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…
Wolfe Takes over lead in the Southwestern Costa event, Birge jumps from 47th to 8th with monster bag!
April 8, 2016 by Rob Newell
There was a lot of flip-flopping happening on the leaderboard on day two of the Costa FLW Series on Grand Lake presented by Evinrude and hosted by the City of Grove.
The day one leaders in first and second took a tumble and fell out of the top-10. In all, five anglers dropped out of the top-10 from day one and five new ones moved in to take their spots.…
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…
This Weeks Sportsman’s Warehouse Tournament Report!!
Sportsman's Warehouse fishing manager Craig Baird showcases some great baits that are absolutley surely to be used this upcoming weekend at Tournaments all over the REGION!
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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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…
Countdown To Blastoff With Ac Pro Staffer Rob Digh-Abt, Cbc, Flw Tour, Elites, And More This Weekend!
AC Pro Staffer Rob Digh shares his thoughts on what could be an incredible weekend around our region with big Tournaments, and we mean BIG, almost everywhere! Find out our take on what it will take at each Lake right here!!
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…
Bass Champs Results From Lake Belton: Vince Repola & Darryl Roach Top 215 Teams & Take Over $25,000 Cash/prizes
Teaser image: Repola & Roach reel in 1st place on Belton and win over $25,000 at Bass Champs By: Patty Lenderman Repola & Roach reel in 1st place on Belton and win over $25,000 at Bass Champs Bass Champs Central Region had their second event of the season on Lake Belton March 5, 2016 with 215 participating teams fishing for a total pot of $66,100 in cash…
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…
Countdown To Blastoff With Ac Pro Staffer Rob Digh-It’s Classic Time!!
It's BASSMASTER CLASSIC time, and Grand Lake in OK is the hot spot! AC Pro staffer Rob Digh talks about how BIG the weights could be out there this week (We are there btw) as well as numerous other tournaments around the region!!
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…
Countdown To Blastoff, And We Mean Multiple Blastoffs This Coming Weekend!
AC Pro Staffer Rob Digh helps us weed through the most tournaments of the year so far, and there are some MONSTERS this coming weekend! Rob tells us what weights, baits, and patterns to look for across the region-
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…
FLW Practice Report – Lake Okeechobee
Interesting, crazy, uneventful, boring, fickle
The consensus regarding Lake Okeechobee from the anglers we spoke to today, the off-limits rest day for the 169 Professional Anglers and Co-Anglers fishing the opener for the 2016 FLW Tour was broad. Words like Interesting, crazy, uneventful, boring and fickle were used among some others we would rather not print.
To say this tournament will be…
Mckamey, Oliver Of Ucf Win Flw College Fishing Southeastern Conference Opener On Crescent Lake
BUNNELL, Fla. (Jan. 30, 2016) – The University of Central Florida team of Hunter McKamey of Geneva, Tennessee, and Kyle Oliver of Winter Garden, Florida, won the FLW College Fishing Southeastern Conference opener on Crescent Lake Saturday with five bass weighing 22 pounds, 3 ounces. The victory earned the club $2,000 and advanced the team to the 2017 FLW College Fishing National Championship.…
Basscat Adds Osborne And Upshaw To Their 2016 Pro Team
MOUNTAIN HOME, AR (January 28, 2016) – Bass Cat announced the addition of Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) professional anglers Andrew Upshaw and Jordan Osborne to their event team roster. In their quest for berths in the 2016 Forrest Wood Cup, Upshaw will run a 2016 Puma FTD, while Osborne runs a 2016 Cougar FTD.
Bass Cat’s Tour Team Manager, Kevin Short stated, “We are…
Knight Has Solid Day To Begin 2016 Opens Season On Kissimmee Chain
Kissimmee, Fla. — Team tournament partners Brad Knight and Wesley Strader got one big fish on the Kissimmee Chain and are neck and neck in the pro division after the first round of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open Thursday.
Knight holds the lead with a 22-pound, 11-ounce limit that included a 9-6 bass, while Strader is in second place with 21-9.
“Wesley is a great…
Targeting pre-spawn fish key in FLW College Fishing Tournament on Crescent Lake
The cold snap of the last couple of weeks has the fish in Crescent Lake, a part of the St. John's River system, a little behind what they were last year this time, said Patrick Walters, a member of the University of South Carolina Fishing Team which will field seven teams in the FLW College Fishing Southeastern Division opener Saturday.
