Bledsoe & Elliot Win Peidmont Spring Bass Tournament On Kerr With Over 18 Pound Limit

PIEDMONT BASS CLASSICS $10,000 SPRING TEAM BASS TRAIL QUALIFIER #6 RESULTS Saturday May 14th, 2016 ~ Kerr Lake ~ New Nutbush State Park Ramp The 2016 Piedmont Bass Classics $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #6 at Kerr Lake produced another great turnout for the PBC Trails even though the water level was 306+!! The weather started out great with air temps about 57 degrees in…

Shuster & Gerhart Pull Out A Very Close Win On Lbj At Bass Champs With Over 22 Pounds!

      By: Patty Lenderman Weights were stacked tight for top teams as Bass ChampsÂ’ Central Region anglers wrapped up their season on Lake LBJ May 14, 2016. Luck was in the air as the thunderstorms marching ever closer throughout the day held off until the afternoon, but then the bottom fell out and the rain came with a passion. One hundred seventy nine…

Ray Roberts Ready For Texas Team Trail Championship!

SANGER, Texas - The most lucrative team trail in Texas concludes its wildly successful 2016 season with the year-end championship, held on Ray Roberts Lake, May 14-15. At stake is not one, but two fully-rigged boat packages as well as the prestigious Lucas Oil Team of the Year award. Thanks to an unusually wet spring, Ray Roberts is sitting 2 1/2 feet above full pool. With the spawn largely over,…

Gross Leads Wire-To-Wire, Wins Flw Pickwick Stop By Just Over 3 Pounds!

GROSS LEADS WIRE-TO-WIRE, WINS WALMART FLW TOUR ON PICKWICK LAKE PRESENTED BY QUAKER STATE Georgia rookie wins by 3-pound, 1-ounce margin, Wins $100,000 FLORENCE, Ala. (May 8, 2016) – Just six months ago pro Buddy Gross of Ringgold, Georgia, was an accomplished Costa FLW Series angler that daydreamed of competing against the best anglers in the world on the Walmart FLW Tour. After…

Gross Pads Lead Heading Into Championship Sunday On Pickwick Lake

GROSS PADS LEAD ON DAY THREE OF WALMART FLW TOUR ON PICKWICK LAKE PRESENTED BY QUAKER STATE Georgia Rookie to start Final Day with 14-pound, 11-ounce Advantage FLORENCE, Ala. (May 7, 2016) – Georgia pro Buddy Gross, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 22 pounds, 12 ounces Saturday to extend his lead to more than 14 pounds after day three of the Walmart FLW Tour at Pickwick…

Gross Still Leads On Pickwick, Opens Up The Gap Heading Into Day 3

GROSS EXTENDS LEAD AT WALMART FLW TOUR ON PICKWICK LAKE PRESENTED BY QUAKER STATE California’s Diffey Wins Co-angler Title, $20,000 FLORENCE, Ala. (May 6, 2016) – Georgia pro Buddy Gross, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 21 pounds, 3 ounces Friday to extend his lead after day two of the Walmart FLW Tour at Pickwick Lake presented by Quaker State. Gross now brings…

Rookie Grosse Leads Day 1 Of Flw Event On Pickwick Lake By 2-1/2 Pounds!

GEORGIA ROOKIE GROSS LEADS DAY ONE OF WALMART FLW TOUR ON PICKWICK LAKE PRESENTED BY QUAKER STATE Mississippi’s Beale Leads Co-Anglers Link to photo of pro leader Buddy Gross FLORENCE, Ala. (May 5, 2016) – Rookie pro Buddy Gross of Ringgold, Georgia, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 25 pounds, 8 ounces, to take the early lead after day one of the Walmart FLW Tour at…

David Griswold Captures The Win In The Aft Division 96 Event On Lake Greenwood!

