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Powerful Tools for finding Fish and Structure

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Powerful Tools for finding Fish and Structure

Axiom with RealVision 3D Sonar:

Powerful Tools for finding Fish and Structure

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WILSONVILLE, OR (June 21, 2017) – During a recent sea trial for Axiom™ Multifunction Displays with RealVision 3D™ Sonar, Raymarine’s UK-based test boat Raymariner came upon an interesting underwater target. The M/V Margaret Smith was a coal dredger that capsized and sank near Yarmouth, UK in 1978. The wreck is part of the New Forest National Park and has become a popular feature for fishermen and scuba divers alike. Known to locals as “The Maggie”, the ship is now home to a wide array of different fish species. It’s also a great structure for testing and calibrating sonar equipment since it’s a relatively young shipwreck that is well documented in both photo and video.

M/V Margaret Smith, as she appeared shortly before her sinking.  Photo courtesy of calshotdivers.com.

Anglers everywhere know one of the best places to locate fish is around bottom structure. Structure provides shelter and protection to smaller fish, and attracts food that larger fish feed on. Structure can be natural objects like rocks, fallen trees, or underwater ledges. It can also be man-made objects that find their way into the water intentionally or unintentionally like shipwrecks and artificial reefs.

Raymarine’s Axiom RealVision 3D sonar system comes with an awesome array of tools for finding bottom structures and their fish inhabitants.

Sphere Mode enlarges the size of individual 3D sonar returns for better visibility.

3-D sonar technology brings a whole host of benefits to anglers, divers and even cruising boaters too. With a simple swipe of your finger across the screen you can pan and tilt the 3D image to visualize the underwater seascape from any angle. 3D imaging makes it simple to understand the size, depth and distances between objects. The RealVision 3D image is also gyro-stabilized. A sophisticated sensor in the RealVision 3D transducer measures the motion of the boat and automatically counteracts it to produce a stable and accurate sonar image.

RealVision 3D also offers 2 different ways to visualize targets. The default setting is called Sphere Mode, which uses round spheres of uniform size to represent individual returns. Sphere Mode helps make smaller targets (like bait and predators) look larger in the overall 3D presentation. This can be especially helpful when you’re looking for individual fish rather than large clusters, or if you are looking at the display from a distance.

Point Mode (left) provides the highest resolution 3D imagery of underwater objects. CHIRP SideVision (right) provides photo-like details.

RealVision 3D can also render images in Point Mode. Point mode uses tiny pinpoints to show each sonar return in 3D space. While a lone contact will appear small in point mode, larger contacts and underwater structures will appear in very high resolution because the individual points will show the size and shape of these objects with extreme detail.

In either point or sphere mode you can also control how coloring is applied to targets. When set to Depth mode, targets are colored according to their depth in the water, using a rainbow scale (that cycles every 50-feet). In Intensity mode, targets are colored according to the strength of their sonar return. Stronger returns are indicated by brighter colors. RealVision 3D also offers 5 different target color palettes to choose from, along with options for background color and bottom color, too.

Raymariner is Raymarine’s test platform used for on-the-water testing of Sonar, Radar, GPS and much more.

RealVision 3D transducers are all-in-one solutions with 3D, DownVision, SideVision and High CHIRP elements plus a fast-response water temperature sensor. They also contain a solid-state gyro sensor that counteracts vessel motion for improved image clarity.

When hunting for bottom structure, Axiom’s RealVision 3D sonar gives you several other powerful tools too. In addition to 3D sonar, Axiom also has high resolution CHIRP DownVision and CHIRP SideVision sonar built in too. These options provide photo-like images of structures and fish, and allow you to see even more detail. Axiom even has a Conical High CHIRP sonar channel that is optimized for finding fish. You can view these channels individually, or at the same time on your Axiom multifunction display.

With Axiom, finding and visualizing underwater structures and wrecks is easier than ever. That’s something that fishermen, divers and even cruising boaters and explorers will truly enjoy!

 

Alabama High School Team Grabs Early Lead In Bassmaster High School National Championship

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Alabama High School Team Grabs Early Lead In Bassmaster High School National Championship

Logan Henderson (left) and Steven Swann of Springville Anglers Bass Club in Alabama take the lead on the first day of the 2017 Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods with 23 pounds, 12 ounces.

Photo by Ronnie Moore/Bassmaster

Alabama High School Team Grabs Early Lead In Bassmaster High School National Championship

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PARIS, Tenn. — Steven Swann and Logan Henderson picked up where they left off back in April when they won the Costa Bassmaster High School Southern Open.

Swann and Henderson of the Springville (Ala.) Anglers team won the Southern Open with 24 pounds, 1 ounce — setting a record for the heaviest winning weight in a Bassmaster High School tournament — and followed up today with a five-bass limit weighing 23-12 to take over first place in the Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods at Kentucky Lake.

The anglers believed the change in the weather from hot and sunny to cloudy and windy today helped their pattern. “We got a lot of little bites in practice, but today it seemed like the bigger ones were all fired up,” Swann said.

Despite the weather change, the team didn’t have to make any adjustments to catch fish. The wind and waves, however, did limit them to fishing only one of the 10 spots they found in practice. “It was rough,” Swann said of the waves. “We both felt like we were going to get seasick.”

Henderson noted they caught their limit by about 7:45 a.m. and had bites in 30- to 45-minute intervals throughout the day. “We caught fish early, and it just seemed like when the wind picked up the baitfish got moving and the bass just started eating,” he said.

The Springville Anglers team is making up for a disappointing finish in last year’s Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship. They weighed in 10 pounds the first day last year and blanked the next day.

The leaders are among 461 anglers from 231 high school teams competing for the national title. The teams qualified for the national championship through a series of state and regional tournaments.

Two high school anglers are teamed in each boat with a coach, who serves as a mentor for the high school anglers and operates the outboard motor.

Henry County High School anglers Shawn Burkhart and Gavin Gordon moved into second place with a 22-11 limit.

“The weather conditions limited us to where we could go,” Burkhart said. “We threw pretty much the same stuff that we threw in practice. We had a really good practice, and it really showed out today.”

They tried some of their best places in the morning and had a limit early — they left to try some other spots where they knew schools of bass started biting later in the day. However those spots failed to produce, so they tried to go back to their early morning areas. When they found those spots were already full of boats, they tried some new places and finished the day culling through about 35 keepers.

Gordon said he and his teammate caught about 25 pounds worth of bass in practice and are confident they will have plenty of places to try if the weather cooperates the next two days.

The Moody Fishing team of Jackson Isbell and Trent Robinson weighed in a 22-7 limit to take over third place. Isbell said they had to move around to different places today because of the weather. “It was perfect conditions in practice for what we were doing but today it wasn’t there,” he said.

Robinson said they caught most of the fish early and late in the day. “We got most of our bites in the morning and then right before we weighed in,” he said.

The rough water and wind apparently worked in favor of some teams as 14 limits of 20 pounds or better were weighed in. Rounding out the Top 5 teams were Reese Jones and Dalton Johnson of the Arkansas Youth Anglers and the Brentwood High School team of Luke Byerly and Bryson Mills, with both teams weighing in 22-1.

The full field of teams will compete again on Friday, but the field will be cut to the Top 12 for the final day of fishing on Saturday. The teams are vying for $70,750 in scholarship money. B.A.S.S. and its sponsors are awarding $22,750 to the competitors, and Bethel University in McKenzie, Tenn., will be presenting the remaining $48,000 to the winners.

Tournament officials are consulting with National Weather Service authorities to determine whether weather conditions will be suitable for fishing Friday. Thunderstorms with heavy rains were predicted as tropical storm Cindy moves inland. If conditions permit, the prep anglers take off at 5:30 a.m. CT from Paris Landing State Park and return at 1:45 p.m. to weigh in at the same location. The final weigh-in will switch locations to downtown Paris at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Henry County Tourism, Carroll County and Bethel University are hosting the national championship.

