Yamaha Marine’s Power Pay® Program Expands, Offers Payouts for 506 Tournaments in 2022

Kennesaw, Ga. - Dec. 9, 2021 – Yamaha Marine will expand its Power Pay contingency program in 2022 to include 506 tournaments, including 14 new trails. Power Pay, which recently surpassed 1,000 members, rewards anglers with cash payouts for running eligible Yamaha outboards in sanctioned tournaments. New Power Pay tournaments for 2022 include the National Professional Fishing League,…

Bowes Promoted To New Bassmaster Vice President Of Tournaments Role

Longtime Bassmaster Opens Series Senior Tournament Manager Chris Bowes has been promoted to Vice President of Tournaments. Photo by Andy Crawford/B.A.S.S. October 26, 2021 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Longtime Bassmaster Opens Series Senior Tournament Manager Chris Bowes has been promoted to Vice President of Tournaments, B.A.S.S. announced today. In this newly created role, Bowes will not only…

Taming Tough Tournaments with Matt Arey

Courtesy of Luke Stoner - Dynamic Sponsorships   Ask any Bassmaster Elite Series pro after official practice concluded and they wouldn’t hesitate to tell you the buzzword for the 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at the Tennessee River was, “tough”. Practice reports were filled with concerns of cold, muddy water and few keepers to be found.   Judging by the unofficial weights…

MLF Postpones Upcoming Lake Shasta Tournaments

REDDING, Calif. (Jan. 20, 2021) – Major League Fishing (MLF) announced today the postponement of three tournaments scheduled for Jan. 28-31 on Lake Shasta in Redding, California. The decision was made after MLF officials learned of new travel restrictions implemented by the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Service in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The new restrictions prevent anglers who are…

Register Now for Strike King Big Bass Challenge Tournaments

Lexington, S.C.–January 18, 2021–In December 2020, Rather Outdoorsannouncedthe formation of a brand-new series of big bassformattournamentsfor2021. The new series named “Strike King Big Bass Challenge”will feature four stand-alone events on some of thenation’s premierfisheriesin separate geographical regions. The series will consist ofone-day events each with four two-hour weigh-in periods and…

Quantum Hosting Two High School / College Tournaments this Fall

The 4th Annual Quantum Next Gen High School & College Open returns to Grand Lake, Oklahoma the weekend of September 19th and 20th. For high school anglers we’ve got more good news -- Quantum is extending their support to host a second Next Gen High School Open on one of the best fisheries in the world, Texas’s Sam Rayburn Reservoir the weekend of October 31st and November 1st. There is no…

B.A.S.S. Moves August High School And Junior Tournaments To Lake Hartwell

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Lake St. Clair presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors and the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster Junior Series, both originally scheduled for August 8, will instead be held on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell August 30, B.A.S.S. officials announced today. Guidelines in the state of Michigan issued on July 9 limit the size of any…

Two Bassmaster Elite Series Tournaments Moving Forward In New York

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Working alongside local hosts and officials to develop new competition plans that adhere to strict health and safety guidelines, B.A.S.S. announced that two Bassmaster Elite Series events planned for the State of New York would continue. Competition for the SiteOne Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River will be held July 23-26 with daily takeoffs and weigh-ins moved to a new…

Cayuga Lake Bassmaster Elite Series Event Canceled; Two NY Tournaments Still Scheduled

July 8, 2020 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S. officials announced they will cancel the Bassmaster Elite at Cayuga Lake, scheduled for July 14-17 in the Village of Union Springs, N.Y., and plan to reschedule the tournament for another fishery later this season. Last week, the State of New York released guidelines for professional sports competitions which include diagnostic testing and protocols…

FLW Shares COVID-19 Guidelines for Upcoming Tournaments

  BENTON, Ky. (May 28, 2020) – FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced today COVID-19 guidelines intended to assist anglers and staff as the organization resumes tournament operations with the Toyota Series event at Pickwick Lake (Tenn.). These guidelines apply to all 2020 FLW tournaments including the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit and the Phoenix Bass Fishing…

209 Pros to Compete for $3.97 million in FLW “Super Tournaments”

56 MLF Pros Join the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Roster BENTON, Ky. (May 18, 2020) – FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, released the expanded 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit roster, which now includes top Major League Fishing (MLF) pros like Jacob Wheeler and reigning REDCREST Champion Edwin Evers. When the season restarts June 23 on Lake Chickamauga, the final three…

Duckett Adds Insights About new FLW Super Tournaments

There’s always a silver lining. As COVID-19 has forced a shutdown and restructuring of many American industries, bass tournament organizations have followed suit. FLW recently announced that it shortened the remaining regular season schedule from four tournaments to three along with changes in locations and dates. Likewise, Major League Fishing has suffered schedule interruptions and a…

FLW Extends Rescheduling Period, Announces Dates for 51 of 61 Postponed Tournaments

BENTON, Ky. (April 15, 2020) – FLW took swift action to help flatten the curve in the fight against COVID-19 on March 17 and began rescheduling tournaments through May 3. Today, the tournament organization announced that they are extending the rescheduling period through May 23. FLW is hopeful that conditions continue to improve nationwide and they can proceed with tournaments starting with the…

FLW To Reschedule Tournaments Through April 5

Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit at Lake Martin to Continue, All Other Events Postponed ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. (March 17, 2020) – FLW announced today that out of an abundance of caution and the uncertainty of venue availability amid rapidly evolving restrictions, the organization will reschedule all tournaments through April 5, except for the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit event on Lake Martin in…

LHSAA Cancels High School Fishing Regional Tournaments in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic

  BATON ROUGE, La. (March 13, 2020) – The Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) in conjunction with FLW and The Bass Federation (TBF), announced today the cancellation of three High School Fishing Regional Tournaments scheduled for Saturday, March 14 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Regional Tournaments that have been canceled are: Region 1 – Caney Lake in…

Zaldain says Tenkiller will be Top 3 toughest tournaments of his career

Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships With a check cashing percentage of nearly 70% and (32) Top 20 finishes to his credit, Chris Zaldain has become one of the most polished and high-achieving pros in all of professional bass fishing recently. But the highly likeable California native says this week’s Bassmaster Elite Series event on Lake Tenkiller, OK will be one of the absolute toughest of…

SANDUSKY READIES FOR WEEKEND OF FLW YOUTH BASS-FISHING TOURNAMENTS

YETI FLW College Fishing tournament set for Friday, Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Open tournament to follow Saturday SANDUSKY, Ohio (Aug. 27, 2019) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) is set to visit northern Ohio next week, Sept. 6-7, with the YETI FLW College Fishing tournament at Lake Erie and the Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Open at Lake Erie presented by Costa. The tournaments,…

ROBERTSON WINS TWO T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENTS ON KENTUCKY LAKE IN SAME WEEKEND

BUCHANAN, Tenn. (June 17, 2019) – Boater Matt Robertson of Kuttawa, Kentucky, swept the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division this weekend after winning back-to-back tournaments on Kentucky and Barkley lakes presented by Navionics, the first on Saturday and then again on Sunday. For his wins, Robertson earned a total of $7,842. “I was fishing the mid-section of Kentucky Lake –…