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Champions Highlight The Field Of The 2017 Bassmaster Classic In Houston

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Champions Highlight The Field Of The 2017 Bassmaster Classic In Houston

The 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic to be held on Lake Conroe in Houston, Texas, March 24-26, 2017, will feature nine former Classic champions. Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla. (above), won the Classic in 2016.

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Nov. 22, 2016

Champions Highlight The Field Of The 2017 Bassmaster Classic In Houston

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic in Houston next March will feature a star-studded field of professional anglers, including nine former Classic champions and six Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year title holders.

With the addition of three “B.A.S.S. Nation’s Best” qualifiers from the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan, which ended Sunday, only one slot in the 52-angler field remains to be filled. That berth will be determined in the annual Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team Championship, to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 3 on Kentucky Lake out of Paris, Tenn.

The 47th Bassmaster Classic will be held March 24-26 on Lake Conroe, Texas, which also hosted the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship last week. Ryan Lavigne of Gonzales, La., the B.A.S.S. Nation champion, gave fishing fans a preview of the quality of fishing anglers can expect from Conroe when he recorded 14 bass weighing a total of 58 pounds, 3 ounces, in three days of competition.

That weight would rank fourth among Classic winning weights since the advent of five-bass daily limits. At Conroe, as with other fisheries, fishing should be much more productive in the spring, when big bass move shallow.

Joining Lavigne as B.A.S.S. Nation qualifiers are Darrell Ocamica of Fruitland, Idaho, and Timothy Klinger of Boulder City, Nev. The three are among 10 Classic rookies, including John Garrett of Union City, Tenn., who qualified through the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops.

In addition to the grass-roots competitors, 47 of the qualifiers are seasoned professionals, and 41 of those are currently fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series, the world’s premier bass fishing league. Together they account for 12 Classic championships and 15 AOY titles. Kevin VanDam, who will be fishing his 26th Classic in Houston, has claimed the largest share of those titles — four Classics and seven AOYs.

Also leading the lineup are defending Classic champion Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., and reigning Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala.

They will be pre-tournament favorites on many Fantasy Fishing teams, but so will five qualifiers who hail from Texas. Keith Combs, an Elite Series angler from Huntington, Texas, probably has more familiarity with Conroe than anyone else in the field. He has won two championships in the Toyota Texas Bass Classic tournaments held on the lake.

Other Lone Star State fishermen are Todd Faircloth of Jasper, former Classic winner Takahiro Omori of Emory, 2009 champion Alton Jones Sr. of Lorena and his son, Alton Jones Jr., who qualified through the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens circuit.

The 51 anglers who have qualified so far represent 20 states ranging as far west as Idaho, California and Nevada, and as far north and east as Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Alabama is sending the largest contingent to the Classic — nine — while Texas and California account for five each.

Widely considered the “Super Bowl of Bass Fishing,” the Bassmaster Classic offers a purse of more than $1 million, including $300,000 to the champion.

Weigh-ins will be held each afternoon, March 24-26, in Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros. During the day, thousands of fishing fans will crowd into the 300,000-square-foot Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods in the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston. All venues are free and open to the public.

Following is the current list of 2017 Classic qualifiers. The number in parentheses represents the number of times each angler has qualified.

Casey Ashley, Donalds, S.C. (8)
Drew Benton, Panama City, Fla. (1)
Hank Cherry, Maiden, N.C. (3)
Jason Christie, Park Hill, Okla. (5)
Keith Combs, Huntington, Texas (6)
Cliff Crochet, Pierre Part, La. (3)
Ott DeFoe, Knoxville, Tenn. (6)
Boyd Duckett, Guntersville, Ala. (8)
Brent Ehrler, Newport Beach, Calif. (2)
James Elam, Tulsa, Okla. (2)
Edwin Evers, Talala, Okla. (16)
Todd Faircloth, Jasper, Texas (15)
John Garrett, Union City, Tenn. (1)
Shaw Grigsby, Gainesville, Fla. (16)
Greg Hackney, Gonzales, La. (14)
Skylar Hamilton, Dandridge, Tenn. (1)
Wil Hardy, Harlem, Ga. (1)
Charlie Hartley, Grove City, Ohio (2)
Matt Herren, Ashville, Ala. (7)
Brett Hite, Phoenix, Ariz. (5)
Randy Howell, Guntersville, Ala. (15)
Michael Iaconelli, Pittsgrove, N.J. (18)
Alton Jones Sr., Lorena, Texas (18)
Alton Jones Jr., Lorena, Texas (1)
Steve Kennedy, Auburn, Ala. (8)
Timothy Klinger, Boulder City, Nev. (1)
Bobby Lane, Lakeland, Fla. (10)
Ryan Lavigne, Gonzales, La. (1)
Jordan Lee, Vinemont, Ala. (3)
Dave Lefebre, Erie, Pa. (2)
Jared Lintner, Arroyo Grande, Calif. (6)
Bill Lowen, Brookville, Ind. (9)
Justin Lucas, Guntersville, Ala. (3)
Aaron Martens, Leeds, Ala. (18)
Ish Monroe, Hughson, Calif. (10)
Andy Montgomery, Blacksburg, S.C. (3)
Darrell Ocamica, Fruitland, Idaho (1)
Takahiro Omori, Emory, Texas (12)
Brandon Palaniuk, Hayden, Idaho (7)
Clifford Pirch, Payson, Ariz. (4)
Jacob Powroznik, Port Haywood, Va. (3)
Skeet Reese, Auburn, Calif. (17)
Dean Rojas, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. (15)
Bradley Roy, Lancaster, Ky. (1)
Wesley Strader, Spring City, Tenn. (2)
Gerald Swindle, Guntersville, Ala. (16)
Randall Tharp, Port St. Joe, Fla. (4)
Kevin VanDam, Kalamazoo, Mich. (26)
Jesse Wiggins, Cullman, Ala. (1)
Jason Williamson, Wagener, S.C. (2)
Chris Zaldain, San Jose, Calif. (3)

