Catching up with Skeet Reese before the 2014 Bassmaster Classic

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Catching up with Skeet Reese before the 2014 Bassmaster Classic

Guys we had the opportunity to talk with Elite Angler Skeet Reese today at the Angler’s Choice Open House in Martinsville VA. Take a listen has he gives a look back at his Elite Win on Smith Mountain Lake and a look at the 2014 Bass Master Classic.

We Would like to thank everyone at Anglers Choice for Bringing Skeet to Central VA.

Hite halfway home – 2014 FLW Tour on Okeechobee – FLW Communications

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Hite halfway home

Pro leader Brett Hite has a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 58 pounds, 7 ounces. (Photo by Brett Carlson)

Arizona pro distancing himself with lead of 12-9

07.Feb.2014 by Kyle Wood

CLEWISTON, Fla. – Brett Hite has found success on Okeechobee in the past but never to the extent he is experiencing this week. The Phoenix, Ariz., pro is keeping the momentum rolling as he busted 23 pounds, 8 ounces today to take a commanding lead to the tune of 12-9 that he will carry into day three.

While his day-two limit was substantially less than yesterday – over 10 pounds less – Hite is comfortable and confident with his pattern.

“Things have been going right for me this week,” said Hite. “I’m feeling relaxed and fishing the way I like. Nothing has really bothered me. I have a lot of boats fishing near me but I just tune them out.”

For years Hite has spent his time on the water watching media boats fly by in search of the Randall Tharps and JT Kenneys paying little respect to him. He knew that one day his pattern would produce when the time is right, and that time is now.

“There are a lot of people not fishing the same style or pattern that I am,” continued Hite. “I’m really keying in on a specific thing that I think is helping me get those bigger bites.

“I still have some spots saved that I haven’t fished. I’m not saying they are my best spots, but I have caught some of my bigger fish from areas I didn’t think were that good. But I’m looking for places I call a salad bowl which is just a big clump of all different kinds of grass. When you find one there are big numbers of fish in it.”

Hite says these “salad bowls” consist of anything from eel grass to hydrilla and anything else you can find on Okeechobee. He has waypoints in these certain areas that he focuses on but hasn’t quite figured out what is holding the bass on the particular spot.

“You can go down a stretch to your waypoint and catch one right off it and leave. If you come back a little while later you can catch another one or even a few from that same area. It’s crazy how it replenishes. I don’t know what holds them there but it is something specific they like.”

The morning (usually one of the better bite windows) started off a little slower for Hite which he attributes to the cloud cover early in the day. He says that there is generally a lull from 10 to 1 o’clock before the fish fire back up in the afternoon.

Hite is still tight-lipped about his presentations but is using three or four different baits to catch his fish.

His two-day total weight stands at 58-7 putting him well on his way to hit the century mark this week.

FLW Outdoors.com

Allen does it again at Amistad – by: BASS Communications

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Double take

Allen does it again at Amistad

James Overstreet

Randy Allen

By John Neporadny Jr.

Feb 7, 2014

DEL RIO, Texas — Bookend 18-pound limits for two days has put Randy Allen in the driver’s seat at the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open on Lake Amistad.

The former Bassmaster Elite Series pro backed up Thursday’s 18-pound limit with an 18-3 limit Friday to retain the lead in the pro division with 36-3. “It’s just been one of those weeks and when it is your time, it is your time,” said Allen, who knows he has to keep up the pace because of Amistad’s reputation.

“Saturday, you could see 20-pound sacks come in and I just hope I can hang in there with them.”

This morning Allen was unfazed by the pressure of leading the event.

“I just thought it was incredible to be in first,” he said. “It was the first time it has ever happened to me so I just wanted to go out and have fun and go catch fish. I had no reason to get upset and stressed out over it.”

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Toyota and BASS Renew for Four More Years by: Jason Sealock

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February 7th, 2014
Toyota and BASS Renew for Four More Years

by: Jason Sealock

A new agreement between B.A.S.S. and Toyota will unite the leaders of their respective industries for four more years.

