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Card Overcomes Setbacks To Lead Bassmaster Elite Event On Lake Fork
QUITMAN, Texas — Despite a slow start, a big loss and a painful injury, Brandon Card caught a Day 3 limit of 21 pounds, 10 ounces and retained the lead at the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork.
Entering Semifinal Saturday with an 11-ounce lead over Louisiana pro Quentin Cappo, Card bolstered his first two days’ weights of 27-6 and 28-1 to tally a three-day total of 77-1. Card heads into Championship Sunday with a 3-pound cushion over Cappo.
Camping in Little Caney Creek the first two days, Card spent most of his time on a shallow point he called his “Hammer Hole” and leveraged a shad spawn for the majority of his fish. Today, that bite proved elusive and Card had to make position and presentation changes.
“My morning bite was completely dead today, and I only caught two little fish on my Hammer Hole,” said Card, a veteran pro from Salisbury, N.C. “I moved to another spot about 7 to 8 minutes away and fished one of the schools I had found. There wasn’t a shad spawn there; it was just prespawners staging on a point.
“I had fished that spot the two previous days and two of my weight fish came from there on Day 1. I was just trying different baits and different depths.”
After catching bass on a jerkbait, swimbait and crankbait throughout the first two days, Card made a key adjustment and pulled out a 1/2-ounce white hair jig. Noting that this bait has served him well on Tennessee River reservoirs, Card said he felt the fish needed a different look and the pulsing hair skirt seemed to be triggering reluctant bass.
He also caught fish on an unnamed crankbait. That 10- to 14-foot diver definitely helped his cause, but not without significant grief.
“I lost a 6-pounder on that bait and then the next cast, I hooked a 2-pounder that shook as I was releasing it and stuck a hook in my (right index finger),” Card said.
Card and his marshal tried to remove the hook with the common technique of pushing down on the shank to rotate the barb angle and then using no-stretch braided line, tied to the bend, to quickly snap the hook free.
Two attempts failed, so Card had to push the hook through his skin far enough for fellow competitor Matt Herren to clip the point and barb. From there, the hook easily slid back out of his finger.
“I had two options: I could go to the emergency room or I could push it through,” Card recalled. “Thankfully, my finger was numb, and it really didn’t hurt as bad as it looked.”
Card said he still believes in his Hammer Hole’s potential, so he’ll give it a good look Sunday morning and then adjust as needed. With only the Top 10 anglers fishing, he’s expecting greater freedom of movement.
“I really put the time in during practice and spent hours upon hours idling and not seeing anything and I found three schools of fish (in Little Caney),” Card said. “Hopefully, between those schools, it will hold up and we can go catch another big bag tomorrow.
“That shad spawn may or may not be there, but I think tomorrow I’ll be able to rotate my spots a little bit better. A couple times today, I’d run and there would be a boat sitting on my spot and I’d just have to turn around.”
Looking at Sunday’s forecast for warm, stable weather, Card has this final-round expectation: “There have been a few of us flirting with 30 pounds this week. I think somebody will catch 28 to 30 tomorrow.”
Maintaining the second-place spot since Day 1, Cappo experienced a dip in productivity and turned in a limit of 19-4. Adding this weight to his previous limits of 28-15 and 25-13 sends him into Championship Sunday with 74 pounds.
Sticking with the pattern he’s exploited since the tournament’s start, Cappo is targeting shallow areas with shell bottom. His key spots are the submerged root masses, where deflecting a Strike King KVD 4.0 squarebill has consistently triggered bites.
Wind and the presence of jumbo gizzard shad have been the keys to Cappo’s bite. Both elements were there today but in different form.
“Today, it was a different wind (direction) and it positions the bait differently,” Cappo said. “Today, (the bass) never showed themselves. Usually, they’ll come up between 1 and 3 o’clock. They’ll start eating shad at the surface and you’ll see exactly where they’re positioned.”
Without that surface action, Cappo never got bit on the Strike King Sexy Dawg topwater he threw Friday. Also, changing squarebill colors from citrus shad to sexy shad seemed to trigger more bites.
“I’m committed to that pattern because one swing of the bat, you can be right back in this game,” he said. “I’m going to live by it or die by it. That pattern has gotten me this far, so I’m going to go out swinging tomorrow and try to get that blue trophy.”
Chris Zaldain of Fort Worth, Texas, is in third with 71-14. Rising from 12th place on Day 2, Zaldain added 29-3 — the day’s biggest bag — to his first two limits of 27-1 and 15-10.
Zaldain targeted windward points where bass were eating giant gizzard shad. He used an 8-inch Megabass Magdraft swimbait and a 10-inch Tater Hog glidebait designed to closely mimic this hefty forage.
“While a lot of guys are fishing for spawning fish, I’ve been targeting pre- and postspawn fish,” Zaldain said. “I like fishing for these fish when they’re actually feeding and chasing.
“I’m just running and gunning, throwing big baits and doing what I like to do. It was an amazing day today and I hope to have an amazing day tomorrow.”
Clifford Pirch of Payson, Ariz., is in the lead for Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with his 9-13 largemouth caught on Day 2.
Seth Feider of New Market, Minn., leads the Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 434 points. Patrick Walters of Summerville, S.C., is in second with 430, followed by Drew Cook of Cairo, Ga., with 387, Chris Johnston of Peterborough, Canada, with 383 and Lee Livesay of Longview, Texas, with 381.
Josh Stracner of Vandiver, Ala., leads the Rookie of the Year standings with 333 points.
