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Fishers Of Men East Tennessee Tournaments As Much About Faith, Fellowship As Fishing

Teams in the Fishers of Men East Tennessee Division fish to win, but their main focus is on faith and fellowship, said tournament director Steve Jennings.

“Our guys are more like a family than just competing against each other,” Jennings said. “We have a good time and enjoy good fellowship. They really are the best group of guys I've ever been around.”

Jennings announced that the Friday night meeting before Saturday's tournament on Watts Bar Lake will be held again at Whites Creek Baptist Church near Rockwood, Tenn. Sign-up and supper will start at 6 p.m., followed by a church service.

Jennings said the points race is “pretty close” heading into the next to last tournament on the schedule.

Rod Garrett and Paul Rodgers won the first two tournaments, but they were knocked out of first place in the Douglas tournament. Keith McDeerman and Von Bilbeck won on Douglas and are now leading the points.

The final qualifying tournament of the season will be on Loudon/Tellico July 18. The top 80 percent in points will qualify to fish in the Division 8 championship on Douglas Lake in October, Jennings said, with East Tennessee facing off against Middle Tennessee and East Kentucky and Middle Kentucky.

“We usually have 23 to 26 boats in our tournaments and we will probably have 25 or 26 boats in the tournament Saturday on Watts Bar,” he said.

Fishing should be good in the tournament, he said, and it probably will be won fishing 12 to 20 feet deep on the ledges with big plugs and Carolina-rigged worms.

“It will probably take over 20 pounds to win, it usually does,” he said.

 

Fishers of Men - East Tennessee Division

Sat, Jun 20, 2015

Watts Bar Lake

Lakeside Resort

Call Steve Jennings 865-984-2903

www.fomntt.com

 

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Chris Marshall And Josh Gardner Smash The Cbc On Clarks Hill With 26+ Lbs!

Another big turnout for the 5th and final qualifying event. Chris Marshall and Josh Gardner not only won with an impressive 26.20 Lbs, but they won by an amazing 7 3/4 Lbs! Weights were still solid for this time of year and once again payouts as good as it gets. Congrats and look fwd to the championship in three months!

 

Place Team Name Team # Fish Weighed Net Weight Big Fish Points Double Points Winnings
1 Chris Marshall - Josh Gardner 50 5 26.200 6.680 310 620 $8,000
2 Conrad Bolt - Kevin Dickson 76 5 18.480 0.000 309 618 $5,000
*Includes Top Finishing Skeeter $2,500 Bonus
3 Bobby Wade - Pete Sherbert 83 5 18.100 0.000 308 616 $1,400
4 Shane Abbott - Brian Jones 40 5 17.760 5.030 307 614 $2,500
*Includes Second Finishing Skeeter $1,500 Bonus
5 Glenn Gentry - Bart Blackburn 53 5 17.470 0.000 306 612 $800
6 Marty Quesada - Steven Story 72 5 17.260 0.000 305 610 $600
7 Reid Mcginn - Shane Lineberger 23 5 16.950 5.090 304 608 $1,500
*Includes Third Finishing Skeeter $1,000 Bonus
8 Jason Reinke - Allen Williams 73 5 16.530 5.510 303 606 $400
9 Bradford Beavers - Dwight Beavers 58 5 16.450 0.000 302 604 $350
10 stephen reasoner - KEITH WILLIAMSON 81 5 15.980 0.000 301 602 $325
11 Wil Hardy - Jon Hair 18 5 15.470 0.000 300 600 $275
12 Jamie Thames - Barry Thames 29 5 14.850 3.920 299 598 $250
13 Ross Burns - Josh Rennebaum 75 5 14.640 0.000 298 596 $200
14 Matt Davis - Mike Guilbeau 14 5 14.350 0.000 297 594
15 Dustin Compton - Derrick Compton 9 9 14.010 0.000 296 592
16 Nathan Burgess - Brent Riley 82 5 13.890 5.180 295 590
17 Tim Harmon - Jeff Rikard 42 5 13.850 0.000 294 588
18 Audie Brantley - Hunter Ciccio 37 5 13.780 6.860 293 586 $1,000
*Big Fish Bonus Winner
19 Brad Smith - Joey Spradley 34 5 13.620 0.000 292 584
20 Eric Bozeman - Clint Proudfoot 31 5 13.510 0.000 291 582
21 Mark Waller - Cain Waller 30 5 13.330 0.000 290 580
22 Robert Guest - David Heatherly 28 5 13.270 0.000 289 578
23 Dale Gibbs - Thomas Thomas 64 5 13.030 5.660 288 576
24 Daniel Howell - Russell Anderson 38 5 13.010 0.000 287 574
25 Larry Moss - Michelle McLain 46 5 12.980 0.000 286 572
26 Bobby Stanfill - Chip Grice 70 5 12.880 0.000 285 570
27 Stan Gunter - Bradley Gunter 56 5 12.790 0.000 284 568
28 Cason Nickles - Franklin Ramey 61 5 12.170 0.000 283 566
29 Ferris Jennings - Andy Rutledge 15 5 12.080 0.000 282 564
30 Sean Ravenscroft - Wilson Ravenscroft 21 5 12.050 0.000 281 562
31 Chad Sinclair - Caleb Conner 19 5 11.970 3.810 280 560
32 Rodney Chastain - Jason Snyder 78 5 11.910 0.000 279 558
33 Mark Abbott - Jimmy Wilder 11 5 11.590 0.000 278 556
34 Eric Mora - Donald Miller 3 5 11.540 0.000 277 554
35 Donald Poteat - Johnny Allen 60 5 11.380 0.000 276 552
36 dustin henson - John Gibson 12 5 11.320 0.000 275 550
37 Wade Grooms - Albert Pieper 43 5 11.200 0.000 274 548
38 Kevin Brock - Bubba Dennis 77 5 11.120 0.000 273 546
39 Rich Moses - Craig Jurgonski 16 3 10.670 6.000 272 544
40 Jon Stringfield - Dan Geurtsen 7 5 10.640 0.000 271 542
41 Jason Quinn - Tony Colacurcio 62 5 10.620 0.000 270 540
41 Mike Watson - Craig McFadden 67 5 10.620 0.000 270 540
43 Johnathan Crossland - David Crossland 24 5 10.290 0.000 268 536
44 John Branstetter - Troy Buffington 5 5 10.070 2.770 267 534
45 Thomas King - Clayton King 79 9.570 0.000 266 532
46 Shannon Jordan - Shawn Jordan 63 5 9.320 0.000 265 530
47 John Johnston - Mark Cercopely 55 5 9.150 0.000 264 528
48 Wayne Frierson - Ronnie Mueller 25 5 9.080 0.000 263 526
49 gerald bennett - john jerki 41 5 8.900 0.000 262 524
50 Greg Creech - Chris McDuffie 32 4 8.700 0.000 261 522
51 Al Odom - Dane Odom 74 4 8.560 0.000 260 520
52 Jimmy Counts - Gary Angel 22 5 8.380 0.000 259 518
53 John parker - Scott Allison 27 5 8.360 3.920 258 516
54 Roger Medlock - Todd Lawrence 59 5 8.150 0.000 257 514
54 Robert Wood - John Lundean 71 5 8.150 0.000 257 514
56 Russ Padgett - Meredith Havird 6 5 8.010 0.000 255 510
57 Jim Huffman - Daniel Venters 8 5 7.840 0.000 254 508
58 Mike King - Mike Kirby 45 5 7.430 0.000 253 506
59 Chad Hamm - David Carver 1 5 7.300 0.000 252 504
60 Kevin Rake - Terry Morris 48 5 6.450 0.000 251 502
61 Kiel Kelly - Chuck Whittaker 57 5 5.850 0.000 250 500
62 Ron Brown - Bobby Brown 65 5 5.540 0.000 249 498
63 Justin Purnell - Ricky Lee 10 5 5.340 0.000 248 496
64 Jeff Horton - Todd Sinclair 51 5 5.190 0.000 247 494
65 Andrew Young - Michelle McDole 47 3 4.110 0.000 246 492
66 Daniel Hill - James Bond 4 4 3.680 0.000 245 490
67 Sean Anderson - George Berry 2 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Wesley Cashwell - Shane Doughtie 13 5 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 John Gutierrez - rodney tapp 17 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Larry Avins - Joe Avin 20 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Chris Heath - Steve Debord 26 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Julius Ledbetter - Chris Gould 33 0 0.000 3.580 244 488
67 Rob Kyzer - Joel Watts 35 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Ben Lee - Ben McKie 36 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Bobby Gaston - David Whyte 39 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Brad Nappier - Nathan Luke 44 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Jason Smith - Steve Blankenship 49 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Casey Nicholson 52 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 danny houck - Eddie Rogers 54 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Greg Rikard - Eddie Herlong 66 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Richard Bradshaw - Adam Fincher 68 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Eddie Burgess - Dwayne Mcvicker 69 0 0.000 0.000 244 488
67 Tim Jones - Chris Bennett 80 0 0.000 0.000 244 488

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Team Burns Wins The Ttt Championship On Lake Palestine! Full Results And Pics Here!

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The Texas Team Trail would like to thank our anglers for an incredible 2015 season!  With a record total combined in overall payout, it's another reminder that TXTT events deliver more opportunities to win than any other trail in Texas!  We look forward to kicking things off again next year - stay tuned for a 2016 schedule announcement soon! 

 

 

 

INSIDER REPORT: Frog bite carries Burns brothers to TXTT Championship

by Brett Carlson 

 

Congrats Mike Burns & Rob Burns!

FLINT, Texas - It's no secret that the state of Texas has been inundated with rain over the past month. While many fisheries were bursting at the seams with water, Lake Palestine simply sat a few feet above full pool. As the water gradually receded and the clarity improved, so did the bass fishing, enabling the Texas Team Trail Championship, presented by Cabela's, to be a shallow-water shootout. In the end, a 9-pound frog fish by brothers Rob and Mike Burns sealed the title.

 

With little practice time, the Burns brothers relied on previous experience and opted to fish the north end of the lake. They had a few different patterns going come tournament time as they were catching fish on topwaters over peppergrass and coontail, as well cranking mid-depth timber.  

 

"We knew it was a shallow-water fishery; it's got stumps and all kinds of vegetation," said Rob Burns. "We've got some history on the lake, but we hadn't fished it in some time. Mike came out and prefished the whole day Friday and was able to get some topwater going. He was also able to get a couple good bites cranking in 6 to 8 feet of water off of spawning flats."

 

The two started Saturday on the topwater program - throwing both buzzbaits and frogs at first. With a decent limit, they moved over to the cranking area. While they caught only three fish, one was the 6-pounder they were looking for.

 

"We ran the same deal today," added Rob. "We hit the topwater first - starting out in the peppergrass. We caught three keepers pretty quick. Then we hit some matted coontail and filled out our limit with a few flurries. Then we hit an intersection of a creek channel and I saw one kind of roll on my frog in super shallow water. I popped it twice and she just engulfed it. That fish was 9.29 and that made all the difference. We spent the last two hours cranking the trees, but we never got a good bite."

 

"I saw the fish jump out of the water and I didn't even know if it was on his lure or not," said Mike. "It was kind of crazy."

 

Of the 10 fish the Burns brothers weighed, nine came on the frog - a Spro Popping Frog in bluegill and sexy shad colors. The other weigh fish, the 6-pounder, came on a Lucky Craft RC 4.5 crankbait.

 

"Palestine is interesting in that the fish stay very shallow, but you needed to be around a little bit deeper water," explained Rob. "They didn't live there, but they needed access to a little deeper water."

 

The winning team said they weren't really saturating a single area, nor were they fishing incredibly fast.

 

"You wanted to stay where you had the bigger bites, but we also had to keep moving," said Rob. "They would eat it if you put it around them; they were definitely there to eat. We were just hitting an area a time or two. You would go 40 minutes or so without a bite, and then all hell breaks loose. That's frog fishing."

 

"I think two things were important," added Mike. "The first was that we continued to move. The other thing was sticking with the shallow bite even as the day went on."

 

With a two-day total weight of 41.56 pounds, the Burns brothers won a Ranger Z119c with a 225-horsepower engine as well as $1,425 of Anglers Advantage cash for a total purse of $48,425.

 

"We've had a lot of success over the years, but we've been in a little drought the last five or six," said Rob. "To actually win one again feels really good. Sometimes when it's your time it's your time. I just happened to throw where that 9-pounder was living. That was our last fish we caught today. We were knocking at the door already. But a fish like that makes all the difference."

 

"It's been a really bad season for us," Mike added. "It was getting disappointing. So it's exciting and a good way to wrap up the season."

 

Wilcoxson and Wilcoxson second

 

Tim H. Wilcoxson and Tim P. Wilcoxson, two fishermen who ironically are not related to each other, finished second with a cumulative total of 40.90 pounds.

 

"We first practiced in deeper water, but they were just not there," said Tim H. Wilcoxson. "Then we went north near the Neches River area, fished shallow and found some success."

 

Their shallow-water program could not have been any simpler.

 

"We were just flipping shallow-water grass and buck brush. We pretty much stayed in a half-mile square area. We just kept going in circles. The wind blowing in there really helped out by pushing baitfish and supplying oxygen. We caught tons of fish. We were culling 2 1/2 and 3-pounders all day. You just had to get in there and grind it out."

 

Wilcoxson and Wilcoxson used a Texas-rigged Strike King Rage Craw (black and blue) with either a 3/8-ounce or 5/16-ounce weight.

 

"All of our fish came on the Rage Craw - every one of them."

 

Tim H. explained that the expired fish the first day was simply stuck in the tongue.

 

"We knew that dead fish was going to hurt us and it did. You don't know how painful that was."

 

For taking second, the two claimed a Ranger Z119c with a 150-horsepower motor and $1,045 of Anglers Advantage cash.

 

"This is still the highest finish we've ever had in the Texas Team Trail. We're pumped up and ready for next year."

 

Stevens and Martin third

 

Terry Stevens and James Martin Sr. also had their chances.

 

"It's kind of a bittersweet deal," said Stevens. "I lost a few big fish yesterday, one that was over 10 pounds for sure that broke me off. I tried to pull her up too hard. That would have won it for us."

 

Stevens and Martin employed a two-pronged approach.

 

"I found two deeper areas down south and my partner patterned some shallow fish up north," explained Stevens.

 

When fishing shallow, the two used a combination of Strike King frogs, Rage Bugs and Rage Blades in water 1 to 3 feet deep. On the deeper stuff, they employed Strike King 6XD crankbaits.

 

"The frog bite was off yesterday, but we caught two 4-pounders fairly early. Then we came back down south to the deep water and I caught a 5- and a 6-pounder on back-to-back casts."

 

The deeper structure was a ridge that topped out at 12 feet and dropped into 15 feet. Stevens said the bass were holding right on the drop off. Of the 10 fish they weighed, four came deep and six came shallow.

 

"During practice I thought we had a real good shot. I knew when that big fish broke me off it was an uphill battle. We just needed one more big bite. Overall, it was a good tournament; I'm happy with what we did."

 

For 39 pounds, 15 ounces and third place, Stevens and Martin earned a total of $2,955 with Anglers Advantage cash and a Ranger bonus.

 

Fuller-Hatcher fourth, Wright-Headrick fifth

 

In fourth place with 35.77 pounds was Patrick Fuller and Kevin Hatcher. Behind them was Monty Wright and Brian Headrick with 35.47 pounds. Both teams brought five-bass limits to the scale each day of competition.

 

Dolezal and Pringle capture Team of the Year honors 

 

 

Jerry Dolezal and Jerrel Pringle officially claimed the coveted Lucas Oil Team of the Year award with 1098 points over five events. Dolezal and Pringle outpaced the powerhouse team of Russell Cecil and Todd Castledine who finished second with 1092, as well as David Curtis and Mark Mueck, who finished third with 1078.

 

"We've been fishing a long time and we know being the most consistent team over the course of the year is a big deal," said Dolezal. "It's a feather in our cap so to speak. We beat out some good fishermen; that's why it's important to us."

 

While they cashed checks at both Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend to start the season, Dolezal and Pringle failed to record a single keeper at Texoma.

 

"After Texoma, we lost our Team of the Year mindset. But there were a lot of zeros because the conditions were terrible. All of the other tournaments really went in our direction.

 

"Coming into this tournament I knew it was a possibility because I live on Lake Palestine and because of the double points. Today, within the last hour we still needed two fish. During practice I tried to find a place that wasn't getting hammered, an out-of-the-way place. That place paid off as we caught a 3-pounder and a 4-ounder in that last hour of the tournament."

 

Rest of the best

 

Rounding out the top 10 teams at the 2015 Texas Team Trail Championship on Lake Palestine:

 

6th: Robert Anderson and Tommy Renfro, 35.34

7th: Nicholas Albus and Jim Guzman, 34.98

8th: Kyle Gregory and Mike Mays, 33.81

9th: Garrick Mcpherson and Dusty Spurgin, 33.70

10th: Jayson Kisselburg and Dean Golman, 33.04

 

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Jamie Laiche Leads Louisiana To B.a.s.s. Nation Central Division Title, Wins Individual Title Along The Way

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Jamie Laiche of Gonzales, La., caught 38 pounds, 1 ounce to take the title at Ross Barnett Reservoir during the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Central Divisional held out of Ridgeland, Miss., Friday. 

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RIDGELAND, Miss. — Overcoming a tournament handicap and applying angling ingenuity ranked ahead of a secret lure and technique for Jamie Laiche, overall winner of the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Central Divisional.
 
Laiche, of Gonzales, La., won the overall title on Ross Barnett Reservoir with a three-day weight of 38 pounds, 1 ounce. Billy Lemon, who led on Wednesday, finished second with 36-14.
 
Laiche registered for the tournament on Ross Barnett Reservoir as a nonboater, leaving him without the convenience and confidence of using his personal rig and its fish-catching accessories.
 
“I had at least 30 offshore ledges with specific areas the size of a car hood holding fish on each spot,” he said.
 
That was a handicap because Laiche stored all the potentially game-winning waypoints on his boat’s large-screen Lowrance HDS-9 Gen3. Laiche plotted the hot spots during practice.
 
Laiche removed the electronic graph recorder and rigged it to a makeshift, portable platform, complete with power cable and alligator clips. The idea was to power the unit using the batteries in his partner’s boat.
 
“I knew my boater wouldn’t have the waypoints stored, obviously, so I just brought them with me,” said Laiche, a member of the Ascension Area Anglers.
 
As the nonboater, Laiche spent his shared portion of Day 1 on the front deck. Within view was the portable graph that allowed him to make pinpoint casts to specific sweet spots holding bass. He caught a tournament-best 14 pounds, 15 ounces.
 
Laiche fished Thursday as a boater after his partner called in sick. He fished conservatively, hoping for an opportunity to compete from his personal boat on the final day. He got that chance after his final-day partner forfeited the right to use his boat.
 
The areas holding the winning fish were offshore ledges tapering from a depth of 3 to 12 feet. The sweet spot, as he called it, was the presence of gravel that attracted baitfish.
 
On cloudy days, Laiche found roaming bass feeding near the sweet spot with a Bandit 200 Series crankbait. Sunny conditions moved the bass stationary to the bottom. As a result, he switched to a Missile Baits Tomahawk, a ribbontail plastic worm rigged with a 1/4-ounce weight.
 
The regional tournament advances the top finishing anglers from eight states to the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Championship. Joining Louisiana’s Laiche and Lemon, of Oklahoma, are the following state winners: Doug Thompson, Arkansas; Preston Frazell, Kansas; Donald Adcock, Mississippi; Matt Roberts, Missouri; Jerry Pape, Nebraska; Albert Collins, Texas.
 
The state competition proved just as dramatic as the win by Laiche. His state won it by the slim margin of 1 pound, 3 ounces. Louisiana’s 14-angler team caught a collective weight of 273 pounds, 2 ounces. Oklahoma finished second with 271-14 and Mississippi came in third with 242-13.
 
The states competed for a Skeeter/ Yamaha boat, motor, trailer and accessories package valued at $33,340.
 
The event included a friendly competition between state championship high school teams from the region. Mentoring the youths and introducing them to a championship event was the goal. Braden Blanchard and Cade Fortenberry, students at St. Amant High School in Louisiana, won the high school title.
 
The next divisional tournament is the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Mid-Atlantic Divisional on the Monongahela River in West Virginia. The event is June 17-19 Stay tuned for Bassmaster.com for complete coverage.

2015 Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Central Divisional 6/10-6/12
Ross Barnett Reservoir, Ridgeland  MS.
(ANGLER) Standings Day 3

   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Jamie Laiche           Gonzales, LA (LA)       15  38-01  0
2.  Billy Lemon            Sand Springs, OK (OK)   15  36-14  0
3.  Preston Frazell        Cleveland, OK (KS)      15  35-12  0
4.  Albert Collins         Nacogdoches, TX (TX)    15  33-10  0
5.  David Cavell           Prairieville, LA (LA)   15  33-08  0
6.  Ryan Lavigne           Gonzales, LA (LA)       15  32-12  0
7.  Doug Thompson          Mabelvale, AR (AR)      14  32-05  0
8.  John Soukup Jr         Agra, OK (OK)           15  31-06  0
9.  Benjamin King          Garnett, KS (KS)        14  30-15  0
10. Donald Adcock          Richland, MS (MS)       14  30-03  0
11. Brandon Lee            Ratcliff, AR (AR)       15  29-08  0
12. Chad Warren            Sand Springs, OK (OK)   15  29-06  0
13. Kris Bosley            Amarillo, TX (TX)       12  27-10  0
14. Blake Betz             Baton Rouge, LA (LA)    15  26-07  0
15. Chris Torkleson        Sand Springs, OK (KS)   15  26-05  0
16. Doug Guins             Lake Charles, LA (LA)   15  25-05  0
17. Chuck Halbert Jr       West Helena, AR (MS)    10  25-03  0
18. Troy Morrison          North Little Rock, AR ( 15  24-14  0
19. Frank Morton           Purvis, MS (MS)         11  23-14  0
20. Creighton Sawyer       Houston, AR (AR)        15  23-04  0
21. Chris Johnson          Enid, OK (OK)           15  23-02  0
22. Samuel Anthony         Independence, LA (LA)   14  23-00  0
23. Josh Wray              Omaha, AR (AR)          15  22-11  0
24. Michael Valentine      Laurel , MS (MS)        12  22-07  0
25. Mark Floyd             Blue Mountain, MS (MS)  15  22-06  0
26. Jody Herring           Meadville, MS (MS)      15  22-05  0
27. Jason Buchanan         Burnet, TX (TX)         13  22-04  0
28. Wyatt Smith            Stroud, OK (OK)         13  22-01  0
29. Jerry Pape             Milford, IA (NE)        15  21-11  0
30. Kevin Vaughan          Nowata, OK (OK)         10  21-06  0
31. Matt Roberts           Pulaski, IA (MO)        15  21-03  0
32. Craig Torkleson        Sand Springs, OK (KS)   15  20-11  0
33. Jeffery Lemoine        Des Allemands, LA (LA)  15  20-10  0
34. Justin Foster          Bude, MS (MS)           12  20-04  0
35. Kris Lee               Coweta, OK (OK)         15  20-04  0
36. Mike Ford              Peculiar , MO (MO)      9  20-01  0
37. Danny Carter           Hernando, MS (MS)       13  19-11  0
38. Chuck Wisdom Jr        Beebe, AR (AR)          10  19-04  0
39. Trevor Yates           Norman, OK (OK)         10  18-15  0
40. Jeremy Tibben          Stanton, IA (NE)        12  18-09  0
41. Jason Citta            Hershey, NE (NE)        11  18-08  0
42. Paul Huse              Omaha, NE (NE)          10  18-06  0
43. Aaron Olsen            Lenexa, KS (NE)         13  18-06  0
44. Beau Branine           Haysville, KS (KS)      13  18-03  0
45. Bo Middleton           Lawton, OK (OK)         13  17-15  0
46. Will Major             Port Allen, LA (LA)     10  17-14  0
47. Jared Knuth            Wahoo, NE (NE)          11  17-10  0
48. Richard Risewick       Norton, KS (NE)         9  17-06  0
49. Paul Kremers           Clarksville, AR (AR)    12  17-06  0
50. HS-Cade Fortenberry/Braden Blanchard St Amant, LA (LA)       10  17-05  0
51. HS-Caleb Parker/Nathan Walley LAUREL, MS (MS)         9  17-03  0
52. Brandon Pedigo         Durant, OK (OK)         12  16-11  0
53. Sam Leintz             Linwood, KS (KS)        14  16-08  0
54. Jim Simpson            Canyon, TX (TX)         11  16-04  0
55. Terry Reed             Willils, TX (TX)        13  16-03  0
56. Robbie Latuso          Gonzales, LA (LA)       13  15-11  0
57. Charlie Harrington     New Cambria, MO (MO)    11  15-08  0
58. James McKee            Springdale, AR (AR)     11  15-06  0
59. Ron Snyder             Georgetown, AR (AR)     9  15-03  0
60. Jay Rogers             Arlington, TN (MS)      11  14-13  0
61. Kyle Dragulski         Mansfield, TX (TX)      13  14-12  0
62. HS-Cameron Pappen/Jesse Heflin Topeka, KS (KS)         10  14-04  0
63. HS-Joseph Bruener/Jack Garner Nacodgoches, TX (TX)    8  13-12  0
64. Trevor Rogge           San Antonio, TX (TX)    11  13-11  0
65. Brad VanRiette         Iola, KS (KS)           12  13-10  0
66. Jason Boswell          Corning, IA (NE)        10  13-01  0
67. Brian Penning          Wichita, KS (KS)        9  13-01  0
68. Ralph Leonard          Tekamah, NE (NE)        8  12-13  0
69. Mark Boggs             Beggs, OK (OK)          9  12-13  0
70. Jeff Saunders          Kearney , MO (MO)       5  12-10  0
71. Larry Fralick          Wichita, KS (KS)        9  12-04  0
72. Josh Stapleton         Arlington, TX (TX)      9  11-07  0
73. Heath Willard          Brookhaven, MS (MS)     7  11-05  0
74. HS-Tyler Eagan/Jason Thompson Lees Summit, MO (MO)    10  11-02  0
75. HS-Trevor Owens/Matthew Hasenfratz Ponca City, OK (OK)     9  11-00  0
76. Larry Stoafer          Leavenworth, KS (MO)    8  10-15  0
77. Harold Stark           Eldon, MO (MO)          8  10-10  0
78. Cary Beard             Gonzalez, LA (LA)       8  10-09  0
79. Larry Brumley          Topeka, KS (KS)         7  10-06  0
80. HS-Drake Vines/Brett Avery El Dorado, AR (AR)      8  10-05  0
81. Scotty Smith           Taylor, AR (AR)         6  10-02  0
82. Robert Degraffenreid   Oklahoma Cty, OK (OK)   8  10-01  0
83. Troy Montgomery        Granbury, TX (TX)       7  09-08  0
84. James Parsons          Topeka, KS (KS)         9  09-07  0
85. Darrin Herndon         Soso, MS (MS)           6  09-02  0
86. Kyle Robertson         Austin, AR (AR)         8  08-10  0
87. Chris Brokman          Council Bluffs, IA (NE) 5  08-09  0
88. Jeff Hamilton          Blue Springs, MO (MO)   8  08-06  0
89. Mike Jackson           Cuba, MO (MO)           7  08-01  0
90. Felix Appelt           Goliad, TX (TX)         5  08-01  0
91. Johnny Starks          Wellington, KS (KS)     6  07-15  0
92. Joshua Alleman         Gramercy, LA (LA)       6  07-11  0
93. Donald Switzer         Clarinda, IA (NE)       5  07-10  0
94. Nick Carroccio         Plano, TX (TX)          7  07-09  0
95. Cody Graff             Glenvil, NE (NE)        6  07-07  0
96. Ken Caldwell           Wylie, TX (TX)          4  07-02  0
97. Duane Crenshaw         Irving, TX (TX)         4  06-11  0
98. Dusty Scott            Rector, AR (AR)         6  06-01  0
99. Greg Voss              Jefferson City, MO (MO) 4  05-11  0
100. John Blankenbeker      Camdenton, MO (MO)      3  05-03  0
101. Faron Morris           Clarksburg, MO (MO)     3  04-11  0
102. Dan Chickering         Bloomfield, IA (MO)     4  04-08  0
103. Rob Werner             Denham Springs, LA (LA) 5  04-05  0
104. Kevin Parker           Sumrall, MS (MS)        3  04-01  0
105. HS-Cole Luetkenhaus/Nathan Kmiecik Progue, NE (NE)         3  03-07  0
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
 1       55       363       623-03
 2       46       352       536-08
 3       47       375       622-14
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         148      1090      1782-09

