anglers finishing order. The top-finishing FLW pro will receive “first-place points” regardless of where he finishes in the overall standings, and so on.
The top 10 anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. EDT Friday from Point Park at Dayton Boat Dock, located at 185 Chickamauga Drive, in Dayton. Friday’s Championship weigh-in will also be held at Dayton Boat Dock and will begin at 3 p.m. To minimize the spread of COVID-19, attendance is limited to competing anglers and essential staff only. Fans are encouraged to forgo the daily takeoffs and weigh-ins and follow the event online through the expanded “FLW Live” broadcasts and weigh-in coverage at FLWFishing.com.
Television coverage of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga will premiere at 7 p.m. EDT, Aug. 14 on the Outdoor Channel. Beginning July 3 and running through Dec. 27, FLW will air 312 hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit action on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel. Episodes have been expanded to two hours long, allowing each show to go in-depth to break down the final rounds of regular-season competition. Each episode will premiere in Friday night primetime slots on the Outdoor Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel.
The popular FLW Live on-the-water broadcast has been expanded to air on all four days of competition, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran is joined by Toyota Series pro Todd Hollowell and MLF’s Marty Stone to break down the extended action Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Super Derby Pod
This week Chris and the boys dive into some of the MLFLW Super Tournament action going on on Lake Chick-a-maga (Chickamauga) and welcome in newest NPFL Angler William Fletcher from Georgia to talk about his decision for 2021. Check it out!
Texan Reyes Moves into Lead at Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super Tournament at Lake Chickamauga
DAYTON, Tenn. (June 24, 2020) – Veteran FLW pro Jason Reyes of Huffman, Texas, caught a five-bass limit Wednesday weighing 27 pounds, 4 ounces – the largest limit weighed in the event – to capture the lead after day two of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super-Tournament at Lake Chickamauga with a two-day catch of 10 bass weighing 49-14. He now holds a 3-pound, 4-ounce lead in the $1.3 million Super Tournament that features 204 anglers competing from FLW and Major League Fishing (MLF).
“I caught a 7-pounder early, then I went a good stretch this morning with only that one fish,” said Reyes, who is competing in his 14th season on FLW’s top circuit. “Finally the sun peeked out a little bit and I think that set them off. I caught around 18 bass total – probably 12 or 13 keepers – and I caught eight in the last hour.”
Reyes said that he caught his fish on three different stretches of pepper grass. He weighed in one fish yesterday on a frog, but the rest of his keepers have come on a Yamamoto Senko.
“I’m not doing anything special or fancy,” Reyes said. “They come in spurts. I’ll have a 40-minute window where I’ll catch three or four, then I’ll go an hour without one. It took me a little bit to get dialed in. They want it so slow. I’ll throw a bait in there and just hold it and they’ll walk off with it. If I pump it, or shake it at all, they won’t bite it.
“This is a huge field, with huge names – (Jacob) Wheeler, (John) Cox has won here multiple times – and it feels good to be hanging around with those guys,” Reyes said. “But I know they’re not going to let me slip. You slip and they’ll pass you. So, I’m going to need to keep plugging big sacks to have a chance to win.”
The top 20 pros after day two on Lake Chickamauga are:
1st: Jason Reyes of Huffman, Texas, 10 bass, 49-14
2nd: Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tenn., 10 bass, 46-10
3rd: Cole Floyd of Leesburg, Ohio, 10 bass, 43-14
4th: John Cox of DeBary, Fla., 10 bass, 41-12
5th: Cody Meyer of Auburn, Calif., 10 bass, 38-2
6th: Spencer Shuffield of Hot Springs, Ark., 10 bass, 37-15
7th: Dakota Ebare of Denham Springs, La., 10 bass, 37-7
8th: Fred Roumbanis of London, Ark., 10 bass, 36-12
9th: Miles Burghoff of Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., 10 bass, 35-4
10th: Alex Davis of Albertville, Ala., 10 bass, 35-1
11th: Joshua Weaver of Macon, Ga., 10 bass, 35-0
12th: David Williams of Maiden, N.C., 10 bass, 35-0
13th: Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Ala., 10 bass, 34-15
14th: Kyle Cortiana of Coweta, Okla., 10 bass, 34-15
15th: Christopher Brasher of Longview, Texas, 10 bass, 34-13
16th: Barry Wilson of Birmingham, Ala., 10 bass, 34-2
17th: Chip Harrington of Olathe, Kan., 10 bass, 33-15
18th: Lendell Martin Jr. of Nacogdoches, Texas, 10 bass, 33-15
19th: Jason Meninger of Saint Augustine, Fla., 10 bass, 33-12
20th: Justin Atkins of Florence, Ala., 10 bass, 33-10
Full results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Floyd brought the largest bass of the day, a 9-pound, 4-ounce largemouth, to the scale Wednesday to claim the day’s $500 Berkley Big Bass award.
Overall there were 945 bass weighing 2,598 pounds, 2 ounces caught by 200 pros Wednesday. The catch included 175 five-bass limits.
The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga is hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic & Tourism Council.
In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super-Tournament competition, the full field of 204 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Tuesday and Wednesday. The top 50 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight now advance to Thursday. Only the top 10 pros will continue competition on Championship Friday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
FLW anglers are vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota, the Pro Circuit championship. The 2020 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota will be held on the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York, Aug. 24-29.
MLF pros competing in the Pro Circuit “Super Tournaments” will fish for prize money only. No points will be awarded toward any championship or title to MLF competitors. Only the original Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit anglers will compete for the AOY title throughout the remainder of the season. AOY points in the final events will be awarded based on Pro Circuit anglers finishing order. The top-finishing FLW pro will receive “first-place points” regardless of where he finishes in the overall standings, and so on.
