OLD SPICE RENEWS FLW SPONSORSHIP February 13,2017

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February 14, 2017

OLD SPICE RENEWS FLW SPONSORSHIP

MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 13, 2017) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced today a sponsorship extension with Procter & Gamble to continue to feature the Old Spice brand and products in 2017. Financial terms were not available.

The Old Spice brand will receive exposure at Costa FLW Series, FLW Tour and Forrest Wood Cup championship events including interactive expo space, mainstage signage and a custom-wrapped Ranger boat. Old Spice will also be represented on the 2017 FLW Tour by 10-year veteran Greg Bohannan of Bentonville, Arkansas, who will be entering his third consecutive year as an ambassador for the manliest grooming brand on the planet.

“I’ve had so much fun teaming up with Old Spice,” said Bohannan. “It’s been a pleasure speaking to outdoor fans all over the country about FLW and promoting Old Spice products. Old Spice appeals to anglers of all ages and I am pleased to represent such a great brand.”

In addition to promotion at FLW’s tournaments, Old Spice products will also be featured on FLWFishing.com, in FLW Bass Fishing magazine and as part of the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show.

“FLW is proud of our relationship with Old Spice and their commitment to the sport of professional bass fishing,” said FLW President of Marketing Trish Blake. “Their products are a favorite amongst FLW fans and anglers, making our partnership a natural fit.”

Just in time for the 2017 FLW Tour season, Old Spice also announces new Hydro Wash body wash to its Hardest Working Collection, the brand’s highest-performing anti-perspirants and body washes in the world. Offering superior hydration with over 20% hydro-moisturizing complex, new Hydro Wash features a thicker and richer lather that delivers unparalleled performance for guys that demand more from their grooming products. With its combined superior hydration, cleansing power and lasting Old Spice scents, Hydro Wash is designed for hard-working guys – especially those looking to combat fish and sweat smells after a day out on the water.

In conjunction with the FLW sponsorship, Old Spice will also be a part of the National Fishing and Boating Week expos being held at Walmart stores around the country, June 3-11. FLW and its partners will host a two-hour expo at local Walmart stores that will be packed with games, prizes and fishing tips from FLW anglers for the entire family. National Fishing and Boating Week takes place the first full week of June every year.

About FLW

FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2017 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW conducts more than 274 bass-fishing tournaments annually across the United States and sanctions tournaments in Canada, China, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show, broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat: @FLWFishing.

First Look: Berkley Gulp Crawdad Spray By Walker Smith February 9th 2017

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First Look: Berkley Gulp Crawdad Spray

Walker Smith

February 9th 2017

This soft plastics scent helps bass hold on longer, resulting in a better hookup ratio when the bite is tough.

I’ve become a pretty big believer in fish attractant sprays over the years. The name can be a bit misleading because I’m still on the fence regarding whether they actually “attract” fish to your bait, but I certainly believe they can make fish hold on longer before setting the hook.

For the last year or so, I’ve been using Berkley Gulp Crawdad Spray quite a bit whenever I’m pitching or flipping soft plastics. There have been several instances in which this spray has greatly reduced the number of short strikes throughout a day of fishing.

Here’s what I think you should know about it.

Bass Edge’s The Edge – Episode 249 – Scott Suggs February 1, 2017

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Bass Edge’s The Edge – Episode 249 – Scott Suggs
February 1, 2017
2017 FLW Tour Pro and MLF ‘Selects’ competitor, Scott Suggs is featured on Bass Edge Radio presented by MegaWare KeelGuard. Scott discusses with Aaron and Kurt his early season strategies for 2017 and the effects of an abnormally warm winter season.

Wheeler Overcomes Week Of Adversity To Win Bassmaster Elite At Cherokee Lake

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Wheeler Overcomes Week Of Adversity To Win Bassmaster Elite At Cherokee Lake

Jacob Wheeler of Indianapolis, Ind., wins the 2017 Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake held out of Knoxville/Jefferson County, Tenn., on Sunday, with a four-day total weight of 69 pounds, 13 ounces.

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Feb. 12, 2017

Wheeler Overcomes Week Of Adversity To Win Bassmaster Elite At Cherokee Lake

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KNOXVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — At only 26 years of age, Jacob Wheeler has already won more than his share of big-money bass tournaments.

But he’s never won one under the same set of circumstances he faced this week during the Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake — and he’s quick to admit that he may never do it again.

After a week of adversity that some anglers don’t face in an entire season, Wheeler won the event and its $100,000 first-place prize with a four-day total of 69 pounds, 13 ounces. A final-day catch of 18-3 — his biggest of the tournament — helped him jump from third place into the winner’s spot.

Jamie Hartman finished second with 69-3, and Jesse Wiggins, who held a slim lead through the first three rounds of fishing, placed third with 69-0.

“I’ve won a few tournaments in my day,” Wheeler said. “But this one is by far the craziest, coolest win I’ve ever had — there’s nothing even close to it.

“Just all of the adversity that went down was so crazy — and through all of that, to go out and not only catch a limit every day, but to also catch winning bags every day, that’s just amazing.”

Wheeler had a fairly normal opening round, catching 17-10 to land in second place. But on the second day, things got crazy.

During pre-practice, Wheeler said he graphed the entire lake and had 1,600 waypoints marked from one end of the fishery to the other on his depthfinder. But an electronics mix-up on Friday left him without half of those waypoints, and he had to do much of his fishing by memory.

He still managed 16-15 to stay among the leaders.

Then on Saturday, one of his batteries malfunctioned, leaving him without a working trolling motor. So he took advantage of a little-known B.A.S.S. rule that allows a stranded angler to fish with another competitor as long as a marshal is present.

While fishing with Elite Series rookie Dustin Connell, Wheeler caught two of his biggest fish of the day and brought 17-1 to the scales to land in second place heading into Championship Sunday.

“I had a lot of places to fish on this lake,” Wheeler said. “I think that’s what helped me fight through all of the things that happened as much as anything else.”

On the final day, having a wide selection of areas to choose from made all the difference.

He came into the day trailing Wiggins and Hartman — two anglers who had done most of their damage on just one spot all week. Their fish became more finicky as the week went on, and Wheeler was able to run-and-gun his way past them.

“I had a backup card with all of my waypoints, so I had them back for days 3 and 4,” Wheeler said. “I could run to every rock, every boulder, every piece of structure I had found in practice.