TEAM STANDINGS Day 3
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    State                Lbs-Oz
  1 LOUISIANA            273-02
  2 OKLAHOMA             271-14
  3 MISSISSIPPI          242-13
  4 ARKANSAS             234-15
  5 KANSAS               229-05
  6 TEXAS                208-08
  7 NEBRASKA             183-07
  8 MISSOURI             138-09

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 3
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KANSAS
    Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
  1 Preston Frazell      Cleveland, OK               15   35-12  0
  2 Benjamin King        Garnett, KS                 14   30-15  0
  3 Chris Torkleson      Sand Springs, OK            15   26-05  0
  4 Craig Torkleson      Sand Springs, OK            15   20-11  0
  5 Beau Branine         Haysville, KS               13   18-03  0
  6 Sam Leintz           Linwood, KS                 14   16-08  0
  7 HS-Cameron Pappen/Jesse Heflin Topeka, KS                  10   14-04  0
  8 Brad VanRiette       Iola, KS                    12   13-10  0
  9 Brian Penning        Wichita, KS                 9   13-01  0
 10 Larry Fralick        Wichita, KS                 9   12-04  0
 11 Larry Brumley        Topeka, KS                  7   10-06  0
 12 James Parsons        Topeka, KS                  9   09-07  0
 13 Johnny Starks        Wellington, KS              6   07-15  0

OKLAHOMA
    Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
  1 Billy Lemon          Sand Springs, OK            15   36-14  0
  2 John Soukup Jr       Agra, OK                    15   31-06  0
  3 Chad Warren          Sand Springs, OK            15   29-06  0
  4 Chris Johnson        Enid, OK                    15   23-02  0
  5 Wyatt Smith          Stroud, OK                  13   22-01  0
  6 Kevin Vaughan        Nowata, OK                  10   21-06  0
  7 Kris Lee             Coweta, OK                  15   20-04  0
  8 Trevor Yates         Norman, OK                  10   18-15  0
  9 Bo Middleton         Lawton, OK                  13   17-15  0
 10 Brandon Pedigo       Durant, OK                  12   16-11  0
 11 Mark Boggs           Beggs, OK                   9   12-13  0
 12 HS-Trevor Owens/Matthew Hasenfratz Ponca City, OK              9   11-00  0
 13 Robert Degraffenreid Oklahoma Cty, OK            8   10-01  0

LOUISIANA
    Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
  1 Jamie Laiche         Gonzales, LA                15   38-01  0
  2 David Cavell         Prairieville, LA            15   33-08  0
  3 Ryan Lavigne         Gonzales, LA                15   32-12  0
  4 Blake Betz           Baton Rouge, LA             15   26-07  0
  5 Doug Guins           Lake Charles, LA            15   25-05  0
  6 Samuel Anthony       Independence, LA            14   23-00  0
  7 Jeffery Lemoine      Des Allemands, LA           15   20-10  0
  8 Will Major           Port Allen, LA              10   17-14  0
  9 HS-Cade Fortenberry/Braden Blanchard St Amant, LA                10   17-05  0
 10 Robbie Latuso        Gonzales, LA                13   15-11  0
 11 Cary Beard           Gonzalez, LA                8   10-09  0
 12 Joshua Alleman       Gramercy, LA                6   07-11  0
 13 Rob Werner           Denham Springs, LA          5   04-05  0

NEBRASKA
    Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
  1 Jerry Pape           Milford, IA                 15   21-11  0
  2 Jeremy Tibben        Stanton, IA                 12   18-09  0
  3 Jason Citta          Hershey, NE                 11   18-08  0
  4 Paul Huse            Omaha, NE                   10   18-06  0
  5 Aaron Olsen          Lenexa, KS                  13   18-06  0
  6 Jared Knuth          Wahoo, NE                   11   17-10  0
  7 Richard Risewick     Norton, KS                  9   17-06  0
  8 Jason Boswell        Corning, IA                 10   13-01  0
  9 Ralph Leonard        Tekamah, NE                 8   12-13  0
 10 Chris Brokman        Council Bluffs, IA          5   08-09  0
 11 Donald Switzer       Clarinda, IA                5   07-10  0
 12 Cody Graff           Glenvil, NE                 6   07-07  0
 13 HS-Cole Luetkenhaus/Nathan Kmiecik Progue, NE                  3   03-07  0

MISSOURI
    Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
  1 Matt Roberts         Pulaski, IA                 15   21-03  0
  2 Mike Ford            Peculiar , MO               9   20-01  0
  3 Charlie Harrington   New Cambria, MO             11   15-08  0
  4 Jeff Saunders        Kearney , MO                5   12-10  0
  5 HS-Tyler Eagan/Jason Thompson Lees Summit, MO             10   11-02  0
  6 Larry Stoafer        Leavenworth, KS             8   10-15  0
  7 Harold Stark         Eldon, MO                   8   10-10  0
  8 Jeff Hamilton        Blue Springs, MO            8   08-06  0
  9 Mike Jackson         Cuba, MO                    7   08-01  0
 10 Greg Voss            Jefferson City, MO          4   05-11  0
 11 John Blankenbeker    Camdenton, MO               3   05-03  0
 12 Faron Morris         Clarksburg, MO              3   04-11  0
 13 Dan Chickering       Bloomfield, IA              4   04-08  0

ARKANSAS
    Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
  1 Doug Thompson        Mabelvale, AR               14   32-05  0
  2 Brandon Lee          Ratcliff, AR                15   29-08  0
  3 Troy Morrison        North Little Rock, AR       15   24-14  0
  4 Creighton Sawyer     Houston, AR                 15   23-04  0
  5 Josh Wray            Omaha, AR                   15   22-11  0
  6 Chuck Wisdom Jr      Beebe, AR                   10   19-04  0
  7 Paul Kremers         Clarksville, AR             12   17-06  0
  8 James McKee          Springdale, AR              11   15-06  0
  9 Ron Snyder           Georgetown, AR              9   15-03  0
 10 HS-Drake Vines/Brett Avery El Dorado, AR               8   10-05  0
 11 Scotty Smith         Taylor, AR                  6   10-02  0
 12 Kyle Robertson       Austin, AR                  8   08-10  0
 13 Dusty Scott          Rector, AR                  6   06-01  0

MISSISSIPPI
    Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
  1 Donald Adcock        Richland, MS                14   30-03  0
  2 Chuck Halbert Jr     West Helena, AR             10   25-03  0
  3 Frank Morton         Purvis, MS                  11   23-14  0
  4 Michael Valentine    Laurel , MS                 12   22-07  0
  5 Mark Floyd           Blue Mountain, MS           15   22-06  0
  6 Jody Herring         Meadville, MS               15   22-05  0
  7 Justin Foster        Bude, MS                    12   20-04  0
  8 Danny Carter         Hernando, MS                13   19-11  0
  9 HS-Caleb Parker/Nathan Walley LAUREL, MS                  9   17-03  0
 10 Jay Rogers           Arlington, TN               11   14-13  0
 11 Heath Willard        Brookhaven, MS              7   11-05  0
 12 Darrin Herndon       Soso, MS                    6   09-02  0
 13 Kevin Parker         Sumrall, MS                 3   04-01  0

TEXAS
    Angler               Hometown                   No./lbs-oz Total $$$
  1 Albert Collins       Nacogdoches, TX             15   33-10  0
  2 Kris Bosley          Amarillo, TX                12   27-10  0
  3 Jason Buchanan       Burnet, TX                  13   22-04  0
  4 Jim Simpson          Canyon, TX                  11   16-04  0
  5 Terry Reed           Willils, TX                 13   16-03  0
  6 Kyle Dragulski       Mansfield, TX               13   14-12  0
  7 HS-Joseph Bruener/Jack Garner Nacodgoches, TX             8   13-12  0
  8 Trevor Rogge         San Antonio, TX             11   13-11  0
  9 Josh Stapleton       Arlington, TX               9   11-07  0
 10 Troy Montgomery      Granbury, TX                7   09-08  0
 11 Felix Appelt         Goliad, TX                  5   08-01  0
 12 Nick Carroccio       Plano, TX                   7   07-09  0
 13 Ken Caldwell         Wylie, TX                   4   07-02  0
 14 Duane Crenshaw       Irving, TX                  4   06-11  0

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Bill Mcdonald Weighs-In 29-12 To Set The Pace In Flw Tour Event On Chickamauga

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Thanks! to Rob Newell and FLW Outdoors for the following report from today's first round action on Lake Chickamauga:

 

June 11, 2015  by Rob Newell

Prior to the start of Walmart FLW Tour event presented by Igloo Coolers on Lake Chickamauga this morning, the biggest limit of bass Billy McDonald had ever weighed in at a tournament was 25 pounds, 2 ounces of smallmouths on Lake St. Clair.

Today, he crushed that personal best mark by more than 4 pounds with a five-bass limit that weighed 29 pounds, 12 ounces. His two best bass weighed 8 pounds and 7 pounds, 9 ounces.

If you think McDonald tapped the “mega-school” of a lifetime, guess again. He didn’t even scour the ledges with his DownScan or play musical shell beds with other boats.

While groups of boats on the main river waited for the current to run on a slick, blistering hot day, McDonald was getting it done off the main river.

“I fished by myself all day,” he says. “I’m not playing the schools or riding around idling forever looking for them. I just decided to put my trolling motor down and fish.”

Surprisingly, McDonald reports catching two of his bigger fish from shallow grass. Two other brutes came on back-to-back casts with a deep-diving crankbait on an offshore spot not associated with the main river.

Bill McDonald breaks down how he sacked 29-12 on day one.

“I had a good practice fishing shallow,” he adds. “A lot of the ones I caught in practice still had bloody tails, so I think some are just now coming of beds.”

McDonald has a 3-pound, 10-ounce lead over offshore specialist Michael Wooley. Behind them, 13 more pros topped the 20-pound mark, making this a good old-fashioned Tennessee River shootout.

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Clarks Hill Fishing Heating Up In Time For Carolinas Bass Challenge Sc Division Qualifier

Less than 30 points separate the top four teams in the Carolinas Bass challenge South Carolina Division going into the final season qualifier on Clarks Hill this weekend – but the final is a double-points tournament so the Team of the Year Award is up for grabs, said tournament director Brett Collins.

“With Clarks Hill a double-points tournament ground can be made up – or lost – easily,” Collins said.

Heading into the tournament Wayne Frierson and Ronnie Mueller are leading with 1135 points, but Chris Marshal and Josh Gardner are just seven points back in second place. Gary Michaud and Doc McDaniel are third with 1115 points and Thomas and Clayton King are sitting 4th with 1106 points.

The CBC anglers should find Clarks Hill very receptive this weekend, Collins said.

“Fishing has been great on Clarks Hill this year with the winning bags averaging 20 to 22 pounds in tournaments recently,” he noted.

“The fish are still schooling, but some are already moving out to the ledges for the summer. The underwater islands at Clarks Hill could pay big dividends this weekend.”

Collins said the CBC is having a banner year, with a lot of new teams joining and membership numbers up over previous years. A big reason is the money involved, with the opportunity for a major payday at every tournament, he added.

“Multiple teams have won over $10,000 and the Skeeter Bonus Dollars the CBC offers on top of the Skeeter Real Money has been a huge addition,” Collins said. “This year we have been paying back the $5,000 at each event in three places – $2,500, $1,500 and $1,000.”

Collins said teams are also fishing for a chance to make the 2016 Bassmaster Classic.

“We will also send another big number of teams to the Bassmaster Team Championship on Lake Guntersville later this year. Last year we sent 22 teams and it looks to be about the same this year,” he said.

“After Clarks Hill we should have 300 teams in the South Carolina Division membership,” he said. “A team must fish three qualifiers to enter the S.C. Division Championship at Santee Cooper Sept. 19 and then to be eligible to fish the 2015 CBC Classic on Clarks Hill Oct. 23.”

And he is already planning for next year, which should be even bigger and better than this year, he said.

“We plan to have the schedule done early this year and have it out as quick as possible so anglers can start making their plans for next year.”

 

Carolinas Bass Challenge - South Carolina Division

Sat, Jun 13, 2015

Clarks Hill Lake

Wildwood Park

Call Brett Collins 803-413-7521

www.carolinasbasschallenge.com

 

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140 Boats Lining Up For Texas Team Trail Championship On Lake Palestine

After averaging more than 225 boats per tournament, the 2015 Texas Team Trail will conclude this weekend with 140 boats qualified for the Cabela's Texas Team Trail championship on Lake Palestine.

“We're very excited and humbled by the support that anglers in Texas and beyond have demonstrated,” said tournament director Mike Hastings, who pointed out that the trail features the biggest team payouts in the state, plus many sponsor bonuses.

Russell Cecil and Todd Casteldine, winners of the inaugural Team of the Year Award are leading the 2015 Lucas Oil TOY race with 916 points over four events. Trailing them by only two points is the powerhouse team of David Curtis and Mark Mueck, winners of the 2013 TOY Award. However, the TOY could be up for grabs as the two-day championship is a double-points event.

"If we're going to win the points, we're going to need to win the championship or be right there in contention,” Cecil said. “The guys we're fishing against are talented and I know how hard they work. We always want to win these things. We don't worry about bombing; we've always taken that approach."

A fully rigged Ranger Z119C valued at $45,000 is guaranteed for first place. The second-place finishers will take home a Ranger Z118C valued at $34,000. The season-long chase for the TXTT Team of the Year is also at stake, as are multiple contingency opportunities.

“Lake Palestine is slightly above full pool but is in overall good shape following the flooding that affected many areas of the state. The high, off colored water will create an interesting challenge for the championship competitors,” Hastings said.

“However, given the skill level of the competitors, I'm sure several teams will figure the fish out and bring impressive catches to the scales both days.”

Castledine agreed.

“I think a lot of guys will struggle, but I think the top 10 is really going to figure them out and catch them. I could be wrong, but I think you'll need at least 20 pounds per day to win. The place has 9s and 10s and not just a few - they live there. And it's also got a lot of the 3- and 4-pounders," he said.

"Palestine is unique in that wherever the fish live, they all live," Castledine added. "I'm talking about everything from baitfish to bass to catfish. There will be no fish at all and then suddenly there's a wad of fish with everything mixed in. And the bass will eat just about anything. They are mean and they are opportunistic on Palestine.”

Hastings also announced the 2016 TTT season will kick off at Sam Rayburn at the end of January, with qualifying events also planned for Toledo Bend, Richland Chambers and Texoma. The location for the championship event and exact dates will be announced soon.

 

Texas Team Trail Championship

Jun 13-14, 2015

Lake Palestine

The Villages

Call (210) 788-4143

www.texasteamtrail.com

 

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Teams Will 'dredge The Ledges' In Flw College Central Conference Tournament On Kentucky Lake

B.A.S.S. pro Edwin Evers won the Zippo BASSFest on Kentucky Lake last weekend by “dredging the ledges” and Nick Uebelhor of Evansville University hopes to do the same this weekend in the FLW College Fishing Series tournament.

“The fish are out on the ledges, but I am finding it's hard to get them to bite,” said Uebelhor during practice this week. “They just held BASSFest here and all those guys were catching them in 20 feet of water. Some of the fish are moving out there and some are already out there, so they are scattered out right now and all that fishing pressure is making it tough to catch them.”

Evers weighed in more than 97 pounds for the four days of BASSFest and his catch included some 8-pounders, but Uebelhor said he is mostly finding 3-pound bass. 

“I've found some schools of bass but I need to find more,” Uebelhor said. “With all the fishing pressure I think the more schools I can find the better it will be. I'll probably spend a lot of time looking at my Humminbird depth finder during practice this week.”

Uebelhor said he is fishing “typical ledge stuff.”

“I have about 9 or 10 rods n the deck, rigged with crankbaits, worms, jigs and so on.”

Uebelhor and teammate Lee Knies, both of Jasper, Indiana, won the FLW College Fishing Central Conference tournament on Table Rock in April, but they have split up for this tournament to get more of their school fishing club members some experience, he said.

“We had already qualified so we thought we'd get a couple of other people involved that don't normally fish tournaments and see how they enjoy it,” he said. “We only have two boats in the club and usually when we go to a tournament we can only take one boat. Since this tournament is so close we thought we would take both boats.”

While he has found the fishing a little tough so far this week, Uebelhor, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, and Knies, a sophomore majoring in Electrical Engineering, are both familiar with Kentucky/Barkley Lakes.

“It's only 3 ½ hours from home. It's where we go to fish when we can't catch any fish in Indiana,” he said.

 

FLW College Fishing Series

Sat, Jun 13, 2015

Kentucky-Barkley Lakes

Kentucky Dam Marina

www.flwoutdoors.com

 

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Ethan Howard wins Collins Bass for Cash Youth Series on Gaston with 20.77 Lbs!!

Lake Gaston was the location for stop number four of the 2015 Collins Inc. – Youth Educational Series tournament trail. This unique series, dedicated solely to youth anglers ages 18 and under, is seeing new and returning faces alike.

Competitors and their boat captains launched at 6:00 AM from the Summit Wildlife access and returned at 1:00 PM for the afternoon weigh-in.

Ethan Howard took the top spot in the event with an impressive five fish limit tipping the scales at 20.77 lbs earning himself first place awards consisting of trophy prizes and products from The Trophy Connection, Z Man Fishing Products, Outdoor Accessories Unlimited, and Penetration Hooks. Howard also netted the single largest fish for the event, thus gaining the lunker award, presented by NC Farm Bureau agent Red Ligon, for his largemouth bass weighing 5.42 lbs. Howard focused on docks near the middle to backs of pockets where the bass were feeding on spawning sunfish. Howard alternated between a 3/8oz jig and a 1/8oz shakey head for his catches.

Ethan Howard holds up 20.77 Lbs of fish along with Tournament Director Jeff NarronEthan Howard holds up 20.77 Lbs of fish along with Tournament Director Jeff Narron

 

Ethan Howard and his Hardware from the Collins Bass for Cash on GastonEthan Howard and his Hardware from the Collins Bass for Cash on Gaston

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full Results here: http://anglersites.com/collins/files/2015/06/Tournament-Entry-Results-V3_5-YES-With-Points-Gaston-6-6-15.pdf

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Evers Wins Bassfest With 97-4

PARIS, Tenn. — After a tough start to the Bassmaster Elite Series season, Edwin Evers said he hasn’t been that much fun for his wife, Tuesday, to live with back home in Talala, Okla.

But things should be more pleasant for both of them now.

Not only did Evers win a first-place check for $100,000 as the champion of Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps, but he earned an automatic berth into the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro. Evers never relinquished the lead after seizing it on Day 2, and he sealed the victory Sunday with a catch of 25 pounds that pushed his four-day total to 97 pounds, 4 ounces.

Michigan pro Kevin VanDam finished second with 94-4.

“My wife’s been about ready to shoot me, because I’ve been in a pretty bad mood most of the season,” said Evers, who claimed his ninth B.A.S.S. victory and first since 2013. “I just have to be at that Classic, so this means the world to me. It’s so important.”

BASSfest is the only tournament on the Elite Series schedule that results in an automatic Classic berth for the winner — and with the 2016 Classic taking place on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees in Evers’ home state of Oklahoma, the 40-year-old pro fished all week like his season was on the line.

He opened Wednesday with a catch of 24-0 and jumped into the lead after catching 27-2 Thursday. After taking Friday off while those who finished out of the Top 50 took part in a Second Chance event on Lake Barkley, Evers held onto the lead with 21-2 Saturday.

Then Sunday, he followed the same pattern he had fished all week to keep VanDam and third-place angler Brett Hite (91-9) from slipping past him.

Like most of the field, Evers fished Kentucky Lake’s famed ledges with a variety of baits. He used a Megabass Deep-Six Crankbait, a swimbait and an E2 Head Turner Stand Up Worm, but it was a homemade bucktail jig that helped him catch his largest bass.

“It’s a 5/8-ounce hair jig that a buddy back home made for me,” Evers said. “He actually shot the deer off my property that he made the bucktails out of. It’s something I catch some fish on back home. I had him make them for me last year before BASSfest (on Lake Chickamauga), and I should have thrown it a whole lot more last year.”

Evers said the bucktail jig worked especially well as a “follow-up” bait.

“Once I had the schools fired up on a crankbait, it was something that really worked for me,” Evers said. “I would do the same thing on each of my spots: I’d start with a crankbait, then I’d go to the swimbait and then the jig.

“Every bait I used was important.”

What helped Evers separate himself from the field was one or two big bites each day. He said most of the big fish he caught, including an 8-0 Thursday and an 8-11 Sunday, came out of one small area.

“They all came within a 5-foot circle, I can promise you,” Evers said. “Every one of them came from the same spot.”

Evers’ consistency also helped him outlast a hard charge from VanDam — a noted ledge-fishing specialist whose star-studded history on Kentucky Lake has included two third-place finishes in B.A.S.S. events, two seconds and two victories.

VanDam caught 23-9 and 24-5 the first two days, but stumbled with only 19-12 Saturday. Despite rebounding with an outstanding catch of 26-10 Sunday, he couldn’t overcome the one bad day.

“Saturday was the difference for me,” VanDam said. “If you’re going to have one bad day on this lake, it has to be at least 22 or 23 pounds. Then you have to have a 27-pound day to make up for that. You just about have to have (an average of) 25 pounds a day here to win.”

VanDam’s selection of lures was as diverse as Evers, with Strike King 6XD, 8XD and 10XD crankbaits leading the way. He said natural color patterns like sexy blueback herring and green gizzard shad worked best, and the silent version of the 6XD helped him to several impressive flurries.

“I don’t know that they’re conditioned to the one with the rattles on this lake, but it seems like that,” VanDam said. “Using the silent one was just night and day. Once you quit catching them on the regular one, you can switch to the silent one and start catching them again.

“I had some unbelievable flurries cranking this week.”

Hite caught 22-14 Sunday to earn his third-place finish with 91-9. Alabama angler Tim Horton only had two fish at 2 p.m. Sunday, but a late flurry helped him weigh in 22-11 and land in fourth place with 88-8. Fred Roumbanis rounded out the Top 5 with 18-7 Sunday for a total of 87-9.

Bonuses and Contingency Awards:

  • The $1,000 award for the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points leader will go to Dean Rojas.
  • The Power-Pole Captain’s Cash will award $1,000 to Fred Roumbanis.
  • The Evan Williams Bourbon Heavyweight Award of $1,000 for the angler with the heaviest five-fish limit during the tournament goes to Derek Remitz for his 28-1 bag on Day 2.
  • The Livingston Lures Leader Award of $500 for the angler leading on Day 2 goes to Edwin Evers.
  • The HUK Biggest Jump Award of $1,000 for the angler who made the largest jump in standings from Day 1 goes to Steve Kennedy.
  • The Bass Pro Shops Big Bass award of $1,500 for the heaviest bass weighed goes to Evers for the 8-11 bass caught on Day 5.
  • The Toyota Bonus Bucks award of $3,000 for the highest placing eligible angler goes to Evers. The second highest placing angler, Brandon Lester, is awarded $2,000.
  • The A.R.E. Truck Caps Top Angler Award of $1,000 will be awarded to Evers for being the highest placing angler using A.R.E. products.
  • David Williams was awarded the Dick Cepek Tires Rolling Forward award for most places climbed in AOY between the Lake Havasu and Kentucky Lake events.
  • The Rigid Industries Big Fish Light Jackpot of $2,000 was awarded to Edwin Evers for his five-fish limit weighing 27 pounds, 2 ounces.