Ben Hudson – “Blue Collar Bassin’” 11/21/16

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Ben Hudson – “Blue Collar Bassin’” 11/21/16

Ben Hudson – “Blue Collar Bassin’” 11/14/16
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The art of pre-fishing, how much is too much??
A Tournament anglers guide to preparing for “game day”

It’s been an age old debate with tournament anglers, especially in local tournaments between fishing partners. How much practice is too much?? And is it even necessary at times. Did I not catch that bass on tournament day because it got hooked in practice? Did I hook too many bass in practice? Did I spook them by showing them my favorite baits in practice? All are very good questions, and questions that are asked around the nation and even worldwide in the wild world of competitive bass fishing.
The truth is, just like in football or basketball; too much practice can hurt you on game day when it all counts. If a football player wears himself out in practice, he will not perform at 100% when the real game starts. The same applies to bass fishing, if you “wear your fish out” and “condition” them to your favorite lures and techniques in the days before a tournament, it will no doubt make tournament day much more difficult for you. It is a struggle of balance that all anglers fight and one that will never go away as it is the nature of the sport.

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Perhaps one of the first and biggest factors to consider when it comes to practice is fairly simple; how well do you know the body of water? If this tournament is on your home lake and you are a weekend warrior on this lake, then you will need to take a different approach to practicing for tournament day. Being you’re fishing your home body of water, you most likely don’t have to worry about having spots or areas to fish because of knowledge of the water. Instead, I would choose to focus on what type of pattern the bass are on based on time of the year and what area of the lake they are in. Think back to where you have seen fish previously in that time of year and on what baits. What area of the lake were these fish in? What were the conditions at the time? Fishing history can be dangerous, but sometimes it is necessary. You should be able to put together a successful pattern if you can read the conditions of the water and the weather correctly. This will help create minimal fish catches in practice, just based on knowledge of the water, knowledge of how to fish under certain conditions, and locations of structure.
So to answer the original question, perhaps the best way to prevent “over practicing” on your home body of water is to not fish it at all!
When I am preparing to start a season and feeling a little rusty on my home lake, I prefer to take a different approach to practicing for tournament day than most people. Instead of searching for bass or a pattern on the lake the tournament will be held on, I prefer to fish a different body of water, preferably one I know where bass are fairly easy to catch, and practice there. I prefer to just get the feel for my baits to get my rhythm back at the beginning of a season where I can catch multiple fish and feel confident in setting the hook versus worrying about hooking a fish I might need a few days later. I also prefer this type of pre-fishing because it keeps me from fishing “history”. The hard truth about bass fishing is just because the bass were there in practice or in the same spot previously, does not mean they will be there on tournament day. This is why when practicing for a tournament on my home lake I prefer to just go to game day feeling confident in feeling bites, but no fear of the fish in my spots being hooked or seeing my baits. I also feel it gives me the benefit of not fishing based on what I saw in practice, since the water could change in a matter of hours based on any number of factors.

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However, it is a different story if you’re in a traveling event such as a FLW BFL on a body of water you have never fished or even seen before. It forces you to have to go catch more fish to find the pattern and which areas hold bass. After doing general research on the body of water you will be fishing, the most popular way of practicing is to “shake fish off”. What this means is to get strikes, but never actually hook the fish. So if you’re fishing a jig, bend the hook in so you can feel the strike and knows there’s fish in the area, but never hook the bass to keep it from biting on tournament day. The same goes for treble hook baits, bend the hooks in or remove them completely and just search for bites, not fish catches.
A good angler will adjust to most any condition even if it isn’t ideal to their style or strengths, but it is still hard to force yourself to not practice too much if you are fishing your home lake and have easy access to it. It is sometimes good to catch a few fish just to locate them, just don’t locate them and then hook every single one of them on a hot bank you found 2 days before the tournament!
Practicing for bass fishing is definitely as complicated, if not more, than preparing for any other sport where “game day” is all that counts. It is a subject many fishing partners have disagreed on over the years and one we may never have a true answer to. The best way to practice for a tournament is just to do what you feel is your best course of action. Whether that be searching and fishing hard for bass on your home lake before the tournament, fishing another lake for a warm up and just fishing based on the tournament day weather, or just riding around searching on a lake you’ve never fished before. Either way, you have to figure out what works for you and find a balance of how much practice, is truly too much.

Ben Hudson, Pro Staff Angler
“ Blue Collar Bassin’ ”
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Stocking of the F1 Tiger Bass on Smith Mountain Lake

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Stocking of the F1 Tiger Bass on Smith Mountain Lake

What a great show this was, we had the opportunity to discus the introduction of F1 Tiger Bass into Smith Mountain Lake with Johnny Martin.

Listen to “Stocking of the F1 Tiger Bass on Smith Mountain Lake” on Spreaker.

Ryan Lavigne Of Louisiana Wins B.A.S.S. Nation Championship On Conroe

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Ryan Lavigne Of Louisiana Wins B.A.S.S. Nation Championship On Conroe

Ryan Lavigne of Louisiana, pictured with his daughter, caught a total weight of 58 pounds, 3 ounces to win the 2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan on Lake Conroe in Conroe, Texas. 

Photo by Tyler McCollum/Bassmaster

Nov. 20, 2016

Ryan Lavigne Of Louisiana Wins B.A.S.S. Nation Championship On Conroe

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CONROE, Texas — Ryan Lavigne of Gonzales, La., pulled off a major upset at the 2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan Sunday on Lake Conroe.

Lavigne won the tournament as an unlikely candidate — a nonboater — and won it by an enormous margin, 16 1/2 pounds.

The Ascension Area Anglers bass club member bested the field with 58 pounds, 3 ounces over three days of competition.

