Good Fishing Expected For Camp Mack’s One-Man Trail Classic This Weekend

“We've got 24 teams qualified for the Camp Mack's Open One Man Trail Classic this weekend and they will be fishing for about $7,500,” said Bob Eddy, owner of Camp Mack's River Resort on the Kissimmee River just two miles north of Lake Kissimmee. Eddy said anglers had to fish seven tournaments to automatically qualify for the Classic, but if an angler only fished four or five and is in the…

Ware Wins Aoy First Year Back In Southeast Division Everstart Series

Kent Ware was Southeast Division EverStart Strike King Angler of the Year. Photo courtesy FLW Outdoors. After a layoff from fishing major tournament series for a few years Kent Ware was hoping to make a little noise when he returned to the Southeast Division EverStart Series this year. He did that and more, finishing the season as the Southeast Division's EverStart Strike King Angler of the…

Weather Front Expected To Improve Fishing For Xtreme Bass Championship On Lake Guntersville

All Hadley Coan and Donnie McElvoy have to do to get a free ride for all the tournaments on the 2013 schedule of the Xtreme Bass Series Guntersville Division is show up and fish the Division Championship Friday and Saturday on Lake Guntersville. “They pretty well kept the points lead for most of the year,” said tournament director Jamie Shay. “They won the points; now all they have to do to…

Priority Entry Now Open For 2013 Everstart Series

 Advisory for Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 WHAT:      FLW has announced priority entry for the 2013 EverStart Series season is now open. DETAILS:      The top 40 pros and co-anglers from each division of the 2012 EverStart Series and the top 40 boaters and co-anglers from each division of the 2012 BFL must pay their deposits for all four tournaments in a division by December 3 in order to secure…

Carolinas Bass Challenge Championship could be financial bonanza for anglers

Paybacks in the inaugural year of the Carolinas Bass Challenge have been outstanding and the total cash prize awarded in the CBC Championship on Kerr Reservoir on Oct. 27 could well exceed $80,000, according to tournament director Brett Collins. “First place at the championship will take home a new ZX200 Skeeter/Yamaha SHO valued at $44,000 and more than 100 percent of the entry fees…

Fishing Is Therapy For Division Leader In Bfl Regional On Pickwick Lake

Tim Hicks, left, of Kingsport, TN. Photo courtesy FLW Outdoors. Ten years ago Tim Hicks was practically living on the street. “I had lost everything,” he said. Lost everything. To drugs and alcohol. Somewhere along the way in the last few years he found himself and began climbing back out of the deep hole of drug and alcohol addiction. He was aided by rekindling a passion…

Strike King Pro Phil Marks wins final Tour Event on Rayburn with Monster Sack!

LUFKIN, Texas – Phil Marks of Dallas, Texas, marked his spot in the FLW record books by catching a 32-pound, 12-ounce sack on the final day of competition at the Walmart FLW Tour on Sam Rayburn Reservoir presented by Mercury giving him a 16-pound, 5-ounce margin of victory, the third largest in FLW Tour Open history. EverStart pro Randall Tharp of Gardendale, Ala., holds the current record…

Combs Takes Lead At Walmart Flw Tour On Sam Rayburn Reservoir

LUFKIN, Texas (Oct. 12, 2012) – It was a new day of fishing on Sam Rayburn Reservoir as Keith Combs of Huntington, Texas, took the lead Friday at the Walmart FLW Tour on Sam Rayburn presented by Mercury. Rayburn produced, as expected, a lot of 6- and 7-pound bass, however, the bites were fewer and further between. Combs’ five-bass limit weighed 16-11 and gave him a two-day total of…

Huge Entry Expected For Anglers Choice Marine Team Trail On Smith Mountain Lake

In a time of high gasoline prices and a down economy – two major cripplers of bass tournament participation – the Anglers Choice Marine Team Trail just keep growing and rolling along. There are already 130 teams pre-registered for the Anglers Choice Championship on Smith Mountain Lake this weekend, said Chris Lucas, tournament director. “We've got about 175 teams qualified and we usually…

