Lowrance Signs Multiyear Agreement To Continue Bassmaster Sponsorship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Lowrance, a world leader in marine electronics and GPS navigational systems, and B.A.S.S. will continue their long-standing relationship after striking a deal on a multiyear sponsorship agreement.
Lowrance has signed on to continue as a supporting sponsor of the Bassmaster Elite Series, Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open Series, B.A.S.S. Nation events and the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series for 2016-2018. For the first time, Lowrance will also be a supporting sponsor of the Costa Bassmaster High School Series, the fast-growing circuit that gives high school anglers a chance to qualify for a national championship and compete for scholarship money.
“As one of the first sponsors in B.A.S.S. history, Lowrance is honored to continue this tradition, as we expand our support for the growing high school division, which represents the future of fishing,†said Gordon Sprouse, marketing director of Navico Americas, owner of the Lowrance brand.
“Through Lowrance innovation, we will continue to provide cutting edge solutions –– like StructureScan® 3D –– that continue to make Lowrance the No. 1 brand on the Elite Series tournament trail,†Sprouse said. “We will also continue with our rewarding Insight Genesis College Cup program for B.A.S.S. college anglers, while expanding a similar program for high school teams, called Varsity Rewards –– all designed to improve our country’s lake maps by awarding prizes in exchange for sonar logs that are converted into high-definition lake maps.â€
Lowrance has been a marine electronics leader since it invented the first consumer sonar device, “The Little Green Box,†in 1957. The company introduced its first GPS receivers in 1991, and in 1995 Lowrance created GlobalMap 2000 — the world’s first LCD product to offer integrated GPS, mapping and sonar capabilities.
“It’s great for B.A.S.S. to continue our longstanding relationship with Lowrance,†said Bruce Akin, CEO of B.A.S.S. “They’re a leader in the electronics industry, and have worked side-by-side with B.A.S.S. to help grow the sport of fishing through the years.â€
Lowrance highlighted its flagship HDS Gen 3 fishfinder/chartplotter series with Lowrance StructureScan® 3D sonar imaging and introduced two new series of electronics at its booth in the Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods, March 4-6 in Tulsa, Okla. The HDS Gen 3 models are multifunction displays that allow users to network their boat’s entire electronics system and fully control trolling motor and outboard motor steering with Lowrance SmartSteer™. Also spotlighted at the booth were the new Lowrance Elite Ti Series, a family of touch-screen fishfinder/chartplotter stand-alone multifunction units, and the Lowrance HOOK Series, a value line of fishfinders, chartplotters and combos equipped with the essential features at a sensible price.
Lowrance also showcased the new Mercury Marine VesselView® Link, a small module that connects a Mercury engine data directly with Lowrance HDS displays, scheduled for availability this summer.
About Lowrance
The Lowrance brand (www.lowrance.com) is entirely owned by Navico Inc. (www.navico.com). An international corporation, Navico is currently the world’s largest marine electronics company and is the parent company to leading marine electronics brands: Lowrance, Simrad and B & G.
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 500,000-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), social media programs and events. For more than 45 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open Series, B.A.S.S. Nation, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Costa Bassmaster High School Series, Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team Championship and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro.
Butch Trimmer & Don Boivin Took Their First Ever Win With Pbc Weighing In 5 Bass At 28.24 Lbs
PIEDMONT BASS CLASSICS $10,000 SPRING TEAM BASS TRAIL QUALIFIER #2 RESULTS
Saturday March 19th, 2016 ~ Jordan Lake ~ Farrington Point Wildlife RampThe 2016 Piedmont Bass Classics $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #2 at Jordan Lake produced another
great turnout for the PBC Trails!! The weather turned out great with air temps about 49 degrees in the am on up
to 54 in the pm. The predicted rain held off except for one little sprinkle. Water temps ranged from 62 to 67.
Winds were quiet in the am and blowing up to about 8 in the pm. A whopping total of 80 teams participated with
nearly all of them weighing in fish. Jordan will only get better in the next few weeks. Spring fishing is just about to
explode!!Butch Trimmer & Don Boivin took their first ever win with PBC weighing in 5 bass at 28.24 lbs. for a total of
$1,344 in winnings. The team found a hot hole with 67 degree water early on and it was loaded with some nice bass
which were busting top water lures at that location!
Seth Ellis & Jamey Caldwell took 2nd place with 5 fish weighing 27.47 lbs. They also won 1st Place TWT, 1st
Place Big Fish (8.44 lbs.) and the Tow Boats US Membership Award for a grand total of $3,633.
2nd Place Team...Ellis on left...Caldwell not pictured
3rd Place Team,
Tony Fofi & Dave Murdock, had 5 weighing 26.81 lbs. and along with 2nd Place TWT, they took home $1,345!!
The 2nd Place Big Fish (8.20 lbs.) was caught by the team of Johnny Wilder & Mike Harris netting them $474.290 fish were weighed in for a total of 1,079 pounds for an average of 3.72 lbs. each. Most of the fish were caught
on WLS shaky heads, crankbaits, Bass Alarm Buzz Baits, Shanes A-rigs, Sharp Shooter jigs and jerk baits in 8
foot of water or less. Water temps are very important now and bass are starting to bed in the shallower water.I want to thank all the anglers that participated and all our sponsors that support this trail. Our next tournament is
Saturday March 26th, the Piedmont Bass Classics Easter Open at Falls Lake out of Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp.
All the info can be found at this link:
http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2016EasterOpenShootut.html
Following that will be the Piedmont Bass Classics $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #3, Saturday April
2nd also at Falls Lake.
All the information on our tournaments can be found http://piedmontbassclassics.com/
Now here are the full results:
1st Place: ......Butch Trimmer & Don Boivin of Fayetteville...5 bass...28.24 lbs...$1,344
2nd Place: ......Seth Ellis & Jamey Caldwell of Sanford & Carthage...5 bass...27.47 lbs...$832
3rd Place: ......Tony Fofi & Dave Murdock of Spring Lake & Sanford...5 bass...26.81 lbs...$640
4th Place: ......Bobby Matthews & Mitch Hargrove of Durham & Dunn...5 bass...25.42 lbs...$576
5th Place: ......Eric Bland & John Anton of Tarboro & Chapel Hill...5 bass...23.84 lbs...$512
6th Place: ......Kevin Woodall & William Tobias of Angier...5 bass...23.83 lbs...$448
7th Place: ......Chris & H.T. Eakins of Selma & Angier...5 bass...23.49 lbs...$384
8th Place: ......Mark Herndon & Jay Garrard of Bahama & Durham...5 bass...23.46 lbs...$320
9th Place: ......Larry Hipps & Dean Larson of Cary & Wendell...5 bass...22.77 lbs...$270
10th Place: ......Mark Sherrer & Chris Wood of Raleigh...5 bass...22.46 lbs...$234
11th Place: ......Keith Deal & Ricky Kenworthy of Holly Springs & Cary...5 bass...22.25 lbs...$205
12th Place: ......Rick Sossoman & Doug Stallings of Oak Ridge & Stem...5 bass...21.80 lbs...$160
13th Place: ......Bobby Houser & Randy Leonard of Raleigh & Wendell...5 bass...21.34 lbs...$135
14th Place: ......Ron Szaro & Bobby Gregory of Clayton & Fuquay-Varina...5 bass...21.07 lbs...$125
15th Place: ......Keith & Alden Patterson of Mebane...5 bass...20.73 lbs...$115
16th Place: ......Todd Durham & Mark Beck...5 bass...20.34 lbs...$1001st Place Big Fish..2nd Place Team above...8.44 lbs...$1,106
2nd Place Big Fish..Johnny Wilder & Mike Harris of Stem & Oxford...8.20 lbs...$474
1st Place TWT..2nd Place Team above...27.47 lbs...$1,645
2nd Place TWT..3rd Place Team above: 26.81 lbs...$705Tow Boats US Award: Seth Ellis of Sanford : $50
Contact Information:
Phil McCarson...Tournament Director---922 Valetta Rd.---Durham, NC 27712
Home: 919-471-1571 Cell: 919-971-5042
email: [email protected] website: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/
The Shimano/b.a.s.s. Youth Conservation Initiative Funds B.a.s.s. Nation Projects In 2016
The Shimano/B.A.S.S. Youth Conservation Initiative Funds B.A.S.S. Nation Projects In 2016
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S. Nation clubs in New Mexico and Florida will be the beneficiaries of the 2016 Shimano/B.A.S.S. Youth Conservation Initiative grants announced at the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame Banquet during the recent Bassmaster Classic in Tulsa, Okla.
“Shimano has once again shown its commitment to the B.A.S.S. Nation and to educating youth on the value and need for conservation,” said Gene Gilliland, B.A.S.S. Conservation Director.
“Through the Shimano grant program, we will be providing funds to do some really great projects that benefit fishery resources and provide opportunities for young anglers to get hands-on conservation experience.”
The Albuquerque, N.M., Hawg Hunters Bass Club plans to construct a fishing pier on Escondida Lake Park pond in Socorro, N.M., allowing disabled anglers better access to the pond.
Mesilla Valley High School and New Mexico State University fishing team anglers will help build the pier that will be adjacent to many recently installed fish-attracting habitat structures that are placed close to shore. Adult mentors from the Albuquerque club, the Socorro Valley Bass club, New Mexico B.A.S.S. Nation, New Mexico Game & Fish Department and the Disabled American Veterans will assist the youth members in the project.
A pair of projects will receive funding to renovate donated pontoon boats and turn them into live-release vessels that will be used for tournament fish releases and as barges to help with the installation of artificial habitat structures.
The New Mexico B.A.S.S. Nation and the Lakeland Junior Bassmasters from Florida will each refurbish old pontoon boats by reinforcing the pontoon tubes and decking, overhauling outboard motors and adding fiberglass holding tanks with aeration systems. Junior club members, high school and college anglers will be trained in state-of-the-art fish care protocols and will help tournament officials in their states with weigh-ins and live release operations.
Shimano pioneered the first live-release boats more than 30 years ago and continues to support their use in all Bassmaster tournament circuits.
Grant proposals were judged by Gilliland, B.A.S.S. Nation staff and by representatives from Shimano.
“We received 10 proposals this year from Nation clubs in nine states, and it is always difficult to pick our winners,” explained Gilliland. “These three top proposals showed the best use of B.A.S.S. members, youth organizations and made significant use of matching funds and donated materials.”
The Shimano/B.A.S.S. Youth Conservation Initiative, unveiled in 2014, has provided almost $36,000 in funding for projects to restore fisheries habitat through the introduction of native aquatic plants, install artificial habitat structures, develop urban fishing opportunities and battle invasive species that threaten aquatic resources.
About Shimano
Shimano American Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Shimano, Inc., a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of fishing tackle, and is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. Along with its new fishing division operations in Ladson, S.C. where it also has a distribution center, the firm also has sales, service and distribution operations in Peterborough, Ontario, manufactures its PowerPro braided fishing line in Grand Junction, Colo., G.Loomis fishing rods in Woodland, Wash. Shimano also handles the sales, marketing and distribution of Jackall Lures in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, please visit www.shimano.com.
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 500,000-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), social media programs and events. For more than 45 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open Series, B.A.S.S. Nation, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Costa Bassmaster High School Series, Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team Championship and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro.
Plano Signs On As Title Sponsor For Mississippi River Elite Event Sept. 8-11, 2016
Plano Signs On As Title Sponsor For Mississippi River Elite Event
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tackle storage magnate Plano Molding Co., Inc., has secured the title sponsorship of the 2016 Bassmaster Elite Series season finale.
The final event of the regular Elite Series season will take place Sept. 8-11 on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wis.
“We’re pleased to partner with Plano Molding Co. on our finale Elite event,†said Bruce Akin, CEO of B.A.S.S. “B.A.S.S. appreciates their dedication to equip anglers at every level with the tools they need for tackle management to make the most out of their fishing experience.â€
“Plano is excited to again have the opportunity to join B.A.S.S. as a title sponsor of the Elite Series event in La Crosse, Wis.,†said Ben Rand, Plano Molding Co. director of marketing. “The Elite Series continues to be best in class, and brings the most talented anglers from across the country. Our partnership with B.A.S.S. allows us the opportunity to keep Plano front of mind for our passionate and valued customers throughout the year.â€
The La Crosse tournament will be the third time for the city to host a Bassmaster Elite Series event. During the June 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series River Rumble, Texan Todd Faircloth caught 20 Mississippi River bass weighing 62 pounds, 4 ounces to win the tournament. The river also produced two more 60-pound totals as Mississippi’s Cliff Pace finished second with 61 pounds and Terry Butcher of Oklahoma took third with 60-11.
Catching more than 60 pounds was also the benchmark for the June 2013 River Rumble at La Crosse. Oklahoman Tommy Biffle clinched the victory by catching 20 bass totaling 64-2 while Aaron Martens of Alabama took second with 61-11. The average bass weight for the previous two La Crosse events was 2.61 pounds for 2012 and 2.46 pounds for 2013.
As part of the title sponsorship deal, Plano exhibited its products at the 2016 Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods March 4-6 at Tulsa, Okla., and will also display them during the Elite Series season finale at La Crosse. Highlighted in Plano’s booth at the Classic and Elite event was the company’s cornerstone StowAway boxes and two new products — the A-Series QuickTop and M-Series tackle bags.
The A-Series QuickTop is equipped with a molded see-through ABS lid atop a soft tackle bag that includes four Plano StowAway 3600 or 3700 utility boxes. The new M-Series consists of two tackle bags, a Hydro-Flo Tackle Bag with the Hydro-Flo Base that allows water to drain out of the bag’s bottom for drying or rinsing lures, and a Messenger Bag featuring eight exterior pockets, a molded insert for storing a 3600 box and inside storage for up to nine StowAway boxes.
Plano Molding is a Plano Synergy Holdings, Inc. brand. The company revolutionized the tackle storage business in 1952 by creating the first molded plastic tackle box. In addition to Plano Molding, Plano Synergy brands include Ameristep, Avian-X, Barnett Crossbows, Caboodles, Creative Options, Evolved, Flextone, Frabill, GroundEFX, Halo Optics, Wildgame Innovations and Zink Calls. Information about all of Plano’s products is available at www.planomolding.com.
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 500,000-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), social media programs and events. For more than 45 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open Series, B.A.S.S. Nation, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Costa Bassmaster High School Series, Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team Championship and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro.
22 Year Old, Gary Green Wins Mega-Bass Derby On Lake Fork With A 10.02Lb Stud!
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Skeeter Bass Champs hosted their annual Mega Bass tournament, presented by the SportsmanÂ’s Auto Network on Lake Fork March 21, 2016 - the largest one day Bass tournament in the world that keeps getting bigger. Over 1900 anglers from over 30 states and more than $200,000 paid back in cash and prizes in single day for amateur anglers only. Twenty two year old Gary Green of Glenwood, Arkansas caught the biggest bass of the day - a double digit sow, taking home $15,000 cash AND a new Skeeter Boat!
The day began on a very cold morning, and as the tournament progressed so did the wind. Some tried to hold and fish their spots in the wind while others vied for protected coves. Lake Fork is a slot lake, so anglers can only weigh fish less than 16” long or over 24”. All others in-between those measurements must be released immediately and not weighed in. The big ones were biting, and several bass over the slot were caught giving those lucky anglers a big payday! The first weigh hour was 8am. Bob Roberts of Longview, TX won the first $15,000 check with his 9.35 pound sow. “I just got lucky,” Roberts exclaimed. “I got on the lake at 6:45am, went to my spot and got set up.” His spot was in the middle of an open field, having a slight hump and sparse grass. “I threw a Carolina rigged watermelon candy Zoom trick worm in about 5’ of water.” He made a long cast, and within the first 10 minutes of fishing he got the bite. “When I was working it back to the boat, it felt like it got hung up. Then it started swimming off!” Bob was fishing by himself in this tournament, his wife and partner Bobbie could not make it. He wrangled his big sow safely to the boat on his own and brought it in to weigh and win the first hour. “I’d rather be lucky than good – and today I got lucky!” Bob has fished every Mega Bass event Bass Champs hosts, and the Skeeter Owner tournament and the Berkley Big Bass events. “Bass Champs puts on great events, and I like fishing all of them!” The 9am hour was won by Rockwall, TX angler Jonathan Ham. His day started off fast and furious as well. “I was fishing a dock with a swim jig. She bit within about the first 6 minutes of fishing!” His big fish tipped the scales at 8.65 pounds, giving him a $15,000 payday! Terry Long of Bridgeport, TX added to his $500 hourly check, weighing in a 2.08 lb. bass, by winning the Crossed Industries bonus for another $3,000! The 10am hour was the only hour of the day where only ‘unders’ were weighed. The top bass that hour weighed in at 2.35 pounds, caught by Jim Holmes of Prosper, TX for a $15,000 paycheck. “It was very windy and very cold,” Prosper began. “I just went fishing and caught a few fish.” Jim decided to fish flats in 12’ of water with Texas rigged watermelon red baby brush hogs. “They bit well first thing in the morning. I caught a few slot fish, then a weigher. I kept fishing for a few more hours, then came on in to weigh it.” Great decision – he won the hour with the only under the slot fish of the day! “I’m going to give my wife $5,000 of it and then figure out what I want to do with the rest.” Jim would like to thank Sartins Marine and Breaking Bass Swim Baits for their support. The 11am hour saw not only big bass but an even weight winner as well. Scott Morton of Nacogdoches, TX caught a sow that weighed 8.26 lbs to win 1st place of the hour and $15,000. “My dear friend Josh Jamison talked me into fishing this tournament, he had fished a few of the Mega Bass tournaments before,” Morton explained. “I have never fished a tournament before and this was my first time on Lake Fork.” They headed to the bridge, and anchored. “We just started fishing. I was dragging a 12” worm on a 7/0 hook. I really didn’t expect to catch anything, but I figured if you’re going to go for big bass, you’ve got to use a big bait.” The wind and waves allowed them to fish a slow drift, dragging the anchor along. “I drug my worm for about 150 yards, then it felt like it had hung up on a stick or something. I tugged to get it loose, and it tugged back!” Scott split the winnings with his fishing partner, but dedicated the event to his grandmother. “Her name is Irene Harold, and we just lost her this past week. She was 77 years old. I know she was with me and smiling on me today.” Juan Hernandez of Gilmer, TX took 2nd place overall in this hour for $1,000, and also won and additional $500 for weighing a 3.00 even weight bass. The biggest fish of the day, a double digit mega bass was weighed in during the noon hour. Gary Green of Glenwood, Arkansas made the long trip to fish the event and it paid off big. “I decided to just go fishing, and hope to get a bite.” He was fishing shallow water banks, 5’-6’ deep in a cove with a floating worm. “I was fishing with my brother and my dad. She bit around 9am, and I knew it was a big fish as soon as I set the hook!” Waiting a couple of hours before weighing in the big sow, once the scales locked in she was 10.02 lbs, the biggest fish caught in the tournament! Bass Champs presented him with a $15,000 check AND a new Skeeter ZX200 powered by Yamaha and equipped with Lowrance, Power Pole and Minn Kota. “I’d like to thank God first and foremost overall,” Gary stated. “I’d also like to thank my family.” With only two weigh in hours remaining, two bass over the slot were tallied during the 1:00 hour. Jerry “Benton” Hall of Lewisville, TX had the biggest one weighing 9.71 pounds for the $15,000 check. “It was cold – very cold – and windy,” Benton recalled. “The start time for the tournament was 6:30am, but I decided to wait until 7:00.” Once he got on the water, he headed to the back of a creek. “I was looking for pre-spawn areas. I found where this creek intersected with a point, and had a 15’-20’ drop-off.” He tied on a deep diving crank bait. Fishing along the creek channel, he threw to water 5’ deep at a secondary point at the edge of the drop off when she bit. Fishing with his lifelong buddy Mark Smith, together they got the fish in and secured in the livewell. “It was my first fish of the day – I just got lucky. The weather deteriorated pretty quick after that.” Staying back at the holding tanks along with the tournament winner, Benton waited until the 1:00 hour to weigh. “This is my biggest fish ever! I really enjoy fishing this event. It’s the right time of year, has a great payout, and is always well run by the Bass Champs crew. I hope to continue fishing it for many years to come!” Jerry Archer of Poetry, TX took 2nd place that hour with his big catch weighing in at 8.67 pounds. The final hour also had to big fish over the slot weighed in, and was won by Larry Ladnier of Rockwall Texas with his 9.55 lb. sow. “My partner Steve Foushee and I headed to a spot quite a ways from the weigh in. We were fishing points and flats in 2’ to 12’ as out of the wind as we could.” Larry had a Texas rigged Berkley Power Worm tied on, using a Lew’s rod & reel combo. “I caught a lot of slot fish and unders, but nothing to weigh in. Steve caught a lot of slot fish as well.” That all changed when Larry set the hook at 2:10. “She was BIG! We were pretty far from the weigh in, so as soon as we got her locked down, we battened down the hatches and headed in. We only made it with five minutes to spare!” David Sorrels of Linden, TX was sitting in the $15,000 seat with his 9.06 pound catch just waiting on the clock to run out and the scales to close. Larry bumped him into the 2nd place seat to win top spot of the last hour. “I really needed this – I just retired from Bass Pro Shops at the end of January!” He would like to thank his partner Steve as well as his wife for her support. Biobor sponsored several bonus checks each hour, and when it was all said and done over $200,000 in cash and prizes was paid out in this richest one day hourly bass tournament in the world. “We’d like to congratulate all of the winners and thank everyone for making the journey, and for some a really long journey to come fish the Mega Bass event with us, presented by the Sportsman’s Auto Network. It was a great day, and a lot of big fish were weighed in. This annual event just keeps getting bigger and better every year. We hope everyone had a lot of fun and plan on fishing again next year!” – Chad Potts, Bass Champs President. There are more upcoming opportunities to win some big money with Bass Champs! There are still several Bass Champs tournaments remaining in the team trails, with some specialty events coming up as well. Don’t miss out! Sign up today. For more information click to www.BassChamps.com or call 817-439-3274 |
| Angler | City | State | Weight | Prize Amount | |
| GARY GREEN | Glenwood | AR | 10.02 |
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| JERRY HALL | Lewisville | TX | 9.71 |
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| LARRY LADNIER | Rockwall | TX | 9.55 |
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| BOB ROBERTS | Longview | TX | 9.35 |
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| JONATHON HAM | Rockwall | TX | 8.65 |
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| SCOTT MORTON | Nacogdoches | TX | 8.26 |
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| JIM HOLMES | Prosper | TX | 2.35 |
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| DAVID SORRELLS | Linden | TX | 9.06 |
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| JERRY ARCHER | Poetry | TX | 8.67 |
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| JUAN HERNANDEZ | Gilmer | TX | 3.00 |
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| STEPHEN FATHERREE | Alba | TX | 2.81 |
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| CURT CULBERTSON | Fort Worth | TX | 2.65 |
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| TONY SISK | Diana | TX | 2.54 |
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| TERRY MACDONALD | Lawton | OK | 2.28 |
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| CARL DENNIS | Mesquite | TX | 2.60 |
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| BLAINE COVINGTON | Fort Worth | TX | 2.58 |
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| NATHAN BATCHELOR | Mt Pleasant | TX | 2.48 |
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| CHRIS UNRUH | Lakin | KS | 2.34 |
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| CLIFTON BIRMINGHAM | Gloster | LA | 2.33 |
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| COLIN THOMPSON | Huntsville | TX | 2.32 |
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| ROBERT STOVER | Clifton | TX | 2.26 |
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| LANDON MARKUM | Paradise | TX | 2.55 |
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| HAYDEN DECKER | Huntsville | TX | 2.31 |
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| COREY STOKES | Weatherford | TX | 2.30 |
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| BENSON MOORE | Forney | TX | 2.28 |
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| JEFF COLE | North Lake | TX | 2.25 |
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| BRENT JOHNSON | Dike | TX | 2.24 |
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| BRANDON JENNIGES | North Richland Hills | TX | 2.26 |
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| LEE RICE | Victoria | TX | 2.26 |
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| ROBERT ORDWAY | Yantis | TX | 2.51 |
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| MICHAEL BABBITT | Channelview | TX | 2.30 |
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| DARRELL CAMPBELL | Trophy Club | TX | 2.27 |
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| RONNIE KECK | Willis | TX | 2.24 |
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| JAMES MARTIN JR | Troup | TX | 2.18 |
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| CHARLES JAMES | Cooper | TX | 2.21 |
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| GARY ALLEN | Nacogdoches | TX | 2.21 |
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| DAVID HARRIS | Mesquite | TX | 2.24 |
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| ABIGAIL SISK | Diana | TX | 2.24 |
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| LAROYCE MCDANIEL | Sulphur Springs | TX | 2.21 |
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| TERRY LONG | Bridgeport | TX | 2.08 |
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| JOHN BYLER | Southlake | TX | 2.38 |
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| JOSH BUSBY | Emory | TX | 2.38 |
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| WILLIAM MAGGS | Roanoke | TX | 2.17 |
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| GERALD BARBOUR | East Tawakoni | TX | 2.17 |
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| TERRY MACDONALD | Lawton | OK | 2.20 |
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| JORDAN CRAFT | Muddy | IL | 2.20 |
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| AARON WILKERSON | Sulphur Springs | TX | 2.17 |
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| DENNIS PAULK | Abilene | TX | 2.17 |
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| ROBERT JOHNSON | Allen | TX | 2.11 |
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Benton Makes 12 Cut, Sharpens Decison-Making Skills At Bassmaster Elite Series On St Johns
Drew Benton fished his first Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on the St Johns River out of Palatka this past week. Having won an FLW Tour event on Okeechobee before, the young pro from Panama City, Florida knows how to close out a tourney, especially in his home state where he loves to sight fish, as he did around Lake George during the Elite derby.
Benton made the Top 12 cut and fished the final round against anglers such as Greg Hackney, the legendary Rick Clunn who won this tourney, and St Johns River stalwarts Terry 'Big Show' Scroggins and Cliff Prince.
In the face of this competition Benton weighed 3 limits in excess of 20 pounds over 4 days. Only a stumble on Day 2, when he stepped to the scale with a little over 12 pounds, kept him off the winning pace of slightly more than 80 pounds.