“The smallmouth can be hard to see on this lake because of all the rocks, but you can see them if you know what you’re looking for. That’s the key — looking at the graph and deciding whether you want to stop and fish.”

Wheeler relied all week on a VMC Moon Eye Jighead with a 3-inch soft jerkbait in simple pearl white. He was watching for smallmouth on his Lowrance depthfinder and literally dropping the bait to specific fish in 20 to 30 feet of water.

He caught the biggest part of his limit during one 10-minute stretch around 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

“It was absolutely crazy,” Wheeler said. “I was fishing a little pond, and I came across a wad of fish. There were so many of them that I thought they might be stripers. But I know the difference between stripers and smallmouth on my graph, and I thought those looked like big, old smallmouth.

“I dropped my bait down and about 20 of them came up at one time. It was crazy.”

Despite the amazing flurry, Wheeler still felt like he needed one more good fish as the day was winding down. He got it just in nick of time.

“Later in the day, I went to fish a place down near the dam where I caught a lot of my really big, big fish this week,” he said. “I went there, I hooked one, and it was a 3 3/4-pounder. That was the winning bite, and it happened about 20 minutes before quitting time.”

Since Wheeler has won so much money on other major trails, he’s labeled a newcomer this year instead of a rookie on the Elite Series. But this was technically his second Elite Series win.

He qualified for the 2014 BASSfest event on Chickamauga Lake because of his solid finishes in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens. He won that tournament and an automatic berth into the 2015 GEICO Bassmaster Classic.

Though he’s batting 1,000 in Elite events, he knows the level of competition he’ll be facing the rest of the season.

“Trust me, I didn’t expect to win this one,” Wheeler said, laughing. “Right now, I’m feeling pretty dang good.”

Fishing was predicted to be outstanding on Cherokee Lake, a fishery the Elite Series had never visited before, and it didn’t disappoint. True, it didn’t produce any giant bass — a 5-5 bass caught by Randall Tharp was big enough to win the $1,500 Phoenix Boats Big Bass award — but the 110 anglers weighed in 1,159 keeper bass during the event, and those bass averaged nearly 3 pounds apiece.

Wheeler was awarded $1,000 for the leading the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points race at the end of the event.

Hartman earned the Power-Pole Captain’s Cash Award of $1,000 for being the highest-placing angler who is registered and eligible and uses a client-approved product on his boat.

Wiggins earned $500 as the recipient of the Livingston Lures Day 2 Leader Award.

The event was hosted by the Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County and Visit Knoxville.

Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$

1. Jacob Wheeler Indianapolis, IN 20 69-13 110 $101,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-10 Day 2: 5 16-15 Day 3: 5 17-01 Day 4: 5 18-03
2. Jamie Hartman Newport, NY 20 69-03 109 $26,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-10 Day 2: 5 16-13 Day 3: 5 17-09 Day 4: 5 17-03
3. Jesse Wiggins Cullman, AL 20 69-00 108 $20,500.00
Day 1: 5 19-01 Day 2: 5 16-14 Day 3: 5 16-14 Day 4: 5 16-03
4. Seth Feider Bloomington, MN 20 65-13 107 $15,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-10 Day 2: 5 15-01 Day 3: 5 16-13 Day 4: 5 15-05
5. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 20 65-00 106 $14,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-05 Day 2: 5 16-12 Day 3: 5 17-15 Day 4: 5 18-00
6. Josh Bertrand Gilbert, AZ 20 64-14 105 $13,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-08 Day 2: 5 15-00 Day 3: 5 17-09 Day 4: 5 15-13
7. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 20 64-04 104 $13,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-12 Day 2: 5 16-14 Day 3: 5 14-10 Day 4: 5 16-00
8. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 20 64-01 103 $14,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-04 Day 2: 5 20-11 Day 3: 5 15-01 Day 4: 5 16-01
9. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 20 62-12 102 $12,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-11 Day 2: 5 15-02 Day 3: 5 15-10 Day 4: 5 16-05
10. Ott DeFoe Knoxville, TN 20 62-01 101 $11,500.00
Day 1: 5 15-02 Day 2: 5 16-14 Day 3: 5 15-04 Day 4: 5 14-13
11. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 20 61-04 100 $11,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-00 Day 2: 5 14-04 Day 3: 5 18-00 Day 4: 5 13-00
12. Brandon Palaniuk Hayden, ID 19 54-10 99 $10,500.00
Day 1: 5 17-03 Day 2: 5 15-04 Day 3: 5 13-12 Day 4: 4 08-07
PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 05-05 $1,500.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 73 453 1277-08
2 65 435 1229-05
3 33 212 605-05
4 11 59 185-05
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182 1159 3297-07

Bass Edge’s The Edge – Episode 248 – Don Rucks January 15, 2017

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Bass Edge’s The Edge – Episode 248 – Don Rucks
January 15, 2017
Bass Edge Radio presented by MegaWare KeelGuard chats with Major League Fishing Commissioner Don Rucks and gets an interesting look from an industry insider.

SURPRISE’S URIBE JR. WINS COSTA FLW SERIES WESTERN DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE HAVASU PRESENTED BY RANGER BOATS

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SURPRISE’S URIBE JR. WINS COSTA FLW SERIES WESTERN DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE HAVASU PRESENTED BY RANGER BOATS

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LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (Feb. 11, 2017) – Joe Uribe Jr. of Surprise, Arizona, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 22 pounds, 1 ounce, Saturday to claim top honors at the Costa FLW Series Western Division opener on Lake Havasu presented by Ranger Boats. Uribe’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 51 pounds, 13 ounces, was enough to earn him $80,838, including a new Ranger Z518C boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

“The feeling is very surreal right now,” said Uribe, who also won the FLW Series event on Lake Havasu when the Series last visited the fishery in 2015. “I only fish FLW events out west, and couldn’t do it at this level without the support of my sponsors. I’m truly blessed.”

Uribe said he primarily spent his mornings targeting largemouth bass in Windsor Basin and his afternoons targeting smallmouth near rock piles. He said he caught all of his largemouth bass this week on a custom 7-inch swimbait, the same lure he used to win the event in 2015.