The top 50 anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. EDT Thursday from Point Park at Dayton Boat Dock, located at 185 Chickamauga Drive, in Dayton. Weigh-in each day will also be held at Dayton Boat Dock and will begin at 3 p.m. To minimize the spread of COVID-19, attendance is limited to competing anglers and essential staff only. Fans are encouraged to forgo the daily takeoffs and weigh-ins and follow the event online through the expanded “FLW Live” broadcasts and weigh-in coverage at FLWFishing.com.
Television coverage of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga will premiere at 7 p.m. EDT, Aug. 14 on the Outdoor Channel. Beginning July 3 and running through Dec. 27, FLW will air 312 hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit action on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel. Episodes have been expanded to two hours long, allowing each show to go in-depth to break down the final rounds of regular-season competition. Each episode will premiere in Friday night primetime slots on the Outdoor Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel.
The popular FLW Live on-the-water broadcast has been expanded to air on all four days of competition, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran is joined by Toyota Series pro Todd Hollowell and MLF’s Marty Stone to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Mull Wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League on Lake Shelbyville
St. Louis’ Curtright Wins Co-angler Division
SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (June 23, 2020) – Boater Jeremy Mull of Pawnee, Illinois, earned the win Saturday at the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine event at Lake Shelbyville after bringing a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 16 pounds, 7 ounces. For his victory, Mull earned a total of $4,463.
“I started out fishing deep on the lower end of the lake, and we pulled up on the right spot at the right time,” said Mull, who earned his third career Bass Fishing League victory. “My co-angler caught the first two fish, then we just went to work on them. I caught them on a football jig (green-pumpkin) in 20-foot-of-water.
“The key was sticking with it all day long,” Mull went on to say. “I caught one real late – within the last 10 minutes – that culled. It was a grind, but I stuck with it all day long.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament as follows:
1st: Jeremy Mull of Pawnee, Ill., five bass, 16-7, $4,463
2nd: Michael Black of Toledo, Ill., five bass, 15-12, $2,232
3rd: Todd Blakeman of Chatham, Ill., five bass, 14-11, $1,689
4th: Mike Jackson of Moweaqua, Ill., five bass, 14-3, $1,041
5th: Shane Haslett of Beecher City, Ill., five bass, 13-15, $893
6th: Martin Conaughty of Fairview Heights, Ill., five bass, 13-14, $818
7th: Matt Carroll of Hillsboro, Ill., five bass, 13-8, $744
8th: Brian Futch of Herrin, Ill., four bass, 12-9, $1,169
9th: Ryan Armstrong of Robinson, Ill., five bass, 12-2, $595
10th: Ryan Lewis of Glasford, Ill., five bass, 11-0, $521
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
James Wright of Paducah, Kentucky, claimed the day’s Boater Big Bass Award of $640 after bringing a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass to the scale.
Futch took home an extra $500 as the highest finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.
William Curtright of St. Louis, Missouri, won the Co-angler Division and $2,232 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 11 pounds, 8 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished as follows:
1st: William Liam Curtright of St. Louis, Mo., four bass, 11-8, $2,232
2nd: Blake Hadley of Pana, Ill., five bass, 11-5, $1,116
3rd: Arden Damberg of Wheatland, Iowa, five bass, 10-4, $743
3rd: Jojo Johnson of Benton, Ill., five bass, 9-15, $521
5th: Brad McElroy of Gardner, Ill., five bass, 9-7, $446
6th: Dan Brown of Glenarm, Ill., five bass, 9-5, $409
6th: Ryan Fancher of Olney, Ill., four bass, 9-2, $372
8th: Barry Aumiller of O’Fallon, Mo., three bass, 7-13, $335
9th: Ethan Fields of Breese, Ill., three bass, 7-9, $298
10th: Timothy Nanzer of Bourbonnais, Ill., two bass, 7-7, $260
Dave Dobill of Royalton, Illinois, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 4 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $320.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on Lake Shelbyville was the opening event of five qualifying tournaments in the Illini division.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Illini Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 15-17 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin, hosted by Explore La Crosse. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Brunson Wins Saturday, Summerton’s Wolfe Wins Sunday at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Double-Header on Lake Santee Cooper
Co-angler Wins Go to Glencoe’s Moss & Landrum’s Barnette
SUMMERTON, S.C. (June 23, 2020) – It was a double-header for bass anglers this past weekend in Summerton with the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on Lake Santee Cooperevents. FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, rescheduled the events after the coronavirus pandemic forced the organization to pause competition in mid-March.
Boater Chris Brunson of Mayesville, South Carolina, brought a three-bass limit to the scale totaling 17 pounds, 7 ounces to win Saturday’s event and $3,592, while Cecil Wolfe of Summerton, South Carolina, brought in a three-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 1 ounce on Sunday to earn the win and $3,164.
Brunson won Saturday’s event fishing in Lake Marion, above the Hwy. 95 Bridge near Jack’s Creek.
“I caught my fish in grass, with a Spro Poppin’ Frog and a Texas-rigged worm,” Brunson said. “The key was keeping an open mind and changing things up, because the fish were not where they were at last week.”