2015 Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps 6/3-6/7
Kentucky Lake, Paris  TN.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Edwin Evers            Talala, OK              20  97-04  100 $103,000.00
Day 1: 5   24-00     Day 2: 5   27-02     Day 3: 5   21-02     Day 4: 5   25-00
2.  Kevin VanDam           Kalamazoo, MI           20  94-04   99  $60,000.00
Day 1: 5   23-09     Day 2: 5   24-05     Day 3: 5   19-12     Day 4: 5   26-10
3.  Brett Hite             Phoenix, AZ             20  91-09   98  $35,000.00
Day 1: 5   23-05     Day 2: 5   23-06     Day 3: 5   22-00     Day 4: 5   22-14
4.  Tim Horton             Muscle Shoals, AL       20  88-08   97  $32,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-03     Day 2: 5   27-01     Day 3: 5   18-09     Day 4: 5   22-11
5.  Fred Roumbanis         Bixby, OK               20  87-09   96  $21,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-09     Day 2: 5   20-10     Day 3: 5   26-15     Day 4: 5   18-07
6.  Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA              20  87-07   95  $18,000.00
Day 1: 5   19-01     Day 2: 5   26-11     Day 3: 5   20-02     Day 4: 5   21-09
7.  Derek Remitz           Grant, AL               20  87-04   94  $18,000.00
Day 1: 5   19-03     Day 2: 5   28-01     Day 3: 5   22-07     Day 4: 5   17-09
8.  Brandon Card           Caryville, TN           20  86-13   93  $16,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-02     Day 2: 5   22-06     Day 3: 5   24-08     Day 4: 5   19-13
9.  Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        20  85-06   92  $15,000.00
Day 1: 5   22-14     Day 2: 5   22-05     Day 3: 5   24-05     Day 4: 5   15-14
10. Billy McCaghren        Mayflower, AR           20  80-04   91  $14,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-12     Day 2: 5   19-04     Day 3: 5   21-15     Day 4: 5   17-05
11. Andy Montgomery        Blacksburg, SC          20  77-07   90  $13,000.00
Day 1: 5   25-04     Day 2: 5   17-02     Day 3: 5   21-07     Day 4: 5   13-10
12. Kotaro Kiriyama        Moody, AL               19  71-15   89  $12,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-15     Day 2: 5   15-08     Day 3: 5   24-15     Day 4: 4   09-09
BASS PRO SHOPS BIG BASS
Edwin Evers              Talala, OK          08-11      $1,500.00
EVANS WILLIAMS HEAVYWEIGHT
Derek Remitz             Grant, AL           28-01      $1,000.00

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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        94       543      1801-14
2        91       517      1722-15
3        45       270       912-05
4        11        59       230-15
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241      1389      4668-01

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Roger Hoover Wins The Ac Marine Tt On Kerr

162 teams showed up for 7th event of the year on the Anglers Choice Marine TT up on Kerr Lake. Roger Hoover held on to win with 16.93 Lbs and went home with a 1st place check of $3000. Conditions were tough as water temps are now way up and the grind is not easy. Congrats to big Rog and all of the anglers who battled it out Sat afternoon! Open the attachment below for full results:

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Father-Son Team Win The Abt On Pickwick With 26.27 Lbs-Full Results And Pic Here!

Florence, Ala. – June 7, 2015 – There was much to be decided when the fifth and final Northern Division event of the Alabama Bass Trail’s 2015 season took off into the early morning light onto the waters of Pickwick Lake from McFarland Park in Florence, Ala.  At stake were not only the day’s winnings, but also the Northern Division Anglers of the Year race, 50 spots into the 2015 ABT Championship and eight slots into the Bassmaster Team Championship.

The top end weights were expected to be strong as Pickwick’s largemouth had begun to gather on the ledges.  However, unlike year’s past, the weights throughout the field were expected as the schools of bass were smaller than usual and not as easy to locate.  This would mean that the team that won the tournament would certainly earn it.  The other potential meaning was that the Anglers of the Year title and all of the qualifying spots could be wide open.

Early in the weigh-in, the team of Kyle and Luke Glasgow brought 1 26.27-pound limit to the stage.  While some thought the weights might be higher, the Glasgow’s solid limit was enough to withstand all comers to hold on for the win.

The father / son team said that their day went better than they had anticipated.  “We didn’t have a great practice, and didn’t think this would be the outcome,” said the elder Glasgow.  “My wife told me that we would have a great tournament because we had a difficult practice.  We didn’t expect to do well, but to win with my son means the world to me.”

They reported using Ben Parker Magnum spoons and Profound Outdoors Z-Boss 25 crankbaits to catch their fish.  “We caught a 20-pound-limit early on the spoon, and were pretty happy with that,” they said.  “We went to some other areas later in the day and culled a few on the crankbait; it was really a fun day.”  The Glasgows earned $10,000 for their win, and after contingency programs, could earn as much as an additional $10,000 for their day.

Damien Willis and Mark Steward finished the day in second place with a limit weighing 24.86 pounds, earning $5,000 and the third place team of Brandon Staggs and Jerry Wright produced 22.65 pounds and earned $4,000.  The teams of Joe Alexander and Leon Tidwell Jr. and Gary Thompson and Marty Gentry each caught a 7.14-pound largemouth as a part of their limits and tied for the Diet Mountain Dew Big Bass of the tournament.

John Welborn and Wesley Sams came into the event in second place; three points behind, in the Anglers of the Year standings behind Rusty Strickland and Charles Hemm.   Both teams struggled in the season finale, and in the end, Welborn and Sams were the benefit of a dead fish penalty that cost Strickland and Hemm.  They were able to overcome the deficit and win the Northern Division Anglers of the Year title by five points.

“This is something that ranks right up there with winning the event at Smith Lake this year,” said the pair.  “We spent our day thinking about trying to do well in this tournament, and never really stopped to think about the AOY title.  Now that it’s over and we’ve won it’s really something that we are really proud of.”  They just have to wait for the Southern Division season finale at Lay Lake to see if they can become the overall Anglers of the Year and walk away with the $5,000 prize for the title.

The top 10 in the standings are as follows: the complete standings can be found at http://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/pl-results/ and the Northern Division season standings can be found at http://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/north-division-standings/

Place Team Fish Penalty Big Bass Total Weight Points Winnings
1 Kyle Glasgow/Luke Glasgow 5/0 26.27 0.00 6.81 225 10000
2 Damien Willis/Mark Steward 5/0 24.86 0.00 0.00 224 5000
3 Brandon Staggs/Jerry Wright 5/0 22.65 0.00 0.00 223 4000
4 Jeff Shelton/Tim Arnold 5/0 22.60 0.00 0.00 222 3000
5 Justin Marlow/Tom Frink 5/1 22.28 1.00 0.00 221 2000
6 Justin Atkins/Drew Long 5/0 21.69 0.00 0.00 220 1000
7 Craig Grubbs/Matt Ferguson 5/0 21.64 0.00 0.00 219 900
8 William Davis/Tim Cummings 5/0 20.91 0.00 5.36 218 800
9 Blake Hall/Dustin Connell 5/1 20.16 1.00 0.00 217 700
10 Jeremy Christian/Logan Johnson 5/0 20.00 0.00 0.00 216 600

 

As with last season, each of Alabama Bass Trail’s tournaments will feature the live streaming video, but new for the 2015 season will be a live leaderboard so that friends, families and fans can keep up with each event.  Follow along on www.alabamabasstrail.org.

 

 

Pickwick Champs Kyle and Luke Glasgow hold up thier $10,000 Payday!Pickwick Champs Kyle and Luke Glasgow hold up thier $10,000 Payday!

 

place Name Fish Weight Penalty BigFish Wgt points Winnings

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Evers Maintains Lead Despite Slower Bite At Bassfest On Kentucky Lake

PARIS, Tenn. — After catching two limits of bass that weighed 24 pounds or better the first two days of Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps, Oklahoma angler Edwin Evers had high expectations for Saturday.

Things didn’t go as well as he’d hoped, but he still managed a five-bass limit that weighed 21 pounds, 2 ounces and maintained his lead with a three-day total of 72-4.

He will now lead a field of 12 anglers into Sunday’s final round with a $100,000 first-place and an automatic berth into the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro up for grabs.

“I’m not nearly as confident going into tomorrow as I was coming into today,” Evers said. “It got a lot tougher out there. There was a lot of local pressure, and that takes a toll.”

Evers took some ribbing about sounding disappointed with 21-2. But after catching 24-0 and 27-2 the first two days, it was a bit of a downturn.

The Tennessee Valley Authority didn’t generate as much water Saturday as they had earlier in the week, and Evers said that lack of current hurt the fishing.

“You just about have to catch them early – early is the thing,” Evers said. “I caught some later in the day back in practice, but there was a lot more current then. I was saving those fish, and I think the lack of current has kind of taken them away.”

After spending much of the week hitting multiple spots quickly and searching for fresh schools of fish, Evers said he didn’t move around as much Saturday. That’s something he plans to change Sunday.

“I’m going to do it a little different tomorrow,” he said. “I’m going to go back to looking. That’s what got me here. I’m going to be a little more wide-open tomorrow and try not to be as conservative as I was today.”

Another 21-pound bag may not be enough to help Evers pull off the victory with so many rock-solid anglers in striking distance behind him. Alabama angler and Tennessee River specialist Derek Remitz (69-11) is in second place, followed by Brandon Lester (69-8), Fred Roumbanis (69-2), Brett Hite (68-11), Kevin Vandam (67-10), Brandon Card (67- 0), Micah Frazier (65-14), Tim Horton (65-13), Andy Montgomery (63-13), Billy McCaghren (62-15) and Kotaro Kiriyama (62-6).

Most of the anglers in the Top 5 behind Evers said they believed it will take at least 26 to 28 pounds to make them feel comfortable about having a chance to win.

Remitz, who caught 28-1 during Thursday’s second round, added 22-7 Saturday.

“I fished a place today where I had been catching my limit every day, and the school had just gotten really big all of a sudden,” Remitz said. “I ended up catching probably 25 or 30 in about an hour. Everything just went like it was supposed to, except I didn’t catch any 6-pounders like I did Thursday.”

Temperatures pushed toward 90 degrees Saturday, and Remitz said the warmer weather helped his cause by pushing fish onto the deeper ledges to feed. The lack of water generation hurt him as it did Evers, but he fished a narrower section of the river where the current was more noticeable.

Remitz used three main lures — a swimbait, a hair jig and a crankbait – and he said alternating frequently between the three was the key to finding what the fish wanted at a given time.

He said he’s hoping for identical weather and water conditions Sunday for a run at his second career victory with B.A.S.S.

“This weather makes them feed,” Remitz said. “It tightens them up on those little sweet spots. Hopefully, it’ll be just like this again tomorrow – high skies and bright sunshine.”

The tournament began with a field of 111 Bassmaster Elite Series pros and 13 invited anglers from the Bass Pro Shops Open circuits. The field was cut to 50 after Thursday’s second round, but 10 anglers earned their way back into the main event by finishing 10th or better in Friday’s Second Chance tournament on Lake Barkley.

The angler who made the most of his Second Chance bid was 2014 Bassmaster Classic champion Randy Howell. He was in 67th place after two days on Kentucky Lake, but he won the Second Chance event and caught 22-13 Saturday for a final BASSfest finish of 34th.

While no Open anglers qualified for Sunday’s Top 12, Canadian Christopher Johnston came close with a three-day catch of 62-5 that left him just an ounce shy of 12th place.

The tournament will conclude Sunday with take-off scheduled for 6:15 a.m. CT from Paris Landing Marina and weigh-in set for 3:15 p.m. CT at Paris Landing State Park.

2015 Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps 6/3-6/7
Kentucky Lake, Paris  TN.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Edwin Evers            Talala, OK              15  72-04  100     $500.00
Day 1: 5   24-00     Day 2: 5   27-02     Day 3: 5   21-02
2.  Derek Remitz           Grant, AL               15  69-11   99
Day 1: 5   19-03     Day 2: 5   28-01     Day 3: 5   22-07
3.  Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        15  69-08   98
Day 1: 5   22-14     Day 2: 5   22-05     Day 3: 5   24-05
4.  Fred Roumbanis         Bixby, OK               15  69-02   97
Day 1: 5   21-09     Day 2: 5   20-10     Day 3: 5   26-15
5.  Brett Hite             Phoenix, AZ             15  68-11   96
Day 1: 5   23-05     Day 2: 5   23-06     Day 3: 5   22-00
6.  Kevin VanDam           Kalamazoo, MI           15  67-10   95
Day 1: 5   23-09     Day 2: 5   24-05     Day 3: 5   19-12
7.  Brandon Card           Caryville, TN           15  67-00   94
Day 1: 5   20-02     Day 2: 5   22-06     Day 3: 5   24-08
8.  Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA              15  65-14   93
Day 1: 5   19-01     Day 2: 5   26-11     Day 3: 5   20-02
9.  Tim Horton             Muscle Shoals, AL       15  65-13   92
Day 1: 5   20-03     Day 2: 5   27-01     Day 3: 5   18-09
10. Andy Montgomery        Blacksburg, SC          15  63-13   91
Day 1: 5   25-04     Day 2: 5   17-02     Day 3: 5   21-07
11. Billy McCaghren        Mayflower, AR           15  62-15   90
Day 1: 5   21-12     Day 2: 5   19-04     Day 3: 5   21-15
12. Kotaro Kiriyama        Moody, AL               15  62-06   89
Day 1: 5   21-15     Day 2: 5   15-08     Day 3: 5   24-15
13. Chris Johnston         Otonabee CANADA         15  62-05    0  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-03     Day 2: 5   20-13     Day 3: 5   20-05
14. Darold Gleason         Leesville, LA           15  61-04    0  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-15     Day 2: 5   21-06     Day 3: 5   18-15
15. Aaron Martens          Leeds, AL               15  59-11   86  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   19-00     Day 2: 5   21-13     Day 3: 5   18-14
16. Brent Ehrler           Newport Beach, CA       15  59-08   85  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-12     Day 2: 5   20-02     Day 3: 5   17-10
17. Ott DeFoe              Knoxville, TN           15  59-03   84  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   26-07     Day 2: 5   18-02     Day 3: 5   14-10
18. Gerald Swindle         Warrior, AL             15  59-02   83  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-07     Day 2: 5   18-07     Day 3: 5   20-04
19. David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN           15  58-03   82  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-09     Day 2: 5   21-04     Day 3: 5   19-06
20. Steve Kennedy          Auburn, AL              14  58-00   81  $11,000.00
Day 1: 4   14-02     Day 2: 5   23-02     Day 3: 5   20-12
21. Fletcher Shryock       New Philadelphia, OH    15  57-10   80  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-09     Day 2: 5   16-08     Day 3: 5   19-09
22. Brandon Coulter        Knoxville, TN           15  57-08   79  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-00     Day 2: 5   15-03     Day 3: 5   21-05
23. Shin Fukae             Palestine, TX           15  56-13    0  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   22-14     Day 2: 5   17-08     Day 3: 5   16-07
24. Matt Lee               Auburn , AL             15  55-14   77  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-12     Day 2: 5   20-13     Day 3: 5   16-05
25. Keith Combs            Huntington, TX          15  55-07   76  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-12     Day 2: 5   22-10     Day 3: 5   12-01
26. Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC             15  54-07   75  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   19-11     Day 2: 5   17-12     Day 3: 5   17-00
27. Randall Tharp          Port St. Joe, FL        15  54-05   74  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-09     Day 2: 5   19-14     Day 3: 5   13-14
28. Jason Christie         Park Hill, OK           15  53-12   73  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   22-07     Day 2: 5   17-13     Day 3: 5   13-08
29. Britt Myers            Lake Wylie, SC          15  53-06   72  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-02     Day 2: 5   18-05     Day 3: 5   14-15
30. Ken Iyobe              Tokoname  Aichi JAPAN   15  53-04   71  $11,000.00
Day 1: 5   22-08     Day 2: 5   16-12     Day 3: 5   14-00
31. Russ Lane              Prattville, AL          15  53-03   70  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-15     Day 2: 5   17-01     Day 3: 5   17-03
32. Morizo Shimizu         Suita, Osaka JAPAN      15  53-02   69  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   19-05     Day 2: 5   16-02     Day 3: 5   17-11
33. Jordan Lee             Vinemont, AL            15  52-14   68  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-07     Day 2: 5   17-02     Day 3: 5   18-05
34. Randy Howell           Springville, AL         15  52-08   67  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-01     Day 2: 5   13-10     Day 3: 5   22-13
35. Boyd Duckett           Guntersville, AL        15  51-09   66  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-03     Day 2: 5   19-03     Day 3: 5   15-03
36. Marty Robinson         Lyman, SC               15  50-11   65  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-02     Day 2: 5   14-08     Day 3: 5   15-01
37. Kelley Jaye            Dadeville, AL           14  50-01   64  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-06     Day 2: 5   19-05     Day 3: 4   13-06
38. Justin Lucas           Guntersville, AL        15  48-07   63  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-05     Day 2: 5   15-11     Day 3: 5   12-07
39. Jonathon VanDam        Kalamazoo, MI           15  48-04   62  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-01     Day 2: 5   15-15     Day 3: 5   12-04
40. Jacob Powroznik        Port Haywood, VA        15  47-14   61  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-11     Day 2: 5   19-12     Day 3: 5   11-07
41. Brian Snowden          Reeds Spring, MO        15  47-04   60  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 5   20-12     Day 3: 5   12-06
42. Josh Bertrand          Gilbert, AZ             14  46-14   59  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-10     Day 2: 5   18-11     Day 3: 4   09-09
43. Matt Herren            Ashville, AL            15  46-07   58  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-04     Day 2: 5   18-15     Day 3: 5   11-04
44. JT Kenney              Palm Bay, FL            14  46-06    0  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-05     Day 2: 5   17-15     Day 3: 4   08-02
45. James Elam             Tulsa, OK               15  46-03   56  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-01     Day 2: 5   17-02     Day 3: 5   12-00
46. Dean Rojas             Lake Havasu City, AZ    15  46-03   55  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-15     Day 2: 5   16-14     Day 3: 5   12-06
47. Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR              13  43-15    0  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-05     Day 2: 5   16-01     Day 3: 3   06-09
48. Davy Hite              Ninety Six, SC          13  43-04   53  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-06     Day 2: 5   18-06     Day 3: 3   06-08
49. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA               14  42-13   52  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-00     Day 2: 5   16-12     Day 3: 4   08-01
50. Matt Reed              Madisonville, TX        14  42-10   51  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   17-02     Day 3: 4   09-01
51. Terry Scroggins        San Mateo, FL           13  39-15   50  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-07     Day 2: 3   09-13     Day 3: 5   17-11
52. Brent Chapman          Lake Quivira, KS        12  39-12   49  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-04     Day 2: 5   15-08     Day 3: 2   04-00
53. Alton Jones            Lorena, TX              14  34-10   48  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-04     Day 2: 5   14-04     Day 3: 4   08-02
54. Chad Wiley             Pineville, LA           12  34-01    0  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 3   05-13     Day 3: 4   16-15
55. Scott Rook             Little Rock, AR         10  33-15   46  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-02     Day 2: 1   03-10     Day 3: 4   13-03
56. Bobby Lane Jr.         Lakeland, FL            10  33-08   45
Day 1: 5   19-05     Day 2: 5   14-03
57. Stephen Browning       Hot Springs, AR         10  32-12   44
Day 1: 5   18-15     Day 2: 5   13-13
58. Seth Feider            Bloomington, MN         10  32-10   43
Day 1: 5   19-06     Day 2: 5   13-04
59. Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID            10  32-09   42
Day 1: 5   14-05     Day 2: 5   18-04
60. Greg Vinson            Wetumpka, AL            10  32-06   41
Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 5   17-13
61. Jared Lintner          Arroyo Grande, CA       10  32-02   40
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 5   20-13
62. Chris Zaldain          San Jose, CA            10  31-13   39
Day 1: 5   12-12     Day 2: 5   19-01
63. Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                 14  31-12   38  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   10-07     Day 2: 4   10-05     Day 3: 5   11-00
64. John Murray            Phoenix, AZ              9  31-07   37
Day 1: 4   11-13     Day 2: 5   19-10
65. Greg Hackney           Gonzales, LA            10  31-00   36
Day 1: 5   17-03     Day 2: 5   13-13
66. Chris Lane             Guntersville, AL        10  30-14   35
Day 1: 5   14-15     Day 2: 5   15-15
67. Mark Davis             Mount Ida, AR           10  30-10   34
Day 1: 5   14-10     Day 2: 5   16-00
68. Shaw Grigsby Jr.       Gainesville, FL         10  30-07   33
Day 1: 5   14-14     Day 2: 5   15-09
69. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ              10  29-09   32
Day 1: 5   16-13     Day 2: 5   12-12
70. Kenyon Hill            Norman, OK               9  29-07   31
Day 1: 4   18-01     Day 2: 5   11-06
71. Jeff Kriet             Ardmore, OK             10  29-05   30
Day 1: 5   16-13     Day 2: 5   12-08
72. Randy Allen            Shreveport, LA           8  28-03   29
Day 1: 3   10-05     Day 2: 5   17-14
73. Paul Elias             Laurel, MS              10  28-01   28
Day 1: 5   14-03     Day 2: 5   13-14
74. Dennis Tietje          Roanoke, LA             10  27-15   27
Day 1: 5   10-01     Day 2: 5   17-14
75. Koby Kreiger           Bokeelia, FL            10  27-13   26
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 5   14-00
76. Yusuke Miyazaki        Forney, TX               9  27-03   25
Day 1: 4   10-07     Day 2: 5   16-12
77. Chad Morgenthaler      Coulterville, IL        10  27-03   24
Day 1: 5   13-04     Day 2: 5   13-15
78. James Niggemeyer       Van, TX                 12  27-00   23  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   10-02     Day 2: 5   12-01     Day 3: 2   04-13
79. Hank Cherry Jr         Maiden, NC              10  26-15   22
Day 1: 5   12-02     Day 2: 5   14-13
80. Skeet Reese            Auburn, CA               8  26-14   21
Day 1: 5   17-03     Day 2: 3   09-11
81. Bradley Roy            Lancaster, KY           10  26-08   20
Day 1: 5   12-09     Day 2: 5   13-15
82. Casey Ashley           Donalds, SC             10  26-07   19
Day 1: 5   12-11     Day 2: 5   13-12
83. Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY              8  26-03   18
Day 1: 3   04-12     Day 2: 5   21-07
84. Cliff Prince           Palatka, FL             10  26-00   17
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   12-01
85. Takahiro Omori         Emory, TX               10  25-15   16
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 5   12-12
86. Ish Monroe             Hughson, CA             10  24-11   15
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 5   11-08
87. Cliff Crochet          Pierre Part, LA         10  24-09   14
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 5   10-12
88. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN          10  24-09   13
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   12-09
89. Mike McClelland        Bella Vista, AR         10  23-15   12
Day 1: 5   11-00     Day 2: 5   12-15
90. Keith Poche            Pike Road, AL            9  23-13   11
Day 1: 5   14-00     Day 2: 4   09-13
91. Brian Clark            Haltom City, TX          9  23-05    0
Day 1: 4   11-05     Day 2: 5   12-00
92. Nate Wellman           Newaygo, MI              9  22-02    9
Day 1: 4   09-00     Day 2: 5   13-02
93. J Todd Tucker          Moultrie, GA             9  21-10    8
Day 1: 4   08-15     Day 2: 5   12-11
94. Zell Rowland           Montgomery, TX          10  21-00    7
Day 1: 5   10-03     Day 2: 5   10-13
95. David Walker           Sevierville, TN          6  20-15    6
Day 1: 1   02-12     Day 2: 5   18-03
96. Todd Faircloth         Jasper, TX               7  20-06    5
Day 1: 5   15-14     Day 2: 2   04-08
97. Gary Klein             Weatherford, TX          8  20-05    4
Day 1: 5   13-02     Day 2: 3   07-03
98. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL          7  19-14    3
Day 1: 2   06-01     Day 2: 5   13-13
99. Michael Iaconelli      Pitts Grove, NJ          6  19-12    2
Day 1: 5   17-15     Day 2: 1   01-13
100. Cliff Pace             Petal, MS                8  19-10    1
Day 1: 5   10-13     Day 2: 3   08-13
101. Kurt Dove              Del Rio, TX              7  18-14    0
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 2   07-09
102. Troy Broussard         Beaumont, TX             8  18-08    0
Day 1: 5   12-01     Day 2: 3   06-07
103. Casey Scanlon          Lanexa, KS               6  18-07    0
Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 1   04-03
104. Tommy Biffle           Wagoner, OK              8  16-05    0
Day 1: 5   10-07     Day 2: 3   05-14
105. Mike Kernan            Wylie, TX                7  15-15    0
Day 1: 4   08-05     Day 2: 3   07-10
106. Kevin Ledoux           Choctaw, OK              7  15-10    0
Day 1: 4   08-01     Day 2: 3   07-09
107. Gary Clouse            La Vergne, TN            5  14-04    0
Day 1: 4   10-06     Day 2: 1   03-14
108. Kevin Hawk             Guntersville, AL         7  14-03    0
Day 1: 5   09-07     Day 2: 2   04-12
109. Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT            6  13-07    0  $10,000.00
Day 1: 4   08-13     Day 2: 0   00-00     Day 3: 2   04-10
110. Chad Pipkens           Holt, MI                 5  13-00    0  $10,000.00
Day 1: 2   05-15     Day 2: 2   04-09     Day 3: 1   02-08
111. David Smith            Del City, OK             6  12-11    0
Day 1: 1   01-10     Day 2: 5   11-01
112. Jesse Tacoronte        Orlando, FL              4  12-07    0
Day 1: 2   06-08     Day 2: 2   05-15
113. Joseph Sancho          New Windsor, NY          5  12-05    0
Day 1: 2   04-03     Day 2: 3   08-02
114. Scott Barnett          Mansfield, TX            3  10-12    0
Day 1: 3   10-12     Day 2: 0   00-00
115. Jared Miller           Norman, OK               6  10-10    0
Day 1: 4   07-15     Day 2: 2   02-11
116. Kelly Jordon           Flint, TX                2  06-07    0
Day 1: 2   06-07     Day 2: 0   00-00
117. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA  3  06-07    0
Day 1: 2   04-15     Day 2: 1   01-08
118. Craig Workman          Fort Worth, TX           3  06-04    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   06-04
119. Scott Ashmore          Broken Arrow, OK         2  04-13    0
Day 1: 1   03-07     Day 2: 1   01-06
120. David Williams         Maiden, NC               2  03-09    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   03-09
121. Stephen Longobardi     Northford, CT            1  02-08    0
Day 1: 1   02-08     Day 2: 0   00-00
122. Kevin Short            Mayflower, AR            1  01-11    0  $10,000.00
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-11     Day 3: 0   00-00
123. Charlie Hartley        Grove City, OH           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
123. Logan Sherrer          Karnack, TX              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        94       543      1801-14
2        91       517      1722-15
3        45       270       912-05
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230      1330      4437-02

by AnglersChannel

Howell Leads Pack Of 10 Second Chance Winners At Bassfest

DOVER, Tenn. — For the first two days of competition, the Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps has been like most any other Elite Series event.