“I focused on shallow bays littered with tules and caught three largemouth on Day One,” said Uribe. “When the sun came out, I headed out to deep rock piles looking for smallmouth. I used a “Ned rig”. It was a 3/16-ounce mushroom-head jig with a 7-inch Watermelon Laminate-colored Yamamoto Senko, cut down to 3 inches. I caught two smallmouth on it, including a 3- and a 4-pounder. Of the seven total bites I had that day, those two were my key fish.”

Uribe said he followed a similar pattern on Friday.

“I started out throwing the swimbait in the same shallow tules and got some bites,” said Uribe. “Around noon, I went back out to the rock piles with the Ned rig and caught a 3-pound smallmouth. On Friday, I found that the bass were really moving shallow, so on Saturday, I knew I’d be staying up near the bank.”

Uribe said he finished the tournament in Windsor Basin, using the swimbait to put together his limit.

“I fished every shallow pocket with tules and stained water that I could find,” said Uribe. “I fished slow and methodically, and caught 10 largemouth. I never lost a fish all week, which was huge for me.”

The top 10 pros on Lake Havasu were:

1^st: Joe Uribe Jr., Surprise, Ariz., 15 bass, 51-13, $80,838

2^nd: Mike Nichelini, Napa, Calif., 13 bass, 46-0, $13,810

3^rd: Jason Hickey, Weiser, Idaho, 15 bass, 45-14, $10,692

4^th: Roy Hawk, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., 14 bass, 45-9, $9,010

5^th: Marty Lawrence, Mesa, Ariz., 14 bass, 45-2, $8,019

6^th: Gary Collins, Upper Lake, Calif., 14 bass, 42-7, $7,128

7^th: Justin Kerr, Simi Valley, Calif., 15 bass, 42-5, $6,237

8^th: Robert Lee, Angels Camp, Calif., 15 bass, 42-3, $5,346

9^th: Mark Williams, Blythe, Calif., 12 bass, 41-5, $4,455

10^th: Johnny Johnson, Lakeside, Ariz., 13 bass, 37-13, $3,564

A complete list of results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Bink Desaro of Meridian, Idaho, caught a 7-pound, 3-ounce bass Friday – the biggest of the tournament in the Pro Division. For his catch, Desaro earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $248.

Andrew Levy of Grover Beach, California, won the Co-angler Division and $27,000, including a Ranger Z175 with a 90-horsepower Evinrude outboard motor. Levy earned his win with a three-day total catch of six bass weighing 21 pounds, 15 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers on Lake Havasu were:

1^st: Andrew Levy, Grover Beach, Calif., six bass, 21-15, $27,000

2^nd: Lon Armel, Scottsdale, Ariz., eight bass, 20-12, $4,582

3^rd: Scott Bern, San Rafael, Calif., six bass, 18-3, $3,636

4^th: James Poff, Apple Valley, Calif., seven bass, 17-6, $3,137

5^th: Brent Benish, San Diego, Calif., seven bass, 17-4, $2,689

6^th: James Tate, Calabasas, Calif., six bass, 17-1, $2,241

7^th: Mark Dietrick, San Jose, Calif., seven bass, 15-7, $1,793

8^th: Jason Cloke, Alpine, Calif., five bass, 15-0, $1,569

9^th: Dale Roesener, Las Vegas, Nev., seven bass, 14-6, $1,345

10^th: Kyle Gelles, Pingree, Idaho, five bass, 13-11, $1,120

Justin Bolen of Paradise, California, caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Co-angler Division Friday, a fish weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces that earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $165.

The Costa FLW Series on Lake Havasu was hosted by the Lake Havasu City Convention & Visitors Bureau. It was the first Western Division tournament of 2017. The next Costa FLW Series tournament will be the Southwestern Division opener, held Feb. 23-25, on Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Jasper, Texas. For a complete schedule, visit FLWFishing.com.

The Costa FLW Series consists of five U.S. divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western. Each division consists of three tournaments with competitors vying for valuable points that could earn them the opportunity to fish in the Costa FLW Series Championship. The 2017 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Nov. 2-4 on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Costa FLW Series on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing.

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Wiggins Rides One Spot To Day 3 Lead At Bassmaster Elite On Cherokee Lake

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Wiggins Rides One Spot To Day 3 Lead At Bassmaster Elite On Cherokee Lake

Jesse Wiggins of Cullman, Ala., maintains the lead on the third day of the Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake, bringing 16 pounds, 14 ounces to the scales on Saturday for a three-day total weight of 52-13.

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Feb. 11, 2017

Wiggins Rides One Spot To Day 3 Lead At Bassmaster Elite On Cherokee Lake

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KNOXVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Jesse Wiggins wishes he had a more exciting story to tell about the Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake.

He wishes there was some drama or even a near-miss that might give him a funny story for the weigh-in stand.

But it just hasn’t been that kind of tournament for him.

“I’m just going around in circles on spot, looking for fish on my graph,” said Wiggins, who caught 16 pounds, 14 ounces Saturday to maintain the overall lead with a three-day total of 52-13. “When I see one, I drop down to it and try to get it to bite. It’s the simplest thing you’ve ever seen.

“It’s been the same thing every day.”

How repetitive has it been?

The Elite Series rookie from Cullman, Ala., also caught five smallmouth Friday that weighed 16-14. If he catches 16-14 again Sunday, it could get downright spooky.

“I’m sitting in the same spot — a place about the size of three boats — all day long,” Wiggins said. “The reason I’m spending all of my time there is because I don’t know anywhere else to get a bite.”

Wiggins said he knew immediately from looking at his depthfinder that the fish were still visible Saturday morning when he pulled up for the third straight day. He said the fish were still there, the baitfish were still there — nothing had changed — but the fish were a lot more finicky than they had been the two previous days.

“I think it’s just because they had never been fished before,” he said. “Now that I’ve been hitting them pretty hard for a couple of days, they’re acting a little differently.”

The leader said he has no idea what he’ll do Sunday morning if he pulls up to the hot spot and there’s no sign of the predator fish and the forage fish they’ve been chasing.

He’s only caught one largemouth bass all week — a 4-9 lunker that anchored his Day 1 catch of 19-1 — and he referred to that fish as a “bonus.” It was sharing the same waters with the smallmouth, and that’s a rare occurrence.