The top five boaters on Saturday were:
1st: Chris Brunson of Mayesville, S.C., three bass, 17-7, $3,592
2nd: Chad Cook of Cross, S.C., three bass, 14-14, $1,796
3rd: Tim Kelley of Irmo, S.C., three bass, 14-9, $1,019
3rd: Bo Chappell of Lake City, S.C., three bass, 14-9, $1,019
5th: John Haas of Mount Pleasant, S.C., three bass, 14-5, $1,178
Complete results for Saturday can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Haas brought an 8-pound, 15-ounce bass to the scale to earn Saturday’s Boater Big Bass award of $460.
Jason Miles of Summerville, South Carolina, was the highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500 Saturday. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found atPhoenixBassBoats.com.
Gage Spagnola of Columbia, South Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,796 Saturday after catching three bass weighing 11 pounds, 14 ounces.
The top five co-anglers Saturday finished as follows:
1st: Gage Spagnola of Columbia, S.C., three bass, 11-14, $1,796
2nd: Bill Hawkins of Piedmont, S.C., three bass, 10-6, $898
3rd: Jeff Rikard of Leesville, S.C., three bass, 9-6, $598
4th: Blake Winans of Sumter, S.C., three bass, 9-0, $419
5th: Dylan Thompson of Myrtle Beach, S.C., two bass, 8-15, $359
On Sunday, local Summerton angler Wolfe won the event fishing in Lake Moultrie.
“I was finesse fishing, mainly with a drop-shot rig,” said Wolfe. “I was targeting stumps and brush piles using a Zoom Finesse Worm, both green-pumpkin and watermelon-red colors.
“The key was slowing down – fishing slow, and real methodical. You had to pretty much make them bite. It was really tough.”
The top five boaters on Sunday were:
1st: Cecil Wolfe of Summerton, S.C., three bass, 16-1, $3,164
2nd: Ronnie McCoy of Lamar, S.C., three bass, 15-0, $1,582
3rd: Kyle Austin of Ridgeville, S.C., three bass, 14-10, $1,054
4th: Lex Costas of Daniel Island, S.C., three bass, 14-8, $738
5th: Freddie Gamble Jr. of Manning, S.C., three bass, 13-12, $633
Complete results for Sunday’s event on Santee Cooper can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Danny Shanz of Summerton brought a 7-pound, 2-ounce bass to the scale to win Sunday’s Boater Big Bass award of $380.
Roger Medlock of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, was Sunday’s highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500.
Taylor Barnette of Landrum, South Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,582 Sunday after catching a three-bass limit weighing 12 pounds, 13 ounces.
The top five co-anglers Sunday finished as follows:
1st: Taylor Barnette of Landrum, S.C., three bass, 12-13, $1,582
2nd: Terry Jarvis of Inman, S.C., three bass, 12-10, $981
3rd: Thomas Robbins of Jackson, S.C., three bass, 10-4, $526
4th: Brandon Jeffcoat of Columbia, S.C., three bass, 9-8, $369
5th: Brian Bultman of Aiken, S.C., three bass, 8-14, $316
Jarvis caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $190.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Double-Header on Lake Santee Cooper was the third and fourth of five qualifying events in the South Carolina Division.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the South Carolina Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 16-18 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Lake Cherokee in Jefferson City, Tennessee, hosted by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Grant’s Glasgow Wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event on Lake Guntersville
Gurley’s O’Barr Wins Co-angler Division
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (June 23, 2020) – Boater Michael Glasgow of Grant, Alabama, brought a three-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 16 pounds, 4 ounces to win the 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine event at Lake Guntersville in Scottsboro, Alabama. Glasgow earned a total of $6,261 for his victory.
“Every bite I had was on a jig,” said Glasgow, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “It was a brown, 3/4-ounce Strike King Football Head jig. I was sitting in about 30-feet of water, but most of my fish were coming in 12 to 15 (feet of water).
“There wasn’t a lot of current, so I was mainly just fishing hard spots,” Glasgow continued. “I started downriver, then bounced around between Goose Pond and Seibold (Creek). I culled four or five times and caught my last fish around 2:15.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament as follows:
1st: Michael Glasgow of Grant, Ala., three bass, 16-4, $6,261
2nd: Ethan Hunter of Harrison, Tenn., three bass, 16-0, $2,631
3rd: A.J. Barnes of Harrison, Tenn., three bass, 14-6, $2,573
4th: Cal Lane of Guntersville, Tenn., three bass, 13-9, $1,228
5th: Lee Black of Danville, Tenn., three bass, 13-8, $1,052
6th: Marshall Deakins of Dunlap, Tenn., three bass, 13-7, $965
7th: Rick Murphy of Chickamauga, Ga., three bass, 12-13, $877
8th: John Bailey of Resaca, Ga., three bass, 12-9, $789
9th: Wayne Christopher of Huntsville, Ala., three bass, 12-7, $657
9th: Lake Blasingame of Killen, Ala., three bass, 12-7, $857
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Barnes brought a 7-pound, 7-ounce bass to the scale to win the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $820.
Greg Lamb of Birchwood, Tennessee, took home an extra $500 as the highest finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.
