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Anglers Insight - ARCHIVE Weather should be decent for a change for BWS Tennessee Central tournament on Kentucky-Barkley Lakes By Pat Robertson - 07/15/2010 Tim Staley’s versatility has been his forte all season long in the Tennessee Central Bassmaster Weekend Series and it should provide him the edge he needs this weekend at Kentucky-Barkley Lakes to maintain his lead in the standings! Scalish itching to repeat as Northern Opens Points champion By Pat Robertson - 07/14/2010 Last season on the Bassmaster Northern Open series was fun for pro Frank Scalish as he breezed through the three tournaments with a second place finish and two thirds on his way to winning the series points title! Points leaders have 11-point lead going into last Valley Sportsman tournament Saturday at West Point By Pat Robertson - 07/14/2010 Ryan Ingram and Darrell Trawick have been on a tear on the Valley Sportsman Tournament Trail, winning the last two tournaments, both on Lake Eufaula, and jumping up into second place in the points standings, just 11 points behind the leading team!! PAA Pro-Am tournaments launch Saturday on Douglas Lake By Pat Robertson - 07/07/2010 The Professional Anglers Association Pro-Am Tournaments, which will be introduced Saturday on Tennessee’s Douglas Lake, will provide a major new opportunity for amateur anglers to spend a day on the water fishing with top bass pros! Lake Wateree heavyweights lined up for CATT Summer Final By Pat Robertson - 07/07/2010 Some of the top heavyweights in bass fishing on Lake Wateree will be fishing for the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Summer Series championship Saturday in the CATT Lake Wateree Summer Final! Bowen, Kendrick lead Rodman Reservoir Xtreme Bass Series By Pat Robertson - 07/07/2010 With two wins, two seconds, a third and a fourth place in the Rodman Reservoir Xtreme Series this year, Billy Bowen and Dale Kendrick are leading the points going into the seventh of nine tournaments on the schedule this Saturday! PAA kicks off ‘challenging season’ on Cherokee Lake By Pat Robertson - 06/29/2010 The four lakes on the 2010 Professional Anglers Association series schedule, which launches July 8-10 on Tennessee’s Cherokee Lake, are expected to challenge the skills of the top anglers in the nation! Everhardt hoping to hold lead in BWS North Carolina at High Rock By Pat Robertson - 06/29/2010 Points leader is focused on finding a way to catch fish at High Rock! Chattanooga Bass Association points race tight and will get tighter By Pat Robertson - 06/29/2010 The points race in the Chattanooga Bass Association Team Trail’s season is pretty crowded at the top and it’s expected to get even tighter during the second half of the season! Paul leading points to Florida Bass Federation Last Chance Qualifier on St. Johns River By Pat Robertson - 06/23/2010 Gary Paul of the Fort Myers bass Club is leading the points heading into the Florida Bass Federation Last Chance Qualifier Saturday on the St. Johns River, with Wayne Black of the Bass Capital Bassmasters hot on his heels! Valley Sportsman points race down to two teams on Lake Eufaula By Pat Robertson - 06/23/2010 Two teams will fish for the points lead Saturday in the Valley Sportsman Tournament Trail’s next to last tournament of the season on Lake Eufaula! Points shootout expected for Angler’s Choice Saturday on Kerr / Buggs Island Lake By Pat Robertson - 06/23/2010 With only 9 points separating the top two teams heading into the sixth and final tournament of the season, the Anglers Choice Marine Invitational Tournament Saturday could come down to a real shootout! CATT and Greene Boat Trails will heat up Wateree Saturday By Pat Robertson - 06/17/2010 Lake Wateree is going to be buzzing Saturday with anglers fishing in two different tournaments out of Clearwater Cove – and the fishing is expected to be as good as it has been for several summers! Guntersville ‘fishing strong’ just in time for FLW Tour By Pat Robertson - 06/17/2010 FrogTape Pro Brian Travis practiced for the June 23-26 FLW tournament two weeks ago before the official cut-off and he found the lake teeming with bass – and with bass fishermen! Heading to High Rock for NC BFL, Maurice Freeze leading points (again) By Pat Robertson - 06/17/2010 “I can hardly believe that,” Freeze said. “I hit two lakes at a good time for me and I have had the opportunity to practice a little bit, so things have gone pretty good this year.” Fishermen from all over expected for 10th Lee King Benefit Tournament By Pat Robertson - 06/09/2010 Anglers are heading to Lake Eufaula from as far away as Texas, Kentucky and Florida – and most states in between – to fish the 10th annual Lee King Benefit Tournament this weekend, all because of an 18-year-old who defies the odds every day by living with a fatal disease. Bass chasing big bull bluegills just in time for Tom’s Marine tournament on Douglas Lake By Pat Robertson - 06/09/2010 “The fish have moved into their summer pattern and they are located out deep off main channel points. Top baits are deep Carolina rigs, deep-running Hot Lips crankbaits and 30-Plus crankbaits,” says Tournament Director Richard McMaster Bass fishing expected to be as hot as the weather for CATT on Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 06/09/2010 If the winning weights at the three recent Carolina Anglers Team Trail tournaments on Lake Murray are a good indication, bass fishing is heating up along with the summer-like weather! Entries expected to be up for 4th Anglers Choice Buggs Island Team Trail Sunday By Pat Robertson - 06/03/2010 Although entries were down for the third tournament of the season at Lake Mayo last weekend, tournament director Randy Joyce expects a pretty full field for the fourth Angler's Choice Marine Buggs Island Team Trail Saturday on Kerr/Buggs Island Points champions would love a win in Berry’s Tournament Trail Classic By Pat Robertson - 06/03/2010 Although they won the Anglers of the Year in Berry’s Tournament Trail this year, Pat Fisher and Mark Holloway would love nothing more than to finally win a tournament in the trail’s two-day classic on Lakes Oconee and Sinclair this weekend! Williamson hopes Kentucky Lake is one more step to the Bassmaster Classic By Pat Robertson - 06/03/2010 Coming off his second Bassmaster Elite Series win May 23 on his home lake, Clarks Hill, Jason Williamson is heading to Kentucky Lake with one thing in mind: making the Elite Series postseason and moving a step closer to punching a ticket to his first Bassmaster Classic! Airport Marine Charity Tournament will benefit Boys and Girls Club of Central Alabama By Pat Robertson - 05/27/2010 “It’s the biggest tournament in the state, the easiest one to fish, and, as far as I know, it’s the biggest payback tournament in the state. Nowhere else can you start off on the lake anywhere you want to,” said Airport Marine Tournament Director Flynn Gerald! Fishermen make St. Jude Bass Classic on Lake Sardis a great success for children’s hospital By Pat Robertson - 05/27/2010 Since it began 38 years ago the annual St. Jude Bass Classic has raised more than $2.2 million for the world famous St. Jude children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and organizers are hoping to add a big chunk of money to that total after the 2010 Classic Sunday on Mississippi’s Lake Sardis Florida Bass Federation AOY race going down to the wire By Pat Robertson - 05/27/2010 The Florida Bass Federation Qualifier this weekend on Lake Istokpoga could settle the race for angler of the year, or it could just tighten it up even more for a showdown June 26-27 in the final tournament of the year on the St. Johns River! Big turnout expected for Greene Boat & Motor tournament on Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 05/20/2010 The fish are not doing their normal thing this time of year on Lake Murray, but there are a lot of good anglers who fish the lake and somebody is sure to catch a hefty bag in the Greene Boat & Motor Trail Tournament Saturday! Travis will target bream beds and ledges in FLW Tour at Lake Ouachita By Pat Robertson - 05/20/2010 “I’ve already made the Forrest Wood Cup, so I will be fishing to win,” he said. Travis finished 10th in the points in the FLW Series last year which automatically qualified him for the 2010 Forrest Wood Cup in August on Lake Lanier in Georgia Tom’s Marine Trail could top 200 boats Saturday at Cherokee Lake By Pat Robertson - 05/20/2010 You can’t blame Richard McMaster for being downright giddy about the success of the Tom’s Marine Team Trail this year. After all, the series drew 202 boats for the first tournament of the year on Cherokee Lake March 13 and 191 showed up for the second tournament on Douglas Lake April 17! More than 400 boats expected for Wolfson Children’s Hospital Tournament on St. John’s River By Pat Robertson - 05/14/2010 The lucky first place fishing team will walk away from the Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass Tournament on the fabled St. John’s River Saturday $10,000 richer, but the big winner will be the hospital itself which can expect to receive more than 10 to 15 times that much money from tournament proceeds! Myers getting in rhythm for Bassmaster Elite Series at Clarks Hill / Lake Thurmond By Pat Robertson - 05/14/2010 After a top 25 finish in the Bassmaster Elite Tournament on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville last week, Britt Myers hopes he has found his rhythm just in time for the Pride of Georgia Elite Series Tournament on Clark Hill / Lake Thurmond next week! Proceeds from Fish for Life Tournament on Clarks Hill / Lake Thurmond will be used to fight cancer By Pat Robertson - 05/14/2010 “My mother was at the weigh-in last year but she died on June 22,” said John Boy Long, who is holding the tournament to benefit the American Cancer Society and to help find a cure for those fighting cancer One fish, any cast, can be winner in Oakley’s Big Bass Tour on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 05/05/2010 “It will be a little bit different on Lake Norman than on the Texas lakes,” says Mark Jones, a partner with Keith Odom, in the Oakley Big Bass Classic Tour. “At Conroe it was taking a 6-, 7-, 8- or 9-pound fish to get an hourly check. But at Norman we will have 2-, 3-, and 4-pound fish.” 200 boats expected for Easter Seals Tournament on Lake Thurmond By Pat Robertson - 05/05/2010 The recent cold nights have slowed things down for the bass in Lake Thurmond, but they should be in full post spawn and feeding on herring by the Clark Hill Committee’s Eastern Seals Open Bass Tournament Saturday ‘Phenomenal bite’ predicted for Mark’s Outdoors Lay Lake Open By Pat Robertson - 05/05/2010 Fishing in Lay Lake should be as good as and possibly even better than it was last year this time for the Mark’s Outdoors Lay Lake Open, said Blake Harlow, the tournament manager at Mark’s Outdoor Sports in Birmingham, Ala., which sponsors the tournament! Fishing may be tough for Tim Irwin Food City Tournament on Fort Loudon/Tellico By Pat Robertson - 04/29/2010 If the FLW Tour tournament on Fort Loudon/Tellico last weekend is any indication of how the fishing will be in the 22nd Annual Tim Irwin Food City Bass Tournament Saturday, anglers can expect a hard day of fishing to dig out a decent limit! MSKP Kyle Page Tournament on Lake Murray Sunday will top $1 million raised for families with special needs By Pat Robertson - 04/29/2010 When Joel Page presents $10,000 checks to three families Sunday, the MSKP Kyle Page Benefit Tournament will have provided more than $1 million to more than 90 Midlands South Carolina families who have members with special medical needs since it began 14 years ago!! Big bag will be needed for Sportsman’s Warehouse Tennessee Dream Tournament on Chickamauga By Pat Robertson - 04/29/2010 “Right now the fish are starting to come off the beds so there is a little bit of post-spawn stuff. I’m looking for fishermen to find success with topwater early in the morning, then moving on to fishing secondary points coming back out of the spawning coves later in the day,” says Tournament Director Brent Brady Warriors on the Water on Jordan Lake celebrates military men and women By Pat Robertson - 04/21/2010 The American Flag attached to the light pole on Hal Abshire’s bass boat has been through four Warriors on the Water tournaments and will be flying in the fifth tournament celebrating America’s men and women in the military Friday on North Carolina’s Jordan Lake! Port Wentworth Spring Classic anglers to honor military and veterans By Pat Robertson - 04/21/2010 It’s hard to beat a day of good fishing, great fun and the opportunity to honor America’s military men and women and veterans! TJ & Friends Tournament on Lake Russell to raise money for cancer patients By Pat Robertson - 04/21/2010 “Our goal is to make this tournament an annual event on Lake Russell,” said Chris Threlkeld. “We have been fortunate to pick up support from a number of businesses that have contributed to make it a success.” Travis hopes to keep rolling through FLW Tour on Fort Loudon/Tellico By Pat Robertson - 04/14/2010 Brian Travis hopes the wave he’s riding on the FLW Tour this year just keeps rolling right on through the tournament April 21-24 on Tennessee’s Fort Loudon/Tellico Lakes! Tom’s Marine looking for more than 200 boats on Douglas Lake By Pat Robertson - 04/14/2010 The fishing phenomenon that is the Tom’s Marine Team Trail rolls into Douglas Lake this weekend with sights set on breaking the record 202 boats set at that first tournament of the year a month ago on Cherokee Lake! Bass will be on beds for Florida Bass Federation qualifier on St. Johns River By Pat Robertson - 04/14/2010 The bass in the St. John’s River are in pre-spawn, according to Jim Fowler with the Florida Bass Federation, but with a full moon the middle of this week there should be plenty of fish on the bed for the Florida TBF qualifier this weekend! Hite ready to make a run in Elite Series on Smith Mountain Lake By Pat Robertson - 04/08/2010 Bassmaster Elite Series pro Davy Hite finished 14th in the Blue Ridge Brawl tournament on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia in April 2009, just two places and a scant 11 ounces out of making the cut for the championship round on the final day Record weights could be set in McDonald’s Big Bass Splash® on Lake Sam Rayburn By Pat Robertson - 04/08/2010 The 1993 McDonald’s Big Bass Splash® is believed to have set the record for the heaviest weight on Texas’ Sam Rayburn Lake and the 2010 version of the Sealy Outdoors tournament April 16-18 is likely to be a repeat of that tournament 17 years ago! Bass moving up to spawn just in time for Berry’s Tournament on Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 04/07/2010 Bass fishing on Georgia’s Lake Oconee is busting wide open just in time for the sixth Berry’s Tournament Trail event of the year Saturday College Championship series on Fort Loudoun Lake sets stage for future in bass tournaments By Pat Robertson - 04/01/2010 “Besides crowning the top college fishing team as national champions, the National Guard FLW College Fishing National Championship on Tennessee’s Fort Loudoun Lake April 10-12 will set a new and much higher bar for all bass tournaments in the future,” said Charlie Evans, president and chief executive officer of FLW Outdoors Bass scattered and bedding as Central Open on Lake Amistad nears By Pat Robertson - 04/01/2010 “Just a couple of weeks ago the fish were bunched up pretty well out on the ledges. Now it seems like bunches of them have moved up. A couple of waves have already spawned and some others are in the process,” says former Amistad winner Trent Huckaby Bass should be on the bed for Lake Wateree CATT Spring Final By Pat Robertson - 04/01/2010 Mark and William Richardson have never been particularly strong on Lake Wateree in the springtime, but although they never won a tournament in the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Spring Series, they were remarkably consistent this spring and came away with the points championship! Claire Whaley Tournament to benefit families with children that have severe medical needs By Pat Robertson - 03/23/2010 “We held our first tournament on Lake Hartwell three years ago and raised $1,500. Last year we held it on Lake Russell and we had 62 boats and raised $8,900. So we were able to help several families in the upstate last year,” says Trad Whaley Bass won’t be bedding in time for Airport Marine on Lay Lake By Pat Robertson - 03/23/2010 When the Airport Marine Trail came to Alabama’s Lay Lake last March some bass were on the beds and many others were moving up to spawn, but anglers are not looking for that in the Lay Lake tournament this Saturday! Bass ready to spawn but water is muddy for BWS at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 03/23/2010 “The water is really, really dirty and really high, which gives them a lot of places they can go. They are up and ready to spawn, but the dirty water will make it difficult,” says Michael Maxfield of Hanahan! Stable weather a relief for FLW anglers coming to Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 03/17/2010 Dearal Rodgers expects the water temperature to be in the mid-50s for the FLW Tour tournament on Lake Norman next week, which is cold, but much better than the “brutal temperatures” anglers had to deal with in the tour’s first tournament earlier this month on Table Rock Lake in Missouri Fishing is good on Lake Wylie for Greene Boat & Motor tournament By Pat Robertson - 03/17/2010 Recent rains have produced stained water in Lake Wylie and “it’s always good fishing when the water in Wylie is stained,” said Brett Collins, tournament director for the Greene Boat & Motor tournament on the lake this Saturday! Anglers Choice Marine tournament at Lake Gaston attracting a big entry By Pat Robertson - 03/17/2010 After the first scheduled Angler's Choice Marine Invitational Team Trail tournament of the year was cancelled in February due to terrible conditions created by the winter weather, anglers are lining up to fish the first tournament of the year on Lake Gaston Saturday! Warming weather could bust fishing open for BFL at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 03/14/2010 This time of year the weather is always a key factor in planning and executing strategy in a bass tournament Airport Marine Tournament Trail features big incentives By Pat Robertson - 03/10/2010 There are a lot of different ways to win money on the Airport Marine tournament trail in Alabama this year – and not all of them require catching a fish! One fish can be big winner in McDonalds® Big Bass Splash® on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 03/10/2010 With a guaranteed purse of $155,000 in cash and prizes, $50,400 of that will be paid out in hourly prizes. The heaviest bass wins $1,000 for the hour, with $500 for the second heaviest on down to the eighth heaviest which gets $150! Bass getting in the mood just in time for Tom’s Marine Tournament on Cherokee Lake By Pat Robertson - 03/05/2010 Winter may not be over, but it’s sure looking a lot more like springtime – just in time for the opening tournament of the Tom’s Marine Tournament Trail on Tennessee’s Lake Cherokee March 13 Fishing improving just in time for Jim Ledbetter Tournament on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 03/04/2010 “Jim would be very proud of the tournament and he’d be more than proud to see how these guys have carried on,” said Bob Patrick, Ledbetter Tournament chairman who is preparing for the 24th annual tournament March 13 on North Carolina’s Lake Norman Montgomery anxious to get going in FLW Series on Lake Eufaula By Pat Robertson - 03/04/2010 After finishing one fish short of a three-day limit and just 12 ounces out of the money in the FLW Series Eastern Division opener on Lake Okeechobee in late January, Andy Montgomery is ready to go fishing in the second tournament of the year on Lake Eufaula! 