Sunday’s takeoff is scheduled for 6:45 a.m. CT at Sabine River Authority (SRA) — Lake Fork. The weigh-in will be held at SRA at 3 p.m
Live coverage of the event can be streamed on Bassmaster.com and the FOX Sports digital platforms. FS1 will also broadcast the action live with the leaders beginning at 7 a.m. CT.
The tournament is being hosted by the Sabine River Authority and Wood County Economic Development Commission.
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2021 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork 4/22-4/25
Lake Fork, Quitman TX.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Brandon Card Salisbury, NC 15 77-01 100
Day 1: 5 27-06 Day 2: 5 28-01 Day 3: 5 21-10
2. Quentin Cappo Prairieville, LA 15 74-00 99
Day 1: 5 28-15 Day 2: 5 25-13 Day 3: 5 19-04
3. Chris Zaldain Fort Worth, TX 15 71-14 98
Day 1: 5 27-01 Day 2: 5 15-10 Day 3: 5 29-03
4. Patrick Walters Summerville, SC 15 71-02 97 $1,000.00
Day 1: 5 32-14 Day 2: 5 15-07 Day 3: 5 22-13
5. Lee Livesay Longview, TX 15 70-02 96
Day 1: 5 25-06 Day 2: 5 17-14 Day 3: 5 26-14
6. Chad Morgenthaler Reeds Spring, MO 15 68-08 95
Day 1: 5 25-15 Day 2: 5 20-12 Day 3: 5 21-13
7. Taku Ito Chiba, JAPAN 15 66-11 94
Day 1: 5 15-01 Day 2: 5 33-03 Day 3: 5 18-07
8. Seth Feider New Market, MN 15 65-12 93
Day 1: 5 22-03 Day 2: 5 20-14 Day 3: 5 22-11
9. Austin Felix Eden Prairie, MN 15 64-02 92
Day 1: 5 25-11 Day 2: 5 18-07 Day 3: 5 20-00
10. Chris Johnston Otonabee Ontario CANADA 15 62-04 91
Day 1: 5 24-02 Day 2: 5 15-11 Day 3: 5 22-07
11. Carl Jocumsen Queensland, AUSTRALIA 15 61-13 90 $11,000.00
Day 1: 5 20-06 Day 2: 5 17-13 Day 3: 5 23-10
12. Jay Yelas Lincoln City, OR 15 61-02 89 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-02 Day 2: 5 21-05 Day 3: 5 28-11
13. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 15 60-04 88 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 22-13 Day 2: 5 16-03 Day 3: 5 21-04
14. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 15 60-01 87 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-10 Day 2: 5 17-10 Day 3: 5 23-13
15. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 15 59-10 86 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 23-00 Day 2: 5 20-13 Day 3: 5 15-13
16. Joshua Stracner Vandiver, AL 15 59-06 85 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 24-11 Day 2: 5 15-03 Day 3: 5 19-08
17. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 15 59-05 84 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-15 Day 2: 5 25-13 Day 3: 5 17-09
18. Matt Arey Shelby, NC 15 59-02 83 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-12 Day 2: 5 18-04 Day 3: 5 21-02
19. Drew Benton Blakely, GA 15 59-01 82 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-04 Day 2: 5 15-13 Day 3: 5 22-00
20. John Cox Debary, FL 15 58-00 81 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-05 Day 2: 5 20-12 Day 3: 5 15-15
21. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 15 57-14 80 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-13 Day 2: 5 18-00 Day 3: 5 18-01
22. Kyle Welcher Opelika, AL 15 57-11 79 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-04 Day 2: 5 18-15 Day 3: 5 17-08
23. Scott Martin Clewiston, FL 15 57-06 78 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-09 Day 2: 5 18-13 Day 3: 5 19-00
24. Shane LeHew Catawba, NC 15 57-04 77 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-02 Day 2: 5 20-06 Day 3: 5 19-12
25. Brandon Cobb Greenwood, SC 15 57-01 76 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 25-00 Day 2: 5 19-08 Day 3: 5 12-09
26. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 15 56-11 75 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 24-08 Day 2: 5 18-08 Day 3: 5 13-11
27. Cory Johnston Cavan CANADA 15 56-10 74 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 22-09 Day 2: 5 15-04 Day 3: 5 18-13
28. Chad Pipkens Dewitt, MI 15 56-10 73 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-14 Day 2: 5 15-12 Day 3: 5 19-00
29. Wes Logan Springville, AL 15 55-09 72 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-11 Day 2: 5 16-05 Day 3: 5 19-09
30. Jeff Gustafson Keewatin Ontario CANADA 15 55-00 71 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-03 Day 2: 5 21-12 Day 3: 5 14-01
31. Drew Cook Cairo, GA 15 54-14 70 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-06 Day 2: 5 16-01 Day 3: 5 20-07
32. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 15 54-04 69 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-05 Day 2: 5 20-07 Day 3: 5 18-08
33. Justin Atkins Florence, AL 14 53-00 68 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-14 Day 2: 4 14-03 Day 3: 5 16-15
34. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 15 52-08 67 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-05 Day 2: 5 16-13 Day 3: 5 14-06
35. Luke Palmer Coalgate, OK 15 51-14 66 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 20-02 Day 2: 5 14-14 Day 3: 5 16-14
36. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 15 51-11 65 $11,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 5 21-05 Day 3: 5 17-01
37. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 15 51-09 64 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 24-01 Day 2: 5 12-03 Day 3: 5 15-05
38. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 15 51-09 63 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-09 Day 2: 5 14-01 Day 3: 5 15-15
39. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 15 51-06 62 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 20-15 Day 2: 5 17-06 Day 3: 5 13-01
40. Matt Robertson Kuttawa, KY 14 48-14 61 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 23-12 Day 2: 5 14-00 Day 3: 4 11-02
41. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 15 48-11 60 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-11 Day 2: 5 16-15 Day 3: 5 12-01
42. Scott Canterbury Odenville, AL 14 48-09 59 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-01 Day 2: 5 20-10 Day 3: 4 08-14
43. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 13 47-14 58 $10,000.00
Day 1: 4 11-04 Day 2: 5 24-00 Day 3: 4 12-10
44. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 15 47-03 57 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-02 Day 2: 5 19-01 Day 3: 5 11-00
45. Shane Lineberger Lincolnton, NC 13 44-09 56 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-07 Day 2: 5 20-12 Day 3: 3 12-06
46. Cody Hollen Beaverton, OR 14 43-08 55 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 20-15 Day 3: 4 08-14
47. Derek Hudnall Denham Springs, LA 12 43-06 54 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-10 Day 2: 5 15-12 Day 3: 2 08-00
48. Buddy Gross Chickamauga, GA 12 41-05 53 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-02 Day 2: 5 18-07 Day 3: 2 04-12
49. Frank Talley Temple, TX 10 36-00 52 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 20-02 Day 2: 4 13-05 Day 3: 1 02-09
50. Jamie Hartman Newport, NY 10 32-01 51 $5,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-09 Day 2: 5 13-08
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1 Patrick Walters Summerville, SC 08-14 $1,000.00
2 Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 09-13 $1,000.00
3 Carl Jocumsen Queensland TN AUSTRALIA09-05 $1,000.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 90 477 1782-15
2 69 415 1377-10
3 41 229 847-03
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200 1121 4007-12
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Christie Cashes in with Costa Sunglasses
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Jason Christie is among the first anglers to cash in with the brand new Costa Compete + Conserve contingency program thanks to his win two weeks ago on the Sabine River.
Christie pocketed an additional $3,000 cash bonus for being the highest finishing registered angler wearing Costa Sunglasses from this exciting new program.
“For tournament anglers Costas are a small investment when compared to some of the other equipment we buy and with Compete + Conserve you have the opportunity to win bonus money for yourself and the outdoors,” Christie said. “How can you beat that?”
The “conserve” component of Costa’s new bass fishing rewards program is especially exciting for folks in the fishing industry. The highest finishing program participant gets to choose between one of five pre-approved conservation organizations to receive a cash donation on behalf of Costa and the angler.
Christie’s connection to the outdoors runs much deeper than being a professional angler and he was thrilled to learn about the conservation donation. He chose The National Fish & Wildlife Foundation to receive $500 on his behalf.
Not only is Christie a huge proponent of all the goodness Costa’s new contingency program brings on, he also is a big believer in the advantages his sunglasses give him on the water.
“A quality pair of sunglasses are a necessity for anyone who spends time on the water,” Christie added. “Personally, my Costas equate to key fish each tournament and certainly each season. Being able to see what’s underwater, whether I’m seeing fish or a hidden piece of cover, makes a huge difference. At the Sabine they also helped me dodge obstructions while driving way up a creek to my primary area.”
Compete + Conserve wasn’t the only contingency program Christie reaped the rewards of after his finish on the Sabine however. The Oklahoma native also made $3,000 from Toyota Bonus Bucks for towing with a Toyota Tundra and an additional $4,000 from the popular Yamaha Power Pay program for running a Yamaha powered Xpress boat. Bringing Christie’s grand total to a mind-blowing $10,000 of bonus money for supporting brands who support the sport of bass fishing.
All three of these tournament angler contingency programs are absolutely free to register for as long as you own and use the products covered under the rewards programs. And you don’t have to be a professional angler like Jason Christie; these programs cover hundreds of tournaments for weekend anglers all the way up to the pros.
For more information on the brand new Costa Compete + Conserve program, follow this link https://www.costacompeteandconserve.com/or call (918) 742-6424 and ask for Luke.
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Pennsylvania’s Becker Moves Ahead on Day Two of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Stop 3 at Lake Murray
COLUMBIA, S.C. (April 23, 2021) – Pro Matt Becker of Finleyville, Pennsylvania, caught five bass weighing 19 pounds, 9 ounces Friday to move from second into first place after Day 2 of the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by Bad Boy Mowers, Googan Baits Stop 3 Presented by Favorite Fishing – Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina. Becker’s two-day total of 10 bass weighing 41 pounds, 2 ounces gives him a 2-pound, 12-ounce advantage heading into Day 3 of the four-day competition that features a field of 161 bass-fishing professionals from around the world competing for a top cash award of up to $135,000.
Pro Derrick Snavely of Piney Flats, Tennessee, jumped from 15th place to 2nd with a five-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 15 ounces, giving him a two-day total of 38 pounds, 6 ounces.
Becker managed to turn only a couple 10-minute flurries into some of the biggest bags on Lake Murray. Utilizing great timing and a schooling-fish pattern, he turned three flurries into 21 pounds, 9 ounces on Day 1, followed by just one flurry on Day 2 that helped him toward his 19-9 bag – putting him in the lead with 41-2 total.
“We survived another day, but boy was it stressful and risky,” said Becker, the 2018 Pro Circuit Rookie of the Year. “I was super lucky on my timing again where I pulled up and was able to catch four of the five I weighed in within a few minutes. Otherwise, it was a struggle.”
Becker said that flurry came at 9 a.m. but before that, he hadn’t had a bite.
“I fished that spot three times today before I caught anything,” said Becker. “I knew the fish were there, but I rotated through multiple times and never had a bite. Then I came back and they were there and they were eating. I went from zero to 14 pounds in minutes.”