Hayden O’Barr of Gurley, Alabama, won the Co-angler Division and $3,021 Saturday after catching three bass weighing 15 pounds, 8 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished as follows:
1st: Hayden O’Barr of Gurley, Ala., three bass, 15-8, $3,021
2nd: Dennis McGouirk of Carrollton, Ga., three bass, 13-13, $1,307
3rd: Tyler Turner of Harrison, Tenn., three bass, 11-9, $872
4th: Mason Smith of Decatur, Ala., three bass, 11-1, $610
5th: Neil Crider of Dalton, Ga., three bass, 10-15, $523
6th: Benjamin Fouts of Morehead, Ky., three bass, 10-4, $479
7th: Doug Garrett of Cookeville, Tenn., three bass, 9-12, $414
7th: Kyle Schuchard of Mulga, Ala., three bass, 9-12, $414
9th: Wayne Kilgore of Attalla, Ala., three bass, 9-11, $327
9th: Billy Johnson of Nashville, Tenn., three bass, 9-11, $327
O’Barr also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award and added $407 to his winnings.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Choo Choo Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 16-18 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Lake Cherokee in Jefferson City, Tennessee, hosted by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held April 30 through May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Drew Benton Wins Saturday, Kyle Welcher Wins Sunday at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Double-Header on Lake Eufaula
It was a double-header for weekend bass anglers this past weekend in Eufaula with the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on Lake Eufaula events. FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, rescheduled the events after the coronavirus pandemic forced the organization to pause competition in mid-March.
Drew Benton of Blakely, Georgia brought a three-bass limit to the scale totaling 17 pounds, 8 ounces to win Saturday’s event and earn $6,473, while pro Kyle Welcher of Opelika, Alabama, brought in three bass weighing 16 pounds, 3 ounces on Sunday to earn the win and the day’s top prize of $5,498.
“These trophies are a hard to get,” said Benton, who competes on the Bassmaster Elite Series. “The BFL tournaments are stacked fields with a ton of locals. I’m new to this area, but I got my start on Lake Seminole and Lake Eufaula so to get to see everybody that I used to fish against back in the day and come out of here with a win is truly a blessing.”
Benton said that during his practice he noticed a lot of mayflies hatching, so he decided to take advantage of that during the tournament. He started up the river throwing a frog and a Bagley Knocker B topwater bait.
“I caught one really big one on topwater, then as the day went on we went down the lake towards the dam and I fished ledges,” Benton said. “I isolated the schools with my Lowrance LiveSight and caught them all on a Nichols Mini Magnum Spoon.
“If this had been a five-fish tournament, we would have been in the 24- to 25-pound range to win, but I appreciate that FLW is taking care of our resources in determining these three fish events,” Benton went on to say.
The top five boaters on Saturday were:
1st: Drew Benton of Blakely, Ga., three bass, 17-8, $6,473
1st: Josh Stracner of Vandiver, Ala., three bass, 17-4, $2,381
3rd: Kevin Black of Cumming, Ga., three bass, 14-15, $1,585
4th: Ryan Ingram of Phenix City, Ala., three bass, 14-8, $1,111
5th: Brad Davis of Hoschton, Ga., three bass, 14-0, $953
Complete results for Saturday can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Benton brought a 6-pound, 14-ounce bass to the scale to add Saturday’s Boater Big Bass award of $710 to his winnings.
Thom Dickson of Cartersville, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,561 Saturday after catching three bass weighing 15 pounds even.
The top five co-anglers Saturday finished as follows:
1st: Thom Dickson of Cartersville, Ga., three bass, 15-0, $2,561
2nd: Andrew Nickeson of Valdosta, Ga., three bass, 11-4, $1,118
3rd: William Mercer of Cumming, Ga., three bass, 10-14, $745
4th: Luke Cocke of Valdosta, Ga., three bass, 10-9, $522
5th: Wesley Bennett of Monroe, Ga., three bass, 9-15, $447
Dickson also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces, to add the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $325 to his final payout.
On Sunday, winning boater pro Kyle Welcher said that he caught all of his fish on a topwater frog.
“On Sunday I decided to commit to the shallow bite all day and try to stay around bream beds, mayflies and the bigger fish that were up shallow,” the Alabama pro said. “I hit 50 to 60 spots, fishing from Cowikee all the way to the Dam and back. Everything that I saw that looked good, I’d pull over and fish it. I caught around 12 to 13 keepers throughout the day.
“The key was staying around the bait,” Welcher continued. “Every fish that I caught came on a frog. The water in the lake is falling a little bit each day, so I targeted shallow water, but it was deeper shallow water, if that makes sense.
“It feels good to get the win,” Welcher went on to say. “I’ve been fishing these BFL events for a while, so I’m glad I finally got one.”
The top five boaters on Sunday were:
1st: Kyle Welcher of Opelika, Ala., three bass, 16-3, $5,498
2nd: Austin Lang of Kinsey, Ala., three bass, 13-10, $2,249
3rd: Michael Conley of Bainbridge, Ga., three bass, 13-0, $1,498
4th: Jim Murray Jr. of Leesburg, Ga., three bass, 12-10, $1,050
5th: Ethan Greene of Eufaula, Ala., three bass, 12-9, $862
5th: Todd Classon of Camilla, Ala., three bass, 12-9, $862
Complete results for Sunday’s event on Lake Eufaula can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Steven Hunt of Lakeland, Florida, brought a 6-pound, 2-ounce bass to the scale to win Sunday’s Boater Big Bass award of $645.
Scott Montgomery of Eufaula, Alabama, was Sunday’s highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found atPhoenixBassBoats.com.
Brian Davis of Leesburg, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,140 Sunday after catching a three-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 14 ounces.
The top five co-anglers Sunday finished as follows:
1st: Brian Davis of Leesburg, Ga., three bass, 11-14, $2,140
2nd: Jeff Cook of Columbus, Ga., three bass, 11-7, $1,070
3rd: Kiwanas Andrews of Atlanta, Ga., three bass, 11-4, $712
4th: Blake Layfield of Sparks, Ga., three bass, 11-2, $499
5th: Skip Jackson of Eufaula, Ala., three bass, 11-1, $410
5th: Chris Davies of Griffin, Ga., three bass, 11-1, $712
Davies caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $302.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Double-Header on Lake Eufaula was the second and third of five qualifying events in the Bulldog Division.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Bulldog Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 16-18 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Lake Cherokee in Jefferson City, Tennessee, hosted by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.