2009 Co-Angler AOY Dearal Rodgers ready to take next step in FLW Tour on Table Rock Lake By Pat Robertson - 02/25/2010 The FLW Tour tournament on Missouri’s Table Rock Lake is shaping up very much like the one last year – cold, maybe even more so!! New Deep Creek Lures Tournament Trail fills gaps in calendar for North Carolina anglers – first tournament March 6 on Shearon Harris By Pat Robertson - 02/25/2010 “When NBC folded a lot of guys on our pro staff and other anglers were looking for a trail to follow,” said Marie Turner, president of Deep Creek Lures in Rougemont, N.C. “They approached us to start a new trail, so we did.” Weather could break just right for the Tommy Shaw Memorial on Clarks Hill By Pat Robertson - 02/25/2010 “Tommy Shaw had the first marina on the lake and he loved to fish. There were not many people that he didn’t like,” said Larry Gilpin president of the Clark Hill Committee which conducts most of the tournaments held on the lake which is officially named Lake Thurmond Xtreme Bass Series – Lake Guntersville Results – Feb 20, 2010 By Jamie Shay - 02/24/2010 Rob Vannerson and Robert Vannerson win with 23.77!! Ice cold waters await Media Bass anglers on Lake Jordan By Pat Robertson - 02/17/2010 Anglers in the Media Bass Coosa River Tournament on Alabama’s Lake Jordan Saturday will be facing some of the same problems as those in the Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake just a few miles north Chattanooga Bass Association adds youth division for series on Chickamauga, Nickajack and Watts Bar By Pat Robertson - 02/17/2010 “We are offering adults to bring a youth to fish the youth division and we cover the entry fee for the youth,” says Justin Medley, a CBA officer. “Our demographic has got older, so we are trying to give kids a good avenue to get involved in competitive fishing.” No snow in forecast could help fishing for BWS on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 02/17/2010 The best thing that could happen for fishing on Lake Wylie would be for the temperature to warm up and the skies to stay clear between now and the North Carolina Division Bassmaster Weekend Series season opener Feb. 27 Anglers praying for warmer weather before Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake By Pat Robertson - 02/10/2010 “This has been the hardest winter I’ve seen since I’ve lived here for the past 12 years,” said North Carolina native Randy Howell who now calls Springville, Ala., home With BFL this Saturday, fish are biting despite cold, muddy water on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 02/10/2010 “Lake Norman is cold and muddy, but they are still catching them,” said Maurice Freeze of Concord, N.C., points champion in the North Carolina Division of the FLW Bass Fishing League in 2009 Cold, winter rains making fishing tough for C & R Series on Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 02/10/2010 “Oconee is cold and muddy, 42 degrees, and there is so much current in the lake. And more rain is forecast this week – just what we need!” said tournament director Clay Johns Patience will be key for anglers in FLW Tour on the Red River By Pat Robertson - 02/05/2010 Patience will be a virtue for anglers in the first FLW Tour tournament of the year Feb. 10-13 on the Red River near Shreveport, La. Slow the way to go in CATT Spring opener on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 02/05/2010 “The temperature is supposed to be right around 42 degrees with rain, so it won’t be the best of conditions. So, we will slow things down and work jigs and worms with slower presentations,” say anglers Hugh Moss and Joe Dan Estes No ice means great weather for VisionCasters Saturday on Lake Keowee By Pat Robertson - 02/05/2010 An ice storm forced postponement of the VisionCasters/TTI Relay for Life Open Bass Tournament on Lake Keowee Dec. 19, and for a while this past week it looked like more winter ice might be a problem for the rescheduled tournament this Saturday With football season over, it’s time for some bass fishing on Sam Rayburn By Pat Robertson - 01/26/2010 Not every collegian can play football or basketball or soccer or be a champion swimmer. But, said Kevin Hunt, they often can find something they can excel in – like bass fishing! Slowly rising temperatures could put Lake Murray bass in the mood for CATT By Pat Robertson - 01/26/2010 The water temperature has been so cold it has not taken very much weight at all to win one of the few tournaments on Lake Murray this winter, said veteran angler Howard Stephens Big fish bite expected for Valley Sportsman tournament on Lake Eufaula By Pat Robertson - 01/26/2010 Make sure your tackle box is stocked with the right lures for the Valley Sportsman Tournament on Lake Eufaula Saturday. If you have a spoon, Little George, Lucky Craft or a pig and jig tied on you should be ready for plenty of action!! McMillan hoping for another home run in FLW Series on Lake Okeechobee By Pat Robertson - 01/20/2010 Local Okeechobee fishing legend Jimmy McMillan knocked on the door in 2008, then kicked the door down last year with his first major professional win in the Walmart FLW Series Eastern Division opener on the lake. Now he’d love to make it two in a row in the first FLW Eastern Series tournament of 2010 on the Big O! Once the ice is gone, fishing should heat up for Xtreme Bass open on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 01/20/2010 “Before Sunday morning I was able to step out off the end of my boathouse and stand on the ice,” said Jamie Shay, tournament director for the Xtreme Bass Series which is moving into Alabama for the first time and will kick off its 2010 tournament schedule Jan. 30 with an open tournament on Lake Guntersville! Sinclair is cold and bite is slow with BWS coming up Jan. 30 By Pat Robertson - 01/20/2010 Even though he won the HT3 tournament on Lake Sinclair last Saturday, Mike Chester would love for the fishing to be just a little bit better when he fishes the Bassmaster Weekend Series Georgia Division tournament there Jan. 30! Jerkbaits on rocky points to be key for inaugural Greene Boat & Motor tournament on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 01/14/2010 When the anglers launch for the first Greene Boat & Motor Trail tournament Jan. 30 on Lake Wylie, it is a pretty sure bet that most, if not all, will have a jerkbait tied on! Warm weather trend should bode well for C & R anglers on Eufaula Saturday By Pat Robertson - 01/14/2010 “The really good news is that Thursday and Friday are supposed to be warmer, possibly 60 degrees on Friday. It may rain Saturday, but at least it will be warmer and the water will be stable,” says C & R Bass Series director Clay Johns! Second tournament to piggyback on Bassmaster Weekend Series on Kissimmee Chain By Pat Robertson - 01/14/2010 The Bassmaster Weekend Series Florida Division kicks off Saturday, Jan. 23, with an added attraction this year, a new trail that will run the day after the BWS tournaments – the American 150 Series! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Waccamaw River – January 2, 2010 By Brett Collins - 01/07/2010 David Quandt of Myrtle Beach and Brian Meyers of Loris took home 1st Place with a total weight of 4.85 lbs and collected $300.00. David and Brian ended up tied for the points lead with Mike Gerald and Hayes Hudson and both teams will fish the Final free! Locals will have definite advantage in Southern Open on Lake Okeechobee By Pat Robertson - 01/07/2010 There will be a definite local advantage in play for the 2010 kickoff of the Bassmaster Southern Open series Jan. 14-16 on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee, said veteran tournament angler Bobby Lane of Lakeland, FL! Two-pounders will be key in National Guard Western Series on Lake Shasta By Pat Robertson - 01/07/2010 California’s Lake Shasta always produces numbers of fish, but the key to winning the FLW National Guard Western Series tournament there next week will be finding some quality fish, said veteran tournament angler Brett Hite of Phoenix, AZ! Cold winter weather making conditions right for Fish the Fall on Lake Keowee By Pat Robertson - 01/07/2010 The icy temperatures during the current winter cold front are making conditions just about perfect for bass fishing in the Fish the Fall Team Trail Tournament on Lake Keowee Jan. 16! Bowhunting is Swindle’s plan for success in Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake By Pat Robertson - 12/31/2009 “In January there will be no fishing for me. I’ll be camping by the river and that’s about as close as I am going to get to the water,” said Gerald Swindle whose highest finish in the Classic was third place in 2005 on the Three Rivers in Pittsburgh Rising river may make fishing tough for CATT on Waccamaw River By Pat Robertson - 12/30/2009 One word will probably describe Saturday’s Carolina Anglers Team Trail tournament on the Waccamaw River, said tournament director Chris Jones – “tough!” Hot winter bass fishing expected for VisionCasters on Lake Keowee By Pat Robertson - 12/30/2009 If the American Heart Association tournament on Lake Keowee last weekend is any indication of how the fish are biting, anglers can expect to weigh some nice fish in the final VisionCasters Fall Series tournament Saturday, Jan. 9! Cold winter rains expected to slow fishing even more for the C&R Bass Series tournament on Lake Russell By Pat Robertson - 12/23/2009 But, with a change in the entry fee and an increased payout at the ramp in 2010, tournament director Clay Johns is expecting things to pick up regardless of the fishing conditions! Winter bass bite on Lake Murray depends on stable lake levels By Pat Robertson - 12/23/2009 "The biggest problem right now is the fluctuating water," said veteran guide and tournament angler Doug Lown of Newberry, S.C. "We've had a lot of rain since Thanksgiving and because the lake is up so high they are constantly having to pull it down.” Heavy rains, muddy water slow Lake Eufaula bass fishing By Pat Robertson - 12/23/2009 Rain, rain, rain means muddy, muddy, muddy water - and that is not good for bass fishing, said veteran Lake Eufaula guide Jackie Thompson Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Waccamaw River – December 12, 2009 By Brett Collins - 12/16/2009 The 3rd 2009 Waccamaw CATT Qualifier was held out of Bucksport Landing this past Saturday with Timmy and James Squire of Conway, SC taking home 1st Place and also weighing in the BF of the tournament. Their BF weighed 5.15 lbs and their total weight was 10.80 lbs. They collected a total of $349.00! Tournament scheduled to boost bass populations in Santee Cooper Lakes By Pat Robertson - 12/16/2009 Santee Bass Matters, a group working to bring bass fishing in the Santee Cooper Lakes back to the renown it enjoyed during the heyday of the 1990s and before, is hoping the seeds they plant next spring will result in a bumper crop of largemouth bass in the years to come! Cold weather bass bite good for VisionCasters on Lake Keowee By Pat Robertson - 12/16/2009 Anglers may have to scrape a little ice off their windshields and wear an extra layer of clothes to fish the VisionCasters final fall tournament on South Carolina's Lake Keowee Saturday, but the fishing will be good enough to warm them up quickly! Lake Hartwell bass running late to deep-water winter areas By Pat Robertson - 12/15/2009 Usually by Christmas the bass in Lake Hartwell have been in their winter holes deep offshore for several weeks, but apparently they have not checked the calendar this year! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wylie Fall FINAL – December 12, 2009 By Brett Collins - 12/14/2009 Ronnie Wilson of Grover, NC and Andy Greene of Spindale, NC weighed in a heavy sack of Lake Wylie bass totaling up to 19 lbs 7 ozs to win 1st Place and they also had the 2nd Place BF with a 5 lb 1 oz bass. Topping it off they took the BONUS $ pushing their total winning to $2,243.00! South Carolina Outdoor Press Honors Pat Robertson By Terry Madewell - 12/11/2009 The South Carolina Outdoor Press (SCOPe) honored long time Outdoors Writer and Columnist Pat Robertson at the organization's annual Fall Conference Nov 15-16!! Quality bite could boost weights in CATT Fall Final on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 12/10/2009 Louie Hull would love to have a day in the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Fall Final on Lake Wylie this Saturday like the one he had last Saturday! Participation down in C&R Series on Clarks Hill / Thurmond all year By Pat Robertson - 12/10/2009 With participation lacking all season in the C&R Savannah River Winter Blast Series out of Wildwood Park on Clark Hill / Thurmond Lake and with really nasty winter weather predicted for Saturday, tournament director Clay Johns said he may just find himself fishing in another tournament series 75 miles away on Lake Sinclair Points race getting hot in C&R Winter Blast on West Point Lake By Pat Robertson - 12/10/2009 With just two tournaments to go in the C&R Bass Series Chattahoochee River Division Winter Blast Series, the points race could get even tighter - or bust wide open - in the tournament Sunday on West Point Lake! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray Fall Final – December 21, 2009 By Brett Collins - 12/08/2009 Andy Owens of Camden was dialed in Saturday as he brought in a nice 5 bass limit weighing 15 lbs 1 oz to take home 1st Place and the BONUS $. Andy also weighed in the BF of the Final at 5 lbs 3 ozs to take home a total of $2,421.00! Andy caught all his fish using a Shooter Jig! Lake Sinclair should be spared Oconee mud for C&R tournament By Pat Robertson - 12/04/2009 There's a lot of mud and some of it will start to get into Lake Sinclair at the north end, but since they pump back into Oconee the stain should stay up north of Crooked Creek and Sinclair won't have the floating debris like in Oconee," says C&R tournament director Clay Johns Fishing still tough going into CATT Fall Final on Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 12/03/2009 Having won the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Spring Final on Lake Murray in May, Howard Stephens and Mark McCormick would love nothing better than to repeat as champions in the CATT Fall Final Saturday! Largemouths key to success in Ryan Newman Tournament on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 12/03/2009 Andy Montgomery and Bryan Thrift have knocked on the first place door in the annual Ryan Newman Foundation Charity Fishing Tournament in the past. This year they'd like to break that door down and drive off with the first place prize - the Ranger Z-520 bass boat with an Evinrude E-Tec Outboard! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Norman FALL FINAL – November 28, 2009 By Brett Collins - 12/02/2009 Jason Hathcock of Concord, NC and Matt Wingate of Sherrills Ford, NC weighed in 11.71 lbs of bass and took home 1st Place at the CATT 2009 Norman FALL FINAL. They collected the 1st Place prize money of $2,100.00 for a fun day of fishing! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree FALL FINAL – November 28, 2009 By Brett Collins - 12/02/2009 Jay Keith and Donald Hinson weighed in a good limit of bass at 16 lbs, 13 oz to win the Wateree Fall Final, and also had a nice fat Big Fish at 6 lbs 9 ozs. They also claimed the BONUS $ pushing their total winnings to $2,520.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Waccamaw River – November 28, 2009 By Brett Collins - 12/02/2009 10 Teams blasted off from Busksport Landing looking for that winning limit and Joe Tassey and Mike Ramsey were the ones that found it. They weighed in 8.05 lbs and had the BF at 3.80. All total they collected $370.00! Fishing tough on Lake Wateree for CATT Fall Final By Pat Robertson - 11/26/2009 Randall Driggers and Josh McGregor would love to repeat their win two weeks ago on Lake Wateree in the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Fall Final Saturday and add the Fall Final championship to their Fall Points title! Points winners looking for first win in CATT Lake Norman Fall Final By Pat Robertson - 11/26/2009 Doug Punch and Tim Bumgarner would love to add a win in the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Fall Final on Lake Norman Saturday to their points title in the Norman Fall Series! Lake Eufaula settling down just in time for C and R Winter Blast tournament By Pat Robertson - 11/26/2009 Lake Eufaula should be just about ready for the third tournament in the C and R Bass Series Chattahoochee Division Winter Blast Series this Saturday, said C and R Outdoors tournament director Clay Johns! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wylie – November 21, 2009 By Brett Collins - 11/25/2009 Eric Weir of Belmont, NC and John Paul George of Rock Hill, SC weighed in a hefty 5 bass limit at 19 lbs 6 ozs to take home 1st Place and $600.00 They also took the BONUS $ worth another $320.00. All total Eric and John received a check in the amount of $920.00. Check out the video interview at www.anglerschannel.com and get the inside scoop on how they did it! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray – November 21, 2009 By Brett Collins - 11/25/2009 Over the past 2 Fall seasons Sean Anderson of Saluda and George Berry of Batesburg have been hard to beat and nothing changed this past Saturday at Dreher Island during the last FALL 2009 CATT Lake Murray Qualifier. They brought in a limit of bass weighing a total of 14 lbs 4 ozs and also had the BF of the day with a 5 lb 5 oz bass. All total they collected $548.00 plus they won the points and will receive free entry and blast off position # 1 at the Lake Murray Fall Final December 5th! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Norman – November 21, 2009 By Brett Collins - 11/25/2009 Jeff Hagar and Darrell Hagar both of Alexis, NC brought in a limit of Lake Norman bass weighing 12 lbs 9 ozs to take 1st Place and $500.00. They also had the 1st Place BF with a nice 3 lb 14 oz bass pushing their total winnings up to $626.00! Bass are 'in between' for CATT tournament on Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 11/18/2009 Despite heavy rains upstream that dumped a lot of muddy water into Lake Murray last week, the lake is in pretty good shape heading into this weekend's Carolina Anglers Team Trail Fall Series Tournament! Some cool nights would really help for the CATT on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 11/18/2009 Chris Carroll, who is leading the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Fall Series on Lake Wylie with his partner Larry Denton, is hoping for some really cool nights between now and Saturday's final CATT qualifier on the lake Saturday! Fishing should be good on Lake Seminole as long as mud stays away By Pat Robertson - 11/18/2009 Muddy water from the deluge left by Tropical Storm Ida as it roared across Georgia and Alabama last week has moved down the Chattahoochee River through Lake Eufaula and headed towards Lake Seminole! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Norman – November 14, 2009 By Brett Collins - 11/16/2009 John Allen and Andrew Young weighed in a 5 bass limit weighing up at 11 lbs 11 ozs to take 1st Place and they also had the 1st Place BF with a 3 lb 6 oz bass. They collected a total of $626.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – November 14, 2009 By Brett Collins - 11/16/2009 Randall Diggers of Turbeville and Josh McGregor of Timmonsville caught the weight needed to boost them to 1st Place. With 5 bass weighing 15 lbs 3 ozs and the 2nd BF of 4 lbs 8 ozs they collected a total of $846.00 with the BONUS $ thrown in. They also won the Fall 2009 points worth another $120 so they had a day on the lake valued nearly at $1000.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Waccamaw River – November 7, 2009 By Brett Collins - 11/11/2009 Carlton and Timmy Thompkins of Myrtle Beach took 1st Place at the first ever CATT Qualifier on the Waccamaw River with a limit of bass weighing 10.30 lbs. They collected a total of $325.00! Points leaders hope for more rain before CATT on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 11/11/2009 Tropical Storm Ida, which came late to the hurricane season, may just be a blessing in disguise for Tim Bumgarner and Doug Punch, points leaders in the Carolina Anglers Team Trail going into the next to last qualifier on Lake Norman Saturday! Corps drops West Point Lake by four feet before C and R tournament By Pat Robertson - 11/11/2009 There is a good news/bad news scenario surrounding the second tournament in the C and R Bass Series Chattahoochee River Division Winter Blast Tournament on West Point this Sunday! Richardson's hoping bass on docks are biting on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 11/11/2009 Brett Collins, director of the Carolina Anglers Team Trails series, said the fishing on Lake Wateree seems to be getting better and Mark and William Richardson, who are leading the points going into the final CATT Wateree Fall tournament Saturday sure hope he is right! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wylie – November 7, 2009 By Brett Collins - 11/11/2009 Fall fishing has been tough on Lake Wylie but Joe Hansil and Chester Ragland both of Gastonia, NC brought in a nice 5 bass limit this past Saturday at Buster Boyd. Their total weight was 16 lbs 2 ozs and they also had the 2nd Place BF with a 4 lb 11 oz bass. All total they collected $492.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray – November 7, 2009 By Brett Collins - 11/09/2009 Sean Anderson of Saluda and George Berry of Batesburg wrapped up 1st Place with a limit of Lake Murray bass weighing 13 lbs 6 ozs. They also took home the BONUS $ plus 2nd Place Bf with a 3 lb 13 oz bass. All total they collected $733.00! TBF announces big plans before 2009 final on Clarks Hill By Pat Robertson - 11/05/2009 You might say that Chuck Kinard is more excited about the upcoming 2010 season for The Bass Federation of South Carolina than he is for the TBF final tournament of the 2009 season Saturday on Clarks Hill Lake…and, with good reason!! Heavy weights expected for C and R Bass Series on Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 11/05/2009 Anglers in the C and R Bass Series Tournament on Lake Oconee Sunday could get their arms jerked - hard, and more than once!! Weir hopes jig bite is on for CATT Saturday on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 11/05/2009 If the jig bite is back to normal on Lake Wylie, Eric Weir is expecting to have a really good catch in the third of five Carolina Anglers Team Trail Fall Series tournaments on Lake Wylie Saturday! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray – October 31, 2009 By Brett Collins - 11/04/2009 Andy Owens of Camden took home 1st Place, 1st BF and the BONUS $ with 5 bass weighing 12 lbs 15 ozs. His BF weighed in at 4 lbs 12 ozs. All total Andy collected $777.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Norman – October 24, 2009 By Brett Collins - 10/30/2009 Mike Lovelace and Roger Griffin brought in a limit of Lake Norman bass to take home 1st place this past Saturday. Their total weight was 11 lbs 5 ozs and they also had the 2nd Place BF at 2 lb 9ozs. All total they collected $358.00! Special Olympics Tournament on Lake Norman draws weekend anglers as well as the pros! By Pat Robertson - 10/28/2009 The down economy has a lot of fishermen sitting home on weekends instead of fishing a tournament, but if you give them a good cause they will line up at the ramp and launch their boats no matter how high the price of gas goes! Random rocky banks may be key in Stren Championship on Pickwick Lake By Pat Robertson - 10/28/2009 Dane Odom has never been to Pickwick Lake, but after picking the brains of some local anglers there, he has developed a strategy for the FLW Stren Series Southeast Championship on the Alabama lake! Bass could be on shellcracker pattern for CATT on Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 10/28/2009 "The good news is that the shellcrackers are piling up on the points and that might relate to some kind of crankbait bite," says Beau Dixon. "We caught about 20 shellcrackers each afternoon on nightcrawlers in 2 to 4 feet of water. You can catch 10 to 12 on a point pretty quick." New for 2010: RANGER Z518 & Z519 Comanche Models By Ranger Boats - 10/26/2009 New model introductions round out Ranger’s heralded Z500 series! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – October 17, 2009 By Brett Collins - 10/21/2009 Alan Fletcher and Danny Johnson both of Hartsville put a smack’en on the rest of the field Saturday at Lake Wateree with a 5 bass limit weighing in at 13 lbs 8 oz. They also took home the BONUS $ and 2nd Place BF with a 3 lb 9 oz bass. All total they collected $834.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Norman – October 17, 2009 By Brett Collins - 10/21/2009 Louie Hull of Casar, NC and Chuck Montgomery of Grover ,NC weighed in a limit of Lake Norman bass at 13 lbs 35 ozs and took home 1st Place, 1st Place BF and the Stratos 2x BONUS. All total they collected $1196.00! Low water level could limit anglers in Southern Open on Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 10/20/2009 Fresh off a third place finish in the Toyota Texas Bass Classic, the world championship of the Professional Anglers Association Tournament Series, on Texas' Lake Conroe, Todd Auten headed to Santee Cooper this week to practice for the final Bassmaster Southern Open tournament of 2009 this weekend! Fish can be caught every which way for CS Motorsports Fall Classic on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 10/20/2009 Anglers should be able to catch fish just about any way they want to fish in the CS Motorsports Fall Classic on Lake Wylie Saturday, said Bass Elite Pro Britt Myers, owner of the car and truck accessories business in Gastonia, N.C., which sponsors the annual tournament! Cold weather gives bass lockjaw on Lake Norman as BFL Regional nears By Pat Robertson - 10/20/2009 "We had not had the cold weather when I got up here to practice Saturday and Saturday night was the first cold night," says Davey Thomas of Sumter, SC. "I'm hoping with it warming up it will bring the bite back. Maybe a couple of warm days will get it going again." Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wylie – October 17, 2009 By Brett Collins - 10/19/2009 Johnny Council and Eric Weir both of Gastonia weighed in a limit at 16 lbs 2 ozs and also brought in a fat 6 lb 1 oz bass to take home 1st Place, 1st Place BF and the BONUS $. All total they collected $747.00! Lake Conroe shootout will determine Professional Anglers Association bass world champion By Pat Robertson - 10/16/2009 When the sun sets on Lake Conroe, an hour north of Houston, Sunday the newly-crowned world champion of bass fishing will know that he has been in a shootout to the finish with 59 of the world's best bass anglers! Bass Pro Shops and PAA in Partnership for 2010 Tournament Series Events By Professional Anglers Association - 10/15/2009 The Professional Anglers Association (PAA) is excited to announce their partnership with Bass Pro Shops for the 2010 PAA Bass Pro Shops Tournament Series! Anglers will need some poker skills at Berkley Big Bass Challenge on Lake Fork By Pat Robertson - 10/15/2009 Anglers hoping to cash a check in the Fourth Berkley Big Bass Challenge on Lake Fork in Texas this weekend will need a poker player's mentality in addition to fishing skill and a little luck, says Andrew Marks, senior marketing manager for Berkley! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – October 10, 2009 By Brett Collins - 10/14/2009 Steve Pizzino and Dave Murdock both of Sumter came out on top on a very tough fish day with a 5 bass limit weighing 11 lbs 2 ozs. They also had the 2nd Place BF with a nice 3 lb 9 oz bass. They collected $566.00 for 1st Place! BFL anglers eyeing weather for Regional Championship on Clarks Hill By Pat Robertson - 10/14/2009 The weather may be a major factor in the Walmart BFL Regional Championship on Clarks Hill Lake this weekend! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wylie – October 10, 2009 By Brett Collins - 10/12/2009 Jeff Hagar of Alexis, NC and Robert Stiltner of Mt. Mourne, NC weighed in a solid limit of bass totaling up at 16 lbs 2 ozs and take home 1st Place plus they collected the BONUS $ money. They received a total of $800.00! Excitement building for final PAA qualifier at Toledo Bend By Pat Robertson - 10/06/2009 No one, especially the anglers, doubts that the final qualifying event of the 2009 Professional Anglers Association Tournament Series on fabled Toledo Bend this weekend is going to be an exciting tournament! Collegiate anglers anxious to test 'awesome' fishing at Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 10/06/2009 "That place is awesome!" That was the assessment of Lake Guntersville by Harold Turner, a member of the Clemson University Fishing Team, after practicing on the lake last weekend in preparation for the FLW College Fishing Southeast Division Final to be held Saturday! Young pro riding high going into Stren Southeast final on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 10/06/2009 Dane Odom, who just finished high school three years ago, is having the kind of year young anglers dream of! Fishing may be tough for Buggs Island Championship By Pat Robertson - 10/05/2009 Stephen Griggs and Jimmy Wall won the final qualifying tournament of the Anglers Choice Marine Buggs Island Team Trail on the lake last weekend, but Brandon Grey and Nathan Webber, who finished third, won the points championship and will lead the field in the Buggs Island Championship this Sunday! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray – October 3, 2009 By Brett Collins - 10/05/2009 Kevin Fulmer of Prosperity and Al Fortner of Ninety Six took home 1st Place and the BONUS $ this past Saturday at Lake Murray during the first CATT Fall 2009 Qualifier. They brought in a 5 bass limit weighing up at 15 lbs 2 ozs. They collected a total of $615.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Norman – October 3, 2009 By Brett Collins - 10/04/2009 David Lynch and Doug Easten wrapped up 1st Place this past Saturday with a limit weighing in at 10 lbs 12 ozs. They also had the 1st Place BF with a 3 lb 11 oz bass. All total they collected $402.00! Wal-Mart BFL Super Tournament and Phil Shope Team Trail will converge on Lake Hartwell this weekend By Pat Robertson - 10/01/2009 The Walmart BFL South Carolina Division Super Tournament and the last Phil Shope Team Trail tournament are both being held on Lake Hartwell! Frog bite may not be on for Lake Guntersville BFL Super Tournament By Pat Robertson - 10/01/2009 Barry Douglas of Hazel Green, Ala., loves to fish a frog for bass, but the way the water has been fluctuating in Lake Guntersville he may not be able to fish his strength when he tries to hold onto the points lead in the Walmart Bass Fishing League Super Tournament this weekend! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – September 26, 2009 By Brett Collins - 09/28/2009 Greg & Laura Sigmon both of Lancaster took home 1st Place with a solid limit of Lake Wateree bass weighing up at 13 lbs 12 ozs. They also had the 2nd Place BF with a nice 5 lb. 7 oz bass. Making a good day a great day they also took home the BONUS $. All total Greg & Laura received $863.00! Upstate rains could affect outcome of Savannah River BFL on Clarks Hill By Pat Robertson - 09/24/2009 Heavy rains that battered the Southeast earlier this week are expected to have an effect on the Walmart Bass Fishing league Savannah River Division Super Tournament on Clarks Hill this weekend! Freeze fishing for NC BFL points title at Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 09/23/2009 Maurice Freeze will be fishing this weekend on Lake Norman to maintain his hefty points lead in the Walmart BFL North Carolina Division series, but he'll also have an eye cast 150 miles to the southwest in anticipation of the South Carolina BFL super tournament on Lake Hartwell the following weekend! Torrential rains create problems for Georgia ABA on West Point By Pat Robertson - 09/23/2009 David Huie and Jerry McClure will finally get to settle the American Bass Anglers District 8 points race this weekend in the BWS Georgia Championship on West Point Lake! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Norman – September 19, 2009 By Brett Collins - 09/22/2009 At Lake Norman this past Saturday Al March and Randy Brown took home 1st Place and the 2nd Place BF money with 5 bass weighing 12 lbs 13 ozs and their BF weighed in at 3 lbs 3 ozs. All total they collected $429.00! Current critical for final BASS Chase tournament on Alabama River By Pat Robertson - 09/16/2009 Current - a major factor lacking in practice this week - is expected to be running in abundance during the final tournament of the Bassmaster Trophy Chase, the Evan Williams Trophy Triumph, Thursday and Friday on the Alabama River! Low water and seasonal transition may affect fishing in BFL at Kerr By Pat Robertson - 09/16/2009 "The water level is low and the fish are in transition from summer patterns to doing some different stuff. I guess a lot of them are just chasing bait in open water and not relating to structure," says Geoffrey Hill, who is 2nd in points heading into this tournament! Points race tight in Florida BWS Championship on St. John's River By Pat Robertson - 09/16/2009 Only four points separate points leader John Cox of DeBary, Fla., from Ben Todd of Pierson, Fla., in the Florida Bassmaster Weekend Series going into the Florida Championship this weekend and there is only a 30-point spread between first and sixth place in the standings! Travis hoping for much better fishing on Clarks Hill in FLW Series tournament By Pat Robertson - 09/10/2009 Brian Travis hopes his second trip to Clarks Hill Lake is a lot more productive than his first! Boyd looking to ledges to hold points lead in Bama Super Tournament on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 09/09/2009 The loss of his lower unit in the last Walmart BFL tournament on Lake Guntersville in March did not hold Robert Boyd back in his quest for the points lead in the BFL Bama Division this year! Gray and Webber on a roll heading into Stratos Trail tournament on Kerr/Buggs Island By Pat Robertson - 09/09/2009 With three straight wins – two of them on Kerr/Buggs Island – Brandon Gray and Nathan Webber are on a dominating roll heading into the Anglers Choice Marine Stratos Trail on Kerr this weekend! Swindle riding huge comeback into BASS Trophy Chase on Lake Jordan By Pat Robertson - 09/06/2009 In eight Elite Series tournaments, Gerald Swindle made the Top 50 cut in every one and finished strongly with three straight appearances in top-12 "Sunday finals." Attaway fishing for AOY in Weekend Series Championship on Lake Hartwell By Pat Robertson - 09/06/2009 “I had close to a 20-point lead before Hartwell and I was not able to get up there to practice and my lead got narrowed down to two points, so I’ve got to really do well to earn Angler of the Year,” says Norm Attaway from North Augusta, S.C. Lexington, NC anglers vying for BFL Piedmont Division AOY at Lake Gaston By Pat Robertson - 09/06/2009 When the Walmart BFL Piedmont Division Super Tournament is over on Lake Gaston near Bracey, VA next weekend, it’s a pretty sure bet that a Lexington, NC angler will be the regular season points champion! Deep bite key for Bassmaster Weekend Series NC championship on High Rock Lake By Pat Robertson - 08/26/2009 “A lot of guys who fish High Rock love the lake and the other half can’t stand it,” says Tournament Director Mike Whatley, noting that some anglers do very well in tournaments on the lake while others have trouble figuring the fish out from one day to the next! Points race tight for Chattahoochee final on West Point Lake By Pat Robertson - 08/26/2009 A lot is on the line going into the last tournament in the C and R Outdoors Chattahoochee Division Summer Heat Series this weekend on West Point Lake Goble & Griffin lead Summer Sport Series on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 08/19/2009 Jerry Goble and Scott Griffin have won the first two National Bass Circuit Catawba Division Summer Sport Series tournaments on Lake Norman, but Griffin will have to fish on without Goble Saturday night! It’s a two-man race going into BWS Alabama South Championship on Lake Logan Martin By Pat Robertson - 08/19/2009 Tommy Pegues of Montgomery, Ala., leads John Pollard of Eclectic, Ala., by just three points going into the Bassmaster Weekend Series Alabama South Championship on Lake Logan Martin this weekend and he is 30 points ahead of third place, but neither may be safe in the two-day tournament! Paducah anglers lead the way to BWS Kentucky Championship on Lake Barkley By Pat Robertson - 08/19/2009 With only 15 points separating first and third place, three anglers from Paducah, Ky., lead the points race heading into the Bassmaster Weekend Series Kentucky Championship on Lake Barkley this weekend! Hite fishing for 14th Classic appearance in Bassmaster finale on Oneida Lake By Pat Robertson - 08/12/2009 Davy Hite won the Bassmaster Classic 10 years ago and he’d love nothing more this week than to qualify for his 14th appearance in the championship that anglers call the “Super Bowl of Fishing!” FLW Tour Co-Angler Of The Year Dearal Rogers ready for some home fishing on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 08/12/2009 With deer season about to start in part of the state, college football cranking up and school about to open, Lake Wateree should get a lot calmer by Labor Day – and that’s just fine with Dearal Rogers of Camden! Schmitt on a roll heading into Northeast Division BFL on Chesapeake Bay By Pat Robertson - 08/12/2009 Although he is in seventh place in the standings, Bryan Schmitt might well be the angler to beat in the Northeast Division Walmart BFL tournament on the Chesapeake Bay Saturday! Fun With Frogs – How to Get the Most Out of Fishing the Snag Proof Open on Lake Guntersville By Reed Montgomery - 08/10/2009 Reed Montgomery offers his tips for fishing frogs at the Snag Proof Open on Lake Guntersville this Saturday, August 15, 2009! It will be frog time for Snag Proof Open on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 08/05/2009 When anglers in the fifth annual Snag Proof Open head out on Alabama’s famous Lake Guntersville Aug. 15 with only Snag Proof Frogs tied on their rods, they should find the fishing about as good as it gets, according to tournament director Randy McBride!! FLW Series anglers gear up for ‘a tough one’ on Lake Dardanelle By Pat Robertson - 08/05/2009 After finishing 25th in the Forrest Wood Cup on the Three Rivers – the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio – that converge in Pittsburgh, Pa., Andy Montgomery was gearing up this week for the second tough tournament in a row – the Walmart FLW Series on Lake Dardanelle in Arkansas Aug. 12-15, 2009! Big weights expected on Seminole and Eufaula this weekend By Pat Robertson - 08/04/2009 “They are both going to be slugfests,” said Clay Johns, C & R Series tournament director. “Both lakes can be tough in the summertime, but both are also notorious for kicking out 20-pound-plus stringers this time of year!” Night owls can find success in Lake Norman NBC Sport Series tournaments By Pat Robertson - 07/30/2009 “The fishing gets really good after midnight,” said Scott Turner, president of the National Bass Circuit, which launches its NBC Catawba Division Summer Sports Series Saturday night on Lake Norman! Fishing tough for C & R Summer Heat on Lake Thurmond / Clarks Hill By Pat Robertson - 07/29/2009 “It’s only been taking about 5-6 pounds to get a check in most tournaments and less than 10 pounds to win one, so fishing is really tough,” says C&R director Clay Johns. “But, with half a million anglers in that area you would expect some of them to show up and fish in a good tournament!” Fishing outstanding for inaugural BuzzMaster’s on Lake Seminole By Pat Robertson - 07/29/2009 Interest in the first ever BuzzMaster’s Open Bass Tournament on Lake Seminole is building and tournament director John McGee hopes it continues to build after Saturday’s tournament to raise funds for the Ashford, Ala., High School Band! Two AOYs have solid strategies planned for Forrest Wood Cup By Pat Robertson - 07/23/2009 A few weeks ago there was a team tournament on the Three Rivers – the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio – that converge in Pittsburgh, Pa., and the winning weight was 8 pounds, not a good omen for anglers in the 2009 Forrest Wood Cup next week! NBC Upstate points championship down to the wire on Lake Keowee By Pat Robertson - 07/22/2009 With the points championship in the balance, the top five teams will be jockeying for a strong finish in the final tournament of the National Bass Circuit 2009 Pro Series South Carolina Upstate Division tournament on Lake Keowee Sunday! Record holders vying for Sport Series points championship on Falls By Pat Robertson - 07/22/2009 Chad Craven and Tommy Farley broke the National Bass Circuit all-time record for total weight in a tournament two months ago on North Carolina’s Falls Lake, but don’t expect a repeat performance in the NBC 2009 Summer Sport Series Capital Division tournament on Falls this Sunday!! NEW FOR 2010: RANGER Z521 COMANCHE By Ranger Boats - 07/20/2009 The long-awaited addition to Ranger’s Z500 Series arrives in style! Locating and Catching Deep Summer Bass By Reed Montgomery - 07/16/2009 Veteran guide and tournament angler Reed Montgomery walks you through some of the steps he uses to find and catch the elusive ‘Big Bass of Summer’! Blake & Dunlap hope to keep Yadkin Division points lead at High Rock Lake By Pat Robertson - 07/15/2009 Benny Blake and Buzz Dunlap jumped way out in front of the field in the first tournament of the season of the National Bass Circuit’s Pro Series Yadkin Division and have not looked back! Shootout expected in BWS Virginia Championship at Kerr Lake By Pat Robertson - 07/15/2009 With the points championship at stake, the two-day Bassmaster Weekend Series Virginia Championship on Kerr Lake this weekend is expected to be a real shootout! Fox hopes recent success on Norman continues in NBC Catawba Division tournament By Pat Robertson - 07/15/2009 Michael Fox figures the best way to approach a tournament on Lake Norman is to fish just like he’s always fished – and it has proven to be a recipe for success, both for him and for his partner in the National Bass Circuit Catawba Division, Kevin Toler! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – July 11, 2009 By Brett Collins - 07/13/2009 Cleve Yarborough and Chad Gainey had a fantastic day of fishing on Lake Wateree with 5 bass weighing in at 16 lbs. 4 ozs! They collected the 1st place check of $2,100.00 plus they also took home another $500.00 by finishing 1st in the BONUS $. To make a great day an even more rewarding day they also will collect another $2,600.00 under the Stratos 2x Double Your Money Program. All total they received $5,200.00!! Points leader hopes he has Ace-in-the-hole for NBC on Lake Jordan By Pat Robertson - 07/10/2009 Jeffrey Thomas and Dennis Reedy are leading the points in the National Bass Circuit 2009 Pro Series Capital Division, but the team will be a man short in the next to last tournament of the season Saturday on North Carolina’s Lake Jordan! 2010 WALMART FLW TOUR SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED By FLW Outdoors - 07/10/2009 Schedule Culminates with Georgia Hosting Forrest Wood Cup White perch could decide CATT final on Lake Wateree Saturday By Pat Robertson - 07/08/2009 Normally this time of year you have to fish the deep drops on Lake Wateree to win a tournament, but the top teams in the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Summer Final Saturday very likely will catch their fish shallow! Bass fishing, incentives great for C & R tournament on Lake Russell By Pat Robertson - 07/08/2009 Anglers fishing the C & R Bass Series Summer Division tournament on Lake Russell Saturday should enjoy good fishing and a great opportunity to at least win their entry fee back, said Clay Johns of Covington, Ga., director of the C & R series on 12 Georgia lakes! McGregor and Driggers have led NBC Southern Division all year By Pat Robertson - 07/08/2009 Everybody fishing the National Bass Circuit Pro Series Southern Division tournament on Lake Wateree Sunday will be chasing Josh McGregor and Randall Driggers – just like they have all year long! Attaway hoping to hold points lead at Hartwell ABA tournament By Pat Robertson - 07/03/2009 With a $10,000 reward as incentive, Norm Attaway’s goal at the start of the season was to win Angler of the Year in the District 9 American Bass Anglers Series in South Carolina! Daytime bite should help Foothills Division anglers on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 07/03/2009 The bass are biting better in the daytime on Lake Norman, a very unusual pattern for this time of year, but it could prove beneficial for the anglers in the final National Bass Circuit Foothills Division tournament Saturday, July 11! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – June 27, 2009 By Brett Collins - 06/29/2009 Jay Keith and Jeff Hatfield both of Camden had a very god day with 5 bass weighing 17 lbs 9 ozs and they also had the 2nd Place BF with a 4 lb 13 oz bass. For their 1st Place finish they received a total of $886.00!! Rodgers hopes to secure FLW AOY title at Lake Champlain By Pat Robertson - 06/29/2009 With what he hopes is an insurmountable lead in the FLW Tour Co-angler ‘Angler of the Year’ points race, Dearal Rodgers has his sights set on winning the final FLW Tour tournament of the year next week on Lake Champlain!! Freeze seeking NC BFL points title on High Rock Lake Saturday By Pat Robertson - 06/23/2009 After recovering from surgery to repair his bicep last fall, Maurice Freeze has been getting his arm jerked – a lot! Lake Wylie bass post spawn for NBC Catawba Division tournament By Pat Robertson - 06/23/2009 They missed the last National Bass Circuit Catawba Division tournament due to a conflict with another tournament series, but Louie Hull and Chuck Montgomery are in the top 15 in points and hope to improve on that record this Sunday on Lake Wylie! Anglers need backup plans for weekend fishing on Lake Neely Henry By Pat Robertson - 06/23/2009 With more than 40 years of fishing Alabama lakes for bass, veteran guide Reed Montgomery of Birmingham knows that what works during the week won’t necessarily work on the weekends! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – June 20, 2009 By Brett Collins - 06/22/2009 The weather is hot and so is Steve Phillips of Lugoff. Steve whacked the bass again weighing in 17 lbs even to take 1st Place and the BONUS $. This makes 2 in a row and Steve took home a total of $865.00!! ‘Better than Vegas odds’ in Airport Marine Charity Tournament on Lay Lake By Pat Robertson - 06/17/2009 Even if you don’t catch a fish you could still win up to $50,000 in prizes at the third annual Serra Toyota and Airport Marine Tundra Charity Bass Tournament on Alabama’s Lay Lake Saturday, said tournament director Flynn Gerald!! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – June 13, 2009 By Brett Collins - 06/17/2009 Steve Phillips of Lugoff finished in 1st Place and won the BONUS $ with a 5 bass limit weighing 17 lbs 13 ozs. All total Steve took home $880.00!! Water color makes Lake Wylie very accommodating for Bassmaster Weekend Series By Pat Robertson - 06/17/2009 Anglers in the Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on Lake Wylie Saturday will find the water up, full of color, and the fish ready and willing, according to tournament angler Rob Digh of nearby Denver, NC!! Find baitfish for success in BFL Bulldog Division Lake Eufaula Saturday By Pat Robertson - 06/17/2009 Top spot in the points standings of the Walmart Bass Fishing League Bulldog Division could come down to whoever finds the right group of bass in deep water on Lake Eufaula this Saturday! Fishers of Men Tournament Results – Piedmont Division – High Rock Lake – June 13, 2009 By Mike Sides - 06/15/2009 Stanley and Johnston Break record at High Rock!! Points leader says Kerr Lake BFL could be ‘an adventure’ By Pat Robertson - 06/10/2009 Although he is leading the points in the Walmart Bass Fishing League’s Piedmont Division, Robert Walser did not bother to go to Kerr/Buggs Island last Saturday to practice for the fourth tournament on the schedule…find out why! Lake Eufaula a ‘bass fishing paradise’ for Lee King Tournament By Pat Robertson - 06/09/2009 Alabama’s famous Lake Eufaula is a bass fishing paradise right now and Capt. Sam Williams, tournament director for the 9th Annual Lee King Benefit Tournament, is praying that plenty of anglers take notice and sign up to fish on Saturday!! Gagliardi poised to top $1 million at Kentucky-Barkley Lakes By Pat Robertson - 06/09/2009 FLW Tour pro Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity, S.C., is hoping to pass a major milestone in his angling career -- $1 million in prize money – in the tournament on Kentucky/Barkley Lakes this week, but he is eyeing an even bigger prize!! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – June 6, 2009 By Brett Collins - 06/08/2009 Travis Kelly of Camden and Mickey Hayes of Kershaw brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 16 lbs 7 ozs to take 1st Place worth $580.00. They also had the 1st Place BF with a 4 lb 15 oz bass and that was worth another $196.00. To make a good day a great day they won the BONUS $ adding another $320.00 to their check. All total they received $1096.00!! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail – CATT CLASSIC Results – Lake Wateree – May 30-31, 2009 By Brett Collins - 06/03/2009 Over 2 days, William and Mark Richardson of Irmo, SC weighed in a 10 bass limit at 30 lbs 8 ozs to take home $5000.00…plus they won the 1st Place BONUS $. All total they collected $5,980.00!! Poker strategy needed in Berkley Challenge on California Delta By Pat Robertson - 06/03/2009 Whoever wins the Berkley Challenge on the California Delta this weekend will need more than angling skill – the guile of a poker player will come in handy, too! Big bass expected for Deep Creek Lures Challenge on Falls Lake By Pat Robertson - 06/03/2009 Anglers fishing the Deep Creek Lures Bass Challenge two-man team tournament on North Carolina’s Falls Lake Saturday should expect to get their arm jerked hard, according to tournament director Phil McCarson of Durham! Bass shallow for FLW Collegiate tournament on Wheeler Lake By Pat Robertson - 06/03/2009 Collegiate anglers in the National Guard FLW College Fishing tournament on Alabama’s Wheeler Lake this Saturday should probably go far back in the lake’s backwaters to look for bass, according to Jerome Towson at Towson Bait & Tackle in Decatur, Ala. MURRAY STATE CLAIMS COLLEGIATE BASS FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP ON LAKE LEWISVILLE!! By Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship - 06/01/2009 MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY CLAIMS BOATU.S. COLLEGIATE BASS FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BY NARROW MARGIN OVER UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS MURRAY STATE CLAIMS 2009 BOATU.S. COLLEGIATE BASS FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP! By Collegiate Bass Fishing News - 05/29/2009 Kalem Tippett & Vincent Campisano of Murray State University brought 14.50 pounds to the scales on the final day! COLLEGIATE ANGLERS GO BIG ON DAY ONE OF BOATU.S. COLLEGIATE BASS FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP ON LAKE LEWISVILLE By Collegiate Bass Fishing News - 05/29/2009 Murray State and University of North Texas sit in top two places. 2008 Champion University of Arkansas in striking distance to repeat in 2009! Tommy Shaw Tournament on Clarks Hill a tribute to ‘most loved man’ By Pat Robertson - 05/27/2009 The second annual Tommy Shaw Memorial Bass Tournament on Clarks Hill Lake this Saturday is a tribute to “the most loved man in the State of Georgia,” said tournament organizer Ron Brown of Lincolnton, Ga. Bass scattered shallow to deep for CATT Lake Wateree Classic By Pat Robertson - 05/27/2009 Dearal Rodgers of Camden, S.C., has not been on Lake Wateree in a few weeks because he’s been shooting to the top of the Angler of the Year Points lead as a Co-Angler on the FLW Tour…but he’ll be fishing the CATT Classic this weekend! Bass on main lake structure for HD Marine tournament on Lake Hartwell By Pat Robertson - 05/27/2009 The HD Marine Tournament Trail event on Lake Hartwell Sunday is the last tournament of the season before the HD Marine Classic scheduled this fall LAKE NORMAN CONTAINS MILLION DOLLAR FISH!! By Early Times - 05/26/2009 And if Early Times Contest Winner Rochelle Barcenilla can't catch it on Saturday, June 27, you could have the chance to catch it for $50,000 on Sunday, June 28!! Fishers of Men Piedmont Division Results – Badin Lake – May 16, 2009 By Mike Sides - 05/22/2009 Dave Snyder and Byron O’Daniel of Charlotte, NC won First Place. Their winning weight was 19.54 pounds. A paycheck of $1286 was pocketed by these two great anglers! Freeze hoping to move up in points at NBC on High Rock By Pat Robertson - 05/20/2009 Fresh off a tie for first place in the Walmart Bass Fishing League® North Carolina Division tournament on Kerr Lake May 9, Maurice Freeze of Concord, N.C., is gearing up this week for another good tournament in the National Bass Circuit Yadkin Division Pro Series qualifier Saturday on High Rock Lake! Lake Murray tournament should settle TBF of SC points race By Pat Robertson - 05/20/2009 The Bass Federation of South Carolina tournament on Lake Murray Saturday could clear the logjam at the top of the points standings where three anglers are tied for first place! ‘Junk’ fishing time on Lake Sinclair for C & R Bass Series By Pat Robertson - 05/20/2009 Anglers in the C & R Bass Series Tournament on Georgia’s Lake Sinclair this Saturday will be hauling out the “junk” to fish with Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wylie – May 16, 2009 By Brett Collins - 05/19/2009 Earl Rice of Shelby, NC and Chris Carroll of Kings Mountain, NC finished at the top Saturday with a 5 bass limit weighing 18 lbs 6 ozs and took home $2500.00! Arthur State Bank provided another $500.00 to the winners and all total Chris and Earl headed back to Kings Mountain with $3000.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray – May 9, 2009 By Brett Collins - 05/13/2009 Howard Stephens and Mark McCormick had beat out 45 teams with a total weight of 23 lbs 1 oz and took home $2,500.00 for 1st Place. Arthur State Bank chipped in another $500.00 and their total take home pay added up to $3,000.00! Add their Saturdays winning to their previous CATT winnings and they are closing in on the $8,000.00 mark! Good job guys! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Santee Cooper Lakes – May 9, 2009 By Brett Collins - 05/13/2009 Rick McLean of Dalzell and Corey Allsbrook of Sumter took home 1st Place and a check for $2,500.00 with a total weight of 19 lbs 11 ozs! St. John’s River ‘prime’ for 20th Annual Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass Tournament By Pat Robertson - 05/12/2009 Florida’s St. John’s River is in its prime for the 20th Annual Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass Tournament, which has raised more than $1.5 million for the pediatric care facility in Jacksonville! Hull, Montgomery hope to repeat as winners in CATT Lake Wylie final this Saturday, May 16 By Pat Robertson - 05/12/2009 Although they were only able fish about half the tournaments on the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Lake Wylie division this spring, Louie Hull and Chuck Montgomery won the last event in April and would love to repeat as champions Saturday in the CATT Spring Final West Point bass in post spawn for Walmart Bulldog Division By Pat Robertson - 05/12/2009 Angler Keith Hutto of Evans, GA is thinking the fishing will be tough on West Point this weekend! SMITHVILLE MARINE CUSTOMERS CASH IN WITH STRATOS 2X PROGRAM By Stratos Boats - 05/11/2009 Contingency program doubles tournament winnings of two Kansas City, Mo., anglers Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Santee Cooper – April 25, 2009 By Brett Collins - 05/05/2009 Eddie Cox of Goose Creek and Cecil Wolf of Hanahan put a smackin on the rest of the field with 5 huge Santee Cooper hawgs! They had the BF at 8 lbs 7 ozs and their total weight was 30 lbs 2 ozs. They also took home the BONUS $ worth another $340.00. All total the pair walked away with $987.00! Hite expects excellent fishing in the Elite at Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 05/05/2009 Davy Hite is champing at the bit to get to Alabama’s Lake Guntersville for the Bassmaster Elite Southern Challenge this week – both for a chance to catch quality fish and boost his ranking in the points race and to enjoy some good fish for supper! Rodgers works on clear water tactics for FLW Tour at Beaver Lake By Pat Robertson - 05/05/2009 “Beaver Lake is traditionally a tough lake for me because it is such clear water,” says AnglersChannel.com Pro Staffer Dearal Rodgers. “Last year the water was high and I got lucky because the water was kind of stained and I wound up doing good there.” STRATOS 201XL EVOLUTION NAMED TO TOP-10 LIST BY BOATING LIFE By Stratos Boats - 05/05/2009 High-performance, tournament-ready rig lauded for design, aggressive price point Freeze would love for wind and rain in BFL at Kerr Reservoir By Pat Robertson - 05/05/2009 It would suit Maurice Freeze to a T if it’s raining buckets and the wind is blowing 20 mph for the North Carolina Division of the Walmart Bass Fishing League® trail at Kerr Lake in Henderson, N.C., this week! Bass fishing excellent for Tim Irwin Food City Tournament on Fort Loudon/Tellico By Pat Robertson - 04/28/2009 The 21st annual Tim Irwin food City Tournament on Fort Loudon and Tellico Lakes near Knoxville, will be held Saturday out of the Canal Ramp on Tellico with a guaranteed first prize of $10,000! Bass mostly post spawn for Red Fox Tournament on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 04/28/2009 In 1984 four bass clubs approached the Hartsville High School Booster Club with an idea to help raise money for the school’s athletic teams, the Red Foxes. Since that time the Red Fox Bass Tournament on South Carolina’s Lake Wateree has raised more than $300,000 for the teams!! With bass bedding, heavy weigh-in expected for Lay Lake Open By Pat Robertson - 04/28/2009 Anglers are lining up to fish the 18th annual Lay Lake Open, the largest amateur bass tournament in the Southeast with 500 boats, this weekend and a lot more are on a long waiting list in hopes somebody will cancel and they will get a slot to fish! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wylie – April 25, 2009 By Brett Collins - 04/27/2009 Louie Hull of Casar, NC and Chuck Montgomery of Grover, NC doubled their winnings Saturday under the Stratos 2X program as they brought in 5 bass weighing 15 lbs. 3 ozs and took home $550.00 for finishing 1st. They will collect another $550.00 from Stratos boats pushing their total winnings up to $1,100.00! Louie and Chuck are over the $8500.00 mark in CATT winnings! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray – April 25, 2009 By Brett Collins - 04/27/2009 Darryl Starkey of Little Mountain has been on a roll the past 2 weeks on Lake Murray. He and his regular partner Chris Daves nearly won the Kyle Page last week and Saturday Darryl teamed up with Kevin Kelly of Little Mountain and brought in 5 bass weighing 21 lbs 7 ozs to win the 5th and last 2009 CATT Lake Murray Qualifier. They also had the 2nd Place BF with a 5 lb 1 oz bass. On top of that they won the BONUS $. All total they collected $961.00! Fishers of Men Piedmont Division Results - Lake Norman - April 18, 2009 By Mike Sides - 04/24/2009 The 3rd tournament on the Fishers of Men Piedmont Division Trail was held at Lake Norman on April 18, 2009. The Friday Night meeting was held at the Lions Club in Mooresville. Tony Eubanks from Clemson University spoke to us and was greatly enjoyed Santee Cooper high and muddy for Stren Southeast Division April 30-May 2, 2009 By Pat Robertson - 04/23/2009 “In the past two years anglers used more finesse type baits but with the water not being as clear and as low, powerbaits will come into play,” says veteran Santee Cooper angler and past Stren winner Ken Ellis of Bowman, SC Lake Norman bass in all three stages for FLW’s National Guard Open By Pat Robertson - 04/20/2009 It will take more than a single approach to catch a winning weight in the Walmart FLW Tour National Guard Open on North Carolina’s Lake Norman this week, said the winner of the last Tour event, pro angler Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity, S.C. Ashley would love to sing National anthem at Smith Mountain Lake By Pat Robertson - 04/20/2009 Pro angler Casey Ashley – who could easily have a career as a singer if he ever retires from tournament fishing – hopes BASS asks him to sing the National Anthem at the Bassmaster Elite Series “Blue Ridge Brawl” this week on Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake Warriors on the Water honors returning military with tournament on Lake Jordan By Pat Robertson - 04/15/2009 “The big thing about this is that everything is free to the military men and women. Everybody from the Mom and Pops to the corporate side help. It’s our way of saying, ‘Thank You’,” says organizer Hal Abshire. “We hope to grow to 200 participants.” Big spotted bass expected in Airport Marine tournament on Lake Logan Martin By Pat Robertson - 04/15/2009 Unless someone finds a cluster of big largemouth bass, the Airport Marine Tournament on Alabama’s Lake Logan Martin Saturday will be won with spotted bass, said Flynn Gerald, tournament director Kyle Page Tournament on Lake Murray expands focus on needy families By Pat Robertson - 04/15/2009 The Kyle Page tournament on Lake Murray will be held Sunday out of Dreher Island State Park. Entry fee is $150 per boat with $5,000 guaranteed for first place, says Joel Page Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – April 11, 2009 By Brett Collins - 04/13/2009 Dearal Rodgers of Camden and Trent McLaughlin of Cassatt made it two in a row by weighing in a 5 bass limit at 18 lbs 1 oz to take home 1st Place. Included in their limit was a fat 6 lb 3 oz bass that was the 2nd Big Fish of the Final. To really make it a great day for the pair they also won 1st Place BONUS $. Dearal and Trent did need a wheel barrow as they walked away with $4,009.00! 2009 WALMART FLW TOUR’S NATIONAL GUARD OPEN SET FOR LAKE NORMAN By FLW Outdoors - 04/09/2009 International field set to compete for more than $1.1 million Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Santee Cooper – April 4, 2009 By Brett Collins - 04/08/2009 Clay Lowder of Mayesville and Jon Smoak of Sumter took home 1st Place and the BONUS $ with a nice 5 bass limit weighing in at 21 lbs 12 ozs. They collected a total of $900.00! Biggest field, best fishing expected for Anglers Choice tournament on Smith Mountain Lake By Pat Robertson - 04/07/2009 The Angler's Choice Marine Invitational on Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake Saturday is expected to have the largest field of boats in the series and may well produce some of the most outstanding bass fishing of the year! Muddy water not fazing Lake Eufaula bass for Backwoods Outdoors tournament By Pat Robertson - 04/07/2009 “Every fish I caught was spawned out,” said Guido Hibdon, who won the FLW Series tournament on Eufaula last weekend. “I don’t know when they spawned, but it was a good ways back. And what these fish were doing, they were coming out of the creeks, and they were coming to me. And every day there was more of them. The hardest part of the deal was being patient and making the same casts.” Lake Keowee bass in all phases of spawn for B.A.I.T. tournament By Pat Robertson - 04/07/2009 Fishermen in the Bass Anglers Invitational Trail tournament on South Carolina’s Lake Keowee this Saturday can have their choice of bass to target – pre-spawn, spawning and post-spawn – depending on the part of the lake they are fishing! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray – April 4, 2009 By Brett Collins - 04/06/2009 Hans Cansler and Chad Hamm both of Aiken weighed in the heaviest 5 bass limit of the day at 19 lbs 12 ozs to take 1st Place. They also weighed in the 1st Place Big Fish at 6 lbs 5 ozs. They collected another check for winning the BONUS $ money also. Their total take home pay soared to $1,225.00!! Lake Eufaula running red, but fishing is ‘wide open’ By Pat Robertson - 04/01/2009 Alabama’s Lake Eufaula is running red and wild, and going up and down like a yo-yo, but the fishing appeared to be wide open Wednesday for the opening round of the Walmart FLW Series BP Eastern Division! Bass ready to spawn on muddy Wheeler Lake By Pat Robertson - 04/01/2009 “We’ve had a lot of rain and the main river is muddy,” said Jason Williamson of Aiken, S.C., winner of the first Elite tournament of the year March 15 on Lake Amistad along the Texas-Mexico border. “But they are pulling a lot of current through and keeping the lake low, not letting it come up into the grass.” Bass should be in shallow for NBC tournament on Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 04/01/2009 Despite the heavy rains over the past week that sent muddy water swirling down the rivers feeding the Santee Cooper Lakes, the bass are ready to spawn and probably will be moving in pretty strong by the time the National Bass Circuit Pro Series Santee Cooper Division tournament blasts off this weekend! Evinrude E-TEC Inventory Reduction Cash Back Offer By Evinrude - 03/31/2009 Evinrude offers up to $1,000 Cash Back!! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – March 28, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/30/2009 Dearal Rodgers of Camden and Trent McLaughlin of Cassatt are ready for the Final after they weighed in a 5 bass limit of Lake Wateree bass tipping the scales at 19 lbs 5 ozs to beat out 48 teams from South and North Carolina. They collected the BONUS $ of $480.00 also and all total they made the trip back home with $1480.00 in their pockets! Hite looking for “right group of fish” in Elite Series on Lake Dardanelle By Pat Robertson - 03/26/2009 “I think the better fish are up shallow where I’ve been catching a lot of smaller fish. I’m going to change baits and see if they like something different from what I’ve been throwing,” said 1999 Bassmaster Classic Champion Davy Hite Big bite needed for CATT on Lake Wateree Saturday By Pat Robertson - 03/25/2009 Noting that it took more than 21 pounds to win the last two Carolina Anglers Team Trail tournaments on South Carolina’s Lake Wateree March 14 and March 21, Dearal Rodgers predicts it will take at least that much, if not more, to win the CATT Spring Tournament No. 5 out of Clearwater Cove this Saturday! Power baits and big bass expected in NBC Top Gun on Badin Lake By Pat Robertson - 03/25/2009 A three-pound average for a five-fish limit should draw a check in most bass tournaments, but it probably won’t even raise an eyebrow in the Carolina Lunker Sauce 2009 National Bass Circuit Top Gun Challenge on North Carolina’s Badin Lake Sunday! Singleton and Needham win Fishers of Men Piedmont Tournament at Lake Wylie By Mike Sides - 03/25/2009 The 2nd tournament on the Fishers Of Men Piedmont Division Trail was held at Lake Wylie on March 21st 2009 Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – March 21, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/24/2009 Rick McLean and Robert Ross, both of Dalzell, were all smiles as they brought in a heavy 5 bass limit of beautiful Lake Wateree largemouth. Their total weight was 21 lbs. 1 oz. and they took home the 1st Place check in the amount of $950.00 and it gets even better…they also won the BONUS $ worth another $420.00 pushing their total winnings up to $1370.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray – March 21, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/24/2009 Josh McGregor of Timmonsville and Randall Driggers of Turbeville have been on a roll lately on Lake Murray and this weekend was no different. They brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 19 lbs 1 oz to collect the 1st Place check of $600.00. They also took home the BONUS $ worth another $320.00. All total they received $920.00! First Flight Team Trail Kings of Santee Tournament Results – Santee Cooper Lakes – March 14, 2009 By Sam Crawford - 03/17/2009 Tournament trail is sponsored by Marshall’s Marine in Lake City, SC. The team of Brent Riley of Ridgeville and Nathan Burgess of Summerville won the tournament with a beautiful six fish limit that tipped the scales at 30.19 lbs!! BFL on Lake Wylie Saturday will be ‘a slugfest’ By Pat Robertson - 03/17/2009 The North Carolina Division tournament of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® on Lake Wylie Saturday will be “a slugfest” according to AnglersChannel.com Pro Staffer Rob Digh of Denver, NC! Conditions getting right for major bass movement on Falls By Pat Robertson - 03/17/2009 Jeffery Thomas is looking forward to having a good tournament in the National Bass Circuit Capital Division tournament on North Carolina’s Falls Lake this weekend – and if the fish do what he’s expecting them to do he could have a very good tournament indeed! Spawn is on for Airport Marine Team Tournament at Lay Lake By Pat Robertson - 03/17/2009 Bass fishing should be at its best when more than 100 boats launch from Paradise Point Marina on Alabama’s Lay Lake Saturday for the second tournament of the 2009 Airport Marine Team Trail! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wylie – March 14, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/17/2009 Hugh Moss and Joe Estes of Gaffney seem to always finish near the top and Saturday they ended up in 1st Place after all was said and done. They brought in a great sack of bass when you factor in the conditions. Their five Lake Wylie bass weighed in at 20 lbs. 15 ozs. Add in the 1st Place Big Fish at 5 lbs. 9 ozs and the BONUS $ they collected a total of $844.00. That should warm you guys up! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – March 14, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/17/2009 Chad Rabon of Camden and Walt Almond both of McBee had been on the lake during the week and they both said the fishing had been tough. Well Saturday was a different story as they brought in a hefty 5 bass limit weighing up at 21 lbs. 11 ozs. They collected the BONUS $ along with 1st Place money totaling up to $1,180.