Lake activity should please competitors May 2, 2008
The Bassmaster Elite folks -- more than 100 boats -- are on the lake this week ... Ralph Barbee Jr., professional guide, (706) 860-7373 -- Footage of the 2007 Bassmasters Elite tournament out of Wildwood Park will be shown on Fishing with Ralph Barbee, which airs Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Stations are Comcast Ch. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Beasley to announce draft intentions today Apr 14, 2008
by 12 ounces in the Bassmaster Elite Series event in Del Rio, Texas. Faircloth finished with a catch of 76 pounds, 15 ounces. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
30-point blowout stops Mad Ants' win streak Apr 7, 2008
Paul Elias shattered the four-day BASS heavyweight catch record, finishing with more than 130 pounds in the Bassmaster Elite Series Lone Star Shootout on Falcon Lake in Zapata, Texas. GOLF. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
What's your take on fishing for bedding bass? Apr 5, 2008
Seventeen of the bass on the all-time top 25 list compiled by Bassmaster magazine (all 19 pounds and heavier) were caught in March, April and May. It s very likely that many of those fish were caught during the spawn, and perhaps were females full of eggs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Dolphins' Taylor takes stage for dance show Mar 17, 2008
JavaScript needed for this. Published: March 17, 2008 6:00 a.m.. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Kids also react to turkeys' calls Mar 8, 2008
Not only did Alton Jones receive a congratulatory phone call from President Bush after winning the Bassmaster Classic on Feb. 24 in Greenville, S.C., but he also got an invitation to the White House ... It's the first time any Bassmaster Classic winner received a congratulatory phone call from the president and an invite to the White House, according to Doug Grassian of BASS. ... and formerly of San Diego is in fourth place after the first round of the Bassmaster Elite Series Sunshine Showdown... (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Duckett holds strong during Classic Mar 1, 2008
Duckett, the Demopolis businessman who became the first home-state angler to win a Bassmaster Classic last year with his victory on Lay Lake, struggled on the opening day of the 2008 Classic in Greenville, S.C. and wasn t able to make the cut ... Duckett managed to set a Bassmaster record for winnings in a single year with 850,000 in tournament paydays ... He won the Bassmaster Legend, one of the tour s major events, on Lake Dardanelle in Arkansas, followed by a victory in the made-for-TV... (Demopolis Times, AL)
Joe Joslin's Fishing Toledo Report Feb 29, 2008
FISHING NEWS: Alton Jones of Waco, TX won his first Bassmaster Classic title Sunday on Lake Hartwell South Carolina with a three day total of 49 pounds, 7 ounces. Jones, viewed by many as one of the nicest guys in professional fishing, earned a super pay check of 500,000 as in a half million dollars. (Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA)
Sports TV schedule for 02-27-08 Feb 27, 2008
ESPN2 Fishing Day 3 Bassmaster Classic - Greenville, S.C. 3 a.m.. Daily American Discussions. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Making way for anglers Feb 27, 2008
Lake Seminole has already hosted major ESPN Bassmaster and FLW Outdoors fishing tournaments in past years. It also hosts a score of smaller area tournaments and has recently been featured in Bassmaster magazine and the Bass Edge cable TV show. (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
College stands by plan for tribute to Sampson Feb 25, 2008
Published: February 25, 2008 6:00 a.m.. Montana Tech still plans to name its new basketball court after former Indiana men s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, despite a recent NCAA report that found Sampson violated recruiting rules, athletics director Joe McClafferty said. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Third & Short for February 25 Feb 25, 2008
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Alton Jones won his first Bassmaster Classic title Sunday, beating Cliff Pace by 5 pounds, 2 ounces at Lake Hartwell ... Competing in his 11th Bassmaster Classic, Jones earned $500,000 from the $1. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Waco Angler Leads Bassmaster Classic Feb 24, 2008
Where will the Baylor Men's Basketball team go in the post-season. High School Basketball Playoffs. (KWTX.com, TX)
SPORTS CALENDAR Feb 22, 2008
Bassmaster Classic, day 2 weigh-in ... Bassmaster Classic, final day weigh-in. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
DirecTV to offer extra Masters access Feb 20, 2008
Starting Friday, the ESPN-owned Bassmaster Classic will deploy its first unmanned on-boat cameras on boats used by angling stars Boyd Duckett and Skeet Reese to catch casts that will stream live online on bassmaster. com. (USA Today -- Sports)
Anglers in cities no longer fish out of water Feb 15, 2008
Iaconelli, the 2006 Bassmaster Angler of the Year, fishes in New York's Central Park, catches a bluefish in the shadow of the United Nations Building on the East River and lands a striped bass in the Coney Island flats. Updated | Comment | Recommend. (USA Today -- Sports)