Costa Bassmaster High School Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods

6/22/2017 – 6/24/2017

Kentucky Lake – Paris Landing State Park – Paris, TN

STANDINGS BOATER DAY 1

Name # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz

1 Logan Henderson – Steven Swann Springville Anglers 5 5 23-12 5 5 23-12

2 Shawn Burkhart – Gavin Gordon Henry County High School 5 4 22-11 5 4 22-11

3 Jackson Isbell – Trent Robinson Moody Fishing 5 5 22- 7 5 5 22- 7

4 Reese Jones – Dalton Johnson Arkansas Youth Anglers 5 4 22- 1 5 4 22- 1

5 Luke Byerly – Bryson Mills Brentwood High School 5 4 22- 1 5 4 22- 1

6 Joseph Bruener – Hunter Curry Douglass HS Fishing Team 5 5 21-12 5 5 21-12

6 Samuel Vandagriff – Matthew Vandagriff Warren County Pioneer Anglers 5 5 21-12 5 5 21-12

8 Beau Browning – McCoy Vereen Lakeside HS 5 5 21-11 5 5 21-11

9 Logan Millsaps – Spencer Childers Pickens Bass Fishing 5 5 21- 6 5 5 21- 6

10 Riley Fletcher – Gavin White Cassville Wildcats 5 5 20-14 5 5 20-14

11 Zachary Featherston – Adrian Murar Yuba Sutter Fishing Club 5 5 20-13 5 5 20-13

12 Brooks Anderson – David Britt Mt.Bethel Christian academy 5 5 20- 1 5 5 20- 1

13 Evan Bramhill – Sean Prendergast Mass Bass Nation HS 5 5 20- 1 5 5 20- 1

13 Tommy Floyd JR – James Gibbons South Florence High 5 5 20- 1 5 5 20- 1

15 Connor Nimrod – Dylan Nimrod De Soto Bass Team 5 5 19-13 5 5 19-13

15 Matthew Roberts – Richard Cornett Perry County Central High School 5 5 19-13 5 5 19-13

17 Luke Glasgow – Gavin Norris Winfield Student Anglers 5 4 19-13 5 4 19-13

18 Michael Childers – Landon Nelson Brewer High School 5 5 19-11 5 5 19-11

18 Cal Culpepper – Mason Waddell GA-Harris County High School 5 5 19-11 5 5 19-11

20 Blake Harold – Cameron Cochran Madison Southern 5 5 19- 7 5 5 19- 7

21 Cody Miles – Jordan Bowlin Benton High School 5 5 18-15 5 5 18-15

22 Tyler Christy – Trust Say Christy, Springer and Say Com. Club 5 5 18-11 5 5 18-11

23 Matt Stearns – Reid Saarela Lakeville High School 5 5 18- 9 5 5 18- 9

24 Taj White – Thomas Sendek AZ HS Bass Nation 5 5 18- 8 5 5 18- 8

25 Tyler Gavlick – Benjamin King Susquehanna Valley Fishing Team 5 5 18- 1 5 5 18- 1

25 Christopher Miller – Bryant Cooper Tellico Plains High School 5 5 18- 1 5 5 18- 1

25 Casey Shearer – Levi Keith East Jassamine High School 5 5 18- 1 5 5 18- 1

28 Foster Dubroc – Caleb Straight Marrietta Bassmasters 5 5 17-10 5 5 17-10

28 Will Garrett – Fischer Keel Auburn Anglers 5 5 17-10 5 5 17-10

28 Gavin Hessler – Tucker Nauss St. Croix Central HS 5 5 17-10 5 5 17-10

31 Preston Crowley – Wesley Hall Tuscaloosa County High School 5 5 17- 9 5 5 17- 9

32 Justin Kanute – Adam Altman York County 5 5 17- 6 5 5 17- 6

33 Tyler Eagan – Noah Lewis Raintree HS Angler Club 5 5 17- 6 5 5 17- 6

33 Noah Jenkins – Louie Marques CA BASS Nation 5 5 17- 6 5 5 17- 6

35 Bailey Fain – Dalton Harrison Lenoir City High School 5 5 17- 4 5 5 17- 4

36 Garrett McWilliams – Dalton Jones Discovery Christian School Lions 5 3 17- 4 5 3 17- 4

37 Justin Watts – Alexander Heintze Livingston Parish Bassmasters 5 5 17- 2 5 5 17- 2

38 Blake Albertson – Dillan White Southside Anglers 5 5 16-15 5 5 16-15

39 Lucas Lindsay – Logan Parks Auburn Anglers 5 5 16-13 5 5 16-13

39 Cap Massey – Jade Massey NM-Mesilla Valley Bass Anglers 5 5 16-13 5 5 16-13

41 Britt Myers – Tanner Maness York County High School 5 4 16-13 5 4 16-13

42 Dawson Hembree – Seth Roberts Campbell Co HS 5 5 16-12 5 5 16-12

43 Austin Smith – Noah Pierce Campbell Co HS 5 5 16-11 5 5 16-11

44 Kyle Palmer – Kyle Ingleburger Grundy County HS 5 5 16- 9 5 5 16- 9

45 Adam Hutmacher – Brennan Swanson Chamberlain High School 5 5 16- 7 5 5 16- 7

45 Trevor St. John – Craig Wilson Campbell Co HS 5 5 16- 7 5 5 16- 7

47 Merritt Arnold – Troy Harris North Oconee HS 5 5 15-15 5 5 15-15

48 Grayson Hanson – Blayne Gunnells Pell City High School 5 5 15-13 5 5 15-13

49 Patrick Walsh – William Hinckley Notre Dame Bass 5 5 15-11 5 5 15-11

50 Ty Ball – Jackson Manis Cherokee 5 4 15-11 5 4 15-11

51 Samuel Bergeron – Andres Barletta Ascension Anglers 5 5 15- 9 5 5 15- 9

52 Lake Norsworthy – William Burt Brandon HS 5 5 15- 8 5 5 15- 8

53 Hunter Martin – Justin Jacob Lutcher High Fishing Team 5 5 15- 8 5 5 15- 8

54 John Adams Gray – Abby Montgomery Lakeside High School 5 5 15- 7 5 5 15- 7

55 Bryce Goff – Jonathan Waters Winter Haven HS 5 5 15- 6 5 5 15- 6

56 Ike Andrews – Jake Shattner Benedictine College Prep 5 5 15- 5 5 5 15- 5

57 Logan Guy – Micah Hubbard Central HS 5 5 15- 3 5 5 15- 3

58 Julius Mazy – Steven Mack Arizona High School Club 5 5 15- 1 5 5 15- 1

59 Gunner Wilson – Zach Manneback Hartland Eagles Bass Club 5 4 15- 0 5 4 15- 0