“You definitely can’t count on that happening again,” Wiggins said. “If I pull up to that place in the morning and everything’s gone I’m not just going to sit there. But I honestly don’t know what I’ll do if I have to go look for largemouth.”

Wiggins, who has won two events on the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens circuit, during the past 10 months, is leading fellow Elite Series rookie Jamie Hartman (52-0) by only 13 ounces.

The New York deep-water specialist caught 17-9 Saturday fishing the same deep, wintertime pattern he’s been fishing all week. Like Wiggins, he’s having a hard time getting once-eager fish to bite.

“My fish are finicky, for sure,” Hartman said. “I had a morning bite that was pretty awesome (Thursday and Friday), but today it was terrible. I’ve just about used up my fish. I’m in a certain area, and I just don’t think it’s replenishing.”

Like most anglers, Hartman wouldn’t reveal the lure he was using with fishing left to be done. But he did say when he goes a long time between bites, he switches colors to see if he can get the bass fired up again.

“I change colors depending on their mood, I guess,” Hartman said. “If I see a fish down there on the graph, I’ll drop one color down to it. Then I’ll literally throw that one down on the deck, grab the other one and drop it down to the fish. I just let the fish tell me what they want.”

While Wiggins and Hartman have had run-of-the-mill tournaments, Jacob Wheeler (51-10) will have stories to tell for a while — even if he can’t erase the 1-3 deficit that has him in third place heading into Championship Sunday.

On Friday, an electronics snafu left Wheeler with only half the waypoints he had marked for the lake during pre-practice. On Saturday, his trolling motor went out leaving him with no way to stay on the fish once he found them.

Wheeler, who is labeled a newcomer on the Elite Series instead of a rookie due to his career earnings on other trails, took advantage of a little-known B.A.S.S. rule that allows a stranded angler to fish with another competitor as long as a marshal is present.

He hitched a ride with another rookie, Dustin Connell.

“Being on a new tour, I’ve read the rules from front to back and over and over again, so I knew it was legal,” Wheeler said. “I was so fortunate to have Dustin Connell allow me to come and jump in the boat with him.

“I’m always that positive person, always thinking I’m going to catch them. Things like that don’t really bother me.”

His positivity paid off, as Wheeler caught two of his biggest fish of the day from Connell’s boat — on places that Wheeler led the pair to.

The remainder of the Top 12 was as follows: Seth Feider (50-8), Josh Bertrand (49-1), Michael Iaconelli (48-4), David Mullins (48-4), Randall Tharp (48-0), Ott DeFoe (47-4),
Paul Mueller (47-0), Matt Herren (46-7) and Brandon Palaniuk (46-3).

The tournament will resume at 7:15 a.m. ET Sunday with the anglers taking off from Cherokee Lake Dam and TVA Boat Ramp. The weigh-in will be held at the Knoxville Convention Center at 4 p.m. The Bassmaster Outdoors Expo opens at noon in the Knoxville Convention Center. All events are free and open to the public.

Anglers will be vying for a first-place prize of $100,000.

Wiggins earned $500 as recipient of the Livingston Lures Day 2 Leader Award.

Randall Tharp of Port St. Joe, Fla., is in the lead for the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award with a 5-5 largemouth.

The event is hosted by the Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County and Visit Knoxville.