Becker said he originally planned to just hit the edges of the points quickly on the first morning before moving on to bed-fishing or fishing docks, but was fortunate to get a couple bites early on Day 1 to point him in the right direction.
Although that timing has held out so far, a significant storm system is set to roll through the region early tomorrow morning, with a 100-percent chance of severe thunderstorms most of Saturday, which could change everything for Becker, as well as the other pros.
“I say we cancel tomorrow. It’s one less day I have to hang on to the lead,” laughed Becker. “I think it’s going to be really hard and it’s going to hurt my fish. The sun has been real important, and that rain is probably going to put a damper on that tomorrow. With this weather changing, it’s anyone’s game going into the weekend.”
The top 20 pros after Day 2 on Lake Murray are:
1st: Matt Becker of Finleyville, Pa., 10 bass, 41-2
2nd: Derrick Snavely of Piney Flats, Tenn., 10 bass, 38-6
3rd: Miles Howe of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., 10 bass, 37-9
4th: Evan Barnes of Hot Springs, Ark., 10 bass, 37-0
5th: Dean Rojas of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., 10 bass, 35-9
6th: Tommy Dickerson of Orange, Texas, 10 bass, 34-15
7th: Skeet Reese of Auburn, Calif., 10 bass, 34-14
8th: Clabion Johns of Social Circle, Ga., 10 bass, 34-9
9th: Matthew Stefan of Junction City, Wisc., 10 bass, 34-9
10th: Adrian Avena of Vineland, N.J., 10 bass, 33-13
11th: Casey Ashley of Donalds, S.C., 10 bass, 33-10
12th: Jim Tutt of Longview, Texas, 10 bass, 33-5
13th: Jamie Horton of Centerville, Ala., 10 bass, 33-4
14th: David Williams of Maiden, N.C., 10 bass, 33-3
15th: Josh Butler of Hayden, Ala., 10 bass, 32-14
16th: Michael Neal of Dayton, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-11
17th: Kurt Mitchell of Milford, Del., 10 bass, 32-10
18th: Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity, S.C., 10 bass, 32-5
19th: Mitch Crane of Columbus, Miss., 10 bass, 32-4
20th: Jimmy Reese of Witter Springs, Calif., 10 bass, 32-1
Zack Birge of Blanchard, Oklahoma, won the day’s $500 Berkley Big Bass award bringing a largemouth weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces to the scale.
Overall, there were 744 bass weighing 1,983 pounds even caught by 160 pros Friday. The catch included 133 five-bass limits.
The MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit presented by Bad Boy Mowers, Googan Baits Stop 3 Presented by Favorite Fishing – Lake Murray is hosted by the Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board.
In Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit competition, the full field of 161 anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 50 pros based on their two-day cumulative weight advanced to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros will continue competition on Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2021 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit TITLE presented by Mercury, the Pro Circuit Championship, where they will compete for up to $235,000. The 2021 TITLE will be on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin on Aug. 17-22, and is hosted by Explore La Crosse.
Anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. ET Saturday and Sunday from Dreher Island State Park, located at 3677 State Park Road in Prosperity. Weigh-ins will also be held at the park daily at 3 p.m. Attendance is limited to competing anglers, family, essential staff and media covering the event. Fans are encouraged to follow the action online through the MLF NOW! live stream and coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
The MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit presented by Bad Boy Mowers, Googan Baits Stop 3 Presented by Favorite Fishing – Lake Murray will feature live on-the-water coverage and a two-hour action-packed television show that will premiere on the Outdoor Channel on Sunday, July 25 from 7 to 9 a.m. ET and re-air on the Sportsman Channel this fall. Weigh-ins will be streamed daily and fans can catch live on-the-water action all day Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25 on MLF NOW! beginning at 7 a.m. ET at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
For complete details and updated information visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit presented by Bad Boy Mowers on the MLF BIG5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
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Consistency Lands Card In Lead At Bassmaster Elite Event On Lake Fork
QUITMAN, Texas — Brandon Card of Salisbury, N.C., committed to a spot he called the “Hammer Hole” and nailed down a limit of 28 pounds, 1 ounce to lead Day 2 of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork.
Rising from third place, Card bolstered his Day 1 weight of 27-6 for a two-day total of 55-7 that leads Quentin Cappo of Prairieville, La., by 11 ounces.
Working in Little Caney Creek, Card’s key spot was a subtle point adjacent to multiple spawning pockets with a creek channel in close proximity. What’s interesting is that Card encountered this fish-laden staging area on his way to inspect other spots.
“I’m really fortunate I found this spot,” he said. “It didn’t look like much when I saw it on my side scan, but it looked like just enough to make me want to make a cast in there.
“I caught them at the mouth of Little Caney really good (during the Elite event) in 2019. I had two giant schools, so I checked that out and they weren’t there. So, I just kept going farther in there.”
With two fish over 6 pounds in his bag, Card did most of his work with a Yo-Zuri 3DB 110 jerkbait. He also caught fish on a 3DB 110 Deep, a Yo-Zuri Hardcore Crank 3+ and a 4-inch hand-poured swimbait on a 1/2-ounce lead head.
“Changing angles and trying to stay fresh on the baits was important,” he said. “I’m just thinking, ‘What else can I throw out there?’ I’ll rig up some new stuff tonight.”
Noting that he had his weight by about 9:45 a.m., Card said, “What a morning. There wasn’t much to speak of after the morning. I did catch a 4 1/2-pounder that didn’t help, but I couldn’t get on anything (productive) after I left the Hammer Hole.
“Hopefully, that place keeps reloading. It’s a pretty magical spot.”