60 Case Anderson – Grant Hodosi Grundy County HS 5 5 14-14 5 5 14-14

61 Greyson Benoit – Zane Gunter Sulphur High School 5 5 14-12 5 5 14-12

61 Matthew Milatz – Joshua McGill Spanaway HS 5 5 14-12 5 5 14-12

63 Shaw Sandy – Sam Bennett Athens Anglers 5 5 14-11 5 5 14-11

64 Dylan Fitzgerald – Cameron Carter Upper Kanawha Valley Warriors 5 5 14-11 5 5 14-11

65 Mason Raveling – Ben Provost Prior Lake High Schol 5 5 14-10 5 5 14-10

66 Christopher Capdeboscq – Dillon Wilson Northlake Christian 5 3 14-10 5 3 14-10

67 Harry James – Trip Costello Franklin High School 5 5 14- 9 5 5 14- 9

68 Hagen Speegle – Landon Graham Goodhope High School 5 5 14- 8 5 5 14- 8

69 Austin Birdwell – Matthew Weaver Grundy County HS 4 4 14- 8 4 4 14- 8

70 Nate Lacombe – Andrew Eaton Monument Mountain 5 5 14- 5 5 5 14- 5

71 Brandsford Dean – Austin Goins Rhea County High School 5 5 14- 4 5 5 14- 4

72 Asa Robertson – Blake Delong Warren County 4 4 14- 4 4 4 14- 4

73 Kyle Roy – Jesse York Russell County HS 5 5 14- 3 5 5 14- 3

73 Ezra Smith – Devin Howard Walker Valley HS 5 5 14- 3 5 5 14- 3

75 Jeremy Bates – Joshua Holden Bishop Brady HS 5 5 14- 2 5 5 14- 2

75 Ethan Greene – Cody Lynn Lakeside Chiefs 5 5 14- 2 5 5 14- 2

75 Josh Pitre – Lucas Senay York Bassmasters 5 5 14- 2 5 5 14- 2

78 Jace Ladner – Collin Ladner Hancock High School 5 5 13-12 5 5 13-12

78 Louis Monetti – Frank Lucchese Christian Brothers Academy 5 5 13-12 5 5 13-12

80 Wesley Gore – Blake Davenport Jemison HS 5 5 13-11 5 5 13-11

81 Cade Crocker – Hunter Porter Hillcrest High School 5 5 13-10 5 5 13-10

82 Michael Bonadona – Trent Tullier Brusley High School 5 4 13- 9 5 4 13- 9

83 Ty Brooks – Brandon Brewer Grainger High School 5 5 13- 6 5 5 13- 6

83 Noah Daczewitz – Hunter Hilger Sand Springs Sandite Bass Club 5 5 13- 6 5 5 13- 6

83 Alex Wiczek – Max Wiczek Elk River Fishing Team 5 5 13- 6 5 5 13- 6

86 Garrett Bartlett – Ty Thompson Seymour HS 4 3 13- 5 4 3 13- 5

87 Seth Moser – Reilly Butler Sequoyah High School 5 5 13- 4 5 5 13- 4

88 Jason McMillan – Hunter Kogel Walker High School 5 4 13- 3 5 4 13- 3

89 Evan Hughes – Jacob Gray Abbeville HS 5 5 13- 1 5 5 13- 1

89 Trent Lohr – Quinn Iden Southern Garrett 5 5 13- 1 5 5 13- 1

91 Casey Trosclair – Levi Areno Sulphur High School 5 5 13- 0 5 5 13- 0

92 Jonathon Hodges – Thomas Bridges Mortimer Jordan HS 4 4 13- 0 4 4 13- 0

93 Chase Herndon – Heath Hardaway Christian Heritage HS 5 5 12-15 5 5 12-15

93 Jacob Woods – Austin Winter Lenoir City High School 5 5 12-15 5 5 12-15

95 Clay Garnder – Nate Somerstad Rogers High School 5 5 12-13 5 5 12-13

95 Garick Robinson – Micah Bryant Sequoyah High School 5 5 12-13 5 5 12-13

97 Brayden Campbell – Colton Kay Ripley High School 5 5 12-12 5 5 12-12

97 Hunter Courvelle – Alex Erickson Sam Houston High School 5 5 12-12 5 5 12-12

97 Braxton Martin – Brandon Martin North Hall Fishing Club 5 5 12-12 5 5 12-12

100 Jacob Bruener – Austin Brewer Douglass HS Fishing Team 4 4 12-12 4 4 12-12

101 Scott Torkleson – Daniel Anthamatten Cascia Hall 5 5 12-10 5 5 12-10

102 Morgan Miracle – Logan Miracle Garrard County HS 5 5 12- 9 5 5 12- 9

102 Daelyn Whaley – Molly Beauford Abbeville HS 5 5 12- 9 5 5 12- 9

104 Zach Vielhauer – Remington Wagner Kickback High School Club 5 5 12- 8 5 5 12- 8

105 Landon Owens – Caleb Mayfield Marion High School 5 5 12- 6 5 5 12- 6

105 Adam Puckett – Keaton Greenawald Southside Anglers 5 5 12- 6 5 5 12- 6

107 James Willoughby – Ashton Saucier West Harrison HS Bass Team 5 5 12- 5 5 5 12- 5

108 Gavin Ainslie – Collin Gregory Central HS 5 5 12- 3 5 5 12- 3

109 Lee Lambrecht – Nick Morrison Capital HS Bass Club 5 4 12- 2 5 4 12- 2

110 Tyler Goss – Clayton Shaw South Granville HS 5 5 12- 1 5 5 12- 1

111 Grant Bourque – Ethan Smart Ascension Anglers 5 5 12- 0 5 5 12- 0

111 Cade Fortenberry – Brennan Edmond Ascension Anglers 5 5 12- 0 5 5 12- 0

113 Jaxon Brown – Jordan McCaleb Gardendale Rockets 5 5 11-14 5 5 11-14

113 James Cobbs – Justin Lowery Cullman High School 5 5 11-14 5 5 11-14

113 Dalton Powell – Baylor Layne Whitwell High School 5 5 11-14 5 5 11-14

116 Josh Lee – Mason Cizek Karns Bass Fishing Club 5 5 11-12 5 5 11-12

117 Jake Beihoffer – Bailey Faires Soddy Daisy HS 5 5 11- 9 5 5 11- 9

118 Zachary Bray – Jake Stamps Clayton High School 5 5 11- 8 5 5 11- 8

119 Daniel Helsley – Jackson Hall Lovejoy High School 4 4 11- 7 4 4 11- 7

119 Tyan Massengale – Brandon Bates Soddy Daisy 4 4 11- 7 4 4 11- 7

121 Jackson Staib – George Carr Concord HS 4 4 11- 6 4 4 11- 6

122 Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson Eagan High School 5 5 11- 4 5 5 11- 4