The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
2021 Bass Pro Shops/Cabela's Big Bass Tour Schedule Announced!
Courtesy of Bigbasstour.com
We are excited to announce the schedule for the 2021 Big Bass Tour season. 2021 will feature twelve events and over $1.6 million in prizes and payouts. Due to the fact that we still have fall events remaining in 2020, registration for our 2021 events won't open until December 1st 2020.
Feb 5-7 | Harris Chain of Lakes, Florida
Feb 26-28 | Lake Conroe, Texas
March 5-7 | Lake Eufaula, Alabama
March 19-21 | Clarks Hill, Georgia
March 26-28 | Lake Norman, North Carolina
April 9-11 | Table Rock Lake, Missouri
April 23-25 | Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia
April 30-May 2 | Lake Murray, South Carolina
May 14-16 | Lake Chickamauga, Tennessee
June 4-6 | Lake Dardanelle, Arkansas
Oct 8-10 | Douglas Lake, Tennessee
Oct 15-17 | Guntersville Lake, Alabama
If you're looking for our remaining 2020 fall dates, please visit our schedule page here on the website. Save these dates!
Wheeler Leads Day One of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super-Tournament at Lake Chickamauga
DAYTON, Tenn. (June 23, 2020) – Major League Fishing (MLF) pro Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tennessee, crossed the weigh-in stage Tuesday with a five-bass limit weighing 24 pounds, 9 ounces to lead day one of theTackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super-Tournament at Lake Chickamauga in Dayton, Tennessee. Wheeler now holds a 1-pound, 3-ounce lead in the $1.3 million tournament that features 204 anglers competing from FLW and MLF
In these ledge tournaments, during practice you just graph and graph and find groups of fish, then on the first day of the tournament you kind of figure out what you have got,” said the 29-year-old Wheeler, who has career earnings of more than $2 million. “I hit 30 or 40 spots today, and I didn’t catch a ton of fish but I caught a decent number and was able to put together a solid bag. It was a good day.”
Wheeler said that he caught his fish in a mixture of areas. Of the five bass that he weighed in, two came offshore and three out of shallow grass.
“I had around 20 rods on the deck ready to roll today,” Wheeler said. “I caught them on two or three baits out deep and two or three different baits shallow. It was not one bait. I think this week it’s going to take a little bit of everything – a hodge-podge deal – to do well. I’m just trying to stay consistent and average about 20 pounds a day.
“It feels good to be back out on the home pond and back where I started,” Wheeler went on to say. “Even though I’m a transplant and I just moved here three years ago, I’ve been fishing this lake since I was three years old and I just seem to gel with it. But I also know that some days it leaves you scratching your head. We’ve got three more days and there is a lot of fishing left to do.”
The top 10 pros after day one on Lake Chickamauga are:
1st: Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tenn., five bass, 24-9
2nd: John Cox of DeBary, Fla., five bass, 23-6
3rd: Jason Reyes of Huffman, Texas, five bass, 22-10
4th: Lendell Martin Jr. of Nacogdoches, Texas, five bass, 21-9
5th: Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Ala., five bass, 20-3
6th: Joshua Weaver of Macon, Ga., five bass, 19-14
7th: Christopher Brasher of Longview, Texas, five bass, 18-12
8th: Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich., five bass, 18-8
9th: Kyle Cortiana of Coweta, Okla., five bass, 18-7
9th: Tom Monsoor of La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 18-7
For a full list of results see below.
Martin won the day's $500 Berkley Big Bass award in the pro division after bringing a largemouth weighing 9 pounds, 8 ounces to the scale.
Overall there were 959 bass weighing 2,565 pounds, 8 ounces caught by 203 pros Tuesday. The catch included 173 five-bass limits.
The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga is hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic & Tourism Council.
In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super-Tournament competition, the full field of 204 pro anglers compete in the two-day opening round on Tuesday and Wednesday. The top 50 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Thursday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition on Championship Friday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
FLW anglers are vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota, the Pro Circuit championship. The 2020 Tackle Warehouse FLW TITLE presented by Toyota will be held on the St. Lawrence River in Massena, New York, Aug. 24-29.
MLF pros competing in the Pro Circuit “Super Tournaments” will fish for prize money only. No points will be awarded toward any championship or title to MLF competitors. Only the original Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit anglers will compete for the AOY title throughout the remainder of the season. AOY points in the final events will be awarded based on Pro Circuit anglers finishing order. The top-finishing FLW pro will receive “first-place points” regardless of where he finishes in the overall standings, and so on.
Anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. EDT each day from Point Park at Dayton Boat Dock, located at 185 Chickamauga Drive, in Dayton. The weigh-in each day will also be held at Dayton Boat Dock and will begin at 3 p.m. To minimize the spread of COVID-19, attendance is limited to competing anglers and essential staff only. Fans are encouraged to forgo the daily takeoffs and weigh-ins and follow the event online through the expanded “FLW Live” broadcasts and weigh-in coverage at FLWFishing.com.
Television coverage of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Chickamauga will premiere at 7 p.m. EDT, Aug. 14 on the Outdoor Channel. Beginning July 3 and running through Dec. 27, FLW will air 312 hours of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit action on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel. Episodes have been expanded to two hours long, allowing each show to go in-depth to break down the final rounds of regular-season competition. Each episode will premiere in Friday night primetime slots on the Outdoor Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel.