Addressing the obvious question of why he left the Hammer Hole, Card said that his bite slowed down — possibly a casualty of meteorological disruptions from an approaching storm system that prompted B.A.S.S. to move up Friday’s weigh-in by one hour.
“Also, I didn’t want to just sit there and protect the spot, and I didn’t want to just sit there and keep fishing,” Card said of his fish-management strategy. “I didn’t want to catch a 4-pounder that didn’t help today because I might need it for tomorrow.”
Card’s largest fish — a 6-12 — bit the swimbait after he effectively retrieved the bait through a labyrinth of submerged timber off a deeper section of his point. Thinking he may be onto something, he repeated his cast, but at that point the wheels came off.
“The very next cast, I hung up,” he said. “I didn’t want to go in there and get it, so I broke it off and tied on another one. I threw back out there and, on the next cast, I got hung again and had to break that one off.
“Literally two casts later, I get hung again and break off the third swimbait. I was like, ‘What is going on?’ It’s like I couldn’t get back in there after I caught the big one. I’ll have to rig up a jighead with a weedguard tonight.”
Holding steady in second place, Cappo added 25-13 to the 28-15 he caught Thursday to keep himself in contention with 54-12. Returning to the Caney Creek areas he fished on Day 1, Cappo anchored his bag with a 7-1 shortly before 9 a.m.
“My main area was a little underwater point with a rootball from an old tree,” he said. “They stage right there coming in and out, so if you can hit that rootball with a crankbait and deflect, they’ll come out and attack it.”
Wind exposure is key to Cappo’s success, and both days he saw clear examples of how an increase in surface disturbance would trigger feeding. Also, his area holds scattered pods of big gizzard shad, so he threw sizable baits — a Strike King KVD 4.0 squarebill and a Strike King Sexy Dawg topwater.
“They were eating kind of funny today,” he said. “I could tell by the way they were grabbing my crankbait. But it’s just one of those deals where you have to keep your head down and go because you know it’s going to happen, you just don’t know when.
“I was fortunate, because with an hour (before check-in), I had three big bites (3-15, 5-11 and 6-3). You just have to let it happen, and it definitely happened today.”
Day 1 leader Patrick Walters of Summerville, S.C., saw a dramatic decline to the intense Day 1 action that produced the event’s second-heaviest bag — 32-14 (behind fourth-place Taku Ito’s Day 2 limit of 33-3). On Friday, Walters started strong with an 8-12 at 7:18, but quality bites eluded him the rest of the day and he weighed a limit of 15-7.
Having won his first Elite title on Fork last year with a four-day total of 104 pounds, 12 ounces, Walters remained committed to the game plan of hunting fish with his Garmin Panoptix LiveScope. He’s throwing jerkbaits over contour breaks for staging prespawners.
“I guess it was the weather conditions; something changed pressure-wise,” he said. “The fish are still there on all the spots I fished today. The bad thing was they would come look at your bait and almost take a nip at it. They would follow your bait for 40 feet and never commit.
“I’m going all in (tomorrow) because if I can catch them, it’s going to be a big bag. If I don’t, it’s going to be a very little bag.”
Clifford Pirch of Payson, Ariz., took the lead for Phoenix Boats Big Bass honors with his 9-13 largemouth.
Seth Feider of New Market, Minn., leads the Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 432 points. Walters is second with 431, followed by Kyle Welcher of Opelika, Ala., with 385, Lee Livesay of Longview, Texas, with 377 and Chris Johnston of Peterborough, Canada, with 375.
Joshua Stracner of Vandiver, Ala., leads the Rookie of the Year standings with 332 points.
Saturday’s takeoff is scheduled for 6:45 a.m. CT at Sabine River Authority (SRA) — Lake Fork. The weigh-in will be held at SRA at 3 p.m.
Only the Top 10 anglers after Saturday’s weigh-in will advance to Championship Sunday with a chance to win the $100,000 first-place prize.
Live coverage of the event can be streamed on Bassmaster.com and the FOX Sports digital platforms. FS1 will also broadcast the action live with the leaders beginning at 7 a.m. CT.
The tournament is being hosted by the Sabine River Authority and Wood County Economic Development Commission.
2021 Bassmaster Elite Series Platinum Sponsor: Toyota
2021 Bassmaster Elite Series Premier Sponsors: Berkley, Humminbird, Mercury, Minn Kota, Nitro Boats, Power-Pole, Ranger Boats, Skeeter Boats, Yamaha
2021 Bassmaster Elite Series Supporting Sponsors: AFTCO, Bass Pro Shops, Garmin, Huk Performance Fishing, Marathon, Rapala
2021 Bassmaster Elite Series Conservation Partner: AFTCO
About B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S., which encompasses the Bassmaster tournament leagues, events and media platforms, is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and keeper of the culture of the sport, providing cutting edge content on bass fishing whenever, wherever and however bass fishing fans want to use it. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., the 515,000-member organization’s fully integrated media platforms include the industry’s leading magazines (Bassmaster and B.A.S.S. Times), website (Bassmaster.com), TV show, radio show, social media programs and events. For more than 50 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Basspro.com Bassmaster Opens Series, TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Series, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Bassmaster Team Championship, Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series powered by TourneyX and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk.