123 Stuart Roggli – Abbigail Roggli Grundy County HS 5 5 11- 2 5 5 11- 2

123 Wyatt Sauder – Micah Ford Sequoyah High School 5 5 11- 2 5 5 11- 2

125 Harley Owens – Emory Vinsant Campbell Co HS 5 5 11- 1 5 5 11- 1

126 Joseph Gorman – Nehemiah Glenn Lakeville High School 5 5 11- 0 5 5 11- 0

127 Braeden Thurmond – Colby Thurmond Coffee County 4 4 11- 0 4 4 11- 0

128 Cameron Andrews – Luke Brown NC HS Bass Anglers 5 5 10-15 5 5 10-15

129 Jacob Bigelow – Trace Yeager Shawano Bass Assassins 4 3 10-15 4 3 10-15

130 Ian Madere – Jordan Davenport East Baton Rouge Bassmasters 4 4 10-14 4 4 10-14

130 Chase Parsons – Hayden Drucker Hillcrest High School 4 4 10-14 4 4 10-14

132 Ethan Perry – Chase Gibson Bridgeport High School 5 5 10-13 5 5 10-13

133 Owen Marsh – Michael Anderson Rhode Island Bass Assassins 4 4 10-12 4 4 10-12

134 Kyler McKie – Michael Burch North Augusta Fishing Team 5 5 10-11 5 5 10-11

135 Davey Warf – Kaleb James Sale Creek Anglers 5 5 10-10 5 5 10-10

136 Tyler Lubbat – Nolan Siara Buffalo Grove Bass Fishing 5 5 10- 5 5 5 10- 5

137 Nolan Wright – Coltin Pool Blanchard HS 5 5 10- 3 5 5 10- 3

138 Thomas Heinen – Brock Bila Topeka Capital City 5 5 9-15 5 5 9-15

138 Will Norton – Peyton Knowles McClain Christian Academy 5 5 9-15 5 5 9-15

140 Cole Moore – Layken Moore Anacoco High School 5 5 9-14 5 5 9-14

141 Brett Wray – Kasey Anderson North Desoto High School 4 4 9-13 4 4 9-13

142 Kobe Thompson – Jagger Lindell Renegades 5 5 9- 9 5 5 9- 9

143 Parker Reed – James Gravitte Sale Creek Middle High 4 4 9- 8 4 4 9- 8

144 Cameron Bankston – Spencer Minter Whitwell High School 3 3 9- 8 3 3 9- 8

145 Hunter Conaster – Luke Patton York Bass Fishing Club 5 5 9- 3 5 5 9- 3

146 Dawson Andrews – Wyatt Ensminger Central HS 4 4 9- 3 4 4 9- 3

147 Grant Dees – Ben Freeman Grundy County HS 2 1 9- 1 2 1 9- 1

148 Mason Peace – Blake Stephenson Clarks Hill Youth 4 3 9- 0 4 3 9- 0

149 Brandon Brekke – Jake Burton Windsor High School 4 4 8-15 4 4 8-15

150 Hunter White – CJ Guest NC HS Anglers Comm Club 4 4 8-14 4 4 8-14

151 Lawson Graves – Cameron Glasscock Cullman High School 3 3 8-13 3 3 8-13

152 Levi Dyall – Bryce McCall Appling Christian Academy 3 3 8-12 3 3 8-12

153 Craig Beucler – Jayson Lannon Timberlane Regional High School 4 4 8-10 4 4 8-10

154 Hunter Baird – Nick Davenport Capital HS Bass Club 4 4 8- 7 4 4 8- 7

154 Devin Page – Nicholas Page Magna Vista HS 4 4 8- 7 4 4 8- 7

156 Alex Rigg – Joshua Austin Mesilla Valley Bass Anglers 4 4 8- 6 4 4 8- 6

157 Christian Greico – Sebastian Greico HS Hawg Hunters 3 3 8- 4 3 3 8- 4

157 Noah Winslow – Nonnewaug HS 3 3 8- 4 3 3 8- 4

159 Stephen Cross Mathis – Evan Bowling Broome High School 3 3 8- 3 3 3 8- 3

160 Tyler Dearman – Marlin Paschal AZ HS Bass Nation 1 1 8- 1 1 1 8- 1

161 Logan Waidelich – Gabe Clow Brainerd HS 4 4 8- 0 4 4 8- 0

162 Bryar Chambers – Tyler Pendergrass Airport Marine 3 3 8- 0 3 3 8- 0

162 Andrew Mitchell – Corey Waits Dixie HS 3 3 8- 0 3 3 8- 0

164 Eric Noyes – Mikey Reiss Broken Arrow High School 4 4 7-15 4 4 7-15

165 Dalton Hibboard – Dalton Noble Perry County Central HS 3 3 7-15 3 3 7-15

166 Brad Sampson – Austin Navarre Pearl River Central HS 3 1 7-12 3 1 7-12

167 Brady McCoy – Jace Smith WI – Mississippi Coulee 3 3 7-11 3 3 7-11

167 Carter Pourciau – Zach Naquin Assumption High School 3 3 7-11 3 3 7-11

169 Hagen Cooley – George Dehoven II DeRidder HS 2 2 7-11 2 2 7-11

170 Joshua Mook – Andrew Henry Susquehanna Valley Fishing Team 3 3 7- 3 3 3 7- 3

171 Draven Ray – Justin Burns Plattsmouth Blue Devil Fishing 3 3 6-13 3 3 6-13

172 Nick Gould – Joey Grogg Lewis County High School 2 2 6-11 2 2 6-11

172 Sam Morgan – Chandler Guffey Grundy County HS 2 2 6-11 2 2 6-11

174 Garrett McCrackin – Jackson Lawless Mannford High School 3 3 6- 9 3 3 6- 9

175 Colby Reed – Jenna Albertson Southside Anglers 2 2 6- 8 2 2 6- 8

176 Tucker Weidler – Chace Gregory 3 3 6- 7 3 3 6- 7

177 Gavin Koch – Matt Barnes Clifton-Clyde Eagle Anglers 3 3 6- 5 3 3 6- 5

178 Jacob Smith – Oakley Connor Travelers Rest HS Devildog Anglers 3 3 6- 3 3 3 6- 3

179 Braden Ryals – Wes Dubose Forrest County AHS 3 3 6- 1 3 3 6- 1

180 Mathew Windham – Branson Linder Pine City Anglers 2 2 6- 1 2 2 6- 1

181 Andrew Lowe – Garrett Zody Clinton High School 3 3 6- 0 3 3 6- 0

182 John-Murphy Day – Will Harding Corner High School 3 3 5-15 3 3 5-15

183 Joey Dobbs – Garrett Flynn Southside Anglers 2 2 5-15 2 2 5-15

184 Houston Calvert – Chase Abbott Cold Springs Fishing Team 3 3 5-14 3 3 5-14

185 Adam Sansom – Chase Carter Northwest HS 2 2 5-14 2 2 5-14

186 Jacob Tarpley – Keigan Maturin Teurlings Catholic High School 3 3 5-13 3 3 5-13

187 Colin Blanton – Joey Bloom Winter Springs HS 3 3 5-11 3 3 5-11

188 Jarod Riddle – Collin Stahlman Oconee County High School 2 2 5- 7 2 2 5- 7

189 Tucker Putnam – Will Dickerson Good Hope Fishing Team 3 3 5- 6 3 3 5- 6

190 Connor Petsche – James Ford Cedar Rapids Jr 3 3 5- 5 3 3 5- 5

191 Casey Cornelius – Jacob Vestal Mt Vernon Bass Team 2 2 5- 0 2 2 5- 0

192 Cole Scott – Seth Kearns Sand Spings High School 2 2 4-15 2 2 4-15

Alabama Duo Wins Bassmaster Junior Championship In Tennessee

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Alabama Duo Wins Bassmaster Junior Championship In Tennessee

Miller Dowling (right) and Chandlar Hollingsworth of American Christian Academy out of Alabama win the Bassmaster Junior Championship on Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake with a two-day total weight of 25 pounds, 12 ounces.

Photo by Andrew Canulette/B.A.S.S.

June 21, 2017

Alabama Duo Wins Bassmaster Junior Championship In Tennessee

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HUNTINGDON, Tenn. — Heading into the second day of the Bassmaster Junior Championship, Miller Dowling and Chandlar Hollingsworth knew they needed a couple of bites from big bass.

The boys from American Christian Academy in Tuscaloosa, Ala., were in seventh place after the first round of the tournament on Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake and trailed the leader by nearly 7 pounds. To account for the difference, they needed a lot of skill and likely a little luck.

They got both during the final day of fishing on Wednesday and came from behind to win the national championship bass tournament for young anglers 7-13 years of age.

Dowling and Hollingsworth weighed the heavyweight of the tournament with five bass that totaled 16 pounds, 9 ounces. That gave them a two-day total of 10 bass that weighed 25-12, and that was enough to push past Rein Golubjatnikov of the Rochester (N.Y.) Junior Bassmasters for the victory.

Golubjatnikov, who led after the first day of competition with 15-13, finished second overall with a two-day total of 23-12. Jordan Sylvester and Jacob Tullier of the Southwest Louisiana Junior Bassmasters were in second place after Day 1, but slipped to third with 21-5 total.

Dowling and Hollingsworth were a tough act to follow on Wednesday. Each angler caught a bass that weighed more than 6 pounds, and the shared success paid big dividends. Both anglers won a $1,000 scholarship for the victory, not to mention championship trophies and national bragging rights for the year.

The 6-pounders both were caught on a green pumpkin shaky head worm in about 15 feet of clean water. The team fished only two spots the entire tournament.

“After Miller caught the second big fish, we said ‘We’re going to win this,’” Hollingsworth said.

But the day didn’t start so swimmingly. The boys thought they had the big bite they needed when Dowling hooked a bass they estimated to weigh in the 9-pound range within the first five minutes of angling time.

“We knew it was a big one right away,” Hollingsworth said. “We got him straight to the boat, but the hook came out. We were depressed — but later on, we had the first 6-pounder I caught on a shaky head, then we had some smaller 1-pounders. When we moved to our other spot later on, Miller caught another 6-pounder. I thought we were going to have only one big bite all day, but it got better and better.”

Dowling said the team was fishing old ditches that crease the bottom of the man-made 1,000 acre lake. They found their honey holes in practice, and they decided to stick with them in the tournament.

Dowling and Hollingsworth finished eighth in last year’s junior championship by catching nine bass that weighed 7 1/2 pounds total in 2016. That prompted them to select new spots this year, which turned out to be a decisive factor.

“This is like nothing ever before,” Hollingsworth said. “I’m shaking. We caught the first fish, and we knew needed one more. When we caught it, we were confident.”

Still, the eventual victors were among the first teams to weigh-in on Wednesday, and sitting in the hot seat for the majority of the day was a daunting task. Dowling and Hollingsworth literally sweated out the remainder of the 51-team field in the Tennessee summer heat to see if they’d finish on top. When the Louisiana duo of Sylvester and Tullier posted only 6-4 on Day 2, the Alabama tandem felt a bit of relief.

And when Golubjatnikov posted a second day total of 7-15, they finally could breathe easily.

“We got more nervous the closer we got to the end,” Dowling said. “But now, it feels great.”

Golubjatnikov caught his big bass by dragging a Carolina rig on the first day. His legs sunburned badly on Tuesday, and he was in pain on Wednesday, said his dad and boat captain Ken Golubjatnikov. Still, to fish solo in a national championship event and to fare so well was a feat in itself. He won a $1,000 scholarship, too, which didn’t have to be split with a teammate. School ends this week in upstate New York, and Golubjatnikov took his exams early knowing he would fish alone in the national championship.

It was the third consecutive year he qualified for the tournament. He finished seventh in 2016.

“To finish second in this tournament this year is a really great feeling,” he said.

Waupaca (Wis.) Junior Bass Busters teammates Reece Keeney and Bryce Moder finished fourth with a two-day total of 18-12. Bradlee Parish and Tyler Guin of the Monroe County (Miss.) Youth Bassmasters finished fifth with 16-9 overall.

Teams from 28 states and Canada participated in the junior championship. Each earned the right to compete in the championship through B.A.S.S. Nation qualifiers in their respective states.