He knows where he messed up. "I fished used water," said Benton of his 2nd day decision. "I tried to catch them where I caught them the first day. They had been beaten up too badly. There were no big fish left."
Other top finishers, including runner-up Hackney, commented on the need to fish new water each day.
It was a tough lesson but one that will benefit Benton as he chases the 2016 Bassmaster Rookie of the Year Award. For now, he leads that race.
Logan Johnson & Jeremy Christian Win Abt North On Guntersville - Top 2 And Big Fish Interviews Here!
Former University of Alabama Fishing Team Teammates Squeek out the win in a close Alabama Bass Trail event on Lake Guntersville. Check it out, exclusively, here!
Matlock And Mcfarlin Win Ttt Event On Richland Chambers With 25.15 Pounds!
Bobby Stanfill Of Greenwood, Sc Wins The Aba D-96 Event On Clarks Hill Lake
Group picture from left to right; 1st place and Big Fish Winner Bobby Stanfill of Greenwood, SC / 2nd place Mike Strickland of Watkinsville, Ga. / 3rd place Phillip Anderson of Saluda, SC / 4th place Don Kneece of Saluda, SC / 5th place Chad Brounkowski of Greenwood, SC / 6th Place Larry Moss of Prosperity, SC.
First place, Bobby Stanfill of Greenwood, SC, was fishing the upper part of the lake. He caught his fish on jigs and spinnerbaits in shallow water.The tournament big fish came on the spinnerbait and weighed 5.89 pounds. Bobby’s 5 fish weighing 23.47 pounds won first place and first place option and the big fish pot for a total of $995.
Mike Strickland of Watkinsville, Ga. finished in second place fishing the upper part of the lake as well. He caught his fish on lipless crankbaits and a topwater bait. Steve’s 5 fish weighing 21.03 pounds won second place and second place option for a total of $529.
Phillip Anderson of Saluda, SC finished in third place with 5 fish weighing 18.77 pounds. His fish came on a jig fishing for bedding fish on the upper part of the lake. Phillip took home $167 for third place.
Don Kneece of Saluda, SC took fourth place flipping brush shallow on the upper part of the lake. He also fished the upper part of the lake weighing 5 fish at 17.59 pounds. Don won $130 for fourth place.
Chad Brounkowski of Greenwood, SC fished in fifth place with 5 fish weighing 16.78 pounds for $94.
The day was cloudy with a NNE wind at 5 to 10mph for most of the day. We started at 48 degrees and were at 55 degrees for the 3pm weigh-in. Water temps were in the low 60’s. The lake was clear but stained in the creeks and almost at full pool.
Here’s how we finished:
1 – Bobby Stanfill, Greenwood, SC – 5 fish 23.47 lbs. BF 5.89 lbs. 200 pts.
2 – Mike Strickland, Watkinsville, Ga. - 5 fish 21.03 lbs. 199 pts.
3 – Phillip Anderson, Saluda, SC – 5 fish 18.77 lbs. 198 pts.
4 – Don Kneece, Saluda, SC – 5 fish 17.59 lbs. 197 pts.
5 – Chad Brounkowski, Greenwood, SC – 5 fish 16.78 lbs. 196 pts.
6 – Larry Moss, Prosperity, SC – 5 fish 15.65 lbs. 195 pts.
7 – Paul Tickerhoof, Appling, Ga. – 5 fish 13.64 lbs. 194 pts.
8 – Evan Weaver, Lexington, SC – 5 fish 13.25 lbs. 193 pts.
9 – Larry Gaines, Ft. Walton Beach, FL – 5 fish 12.74 lbs. 192 pts.
10 – Gene Parker, Asheville, NC – 5 fish 12.70 lbs. 191 pts.
11 – Eddie Temples, Saluda, SC – 5 fish 12.60 lbs. 190 pts.
12 – David Griswold, Woodruff, SC - 5 fish 12.45 lbs. 189 pts.
13 – Steve Christie, Gray Court, SC – 5 fish 11.40 lbs. 188 pts.
14 - Pat Vance, Sumter, SC – 5 fish 11.09 lbs. 187 pts.
15 – Carlton Price, Leesville, SC – 5 fish 10.17 lbs. 186 pts.
16 – N. Werly Bray, Lexington, SC – 5 fish 9.73 lbs. 185 pts.
17 – Allen Murray, Reidsville, Ga. – 5 fish 9.46 lbs. 184 pts.
18 – Jay Treon, Greenwood, SC - 5 fish 9.35 lbs. 183 pts.
19 – Richard Presnell, Westminster, SC – 5 fish 9.04 lbs. 182 pts.
20 – Ed Matthews, Columbia. SC – 4 fish 7.64 lbs. 181 pts.
21 – Arthur McBride, Thomson, Ga. – 5 fish 7.10 lbs. 180 pts.
22 – Lou Engel, Ninety Six, SC – 3 fish 4.24 lbs. 179 pts.
23 – Bill Pinion, Fair Play, SC – 3 fish 3.71 lbs.
8 anglers did not weigh in fish - 50 pts.
Money
Bobby Stanfill – 1st place plaque $695 / 1st place option $145 / Big Fish plaque $155. Total - $995
Mike Strickland – 2nd place plaque $434 / 2nd place option $95. Total - $529
Phillip Anderson – 3rd place plaque - $167
Don Kneece – 4th place - $130
Chad Brounkowski – 5th place - $94
Larry Moss – 6th place ALX Rods Hat
Paul Tickerhoof – 7th place Parker Spinnerbait
ALX Rod Big Fish Leader for 2016
John Stevenson – 7.65 lbs. Lake Murray, February 28, 2015
ALX Rods Big Fish Award for the 2015 Season (New ALX IKOS Series Rod for Season Big Fish Winner www.alxrods.com )
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Kneece Investigations, LLC Saluda, SC www.kneeceinvestigations.com (864-445-3713) (one stop for both your Investigative and Surveillance Equipment needs)
ALX Rods Aiken, SC www.alxrods.com (803-645-5392) Email: [email protected] (ALX Rods are available locally at The Tackle Shop (Martinez, GA), Palmetto State Armory (Fernandina Road in Columbia, SC & also store in Mt. Pleasant, SC), Wacky Riggers (Salisbury, NC), Calyx Outdoors (Piedmont, SC) Grady’s Great Outdoors (Anderson, SC), Lake Hartwell Outdoor Center (Anderson, SC) and direct at www.alxrods.com )
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Upcoming ABA Tournaments:
D-94 Apr. 2, 2016 Savannah River Stokes Bluff
D-25 Apr. 3, 2016 Russell Hwy 72 Ramp
D-96 Apr. 10, 2016 Murray Dreher Island State Park
D-26 Apr. 17, 2016 Clarks Hill Wildwood Park
D-25 Apr. 24, 2016 Clarks Hill Dorn Facility
D-96 May 1, 2016 Greenwood Greenwood State Park
D-25 May 14-15, 2016 Hartwell Green Pond 2-Day
D-96 May 21-22, 2016 Clarks Hill Dorn Facility 2-Day
D-26 May 29, 2016 Clarks Hill Wildwood Park
Weekend Bass Series - 2016 Ray Scott Championship – April 6-10, 2016 – Lake Hartwell, Green Pond Landing, Anderson, SC
Logan Johnson And Jeremy Christian Win 2016 Alabama Bass Trail Lake Gunterville
Guntersville, Ala. March 12, 2016 – The more than 300 angler field of the Alabama Bass Trail Northern Division had looked forward to this day since the schedule was announced; Lake Guntersville, the home of bass fishing history, perhaps the most prestigious and recognized fishery in the country.
Guntersville is known for giant bags of bass and heavy individual fish, and since the appearance of Guntersville on the schedule is smack dab in the middle of the expected prespawn period, expectations were for a high weight event. Despite the expectations, Mother Nature threw a curveball, and brought a cold front to town after two weeks of warm conditions, thus the fishing cooled slightly as well.
The one thing that you can guarantee, no matter how tough things are, is that somebody is going to figure them out, and somebody will always find a way to excel, no matter the conditions. The team that performed the best at the second event on the 2016 Alabama Bass Trail schedule was Logan Johnson and Jeremy Christian.
The pair posted a solid Lake Guntersville limit that weighed 26.87 pounds to take their first Alabama Bass Trail win. “We never would have thought that 26 pounds would be enough to win here at Guntersville,” said the pair. “But, now that were here, it really is special to win an event like this, this is a strong field, and it means a lot to be standing here as winners.”
The pair reported that they fished in the Brown’s Creek area, and that they threw mostly 1/2-ounce Chatterbaits paired with a Keitech swimbait as a trailer around grass clumps. Their big fish, a 7.55 pound largemouth was caught by Christian on a special run, 1/2-ounce Guntersville Shad colored Excalibur Xr50 One Knocker lipless crankbait.
“This is the biggest win I’ve ever had, and I’m really excited about it,” said Christian. “I know this is the most money Logan has won at a single event too, so this is really something we’re bot pretty happy about.”
Craig Grubbs and Matt Ferguson didn’t make things easy on the winners. The pair reported running to the midlake area to target grass clumps with lipless crankbaits as well. They reported using Royal Shad colored 1/2-ounce Strike King Red Eye Shad lipless crankbaits near the Waterfront area to produce a 26.45-pound limit to take home second place and $5,000; they had their weight by 9:30.
“We didn’t think 26 pounds would win, but when you catch that much weight early, you think you’ve got a shot,” they said. “We want to win one of these ABT events so badly, but when you catch a big bag, and somebody beats you, all you can do is tip your cap and tell them congratulations; we had a good day, and are pleased with the results overall.”
The team of Waylon Hancock and Timothy Little finished third with 24.90 pounds and took home $4,000. The $500 Mountain Dew Big Bass of the tournament was an 8.11-pound largemouth caught by the team of Michael and Cameron Naron. The fish helped them weigh 19.63 pounds to finish in ninth place and brought their total earnings to $1200.
The top 10 in the standings are below – the complete standings can be found at:http://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/lg-results/
| Place | Name | Weight | Big Fish | Winnings |
| 1 | Logan Johnson/Jeremy Christian | 26.87 | 7.55 | $10,000 |
| 2 | Craig Grubbs/Matt Ferguson | 26.45 | 7.49 | $5,000 |
| 3 | Waylon Hancock/Timothy Little | 24.90 | 6.43 | $4,000 |
| 4 | Damien Willis/Mark Steward | 23.42 | $3,000 | |
| 5 | Erick Sommers/Tommy Pegues | 22.75 | 5.89 | $2,000 |
| 6 | Jamie Smith/Michael Rains | 20.95 | $1,000 | |
| 7 | Rex Chambers/Ryan Salzman | 20.32 | $900 | |
| 8 | Deron Patrick/Cory Freeman | 20.05 | $800 | |
| 9 | Michael Naron/Cameron Naron | 19.63 | 8.11 | $700 |
| 10 | Linda Sands/Betty Stahl | 19.59 | 7.1 | $600 |
Next on the slate for the Southern Division is Pickwick Lake on April 23, 2016.
The sponsors of the 2016 Alabama Bass Trail include; Bill Penney Toyota, Phoenix Bass Boats, Garmin, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Wind Creek Hospitality – Wetumpka, Wind Creek Hospitality – Montgomery, Alabama Tourism Department, SCA Performance, Mt. Dew, Boat US, T-H Marine Supplies, AllState, TVA, Alabama Power, Fish Neely Henry Lake.com, Lew’s Fishing, Frogg Toggs, Crossed Industries, Alabama Foundation Specialist, Costa, YETI, Leer, E3 Apparel.
For information about Alabama Bass Trail and for complete tournament standings visit www.alabamabasstrail.org.
Legendary Rick Clunn Finishes Strong On St. Johns River, Becomes Oldest B.a.s.s. Winner At 69
PALATKA, Fla. — On Nov. 5, 1976, Missouri angler Rick Clunn claimed his first B.A.S.S. victory in the Bassmaster Classic on Lake Guntersville.
It was his first giant step toward becoming a true legend in the sport of professional fishing.
On Sunday, he won for the 15th time on the B.A.S.S. circuit — and in many ways, this step might have gone even further toward cementing his legacy.
Clunn, who will turn 70 in July, caught five bass that weighed 19 pounds during Sunday’s championship round and won the Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River presented by Dick Cepek Tires & Wheels easily with a four-day weight of 81-15. The win was bolstered by a monumental catch of 31-7 during Saturday’s semifinal round.
“I was certainly feeling some pressure after having such a big weight yesterday,” said Clunn, who finished 4 pounds ahead of second-place finisher Greg Hackney (77-15). “Through the years, you just learn to hide it better. Having my son (River) here helped a lot.”
After catching 16-11 and 14-13 the first two days, Clunn was in 31st place and seemed a longshot to make Sunday’s Top 12 championship cut. But the incredible catch of 31-7, which ranked as the third-best five-bass limit of his career, gave him the lead going into the final round with 62-15.
Though he had varied results during the four-day event, he said he used the same bait almost the whole time — a homemade bladed jig with a green skirt and a white Luck-E-Strike swimbait for a trailer. He said he calls the bait the “Trickster 2,” and he believed it would work after watching some local anglers fishing with live shiners earlier in the week.
“I actually watched shiner fishermen in Crescent Lake flipping shiners up under a dock, and they were catching fish,” Clunn said. “I saw that, and I tied on a big Luck-E-Strike swimbait. I flipped it up under a dock and caught about a 6-pounder. That got me on the shad-type baits.”
Though much of the field was sight fishing for bedding bass around the fishery’s grass-covered shorelines, Clunn chose a different approach. He used the bladed jig around the same type of cover in Lake George, enticing bites from fish he couldn’t see.
The key to his magical day Saturday was an hour’s worth of wind and rain that he said seemed to make the fish bite better.
He fished his bait on 65-pound braid with a 7-foot-6 Bass Pro Shops Johnny Morris CarbonLite rod — and he didn’t hesitate to manhandle big bass when they bit his homemade lure.
“I put a little bit different hook on my bait and a different split ring, so it’s better suited for handling big fish,” Clunn said. “When you’re fishing for big fish, it’s important to use the right equipment. I was swinging 6-pounders in the boat this week.”
For the first half of the tournament, it looked like it was Hackney’s tournament to lose.
The Louisiana pro caught 21-5 on Day 1 and grabbed the lead with a Day 2 catch of 18-1 that pushed his two-day mark to 39-6. He was still leading on Day 3 until Clunn — the last angler to weigh in — brought in his big bag.
“In a lot of ways, I think what Rick Clunn did on Saturday took the pressure off me,” said Hackney, who spent the week fishing for bedding bass with a topwater prop lure, a jig and a drop-shot rig. “If I had gone out today in the lead, I would have been a nervous wreck.
“But I knew all I could do today was catch what I could catch — and I’m thrilled with the week I had.”
Hackney was one of several pros — all of those who fished on Sunday and many who didn’t — who crowded around the weigh-in platform to watch Clunn make history.
The 69-year-old angler became the oldest to win a B.A.S.S. event, surpassing Shorty Evans, who won the Kentucky Invitational on Kentucky Lake in 1978 at age 65. Clunn also became the oldest to win a Bassmaster Elite Series event, moving past Denny Brauer who won on the Arkansas River in 2011 at age 62.
With his first win coming 39 years ago, Clunn also easily set the record for longest gap between his first victory and his most recent.
“I know I got a lot of support online last night from the over-60 crowd, and that sure means a lot,” said Clunn, who has four Bassmaster Classic titles and more than 400 total B.A.S.S. events on his resume. “Thank goodness there are lots of Baby Boomers. I may have the biggest fan base of all.”
Clunn was awarded $1,000 for the leading the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points race at the end of the event.
Marty Robinson earned the Power-Pole Captain’s Cash award of $1,000 for being the highest-placing angler who is registered and eligible and uses a client-approved product on his boat.
Hackney earned the Livingston Lures Leader Award of $500 for leading on the second day.
Robinson also won the Toyota Bonus Bucks of $3,000 for being the highest-placing eligible entrant in the program. The second-highest-placing eligible entrant, Brent Chapman, received $2,000.
Dick Cepek Rolling Forward Award of $1,000 will be presented to the angler who makes the largest gain in Toyota Angler of the Year points from tournament to tournament and will be determined after the Huk Performance Fishing Bassmaster Elite at Winyah Bay.
The Big Bass Award of $1,500 was presented to Cliff Prince for weighing in the overall biggest bass of the event — a 10-8 bass.
Robinson also earned the A.R.E. Top Angler Award of $1,000 for being the highest placing angler using A.R.E. products.
The local host for the event is the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce.
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Mud Hole Tackle Pro John Cox Hangs On For Hartwell Win!!
John Cox of Debary, Fla., loves fishing ponds. As a kid, he cut his teeth fishing ponds. The first bass club Cox ever joined was a johnboat-only-club that fished on small ponds. The first aluminum boat Cox owned had a blown outboard on it that he could not afford to get fixed. But that didn’t bother him one bit. After all, he just wanted to put the boat in on ponds where he could use the trolling motor to fish around the banks.
Maybe that helps explain why Cox has mostly run aluminum boats on the Walmart FLW Tour. It might also help explain why Cox usually seeks out smaller, limited access backwaters connected to lakes during Tour events.
“These big lakes confuse me,” Cox laughs. “I feel much more comfortable fishing in smaller backwaters off of a main lake or river.”
Today, Cox utilized just such a secluded backwater to come from second place and win the Walmart FLW Tour presented by Evinrude and hosted by the Anderson Convention & Visitors Bureau at Lake Hartwell. His final-day weight of 16 pounds, 2 ounces was enough to nudge past Clark Wendlandt at the finish line by a mere 7 ounces. In four days, Cox accrued 67 pounds, 6 ounces to win the $100,000 payday.
This is the second time Cox has accessed an obscure area for a Tour win. His first Tour win was in 2011 at the Red River when he pushed his aluminum boat through a culvert into a backwater area to reach unpressured fish.
This week at Hartwell, Cox saved a small backwater area located far up the Seneca River in the hopes sparking off a final-day rally to win – and his plan worked.
“I’ve fished this place in other FLW Tour tournaments here at Hartwell,” Cox reveals. “It’s a small pond off the main river that is cut off by a sandbar. It’s a cool little pond, but it’s only big enough for a one-day catch. In low water it’s harder to get into because of the sandbar but with water high like it is now, it’s not a problem to access.”
Cox fished the pond in other Tour events during the qualifying days and it earned him a check. This year he decided to reverse his strategy and save the pond for the final day, if he made it that far.
“I went and checked it practice this year and had three good bites,” he says. “I decided right then to just save it as back up because there were plenty of bedding fish down the lake to catch for the first couple of days.”
During the first three days, Cox relied on his savvy sight-fishing skills to climb atop the leaderboard. On day two, he caught a 20-pound, 5-ounce bag that put him in the lead. That hefty limit was anchored by two brutes – one weighing 6-11 – that came from skipping a wacky rig around docks.
He fell to second behind Wendlandt on day three and sat just 1-pound, 5-ounces off the lead.
With deteriorating weather conditions for sight-fishing on day four, Cox felt the time was right to make the run up the river and get into a place he felt the most comfortable – a pond.
Cox knew he had made the right decision when his first fish of the day was 5-pounder that struck his bait twice. The first time, he had the fish on, but the hook flexed enough for the fish to wiggle free. He returned to the fish a bit later and caught her on the first cast. At that point he knew he had a chance to stage a comeback and retake the lead.
For the rest of the day Cox circled the pond just like he used to do back in his johnboat-only days. His primary weapon in the pond was a 3/8-ounce Z-Man ChatterBait (black and blue) with a Strike King Menace Grub trailer. In all, the pond produced about 8 keepers, including the 5-pounder, three 3-pounders and a 2 pounder – just enough to overtake Wendlandt.
During the first three days, Cox used wacky-rigged Yamamoto Senkos and Zoom Trick Worms (watermelon and green pumpkin) in the mid portion of the lake to skip docks and sight fish. The wacky rigs were fished on 10-pound test braid tied to 10-pound test leader and skipped with a SJ842-MHX spinning rod.
“That rod is a 7-foot, medium action and is perfect for skipping wacky rigs,” Cox says. “It has plenty of tip to skip and enough power to pull fish away from cover. It’s the rod I used to catch most of my weight the first three days.”
With his win, Cox now also leads the FLW Tour Angler of the Year race with 389 points.
Top 10 pros
1. John Cox – DeBary, Fla. – 67-6 (20) – $100,000
2. Clark Wendlandt – Leander, Texas – 66-15 (20) – $30,000
3. Jamie Horton – Centerville, Ala. – 62-9 (20) – $25,200
4. Jeff Gustafson – Keewatin, Ontario – 59-14 (20) – $20,500
5. Bryan Thrift – Shelby, N.C. – 59-8 (20) – $19,100
6. Darrel Robertson – Jay, Okla. – 59-3 (20) – $18,000
7. Larry Nixon – Bee Branch, Ark. – 57-14 (20) – $17,000
8. Cory Johnston – Cavan, Ontario – 56-5 (20) – $16,000
9. Peter Thliveros – Saint Augustine, Fla. – 55-0 (20) – $15,000
10. Powell Kemp – Scotland Neck, N.C. – 54-10 (20) – $14,000
Duncan And Woody Win Biggest Cbc Ever On Norman With 19.57 Lbs-Take Home $14,000 Cash-Full Results And Pics Here!
CBC Norman Champs Dale Duncan and Donnie Woody
Maurice Freeze and partner hold up their stringer
CBC Norman BF held by John Allen-6.09 LBS!!
Another Solid Sack at Norman Sat!
Great team effort here-impressive haul!!