2021 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork 4/22-4/25
Lake Fork, Quitman, TX
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 2
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Brandon Card Salisbury, NC 10 55-07 100
Day 1: 5 27-06 Day 2: 5 28-01
2. Quentin Cappo Prairieville, LA 10 54-12 99
Day 1: 5 28-15 Day 2: 5 25-13
3. Patrick Walters Summerville, SC 10 48-05 98 $1,000.00
Day 1: 5 32-14 Day 2: 5 15-07
4. Taku Ito Chiba JAPAN 10 48-04 97
Day 1: 5 15-01 Day 2: 5 33-03
5. Chad Morgenthaler Reeds Spring, MO 10 46-11 96
Day 1: 5 25-15 Day 2: 5 20-12
6. Brandon Cobb Greenwood, SC 10 44-08 95
Day 1: 5 25-00 Day 2: 5 19-08
7. Austin Felix Eden Prairie, MN 10 44-02 94
Day 1: 5 25-11 Day 2: 5 18-07
8. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, MO 10 43-13 93
Day 1: 5 23-00 Day 2: 5 20-13
9. Lee Livesay Longview, TX 10 43-04 92
Day 1: 5 25-06 Day 2: 5 17-14
10. Seth Feider New Market, MN 10 43-01 91
Day 1: 5 22-03 Day 2: 5 20-14
11. Stetson Blaylock Benton, AR 10 43-00 90
Day 1: 5 24-08 Day 2: 5 18-08
12. Chris Zaldain Fort Worth, TX 10 42-11 89
Day 1: 5 27-01 Day 2: 5 15-10
13. John Cox Debary, FL 10 42-01 88
Day 1: 5 21-05 Day 2: 5 20-12
14. Skylar Hamilton Dandridge, TN 10 41-12 87
Day 1: 5 15-15 Day 2: 5 25-13
15. Jeff Gustafson Keewatin Ontario CANADA 10 40-15 86
Day 1: 5 19-03 Day 2: 5 21-12
16. Kyle Welcher Opelika, AL 10 40-03 85
Day 1: 5 21-04 Day 2: 5 18-15
17. Joshua Stracner Vandiver, AL 10 39-14 84
Day 1: 5 24-11 Day 2: 5 15-03
18. Chris Johnston Otonabee Ontario CANADA 10 39-13 83
Day 1: 5 24-02 Day 2: 5 15-11
19. Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA 10 39-13 82
Day 1: 5 21-13 Day 2: 5 18-00
20. Scott Canterbury Odenville, AL 10 39-11 81
Day 1: 5 19-01 Day 2: 5 20-10
21. Matt Herren Ashville, AL 10 39-00 80
Day 1: 5 22-13 Day 2: 5 16-03
22. Scott Martin Clewiston, FL 10 38-06 79
Day 1: 5 19-09 Day 2: 5 18-13
23. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 10 38-05 78
Day 1: 5 20-15 Day 2: 5 17-06
24. Carl Jocumsen Queensland AUSTRALIA 10 38-03 77
Day 1: 5 20-06 Day 2: 5 17-13
25. David Mullins Mt Carmel, TN 10 38-02 76
Day 1: 5 21-05 Day 2: 5 16-13
26. Matt Arey Shelby, NC 10 38-00 75
Day 1: 5 19-12 Day 2: 5 18-04
27. Cory Johnston Cavan CANADA 10 37-13 74
Day 1: 5 22-09 Day 2: 5 15-04
28. Matt Robertson Kuttawa, KY 10 37-12 73
Day 1: 5 23-12 Day 2: 5 14-00
29. Chad Pipkens Dewitt, MI 10 37-10 72
Day 1: 5 21-14 Day 2: 5 15-12
30. Shane LeHew Catawba, NC 10 37-08 71
Day 1: 5 17-02 Day 2: 5 20-06
31. Drew Benton Blakely, GA 10 37-01 70
Day 1: 5 21-04 Day 2: 5 15-13
32. Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN 10 36-10 69
Day 1: 5 19-11 Day 2: 5 16-15
33. Buddy Gross Chickamauga, GA 10 36-09 68
Day 1: 5 18-02 Day 2: 5 18-07
34. Jason Williamson Wagener, SC 10 36-04 67
Day 1: 5 24-01 Day 2: 5 12-03
35. Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum, ID 10 36-04 66
Day 1: 5 18-10 Day 2: 5 17-10
36. Jason Christie Park Hill, OK 10 36-03 65
Day 1: 5 17-02 Day 2: 5 19-01
37. Justin Atkins Florence, AL 9 36-01 64
Day 1: 5 21-14 Day 2: 4 14-03
38. Wes Logan Springville, AL 10 36-00 63
Day 1: 5 19-11 Day 2: 5 16-05
39. Brock Mosley Collinsville, MS 10 35-12 62
Day 1: 5 15-05 Day 2: 5 20-07
40. Greg Hackney Gonzales, LA 10 35-10 61
Day 1: 5 21-09 Day 2: 5 14-01
41. Derek Hudnall Denham Springs, LA 10 35-06 60
Day 1: 5 19-10 Day 2: 5 15-12
42. Keith Combs Huntington, TX 9 35-04 59
Day 1: 4 11-04 Day 2: 5 24-00
43. Luke Palmer Coalgate, OK 10 35-00 58
Day 1: 5 20-02 Day 2: 5 14-14
44. Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 10 34-10 57 $1,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 5 21-05
45. Cody Hollen Beaverton, OR 10 34-10 56
Day 1: 5 13-11 Day 2: 5 20-15
46. Drew Cook Cairo, GA 10 34-07 55
Day 1: 5 18-06 Day 2: 5 16-01
47. Frank Talley Temple, TX 9 33-07 54
Day 1: 5 20-02 Day 2: 4 13-05
48. Jay Yelas Lincoln City, OR 10 32-07 53
Day 1: 5 11-02 Day 2: 5 21-05
49. Shane Lineberger Lincolnton, NC 10 32-03 52
Day 1: 5 11-07 Day 2: 5 20-12
50. Jamie Hartman Newport, NY 10 32-01 51 $5,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-09 Day 2: 5 13-08
51. KJ Queen Catawba, NC 9 32-00 50 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 21-02 Day 2: 4 10-14
52. Koby Kreiger Alva, FL 10 32-00 49 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 17-01 Day 2: 5 14-15
53. Hunter Shryock Ooltewah, TN 10 31-14 48 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 17-06 Day 2: 5 14-08
54. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, FL 10 31-12 47 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-13 Day 2: 5 14-15
55. Garrett Paquette Canton, MI 8 30-13 46 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 17-14 Day 2: 3 12-15