As part of his win, he earned a berth in the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro, March 24-26, along with his two closest competitors, Darrell Ocamica of Idaho and Timothy Klinger of Nevada.

“Making the Classic is a dream come true,” Lavigne said. “It’s something I’ve thought about since I started fishing. My dad took me fishing when I was a kid, and it’s just a passion I’ve never let go. And making it to the Classic is one of the biggest goals of my life.”

Lavigne bolted into the overall lead on the second day of competition, winning the title of Nonboater Champion, and opening up a 6 1/2-pound gap between him and the top boater, Klinger.

He made the margin even bigger in the first two hours of Sunday’s competition, putting 18 pounds of bass into the boat before 8 a.m.

“I prepared for any boater I could draw,” said Lavigne, who spent his time practicing for any scenario he thought he might encounter with his boaters, which are drawn at random.

Lavigne qualified as a nonboater because of the way the Louisiana B.A.S.S. Nation assembled its state team. The Top 10 anglers in the qualifying tournament were assigned boater spots on the state team; the anglers who placed 11th through 20th were assigned nonboater spots.

Competing as a nonboater in the B.A.S.S. Nation Central Regional on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville, he won his division. Then he did it again here on Conroe, and when he was mixed in with the boaters (an honor only the Nonboater Champion earned), he beat them, too.

“Every nonboater out there should see this and realize it’s worth their while,” Lavigne said. “If you’ve been thinking about competing as a nonboater, come out and do it. I just did something nobody thought could happen.”

The boater in the championship has ultimate control of where the boat goes, but the nonboater can offer suggestions. Lavigne had a plan for anywhere his boaters may take him, but he also had waypoints marked that he suggested, and his boaters listened.

“I had decided that I could do really well flipping boat docks or cranking offshore,” Lavigne explained.

When he was on boat docks, which he mostly was the first two days of competition, he flipped a Stand-Up Jighead with a Trick Worm or Missile Baits Tomahawk Worm. In offshore areas, he cranked a Strike King 5XD.

His final day, when Lavigne was in control of the boat, he chose a small hard, hump in the main lake. He was sitting over 13 feet of water, but the top of the hump was 6 feet. In practice, he had found this spot and caught a 16-inch bass on it. He knew it was a place he could go back to if he needed.

“I went there this morning and caught a limit using a Missile Baits Twin Turbo [a twin-tail grub] in green pumpkin,” Lavigne said. Then he left the area alone until noon, when he came back and culled three of the bass he had already caught there in the morning.

For his double win, Lavigne earned two prize packages worth a combined $131,820. As the Nonboater Champion, he won paid entry into the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens division of his choice, a Skeeter/Yamaha boat package with a Minn Kota trolling motor and Humminbird electronics, and a spot as a marshal in the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro.

As one of the Top 3 anglers, he earned the B.A.S.S. Nation’s Best prize package, which is the use of a Toyota Tundra truck and a fully rigged, tournament-ready Phoenix boat for one year, as well as paid entry into the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens series of the angler’s choice, and a berth in the 2017 Classic. As the overall winner, he was invited to compete on the 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series with part of his entry fees paid.

Darrell Ocamica and Timothy Klinger will join him here on Conroe in March for the 2017 Classic.

Ocamica caught 41 pounds, 12 ounces for second place, and Klinger caught 37 pounds, 11 ounces for third.

The biggest bass of the tournament was 7 pounds, 3 ounces. On the boater side, Jason Vaughn of Delaware caught a 7-3, and on the nonboater side, Michael Lebsack of Minnesota caught one of the same size. Both won $500.

Klinger received the Livingston Lures Leader Award of $250 for leading the boater division on Day 2. Finishing as the Day 2 leader on the nonboater side, Lavigne also received $250.

Follow Lavigne, Ocamica and Klinger at Bassmaster.com/Nation as they prepare for the 2017 Bassmaster Classic. All three will be competing in their first Classic.

The B.A.S.S. Nation Championship was hosted by the Conroe Convention and Visitors Bureau.

2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan 11/17-11/19
Lake Conroe, Conroe  TX.
(BOATER) Standings Day 3

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

1.  Ryan Lavigne           Gonzales, LA            14  58-03    0  $45,585.00
  Day 1: 4   11-14     Day 2: 5   22-05     Day 3: 5   24-00
2.  Darrell Ocamica        Fruitland, ID           14  41-12    0
  Day 1: 5   13-06     Day 2: 4   11-11     Day 3: 5   16-11
3.  Timothy Klinger        Boulder City, NV        11  37-11    0
  Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 3   14-04     Day 3: 3   10-00
4.  Michael Boggs II       Portsmouth, OH          11  35-04    0
  Day 1: 5   20-10     Day 2: 1   02-13     Day 3: 5   11-13
5.  Brent Long             Iron Station, NC        11  33-01    0
  Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 2   07-08     Day 3: 4   11-02
6.  Andrew Sams            Easton, MD              11  33-00    0
  Day 1: 3   08-10     Day 2: 5   13-00     Day 3: 3   11-06
7.  JJ Dickens             Beaver, WV               9  28-09    0
  Day 1: 3   08-03     Day 2: 5   16-14     Day 3: 1   03-08
8.  Mike Wolfenden         Warwick, RI              8  26-13    0
  Day 1: 5   14-12     Day 2: 2   05-03     Day 3: 1   06-14
9.  Jason Vaughn           Laurel, DE               7  26-11    0
  Day 1: 2   10-03     Day 2: 5   16-08     Day 3: 0   00-00
10. Danny Grantham         Mobile, AL               8  25-00    0
  Day 1: 4   11-12     Day 2: 3   10-11     Day 3: 1   02-09
BIG BASS OF TOURN
     Jason Vaughn             Laurel, DE          07-03          $0.00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
 1         7       111       330-11
 2         5       107       325-13
 3         3        28        97-15
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          15       246       754-07

St. Croix’s highly anticipated Legend Glass now available; let the cranking begin

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St. Croix’s highly anticipated Legend Glass now available; let the cranking begin

 

Time to Lift Your Glass

St. Croix’s highly anticipated Legend Glass now available; let the cranking begin

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Park Falls, WI (November 19, 2016) – Cast. Crank. Hook. Set…. Shake, rattle and roll…and then the story can go one of two ways. One ends in utter disappointment. The other plays like the highlight reel of a Super Bowl win. In slow motion, the crowd cheers, you are the champion and lift your flopping trophy from the landing net!