Besides having 13 extra anglers invited from the Bassmaster Open circuits, the format was exactly the same. But on Friday, a major shift in the rules left no doubt that BASSfest is a special event with its own distinct flavor.

While the Top 50 pros from Days 1 and 2 rested and conducted seminars for fans, the remaining 74 anglers took part in a unique Second Chance tournament on Lake Barkley. While no money was awarded for the one-day free-for-all, the Top 10 finishers earned the right to rejoin the rest of the field Saturday at Kentucky Lake and fight for their share of the $850,000 purse.

Alabama angler and 2014 GEICO Bassmaster Classic champion Randy Howell won the Second Chance event with 18 pounds, 1 ounce. He earned the right to continue fishing Saturday despite being in 63rd place after the first two rounds.

“We fished here in 2006, and I ran to Barkley in that tournament,” said Howell, who didn’t devote any time to Barkley during the three-day practice period before BASSfest. “I ran to a spot today where I caught fish in that tournament. I still had my waypoints from way back then, and I loaded them in last night.”

Howell caught a 3-pounder on his first cast and quickly put together a strong limit, using a variety of lures. Not knowing exactly what he’d need, he had 12 rods on the deck of his boat ready to go.

The three lures that produced best for him were a Livingston Deep Impact 18 Crankbait, a Yamamoto 12-inch curly-tail worm on a 3/4-ounce Magnum Shaky Head by Lunker Lure and a homemade bucktail hair jig. He was fishing a hump where the water dropped from 10 to 15 feet, and he said most of the fish he caught were sitting on the dropoff.

“It’s really cool for that one spot to have paid off from that many years ago,” Howell said. “It’s just amazing that those fish were still on that spot, and nobody had fished it or beat it up. It was a blessing.”

Texas angler James Niggemeyer finished second with 16-11, meaning he’ll go from 88th place after two days to having a second chance to fish for the BASSfest trophy.

With no prior experience on Lake Barkley, Niggemeyer said he just went out and “fished what looked good.” When his early shallow-water plan didn’t work, he switched to a KVD 2.5 crankbait and caught three good fish.

Then he got a little help from Louisiana angler Cliff Crochet.

“I ran into Cliff, and he needed a Rage Craw trailer for the jig he was fishing,” Niggemeyer said. “He told me all about how he was catching them on a jig, and I thought it sounded like a perfect way to fish the long stretches of dead water in between the areas where I was catching fish on a crankbait.

“I did that, and it ended up working.”

Behind Howell and Niggemeyer, the remainder of the Top 10 was as follows: Kevin Short, 16-8; Chad Pipkens, 16-1; Rick Clunn, 15-14; Terry Scroggins, 15-4; Paul Mueller, 14-13; Scott Rook, 13-11; Chad Wiley, 13-8; and Alton Jones, 13-0.

All of the Top 10 finishers will earn at least $10,000 when the main tournament concludes. But it was Short who made the biggest jump in the standings after finishing 122nd out of 124 anglers the first two days at Kentucky Lake with one fish that weighed just 1-11.

He caught his fish Friday off a hump in 12 feet of water on a 6th Sense Crush 300DD crankbait.

“It was catch them one-two-three real quick, and then nothing for a long time,” Short said. “That’s the way it went for me all day long.”

Short was another angler who had never laid eyes on Barkley before Friday.

“I had never been here in my life,” Short said. “So after the first day on Kentucky Lake, I went to (fellow Elite Series angler) Ott DeFoe and asked what he would do if he was going to go to Barkley on Friday and fish. I knew he wouldn’t lie to me, and he told me some things that ended up helping me find some fish.”

The main tournament will resume Saturday on Kentucky Lake with takeoff scheduled for 6:15 a.m. CT at Paris Landing Marina. The weigh-in is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. CT at Paris Landing State Park.

After Saturday’s round, only the Top 12 anglers will advance to Sunday’s championship round with a chance to earn a first-place prize of $100,000 and an automatic berth into the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro.
2015 Zippo BASSfest 2nd Chance at Lake Barkley presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps 6/3-6/7
Lake Barkley, Paris  TN.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 1

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Randy Howell           Springville, AL          5  18-01    0
Day 1: 5   18-01
2.  James Niggemeyer       Van, TX                  5  16-11    0
Day 1: 5   16-11
3.  Kevin Short            Mayflower, AR            5  16-08    0
Day 1: 5   16-08
4.  Chad Pipkens           Holt, MI                 5  16-01    0
Day 1: 5   16-01
5.  Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                  5  15-14    0
Day 1: 5   15-14
6.  Terry Scroggins        San Mateo, FL            5  15-04    0
Day 1: 5   15-04
7.  Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT            5  14-13    0
Day 1: 5   14-13
8.  Scott Rook             Little Rock, AR          5  13-11    0
Day 1: 5   13-11
9.  Chad Wiley             Pineville, LA            5  13-08    0
Day 1: 5   13-08
10. Alton Jones            Lorena, TX               5  13-00    0
Day 1: 5   13-00
11. Brian Clark            Haltom City, TX          3  12-13    0
Day 1: 3   12-13
12. Zell Rowland           Montgomery, TX           5  12-11    0
Day 1: 5   12-11
13. Shaw Grigsby Jr.       Gainesville, FL          5  12-09    0
Day 1: 5   12-09
14. Gary Clouse            La Vergne, TN            5  12-08    0
Day 1: 5   12-08
15. Randy Allen            Shreveport, LA           5  12-07    0
Day 1: 5   12-07
16. Cliff Prince           Palatka, FL              5  12-07    0
Day 1: 5   12-07
17. Koby Kreiger           Bokeelia, FL             5  12-00    0
Day 1: 5   12-00
18. Greg Vinson            Wetumpka, AL             4  12-00    0
Day 1: 4   12-00
19. Cliff Crochet          Pierre Part, LA          5  11-14    0
Day 1: 5   11-14
20. Keith Poche            Pike Road, AL            5  11-08    0
Day 1: 5   11-08
21. Cliff Pace             Petal, MS                5  11-06    0
Day 1: 5   11-06
22. Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY              5  11-05    0
Day 1: 5   11-05
23. Logan Sherrer          Karnack, TX              5  10-09    0
Day 1: 5   10-09
24. Casey Ashley           Donalds, SC              4  10-09    0
Day 1: 4   10-09
25. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN           5  10-06    0
Day 1: 5   10-06
26. Mike McClelland        Bella Vista, AR          4  10-05    0
Day 1: 4   10-05
27. Chris Lane             Guntersville, AL         3  10-04    0
Day 1: 3   10-04
28. David Walker           Sevierville, TN          4  10-03    0
Day 1: 4   10-03
29. David Williams         Maiden, NC               5  09-14    0
Day 1: 5   09-14
30. Jared Miller           Norman, OK               5  09-08    0
Day 1: 5   09-08
31. Greg Hackney           Gonzales, LA             3  09-08    0
Day 1: 3   09-08
32. Seth Feider            Bloomington, MN          5  09-01    0
Day 1: 5   09-01
33. Kevin Hawk             Guntersville, AL         3  09-01    0
Day 1: 3   09-01
34. Troy Broussard         Beaumont, TX             3  09-00    0
Day 1: 3   09-00
35. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ               4  08-10    0
Day 1: 4   08-10
36. Paul Elias             Laurel, MS               4  08-08    0
Day 1: 4   08-08
37. Dennis Tietje          Roanoke, LA              4  07-13    0
Day 1: 4   07-13
38. Takahiro Omori         Emory, TX                3  07-10    0
Day 1: 3   07-10
39. Chad Morgenthaler      Coulterville, IL         5  07-07    0
Day 1: 5   07-07
40. Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID             1  06-07    0
Day 1: 1   06-07
41. Scott Ashmore          Broken Arrow, OK         0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Scott Barnett          Mansfield, TX            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Tommy Biffle           Wagoner, OK              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Stephen Browning       Hot Springs, AR          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Hank Cherry Jr         Maiden, NC               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Mark Davis             Mount Ida, AR            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Kurt Dove              Del Rio, TX              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Todd Faircloth         Jasper, TX               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Charlie Hartley        Grove City, OH           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Kenyon Hill            Norman, OK               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Michael Iaconelli      Pitts Grove, NJ          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA  0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Kelly Jordon           Flint, TX                0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Mike Kernan            Wylie, TX                0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Gary Klein             Weatherford, TX          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Jeff Kriet             Ardmore, OK              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Bobby Lane Jr.         Lakeland, FL             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Kevin Ledoux           Choctaw, OK              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Jared Lintner          Arroyo Grande, CA        0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Stephen Longobardi     Northford, CT            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Yusuke Miyazaki        Forney, TX               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Ish Monroe             Hughson, CA              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. John Murray            Phoenix, AZ              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Skeet Reese            Auburn, CA               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Bradley Roy            Lancaster, KY            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Joseph Sancho          New Windsor, NY          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Casey Scanlon          Lanexa, KS               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL          0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. David Smith            Del City, OK             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Jesse Tacoronte        Orlando, FL              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. J Todd Tucker          Moultrie, GA             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Nate Wellman           Newaygo, MI              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Craig Workman          Fort Worth, TX           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
41. Chris Zaldain          San Jose, CA             0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        26       177       463-10
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26       177       463-10

by AnglersChannel

Lake Chickamauga report part 2

Local expert Taylor Massingill and outdoors writer Greg McCain show us how to catch BIG Chickamauga Lake bass, even when the bite is slow because the TVA is not pulling water. Thanks to Triton Boats and Star Tron Fuel Treatment for making this possible!

by AnglersChannel

Lake Chickamauga trip report, look ahead to FLW Tourney

AC.com Insider Vance McCullough just spent a couple of days with a few local experts on Lake Chickamauga. Along with details about how the lake is fishing right now, he looks ahead to the coming FLW Tour event beginning next week. A BIG thanks to Triton Boats and Star Tron Fuel Treatment for making this trip, and this lake report, possible!

by AnglersChannel

Mckendree University Maintains Lead At College Wild Card

DOVER, Tenn. — The names atop the scoreboard remain the same while the strategies shifted for the two teams from McKendree University leading the Carhartt College Wild Card presented by Bass Pro Shops. The tournament is underway through tomorrow on Lake Barkley.

Remaining in first place after two days are Trent Robinson and Jordan Ledbetter with an overall weight of 28 pounds, 11 ounces. Within striking distance are classmates Phillip Germagliotti and Shane Campbell with 28-1.

“We have an early bite, and the late start hurt us,” Campbell said of the team’s effort producing a limit weighing 13-10 after a morning fog delay. “Hopefully it won’t happen again tomorrow.”

The late start affected everyone, especially teams making long runs from the launch site at Lick Creek Recreation Area. Fishing time was cut short for everyone due to a nearly 2-hour fog delay that postponed the official start time of 5:30 a.m.

Robinson and Ledbetter faired better because they are fishing near the launch site. Today’s catch weighing 12-13 keeps them in the lead by the slim margin of 10 ounces.

“Probably what hurt us more was the current generation,” Robinson said. “The moving water seemed to pull the bigger fish out into deeper water.”

That’s not uncommon when bass fishing along shoreline cover during summertime. Moving water created by hydroelectric power generation stimulates baitfish activity. In turn, the bass move deeper to feed.

Robinson and Ledbetter returned to the same area today. They chose not to gamble in search of a more productive pattern for a reason.

“Fishing deep water isn’t our specialty,” Ledbetter said. “We just don’t have the confidence to go there, so it makes more sense for us to stick to our strengths.”

The persistence paid off with the Livingston Lures Leader Award for Day 2 worth $500 in Livingston product.

“We are fishing shallow, but there is nothing special about the stretch of water where we are staying,” Ledbetter said.

He added, “there is so much water here that it makes more sense to us to find a confidence area, stay there and fish hard.”

Tomorrow’s matchup of the Top 20 teams concludes with a new challenge. The collegiate anglers will be joined on Lake Barkley by 74 pros competing in the Second Chance Tournament, a spinoff of the Zippo Bassmaster BASSfest presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps.

The Top 13 collegiate teams in the final standings Friday are invited to the 2015 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. The championship is July 9-11 at Lake DuBay on the Wisconsin River.

Following the college action on Bassmaster.com with the live weigh-in, blog, photo galleries and more.
Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Presented by Bass Pro Shops - Wild Card
6/3/2015 - 6/5/2015
Lake Barkley - Lick Creek Recreational Area - Paris, TN
STANDINGS BOATER DAY 2
Today's Activity
# Fish Lbs - Oz
Accumulative
Name # Live # Fish # Live Lbs - Oz
1 Jordan Ledbetter - Trent Robinson McKendree University 5 5 12-13 10 10 28-11
2 Phillip Germagliotti - Shane Campbell McKendree University 5 5 13-10 10 10 28- 1
3 Joshua Butts - Justin Rivers Wallace State CC Hanceville 5 5 13- 7 10 10 27- 5
4 Alec Castonguay - Garret Whitley Stephen F Austin State University 5 5 12-10 10 10 26- 8
5 Dawson Lenz - Evan Horne University of North Alabama 5 5 12- 8 10 10 24- 8
6 Darrell Henson Jr. - Brent Rome LSU 5 5 13- 2 10 10 23- 1
7 Lance Freeman - Seth Brock Murray State University 5 5 15- 1 8 8 21- 7
8 Shelby Hutchens - Brian Blades Stephen F Austin State University 4 4 8- 3 9 9 21- 1
9 Ty Dyer - Joseph Huggins Bethel University 3 3 5-15 8 8 20- 2
10 JP Kimbrough - Jared Rascoe LSU Shreveport 3 3 5-15 8 8 20- 0
11 Brian Eaton - Slade Daniel U. of Louisiana Monroe 5 5 8- 4 10 10 20- 0
12 Ethan Snyder - Shaw Owens Eastern Kentucky University 3 2 8- 9 7 6 20- 0
13 Bentley Manning - John Berry Tennessee Tech University 5 5 10- 8 10 10 19-12
14 John Davis - Payton McGinnis University of Alabama 3 3 6- 6 8 8 19- 5
15 Justin Singleton - Zac Bennett Georgia College & State University 5 5 14- 1 7 7 19- 0
16 Tyler Rivet - Allyson Marcel Nicholls State University 5 5 10-12 9 9 18-13
17 Dakota Cantrell - Mason Sapp Campbellsville University 2 1 5- 7 7 6 18- 5
18 Adam Neill - Mitch Naler University of Alabama 3 3 6- 7 7 7 17-12
19 Shawn Combs - Bronson Jones Georgetown College 5 4 13-12 7 6 16-14
20 Taylor Thompson - Hunter Coppolino Abraham Baldwin Ag College 3 3 6- 3 7 7 16-14
21 Isaac Payne - Connor Mannina Savannah College of Art & Design 3 3 6- 0 7 7 16-13
22 Dustin Nash - Gregory Green Northwestern State University 3 3 6- 2 8 8 16-10
23 Ethan Wages - Luis McMurphy U. of South Alabama 3 3 7- 5 7 7 16- 8
24 John Maner - Colt Kelso U. of North Alabama 5 5 12- 5 8 8 16- 4
25 Zachary Pickle - Drew Porto U. of Arkansas 3 3 8-11 6 6 15- 2
26 Logan Thomas - Ryan Kirkpatrick Murray State University 2 2 4-12 6 6 15- 1
27 Reed Foster - Zackery Hines Dallas Baptist University 1 1 2- 8 6 6 14-15
28 Trent Newman - Jacob Sepeda Dallas Baptist University 2 2 2-15 6 6 14-15
29 Trent Palmer - Layton Jones Georgia Southern 1 1 1-15 6 6 14- 0
30 Cody Metzger - Micheal King Northeastern State University 2 2 3- 0 7 7 13-10
31 Ethan Ingle - Will Miller University of South Carolina 0 0 0- 0 5 5 13- 7
32 Caleb Baker - Mack Hicks Alice Lloyd College 1 1 2- 9 6 6 13- 7
33 Ryan Suhy - Skye Riggleman Liberty University 4 4 11-12 5 5 13- 5
34 Hunter McKamey - Kyle Oliver U. of Central Florida 1 1 3-13 6 6 13- 3
35 Blake Welch - Ricky Harris Bethel University 1 1 3-11 5 5 13- 2
36 Cody Hahner - Mark Hugus University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 0 0 0- 0 5 5 12- 8
37 Jordan Wise - Chris Phinney East Carolina University 1 1 1-13 5 5 12- 7
38 Brad Vice - Austin Mize U. of North Alabama 2 2 4- 7 7 7 10-14
39 Andrew Tate - Nathan Martin U. of North Alabama 2 2 6- 1 4 4 10-11
40 Zachary Edmunds - Nelson Madruga U. of Central Florida 0 0 0- 0 4 4 10-10
41 Alex Schieman - Ryan Stewart Georgia College & State University 1 1 2- 9 3 3 9- 7
42 Jeremiah Duvall - Jeffry Endly University of Louisville 1 1 4- 2 2 2 9- 4
43 Sam Stone - Evan Coleman Texas State University 2 2 4- 2 4 4 9- 0
44 Brent Werts - Spencer Waldrop Clemson University 2 2 5-14 3 3 8- 8
45 Nick Uebelhor - University of Evansville 3 3 6- 0 4 4 7-13
46 Ronnie Moore - East Carolina University 1 1 3- 9 3 3 7-12
47 Brett Webster - Makenzie Henson University of North Alabama 0 0 0- 0 4 4 7-11
48 Wesley Griner - Dalton Dedge Darton State College 2 2 4- 3 4 4 7- 7
49 Cale Mathis - Jonathan McLendon Abraham Baldwin Ag College 1 1 2- 7 3 3 7- 6
50 Dalton Wilson - Randall Morris Bethel University 2 2 4- 8 4 4 7- 4
51 Ryan Williams - Ryan Hayse U. of North Alabama 1 1 1-14 4 4 7- 2
52 Patrick Williford - Briggs Kennington Clemson University 0 0 0- 0 3 3 6- 8
53 Cameron Brooks - Austin Moore Campbellsville University 1 1 2- 4 3 3 6- 8
54 Ryan Darracott - Zachary Darracott U. of North Alabama 1 1 2- 9 4 4 6- 8
55 Landon Tucker - Grant Colson Valdosta State University 1 1 3- 7 2 2 5-15
56 Blake Schroeder - Easton Heigley Stephen F Austin State University 0 0 0- 0 2 2 5-14
57 Brock Wilke - Austin Chapman McKendree University 1 1 2-11 2 2 5-14
58 Kenneth Parks - Brian Cox UT Martin 2 2 5- 8 2 2 5- 8
59 Alexander Murray - Alex Felder Southeastern Louisiana University 2 2 5- 2 2 2 5- 2
60 Jay Robertson - Oaklin Spier Southeastern Louisiana University 1 1 2- 2 2 2 4-14
61 Jackson Blackett - Austin Joiner La Monroe 0 0 0- 0 2 2 3-11
62 Justin Lynch - Michael Gullette U. of North Alabama 1 1 1- 4 2 2 3- 4
63 Nathan Woodruff - Kyle Alford Mississippi State University 0 0 0- 0 1 1 2- 8
64 Brett Graves - Tri-County Community College 1 1 2- 6 1 1 2- 6
64 Hunter Louden - Mekiah Jack Bethel University 0 0 0- 0 1 1 2- 6
66 Aaron Creech - Dakota Adams Alice Lloyd College 0 0 0- 0 1 1 2- 5
66 Elliot Lee - Trevor Bates Tennessee Tech University 1 1 2- 5 1 1 2- 5
68 Kolby Bowers - Alex Oliver Abraham Baldwin Ag College 0 0 0- 0 1 1 2- 4
69 Bradley Fleming - Luke Domas Texas A&M University 0 0 0- 0 1 1 1-15
70 Ryan Collins - Hunter Fulcher U. of Kentucky 1 1 1-14 1 1 1-14
71 Sam Carris - Brandon Bryant Tennessee Tech University 0 0 0- 0 1 1 1-11
72 John-Michael Brattlof - Zac Thames Stephen F Austin State University 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
72 Ethan Flack - University of Alabama 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
72 Adam Hall - Gadsden State Community College 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
72 Colby Harville - Hunter Haney U. of North Alabama 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
72 Ben Kroeger - Zach Kroeger University of Nebraska - Omaha 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
Name City,State Lbs-Oz
BIG BASS
Day
1 Jeremiah Duvall - Jeffry EndlLyouisville, KY 5- 2
2 Lance Freeman - Seth BrockEddyville, KY 5-14
2 Justin Singleton - Zac BenneRttutledge, GA 5-14
Day # Live Lbs-Oz # Limits
TOTALS
# Fish
1 214 214 508-13 22
2 150 147 364- 0 13

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Evers Takes Lead As Bassfest Heads Into Second Chance Round

PARIS, Tenn. – Oklahoma pro Edwin Evers got the kind of bite Thursday that helps a professional angler separate himself from the field in a tournament like Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps.

But when the mammoth 8-pound largemouth first bit, he wasn’t sure what he had.

“I set the hook on that thing, and I thought I had the bottom,” Evers said. “It was a really cool bite. I didn’t think she would weigh that much, but she was solid.”

The big fish of the day helped Evers put together a five-bass limit that weighed 27 pounds, 2 ounces and pushed him into the lead with a two-day total of 51-2. Michigan superstar Kevin VanDam is second with 47-14, while Alabama pros Derek Remitz and Tim Horton are next with 47-4 each.

Evers’ 8-pounder was the biggest fish of the day and the biggest of the event so far. The fish also helped him claim the $2,000 Rigid Industries big-bass jackpot.

Also as the leader on the second day of the tournament, Evers will be awarded the Livingston Lures Leader Award of $500.

“I caught that fish from a spot where I had already caught several,” Evers said. “It was mixed in with a bunch of fish, but they weren’t all 8 pounds, like that one.”

Unlike Wednesday, when Evers caught most of his 24-pound limit before 10 a.m., it took a while for him to land the five fish he eventually weighed in Thursday. But once he felt he had enough fish in the livewell, he did some looking around and found good reasons to be excited about the next round.

“I feel great about Saturday,” Evers said. “I found another school today that I’m pretty excited about. I made two casts and caught two giants.”

Evers holds more than a 3-pound lead over VanDam, who came back to the weigh-in site almost two hours early Thursday with a five-fish limit that weighed 24-5. Anglers are allowed to weigh their catch early when they’re concerned the fish may die, and VanDam had at least one fish he said was laboring.

The loss of fishing time didn’t hurt him — even though his bites came slower Thursday than they did on Day 1.

“You just never know on this lake,” VanDam said. “There was a lot less current today, so it didn’t happen as fast for me. I have no idea what’ll happen going forward, but I’ve had two solid days.”

Despite the smaller pro field Saturday, VanDam said heavy local boat traffic could be a factor.

“Saturday is a really challenging time on a lake like Kentucky Lake,” VanDam said. “Electronics are so good now that a lot of people know where to fish. You just have to do the best you can.”

The biggest bag of the day – five fish that weighed 28-1 – belonged to Remitz, who is establishing himself as one of the tougher anglers to beat on Tennessee River lakes. After finishing in third place at Lake Guntersville in April, Remitz is in third again, less than 4 pounds out of the lead.

One of Remitz’s largest fish weighed just over 6 pounds and didn’t give up easily.

“The fish just had one hook in the corner of its mouth,” Remitz said. “I couldn’t really get my hand in its mouth, so I just tried to scoop it into the boat. I had him against the boat with one arm, and the hook came out of his mouth. I just used my other hand and dumped him in the boat.

“When that happens and you still land the fish, you know it’s going to be your day.”

The Top 50 anglers will take a break from fishing Friday while those who finished 51st or lower compete in a special Second Chance tournament on nearby Lake Barkley. The Top 10 anglers from the Second Chance event will rejoin the original Top 50 on Kentucky Lake Saturday with only the Top 12 advancing to Sunday’s championship round.

It took 33-9 to make the Top 50 and qualify for the day off on Friday.

Friday’s takeoff will be at 6:15 a.m. from Lick Creek Recreational Area in Dover, Tenn. Weigh-in is scheduled back at the recreational area for 2:30 p.m.

Also, on Friday, the Top 50 anglers will be onsite at the state park for Bassmaster University — fishing seminars given by the pros along with an outdoors expo, a carnival for kids, an arts and crafts show and more. More than 125 national and local exhibitors, including a variety of food and beverage vendors, will be on hand starting at 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday and noon on Sunday. Fishing fans and their families can join in all the fun. All B.A.S.S. events are free.