56. Tyler Rivet Raceland, LA 8 29-12 45 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 20-15 Day 2: 3 08-13
57. Hank Cherry Jr Lincolnton, NC 9 29-11 44 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 18-12 Day 2: 4 10-15
58. Randy Sullivan Breckenridge, TX 10 29-10 43 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 16-10
59. Destin DeMarion Grove City, PA 10 29-10 42 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-06 Day 2: 5 13-04
60. Cliff Prince Palatka, FL 10 29-08 41 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-14 Day 2: 5 12-10
61. Micah Frazier Newnan, GA 8 29-06 40 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 3 09-15
62. Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL 10 28-15 39 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 15-15 Day 2: 5 13-00
63. Brad Whatley Bivins, TX 8 28-06 38 $2,500.00
Day 1: 3 10-00 Day 2: 5 18-06
64. Chris Groh Spring Grove, IL 10 27-13 37 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 17-12 Day 2: 5 10-01
65. Mike Huff Corbin, KY 8 27-08 36 $2,500.00
Day 1: 3 10-10 Day 2: 5 16-14
66. Darold Gleason Many, LA 7 27-04 35 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 22-05 Day 2: 2 04-15
67. Pat Schlapper Eleva, WI 9 26-15 34 $2,500.00
Day 1: 4 10-06 Day 2: 5 16-09
68. Justin Hamner Northport, AL 9 26-14 33 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 19-06 Day 2: 4 07-08
69. Ray Hanselman Jr Del Rio, TX 10 26-12 32 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 15-07 Day 2: 5 11-05
70. Kenta Kimura Osaka JAPAN 7 26-11 31 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 22-03 Day 2: 2 04-08
71. Rick Morris Lake Gaston, VA 10 26-03 30 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 15-00 Day 2: 5 11-03
72. Todd Auten Lake Wylie, SC 8 26-00 29 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 20-09 Day 2: 3 05-07
73. Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC 10 26-00 28 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 12-11 Day 2: 5 13-05
74. Bill Lowen Brookville, IN 10 25-14 27 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 12-00 Day 2: 5 13-14
75. Marc Frazier Newnan, GA 10 25-13 26 $2,500.00
Day 1: 5 10-06 Day 2: 5 15-07
76. John Crews Jr Salem, VA 10 25-12 25
Day 1: 5 13-06 Day 2: 5 12-06
77. Robbie Latuso Gonzales, LA 7 25-08 24
Day 1: 5 15-10 Day 2: 2 09-14
78. Steve Kennedy Auburn, AL 10 25-04 23
Day 1: 5 14-03 Day 2: 5 11-01
79. Caleb Kuphall Mukwonago, WI 7 24-14 22
Day 1: 5 21-14 Day 2: 2 03-00
80. Mark Menendez Paducah, KY 10 24-07 21
Day 1: 5 11-07 Day 2: 5 13-00
81. Dale Hightower Mannford, OK 7 22-13 20
Day 1: 5 19-07 Day 2: 2 03-06
82. Bryan Schmitt Deale, MD 7 22-07 19
Day 1: 5 18-04 Day 2: 2 04-03
83. Kyle Monti Okeechobee, FL 8 22-04 18
Day 1: 3 10-08 Day 2: 5 11-12
84. Randy Pierson Oakdale, CA 10 22-01 17
Day 1: 5 11-14 Day 2: 5 10-03
85. Bryan New Belmont, NC 6 22-00 16
Day 1: 5 20-01 Day 2: 1 01-15
86. Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT 6 22-00 15
Day 1: 5 18-07 Day 2: 1 03-09
87. Bill Weidler Helena, AL 7 22-00 14
Day 1: 5 14-14 Day 2: 2 07-02
88. Rick Clunn Ava, MO 6 21-14 13
Day 1: 4 16-01 Day 2: 2 05-13
89. Ed Loughran III Richmond, VA 7 21-13 12
Day 1: 5 16-11 Day 2: 2 05-02
90. Rob Digh Denver, NC 7 21-00 11
Day 1: 5 13-01 Day 2: 2 07-15
91. Gregory DiPalma Millville, NJ 7 20-10 10
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 2 06-11
92. Bob Downey Hudson, WI 6 19-03 9
Day 1: 5 17-02 Day 2: 1 02-01
93. Clark Wendlandt Leander, TX 5 18-11 8
Day 1: 5 18-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
94. Brett Preuett Monroe, LA 9 18-10 7
Day 1: 5 09-11 Day 2: 4 08-15
95. Clent Davis Montevallo, AL 6 17-12 6
Day 1: 5 16-06 Day 2: 1 01-06
96. Gary Clouse Winchester, TN 6 13-11 5
Day 1: 3 08-08 Day 2: 3 05-03
97. Yusuke Miyazaki Forney, TX 6 12-13 4
Day 1: 5 11-10 Day 2: 1 01-03
98. Harvey Horne Bella Vista, AR 5 09-15 3
Day 1: 3 05-10 Day 2: 2 04-05
99. David Fritts Lexington, NC 2 05-11 2
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 05-11
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1 Patrick Walters Summerville, SC 08-14 $1,000.00
2 Clifford Pirch Payson, AZ 09-13 $1,000.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 90 477 1782-15
2 69 415 1377-10
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159 892 3160-09
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One Keeper Vaults Bosley To B.A.S.S. Nation Regional Win On Milford
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. – Kris Bosley was certain he had to catch more than one bass Friday to come from behind and win the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Central Regional.