What made the difference? The rod…or so we’re told. But can a rod make that much difference? It can and does. Hardcore bass fishing often puts you in situations where you’re fighting fish in timber and submerged vegetation. And these lunkers don’t come in easy, almost always guaranteeing a rumble.

The scene of a bass busting through the water is exciting, but it is the moment when everything can change, throwing the hook, leaving you with a big splash, a limp line and a pit in your stomach. St. Croix Rod’s Legend Glass aims to lessen the pain—actually, prevent the pangs altogether.

And…drumroll please… Legend Glass rods are now available through the St. Croix dealer network.

We went to Jason Brunner, St. Croix Rod’s Director of Engineering, to explain what makes Legend Glass the magical wand it is.

Q: What is it about Legend Glass’s design and action that helps land more fish?

A: Legend Glass rods utilize blanks that are made from 100-percent linear S-Glass material. This material combined with a strategic taper design and Integrated Poly Curve® (IPC®) technology are what make Legend Glass so unique. All models have a parabolic (arching) action to some degree, some more than others. I prefer to call these slower action rods, meaning a higher percentage of the deflection under load transfers towards the butt section of the rod. Basically, it takes less power or force to get them to bend back towards the handle.

Q: Does the design of the tip section really make that much difference in a fish eating the bait?

A: The slower action of Legend Glass combined with a softer tip section acts as a great shock absorber. When a fish hits a crankbait, you don’t want it to feel the opposite force from the rod above water right away. You want the fish to feel like he scored dinner and get the whole meal in his mouth.  If a fish feels tension too soon (as from a rod that does not have a good shock-absorbing tip), there is a higher chance that it will spit the crankbait before you get a good hookset.

Q: What role do the moderate actions of the

S-Glass fibers play in the hookset?

A: The moderate action allows for a more controlled hookset, graduating the force to ensure the crankbait stays in contact. Legend Glass rods are unique in that they have very light and very sensitive tips that transfer into a larger diameter (powerful) butt section while maintaining a moderate action. Often, moderate action crankbait rods lack power in the bottom end which fails to give the user any casting distance or hookset completeness. Not so with Legend Glass.

Q: What makes Legend Glass so comfortable to fish?

A: The split-grip design in combination with the proper handle length allows for Legend Glass rods to be perfectly balanced. When using any of the four models, they feel like they are floating in your hands.  Using the proper materials, taper and diameters allowed St. Croix to fine tune the ultimate crankbait rod.

St. Croix Rod Legend Glass was awarded the ICAST 2016 Best Freshwater Rod Title and is available in four models:

LGC610MM: Ideal for shorter, pinpoint accurate casts. Made for fishing smaller crankbaits and small-to medium bladed jigs.

LGC72MM: Designed to handle small-to-medium crankbaits including square bills and similar size bladed jigs. Works really well with mid-range, standard lip crankbaits that dive to depths of 16 feet. A versatile model that excels in open water.

LGC74MHM: Perhaps the most versatile model in the series, it’s designed to handle medium-to-large crankbaits and bladed jigs at various water depths up to 20 feet. Ideal for fishing large, lipless crankbaits and large profile square bills.

LGC711HM: A unique model built to fish big, deep-diving crankbaits at 20 foot depths and more. This model features Fuji’s palming reel seat for added comfort and reduced hand fatigue.

 

FEATURES:

  • Integrated Poly Curve® (IPC®) tooling technology.
  • Super premium, 100% linear S-glass.
  • Fuji® K Series Concept Tangle Free guides with Alconite rings and polished frames. Ideal for super braid, mono and fluorocarbon lines, the sloped frame and ring shed tangles before they become a problem.
  • Fuji® ECS reel seat with frosted silver hood on most models. Fuji® PSS-SD palming reel seat with frosted silver hood on LGC711HM.
  • Split-grip/super-grade cork handle.
  • Kigan hook-keeper.
  • 15-year transferable warranty backed by St. Croix Superstar Service.
  • Designed and handcrafted in Park Falls, U.S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

Final Day Of Nation Championship Postponed Until Sunday

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Final Day Of Nation Championship Postponed Until Sunday

Nov. 19, 2016

Final Day Of Nation Championship Postponed Until Sunday

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CONROE, Texas — Because of high winds and unsafe conditions, the final day of the 2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan has been postponed until Sunday, Nov. 20.

Jon Stewart, B.A.S.S. Nation director, announced the decision after talking to the National Weather Service.

“The National Weather Service said the winds would begin to die down between 11 a.m. and noon,” Stewart said, “but that wasn’t a guarantee, and safety is our top concern.

“However, on Sunday, the waters should be pristine.”

The news came after launch had been delayed more than an hour on Saturday. Gusts were between 25 and 40 mph throughout the morning.

Eleven competitors will compete on the final day for three spots in the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro, March 24-26, 2017, also on Lake Conroe.

Competition will resume Sunday at 6:45 a.m. CT when the anglers launch from Lakeview Marina, 880 Beach Boulevard, in Conroe. The weigh-in will begin at 3 p.m. CT at the same place. All events are free and open to the public.