    Group picture from left to right; 1st place David Griswold of Woodruff, SC / 2nd place and Big Fish Winner Don Kneece of Saluda, SC. / 3rd place Jerry Allen of Waterloo, SC / 4th place Daniel Howell of Star, SC / 5th place Jay Treon of Greenwood, SC. (Also a photo of Don Kneece with the tournament big fish.)   First place, David Griswold of Woodruff, SC, was fishing…

Benton, Avena And A Talented Cast Of Young Pros Vie For Bassmaster Roy Title

I enjoyed watching future Major League stars come through Jacksonville when I was a boy. We have a Southern League team, the Suns. Perhaps the best stretch was during the ‘80’s when they farmed for the Montreal Expos and, for that time, were known as the “Jacksonville Expos” – commonly called the ‘Jaxpos’. The talent in those days was incredibly strong…

Flw Bfl Recap – Northeast, Buckeye, Gator, Savannah River, Music City Events From April 23, 2016

PITTSBURGH’S STASIAK WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE NORTHEAST DIVISION OPENER ON POTOMAC RIVER Maurer wins co-angler title MARBURY, Md. (April 25, 2016) – Matt Stasiak of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 19 pounds, 13 ounces, Saturday to win the first FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division tournament of 2016 on the Potomac River. For his victory,…

Team Of Ramirez And Ramirez Win The Lake Falcon Basschamps Event With Over 31 Pounds!!!!

By: Patty Lenderman Oh, what a phenomenal day of fishing on Falcon for 142 teams vying for a portion of nearly $42,000 in payback at Skeeter Bass Champs! The father & son team Albert Ramirez Sr & Jr from Laredo, TX championed them all weighing in over 30 pounds of bass taking home $20,000 in winnings. April 23rd was the third event for the South Region, and the fishing was…

Tharp Takes First Elite Series Title Amid ‘complex’ Tournament Format On Bull Shoals And Norfork Lake

Randall Tharp led the Bassmaster Angler of the Year race before he weighed his fish today. When he left the stage he did so with an Elite Series trophy. The former Forrest Wood Cup Champion said he wanted to test himself against the best competition the Elite Series had to offer. Tharp has passed the test. He did so today by overtaking a pair of Californians, one who has also mounted the…

Herren Leads Day 1 Of Unique Elite Series Tourney On Bull Shoals And Norfork Lakes

Interesting format this week for the Elite Series - 2 different lakes. A lot of guys sight-fished today on Norfork Lake. Some will do the same tomorrow on Bull Shoals. Some guys will completely change plans. "Now I've got to go re-string 40 rods because, to me, this is a totally different fishery than Bull Shoals," said Gerald Swindle after weighing his fish today. Mark Menendez, Greg Hackney…

Bradley Roy And Mud Hole Custom Tackle Partner Up To Help High School Anglers

  Mud Hole Custom Tackle and its premium brand of rod blanks, MHX, are sponsoring the seven-year Bassmaster Elite Series veteran and becoming the presenting sponsor of the annual Bradley Roy High School Open. Over the past two years Roy had fished some night tournaments with MHX rods lent to him by a local rod builder.  He liked them so much he was planning to purchase some for the…

Canterbury Leads Tightly-Packed Field Heading Into Final Round Of Flw Tour On Beaver Lake

Canterbury takes the lead in a tight race as we head into the final day on Beaver Lake. photo by Garrick Dixon, courtesy of FLW Outdoors   'Change' is the word at the FLW Tour on Beaver Lake. The lead has changed again, most of the top guys are frequently changing locations to run new water, and it seems that the most productive patterns are changing as well. Bryan Scmitt may have…

Robertson Takes Lead At Halfway Point Of Flw Tour Event On Beaver Lake

Darrel Robertson is in a familiar place. Can he close the deal this year? photo courtesy of Garrick Dixon, FLWOutdoors   Last year when the FLW Tour visited Beaver Lake, Oklahoma pro Darrel Robertson was in second place as the tournament progressed into the third day of competition. Robertson struggled on day three and didn’t advance to championship Sunday. Friday, at the Walmart FLW…

Koslan & Crumbly Take Lake Travis Win With 11.4Lb Kicker In Bass Champs Central Derby

11.48 lb kicker anchors the win for Koslan and Crumley on Lake Travis at Bass Champs, winning over $20,000 By: Patty Lenderman Skeeter Bass Champs Central Region held their third event of the season on Lake Travis April 9, 2016. Amazing catches were seen as 184 teams vied for a portion of over $51,000 being paid back in this tournament. Garrett Koslan of Austin, TX and Eric…

Myers Wins Nail-Biter Elite Series Tournament On Winyah Bay!