Also on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., be sure to log on to Bassmaster.com and follow the competition with the new Bassmaster Live on-the-water coverage. Mark Zona and Tommy Sanders from The Bassmasters television show, and B.A.S.S. emcee Dave Mercer will be on-hand with commentary.
2015 Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps 6/3-6/7
Kentucky Lake, Paris  TN.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 2

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Edwin Evers            Talala, OK              10  51-02  100
Day 1: 5   24-00     Day 2: 5   27-02
2.  Kevin VanDam           Kalamazoo, MI           10  47-14   99
Day 1: 5   23-09     Day 2: 5   24-05
3.  Derek Remitz           Grant, AL               10  47-04   98
Day 1: 5   19-03     Day 2: 5   28-01
4.  Tim Horton             Muscle Shoals, AL       10  47-04   97
Day 1: 5   20-03     Day 2: 5   27-01
5.  Brett Hite             Phoenix, AZ             10  46-11   96
Day 1: 5   23-05     Day 2: 5   23-06
6.  Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA              10  45-12   95
Day 1: 5   19-01     Day 2: 5   26-11
7.  Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        10  45-03   94
Day 1: 5   22-14     Day 2: 5   22-05
8.  Ott DeFoe              Knoxville, TN           10  44-09   93
Day 1: 5   26-07     Day 2: 5   18-02
9.  Keith Combs            Huntington, TX          10  43-06   92
Day 1: 5   20-12     Day 2: 5   22-10
10. Brandon Card           Caryville, TN           10  42-08   91
Day 1: 5   20-02     Day 2: 5   22-06
11. Andy Montgomery        Blacksburg, SC          10  42-06   90
Day 1: 5   25-04     Day 2: 5   17-02
12. Darold Gleason         Leesville, LA           10  42-05    0
Day 1: 5   20-15     Day 2: 5   21-06
13. Fred Roumbanis         Bixby, OK               10  42-03   89
Day 1: 5   21-09     Day 2: 5   20-10
14. Chris Johnston         Otonabee CANADA         10  42-00    0
Day 1: 5   21-03     Day 2: 5   20-13
15. Brent Ehrler           Newport Beach, CA       10  41-14   88
Day 1: 5   21-12     Day 2: 5   20-02
16. Billy McCaghren        Mayflower, AR           10  41-00   87
Day 1: 5   21-12     Day 2: 5   19-04
17. Aaron Martens          Leeds, AL               10  40-13   86
Day 1: 5   19-00     Day 2: 5   21-13
18. Randall Tharp          Port St. Joe, FL        10  40-07   85
Day 1: 5   20-09     Day 2: 5   19-14
19. Shin Fukae             Palestine, TX           10  40-06    0
Day 1: 5   22-14     Day 2: 5   17-08
20. Jason Christie         Park Hill, OK           10  40-04   84
Day 1: 5   22-07     Day 2: 5   17-13
21. Matt Lee               Auburn , AL             10  39-09   83
Day 1: 5   18-12     Day 2: 5   20-13
22. Ken Iyobe              Tokoname  Aichi JAPAN   10  39-04   82
Day 1: 5   22-08     Day 2: 5   16-12
23. Gerald Swindle         Warrior, AL             10  38-14   81
Day 1: 5   20-07     Day 2: 5   18-07
24. David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN           10  38-13   80
Day 1: 5   17-09     Day 2: 5   21-04
25. Britt Myers            Lake Wylie, SC          10  38-07   79
Day 1: 5   20-02     Day 2: 5   18-05
26. JT Kenney              Palm Bay, FL            10  38-04    0
Day 1: 5   20-05     Day 2: 5   17-15
27. Fletcher Shryock       New Philadelphia, OH    10  38-01   78
Day 1: 5   21-09     Day 2: 5   16-08
28. Kotaro Kiriyama        Moody, AL               10  37-07   77
Day 1: 5   21-15     Day 2: 5   15-08
29. Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC             10  37-07   76
Day 1: 5   19-11     Day 2: 5   17-12
30. Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR              10  37-06    0
Day 1: 5   21-05     Day 2: 5   16-01
31. Josh Bertrand          Gilbert, AZ             10  37-05   75
Day 1: 5   18-10     Day 2: 5   18-11
32. Steve Kennedy          Auburn, AL               9  37-04   74
Day 1: 4   14-02     Day 2: 5   23-02
33. Davy Hite              Ninety Six, SC          10  36-12   73
Day 1: 5   18-06     Day 2: 5   18-06
34. Kelley Jaye            Dadeville, AL           10  36-11   72
Day 1: 5   17-06     Day 2: 5   19-05
35. Jacob Powroznik        Port Haywood, VA        10  36-07   71
Day 1: 5   16-11     Day 2: 5   19-12
36. Boyd Duckett           Guntersville, AL        10  36-06   70
Day 1: 5   17-03     Day 2: 5   19-03
37. Brandon Coulter        Knoxville, TN           10  36-03   69
Day 1: 5   21-00     Day 2: 5   15-03
38. Justin Lucas           Guntersville, AL        10  36-00   68
Day 1: 5   20-05     Day 2: 5   15-11
39. Jonathon VanDam        Kalamazoo, MI           10  36-00   67
Day 1: 5   20-01     Day 2: 5   15-15
40. Russ Lane              Prattville, AL          10  36-00   66
Day 1: 5   18-15     Day 2: 5   17-01
41. Brent Chapman          Lake Quivira, KS        10  35-12   65
Day 1: 5   20-04     Day 2: 5   15-08
42. Marty Robinson         Lyman, SC               10  35-10   64
Day 1: 5   21-02     Day 2: 5   14-08
43. Morizo Shimizu         Suita, Osaka JAPAN      10  35-07   63
Day 1: 5   19-05     Day 2: 5   16-02
44. Matt Herren            Ashville, AL            10  35-03   62
Day 1: 5   16-04     Day 2: 5   18-15
45. Brian Snowden          Reeds Spring, MO        10  34-14   61
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 5   20-12
46. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA               10  34-12   60
Day 1: 5   18-00     Day 2: 5   16-12
47. Jordan Lee             Vinemont, AL            10  34-09   59
Day 1: 5   17-07     Day 2: 5   17-02
48. James Elam             Tulsa, OK               10  34-03   58
Day 1: 5   17-01     Day 2: 5   17-02
49. Dean Rojas             Lake Havasu City, AZ    10  33-13   57
Day 1: 5   16-15     Day 2: 5   16-14
50. Matt Reed              Madisonville, TX        10  33-09   56
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   17-02
51. Bobby Lane Jr.         Lakeland, FL            10  33-08   55
Day 1: 5   19-05     Day 2: 5   14-03
52. Stephen Browning       Hot Springs, AR         10  32-12   54
Day 1: 5   18-15     Day 2: 5   13-13
53. Seth Feider            Bloomington, MN         10  32-10   53
Day 1: 5   19-06     Day 2: 5   13-04
54. Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID            10  32-09   52
Day 1: 5   14-05     Day 2: 5   18-04
55. Greg Vinson            Wetumpka, AL            10  32-06   51
Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 5   17-13
56. Jared Lintner          Arroyo Grande, CA       10  32-02   50
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 5   20-13
57. Chris Zaldain          San Jose, CA            10  31-13   49
Day 1: 5   12-12     Day 2: 5   19-01
58. John Murray            Phoenix, AZ              9  31-07   48
Day 1: 4   11-13     Day 2: 5   19-10
59. Greg Hackney           Gonzales, LA            10  31-00   47
Day 1: 5   17-03     Day 2: 5   13-13
60. Chris Lane             Guntersville, AL        10  30-14   46
Day 1: 5   14-15     Day 2: 5   15-15
61. Mark Davis             Mount Ida, AR           10  30-10   45
Day 1: 5   14-10     Day 2: 5   16-00
62. Shaw Grigsby Jr.       Gainesville, FL         10  30-07   44
Day 1: 5   14-14     Day 2: 5   15-09
63. Randy Howell           Springville, AL         10  29-11   43
Day 1: 5   16-01     Day 2: 5   13-10
64. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ              10  29-09   42
Day 1: 5   16-13     Day 2: 5   12-12
65. Kenyon Hill            Norman, OK               9  29-07   41
Day 1: 4   18-01     Day 2: 5   11-06
66. Jeff Kriet             Ardmore, OK             10  29-05   40
Day 1: 5   16-13     Day 2: 5   12-08
67. Randy Allen            Shreveport, LA           8  28-03   39
Day 1: 3   10-05     Day 2: 5   17-14
68. Paul Elias             Laurel, MS              10  28-01   38
Day 1: 5   14-03     Day 2: 5   13-14
69. Dennis Tietje          Roanoke, LA             10  27-15   37
Day 1: 5   10-01     Day 2: 5   17-14
70. Koby Kreiger           Bokeelia, FL            10  27-13   36
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 5   14-00
71. Yusuke Miyazaki        Forney, TX               9  27-03   35
Day 1: 4   10-07     Day 2: 5   16-12
72. Chad Morgenthaler      Coulterville, IL        10  27-03   34
Day 1: 5   13-04     Day 2: 5   13-15
73. Hank Cherry Jr         Maiden, NC              10  26-15   33
Day 1: 5   12-02     Day 2: 5   14-13
74. Skeet Reese            Auburn, CA               8  26-14   32
Day 1: 5   17-03     Day 2: 3   09-11
75. Alton Jones            Lorena, TX              10  26-08   31
Day 1: 5   12-04     Day 2: 5   14-04
76. Bradley Roy            Lancaster, KY           10  26-08   30
Day 1: 5   12-09     Day 2: 5   13-15
77. Casey Ashley           Donalds, SC             10  26-07   29
Day 1: 5   12-11     Day 2: 5   13-12
78. Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY              8  26-03   28
Day 1: 3   04-12     Day 2: 5   21-07
79. Cliff Prince           Palatka, FL             10  26-00   27
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   12-01
80. Takahiro Omori         Emory, TX               10  25-15   26
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 5   12-12
81. Ish Monroe             Hughson, CA             10  24-11   25
Day 1: 5   13-03     Day 2: 5   11-08
82. Cliff Crochet          Pierre Part, LA         10  24-09   24
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 5   10-12
83. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN          10  24-09   23
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   12-09
84. Mike McClelland        Bella Vista, AR         10  23-15   22
Day 1: 5   11-00     Day 2: 5   12-15
85. Keith Poche            Pike Road, AL            9  23-13   21
Day 1: 5   14-00     Day 2: 4   09-13
86. Brian Clark            Haltom City, TX          9  23-05    0
Day 1: 4   11-05     Day 2: 5   12-00
87. Terry Scroggins        San Mateo, FL            8  22-04   20
Day 1: 5   12-07     Day 2: 3   09-13
88. James Niggemeyer       Van, TX                 10  22-03   19
Day 1: 5   10-02     Day 2: 5   12-01
89. Nate Wellman           Newaygo, MI              9  22-02   18
Day 1: 4   09-00     Day 2: 5   13-02
90. J Todd Tucker          Moultrie, GA             9  21-10   17
Day 1: 4   08-15     Day 2: 5   12-11
91. Zell Rowland           Montgomery, TX          10  21-00   16
Day 1: 5   10-03     Day 2: 5   10-13
92. David Walker           Sevierville, TN          6  20-15   15
Day 1: 1   02-12     Day 2: 5   18-03
93. Scott Rook             Little Rock, AR          6  20-12   14
Day 1: 5   17-02     Day 2: 1   03-10
94. Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                  9  20-12   13
Day 1: 5   10-07     Day 2: 4   10-05
95. Todd Faircloth         Jasper, TX               7  20-06   12
Day 1: 5   15-14     Day 2: 2   04-08
96. Gary Klein             Weatherford, TX          8  20-05   11
Day 1: 5   13-02     Day 2: 3   07-03
97. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL          7  19-14   10
Day 1: 2   06-01     Day 2: 5   13-13
98. Michael Iaconelli      Pitts Grove, NJ          6  19-12    9
Day 1: 5   17-15     Day 2: 1   01-13
99. Cliff Pace             Petal, MS                8  19-10    8
Day 1: 5   10-13     Day 2: 3   08-13
100. Kurt Dove              Del Rio, TX              7  18-14    7
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 2   07-09
101. Troy Broussard         Beaumont, TX             8  18-08    0
Day 1: 5   12-01     Day 2: 3   06-07
102. Casey Scanlon          Lanexa, KS               6  18-07    6
Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 1   04-03
103. Chad Wiley             Pineville, LA            8  17-02    0
Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 3   05-13
104. Tommy Biffle           Wagoner, OK              8  16-05    5
Day 1: 5   10-07     Day 2: 3   05-14
105. Mike Kernan            Wylie, TX                7  15-15    4
Day 1: 4   08-05     Day 2: 3   07-10
106. Kevin Ledoux           Choctaw, OK              7  15-10    3
Day 1: 4   08-01     Day 2: 3   07-09
107. Gary Clouse            La Vergne, TN            5  14-04    0
Day 1: 4   10-06     Day 2: 1   03-14
108. Kevin Hawk             Guntersville, AL         7  14-03    2
Day 1: 5   09-07     Day 2: 2   04-12
109. David Smith            Del City, OK             6  12-11    1
Day 1: 1   01-10     Day 2: 5   11-01
110. Jesse Tacoronte        Orlando, FL              4  12-07    0
Day 1: 2   06-08     Day 2: 2   05-15
111. Joseph Sancho          New Windsor, NY          5  12-05    0
Day 1: 2   04-03     Day 2: 3   08-02
112. Scott Barnett          Mansfield, TX            3  10-12    0
Day 1: 3   10-12     Day 2: 0   00-00
113. Jared Miller           Norman, OK               6  10-10    0
Day 1: 4   07-15     Day 2: 2   02-11
114. Chad Pipkens           Holt, MI                 4  10-08    0
Day 1: 2   05-15     Day 2: 2   04-09
115. Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT            4  08-13    0
Day 1: 4   08-13     Day 2: 0   00-00
116. Kelly Jordon           Flint, TX                2  06-07    0
Day 1: 2   06-07     Day 2: 0   00-00
117. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA  3  06-07    0
Day 1: 2   04-15     Day 2: 1   01-08
118. Craig Workman          Fort Worth, TX           3  06-04    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   06-04
119. Scott Ashmore          Broken Arrow, OK         2  04-13    0
Day 1: 1   03-07     Day 2: 1   01-06
120. David Williams         Maiden, NC               2  03-09    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   03-09
121. Stephen Longobardi     Northford, CT            1  02-08    0
Day 1: 1   02-08     Day 2: 0   00-00
122. Kevin Short            Mayflower, AR            1  01-11    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-11
123. Charlie Hartley        Grove City, OH           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
123. Logan Sherrer          Karnack, TX              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        94       543      1801-14
2        91       517      1722-15
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185      1060      3524-13

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Anglers Choice Double-Header On Kerr Could Decide Who Moves On To Toyota Team Championship

There is a lot on the line for anglers fishing the Angles Choice Marine Invitational Trail double-header on Kerr Reservoir this weekend, not the least of which are berths in the B.A.S.S. Toyota Team Championship which could lead to an invitation to fish the 2016 Bassmaster Classic.

“We are eligible to send a lot more teams to the championship this year,” said tournament director Chris Lucas. Lucas said the increase was a result of Anglers Choice requiring all the anglers in the series to become a member of B.A.S.S.

The possibility of having an Anglers Choice team compete for the chance to fish the Bassmaster Classic also led to a format change to a new single division schedule with two end-of-year classics, Lucas noted.

“When we joined the B.A.S.S. Toyota Team Championship Series we were only recognized as one trail by them,” Lucas explained. “Basically, we had to have one points system, so we don't call it the North Carolina Division and Virginia Division anymore. The guys who fish on Saturday and the guys who fish on Sunday, all the points go to the same standings. We use the points standings to see who goes to the B.A.S.S Team Championship.”

Mike McDonald and Jeff Poplin are at the top of the standings going into the Kerr double-header, followed closely by Brandon Gray, who fished all the way to the 2015 Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell in the Team Championship this past year, and his partner Robert Perkins. Following on their heels is the team of Daniel and Douglas Eubank.

But the season is not over and teams are allowed to cull two tournaments if they fished all eight in the series, Lucas noted, so it will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

“If a team fished four of the eight tournaments they can fish either of the classics, depending on what kind of boat they want to fish for and if they fished in six of the tournaments they can fish in both classics.” he said.

The two classics will be held in October, with the Ranger Classic on Kerr Oct. 3-4 and the Triton Classic on High Rock Lake Oct. 17-18.

With one Anglers Choice Marine dealership in Martinsville, Va., the schedule was set up with two tournaments in Virginia, which are held on Smith Mountain Lake, and two tournaments in the Carolinas where the dealerships are located (in Lexington and Spindale) one on High Rock and one on Lake Hickory. The other tournaments are held on the border, with two double-tournament weekends on Kerr Reservoir, Lucas said, so that an angler could make one trip, fish Saturday and Sunday and get two qualifiers in while saving money.

The season has gone very well, Lucas said, drawing more than 200 boats in the Kerr/Buggs Island tournaments and pre-registration for the two tournaments this weekend are up, with more than 90 already registered for Saturday and more than 80 for Sunday by early this week. The numbers at Smith Mountain Lake were down slightly because no classic was scheduled on the lake this year, but still very good, averaging 170 to 190 boats per tournament.

Lucas urged anglers planning to fish either or both tournaments at Kerr this weekend to pre-register because it makes it easier to plan for food and other factors, he said. However, late entries will still be taken at the ramp, he added.

As for the fishing on Kerr this weekend, Lucas said heavy rains early in the week could bring the water levels up and change the fishing some.

“I've talked to a couple of guys and what I am hearing most is a topwater early and then a drop-shot, but with that many guys fishing they will probably catch them all different ways. I am hearing it will take 16 to 18 pounds to win each day.”

 

Anglers Choice Invitational Team Trail

Sat, Jun 6, 2015

Kerr / Buggs Island Lake

Occoneechee State Park Ramp #1

Call Chris Lucas 276-358-0844

www.anglerschoicemarine.com

 

by AnglersChannel

Sportsman's Warehouse Early June Report

Sportsman's Warehouse fishing manager Craig Baird joins us to talk about all the top water action going on region wide-take a look at some of these great TOP WATER Options! Don't forget all this is available online at www.sportsmanswarehouse.com !!!

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Robinson, Ledbetter Of Mckendree U Lead Bassmaster College Series Wildcard On Barkley

DOVER, Tenn. — McKendree University admittedly is playing its strengths on Lake Barkley, and the strategy is proving beneficial at the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Wild Card presented by Bass Pro Shops.

Leading the tournament with 15 pounds, 14 ounces, is the team of Jordan Ledbetter and Trent Robinson. Less than one pound behind in second place are fellow students Phillip Germagliotti and Shane Campbell, also of McKendree University.

“Fishing ledges is not our strength so we are staying focused on shallow water,” Campbell said.

Fishing around sharply contoured river channel dropoffs is the norm here during summer. On fisheries frequented by the leaders, deep-water fishing is a rarity. What is more common is fishing shallower water. The university is located in Illinois, near the Mississippi River and St. Louis.

The pattern for the leaders came together on the final cast of yesterday’s closing practice round. After landing a largemouth weighing 4 pounds, the team decided to make the spot their first of the competition day.

“We didn’t have a specific area better than any other,” Ledbetter said. “So we decided to start there.”

The day also ended in the same area, with persistence paying off.

“We’d go 150 yards and not catching anything at all, and then run into a quality bite,” Robinson added. “We caught all seven of our keepers there.”

Keeping up with the minimum length limit for this tournament is a must. A keeper largemouth must measure 15 inches. The minimum length limit for smallmouth is 18 inches and 12 inches for spotted bass.

Germagliotti and Campbell admitted to finding a new twist to their strategy. They understandably declined to share details.

“What we discovered should help us improve our catch for tomorrow,” Campbell said.

Lake Barkley, a Cumberland River fishery, is located adjacent to the equally sprawling Kentucky Lake. That Tennessee River impoundment is the site of another marquee event. Top pros are competing in the Zippo Bassmaster BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps.

The goal for the competitors is to qualify for the 2015 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops, July 9-11at Lake DuBay on the Wisconsin River. The Top 13 teams from the Wild Card are invited to compete in the championship.

On Thursday, the full field of collegiate anglers launch and weigh in at Lick Creek Recreation Area in Dover. On Friday, the Top 20 collegiate teams weigh in at the BASSfest venue at Paris Landing State Park, on the same stage as the pros.

An online feed of the live weigh-in, angler blog entries, photo galleries and more are available at Bassmaster.com.
Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Presented by Bass Pro Shops - Wild Card
6/3/2015 - 6/5/2015
Lake Barkley - Lick Creek Recreational Area - Paris, TN
STANDINGS BOATER DAY 1
Today's Activity
# Fish Lbs - Oz
Accumulative
Name # Live # Fish # Live Lbs - Oz
1 Jordan Ledbetter - Trent Robinson McKendree University 5 5 15-14 5 5 15-14
2 Phillip Germagliotti - Shane Campbell McKendree University 5 5 14- 7 5 5 14- 7
3 Ty Dyer - Joseph Huggins Bethel University 5 5 14- 3 5 5 14- 3
4 JP Kimbrough - Jared Rascoe LSU Shreveport 5 5 14- 1 5 5 14- 1
5 Joshua Butts - Justin Rivers Wallace State CC Hanceville 5 5 13-14 5 5 13-14
5 Alec Castonguay - Garret Whitley Stephen F Austin State University 5 5 13-14 5 5 13-14
7 Ethan Ingle - Will Miller University of South Carolina 5 5 13- 7 5 5 13- 7
8 John Davis - Payton McGinnis University of Alabama 5 5 12-15 5 5 12-15
9 Dakota Cantrell - Mason Sapp Campbellsville University 5 5 12-14 5 5 12-14
9 Shelby Hutchens - Brian Blades Stephen F Austin State University 5 5 12-14 5 5 12-14
11 Cody Hahner - Mark Hugus University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 5 5 12- 8 5 5 12- 8
12 Reed Foster - Zackery Hines Dallas Baptist University 5 5 12- 7 5 5 12- 7
13 Trent Palmer - Layton Jones Georgia Southern 5 5 12- 1 5 5 12- 1
14 Dawson Lenz - Evan Horne University of North Alabama 5 5 12- 0 5 5 12- 0
15 Trent Newman - Jacob Sepeda Dallas Baptist University 4 4 12- 0 4 4 12- 0
16 Brian Eaton - Slade Daniel U. of Louisiana Monroe 5 5 11-12 5 5 11-12
17 Ethan Snyder - Shaw Owens Eastern Kentucky University 4 4 11- 7 4 4 11- 7
18 Adam Neill - Mitch Naler University of Alabama 4 4 11- 5 4 4 11- 5
19 Caleb Baker - Mack Hicks Alice Lloyd College 5 5 10-14 5 5 10-14
20 Isaac Payne - Connor Mannina Savannah College of Art & Design 4 4 10-13 4 4 10-13
21 Taylor Thompson - Hunter Coppolino Abraham Baldwin Ag College 4 4 10-11 4 4 10-11
22 Cody Metzger - Micheal King Northeastern State University 5 5 10-10 5 5 10-10
23 Zachary Edmunds - Nelson Madruga U. of Central Florida 4 4 10-10 4 4 10-10
23 Jordan Wise - Chris Phinney East Carolina University 4 4 10-10 4 4 10-10
25 Dustin Nash - Gregory Green Northwestern State University 5 5 10- 8 5 5 10- 8
26 Logan Thomas - Ryan Kirkpatrick Murray State University 4 4 10- 5 4 4 10- 5
27 Darrell Henson Jr. - Brent Rome LSU 5 5 9-15 5 5 9-15
28 Blake Welch - Ricky Harris Bethel University 4 4 9- 7 4 4 9- 7
29 Hunter McKamey - Kyle Oliver U. of Central Florida 5 5 9- 6 5 5 9- 6
30 Bentley Manning - John Berry Tennessee Tech University 5 5 9- 4 5 5 9- 4
31 Ethan Wages - Luis McMurphy U. of South Alabama 4 4 9- 3 4 4 9- 3
32 Tyler Rivet - Allyson Marcel Nicholls State University 4 4 8- 1 4 4 8- 1
33 Brett Webster - Makenzie Henson University of North Alabama 4 4 7-11 4 4 7-11
34 Alex Schieman - Ryan Stewart Georgia College & State University 2 2 6-14 2 2 6-14
35 Patrick Williford - Briggs Kennington Clemson University 3 3 6- 8 3 3 6- 8
36 Brad Vice - Austin Mize U. of North Alabama 5 5 6- 7 5 5 6- 7
37 Zachary Pickle - Drew Porto U. of Arkansas 3 3 6- 7 3 3 6- 7
38 Lance Freeman - Seth Brock Murray State University 3 3 6- 6 3 3 6- 6
39 Blake Schroeder - Easton Heigley Stephen F Austin State University 2 2 5-14 2 2 5-14
40 Ryan Williams - Ryan Hayse U. of North Alabama 3 3 5- 4 3 3 5- 4
41 Jeremiah Duvall - Jeffry Endly University of Louisville 1 1 5- 2 1 1 5- 2
42 Cale Mathis - Jonathan McLendon Abraham Baldwin Ag College 2 2 4-15 2 2 4-15
42 Justin Singleton - Zac Bennett Georgia College & State University 2 2 4-15 2 2 4-15
44 Sam Stone - Evan Coleman Texas State University 2 2 4-14 2 2 4-14
45 Andrew Tate - Nathan Martin U. of North Alabama 2 2 4-10 2 2 4-10
46 Cameron Brooks - Austin Moore Campbellsville University 2 2 4- 4 2 2 4- 4
47 Ronnie Moore - East Carolina University 2 2 4- 3 2 2 4- 3
48 Ryan Darracott - Zachary Darracott U. of North Alabama 3 3 3-15 3 3 3-15
48 John Maner - Colt Kelso U. of North Alabama 3 3 3-15 3 3 3-15
50 Jackson Blackett - Austin Joiner La Monroe 2 2 3-11 2 2 3-11
51 Wesley Griner - Dalton Dedge Darton State College 2 2 3- 4 2 2 3- 4
52 Brock Wilke - Austin Chapman McKendree University 1 1 3- 3 1 1 3- 3
53 Shawn Combs - Bronson Jones Georgetown College 2 2 3- 2 2 2 3- 2
54 Dalton Wilson - Randall Morris Bethel University 2 2 2-12 2 2 2-12
55 Jay Robertson - Oaklin Spier Southeastern Louisiana University 1 1 2-12 1 1 2-12
56 Brent Werts - Spencer Waldrop Clemson University 1 1 2-10 1 1 2-10
57 Landon Tucker - Grant Colson Valdosta State University 1 1 2- 8 1 1 2- 8
57 Nathan Woodruff - Kyle Alford Mississippi State University 1 1 2- 8 1 1 2- 8
59 Hunter Louden - Mekiah Jack Bethel University 1 1 2- 6 1 1 2- 6
60 Aaron Creech - Dakota Adams Alice Lloyd College 1 1 2- 5 1 1 2- 5
61 Kolby Bowers - Alex Oliver Abraham Baldwin Ag College 1 1 2- 4 1 1 2- 4
62 Justin Lynch - Michael Gullette U. of North Alabama 1 1 2- 0 1 1 2- 0
63 Bradley Fleming - Luke Domas Texas A&M University 1 1 1-15 1 1 1-15
64 Nick Uebelhor - University of Evansville 1 1 1-13 1 1 1-13
65 Sam Carris - Brandon Bryant Tennessee Tech University 1 1 1-11 1 1 1-11
66 Ryan Suhy - Skye Riggleman Liberty University 1 1 1- 9 1 1 1- 9
67 John-Michael Brattlof - Zac Thames Stephen F Austin State University 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
67 Ryan Collins - Hunter Fulcher U. of Kentucky 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
67 Ethan Flack - University of Alabama 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
67 Brett Graves - Tri-County Community College 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
67 Adam Hall - Gadsden State Community College 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
67 Colby Harville - Hunter Haney U. of North Alabama 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
67 Ben Kroeger - Zach Kroeger University of Nebraska - Omaha 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
67 Elliot Lee - Trevor Bates Tennessee Tech University 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
67 Alexander Murray - Alex Felder Southeastern Louisiana University 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
67 Kenneth Parks - Brian Cox UT Martin 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0
Name City,State Lbs-Oz
BIG BASS
Day
1 Jeremiah Duvall - Jeffry EndlLyouisville, KY 5- 2
Day # Live Lbs-Oz # Limits
TOTALS
# Fish
1 214 214 508-13 22
2 0 0 0- 0 0

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Defoe Leads Bassfest Day 1 On Kentucky Lake With 26-7

PARIS, Tenn. — Ott DeFoe admits he entered Wednesday’s opening round of the Zippo Bassmaster BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps feeling confident bordering on cocky.