The local host for the event was the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce.

Bassmaster Junior Championship

6/20/2017 – 6/21/2017

Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake – Paris, TN

STANDINGS BOATER DAY 2

Name # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz

1 Miller Dowling – Chandlar Hollingsworth AL- American Christian Academy 5 5 16-9 10 10 25-12

2 Rein Golubjatnikov – NY – Rochester Jr Bassmasters 5 5 7-15 10 9 23-12

3 Jordan Sylvester – Jacob Tullier LA – Jr Southwest Bassmasters 5 5 6- 4 10 9 21-5

4 Reece Keeney – Bryce Moder WI – Waupaca Jr Bass Busters 5 5 13-14 10 9 18-12

5 Bradlee Parish – Tyler Guin MS – Monroe County Youth Bassmaste 5rs 5 6-10 10 10 16-9

6 Cole Moulton – Ryder Whitworth NH – New Hampshire Jr Bassmasters 5 2 7-14 9 6 15-15

7 Brent Randall – Giancarlo Russo FL – Quincy Jr Bassmasters 5 5 10- 3 10 8 15-4

8 Austin Haney – Dylan Haney WI – New Richmond Bass Club 5 5 10- 0 10 10 15-4

9 Marshal Robinson – Mason Fulmer SC – Byrnes Rebels 5 5 8-13 10 10 15-4

10 Jacob Nekvinda – Coleton Usher IA – Eastern Iowa Jr Bassmasters 5 5 9- 1 10 10 15-1

11 Tyler Bahr – Troy Peterson MN – Brainerd Jr 5 5 8- 7 10 10 14-12

12 Gunner West – Brandon Hammontree OK – Spiro Bulldog Fishing 5 5 5- 3 10 10 14-11

13 Laindree Richardson – Trey McKinney IL – Franklin County Jr 5 5 6-11 10 10 13-10

14 Jack Mutzabaugh – Eli Stendig VA – Orange County Jr Anglers 5 5 6- 3 10 10 13-5

15 Nathan Canaday – Kyle Davis NC – NCBN East 5 4 6- 5 10 9 12-8

16 Colby Carrier – Abe Lafrance ME – LA Jr Bassmasters 2 2 2- 0 6 6 11-15

17 Ashton Rasberry – Bladen Rasberry NC – GC Jr Fishing Rams 5 5 5- 2 10 9 11-8

18 Bailey Harden – Grainger Pollert IN – Columbus East 5 5 5- 7 10 10 11-7

19 Fisher Cusic – SammyJay Acree FL – Lakeland Junior Bassmasters 1 1 1- 2 6 6 10-14

20 Logan Powell – Cameron Irizarry WV – Little Kanawha Jr Bassmasters 4 4 3- 8 9 9 10-7

21 Dominic Fiorille – Curtis Russler MD – Jr Potomac Bassmasters 3 3 4-10 8 8 10-5

22 Mitchell Straffon – Henri Sturm MI – Fenton Jr Bass Fishing 1 1 1- 6 6 6 10-0

23 Phillip Herring – Calup Williams MS – Greene County Youth Bassmaste 3rs 3 3- 3 8 8 9-15

24 Hayden Hedrick – Jacob Neff VA – Frederick County Bass Wranglers 5 4 4-10 10 9 9-15

25 Destiny Parsell – Riley Albanese WV – Berkley Springs Jr Fishing Team 5 4 5- 6 9 8 9-6

26 Hadley Louderbaugh – Carter Chorinster MO – KC Youth Bassmaster 4 4 4- 2 9 9 9-5

27 Carter Wijangco – Caden Petrille IL – Off the Hook Bassmaster Jrs 5 5 6- 4 8 8 9-4

28 Ethan Johnson – Jack Hennies MN – Pequot Lakes 5 3 6- 4 8 5 9-2

29 Remington Barkley – Josh Elsey MI – Junior MI Bass Anglers 4 4 3- 7 9 7 8-14

30 James Bressler – Julian Dent OH – Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets 5 5 6- 5 7 7 8-8

31 Andrew Gaynor – Beau McQuade MD – Jr Potomac Bassmasters 5 4 5-15 7 6 8-6

32 Caleb Reynolds – Lex Thompson GA – Bainbridge BassCats 3 3 3- 0 8 8 8-6

33 Elijah Benson – CJ Hudson GA – Dawson Christian Academy 4 3 4-11 8 6 8-2

34 David Derlak – Andon Goins TN – Rhea County Eagle Anglers 5 5 5- 2 8 8 7-13

35 Tristan Hiuser – Aaron Nijjar ON – KW Cambridge Jr Bassmasters 3 3 2-10 7 7 7-7

36 Landon Smith – Logan Busbee SC – Wright Middle School 0 0 0- 0 5 4 7-6

37 Walker McElroy – Brayden Cooper TX – Lone Star Jr Bassmasters 2 2 2- 1 7 7 7-4

38 Jacob Long – Caleb Roblin LA – Jr Southwest Bassmasters 2 2 2- 6 6 6 6-8

39 Mike Abbott – Ryan Kovatch OH – Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets 5 5 5- 3 6 6 6-6

40 Nicholas Herrman – Kyle Herrman KS – Topeka Jr Hawgs 5 5 5- 2 6 6 6-5

41 Chanler Break – Chaney Weick KY – Bottomline Jr Bassmasters 5 5 5- 1 6 6 6-3

42 Jon Anderson – Aannin Kalwara RI – Rhode Island Jr Bassmasters 2 2 1-15 6 6 6-2

43 Zachary Taylor – Noah Burnette TN – Walker Valley Bass Club 3 3 3- 1 6 6 6-2

44 Jace McNutt – Nathan Harris AL – Tuscaloosa County 0 0 0- 0 5 5 5-15

45 Mayer McCrary – Tanner Dreiling TX – Lone Star Jr Bassmasters 3 3 2-12 4 4 4-11

46 Lane Allen – Colton Hefner OK – Noble Jr Bass Club 3 3 2- 0 5 5 4-5

47 Logan Cisneroz – Cristian Girardi CO – Fighting Fishsticks 3 3 3-10 3 3 3-10

48 Caden Usher – Hunter Rawson IA – Eastern Iowa Jr Bassmasters 3 3 2- 9 4 4 3-8

49 Brayden Stotler – Ezra Elkins IN – Southside Anglers 3 3 1-15 4 4 3-1

50 Dominic Cecco – Dylan Henrie PA – Susquehanna Valley Fishing Team 1 1 0-14 3 3 2-14

51 Evan Kembel – Aiden Steury CO – Fighting Fishsticks 0 0 0- 0 1 1 0-14

 

BIG BASS

Day Name City,State Lbs-Oz

1 Rein Golubjatnikov, NY 8-2

2 Miller Dowling – Chandlar Hollingsworth, AL 6-8

 

TOTALS

Day # Fish # Live Lbs-Oz # Limits

1 195 184 271-2 28

2 192 182 252-11 27

Bigger, Fatter Bass Awaiting Bassmaster Opens Anglers At Oneida Lake Next Week

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Elite Series pro Jamie Hartman will be among a field of approximately 400 pro and co-anglers competing on Oneida Lake during the first Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open held out of Syracuse, N.Y., June 29-July 1. 

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June 21, 2017
 
Bigger, Fatter Bass Awaiting Bassmaster Opens Anglers At Oneida Lake Next Week

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Some of Jamie Hartman’s earliest memories date back to time spent at his grandparents’ lake house on Oneida Lake in upstate New York.

He remembers standing on a pier at their home and catching a carp on one occasion and a smallmouth bass another time. When Hartman was older, he would take a canoe or a johnboat onto the water with friends for recreation.

But it wasn’t until Hartman began bass fishing competitively in 2000 that he discovered Oneida, the largest lake located entirely in New York State, to be the perfect place to practice the sport he was quickly learning to love.

“I was into competitive archery at the time I fished my first club tournament,” Hartman said. “In fact, I skipped an archery competition to fish in that thing, and wouldn’t you know, I won it. I was absolutely hooked from the start. Who knows where I’d be if I hadn’t won that first club tournament?”

Hartman will be back on the lake he knows so well when the first Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open of the season gets underway at Oneida Lake June 29-July 1. Approximately 200 professional anglers, as well as 200 co-anglers, are expected in the field.

The winning pro will earn a spot in the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, provided he fishes all three Northern Opens on tap this year. In addition, the top pro will win a Nitro Z20 bass boat with a Mercury 225 Pro XS engine, and the top co-angler will win a Triton 179 TrX boat and Mercury 115 ELPT 4-stroke outboard.