| Place | Team Name | Team # | Fish Weighed | Net Weight | Big Fish | Points | Winnings | Skeeter BONUS | Total Winnings |
| 1 | Dale Duncan - Donnie Woody | 79 | 5 | 19.570 | 4.440 | 310 | $10,000 | $4,000 | $14,000 |
| 2 | Adam Waters - Dylan Fulk | 229 | 5 | 19.110 | 5.920 | 309 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
| 3 | Craig Chambers - Keith Ogden | 196 | 5 | 18.940 | 5.480 | 308 | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| 4 | Jacob Moore - Thomas Moore | 146 | 5 | 18.270 | 5.130 | 307 | $2,500 | $2,500 | |
| 5 | William Harris - Stanton Harris | 101 | 5 | 17.010 | 0.000 | 306 | $2,000 | $2,000 | |
| 6 | Stephen Griggs - Rodney Sorrell | 206 | 5 | 16.720 | 5.110 | 305 | $1,800 | $1,800 | |
| 7 | Grayson Barber - Rick Reid | 28 | 5 | 16.700 | 5.270 | 304 | $1,700 | $1,700 | |
| 8 | Patrick Tierney - Moe Freeze | 45 | 5 | 15.910 | 4.030 | 303 | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| 8 | Israel Gibson - Grant McPeters | 83 | 5 | 15.910 | 0.000 | 303 | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| 8 | Larry LeHew - Greg Deal | 186 | 5 | 15.910 | 4.610 | 303 | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| 11 | Donald Poteat - JOHN ALLEN | 135 | 5 | 15.890 | 6.090 | 300 | $1,300 | $3,000 Skeeter + $1,000 BF | $5,300 |
| 12 | Kevin Chandler - Bradley Chandler | 88 | 5 | 15.870 | 5.740 | 299 | $1,200 | $1,200 | |
| 13 | Alfred Keisling, Sr - Robert Stilner | 183 | 5 | 15.850 | 0.000 | 298 | $1,100 | $1,100 | |
| 14 | Tommy Williams - Thomas Hardwick | 166 | 5 | 15.770 | 0.000 | 297 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 15 | Joshua Queen - Mike Queen | 58 | 5 | 15.620 | 5.740 | 296 | $900 | $900 | |
| 16 | kenneth shumate - deloris shumate | 100 | 5 | 15.060 | 5.120 | 295 | $800 | $800 | |
| 17 | Chris Graham - Ricky Byrd | 19 | 5 | 15.010 | 0.000 | 294 | $700 | $700 | |
| 18 | Mike Seawright - John parker | 4 | 5 | 14.800 | 0.000 | 293 | $600 | $600 | |
| 19 | Mike Clark - Chris Anderson | 47 | 5 | 14.720 | 5.070 | 292 | $550 | $550 | |
| 20 | GEORGE HIRAPETIAN - ARAM HIRAPETIAN | 204 | 5 | 14.570 | 5.170 | 291 | $525 | $1,000 | $1,525 |
| 21 | cole blythe - John Auten | 5 | 5 | 14.260 | 0.000 | 290 | $500 | $500 | |
| 22 | Matt Queen - Anthony Johnson | 155 | 5 | 13.990 | 0.000 | 289 | $470 | $470 | |
| 23 | Wesley Cashwell - Shane Doughtie | 197 | 5 | 13.940 | 0.000 | 288 | $450 | $450 | |
| 24 | Nathan Royal - David Brookshire | 50 | 5 | 13.840 | 5.090 | 287 | $422.50 | $423 | |
| 24 | Wayne Ingram - Chris Brown | 119 | 5 | 13.840 | 0.000 | 287 | $422.50 | $423 | |
| 26 | Roger Hoover - Scott Hamrick | 211 | 5 | 13.830 | 0.000 | 285 | $400 | $400 | |
| 27 | Jason Wilson - Kelly Logan | 158 | 5 | 13.790 | 0.000 | 284 | $380 | $380 | |
| 28 | Brian Tidwell - Michael Tidwell | 51 | 5 | 13.780 | 0.000 | 283 | $360 | $360 | |
| 29 | Jeremi Beatty - Clint Benbow | 121 | 5 | 13.750 | 0.000 | 282 | $340 | $340 | |
| 30 | Butch Zadlo - Bryan Lewis | 39 | 5 | 13.730 | 5.890 | 281 | $315 | $315 | |
| 30 | Adam Greer - Shae jones | 98 | 5 | 13.730 | 0.000 | 281 | $315 | $315 | |
| 32 | Robert Bauguess - Rodney Morrow | 85 | 5 | 13.710 | 0.000 | 279 | $300 | $300 | |
| 33 | Darrell Fisher - William Gregory | 118 | 5 | 13.620 | 0.000 | 278 | $280 | $280 | |
| 34 | Derek Cummings - Victor Lynch | 11 | 5 | 13.590 | 0.000 | 277 | $260 | $260 | |
| 35 | Greg Osborne - Wyatt Blevins | 126 | 5 | 13.320 | 0.000 | 276 | $250 | $250 | |
| 36 | Adam Ridings - Michael Ridings | 70 | 5 | 13.270 | 0.000 | 275 | $240 | $240 | |
| 37 | Sonny Beam - Eric Weir | 103 | 5 | 13.250 | 0.000 | 274 | $220 | $220 | |
| 38 | Rob Digh - Chuck Camps | 60 | 5 | 13.210 | 0.000 | 273 | $200 | $200 | |
| 39 | Kevin Toler - Rodney Lambert | 2 | 5 | 13.080 | 0.000 | 272 | |||
| 40 | Adam Fillmore - Chris Carnes | 14 | 5 | 13.060 | 0.000 | 271 | |||
| 41 | Brock Taylor - Brent Long | 9 | 5 | 12.960 | 0.000 | 270 | |||
| 42 | Brett McLean - Mac McLean | 115 | 5 | 12.890 | 0.000 | 269 | |||
| 43 | James Carriker - Brad Smith | 64 | 5 | 12.610 | 0.000 | 268 | |||
| 44 | Ronald Farrow - Roger Farrow | 16 | 5 | 12.580 | 3.850 | 267 | |||
| 45 | Mike Stephens - cody young | 117 | 5 | 12.550 | 0.000 | 266 | |||
| 46 | Scott Henley - Neil McDonald | 36 | 5 | 12.540 | 0.000 | 265 | |||
| 47 | Travis Young - Neil Sheehan | 3 | 5 | 12.520 | 0.000 | 264 | |||
| 48 | Marvin Godard - Robert Adams | 219 | 5 | 12.490 | 0.000 | 263 | |||
| 49 | David Wright - Jeff Coble | 91 | 5 | 12.480 | 0.000 | 262 | |||
| 50 | Bryan Welch - Mark Inman | 95 | 5 | 12.360 | 0.000 | 261 | |||
| 51 | Chris Wagner - Chase Deal | 52 | 5 | 12.330 | 0.000 | 260 | |||
| 52 | Steve Dyer - Derek Lilley | 12 | 5 | 12.320 | 0.000 | 259 | |||
| 53 | Jeff Johnson - Casey Howard | 10 | 5 | 12.300 | 0.000 | 258 | |||
| 54 | Vince Parker - Mark Parker | 173 | 5 | 12.130 | 0.000 | 257 | |||
| 55 | David Fortenberry - Jessie Towery | 205 | 5 | 12.100 | 0.000 | 256 | |||
| 56 | Jonathan strickland - Dustin Compton | 54 | 5 | 12.080 | 5.450 | 255 | |||
| 57 | Scott Sellers - Randy Childers | 108 | 5 | 12.070 | 0.000 | 254 | |||
| 58 | Brian Morgan - Josea Goble | 63 | 5 | 12.060 | 0.000 | 253 | |||
| 59 | Louie Hull - Chuck Montgomery | 23 | 5 | 11.910 | 0.000 | 252 | |||
| 60 | Jerry Craig - Bobby Latuch | 163 | 5 | 11.820 | 0.000 | 251 | |||
| 61 | Tyler Beam - Eric Self | 43 | 5 | 11.760 | 0.000 | 250 | |||
| 61 | Brandon Williams - Christian Shoda | 190 | 5 | 11.760 | 0.000 | 250 | |||
| 63 | Michael Huffman - Greg Sims | 25 | 5 | 11.720 | 0.000 | 248 | |||
| 64 | Darren Sigmon - Brian Huffman | 170 | 5 | 11.710 | 0.000 | 247 | |||
| 65 | Eddie Smith - Michael Carson | 75 | 5 | 11.680 | 0.000 | 246 | |||
| 66 | Fred Kauffman - Sam Gladden | 86 | 5 | 11.670 | 0.000 | 245 | |||
| 67 | Johnny Guffey - Wesley Bell | 125 | 5 | 11.620 | 0.000 | 244 | |||
| 68 | Danny Mason - Lionel Mason | 169 | 5 | 11.610 | 0.000 | 243 | |||
| 69 | Robert Walser - Mack Lowe | 109 | 5 | 11.580 | 0.000 | 242 | |||
| 69 | Don Sprinkle - Wayne Skipworth | 191 | 5 | 11.580 | 0.000 | 242 | |||
| 71 | Michael Smith - Roger Pope | 122 | 5 | 11.500 | 0.000 | 240 | |||
| 72 | Brent White - Cody Andrews | 44 | 5 | 11.490 | 0.000 | 239 | |||
| 73 | Steve Sink - Tony Foster | 152 | 5 | 11.440 | 0.000 | 238 | |||
| 74 | Mason Boyd - Rick Falls | 177 | 5 | 11.430 | 0.000 | 237 | |||
| 74 | Buddy Black - Russell Kiser | 181 | 5 | 11.430 | 0.000 | 237 | |||
| 76 | Nathan Webber - Hunter Harwell | 157 | 5 | 11.410 | 0.000 | 235 | |||
| 77 | William Blanton - David Blanton | 129 | 5 | 11.340 | 4.220 | 234 | |||
| 77 | Derick Livingston - Jonathan Spivey | 161 | 5 | 11.340 | 0.000 | 234 | |||
| 79 | greg berst - Ryan Bentley | 228 | 5 | 11.330 | 0.000 | 232 | |||
| 80 | Reggie Guffey - Tommy Chapman | 165 | 5 | 11.310 | 0.000 | 231 | |||
| 81 | Dusty Taylor - Keaton Hawks | 8 | 5 | 11.240 | 0.000 | 230 | |||
| 81 | Dwight Dellinger - Doug Dellinger | 120 | 5 | 11.240 | 0.000 | 230 | |||
| 83 | Tyler Hoopaugh - Chris Hoopaugh | 77 | 5 | 11.190 | 0.000 | 228 | |||
| 84 | Dan Funderburk - Rod Cozart | 156 | 5 | 11.160 | 0.000 | 227 | |||
| 85 | Bill Grier - Robby Byrum | 6 | 5 | 11.080 | 4.330 | 226 | |||
| 86 | Chris Dover - Robert Fowler | 72 | 5 | 11.060 | 0.000 | 225 | |||
| 87 | Allen Eaker - Jason Eaker | 80 | 5 | 11.010 | 0.000 | 224 | |||
| 88 | Barry Bost - Will Petty | 127 | 5 | 11.000 | 0.000 | 223 | |||
| 88 | Nathan White - Glen Eaves | 202 | 5 | 11.000 | 0.000 | 223 | |||
| 90 | Jimmy Cummings - Dean Collins | 133 | 5 | 10.990 | 0.000 | 221 | |||
| 91 | Alton Rockett - Randy Huffman | 26 | 5 | 10.980 | 0.000 | 220 | |||
| 91 | Dan English - David Gibson | 212 | 5 | 10.980 | 0.000 | 220 | |||
| 93 | Jason Quinn - Tony Colacurcio | 89 | 5 | 10.970 | 0.000 | 218 | |||
| 93 | Thomas Richmond - max price | 104 | 5 | 10.970 | 0.000 | 218 | |||
| 95 | Donnie Ott - Chris Vallance | 224 | 5 | 10.940 | 0.000 | 216 | |||
| 96 | Kenny Seagle - rodney adams | 35 | 5 | 10.930 | 0.000 | 215 | |||
| 96 | Marcus Leech - Tim Chapman | 78 | 5 | 10.930 | 0.000 | 215 | |||
| 98 | Mitch Burgin - Larry Houser | 147 | 5 | 10.920 | 0.000 | 213 | |||
| 98 | Charles Sipe - Kelly Johnson | 174 | 5 | 10.920 | 0.000 | 213 | |||
| 100 | Greg Bragg - Christopher Terry | 84 | 5 | 10.910 | 0.000 | 211 | |||
| 101 | Rodney Bell - Tommy Jones | 128 | 5 | 10.750 | 0.000 | 210 | |||
| 102 | Keith Speece - Wendell Ireland | 132 | 5 | 10.710 | 0.000 | 209 | |||
| 103 | Todd Walters - Jason Threadgill | 48 | 5 | 10.700 | 0.000 | 208 | |||
| 104 | Mark Swink - austin petty | 22 | 5 | 10.670 | 0.000 | 207 | |||
| 105 | Wayne Hauser - Sheldon Hipps | 131 | 5 | 10.660 | 0.000 | 206 | |||
| 106 | Mike Ray - Orlando Giles | 215 | 5 | 10.580 | 0.000 | 205 | |||
| 107 | Dennis Cable - Tim Harrison | 31 | 5 | 10.540 | 0.000 | 204 | |||
| 108 | Tom McCombs - curtis lail | 71 | 5 | 10.500 | 0.000 | 203 | |||
| 109 | Thomas Gavin - Mike Sprouse | 194 | 5 | 10.440 | 0.000 | 202 | |||
| 109 | Todd Garner - Shane Hartman | 223 | 5 | 10.440 | 0.000 | 202 | |||
| 111 | Thomas Vickers - Brian Huskins | 216 | 5 | 10.430 | 0.000 | 200 | |||
| 112 | Robert Mixon - Robert Lambert | 107 | 5 | 10.410 | 0.000 | 199 | |||
| 113 | Robin Collins - Ronnie White | 97 | 5 | 10.390 | 0.000 | 198 | |||
| 114 | Greg Whittington - Danny Hucks | 139 | 5 | 10.340 | 0.000 | 197 | |||
| 115 | Corey Shaylor - Brandon Kersnowski | 67 | 5 | 10.290 | 3.830 | 196 | |||
| 116 | Randall Wallace - Andrew Wallace | 134 | 5 | 10.280 | 0.000 | 195 | |||
| 117 | Graham Rushing - Artie Phillips | 94 | 5 | 10.270 | 0.000 | 194 | |||
| 118 | Derek Tolley - Terry Trivet | 142 | 5 | 10.240 | 0.000 | 193 | |||
| 119 | Anthony Monaco - Justin McBrayer | 110 | 5 | 10.180 | 0.000 | 192 | |||
| 120 | Mike Steele - Joshua Sanders | 168 | 5 | 10.150 | 0.000 | 191 | |||
| 121 | Eric Moser - Travis O'Quinn | 193 | 5 | 10.090 | 0.000 | 190 | |||
| 122 | Jason Dew - Thomas Elliott | 214 | 5 | 10.040 | 0.000 | 189 | |||
| 123 | bobby snyder - Bernie Davis | 18 | 5 | 9.970 | 0.000 | 188 | |||
| 123 | Allen Snyder - Darren Gay | 116 | 5 | 9.970 | 0.000 | 188 | |||
| 125 | todd sosebee - steve postell | 7 | 5 | 9.940 | 0.000 | 186 | |||
| 125 | Tony Nelson | 99 | 5 | 9.940 | 0.000 | 186 | |||
| 127 | Drew Stankwytch - Brandon Childress | 187 | 5 | 9.870 | 0.000 | 184 | |||
| 128 | Chris Martin - Mike Greene | 159 | 5 | 9.860 | 0.000 | 183 | |||
| 129 | Michael Cribb - Roger Cribb | 65 | 5 | 9.770 | 0.000 | 182 | |||
| 130 | Doug Punch - Rocky Franklin | 153 | 5 | 9.640 | 0.000 | 181 | |||
| 131 | Shawn Crosby - robert brooks | 73 | 5 | 9.610 | 0.000 | 180 | |||
| 132 | Perry Wycuff - Josh Wycuff | 180 | 5 | 9.550 | 0.000 | 179 | |||
| 133 | Eric Jeter - Darren Jeter | 140 | 5 | 9.520 | 0.000 | 178 | |||
| 134 | Tanner Stirewalt - Logan Phillips | 213 | 5 | 9.520 | 0.000 | 177 | |||
| 135 | Brian Travis - Ashley Brotherton | 17 | 5 | 9.510 | 0.000 | 176 | |||
| 136 | Tim Hollar - Bob Killian | 42 | 5 | 9.490 | 0.000 | 175 | |||
| 137 | John Johnikin - Leonard Johnikin | 130 | 5 | 9.480 | 0.000 | 174 | |||
| 138 | Tony Davis - Tim Bowman | 162 | 5 | 9.370 | 0.000 | 173 | |||
| 139 | Kyle Whisnant - James Ball | 113 | 5 | 9.340 | 0.000 | 172 | |||
| 140 | Mitchell Cook - Todd Huffman | 81 | 5 | 9.320 | 0.000 | 171 | |||
| 141 | Jason Gilfillan - Brian Whitworth | 32 | 5 | 9.310 | 0.000 | 170 | |||
| 142 | Klaus Hadschin - Jerry Hadschin | 66 | 5 | 9.300 | 0.000 | 169 | |||
| 143 | Phillip Hedrick - Jack Vanderford | 220 | 5 | 9.280 | 0.000 | 168 | |||
| 144 | Russell Hoyle - Jerry Pruitt | 69 | 5 | 9.200 | 0.000 | 167 | |||
| 144 | Jason Lowman - Cody Lail | 171 | 5 | 9.200 | 0.000 | 167 | |||
| 146 | Robin Parker - brandon gibson | 106 | 5 | 9.180 | 0.000 | 165 | |||
| 147 | Dale Surrett - Lee Endicott | 15 | 5 | 9.070 | 0.000 | 164 | |||
| 148 | Mark Lamb - Robert Griswold | 112 | 5 | 9.040 | 0.000 | 163 | |||
| 149 | Chris Richey - George Bost | 226 | 5 | 8.970 | 0.000 | 162 | |||
| 150 | Justin Reid - Derrick Compton | 218 | 5 | 8.960 | 0.000 | 161 | |||
| 151 | Shaun Hall - Kenneth Hall | 90 | 5 | 8.940 | 0.000 | 160 | |||
| 152 | william patterson - Chris Tinsley | 217 | 5 | 8.930 | 0.000 | 159 | |||
| 153 | Thomas Ludwick - Thomas File | 198 | 5 | 8.910 | 0.000 | 158 | |||
| 154 | James Wall - Jimmy Wall | 176 | 5 | 8.880 | 0.000 | 157 | |||
| 155 | Reginald Pickett - Larry Kirk | 29 | 5 | 8.780 | 0.000 | 156 | |||
| 156 | Allen Robbins - Jerry Robbins | 96 | 5 | 8.770 | 0.000 | 155 | |||
| 157 | Brandon Sykes - Jeff McQuaige | 172 | 5 | 8.750 | 0.000 | 154 | |||
| 158 | Phil Hennessee - Jon Digh | 144 | 5 | 8.660 | 0.000 | 153 | |||
| 159 | Dale Luckey - John Brown | 150 | 5 | 8.650 | 0.000 | 152 | |||
| 159 | Larry Horton - Ricky Shrewsbury | 227 | 5 | 8.650 | 0.000 | 152 | |||
| 161 | Thomas Johnson - Darrell Parks | 225 | 5 | 8.610 | 0.000 | 150 | |||
| 162 | Tracy Brown - Dennis Kennedy | 49 | 5 | 8.600 | 0.000 | 149 | |||
| 163 | Nolan Eller - Josh Huffman | 41 | 5 | 8.530 | 0.000 | 148 | |||
| 163 | Bryce Danielson - Tyler Austin | 111 | 5 | 8.530 | 0.000 | 148 | |||
| 163 | Matt Markland - Tracy Markland | 167 | 4 | 8.530 | 0.000 | 148 | |||
| 166 | Scott Plattenberger - Bryan plattenberger | 138 | 5 | 8.520 | 0.000 | 145 | |||
| 167 | Brandon Graham - alex palomba | 209 | 5 | 8.460 | 0.000 | 144 | |||
| 168 | Andy Brode - Scott Wyatt | 93 | 5 | 8.380 | 0.000 | 143 | |||
| 169 | Denny Parunak - Tony Blevins | 124 | 5 | 8.330 | 0.000 | 142 | |||
| 170 | Dempsey Carter - Ted Mobley | 178 | 5 | 8.280 | 0.000 | 141 | |||
| 171 | Richard Greene - Jimmy Holland | 203 | 5 | 8.270 | 0.000 | 140 | |||
| 172 | Chris Ellis - Mathew Frazier | 61 | 5 | 8.230 | 0.000 | 139 | |||
| 173 | Gary Rose - Jerry Collins | 59 | 5 | 8.140 | 0.000 | 138 | |||
| 173 | Paul Guthrie - Robert Church | 185 | 5 | 8.140 | 0.000 | 138 | |||
| 175 | Chris Boehme - Alan Rae | 141 | 5 | 8.130 | 0.000 | 136 | |||
| 176 | Mikey Bowlby | 160 | 5 | 8.100 | 0.000 | 135 | |||
| 177 | Billy Scoggins - Eddie Parker | 13 | 5 | 8.050 | 0.000 | 134 | |||
| 178 | Terry Herman - thomas wike | 179 | 5 | 8.000 | 0.000 | 133 | |||
| 179 | Brian King | 1 | 4 | 7.950 | 4.080 | 132 | |||
| 180 | Trip Emerson - Kevin Hyler | 189 | 5 | 7.900 | 0.000 | 131 | |||
| 181 | Duke Denison | 37 | 4 | 7.790 | 0.000 | 130 | |||
| 182 | Daniel Ruppe - Jacob Reome | 87 | 5 | 7.690 | 0.000 | 129 | |||
| 183 | Jim Bramhall - Jim Stevens | 221 | 5 | 7.670 | 0.000 | 128 | |||
| 184 | scott mcginnis - kyle inman | 30 | 5 | 7.450 | 0.000 | 127 | |||
| 185 | Cody Norman - Michael Norman | 82 | 5 | 7.390 | 0.000 | 126 | |||
| 186 | Gene Sparks - Shannon Stowe | 164 | 4 | 7.120 | 0.000 | 125 | |||
| 187 | Ted Newman - John Noonkester | 175 | 5 | 6.920 | 0.000 | 124 | |||
| 188 | Dwight Martinez - Randall Soles | 40 | 3 | 4.120 | 0.000 | 123 | |||
| 189 | byron brush - Byron Brush Sr. | 20 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 122 | |||
| 190 | Ricky Self - Ben Stanton | 21 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 121 | |||
| 191 | Randy Weddington - Ronnie Smith | 24 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 120 | |||
| 192 | Travis Ruff - Kelly Ruff | 27 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 119 | |||
| 193 | Michael Webster - Guy Eaker | 33 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 118 | |||
| 194 | James Martin - Cliff Kirby | 34 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 117 | |||
| 195 | Nick Miller - Brandon Brickweg | 38 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 116 | |||
| 196 | Tim Gaines - Mike Bryant | 46 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 115 | |||
| 197 | anthony lutz - anthony Lutz | 53 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 114 | |||
| 198 | Scott Griffin - Jerry Goble | 55 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 113 | |||
| 199 | Steven Austin - Roger Wood | 56 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 112 | |||
| 200 | Keith Berry - Jarrad Poarch | 57 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 111 | |||
| 201 | Remington Austin - Larry Austin | 62 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 110 | |||
| 202 | Brent Berry - Steve Shaw | 68 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 109 | |||
| 203 | Bron Hemphill - Nathan Dellinger | 74 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 108 | |||
| 204 | Mike Scott - Chris Johnson | 76 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 107 | |||
| 205 | Jimmy Propst - Caleb Propst | 92 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 106 | |||
| 206 | Milton Yancey - Larry Yancey | 102 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 105 | |||
| 207 | Larry Denton - Chris Guest | 105 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 104 | |||
| 208 | Ronald Jennings | 114 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 103 | |||
| 209 | Phillip Frady - Dirk Porter | 123 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 102 | |||
| 210 | James Clements - Rick Carson | 136 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 101 | |||
| 211 | Randy Christy - Chris Corriher | 137 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 100 | |||
| 212 | Roger Adams - Josh Adams | 143 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 99 | |||
| 213 | Jordan Wright - Chris Casey | 145 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 98 | |||
| 214 | Brandon Chandler - Austin Chandler | 148 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 97 | |||
| 215 | David Clanton - Brent Sanders | 149 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 96 | |||
| 216 | Craig Rozema - Ricky Parrish | 151 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 95 | |||
| 217 | Phil Brown - joe floyd | 154 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 94 | |||
| 218 | Chuck Morton - Michael Riggs | 182 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 93 | |||
| 219 | Travus Lovell - James Roten | 184 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 92 | |||
| 220 | John Robeson - Jimmy Tatum | 188 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 91 | |||
| 221 | Todd Sumner - Robert Parrish | 192 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 90 | |||
| 222 | Doug Easton - Pete Bejte | 195 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 89 | |||
| 223 | Carl Williams - Eddie Williams | 199 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 88 | |||
| 224 | David Winters - Russell Winters | 200 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 87 | |||
| 225 | Aric Dwyer - Robert Anderson | 201 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 86 | |||
| 226 | Bryce Danielson - Tyler Austin | 207 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 85 | |||
| 227 | Tim Hawley - Joe Hamilton | 208 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 84 | |||
| 228 | Bob Bolick - Rick Hedrick | 210 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 83 | |||
| 229 | Steve Addington - Matt Stout | 222 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 82 |
Cox Takes Over On Hartwell, Leads Top 20 Out On Day 3
The Walmart FLW Tour sightfest continued on day two at Lake Hartwell which is presented by Evinrude and hosted by the Anderson Convention & Visitors Bureau. Once again, brilliant blue skies with a few clouds and no wind graced the field and to hear the anglers tell it, there are still plenty of fish moving up – by the hour.
Several leaders said they found new fish today and others have even commented they have watched fish swim up and lock down right in front of their eyes.
Though the weatherman continues to threaten with rain over the weekend, pros are in a state of bed-fishing bliss, with leaders claiming they plan to sight-fish right on into the weekend.
With sight fishing in full effect, it’s no wonder that the lead spot has been overtaken by John “Eagle Eye” Cox, an angler known for his sight-fishing savvy on the FLW Tour. Today Cox weighed in 20 pounds, 5 ounces for a two-day total of 37 pounds, 1 ounce.
While Cox did sight fish quite a bit today, he did admit that his two biggest fish came from, “just fishing” while looking for beds. One of those big ones registered 6-pounds, 11 ounces on the scales.
“I pulled up to fish for a 3-pounder on bed, looked over at the nearest dock, and thought, ‘that dock looks pretty good;’ I cast over there and caught that big one off the dock. I guarantee you, it was the female spawning with the 3-pounder on the bed.”
Cox reported catching 10 keepers on the day and he weighed in all largemouths. Of the ones he weighed in, the three smallest ones were sight-fish and the two biggest came while “just fishing.”
The 6-11 was his second fish of the day, which provided him the luxury of saving many of the ones he found today for tomorrow.
“I found a bunch of news ones today that wouldn’t really help me,” Cox says. “I probably have 10 fish located for tomorrow. And even if the weather turns nasty, I’m still going to fish for them. I know exactly where they are and I’m not so sure I couldn’t just fish around in those areas and catch more on some other lures.”
Top 10 pros
1. John Cox – DeBary, Fla. – 37-1 (10)
2. Darrel Robertson – Jay, Okla. – 34-13 (10)
3. Larry Nixon – Bee Branch, Ark. – 33-13 (10)
4. Capt. Blake Smith – Lakeland, Fla. – 33-6 (10)
5. Clark Wendlandt – Leander, Texas – 33-0 (10)
6. Peter Thliveros – Saint Augustine, Fla. – 32-2 (10)
7. Anthony Gagliardi – Prosperity, S.C. – 31-10 (10)
8. Jamie Horton – Centerville, Ala. – 31-4 (10)
9. Bryan Thrift – Shelby, N.C. – 31-2 (10)
10. Scott Martin – Clewiston, Fla. – 30-13 (10)
Hackney Leads As The Board Shuffled And Many Fell Behind.
As is often the case in sight fishing derbies, the second round of the Bassmaster Elite Series event on Florida’s St Johns River was a much tougher day at the office for most of the 110 competing pros.
The biggest factor? The low-hanging fruit got picked on Day1.
Randall Tharp shed some light on the subject. “Yesterday I was in an area where there were thousands of fish. It seemed like every white spot had a fish on it. Today I went to the same area and didn’t see a fish.” Tharp rallied late to cull up to his weight of 12-8 today, which gave him a total of 35-2 and put him safely in the cut at 14th place.
“They went through ‘em like a vacuum cleaner yesterday,” said Jacob Powroznik of the eel grass laden spawning flats that ring Lake George. He did not rebound well enough to make the cut.
As fortunes changed Day 1 leader Brandon Lester fell to 6th with a 14-2 limit but with a total weight of 37-15 he is only a pound and 7 ounces off the lead.
How do you succeed in Florida tournaments? Drew Benton of Panama City put it into perspective: “I went looking for a big one and never found it. Tomorrow I’ll go see if I can find another one.” Without those big ‘uns you end up with 9-14 as Drew did today instead of the 22-15 he weighed yesterday.
Benton fell from 2nd to 24th but with 32-13 he is just a big bite away from taking the lead when action resumes Saturday morning.
Speaking of the lead, it now belongs to Greg Hackney with 39-6 (18-1 today).
Terry Scroggins holds down 2nd place with 38-8 (21-10 today).
Jordan Lee (below) is 3rd with 38-7 (17-8 today). Marty Robinson put 19-12 on the scale and ran his total to 38-5 – good for 4th.
Brent Ehrler is in the 5th position with 38-3 following an 18-pound, 11-ounce performance today.
Hometown angler Scroggins is known for his hospitality when Palatka hosts Elite Series tourneys. He’ll cook for his buddies off the water. On the water, however, he’ll take their money. ‘Big Show’ weighed 21-10 today (38-8 total) to place 2nd for the time being. “I’ve been running south each day to catch a limit and then running north. There’s a small window when I can see ‘em (on the heavily tide-influenced north end) and its getting shorter every day.”
After Hackney took the lead from Scroggins he was quick and quite as he exited the stage. Those guys that won’t talk usually have something special going on. We’ll keep an eye on the Hack Attack this weekend.