2017 Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake 2/9-2/12
Cherokee Lake, Knoxville, TN.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$1. Jesse Wiggins Cullman, AL 15 52-13 110 $500.00
Day 1: 5 19-01 Day 2: 5 16-14 Day 3: 5 16-14
2. Jamie Hartman Newport, NY 15 52-00 109
Day 1: 5 17-10 Day 2: 5 16-13 Day 3: 5 17-09
3. Jacob Wheeler Indianapolis, IN 15 51-10 108
Day 1: 5 17-10 Day 2: 5 16-15 Day 3: 5 17-01
4. Seth Feider Bloomington, MN 15 50-08 107
Day 1: 5 18-10 Day 2: 5 15-01 Day 3: 5 16-13
5. Josh Bertrand Gilbert, AZ 15 49-01 106
Day 1: 5 16-08 Day 2: 5 15-00 Day 3: 5 17-09
6. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 15 48-04 105
Day 1: 5 16-00 Day 2: 5 14-04 Day 3: 5 18-00
7. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 15 48-04 104
Day 1: 5 16-12 Day 2: 5 16-14 Day 3: 5 14-10
8. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 15 48-00 103
Day 1: 5 12-04 Day 2: 5 20-11 Day 3: 5 15-01
9. Ott DeFoe Knoxville, TN 15 47-04 102
Day 1: 5 15-02 Day 2: 5 16-14 Day 3: 5 15-04
10. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 15 47-00 101
Day 1: 5 12-05 Day 2: 5 16-12 Day 3: 5 17-15
11. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 15 46-07 100
Day 1: 5 15-11 Day 2: 5 15-02 Day 3: 5 15-10
12. Brandon Palaniuk Hayden, ID 15 46-03 99
Day 1: 5 17-03 Day 2: 5 15-04 Day 3: 5 13-12
13. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 15 45-12 98 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-15 Day 2: 5 14-10 Day 3: 5 15-03
14. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 15 45-04 97 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 5 14-06 Day 3: 5 16-05
15. Russ Lane Prattville, AL 15 44-13 96 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-02 Day 2: 5 14-08 Day 3: 5 14-03
16. Jordan Lee Grant, AL 14 44-11 95 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-08 Day 2: 4 10-04 Day 3: 5 16-15
17. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 15 43-11 94 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-07 Day 2: 5 15-02 Day 3: 5 13-02
18. David Williams Newton, NC 15 43-09 93 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-01 Day 2: 5 14-09 Day 3: 5 12-15
19. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 15 43-06 92 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-04 Day 2: 5 15-00 Day 3: 5 15-02
20. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 15 43-03 91 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-07 Day 2: 5 15-06 Day 3: 5 16-06
21. James Elam Tulsa, OK 15 43-03 90 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 5 14-08 Day 3: 5 14-02
22. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 14 42-15 89 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-07 Day 2: 5 14-15 Day 3: 4 10-09
23. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 15 42-08 88 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-02 Day 2: 5 16-04 Day 3: 5 11-02
24. Hank Cherry Jr Lincolnton, NC 15 42-03 87 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-04 Day 2: 5 17-08 Day 3: 5 12-07
25. Alton Jones Jr. Lorena, TX 15 41-10 86 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 5 13-13 Day 3: 5 16-05
26. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 15 41-06 85 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 13-09 Day 3: 5 13-03
27. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 15 41-05 84 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 13-11 Day 3: 5 13-00
28. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 15 41-03 83 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-01 Day 2: 5 14-03 Day 3: 5 13-15
29. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 14 40-15 82 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-01 Day 2: 5 13-13 Day 3: 4 09-01
30. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 15 40-15 81 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 13-06 Day 3: 5 13-14
31. Brandon Coulter Knoxville, TN 13 40-09 80 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 5 15-12 Day 3: 3 09-09
32. Terry Scroggins San Mateo, FL 13 40-06 79 $10,000.00
Day 1: 3 09-03 Day 2: 5 16-01 Day 3: 5 15-02
33. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 13 39-13 78 $10,000.00
Day 1: 3 09-14 Day 2: 5 17-07 Day 3: 5 12-08
34. Adrian Avena Vineland, NJ 14 39-10 77 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-07 Day 2: 5 13-03 Day 3: 4 10-00
35. Shane Lineberger Lincolnton, NC 14 39-10 76 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-05 Day 2: 4 10-02 Day 3: 5 14-03
36. Mark Davis Mount Ida, AR 14 39-06 75 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-14 Day 2: 4 09-15 Day 3: 5 12-09
37. Dustin Connell Clanton, AL 13 39-05 74 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 5 15-10 Day 3: 3 08-03
38. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 13 38-13 73 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 5 15-01 Day 3: 3 07-01
39. Mike McClelland Bella Vista, AR 14 36-09 72 $10,000.00
Day 1: 4 09-06 Day 2: 5 16-01 Day 3: 5 11-02
40. Mark Daniels Jr. Tuskegee, AL 14 36-00 71 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 11-01 Day 3: 4 10-05
41. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 14 35-10 70 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-14 Day 2: 5 13-14 Day 3: 4 09-14
42. Andy Montgomery Blacksburg, SC 13 35-05 69 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 5 15-05 Day 3: 3 05-14
43. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 13 33-04 68 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 12-09 Day 3: 3 06-01
44. Cliff Crochet Pierre Part, LA 10 32-14 67 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 2 06-00 Day 3: 3 07-07
45. David Fritts Lexington, NC 11 32-07 66 $10,000.00
Day 1: 4 12-12 Day 2: 5 12-06 Day 3: 2 07-05
46. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 12 32-02 65 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-06 Day 2: 5 13-00 Day 3: 2 03-12
47. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 11 31-14 64 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 5 14-09 Day 3: 1 02-01
48. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 12 31-06 63 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 4 10-13 Day 3: 3 05-15
49. Paul Elias Laurel, MS 10 29-05 62 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 5 14-12 Day 3: 0 00-00
50. Darrell Ocamica New Plymouth, ID 11 28-05 61 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 12-10 Day 2: 5 13-04 Day 3: 1 02-07
51. Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL 10 28-02 60 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-03 Day 2: 5 12-15 Day 3: 0 00-00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 73 453 1277-08
2 65 435 1229-05
3 33 212 605-05
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171 1100 3112-02

Neil & Tim Huffstetler win Carolina’s Bass Challenge SC Division February 4,2017

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Neil & Tim Huffstetler win Carolina’s Bass Challenge SC Division February 4,2017

Lake Murray, SC (Feb 4, 2017)

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202 Teams entered the 1st 2017 CBC on the SC side at Lake Murray Feb 4th! Neil & Tim Huffstetler win with 26.53 lbs!! Also weigh the BF at 8.49 lbs! They also take home an extra $4,000 by fishing from their Skeeter pushing their total winnings to $15,000!

David Kneece & Terry Thomas finished 2nd with 26.19 lbs collecting $5,000 and received the 2nd Skeeter Bonus worth another $3,000. All total they took home $8,000!

Joey Bramlett & Barry Holloman were 3rd with 22.97 lbs and earn $3,500!

Jim Davis & Hampton Anderson were 4th with 22.23 lbs earning $2,500.00. They added another $2,000 in Skeeter Bonus $ putting their total winnings at $4,500!

5th went to Thomas Hardwick & Tommy Williams with 21.48 lbs. They collected $2,000 and added another $1,000 in Skeeter Bonus! All total they received a check in the amount of $3,000!

ESPN Renews ‘The Bassmasters’ Under New Multi-Year Agreement

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ESPN Renews ‘The Bassmasters’ Under New Multi-Year Agreement

Flanked by television cameras, Edwin Evers of Oklahoma casts for the winning fish in the 2016 Bassmaster Classic. Under a new multi-year agreement, ESPN will air Classic and Elite Series programs on ESPN2 and Bassmaster LIVE coverage on WatchESPN.

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February 10, 2017

ESPN Renews ‘The Bassmasters’ Under New Multi-Year Agreement

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S. and ESPN have renewed and expanded their agreement to air Bassmaster tournaments on ESPN beginning with today’s Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake on Friday, February 10, at 7 a.m. ET on Bassmaster.com and WatchESPN. This multi-year agreement includes the innovative Bassmaster LIVE and Classic LIVE on-the-water video programs.

The agreement provides for 30 hours of programming from the Bassmaster Elite Series and the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods to be aired on ESPN2. Show encores will air on ESPN Classic on select Sundays beginning July 9.

New in 2017, Bassmaster LIVE and Classic LIVE — B.A.S.S.’s cutting-edge live-stream coverage of fishing action from as many as eight high-definition cameras at each Elite event and the Classic — will be streamed live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app. LIVE programming, which has received accolades from fans since it was introduced at the GEICO Bassmaster Classic at Greenville, S.C., in 2015, will continue to be streamed on Bassmaster.com, as well.

“There is no better place for B.A.S.S. to be than on the ESPN networks,” said Mike McKinnis, vice president of media content for JM Associates, which produces B.A.S.S. television and Internet content.

“Securing another multi-year agreement with ESPN is great news for the sport and for the fans.”

Added Scott Guglielmino, ESPN senior vice president programming and Global X: “ESPN has had a longstanding history with B.A.S.S., and we’re pleased to continue that relationship with this multi-year agreement and the introduction of live streaming. Starting in 2017, fans will have the opportunity to watch the world’s greatest anglers compete live on WatchESPN.”