But as excited as he was, he wasn’t expecting this.

DeFoe brought five bass to the scales that weighed 26 pounds, 7 ounces and claimed the Day 1 lead by more than a pound over South Carolina angler Andy Montgomery, who was second with 25-4.

Oklahoma pro Edwin Evers was third with 24-0, and Michigan superstar Kevin VanDam was fourth with 23-9 on a day when it took 20-4 just to make the Top 25.

“I had expectations, but I didn’t really think 26 pounds was where it was going to end up,” said DeFoe, who lives 4 1/2 hours away in Knoxville, Tenn. “I don’t want to say I was cocky, but I felt like I was going to have a pretty good day if I got on the place I wanted to fish – and if the fish stayed, which apparently they did.”

Like many in the 124-angler field, DeFoe caught most of his best fish before 10 a.m. and then went into “fish-management” mode. Instead of pounding his best areas and potentially wasting fish that could help him later in the week, he backed away and went looking for new hot spots.

He was surprised when one of the new places he found actually produced his best fish — a 7-5 largemouth that ranked as the second-largest fish caught during the opening round.

“I’m not going to say I was killing time, because I was still fishing,” DeFoe said. “But I was kind of waiting on time to go by until it was time to come in. I got one bite there, and it was a 7 1/4-pounder.”

The big fish allowed DeFoe to cull a 3 1/2-pound bass and pushed his weight from the 23-pound range above 26. That was just enough to help him edge Montgomery, who actually got help from DeFoe to catch his final keeper.

Montgomery, who struggled in practice, said the changing weather conditions caused the lake’s famed ledge bite to improve drastically Wednesday. Bright sunshine and mostly calm conditions replaced the gloomy weather that has hung over the Mid-South region the past week, and several anglers said it made a big difference.

“I’ve had some good practices this year and couldn’t carry it over when the tournament started,” Montgomery said. “This time I had a tough practice, but I knew where a good place was from past experience. Since I had a good boat draw, I was able to get there pretty early, and it worked out.

“I’m not a ledge expert by any means, but I know the sunshine makes a big difference on the Tennessee River.”

Dead batteries made it hard for Montgomery to do exactly what he wanted later in the day, but a favor from DeFoe helped him cull his last small fish.

“I was running down the lake, and I stopped and talked to Ott,” Montgomery said. “I told him I had four big ones and one 2-pounder. He had all 4-pounders, so he told me where a place was where I could go and catch one more good one.”

Evers had his limit set by 10 a.m., and VanDam was done putting his together by 9:30 a.m. Most of VanDam’s fish came during the kind of furious, 30-minute ledge flurry that Kentucky Lake is known for.

“It’s good when it’s like that,” VanDam said. “I got out there quick. I just didn’t want to draw too much attention to it, hoping I can get a few more tomorrow.”

Many ledges were crowded with a mixture of tournament anglers and local anglers. It wasn’t unusual to see more than a dozen boats fishing a small portion of the sprawling 160,000-acre lake.

VanDam, who has recorded two of his 20 career B.A.S.S. victories on Kentucky Lake, said boat traffic and competition could play a big role in the outcome of the tournament.

“I know I’ve got to have a mega-school for every day, and I just don’t have it,” VanDam said. “I’ve got some stuff, for sure. But … we’ll see.”

The tournament will resume Thursday with a full field of 111 Elite Series pros and 13 invited anglers from the three Bass Pro Shops Open circuits presented by Allstate.

After Thursday’s round, anglers who don’t make the Top 50 will be allowed to fish a special Second Chance tournament Friday on nearby Lake Barkley. The Top 10 finishers from the Second Chance event will rejoin the original Top 50 on Saturday back at Kentucky Lake with only the Top 12 advancing to Sunday’s final round.

Thursday’s takeoff will be at 6:15 a.m. from Paris Landing State Park with the weigh-in scheduled back at the park for 3:15 p.m.

Also, on Friday, the Top 50 anglers will be onsite at the state park for Bassmaster University — fishing seminars given by the pros. Fishing fans and their families can join in all the fun. All B.A.S.S. events are free.
2015 Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps 6/3-6/7
Kentucky Lake, Paris  TN.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 1

Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Ott DeFoe              Knoxville, TN            5  26-07  100
Day 1: 5   26-07
2.  Andy Montgomery        Blacksburg, SC           5  25-04   99
Day 1: 5   25-04
3.  Edwin Evers            Talala, OK               5  24-00   98
Day 1: 5   24-00
4.  Kevin VanDam           Kalamazoo, MI            5  23-09   97
Day 1: 5   23-09
5.  Brett Hite             Phoenix, AZ              5  23-05   96
Day 1: 5   23-05
6.  Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN         5  22-14   95
Day 1: 5   22-14
7.  Shin Fukae             Palestine, TX            5  22-14    0
Day 1: 5   22-14
8.  Ken Iyobe              Tokoname  Aichi JAPAN    5  22-08   94
Day 1: 5   22-08
9.  Jason Christie         Park Hill, OK            5  22-07   93
Day 1: 5   22-07
10. Kotaro Kiriyama        Moody, AL                5  21-15   92
Day 1: 5   21-15
11. Brent Ehrler           Newport Beach, CA        5  21-12   91
Day 1: 5   21-12
12. Billy McCaghren        Mayflower, AR            5  21-12   90
Day 1: 5   21-12
13. Fred Roumbanis         Bixby, OK                5  21-09   89
Day 1: 5   21-09
13. Fletcher Shryock       New Philadelphia, OH     5  21-09   89
Day 1: 5   21-09
15. Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR               5  21-05    0
Day 1: 5   21-05
16. Chris Johnston         Otonabee CANADA          5  21-03    0
Day 1: 5   21-03
17. Marty Robinson         Lyman, SC                5  21-02   87
Day 1: 5   21-02
18. Brandon Coulter        Knoxville, TN            5  21-00   86
Day 1: 5   21-00
19. Darold Gleason         Leesville, LA            5  20-15    0
Day 1: 5   20-15
20. Keith Combs            Huntington, TX           5  20-12   85
Day 1: 5   20-12
21. Randall Tharp          Port St. Joe, FL         5  20-09   84
Day 1: 5   20-09
22. Gerald Swindle         Warrior, AL              5  20-07   83
Day 1: 5   20-07
23. Justin Lucas           Guntersville, AL         5  20-05   82
Day 1: 5   20-05
24. JT Kenney              Palm Bay, FL             5  20-05    0
Day 1: 5   20-05
25. Brent Chapman          Lake Quivira, KS         5  20-04   81
Day 1: 5   20-04
26. Tim Horton             Muscle Shoals, AL        5  20-03   80
Day 1: 5   20-03
27. Brandon Card           Caryville, TN            5  20-02   79
Day 1: 5   20-02
28. Britt Myers            Lake Wylie, SC           5  20-02   78
Day 1: 5   20-02
29. Jonathon VanDam        Kalamazoo, MI            5  20-01   77
Day 1: 5   20-01
30. Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC              5  19-11   76
Day 1: 5   19-11
31. Seth Feider            Bloomington, MN          5  19-06   75
Day 1: 5   19-06
32. Bobby Lane Jr.         Lakeland, FL             5  19-05   74
Day 1: 5   19-05
32. Morizo Shimizu         Suita, Osaka JAPAN       5  19-05   74
Day 1: 5   19-05
34. Derek Remitz           Grant, AL                5  19-03   72
Day 1: 5   19-03
35. Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA               5  19-01   71
Day 1: 5   19-01
36. Aaron Martens          Leeds, AL                5  19-00   70
Day 1: 5   19-00
37. Stephen Browning       Hot Springs, AR          5  18-15   69
Day 1: 5   18-15
37. Russ Lane              Prattville, AL           5  18-15   69
Day 1: 5   18-15
39. Matt Lee               Auburn , AL              5  18-12   67
Day 1: 5   18-12
40. Josh Bertrand          Gilbert, AZ              5  18-10   66
Day 1: 5   18-10
41. Davy Hite              Ninety Six, SC           5  18-06   65
Day 1: 5   18-06
42. Kenyon Hill            Norman, OK               4  18-01   64
Day 1: 4   18-01
43. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA                5  18-00   63
Day 1: 5   18-00
44. Michael Iaconelli      Pitts Grove, NJ          5  17-15   62
Day 1: 5   17-15
45. David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN            5  17-09   61
Day 1: 5   17-09
46. Jordan Lee             Vinemont, AL             5  17-07   60
Day 1: 5   17-07
47. Kelley Jaye            Dadeville, AL            5  17-06   59
Day 1: 5   17-06
48. Boyd Duckett           Guntersville, AL         5  17-03   58
Day 1: 5   17-03
48. Greg Hackney           Gonzales, LA             5  17-03   58
Day 1: 5   17-03
48. Skeet Reese            Auburn, CA               5  17-03   58
Day 1: 5   17-03
51. Scott Rook             Little Rock, AR          5  17-02   55
Day 1: 5   17-02
52. James Elam             Tulsa, OK                5  17-01   54
Day 1: 5   17-01
53. Dean Rojas             Lake Havasu City, AZ     5  16-15   53
Day 1: 5   16-15
54. Jeff Kriet             Ardmore, OK              5  16-13   52
Day 1: 5   16-13
54. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ               5  16-13   52
Day 1: 5   16-13
56. Jacob Powroznik        Port Haywood, VA         5  16-11   50
Day 1: 5   16-11
57. Matt Reed              Madisonville, TX         5  16-07   49
Day 1: 5   16-07
58. Matt Herren            Ashville, AL             5  16-04   48
Day 1: 5   16-04
59. Randy Howell           Springville, AL          5  16-01   47
Day 1: 5   16-01
60. Todd Faircloth         Jasper, TX               5  15-14   46
Day 1: 5   15-14
61. Chris Lane             Guntersville, AL         5  14-15   45
Day 1: 5   14-15
62. Shaw Grigsby Jr.       Gainesville, FL          5  14-14   44
Day 1: 5   14-14
63. Mark Davis             Mount Ida, AR            5  14-10   43
Day 1: 5   14-10
64. Greg Vinson            Wetumpka, AL             5  14-09   42
Day 1: 5   14-09
65. Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID             5  14-05   41
Day 1: 5   14-05
66. Casey Scanlon          Lanexa, KS               5  14-04   40
Day 1: 5   14-04
67. Paul Elias             Laurel, MS               5  14-03   39
Day 1: 5   14-03
68. Brian Snowden          Reeds Spring, MO         5  14-02   38
Day 1: 5   14-02
69. Steve Kennedy          Auburn, AL               4  14-02   37
Day 1: 4   14-02
70. Keith Poche            Pike Road, AL            5  14-00   36
Day 1: 5   14-00
71. Cliff Prince           Palatka, FL              5  13-15   35
Day 1: 5   13-15
72. Cliff Crochet          Pierre Part, LA          5  13-13   34
Day 1: 5   13-13
72. Koby Kreiger           Bokeelia, FL             5  13-13   34
Day 1: 5   13-13
74. Chad Morgenthaler      Coulterville, IL         5  13-04   32
Day 1: 5   13-04
75. Ish Monroe             Hughson, CA              5  13-03   31
Day 1: 5   13-03
75. Takahiro Omori         Emory, TX                5  13-03   31
Day 1: 5   13-03
77. Gary Klein             Weatherford, TX          5  13-02   29
Day 1: 5   13-02
78. Chris Zaldain          San Jose, CA             5  12-12   28
Day 1: 5   12-12
79. Casey Ashley           Donalds, SC              5  12-11   27
Day 1: 5   12-11
80. Bradley Roy            Lancaster, KY            5  12-09   26
Day 1: 5   12-09
81. Terry Scroggins        San Mateo, FL            5  12-07   25
Day 1: 5   12-07
82. Alton Jones            Lorena, TX               5  12-04   24
Day 1: 5   12-04
83. Hank Cherry Jr         Maiden, NC               5  12-02   23
Day 1: 5   12-02
84. Troy Broussard         Beaumont, TX             5  12-01    0
Day 1: 5   12-01
85. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN           5  12-00   22
Day 1: 5   12-00
86. John Murray            Phoenix, AZ              4  11-13   21
Day 1: 4   11-13
87. Kurt Dove              Del Rio, TX              5  11-05   20
Day 1: 5   11-05
87. Jared Lintner          Arroyo Grande, CA        5  11-05   20
Day 1: 5   11-05
87. Chad Wiley             Pineville, LA            5  11-05    0
Day 1: 5   11-05
90. Brian Clark            Haltom City, TX          4  11-05    0
Day 1: 4   11-05
91. Mike McClelland        Bella Vista, AR          5  11-00   18
Day 1: 5   11-00
92. Cliff Pace             Petal, MS                5  10-13   17
Day 1: 5   10-13
93. Scott Barnett          Mansfield, TX            3  10-12    0
Day 1: 3   10-12
94. Tommy Biffle           Wagoner, OK              5  10-07   16
Day 1: 5   10-07
94. Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                  5  10-07   16
Day 1: 5   10-07
96. Yusuke Miyazaki        Forney, TX               4  10-07   14
Day 1: 4   10-07
97. Gary Clouse            La Vergne, TN            4  10-06    0
Day 1: 4   10-06
98. Randy Allen            Shreveport, LA           3  10-05   13
Day 1: 3   10-05
99. Zell Rowland           Montgomery, TX           5  10-03   12
Day 1: 5   10-03
100. James Niggemeyer       Van, TX                  5  10-02   11
Day 1: 5   10-02
101. Dennis Tietje          Roanoke, LA              5  10-01   10
Day 1: 5   10-01
102. Kevin Hawk             Guntersville, AL         5  09-07    9
Day 1: 5   09-07
103. Nate Wellman           Newaygo, MI              4  09-00    8
Day 1: 4   09-00
104. J Todd Tucker          Moultrie, GA             4  08-15    7
Day 1: 4   08-15
105. Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT            4  08-13    6
Day 1: 4   08-13
106. Mike Kernan            Wylie, TX                4  08-05    5
Day 1: 4   08-05
107. Kevin Ledoux           Choctaw, OK              4  08-01    4
Day 1: 4   08-01
108. Jared Miller           Norman, OK               4  07-15    3
Day 1: 4   07-15
109. Jesse Tacoronte        Orlando, FL              2  06-08    0
Day 1: 2   06-08
110. Kelly Jordon           Flint, TX                2  06-07    2
Day 1: 2   06-07
111. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL          2  06-01    1
Day 1: 2   06-01
112. Chad Pipkens           Holt, MI                 2  05-15    0
Day 1: 2   05-15
113. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA  2  04-15    0
Day 1: 2   04-15
114. Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY              3  04-12    0
Day 1: 3   04-12
115. Joseph Sancho          New Windsor, NY          2  04-03    0
Day 1: 2   04-03
116. Scott Ashmore          Broken Arrow, OK         1  03-07    0
Day 1: 1   03-07
117. David Walker           Sevierville, TN          1  02-12    0
Day 1: 1   02-12
118. Stephen Longobardi     Northford, CT            1  02-08    0
Day 1: 1   02-08
119. David Smith            Del City, OK             1  01-10    0
Day 1: 1   01-10
120. Charlie Hartley        Grove City, OH           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
120. Logan Sherrer          Karnack, TX              0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
120. Kevin Short            Mayflower, AR            0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
120. David Williams         Maiden, NC               0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
120. Craig Workman          Fort Worth, TX           0  00-00    0
Day 1: 0   00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        94       543      1801-14
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94       543      1801-14

by AnglersChannel

Not Everybody Will Have A Ledge To Fish In Alabama Bass Trail North Division Tournament On Pickwick

Mark McCaig

The fish are biting on Pickwick Lake which means some anglers in the last tournament of the season on the Alabama Bass Trail North Division there this Saturday are going to weigh in some great sacks of bass.

But there is one major problem, said Mark McCaig, who with teammate Tim Hurst, both of Oxford, Ala., is ranked 7th in the North Division standings going into the final tournament.

“The fish are on the ledges and they are biting,” McCaig said. “When it comes to the ledges there are a lot of fish thee, but there are not a lot of good places. A lot of people are going to get ganged up on certain places.”

Because of the ledges, he said, Pickwick and Guntersville are a lot alike, with one major difference. And that difference could be a game changer if getting a top spot on a ledge doesn't work out.

“The biggest difference is that at Pickwick there is a really good population of big smallmouth bass,” McCaig said. “Those smallmouths are usually caught in the tailrace below the dam.”

The tailrace could be the main option if McCaig and Hurst do not draw a low boat number Friday night. An early boat number – say the first 40 or maybe 50 boats drawn – would provide opportunity to sit on a ledge all day and capitalize on the schools of bass located there, but a higher number would mean finding something different, he said.

“The lake is incredible when it comes to fishing, but it is so narrow that there will be a boat on every place in the river – and there are no secrets there.”

So, when they get in a final practice Friday, McCaig said, he and Hurst will practice in separate boats – one in the tailrace, hunting the big smallmouth, and the other in the river.

“The key to winning is finding the 4-pound-plus fish, whether they are smallmouth or largemouth – and it won't be just finding them, but figuring out how to catch them. You could have a large school of 3-pounders, with some bigger fish mixed in. You are going to have to figure out how to catch those bigger fish. It's going to take 25 to 30 pounds to win.

 

Alabama Bass Trail - North Division 

Sat, Jun 6, 2015

Pickwick Lake

McFarland Park

Call Kay Donaldson 855-934-7425

www.alabamabasstrail.org

 

by AnglersChannel

Clemson Anglers Going To 'just Go Fishing' In Carhartt Wild Card On Lake Barkley

Briggs Kennington and Patrick Williford, teammates representing Clemson University in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Wild Card tournament on Lake Barkley this week, plan to just go fishing when competition begins Wednesday and see what happens.

“We've been here two and a half days practicing and we have found a lot of water, but not a lot of fish,” Kennington said after the final practice Tuesday afternoon. “We've fished our butts off, but we are struggling,” he added.

The problem, which may not be confined to the Clemson anglers, is that the fish apparently are scattered somewhere on their way to the ledges.

“The water is up, some locals say, by a foot of so from what it was last week from all the rain here. It poured here Monday, and the water is a little on the colder side from what we expected. It's running 74-75 degrees, while back home the water temperature is up to around 81 degrees.”

All that rain, Kennington believes, pushed the bass out of their normal transition pattern.

“Some of the locals are saying they were catching a lot of fish in the brush last week. Now some of that brush is so flooded the fish have left.”

Kennington and Williford, both from Greensboro, N.C., tried to find fish on the ledges the last couple of days – to no avail. 

The weigh-ins this week will determine which teams will head on to the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops July 9-11 on Lake DuBay on the Wisconsin River. 

“I think this tournament is going to be one, either by somebody who finds a really good school of fish on the ledges or someone who finds some fish in transition areas going out to the ledges,” he said. “Tomorrow we are just going to go fishing and do what feels right,” he said. 

 

Bassmaster Carhartt College Wild Card

Jun 3-6, 2015

Lake Barkley

www.bassmaster.com

 

by AnglersChannel

Rob Digh And Bryan Thrift Win The Carolina Coach And Marine Spring Classic-Full Results And Pic Here!

71 Teams turned out for the Carolina Coach and Marine Spring Classic with $5000 Guraranteed 1st place. Well, make that $12,710 if you are in a Triton. And thats exactly what Anglerschannel.com Pro Staffer Rob Digh and FLW Tour Pro Bryan Thrift did with thier 5 fish weighing a WHOPPING 19.95 Lbs on NORMAN!! Here is a pic of the champs and top 10 results below:

Rob Digh and Bryan Thrift hold up their $12,700 LB Stringer...which OBTW Weighed 19.95 LBS! 

Rob Digh and Bryan Thrift hold up their $12,700 LB Stringer...which OBTW Weighed 19.95 LBS!

 
Carolina Coach and Marine Spring Classic Top 7

 

by AnglersChannel

Anderson And Robinson Win The Aba On The Mobile-Delta With 14.70 Lbs-Full Results And Pic Here!

Satsuma, Ala. – May 30, 2015 – In an area that has seen a significant volume of water rushing through it.  The Mobile Tensaw River Delta waterway has become slightly more difficult to pattern over the recent weeks.  While the Alabama Bass Trail features some of the best team anglers in the South, having some understanding of this unique fishery was sure to be an asset.

The team of Jeston Anderson and Robbie Robinson; locals to the waterway, proved that having an understanding of what was happening with the water flow and the tidal system was beneficial on this fourth stop on the ABT Southern Division.  Anderson and Robinson came to the scales at Live Oak Landing in Stockton, Ala. midway through the weigh-in and placed a 14.70-pound limit on the scales to take the lead.  Their limit held up to the end, even sustaining a challenge from division Angler of the Year Leaders Keith Dees and Tommy Walley, and Coby Carden and Chris Rutledge – who tied for second place – in the process.

“This is my first big win, and it really means a lot to do so on our hoe water and to beat these guys that we compete against down here adds to it,” said Anderson.  “I thought that we had blown it today because we lost a few key fish, and I was sure that it cost us; but it worked out and I’m humbled an honored.”

Robinson, who has competed and won on large stages himself in the past, said it was all about being able to read the water.  “We caught them on a swimbait and a white swim jig, as well as a black and blue Flippin’ jig,” said Robinson. “But really, it was about being able to read the water levels and know where we needed to present to lure in order to get the right bites; I’m really glad it worked out.

Anderson and Robinson were the ABT 2014 Southern Division Anglers of the Year, but this is their first win on the tour.  They earned $10,000 for their win as well as the Alabama Bass Trail logo bonus for being the highest finishing team with an ABT logo on their clothing.

Dees and Walley, who came into the event in the lead for the 2015 ABT Southern Division had said that they were going to fish to win, but they needed to avoid a crash as well.  “We took a huge risk last year and only weighed three fish here on our home water,” they said.  “We still too a little bit of a gamble here, but it was more of a cautious gamble and we fell a little short.  But, we extended our points lead going into the final event, so we feel pretty good about it.”

The pair used custom painted Spittin’ Image topwater baits and spinnerbaits to produce their weight, and together pocketed $4,500 for their win as they finished tied with Carden and Rutledge, who also received $4500 for their day on the water.

Tullis Lanier and Joey Davidson continued their strong season by finishing fourth with 13.54 pounds; earning $3,000 and Foster Bradley and Britt Lemley weighed 13.15 pounds to finish fifth and pocket $2,000.

The Diet Mountain Dew Big Bass of the tournament went to 165h place team of Greg Griggers and Barry Landrum.  Their 5.57-pound largemouth bass anchored their 10.32-pound limit earning them $500 for their paycheck finish as well as an additional $500 for the Diet Mountain Dew Big Bass.

 

place Name Fish Weight Penalty BigFish Wgt points Winnings

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Unfamiliar Waters No Problem For Elite Series Rookie Of The Year Challenger David Williams

When the Bassmaster Elite Series moves to Kentucky/Barkley lakes next week for the Zippo Bassfest tournament, Elite Series rookie David Williams will once again be fishing waters he has never been on before. But, for Williams, that's not really a bad deal.

“It's my first trip to Kentucky Lake so it's going to be an experience like all the rest of them have been,” said the Maiden, N.C., pro who, while a rookie on the Elite circuit, has a lot of experience in FLW Outdoors tournaments. “Most of the BFL All Americans that I made were on lake where it was my first time there.”

In those All American championships Williams finished in the top 20 all four times, with two top 5s – 5th in 2013 and 3rd in 2012. He has fared nearly as well on the bigger stage this year in the Elite Series and at midway of the season finds himself ranked 3rd in the Rookie of the Year standings.

He won the Bassmaster Southern Open Series standings in 2014 to qualify to fish the Elite Series this year. And, although a rookie on the Elite circuit, he won the Bassmaster Weekend Series Championship in 2008 to qualify for the 2009 Bassmaster Classic.

Although April was not a very good month with finishes well down in the standings at Guntersville and on the Sacramento River in California, Williams finished 16th at Lake Tohopekaliga in March to start the Elite season and then surprised everyone – including himself – with a 5th place finish at Lake Havasu in Arizona in early May.

“The season has gone pretty well,” Williams said. “I have had two good events where I have been in contention. If not for one bad day in Texas with a mechanical issue on my boat, I probably would have had a shot to win there. And I was just one or two bites away at Havasu.”

Ironically, he said, his best practices were at the two sites where he did not do well in the tournaments.

“On the California Delta I was on so many big fish it was unbelievable. I could not wait for the tournament, but when it started my fish went South. I could not figure out how to catch them.”

Havasu was where everyone sat up and took notice, however.

“Havasu scared me to death. It has no history at all, nobody knows anything about it. You could literally see fish swimming 15 to 20 feet deep. Initially I thought the tournament would probably be won by a drop shot or finesse fishing.”

But in practice, he discovered the fish were just like bass back home. They would hide under any cover they could find.