Many anglers suffered slow starts. Even some of the successful guys went fishless until 10 or 11 o’clock. A lot of guys caught - and in some cases missed - the biggest bass of the day in the closing hour.
Edwin Evers says he missed a couple of opportunities to get quality fish in the boat but he managed to get another giant in the boat today to go along with one from yesterday. The fat girl boosted his total weight to 33-7 (13-2 today) and put him in the 19th spot. The reigning Classic Champ will be looking gun down several competitors and make Sunday’s Top 12 round.
There was definitely a strong late bite and the guys who capitalized on it now sit atop the standings.
Lee caught a 4-pounder and a 6-plus-pounder in the last hour and took a temporary lead before settling into 3rd.
Chris Zaldain climbed into the cut (42nd place) on the strength of a late-breaking pattern. He laments what could have been. “If I would’ve had 20 more minutes,” pleaded Zaldain who said he was throwing a Vision 110 jerkbait in the fastest current he could find. And hooking up with big bass.
By contrast, Justin Lucas caught a big bag today. He filled his limit early and never looked back. The 22-13 effort gave him a total weight of 36-10 and put him in 9th place.
The best showing of the day came as local favorite Cliff Prince rallied the crowd to their feet. He found a bona fide giant weighing 10 pounds, 8 ounces to anchor a 23-pound, 1-ounce sack. “It finally came together. I should’ve had a giant bag but I messed up a couple of them up.”
Prince said that in past Elite Series tourneys on his home water he has lost a few monsters. Today he brought one back to Palatka. It was a great rebound from his start of only 10-12 yesterday. With a total weight of 33-13 Prince will launch in 18th place tomorrow.
SOME RANDOM NOTES:
Topwaters are producing big bites.
Later flights caught ‘em better.
Clunn is looking for postspawn fish. Not sure he’ll be a threat to win, but he does have the momentum coming to him as the sight bite slows and big females leave beds. Clunn begins tomorrow in 31st place, 7 pounds, 14 ounces off the lead.
Shaw Grigsby did 19-2 today to make the cut. On a day when the bed bite got tougher he made a comeback. Does this spell trouble for the rest of the field? He’s tied with fellow Florida veteran Bernie Schultz at 31-11 for 28th place. Look out the Sunshine State veterans!
Ken Iyobe is an underrated sight fisherman. He has his own TV show in Japan. He proved he can find them in Florida. Made the cut.
2016 Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River presented by Dick Cepek Tires & Wheels 3/17-3/20
St. Johns River, Palatka FL.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 2
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 10 39-06 110
Day 1: 5 21-05 Day 2: 5 18-01
2. Terry Scroggins San Mateo, FL 10 38-08 109
Day 1: 5 16-14 Day 2: 5 21-10
3. Jordan Lee Grant, AL 10 38-07 108
Day 1: 5 20-15 Day 2: 5 17-08
4. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 10 38-05 107
Day 1: 5 18-09 Day 2: 5 19-12
5. Brent Ehrler Newport Beach, CA 10 38-03 106
Day 1: 5 19-08 Day 2: 5 18-11
6. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 10 37-15 105
Day 1: 5 23-13 Day 2: 5 14-02
7. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 10 37-02 104
Day 1: 5 18-05 Day 2: 5 18-13
8. Billy McCaghren Jr Mayflower, AR 10 37-01 103
Day 1: 5 20-01 Day 2: 5 17-00
9. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 10 36-10 102
Day 1: 5 13-13 Day 2: 5 22-13
10. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 10 36-05 101
Day 1: 5 19-00 Day 2: 5 17-05
11. Davy Hite Ninety Six, SC 10 35-15 100
Day 1: 5 15-02 Day 2: 5 20-13
12. Ken Iyobe Tokoname Aichi JAPAN 10 35-14 99
Day 1: 5 17-08 Day 2: 5 18-06
13. Skeet Reese Auburn, CA 10 35-05 98
Day 1: 5 18-11 Day 2: 5 16-10
14. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 10 35-02 97
Day 1: 5 22-10 Day 2: 5 12-08
15. Gerald Swindle Warrior, AL 10 34-08 96
Day 1: 5 15-07 Day 2: 5 19-01
16. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 10 34-05 95
Day 1: 5 18-04 Day 2: 5 16-01
17. Britt Myers Lake Wylie, SC 10 33-15 94
Day 1: 5 18-14 Day 2: 5 15-01
18. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 10 33-13 93
Day 1: 5 10-12 Day 2: 5 23-01
19. Edwin Evers Talala, OK 10 33-07 92
Day 1: 5 20-05 Day 2: 5 13-02
20. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 10 33-04 91
Day 1: 5 21-10 Day 2: 5 11-10
21. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 10 33-03 90
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 5 16-10
22. Jared Lintner Arroyo Grande, CA 10 33-01 89
Day 1: 5 17-02 Day 2: 5 15-15
23. Mike McClelland Bella Vista, AR 10 32-15 88
Day 1: 5 19-15 Day 2: 5 13-00
24. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 10 32-13 87
Day 1: 5 22-15 Day 2: 5 09-14
25. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 10 32-05 86
Day 1: 5 18-03 Day 2: 5 14-02
26. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 10 32-01 85
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 19-01
27. Hank Cherry Jr Maiden, NC 10 32-00 84
Day 1: 5 14-07 Day 2: 5 17-09
28. Shaw Grigsby Jr. Gainesville, FL 10 31-11 83
Day 1: 5 12-09 Day 2: 5 19-02
29. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 10 31-11 82
Day 1: 5 12-12 Day 2: 5 18-15
30. Luke Clausen Otis Orchards, WA 10 31-08 81
Day 1: 5 19-13 Day 2: 5 11-11
31. Rick Clunn Ava, MO 10 31-08 80
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 5 14-13
32. Cliff Pace Petal, MS 10 31-07 79
Day 1: 5 21-10 Day 2: 5 09-13
33. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 10 31-07 78
Day 1: 5 19-08 Day 2: 5 11-15
34. Brent Chapman Lake Quivira, KS 10 31-04 77
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 5 17-15
35. Ish Monroe Hughson, CA 10 31-03 76
Day 1: 5 17-10 Day 2: 5 13-09
36. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 10 31-03 75
Day 1: 5 15-01 Day 2: 5 16-02
37. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 10 31-01 74
Day 1: 5 16-06 Day 2: 5 14-11
38. Takahiro Omori Emory, TX 10 30-14 73
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 5 15-06
39. Seth Feider Bloomington, MN 10 30-11 72
Day 1: 5 17-05 Day 2: 5 13-06
40. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 10 30-06 71
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 5 15-02
41. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 10 30-00 70
Day 1: 5 19-02 Day 2: 5 10-14
42. Chris Zaldain Laughlin, NV 10 29-14 69
Day 1: 5 13-03 Day 2: 5 16-11
43. Andy Montgomery Blacksburg, SC 10 29-12 68
Day 1: 5 14-13 Day 2: 5 14-15
44. Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 10 29-10 67
Day 1: 5 20-09 Day 2: 5 09-01
45. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 10 29-04 66
Day 1: 5 21-06 Day 2: 5 07-14
46. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 10 29-02 65
Day 1: 5 19-14 Day 2: 5 09-04
47. Greg Vinson Wetumpka, AL 10 29-02 64
Day 1: 5 17-03 Day 2: 5 11-15
48. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 10 29-01 63
Day 1: 5 21-00 Day 2: 5 08-01
49. Cliff Crochet Pierre Part, LA 8 29-00 62
Day 1: 5 22-14 Day 2: 3 06-02
50. Randy Howell Guntersville, AL 10 28-12 61
Day 1: 5 20-01 Day 2: 5 08-11
51. Stephen Browning Hot Springs, AR 10 28-12 60
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 5 14-13
52. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 10 28-06 59
Day 1: 5 14-06 Day 2: 5 14-00
53. Brett Hite Phoenix, AZ 10 28-05 58
Day 1: 5 16-00 Day 2: 5 12-05
54. Koby Kreiger Bokeelia, FL 10 28-05 57
Day 1: 5 15-13 Day 2: 5 12-08
55. Jay Brainard Enid, OK 10 28-00 56
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 10-00
56. Dennis Tietje Roanoke, LA 10 28-00 55
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 13-01
57. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 10 27-03 54
Day 1: 5 15-11 Day 2: 5 11-08
58. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 10 26-15 53
Day 1: 5 14-06 Day 2: 5 12-09
59. Scott Rook Little Rock, AR 10 26-10 52
Day 1: 5 11-04 Day 2: 5 15-06
60. Josh Bertrand Gilbert, AZ 10 26-07 51
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 5 07-00
61. Randy Allen Shreveport, LA 9 26-07 50
Day 1: 5 18-08 Day 2: 4 07-15
62. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 10 26-03 49
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 5 12-04
63. Fletcher Shryock New Philadelphia, OH 9 26-01 48
Day 1: 5 16-04 Day 2: 4 09-13
64. Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL 10 25-11 47
Day 1: 5 11-15 Day 2: 5 13-12
65. Ott DeFoe Knoxville, TN 10 25-10 46
Day 1: 5 17-04 Day 2: 5 08-06
66. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 10 25-10 45
Day 1: 5 11-12 Day 2: 5 13-14
67. Kelly Jordon Flint, TX 10 25-08 44
Day 1: 5 14-07 Day 2: 5 11-01
68. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 10 25-03 43
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 5 09-11
69. Fabian Rodriguez Ocean City, DE 10 25-02 42
Day 1: 5 08-06 Day 2: 5 16-12
70. Jeff Kriet Ardmore, OK 10 25-01 41
Day 1: 5 12-12 Day 2: 5 12-05
71. Chris Lane Guntersville, AL 10 25-00 40
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 5 10-07
72. James Niggemeyer Van, TX 10 24-11 39
Day 1: 5 15-09 Day 2: 5 09-02
73. Chad Grigsby Maple Grove, MN 10 24-10 38
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 5 07-15
74. Casey Scanlon Rocky Mount, MO 9 24-10 37
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 4 10-01
75. Jonathon VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 9 24-09 36
Day 1: 5 16-05 Day 2: 4 08-04
76. Brett Preuett Monroe, LA 10 24-03 35
Day 1: 5 10-13 Day 2: 5 13-06
77. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 10 23-15 34
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 5 10-13
78. Jacob Powroznik Port Haywood, VA 10 23-07 33
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 5 09-05
79. David Walker Sevierville, TN 10 22-15 32
Day 1: 5 12-12 Day 2: 5 10-03
80. David Williams Newton, NC 10 22-14 31
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 5 13-07
81. Kotaro Kiriyama Moody, AL 10 22-13 30
Day 1: 5 11-14 Day 2: 5 10-15
82. Tim Horton Muscle Shoals, AL 10 22-11 29
Day 1: 5 14-04 Day 2: 5 08-07
83. Matt Vermilyea Perrysburg, OH 9 22-11 28
Day 1: 5 13-12 Day 2: 4 08-15
84. James Elam Tulsa, OK 10 22-11 27
Day 1: 5 09-01 Day 2: 5 13-10
85. Fred Roumbanis Bixby, OK 10 22-11 26
Day 1: 5 10-12 Day 2: 5 11-15
86. Matt Lee Guntersville, AL 10 22-10 25
Day 1: 5 14-06 Day 2: 5 08-04
87. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 10 22-10 24
Day 1: 5 10-04 Day 2: 5 12-06
88. Adrian Avena Vineland, NJ 10 22-09 23
Day 1: 5 12-05 Day 2: 5 10-04
89. Gary Klein Weatherford, TX 10 22-03 22
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 5 08-01
90. Morizo Shimizu Suita, Osaka JAPAN 10 22-02 21
Day 1: 5 13-01 Day 2: 5 09-01
91. Paul Elias Laurel, MS 10 20-15 20
Day 1: 5 09-12 Day 2: 5 11-03
92. Chad Morgenthaler Reeds Spring, MO 10 20-02 19
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 5 06-13
93. Matt Reed Jr Madisonville, TX 10 20-02 18
Day 1: 5 08-11 Day 2: 5 11-07
94. John Hunter Jr Shelbyville, KY 10 20-02 17
Day 1: 5 10-14 Day 2: 5 09-04
95. Mark Davis Mount Ida, AR 10 19-15 16
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 08-04
96. Dave Lefebre Erie, PA 10 19-14 15
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 06-14
97. Clent Davis Montevallo, AL 9 19-04 14
Day 1: 5 10-00 Day 2: 4 09-04
98. Shane Lineberger Lincolnton, NC 8 19-01 13
Day 1: 5 08-00 Day 2: 3 11-01
99. J Todd Tucker Moultrie, GA 10 19-00 12
Day 1: 5 07-06 Day 2: 5 11-10
100. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 10 18-14 11
Day 1: 5 12-09 Day 2: 5 06-05
101. Brandon Card Caryville, TN 9 18-09 10
Day 1: 5 12-08 Day 2: 4 06-01
102. Yusuke Miyazaki Forney, TX 10 18-09 9
Day 1: 5 10-13 Day 2: 5 07-12
103. Byron Velvick Boenre, TX 10 18-09 8
Day 1: 5 08-15 Day 2: 5 09-10
104. Carl Jocumsen Queensland TX AUSTRALIA 8 18-06 7
Day 1: 5 10-11 Day 2: 3 07-11
105. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 10 17-13 6
Day 1: 5 10-10 Day 2: 5 07-03
106. Russ Lane Prattville, AL 10 17-00 5
Day 1: 5 11-04 Day 2: 5 05-12
107. Tommy Biffle Wagoner, OK 7 11-10 4
Day 1: 5 08-09 Day 2: 2 03-01
108. John Murray Spring City, TN 5 11-08 3
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
109. Brandon Coulter Knoxville, TN 6 11-01 2
Day 1: 5 08-13 Day 2: 1 02-04
110. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 2 04-06 1
Day 1: 2 04-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
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Elite Rookie Jay Brainard Feels He Is Where He Is Supposed To Be.
Brainard, Where he feels he’s supposed to be.
When 28-year-old, Elite Series Rookie Jay Brainard launched his boat on the opening day of the 2016 Elite Series, he claimed to feel no butterflies. “Its just another tournament day, another launch. The nervous part hit later on when I caught my first fish, That’s when I started to get a little shaky.”
Brainard, the 2015 Central Open Points Champion was ready to go once his Crossed Industries wrapped Bass Cat Eyra finally hit the water. “For Rookies, when you find out you have qualified for the Elites, the time crunch to get everything done, sponsorships, vehicles, boat, motor, gear etc. is so tight.” “I was a nervous wreck just trying to get down here (St. Johns) for official practice.” Brainard said. “Once we launched and got going I was good. I was ready to go.”
From Enid, Oklahoma, the former Bull Fighter admitted to having a horrible practice. “I spent a lot of time down here prior to the cut-off and the conditions changed so much in that time that my official practice here this week was not great. When I pulled out of the campground on day one I decided I was just going fishing and do what I do best.”
A big fan of sight fishing, Brainard relied on a few areas he had seen some fish in practice but didn’t want to fish in the crowd. “That’s not what I wanted to do, but I pulled into an area where I had found a few and that’s when I saw that 6-1/2 pounder laying on the bed.” Excited about the opportunity at a good limit, Brainard went to work on the fish. “I made few flips to the fish with a soft plastic and then she finally bit. That’s when the nerves kicked in.”
Photo courtesy of BASS
Weighing in a limit worth 18 pounds on his first day on the job, good enough for 30th place, has Brainard excited for what today holds. “(Thursday) felt good. It felt good to be back in my office so to speak. I was able to settle down and do a few different things and it just made me more comfortable with what lies ahead.
Photo Courtesy of BASS
Brainard's title sponsor this year is newly formed Crossed Industries. Crossed is bringing the automotive side to the fishing side to help anglers do more to their towing vehicles as well as their boats. “it’s a really neat deal (crossed) and I am very thankful and very blessed to be associated with some of the top names in the industry, Strike King Lure Company, Bass Cat Boats, Mercury Marine, 13 Fishing, to name a few. They are like family to me.” “Working with those caliber folks and being on the Elite Series, I feel like I’m where I’m supposed to be.” Brainard concluded.
Follow along all day here on AnglersChannel.com as the Elite Series Cut day is underway on the St Johns river. The field will be cut down to the top 50 after todays weigh-in.
Lester Leads Tight Field Heading Into Day 2 Of The Slugfest On The St. Johns River.
Lester Leads Tight Field on First Day of 2016 Bassmaster Elite Series
Brandon Lester brought 23 pounds, 13 ounces of St Johns River bass to the scale in Palatka, Fla. to take the Day 1 lead at the first Elite series derby of 2016.
Lester’s lead of less than a pound is substantial in light of the tight weights that dominate the leader board. His competitors follow with 3 sacks of better than 22 pounds, 5 more that are heavier than 21 and another 5 that are north of the 20 pound mark. After that the weights remain packed down the 110 man field. Ties, even 3-way ties, are numerous.
Lester, who weighed in the days first 9-pound class fish actually found the fish late on the final practice day. “I originally thought that fish was around 6 to 6-1/2 pounds when I found her yesterday (Wednesday) Then when I hooked her today and got her in the boat I realized I was way off.”
Elite Series rookie Drew Benton of Panama City, Fla. is 2nd with 22-15. Benton fishing his first tournament on the St. Johns River was pretty excited about his day and his chances tomorrow. “The weather will dictate a lot of what I do tomorrow. I need to go out and catch all I can early and then see what the rest of the weekend holds. The clouds don’t bother me as much as the wind, I’m looking at them like most of the field and would like for the wind to stay down.”
Veteran pro Cliff Crochet is sitting in 3rd with 22-14 and is “feeling good.” Says Crochet. “Its great to get out of the gate on a good start, everyone is at zero and the hardest thing to do is climb out of a hole, so I am glad to kick this year off to a good start.” Crochet added, “Its like being in a tie game and hitting a 3-pointer, its exciting, unlike being down by 20 points and hitting a 3-pointer, that ain’t exciting…”
Crochet will be one to watch as he told us he was not fishing in the crowds, but had his own little deal going. “I’m looking for certain things and certain areas and then I go to work, I’m covering water..”
Veteran Randall Tharp had 22-10. Good enough for 4th place.
Cliff Pace and Jason Williamson (what did we say about those ties) round out the top 5 with 21-10 apiece.
Newly-crowned Classic Champ Edwin Evers had the day’s biggest bass at 9 pounds, 13 ounces. She anchors a 20-5 sack that is good for 12th place. They say momentum is a big deal in the sport of bass fishing. Evers is giving some credibility to that assertion.
Nobody zeroed today. Only one angler failed to catch a 5-fish limit. The river is fishing extremely well and we should be in for a show this week!
Of course, this means that everybody still has a shot at this thing. The guys who find a couple of the big girls tomorrow will be fishing on Saturday. There will be movement in the standings by this time tomorrow.
As for technique, it looks as though the majority were sight fishing, with a few guys doing something else, but for all intent and purpose, this is a hunting derby. Lake George was crowded and, due to warm weather, anglers weren’t the only ones out there. Jet skiers and airboaters paraded around and over the spawning flats.
Lester foud the big one today, Can he do it again tomorrow? Who will join him on Sunday after the cut is made?
We will find out tomorrow! Check back here at Anglerschannel.com
Robertson Leads The Field With Over 20 Pounds - Top 30 Are Stacked Tight. Kavros Leads Co-Anglers!
Today the pros finally got to mash the gas and see exactly what Hartwell could produce. On a scale of 1 to 10 for sight-fishing conditions, today ranked a 10 plus with bright blue sunny skies and not a breath of wind. Anglers were not confined to just pockets or coves for sight-fishing; they could have sight-fished on main-lake shoals if they wanted.
The result was a weigh-in dominated by bass that were being looked at when they were caught. Hartwell showed out with multiple 15-pound bags. In fact, 27 limits topped the scales at 15 pounds or better on the pro side. The top 20-cut after day one stands at 15 pounds, 10 ounces.
In all there was only one bag that cracked the 20-pound mark. That limit belonged to Darrel Robertson of Jay, Okla., who brought in 20 pounds, 6 ounces.
Robertson did his share of peeping today, but his three biggest bass actually came off docks.
Ironically, Robertson had every intention of going far north and fishing the stained water after his practice period. But when he got an early boat draw last night, he decided to go pluck a few bedders from the clear water first because he knew he would be the first one to them.
“Several years ago I got burned on this lake trying to sight-fish,” Robertson recalls. “I had a bunch of fish found, but I had a late boat number, and by the time I got down there, everything had been picked off. So initially, I had not planned to go to the clear water today. But once I got an early draw, I decided to go check a few I had found on beds, and they were still there.”
Robertson sight-fished a limit for about 12 pounds, but was able to upgrade by replacing three of them with big bruisers that were sunning under docks.
“All week I’ve seen fish cruising around and floating up real high under docks,” Robertson says. “I got really blessed today and caught three big ones that way. Two of them came from under the same dock.”
If you’re wondering why Robertson is so vocal about exactly how he caught his leading limit, it’s because he does not even plan to go do it again tomorrow. He says his plan since practice has been to utilize different parts of the lake each day, and he is going to stick with it by going somewhere totally different tomorrow.
“I’m going way up one of the rivers tomorrow,” Robertson reveals. “I don’t think I could even catch 15 pounds tomorrow where I was today. I was real blessed today in that clear water, and I’m not going to push my luck so I’m going 180 degrees the other way.”
Kavros takes co-angler lead with 12-14
Never say Chuck Kavros doesn’t heed what he’s been taught.
The co-angler from Grass Valley, Calif., practiced with Cody Meyer for the Hartwell event – an experience Kavros dubbed “going to the 'Cody Meyer School of Fishing.'”
“I learned a lot from him,” says Kavros, whose 12-14 bag leads by 2 ounces over Neil Farlow. “The biggest lesson was that if I did this one thing all day I’d catch a lot of fish, and some of them would be good ones.”
The student did his teacher proud, sticking with one key technique that he wanted to keep quiet. Kavros had a limit by 10 a.m., but the bite got tough for him and his pro, Mike Surman, until 1:30 p.m. In the final hour, Kavros was able to cull three key fish to get to his leading weight.
Lester Jumps Out To Slim Lead In St Johns River Slugfest! (Bass Report)
Early Big Fish Lifts Lester Into Lead In Elite Series Opener On The St. Johns River
PALATKA, Fla. — During the final round of practice for the Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River presented by Dick Cepek Tires & Wheels, Tennessee angler Brandon Lester found a giant largemouth bass on a spawning bed.
He was so excited about the fish that he texted some of his family members and told them to pay attention to Bassmaster.com when the tournament began, because he thought he could make something special happen early.
Hopefully they took it to heart.
Lester went straight to the big fish Thursday morning — and caught it on his fourth cast — to set the tone for a fantastic day of sight fishing. The bass, which weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces, anchored a five-fish limit that tipped the scales at 23-13 and gave Lester the opening-round lead.
“Honestly, I thought the fish was about a 6 1/2- or 7-pounder,” said Lester, who is seeking his first B.A.S.S. win. “Once they get over 7 pounds, when they’re sitting in the water, it’s hard to tell.”
When anglers find fish on spawning beds one day, it’s usually a safe bet they’ll still be there the next. So Lester went prepared to fish for the giant bass Thursday morning with a heavy rod, strong braided line and a big lure.
After seeing that the big female fish wasn’t interested in heavy tackle, he switched to a lighter spinning rig in hopes of catching the smaller male bass that was guarding the bed.
But things didn’t work out like he planned.
“I picked my spinning rod up with a little wacky rig,” Lester said. “The male grabbed it, and I missed him twice. I pitched back in there, and the bait started swimming off again. When I set the hook, it was the big fish.”
That left Lester to battle a gigantic bass on a lighter rod with 12-pound-test line — in a tournament where landing nets aren’t allowed.
“It was chaos for a minute,” he said. “But it worked out OK.”
With much of the field sight fishing for bedding bass, it could be difficult for anglers to duplicate their Day 1 results when Friday’s second round begins. Many of the fish that were located during practice were caught Thursday, and it’s hard to say for sure if more will move up during the tournament.
Still, Lester said he feels good about his prospects — and he doesn’t believe the approaching cold front will have much of an effect on the spawning cycle.
“We’re coming up on the full moon, so hopefully that’ll overtake the cold front,” he said. “The water is 76 degrees, so it should be warm enough that the cold front won’t drop it down — at least not enough to run the fish off the beds.”
Elite Series newcomer Drew Benton of Panama City, Fla., is second with 22-15, and Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part, La., is third with 22-14. Crochet suffered a 4-ounce penalty for weighing in a dead fish.
If the weather does turn nasty with wind and rain, Benton said it could actually work in his favor.
“A lot of the guys who can catch them when it’s slick and sunny are kind of struggling a little bit,” Benton said. “But when it’s cloudy and windy, that’s kind of when I excel. I’ve got young eyes, and I can see them a little bit better."
Benton conceded, however, that the bedding fish could grow scarce after Friday’s second round.
“I spent the last half of the day marking some fish, and I plan to go out Friday and catch as much weight as I can,” he said. “Then I’ll just kind of scramble around the last two days.
“That’s the thing about sight fishing tournaments — you’ve kind of got to burn them and look for new fish as the week goes on.”
Despite the dead-fish penalty, Crochet had one of the better days he’s had in recent memory. After earning only one check on the Elite Series in 2015, he’s within striking distance of his first career win with B.A.S.S.
“About halfway through last year, I could tell things just weren’t going right,” Crochet said. “I’ve been waiting for a day like this pretty much since the end of the 2014 season.
“It’s been a long time coming.”