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Santee Cooper Lakes – March 14, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/17/2009 Craig Chambers of Ladsen and Don Graham of Moncks Corner nearly broke the scales with a huge bag of Santee HAWGS! They had 5 fat and sassy bass that weighed in at 27 lbs 13 ozs! They collected the BONUS $ also to push their total winnings to $920.00! This is their 1st CATT and their 1st win! I doubt they cared it was raining!! SOUTH CAROLINA ANGLERS CASH IN AT THE WALMART FLW TOUR EVENT ON TABLE ROCK LAKE By FLW Outdoors - 03/16/2009 Chevy pro Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity, SC wins the tournament, taking home $125,000, and AnglersChannel.com Pro Staffer Dearal Rodgers of Camden, SC finishes 9th on the Co-Angler side!! Jim Ledbetter Memorial Bass Tournament Results – Lake Norman – March 14, 2009 By Bob Patrick - 03/16/2009 First Place in the Open Division and winners of a new fully rigged Skeeter bass boat with a 150 hp Yamaha motor went to Roger Pope from Statesville, NC and Scott Hamrick from Denver, NC! Warming trend bodes well for TBF tournament on Lake Greenwood By Pat Robertson - 03/11/2009 The 80-degree days this week should have the bass moving shallow and once they start even a little cool snap like the one predicted for this weekend probably won’t stop them! Ledbetter Memorial on Lake Norman to benefit the V Foundation By Pat Robertson - 03/11/2009 The 23rd annual Jim Ledbetter Memorial Team Tournament on North Carolina’s Lake Norman Saturday will be about much more than just seeing who can weigh in the biggest sack of fish! Big fish hard to find for Bassmaster Elite on Lake Amistad By Pat Robertson - 03/11/2009 Anglers in the Bassmaster Elite Series season opener on Lake Amistad on the Texas-Mexico Border this week expect it to “fish like a new lake,” and one not nearly as hospitable as it has been in past tournaments! NC Fishers Of Men State Championships held at Lake Norman By Mike Sides - 03/11/2009 The winning weight of #11.42 was posted by Adam Petty and Brian Fritts from Raleigh NC. They won $1000.00 donated by Rocky Socks. They also received $250 donated by Bass Proshops for the biggest fish of #3.90! 23rd Annual Jim Ledbetter Memorial Team Bass Tournament to be held at Lake Norman March 14, 2009 By Bob Patrick - 03/09/2009 Charity Bass Tournaments Combine to Support The V Foundation Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wylie – March 7, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/09/2009 John Schohn of Lake Wylie and Todd Moss of York brought in a fine sack of bass weighing 19 lbs 14 ozs and took home 1st Place worth $630.00 topping the 28 boat field. With the win John and Todd’s total CATT winnings top the $14,000.00 mark! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Murray – March 7, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/09/2009 Kevin Britt of Chapin and Mike Ward of Irmo entered their first Lake Murray CATT and took home 1st Place. They made it look easy winning by almost 6 pounds! Their 5 bass limit weighed in at 20 lbs 2 ozs and they also had the 2nd Place BF with a fat 6 lb 1 oz bass. All total they collected $852.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Lake Wateree – March 7, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/09/2009 Andy Owens of Camden didn’t have a problem with the muddy water Saturday as he weighed in a fat bag of bass at 18 lbs 13 ozs to take home 1st Place. He also took the BONUS $ which added another $340.00 to his check. All total Andy received $1040.00 and pushed his total CATT winnings over $24,000.00! Temperatures warming for CATT and NBC on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 03/05/2009 Bass anglers Louie Hull of Casar, N.C., and Chuck Montgomery of Blacksburg, S.C., are hailed as a force on Lakes Wylie and Norman and they hope their reputation holds up in the double-header they plan to fish on Wylie this weekend Bass should be in the creek mouths on Lake Gaston for Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament By Pat Robertson - 03/05/2009 Although he won’t be fishing the Virginia Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on Lake Gaston Sunday, FLW Tour Pro Joel Richardson highly recommends having a Bomber Speed Shad tied on for those who are fishing! Fritts seeks his ‘zone’ in FLW Tour at Table Rock Lake By Pat Robertson - 03/05/2009 Although David Fritts will spend his first day on Table Rock Lake in several years this weekend, he hopes by the time the FLW Tour’s second qualifier of the year begins next Thursday he will be in the same “zone” he found while winning the Tour’s first event last month on Lake Guntersville! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – Santee Cooper – February 28, 2009 By Brett Collins - 03/05/2009 Usually cloudy weather equals good fishing and Jeff Parsons of Florence and Kevin Pierce of Timmonsville were in the right spots. They weighed in 5 bass at 26 lbs 23 ozs to take home $500.00 for 1st Place! Fishing should be good for Angler’s Choice opener on Kerr Lake By Pat Robertson - 02/25/2009 With a record number of boats expected, if the weather cooperates and the fishing holds up, the first tournament of the year for the Angler’s Choice Marine Invitational Trail on Kerr Lake Saturday is shaping up to be a rousing success! Slot Monster will rule for NBC Pro Series on Shearon Harris By Pat Robertson - 02/25/2009 To have a shot at winning the National Bass Circuit 2009 Pro Series Capital Division tournament on North Carolina’s Shearon Harris Lake Saturday – or any other tournament on the lake for that matter – you first have to defeat the Slot Monster! Water low and bass are spooky for Stren Series on Okeechobee By Pat Robertson - 02/25/2009 Lake Okeechobee is very shallow due to a lack of rain and the bass are spooky in the clear shallow water, so anglers will have to make long casts in the Stren Series™ first Southeast Division Tournament of the year this weekend, says Rob Digh of Denver, N.C. Fishers of Men Tournament Results – Piedmont Division – Belews Creek – February 21, 2009 By Mike Sides - 02/25/2009 Johnston and Stanley win at Belews Creek Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – February 21, 2009 By Brett Collins - 02/24/2009 Tony and Linda Hatten of Huntersville NC brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 17 lbs 2 ozs to take home 1st Place and the BONUS $. All total they received $850.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – February 21, 2009 By Brett Collins - 02/23/2009 Adam Williamson of Ridgeway and Jim Wagers of Blair brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 15 lbs 14 ozs to take 1st Place and the BONUS $. They also had the 2nd BF at 5 lbs 14 ozs. All total they collected $1073.00! Hite looking for second Bassmaster Classic title in Louisiana waters By Pat Robertson - 02/19/2009 When he won the Bassmaster Louisiana Pro Tour on the Red River in 2001 Davy Hite caught his fish on the main river, but he’ll be fishing the Red River backwaters in the 39th Bassmaster Classic this week Rodgers watching weather for CATT on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 02/19/2009 “I watch the weather during the week and try to develop a strategy that I can follow on Saturday,” says AnglersChannel.com Pro Staffer Dearal Rodgers. “Sometimes I figure wrong and don’t do well in a tournament, but when I’m right I’m ahead of the field!” Freeze wins Lake Murray BFL, takes on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 02/19/2009 Fresh off a victory in the first tournament of the year in the South Carolina Division of the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League on Lake Murray, Maurice Freeze will try to match that feat in the first North Carolina Division tournament this weekend on Lake Norman Strike King introduces the Sexy Swimmer to it’s swimbait line-up! By Strike King - 02/19/2009 Strike King Lure Company, the makers of the popular King Kong, King Shad and Wake Shad jointed swimbaits are proud to introduce the new Sexy Swimmer to its line-up FRITTS WINS WALMART FLW TOUR CHEVY OPEN ON LAKE GUNTERSVILLE By FLW Outdoors - 02/16/2009 David Fritts of Lexington, N.C., caught a final-round total of eight bass weighing 38 pounds, 1 ounce to win $200,000 in the $1.1 million Walmart FLW Tour Chevy Open on Lake Guntersville! Biosonix RF-300 Now Available to Consumers!! By Biosonix - 02/13/2009 New BSX Sound Technology released for Bassmaster Classic WALKER LEADS $1.1 MILLION CHEVY OPEN ON LAKE GUNTERSVILLE By FLW Outdoors - 02/12/2009 Ober leads field of Co-Anglers Bass moving shallow for Backwoods Outdoors tournament on Lake Seminole By Pat Robertson - 02/11/2009 The bitter cold winter may be slowing the bite on many of the lakes in the Southeast, but for the most part Lake Seminole has not been affected very much, which bodes well for the Backwoods Outdoors Tournament there this Saturday NBC moves back to Lake Hartwell as water level rises By Pat Robertson - 02/11/2009 The rains came, the lake rose and the National Bass Circuit listened to their anglers and moved the Feb. 15 tournament from Lake Jocassee back to Lake Hartwell! Airport Marine anglers hope for warm temperatures on Lake Martin By Pat Robertson - 02/11/2009 “This week is going to be pretty warm, so they could turn on big time this weekend. It’s just a matter of time and when they do turn on it will be wide open for a while,” says veteran guide and tournament angler Chad Miller Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – February 7, 2009 By Brett Collins - 02/10/2009 Mark McCormick of Chapin and Howard Stephens of Columbia are old CATT guys who know a trick or two when it comes to catching Lake Murray bass. Saturday they brought in a solid limit weighing 15 lbs 13 ozs to take 1st Place and the points lead. They also took home 2nd Place BF money with a 4 lb 9 oz bass. All total they collected $714.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – February 7, 2009 By Brett Collins - 02/10/2009 Tom Russell of Fort Mill, SC and Doug Gilmer of Charlotte, NC weighed in 5 fat Lake Wylie bass at 19 lbs 1 oz and got their picture taken! They also had the 2nd Place BF with a 4 lb 9 oz bass and to top it off took home the BONUS $. All total they collected $660.00! Kevin VanDam Signature Series Sexy Shad Crankbait on sale exclusively at the Bassmasters Classic!! By Strike King Lure Company - 02/09/2009 Available exclusively at the 2009 Bassmasters Classic Expo in Shreveport, LA, Strike King will be offering a limited edition Kevin VanDam Signature Series Sexy Shad crankbait Frigid water, tough fishing await anglers in three Lake Murray tournaments By Pat Robertson - 02/04/2009 Anglers from three big tournaments will be fishing all over each other on Lake Murray this weekend, but they should all expect to share a major challenge – icy cold water temperatures and tough fishing! Frigid Lake Thurmond / Clarks Hill Lake expected to limit BFL catches Saturday By Pat Robertson - 02/04/2009 The water in Thurmond / Clark Hill Lake is cold and the bass bite is even colder, according to veteran tournament angler Keith Hutto of Evans, Ga! Rodgers to join ‘awesome’ angler for FLW Tour on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 02/04/2009 Dearal Rodgers can’t wait to get on the water at Alabama’s legendary Lake Guntersville and practice for the first FLW Tour tournament of 2009 with the fishing buddy he calls “the most awesome guy I’ve ever fished with” – Clay Dyer Moderate weather may be key to success on Lake Eufaula this weekend By Pat Robertson - 01/29/2009 Anglers in the Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on Alabama’s Lake Eufaula this weekend should catch a lot of fish, IF the weather remains steady, said veteran guide Jackie Thompson of Eufaula Extremely cold water slowing bass bite on Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 01/29/2009 Anglers in the HD Marine Team Trail tournament on Lake Oconee this Sunday probably wish the first tournament of the year was being held a little later – after a warming trend FLW Series on Lake Okeechobee could be ‘like fishing in a cornfield’ By Pat Robertson - 01/24/2009 Some anglers in the FLW Series BP Eastern Division opening tournament for 2009 on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee Jan. 28-31 may feel like they are fishing in a cornfield, said pro angler Michael Murphy Water temperature key to success for BASS Open on the Harris Chain By Pat Robertson - 01/24/2009 “The fishing can get real tough in those Florida lakes with cold temperatures,” said BASS Pro Todd Auten. “I just got back from Lake Toho where the temperature was 63 degrees and it dropped to 58 degrees.” Cold snap sends bass back out deep at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 01/15/2009 With an Arctic blast of cold weather moving into South Carolina this weekend, anglers in the National Bass Circuit Pro Series tournament on the Santee Cooper Lakes Jan. 24 will need to bring extra clothes and be prepared to fish super slow Fishing should be good for Weekend Series tournament on Lake Martin By Pat Robertson - 01/15/2009 Anglers in the Bassmaster Weekend Series Alabama South tournament on Lake Martin Jan. 24 should find it pretty easy to catch bass – perhaps just not enough of the right bass! RANGER Z520 COMANCHE RECEIVES EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AWARD FROM TRAILER BOATS MAGAZINE By Ranger Boats - 01/15/2009 Editors applaud Ranger’s tournament-bred innovations in January 2009 edition RANGER OFFERS INCENTIVES ON EVINRUDE E-TEC POWERED BOATS By Ranger Boats - 01/14/2009 Promotion includes extended warranty and low consumer financing offer in “Evinrude 100th Anniversary Sales Event” Fishing should be good for NBC tournament on Lake Keowee By Pat Robertson - 01/08/2009 “If you can pinpoint where they are laying then you can target them,” said Capt. Chris (Fishboy) Schuber of Walhalla. “Right now they are biting really well when you find them.” Savannah River Chain Lakes need heavy winter rains to bring water levels up By Pat Robertson - 01/08/2009 Boating access and treacherous navigation have been serious problems for anglers on both Thurmond Lake, a.k.a Clarks Hill, and Lake Hartwell on the Savannah River chain for many months Key on shellcrackers for big Lake Murray largemouths By Pat Robertson - 12/31/2008 “Lately we have caught our better fish flipping docks. Normally this time of year I am out fishing in 15 to 25, sometimes 30 feet of water,” said veteran tournament angler and guide Doug Lown of Newberry Good bass action shallow and deep on Lake Hartwell By Pat Robertson - 12/31/2008 If you can get your boat on the lake, the bass are biting on Lake Hartwell! Muddy water slows Lake Wateree bass, but should clear up quickly By Pat Robertson - 12/23/2008 “Normally, the lake is at its clearest in the winter, but this whole winter has been different. It got cold early and now it’s warmer – and the water is muddy. It’s not high, just muddy from all the water coming into the lake,” says FLW Tour Pro and AnglersChannel.com Pro Staffer Dearal Rodgers Look for Lake Oconee bass under pods of baitfish By Pat Robertson - 12/23/2008 “In cold weather use the boat’s depth finder and search for schools of baitfish. When you find them drop a spoon or a drop shot or a little darter head jig with a worm and fish directly under the baitfish,” says veteran guide Al Bassett TARLETON STATE CLAIMS COLLEGIATE BASS FISHING TITLE AT SFA BUCKETMOUTH BASS TOURNAMENT BY PERFECTING REACTION BITE By Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship - 12/23/2008 At a time of year when most anglers would think slow is the way to go, the top performers in the Bucketmouth Bass Tournament hosted by the Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) Bass Club at Sam Rayburn Reservoir did just the opposite. The top teams this past weekend discovered that reaction baits were key in getting the big Rayburn bucketmouths to bite under changing weather conditions Bass have not migrated to the creeks on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 12/17/2008 Veteran bass angler and tournament director Brett Collins said that while the bass in Lake Wylie normally migrate back into the creeks this time of year, they are mostly being caught on the main lake right now Lake Keowee spotted bass fishing ‘phenomenal’ right now By Pat Robertson - 12/17/2008 Bass fishing on Lake Keowee has been outstanding the last few weeks, according to veteran guide Buster Green of Piedmont, S.C. RANGER BOATS “FACTORY TEAM” PROMOTION UNDERWAY By Ranger Boats - 12/17/2008 Ranger buyers can receive up to $2,000 in benefits with qualifying purchase Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie FALL FINAL – December 13, 2008 By Brett Collins - 12/15/2008 The bite was just right for Tim Chapman of Kings Mountain, NC and Eddie Smith of Gastonia NC with a solid 5 bass limit weighing in at 16 lbs 4 ozs to take 1st Place. They also took home the BONUS $ worth another $225.00. All total they collected $2225.00 and we only had 16 boats. You can’t beat that payback! Catch a few extra winks and fish later in the day for Jordan Lake bass By Pat Robertson - 12/10/2008 Forget fishing at the crack of dawn – sleep in and go later in the day. That’s the advice of veteran tournament angler and guide Jeffery Thomas of Broadway, N.C. Bass in winter pattern for Ryan Newman Tournament on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 12/09/2008 The bass in Lake Norman are already in their winter pattern – and for good reason. Winter came early to the Carolinas and stayed this year, with the majority of nights over the past three weeks or so registering below freezing temperatures Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – December 6, 2008 By Brett Collins - 12/08/2008 Longtime CATT men Tim Huffstetler of Little Mountain and Neil Huffstetler of Pomaria brought in the heaviest 5 bass limit of the Fall season weighing in at 22 lbs 4 ozs. They also had the BF at 7 lbs 3 ozs. All total they collected $2,161.00 pushing their total CATT winnings over $8,500.00! Extremely low water makes fishing dangerous on Lake Thurmond By Pat Robertson - 12/05/2008 At more than 16 feet below normal pool, Lake Thurmond is so dangerous now that many bass anglers are afraid to put their boats in the water. But those that do have found the fish biting. So have the striper-hybrid fishermen! Bass hiding out in the hydrilla in Lake Eufaula By Pat Robertson - 12/05/2008 The spread of hydrilla on Lake Eufaula has changed the way bass react to the changes in seasons, according to veteran guide Jackie Thompson of Eufaula, Ala Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – November 29, 2008 By Brett Collins - 12/02/2008 Mark and William Richardson of Irmo brought in 14 lbs 11 ozs and also had the BF with a 5 lb. 7 oz bass. Add in the BONUS $ of $275.00 they received and they took home a total of $2,359.00 pushing their total CATT winnings over $6,600.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – November 29, 2008 By Brett Collins - 12/02/2008 Cliff Kirby and Chris Marshall brought in a limit weighing 12 lbs 8 ozs and also had the 2nd BF at 3 lbs 4 ozs good enough to collect a check in the amount of $2,048.00! Baitfish, temperature key to bass fishing success on Falls Lake By Pat Robertson - 11/26/2008 Baitfish and water temperature – that combination is the key to catching bass on Falls Lake this time of year, according to veteran fishing guide and tournament angler Jeffrey Thomas of Broadway, N.C. If one pattern is not working, change up on West Point By Pat Robertson - 11/26/2008 In one way West Point Lake is a unique fishery. If what you are doing is not working in one part of the lake just move on to another part and it’s almost like going into a different world, according to veteran guide Ken Bearden of LaGrange, GA Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – November 22, 2008 By Brett Collins - 11/25/2008 Brian Holder and Daniel Whitesides both of Charlotte brought in 5 bass weighing 12 lbs 9 ozs to take home 1st Place and the BONUS $ worth $440.00! STRATOS BOATS RENEWS 2X “DOUBLE YOUR WINNINGS” CONTINGENCY PROGRAM FOR 2009 By Stratos Boats - 11/25/2008 Following the enormous success of Stratos Boats’ 2X “Double Your Winnings” contingency program in 2008, the company recently announced the renewal of the program for the 2009 calendar year Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – November 22, 2008 By Brett Collins - 11/24/2008 Jim Witherspoon and Jerry Goble made it 2 in a row weighing in a limit at 9 lbs 9 ozs and had the BF at 4 lbs 1 oz and took home $400.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – November 22, 2008 By Brett Collins - 11/24/2008 George Berry of Saluda and Sean Anderson of Batesburg took home their share of CATT winnings with their 3rd straight win this past Saturday. The pair brought in a limit weighing 15 lbs 6 ozs and took home $400.00. They also won the points and will blast off #1 and receive free entry at the Final! DAIWA DONATES $10,000 TO FISHAMERICA FOUNDATION By Daiwa - 11/23/2008 Funds will be used to enhance family fishing waters Culley and Holt Win State Junior Bass Champions Titles on Lake Hickory By Bob Patrick - 11/20/2008 Chuckie Culley wins the 15-18 year old division with 8.39 lbs and Logan Holt wins the 11-14 year old division with 3.41 lbs!! Falling water level a worry, but bass biting good on Santee Cooper lakes By Pat Robertson - 11/20/2008 “The bite has been really good. In the last month we’ve probably boated a couple of hundred bass,” says veteran Santee Cooper guide Inky Davis Bass fishing slow on High Rock, but should turn on strong in a week or two By Pat Robertson - 11/20/2008 “We’ve got the good fall bite going, except for the bass,” says veteran guide Maynard Edwards of Lexington, N.C., who operates the Yadkin Lakes Guide Service. But he also says it’s getting close to being the time of year to catch a BIG bass! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – November 15, 2008 By Brett Collins - 11/19/2008 Jim Witherspoon and Jerry Goble were one of the new teams and they cashed in Saturday with 5 bass weighing 11 lbs 9 ozs. They also had the 2nd Place BF with a 2 lb 15 oz bass. All total they collected $525.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – November 15, 2008 By Brett Collins - 11/19/2008 Andy Owens of Camden brought in a HUGE sack…ok little humor there but he did bring in a limit that weighed 12 lbs 9 ozs to take 1st Place, 2nd BF and the BONUS $ to take home a total of $556.00. He also takes the Points and will fish the Final free of charge and be #1 in the blast off order! RANGER BOATS UNVEILS REDESIGNED RANGERBOATS.COM By Ranger Boats - 11/14/2008 Easier-to-navigate website offers more detailed look at Ranger lines The PAA Announces PAA Payday Program - a tournament bonus program for ALL anglers By Professional Anglers Association - 11/14/2008 The Professional Anglers Association (PAA) is proud to announce their all new PAA Payday Program for 2009. The program is a tournament bonus program for all anglers at all levels. Potential bonuses range from $250 to $100,000! Lake Murray bass playing hide and seek following fall turnover By Pat Robertson - 11/12/2008 Sometimes in the fall Lake Murray can be a tough place to fish for bass, but this fall it is extra tough, “about as tough as I’ve ever seen,” said veteran guide and tournament angler Doug Lown of Newberry Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – November 8, 2008 By Brett Collins - 11/12/2008 Craig and Tim Haven of Lugoff told me they are originally from Florida and that’s where they learned how to catch a bass…evidently whatever they did in Florida is working in South Carolina too as they won their 3rd CATT event with a 5 bass limit weighing 14 lbs 7 ozs and their BF weighed 5 lbs 14 ozs. They also took home the BONUS $ pushing their total winnings to $833.