McKinnis is also enthusiastic about the scheduling of more than 220 hours of Bassmaster LIVE on Bassmaster.com, WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

“Technology is allowing us now to cover the sport in so many new ways, and taking Bassmaster LIVE to WatchESPN and the ESPN app is going to expose us to even more new fans. There is no better way for the mainstream fans to enjoy a sport than with live coverage.”

The multi-year agreement with ESPN provides for continued coverage of competition from the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series and the Costa Bassmaster High School tournaments presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods. Programs covering college and high school competition will air on ESPNU. Additionally, all Bassmaster Elite Series and Classic coverage will air on ESPN’s International networks and broadband players in the Caribbean and Oceania, reaching more than 40 countries outside the United States.

ESPN2 will televise the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, which is being held in Houston, Texas, on March 24-26. Fishing competition in the world championship, which will pay out more than $1 million to 52 of the best bass anglers in the world, will take place on Lake Conroe, revered for its giant largemouth bass.

Other highlights of the season include three how-to-oriented Winning Ways programs from the Classic and the Elite Series, and a special program on the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship, which will be held in September on Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, renowned by the pros for its trophy smallmouth bass.

For the second year, B.A.S.S. will stream its ground-breaking Bassmaster Classic Bracket Tournament, a live-streamed event in which anglers’ catches are weighed and then released immediately, all before a live audience on Bassmaster.com, WatchESPN and the ESPN app. That four-day competition will be held on Pokegama Lake at Grand Rapids, Minn., shortly after the AOY Championship. It will offer the eight Elite anglers just outside the Classic cut a final chance to earn one berth in the 2018 Classic.

JM Associates has been providing content to ESPN networks for 37 years, and “The Bassmasters,” which is entering its 33rd season, is the world’s longest-running television show featuring professional bass fishing competition.

Following are dates and times of programs from B.A.S.S.’s 2017 schedule on ESPN. All times are Eastern and are subject to change. Check Bassmaster.com for up-to-date programming information.

Date	Time (ET)	Show	Network(s)
Fri, February 10	7 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Fri, February 10	11:30 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Sat, February 11	7 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Sat, February 11	11:30 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Sun, February 12	7 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Sun, February 12	11:30 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Fri, February 24	7 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Fri, February 24	11:30 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Sat, February 25	7 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Sat, February 25	11:30 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Sun, February 26	7 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee (LIVE)	WatchESPN
Sun, February 26	11:30 a.m.	Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee (LIVE)	WatchESPN

Please visit ESPN MediaZone for the complete 2017 schedule: http://es.pn/2jZRBL7. Schedule subject to change. Additional information is available at Bassmaster.com.

New Faces Leading The Field At Bassmaster Elite Series Event On Cherokee

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New Faces Leading The Field At Bassmaster Elite Series Event On Cherokee

Jesse Wiggins of Cullman, Ala., takes the lead on the second day of the Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake bringing a two-day total weight of 35 pounds, 15 ounces to the scales.

Photo by Seigo Saito/Bassmaster

Feb. 10, 2017

New Faces Leading The Field At Bassmaster Elite Series Event On Cherokee

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KNOXVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — With the Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake having reached its halfway point, a trio of Elite Series newcomers are sitting atop the standings with a chance to make their mark on the trail very early in the season.

Jesse Wiggins of Cullman, Ala., came to eastern Tennessee this week, having already won two Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens in the past 10 months. Now, after catching 35 pounds, 15 ounces the first two days, Wiggins is leading his first-ever Elite Series event with a 1-6 advantage over Indiana pro Jacob Wheeler — a newcomer to the Elite Series who doesn’t qualify as a rookie because of his past career earnings on other trails.

Wiggins has relied on one incredible spot the first two days — and probably hasn’t spent more than three hours fishing it in 16 total hours of competition.

“I was done a little after 9 a.m. today,” said Wiggins, who has been catching big limits off the spot early and then ceasing fishing in hopes of “saving” more bass to catch on the remaining days of the tournament. “After that, I just backed off it and kept guarding it.”

The place is easy enough to guard, considering how small it is.

“It’s only about the size of three boats,” said Wiggins, who caught 19-1 Thursday and 16-14 Friday. “It’s just a hole in a pocket that stuck out like a sore thumb on a map. I can’t believe no one else found it.”

Wiggins said he had a tough time locating fish in practice because the lake is so full of rocks, and it can sometimes be hard to differentiate between fish and rocks on his depthfinder. But his magic spot has nothing but a clay bottom, and that makes the fish easy to see.

“I just go around in circles until I see one — and then I know it’s a fish, so I just drop down to it,” Wiggins said. “The fishing was a little slower this morning, and it took me a little longer to get a limit. But every time I set the hook on one, it was a 3-pounder.”

Wheeler began the day on a sour note, realizing he had lost about half of the waypoints he marked during practice on Cherokee because of a glitch in his GPS system. But once he moved past the shock, he managed to find enough of his good spots to catch 16-15.

“It was just a jacked-up deal,” Wheeler said. “Sometimes you just have issues like that. I learned a valuable lesson — now I know I need to have an extra card for my depthfinder with me at all times, even right before the tournament.”

Wheeler said he benefitted greatly from “sneak holes” — inconspicuous areas that were being overlooked by many anglers.

“I’m not just fishing points or flats or big areas,” Wheeler said. “I’m fishing little subtle places on those bigger areas where, if you find fish, you’re going to get bit.

“Today, I felt like the experience I’ve gained on this lake just allowed me to pull it together at the end.”

Jamie Hartman of Newport, N.Y., who is designated an Elite Series rookie, has a lot of experience fishing for smallmouth bass. Many people assumed he would feel right at home fishing deep water for smallies this week.

He said that hasn’t been the case.

“The kind of fishing I’m doing this week — I’ve never even seen this kind of fishing,” Hartman said. “The structure that’s here is awesome, but I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

So why has he been able to catch 17-10 and 16-13 the first two days?

“I went in with a game plan that they’re wintering fish, and they were going to be deep,” Hartman said. “That’s the way I’ve been fishing. It’s worked so far, but who knows how long it will hold up.”

Minnesota angler Seth Feider is in fourth place with 33-11, and Tennessee pro David Mullins is fifth with 33-10.