2016 Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River presented by Dick Cepek Tires & Wheels 3/17-3/20
St. Johns River, Palatka FL.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 2
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 5 23-13 0
Day 1: 5 23-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
2. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 5 22-15 0
Day 1: 5 22-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
3. Cliff Crochet Pierre Part, LA 5 22-14 0
Day 1: 5 22-14 Day 2: 0 00-00
4. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 5 22-10 0
Day 1: 5 22-10 Day 2: 0 00-00
5. Cliff Pace Petal, MS 5 21-10 0
Day 1: 5 21-10 Day 2: 0 00-00
5. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 5 21-10 0
Day 1: 5 21-10 Day 2: 0 00-00
7. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 5 21-06 0
Day 1: 5 21-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
8. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 5 21-05 0
Day 1: 5 21-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
9. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 5 21-00 0
Day 1: 5 21-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
10. Jordan Lee Grant, AL 5 20-15 0
Day 1: 5 20-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
11. Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 5 20-09 0
Day 1: 5 20-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
12. Edwin Evers Talala, OK 5 20-05 0
Day 1: 5 20-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
13. Randy Howell Guntersville, AL 5 20-01 0
Day 1: 5 20-01 Day 2: 0 00-00
13. Billy McCaghren Jr Mayflower, AR 5 20-01 0
Day 1: 5 20-01 Day 2: 0 00-00
15. Mike McClelland Bella Vista, AR 5 19-15 0
Day 1: 5 19-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
16. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 5 19-14 0
Day 1: 5 19-14 Day 2: 0 00-00
17. Luke Clausen Otis Orchards, WA 5 19-13 0
Day 1: 5 19-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
18. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 5 19-08 0
Day 1: 5 19-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
18. Brent Ehrler Newport Beach, CA 5 19-08 0
Day 1: 5 19-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
20. Josh Bertrand Gilbert, AZ 5 19-07 0
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 0 00-00
21. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 5 19-02 0
Day 1: 5 19-02 Day 2: 0 00-00
22. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 5 19-00 0
Day 1: 5 19-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
23. Britt Myers Lake Wylie, SC 5 18-14 0
Day 1: 5 18-14 Day 2: 0 00-00
24. Skeet Reese Auburn, CA 5 18-11 0
Day 1: 5 18-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
25. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 5 18-09 0
Day 1: 5 18-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
26. Randy Allen Shreveport, LA 5 18-08 0
Day 1: 5 18-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
27. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 5 18-05 0
Day 1: 5 18-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
28. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 5 18-04 0
Day 1: 5 18-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
29. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 5 18-03 0
Day 1: 5 18-03 Day 2: 0 00-00
30. Jay Brainard Enid, OK 5 18-00 0
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
31. Ish Monroe Hughson, CA 5 17-10 0
Day 1: 5 17-10 Day 2: 0 00-00
32. Ken Iyobe Tokoname Aichi JAPAN 5 17-08 0
Day 1: 5 17-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
33. Seth Feider Bloomington, MN 5 17-05 0
Day 1: 5 17-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
34. Ott DeFoe Knoxville, TN 5 17-04 0
Day 1: 5 17-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
35. Greg Vinson Wetumpka, AL 5 17-03 0
Day 1: 5 17-03 Day 2: 0 00-00
36. Jared Lintner Arroyo Grande, CA 5 17-02 0
Day 1: 5 17-02 Day 2: 0 00-00
37. Terry Scroggins San Mateo, FL 5 16-14 0
Day 1: 5 16-14 Day 2: 0 00-00
38. Rick Clunn Ava, MO 5 16-11 0
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
38. Chad Grigsby Maple Grove, MN 5 16-11 0
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
40. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 5 16-09 0
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
41. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 5 16-06 0
Day 1: 5 16-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
42. Jonathon VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 5 16-05 0
Day 1: 5 16-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
43. Fletcher Shryock New Philadelphia, OH 5 16-04 0
Day 1: 5 16-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
44. Brett Hite Phoenix, AZ 5 16-00 0
Day 1: 5 16-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
45. Koby Kreiger Bokeelia, FL 5 15-13 0
Day 1: 5 15-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
46. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 5 15-11 0
Day 1: 5 15-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
47. James Niggemeyer Van, TX 5 15-09 0
Day 1: 5 15-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
48. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 5 15-08 0
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
49. Takahiro Omori Emory, TX 5 15-08 0
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
50. Gerald Swindle Warrior, AL 5 15-07 0
Day 1: 5 15-07 Day 2: 0 00-00
51. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 5 15-04 0
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
52. Davy Hite Ninety Six, SC 5 15-02 0
Day 1: 5 15-02 Day 2: 0 00-00
53. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 5 15-01 0
Day 1: 5 15-01 Day 2: 0 00-00
54. Dennis Tietje Roanoke, LA 5 14-15 0
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
55. Andy Montgomery Blacksburg, SC 5 14-13 0
Day 1: 5 14-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
56. Chris Lane Guntersville, AL 5 14-09 0
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
57. Casey Scanlon Rocky Mount, MO 5 14-09 0
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
58. Hank Cherry Jr Maiden, NC 5 14-07 0
Day 1: 5 14-07 Day 2: 0 00-00
58. Kelly Jordon Flint, TX 5 14-07 0
Day 1: 5 14-07 Day 2: 0 00-00
60. Matt Lee Guntersville, AL 5 14-06 0
Day 1: 5 14-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
60. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 5 14-06 0
Day 1: 5 14-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
60. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 5 14-06 0
Day 1: 5 14-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
63. Tim Horton Muscle Shoals, AL 5 14-04 0
Day 1: 5 14-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
64. Gary Klein Weatherford, TX 5 14-02 0
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 0 00-00
64. Jacob Powroznik Port Haywood, VA 5 14-02 0
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 0 00-00
66. Stephen Browning Hot Springs, AR 5 13-15 0
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
66. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 5 13-15 0
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
68. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 5 13-13 0
Day 1: 5 13-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
69. Matt Vermilyea Perrysburg, OH 5 13-12 0
Day 1: 5 13-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
70. Brent Chapman Lake Quivira, KS 5 13-05 0
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
70. Chad Morgenthaler Reeds Spring, MO 5 13-05 0
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
72. Chris Zaldain Laughlin, NV 5 13-03 0
Day 1: 5 13-03 Day 2: 0 00-00
73. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 5 13-02 0
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 0 00-00
74. Morizo Shimizu Suita, Osaka JAPAN 5 13-01 0
Day 1: 5 13-01 Day 2: 0 00-00
75. Dave Lefebre Erie, PA 5 13-00 0
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
75. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 5 13-00 0
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
77. Jeff Kriet Ardmore, OK 5 12-12 0
Day 1: 5 12-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
77. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 5 12-12 0
Day 1: 5 12-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
79. David Walker Sevierville, TN 5 12-12 0
Day 1: 5 12-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
80. Shaw Grigsby Jr. Gainesville, FL 5 12-09 0
Day 1: 5 12-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
80. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 5 12-09 0
Day 1: 5 12-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
82. Brandon Card Caryville, TN 5 12-08 0
Day 1: 5 12-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
83. Adrian Avena Vineland, NJ 5 12-05 0
Day 1: 5 12-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
84. Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL 5 11-15 0
Day 1: 5 11-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
85. Kotaro Kiriyama Moody, AL 5 11-14 0
Day 1: 5 11-14 Day 2: 0 00-00
86. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 5 11-12 0
Day 1: 5 11-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
87. Mark Davis Mount Ida, AR 5 11-11 0
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
88. John Murray Spring City, TN 5 11-08 0
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
89. Russ Lane Prattville, AL 5 11-04 0
Day 1: 5 11-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
89. Scott Rook Little Rock, AR 5 11-04 0
Day 1: 5 11-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
91. John Hunter Jr Shelbyville, KY 5 10-14 0
Day 1: 5 10-14 Day 2: 0 00-00
92. Brett Preuett Monroe, LA 5 10-13 0
Day 1: 5 10-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
93. Yusuke Miyazaki Forney, TX 5 10-13 0
Day 1: 5 10-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
94. Fred Roumbanis Bixby, OK 5 10-12 0
Day 1: 5 10-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
95. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 5 10-12 0
Day 1: 5 10-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
96. Carl Jocumsen Queensland TX AUSTRALIA 5 10-11 0
Day 1: 5 10-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
97. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 5 10-10 0
Day 1: 5 10-10 Day 2: 0 00-00
98. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 5 10-04 0
Day 1: 5 10-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
99. Clent Davis Montevallo, AL 5 10-00 0
Day 1: 5 10-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
100. Paul Elias Laurel, MS 5 09-12 0
Day 1: 5 09-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
101. David Williams Newton, NC 5 09-07 0
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 0 00-00
102. James Elam Tulsa, OK 5 09-01 0
Day 1: 5 09-01 Day 2: 0 00-00
103. Byron Velvick Boenre, TX 5 08-15 0
Day 1: 5 08-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
104. Brandon Coulter Knoxville, TN 5 08-13 0
Day 1: 5 08-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
105. Matt Reed Jr Madisonville, TX 5 08-11 0
Day 1: 5 08-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
106. Tommy Biffle Wagoner, OK 5 08-09 0
Day 1: 5 08-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
107. Fabian Rodriguez Ocean City, DE 5 08-06 0
Day 1: 5 08-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
108. Shane Lineberger Lincolnton, NC 5 08-00 0
Day 1: 5 08-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
109. J Todd Tucker Moultrie, GA 5 07-06 0
Day 1: 5 07-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
110. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 2 04-06 0
Day 1: 2 04-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
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Flw Or Bass - Which To Fish And Which To Watch.......
March 17, 2016….. Its Thursday Morning and I’m a fan.
Fan of the Bassmaster Elite Series.
Fan of the FLW Tour.
I have good friends who fish on both sides of this proverbial ball and I cheer for them all.
The second stop of the FLW Tour kicked off today on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina.
451 miles south, the first stop of the 2016 Season for the Bassmaster Elites kicks off today as well, but on the St. Johns River in Palatka, FL.
Yes, I admit while I am typing this, I have two browser windows open on my computer.
One is on the FLW Twitter page, watching for updates. The other on Bassmaster.com and the Basstrakk page and live blog.
I love the fact I can watch these pages, the videos posted and all the info that is now what we know as Bass fishing on the internet.
Reports are already coming in on who has a limit, who caught a fish off a dock and who is doing what, where, when, why and how.
I’m a fan first.
What I am not crazy about is having to choose. Choose between FLW and BASS on the same weeks.
Granted, I make my living in the fishing industry but I don’t have to catch 5 fish a day to do it. I’m no where near the caliber of these guys and never tried to be. I like where I sit and what I do.
What bothers me though are the good friends of mine who have worked so hard to qualify for one tour or the other and then with a conflict in schedules they have to choose.
Here or there. FLW or BASS.
These guys make their living fishing in tournaments. FLW, BASS, Opens, Costas, BASS Nation, BFL’s. Yes, it’s a hard way to make a living, but for them, it works.
A good friend of mine is a rookie on the Elite Tour this year. He came over from the FLW side where he was very successful. “CB, If I could fish both trails I would. Yeah, it’s a lot of money in entry fees and so forth, but the reward is greater if I have a good year. I would rather have that option, I would rather fish as much as I can.”
This year the Elite guys will fish 9 tournaments and the FLW guys 6. To some that’s a bunch, to others its not enough. The FLW Tour will be done and finished by late July. (They did add two events AFTER the cup) The Elite Series a couple months later.
“We have 6 tournaments on the FLW Tour to qualify for the cup.” One FLW buddy told me, “You can’t dig yourself a hole and expect to climb out of it.”
The Elite guys have a a few more events to qualify for the end of the year AOY Event and ultimately the Classic but for the guys who have fished both tours in the past and done well, that option is no longer.
For the guys who want to fish both sides I feel for them.
Last year we saw several “Two Tour Pro’s” cross the Classic and FLW Cup Stages. Several had career years on both tours.
My opinion is, if you can afford it and you can make the travel work, more power to you.
Many of them are gone for extended lengths of time and the more they fish the more they can earn. Sponsor money, contingency money, bonuses, you name it. The exposure for sponsors is huge when fishing multiple trails and more events each year. Thus making them more appealing to sponsors.
I hate it for these guys, for my buddies.
I wish the schedules had worked out differently.
I wish my buddies had the option to fish both sides and make a career on both tours.
I guess I get it.
But, I guess I don’t.
As Fans, I hope we have the bandwidth to keep up with both weigh-ins today live on-line.
For my buddies fishing, I wish big limits all 4 days, on both tours.
For FLW and BASS, I wish we could all just get along.
I would love to hear your comments and opinions on this. Please feel free to comment below.
Countdown To Blastoff With Ac Pro Staffer Rob Digh-Abt, Cbc, Flw Tour, Elites, And More This Weekend!
AC Pro Staffer Rob Digh shares his thoughts on what could be an incredible weekend around our region with big Tournaments, and we mean BIG, almost everywhere! Find out our take on what it will take at each Lake right here!!
Just As We Catch Our Breath From The Classic, Elite Series Kicks Off On The St. Johns River!
Just as we catch our breath following a whirlwind Classic that saw Edwin Evers take the title with a record-breaking final day catch, 111 Bassmaster pros get set to take on Florida’s St John’s River in the 2016 Elite Series opener.
Evers won an Elite Series tourney out of Palatka in 2011. Hot off his Classic win, he returns now with momentum, in general, and past knowledge of the river working in his favor.
Launching from Palatka City Docks the pros will fan out along a vast stretch of mile-wide tidal river which connects numerous lakes and features enormous eelgrass flats. Countless docks and laydown logs dot the banks. Shell bars squat, unseen, along channel markers and offshore ledges. But it is the grass that will likely hold the winning fish.
Chris Lane won the most recent Elite Series tourney, held here in 2014, by flipping pads south of Astor.
This week the eel grass should predominate as the favorite form of cover for top tournament finishers. Multitudes of big bass spawn in the grass flats of Lake George. They use the same cover farther north on the river as weather warms. Normally, this time of year residential canals are the best bet for those heading down river (which is north on the ‘backwards-flowing’ St Johns) but temperatures have risen so suddenly over the past week that main river grass flats may be in play, especially for those who would rather key on pre-spawn bass by blind casting instead trying to sight fish.
Anglers can head as far north as time will allow and expect to catch solid sacks of fish. This may alleviate crowding in historically popular places such as the west side of George. Were the weather still cold, we’d see many more pros packed into those areas well south of Palatka.
The canals all along the river are excellent places to find bedding bass. Shad too should be spawning in the backs of these cuts and a white/chartreuse Chatterbait is a great tool before the sun rises high enough to shut off that particular bite. When that bites does die it is time to scan for beds.
When Evers won here a few years ago the ‘nail in the coffin’ for his competitors came as he located a giant in very shallow water hidden behind a stand of reeds on Crescent Lake. Hot off his Classic win Evers should be fishing relaxed and making decisions with confidence this week.
While Lane flipped for the win during the last visit, he was also catching bedding bass in the process. He just wasn’t looking right at them because they were spawning on roots of lily pads beneath a tangle of gator vines – a major reason his fish hung around even after the area had been sprayed by authorities seeking to kill the vegetation back. Brandon Palaniuk found the same fish but bailed after seeing the spray boat. Lane then had the winning fish all to himself which is a rare occurrence in Florida but seemingly a necessity on the big river.
It will be interesting to see how things play out this time. Who will find the best overlooked spot?
For certain, the eventual winner this week will be focusing on bass that are in some stage of the spawning process. If he elects to run north, he will also have to take tidal fluctuations into account. An extra foot or two of water can hide beds that were visible at low tide. Conversely, when the water drops out aggressive fish get spooky, even downright unapproachable at times.
On the other hand, by running south anglers can minimize the effects of the twice-daily ebb and flow. Add to that the fact that Lake George will give up the greatest number of kicker fish across the entire tournament field and it is easy to understand why crowds form on the picturesque lake. Three pound buck bass have been known to attack a push pole as it touches down in their nest. While watching pros from a distance of well over 100 yards, I’ve seen numerous 6-to-10-pound females pull up on sandy spots near our own boat. At times big fish seem to be everywhere.
George will be a popular place, as will Lakes Woodruff and Crescent. All have produced wins here. The dark horse location is the north end of the river.
The dark horse technique would be winding a spinnerbait, Chatterbait or Rat-L-Trap along eel grass edges.
If playing Fantasy Fishing, go with guys who have a track record here. For all the variables involved, the big river is remarkably consistent over the years. Specific spots that produced decades ago still do so at the same time of year even now. This means that guys who’ve been before can sometimes actually do well by ‘fishing on history’ – commonly thought to be a big no-no by tournament pros. After all, how else do you pare down a 310-mile-long river that flows backward?
Stay Tuned for more coverage each day from the Elite Series Opener on the St. Johns River, Here at AnglersChannel.com
Interviews With The Top 3 Teams From Abt's Second Stop In The South Division On Lay Lake
The Second stop on the Alabama Bass Trails South Division on Lay Lake showed out with the Top 3 teams having over 21lbs and the winners dropping a 25.29 limit on the scales. Watch as the the Top 3 clue us in on what they were doing and how they caught their fish.
Thibodeaux And Bacon Top A Field Of 307 Teams To Win On Sam Rayburn At Bass Champs
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Skeeter Bass Champs East Region held their third tournament of the year at Sam Rayburn on March 12, 2016. Challenging conditions on and off the lake did not daunt 307 teams to fish for a portion of the total purse worth more than $83,000. Richard Bacon of Basile, LA and Shannon Thibodeaux of Diboll, TX topped the field taking home over $20,000. Just days prior to the tournament, Texas had been inundated with record setting flooding rains. While many lakes in Texas have been closed due to the high water, Rayburn is in good shape less than two feet over full pool at tournament time. On tournament day, the water was still rising at a rate of ¾” per hour. Initial take-off was delayed by an hour due to heavy fog. Isolated thunderstorms made their way across the lake around midday, soaking anglers as they searched for the fish they needed to garner a check. By afternoon, the rains were gone and the sun was a welcome sight to wrap up the day. The scales stayed open until 6pm giving all flights time to weigh in. “With only one event to go, we also offered a $500 bonus drawing for everyone who elected not to weigh in their fish to help with conservation,” Chad Potts, Bass Champs President announced. “With this many teams, we have our staff down by the water letting everyone coming in what weight it is taking to be in the money. Unless they are in the running for Anglers of the Year with only one event to go, they can elect not to weigh their catch and putting their fish through the stress of the weigh in process, and still have a chance to win $500.” As teams brought their fish in, a wide variety of catch methods were reported. Many flipped jigs in newly flooded areas, others went deeper with Carolina rigs. Weightless soft plastics were also working for some, among other lures. Cody Conkle & Ty Tomplait started the Big Bass race with their 7.83 lb kicker. Then Danny Bennett and Chad Hoke took over the Big Bass lead with their 8.00 lb sow. Kevin Walker Jr with Jeff Bridges caught an 8.70, then the biggest of them all was weighed in when Chad and Brent Kemp brought in a giant weighing 9.82 lbs. In the meantime, the 20+ pound sacks started trickling in. Martin Elshout and Mark Price brought in the first weighing 20.40 lbs. Before the scales closed, their weight would be beat three times giving them a 4th place overall finish. When it was all said and done, Richard Bacon and Shannon Thibodeaux took the win with 21.39 pounds. “We flipped bushes all day in about 6’ of water,” the team explained. They used black & blue jigs catching about 12 keepers throughout the day. “We figured it would take about 28 pounds to win. Would have never thought we won it!” They were presented with the $20,000 check for 1st place plus another $400 from Power pole and $250 for the Lowrance GEN3 bonus. Nick Lebrun from Bossier City, LA and Clint Lipham of Conroe, TX won 2nd place with their 20.63 lb limit. “We fished shallow water in the bushes all day and just covered a lot of water. We know the lake well, and had five areas picked out. Three of them were primary areas and produced a lot of bites. We had about 15 pounds in the boat by 9am, and 18 pounds by noon. Our last cull was at 4:00.” Bass Champs presented the team $6,500 for their 2nd place win, and they would like to thank H & W Marine, Skeeter Boats, Yamaha, Bass Pro Shops, Elite Tungsten, V&M Baits, Quantum and Balangee Sports. 3rd place was won by Trenton Vardeman of Huntington, TX and Cole Stewart of Hemphill. They had a 20.63 lb sack and found their fish in water up to 20’ deep. “We started fishing in the deeper water, then headed to shallow water and flipped. We just went back and forth throughout the day.” It was a winning tactic, paying the team $5,000 for their day. The Big Bass of the day was brought in by Chad and Brent Kemp. “We flipped hay grass and bushes all day in the mid lake area. We caught our big one at 11:00.” Their big fish weighed in at 9.82 lbs, winning a check for $1,000. It helped to anchor their 10th place overall win for another check for $1,600. They were also the highest finishing team in a qualified Skeeter boat, doubling their money with another check for $2,600 then they won the Costa Cash for another $200. What a day! All total 40 teams were paid, the last $600 check going to the team of Chris Huebel of Nederland, TX and Kurt Estes of Orange, TX with 16.52 lbs. The top five teams in the Anglers of the Year race for the East Region with only one event to go are: The East Region will wrap up their season May 7th on Toledo Bend at Cypress Bend. In the meantime, Bass Champs staff and crew are headed to Lake Fork for the world’s richest one day hourly bass tournament, the Sportsmans Auto Network Mega Bass event. “We are guaranteeing a payout of $20,000 EVERY hour, regardless of entries!” stated Potts. “The angler who catches the biggest bass of the day will also win a Skeeter ZX 200 powered by Yamaha.” And the entry fee? Only $160!
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Baty & Wholey Take Top Honors In Goodyear Bass Club Opener On Shearon Harris Lake
The 1st tournament on the #GoodyearBassClub 2016 schedule is in the books. I want to thank everyone of the 25 boats that attended, especially all the new guest that attended we are glad to have you. We look forward to our numbers continuing to grow.
Our next tournament will be at:
March 29th
Falls Lake
Upper Barton Boat Ramp
Safe Light to 3pm
Harris fished well yesterday and alot of fish were caught, but as goes with fishing at Harris alot of the fish caught were slot-fish.
The results are as follows:
1st Place
Chip Baty and Jim Wholey (pictured above)
5 Fish
16.23lbs
*Also won Big Fish with a 9.08lb bass*
2nd Place
Donnie Haney and Leonard Faircloth
3 Fish
13.19lbs
3rd Place
Mitch Hargrove and Tommy Stewart
4 Fish
11.16lbs
Bfl Results From Saturday 3/12 - Ozark, Volunteer And Music City Divisions. Upcoming Schedule
BFL Results from Saturday 3/12:
Marcua Sykora weighed a limit worth 24.15lbs to win the Ozark Division BFL on Lake of the Ozarks
Derrick Snavely of Rogersville, TN wins the Volunteer BFL Opener on Norris Lake with 16.10lbs
Roberts Regan of Byrdstown took home top honors in the Musuc City BFL opener on Dale Hollow with 20.10 lbs.
Congratulations to all the anglers and winners this past weekend.
3/19 BFL Schedule
Shenandoah Division #1 - Smith Lake
Bama Division #1 - Lake Martin
Mountain Division #1 - Dale Hollow
For information on other tournamenrts in your area, Click the Tournament Tracker Link below.
Goggins And Headley Drop Over 25Lbs On The Scales To Win Alabama Bass Trail Lay Lake Stop
Goggins and Headley Weigh in 25.29 Limit to win the ABT South Division Stop #2.
Columbiana, Ala. March 12, 2016 – While it may not have the legendary big weight reputation of Lake Guntersville, Lay Lake, the historic Coosa River bass fishery in Central Alabama showed just how good it can be despite favorable conditions taking a turn the day before the second Alabama Bass Trail Southern Division event of the 2016 season.
Warm, stable conditions had been the norm for the week leading up to the March 12, 2016 event, but as can happen, things took a turn as the final practice day wore on and into the day of the event. Despite the fact that the conditions brought fresh, dirty water into the system, and the need to open the floodgates on the dams to deal with runoff, the team of Jeremy Headley and Anthony Goggins managed to bring a 25.29-pound limit of Lay lake largemouth to the scales and take home the trophy.
Headley and Goggins banked on the fact that they had located numbers of large females that had moved into lower lake spawning areas, and the fact that they knew how to adjust to the falling water levels. “We focused on the areas that we knew held big spawning females shallow, and adjusted to where we thought they may have moved to with the conditions,” said the team. “We found them with moving baits in practice, and once the pressure hit, and the water started falling, we started looking in the grass beds just outside those areas; it took us a little while, but we connected with them again.”
While they did not have a keeper in the livewell by midmorning, they rotated through creeks and pockets on the lower end of the lake until they started getting bites. “I was throwing a crankbait in the front of the boat and would get a movement or a missed strike and Anthony would flip a black and blue Beaver behind me,” said Headley. “Most of the fish we weighed today came on the Beaver, but the crankbait helped us locate which grassbeds held active fish.”
The pair earned $10,000 for their efforts and the win allowed them to climb to second place in the Southern Division Angler of the Year standings.
The team of John Canada and Bo Hunter used a dual strategy to finish second in the event. The pair went to the bottom of the lake to try and get a big largemouth bite or two early, then ran upriver to target heavy spotted bass as the current turned on. “We knew we had a couple hours before they turned the current on, so we down lake and tried for a couple big bites early,” said Canada. “I got a couple good ones on a black and blue swim jig early, then we ran up to the tailraces so Bo could do his magic with a swimbait; our plan worked.”
Canada and Hunter brought a mixed bag to the scales that weighed 22.82 pounds. Their performance earned them second place and a check for $5,000.
The team of Keith Youngblood and Ty Youngblood weighed 13.31 pounds for the day finishing 45th, their limit was bolstered by the Mountain Dew Big Bass of the tournament, an 8.08-pound largemouth. They earned the $500 Mt. Dew Big Bass award.