The popular FLW Live on-the-water broadcast has been expanded to air on all four days of competition, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran is joined by Toyota Series pro Todd Hollowell and MLF’s Marty Stone to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
| 1 | JACOB WHEELER | 24 - 9 (5) | |
| 2 | JOHN COX | 23 - 6 (5) | |
| 3 | JASON REYES | 22 - 10 (5) | |
| 4 | LENDELL MARTIN JR | 21 - 9 (5) | $500 |
| 5 | JUSTIN LUCAS | 20 - 3 (5) | |
| 6 | JOSHUA WEAVER | 19 - 14 (5) | |
| 7 | CHRISTOPHER BRASHER | 18 - 12 (5) | |
| 8 | RON NELSON | 18 - 8 (5) | |
| 9 | KYLE CORTIANA | 18 - 7 (5) | |
| 9 | TOM MONSOOR | 18 - 7 (5) | |
| 11 | ANDY MORGAN | 18 - 6 (5) | |
| 12 | DAKOTA EBARE | 18 - 5 (5) | |
| 12 | MARK DAVIS | 18 - 5 (5) | |
| 14 | MILES BURGHOFF | 18 - 4 (5) | |
| 14 | TOM REDINGTON | 18 - 4 (5) | |
| 16 | DEAN ROJAS | 18 - 2 (5) | |
| 17 | BRENT EHRLER | 18 - 0 (5) | |
| 18 | COLE FLOYD | 17 - 12 (5) | |
| 19 | JIMMY WASHAM | 17 - 4 (5) | |
| 20 | ERIC JACKSON | 17 - 3 (5) | |
| 21 | MICHAEL NEAL | 17 - 0 (5) | |
| 22 | ALVIN SHAW | 16 - 15 (5) | |
| 23 | FRED ROUMBANIS | 16 - 14 (5) | |
| 23 | BRANDON MOSLEY | 16 - 14 (5) | |
| 23 | BOBBY LANE | 16 - 14 (5) | |
| 23 | CODY MEYER | 16 - 14 (5) | |
| 23 | DAVID GASTON | 16 - 14 (5) | |
| 28 | JUSTIN ATKINS | 16 - 13 (5) | |
| 28 | DAVE PARSONS | 16 - 13 (5) | |
| 28 | ANTHONY GAGLIARDI | 16 - 13 (5) | |
| 31 | CASEY ASHLEY | 16 - 11 (5) | |
| 32 | JIM MOYNAGH | 16 - 8 (5) | |
| 32 | DAVID WILLIAMS | 16 - 8 (5) | |
| 34 | DAVE LEFEBRE | 16 - 5 (5) | |
| 35 | JAMES NIGGEMEYER | 15 - 15 (5) | |
| 36 | JORDAN OSBORNE | 15 - 13 (5) | |
| 37 | RUSSELL LANE | 15 - 11 (5) | |
| 38 | SPENCER SHUFFIELD | 15 - 7 (5) | |
| 39 | TERRY SCROGGINS | 15 - 6 (5) | |
| 40 | BILLY HINES | 15 - 4 (5) | |
| 40 | JOHN MURRAY | 15 - 4 (5) | |
| 40 | BRADFORD BEAVERS | 15 - 4 (5) | |
| 43 | MATT GREENBLATT | 14 - 15 (5) | |
| 44 | KYLE HALL | 14 - 14 (5) | |
| 45 | DARREL ROBERTSON | 14 - 13 (5) | |
| 45 | BARRY WILSON | 14 - 13 (5) | |
| 47 | JOEY CIFUENTES | 14 - 12 (5) | |
| 48 | JESSE WIGGINS | 14 - 11 (5) | |
| 49 | JOSH BERTRAND | 14 - 10 (5) | |
| 50 | MATT REED | 14 - 9 (5) | |
| 51 | ADRIAN AVENA | 14 - 8 (5) | |
| 52 | KYLE GELLES | 14 - 7 (5) | |
| 53 | ALTON JONES | 14 - 6 (5) | |
| 54 | BARRON ADAMS | 14 - 5 (5) | |
| 54 | COREY NEECE | 14 - 5 (5) | |
| 54 | TIMMY HORTON | 14 - 5 (5) | |
| 54 | EVAN BARNES | 14 - 5 (5) | |
| 58 | DAVID DUDLEY | 14 - 4 (5) | |
| 58 | MITCH CRANE | 14 - 4 (5) | |
| 58 | ALEX DAVIS | 14 - 4 (5) | |
| 58 | TRAVIS ARCHER | 14 - 4 (5) | |
| 58 | JACOB WALL | 14 - 4 (5) | |
| 63 | MIKE SURMAN | 14 - 3 (5) | |
| 63 | JAKE MORRIS | 14 - 3 (5) | |
| 65 | KYLE WEISENBURGER | 13 - 15 (5) | |
| 66 | LANE OLSON | 13 - 14 (5) | |
| 66 | CASEY SCANLON | 13 - 14 (5) | |
| 66 | AJ SLEGONA | 13 - 14 (5) | |
| 66 | JIM TUTT | 13 - 14 (5) | |
| 70 | WESLEY STRADER | 13 - 12 (5) | |
| 70 | JOHN VOYLES | 13 - 12 (5) | |
| 72 | CODY NICHOLS | 13 - 9 (5) | |
| 72 | CHAD WARREN | 13 - 9 (3) | |
| 74 | SKEET REESE | 13 - 8 (5) | |
| 74 | EDWIN EVERS | 13 - 8 (5) | |
| 76 | DAVID WALKER | 13 - 7 (5) | |
| 77 | PETE PONDS | 13 - 6 (5) | |
| 78 | ROBERT NAKATOMI | 13 - 5 (5) | |
| 78 | GLENN CHAPPELEAR | 13 - 5 (5) | |
| 80 | TERRY BOLTON | 13 - 4 (5) | |
| 80 | SCOTT WILEY | 13 - 4 (5) | |
| 82 | GARY KLEIN | 13 - 3 (5) | |
| 83 | MATTHEW STEFAN | 13 - 2 (5) | |
| 83 | BILLY MCCAGHREN | 13 - 2 (5) | |