The tournament will resume at 7:15 a.m. ET Saturday with the Top 51 remaining anglers taking off from Cherokee Lake Dam and TVA Boat Ramp. The weigh-in will be held at the Knoxville Convention Center at 4 p.m.

The field will be trimmed to the Top 12 after Saturday’s round, with those anglers vying for the $100,000 first-place prize Sunday.

Randall Tharp of Port St. Joe, Fla., is in the lead for the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award with a 5-5 largemouth.

The event is hosted by the Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County and Visit Knoxville.

2017 Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake 2/9-2/12
Cherokee Lake, Knoxville TN.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 2

Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$

1. Jesse Wiggins Cullman, AL 10 35-15 110
Day 1: 5 19-01 Day 2: 5 16-14
2. Jacob Wheeler Indianapolis, IN 10 34-09 109
Day 1: 5 17-10 Day 2: 5 16-15
3. Jamie Hartman Newport, NY 10 34-07 108
Day 1: 5 17-10 Day 2: 5 16-13
4. Seth Feider Bloomington, MN 10 33-11 107
Day 1: 5 18-10 Day 2: 5 15-01
5. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 10 33-10 106
Day 1: 5 16-12 Day 2: 5 16-14
6. Randall Tharp Port St. Joe, FL 10 32-15 105
Day 1: 5 12-04 Day 2: 5 20-11
7. Brandon Palaniuk Hayden, ID 10 32-07 104
Day 1: 5 17-03 Day 2: 5 15-04
8. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 10 32-06 103
Day 1: 5 17-07 Day 2: 5 14-15
9. Ott DeFoe Knoxville, TN 10 32-00 102
Day 1: 5 15-02 Day 2: 5 16-14
10. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 10 31-14 101
Day 1: 5 18-01 Day 2: 5 13-13
11. Marty Robinson Lyman, SC 10 31-12 100
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 5 15-01
12. Josh Bertrand Gilbert, AZ 10 31-08 99
Day 1: 5 16-08 Day 2: 5 15-00
13. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 10 31-06 98
Day 1: 5 15-02 Day 2: 5 16-04
14. Dustin Connell Clanton, AL 10 31-02 97
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 5 15-10
15. Brandon Coulter Knoxville, TN 10 31-00 96
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 5 15-12
16. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 10 30-13 95
Day 1: 5 15-11 Day 2: 5 15-02
17. Russ Lane Prattville, AL 10 30-10 94
Day 1: 5 16-02 Day 2: 5 14-08
18. David Williams Newton, NC 10 30-10 93
Day 1: 5 16-01 Day 2: 5 14-09
19. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 10 30-09 92
Day 1: 5 15-15 Day 2: 5 14-10
20. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 10 30-09 91
Day 1: 5 15-07 Day 2: 5 15-02
21. Michael Iaconelli Pitts Grove, NJ 10 30-04 90
Day 1: 5 16-00 Day 2: 5 14-04
22. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 10 29-13 89
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 5 14-09
23. Hank Cherry Jr Lincolnton, NC 10 29-12 88
Day 1: 5 12-04 Day 2: 5 17-08
24. Adrian Avena Vineland, NJ 10 29-10 87
Day 1: 5 16-07 Day 2: 5 13-03
25. Andy Montgomery Blacksburg, SC 10 29-07 86
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 5 15-05
26. Paul Elias Laurel, MS 10 29-05 85
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 5 14-12
27. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 10 29-01 84
Day 1: 5 12-05 Day 2: 5 16-12
28. James Elam Tulsa, OK 10 29-01 83
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 5 14-08
29. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 10 28-15 82
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 5 14-06
30. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 10 28-06 81
Day 1: 5 15-06 Day 2: 5 13-00
31. Bobby Lane Jr. Lakeland, FL 10 28-05 80
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 13-11
32. Alton Jones Lorena, TX 10 28-04 79
Day 1: 5 13-04 Day 2: 5 15-00
33. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 10 28-03 78
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 13-09
34. Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL 10 28-02 77
Day 1: 5 15-03 Day 2: 5 12-15
35. Jordan Lee Grant, AL 9 27-12 76
Day 1: 5 17-08 Day 2: 4 10-04
36. Aaron Martens Leeds, AL 8 27-05 75
Day 1: 3 09-14 Day 2: 5 17-07
37. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 10 27-04 74
Day 1: 5 13-01 Day 2: 5 14-03
38. Todd Faircloth Jasper, TX 10 27-03 73
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 12-09
39. Bradley Roy Lancaster, KY 10 27-01 72
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 13-06
40. Mark Davis Mount Ida, AR 9 26-13 71
Day 1: 5 16-14 Day 2: 4 09-15
41. Boyd Duckett Guntersville, AL 10 26-13 70
Day 1: 5 11-07 Day 2: 5 15-06
42. Darrell Ocamica New Plymouth, ID 10 25-14 69
Day 1: 5 12-10 Day 2: 5 13-04
43. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 10 25-12 68
Day 1: 5 11-14 Day 2: 5 13-14
44. Mark Daniels Jr. Tuskegee, AL 10 25-11 67
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 11-01
45. Cliff Crochet Pierre Part, LA 7 25-07 66
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 2 06-00
46. Mike McClelland Bella Vista, AR 9 25-07 65
Day 1: 4 09-06 Day 2: 5 16-01
47. Shane Lineberger Lincolnton, NC 9 25-07 64
Day 1: 5 15-05 Day 2: 4 10-02
48. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 9 25-07 63
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 4 10-13
49. Alton Jones Jr. Lorena, TX 10 25-05 62