Weather Shaping Up For Accent Marine Team Trail Classic On Kissimmee

A lot of factors affect fishing – the weather, water levels, even the price of gasoline. A sudden change in weather patterns may change the way fish are feeding; a really hard change, such as a cold front with freezing temperatures, may give them lockjaw. Fluctuating water levels can hurt, or even help, fishing. A sudden drop in the lake level can pull fish off their normal habitats and…

Kenney Leads Walmart FLW Tour Open on Sam Rayburn

LUFKIN, Texas (Oct. 11, 2012) – Straight Talk pro J.T. Kenney of Palm Bay, Fla., took the early lead at the Walmart FLW Tour Open on Sam Rayburn Reservoir presented by Mercury with a five-bass limit that weighed 19 pounds, 6 ounces. A field of the best bass professionals in the world are battling it out for a first-place cash prize of up to $125,000. Kenney leads second-place angler Tommy…

Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series 2013 Season Details

  ATHENS, Ala. – American Bass Anglers announced today the new and exciting season details for the 2013 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series.  The series will feature 20 divisions with each division offering 4 one-day Saturday tournaments and a two-day Divisional Championship.  Anglers will advance from their Divisional Championship to one of 4 Regional Championship offering a total…

Flw Announces Everstart Series Strike King Anglers Of The Year

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Oct. 9, 2012) – FLW, the world’s premier tournament fishing organization, has announced the winners of the EverStart Series 2012 Strike King Angler and Co-angler of the Year award from each of the five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western. Each division consisted of four tournaments and anglers competed for valuable points that would earn them the…

Stephen F. Austin Wins Flw College Fishing Southern Conference Championship On Lake Dardanelle

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (Oct. 6, 2012) – The National Guard FLW College Fishing Southern Conference Championship on Lake Dardanelle wrapped up its third day of competition Saturday in Russellville, Ark., in cold and rainy conditions. At the end of the day, the Stephen F. Austin team of Kyle Turner of Kennedale, Texas, and Robert Platt of Tyler, Texas, weighed in five bass for 16 pounds, 3 ounces…

Fishing Tough On Douglas Lake For Final 2012 Tom’s Marine Tournament Saturday

David Mullins and Brent Hoskins won the most recent Tom's Marine tournament on Cherokee Sep. 15, 2012. Fishing for the final regular season tournament in the Tom's Marine Tournament Trail on Douglas Lake Saturday will likely be about as tough as it gets, according to tournament director Richard McMaster. “In recent tournaments over there the weights are down. The lake is really clear and…

Price Pondering Deep Or Shallow For Bfl Regional On Lake Seminole

Bo Price of Seneca, SC. Photo courtesy FLW Outdoors. The last time Bo Price fished Lake Seminole was in the Walmart BFL Regional Championship two years ago, the same regional he will be fishing this week. He placed 17th in that regional, but Lake Seminole looks nothing like the same lake this year. “The grass is the biggest thing. With the mild winter we had there is grass everywhere,…

Three-Way Race For Points Title Highlights Greene Boat & Motor Trail Final Qualifier

Back in June, before the fifth of six qualifying tournaments in the Green Boat & Motor Team Trail, the points race was “tight as a drum,” and after that June 9 tournament it was still just as tight. Following a three-month lay-off, the Greene Trail swings back into action on Lake Wylie Saturday with that points championship on the line. “This is the sixth and final qualifying…

Fishing Expected To Be Good For Accent Marine Final Qualifier On Kissimmee Chain

A month ago Hurricane Isaac was roaring towards Florida, threatening not only the Republican National Convention in Tampa, but also the next to last Accent Marine qualifying tournament on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes. Isaac gave Florida a little slap before heading inland, causing the GOP to alter its schedule for the week, but it did not slam into the state as feared. The threat of bad…

B.a.s.s. Releases 2013 Opens Schedule

Teaser image:The 2013 Bassmaster Opens Scedule is out. As usual, 3 different divisions will each offer 3 tournaments on diverse water bodies. Again, the Opens offer a path to the Elite Series, as the top 5 anglers in each division are invited to join the big leagues.And once again, the Opens offer a shot at the Bassmaster Classic for winning anglers who fish all 3 events in their division.On…