Hartman would like nothing more than to be that winning pro, and he’s come close on Oneida before. This will be the sixth time he’s fished a Bassmaster Open on the lake, dating back to the 2003 Northern Open, when he finished 26th overall. Since then, he’s finished no lower than 14th, and he placed third on the 50,000-acre fishery in 2016.

Currently a rookie in the Bassmaster Elite Series, Hartman, 44, has three Top 10 finishes in six Elite events this year.

The combination of this year’s success and his knowledge of Oneida Lake has Hartman thinking big as the first Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open of 2017 approaches. Additional Northern Opens will follow on the James River in Virginia on Aug. 3-5 and on Douglas Lake, Tennessee, on Sept. 7-9.

“I’m certainly looking forward to this one,” Hartman said. “I’m confident. I know the area, and I think I can take a chance or two here and there.”

He predicts that Oneida Lake bass will be finishing up the spawning season by late June, which could mean the fish will be hungry and eager to bite as the water temperature steadily warms. There are healthy largemouth and smallmouth populations in the lake, and Hartman predicted bass will be caught in a variety of ways during the Open.

“They seem to get into pods this time of year, and that could be in 2 feet of water or 25 feet of water. I was in there practicing (recently), and I was amazed at the width of some of the smallmouth. They’re getting bigger and bigger every year, it seems. They’re just really fat.”

Hartman believes the average size of those bass could have something to do with the presence of gobies in the fishery. An invasive species, the round goby has spread throughout the Great Lakes and other waterways in the Northeast.

And the bass apparently like them a lot. Still, Hartman said anglers won’t have to throw lures that mimic the goby to get bass to bite this time of year in Oneida Lake. He’s expecting fishing to be good enough that anglers can choose whichever lures they prefer.

“There’s been very little pressure on the bass so far, so they’ll look at a lot of things,” he said. “Maybe later in the year something (that looks) like a goby may come into play, but right now, it’s going to be a fishing playground. I can’t wait.”

The Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open No. 1 will begin at 6 a.m. ET each day at Oneida Shores Park, 9400 Bartell Road in Brewerton, NY. Weigh-in will be held beginning at 2 p.m. on Days 1 and 2. The final weigh-in will begin at 3:15 p.m. at the Bass Pro Shops located at 1579 Clark Street Road in Auburn, NY.

Pro anglers can weigh a limit of five bass, and co-anglers can each weigh three bass. The entire field will fish the first two days of the Open, with the Top 12 anglers in each division competing on Saturday, the final day.

The local host for the event is Visit Syracuse.

Lowrance® Angler Wins at Potomac Tom Monsoor Takes the Prize at FLW Event in Maryland

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Lowrance® Angler Wins at Potomac
Tom Monsoor Takes the Prize at FLW Event in Maryland

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Tulsa, Okla. – Lowrance®, a world-leader in fishing electronics since 1957, continued its domination of America’s tournament-fishing circuit as longtime Lowrance user Tom Monsoor won the Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) final regular season event on the Potomac River, held in Marbury, Maryland, June 15-18, 2017.

Lowrance had great representation during the event with six boats in the Top 10. In addition to Monsoor, Lowrance Pros Michael Neal, Brandon McMillan, Jeff Sprague, Mike Surman and Brandon Cobb led the field, coming in fifth through ninth.

The victory was a long-time coming for Monsoor, who has fished the tour since 2002, but never won an event. The closest he came was in 2004 at the Atchafalaya Basin, where he finished second. Monsoor won with a four-day total of 66 pounds,11 ounces.

“We at Lowrance are very proud to help anglers like Tom find those ideal fishing spots that lead to a successful day on the water,” said Leif Ottosson, CEO, Navico. “Our 60 years of innovation have all been focused on giving anglers at all levels the key information they need to plan their strategies and navigate with confidence.”

For more information on Lowrance and its tournament-winning fishfinding technology or to locate an authorized dealer, please visit www.lowrance.com.

 

EVINRUDE ANGLERS’ CONSISTENCY PAYS OFF AT 2017 AT FLW AND NWT EVENTS

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EVINRUDE ANGLERS’ CONSISTENCY PAYS OFF AT 2017 AT FLW AND NWT EVENTS

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STURTEVANT, Wis., June 20, 2017 – BRP, a world leader in powersports, announced today Team Evinrude had strong showings at this past weekend’s Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) and National Walleye Tour (NWT) events. In the final FLW regular season event on the Potomac River, held in Marbury, Maryland, June 15-18, 2017, Bryan Thrift claimed the Angler of the Year (AOY) title, with Andy Morgan in second and Anthony Gagliardi in third place in the standings. In addition, Mark Courts won the NWT event, held on the Mississippi River.

“We at Evinrude congratulate all of our Team Evinrude anglers for their continued top performance in the professional fishing circuits,” said Olivier Pierini, Evinrude director of global marketing and strategic planning. “With stiff competition between professionals, winning a tournament is a challenge. Being named Angler of the Year requires a consistency not just for each event, but throughout the season. Team Evinrude anglers have won the Angler of the Year title every year since the launch of the Evinrude E-TEC G2. These professionals depend on their E-TEC G2 engines to be reliable and perform consistently. We are proud to provide the engines that can be counted on tournament after tournament and year after year.”

Since Thrift joined the FLW Tour in 2007, he has consistently finished in the top 10 in the AOY race. In his first season with FLW, Thrift took home the FLW Tour Rookie of the Year award and, after winning the 2011 FLW Tour event on Beaver Lake, Thrift was ranked number one on the BassFan World Rankings list. Thrift first hoisted the prestigious FLW Tour Angler of the Year trophy in 2010 after having back-to-back fifth-place finishes in the AOY race.

Courts has fished professionally on the NWT since 2000. Courts’ accolades include First Place on the 2006 Professional Walleye Trail Pro Regional, First Place at the 2008 Professional Walleye Trail Championship, 2015 Lucas Oil Angler of the Year and over 35 Top 10 Finishes on the NWT.

BRP’s Evinrude engine line up, from 3.5 to 300 HP, offers customers superior value across a full range of applications. The all-new Evinrude E-TEC G2 engines are now available from 150 to 300 HP. Engines are available at authorized Evinrude dealerships worldwide. Follow Evinrude on Facebook at www.facebook.com/brpevinrude.

For a complete list of new and existing Evinrude dealers, visit www.evinrude.com.

 

Huge Bass Propels Eighth Grader Into Bassmaster Junior Championship Lead

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Rein Golubjatnikov (right) of the Rochester Junior Bassmasters out of New York takes the lead on the first day of the 2017 Bassmaster Junior Championship on Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake with 15 pounds, 13 ounces.

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June 20, 2017

Huge Bass Propels Eighth Grader Into Bassmaster Junior Championship Lead

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HUNTINGDON, Tenn. — The Bassmaster Junior National Championship is a team bass tournament, and all but one of the 51 teams are made up of two anglers between the ages of 7 and 13.

The one solo angler, Rein Golubjatnikov proved Tuesday that one is more than enough when he brought in a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 13 ounces. The 13-year-old New Yorker seized the first-round lead in the two-day junior championship on Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake in northwest Tennessee. The tournament has attracted anglers from 28 states and Canada — all of whom advanced through the B.A.S.S. Nation ranks to the championship.

None were as impressive as Golubjatnikov, whose bag was anchored by an 8-2 lunker that easily was the heaviest bass of the day. Golubjatnikov said he fought the big bass for nearly two minutes as it worked its way underneath his boat before he could net the bass. It was a considerable battle as the eighth grader tips the scales himself at only 85 pounds.

To put the “boy vs. bass” struggle into perspective, the equivalent would be the average adult man battling a 20-pound bass. He’s used to catching big bass, as he advanced to nationals on the strength of a 22-4 bag on New York’s Cayuga Lake. The 8-2 heavyweight he caught Tuesday, however, was a personal best.

“They don’t have bass like that in New York,” Golubjatnikov told the large crowd gathered in downtown Huntingdon for today’s weigh-in.

They do in Carroll County’s 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake though, and Golubjatnikov (whose boat captain/coach is his dad, Ken) said he fished a variety of lures in shallow and deep water on Tuesday. Rein targeted baitfish for most of the day, and he had a 4-pounder to go with his 8-plus kicker on Day 1.