The tournament is hosted by the Conroe Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Ryan Lavigne Of Louisiana Leads B.A.S.S. Nation Championship On Lake Conroe

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Ryan Lavigne Of Louisiana Leads B.A.S.S. Nation Championship On Lake Conroe

Ryan Lavigne of Louisiana is the Nonboater Champion of the 2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan on Lake Conroe in Conroe, Texas. He brought in a two-day total weight of 34 pounds, 3 ounces. 

Photo by Craig Lamb/Bassmaster

Nov. 18, 2016

Ryan Lavigne Of Louisiana Leads B.A.S.S. Nation Championship On Lake Conroe

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CONROE, Texas — As a nonboater, Ryan Lavigne of Gonzales, La., was not expecting to be leading the entire tournament at the end of the second day at the 2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan on Lake Conroe. But when he brought in a 22-pound, 5-ounce five-bass limit on Friday, that’s exactly what happened.

Lavigne also won the title of Nonboater Champion, by being the top nonboater at the end of Day 2.

He will win paid entry into the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens division of his choice, a Skeeter/Yamaha boat package with a Minn Kota trolling motor and Humminbird electronics, and a spot as a marshal in the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro.

However, he won’t be able to serve as a marshal if he is in the Top 3 at the end of Saturday because he’ll be in his own boat as a competitor in the Classic. That honor goes to the best three competitors in the Nation Championship.

“I’ve wanted to go to the Classic since my old man took me fishing when I was 6 years old,” said Lavigne, a member of Louisiana’s Ascension Area Anglers. “I’m going out tomorrow to make the Classic and that’s it.”

Lavigne brought in the biggest limit of the tournament so far, almost double the weight of his Day 1 bag (11-14). He won the nonboater division by 13 pounds; his closest competitor was the Day 1 nonboater leader, Rick Hamer of West Virginia.

Lavigne worked with his boater partner, Naoaki Ishikawa of Japan, to come up with the best places to fish.

“I offered areas, and he decided to try them,” said Lavigne. Ishikawa, however, came in fishless.

The top angler on the boater side is Timothy Klinger of Boulder City, Nev., who has 27 pounds, 11 ounces to his credit. Just behind him is Jason Vaughn of Laurel, Del., who has 26-11.

Klinger’s ambitions are similar to Lavigne’s: He wants that Classic berth.

“This lake is fun,” Klinger said. “I would sure like to be here in March!”

The Classic is scheduled for this same body of water, Lake Conroe, March 24-26, 2017.

Klinger brought in 14-4 on Day 2, including the big bass in the boater division, a 6-pound, 13-ounce bass.
On the nonboater side, Michael Lebsack of Duluth, Minn., caught the biggest bass of the day, a 7-3, which tied the biggest bass from Thursday.

Lavigne said he’s not sure what he’s going to do on Saturday on Lake Conroe. On Thursday, he stuck to fishing hard cover in 2 to 6 feet of water. On Friday, he continued doing that, but he also added in some rocks and docks. And he was all over the lake.

“I fished everywhere, from the top of the lake to the bottom,” said Lavigne.

Several anglers tried that tactic today, whereas others stuck to places they had tried to fish in Thursday but hadn’t had success because of the wind. Still, 27 anglers had zeroes on Friday, compared to 41 on Thursday. Many have not had a hard time catching bass; their difficulty is in catching ones that are at least 16 inches, the legal minimum.

The weather on Friday was much calmer in the morning than it was on the first day. However, around noon, a cold front blew in, knocked the temperature down, produced some rain and cloud cover and picked up the wind again.

Saturday will present new challenges. The high is forecast to be 63 degrees, down nearly 20 degrees from Friday, and the skies will be clear.

Only the Top 10 boaters will join the top nonboater, Lavigne, on Saturday. The Top 10 are Timothy Klinger of Nevada; Jason Vaughn, Delaware; JJ Dickens, West Virginia; Darrell Ocamica, Idaho; Michael Boggs II, Kentucky; Danny Grantham, Alabama; Brent Long, South Carolina; Andrew Sams, Maryland; Josh Ray, Arkansas; and Mike Wolfenden, Rhode Island.

The Top 3 at the end of Saturday will earn berths in the 2017 Classic, as well as paid entry into the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens series of their choice, and the B.A.S.S. Nation’s Best prize package, which is the use of a Toyota Tundra truck and a fully rigged, tournament-ready Phoenix boat for one year. A 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series berth is on the line, too.

Competition resumes Saturday from Lakeview Marina, 880 Beach Boulevard, in Conroe at 6:45 a.m. CT when the anglers take off for the final day. The weigh-in will begin at 3 p.m. CT at the same place. All events are free and open to the public.

The tournament is hosted by the Conroe Convention and Visitors Bureau.

2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan 11/17-11/19
Lake Conroe, Conroe  TX.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2