But as difficult as Milford Lake fished this week, a 3-pound, 14-ounce largemouth on the final day was enough to give the 42-year-old financial advisor a victory in the heart of the Sunflower State.
Bosley finished with a three-day total of nine bass weighing 23-5. He collected a $5,000 cash prize courtesy of Ranger and earned his third trip to the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship.
“I thought I needed at least two fish today to hold off Christian (Gladfelter) for the team lead,” Bosley said, referring to his New Mexico teammate who placed second overall among boaters after catching 10 bass weighing 22-12 in the three-day event.
“But I really wanted to win the whole tournament, and to do that, I thought I’d probably need four fish. I didn’t expect to win with only one fish today, so it’s a real surprise. But still, it’s a really great feeling.”
Bosley lives in Amarillo, Texas, but qualified for the regional through the New Mexico B.A.S.S. Nation. He’ll represent the state again in the Nation Championship on the Ouachita River in Louisiana on Nov. 3-5.
Bosley has qualified for nationals twice before, finishing 34th on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell in 2019 and 23rd on Lake Dardanelle in Arkansas in 2013.
The 3-14 largemouth he caught Friday was the ticket to this year’s championship. He hooked the bass fishing a point near the Milford Lake Dam with a Delta Craw squarebill crankbait on 12-pound line.
“I threw that squarebill between two tree trunks about 6 inches apart,” Bosley said. “It deflected off the tree and, as soon as it did, she immediately jumped all over it. She swallowed it whole.”
Other than one keeper, Bosley struggled to find bites, as did each of the 40 anglers that survived the cut to fish Friday.
“The only other bites I had were six short fish and one drum,” Bosley said, laughing. “The drum was the most fun of the day up until the keeper!”
Milford Lake, which normally produces a solid mix of bass in various stages of the spawn this time of year, was a mystery to every one of the 160 competitors who started the tournament Wednesday. A late-season snowstorm dumped nearly 6 inches of powder in central Kansas overnight on Monday, and it shut down what had been a productive bite in the days leading up to the tournament.
Anglers scattered across the 15,700-acre reservoir to find bites of any sort, but they struggled mightily – 89 of the 160 zeroed on Day 1 and 116 didn’t weigh a fish on Day 2. Nineteen of the 40 that fished Friday didn’t weigh a bass, either.
That unfortunate group included Chris Johnson, a Farmington, Ark., resident who led the regional on Days 1 and 2.
“I couldn’t get anything going today,” Johnson said. “It was a real grind the whole tournament, but I was able to get a few things going on the first two days … But no disappointments. I’m going to nationals.”
Of the 80 competitors in the boater division, Bosley was one of two who caught a limit of five bass on Day 1. That 13-5 haul put him in third place and he jumped to second on Day 2, despite adding only three bass and 6-2 to his weight.
Bosley entered Friday only an ounce behind. Gladfelter jumped ahead of Johnson, too, finishing second and collecting $3,000. Johnson placed third and won $2,000.
Hunter Neuville, an 18-year-old high school student from New Iberia, La., won the co-angler division with a three-day total of four bass that weighed 9-10. Like Bosley, Neuville only needed one bass to earn the win Friday.
“I caught one short fish today and I missed one good one,” Neuville said. “I was fishing with (Gladfelter), and he said, ‘Last cast,’ and that’s when I caught my keeper. It was only 2-5, but this is one of the toughest tournaments I’ve ever fished.”
Neuville won $2,500 courtesy of Yamaha for his co-angler victory.
Sixteen anglers (the top boater and co-angler from each of the eight teams in the regional) qualified for the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship in November. The top anglers split a purse of $34,500 this week.
Johnson won a $500 cash prize for having the heaviest bass of the regional, a 7-pounder he caught early on Day 1 that vaulted him into the lead.
Colorado won the team title on Thursday with a two-day total of 34 bass that weighed 84-9. The 20-angler team earned a $5,000 prize courtesy of Ranger with the win. New Mexico finished in second place, and Texas was third, with Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Louisiana rounding out the eight-team field.
The tournament was one of five B.A.S.S. Nation derbies this year leading up to the championship in November.
The Geary County Convention and Visitors Bureau, as well as Acorns Resort, hosted the tournament on Milford Lake.
2021 B.A.S.S. Nation Title Sponsor: TNT Fireworks
2021 B.A.S.S. Nation Platinum Sponsor: Toyota
2021 B.A.S.S. Nation Premier Sponsors: Berkley, Humminbird, Mercury, Minn Kota, Nitro Boats, Power-Pole, Ranger Boats, Skeeter Boats, Yamaha
2021 B.A.S.S. Nation Supporting Sponsors: AFTCO, Garmin, Huk Performance Fishing, Marathon, Rapal
About B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S., which encompasses the Bassmaster tournament leagues, events and media platforms, is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and keeper of the culture of the sport, providing cutting edge content on bass fishing whenever, wherever and however bass fishing fans want to use it. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., the 515,000-member organization’s fully integrated media platforms include the industry’s leading magazines (Bassmaster and B.A.S.S. Times), website (Bassmaster.com), TV show, radio show, social media programs and events. For more than 50 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Basspro.com Bassmaster Opens Series, TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Series, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Bassmaster Team Championship, Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series powered by TourneyX and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk
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