| 85 | GRAE BUCK | 13 - 1 (5) | |
| 86 | CHAD GRIGSBY | 13 - 0 (5) | |
| 87 | ROGER HUGHES | 12 - 14 (5) | |
| 88 | TIM FREDERICK | 12 - 13 (5) | |
| 89 | J TODD TUCKER | 12 - 12 (5) | |
| 89 | KURT MITCHELL | 12 - 12 (5) | |
| 89 | JEREMY LAWYER | 12 - 12 (5) | |
| 92 | CHRIS MCCALL | 12 - 11 (5) | |
| 92 | RICHARD LOWITZKI | 12 - 11 (5) | |
| 94 | MATT BECKER | 12 - 10 (5) | |
| 95 | CLAYTON BATTS | 12 - 8 (5) | |
| 95 | SCOTT ASHMORE | 12 - 8 (5) | |
| 97 | TODD FAIRCLOTH | 12 - 7 (5) | |
| 97 | CHARLIE EVANS | 12 - 7 (5) | |
| 97 | BRYAN THRIFT | 12 - 7 (5) | |
| 97 | DAROLD GLEASON | 12 - 7 (5) | |
| 97 | CLIFF PACE | 12 - 7 (5) | |
| 102 | DERRICK SNAVELY | 12 - 6 (5) | |
| 102 | KEITH POCHE | 12 - 6 (5) | |
| 102 | JAMES BIGGS | 12 - 6 (5) | |
| 105 | KERRY MILNER | 12 - 5 (5) | |
| 105 | JASON MENINGER | 12 - 5 (5) | |
| 105 | TROY MORROW | 12 - 5 (5) | |
| 108 | JIMMY REESE | 12 - 4 (5) | |
| 108 | TYLER STEWART | 12 - 4 (5) | |
| 110 | BAILEY BOUTRIES | 12 - 3 (5) | |
| 111 | JONATHAN CANADA | 12 - 2 (5) | |
| 111 | BRADLEY ROY | 12 - 2 (5) | |
| 111 | DUSTIN CONNELL | 12 - 2 (5) | |
| 111 | DICKY NEWBERRY | 12 - 2 (5) | |
| 115 | NICK LEBRUN | 12 - 1 (5) | |
| 115 | JAKE ORMOND | 12 - 1 (5) | |
| 115 | JEFF DOBSON | 12 - 1 (5) | |
| 115 | JARED MCMILLAN | 12 - 1 (5) | |
| 119 | BRAXTON SETZER | 12 - 0 (5) | |
| 120 | WADE STRELIC | 11 - 15 (5) | |
| 120 | T.R ANDREAS | 11 - 15 (5) | |
| 120 | LANCE CRAWFORD | 11 - 15 (5) | |
| 123 | ALTON JONES JR | 11 - 14 (5) | |
| 124 | TYLER WOOLCOTT | 11 - 13 (4) | |
| 124 | TROY RODER | 11 - 13 (4) | |
| 126 | MARK DANIELS JR | 11 - 12 (5) | |
| 127 | RUSTY TRANCYGIER | 11 - 11 (5) | |
| 127 | BILL MCDONALD | 11 - 11 (5) | |
| 129 | RANDY ALLEN | 11 - 10 (5) | |
| 129 | JON ENGLUND | 11 - 10 (5) | |
| 129 | KURT DOVE | 11 - 10 (5) | |
| 132 | RYAN SALZMAN | 11 - 9 (5) | |
| 133 | RON FARROW | 11 - 8 (5) | |
| 134 | GERALD SPOHRER | 11 - 7 (5) | |
| 135 | SHAW GRIGSBY | 11 - 5 (5) | |
| 135 | JASON ABRAM | 11 - 5 (5) | |
| 135 | PAUL ELIAS | 11 - 5 (5) | |
| 135 | SCOTT DOBSON | 11 - 5 (5) | |
| 135 | KEVIN MEEKS | 11 - 5 (5) | |
| 135 | JOSH DOUGLAS | 11 - 5 (5) | |
| 135 | RUSTY SALEWSKE | 11 - 5 (5) | |
| 142 | DYLAN HAYS | 11 - 4 (5) | |
| 143 | BOYD DUCKETT | 11 - 3 (5) | |
| 143 | KELLY JORDON | 11 - 3 (5) | |
| 145 | NICK GAINEY | 11 - 2 (5) | |
| 146 | GREG BOHANNAN | 10 - 15 (5) | |
| 147 | JASON LAMBERT | 10 - 14 (5) | |
| 147 | TERRY LUEDTKE | 10 - 14 (5) | |
| 147 | PRESTON CRAIG | 10 - 14 (4) | |
| 150 | ZACK BIRGE | 10 - 12 (5) | |
| 151 | ZELL ROWLAND | 10 - 11 (4) | |
| 152 | JAMES ELAM | 10 - 10 (5) | |
| 152 | BRANDON MCMILLAN | 10 - 10 (5) | |
| 154 | CHIP HARRINGTON | 10 - 9 (3) | |
| 154 | MATT LEE | 10 - 9 (5) | |
| 156 | ANDY YOUNG | 10 - 8 (5) | |
| 157 | JONATHON VANDAM | 10 - 7 (4) | |
| 158 | JOHN HUNTER | 10 - 6 (5) | |
| 158 | TOMMY DICKERSON | 10 - 6 (5) | |
| 160 | RANDY DESPINO | 10 - 5 (5) | |
| 161 | MIKE MCCLELLAND | 10 - 4 (5) | |
| 161 | LARAMY STRICKLAND | 10 - 4 (5) | |
| 163 | MARK FISHER | 10 - 1 (2) | |
| 163 | JORDAN LEE | 10 - 1 (5) | |
| 163 | BRADLEY DORTCH | 10 - 1 (3) | |
| 166 | BRAD KNIGHT | 9 - 15 (5) | |
| 167 | HUNTER FREEMAN | 9 - 14 (4) | |
| 167 | BRITT MYERS | 9 - 14 (5) | |
| 167 | ROB KILBY | 9 - 14 (5) | |
| 170 | AARON BRITT | 9 - 13 (5) | |
| 171 | JOSEPH WEBSTER | 9 - 12 (5) | |
| 171 | CAPT BLAKE SMITH | 9 - 12 (5) | |
| 173 | DARRELL DAVIS | 9 - 9 (5) | |
| 173 | DAVID WOOTTON | 9 - 9 (5) | |