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – November 8, 2008 By Brett Collins - 11/11/2008 Sean Anderson of Saluda and George Berry of Batesburg made it two in a row with 12 lbs 1 oz. They also took home 1st Place BF and the BONUS $. All total they collected $699.00! Lake Norman bass hiding deep for Weekend Series Championship By Pat Robertson - 11/11/2008 The book on Lake Norman is that the bass are always shallow. Anglers in the Bassmaster Weekend Series National Championship on the lake this week may have to throw the book out! One more Cast…a Big Bass story from Lake Pinkston, TX By Ranger Dave Masterson - 11/04/2008 Ranger Dave Masterson is an outdoors writer, photographer and videographer who travels the globe in search of big fish, both fresh and saltwater. Visit his website at www.trophyquest.com or see some of his videos on YouTube.com/TrophyQuest. Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – November 1, 2008 By Brett Collins - 11/04/2008 Bill Grier Of Charlotte brought in a limit on a tough day at Lake Wylie and took home 1st Place and the BONUS $. His limit weighed in at 12 lbs 1 oz and he collected $440.00! Ellis predicts tough fishing for Stren Championship on Table Rock Lake November 5-8, 2008 By Pat Robertson - 11/04/2008 “I’ve been out here practicing about 10 days and I’ve only seen about half the lake,” says Ken Ellis of Bowman, S.C. “I’m catching a lot of fish, but with a 15-inch minimum it’s tough to get five good ones. In fact, I have not caught five good keepers in a day yet.” Fishing is great but navigation hazardous on Lake Hartwell By Pat Robertson - 11/04/2008 Most of the bass in Lake Hartwell have moved up shallow for the fall but they are not in the normal shallow water areas because those places are high and dry Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – November 1, 2008 By Brett Collins - 11/03/2008 George Berry of Saluda and Sean Berry of Batesburg wrapped up 1st this past Saturday at Lake Murray with a 5 bass limit weighing 15 lbs 14 ozs. They also had the 2nd Place BF with a 4 lb 12 oz bass and they took home the BONUS $. All total they collected $700.00! Texas takes home third win in BoatU.S. Angler Texas-Oklahoma Shootout on Falcon Lake, TX By Careco Media - 10/30/2008 Much in the same fashion as the shootout at the OK Corral, the best bass anglers from Texas and Oklahoma stood off for the last draw today in the 2008 BoatU.S. Angler Texas-Oklahoma Shootout Recuperated and ready, Yadkin Division points winner Freeze ready to fish NBC Championship on Kerr By Pat Robertson - 10/30/2008 Maurice Freeze has been recuperating from surgery, but he’s in good shape now and ready to fish just in time for the National Bass Circuit Championship Nov. 7-9 on Kerr Reservoir Team Texas takes an early lead in annual bass shootout By Careco Multimedia News - 10/29/2008 The eight top bass pros from Texas squared off today against the eight from Oklahoma in the fourth annual BoatU.S. Angler Texas-Oklahoma Shootout on Falcon Lake in Zapata, Texas Special Olympics Tournament on Lake Norman grew from small fishing club By Pat Robertson - 10/29/2008 The second annual bass tournament on Lake Norman this Saturday will benefit the Special Olympics/North Shelby School of Cleveland County Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – October 25, 2008 By Brett Collins - 10/27/2008 Scott and Roger Griffin weighed in a nice sack of fish totaling up to 13 lbs 2 ozs to win this past Saturday and they also had the 2nd BF with a 3 lb 15 oz bass. All total they took home $406.00! The one that got away – Big Bass Fishing on Lake Huites, Mexico By Ranger Dave Masterson - 10/27/2008 Ranger Dave Masterson is an outdoors writer, photographer and videographer who travels the globe in search of big fish, both fresh and saltwater. Visit his website at www.trophyquest.com or see some of his videos on YouTube.com/TrophyQuest. BERKLEY BIG BASS CHALLENGE TESTS ANGLERS BIG FISH STRATEGIES ON THE CALIFORNIA DELTA By Berkley - 10/24/2008 Winner Pete Moore used a Berkley® Hollow Belly swimbait to best the field with an 8.30-pound Delta bruiser CS Motorsports Fall Classic anglers will find bass chasing bait on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 10/23/2008 The 25th Annual CS Motorsports Fall Classic on Lake Wylie Saturday is going to be a fun tournament with fish caught a lot of different ways, said pro angler Britt Myers, owner of the car and truck accessories business in Gastonia, N.C. Cold snap slows Lake Murray bass as anglers arrive for BFL Regional By Pat Robertson - 10/23/2008 More than 300 anglers from four states have been on Lake Murray this week, trying to solve the mystery of fall bass fishing on the lake in time for the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League regional championship this Thursday through Saturday Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – October 18, 2008 By Brett Collins - 10/23/2008 Grant McPeters and Donny Woody took 1st Place with a total weight of 10.11 lbs. They also took 1st Big Fish and walked away with a total of $405.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – October 18, 2008 By Brett Collins - 10/20/2008 Davy Whittington of Hudson NC and Don Poteat of Morganton NC took home 1st Place, 1st Place BF and the BONUS $ with only 4 bass weighing 14 lbs 4 ozs. Their BF weighed in at 7 lbs 11 ozs and was by far the BF of the day. All total they collected $846.00! NEW TEAM DAIWA® ZILLION™ BAITCASTERS WITH 4.9:1 RETRIEVE ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR CRANKBAIT FISHING By Daiwa - 10/17/2008 Daiwa has introduced two new TD Zillion™ baitcasters with 4.9:1 retrieve – TDZLN100PA and the mirror-image, left-hand model TDZLN100PLA – both specifically designed for crankbait fishing applications Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – October 10, 2008 By Brett Collins - 10/15/2008 Roger and Scott Griffin took it all with a heavy limit weighing 17 lbs 1 oz and also had the BF of the tournament. All total they collected $400.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – October 11, 2008 By Brett Collins - 10/15/2008 Timmy and Carlton Thompkins from Myrtle Beach took home 1st Place and the BONUS $ with a 5 bass limit weighing 13 lbs 2 ozs good enough for $700.00! Anglers vying for Classic slots at Southern Open finale on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 10/15/2008 Alabama anglers Matt Herren and Greg Pugh are tied for fourth place in the Bassmaster Southern Open standings and both need to finish in the top five in the season finale at Guntersville this week to move up at least one place to qualify for the 2009 Bassmaster Classic Rhyne’s strategy for BFL Regional on Lake Seminole includes sleep and rest By Pat Robertson - 10/15/2008 Tim Rhyne of Inman, S.C., has a vastly different routine from most anglers prior to a big tournament. While many anglers search the water until the last possible minute for potential fishing spots, Rhyne takes the day off and rests Ronnie Echols Jr uses Berkley “Jays Flippin Jig” to top over 700 Anglers at 3rd Annual Berkley Big Bass on Lake Fork By Bass Champs Staff - 10/13/2008 Takes home new Skeeter ZX 200-Yamaha 200 Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – October 11, 2008 By Brett Collins - 10/13/2008 Beau Dixon of Leesville and Rhett Manus of Gilbert brought in a limit of bass weighing 17 lbs 12 ozs to take home 1st Place. They also had the BF at 4 lbs 12 ozs to take home a total of $626.00! RANGER PARTNERS WITH NASCAR’S RYAN NEWMAN FOR CHARITY FISHING TOURNAMENT By Ranger Boats - 10/10/2008 The tournament will be Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Queen’s Landing on Lake Norman in Mooresville, N.C. The foundation’s weekend of charity events will kick off the evening of Friday, December 12, 2008, with the Ryan Newman Foundation’s fourth annual Charity Gala and Auction LAKE MURRAY to Host WalMart Bass Fishing League Regional Championship By FLW Outdoors - 10/10/2008 The $8.8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League will visit Lake Murray in Prosperity, S.C., Oct. 23-25 for one of seven no-entry-fee Regional Championships Wheeler Lake bass fishing good, not great for BFL Regional Championship By Pat Robertson - 10/09/2008 A front that dumped a lot of rain on Alabama’s Wheeler lake Wednesday may have some anglers preparing for the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League three-day regional championship scrambling for a backup plan Lake Okeechobee bass getting ready for Xtreme Fishing Championship By Pat Robertson - 10/08/2008 “The bass in Lake Okeechobee are hiding, and they are doing a good job of it,” said Harland Griggs, manager of the Roland Martin Marine Center on the lake. Actually, Griggs said, the fish may be more in a state of confusion than concealment Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – October 4, 2008 By Brett Collins - 10/07/2008 Chris Marshall of Forest City, NC and Ronnie Wilson of Grover, NC brought in a limit at 11 lbs 12 ozs to take 1st Place and the BONUS $. Also they had the BF at 3 lbs 4 ozs good enough for a total $475.00! RANGER BOATS LAUNCHES MYDREAMRIG.COM By Ranger Boats - 10/06/2008 Internet site offers never-before-seen Ranger/Evinrude packages Rodgers hoping cooler weather will bring Lake Wateree bass to the banks By Pat Robertson - 10/01/2008 It’s time for the bass to move shallow on Lake Wateree and with the change in the weather this week, Dearal Rodgers of Camden is banking on that happening in time for the Tri-State Tournament Saturday Lake Murray bass fishing good, should improve greatly with cooler weather for two tournaments this weekend By Pat Robertson - 10/01/2008 Bass fishing on Lake Murray has been a lot better the last couple of weeks and it should get even better by this weekend with the change in weather from the mid to high 80s down into the mid- to low 70s, said veteran Lake Murray bass guide Doug Lown of Newberry RANGER BOATS BEGINS LAUNCH COUNTDOWN FOR MYDREAMRIG.COM By Ranger Boats - 09/30/2008 Internet site offers first look at exclusive new Ranger / Evinrude packages Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – September 27, 2008 By Brett Collins - 09/29/2008 Gene Pyfrom of Elgin fishing solo took home 1st Place and $500.00 with a limit weighing in at 10 lbs 11 ozs. Gene said he caught his fish on a Shaky Head! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – September 19, 2008 By Brett Collins - 09/26/2008 Cliff Kirby of Catawba NC and Chris Marshall of Forest City NC weighed in a heavy sack of bass at the 1st Lake Norman Fall 2008 Qualifier. Their best 5 weighed in a total of 18 lbs 9 ozs and they also had the BF at 5 lbs 6 ozs. All total they collected $405.00! The Evinrude E-TEC Take Command Sales Event By Evinrude - 09/26/2008 Now Through December 22, 2008!! LIGHT WEIGHT MEETS “LIGHT SPEED” IN DAIWA’S NEW STEEZ™ BAITCASTING REELS WITH 7.1:1 RETRIEVE By Daiwa - 09/26/2008 Daiwa’s new Steez™ 103SHA and 100SHA baitcasters are not only the lightest reels of their kind, they’re also among the fastest!! BFL Super Tournament on Lake Wylie should be a ‘shootout’ By Pat Robertson - 09/24/2008 The Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League tournament on Lake Wylie this weekend is going to be “a shootout,” says Rusty White of Rock Hill who is riding atop the South Carolina Division standings going into the final tournament of the season on his home lake Shallow water bite proves effective at night on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 09/24/2008 “The bass are basically relating to shallow water when they are feeding, which, I think has a lot to do with when they are generating current. The shad are migrating now, but after dark it’s kind of a waste of time to go after the fish out in the open water, so the shallow bite is the way to go,” says veteran tournament angler Cliff Kirby Arkansas Razorbacks take coveted national collegiate bass fishing title on Lake Lewisville, TX By Collegiate Bass Fishing News - 09/21/2008 Kazuki Kitajima and Bodie Drake claim the championship for the Razorbacks with five bass weighing 17.37 pounds Sun shines on college fishing's best anglers at the National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship – Lake Lewisville, TX By Collegiate Bass Fishing News - 09/20/2008 Arkansas team looks to spoil a Texas championship National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship – Day 1 - Surprise cloud cover benefits some anglers, frustrates others By Collegiate Bass Fishing News - 09/18/2008 Record big bags and big bass on Lake Lewisville, TX come to the scales AnglersChannel.com Pro Staffer Dearal Rodgers says Lake Wateree bass still in deep water summer pattern By Pat Robertson - 09/17/2008 With the days getting shorter and the nights a little cooler, Fall is just around the corner, but the water in Lake Wateree is still hot and that has the bass still in their summer haunts Lake Oconee bass moving shallow and following baitfish By Pat Robertson - 09/17/2008 Veteran guide Al Bassett says the baitfish are moving back into the pockets off the main lake and the bass are following them and feeding NEW FOR 2009: STRATOS 385XF By Stratos Boats - 09/16/2008 Bringing features, performance and value with serious Multi-Species appeal Rising water scatters bass before Stren tournament on Kerr Reservoir By Pat Robertson - 09/12/2008 Kerr was 7 feet below full pool and in just the last few days it has come up more than 6 feet, almost back to full pool level Bass bonanza expected with rising water at High Rock Lake By Pat Robertson - 09/12/2008 “The lake is coming up like crazy and the bass are holding on for dear life!” says Maynard Edwards of Lexington, NC, who operates the Yadkin Lakes Guide Service NEW SPECIAL EDITION TEAM DAIWA® ZILLION™ 7.3:1 BAITCASTERS FEATURE WORLD’S FASTEST GEAR RATIO By Daiwa Corp. - 09/08/2008 Introduction of Unique, Hyper-Speed Reels Marks Daiwa’s 50th Anniversary BFL anglers relieved Hurricane Hanna will miss Clarks Hill / Lake Thurmond By Pat Robertson - 09/04/2008 Tournament organizers and fishermen alike have breathed a hefty sigh of relief as it appears that the brunt of Hurricane Hanna will hit the Carolina coast further north than originally expected Seminole hydrilla filters Fay’s muddy water and produces big bass By Pat Robertson - 09/04/2008 Bass fishing is so good on Lake Seminole right now that a 5-pound bass doesn’t have a chance in the local Thursday night tournaments! Fay’s rains should make for good bass fishing on Lake Eufaula By Pat Robertson - 08/28/2008 “I look for us to have an outstanding fall after this. Anytime you get enough rain to purge all the dead water in the sloughs and creeks puts a fresh supply of oxygen in there. The bait fish will search out that comfort zone and Mr. Bass is going to follow them in there,” says veteran Eufaula Bass Guide Jackie Thompson Bass hitting topwater up the river on Lake Russell By Pat Robertson - 08/28/2008 “Bass fishing has been pretty good. We are catching some good largemouths, 3-to-4-pound size, and some smaller spotted bass up the river,” says guide Wendell Wilson. We’re fishing the river ledges up there where they drop from 4 to 5 feet down to 20 feet” Evinrude Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Winner is Awarded Prize Live at FLW Championship Competition By Evinrude - 08/22/2008 Phillip Little of Whitesburg, Kentucky is the winner of the grand prize package in the Evinrude Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Experience Challenge!! Frogs will reign this Saturday in Snag Proof Open on Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 08/19/2008 Anglers are coming from all over for Lake Guntersville’s Fourth Annual Snag Proof Open this Saturday at Goose Pond Colony Resort! Michael Bennett wins $1 Million at the Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Murray! By Pat Robertson - 08/18/2008 California pro Michael Bennett caught enough bass from Lake Murray Sunday to become fishing’s newest millionaire and the youngest champion in Forrest Wood Cup history! Two NC pros in the final round of the Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 08/16/2008 California pro Michael Bennett is leading the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup by a solid margin going into Sunday’s final round, but with the way the fish in Lake Murray have been turning on and off, two North Carolina pros are still very much in the hunt Carolina anglers hope to make final round in Forrest Wood Cup By Pat Robertson - 08/14/2008 Although the fishing on Lake Murray was as tough as predicted, four pros from the Carolinas finished the first round of the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup Thursday with a chance to make the final round cut to 10 on Friday RANGER PROS PREP FOR BASS FISHING’S BIGGEST PAYDAY By Ranger Boats - 08/08/2008 Ranger Pros Fish for Chance at $1 million in Forrest Wood Cup RANGER BOATS 2009 LINEUP TO BE UNVEILED AT FORREST WOOD CUP By Ranger Boats - 08/08/2008 Newest additions to Ranger line on display at FLW Outdoors show Lake Murray will provide tough test for FLW Cup anglers August 14-17, 2008 By Pat Robertson - 08/07/2008 Anybody expecting Lake Murray to produce in the Forrest Wood Cup next week like it did in the last FLW Tour tournament on the lake needs a reality check Lake Norman best bet for bass during Dog Days of Summer By Pat Robertson - 08/07/2008 “Lake Norman seems to be better than anywhere else I’ve fished except for Fishing Creek…and Norman, or for that matter the whole Catawba chain, would be my pick right now,” says guide and pro angler Erick Weir NEW FOR 2009: STRATOS 201XL AND 294XL EVOLUTION By Stratos Boats - 08/07/2008 Evolution models anchor 25th Anniversary lineup STRATOS KICKS OFF 25TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR By Stratos Boats - 08/04/2008 Company celebrates fishing heritage with exciting programs and new models Falls Lake bass still feeling effects of last summer’s drought By Pat Robertson - 07/31/2008 “We had that big drought and the lake dropped down 10 to 12 feet. It was more like a creek,” says veteran guide Kennon Brown. “Most of those fish during the drought dropped down into the channel and they are staying predominantly in the channel.” Fish deep, really deep, for bass in West Point Lake By Pat Robertson - 07/31/2008 If you are planning to bass fish on West Point Lake bring your deep running tackle, advises veteran guide Ron Savage of Lagrange, Ga. Bass moving to deeper structure on Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 07/28/2008 While largemouth bass are super sensitive to hot weather and may get hard to find and hard to get to bite, sometimes something will happen on the lake that will amaze even a veteran angler Bass slow, but stripers/hybrids hot on Lake Hartwell By Pat Robertson - 07/28/2008 This is the time of year a lot of bass anglers turn to stripers and hybrids on Lake Hartwell just to experience some fishing action New for 2009: RANGER Z522 COMANCHE By Ranger Boats - 07/21/2008 More room, features and fishing space Depth finder key to Lake Keowee bass in hot summer weather By Pat Robertson - 07/17/2008 “June, July and August is a tough time on Keowee. Focus on your depth finder a lot and look for the deep holes,” says Captain Chris Schuber, who noted that it’s summertime and the water is hot, so the bass are staying deep where it’s cooler Less grass means bass easier to find on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 07/17/2008 “This is one of the best years we’ve had in a long, long time,” says veteran guide Billy Ledbetter, noting that recently it has been taking a solid 25 pounds for a five-fish limit to win a tournament on the lake Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – July 12, 2008 By Brett Collins - 07/15/2008 Tim and Craig Haven both of Lugoff cashed in big time with a 5 bass limit weighing 13 lbs. 3 ozs. They reported catching their fish very deep and that enabled them to bring home 1st Place. They also collected the BONUS $ worth another $500.00. All total the Haven brothers collected $2000.00! Best bass fishing on Lake Murray very early, very late and at night By Pat Robertson - 07/10/2008 “The water temperature is up into the low 80s, which is not really bad for this time of year, so what happens in the next month to six weeks will largely depend on what the lake level does,” says guide Doug Lown of Newberry Jig and big worm will produce big bass at Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 07/10/2008 It may be summer hot, but bass fishing is good at Lake Oconee, so good, in fact that it took 21 pounds for a five-fish limit to win a small local tournament last Sunday Weir says Lake Wylie summer bass fishing is ‘inconsistent’ By Pat Robertson - 07/03/2008 “It’s been an odd summer. Wylie is about as up and down as I’ve ever seen it and I don’t really know what is wrong,” says veteran Lake Wylie angler Eric Weir Spotted bass tearing up topwater on Lake Lanier By Pat Robertson - 07/03/2008 “The summer pattern is basically a topwater pattern,” says guide Ryan Coleman, “topwater all day long. It is the most unique topwater fishing you will find on any lake in the country Lake Russell bass in summer pattern until weather cools down this fall By Pat Robertson - 06/27/2008 “The bass will be in the deeper water, but Russell is a clear lake – not as clear as say Keowee or Lanier, which are both crystal clear – but with any clarity the fish will come up in the mornings to feed in the shallower part of the water table,” says guide Tony Moran Big bass on early morning ‘baby coot pattern’ on Lake Seminole By Pat Robertson - 06/27/2008 The “baby coot pattern” is a hot ticket for big bass on Lake Seminole right now, according to David Mock of Tallahassee, Fla., veteran tournament angler and a guide on Seminole for the past 15 years Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – June 21, 2008 By Brett Collins - 06/23/2008 Steve Phillips of Lugoff fishing solo brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 15 lbs 15 ozs to take 1st Place and he also claimed the BONUS $ worth $280.00. All total Steve took home $830.00! Slow down is good advice for fishing Tri-County Marine Tournament Saturday on Lake Hickory By Pat Robertson - 06/19/2008 The bass in Lake Hickory are pretty much in the post-spawn mode, so anglers fishing the Tri-County Marine Bass Tournament Saturday are going to have to slow down a good bit, said Paul Guthrie, the resident fishing guru at the marine dealership Hot water has bass about as deep as they are going to get for the BFL on High Rock Lake By Pat Robertson - 06/19/2008 After a relatively cool spring, hot sultry summer weather has prevailed, a condition that usually drives the bass in reservoirs out to the deepest, coolest structure they can find that has sufficient oxygen and holds baitfish Fishers of Men Piedmont Division Results – Badin Lake – June 14, 2008 By Mike Sides - 06/19/2008 The Regional Qualifier for the Piedmont Division of Fishers of Men was held at beautiful Uharrie Point on Badin Lake Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – June 7, 2008 By Brett Collins - 06/12/2008 Travis Kelly of Camden and Mickey Hayes of Kershaw weighed in a solid 5 bass limit at 18 lbs 3 ozs to take 1st Place and the BONUS $. All total they collected $805.00! 