Britt Myers' first bass of the day was also his biggest. It provided the 4-ounce margin by which he won the 4-day tournament. photo by Steve Bowman/B.A.S.S. What an excitig finish for the Elites at Winyah Bay! Carolina's own Britt Myers won by 4 ounces! Myers tallied 56 pounds 3 ounces across 4 challenging days of tidewater bassing that included a couple of cold fronts and a couple-hundred…

Myers Is Steady And Spectacular; Takes Lead As Jordon Pursues With Huge Sack At Elite Series On Winyah Bay!

Day number 2 is in the books and Davy Hite is in from the water . . . finally. The local pro gut stuck in mud and missed the weigh in. Tides are affected by the wind. There was wind today. It affected Hite in a bad way. He wasn't the only one who struggled with getting stuck (more on that in a minute). Britt Myers, also of South Carolina, had another stellar day on Winyah Bay. Actually, he…

Bassmaster High School All-State Qualifiers – Class Of 2016 Chosen

New Class Of Bassmaster High School All-State Qualifiers Chosen BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — High school students from across the country have been named to the 2016 class of Bassmaster High School All-State anglers. Students are selected for the honor based on their competition success, academics, leadership and community service. To be considered for the Bassmaster High School All-State…

Bass Announces Destinations For College Wild Card And National Championship

B.A.S.S. Announces Destinations For College Wild Card And National Championship BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Locations of the final two events in the 2016 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series schedule — the Wild Card tournament and the national championship — have been decided, B.A.S.S. announced today. The nation’s best college anglers who qualify for the 2016 Carhartt…

Olds & May Land Over 28 Pounds To Win Lake Ray Roberts Bass Champs Events, Top 267 Teams

What a day on Ray Roberts as 267 North Region Bass Champs teams converged April 2nd to fish for a portion of the purse of over $79,000 in cash and prizes to be awarded in this 101% payback event. Jerry Olds of Arlington, TX and Jason May of Grand Prairie blew the field away catching more than 28 pounds of bass, taking home over $20,000 in winnings. This was the second event of four regular…

Siu Edwardsville For The Win!

April 2, 2016  by Colin Moore Zach Hartnagel and Dalton Wesley of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville knew a good thing when they found it Friday in the opening round of the FLW College Fishing Open on Kentucky Lake, and parlayed it into a winning stringer in the second round. The Illinois anglers wound up with 35 pounds, 5 ounce to win the tournament’s title ahead of Bethel…

Wiggins Wins Bassmaster Southern Open On Smith Lake

Jesse Wiggins of Cullman, Ala., wins the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open #2 held on Smith Lake out of Jasper, Ala. Wiggins brought 15 pounds, 3 ounces to Saturday's weigh-in, giving him a two-day total weight of 34-2. Photo by James Overstreet/Bassmaster Local stick Jesse Wiggins used a shaky head to catch spawning spotted bass early in the day and then ran upriver in pursuit of…

Power Pole Continues Bass Sponsorship As A Supporting Sponsor

Power-Pole Continues Supporting Sponsor Role With B.A.S.S. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — JL Marine Systems, Inc., the Florida-based manufacturer of the Power-Pole® brand of shallow water anchors, has inked a deal to sponsor B.A.S.S. tournaments for 2016. The deal with B.A.S.S. entitles the Power-Pole brand to serve as a supporting sponsor of the Bassmaster Elite Series, Bass Pro Shops…

Butch Trimmer & Don Boivin Took Their First Ever Win With Pbc Weighing In 5 Bass At 28.24 Lbs

PIEDMONT BASS CLASSICS $10,000 SPRING TEAM BASS TRAIL QUALIFIER #2 RESULTS Saturday March 19th, 2016 ~ Jordan Lake ~ Farrington Point Wildlife Ramp The 2016 Piedmont Bass Classics $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #2 at Jordan Lake produced another great turnout for the PBC Trails!!  The weather turned out great with air temps about 49 degrees in the am on up to 54 in the pm. The…

22 Year Old, Gary Green Wins Mega-Bass Derby On Lake Fork With A 10.02Lb Stud!

By: Patty Lenderman Skeeter Bass Champs hosted their annual Mega Bass tournament, presented by the SportsmanÂ’s Auto Network on Lake Fork March 21, 2016 - the largest one day Bass tournament in the world that keeps getting bigger. Over 1900 anglers from over 30 states and more than $200,000 paid back in cash and prizes in single day for amateur anglers only. Twenty two year old Gary Green…

Matlock And Mcfarlin Win Ttt Event On Richland Chambers With 25.15 Pounds!