A longtime sponsor of the B.A.S.S.-owned Bassmaster Tournament Trail, Toyota will continue through 2017 with a Platinum-level, exclusive truck sponsorship.

“B.A.S.S. is enthusiastically looking forward to four more years with Toyota,” said Bruce Akin, CEO of B.A.S.S. “Exciting new programs in the making will give Toyota elevated exposure to our growing membership and audience — the world’s most avid bass anglers.”

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Take a listen as the guys from Arson Jigs & North Anna Bait Company give us a look at what they have going on in 2014. They need your feedback so take the time and help these guys out.

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Allen Leads 2014 BASS Open on Amistad by: BASS Communications

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February 6th, 2014
Allen Leads 2014 BASS Open on Amistad

by: BASS Communications

Former Bassmaster Elite Series pro Randy Allen went into scramble mode to overcome a slow start and take the lead at the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open presented by Allstate at Lake Amistad.

The Shreveport, La., angler has a comfortable lead in the pro division after catching an 18-pound limit that included a 10-pound, 1-ounce largemouth.

“I knew that we could catch a big fish, but it is just luck of the draw on those big ones,” he said. “I knew that I was around some fish. I just had to keep throwing and hope for the best.”

Morning temperatures were so cold, ice developed in Allen’s rod guides, and he worried that his line might break.

“It kind of scared me this morning with the ice on my guides, especially when that big one got on,” he said. “My biggest fear was that the ice on the guides would cut the line. My hook was bent out, and my drag was frozen.”

He was finally able to steer the fish to his landing net. “The good Lord was with us so it worked out,” he said.

Everything worked out well for Allen, despite two days of practice in which he never got a bite. Through previous scouting trips, Allen had planned out a series of stops where he believed he would find bass.

“Today was just going on a milk run where I knew these fish were and trying to catch them,” said Allen, who didn’t catch a fish until after 10 a.m. “It was a nightmare trying to figure them out. It was just one here and one there. I would catch a couple and then not catch anything for an hour and half. Then I would catch two or three. I just had to hit 10 or 12 spots to get my limit.”

Fellow Louisiana angler Brent Bonadona also got off to a slow start but recovered to catch four keepers weighing 15-6 to move into second place. After fishing shallow until about noon and not catching a bass, Bonadona decided to work a jig 35 feet deep, and that paid off.

“I was actually hoping to go out and just catch a couple of keepers because it has been a rough practice,” he said. “The day went really well, and I exceeded everything I went out to do this morning.”

Rounding out the Top 5 in the pro division were Oklahoma angler Chris Jones in third place with 15-4; Cody Ryan Greaney of Texas, fourth, 15-3; and Troy Broussard of Texas, fifth, 12-13.

Union Pacific Railroad worker Drake Wehrs moved into first in the co-angler division with a three-fish limit weighing 10-10. The 23-year-old New Mexico angler said he would reveal what he caught his fish on at the Friday weigh-in.

“This is the first time I have ever done this (technique),” he said. “It wasn’t anything my partner showed me out there. I just picked it up and started doing it and caught the three keepers I had.”

Hite Leads Day One of 2014 FLW Tour on Okeechobee by: FLW Communications

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February 6th, 2014
Hite Leads Day One of 2014 FLW Tour on Okeechobee

by: FLW Communications

After approximately a 90-minute fog delay Thursday morning, pro angler Brett Hite of Phoenix, Ariz., wasted no time going to work on the Lake Okeechobee bass. Hite weighed the second-heaviest 5-bass limit in Walmart FLW Tour history at 34 pounds, 15 ounces to grab the lead after day one of the Walmart FLW Tour on Lake Okeechobee presented by Mercury. Hite now holds a solid 7-pound, 13-ounce lead over Kellogg’s Pop Tarts pro Greg Bohannan of Rogers, Ark., heading into day two of the four-day event that features 177 anglers competing for a top cash award of up to $125,000.

“Today was just one of those magical days where everything went right for me,” said Hite, whose last FLW Tour win came on Lake Toho in 2008. “In practice, I had caught a few big ones, but nothing like today. After the fog delay, I figured that I would be able to put together a nice limit of 3- and 4-pounders, but the fish were really biting today. Every single spot that I went to I caught a good one.”