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

1.  Timothy Klinger        Boulder City, NV         8  27-11    0
  Day 1: 5   13-07     Day 2: 3   14-04
2.  Jason Vaughn           Laurel, DE               7  26-11    0
  Day 1: 2   10-03     Day 2: 5   16-08
3.  JJ Dickens             Beaver, WV               8  25-01    0
  Day 1: 3   08-03     Day 2: 5   16-14
4.  Darrell Ocamica        Fruitland, ID            9  25-01    0
  Day 1: 5   13-06     Day 2: 4   11-11
5.  Michael Boggs II       Portsmouth, OH           6  23-07    0
  Day 1: 5   20-10     Day 2: 1   02-13
6.  Danny Grantham         Mobile, AL               7  22-07    0
  Day 1: 4   11-12     Day 2: 3   10-11
7.  Brent Long             Iron Station, NC         7  21-15    0
  Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 2   07-08
8.  Andrew Sams            Easton, MD               8  21-10    0
  Day 1: 3   08-10     Day 2: 5   13-00
9.  Josh Ray               Alexander, AR            7  20-06    0
  Day 1: 3   10-12     Day 2: 4   09-10
10. Mike Wolfenden         Warwick, RI              7  19-15    0
  Day 1: 5   14-12     Day 2: 2   05-03
11. Nate Caldwell          Ft Collins, CO           7  19-10    0
  Day 1: 3   07-15     Day 2: 4   11-11
12. Greg Vance             Dubuque, IA              6  18-09    0
  Day 1: 5   15-11     Day 2: 1   02-14
13. Ivan Morris            Virginia Beach, VA       6  18-05    0
  Day 1: 5   12-07     Day 2: 1   05-14
14. Jay Evans              Corvallis, MT            6  18-03    0
  Day 1: 1   03-02     Day 2: 5   15-01
15. Arnie Lane             Lakeland, FL             6  17-03    0
  Day 1: 2   07-10     Day 2: 4   09-09
16. Rob Digh               Denver, NC               6  16-15    0
  Day 1: 2   08-01     Day 2: 4   08-14
17. Nicholas Papotto       Meriden , CT             6  16-05    0
  Day 1: 4   11-06     Day 2: 2   04-15
18. David Cavell           Prairieville, LA         4  15-13    0
  Day 1: 1   02-05     Day 2: 3   13-08
19. Matt Pangrac           Norman , OK              5  15-03    0
  Day 1: 3   09-14     Day 2: 2   05-05
20. Brian Brooks           Mt Epraim, NJ            6  14-12    0
  Day 1: 3   07-14     Day 2: 3   06-14
21. Dave McCoy             Plattsmouth, NE          4  13-09    0
  Day 1: 3   10-15     Day 2: 1   02-10
22. Mark Lodge             Alfred, ME               4  11-08    0
  Day 1: 2   05-14     Day 2: 2   05-10
23. William Lortz II       Rochester, NY            3  11-04    0
  Day 1: 1   03-08     Day 2: 2   07-12
24. Kalib Lund             Glendale, AZ             4  10-03    0
  Day 1: 2   05-04     Day 2: 2   04-15
25. Ron Mace               Kennewick, WA            4  10-02    0
  Day 1: 3   07-02     Day 2: 1   03-00
26. Bubba O'Neill          Evanston, WY             4  09-10    0
  Day 1: 3   07-02     Day 2: 1   02-08
27. Danny Carter           Hernando, MS             2  09-02    0
  Day 1: 1   03-07     Day 2: 1   05-11
28. David Mays             Portland, OR             4  09-02    0
  Day 1: 2   04-14     Day 2: 2   04-04
29. Jon Harshbarger        Kaufman, TX              3  08-14    0
  Day 1: 2   06-03     Day 2: 1   02-11
30. Brett Logue            Lincoln, NE              3  07-12    0
  Day 1: 2   05-15     Day 2: 1   01-13
31. Brian Mailot           Columbus, OH             2  07-07    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   07-07
32. Kurt Glass             Grovetown, GA            2  07-06    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   07-06
33. Grayson Smith          Clarksville, TN          3  07-05    0
  Day 1: 2   04-13     Day 2: 1   02-08
34. Joe Burchill           Brighton , MA            2  07-01    0
  Day 1: 1   04-02     Day 2: 1   02-15
35. Ryan Buttermore        Leetsdale, PA            3  06-13    0
  Day 1: 2   04-14     Day 2: 1   01-15
36. Luca Salvato           Curtarolo ITALY          2  06-04    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   06-04
37. Edgar Romero           Leon MEXICO              3  06-03    0
  Day 1: 2   04-05     Day 2: 1   01-14
38. Strati Orphanides      Marondera ZIMBABWE       2  05-09    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   05-09
39. Chris Brimager         Andover, KS              2  05-08    0
  Day 1: 1   02-13     Day 2: 1   02-11
40. Bill Brown             Grand Junction, CO       2  05-05    0
  Day 1: 1   02-04     Day 2: 1   03-01
41. Mark Lassagne          San Ramon, CA            2  05-02    0
  Day 1: 1   03-03     Day 2: 1   01-15
42. Randy Campbell         Sandia Park, NM          2  05-01    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   05-01
43. Albert Collins         Nacogdoches, TX          2  05-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   05-00
44. Mark Cavanaugh         Port Perry ONTARIO CANA  2  04-13    0
  Day 1: 2   04-13     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Tom Kiefer             Fowlerville, MI          1  04-12    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   04-12
46. Josh Nelson            Saint Bonifacius, MN     2  04-09    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   04-09
46. Mark Nies              Cannelton, IN            2  04-09    0
  Day 1: 2   04-09     Day 2: 0   00-00
48. Adrian Luff            George Western Cape SOU  2  04-07    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   04-07
49. Ted Heitschmidt        Tomahawk, WI             1  03-14    0
  Day 1: 1   03-14     Day 2: 0   00-00
50. John Plumlee           Branson, MO              1  03-10    0
  Day 1: 1   03-10     Day 2: 0   00-00
51. Tony Beck              Social Circle, GA        1  02-14    0
  Day 1: 1   02-14     Day 2: 0   00-00
52. Michael Kazmierczak    Lemont, IL               1  02-09    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-09
53. Filipe Almeida         Coimbra PORTUGAL         0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
53. Mitchell Cone          Willow Tree New South W  0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
53. Mark Dimarzio          Franconia, NH            0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
53. Neil Engelbrecht       Windhoek Khomas NAMIBIA  0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
53. Scott Green            Waterbury Center, VT     0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
53. Naoaki Ishikawa        Akiruno Tokyo JAPAN      0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
 1         7       107       318-13
 2         4       102       303-08
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          11       209       622-05

2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan 11/17-11/19
Lake Conroe, Conroe  TX.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 2