CORSICANA, Texas - After nearly ideal conditions at the first two Texas Team Trail events of the 2016 season, Mother Nature delivered a high pressure cold front just in time for stop No. 3 at the Richland Chambers Reservoir. With temperatures barely reaching 60 degrees and a brisk north wind gusting up to 30 mph, bass fishing was more of a chore than a pleasure. As the old adage says, when the…

Bobby Stanfill Of Greenwood, Sc Wins The Aba D-96 Event On Clarks Hill Lake

Group picture from left to right; 1st place and Big Fish Winner Bobby Stanfill of Greenwood, SC / 2nd place Mike Strickland of Watkinsville, Ga. / 3rd place Phillip Anderson of Saluda, SC / 4th place Don Kneece of Saluda, SC / 5th place Chad Brounkowski of Greenwood, SC / 6th Place Larry Moss of Prosperity, SC. First place, Bobby Stanfill of Greenwood, SC, was fishing the upper part of the…

Mud Hole Tackle Pro John Cox Hangs On For Hartwell Win!!

  John Cox of Debary, Fla., loves fishing ponds. As a kid, he cut his teeth fishing ponds. The first bass club Cox ever joined was a johnboat-only-club that fished on small ponds. The first aluminum boat Cox owned had a blown outboard on it that he could not afford to get fixed. But that didn’t bother him one bit. After all, he just wanted to put the boat in on ponds where he could…

Hackney Leads As The Board Shuffled And Many Fell Behind.

As is often the case in sight fishing derbies, the second round of the Bassmaster Elite Series event on Florida’s St Johns River was a much tougher day at the office for most of the 110 competing pros. The biggest factor? The low-hanging fruit got picked on Day1. Randall Tharp shed some light on the subject. “Yesterday I was in an area where there were thousands of fish. It…

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Lucas Leaps Out to Early Lead for Group B, Splits $10K Big Bass with Myers on Day 2 of B&W Trailer Hitches Heavy Hitters on Smith Mountain Schlapper claims first Bassmaster Elite title in wire-to-wire win at Sabine River Mark Daniels Jr. Tackles Smith Mountain…

Lester Jumps Out To Slim Lead In St Johns River Slugfest! (Bass Report)

Early Big Fish Lifts Lester Into Lead In Elite Series Opener On The St. Johns River PALATKA, Fla. — During the final round of practice for the Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River presented by Dick Cepek Tires & Wheels, Tennessee angler Brandon Lester found a giant largemouth bass on a spawning bed. He was so excited about the fish that he texted some of his family members and told…

Flw Or Bass – Which To Fish And Which To Watch…….

March 17, 2016….. Its Thursday Morning and I’m a fan. Fan of the Bassmaster Elite Series.Fan of the FLW Tour.I have good friends who fish on both sides of this proverbial ball and I cheer for them all.The second stop of the FLW Tour kicked off today on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina. 451 miles south, the first stop of the 2016 Season for the Bassmaster Elites kicks off…

Bfl Results From Saturday 3/12 – Ozark, Volunteer And Music City Divisions. Upcoming Schedule

BFL Results from Saturday 3/12:   Marcua Sykora weighed a limit worth 24.15lbs to win the Ozark Division BFL on Lake of the Ozarks Derrick Snavely of Rogersville, TN wins the Volunteer BFL Opener on Norris Lake with 16.10lbs Roberts Regan of Byrdstown took home top honors in the Musuc City BFL opener on Dale Hollow with 20.10 lbs.  Congratulations to all the anglers and…

Bryan Cook And Steve Harmon Smash Em’ At Santee With 32.55 Lbs To Win The Cbc And Take Home $10,500!! Full Results And Pics Here