B.a.s.s., Sealy Outdoors Partner In Big Bass Splash Events

Casey Ashley sings the National Anthem at the Big Bass Splash BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Two of the oldest and most prominent bass tournament organizations — B.A.S.S. and Sealy Outdoors — have signed a joint agreement to market and promote the popular Big Bass Splash series of events. Under the agreement, Sealy’s big-bass tournaments beginning in 2013 will be named the “Big Bass Splash Presented by…

Jb Custom Rods – Piedmont Bass Classics $5,000 Fall Trail Results – Shearon Harris – September 23, 2012

Todd Sumner & Richard Greene won with 17.80 lbs! 16 teams arrived at the ramp for the 3rd qualifier in the 2012 JB Custom Rods~Piedmont Bass Classics $5,000 Fall Team Bass Tournament Trail, and were greeted with a beautiful Fall morning! 44 keepers were brought to the scales weighing in at a total of 99 pounds! Todd Sumner of Southern Pines & Richard Greene of Laurinburg had 5 solid…

Rose Wins In Wire-To-Wire Fashion At Walmart Flw Tour On Wheeler Lake Presented By Ranger Boats

DECATUR, Ala. (Sept. 23, 2012) – National Guard pro Mark Rose again brought the largest stringer to the scales Sunday – for the third time in four days – to win the Walmart FLW Tour Open on Wheeler Lake presented by Ranger Boats. Rose weighed in a five-bass limit worth 16 pounds, 14 ounces to win the $125,000 prize after leading wire-to-wire, besting the bass-fishing pros from…

Rose Widens Lead At Walmart Flw Tour On Wheeler Lake Presented By Ranger Boats

DECATUR, Ala. (Sept. 22, 2012) – National Guard pro Mark Rose slipped a bit and only weighed in the second-biggest stringer of the day at the Walmart FLW Tour Open on Wheeler Lake presented by Ranger Boats. It was still enough to increase his lead to a near-insurmountable 7 pounds, 1 ounce heading into the fourth and final day. The top cash award of $125,000 is now his to lose as the…

Rose Continues To Lead Walmart Flw Tour On Wheeler Lake Presented By Ranger Boats

Similar conditions led to similar weights Friday at the Walmart FLW Tour Open on Wheeler Lake presented by Ranger Boats as the world’s best bass-fishing pros continued their four-day battle for a top cash award of up to $125,000. Underneath sunny bluebird skies with 80-degree temperatures, FLW anglers continued targeting bass at a variety of depths with a variety of baits and techniques.……

Rose Leads Walmart Flw Tour Open On Wheeler Lake Presented By Ranger Boats

Teaser image: Alabama’s Martin Leads Co-Anglers   DECATUR, Ala. (Sept. 20, 2012) – Junk fishing was the name of the game Thursday as the world’s best bass-fishing pros began competing at the Walmart FLW Tour Open on Wheeler Lake presented by Ranger Boats. Multiple styles, patterns and presentations were used as pros from all across the United States began the four-day tournament…

Fishing May Be Challenging For Texas Bass Couples Championship On Lake Bob Sandlin

The 2012 Texas Bass Couples Championship on Lake Bob Sandlin on Big Cypress Creek near Mount Pleasant in Northeast Texas this weekend is expected to be a real challenge for most of the 80 anglers because so few of them have ever fished the lake before. “The way I understand it from talking to some of the locals, is that fishing is tough,” said Tommy Busbee, who, with his wife,…

B.a.s.s. Allstars

Here are just a few thoughts on the BASS Allstars coming to my home state of Illinois. I like the fact that they get to come to a lake that none of them have ever been to . I also like the fact that the fans will get to see the greatest anglers in the world compete. An I think it will help our economy a little which is always a good thing. As far as Lake Shelbyville goes, it does have some fish…

B.a.s.s. Opens Registration For Unique Bassmaster Marshal Program

Preston Rogers enjoyed his day as Skeet Reese's marshal on the St Johns River B.A.S.S. members will have an exclusive opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the world’s best bass anglers as registration for the Bassmaster Elite Series Marshal program opens this month for the 2013 Bassmaster Elite Series season (see schedule below). The program gives members a unique glimpse into…

College Bass Series To Visit America’s Best Bass Lakes, Including Santee Cooper, Harris Chain, And Pickwick!