Considering the results, he said he’ll stick with the strategy on the final day of the championship on Wednesday.

“I was really excited,” he said. “It was really cool to catch a fish that big. It was like a once in a lifetime thing.”

Rein is fishing alone this week as school is just letting out this week in Pittsford, N.Y., where he lives. He was able to take his final exams early, but he knew he likely would fish alone if he made the nationals (which he did for the third consecutive year as New York’s youth champion). He finished seventh in last year’s junior championship when he paired with Garrett Lawton to catch a two-day total of 8-1.

One day into the 2017 tournament and he’s nearly doubled that output — by himself.

Golubjatnikov has competition hot on his heels, however. The Louisiana duo of Jordan Sylvester and Jacob Tullier caught a limit that weighed 15-1. Sylvester boated a 5-7 bass to anchor the team’s bag and put them only 12 ounces behind the leader. It was the second-heaviest bass caught on Tuesday.

“I think tomorrow’s going to be fun,” Sylvester said. “We’re going to go out and try to do the same thing we did today.”

Golubjatnikov and the Louisiana pair were the teams to weigh double-digit bags on Tuesday. The tandems of Bradlee Parish and Tyler Guin of Mississippi and Colby Carrier and Abe Lafrance of Maine both weighed 9-15 totals, but the Mississippi boys are in third place officially because they boated five bass on Tuesday. Carrier and Lafrance caught four keepers.

Florida’s Fisher Cusic and SammyJay Acree are in fifth place with 9-12.

In all, the 101 junior anglers caught 195 bass on Tuesday for a total weight of 271-2. There were 28 limits among the 50 teams that came to the scales. Only one team zeroed.

Today’s weights will carry over to the final day of fishing on Wednesday. The team with the best two-day total will split $2,000 in scholarship money, though if Golubjatnikov still leads the field after the final weigh-in, he will have the entire prize to himself. Members of the second-place team will share $1,000 in scholarship funds.

Takeoff will begin at 6 a.m. CT Wednesday at Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreation Lake in Huntingdon. Final weigh-in will be held in downtown Huntingdon beginning at 1:45 p.m.

The local host for the event is the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce.

 

Bassmaster Junior Championship

6/20/2017 – 6/21/2017

Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake – Paris, TN

STANDINGS BOATER DAY 1

Name # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz

1 Rein Golubjatnikov – NY – Rochester Jr Bassmasters 5 4 15-13 5 4 15-13

2 Jordan Sylvester – Jacob Tullier LA – Jr Southwest Bassmasters 5 4 15- 1 5 4 15-1

3 Bradlee Parish – Tyler Guin MS – Monroe County Youth Bassmaste 5rs 5 9-15 5 5 9-15

4 Colby Carrier – Abe Lafrance ME – LA Jr Bassmasters 4 4 9-15 4 4 9-15

5 Fisher Cusic – SammyJay Acree FL – Lakeland Junior Bassmasters 5 5 9-12 5 5 9-12

6 Gunner West – Brandon Hammontree OK – Spiro Bulldog Fishing 5 5 9- 8 5 5 9- 8

7 Miller Dowling – Chandlar Hollingsworth AL – American Christian Academy 5 5 9- 3 5 5 9-3

8 Mitchell Straffon – Henri Sturm MI – Fenton Jr Bass Fishing 5 5 8-10 5 5 8-10

9 Cole Moulton – Ryder Whitworth NH – New Hampshire Jr Bassmasters 4 4 8- 1 4 4 8-1

10 Landon Smith – Logan Busbee SC – Wright Middle School 5 4 7- 6 5 4 7-6

11 Jack Mutzabaugh – Eli Stendig VA – Orange County Jr Anglers 5 5 7- 2 5 5 7-2

12 Logan Powell – Cameron Irizarry WV – Little Kanawha Jr Bassmasters 5 5 6-15 5 5 6-15

12 Laindree Richardson – Trey McKinney IL – Franklin County Jr 5 5 6-15 5 5 6-15

14 Phillip Herring – Calup Williams MS – Greene County Youth Bassmaste 5rs 5 6-12 5 5 6-12

15 Marshal Robinson – Mason Fulmer SC – Byrnes Rebels 5 5 6- 7 5 5 6-7

16 Ashton Rasberry – Bladen Rasberry NC – NCBN Eastern Trail 5 4 6- 6 5 4 6-6

17 Tyler Bahr – Troy Peterson MN – Brainerd Jr 5 5 6- 5 5 5 6-5

18 Nathan Canaday – Kyle Davis NC – GC’s Junior Fishing Rams 5 5 6- 3 5 5 6-3

19 Bailey Harden – Grainger Pollert IN – Columbus East 5 5 6- 0 5 5 6-0

19 Jacob Nekvinda – Coleton Usher IA – Eastern Iowa Jr Bassmasters 5 5 6- 0 5 5 6-0

21 Jace McNutt – Nathan Harris AL – Tuscaloosa County 5 5 5-15 5 5 5-15

22 Dominic Fiorille – Curtis Russler MD – Jr Potomac Bassmasters 5 5 5-11 5 5 5-11

23 Remington Barkley – Josh Elsey MI – Junior MI Bass Anglers 5 3 5- 7 5 3 5-7

24 Caleb Reynolds – Lex Thompson GA – Bainbridge BassCats 5 5 5- 6 5 5 5-6

25 Hayden Hedrick – Jacob Neff VA – Frederick County Bass Wranglers 5 5 5- 5 5 5 5-5

26 Austin Haney – Dylan Haney WI – New Richmond Bass Club 5 5 5- 4 5 5 5-4

27 Hadley Louderbaugh – Carter Chorinster MO – KC Youth Bassmaster 5 5 5- 3 5 5 5-3

27 Walker McElroy – Brayden Cooper TX – Lone Star Jr Bassmasters 5 5 5- 3 5 5 5-3

29 Brent Randall – Giancarlo Russo FL – Quincy Jr Bassmasters 5 3 5- 1 5 3 5-1

30 Reece Keeney – Bryce Moder WI – Waupaca Jr Bass Busters 5 4 4-14 5 4 4-14

31 Tristan Hiuser – Aaron Nijjar ON – KW Cambridge Jr Bassmasters 4 4 4-13 4 4 4-13

32 Jon Anderson – Aannin Kalwara RI – Rhode Island Jr Bassmasters 4 4 4- 3 4 4 4-3

33 Jacob Long – Caleb Roblin LA – Jr Southwest Bassmasters 4 4 4- 2 4 4 4-2

34 Destiny Parsell – Riley Albanese WV – Berkley Springs Jr Fishing Team 4 4 4- 0 4 4 4-0

35 Elijah Benson – CJ Hudson GA – Dawson Christian Academy 4 3 3- 7 4 3 3-7

36 Zachary Taylor – Noah Burnette TN – Walker Valley Bass Club 3 3 3- 1 3 3 3-1

37 Carter Wijangco – Caden Petrille IL – Off the Hook Bassmaster Jrs 3 3 3- 0 3 3 3-0

38 Ethan Johnson – Jack Hennies MN – Pequot Lakes 3 2 2-14 3 2 2-14

39 David Derlak – Andon Goins TN – Rhea County Eagle Anglers 3 3 2-11 3 3 2-11

40 Andrew Gaynor – Beau McQuade MD – Jr Potomac Bassmasters 2 2 2- 7 2 2 2-7

41 Lane Allen – Colton Hefner OK – Noble Jr Bass Club 2 2 2- 5 2 2 2-5

42 James Bressler – Julian Dent OH – Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets 2 2 2- 3 2 2 2-3

43 Dominic Cecco – Dylan Henrie PA – Susquehanna Valley Fishing Team 2 2 2- 0 2 2 2-0

44 Mayer McCrary – Tanner Dreiling TX – Lone Star Jr Bassmasters 1 1 1-15 1 1 1-15

45 Mike Abbott – Ryan Kovatch OH – Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets 1 1 1- 3 1 1 1-3

45 Nicholas Herrman – Kyle Herrman KS – Topeka Jr Hawgs 1 1 1- 3 1 1 1-3

47 Chanler Break – Chaney Weick KY – Bottomline Jr Bassmasters 1 1 1- 2 1 1 1-2

47 Brayden Stotler – Ezra Elkins IN – Southside Anglers 1 1 1- 2 1 1 1-2

49 Caden Usher – Hunter Rawson IA – Eastern Iowa Jr Bassmasters 1 1 0-15 1 1 0-15

50 Evan Kembel – Aiden Steury CO – Fighting Fishsticks 1 1 0-14 1 1 0-14

51 Logan Cisneroz – Cristian Girardi CO – Fighting Fishsticks 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0-0

BIG BASS

Day Name City,State Lbs-Oz

1 Rein Golubjatnikov Pittsford, NY 8-2

TOTALS

Day # Fish # Live Lbs-Oz # Limits

1 195 184 271-2 28

DORTCH WINS FLW TOUR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR TITLE

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MINNEAPOLIS (June 20, 2017) – Pro angler Bradley Dortch of Atmore, Alabama, finished the 2017 FLW Tour regular-season in 18th place overall – the highest of any Tour rookie – with 1,087 points, earning him the prestigious FLW Tour Rookie of the Year (ROY) title.