$9.5 Million Wal-Mart FLW Tour to Visit Lake Toho Feb 8, 2008
Clausen is one of only five anglers in history to have won both the Forrest Wood Cup and the Bassmaster Classic, which he won in 2006 on Lake Toho. Kenney won the Wal-Mart(TM) FLW Series BP Eastern Division opener on Lake Okeechobee last month and pocketed $125,000. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
OUTDOORS CALENDAR JAN. 13, 2007 Jan 18, 2008
THURSDAY-SATURDAYn Bassmaster Southern Open St. Johns River, Palatka, Fla. FRIDAYn Archery season for deer opens, Zone 1 Through Jan. 31. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
2007 Year in review Jan 8, 2008
Demopolis resident, Boyd Duckett, became the eighth Bassmaster Classic rookie ever to win the title when he competed in the Classic held in Birmingham. He also became the first angler in 36 years of Bass history to win a competition in their home state. (Demopolis Times, AL)
Good Samaritan means good Christmas for kids Dec 27, 2007
Ward will be inducted into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame during the upcoming Bassmaster s Classic. Ward was a pioneer of TV fishing shows and also created several fishing lures and was the first to add weed guards to jig heads. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Hall of Famer reels in prize Oct 18, 2007
Known to friends as Uncle Homer, Circle still fishes for bass in the lakes around Ocala and continues to write for Outdoor Life and Bassmaster magazines, said friend Glen Lau, who will be in Dania Beach Saturday to accept the award on Circle's behalf. Lau, a photographer, has collaborated with Circle on many projects. (The Palm Beach Post)
Sports on TV for 10-06-07 Oct 6, 2007
Saturday ESPN2 Fishing Bassmaster Elite Series 9 a.m.. ESPN College Gameday (Live) 10 a.m.. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Fall has come; that means fishing is usually good Oct 5, 2007
Potentially about eight members could have won the Bassmaster of the Year Award, but as always, there can only be one winner ... The Bassmaster of the Year Award went to Mindock for a total of 578 points garnered through six tournaments held at Thomas Hill, Mo. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Local Angler Gets Inside Look At Event Sep 19, 2007
" The first two days of the event are qualifiers for the final days, when the field is trimmed to only 12 competitors fishing for a $110,000 top prize. Jarrett's first day proved a tough one. "At the weigh-in, Jared's only legal bass went 15 ounces and mine was 12 ounces. In order to make the two-day cut, I had to be in the top 50 out of 108 co-anglers - it didn't look good. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
Phoenix shocks Detroit to take WNBA crown Sep 17, 2007
Ben Matsubu posted a five-fish limit weighing 25 pounds, 5 ounces and earned a 14-pound victory in the Bassmaster Elite Series Sunshine Showdown in Kissimmee, Fla. The Texan finished with a four-day total weight of 66-8 to win the season-ending Bassmaster Elite Series event. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Ex-college teammates clash for WNBA title Sep 16, 2007
held off Kevin VanDam to win the Bassmaster angler of the year title at the season-ending event on Lake Tohopekaliga in Florida. FOOTBALL. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Duckett ending season strong Sep 11, 2007
When Boyd Duckett wins a Bassmaster event he wins big. To kick off the season, Duckett won the biggest event in BASS, the Bassmaster Classic at Lay Lake in Birmingham ... As the season winds down, with the final event this weekend at Florida s Lake Tohopekaliga, Duckett comes in on the heels of a major win at Bassmaster Legends, on Lake Dardanelle in Arkansas. (Demopolis Times, AL)
Notes: Utley back, Iguchi to bench Aug 28, 2007
Condrey said that he wouldn't want to watch the highlights repeatedly, but added that he'd rent one to watch the Bassmaster Classic, an annual competition in professional bass fishing. That line led to him getting contacted by ESPN, the network that airs the event, and a free subscription to a magazine. (MLB.com -- Philadelphia Phillies)
Hamm, Foudy lead '07 class into soccer Hall Aug 27, 2007
Boyd Duckett won his second Bassmaster event this season, with a two-day total of 30 pounds, 1 ounce to beat Jason Quinn and three-time Angler of the Year Kevin VanDam in Russellville, Ark. Duckett has earned nearly $850,000, best for an Elite Series fisherman in one season. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Convention industry Aug 20, 2007
the sports cable network, built a mock studio at BJCC Productions to broadcast the Bassmaster Classic from the BJCC in February. NFL Films and CNN have conducted satellite interviews with subjects in Birmingham from the BJCC studios. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
Sports on TV for 08/13/07 Aug 17, 2007
ESPN2 Fishing Bassmaster Elite Series - Charles County, Md. 9 a.m.. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
A fish story Aug 1, 2007