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

1.  Ryan Lavigne           Gonzales, LA             9  34-03    0  $45,585.00
  Day 1: 4   11-14     Day 2: 5   22-05
2.  Rick Hamer             Charleston, WV           8  21-04    0   $1,500.00
  Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 3   06-13
3.  Justin Barnes          MONROEVILLE, AL          5  18-06    0   $1,000.00
  Day 1: 2   09-03     Day 2: 3   09-03
4.  Mike Coleman           Pinoeer, CA              4  16-00    0     $500.00
  Day 1: 2   08-12     Day 2: 2   07-04
5.  Dan Carrigan           Citrus Springs, FL       5  15-14    0     $500.00
  Day 1: 2   06-15     Day 2: 3   08-15
6.  Jonathan Robla         Norawood, NY             4  12-05    0     $250.00
  Day 1: 2   05-15     Day 2: 2   06-06
7.  Jarrod Sherwood        Vassar, MI               3  12-04    0     $250.00
  Day 1: 1   05-05     Day 2: 2   06-15
8.  Brock Enmeier          Enid, OK                 4  12-01    0     $250.00
  Day 1: 3   09-11     Day 2: 1   02-06
9.  Josh Cotier            Clinton, MA              4  11-13    0     $250.00
  Day 1: 2   04-05     Day 2: 2   07-08
10. Michael Lebsack        Duluth, MN               2  10-15    0     $750.00
  Day 1: 1   03-12     Day 2: 1   07-03
11. Shane Stiehl           Winner, SD               4  10-08    0     $250.00
  Day 1: 3   08-05     Day 2: 1   02-03
12. Bradley Rilling        Brooks, GA               4  09-08    0     $250.00
  Day 1: 2   04-11     Day 2: 2   04-13
13. Lee Wubbels            Lincoln, NE              3  08-12    0
  Day 1: 1   03-04     Day 2: 2   05-08
14. Tim Frohlich Jr        Independence, KY         2  08-09    0
  Day 1: 2   08-09     Day 2: 0   00-00
15. Stefan Adamchick       Monterrey MEXICO         3  08-09    0
  Day 1: 1   03-13     Day 2: 2   04-12
16. Michael Duarte         Middle River, MD         3  08-05    0
  Day 1: 2   04-10     Day 2: 1   03-11
17. Andre Fidalgo          Parreira PORTUGAL        2  07-14    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   07-14
18. Dave Frost             Apopka, FL               2  07-12    0
  Day 1: 1   03-14     Day 2: 1   03-14
19. Jake Weaver            Columbia Falls, MT       2  07-03    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   07-03
20. David Porter           Rockwall, TX             2  07-02    0
  Day 1: 1   03-07     Day 2: 1   03-11
21. Jody Adkins            Navarre, OH              2  06-13    0
  Day 1: 1   02-12     Day 2: 1   04-01
22. Ron Hanhart            Harare Mashonaland ZIMB  1  06-09    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   06-09
23. Chris Brewer           Jay, ME                  1  06-08    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   06-08
24. Amos Dixon             Camden, DE               2  05-08    0
  Day 1: 1   02-12     Day 2: 1   02-12
25. Scott Hausman          Las Vegas, NV            2  05-03    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   05-03
25. Kevin Noel             Burlington, CT           2  05-03    0
  Day 1: 2   05-03     Day 2: 0   00-00
27. Daniel Elsner          Green Bay, WI            1  05-03    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   05-03
28. Kyle Coffman           Minbun, IA               2  04-11    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 2   04-11
29. Curt Hughes            Greenwood, IN            2  04-09    0
  Day 1: 1   02-09     Day 2: 1   02-00
30. Jeremy Arnold          Concord, NH              1  03-02    0
  Day 1: 1   03-02     Day 2: 0   00-00
31. Riley Hansen           Sandy , UT               1  03-01    0
  Day 1: 1   03-01     Day 2: 0   00-00
32. Zackery Shaff          Untion, KY               1  02-15    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-15
33. Justin Harris          McPherson, KS            1  02-14    0
  Day 1: 1   02-14     Day 2: 0   00-00
33. Bob Wetzler            Rutland, VT              1  02-14    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-14
35. Steven Conde           Chepachet, RI            1  02-09    0
  Day 1: 1   02-09     Day 2: 0   00-00
35. Jon Hickey             Weiser, ID               1  02-09    0
  Day 1: 1   02-09     Day 2: 0   00-00
37. Becca Golightly        Preston, ID              1  02-08    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-08
37. Jeff Hager             Alexis, NC               1  02-08    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-08
39. Creighton Sawyer       Houston, AR              1  02-05    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-05
40. Bert Cooper            Huntsville, TN           1  02-04    0
  Day 1: 1   02-04     Day 2: 0   00-00
41. John Bernard           McKees Rocks, PA         1  02-03    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-03
42. Chris Barrett          Vaughan ONTARIO CANADA   1  02-02    0
  Day 1: 1   02-02     Day 2: 0   00-00
43. Danny Fourr            Waterflow, NM            1  02-01    0
  Day 1: 1   02-01     Day 2: 0   00-00
43. John Santos            Penrose, CO              1  02-01    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-01
45. Loren Bryant           Phoenix, AZ              0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Addam Gross            Cove, OR                 0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Garry Harman           Adare Queensland AUSTRA  0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Edward Owens           Hemingway, SC            0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Mauro Salvato          Curtarolo ITALY          0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Christopher Selsor Jr  Sparta, MO               0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Michael Valentine      Laurel , MS              0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Kevin Voss             Bensenville, IL          0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Yuya Wakebe            Odawara Kanagawa JAPAN   0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Alec Williams          Windhoek NAMIBIA         0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
45. Larry Witt             Forest, VA               0  00-00    0
  Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
 1         1        50       154-10
 2         1        55       182-12
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           2       105       337-06

Ron Ellis / Scott Gibson Win Lake Anna Elite Series October 16,2018

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Ron Ellis / Scott Gibson Win Lake Anna Elite Series October 16,2018
October 16, 2016 – Week 8
 