Final Results:
| Place | Team | Weight | Big Fish | Points | Winnings |
| 1 | Jeremy Headley/Anthony Goggins | 25.29 | 7.58 | 225 | $10,000 |
| 2 | Jon Canada/Bo Hunter | 22.82 | 0 | 224 | $5,000 |
| 3 | Clay Harris/Bradley Dean | 21.26 | 8.04 | 223 | $4,000 |
| 4 | Dustin Connell/James Connell | 21.18 | 0 | 222 | $3,000 |
| 5 | Buck Mcdonald/Larry Mcdonald | 19.6 | 0 | 221 | $2,000 |
| 6 | Caiden Sinclair / Philip Jones | 18.93 | 0 | 220 | $1,000 |
| 7 | Erick Sommers/Tommy Pegues | 18.76 | 0 | 219 | $900 |
| 8 | Jeff Richey/Howard Richey | 17.99 | 0 | 218 | $800 |
| 9 | Chad Schroeder/Charles Phillips | 17.85 | 5.12 | 217 | $700 |
| 10 | Jeston Anderson/Robert Robinson | 17.71 | 5.67 | 216 | $600 |
| 11 | Foster Bradley/Britt Lemley | 17.6 | 0 | 215 | $500 |
| 12 | Kyle Welcher/Chris Haynes | 17.11 | 0 | 214 | $500 |
| 13 | Cecil Williams/Jerry Davis | 16.98 | 0 | 213 | $500 |
| 14 | Derrick Millirons/Ronald Terry | 16.91 | 0 | 212 | $500 |
| 15 | John Pollard/Dallas Weldon | 16.45 | 0 | 211 | $500 |
| 16 | Chris Payne/James rawhide Smith | 16.35 | 0 | 210 | $500 |
| 17 | Marty Sumners/Simon Morrow | 16.16 | 7.05 | 209 | $500 |
| 18 | Paul Jones/Blake Stephens | 16 | 0 | 208 | $500 |
| 19 | Ryan Ingram/Jay Grogan | 15.96 | 0 | 207 | $500 |
| 20 | Andy Leslie/Grant Bennett | 15.91 | 0 | 206 | $500 |
| 21 | William Davis/Will Davis | 15.81 | 0 | 205 | $500 |
| 22 | Rex Chambers/Brent Crow | 15.8 | 0 | 204 | $500 |
| 23 | Radney Atchison/Joe Wikoff | 15.74 | 0 | 203 | $500 |
| 24 | Charles Beach/Chuck Beach jr | 15.61 | 0 | 202 | $500 |
| 25 | Mj Vihnanek/Murphy Klumpp | 15.6 | 0 | 201 | $500 |
| 26 | Steve Schoffstall/Mike Parrot | 15.57 | 0 | 200 | $500 |
| 27 | Mike Hardin/Michael Hardin | 15.37 | 0 | 199 | $500 |
| 28 | David Caylor/Robbie Pelt | 15.32 | 0 | 198 | $500 |
| 29 | Heath Greene/Ethan Greene | 15.13 | 0 | 197 | $500 |
| 30 | RJ Thompson/Ryan Kelley | 15.06 | 0 | 196 | $500 |
| 31 | Shelby Kinney/L. j. Mccollough | 15.05 | 0 | 195 | $500 |
| 32 | Nicholas Turner/Joe Lay | 15.02 | 0 | 194 | $500 |
| 33 | Chris Rutland/Coby Carden | 14.88 | 0 | 193 | $500 |
| 34 | Rickie Knight/Randall Carter | 14.78 | 0 | 192 | $500 |
| 35 | Keith Dees/Tommy Walley | 14.6 | 0 | 191 | $500 |
| 36 | Marty Gidens/Kim Giddens | 14.58 | 0 | 190 | $500 |
| 37 | Jeff Hale/Steve Sanders | 14.46 | 0 | 189 | $500 |
| 38 | Bill Granberry/Chuck Graham | 14.39 | 0 | 188 | $500 |
| 39 | Larry Bullock/Roger Caldwell | 14.3 | 0 | 187 | $500 |
| 40 | Dale Westmoreland/Lance Youngblood | 14.28 | 0 | 186 | $500 |
| 41 | Samuel Fish/Justin Hamner | 14.16 | 0 | 185 | $0 |
| 42 | Mitchell Hall/Gabe Aldridge | 14.06 | 0 | 184 | $0 |
| 43 | Dale Rogers/Bobby Cox | 13.94 | 0 | 183 | $0 |
| 44 | Glen Whitley/Terry Fuller | 13.83 | 0 | 182 | $0 |
| 45 | Keith Youngblood/Ty Youngblood | 13.31 | 8.08 | 181 | $0 |
| 46 | Derrick Roberts/Jacob Eiland | 13.25 | 0 | 180 | $0 |
| 47 | Barry Isbell/Jeff Schatz | 13.14 | 0 | 179 | $0 |
| 48 | Ronnie Mask/Comer Mask | 13.11 | 0 | 178 | $0 |
| 49 | Jimmy Sims/Bobby Lowery | 13.06 | 0 | 177 | $0 |
| 49 | Jason Krasnosky/Jeff Pfeiffer | 13.06 | 0 | 177 | $0 |
| 51 | Robbie Pritchard/Lynn Pritchard | 13.04 | 0 | 175 | $0 |
| 52 | Matt Mcsweeney/Rod Mcsweeney | 12.84 | 0 | 174 | $0 |
| 53 | Steven Ingram/ | 12.83 | 0 | 173 | $0 |
| 54 | Scott Ashley/Taylor Ashley | 12.66 | 0 | 172 | $0 |
| 55 | Tony Boyett/Brian Metcalf | 12.49 | 0 | 171 | $0 |
| 56 | Steven Morris/Matt Vanzant | 12.38 | 0 | 170 | $0 |
| 57 | Adam Bain/Kris Colley | 12.3 | 0 | 169 | $0 |
| 58 | Ken Sessions/Greg Sessions | 12.22 | 0 | 168 | $0 |
| 59 | Eli Malloy/Jason Windham | 12.13 | 0 | 167 | $0 |
| 60 | Kenny Smith/James Purvis | 12.02 | 0 | 166 | $0 |
| 61 | Blake Harper/Logan Shaddix | 12.01 | 0 | 165 | $0 |
| 61 | Chris Pitts/Robert Mclain jr | 12.01 | 0 | 165 | $0 |
| 63 | Nolan Brannan/Patrick Martin | 11.9 | 0 | 163 | $0 |
| 64 | Jimmy Miller/Chris Miller | 11.86 | 0 | 162 | $0 |
| 65 | Ken Walters/Ernie Faulkner | 11.85 | 0 | 161 | $0 |
| 66 | Greg Griggers/Barry Landrum | 11.73 | 0 | 160 | $0 |
| 67 | Jimmy Butler/Lewis Hill | 11.72 | 0 | 159 | $0 |
| 68 | Tullis Lanier/Bill Spratlin | 11.58 | 0 | 158 | $0 |
| 69 | Steve Thrash/Stan Hallman | 11.29 | 0 | 157 | $0 |
| 70 | Jacob Rackard/John Ramer | 11.22 | 0 | 156 | $0 |
| 71 | Victor Harper/Jeff Gilliam | 11.13 | 0 | 155 | $0 |
| 72 | Michael Smedley/Jeremy Nichols | 10.98 | 0 | 154 | $0 |
| 73 | Lowell Everett/Lawrence Curd | 10.96 | 0 | 153 | $0 |
| 74 | Justin Marsh/Robbie Stanley | 10.94 | 0 | 152 | $0 |
| 75 | Rusty Mask/Cody Farr | 10.87 | 0 | 151 | $0 |
| 76 | Keith Kirkley/Jeff Kirkley | 10.85 | 0 | 150 | $0 |
| 77 | Brian Jones/Barry Jones | 10.78 | 0 | 149 | $0 |
| 78 | Deandrae Kimbrough/Orlando Harris | 10.75 | 0 | 148 | $0 |
| 79 | Wes Jarvis/Scott Brown | 10.74 | 0 | 147 | $0 |
| 80 | John Causey/Mike Brownfield | 10.71 | 0 | 146 | $0 |
| 81 | Colby Wells/Kevin Wells | 10.63 | 0 | 145 | $0 |
| 82 | Scott Montgomery/Les Bratcher | 10.6 | 0 | 144 | $0 |
| 83 | Alan Brown/Frank Henry | 10.58 | 0 | 143 | $0 |
| 84 | Jack Womack/Allen Yarborough | 10.52 | 0 | 142 | $0 |
| 85 | David Horton/Ed Kernells | 10.5 | 0 | 141 | $0 |
| 85 | Rob Kyle/David Shiver | 10.5 | 0 | 141 | $0 |
| 87 | Kevin Dees/Jim Smith | 10.43 | 0 | 139 | $0 |
| 88 | Scott Luster/Jerry Cook | 10.39 | 0 | 138 | $0 |
| 89 | Richard Howell/Wayne Mcdade | 10.33 | 0 | 137 | $0 |
| 90 | Danny Pollard/George Breland | 10.18 | 0 | 136 | $0 |
| 91 | Hunter Mckinley/Micah Easterling | 10.16 | 0 | 135 | $0 |
| 92 | Wayne Miller/Rick Haynie | 10.12 | 0 | 134 | $0 |
| 93 | David Sherrill/Johnny Skipper | 9.86 | 0 | 133 | $0 |
| 94 | David Pair/David Noakes | 9.81 | 0 | 132 | $0 |
| 95 | Ronnie Ray/Alton Stillwell | 9.6 | 0 | 131 | $0 |
| 95 | Thomas Brewbaker/Shawn Callahan | 9.6 | 0 | 131 | $0 |
| 97 | Derek Pearson/Cody Harrell | 9.58 | 0 | 129 | $0 |
| 98 | James Oswalt/Linda Oswalt | 9.57 | 0 | 128 | $0 |
| 99 | Shane Horton/Brandon Horton | 9.5 | 0 | 127 | $0 |
| 100 | Chris Minor/Chase Benson | 9.47 | 0 | 126 | $0 |
| 101 | Todd Holland/Keith Reid | 9.46 | 0 | 125 | $0 |
| 102 | Brannon Jones/Brian Fuller | 9.39 | 0 | 124 | $0 |
| 103 | Sam Fish/Bill Champion | 9.32 | 5.58 | 123 | $0 |
| 104 | Jason Kyser/Kevin Carpenter | 8.86 | 0 | 122 | $0 |
| 105 | Jimbo Deaton/Sean Key | 8.6 | 0 | 121 | $0 |
| 106 | Alton Shiver/Gary Niles | 8.55 | 0 | 120 | $0 |
| 107 | Dewayne Byrd/Frank Alexander | 8.54 | 0 | 119 | $0 |
| 108 | Jay Ladner/Randy Ladner | 8.51 | 0 | 118 | $0 |
| 109 | Taylor Lamar/Mac Lamar | 8.38 | 0 | 117 | $0 |
| 110 | Kevin Keel/Jacob Tidwell | 8.31 | 0 | 116 | $0 |
| 110 | Tommy Calloway/Howard Holley | 8.31 | 0 | 116 | $0 |
| 112 | Brian Graham/Johney Weaver | 8.28 | 0 | 114 | $0 |
| 113 | Jerry Casey/Randy Casey | 8.19 | 0 | 113 | $0 |
| 114 | J.t. Hodges/Donald Conway | 8.07 | 0 | 112 | $0 |
| 115 | Steve Lipham/Mitch Milner | 8.05 | 0 | 111 | $0 |
| 116 | Pam Martin-wells/Steven Wells | 7.88 | 0 | 110 | $0 |
| 117 | Steve Pry/John Gilley | 7.87 | 0 | 109 | $0 |
| 118 | Tate Cartee/ | 7.64 | 0 | 108 | $0 |
| 119 | Nate Johnson/Allen Moses | 7.48 | 0 | 107 | $0 |
| 120 | Walter Mccartney/Richard Cornelius | 7.4 | 0 | 106 | $0 |
| 121 | Mark Wallace/Aaron Smith | 7.3 | 0 | 105 | $0 |
| 122 | Tony Hogan/Vernon Ward | 7.27 | 0 | 104 | $0 |
| 123 | Russell Wilson/Dewaine Dillashaw | 7.18 | 0 | 103 | $0 |
| 124 | Tommy Overstreet/Don Elmore | 7.13 | 0 | 102 | $0 |
| 125 | Billy Poiroux/Todd Sharpe | 7.01 | 0 | 101 | $0 |
| 126 | Joey Mccall/Mike Mccall | 6.92 | 0 | 100 | $0 |
| 127 | Trey Potts/Boone Shear | 6.77 | 0 | 99 | $0 |
| 128 | Joey Smith/Barry Mcclain | 6.75 | 0 | 98 | $0 |
| 129 | Clemm Parker/Donald Parker | 6.58 | 0 | 97 | $0 |
| 130 | Tim Fitzgerald/Kelly White | 6.32 | 0 | 96 | $0 |
| 131 | Neil Stillwell/Mark Stillwell | 5.97 | 0 | 95 | $0 |
| 132 | James Richerson/Craig Hamilton | 5.8 | 0 | 94 | $0 |
| 133 | Dennis Mcgouirk/Vernelle Quinnie | 5.18 | 0 | 93 | $0 |
| 134 | Danny Grissett/Tony Wilson | 5.09 | 0 | 92 | $0 |
| 135 | Danny Green/Tommy Parker | 4.38 | 0 | 91 | $0 |
| 136 | James Hall/Kenneth Robinson | 4.21 | 0 | 90 | $0 |
| 137 | Chad Ray/Sean Haigler | 4.06 | 0 | 89 | $0 |
| 138 | Jimmy Cook/Randall Sims | 3.96 | 0 | 88 | $0 |
| 139 | Larry Breckenridge/John eddie Donaldson | 3.89 | 0 | 87 | $0 |
| 140 | Larry Blount/Robert blount | 3.76 | 0 | 86 | $0 |
| 141 | James Vanblake/Donnie Zundel | 3.21 | 0 | 85 | $0 |
| 142 | Wayne Cox/Jimmy Harrison | 3.1 | 0 | 84 | $0 |
| 143 | Lou Cobb/Ben Lundy | 3.05 | 0 | 83 | $0 |
| 144 | David Sneed/Clint Carter | 2.86 | 0 | 82 | $0 |
| 145 | Stephen Roberson/Kenneth Roberson | 2.67 | 0 | 81 | $0 |
| 146 | Mark Ammons/Terry Harris | 1.56 | 0 | 80 | $0 |
| 147 | David Stout/John Otts | 1.53 | 0 | 79 | $0 |
| 148 | John Hayles/Don Reeve | 1.47 | 0 | 78 | $0 |
| 149 | Gentry Gordy/Chad Smith | 1.18 | 0 | 77 | $0 |
| 150 | Edgar Mcmichael/Dennis Robinson | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Tyler Pitts/Kyle Tindol | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Keith Ray/Jared Ray | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Martin Lyons/Jonathon Tutt | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Brian Stiffler/Ben Black | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Preston Anthony/Derrek Wilson | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Josh Herren/Jeremy Calvin | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Johnathan Stuckey/Doyle Taunton | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Cory Ingram/Kenneth Moore | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Josh Butler/Jeb Tate | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 150 | Rob Lee/Johnny Payton | 0 | 0 | 67 | $0 |
| 0 | Shaye Baker/Ben Weldon | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| 0 | Cole Phillips /Kye Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
Scott Canterbury Hammers 32.1 to take the lead in the Santee Cooper Costa Series Event
If you were to ask Scott Canterbury why he fishes for a living, he would point to days like today, where he compiled a whopping 32-pound, 1-ounce limit to take the lead on the first day of the Costa FLW Series event on Santee Cooper presented by Minn Kota.
“It was just one of those magical days,” the Quaker State pro says. “That’s why we do this is for days like this.”
Canterbury says he wrestled all night with a decision to either go sight-fishing for bass already locked on beds or run to another place where he felt like fish were just starting to move in to begin spawning. He chose the latter, and was it ever the right choice.
“These are not sight fish,” the Alabama pro clarifies. “I’m just fishing a couple of areas where the fish are funneling in to spawn. They might not spawn for another few days, but there’s no doubt that’s what they’re moving in there to do. I really wanted to go sight-fishing this morning because they are moving up on beds everywhere, and I love to sight-fish. I think I made the better choice, though.”
Canterbury caught nine keepers total today.
“I actually culled one while fishing my way out of one of the areas, so I think there will be some in there again tomorrow,” he adds. “No matter what, I’m committed to it now. After a bag like that, you’ve got to be.”
Canterbury carries a 2 1/2-pound lead into day two, but given the ridiculous number of fish pulling up and biting everywhere on the lake, he is in no way safe. Behind him is a crew of anglers catching big fish seemingly at will. The top-10 cut currently stands at a stout 24 pounds, 9 ounces.
Top 10 Pros
1. Scott Canterbury – Springville, Ala. – 32-01 (5)
2. Bradley Dortch – Bay Minette, Ala. – 29-09 (5)
3. Brett Mitchell – Timmonsville, S.C. – 28-02 (5)
4. Tim Malone – Gatlinburg, Tenn. – 26-05 (5)
5. Pat Fisher – Colbert, Ga. – 25-07 (5)
6. Tony Couch – Buckhead, Ga. – 25-06 (5)
7. Bryan Thrift – Shelby, N.C. – 25-06 (5)
8. Richard Stevens – Galatia, Ill. – 24-15 (5)
9. Joseph Kremer – Osteen, Fla. – 24-10 (5)
10. Casey O’Donnell – Scottsboro, Ala. – 24-09 (5)
KYLE PARKS LEADS CO-ANGLERS
Kyle Parks of Albany, Ga., leads the co-angler division of the Costa FLW Series on Santee Cooper with 24 pounds, 7 ounces.
“I only got six bites all day, but they were all big ones,” Parks says. “I pretty much caught them all on one lure: a black [Zoom] Trick Worm.”
Top 10 Co-anglers
1. Kyle Parks – Albany, Ga. – 24-07 (5)
2. Lonnie Drusch – Sumter, S.C. – 21-13 (5)
3. Todd Walters – Summerville, S.C. – 20-13 (5)
4. Randol Stone – Marianna, Fla. – 18-11 (5)
5. Gerald Bozeman – Sylvester, Ga. – 17-08 (5)
6. Michael Padgett – Leesburg, Ga. – 15-05 (4)
7. David Hudson – Jasper, Ala. – 15-02 (4)
8. Ty Solis – Albany, Ga. – 14-14 (5)
9. John Duarte – Middle River, Md. – 13-06 (3)
10. James Topmiller – Orlando, Fla. – 12-13 (3)
| PLACE | ANGLER | CITY/STATE | DAY 1 | |
| 1 | SCOTT | CANTERBURY | SPRINGVILLE, AL | 32 - 1 (5) |
| 2 | BRADLEY | DORTCH | BAY MINETTE, AL | 29 - 9 (5) |
| 3 | BRETT | MITCHELL | TIMMONSVILLE, SC | 28 - 2 (5) |
| 4 | TIM | MALONE | GATLINBURG, TN | 26 - 5 (5) |
| 5 | PAT | FISHER | COLBERT, GA | 25 - 7 (5) |
| 6 | TONY | COUCH | BUCKHEAD, GA | 25 - 6 (5) |
| 7 | BRYAN | THRIFT | SHELBY, NC | 25 - 6 (5) |
| 8 | RICHARD | STEVENS | GALATIA, IL | 24 - 15 (5) |
| 9 | JOSEPH | KREMER | OSTEEN, FL | 24 - 10 (5) |
| 10 | CASEY | O'DONNELL | SCOTTSBORO, AL | 24 - 9 (5) |
| 11 | JT | KENNEY | PALM BAY, FL | 24 - 8 (5) |
| 12 | JAY | KENDRICK | GRANT, AL | 24 - 7 (5) |
| 13 | RONNIE | MCCOY | LAMAR, SC | 23 - 6 (5) |
| 14 | GEORGE | KAPITON | INVERNESS, FL | 23 - 0 (5) |
| 15 | GLENN | BROWNE | OCALA, FL | 22 - 14 (5) |
| 16 | KENT | WARE | GUNTERSVILLE, AL | 22 - 11 (5) |
| 17 | PRESTON | CLARK | EAGLE LAKE, FL | 22 - 8 (5) |
| 18 | DAVID | HENDRICK | CHERRYVILLE, NC | 22 - 7 (5) |
| 19 | DARRELL | DAVIS | DOVER, FL | 22 - 5 (5) |
| 20 | LEE | NUNNALLY | MONROE, GA | 22 - 5 (5) |
| 21 | TODD | SMITH | SUMMERVILLE, SC | 22 - 5 (5) |
| 22 | MACK | COOK | MONCKS CORNER, SC | 22 - 3 (5) |
| 23 | JUAN | RUIZ | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | 21 - 8 (5) |
| 24 | JOSH | MILLIGAN | EDENTON, NC | 21 - 8 (5) |
| 25 | MIKE | MILLER | TRINITY, NC | 21 - 5 (4) |
| 26 | ALLAN | GLASGOW | ASHVILLE, AL | 21 - 4 (5) |
| 27 | MCCOY | BORJA | JOHNSON CITY, TN | 20 - 15 (5) |
| 28 | RON | NELSON | BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI | 20 - 14 (5) |
| 29 | SANDY | MELVIN | BOCA GRANDE, FL | 20 - 11 (5) |
| 30 | ZACH | CRIDER | TUNNEL HILL, GA | 20 - 0 (5) |
| 31 | LEVI | CHRISTIANSON | NISSWA, MN | 19 - 11 (3) |
| 32 | JOHNNY | JOHNSTON | SUMMERVILLE, SC | 19 - 11 (5) |
| 33 | PETER | CHERKAS | DES MOINES, IA | 19 - 10 (5) |
| 34 | JEFF | FITTS | KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FL | 19 - 8 (4) |
| 35 | DUSTIN | SMITH | MOUNT DORA, FL | 19 - 5 (5) |
| 36 | ROBERT | BEATTY | CLERMONT, FL | 19 - 4 (5) |
| 37 | WAYNE | CLIFTON | MONCKS CORNER, SC | 19 - 1 (5) |
| 38 | JARED | MCMILLAN | BELLE GLADE, FL | 18 - 14 (5) |
| 39 | LUCAS | MCDANIEL | FISHERS, IN | 18 - 7 (5) |
| 40 | COREY | RADOMSKI | OCALA, FL | 18 - 4 (5) |
| 41 | PHIL | CURY | JACKSONVILLE, FL | 18 - 2 (5) |
| 42 | BO | CHAPPELL | OLANTA, SC | 18 - 1 (5) |
| 43 | BRYAN | COOK | VANCE, SC | 17 - 9 (4) |
| 44 | LAVOYD | LEMMOND | DECATUR, AL | 17 - 9 (5) |
| 45 | CARLTON | THOMPKINS | MYRTLE BEACH, SC | 17 - 7 (5) |
| 46 | WALTER | OGLE | MARYVILLE, TN | 17 - 2 (4) |
| 47 | WILLIAM | FLETCHER | DALLAS, GA | 17 - 2 (5) |
| 48 | PETER | THLIVEROS | SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL | 17 - 2 (5) |
| 49 | DANNY | KIRK | BARTOW, GA | 17 - 1 (5) |
| 50 | RYAN | WORTHINGTON | MIDDLEBURG, FL | 17 - 0 (5) |
| 51 | BRENT | RILEY | CROSS, SC | 16 - 14 (5) |
| 52 | BOB | BLACKERBY | CHELSEA, AL | 16 - 14 (5) |
| 53 | WADE | GROOMS | BONNEAU, SC | 16 - 14 (4) |
| 54 | CLAYTON | BATTS | MACON, GA | 16 - 13 (5) |
| 55 | JASON | ABRAM | PINEY FLATS, TN | 16 - 8 (5) |
| 56 | RYAN | BOWLES | PINEVILLE, SC | 16 - 7 (5) |
| 57 | CASEY | SMITH | MUSELLA, GA | 16 - 7 (5) |
| 58 | SCOTT | PEAVY | BLYTHEWOOD, SC | 16 - 4 (5) |
| 59 | MARC | DESCHENES | SUMMERVILLE, SC | 16 - 1 (5) |
| 60 | NICK | PRVONOZAC | WARREN, OH | 16 - 0 (5) |
| 61 | JEFF | CANNON | DOUGLASVILLE, GA | 15 - 14 (5) |
| 62 | R T | KERBER | AVA, NY | 15 - 13 (3) |
| 63 | CHRIS | HEATH | NORTH AUGUSTA, SC | 15 - 12 (5) |
| 64 | MARK | HUTSON | MONCKS CORNER, SC | 15 - 10 (4) |
| 65 | TIM | WILSON | GAS CITY, IN | 15 - 8 (5) |
| 66 | WAYNE | FRIERSON | MANNING, SC | 15 - 8 (5) |
| 67 | ROB | DIGH | DENVER, NC | 15 - 5 (4) |
| 68 | SVEN | HILLAND | SANFORD, FL | 15 - 1 (5) |
| 69 | NICK | THLIVEROS | ST. AUGUSTINE, FL | 15 - 1 (5) |
| 70 | KENNETH | MEEK | VINCENT, OH | 14 - 15 (3) |
| 71 | TYLER | SUDDARTH | VALDOSTA, GA | 14 - 11 (5) |
| 72 | WILL | YELVERTON | HAZEL GREEN, AL | 14 - 11 (4) |
| 73 | CLINT | BROWN | BAINBRIDGE, GA | 14 - 10 (5) |
| 74 | BRAD | KNIGHT | LANCING, TN | 14 - 9 (5) |
| 75 | TRIPP | POPLIN | SUMTER, SC | 14 - 8 (4) |
| 76 | PATRICK | WALTERS | SUMMERVILLE, SC | 14 - 5 (5) |
| 77 | LEON | WILLIAMS | FAIRDALE, KY | 14 - 3 (5) |
| 78 | AUSTIN | MURRAY | DELAND, FL | 14 - 2 (5) |
| 79 | BRIAN | HOLDER | BELMONT, NC | 14 - 1 (5) |
| 80 | JOEY | ROMANO | DENHAM SPRINGS, LA | 13 - 14 (5) |
| 81 | SEAN | SKEY | SUMTER, SC | 13 - 13 (4) |
| 82 | FURMAN (JOE) | THOMPSON | CLAYTON, GA | 13 - 7 (4) |
| 83 | BRYAN | NEW | BELMONT, NC | 13 - 7 (5) |
| 84 | SCOTT | TOWRY | LAWRENCEBURG, TN | 13 - 6 (5) |
| 85 | DEAN | BORUFF | VALDOSTA, GA | 13 - 5 (4) |
| 86 | SANDY | OLIVER | HARTSVILLE, SC | 13 - 4 (2) |
| 87 | NICK | GAINEY | CHARLESTON, SC | 13 - 2 (3) |
| 88 | BRANDON | MEDLOCK | LAKE PLACID, FL | 13 - 0 (5) |
| 89 | SCOTT | WILEY | BAY MINETTE, AL | 12 - 14 (5) |
| 90 | ISHAMA | MONROE | HUGHSON, CA | 12 - 12 (5) |
| 91 | JUSTIN | MORGAN | OKEECHOBEE, FL | 12 - 10 (4) |
| 92 | JARED | THOMPSON | MARVELL, AR | 12 - 10 (5) |
| 93 | KEN | ELLIS | BOWMAN, SC | 12 - 9 (5) |
| 94 | TIM | EMORY | CREEDMOOR, NC | 12 - 8 (4) |
| 95 | WES | LOGAN | SPRINGVILLE, AL | 12 - 7 (5) |
| 96 | SCOTT | GIBBS | ROME, GA | 12 - 2 (4) |
| 97 | TOM | HUYNH | MOORHEAD, MN | 12 - 2 (4) |
| 98 | CURREY | HOLLEY | PULASKI, TN | 12 - 1 (4) |
| 99 | DANIEL | LARSON | ONAMIA, MN | 11 - 15 (3) |
| 100 | MICHAEL | CROCKER | PASADENA, MD | 11 - 14 (2) |
| 101 | JARED | DIAL | WINTER HAVEN, FL | 11 - 12 (4) |
| 102 | HARRY | MOORE | VALLEY, AL | 11 - 6 (3) |
| 103 | TODD | AUTEN | LAKE WYLIE, SC | 11 - 6 (4) |
| 104 | BRAD | CARROLL | MARIETTA, GA | 11 - 2 (3) |
| 105 | JIMMY | BASS | FLORENCE, SC | 11 - 1 (5) |
| 106 | JEFFREY | PRISZA | WYANDOTTE, MI | 11 - 0 (5) |
| 107 | BRYAN | HONNERLAW | MOORE HAVEN, FL | 10 - 15 (4) |
| 108 | WAYNE | KING | SUMTER, SC | 10 - 13 (2) |
| 109 | RONALD (RON) | FARROW | ROCK HILL, SC | 10 - 12 (4) |
| 110 | JOEL | GREEN | MOULTON, AL | 10 - 10 (3) |
| 111 | STEVE BOOGIE | BROWN | ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL | 10 - 7 (5) |
| 112 | CECIL | DOUBERLY | LAKELAND, FL | 10 - 5 (5) |
| 113 | DERRICK | BLAKE | ROCKWOOD, TN | 10 - 3 (5) |
| 114 | DEARAL | RODGERS | CAMDEN, SC | 10 - 2 (5) |
| 115 | TIM | SHMIGAL | AKRON, OH | 9 - 12 (4) |
| 116 | STEVE | THORNHILL | PINEVILLE, SC | 9 - 7 (5) |
| 117 | BRADFORD | BEAVERS | RIDGEVILLE, SC | 9 - 7 (2) |
| 118 | ROYCE | RAILEY | CATAULA, GA | 9 - 4 (4) |
| 119 | MARK | HOLLOWAY | MADISON, GA | 9 - 4 (4) |
| 120 | RICK | COTTEN | GUNTERSVILLE, AL | 9 - 2 (3) |
| 121 | RON | BROWN | MOUNT PLEASANT, SC | 9 - 0 (3) |
| 122 | ANDREW | LUXON | RICHMOND, KY | 8 - 14 (2) |
| 123 | DANNY | SHELL | ALBERTVILLE, AL | 8 - 12 (3) |
| 124 | GARY | EVERETT | DALEVILLE, AL | 8 - 12 (2) |
| 125 | VAL | OSINSKI | POMPANO BEACH, FL | 8 - 9 (4) |
| 126 | THOMAS | HELTON | CHARLESTON, TN | 8 - 9 (2) |
| 127 | TIM | FREDERICK | LEESBURG, FL | 8 - 8 (4) |
| 128 | BRIAN | DIVITO | ST PETERSBURG, FL | 8 - 7 (2) |
| 129 | JOHN | DIAL | WINTER HAVEN, FL | 8 - 6 (3) |
| 130 | BARRETT | MOSS | SOMERSET, KY | 8 - 4 (2) |
| 131 | CAMERON | GAUTNEY | MUSCLE SHOALS, AL | 8 - 3 (3) |
| 132 | WAYNE | MACKLIN | FENTON, MI | 7 - 11 (2) |
| 133 | JAMES | BYRD | FLORENCE, AL | 7 - 7 (3) |
| 134 | TERRY | TUCKER | GADSDEN, AL | 7 - 4 (3) |
| 135 | TAYLOR | WATKINS | ONEONTA, AL | 7 - 4 (3) |
| 136 | DENNIS | CAMERON | TRAVELERS REST, SC | 7 - 4 (2) |
| 137 | TRENT | PARDUE | TROY, NC | 7 - 1 (1) |
| 138 | ROBERT | BEHRLE | HOOVER, AL | 7 - 1 (3) |
| 139 | LONNIE | ONEAL | VALDOSTA, GA | 7 - 0 (2) |
| 140 | GERRY | BROUSSEAU | NAPLES, FL | 6 - 15 (2) |
| 141 | MICKEY | MCHENRY | MCDONOUGH, GA | 6 - 15 (3) |
| 142 | DAVID | KELLY | GOOSE CREEK, SC | 6 - 14 (2) |
| 143 | JOHN | DUVALL | MADISON, GA | 6 - 13 (2) |
| 144 | KEITH | PACE | MONTICELLO, AR | 6 - 12 (2) |
| 145 | JEFFERY | FARMER | JACKSONVILLE, NC | 6 - 11 (3) |
| 146 | HAL | CERCOPELY | MANNING, SC | 6 - 6 (3) |
| 147 | CHUCK | HOWARD | ELLOREE, SC | 6 - 2 (3) |
| 148 | LEX | COSTAS | DANIEL ISLAND, SC | 6 - 1 (3) |
| 149 | LIONEL | BOTHA | PALM BAY, FL | 5 - 15 (1) |
| 150 | JASON | LAMBERT | PICKWICK DAM, TN | 5 - 14 (3) |
| 151 | WILLIAM | SHIPES | WILLISTON, SC | 5 - 13 (3) |
| 152 | BRIAN | MERRIMAN | FALKVILLE, AL | 5 - 12 (2) |
| 153 | BRANDON | JOHNSON | OWINGSVILLE, KY | 5 - 11 (3) |
| 154 | JOEY | THIGPEN | ST JOHNS, FL | 5 - 8 (2) |
| 155 | BRYANT | ADAM | MADISON, MS | 5 - 8 (1) |