128 Teams blasted off on what everyone felt like would be one of the best tournaments of the year-ANYWHERE! Well, guess what....IT WAS! When you have 20 teams weigh-in over 20 Lbs, the fishing is ON no matter where you are. Bryan Cook and Steve Harmon brought in a WHOPPING 32.55 Lbs to win the 2nd CBC SC Div qualifying event and take home $10,500 in CASH. They earned that extra $1000 for their…

Rowdytime Lures Ice Buster Open Results – Shearon Harris

The RowdyTime Lures Ice Buster Open at Shearon Harris was a great success, for our 1st tournament of the year, with 40 teams showing up in 28 degree morning temps and afternoon temps around 50. It was chilly!! The winds were light for the most part and the water level was about a foot higher than normal.  Water temps averaged 47 degrees and the water was a little dingy. Only 25 bass were…

Weekend Wrap Up With Ac Pro Staffer Rob Digh

AC Pro Staffer Rob Digh helps us break down some of the MANY TOURNAMENTS this past weekend! Weights were somewhat light, but that won't last for long as Rob says get ready to hit the water NOW!

Phillip Anderson Of Saluda, Sc Wins Aba D-96 On Lake Murray With 16.59Lbs

  Group picture from left to right; 1st place Phillip Anderson of Saluda, SC / 2nd place Steve Christie of Gray Court, SC / 3rd place and Big Fish Winner John Stevenson of Orangeburg, SC / 4th place Will Anderson of Chapin, SC / 5th place Jeremiah Jensen of Columbia, SC / 6th Place Matt Mollohan of Lexington, SC   John Stevenson with the tournament big fish 7.65lbs. Our…

Hurst & Mccaig Win 2016 Alabama Bass Trail Northern Division On Smith Lake

Tim Hurst and Mark McCaig Win 2016 Alabama Bass Trail Smith Lake Northern Division Anglers Overcome Fog Delay to Produce Solid Bags in Season Opener by Dan O’Sullivan    Jasper, Ala. February 27, 2016 – One consistent rule in bass fishing tournaments is that everything can change at a moment’s notice.  When the 2016 Alabama Bass Trail Northern Division opened at Lewis…

General Tire Steps Up Its Bass Fishing Game And Is Making A Huge Splash In 2016!

  GENERAL TIRE MAKING A SPLASH IN           PRO BASS FISHING   ·       Sponsoring Four Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Anglers ·       Partnering with FLW and the Bassmaster Elite Series ·       Continuing Sponsorship of Major League Fishing   FORT MILL, S.C. – (February 24, 2016)   General Tire wants to be a known brand among professional bass anglers and fans of the…

Insider Report: Big, Migrating Bucketmouths Await Txtt Anglers At Toledo Bend This Weekend!

  INSIDER REPORT:  Big, migrating bucketmouths await TXTT anglers at Toledo Bend by Brett Carlson  MANY, La. - After a record 350-boat field at the 2016 season opener on Sam Rayburn, the Texas Team Trail, presented by Cabela's, heads to Toledo Bend for stop No. 2. While the catch at Rayburn was impressive, the bass fishing is expected to be even better at Toledo…

Lasseter & King Top 208 Teams On Lake Lbj To Win Over $20,000

Big winds, big waves and big payouts for the Bass Champs Central Region as they kicked off their 2016 season at Lake LBJ with over 200 participating teams. A 105% payback was being awarded to the top twenty seven teams, with the winners receiving the guaranteed 1st place purse of $20,000. As 208 boats lined up for take-off February 6, boat skills were already being challenged. High winds, up…

Hellman Heads Into Final Day Looking For Wire-To-Wire Victory

Bradley Hallman Maintains his lead going into final day!: Photo Courtesy of FLW Outdoors The third day of Walmart FLW Tour events always seem to be the stingiest days. Whether it’s due to condition changes or fishing pressure or both, day three is the seam where anglers’ primary locations and patterns from the first two days begin to fray. As a result, anglers fishing in the top-20…

Day 1 Details From Flw Tour On Okeechobee

CLEWISTON, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2016) – Oklahoma pro Bradley Hallman, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 25 pounds even Thursday to grab the early lead after day one of the Walmart FLW Tour at Lake Okeechobee presented by Ranger Boats. Right behind him in second place is renowned Okeechobee angler Brandon McMillan of Clewiston, who weighed in five bass totaling 22-8. Hallman now…