“Last year, right at the beginning of January, they…
Big Entry, Big Bags Expected For Texas Team Trail Opener On Sam Rayburn
The Texas Team Trail is poised to kick off the 2016 tournament season at Sam Rayburn with a big bang Saturday, said TXTT Tournament Director Mike Hastings.
“We are expecting a full field of 225 boats and everybody is expecting it's going to take at least 30 pounds to win,” Hastings said. “We are excited to get the season started.”
“Due to the mild winter…
Fishing pressure to be major factor for Savannah River BFL opener on Lake Keowee
Although he lives a half hour or less from the shores of Lake Keowee, tournament angler Bo Price of Westminster, S.C., has not done any pre-fishing on the lake before the Savannah Division BFL season opener there this Saturday – for two reasons. First, the fish already know what time of year it is and second, no use giving away potential fish producing spots.
“The photo period is overlooked…
Rodriguez & Harrington Teams Up To Win $20,000, Catching Over 30 Pounds!
Bass Champs South Region kicks off on Lake Falcon
Skeeter Bass Champs blasted off the South Region kick-off event January 23rd on Lake Falcon with 160 teams vying for a portion of the nearly $50,000 purse to be paid out to the top 21 teams. The payback was a whopping 107%! Jose Rodriguez and Ryan Harrington, both of Rio Grande City, TX triumphed the event, winning by a six pound margin, taking…
Ott Defoe Gets Connected With Connectscale!!
Ott DeFoe has a fish scale that can help you catch more fish
Blountville, TN - When introduced to new technology a fisherman will immediately ask one important question – Will it help me catch more fish?
In the world of fish scales the answer has always been a simple NO. Scales simply provide a reading of how much a fish weighs and that’s it. But now with the new Bluetooth 4.0…
Record Setting Day At Skeeter Bass Champs Season Kick-Off!!
Skeeter Bass Champs blasted off their 2016 season on Sam Rayburn, with a near record field. $87,750 was awarded to the top 42 teams January 16 at the Umphrey Pavilion. Eleven sacks over 20 pounds were weighed in, and the big bass of the day weighed over ten pounds!
It was a cold, blustery morning as 319 teams were released in flights after the National Anthem was played. A guaranteed 1st place…
Digh Looking For Bigger Bass In Costa Flw Series Southeastern Division Tournament
The Lake Okeechobee bass are biting, which is good news for anglers in the Costa FLW Series Southeastern Division tournament Thursday through Saturday. The bad news, however, said veteran pro Rob Digh of Denver, N.C., the bass he is catching are not the right size.
“I've been catching a lot of fish in practice, just not big fish,” said Digh. “Some of my buddies are catching…
FLW gives details on Kapiton’s MASSIVE 31-pound Okeechobee bag!
Teaser image:Kapiton is all smiles. Photo courtesy of FLW Outdoors OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (Jan. 11, 2016) – Professional angler George Kapiton of Inverness, Florida, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 31 pounds even Saturday to win the first FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Gator Division tournament of 2016 on Lake Okeechobee, presented by Navionics. For his victory, Kapiton earned…
Garmin Electronics Introduces Their 2016 Pro Team – Adds 21 New Anglers To Staff!!
OLATHE, Kan./January 8, 2016/Business Wire – Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN), today announced the addition of 21 professional fishermen to its 2016 marine pro team.
The team of more than 60 anglers includes professional bass, walleye, and crappie fishermen who will be representing Garmin in tournament trails across North America, including the B.A.S.S.…
FLW lands Lew’s
FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced today that Lew’s, an industry-leading designer of fishing rods, reels, apparel and accessories, have renewed their sponsorship for 2016. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. 2016 will mark the third consecutive season that the two organizations have partnered.
“FLW anglers are our foundation and I am…
Business Stable, New Boat, Townend Ready To Get Fishing In Gator Division
In the opening tournament of the Walmart Bass Fishing league Gator Division last January, Benny Townend hauled in a 10-pound,ounce behemoth largemouth to ice his first win in BFL competition with a limit that totaled 27 pounds, 9 ounces.
It seemed that he was off to the races with time finally available to practice for Gator Division tournaments. The previous year was cut short when his ice…