1st Place
Ron Ellis / Scott Gibson
5 Fish – 14.81 lbs

 
 

Big Fish
Maupin / Maupin
5.63 lbs

 
 

2nd Place
Steve Rose / Mark Mitchell
5 Fish – 14.39

 
 

3rd Place
Dave Forman / PJ Coxl
5 Fish – 12.35

 
 

4th Place
Tim Garner / Martin Villa
5 Fish – 12.28

 
 

5th Place
Jeff Bailey / Tommy Bailey
5 Fish – 12.26

 
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Official Results
Place Team Name # Fish Weight (lbs) Points
1 Ron Ellis / Scott Gibson 5 14.81 50
2 Steve Rose / Mark Mitchell 5 14.39 49
3 PJ Cox / Dave Foreman 5 12.35 48
4 Martin Villa / Tim Garner 5 12.28 47
5 Tommy Bailey / Jeff Bailey 5 12.26 46
6 Wil Vickery / Dee Kidd 5 10.17 45
7 Clayton Gatewood / Smith 5 9.76 44
8 Phillip Banks 5 9.68 43
9 Dave Everly / Charles Shuck 5 9.49 42
10 David Chisholm / David Taylor 5 9.10 41
11 Mark Finley / Bob Powell 5 9.09 40
12 Mike Wood / Dylan Wood 5 9.03 39
13 Preston Cox / George Decatur 5 8.07 38
14 Shane Norton / Ricky Edwards 4 7.88 37
15 John Doyle / Eugene Carter 4 7.18 36
16 Gene Hord / Scott Aikens 5 7.16 35
17 Matt Connors / Victor Dillard 5 6.85 34
18 Brian Green / Jeff Parrish 3 6.80 33
19 Rob Grike / Bob Fincham 5 6.42 32
20 Mike Hurdle / Shawn Britton 5 6.32 31
21 James Maupin / Maupin 1 5.63 31
22 Dean Perrin / Trey Perrin 3 4.44 29
23 Scott Connors / Brian Connors 4 4.33 28
24 Mark Kelly – – 18
24 Keith Lupo / Scott Presley – – 18
Official 2016 Final Standings
Place Team Name Weeks
Fished		 Points
1 George Decatur / Preston Cox 8 364
2 Tim Garner / Martin Villa 8 361
3 Trey Parrin / Dean Perrin 8 336
4 David Chisholm / David Taylor 8 322
5 Ron Ellis / Scott Gibson 8 321
6 Clayton Gatewood / Darrin Parrish 8 317
7 Gene Hord / Scott Aikens 8 311
8 Matt Connors / Victor Dillard 8 308
9 Scott Connors / Brian Connors 8 302
10 John Doyle / Eugene Carter 8 299
11 Steve Rose / Mark Mitchell 8 296
12 Mike Hurdle / Shawn Britton 7 290
– Dave Everly / Charles Shuck 8 290
14 Mike Wood / Dylan Wood 8 262
15 Jeff Parrish / Brian Green 6 258
16 James Maupin / Mike Keyton 8 242
17 PJ Cox / Dave Foreman 7 237
18 Tyrone Guyse / Lenny Levine 7 227
19 Rob Grike / Eric Nelson 5 226
20 Tommy Bailey / Jeff Bailey 7 215
21 Dee Kid / Wil Vickery 7 210
22 David Chisholm / James Hill 7 189
23 Mark Kelly / Sharron Kelly 8 183
24 Shane Norton / Ricky Edwards 6 180
25 Phillip Banks / Edward Slaughter 5 177
26 Mark Finley / Bob Powell 6 176
27 Kieth Lupo / Ken Presley 5 166
28 Brad Hurdle / Hank Dawson 4 147
29 Mike Mastin / Gerald Mastin 5 138
30 Jamie Pitts / Mark Raines 5 135
31 Rob Grike / Stan Cobb 1 49
32 Tim Covington / Nick Covington 1 40
33 Rob Grike / Rahim Rahimi 1 39
34 Bart Wines / Tony Hrombushe 2 35
35 Rob Grike / Bobby Fincham 1 32
*Teams in Yellow Qualify for the Fall Classic
Sturgeon Creek Marina would Like to thank JF Fick
and Arizona Tea for their continued support of the
Lake Anna Elite, Youth, Summer and Winter Series

An Early Thanksgiving by Ken Duke November 17, 2016

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Thanksgiving is still a week away, and I’m already looking forward to ignoring my diet. It occurs to me that this year has been an unusual one in many ways and that Thanksgiving is here just in time to help us all keep everything in perspective.Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday … by far. But it’s not just the food or the unspoken license to eat until you collapse on living room furniture. I like Thanksgiving because I think of it as a unifying event — a reason, or maybe just an excuse — to put aside our innumerable differences and give thanks for what we have as a nation.images

New Humminbird Tech is Clearer, More Life-like Than Ever Before FTR Staff November 16, 2016

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New Humminbird Tech is Clearer, More Life-like Than Ever Before FTR Staff November 16, 2016

RACINE, Wis.,— When the Humminbird® HELIX® 10 took home the 2016 ICAST award for “Best Electronics,” few were surprised. After all, Humminbird has raised that trophy for six consecutive years. For 2017, the now iconic HELIX units offer more industry-leading technologies with exclusive new Humminbird innovations designed to deliver better, more usable information about what lies below the surface.

MEGA Imaging™ with CHIRP digital sonar delivers unprecedented detail

With a sonar frequency nearly 3-times greater than traditional 455 kHz frequencies, Humminbird is the first to take fish-finding sonar to the megahertz range, resulting in the clearest, sharpest underwater views. The quantum leap to megahertz frequency provides vastly improved MEGA Side Imaging™ and MEGA Down Imaging™, giving anglers a clear choice when it comes to underwater sonar.

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