| 156 | CLIFFORD | DAWSON | OCALA, FL | 5 - 8 (3) |
| 157 | WILLIAM | KISIAH | SLIDELL, LA | 5 - 4 (2) |
| 158 | CRAIG | TAYLOR | TALLAHASSEE, FL | 5 - 0 (2) |
| 159 | TIM | FOX | MERIDAN, MS | 4 - 0 (1) |
| 160 | TODD | OLDS | NORTH CHARLESTON, SC | 3 - 13 (2) |
| 161 | ANTHONY | COLACURCIO | FORT MILL, SC | 3 - 8 (1) |
| 162 | CHAD | AARON | LAWRENCEBURG, TN | 3 - 6 (2) |
| 163 | BRANDON | PERKINS | COUNCE, TN | 3 - 4 (1) |
| 164 | DANIEL | WELCH | NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV | 3 - 2 (1) |
| 165 | SHANE | POWELL | MIDLAND CITY, AL | 3 - 2 (1) |
| 166 | MICHEL | PURVIS | CANTON, GA | 3 - 2 (2) |
| 167 | MICHAEL | MURPHY | LEXINGTON, SC | 2 - 14 (1) |
| 168 | NORMAN | LEE | LAKE PLACID, FL | 2 - 12 (1) |
| 169 | TIMMY | THOMPKINS | MYRTLE BEACH, SC | 2 - 9 (1) |
| 170 | PAUL | GETTYS | DUE WEST, SC | 2 - 6 (1) |
| 171 | SCOTTY | ESTES | HOLLY POND, AL | 1 - 15 (1) |
| 172 | J.W. | SMITH | GOOSE CREEK, SC | 1 - 15 (1) |
| 173 | KAZUNORI | OKUMA | SHIGA, 524-0041 JAPAN, JP | 1 - 13 (1) |
| 174 | BRAD | SCHWARTZ | GOOSE CREEK, SC | 1 - 10 (1) |
| 175 | ANTHONY | FORD | NEW SMYRNA, FL | |
| 176 | BRIAN | COLEMAN | CLERMONT, FL | |
| 177 | JOHN (JACK) | MORRIS JR | ROBINSON, IL | |
| 178 | MARK | KNIGHT | MCDONOUGH, GA | |
| 179 | BILL | HUTCHISON | BESSEMER, AL | |
| 180 | WAYNE | CHRISTOPHER | HUNTSVILLE, AL | |
| 181 | RICKY | HALL | RICHWOOD, OH | |
| 182 | LINDWOOD | THORNHILL | PINEVILLE, SC | |
| 183 | LEE | HAAS | HIXSON, TN | |
| 184 | DANIEL | HOWELL | STARR, SC | |
| 185 | DAVID | SHEFFIELD | DAVIE, FL | |
| 186 | BOB | MORIN | SEYMOUR, TN | |
| 187 | ROYCE | MCALISTER | BENTON, KY | |
| 188 | GLENN | CARTER | ROCKWOOD, TN | |
| 189 | STEVEN | STINSON | PICKERING, ON | |
| 190 | BRAD | HARMON | RINGGOLD, GA | |
| 191 | LARRY | SCHROEDER | CLAYTON, OH | |
| 192 | CLIFTON | JONES | ORANGE BEACH, AL | |
| 193 | TONY | DUMITRAS | WINSTON, GA | |
| 194 | BRYAN | NEWBERRY | CLEVELAND, TN | |
| 195 | MATTHEW | PAIN | SCOTTSBORO, AL | |
| 196 | TAYLOR | RAMEY | BRANDON, MS | |
| 197 | EDWARD | GUICE | DECATUR, AL |
Texas Team Trail Heads To Richland Chambers Saturday March 19Th
The Texas Team Trail (TXTT) presented by Cabela's will host its third regular-season event of the 2016 tournament season on Saturday, March 19, at Richland Chambers Reservoir. The 41,000-acre fishery is one of the youngest yet most productive lakes in Texas.
Garmin Pro's Claim 2 Of The Top 10 Spots At 2016 Bassmasters Classic!
Garmin® anglers Jason Christie and Greg Hackney claim top-10 finishes at the world’s most prestigious bass angling event
OLATHE, Kan./March 9, 2016/Business Wire – Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN), today announced that two of its marine pro team anglers, Jason Christie and Greg Hackney, placed second and tenth respectively at the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic, commonly referred to as the world championship of fishing. Christie and Hackney, along with the other Garmin anglers, relied on Garmin’s revolutionary PanoptixTM all-seeing sonar technology, GPSMAP® combination units and LakeVü HD Ultra to be competitive at this year’s Bassmaster Classic at Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees outside Tulsa, Okla. Grand Lake is one of the 99 MaxDef lakes surveyed by Garmin and available to its customers with an unprecedented level of detail.
Christie, who had a commanding lead of nearly six pounds after the first two days, finished with a total haul of 50 pounds, 2 ounces. Hackney’s final score was 40 pounds, 9 ounces. Christie and Hackney were among the five Garmin pro team anglers fishing this year’s Classic.
“We are incredibly proud of Jason and Greg, and all of the Garmin anglers who competed in this year’s Bassmaster Classic,” said David Dunn, Garmin senior manager, marine sales and marketing. “We’ve more than doubled our team of professional anglers from last year, and it’s remarkable to see what a difference using Garmin products – particularly Panoptix – is making for them on high-profile stages like the Classic. We continue to be committed to being a top player in the freshwater fishing industry, and we’re confident there will be many more top finishes for the Garmin team this season.”
For more information about Garmin and its award-winning marine electronics, and to learn more about the entire 2016 Garmin pro team, visit garmin.com/marine.
Recently, Garmin was named Manufacturer of the Year and received the honor of being the most recognized company in the marine electronics field by the NMEA. Garmin’s portfolio includes some of the industry’s most sophisticated chartplotters and touchscreen multifunction displays, sonar technology, high-definition radar, autopilots, high-resolution charts, sailing instrumentation and other products and services that are known for innovation, reliability, and ease-of-use.
For decades, Garmin has pioneered new GPS navigation and wireless devices and applications that are designed for people who live an active lifestyle. Garmin serves five primary business units, including automotive, aviation, fitness, marine, and outdoor recreation. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at garmin.com/newsroom, contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200, or follow us at facebook.com/garmin, twitter.com/garmin, or youtube.com/garmin.
About Garmin International Inc. Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN). Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Garmin and GPSMAP are registered trademarks and Panoptix is a trademark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.
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St. Croix Rods Tags Jesse Simpkins As Director Of Marketing
Park Falls, WI (March 7, 2016) – Tune in to the evening news and you can’t help but sense the doom and gloom of corporate America. Layoffs are common. What little personnel remains take on twice the duties. Pressure from top management trickles down through the workforce. Bad attitudes bloom. Business breaks.
Not all businesses follow the same, paved communal highway, however. Some, like Wisconsin’s St. Croix Rods, prefer to take the lighter-traveled yet well-maintained road, which ultimately leads to innovation and growth. With headquarters in small-town-USA, St. Croix is a family-owned and -run company. And the staff loves working there. Fact is, employment stints within the walls of the Park Falls, Wisconsin, facility are not measured in years, but decades.
The pride of every employee, from upper management on down, shows through in every rod St. Croix creates—that’s hundreds of thousands of rods every year. And growing.
And It’s because of St. Croix’s culture why a veteran of the fishing and hunting industries, Jesse Simpkins, will be joining the St. Croix team, taking on the role of Director of Marketing. With over 20-years in the outdoors marketplace under his belt, Simpkins will be officially stepping over the threshold to joined the company on February 29, 2016.
“A few years back I was asked to jot down the places I would most like to work if I were to start my career all over again. And, believe it or not, St. Croix was at the top of that list,” says Simpkins. “Not just because they are a family-owned business that treats everyone on staff like kin, but they are the top in rod crafting, and their name is synonymous with quality and craftsmanship.
“I look forward to getting to know the people inside the organization, top to bottom,” he adds. “The company is an integral part of the community of Park Falls. I am really looking forward to being a valued member of the team that delivers these quality products and drive the brand.”
“Jesse has a very successful track record and is highly respected in the fishing industry,” says Jeff Schluter, St. Croix’s Vice President of Brand Management. “He’s a passionate angler who intimately understands the fishing community and business. We love Jesse’s skill set and personality along with and his experience and devotion to fishing. Jesse will hit the ground running and communicate the St. Croix story.
“The company is growing. The creation of this position has been a long time coming and Jesse’s a great fit.”
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About St. Croix Rod
St. Croix Rod is a family-owned and managed manufacturer of high-performance fishing rods headquartered in Park Falls, Wisconsin with a 65-year heritage of USA manufacturing. Utilizing proprietary technologies, St. Croix controls every step of the rod-making process, from conception and design to manufacturing and inspection, in two company-owned facilities. The company offers a complete line of premium, American-made fly, spinning and casting rods under their Legend Elite®, Legend® Xtreme, Legend Tournament®, Avid Series®, Premier®, Wild River®, Tidemaster®, Imperial® and other trademarks through a global distribution network of full-service fishing tackle dealers. The company’s mid-priced Triumph®, Mojo Bass/Musky/Inshore/Surf, Eyecon® and Rio Santo series rods are designed and engineered in Park Falls, Wisconsin and built in a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Fresnillo, Mexico. Founded in 1948 to manufacture jointed bamboo fishing poles for a Minneapolis hardware store chain, St. Croix has grown to become the largest manufacturer of fishing rods in North America.
Bass Champs Results From Lake Belton: Vince Repola & Darryl Roach Top 215 Teams & Take Over $25,000 Cash/prizes
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Repola & Roach reel in 1st place on Belton and win over $25,000 at Bass Champs |
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Repola & Roach reel in 1st place on Belton and win over $25,000 at Bass Champs Bass Champs Central Region had their second event of the season on Lake Belton March 5, 2016 with 215 participating teams fishing for a total pot of $66,100 in cash and prizes. Vince Repola and Darryl Roach found the only limit over 20 pounds, giving them a payday of over $25,000. Belton Lake can be a tough lake to fish, but the conditions were perfect with a warm spring day, very few clouds and gentle breezes. Temperatures started out in the 40’s but warmed to the 70’s by the afternoon. It had been a long time since Vince Repola of Ft. Worth and Darryl Roach of Benbrook, TX had been on the lake. “I lived on Belton for a few months, and fished it every day while I was there. It has been 11 years since I’ve been back to it before this tournament.” Remembering his old fishing days there, they had one spot picked out. “The area we wanted to fish was a rock pile on an underwater point with trees on each side. Fish seem to stay in that area year round, you just have to figure out where exactly for the given time you are there. We decided to just go fishing, and hoped to stumble across something good.” They rigged up to fish shallow water. “The first hour was uneventful. The fish were not where we expected.” Easing out to deeper water, closer to the trees, they switched to jigs and Carolina rigs. “We had to slow our fishing way down, but we found them in that deeper water.” Once they found where the fish were staged, the action became fast and furious. “We put a decent limit in the boat, but bigger ones were biting between 10:30-1:00.” Vince caught their kicker during that time weighing in at 6.27 pounds. “Darryl made our last cull around 2:00. At that point we decided to pack up and go weigh them in. They were still biting when we left!” They stayed in the same area all day, saying that they beat it up for all it was worth. They brought in the only limit over 20 pounds, having 21.13 lbs total. When all the teams finished weighing, it was worth 1st place and the guaranteed purse of $20,000! They also qualified for the Sportsmans Auto Network bonus, putting their total winnings over the $25,000 mark. “I’d like to thank my partner Darryl. We make a great team!” 2nd place winners James Olson and Bobby Thrasher, both of Gatesville, TX, also had a great day on the water. “The day went really well for us. It started by drawing boat #7, so we had a great start and we made it to our first spot before anyone else.” It was a main lake point in water ranging in depth from 6’ to 20’. The fish were biting as soon as they got there, and they had a limit in the boat within an hour! “We used Texas rigs all day. Bobby caught our big one around 1:00. She was in 7’ of water, and it was a little hairy for a while getting her in! She got up in a tree, but Bobby hung on to her and she eventually swam out and we got her in.” That catch weighed in at 7.46 pounds, anchoring their 2nd place finish and winning Big Bass of the day. “It was hard to leave that spot and come in to weigh. They were still biting when we left!” All total their weight was 19.83 lbs, and Bass Champs paid the team $5,000 for their overall finish, plus another $1,000 for Big Bass. They also won the $200 Chevron Delo bonus and the $200 Under Armour bonus. “We’ve been fishing Bass Champs for about 10 years, and this is our best finish so far. I’d like to thank God, my wife, my partner Bobby, Bass Champs for having a great circuit for us to fish, and other people that just help make our lives better.” Brandon Feltner of Liberty Hill, TX and Chris Connor of Jonestown, TX secured a 3rd place win with 17.74 lbs. “We started out early in transition areas with depths 6’ to 20’ leading into spawning areas,” Chris explained. They were using Carolina and Alabama rigs all day, and put an initial limit together weighing around 15 pounds. “We culled little by little all day, and probably caught around four limits. We had a blast!” They ‘shot hay’ in around four spots, hitting each of them multiple times throughout the day. “We just kept a positive mental attitude all day. Brandon made our last cull of the day, exchanging a 1-1/2 pounder for a five pound bass. We lost three A-rigs, but our winnings made it worth it!” They were awarded $4,000 for their 3rd place finish, then Skeeter doubled their money being the highest finishing team in a qualified Skeeter boat! They pocketed even more winning the Lowrance GEN3 bonus as well. Brandon would like to thank his wife for her unwaivering support. “I have to say thank you to my wife as well,” Chris added. “She’s always there for me 100%, encouraging me and taking care of things while we’re away. We are going to treat both of them out to a really nice dinner and do some other things for them with our winnings as well!” Bass Champs paid the top 28 teams, and Trey Grose & Joe Bill Hale caught the last $600 check having a limit weighing 12.13 pounds. There are only two Central Region tournaments left in the season. The next one is April 9 at Lake Travis, and the last one will be May 14 at LBJ. In the meantime, Bass Champs staff and crew are headed to Sam Rayburn March 12 for the third East Region event. Remember – all Bass Champs tournaments are open to anyone who would like to fish for their chance to win some BIG money! Also - The Mega Bass event is getting closer! The world’s richest one day hourly big bass event will be on Lake Fork March 20th. $20,000 will be paid out every hour of the tournament, and the angler who catches the biggest bass of the day will receive $15,000 cash AND a new Skeeter ZX200 bass boat! Up to fifteen anglers will receive a check each hour, and there are more chances to win for being the first to bring in an even weight bass of 2.50, 3.00, 7.00 or 8.00 pounds! What does it cost to enter for your chance to win this big? $160 per person. Check out all the details at www.BassChamps.com or call 817-439-3274.
Champs hold up their $25,000 Stringer on Lake Belton
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Edwin Evers Overtakes Christie To Win The 2016 Bassmasters Classic On Grand Lake!!!
Evers Overtakes Christie in Final Round of 2016 Bassmaster Classic with Huge Sack of Grand Lake Bass!
As thousands of fans waited outside the BOK Center in Tulsa to witness the final weigh in of the 2016 Bassmaster Classic, rumors swirled like the Oklahoma wind that stirred the bass fishing world today. Word was Edwin Evers had caught considerably more than the 25 pounds that the BassTrak system had credited to him. He had caught enough, it was speculated, to surpass fellow home state favorite and two-day tournament leader Jason Christie in Sunday’s final round.
Fans were in for a show.
Anglers had bemoaned the slow bite they endured under calm conditions on Friday and Saturday. Many said they welcomed the wind that was to blow hard from the south on Sunday. “It’s got to make things better,” said Evers. It did. For him.
Evers started the day about 6 pounds out of the lead and quickly caught an initial limit that weighed an estimated 18 pounds. BassTrak had him at 25 pounds for the day when it stopped updating results. In any case, he had made the most of the opportunities the whitecapped lake had afforded him.
Christie worked as best he could around a navy of bass boats. Each time he moved they followed and often pushed into the pockets he was fishing. “I have to pick a side of the pocket because there will be boats on the other every time go into one. I have to fish what I think is the best side and just know that the other side will probably be unfishable on my way out,” said Christie.
When Evers stepped to the scale the bass fishing world found out that his fish weighed an astounding 29 pounds, 3 ounces.
Christie answered with 12-09.
Evers won by over 10 pounds, 60-07 to 50-02.
Christie said he will be less bothered by the loss, and all of the various contributing factors because he didn’t come close to winning. “Had gotten beat by a pound or two, I’d probably be a little upset. Dude, I got beat down,” he said. “I’m gonna go to sleep tonight because I just got beat. Sometimes in fishing you just get beat.”
Christie admitted that his game plan started to deteriorate during last Sunday’s practice round, not just on each successive competition day. “When we got that wind and everything started warming up, it started going away. Those females are not predictable (under such conditions). They just move around. I was concerned, but I thought I could ride it out. I didn’t.”
Evers on the other hand, went to a part of the lake he would not have imagined could produce the win. When one door closed, the season veteran of the Elite Series noticed that another door had opened.
December’s flooding put the lower end of Grand Lake high and muddy. “I know that lower end really well and I wanted it to go down down there but it was just muddy. It was not anything like I needed it to be. It’s just weird how these things work out. Here I am Classic Champion on a whole complete end of the lake that you could have told me it could be won on and I’d have said ‘no, there’s no way’ but I’m sitting here next to this trophy.
Evers adjusted by going way back in the Elk River to a flat that required wind in order to produce fish because the water is crystal clear and shallow. The same flood that took the lower lake out of Ever’s game plan also deposited a lot of logs on the clear water flat that eventually gave up his winning fish.
The Elk holds a special place in Evers’ heart. “It’s my most favorite place in the world. Ever. Me and my son go camping there. But we camp way up it. That water is flowing all the time. It’s crystal clear. It’s beautiful and it hits a flat. This flat is wide but it’s shallow and that water has got to go over that flat.”
Evers caught his first day fish on a MegaBass Flat Slab, “fishing rocks in a mid-lake area. That was a dying pattern. After only catching 4 fish I thought I’d let the Classic slip through my hands.
“The 2nd day I went into what I call damage control. At 10:30 I didn’t have a bite. I ran way up the river and I started flipping my all-time confidence bait - a Zoom Z Hog - and a War Eagle spinnerbait and I had the 17 pounds the 2nd day.”
He caught all of Sunday’s fish on a small jig with a craw trailer. “I caught those fish all on a little Andy’s Custom Jig. It’s a really cool jig. Their one of the few companies that still has living round rubber – something that you have to have in that clear water situation. I caught them pretty early. Once the wind started blowing it all happened in an hour-and-a-half or two hours.”
As for technique with the 5/16-oz. jig, Evers considered water clarity. “I was making long presentations, casts or long pitches with 12 lb. Bass Pro fluorocarbon line. I’ve got a Zoom Little Critter Craw trailer. It’s just a Midwest, highland reservoir type bait. In that flat there are little veins where the current has made it just a little deeper and you’ve got those laydowns that they use as a home but the best laydowns had a little undercut right next to them to where there’s kind of a little dark spot right there where they could hide. Those fish were just sitting there, facing up in the current.”
The win is a fulfilling one, to say the least. Evers shares, “When I saw shooting stars as a kid, my dream was to win the Bassmaster Classic.”
As for his young son, after seeing Dad win the Classic, what does he want to be? A paleontologist.
2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro 3/4-3/6
Grand Lake O' The Cherokees, Tulsa OK.