| 175 | JAMIE HORTON | 9 - 8 (5) | |
| 176 | JEFF KRIET | 9 - 5 (5) | |
| 177 | RANDY HOWELL | 9 - 4 (5) | |
| 178 | TYSON PATRICK | 9 - 3 (5) | |
| 178 | ROBERT BEHRLE | 9 - 3 (5) | |
| 178 | CHRIS NEAU | 9 - 3 (5) | |
| 181 | RAMIE COLSON JR | 8 - 14 (5) | |
| 182 | JASON VANCE | 8 - 13 (4) | |
| 183 | WOODARD CHANCE | 8 - 11 (4) | |
| 184 | DAVID PERDUE | 8 - 6 (4) | |
| 185 | COLBY MILLER | 8 - 5 (5) | |
| 186 | ROY HAWK | 8 - 4 (3) | |
| 187 | SAM GEORGE | 7 - 3 (3) | |
| 188 | ALTON WILHOIT | 7 - 0 (3) | |
| 188 | GARY YAMAMOTO | 7 - 0 (2) | |
| 188 | ERIK LUZAK | 7 - 0 (2) | |
| 191 | CHARLES SIM | 6 - 15 (4) | |
| 192 | CLARK REEHM | 6 - 13 (4) | |
| 193 | KEVIN MARTIN | 6 - 10 (5) | |
| 194 | CHUCK STRATTON | 6 - 8 (3) | |
| 195 | BILL HUTCHISON | 6 - 4 (4) | |
| 196 | BRETT HITE | 5 - 15 (3) | |
| 197 | JAMES WATSON | 5 - 6 (3) | |
| 198 | DARYL BIRON | 5 - 3 (4) | |
| 199 | TONY DUMITRAS | 4 - 13 (2) | |
| 200 | DENNIS CAMERON | 3 - 8 (3) | |
| 201 | CHRIS WHITSON | 2 - 10 (2) | |
| 202 | DREW RATLEY | 2 - 1 (1) | |
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Millions Watch Bassmaster Comeback On Lake Eufaula
Nearly 2.8 million viewers tuned in to watch the four-day DEWALT Bassmaster Elite Series at Lake Eufaula on ESPN2.
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June 23, 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The highly anticipated return of the Bassmaster Elite Series season and Buddy Gross’s dramatic final-day comeback lured in approximately 2.8 million viewers, who followed live, on-the-water action from the DEWALT Bassmaster Elite at Lake Eufaula for four days on ESPN2.
“Thanks to our longtime partner, ESPN, we were able to air more than 19 hours of real-time coverage, reaching more viewers and creating fans across the country,” said Bruce Akin, B.A.S.S. CEO. “Our Elite Series anglers reeled in big bags while also doing an incredible job taking the time to explain the sport to those who might be watching bass fishing for the first time.”
Between televised coverage on ESPN2 and the livestream on Bassmaster.com and ESPN3, fans watched more than 85 million minutes of tournament coverage.
It wasn’t difficult for everyone from enthusiastic fishing fans to complete novices to get drawn into the action at Lake Eufaula, which saw a new leader each day of the event and featured a bevy of impressive catches. On the Final Day, Gross surged from 10th place — more than 7 pounds behind leader Scott Canterbury — to take home his first Elite Series win and the $100,000 prize.
While the increased viewership is encouraging for the growth of sportfishing, it also reflects the tremendous growth in both interest and participation that fishing is enjoying so far this year.
States across the country have seen remarkable growth in fishing license sales as many seek to reconnect with their families and the outdoors. Iowa, Minnesota, Vermont and Louisiana all report more than 50% higher fishing license sales in 2020, according to their state conservation agencies. Considered a hotbed of recreational fishing, even Alabama has experienced a 37% jump in resident fishing license sales.
An hour-long episode of The Bassmasters television show featuring highlights and analysis from the Lake Eufaula tournament will air later this year on ESPN2, ESPN Classic and the Pursuit Channel. A complete 2020 tournament schedule can be found at Bassmaster.com/tv-schedule.