When college football winds down at year’s end, a different sort of competition — one played far from the gridiron — will begin. Teams representing colleges and universities from throughout the country will battle it out on some of the best bass fishing waters in the nation as the 2013 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series gets underway in January.   New this year is a conference format,…

College Bass Series To Visit America’s Best Bass Lakes, Including Santee Cooper, Harris Chain, And Pickwick!

When college football winds down at year’s end, a different sort of competition — one played far from the gridiron — will begin. Teams representing colleges and universities from throughout the country will battle it out on some of the best bass fishing waters in the nation as the 2013 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series gets underway in January.   New this year is a conference format,…

Anglers Will Be Fishing For That One Big Fish In Anglers Choice Marine Lunker Challenge

One big fish. That's what everybody will be fishing for on Kerr/Buggs Island this weekend in the Anglers Choice Marine Lunker Challenge sponsored by Triton Boats. “It's definitely going to be interesting,” said Chris Lucas, tournament director for the Anglers Choice Marine Tournament Trail hosted by the Bass Boat Superstore located in Martinsville, Va. “Each guy will weigh…

Thrift Hoping To Hold High Ranking In 3Rd Flw Tour Open On Wheeler Lake

FLW Tour Pro Bryan Thrift Bryan Thrift has one job – bass fishing – and he has been at the top of the game for most of the six years he has been at it. The Shelby, N.C., angler has won over $1 million in his short career, with 28 top 10 finishes in tournaments, including five wins. In his six years on the FLW Tour he has made the Forrest Wood Cup six times, finishing in the top 10 four…

Eaker Returning To Site Of His ‘retirement’ To Fish Paa Tournament On The Arkansas River

Legendary boat manufacturer and fishing icon Earl Bentz once asked prominent bass pro Guy Eaker when he was going to retire. “Retire and do what, fish?” retorted the veteran tournament angler from Cherryville, N.C. “That’s what I do.” Eaker actually “retired” two years ago, dropping off the Bassmaster Elite Series to spend more time at home and care for his wife who suffers from…

Hot Points Race Title On The Line This Weekend In Piedmont Bfl On Kerr/buggs Island

Jeff Salmon of Chester, VA. Photo courtesy FLW Outdoors. A dozen years ago Jeff Salmon was getting his feet wet in the Walmart BFL Piedmont Division, and learning about tournament fishing. But life happens. He and his wife welcomed several children into the world and tournament fishing was relegated to the back burner. He competed sporadically for the next decade or so. This year he…

Everstart Series Central Division Headed To Lake Of The Ozarks

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Sept. 5, 2012) – The EverStart Series is headed to Lake of the Ozarks Sept. 13-15 when as many as 300 pros and co-anglers take to the water for the fourth and final stop in the Central Division for 2012. “I’m going to be fishing in this tournament,” said Chevy pro Dion Hibdon of Sunrise Beach, Mo. “And I’m really torn about how I’m going to approach it. The bite is really…

Bertrand Looking To Move Up After Central Open Tournament On Fort Gibson Lake

Josh Bertrand of Gilbert, Arizona, traveled east three times in 2010 to fish the Bassmaster Central Open tournaments in Texas and Louisiana. It was his first venture into Bassmaster competition and his debut season was inauspicious as he finished out of the money in all three tournaments. The 23-year-old did not fish B.A.S.S. in 2011, staying home to launch a full-time guide service. He kept…

Hurricane Isaac Could Have Gop Convention And Accent Marine Tournament In Its Sights

Anglers in the Accent Marine Tournament Trail tournament on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Sunday will be fishing with one eye over their shoulder to see if Hurricane Isaac is going to send them some bad weather. “All I can tell you is that there is some bad weather coming this weekend,” said Ted Meyer, tournament director. “That could put a hamper on the fishing, but we will just have to play…

Extremely Tight Points Race Highlights Bws Alabama North Final On Lake Guntersville

There is a red hot points race on the line heading into the two day final of the Alabama North Division of the Bassmaster Weekend Series on Lake Guntersville this Saturday and Sunday. “The top three are separated by just 10 points and all three of these guys have a really good chance of being the Angler of the Year,” said BWS Ornamental Director Randy Sullivan. “They are all right there…