Hite was not ready to give away any of his specifics, but said that he caught fish on a number of different baits.

“I mixed things up and caught my fish on three or four different baits today,” Hite said. “I like to mix it up here. It’s burned me some years, but I’ve also cashed a lot of paychecks here. I’ve got quite a few different spots that I like. I have two major patterns working for me, but the conditions were not right today for one of them, so I fished only one today. I didn’t really want to go burning up all of my fish, so I was pretty much finished by noon or 1 p.m. Then I went practicing.

“Even this afternoon when I was practicing and fishing new stuff, I was still regularly catching 3- and 4-pounders,” Hite continued. “I caught around 15 to 18 fish throughout the entire day. I didn’t have one spot where I just pulled up and caught five in a row. It was steady all day long.

“Obviously, Florida and I get along real well,” Hite went on to say. “Everyone knows that the weather is always changing here, though, and you have to change with what the fish are doing on the fly. Today was just an awesome day. 34-15 is the biggest stringer that I have ever weighed in during a tournament, and I’m really excited to go bass fishing again tomorrow.”

The top 10 pros after day one on Lake Okeechobee are:

1. Brett Hite, Phoenix, Ariz., five bass, 34-15
2. Kellogg’s Pop Tarts pro Greg Bohannan, Rogers, Ark., five bass, 27-2
3. Ryan Chandler, Valparaiso, Ind., five bass, 26-1
4. Randall Tharp, Port St. Joe, Ala., five bass, 23-13
5. Keith Amerson, Bethel Springs, Tenn., five bass, 23-1
6. Rich Dalbey, Greenville, Texas, five bass, 21-10
6. Michael Wooley, Collierville, Tenn., five bass, 21-10
8. Matt Greenblatt, Port St. Lucie, Fla., five bass, 21-6
9. Chevy pro Larry Nixon, Bee Branch, Ark., five bass, 21-2
10. Straight Talk pro Scott Canterbury, Springville, Ala., five bass, 20-13
10. James Watson, Waynesville, Mo., five bass, 20-13

For a full list of results visit FLWOutdoors.com.

Amerson won the Big Bass Award on the pro side with a fish weighing 10 pounds, 6 ounces to win $500.

Overall there were 875 bass weighing 2,328 pounds, 3 ounces caught by 177 pros Thursday. The catch included 171 five-bass limits.

Pros are competing for a top award of up to $125,000 this week plus valuable points in the hope of qualifying for the 2014 Forrest Wood Cup presented by Walmart, the world championship of bass fishing. The top 35 anglers in the point standings from the six events on the 2014 Walmart FLW Tour will qualify. The 2014 Forrest Wood Cup will be in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 14-17 on Lake Murray.

Greg Knick of Ansonia, Ohio, leads the co-angler division with five bass weighing 18-14 followed by Grayson Smith of Clarksville, Tenn., in second place with five bass weighing 18-1.

The top 10 co-anglers are:

1^st:    Greg Knick, Ansonia, Ohio, five bass, 18-14
2^nd:   Grayson Smith, Clarksville, Tenn., five bass, 18-1
3^rd:    Joshua Weaver, Macon, Ga., five bass, 18-0
4^th:    Bill Terrell, Memphis, Tenn., five bass, 17-3
5^th:    Kyle Monti, Okeechobee, Fla., five bass, 16-11
6^th:    Terry Chapman, Newberry, S.C., five bass, 16-3
7^th:    Paul Lafleur, Benton, Ark., five bass, 16-1
8^th:    Johnny Manning, Arkadelphia, Ark., five bass, 16-0
9^th:    Ken Coats, Tulsa, Okla., five bass, 15-10
10^th: Les Swann III, Burlingame, Calif., five bass, 15-5

For a full list of results visit FLWOutdoors.com.

Smith also caught Thursday’s Big Bass in the co-angler division weighing 8-7 to win $250.

Skeet Reese Introduces New Sunglasses for 2014 by: Jason Sealock

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