When Cochran started as a professional angler in 1980, the Bassmaster Tour spread $11,000 in prize winnings among 12 events. He switched to the new FLW Tour series in the 1990s. (USA Today -- Sports)
Florida crash kills writer Jul 19, 2007
He wrote eight books on fishing, including "Roland Martin's 101 Bass-Catching Secrets" and "Bill Dance on Largemouth Bass." He was a regular contributor to BASS Times and Bassmaster Magazine. All rights reserved. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Noted Outdoors Writer Tucker Dies In Crash Jul 18, 2007
" That was not true, though. He usually had a waiting list of magazine editors eager to buy his work. There was hardly a bass publication in the country that had not run Tucker's work - except for those few that could not afford his rates. He was a huge guy, who got so big that walking was tough for him late in life; he used a battery-powered cart to motor around the Bassmaster Classic in recent years. He got plenty of grief from the pros for being in such shape, but he seemed to enjoy being the... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
Bass cooperate at latest tourney Jul 17, 2007
At least 10 members have a shot at winning the Bassmaster of the Year Award. As of the Lake Sugema event, Searcy leads the points race with 389 points followed by Freyermuth with 383, Shawn Carter (382), Mindock (381) and Jesse Reynolds (375). (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Fishing can help educate children Jul 7, 2007
Now, with the new B.A.S.S/ESPN Women's Series, women can actually compete against each other, on the Women's Bassmaster Tour. Triton Boats also has recently started a women's bass fishing series. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
River Park fishing derby draws a crowd Jun 17, 2007
he's going to be the next bassmaster, Brady said with a smile. he's going to make me some money, so I can stop working. (Lompoc Record, CA)
BASS series coming to region Jun 14, 2007
A group of elite bass anglers will travel to Central Florida to compete in back-to-back tournaments to kick off the 2008 Bassmaster Elite Series. Competitors will fish for one of the top awards in the sport of bass fishing, the Bassmaster Angler of the Year, a $250,000 top prize ... Considered the world's most visible and prominent fishing tournament series, the Bassmaster Elite Series has scheduled Bassmaster Tournaments for the season opener, the Sunshine Showdown, to be held March 6-9 on the... (Orlando Sentinel -- Sports)
Fishing Rodeo enjoys success May 17, 2007
The event, designed for children 15 years old and under, featured stocked fishing, a Bassmaster CastingKids contests sponsored by the Red Hills BASS Club, clothesline art, face painting and several other events. The face painting was provided by the Louisville High School Cheerleaders and the art project by the Friends of Legion Park. (Louisville Winston County Journal, MS)
'It's like you've lost a friend' Apr 22, 2007
Editors note: Jerry McKinnis, the host of The Fishin Hole on ESPN, talked with Daily Journal outdoors writer Buster Wolfe during the recent Bassmaster Classic in Birmingham, Ala ... When I started doing that show, very honestly I thought that I would keep doing this until I found the right guy, he said in February during the Bassmaster Classic ... His son Mike produces The Bassmaster, Redfish Cup and Spanish Fly, among others. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Rookie wins Amistad Lake tourney Mar 15, 2007
Only 24 years old and a Bassmaster Elite Series rookie, Madison, Ala ... Remitz won the season-opening event on Lake Amistad by nearly eight pounds over 2006 Bassmaster Angler of the Year Mike Iaconelli, who finished second with 103 pounds, 11 ounces ... Fishing fans can catch all of the on-the-water action and details of Remitz s winning pattern on The Bassmasters Saturday, March 17, at 11 a.m. local time on ESPN2. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
Tony GarittaFishing champs slated to teach school in Raleigh Mar 9, 2007
Fishing champs slated to teach school in Raleigh - The Lexington Dispatch (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Chad KillebrewColumnists share their talents with readers of The Dispatch Mar 4, 2007
His articles have appeared over the years in magazines such as Game Striped Bass, Louisiana Sportsman, Sportsman, Bassmaster Classic Report and many others. "I have also made many friends in the fishing community - and possibly a few enemies - through my columns, but I have the enviable situation of fishing and getting paid to write about it," he said. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Fishers of men Mar 3, 2007
who finished 13th in the Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake. "We pray for all of the anglers to be safe, but just like everybody we have our favorites," Eads said. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Gospel according to Stan lands him in the Hall Mar 1, 2007