(ANGLER) Standings Day 3
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Edwin Evers Talala, OK 14 60-07 0 $300,000.00
Day 1: 4 13-12 Day 2: 5 17-08 Day 3: 5 29-03
2. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 14 50-02 0 $50,000.00
Day 1: 5 20-14 Day 2: 5 16-11 Day 3: 4 12-09
3. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 15 46-05 0 $40,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 5 16-13 Day 3: 5 16-00
4. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 15 45-11 0 $30,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-09 Day 2: 5 13-15 Day 3: 5 15-03
5. Randy Howell Guntersville, AL 15 45-10 0 $25,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-06 Day 2: 5 11-13 Day 3: 5 16-07
6. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 15 44-15 0 $22,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 5 16-15 Day 3: 5 13-01
7. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 13 42-11 0 $21,500.00
Day 1: 5 12-07 Day 2: 3 11-14 Day 3: 5 18-06
8. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 14 42-08 0 $21,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-13 Day 2: 4 11-12 Day 3: 5 12-15
9. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 13 40-13 0 $20,500.00
Day 1: 5 12-14 Day 2: 3 11-06 Day 3: 5 16-09
10. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 15 40-09 0 $20,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-02 Day 2: 5 09-13 Day 3: 5 14-10
11. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 12 37-15 0 $15,000.00
Day 1: 4 11-02 Day 2: 3 09-12 Day 3: 5 17-01
12. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 12 37-15 0 $14,500.00
Day 1: 4 12-07 Day 2: 4 12-07 Day 3: 4 13-01
13. Brent Ehrler Newport Beach, CA 11 37-03 0 $14,250.00
Day 1: 3 10-13 Day 2: 3 07-07 Day 3: 5 18-15
14. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 15 36-15 0 $14,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 5 13-10 Day 3: 5 10-03
15. James Watson Nixa, MO 13 35-08 0 $13,750.00
Day 1: 5 13-10 Day 2: 5 14-07 Day 3: 3 07-07
16. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 12 33-04 0 $13,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-05 Day 2: 4 11-02 Day 3: 3 06-13
17. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 12 33-02 0 $12,900.00
Day 1: 3 08-08 Day 2: 4 10-02 Day 3: 5 14-08
18. David Walker Sevierville, TN 12 33-00 0 $12,800.00
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 5 15-04 Day 3: 2 03-10
19. Skeet Reese Auburn, CA 11 32-03 0 $12,700.00
Day 1: 3 12-12 Day 2: 4 10-09 Day 3: 4 08-14
20. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 12 31-13 0 $12,600.00
Day 1: 3 07-02 Day 2: 5 16-10 Day 3: 4 08-01
21. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 11 30-15 0 $12,400.00
Day 1: 5 16-04 Day 2: 2 05-12 Day 3: 4 08-15
22. Greg Vinson Wetumpka, AL 9 30-03 0 $12,300.00
Day 1: 5 18-01 Day 2: 2 05-12 Day 3: 2 06-06
23. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 10 28-07 0 $14,700.00
Day 1: 4 14-12 Day 2: 2 04-10 Day 3: 4 09-01
24. Chris Lane Guntersville, AL 12 27-05 0 $12,100.00
Day 1: 5 11-01 Day 2: 4 09-00 Day 3: 3 07-04
25. Ott DeFoe Knoxville, TN 11 26-02 0 $12,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-01 Day 2: 4 08-07 Day 3: 2 06-10
BIG BASS OF TOURNAMENT
Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 07-00 $2,500.00
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Edwin Evers Delivers Knockout Punch And Wins The 2016 Bassmaster Classic
41 year old Edwin Evers of Talala, OK in his 200th BASS event, drops 29.3 pounds on the scales to crush the competition and take home the 2016 Bassmasters Classic Crown!
Christies to Lose....
When my alarm went off at 5:00 this morning I heard the wind outside the window of the rental house on Monkey Island on the banks of Grand Lake where I have been staying this week during the Bassmasters Classic event.
My first thought was, “This will be either good for the guys or its going to totally freak some out.” On the docks this morning, Elite Series Pro David Walker confirmed the thoughts rattling around the back of my little brain. “This is Christies to lose….” Walker said. “He’s got a good handled on things, he has a good lead but honestly, this is his tournament to lose.”
I asked a few Pro’s on Media day if they thought an angler could lead this thing wire-to-wire. Not a single one of them said yes. Greg Hackney was one of the few who mentioned the weather and the warming trend each day and each night and how this tournament was a hair away of breaking wide open.
Is Jason Christie due? There is no doubt that he is one of the hottest Bass fisherman on the planet.
No doubt.
But out of the Top Ten hitters sitting at the dock this morning the nerves of anglers in places 2 -10 were loose and relaxed.
Everyday is different, and everyday is the same, but this is bass fishing, nothing stays the same.
Weigh-in is coming, A Champ will be crowned, will it be an Oklahoma Native or will another rise from the ashes?
Stay Tuned.
Roger Pope Wins In A Nailbiter On Badin Against Webber For The Aba Win And $5000 Cash-Full Results And Pic Here!
73 Anglers showed up to compete for the Guaranteed $5000 first place prize on the line Sat. In what was an EXTREMELY tight finish, Roger Pope held on to just edge Nathan Webber with 20.98 vs 20.89 for Webber. Doesn't get much closer than that.................Congrats to all who fished and looking fwd to a great 2016 season. Below link is full results with pic of Roger and part of his winning stringer:
http://www.americanbassanglers.com/BWS/results/8761.pdf
Bryan Cook And Steve Harmon Smash Em' At Santee With 32.55 Lbs To Win The Cbc And Take Home $10,500!! Full Results And Pics Here
128 Teams blasted off on what everyone felt like would be one of the best tournaments of the year-ANYWHERE! Well, guess what....IT WAS! When you have 20 teams weigh-in over 20 Lbs, the fishing is ON no matter where you are. Bryan Cook and Steve Harmon brought in a WHOPPING 32.55 Lbs to win the 2nd CBC SC Div qualifying event and take home $10,500 in CASH. They earned that extra $1000 for their 9.53 LB BF that is pictured below. There were so many pics of amazing bags we can't even begin to showcase the full impact of what what caught. Congrats to all who fished and just caught fish---amazing day on one of the best fisheries in the country. Here are some great pics at the weigh-in as well as the top 10 with an attachment of total results for all. Have a great week folks!
CBC Santee Champs Cook and Harmon Hold up their Massive 32 LB Winning Stringer
9.53 LB BF caught at Santee on Sat-WOW!
Champs on the dock heading to Weigh-in
Hardwick and Williams hold up their 4th place stringer of 27+
Another great Stringer held up at Santee Sat!!
| 1 | Bryan cook - Steve Harmon | 125 | 5 | 32.550 | 9.530 | 310 | $9,500 | $1,000 Big Fish Winner | |||||
| 2 | Craig McFadden - Mike Watson | 35 | 5 | 29.600 | 9.160 | 309 | $4,000 | $4,000 Skeeter Bonus Winner | |||||
| 3 | Ray Walsh - Marc Deschenes | 119 | 5 | 29.320 | 7.770 | 308 | $2,500 | ||||||
| 4 | Thomas Hardwick - Tommy Williams | 5 | 5 | 27.050 | 8.580 | 307 | $1,800 | $3,000 Skeeter Bonus Winner | |||||
| 5 | Wesley Cashwell - Shane Doughtie | 8 | 5 | 26.240 | 7.260 | 306 | $1,200 | $2,000 Skeeter Bonus Winner | |||||
| 6 | Carlton Thompkins - Joel Barfield | 85 | 5 | 25.500 | 7.640 | 305 | $875 | $1,000 Skeeter Bonus Winner | |||||
| 7 | randall miller - Mack Altman | 53 | 5 | 25.330 | 8.620 | 304 | $625 | ||||||
| 8 | billy bledsoe - Brian McDonald | 16 | 5 | 24.190 | 0.000 | 303 | $575 | ||||||
| 9 | Ronnie McCoy - Jason McCoy | 124 | 5 | 23.780 | 7.120 | 302 | $525 | ||||||
| 10 | Brad Schwartz - Bryan Miller | 4 | 5 | 23.510 | 7.620 | 301 | $475 |
Calloway And Hubbard Hold On To Win The Anglers Choice Marine Tt On Smith Mtn By Less Than 1/2 Lb-Full Reuslts And Pics Here!!
177 Teams came out Saturday to kick off the 2016 Anglers Choice Marine TT on Smith Mtn Lake......the down to the wire action and weights did not dissappoint as the top three teams were all over 20 Lbs and within almost 1/2 LB of each other!! Late in the weigh-in Brian Calloway and William Hubbard walked to the scales, held their breath, and watched their stinger take the lead by less than 1/2 LB with 20.65 Lbs!! They took home $3000 for their efforts and the early lead in the pts standings. Here are pics of the top two teams plus the attachment with full results from a great day on Smith Mtn-weights were good!
Brian Calloway and William Hubbard hold up their winning catch on Smith Mtn!
2nd place team of Greg Stallings and Ricky Grant
Early Leaders at Smith Mtn Sat
Jason Christie Widens His Lead On Day 2 Of The Bassmasters Classic.
Oklahoma Pro Jason Christie widens his lead going into the final day of the Bassmasters Classic. Top 10 bunched up and conditions are changing. Championship Sunday is setting up to be a wild one. Stay tuned for all your Classic coverage here on Anglerschannel.com
Mid-Day On The Water Report With Correspondent Greg West
Our "On the Water" correspondent Greg West put us on Todd Faircloth this morning and we caught some footage exclusive to AnglersChannel.com check it!
Its Day 2 Of The Bassmasters Classic - Launch Interviews Here!
Day 2 of the Basmasters Classic has begun and the field will be cut to the top 25. Who's gonna make it? Stay Tuned!
Oklahoma Pro Jason Christie Leads Day 1 Of The Bassmasters Classic!
Day 1 of the 2016 Bassmaster Classic has concluded. Many anglers are hopeful that big females will replenish along shallow stretches of Grand Lake. Local favorite Jason Christie leads with 20 pounds, 14 ounces. He’s followed by Greg Vinson (18-1) and Alton Jones (17-13) who trails by 3 pounds and an ounce.
Randy Howell is 4th with 17-6. Bill Lowen is 5th with 16-9.
As for locations, one of the top 3 guys is fishing in the mid-lake region, another is camping in the upper third and the other is fishing exclusively on the lower lake.
All over the place. That describes this tournament well. However, the most successful anglers have said that, regardless of what part of the lake they are fishing, they are keying on something specific. And they are definitely on a full-blown prespawn pattern.
While the top performers have figured something out, the guys down the leaderboard lamented either a lack of bites or a lack of size. While some have caught a very few chunky bass, others say their fish ran small, as opposed to practice when they caught quality specimens. A theory put forth by one pro suggests that the big girls pulled up during practice, got hammered and now all that’s pulling up are small buck bass. Hard to imagine anglers of this caliber burning their fish in practice. Apparently those who are high in the standings did not.
And the fish that are moving shallow are, let’s say, unambitious. Christie explains, “The water temperature came up, not only in certain areas, but all over the lake and it’s been my experience here in this region on highland reservoirs that (when that happens) they get lazy. They’re prespawn. They want to sun and they just don’t bite as good.”
Howell says the lack of wind did indeed put his fish into a slumber. “It warms the water up and they get lazy and they just kind of suspend and roam around and sun. Then if the wind ever starts blowing on those places they might turn on. That’s what happened to me late today. I think a lot of guys caught them late today. Things change quick.” Many pros complained of short strikes. Lowen says, “I had some of those bites today. One of the biggest fish ate my bait at the trolling motor and I never caught her. Cold, dirty water is a recipe for disaster.”
Vinson hinted that poor visibility, due to dirtier-than-usual water may be to blame for the missed strikes. “I wonder how well they can see it; how well they’re dialed-in on what I’m throwing.
“The general are where I’m fishing, the water got a little dirtier today. That’s usually a cause for concern this time of year,” said the Rooster.
Christie and Jones aren’t complaining. Christie thinks the near misses may be from UFO’s. “I don’t think it’s bass because the bass I did catch would have the thing in their throat.” Jones agrees, “If the fish really bit my bait, I caught him. A good one, right now, when they commit to eat the lure, you’re going to be unhooking them with pliers.”
Jones would not elaborate as to which lure you’d need to unhook with pliers. He did mention that he slowed down because water in his area actually got cooler today which certainly bucks the trend for the rest of the lake.
Jones also said he burned through a spot today because others were present to help him catch fish. “If I didn’t catch them the other guys would have. I will likely have to fish new water tomorrow. If I have something to myself I can save fish, but when there are others around, you might as well go ahead and catch all you can.”
The leaders know they can’t relax. Lowen says, given the quality of fish the swim in Grand Lake, “Every one of us needs to worry. We all know this lake is full of big fish and I think that we’re probably going to see somebody that didn’t catch them today catch them tomorrow and maybe even Sunday and make a big move up the leaderboard. We know the lake is full of fish. It’s just off a little bit. There are 24-and-25-pound bags swimming around out there. I don’t think any one of us is safe right now.”
Does this mean Lowen is fearful heading into Saturday’s elimination round? “I probably had more confidence coming into this event than I have any other event that I’ve fished in. Today is over and I still feel like I’m going to catch a 20-pound bag. I’m running a pattern. I’m throwing 2 different baits. I can run all over the lake and catch them on that deal. So to say my confidence is high – it’s really high.”
Confidence is great and all, but Howell, as usual, lightens the mood with his admission that he doesn’t have it all figured out. And he’s OK with that. While other pros fretted over their single pattern or one productive lure failing them tomorrow, Howell said, “I wish I had a really good pattern. And a really good ‘one bait’. But I still don’t. But I’ve kind of made a living like that. I have a lot of crazy stuff that happens to me and at the end of the day, most times I never understand why but I’m just thankful to the Good Lord when it does happen. I fished a lot of baits today. I’ll keep hunting and hope I can get consistent like these guys.”
2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro 3/4-3/6
Grand Lake O' The Cherokees, Tulsa OK.
(ANGLER) Standings Day 1
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 5 20-14 0
Day 1: 5 20-14
2. Greg Vinson Wetumpka, AL 5 18-01 0
Day 1: 5 18-01
3. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 5 17-13 0
Day 1: 5 17-13
4. Randy Howell Guntersville, AL 5 17-06 0
Day 1: 5 17-06
5. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 5 16-09 0
Day 1: 5 16-09
6. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 5 16-04 0
Day 1: 5 16-04
7. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 5 16-02 0
Day 1: 5 16-02
8. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 5 15-05 0
Day 1: 5 15-05
9. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 5 14-15 0
Day 1: 5 14-15
10. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 4 14-12 0
Day 1: 4 14-12
11. David Walker Sevierville, TN 5 14-02 0
Day 1: 5 14-02
12. Josh Bertrand Gilbert, AZ 5 13-14 0
Day 1: 5 13-14
13. Edwin Evers Talala, OK 4 13-12 0
Day 1: 4 13-12
14. James Elam Tulsa, OK 5 13-11 0
Day 1: 5 13-11
15. James Watson Nixa, MO 5 13-10 0
Day 1: 5 13-10
16. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 5 13-08 0
Day 1: 5 13-08
17. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 5 13-02 0
Day 1: 5 13-02
18. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 5 12-15 0
Day 1: 5 12-15
19. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 5 12-14 0
Day 1: 5 12-14
20. Brandon Card Caryville, TN 5 12-12 0
Day 1: 5 12-12
21. Skeet Reese Auburn, CA 3 12-12 0
Day 1: 3 12-12
22. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 5 12-07 0
Day 1: 5 12-07
23. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 4 12-07 0
Day 1: 4 12-07
24. Chris Dillow Waynesboro, VA 3 12-07 0
Day 1: 3 12-07
25. Thomas Martens Lago Vista, TX 3 11-12 0
Day 1: 3 11-12
26. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 4 11-10 0
Day 1: 4 11-10
27. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 4 11-02 0
Day 1: 4 11-02
28. Ott DeFoe Knoxville, TN 5 11-01 0
Day 1: 5 11-01
28. Chris Lane Guntersville, AL 5 11-01 0
Day 1: 5 11-01
30. Brent Ehrler Newport Beach, CA 3 10-13 0
Day 1: 3 10-13
31. Gene Bishop Jr Ridgeland, MS 3 08-14 0
Day 1: 3 08-14
32. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 3 08-08 0
Day 1: 3 08-08
33. Brandon McMillan Clewiston, FL 4 08-03 0
Day 1: 4 08-03
34. Russ Lane Prattville, AL 3 08-01 0
Day 1: 3 08-01
35. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 3 07-15 0
Day 1: 3 07-15
36. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 3 07-14 0
Day 1: 3 07-14
36. Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 3 07-14 0
Day 1: 3 07-14
38. Mark Davis Mount Ida, AR 3 07-10 0
Day 1: 3 07-10
39. John Proctor Conway, SC 3 07-06 0
Day 1: 3 07-06
40. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 3 07-02 0
Day 1: 3 07-02
41. Albert Collins Nacogdoches, TX 2 06-12 0
Day 1: 2 06-12
42. Brett Hite Phoenix, AZ 2 06-08 0
Day 1: 2 06-08
43. Jordan Lee Grant, AL 2 06-00 0
Day 1: 2 06-00
44. Charles Sim Ottawa CANADA 2 04-06 0
Day 1: 2 04-06
45. Fabian Rodriguez Ocean City, DE 1 04-02 0
Day 1: 1 04-02
46. Greg Vance Dubuque, IA 1 03-01 0
Day 1: 1 03-01
47. Jacob Powroznik Port Haywood, VA 2 03-00 0
Day 1: 2 03-00
48. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 1 02-13 0
Day 1: 1 02-13
49. Whitney Stephens Waverly, OH 1 02-01 0
Day 1: 1 02-01
50. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 1 02-00 0
Day 1: 1 02-00
51. Billy McCaghren Jr Mayflower, AR 1 01-07 0
Day 1: 1 01-07
52. Trevor Lo Maplewood, MN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
52. Levi McNeill West Valley, UT 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
52. Chad Morgenthaler Reeds Spring, MO 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
52. Chris Zaldain San Jose, CA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 21 184 541-06
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21 184 541-06
Christie Leads Day 1 Of The Bassmasters Classic - Top 5 Interviews Here!
Oklahoma Pro Jason Christie leads the Bassmasters Classic on Grand Lake. The top 5 are seperated by just over 4 pounds. Things are changing and its going to get good. Listen to the top 5 talk about thier day. Only here on AnglersChannel.com
Bill Lowen is Due. Will this be his year?
Participating in his 8th Bassmaster Classic, Bill Lowen said he was “Cautiously Optimistic” heading into the first day of competition. Off the record he will tell you he feels “really good” about this event. “Its exactly like it was the last time we were here in 2013 and I thought I could win that event. We had weather blow in and it messed up my areas. This year we don’t have the weather, the weather is actually getting better and the fishing should too.” Says Lowen. “Its been really good up to this point and hopefully its just going to get better.”
“You hear these guys talking and all down in the mouth, I call it sandbagging, but it sounds like guys aren’t getting many bites and I have been getting 10-15 a day. My weights have been good and so I feel good.” Last time the Classic was held on Grand Lake in Grove, OK, Lowen finished 18th. “Last time here I just could not get the big bite that I was getting prior to all the weather, but this year the fish are still where I found them 3 years ago, the only difference is they are bigger.”
“I don’t know what’s going to happen when we get out there, I might finish dead last, who knows, but I know I won’t go down without a fight. I’m not fishing for two pounders, I’m fishing for the bigger fish and if I get 5 big bites, I’ll have 20 pounds. If 20 pounds a day don’t win this, then I know I made a hell of a run at it.”
Unofficially, Lowen is in 5th place according to Basstrak. With the weigh-in looming for day 1 of competition, pay close attention to Bill Lowen, He’s due.
Day 1 Launch Of The Bassmasters Classic - Angler Interviews And More!
2016 Classic Anglers, Josh Bertrand, Brett Hite, Greg Hackney and Chad Pipkens give us a little better idea of their game plan now that the time is here to get this party started! Stay Tuned!
Media Day News, Notes & Quotes From The 2016 Bassmasters Classic
Classic Media Day News, Notes & Quotes - 2016
James Watson - 2015 BASS Central Open Table Rock Lake Winner
"Don't think just Crank....... Be a Winner, throw a Spinner."
Bill Lowen - 8 Time Classic Qualifier
"I Feel good, really good." (with a grin) "I'm cautiously optimistic"
Justin Lucas - 2 Time Classic Qualifier
"This mess is a decoy.........
Just making sure I am prepared for everything. This Tournament will be all about catching 5 fish a day and being prepared, but I'm starting to get excited."
Greg Hackney - 2015 BASS Angler Of the Year.
"I'm taking stuff out to gain a little speed........." (said with a BIG Grin)
Vance Mccullough Interviews Several Anglers At The 2016 Bassmaster Classic Media Day.
AnglersChannels own Vance McCullough spent the 2016 Media Day interviewing several anglers on how they plan to approach the ever changing Grand Lake O the Cherokees these next three days and some other questions as well. Enjoy!
Kvd Talks Grand Lake And His Game Plan During Media Day For The 2016 Bassmasters Classic
THE Kevin VanDam talks to our main man Vance McCullough and they talk fishing and the little derby known as the Bassmasters Classic that kicks off Friday on Grand Lake!
Rowdytime Lures Ice Buster Open Results - Shearon Harris
The RowdyTime Lures Ice Buster Open at Shearon Harris was a great success, for our 1st tournament of the
year, with 40 teams showing up in 28 degree morning temps and afternoon temps around 50. It was chilly!! The
winds were light for the most part and the water level was about a foot higher than normal. Water temps
averaged 47 degrees and the water was a little dingy. Only 25 bass were weighed in, but quite a few more slot
fish were caught that couldn't be weighed in. Not a bad day for this time of year. The lake water should start
warming up this week and next Saturday's tournament at Harris should be a good one.
Max Newell and Tyler Faggart weighed in just 4 bass weighing 22.95 lbs to take 1st Place and 1st Place TWT
along with big bass of day (8.64) plus the RowdyTime Lures 1st Place Bonus Package for a total of $3,117!
2nd Place team was Jerry Marshburn and Chuck Byrd with 3 bass weighing 17.34 lbs. They also won 2nd place
TWT and 2nd place Big Fish (8.31) to take home a total of $1,273. The team of Michael & Chris Hinson took 3rd
Place with 3 weighing 14.51 lbs for $560 in prize money!
Most bass were caught with crankbaits, jerkbaits, RatLTraps and WLS Shakey Heads. Quite a few over slot
bass weighing 5 to 8 pounds were caught which is a good sign that warm water is soon to come!!
I want to thank Raeford Faircloth and Joe Smith with RowdyTime Lures and all the anglers that participated.
Our next tournament will be the 2015 Piedmont Bass Classics $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #1,
Saturday March 5th at Shearon Harris out of Cross Point Landing Wildlife Ramp. All the information on our
tournaments can be found at: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/
Now here are the full results:
1st Place: Max Newell & Tyler Faggart of Greensboro & Raleigh...4 bass...22.95 lbs...$1,220
2nd Place: Jerry Marshburn & Chuck Byrd of Sanford...3 bass...17.34 lbs...$700
3rd Place: Michael & Chris Hinson of Creswell & Chadbourn...3 bass...14.51 lbs...$560
4th Place: Rick Sossaman & Steve Upchurch of Oak Ridge & Raleigh...2 bass...9.43 lbs...$440
5th Place: Robyn Cook & Owen Penhollow of Raleigh & Durham...1 bass...6.34 lbs...$360
6th Place: Trevor Hollman & Kenneth Crespo of Durham...1 bass...6.13 lbs...$280
7th Place: Justin Coley & Jeremy Anderson of Goldsboro...1 bass...6.12 lbs...$240
8th Place: Bill Manning & Rich Ohlson of Apex & Garner...1 bass...5.42 lbs...$200
1st Place Big Fish: 1st Place Team above...8.64 lbs...$532
2nd Place Big Fish: 2nd Place Team above...8.31 lbs...$228
1st Place TWT: 1st Place Team above: 22.95 lbs...$805
2nd Place TWT: 2nd Place Team above: 17.34 lbs...$345
Contact Information:
Phil McCarson...Tournament Director---922 Valetta Rd.---Durham, NC 27712
Home: 919-471-1571 Cell: 919-971-5042
email: [email protected] website: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/
It's The Bass Master Classic on Grand Lake And The CBC On Santee!
Sportsman's Warehouse Pro Anthony Gagliardi joins us at Sportsman's Warehouse in Columbia-SC for a full preview of this years Bass Master Classic on Grand Lake in OK as well as the CBC on Santee!!
Berkley Introduces New Hardbait Line-Up At The Bassmasters Classic
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Berkley Displays New Hardbait Lineup at
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (March 2, 2016) - At this year's Bassmaster Classic, Berkley is displaying and handing out the new line of Hardbaits, a few may make a difference in the outcome of the annual event. Visitors to the Cox Business Center and the Berkley booth (#455) on March 4 through March 6 can get a free sample of the baits that are flying off the shelves.
"The Berkley hardbaits are a tremendous success," said Justin Lucas, BASS Elite Series Pro and Classic competitor. "They have changed the face of the game. Not only do these baits look great, they run true and catch more fish right out of the package. If I had to pick one out of the lineup that will play a factor in the Classic it would most definitely be the Skinny Cutter110+. The erratic action and custom Berkley colors are something these fish haven't seen.
Transforming the idea from napkin scribbles into action required the creation of sophisticated CAD designs and intricate molds to form an engineering facility rivaling any high-tech facility found around the world. Next, America's best bass pros tested them on some of the toughest lakes they could find.
The Berkley team partnered with renowned bait designer and crankbait legend David Fritts to develop a line of hardbaits that delivers better actions, colors and more bites. With 11 initial shapes and true action right out of the package, each Berkley Hardbait is equipped with the sharpest Berkley Fusion19TM treble hooks. All 11 models feature custom designs and colors hand selected by the Berkley team.
The floating Bad Shad 5 and Bad Shad 7 are premier casting baits that rise slightly at every pause.
Anglers that prefer suspended jerkbaits will zero in on the Cutter 90+, Cutter 110+ and Skinny Cutter 110+ with maximum darting action from the slightest rod twitch.
Berkley Digger 6.5 and Digger 8.5 crankbaits are great for covering water with an aggressive wobble and side flash. These offerings from Berkley go deep and get there quickly.
For more information visit http://www.Berkley-fishing.com. |
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