Each year, the ROY title is awarded to the rookie pro who has the highest year-end point total in the standings at the conclusion of the regular-season. Dortch secured the crown at the 2017 season-finale on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, last week, finishing the tournament in 86th place and qualifying for his first Forrest Wood Cup championship appearance.

“Making the Forrest Wood Cup was my main goal this season, but winning Rookie of the Year is a nice bonus,” said Dortch. “I know guys like (Quaker State pro) Scott Canterbury have won this title and have gone on to excel at this level, so to be in the same category as them means the world to me.”

Dortch was an early front-runner for the ROY title after posting a strong 15th-place finish in his first event as a professional on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama. He stumbled a bit after landing in 87th at Lake Travis in Jonestown, Texas, but quickly rebounded with a victory at the Tour’s third stop on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Leesburg, Florida.

Dortch spent most of the season neck-and-neck in the ROY race with fellow Alabama rookie Justin Atkins, of Florence, Alabama. After an 85th place showing on Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Kentucky, Dortch finished 14th on Beaver Lake in Rogers, Arkansas, and pulled comfortably ahead of Atkins to sit atop the standings. At the sixth event of the season on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Dortch finished 32nd while Atkins finished 10th, putting the title back up for grabs as the race came down to a dramatic finish on the Potomac River.

“I knew it was going to come down to me and Justin at the end,” said Dortch. “When the schedule came out last year, I was glad to see the Potomac River in there because I figured it would be my kind of deal. But, I never thought it would be the make-or-break tournament for Rookie of the Year, or that I would even be in the running.”

Dortch ended up placing 86th on the Potomac River, but Atkins’ 47th-place finish wasn’t enough to close the gap and Dortch clinched the coveted title by 11 points.

The top 5 rookies on the 2017 FLW Tour finished:

1st:          *Bradley Dortch, Atmore, Ala., 1,087 points

2nd:         *Justin Atkins, Florence, Ala., 1,076 points

3rd:          *Joey Cifuentes, Clinton, Ark., 992 points

4th:          *Aaron Britt, Yuba City, Calif., 981 points

5th:          Dylan Hays, Sheridan, Ark., 877 points

* denotes 2017 Forrest Wood Cup qualification

The FLW Tour Rookie of the Year title is determined by the total accumulated points from regular-season events. Two hundred points are awarded for a win, 199 for second, 198 for third, and so on.

The next FLW Tour event for Dortch will be the 2017 Forrest Wood Cup championship held on Lake Murray, August 11-13, in Columbia, South Carolina.

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SHELBY’S THRIFT CLAIMS SECOND FLW TOUR ANGLER OF THE YEAR TITLE

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SHELBY’S THRIFT CLAIMS SECOND FLW TOUR ANGLER OF THE YEAR TITLE

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MINNEAPOLIS (June 20, 2017) –  Pro angler Bryan Thrift of Shelby, North Carolina, capped off an incredible season this weekend, winning his second FLW Tour Angler of the Year (AOY) title and the $100,000 prize Saturday at the FLW Tour’s final 2017 regular-season event on the Potomac River.

Thrift started the FLW Tour season off with back-to-back second-place finishes in February at Alabama’s Lake Guntersville and Lake Travis in Texas. He posted a sixth-place showing in March on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Florida, then continued the hot streak through April with finishes of 12th place at Lake Cumberland in Kentucky and a third-place finish at the Tour’s annual stop at Beaver Lake in Arkansas. He wrapped up the season with respectable finishes on two river systems – 59th on the Mississippi River in Wisconsin and 48th on the Potomac River in Maryland.

Thrift now joins an illustrious club of David Dudley (three), Andy Morgan (three), Clark Wendlandt (three), and Jay Yelas (two) as anglers with multiple FLW Tour AOY titles.

“The Angler of the Year is the greatest accomplishment you can have in professional fishing,” Thrift said after clinching the title. “You were the best fisherman all year long. Not one tournament, not the championship, but all year long.”

The FLW Tour Angler of the Year title is determined by the total accumulated points from seven regular-season events. Two hundred points are awarded for a win, 199 for second, 198 for third, and so on. Thrift earned the title with 1,275 out of a possible 1,400 points, successfully fending off reigning three-time AOY Morgan (1,231), 2006 AOY Anthony Gagliardi (1,192), Jeff Sprague (1,176), and three-time AOY Dudley (1,161).

Thrift, an 11-year veteran of the Tour, earned his first AOY title in 2010, when he posted top-10 finishes in four of the five regular-season tournaments, then added another at the Forrest Wood Cup.

“It’s nice to finally win it again,” the 37-year old Thrift said. “I think I blew Angler of the Year three or four times since then (2010). To be able to do it the first season we’ve had seven events, to me that’s a huge accomplishment.”

Along with the Angler of the Year title, which annually goes to the Tour’s most dominant bass angler, Thrift earned the top prize of $100,000 and became the first angler to officially punch his ticket to the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup next fall.

Thrift has fished as a professional on the FLW Tour since 2007. Over the past 10 seasons, Thrift has finished outside the top-10 just once in the end of the year AOY standings, an impressive feat when you consider most FLW Tour events feature more than 160 anglers competing each season.

The next FLW Tour event for Thrift will be the 2017 Forrest Wood Cup Championship on Lake Murray, August 11-13 in Columbia, South Carolina.

Coverage of Thrift’s historic Angler of the Year win on the Potomac River will premiere in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) Sept. 20 from Noon.-1 p.m. EDT. 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 a full schedule of events, 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.

Buff, Inc. Taps Traditions Media for Media Communications Role

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Santa Rosa, California (June 20, 2017) – For over a quarter century, BUFF® has been an integral element of America’s outdoors tradition; so, it seems perfectly fitting that the company’s U.S. subsidiary, has retained Traditions Media for marketing and public relations services.

Billing itself as “The Anti-Agency Agency,” the Minneapolis-based outfit specializes in progressive public relations, media buying, media communications and social media for the outdoor industry. Led by seasoned marketer, Noel Vick, Traditions roots its reputation in a well-documented track record of power-branding and influencer marketing strategies designed to move the needle.

“The team of communications specialists at Traditions Media brings not only an energy and enthusiasm befitting the BUFF® image, but also the proven skills and experience to advance our message of superior design and acute attention to the needs of outdoor sports enthusiasts,” said Shirley Brunetti, Vice President and General Manager of Buff, Inc. “We’re particularly pleased that Traditions Media works closely with the fishing, hunting and paddle sports communities — all activities with clear applications for many BUFF® products.”

Having invented the tubular headwear category 25 years ago, BUFF® now offers a versatile lineup of performance headwear, as well as arm and hand protection serving anglers, hunters, kayakers, cyclists, runners, campers and anyone pursuing their outdoor passion.

With a nod to Traditions Media’s tenured presence in the outdoors industry and its zeal for creative storytelling, Brunetti describes this as a good fit for the company committed to making sure that comfort comes with stylish flair.

“From our original multifunctional headwear and headbands to our gloves and UV arm sleeves, BUFF® continues to optimize the outdoors experience,” Brunetti said. “We are confident that Traditions Media brings the expertise to help us promote the BUFF® brand in a diverse array of activities.”

Noting his whole-hearted agreement, Vick adds this: “If it weren’t for sunburn, bug bites and chilly winds, the great outdoors would be absolutely perfect. But thanks to BUFF®, those concerns are minimized so the fun can be maximized.

“This is really a great story that anyone who enjoys being outside needs to hear. It’s our job to tell that story and, you know what, we’re super excited to tell it, because this team of anglers, paddlers, bikers and hunters at Traditions Media would gladly trade fresh air for AC any day — we just don’t want to do it without our BUFF®!”

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