The two were part of a class of four anglers enshrined in the hall Saturday in Alabama during the Bassmaster Classic Championship tournament ... His sermons rang loud and true in the South, and the fledgling professional bass-fishing society came to Fagerstrom when it launched the first Bassmaster Classic in 1971. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Outdoors With Daryl Gay Mar 1, 2007
The biggest buzz surrounding the 2007 Bassmaster Classic was not that it was won by an Alabama angler, Boyd Duckett, familiar with the lake but that a second, Gerald Swindle, never got a chance to make it to the final weigh-in. Swindle, as you may have seen TV footage of, roared by fellow Classic competitor Randy Howell s stationary boat and a second containing an ESPN cameraman at a distance of mere feet as Howell fished and the cameraman filmed. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Martin-Wells wins another premiere event Feb 28, 2007
Bainbridge angler Pam Martin-Wells pulled in a five-fish limit tipping the scales at 15 pounds, 8 ounces, Saturday to finish with a three-day catch of 38 pounds, 7 ounces, and win the inaugural Women s Bassmaster Tournament Championship on Lake Mitchell in Clanton ... National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame member Jack Wingate, one of Martin-Wells earliest sponsors and promoters, who was in Alabama to see her win the championship, said she will be featured on the cover of the April issue of... (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
Martin-Wells, troopers do well Feb 28, 2007
This scribler is setten nine stories above I-85 at the Birmingham Convention Center for the 2007 Bassmaster Classic. The first day, the 50 contestants brought 45 five-fish limits to the scales. (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
Zen and the art of fishing in the U.S. Bassmaster Classic Feb 24, 2007
But on his only practice day for the Bassmaster Classic on Wednesday, Tsukiyama's solid fundamentals did not seem to help him ... Tsukiyama's poise may be surprising because, for a bass fisherman, the Bassmaster Classic can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience especially for an angler like Tsukiyama, 42, who qualified through a series of amateur tournaments ... "There are lakes in Japan where there is no catch-and-release with bass," said Takahiro Omari, who won the 2004 Bassmaster Classic, and... (International Herald Tribune)
From Pike County Ponds to the Bassmaster Classic Feb 23, 2007
A young man who grew up fishing in farm ponds in Pike County will be competing in the 2007 Bassmaster Classic, the Super Bowl of bass fishing, this weekend on Lay Lake near Birmingham. Russ Lane, the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard Renfroe of the Josie Community, is a professional bass angler on the ESPN Bassmaster Elite Tour ... Lane is one the top 50 professional bass fishermen who qualified for the 2007 Bassmaster Classic, the winner of which will take home a hefty purse of 500,000. (Troy Messenger, AL)
Anglers next head to Florida Feb 22, 2007
free sports contests you can play every week to earn raffle tickets and bid for prizes. Each week of the Nextel Cup season, choose who you think will finish in the top 5. (Orlando Sentinel -- Sports)
Bassmasters Classic is a big deal for bass fishing Feb 22, 2007
" Scott thought. Scott didn't think that was so far-fetched at the time, and 40 years have proved him right. Scott's brainchild, the Bassmaster Classic championship, gets its ESPN2 coverage this weekend. The organization is a half-million members strong, and Scott's place among those who have made a contribution to the outdoors is ranked alongside Teddy Roosevelt's. It's your typical American success story -- guy takes a chance, nearly goes broke, but finds the right combinations and creates his... (Orlando Sentinel -- Sports)
Angler Ish Monroe is breaking through barriers Feb 6, 2007
" Last March, Monroe became the first black to win a major BASS tournament, claiming the $100,000 top prize in the first Bassmaster Elite Series event. In October, he claimed his second title, this time at the Busch Shootout. With more than $450,000 in tournament earnings since joining the tour regularly in 2000, he is ranked among the sport's top 50 anglers and will compete this month in his fourth Bassmaster Classic, the bass-fishing equivalent of the Super Bowl. Though Monroe is the only... (Orlando Sentinel -- Sports)
Duckett competes in Bassmaster Classic Jan 30, 2007
Angler Boyd Duckett, a local businessman, has qualified for the Bassmaster Classic ... The Bass Master Classic has been called the super bowl of fishing and the event will be held in Birmingham, which was recently voted, as America's bass capital by Bassmaster magazine readers, will host the CITGO Bassmaster Classic on Feb. 23-25 ... Boyd fished on the Bassmaster tour last year. (Demopolis Times, AL)
Ripley's Hurst keeps battling to go to Classic Jan 28, 2007
Hurst is a 51-year-old Ripley angler who competed in the Womens Bassmaster Tours inaugural season this year ... The Womens Bassmaster Tour still had three tournaments left in the season ... To make the field for the Womens Bassmaster Classic on Feb. 22-24, Hurst would have to finish in the top 12 overall standings after the five events. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