“They would bite, too. They were not shy at all, like you would expect in clear water,” said Williams, who weighed four daily limits for a total of 62.14 pounds to take 5th place and move into 3rd in the ROY standings.

So, while he has never been on Kentucky Lake, the mystery of the fish there does not faze him, he said.

“Anytime I go somewhere that I don't have any history I do my best,” he said.

That could play into his favor for the Kentucky Lake Elite, but the familiarity he gains in practicing for and fishing the Elite tournament next week could set him up with just enough experience to do well in the 2015 All American which is scheduled just two weeks after the Elite tournament.

“Hopefully I can find them pretty good next week during the Elite tournament and have some fish to go back to in the All American,” he said.

 

Bassmaster Elite Series

Jun 3-7, 2015

Kentucky-Barkley Lakes

www.bassmaster.com

 

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Weekend Tournament Preview with AC Pro Staffer Rob Digh-and there is a LOT TO PREVIEW!

AC Pro Staffer Rob Digh helps preview the big POTASH FISHBACK tournament on Clarks Hill, as well as the Carolina Coach and Marine Spring Classic on Norman-with a $5000 1st place Guaranteed payout!

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Towery Wins The B&s Team Lake Rhodhiss Challenge With 12.25 Lbs

Dwayne Towery celebrates the big win

2nd Place Angler Marty Newton 

2nd Place Angler Marty Newton

One of the two 3rd place teams! 

One of the two 3rd place teams!

BF Winner! 

BF Winner!

(LAKE RHODHISS SUMMARY & Results)I was very grateful to have a good crowd this past Saturday at The Lake Rhodhiss Challenge. We had a total of 17 boats. We had $545 in the pot. We weighed a total of 80.15lbs of Bass. It was a tough day of fishing. Only 8 boats weighed Fish. It was a very tight leader-board.  I really do appreciate everyone coming out. It warms my hear to see all the support from all of the anglers. I hope to see the continued support at Lake Hickory next month June 6th, 6:30am-2:00pm.
Big Fish Winner- Avery & Cindy Barrier-(5.20lbs)- $170
1. Dwayne Towery-5 Fish-12.25lbs- $220
2. Marty Newton-5 Fish-12.00lbs- $110
T3. Brandon Thompson & Chad Stevens-5 Fish-9.60lbs- $25
T3. Larry Walker & Con Kerly-5 Fish-9.60lbs-$25
4. Clay Sisk & Tucker Sisk-5 Fish-9.50lbs
5. Milton Yancey & Larry Yancey-3 Fish-9.35lbs
6. Mike McCurry & Danny Mason-5 Fish-9.05lbs
7. Avery & Cindy Barrier-4 Fish-8.80lbs
T8. Bob Miller-0.00lbs-
T8.Bob Altis & Chris Van Dyke-0.00lbs
T8. Barry Copeland & Ray Creesmon-0.00lbs
T8. Mike Russel-0.00lbs
T8. Cameron & Eddie Lowdermilk-0.00lbs
T8. Rocky & Jeff Whisnant-0.00lbs
T8. Cliff Wise & Lynn Albright-0.00lbs
T8. Steve Hice-0.00lbs
T8. Robbie & Ken Stamey-0.00lbs

 

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Early Bite Key To Winning Flw College Fishing Southeastern Conference Tournament On Lake Hartwell

It might just be the early bird that gets the worm – or in this case, the first place trophy – in the third and final FLW College Series Southeastern Conference tournament Saturday on Lake Hartwell.

The herring pattern is on – but it does not last very long, said Josh Rennebaum, one of the University of South Carolina collegiate anglers in the tournament.

“The first hour and a half of the morning it's typical schooling with fish blowing up on the herring, but by about 8:30 that bite is gone,” said Rennebaum Thursday after the first day he and teammate Patrick Walters had to practice on the lake. They caught the schooling fish on a rainbow shad fluke and a Lake Murray Clear Dunfish topwater.

“We caught two or three decent largemouths on the topwater,” he said. “Then we went to the drop shot and caught some decent spotted bass on a green pumpkin worm out on the points.”

Rennebaum said he and Walters fished the main lake area Thursday, mostly around the Gum Branch launch site, but they plan to spend their second day of practice Friday upriver in search of some larger largemouth bass.

With the fishing tougher than expected, Rennebaum said he expects it will take about 16 to 17 pounds to win the third and final qualifying tournament for the Southeastern Conference Saturday.

“I would guess it will take about 12 pounds to make the cut,” he said.

Rennebaum, of Chapin, and Walters of Summerville, actually qualified for the Southeastern Conference Championship to be held on Pickwick Lake Sept. 26 after finishing 8th in the tournament at Guntersville May 2.

“We are fishing mainly for points at Hartwell,” he said. And, of course for a top prize of $2,000. The top 15 teams in Saturday's tournament will qualify for the championship at Pickwick.

Anglers will take off from the Gum Branch Park ramp located on Vanna Waller Road in Hartwell at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Weigh-in will be held at the marina beginning at 2:30 p.m. Takeoff and weigh-in are free and open to the public.

Schools are allowed to register up until the morning of the tournament. Entries may be made either by phone or at CollegeFishing.com.

 

FLW College Fishing Series

Sat, May 30, 2015

Lake Hartwell

Gum Branch Mega Ramp

www.flwoutdoors.com

 

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Herring Bite Key To Winning Carolinas Bass Challenge Sc Division Tournament On Hartwell

The herring pattern is in full swing on Lake Hartwell so anglers in the Carolinas Bass Challenge South Carolina Division tournament on the lake Saturday should have no problem catching fish,” said CBC Tournament Director Brett Collins.

“Fishing has been great at Hartwell lately, with winning weights coming in well over 20 pounds,” Collins said. “The teams that capitalize on the early morning bite will come out on top this time of year at Hartwell. Big spots and largemouth bass will make up the creel.”

Going into the tournament Wayne Frierson and Ronnie Mueller are leading the SC Division points, just ahead of Chris Marshall and Josh Gardner. Although Marshall and Gardner won the season opener on Lake Murray, Frierson and Mueller have turned in steady performances in all three tournaments to secure the lead, with two top 20 finishes.

“This deep into the schedule a lot of the teams have qualified, but we still expect a good crowd Saturday,” Collins said.

The Carolinas Bass Challenge is experiencing a banner year, he said, with numbers up over previous years and a lot of new teams joining. A big reason is the money involved, with the opportunity for a major payday at every tournament, he added.

“Multiple teams have won over $10,000 and the Skeeter Bonus Dollars the CBC offers on top of the Skeeter Real Money has been a huge addition,” Collins said. “This year we have been paying back the $5,000 at each event in three places – $2,500, $1,500 and $1,000.”

Collins also thanked the fishermen for their support, noting their participation in the tournaments is the key to the success of the CBC.

“We will also send another big number of teams to the Bassmaster Team Championship on Lake Guntersville later this year. Last year we sent 22 teams and it looks to be about the same this year,” he said.

Collins also said he will try to have the 2016 schedule out late this summer so anglers can start making their plans for next year.

 

Carolinas Bass Challenge - South Carolina Division

Sat, May 30, 2015

Lake Hartwell

Portman Shoals Marina

Call Brett Collins 803-413-7521

www.carolinasbasschallenge.com

 

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Goodyear Results - Cape Fear River 5/26/15

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1st Place Team Keith Barker & Kay Choosakul1st Place Team Keith Barker & Kay Choosakul

​We had a real good turnout today for the Cape Fear River. 16 boats showed up and we had some nice weather for fishing. The bite was tough for many today, alot of short fish were caught, but the fish were very healthy as they always are at the river. Our next tournament is scheduled for June 9th at Lake Gaston and we hope to see you there. The results are as follows! Congrats to the winners!

 

​1st Place
Keith Barker & Kay Choosakul
5 Fish
15.00lbs
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2nd Place
B. Lee & John Heath
3 Fish
13.36lbs

 

Big Fish
B.Lee & John Heath
6.79lbs

 

3rd Place
Bill Gainey & Gary Loes
5 Fish
12.14lbs

2nd Place Team B. Lee & John Heath2nd Place Team B. Lee & John Heath

 

3rd Place Team Bill Gainey & Gary Loes3rd Place Team Bill Gainey & Gary Loes

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Dan And Adam Hoover Win The Goodyear Event At Jordan With 15.91 Lbs-Full Pics And Results Here!

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We had a good turnout with 12 boats on Jordan lake, May 12th, the fish were biting well and almost every team had a limit. Here are some pics with full results below:

 

Dan and Adam Hoover take home 1st Place! 

Dan and Adam Hoover take home 1st Place!

 

Bradley Mclaurin with a close 2nd place stringerBradley Mclaurin with a close 2nd place stringer

 

Jody Blue and Adam Jackson hold down 3rdJody Blue and Adam Jackson hold down 3rd


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our next tournament is May 26th at the Cape Fear River(Buckhorn), HWY 42 Ramp! Come on out we'd be glad to have you!

The results are as follows:

1st Place
Dan & Adam Hoover 
5 Fish
15.91lbs

2nd Place
Bradley Mclaurin
5 Fish
15.25lbs

3rd Place
Jody Blue & Adam C Jackson
5 Fish
14.56lbs

Big Fish
Bradley Mclaurin
6.21lbs

 

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Official Press Release For Brent Ehrlers Big Toyota Texas Bass Classic Win On Lake Fork!

With a total weight of 89 pounds, 12 ounces, Brent Ehrler wins the Toyota Texas Bass Classic on Lake Fork.

QUITMAN, TX (May 25, 2015) – On Monday, the 35 angler field was cut to the Tundra 10 for the final day of the 2015 Toyota Texas Bass Classic on Lake Fork.  Over the first two days of competition, Oklahoma’s Jason Christie built a 5 pound lead over his closest competitor, Chris Lane, but seven of the Tundra 10 started the day within 10 pounds of the lead.

Brent Ehrler was one of the anglers within striking distance, entering championship Monday in 5th place with a total weight of 58 pounds, 4 ounces.  Despite averaging over 29 pounds a day for the first two days of competition, the California pro had yet to catch a bass surpassing the 24-inch slot length.

That changed shortly before 1:00 p.m. on Monday, when Ehrler boated a 10 pound, 11 ounce bass to take over the top spot on the leaderboard.  The Lake Fork giant proved to be the Tundra Big Bass of the tournament, earning him a brand new Toyota Tundra valued at $35,000.

The big bass also anchored Ehrler’s final day limit weighing 31 pounds, 8 ounces.  With a three-day total weight of 89 pounds, 12 ounces, Brent Ehrler lifted the 2015 TTBC trophy and added another title to his already impressive résumé that includes a 2006 Forrest Wood Cup victory and four FLW Tour victories.

 In his typical calm and cool style, Ehrler said that it was hard to put into words what the TTBC title meant to him.  “I’m still kind of shocked.  I really didn’t think that I had a great chance to win today because I was so far behind,” he explained.  “This win ranks way up there for me. At Media Day on Thursday, they presented Keith Combs with his 2014 championship ring, and I remember thinking, ‘It would be really cool to have a ring like that.’ I never expected that it would actually happen.”

For the duration of the tournament, Ehrler fished offshore with a trio of baits including a Lucky Craft 3.5XD crankbait in shad color, 6-inch hollow bodied swimbait in shad color on a 3/4 oz. BOSS Swimbait Jig Head, and a ¾ oz. BOSS Football Jig Head tipped with a Yamamoto trailer.  He used Daiwa rods and reels spooled with Sunline fluorocarbon for all of his presentations.

He caught the bulk of his weight slow rolling the swimbait, but he also caught several fish that helped on the crankbait and two key fish on the football head jig, including his biggest fish on Sunday and a 6-pounder on Monday.

Ehrler said that the key to his victory was using his Humminbird graph to find the winning school of fish early on the first day of practice. “I saw some fish down there, and on one of my first casts I hooked a 6-pounder.  When I was reeling it in, I noticed a bunch of other big ones following the hooked fish back to the boat,” he explained.  “I immediately knew that I’d found a spot that could be very productive.”

On Monday, he caught a limit weighing 23 pounds off his primary area and then boated the 10-pounder and a 6-pounder off his secondary area in the afternoon. “Both areas that I fished were basically points that extended out into the lake and then dropped off,” he explained.

Along with winning the Toyota Tundra for catching the largest bass of the tournament, Ehrler also took home a check for $150,000.

2nd place finisher Jason Christie didn’t catch his first keeper until 9:30 a.m. on Monday, when he boated a 7 pound, 12 ounce largemouth.  By then, his 5 pound lead had evaporated and he was trailing the on-the-water leader by more than 18 pounds.

Christie rebounded nicely, catching two quality bass in the final hour of competition to nearly pull off the wire-to-wire victory.  He finished with a total weight of 87 pounds, 12 ounces.

With three FLW Tour victories and two Elite Series victories since 2011, the 2015 TTBC title would have capped an impressive five year run for Christie, but he had no regrets with how he fished this week on Lake Fork.

“I felt like this event was going to be won offshore, so I just decided to stick with it,” he explained.  “The area that I fished really doesn’t look that great on the map.  I fished the area last year in the TTBC, so I idled over it during practice this year and I saw a couple fish down there.  That’s where I ended up catching my 10-pounder on Saturday and four of my keepers yesterday.

 â€œI fished 12 to 15 places each day, but I had three or four spots where I spent quite a bit of time fishing, and two stops that I considered to be my primary areas,” continued Christie. “I spent most of the tournament fishing the lower third of the lake based on the water clarity.”

Christie fished a myriad of deep diving crankbaits, but caught several of his key fish on a silent Bomber Fat Free Shad BD7.  He also threw a number of different 6- to 7-inch hollow bodied swimbaits, including an out-of-production YUM Money Minnow rigged on a 1 oz. jighead.  He fished with Lew’s baitcasting reels spooled with Sunline fluorocarbon line and Falcon rods.

Tennessee’s Andy Morgan flirted with the lead for the duration of the tournament, but he was never able to garner the big bites that he needed to reach the summit.  Starting the final day in 6th place, Morgan made waves early on Monday morning after boating a 25 pound limit within the first hour of competition.   He was unable to upgrade for the remainder of the day, however, and finished in 3rd place with a total weight of 83 pounds, 12 ounces.

“It seemed like I hit a brick wall once I reached the 25 pound mark,” lamented Morgan, who spent the whole week with a swimbait, crankbait, and big worm on the front deck of his boat.  “Every fish that I ended up weighing-in came on a Zoom Magnum Trick Worm in green pumpkin rigged with a 1/2 oz. weight.”

The reigning FLW Tour Angler Of the Year rotated between four spots this week on Lake Fork.  “I fished a lot of corners and points that actually connected to the bank and were on the edge of timberlines,” he explained.

Alabama’s Chris Lane was the only angler in the Tundra 10 who exclusively fished a shallow water pattern this week on Lake Fork. He finished in 4th place with a total weight of 83-8.  He relied on a heavy black and blue flipping jig and a white Snag Proof frog.

Shad Schenck rounded out the top five with a total weight of 81 pounds, 4 ounces.  The Indiana pro, who qualified for the tournament through the FLW Tour, caught every single fish that he weighed-in off of a single point that featured a small hump with a hard spot.  His fish came on a Buckeye ¾ oz. football jig, magnum finesse worm rigged on a ½ oz. jighead, dropshot, and Carolina-rig.

In total, five of the 35 competitors including Jason Christie, John Crews, Mike Iaconelli, Shad Schenck, and Brent Ehrler, caught a Lake Fork bass surpassing the 24-inch slot length.

Jason Christie won the LEER Heavyweight award for his 37 pound, 4 ounce limit on Saturday.

Due to severe storms and heavy rainfall, the weigh-in venue and activities were closed to the public on Sunday and Monday.

Brent celebrates the big win!Brent celebrates the big win!

Brent holding up the Hardware on Lake Fork!Brent holding up the Hardware on Lake Fork!

Brents 10 Lb trophy catch!Brents 10 Lb trophy catch!

 

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North Florida's NEWEST Ranger Dealer invites you to the Whitey's Thursday Night Tournament!

Andy Kent of Beach Blvd Motorsports invites you to join him for some of the fastest, funnest fishing around - the 3-to-4-hour Thursday Night Tournament out of Whitey's Fish Camp near Middleburg, Fla. The North Florida Bassmasters host the tourney each Thursday starting at around 4:30 - get there early to launch as the house is always packed at Whitey's - live music, great food, drink specials - it's a regular summer evening party! Andy also invites us to shop the selection of Ranger Boats, among other things such as motorcycles, dirt bikes and all types of watercraft, at Beach Blvd Motorsports.

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Roselle Relies On Strike King Jig And Rage Craw To Catch Stubborn Bass, Win $6,235 In Bfl On Potomac

MARBURY, Md. (May 18, 2015) – Mike Roselle of La Plata, Maryland, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 13 ounces Saturday to win the third Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division tournament of 2015 on Potomac River. For his victory, Roselle earned $6,235.
Mike Roselle of La Plata, Maryland, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 13 ounces Saturday to win the Shenandoah Division tournament on Potomac River and a check worth $6,235. (FLW)

 
“My primary spot was on the north end of the river,” said Roselle. “The area was full of spawning fish and had a lot of scattered grass. There were also postspawn fish that had pulled off the bank and were sitting in anywhere from two to four feet of water.”
 
Roselle said he used a green-pumpkin-colored Strike King jig rigged with a green-pumpkin Strike King Rage Craw to catch his entire stringer of fish.
 
“The only time I would get a bite is when I’d break it off from the grass, so I tried to always be in contact with it,” said Roselle. “The creek has a lot of crawfish in it right now so I knew this jig would come up big.”
 
Roselle went on to say he fished only two spots the entire tournament.
 
“Once the tide goes out the fish stop feeding. Of the 15 keepers I ended catching, almost all came before noon,” said Roselle.
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The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
 
1st:          Mike Roselle, La Plata, Md., five bass, 16-13, $4,235 + $2,000 Ranger Cup
2nd:         Pete Romm, Woodbridge, Va., five bass, 15-9, $2,118
3rd:          Bryan Elrod, Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 14-6, $1,200
3rd:          Richard Haber Jr., Linthicum, Md., five bass, 14-6, $1,200
5th:          Matthew Caffi, Fairfax, Va., five bass, 14-2, $811
5th:          Edward Dustin, Fredericksburg, Va., five bass, 14-2, $811
7th:          Flash Butts, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., five bass, 13-13, $706
8th:          Ed Stiefel, Mahwah, N.J., five bass, 13-12, $635
9th:          Marc Wagy, Dewitt, Va., five bass, 13-11, $565
10th:        John Sisson, Brookville, Md., five bass, 13-4, $494
              
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.  
 
Darick Brumbaugh of Pratts, Virginia, caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the pro division, a fish weighing 4 pounds, 7 ounces and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $590.
 
Trevor Wright of Chesterfield, Virginia, weighed in five bass totaling 14 pounds, 15 ounces Saturday to win $2,118 in the co-angler division.
 
The top 10 co-anglers were:
 
1st:          Trevor Wright, Chesterfield, Va., five bass, 14-15, $2,118
2nd:         Randy Walsh, Stafford, Va., five bass, 14-11, $1,059
3rd:          Derek Brown, Charlottesville, Va., five bass, 14-6, $706
4th:          Safulla Rana, Warrenton, Va., five bass, 14-3, $494
5th:          Darrin Wells, Woodbridge, Va., five bass, 13-9, $424
6th:          Allen Luck, Leesburg, Va., five bass, 13-8, $388
7th:          Lamar Spade, Catasauqua, Pa., five bass, 13-1, $353
8th:          Carl Whipple, Manassas, Va., five bass, 12-14, $318
9th:          Pat Riley, Evington, Va., five bass, 12-12, $282
10th:        Mark Braune, Montgomery Village, Md., five bass, 12-11, $247
 
Alex Antipenko of Brooklyn, New York, caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $295.
 
The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 15-17 Regional Championship on Lake Wateree in Camden, South Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.
 
The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and compete to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Walmart BFL All-American. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the Rayovac FLW Series or even the Walmart FLW Tour.

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On Memorial Day Joe Holland says check out Reel American Heroes!

Memorial Day is a day to remember those who gave their lives for our freedom. Tour pro Joe Holland says we can also honor our heroes who are still among us by taking them fishing. If you would like to share your boat for a day with one of thousands of interested war veterans, check out ReelAmericanHeroes.org.

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Clint Brown Wins Rayovac Tourney On Seminole

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (May 23, 2015) – Clint Brown of Bainbridge, Georgia, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 18 pounds, 3 ounces Saturday to win the Rayovac FLW Series Southeast Division event on Lake Seminole presented by Evinrude with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 52 pounds, 11 ounces. For his victory, Brown earned $40,000.
 
“The first two days of the tournament I was mainly sight fishing,” said Brown, who earned the win in just his fourth tournament with FLW. “Coming in to this tournament I has around 20 fish marked that I knew were on the beds, and I knew that I would be able to catch them come tournament time. My bait of choice was an Okeechobee-Craw-colored Bruiser Baits Intruder, Texas-rigged with a ¼-ounce weight.”
 
Brown said that he tried very hard to manage his bed fish throughout the three-day tournament. He caught four on day one, then filled out his limit with a frog. On day two he caught three off of the bed, then again filled his limit with a frog. He said that he was out of fish for the third and final day of competition and was forced to just go fishing.
 
“Today, I went to an area where I had gotten one bite in practice,” Brown said. “I hadn’t seen any other anglers fishing it throughout the week. I went to the back of a pocket that had a lot of shad and managed to catch eight keepers on a shad-colored Dirty Jigs swimjig.
 
“I had a decent five-bass limit, but I had two small fish,” Brown continued. “In the last hour of the day I had a hunch to switch things up and I ended up catching my two biggest fish of the day on a chartreuse and white ½-ounce buzzbait. Sometimes you just have to trust your instinct and hope you make the right decision. I did today, and to get the win on my home lake is just awesome.”
 
The top 10 pros on Lake Seminole were:
 
  1st:        Clint Brown, Bainbridge, Ga., 15 bass, 52-11, $40,000
  2nd:       Ken Ellis, Bowman, S.C., 15 bass, 49-5, $15,500
  3rd:        Tim Reneau, Del Rio, Texas, 13 bass, 42-13, $12,000
  4th:        Scott Wiley, Bay Minette, Ala., 14 bass, 41-0, $10,000
  5th:        John Hunter, Shelbyville, Ky., 10 bass, 40-9, $9,000
  6th:        Rodger Beaver, Dawson, Ga., 13 bass, 39-6, $8,000
  7th:        Clayton Batts, Macon, Ga., 11 bass, 38-9, $7,000
  8th:        John Bitter, Maitland, Fla., 13 bass, 37-6, $6,000
  9th:        Bradley Enfinger, Colquitt, Ga., 11 bass, 37-0, $5,000
  10th:      Sven Hilland, Sanford, Fla., 12 bass, 36-3, $4,000
 
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
 
Wayne Christopher of Huntsville, Alabama, caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the pro division Friday – a fish weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces that earned him the day’s Big Bass award of $300.
 
Greg Jeter of Bainbridge, Georgia, won the co-angler division and a Ranger Z117C with an Evinrude or Mercury outboard motor, with a three-day total of 12 bass weighing 41 pounds even.  
 
 The top 10 co-anglers on Lake Seminole were:
 
  1st:        Greg Jeter, Bainbridge, Ga., 12 bass, 41-0, Ranger Z117C with 90-horsepower outboard ($27,000)
  2nd:       Tony Syfrett, Chipley, Fla., eight bass, 34-8, $5,000
  3rd:        Mike Spurlock, Ripley, W. Va., 14 bass, 34-2, $4,000
  4th:        Jim Short, Ocean Pines, Md., 11 bass, 31-4, $3,500
  5th:        Justin Sward, Vancleave, Miss., 11 bass, 30-4, $3,000
  6th:        Corey Radomski, Ocala, Fla., nine bass, 27-6, $2,500
  7th:        Aaron Richardson, Destin, Fla., seven bass, 22-6, $2,000
  8th:        Lee Frye, Brooksville, Fla., eight bass, 22-2, $1,750
  9th:        Don Lewis, Jacksonville, Fla., eight bass, 21-11, $1,500
  10th:      Daniel Beebe, Niota, Tenn., 10 bass, 21-0, $1,250
 
The Rayovac FLW Series on Lake Seminole was presented by Evinrude and was hosted by the Bainbridge Convention and Visitors Bureau. It was the third and final Southeast Division tournament of 2015. The next Rayovac FLW Series tournament will be a Northern Division event presented by Mercury, held June 4-6, on the James River in Henrico, Virginia. For a complete schedule, visit FLWFishing.com.
 
The Rayovac FLW Series consists of five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western. Each division consists of three tournaments and competitors will be vying for valuable points in each division that could earn them the opportunity to fish in the no-entry-fee Rayovac FLW Series Championship. The 2015 Rayovac FLW Series Championship is being held Oct. 29-31 on the Ohio River in Paducah, Kentucky.
 
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow FLW on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing.

by AnglersChannel

Evinrude E-TEC G2 Update with FLW Tour Pro Anthony Gagliardi

FLW Tour Pro Anthony Gagliardi gives us his mid-season Evinrude G2 Update! As you will see and hear, there isn't much to NOT BE IMPRESSED WITH!

by AnglersChannel

Mid-Season Tournament Update with Sportsman's Warehouse and FLW Tour Pro Anthony Gagilardi

Sportsman's Warehouse and FLW Tour Pro Anthony Gagliardi gives us a mid-season update as we head into Memorial Day Weekend

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How The Usc Anglers Won The College National Championship On Lake Murray

Patrick Walters, left, and Gettys Brannon holding two nice Lake Murray largemouths. Photo by Pat Robertson

When the FLW College Fishing National Championship began on Lake Murray April 16, Anthony Gagliardi, who won the Forrest Wood Cup on the lake last August, texted a message to Roger Metz, host of the Woods and Water S.C. radio show in Greenville who was on a spectator boat:

“Tell those guys don't cut it as close as I did.”

The University of South Carolina team of Gettys Brannon of Gaffney, S.C., and Patrick Walters of Summerville, S.C., did not disappoint Gagliardi, who ironically is a graduate of Clemson University, the Gamecocks' bitter rival in most sports competitions.