Fish In Transition Could Make Fishing Tough For Bws Tennessee East Final On Watts Bar

Fishing in the Bassmaster Weekend Series Tennessee East Division two-day final on Watts Bar Lake this weekend is probably going to be pretty tough, said points leader Dale Pelfrey of Rockwood, Tenn., who has been monitoring the fishing steadily for about two weeks. “The weights are going to be down in this one,” Pelfrey predicted. “The fish are in transition, moving from deep water back up –…

2013 Bassmaster Elite Series Schedule Announced!

The 2013 Bassmaster Elite Series offers something for everyone: rivers and lakes; largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass; opportunities for record catches; and plenty of challenges for the world’s greatest bass anglers. Eight events in seven different states promise to create a true test of the best and one of the most exciting Elite seasons ever.   The coming year marks the eighth…

Jb Custom Rods~Piedmont Bass Classics Summer Trail Results – Falls Lake – August 18, 2012Jb Custom Rods~Piedmont Bass Classics Summer Trail Results – Falls Lake – August 18, 2012

Winners Chris Wood & Will White of Wake Forest & Raleigh - 16.75 lbs! 17 teams showed up at Falls Lake for the 7th and final qualifying tournament of the 2012 JB Custom Rods~Piedmont Bass Classics $5,000 Summer Bass Tournament Trail. It turned out to be a beautiful day! 71 degrees in the morning with light winds & sun, then close to 84 in the pm with sunshine & 10 mph winds.…

Elite Series Final On Oneida Lake Is Montgomery’s Bubble-Time For Bassmaster Classic

The final Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on New York's Oneida Lake next week will be make or break time for the season for pro Andy Montgomery. Here's what the BASS website had to say about Montgomery's chances at qualifying for the Bassmaster Classic: “Andy Montgomery narrowly missed a Bassmaster Classic berth in 2012. He was 26th going into the final tournament and slipped all the way…

Jacob Wheeler On Winning – “decisions, Decisions”

As far as the eye sees, green forested islands stand on brick red shoulders and dominate the waterscape. Here or there, boulders and striated slabs squat along the shore. Delicate clay points carry broken rocks into jade depths that hide uncountable brush piles; brush piles that harbor heavy spotted bass for which Lake Lanier is known. This is where experts expected an angler to win the 2012…

Thrift Hopes To Find More Success In Flw Tour Open On Detroit River

At some point everyone who is successful will face his nemesis, a word that describes something that is the cause of defeat or downfall. The successful face their nemesis head-on, sometimes winning, sometimes failing, but always knowing that in the long haul that nemesis is just a bump in the road. For Bryan Thrift, the Detroit River has been his nemesis in tournament fishing. “Both times…

Some Big Bass Expected In Xtreme Bass Series Guntersville Division Tournament Sunday

Fishermen may complain about how tough the fishing is, especially during the summer doldrums when the weather is hot and bass get finicky, but when it's tournament time a well-established rule of fishing always comes into play: somebody will find the fish. A good example is the Snag Proof open held on Lake Guntersville last weekend. It's the Dog Days of Summer, hot, and the fishing had been…

Malucelli On A Mission In Northern Open On New York’s Cayuga Lake

Marcos Malucelli is a man on a mission. His mission is to introduce American bass fishing to Brazil, his native country. My goal, he said by cell phone while sitting in the rain on New York's Cayuga Lake Friday, “as the first Brazilian to fish BASS, is to qualify for the Elite Series. If I can do that I will be able to promote American bass fishing a lot better in Brazil.” And not just…

‘last Chance’ For Airport Marine Ez Open Trail Classic Set For Lay Lake Aug. 4

Airport Marine Tournament Trail Director Flynn Gerald said, only half-jokingly, that he was thinking about printing up fliers about the series final qualifying tournament on Lay Lake, Saturday, Aug. 4, that proclaim it as the “Last Chance” for area fishermen. “It will be the last chance to qualify for the Airport Marine Classic,” Gerald said. “If they fish this tournament they are qualified…