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 5 13-13
50. Terry Scroggins San Mateo, FL 8 25-04 61
Day 1: 3 09-03 Day 2: 5 16-01
51. David Fritts Lexington, NC 9 25-02 60
Day 1: 4 12-12 Day 2: 5 12-06
52. Ish Monroe Hughson, CA 8 25-01 59
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 3 09-09
53. Jacob Powroznik Port Haywood, VA 9 25-01 58
Day 1: 4 11-01 Day 2: 5 14-00
54. Keith Poche Pike Road, AL 10 25-00 57
Day 1: 5 13-06 Day 2: 5 11-10
55. John Murray Spring City, TN 10 24-15 56
Day 1: 5 11-02 Day 2: 5 13-13
56. Edwin Evers Talala, OK 8 24-08 55
Day 1: 3 10-02 Day 2: 5 14-06
57. Brett Preuett Monroe, LA 10 24-04 54
Day 1: 5 12-13 Day 2: 5 11-07
58. Scott Rook Little Rock, AR 10 24-01 53
Day 1: 5 11-07 Day 2: 5 12-10
59. John Hunter Jr Shelbyville, KY 10 23-13 52
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 5 14-06
60. Jonathon VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 9 23-12 51
Day 1: 5 14-13 Day 2: 4 08-15
61. Casey Ashley Donalds, SC 10 23-11 50
Day 1: 5 10-14 Day 2: 5 12-13
62. Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI 9 23-09 49
Day 1: 5 15-04 Day 2: 4 08-05
63. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 8 23-09 48
Day 1: 5 13-09 Day 2: 3 10-00
64. David Walker Sevierville, TN 9 23-03 47
Day 1: 4 09-06 Day 2: 5 13-13
65. Rick Clunn Ava, MO 10 22-15 46
Day 1: 5 12-03 Day 2: 5 10-12
66. Cliff Pace Petal, MS 10 22-04 45
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 5 08-15
67. Jared Lintner Arroyo Grande, CA 7 21-12 44
Day 1: 2 03-11 Day 2: 5 18-01
68. Brent Ehrler Newport Beach, CA 7 21-12 43
Day 1: 5 17-06 Day 2: 2 04-06
69. Chad Grigsby Maple Grove, MN 8 21-06 42
Day 1: 3 06-15 Day 2: 5 14-07
70. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 7 20-14 41
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 2 06-05
71. Jeff Kriet Ardmore, OK 8 20-12 40
Day 1: 5 12-13 Day 2: 3 07-15
72. Fletcher Shryock New Philadelphia, OH 9 20-11 39
Day 1: 5 12-00 Day 2: 4 08-11
73. Randy Howell Guntersville, AL 8 20-10 38
Day 1: 5 12-03 Day 2: 3 08-07
74. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ 8 20-05 37
Day 1: 5 12-11 Day 2: 3 07-10
75. Koby Kreiger Bokeelia, FL 8 20-00 36
Day 1: 5 15-05 Day 2: 3 04-11
76. Brent Chapman Lake Quivira, KS 9 19-15 35
Day 1: 5 11-12 Day 2: 4 08-03
77. Stephen Browning Hot Springs, AR 7 19-09 34
Day 1: 2 06-11 Day 2: 5 12-14
78. Gary Klein Weatherford, TX 8 19-08 33
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 3 06-06
79. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 8 19-08 32
Day 1: 5 12-02 Day 2: 3 07-06
80. Jay Brainard Enid, OK 8 19-05 31
Day 1: 4 08-14 Day 2: 4 10-07
81. Gerald Spohrer Gonzales, LA 6 18-14 30
Day 1: 1 03-03 Day 2: 5 15-11
82. Tyler Carriere Youngsville, LA 8 18-13 29
Day 1: 4 09-10 Day 2: 4 09-03
83. Britt Myers Lake Wylie, SC 7 17-14 28
Day 1: 2 03-12 Day 2: 5 14-02
84. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 5 17-13 27
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 5 17-13
85. Kelly Jordon Flint, TX 6 17-09 26
Day 1: 1 03-06 Day 2: 5 14-03
86. Tommy Biffle Wagoner, OK 7 17-05 25
Day 1: 5 12-09 Day 2: 2 04-12
87. Morizo Shimizu Suita, Osaka JAPAN 7 16-14 24
Day 1: 4 08-09 Day 2: 3 08-05
88. Dave Lefebre Erie, PA 7 16-13 23
Day 1: 4 08-14 Day 2: 3 07-15
89. Clent Davis Montevallo, AL 6 16-11 22
Day 1: 3 07-13 Day 2: 3 08-14
90. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 6 16-03 21
Day 1: 1 04-01 Day 2: 5 12-02
91. Jesse Tacoronte Orlando, FL 5 15-07 20
Day 1: 1 02-12 Day 2: 4 12-11
92. Drew Benton Panama City, FL 6 15-06 19
Day 1: 2 04-07 Day 2: 4 10-15
93. Fred Roumbanis London, AR 6 14-06 18
Day 1: 5 11-03 Day 2: 1 03-03
94. Matt Lee Guntersville, AL 5 13-13 17
Day 1: 5 13-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
95. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 6 12-12 16
Day 1: 5 10-01 Day 2: 1 02-11
96. Tim Horton Muscle Shoals, AL 5 12-11 15
Day 1: 2 04-15 Day 2: 3 07-12
97. Skeet Reese Auburn, CA 5 12-08 14
Day 1: 4 09-15 Day 2: 1 02-09
98. Chad Morgenthaler Reeds Spring, MO 4 12-05 13
Day 1: 2 05-02 Day 2: 2 07-03
99. Chad Pipkens Lansing, MI 4 10-07 12
Day 1: 3 07-08 Day 2: 1 02-15
100. Justin Lucas Guntersville, AL 4 10-01 11
Day 1: 2 04-13 Day 2: 2 05-04
101. Brett Hite Phoenix, AZ 4 09-04 10
Day 1: 4 09-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
102. Chris Zaldain Laughlin, NV 3 08-13 9
Day 1: 1 03-07 Day 2: 2 05-06
103. Shaw Grigsby Jr. Gainesville, FL 4 08-01 8
Day 1: 4 08-01 Day 2: 0 00-00
104. James Niggemeyer Van, TX 3 06-06 7
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 06-06
105. Chris Lane Guntersville, AL 2 06-03 6
Day 1: 2 06-03 Day 2: 0 00-00
106. Robbie Latuso Gonzales, LA 3 06-02 5
Day 1: 1 01-13 Day 2: 2 04-05
107. Brandon Card Knoxvillge, TN 2 05-08 4
Day 1: 1 02-00 Day 2: 1 03-08
108. Takahiro Omori Emory, TX 3 04-13 3
Day 1: 2 03-07 Day 2: 1 01-06
109. Greg Vinson Wetumpka, AL 1 03-05 2
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 03-05
110. Luke Clausen Otis Orchards, WA 1 03-00 1
Day 1: 1 03-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 73 453 1277-08
2 65 435 1229-05
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138 888 2506-13

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