In the August FLW championship Gagliardi, who lives a few miles from Lake Murray in Prosperity, S.C., beat Scott Canterbury of Springville, Ala., by just 1 ounce. Brannon and Walters won the college national championship over the Liberty University of Lynchburg, Va., team of Travis Rulle and Caleb Eppler, who led the tournament the first two days, by a solid 1 pound, 5 ounces.

The FLW Tour pro's win in August mirrored the USC Anglers' drive to the championship in April. Gagliardi started in 7th place on the first and second days, improved to 3rd on the third day and won it on the fourth and final day. Brannon and Walters started in 6th place the first day, improved to 2nd place on the second day and then won it on the third day. Their win completed the trifecta of bass fishing championships in the past year – Gagliardi's win in the Forrest Wood Cup on Murray in August; Casey Ashley, who hails from Donalds, S.C., won the Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell in February; and the USC team claimed the college fishing championship on Lake Murray in April.

Patrick Walters fights a largemouth to the boat. Photo by Pat RobertsonPatrick Walters fights a largemouth to the boat. Photo by Pat RobertsonBrannon and Walters formed a team two years ago when Walters was a freshman and Brannon a sophomore. They are alike in many respects, but often very different in their approach to fishing – a combination that seems to be ideal for team fishing.

“Patrick is a big shallow water fisherman and I like to fish out deep,” Brannon said. “So, instead of having just one option on the boat during a tournament we always have something to fall back on. What we have discovered is that we just click when it's tournament time because we make good decisions together.”

For Walters it is the common drive to succeed that makes them click as a team.

“We want to achieve the same goal. We want to win and we are going to do whatever it takes to win. We know somebody on the boat is up to the job and we talk about everything.”

While both have spent countless hours and days on Lake Murray and felt they knew the lake pretty well, they sought out the advice of local bass fishing guru Doug Lown of Newberry who has chronicled the species and fishing for bass on the lake for many years. The best advice Lown offered, Brannon said, was to keep their minds right.

“He gave us a lot of intel about the fish, but just being mentally prepared and talking with someone who has that much knowledge about the lake definitely gave us an edge,” Brannon said. “But we had a lot of good help around the lake. Getting close to the locals and making good friends of all of them was a good move on our part,”

Following Lown's advice, the Gamecock team concentrated on bass chasing blueback herring, which were beginning to spawn.

“His best advice was on decision making, not where to go,” Brannon said. “We knew the bite was going to turn off each day around 9 o'clock and we had better have a limit by then. We did that and then we went after roaming fish. We knew if we could cull four or five times by the end of the day we would have close to 18 pounds.”

The main lure for Brannon and Walters was a Zoom Fluke to imitate the herring. They also threw a square-billed Lucky Craft and a square-billed Rick Clunn crankbait, plus a Smasher, a Sebille-type bait. When the wind died they drug a Zoom Trick worm on a Carolina rig with a half-ounce bullet weight and the also used a Shakey Head with a Greenfish Crawbait at times. Some of their bigger bass came on a Megabass 110 jerkbait, Brannon said.

“Our game plan was to hit as many points as we could since the herring spawn was starting,” Walters said. “We knew if we could get 17 to 20 pounds a day we'd be right where we wanted to be.”

The USC anglers beamed with confidence throughout the tournament, apparently unconcerned by not being in the lead the first two days. Their main concern was maintaining consistency, Walters said.

“I did not want to be sitting in first place during the tournament. Going into the second day I did not want to be in the top 5 and we were in 6th place,” Walters said. “On the final day we had jumped up to 2nd place so we went out to catch as many fish as we could and try to cull up.”

But the day did not go exactly as planned. The pattern the first two days was to work the fluke early and then go with the Carolina rig once the wind laid. On the final day the wind was not blowing early and they only caught one little 12-inch bass on the first three points they hit with the fluke.

“We were a little worried that we had hit three of our best spots and did not have a fish yet,” Walters said. “We caught a 4-pounder on the Carolina rig and then the wind came up and the fish started coming up schooling. Once they started hitting the fluke we ran as many points as we could.”

They weighed a limit at 17 pounds, 1 ounce, to take the lead and the championship to the cheers of a bipartisan crowd of Gamecock fans, many of whom came out of Carolina Stadium at the conclusion of the USC-Vanderbilt baseball game to watch the weigh-in.

“Everybody who knows me knows I always have something to say,” said Brannon, “but when Forrest Wood gave us the jacket and our bids to the Forrest Wood Cup I could not find the right words to describe it.”

“Being there with all your family and your friends on your home lake is what you dream about,” Walters said. “You could not have written a script any better.”

 

by AnglersChannel

Thinking Big Is Key To Winning Toyota Texas Bass Classic On Lake Fork

Think Big. That's the key for success in the Toyota Texas Bass Classic this Memorial Day Weekend on Texas' Lake Fork, said FLW Tour Pro Matt Arey. Not just big lures, but big bags, Arey said.

“The water is about 4 feet higher than it was last year when I was here,” Arey said. “The fish are a lot more scattered and I feel like there are a few more up shallow, but I think the tournament will be won out deep.”

Arey said it took almost 50 pounds total the first two days to make the cut for the final day in 2014, but, with the field reduced from 50 anglers in 2014 to just 35 in 2015, it might take another 10 pounds to make the cut.

“I hate to say it, but I think it will take 30 pounds a day. That's what I am fishing for,” he said.

And to get that sized bag each day, he added, anglers will have to wade through the tons of white bass mixed in with the largemouths.

“You have to figure out a bait that you are not going to catch 10,000 white bass on,” he said, “so that means big baits – big spoons, big swim baits, big crankbaits.”

Winner of the Forrest Wood Cup as a co-angler in 2006, the Shelby, N.C. angler made the switch to the front of the boat the following year and has steadily improved his game every year. He is currently ranked 24th on the FLW Tour with two top 15s, including a win on Beaver Lake in April.

Arey owns and operates a guide business (http://www.rackandreeloutfitters.com) on Lakes Wylie and Norman with Bassmaster Elite Pro Andy Montgomery. In the off-season he enjoys bowhunting for whitetails and spending time with his wife Emily and daughter Reese.

The 2015 final field is made up of the top 15 anglers in 2014 Angler of the Year points from both the FLW and Bassmaster Elite Series. Other notable anglers include 2014 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year, Greg Hackney, 2013 recipient and 2014 runner-up Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Aaron Martens, and Andy Morgan, 2014 and 2013 FLW Tour Angler of the Year.

Along with the coveted title of TTBC Champion, the anglers will be battling it out for two additional awards: the Toyota Tundra Big Bass Award and the LEER Heavy Weight Award. The Toyota Tundra Big Bass Award is new to the 2015 event. The angler who catches the single heaviest fish from any of the three days of the competition will win a 2015 Toyota Tundra. The LEER Heavy Weight Award is awarded to the angler with the heaviest total weight of fish from any of the three days of the tournament will win a LEER truck cap.

Toyota Texas Bass Classic

May 23-25, 2015

Lake Fork

Sabine River Authority

www.toyotatexasbassclassic.com

 

by AnglersChannel

Southeast Rayovac Points Leader Living His Dream Of Being A Pro Angler

Mark Daniels JrMark Daniels Jr

Mark Daniels Jr. is sitting on top of the points in the Rayovac Series Southeast Division heading into the tournament on Lake Seminole, which starts Thursday, and he was spending Wednesday trying to figure out how to hold onto his slim 2-point lead over Trevor Fitzgerald of Belleview, Fla.

“I've had a really tough practice so far,” Daniels said late Tuesday evening. “I am not familiar with the lake; it's my first time here, so I am trying to figure it all out.”

Daniels, a transplanted Californian now living in Tuskegee, Ala., said the shallow water bite – fishing grass lines, throwing topwater and flipping shallow cover – was not panning out for him “like I would like it to. So, he planned to move deep Wednesday in search of some offshore fish.

Daniels, who won the TBF National Championship in 2013, is now “Living the Dream” of professional bass fishing. That win included the use of a wrapped Chevy Silverado and Ranger Boat, as well as entry fees into the 2014 FLW Tour season. 

He finished well down in the standings in 2014, but this year he already has a top 10 finish on the tour and he has two top 10s in Rayovac competition, finishing 4th at Lake Okeechobee in January and 8th at Lake Guntersville in March.

Once he had the opportunity become a pro angler, he jumped at it, leaving his job as a full-time Agriculture Biologist for Soloano County in California and moving to Tuskegee to try to earn a living fishing.

“I am now full-time fishing, living in Tuskegee, Ala., and getting adjusted to doing it full time,” Daniels said. “I was born and raised in the Bay Area and spent my entire life there except for five years going to school in Tuskegee.”

Daniels explained that his older sister, who now lives in Birmingham, graduated from Tuskegee University and convinced him to come there for college – a good choice, he said.

“I was not thinking about going to college at first, but she talked me into coming to Tuskegee. I was interested in environmental science and she just helped me along the way.”

Besides a college degree, which led to a good job, Daniels said he found something else very valuable in Tuskegee – his fiance.

“She lives in Tuskegee and knowing I would be on the road so much, it was just easier for her to have some family support while I was fishing,” he said. “Pro fishing is different, tough at times, being away from family. But it is an absolute dream for me, something I have been striving for as a child.”

Pros will fish for a top award of $40,000 plus a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard if Ranger Cup guidelines are met. Co-anglers will cast for a top award consisting of a Ranger Z117 with 90-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $5,000 if Ranger Cup guidelines are met.

The Rayovac FLW Series consists of five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western. Each division consists of three tournaments and competitors will be vying for valuable points in each division that could earn them the opportunity to fish in the Rayovac FLW Series Championship. The 2015 Rayovac FLW Series Championship will be held Oct. 29-31 on the Ohio River in Paducah, Ky.

FLW Rayovac Series – Southeast #3

May 21-23, 2015

Lake Seminole

Bainbridge Boat Basin

www.flwoutdoors.com

 

by AnglersChannel

Univ Of North Alabama Currently #1 In The School Of The Year Challenge


             

 

    

The University of North Alabama Currently Occupies Top Spot in The Cabela's School of the Year Race: Murray State University and Tennessee Tech University Trail Close Behind in 2nd and 3rd Respectively
         

The BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship Presented by Cabela's Adds Double Points to Race

   

San Antonio, Texas (May 19, 2015) --

Just as quickly as the school year started, it is once again coming to a close with a certain race left on top of the minds of many collegiate anglers. The Cabela's School of the Year Race, the most prestigious title in college fishing, is still in full swing and even more competitive than the start of the season with the University of North Alabama in first, Murray State University in second, and Tennessee Tech University in third.

 

"It means everything to win this title," stated University of North Alabama (UNA) Junior and Bass Team President, Dawson Lenz. "We've won it last year and we want nothing more than to win it again this year to prove how hard we work and to bring it back home for the school. I'm a junior this year and I want it to become a legacy of winning this title after I leave."

 

"When we first started taking the Cabela's School of the Year title, it kind of starting as a 'bragging rights' thing, because everyone wants to be the top team of course," said UNA Junior and Bass Team Secretary, Andrew Tate," but this season at our first meeting of the year we talked about the title and everyone wants to win it."

 

"No question is my mind this is most prestigious and hardest title to win in the sport of college fishing. The Cabela's School of the Year Title is based on performance over a year of events at all levels of college events from school run events to national level events ensures an added twist to next week's BoatUS Collegiate Championship," said Wade Middleton, Director of the Association of Collegiate Anglers and President of CarecoTV.

 

The UNA Bass team is no stranger to competing with the highest level of intensity. As the 2014 Cabela's School of the Year victors, the UNA Lions look to repeat in their success this year, but the competition has been steep.

 
"We've had a good year," added Lenz. "We haven't had the best year we've ever had, but it has been very solid. We haven't had that big win yet. We've had some top-tens, but I would love to see our teams get in the top five at the BoatUS Championship next week to help us secure the lead in School of the Year, but this lake is a lake that you can go out and find a giant school and win the tournament in fifteen minutes, just going to show just how good Pickwick Lake truly is," said Lenz.

 

"Our year has been pretty great so far. We've had a lot of boat problems this year, like last year and it's been tough competition this year, but it's kind of like fuel to the fire. Murray State is a solid team and they have a lot of great fisherman on their team. We've had some boat troubles in the past and Murray state has royally helped us out and we can't thank them enough but hopefully we get to return the favor someday. If there was a chance that UNA didn't win the Cabela's School of the Year title, I would have to believe Murray State would take it home," Tate stated.

 

While the UNA Bass Team sits on top of the leaderboard, Murray State University had come from behind in true underdog fashion, putting the Racer Bass Team in second place in the Cabela's School of the Year Bass Team. The Murray State team has been on fire about the program and wants nothing more than to be crowned not only the 10th Anniversary BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Champions presented by Cabela's, but the Cabela's School of the Year.

 

"Our season has gone great, just as we planned it as far as completing our goal of winning the Cabela's School of the Year title," said Murray State University Junior and now Bass Team President, Ryan Kirkpatrick. "The team is really excited on how it has been going and how it's looking for the future."

 

Kirkpatrick is excited about the race to the title, but he is also pleased with how his team's performance has grown stronger throughout the season.

 

"As always the competition is stiff throughout each school, but they're challenging us to do better. It's also great to see this year that all of the guys on our team have stepped up and fished many tournaments to give us that extra edge for the School of the Year title."

 

To the Murray State Racer Bass Team, the Cabela's School of the Year Title is not just another trophy to show to their friends, family and school, but it is much more than that. Kirkpatrick explained the depth of the title and how it not only goes off of one person's hard work, but how hard you work together as a team.

 

"This is the coveted title," Kirkpatrick added. "Just like in the pros that want to win angler of the year, this title shows that you're the most consistent team in the entire nation. It's something special to say that everywhere you go, you and you're team have been able to catch 'em and it really shows the hard work that your team needs to put in to win the title."

 

Kirkpatrick and the Murray State Team have high hopes looking forward and expect to gain valuable points next week at the 10th Anniversary BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship Presented by Cabela's.

 

"Our goal is to have two boats in the top fifteen in the BoatUS Championship next week to give us that extra push in the rankings," stated Kirkpatrick. "We fish a lot on Kentucky Lake throughout the year and while each Tennessee River lake is different, they have something that's the same so even though Pickwick Lake is UNA's home lake, it's going to be game on!"

 

With just over a month left in competition for the prestigious Cabela's School of the Year Title, there are plenty of points to be had including the double points Championship event next week. Rounding out the remaining Top Ten in the Cabela's School of the Year rankings are the following schools:

 

4. University of Louisiana - Monroe

5. Bethel University

6. Clemson University

7. Mississippi State University

8. University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

9. University of Wisconsin
10. McKendree University
 

To see a list of complete School of the Year Rankings, click here.  

To find out more information on the action-packed week of events scheduled for the 10th Anniversary BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship Presented by Cabela's, including live coverage from all the events visit www.CollegiateBassChampionship.com or click here: More Details 

 

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by AnglersChannel

Zippo Signs On As Title Sponsor Of Bassfest

The inaugural BASSfest held last year was a hit with anglers and fans, and the unique competition returns next month with a new title sponsor.

The Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps will be June 3-7 in Paris, Tenn. The B.A.S.S. partnership allows Zippo to align its outdoor brands with the popular Bassmaster Elite Series event as a title sponsor.

“Zippo is extremely proud to sponsor BASSfest on beautiful Kentucky Lake,” said Chris Funk, Zippo marketing product manager - outdoor. “BASSfest’s combination of fishing, family and festival is the perfect opportunity to bring Zippo’s line of outdoor products to people who love being outdoors. “

He added, “Renowned for our lighters, Zippo is taking our 83-year legacy of the flame to the great outdoors. Be sure to check out our new Zippo All-Terrain Grill and sample some delicious food.”

Last season's BASSfest at Chickamauga Lake was a first for the Bassmaster Elite Series. The five-day tournament evolved as an extended opportunity for fans to gather during a weeklong, summertime event. The combination of competition and festival proved a big hit.

“BASSfest is quickly becoming one of the most popular and exciting events of the year in Bassmaster competition, and we are pleased that Zippo has decided to take advantage of that fact by becoming its title sponsor,” said Bruce Akin, B.A.S.S. CEO. “This decision also reinforces the fact that bass fishing fans are avid outdoors people who enjoy camping and cooking outdoors, in addition to fishing.”

This year’s BASSfest follows up with an enhanced fan experience and higher stakes for the pro anglers.

Invited to compete are the Top 10 points leaders from each of the three divisions in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Series presented by Allstate. Also under the new format, Bassmaster Elite Series anglers will earn Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points based on their finishes in the tournament.

Two popular aspects of the original format remain. On Friday, fans have the opportunity to interact with the pros during Bassmaster University, special seminars on a variety of fishing topics. Also on Friday, the Second Chance Tournament returns at nearby Lake Barkley. Each angler below 50th place on Thursday has the chance to advance to the finals on Saturday and Sunday and earn at least $10,000, if they finish in the Top 10 of the second chance round.

Find out more about BASSfest at Bassmaster.com.

by AnglersChannel

Bryan Thift Wins Flw Tour Event On Eufala

 

EUFAULA, Ala. (May 17, 2015) – The Walmart FLW Tour event at Lake Eufaula presented by Quaker State promised a dramatic finish Sunday as all of the final top-10 anglers competing on the final day were within striking distance of first place and the title of Lake Eufaula Champion. When the scales settled, it was veteran pro Bryan Thrift of Shelby, North Carolina, who had caught enough weight to earn the fourth victory of his career.
 
Thrift’s final-day catch of five bass weighing 15 pounds, 5 ounces gave him a four-day total of 69-14 and the win by a 2-pound, 15-ounce margin over day three leader Troy Morrow of Eastanollee, Georgia. Thrift beat out 149 of the best bass-fishing anglers in the world and claimed the first place prize of $125,000.
 
“I wanted to win this tournament worse than I have ever wanted to win one in my life,” said Thrift, who pushed his career earnings to more than $1.6 million in FLW competition. “Lake Eufaula is my favorite lake and I absolutely love coming here because it fits well with my style of fishing. I like to run and gun, make three casts, then pull up and go somewhere else. And there are a lot of big fish here. I finished second in the last two major Tour events here so I wanted to win on this lake very badly.
 
“I fished harder this week than I ever have before,” Thrift continued. “I put 30 hours in three days of practice on my new Evinrude G2 outboard. I sat on my butt for three days just idling and looking and marking – not even fishing. I had around 200 waypoints coming in to this tournament and I was just hoping that I would be able to fish them and come across five good ones each day. The key for me was just covering a lot of water and fishing as much as I possibly could.”
 
After catching a 7-pounder on day one, a 6½-pounder on day two and two 5-pounders on day three, Thrift seemed to be on the big fish pattern necessary to methodically work his way to the top of the leaderboard. Despite his lack of a kicker on Sunday, Thrift said he still managed to grind out eight keepers on an unnamed swimbait and a frog, to seal the win.
 
“I figured someone would catch a big limit today and that I didn’t have enough to win,” Thrift said. “I never got that big bite today like I had been all week, but I can’t complain. I’ve had an awesome week.”
 
Thrift’s win moved him up to second place in the 2015 FLW Tour Angler of the Year race with just two tournaments left. When asked if he thought that anyone could catch leader Wesley Strader, Thrift said that it is going to come down to the last tournament of the year.
 
“The AOY race is going to go to whoever has had the best year of their entire career,” Thrift said. “Our next stop, Lake Chickamauga, is Wesley’s home lake. Everybody is going to have to hold their ground, because we know Wesley is going to catch them. It’s going to be a super-tight race and going to come down to the last fish weighed in at the last tournament on the Potomac River.”
 
The top 10 pros finished the tournament:
              
               1st:          Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 20 bass, 69-14, $100,000 + $25,000 Ranger Cup Bonus
               2nd:         Troy Morrow, Eastanollee, Ga., 20 bass, 66-15, $29,789
               3rd:          Clent Davis, Montevallo, Ala., 20 bass, 66-1, $24,822
               4th:          Wesley Strader, Spring City, Tenn., 20 bass, 63-1, $19,855
               5th:          Jeff Gustafson, Keewatin, Ontario, Canada, 19 bass, 62-15, $18,862
               6th:          Randy Haynes, Counce, Tenn., 20 bass, 60-1, $17,869
               7th:          Shinichi Fukae, Palestine, Texas, 20 bass, 57-12, $16,875
               8th:          Zack Birge, Blanchard, Okla., 20 bass, 57-12, $15,882
               9th:          Adrian Avena, Vineland, N.J., 20 bass, 56-9, $14,889
               10th:        John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 20 bass, 55-6, $13,895
 
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com. 
 
Overall there were 49 bass weighing 124 pounds, 7 ounces caught by pros Sunday. Nine professionals weighed in five-bass limits.
 
Keith Honeycutt of Temple, Texas, won the co-angler division and $25,000 Friday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 22 pounds, 12 ounces, followed by Hiroyuki Watanabe of Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan, who finished in second place with 10 bass weighing 22 pounds, 12 ounces worth $7,448.
 
The Walmart FLW Tour stop on Lake Eufaula presented by Quaker State was hosted by the Eufaula Barbour County Chamber of Commerce. It was the fourth of six regular-season events in the FLW Tour’s 2015 season. The fifth FLW Tour event of 2015 will be held at Lake Chickamauga, June 11-14 in Dayton, Tennessee, and is presented by Igloo. The event will be hosted by the Rhea Economic and Tourism Council. Boats will launch from the Dayton Boat Dock in Dayton. For a complete schedule, visit FLWFishing.com.
 
In addition to casting for top awards of up to $125,000 cash in the pro division and up to $25,000 cash in the co-angler division, anglers are also competing for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2015 Forrest Wood Cup, the world championship of bass fishing. The 2015 Forrest Wood Cup will be in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 20-23 on Lake Ouachita and is hosted by Visit Hot Springs. The Forrest Wood Cup Champion could win as much as $500,000 – professional bass-fishing’s richest prize.
 
Coverage of the Lake Eufaula tournament will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) October 19 from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. ET when Season 20 of “FLW” returns this fall. The Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show airs on NBCSN, the Pursuit Channel and the World Fishing Network and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world.
 
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing.

 

by AnglersChannel

2015 Wolfson Tournament Highlights!

Big bass and lots of them! That was the scene at this year's Wolfson Children's Hospital benefit bass tournament on the St Johns River in Palatka, Fla. And all for a great cause. Check out the video here!

by AnglersChannel

10Th Annual Warriors On The Water Champs Mark Mitchell And Stephen Chang Right Here!

New champs Mark Mitchell and Stephen Chang join us to talk about their big win this past friday on Jordan Lake!! They beat out 149 other teams on what turned out to a great afternoon on the water!

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Mark Mitchell And Stephen Chang Win The 10Th Annual Warriors On The Water-Top 5 And Pics Here!

150 Anglers showed up Friday to take out and show their appreciation for the 10th Annual Warriors on the Water. Lots of solid bags weighed in but most importantly, lots of smiles and fun for many of our armed services who were able to participate and catch what so many of us know as that KICKER BASS! Here is the top 5 and BF:

Top 5 Warriors on the Water out of New Hope ramp on Jordan Lake:

1st place Boater Mark Mitchell Co Stephen Chang (Marine) 19.05

2nd place Boater Alex Daniel Co James Hart (AF) 19.02

3rd place Boater Clint Benbow Co Jose Hernandez (Army) 18.07

4th place Boater Will Blanton  Co Blake Schlienz (Army) 18.05

5th place Boater Lonnie Renfro Co John Harrison (Army) 17.06

Big Bass went to Clint Benbow and Jose Hernandez (Army) 7.05

 

Mark Mitchell and Marine Stephen Chang after their big winMark Mitchell and Marine Stephen Chang after their big win

 

WOW 7.05 Lb BF held up by Jose HernandezWOW 7.05 Lb BF held up by Jose Hernandez

 

Hank Parker MC's this years 10th Annual WOW Weigh-in!Hank Parker MC's this years 10th Annual WOW Weigh-in!

 

Impressive stringer held up on Jordan this Friday afternoon!Impressive stringer held up on Jordan this Friday afternoon!

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Wolfson Winners Speak

Randy Hadden and Erik Frazier tell how they topped 440-plus teams to win the 2015 Wolfson Children's Hospital benefit bass tournament on the St Johns River with a 5-fish limit that weighed 27.09 pounds!

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2015 Wolfson Tourney Results - Top 25

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The 26th Annual Wolfson Children's Hospital benefit bass tournament was a huge success. Nearly 450 boats participated.

Randy Hadden and Erik Fraser won with 27.09 pounds. It took more than 20 pounds to place among the top 10 teams.

Mike Davis and Dennis Hernandez caught the big bass of the day at 9.82 pounds.

David McIntyre and Michael Johnson had the 2nd bigggest bass at 9.7 pounds.

Your Top 25:

1 - Randy Hadden, Erik Fraser - 27.09 lbs

2 - John Mobley, Matt Field - 26.39

3 - Stephen Bishop, Dell Massie - 25.06

4 - John Sobik III, John Oliva - 24.98

5 - Danny Inabnett, Randy Sievert - 24.29

6 - Donnie Feagle, Josh Lester - 23.16

7 - Butch McKee, Glenn Rogers Jr - 22.67

8 - William Brown, Virgil Langford - 22.15

9 - David McIntyre, Michael Johnson - 21.31

10 - Bryan Heaberlin, Larry Heaberlin - 20.15

11 - Mike Davis, Denis Hernandez - 19.60

12 - Robert Stumpe, Justin Stumpe - 19.59

13 - Jody Marriot, Mark Ruble - 19.49

14 - Billy Jackson, Billy Jackson Jr - 19.48

15 - Heath Arnold, Larry Reynolds - 19.02

16 - John Stahl, Casey Gonzalez - 18.53

17 - Adam Newburn, Trey Reynolds - 18.50

18 - Sam Folds III, Brad Langley - 18.48

19 - Vernon Kemp, Randy Hamrick - 18.44

20 - Brett Bollinger, Brett Bollinger Jr - 17.92

(tie) 20 - Jim Coleman, Greg Lane - 17.92

22 - Eric Lewis, Phil Cury - 17.73

23 - JT Barnard, Joe Barnard - 17.39

24 - Richard Rawlins, Red Flowers - 16.85

25 - Robby Ratliff, William Barnett - 16.59

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