2007 Lee King winners will try to give fish what they want on Lake Eufaula Saturday By Pat Robertson - 06/11/2008 The crankbait likely will be the lure of choice for the tournament this Saturday, said one of last year’s winners Ed Wilkerson, but he won’t settle on a primary lure until they start fishing and see what the fish want Shallow early, deep later could be key for BFL on Lake Wateree Saturday By Pat Robertson - 06/11/2008 Kevin Fulmer would love a top three finish in the Wal-Mart BFL Tournament on Lake Wateree this Saturday Bass in Kerr in post spawn and heading to deeper water for summer By Pat Robertson - 06/05/2008 Most of the bass on Kerr Reservoir have completed the spawn and are in transition between the shallows and their deeper summer structure areas, said Joel Richardson, a veteran tournament angler and fishing guide from Kernersville, N.C. Hungry Hyco bass are eating anything served on a Carolina rig By Pat Robertson - 06/05/2008 The bass are biting on Hyco Lake and they are not fussy right now, said tournament angler David Farman of Semora, N.C. Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – May 31, 2008 By Brett Collins - 06/02/2008 Mike King of Sumter fishing solo brought in a solid sack of Lake Wateree bass with his best 5 weighing 16 lbs 7 ozs to take home 1st Place. Mike also won the BONUS $. All total he collected $650.00! Lake Norman bass in post-spawn and hungry By Pat Robertson - 05/30/2008 This time of year you can catch bass in Lake Norman “just about any way you want to,” said veteran Lake Wylie bass guide Eric Weir of Belmont, N.C. Water level up and Lake Jordan bass are shallow and feeding aggressively By Pat Robertson - 05/30/2008 The water level in Jordan Lake is up, over full pool, the bass are shallow and they are feeding, said tournament angler and fishing guide Jeffery Thomas of Broadway Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – May 24, 2008 By Brett Collins - 05/27/2008 Alan Fletcher and Danny Edwards both of Hartsville weighed in a 5 bass limit at 13 lbs 15 ozs to take home 1st Place. They also had 2nd Place BF and won the BONUS $. All total they collected $971.00! Additional prizes awarded for "Evinrude Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Online Challenge" By BRP / Evinrude - 05/26/2008 BRP congratulates Charles Johnson from Rocky Mount, North Carolina for winning the third Evinrude® Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Experience Challenge and for finishing first-place in the Beaver Lake FLW tournament in Rogers, Arkansas! Factors coming into play to spur bass fishing success at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 05/23/2008 Bass guide Inky Davis of Manning says that fishing has slowed somewhat, but several things are happening that should cause it to pick up big time in the coming days and weeks Bass fishing great and getting better on Lake Hartwell By Pat Robertson - 05/23/2008 The herring are spawning on Lake Hartwell and the bass are loving it – and so are the bass fishermen! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie Spring Final – May 17, 2008 By Brett Collins - 05/19/2008 Louie Hull of Casar, NC and Chuck Montgomery of Grover, NC brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 18 lbs, 11 ozs to take 1st Place at the Wylie Spring 08 Final. They weighed in a 5 lb, 4 oz bass to take home 1st Place BF also, but that was just the beginning of their huge payday. They fished out of Louie’s 2007 Stratos boat and as of May 1st all CATT events are sanctioned under the Stratos 2X Double Your Winnings Program! Louie and Chuck not only collected their CATT winnings of $2668.00 but will also collect another $2668.00 from Stratos Boats to push their total take to a whopping $5336.00! Rising water equals plenty of bass action on Falls By Pat Robertson - 05/16/2008 Veteran bass guide Kennon Brown of Roxboro, N.C., is ecstatic over the rising water level in the Falls of the Neuse reservoir West Point Lake bass fishing excellent now and should get better and better By Pat Robertson - 05/16/2008 Bass fishing is excellent on West Point Lake this spring and it will be even better in the years to come, according to veteran bass guide Ken Bearden of LaGrange, GA FLW Outdoors Announces Multi-Million Dollar Investment in Collegiate Bass Tournament Circuit for 2009 By FLW Outdoors - 05/16/2008 New collegiate program to offer lucrative scholarships, televised events RANGER BOATS LAUNCHES “MY RANGER JERSEY” DESIGN CENTER By Ranger Boats - 05/14/2008 Allows Anglers to Custom Design Fishing Jerseys to Match Their Ranger Boat Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray Spring Final – May 10, 2008 By Brett Collins - 05/13/2008 Johnny Mayer of Pomaria and Chris Epting of Chapin found the magic 5 bass limit to take the Final. Their bag weighed in at 21 lbs 1 oz and they also had the 2nd Place Big Fish with a 5 lb 1 oz bass. To top it off they also took home 1st Place BONUS $ of $280.00. All total they collected $2891.00 and 2 nice 1st Place Plaques! Additional prizes awarded for "Evinrude Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Online Challenge" By BRP - 05/11/2008 BRP congratulates Patrick Uchino, from Burbank, California for winning the second Evinrude® Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Experience Challenge and for finishing first in the Lake Norman FLW tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina Bass are in 5 to 25 feet of water and hungry at Lake Keowee By Pat Robertson - 05/06/2008 Everything is on the rise at Lake Keowee – the lake level is coming up and the bass fishing is heating up, according to Capt. Chris “Fishboy” Schuber of Walhalla Majority of bass are shallow and spawning at Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 05/06/2008 The main group of bass are up spawning right now and can be caught in five feet of water or less, according to veteran guide Billy Ledbetter, who operates out of Waterfront Tackle on the lake Bedding fish take special tactics on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 05/01/2008 The bass are spawning heavily on Lake Wateree and fishing for them is “kind of iffy right now,” according to veteran tournament angler and guide Dearal Rodgers of Camden Right now bass fishing ‘a little tough’ on Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 05/01/2008 “I think the majority of the bass are on the bed and a lot of them went on before now,” says veteran guide Al Bassett TRAVIS WINS THE BASS FEDERATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON LAKE WYLIE By FLW Outdoors - 04/28/2008 Brian Travis of Conover, N.C., a 30-year-old supervisor for Southeastern Freight Line, is now “Living the Dream” after catching five bass weighing 14 pounds, 5 ounces on the final day of The Bass Federation National Championship!! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – April 26, 2008 By Brett Collins - 04/28/2008 1st Place and the BONUS $ went to Hugh Moss of Gaffney and Joe Estes of Gaffney with a limit weighing 15 lbs 12 ozs. All total they collected $760.00 plus they finished 3rd in the points so they will receive a Cutmaker Lure gift pack valued at $25.00 plus blast off #3 at the Final! NC Piedmont Division Fishers of Men Results - April 19, 2008 - Lake Norman By Mike Sides - 04/25/2008 First place went to the team of Deloris and Kenneth Shumate with 13.70 pounds, good for $1280.00! Bass spawn in full swing on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 04/24/2008 Although the recent cold front knocked the water temperature back down slightly, the spawn is in full swing on Lake Wylie, said veteran Lake Wylie bass guide Eric Weir of Belmont, N.C. Big bass are the rule right now on High Rock Lake By Pat Robertson - 04/24/2008 If you’re fishing a bass tournament on High Rock Lake anytime soon you’d better come to the scales with a really hefty bag of fish if you want to get a check! RANGER BOATS “SPRING FEVER” PROMOTION UNDERWAY By Ranger Boats - 04/21/2008 Ranger Buyers Can Receive Up To $1,525 in Benefits with Qualifying Purchase Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – April 19, 2008 By Brett Collins - 04/21/2008 1st Place Saturday went to Chris Epting of Chapin and Johnny Mayer of Pomaria. They almost broke the $1000.00 mark winning $919.00 with only 27 teams entered. Their 5 bass limit weighed in at a whopping 23 lbs 7 ozs. They also had the BF of the day with a 6 lb 4 oz bass and they also finished at the top of the BONUS $! Incredible prizes awarded for "Evinrude Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Online Challenge" By Evinrude - 04/19/2008 BRP awards prizes to winners of the first Evinrude® Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Experience Challenge and congratulates Domenic Theison, from Mackinaw, Illinois, for finishing first-place in the Lewis Smith FLW tournament Crankbait action heating up as Lake Hartwell bass move up to spawn By Pat Robertson - 04/17/2008 After his doctor released him last week, Tony Moran celebrated his recovery from surgery earlier this year by taking a couple of guide parties out on Lake Hartwell to enjoy some very good spring bass fishing Lake Seminole bass laying out on the sandbars By Pat Robertson - 04/17/2008 “The bass bed on the sandbars,” explained veteran bass guide David Mock of Tallahassee, Fla. “There are some fish still bedding, so it’s a good time to go out there and drag a Carolina rig on a sandbar.” Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – April 12, 2008 By Brett Collins - 04/16/2008 Allen Gamble and Nick Beaver of Shelby NC brought in 5 bass weighing 17.96 this past Saturday to take home $772.00. They also had the BF of the day with a 4.87 lb bass plus they took home the BONUS $! STRATOS BOATS UNVEILS “2X DOUBLE YOUR WINNINGS” CONTINGENCY PROGRAM By Stratos Boats - 04/16/2008 Capitalizing on the enormous popularity of team tournaments across the country, Stratos Boats recently announced the new 2X Double Your Winnings contingency program! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – April 12, 2008 By Brett Collins - 04/14/2008 Walt Almond of McBee and Chad Rabon of Camden not only found that 5 bass limit they needed to win but they also weighed in a 6 lb 5 oz Wateree Hawg to take 1st Place BF money of $438.00. To top it off they also won 1st Place BONUS $ adding $640.00 to their winnings. They brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 18 lbs 8 ozs and all total they collected $4123.00! Largemouth bass action really heating up on Lake Thurmond / Clarks Hill By Pat Robertson - 04/10/2008 You only have to look at the outcome of the Clarks Hill Top Six Tournament last weekend to know that despite the unsettled up and down spring temperatures, bass fishing is heating up on Lake Thurmond / Clark Hill! Lake Eufaula bass fishing as spotty as the weather By Pat Robertson - 04/10/2008 “The weather is all over the map. I was just looking at the weather report and we have a cold front coming this weekend that is going to knock them back again,” says veteran Eufaula guide Jackie Thompson Travis Tomazin wins his age bracket at the Junior Bassmaster Southern Divisional - Santee Cooper - April 5, 2008 By AnglersChannel.com - 04/08/2008 Congratulations to Travis Tomazin, son of AnglersChannel.com member Dale Tomazin!! STRATOS 186XT NAMED TO “BEST BUYS LIST” BY BOATING LIFE By Stratos Boats - 04/08/2008 Magazine says new model “sets the standard” for Best Buys List! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – April 5, 2008 By Brett Collins - 04/07/2008 Sean Anderson of Saluda and George Berry of Batesburg took home their 2nd 1st Place check of 2008 with 5 bass weighing 22 lbs 8 ozs. They also won the BONUS $ and had 2nd Place BF with a fat 8 lb 12 oz bass. All total they collected $780.00! Lake Murray bass waiting on stable weather to spawn By Pat Robertson - 04/03/2008 “The lake temperature has been slow in coming up this spring. We get a cold front about every three days, which has kept the water temperature in the mid- to upper 50s,” says veteran tournament angler Doug Lown. “There are some bass trying to spawn, but not a lot have come in yet. It’s just that time of year, I suppose.” Lake Lanier bass should turn on by April full moon By Pat Robertson - 04/03/2008 The water “keeps going up and down like a yo-yo,” said veteran Lake Lanier fishing guide Clay Cunningham of Dawsonville, Ga., and as a result the bass are back and forth North Carolina Piedmont Division of Fishers of Men Tournament Results – Lake Wylie – March 22, 2008 By Mike Sides - 04/01/2008 Chris Carroll and Caja Ormond win with 18.76 lbs! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – March 29, 2008 By Brett Collins - 03/31/2008 David Canupp of Monroe NC has been with CATT since the beginning and with his partner Jason Torres of Waxhaw NC they had a bagful of bass Saturday. Their limit weighed in at 21 lbs 1 oz to take 1st Place. They collected $1000.00 for 1st and another $440.00 is BONUS $ for a total of $1440.00! Gale force winds produce monster bass on Shearon Harris Lake By Pat Robertson - 03/27/2008 Imagine trying to fish in this situation: gale force winds blowing up to 35 miles per hour and creating four-foot swells on the lake – not a situation most bass anglers would care to be in! Incredible prizes awarded for Evinrude Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Online Challenge By Evinrude - 03/27/2008 BRP is giving away a once-in-a-lifetime chance to fish with an Evinrude professional angler and more than $175,000 in prize packages in its new Evinrude Ultimate Fantasy Fishing Experience Challenge!! Kerr Reservoir bass in pre-spawn and predictable right now By Pat Robertson - 03/27/2008 The bass in Kerr Reservoir, or Buggs Island as some anglers call the lake, are in pre-spawn and they are pretty predictable this time of year, according to veteran tournament angler and fishing guide Joel Richardson of Kernersville, N.C. Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – March 22, 2008 By Brett Collins - 03/24/2008 Walt Almond and Chad Rabon both of Camden were on top after the weigh-in with 5 bass weighing 19 lbs 11 ozs. They also entered the BONUS $ and it’s a good thing they did as they collected another $500.00. Add that to the $1000.00 for 1st Place and they collected a total of $1500.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – March 22, 2008 By Brett Collins - 03/24/2008 Johnny Houser of Bishopville and Derron Donohoo of Sumter made the trip over the Murray and took home 1st Place and the BONUS $. They weighed in a limit of bass at 19 lbs 14 ozs take home a total of $1160.00! Time to grab a rod and go bass fishing on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 03/20/2008 About all you have to do to catch a bass on Lake Norman right now is pick up your fishing rod and go, said veteran guide Jerry Neeley of Bessemer City, N.C.! Water is up and big bass are hungry on Lake Jordan By Pat Robertson - 03/20/2008 Lake Jordan is “wide open” for bass fishing said tournament angler David Farman of Semora, N.C., and he should know. Farman and his partner, Jeff Killian, won the National Bass Circuit tournament on the lake last weekend with a better than five-pound average! Balls Creek Bassmaster Club Tournament Results – Santee Cooper – March 15, 2008 By Bob Patrick - 03/18/2008 Spencer Wins Santee Bass Event Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – March 15, 2008 By Brett Collins - 03/17/2008 Scott Peavy of Ridgeway and Lee Roysen of Blythewood had a whopper of a bag weighing in at 24 lbs 12 ozs to take 1st Place. Included in their 5 bass limit was a 6 lb 5 oz bass good enough for 2nd Place BF. They also collected the BONUS $! All total Scott and Lee walked away with $1740.00! Falls is rising, bass moving shallow and biting By Pat Robertson - 03/12/2008 Fishing in Falls Reservoir has been like “fishing in a bucket,” but the lake is rising and things are looking a whole lot better now, said veteran guide Kennon Brown of Roxboro, N.C. Bass and everything else biting good at West Point Lake By Pat Robertson - 03/12/2008 Stripers, hybrids and white bass are starting to run up the Chattahoochee River in West Point Lake, largemouth and spotted bass fishing is turning on strong, crappie fishing is excellent and the catfish are feeding! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – March 8, 2008 By Brett Collins - 03/11/2008 1st Place, BONUS $$ and 1st Place BF went to Roger Hoover of Mooresville, NC and John Yarber of Denver, NC. Their total 5 bass limit weight was 19 lbs 5 ozs and their BF weighed 4 lbs 14 ozs. With the BONUS $$ added in they collected a total of $924.00! 2007 Rocky State Championships - Lake Wylie - March 8, 2008 By Mike Sides - 03/10/2008 The 2007 North Carolina Directors Challenge State Championship was held on Lake Wylie on March 8, 2008 Jim Ledbetter Memorial Bass Tournament - Lake Norman - March 8, 2008 By Bob Patrick - 03/09/2008 A Record 270 Bass Fishing Teams Competed In a Record Breaking Charity Bass Tournament on Lake Norman With water rising, big bass biting at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 03/05/2008 “I know of several good catches,” said bass guide Inky Davis of Manning. Most notable was the 10.59-pound largemouth Richard Hahn, the manager of Short Stay on Lake Moultrie, won a club tournament with, Davis said Bass fishing good, should get even better at Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 03/05/2008 Winter is easing out the door and bass fishing is very good on Lake Guntersville, according to veteran guide Billy Ledbetter, who operates out of Waterfront Tackle on the lake Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – March 1, 2008 By Brett Collins - 03/03/2008 Sean Anderson of Saluda and George Berry of Batesburg brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 20 lbs 7 ozs and took home 1st Place and a check in the amount of $820.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – March 1, 2008 By Brett Collins - 03/03/2008 For the 2nd week in a row the winning team brought in a 5 bass limit weighing 17 lbs 12 ozs. Jimmy McFarland and Calvin Griggs both of Hartsville took home $900.00. Both guys have fished CATT faithfully over the last 10 years so I was more than happy to put their name on the check! Lake Keowee bass ready to move shallow with warmer weather By Pat Robertson - 02/26/2008 “We’ve been catching them good on a Shakey Head recently. I’m using a new Shakey Head from Lake Fork producing some nice spotted bass in 13 to 25 feet of water. I’m using a 1/8-ounce to 3/16-ounce black or watermelon seed color jighead with a Lake Fork 4-inch watermelon or pumpkinseed trick worm,” says Capt. Chris Schuber of Walhalla Lake Oconee bass ready to move shallow at first sign of spring By Pat Robertson - 02/26/2008 “Bass fishing is on one day and off the next,” said veteran Lake Oconee fishing guide and custom rod-maker Al Bassett of Buckhead, Ga. “The water is very muddy and the water temperature is in the low to mid-50s.” Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – February 23, 2008 By Brett Collins - 02/25/2008 Donald Hinson of Lugoff and Pat Clark of Camden had a very good day on the water bringing in a 5 bass limit weighing17 lbs 12 ozs and collecting $1000.00 for 1st Place. On top of that they also collected $460.00 in the BONUS pot and took home a total of $1460.00! RANGER HUNTING FOR 22ND BASSMASTER CLASSIC WIN ON LAKE HARTWELL – FEBRUARY 22-24, 2008 By Ranger Boats - 02/21/2008 Success of professional bass fishing closely tied to Ranger’s 40-year history Bassmaster Classic pros have to deal with cold rain this weekend on Lake Hartwell By Pat Robertson - 02/21/2008 Bass fishing in February is always a hot-cold-hot-cold situation, both with the weather and with the effect the weather has on the fish – and this February on Lake Hartwell is no exception Water warming, big bass moving up at Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 02/21/2008 Dearal Rodgers wanted to try out his new Ranger Boat and Evinrude outboard last weekend, so he spent plenty of time on Lake Wateree studying the bass. It was a solid weekend on both counts – the boat was a pleasure to drive and the bass were biting! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – February 16, 2008 By Brett Collins - 02/18/2008 Bruce and Chuck Camp, fishing their first CATT event, finished 1st with 15 lbs 11 ozs and took home $550.00! Jig bite a hot ticket for bass on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 02/14/2008 The water in Lake Wylie is still cold and has a little color to it, but the water is rising and that has the jig bite turned on, according to veteran Lake Wylie bass guide Eric Weir of Belmont, N.C. High Rock bass ready to turn on when weather settles down By Pat Robertson - 02/14/2008 “The bass on High Rock are beginning to try to bite a little bit, but we just can’t get enough steady weather for them to turn on good,” says Maynard Edwards of Lexington, N.C., who operates the Yadkin Lakes Guide Service Jim Ledbetter Memorial Team Bass Tournament to be held March 8, 2008 on Lake Norman By Bob Patrick - 02/12/2008 22nd Annual Jim Ledbetter Memorial Team Bass Tournament Offers Family Fun For All Ages Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – February 9, 2008 By Brett Collins - 02/11/2008 Roger Medlock and Todd Lawrence hit it big winning 1st Place worth $700.00 plus the BF of the day with a 6 lb. 4 oz bass worth another $224.00 and on top of that they took home $220.00 in BONUS cash. They brought in 16 lbs 5 ozs and took home a total of $1144.00! Jig bite will hold up on Lake Russell as long as the water is cold By Pat Robertson - 02/08/2008 “As long as the water temperature is below 55-56 degrees, it is real good for jigging, and the colder it gets the better it is for jigging. It’s even better at 43-44 degrees and it ought to be about 47-48 degrees on Russell right now,” says veteran guide Tony Moran Target sandbars and grass beds for Lake Seminole bass By Pat Robertson - 02/08/2008 “Sandbars are the key, up Spring Creek and out by the dam, anywhere you can find a sandbar. The temperature is moving up and the fish are moving up,” says veteran tournament angler David Mock Piedmont North Carolina Fishers of Men Kids Fishing Contest By Mike Sides - 02/07/2008 The WINNER of this essay will a get an all expense paid entry to fish the Legacy Series, which is a new Child-Adult Competition like NO OTHER! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – February 2, 2008 By Brett Collins - 02/05/2008 Tim Chapman and Eddie Smith took home 1st Place and $640.00 with 5 bass weighing in at 13 lbs 15 ozs.! Slow bass bite on Lake Thurmond due to improve soon By Pat Robertson - 02/04/2008 The good news is that four public ramps are open on Lake Thurmond. The bad news is that the water temperature is still hovering in the high 40s and bass are reluctant to bite. The better news is that will soon change Lake Eufaula bass waiting on fronts to move through By Pat Robertson - 02/04/2008 With water temperatures hovering in the low 50s the bass bite is slow on Lake Eufaula, but that should improve considerably as soon as all the weather fronts stabilize, said veteran guide Jackie Thompson of Eufaula, Ala. Fishers of Men Tournament Results – South Georgia Division – Lake Harding/Bartlett’s Ferry – January 19, 2008 By Danny East - 01/28/2008 The first tournament of the year for FOM's South Georgia Division will certainly be an experience to remember for quiet a while. By weigh-in time, Bartlett's Ferry looked like a scene from an Alabama Christmas CD! Follow “Three-S Rule” for Lake Murray bass By Pat Robertson - 01/26/2008 The key to bass fishing in Lake Murray this winter can be summed up as the “Three S’s” – steep, small and slow Low water frustrates Lake Lanier fishermen By Pat Robertson - 01/26/2008 There is a “lot of gloom and doom” around Lake Lanier which is still about 19 feet below normal pool due to the severe drought and the diversion of water for municipal Atlanta Peter T Wins Again! By Tru-Tungsten - 01/22/2008 Peter T Wins BASS Southern Open on St. Johns River With Tru-Tungsten! Fish shallow or fish deep for bass on Kerr/Buggs Island By Pat Robertson - 01/18/2008 This is an excellent time for bass fishing on Kerr Reservoir and there is the distinct possibility of catching a real lunker bass on certain days, according to veteran tournament angler and fishing guide Joel Richardson of Kernersville, N.C. Big bass bite should come soon on Lake Sinclair By Pat Robertson - 01/18/2008 “It’s rare for the big fish to be caught deep in the wintertime on Sinclair,” said veteran bass guide Larry King of Macon, Ga. “Typically, there are a lot of deep fish in the winter – and there are now – but they are small fish. Normally, the bigger fish are caught in more shallow water, 10 feet deep or less.” Target red points on Lake Norman for bass By Pat Robertson - 01/09/2008 “They are catching them up and down the river on the little red points. With the lake down there are a lot of red points, so go in the big coves and target those red points, especially in Ramsey Creek where you have the warm water from the nuclear discharge into the Hot Hole,” says Capt. Jerry Neeley Time for trophy bass on Jordan Lake By Pat Robertson - 01/09/2008 “We are not seeing numbers, but we are seeing some real quality fish,” said fishing guide and tournament angler Jeffrey Thomas of Broadway, N.C. “We’ve probably seen more big fish in the last week than I can recall in a long time.” Many fishing spots high and dry at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 01/03/2008 “The lake is not a safe place to be right now. A lot of people are fishing, but you don’t see too many of them running around,” says veteran bass guide Inky Davis Looking for fish? Check out the birds on Lake Hartwell By Pat Robertson - 01/03/2008 Whatever you are fishing for on Lake Hartwell, look for the birds. That’s the advice of veteran guide and tournament angler Tony Moran of Martin, Ga. Falls Lake dangerously low but bass biting if you can get to them By Pat Robertson - 12/28/2007 Falls is so low that about all that’s left is a river, but bass fishing is pretty good for this time of year – if you can get to the fish, said veteran bass guide Kennon Brown of Roxboro, N.C. Bass fairly slow, but stripers and hybrids are biting on West Point Lake By Pat Robertson - 12/28/2007 Bass fishing is a little slow, but striper and hybrid fishing is wide open, according to veteran guide and soft plastics lure maker Ron Savage of Lagrange, Ga. Bite slow, but Lake Keowee spotted bass still biting good By Pat Robertson - 12/20/2007 “I’ve taken a few ladies from the Bassmaster Ladies Classic that will be held in February and we’ve caught some nice spotted bass. I took them over to the dam connecting to Lake Jocassee,” said Capt. Chris “Fishboy” Schuber of Walhalla Bass fishing still good, crappie fishing wide open on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 12/20/2007 “Bass fishing on Lake Guntersville is still pretty good – believe it or not,” said veteran guide Billy Ledbetter, who operates out of Waterfront Tackle on the lake Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – December 15, 2007 By Brett Collins - 12/17/2007 Bernie Dreher, who fished with C.B. Drher said it was about time when I handed him a check for $2100.00 as Bernie and C.B. weighed in 18 lbs 11 ozs. They took home 1st Place with their 5 bass limit. Bernie reported not having much after 1:00 but between 1:00 and 3:00 they filled the livewells! Fish biting, but access becoming a major problem on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 12/13/2007 Bass fishing on Lake Wylie is pretty awesome right now, but if the rain doesn’t come soon and raise the lake level access, the lake might disappear and fishing could really suffer from extreme low levels, said veteran Lake Wylie bass guide Eric Weir Use smaller baits for bass, striper action on High Rock By Pat Robertson - 12/13/2007 With the warm weather this week everything is biting in High Rock Lake. The key, said veteran fishing guide Maynard Edwards, is to fish small Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – December 8, 2007 By Brett Collins - 12/11/2007 Gordon Smith and Mike McKinney have been fishing the Wylie CATT’s faithfully and they have won their share of the prize money but have yet to take home the top prize. That changed Saturday with five Wylie bass they brought in that weighed 15 lbs 5 ozs. Those bass were worth $300.00 each as they collected $1,500.00 for 1st Place! Despite low water level, Lake Wateree bass still holding around docks By Pat Robertson - 12/06/2007 With Lake Wateree as low as it is – 5.7 feet below full pool – one might think the bass would go ahead and move out to their winter homes in deeper water. But that is not the case so far Water level low, but fall bass fishing hot on Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 12/06/2007 Although water levels at Lake Oconee are low, like they are in most Southeastern reservoirs due to the drought, the bass fishing is “absolutely phenomenal,” said veteran guide and custom rod-maker Al Bassett of Buckhead, Ga. Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – December 1, 2007 By Brett Collins - 12/05/2007 For Shawn Knight and Tim Carpenter the future was this past Saturday as they brought in a great sack of Wateree bass weighing 20 lbs 1oz. They also had the BF of the Final with a 6 lb 3 oz bass to take home a total of $1590.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – December 1, 2007 By Brett Collins - 12/04/2007 Denny Keisler fishing solo cashed in to the tune of $500.00 as he brought in a limit of Lake Murray Largemouth that totaled up to 13 lbs 2 ozs and took home 1st Place! DAIWA INTRODUCES TWO NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART STEEZ™ BAITCASTERS By Daiwa Corp. - 11/30/2007 Three New Rod Models Also Join Daiwa’s Steez Line-up for 2008 Schooling bass a bonus when fishing for perch on Lake Russell By Pat Robertson - 11/30/2007 This is the time of year Wendell Wilson fishes primarily for white and yellow perch on Lake Russell, but he keeps a bass rod rigged and ready in case the bass school on the surface Bass fishing should pick up soon on Lake Seminole By Pat Robertson - 11/30/2007 Unlike many other Southeastern reservoirs, Lake Seminole does not have a problem with boat access due to low levels, but Randy Weaver, a fishing guide from Bainbridge, Ga., thinks the lack of flow down the rivers into the lake may be affecting the fishing Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – November 24, 2007 By Brett Collins - 11/26/2007 Michael Stribble and Blake Riddle brought in a solid 5 bass limit and took 1st Place this past Saturday. Their best 5 weighed in at 17 lbs 1 oz and they collected $500.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – November 24, 2007 By Brett Collins - 11/26/2007 1st Place went to Chris Carroll and Caja Ormond with a heavy sack of bass for this time of year. Their best 5 totaled up to 18 lbs 7 ozs and they also had the BF with a heavy 6 lb 4 oz bass. All total they collected $427.00. They also are Wylie points champs and they will fish free of charge December 8th! Lake Thurmond / Clarks Hill low but the fishing is good for bass By Pat Robertson - 11/22/2007 “Humps and trees are popping up everywhere,” said veteran Thurmond / Clark Hill guide Ron Figueroa. “But the fishing is good and it’s going to get better.” Lake Eufaula bass fishing good in the ‘comfort zones’ By Pat Robertson - 11/22/2007 Bass fishing on Lake Eufaula is pretty good right now – as long as you can find the fish’s comfort zone – said veteran guide Jackie Thompson of Eufaula Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – November 17, 2007 By Brett Collins - 11/20/2007 Greg Atkinson and Ron Catoe put 5 bass on the scales that weighed 12 lbs 12 ozs and that was the best weight of the day and they collected 1st Place and $350.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – November 17, 2007 By Brett Collins - 11/19/2007 16 Teams blasted off out of Midway Marine looking for those 5 bass that could make their day. It doesn’t hurt to have a kicker in your sack exactly the combination Louie Hull and Chuck Montgomery had when they weighed in their limit of Lake Norman bass. Their BF of 5 lbs 3 ozs and their total weight of 13 lbs 1 oz was tops for the day and they collected $1605.00! Temperature swings sending Lake Murray bass in and out By Pat Robertson - 11/15/2007 “The fish in Lake Murray are pretty much scattered right now,” said veteran guide and tournament angler Doug Lown of Newberry. “The cold front kind of hurt the bite in the NBC championship over the weekend. With a little warming trend it probably will pick up some.” Fishing on Lake Lanier depends on getting boat in the water By Pat Robertson - 11/15/2007 “If you can get out on the water, this is the time to go on Lanier,” said veteran Lake Lanier fishing guide Clay Cunningham of Dawsonville, Ga. “I doubt you will ever get a time again with the lack of boat traffic on a consistent basis.” Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree - November 10, 2007 By Brett Collins - 11/14/2007 Scott Peavy and Lee Roysen walked away with 1st Place at the 3rd Lake Wateree CATT Qualifier with a nice limit of bass weighing 16 lbs 1 oz and also had the BF of the day with a 4 lb 11 oz bass. All total they collected $320.00! ALL-NEW RANGER Z520 COMANCHE AND EVINRUDE E-TEC 250 H.O. 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NEW DAIWA SAMURAI BRAID OFFERS KEY PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGES FOR FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER ANGLERS By Daiwa Corp. - 11/07/2007 Daiwa’s new Samurai Braid offers distinct performance advantages that will help you cast farther, detect the slightest of bites, and catch more fish Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – November 3, 2007 By Brett Collins - 11/05/2007 Louie Hull and Chuck Montgomery brought in 8 lbs 15 ozs and took 1st Place worth $300.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie - November 3, 2007 By Brett Collins - 11/05/2007 Jason Cutis and Tommy Faullingberry took home both top prizes at the Wylie CATT November 3rd bringing in a 5 bass limit weighing 15 lbs 15 ozs and they also had the BF of the tournament at 5 lbs 1 oz. All total they collected $501.00! Bass following shad back in the creeks on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 11/02/2007 The shad have moved back into the creeks on Lake Norman and, as a result, bass fishing has been very good recently, said veteran guide Jerry Neeley of Bessemer City, N.C. Water rising, temperature falling has bass biting on Jordan Lake By Pat Robertson - 11/02/2007 “We needed the rain and also the cold weather that moved in. We’re starting to see a fall pattern now. The fish are moving shallow with the rising water and with falling temperatures they move shallow anyway,” says tournament angler and guide Jeffrey Thomas Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – October 27, 2007 By Brett Collins - 10/30/2007 Darryl Starkey and Chris Daves brought in the 1st Place sack with 13 lbs 12 ozs and took home $500.00! Fishing slows as Lake Hartwell ready to turn over By Pat Robertson - 10/26/2007 While some fish may not be eager to feed during this changeover period, some fish will always be available so it’s a good time of year to try different tactics or target different species for a brief change Water levels dangerously low at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 10/26/2007 “The lake (Marion) is the lowest I’ve seen it since back in 1953-54 when it was 14 or 15 feet low. We had a beach in front of our lake house then,” said veteran bass guide Inky Davis of Manning who has spent his entire life fishing and navigating Lake Marion Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – October 20, 2007 By Brett Collins - 10/23/2007 1st Place went to Chris Carroll and Caja Ormond with a limit weighing 16 lbs 6 ozs and they collected $480.00! NEW DAIWA SALTIGA® SURF ROD INTRODUCTIONS OFFER INNOVATION AND UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE By Daiwa - 10/22/2007 State-of-the-art Saltiga® Ballistic® Interline and Saltiga® Surf Rods Join Daiwa’s High Quality line-up for the Serious Surf Fisherman Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – October 20, 2007 By Brett Collins - 10/22/2007 Cliff and Cathy Kirby took 1st Place and 2nd Place BF at the Oct. 20th Lake Norman CATT Qualifier and collected $449.00. Their total weight was 14 lbs 15 ozs and their 2nd Place BF weighed in at 4 lbs 6 ozs! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – October 13, 2007 By Brett Collins - 10/18/2007 Mike King and Chris King weighed in a limit totaling up at 13 lbs 5 ozs and also had the BF of the tourney to take 1st Place and 1st Place BF. Their BF weighed in at 5 lbs 5 ozs good enough for $427.00! Drought has NC bass anglers hunting places to fish By Pat Robertson - 10/18/2007 North Carolina has declared an exceptional drought – the worst of the state’s drought classifications – in 56 of the state’s 100 counties Low water helps bass fishing on West Point Lake By Pat Robertson - 10/18/2007 West Point Lake is down – 13 feet below normal pool, many boat ramps are inaccessible and a lot of bass structure is high and dry – but that’s a good thing, according to veteran West Point Lake guide Ron Savage of Lagrange, Ga. Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – October 13, 2007 By Brett Collins - 10/15/2007 Donnie Woody and Grant McPeters took 1st Place this past Saturday with a nice sack weighing 10 lbs 13 ozs and also 2nd BF with a 2 lb 9 oz Spot. All total they collected $355.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Murray – October 13, 2007 By Brett Collins - 10/15/2007 Kevin Fulmer and Al Fortner took the 1st CATT Murray Qualifier with a solid sack weighing in at 17 lbs 15 ozs. They take the point lead and also took home $520.00! Fish shallow early, deep later in the day for Lake Keowee bass By Pat Robertson - 10/12/2007 Bass fishing, by nature, is a hot and cold affair. The lake can be seemingly dead and then suddenly come alive when the fish turn on. Or, just the opposite can be the case Key on the grass with a frog for Lake Guntersville bass By Pat Robertson - 10/12/2007 The frog bite is still the best thing going for bass on Lake Guntersville, according to veteran guide Billy Ledbetter, who operates out of Waterfront Tackle on the lake Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – October 6, 2007 By Brett Collins - 10/09/2007 Shane Lineburger and Roger Wood brought in 10 lbs 15 ozs and took home 1st Place at the 3rd Lake Norman CATT Fall 2007 Qualifier this past Saturday. They collected $350.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wylie – October 6, 2007 By Brett Collins - 10/09/2007 Even with the low water level at Lake Wylie the bass still have got to eat and Artie Phillips and Dan Moore evidently found them. They weighed in a 5 bass limit at 17 lbs. 9 ozs and also had the Big Fish of the tournament at 5 lbs 2 ozs. All total they collected $585.00 and start off the Lake Wylie Fall 2007 CATT at the top of the points race! Bass fishing good and should get better on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 10/05/2007 The seasonal change has finally begun at Lake Wateree, according to veteran tournament angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden Lake Oconee bass slow, but good fishing expected in October By Pat Robertson - 10/05/2007 The water temperature is still a tepid 83 to 85 degrees and the lake is down about a foot and a half due to the drought, so bass fishing is slow right now, according to veteran guide Big Al Bassett of Buckhead, Ga. Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – September 29, 2007 By Brett Collins - 10/03/2007 John Cowart and Sam Jacoby brought in a solid limit of Lake Wateree bass during the 1st CATT Wateree Fall 2007 Qualifier Sept 29th and took 1st place and 1st Place BF to boot. Their limit of bass weighed in at 13 lbs, 11 oz and the BF weighed 4 lbs, 9 oz. All total they took home $626.00! Lake Wylie bass fishing good despite low levels and steamy water By Pat Robertson - 09/28/2007 Despite the lake being down, the weather continuing to be hot and the water steamy, bass fishing on Lake Wylie is going pretty good right now, said veteran Lake Wylie bass guide Eric Weir of Belmont, N.C. Unsettled weather keeps bass off fall pattern at High Rock By Pat Robertson - 09/28/2007 The weather is a problem on High Rock Lake right now. It can’t decide whether summer is going to linger around or if it’s time for fall to finally get here Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – September 22, 2007 By Brett Collins - 09/25/2007 Alfred Keisling and Cliff Kirby weighed in a limit of Lake Norman bass tipping the scales at 11 lbs, 11 oz to take home 1st Place and $500.00 in the 2nd CATT Fall 2007 Lake Norman Qualifier going out of Midway Marine September 22! Fish the grass early, timber later for Lake Seminole bass By Pat Robertson - 09/21/2007 David Mock has been fishing Lake Seminole recently to prepare for a big tournament and Monday would have been a good day for him if it had been during competition – even with trolling motor trouble Find the cooler water in upper Lake Russell for feeding bass By Pat Robertson - 09/21/2007 The hint that fall is just around the corner with a drop in temperatures has got the bass active in Lake Russell, said veteran Lake Russell fishing guide Wendell Wilson of Elberton, Ga. Find balls of bait for bass fishing success on Lake Thurmond By Pat Robertson - 09/13/2007 “The majority of the bass are suspended between 20 and 35 feet of water and they are not going to move shallow until the water temperature dips in the 70s,” says Martinez, Ga. fishing guide Craig Johnson Same story: Fish the famous Lake Eufaula ledges for bass By Pat Robertson - 09/13/2007 A good way to put bass in the boat is just the way Lake Eufaula guide Billy Darby did with his fishing party Sunday morning. They fished Texas-rigged pumpkin purple-flecked ribbon worms on man-made brushpiles near submerged roadbeds U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues patent for Mann’s® HardNose® By Mann's Bait Company - 09/12/2007 Mann’s HardNose products are one-piece soft plastic lures having a harder plastic head to keep the lure from sliding on the hook, a common annoyance to anglers and cause for lost fish Fish The Fall Team Trail Results - Lake Hartwell - September 8, 2007 By Randy Morrison - 09/11/2007 Roy Stuart and Larry Martin win with 19.07 lbs! DAIWA’S NEW VALUE-PACKED MEGAFORCE® BAITCASTERS OFFER SMOOTH, SOLID PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATIVE TWITCHIN’ BAR™ By Daiwa Corp. - 09/10/2007 New Megaforce® baitcasters offer smooth, dependable performance, blazing fast 7:1 retrieve and the bass-enticing advantages of Daiwa’s exclusive Twitchin’ Bar™ – all at a price any angler can afford Break in weather needed to activate Lake Murray bass By Pat Robertson - 09/07/2007 The sizzling summer heat of August has finally dissipated a little, but the effects linger on in Lake Murray, according to veteran bass angler Doug Lown of Newberry Spotted bass fishing on Lake Lanier should take off by October By Pat Robertson - 09/07/2007 The story on bass fishing in Lake Lanier is the same as it is on other reservoirs in the Southeast – once the weather breaks and the water temperature cools down bass fishing should bust loose Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Norman – September 1, 2007 By Brett Collins - 09/04/2007 Jody Wright and Lester Elton weighed in a solid limit of Lake Norman bass and took home 1st Place at the 1st Fall 2007 Lake Norman CATT Qualifier. They also had 2nd Place BF with a 3 lb 12 oz bass. All total they collected $439.00! Fall pattern just getting underway on Kerr Lake By Pat Robertson - 08/31/2007 Bass fishing on Kerr reservoir is in a summer slowdown, but that could be about to change, according to veteran tournament angler and fishing guide Joel Richardson of Kernersville, N.C. Backup plan provides action when Lake Sinclair bass fishing gets tough By Pat Robertson - 08/31/2007 “More than likely when we get some cooler weather fishing will begin to improve. In the fall fishing is normally good,” says bass guide Larry King. “Possibly by the end of September or at least once we get into October there will be a migration of fish up into the creeks and headed towards the backs of the larger coves.” Bass fishing tough, even at night, on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 08/23/2007 Anglers in the National Bass Circuit Super Summer Sport Series championship are going to find Lake Norman pretty inhospitable during the two-day fish-off Saturday Key on exposed timber for Jordan Lake bass By Pat Robertson - 08/23/2007 A record hot August has made fishing tough on Jordan Lake and it’s about to get even tougher, said Jeffery Thomas of Broadway, N.C., fishing guide and tournament angler BSX™ – The Sound Beneath the Surface By Biosonix Systems - 08/22/2007 There’s something beneath the surface that most people haven’t noticed about two of the recent Bassmaster Elite Series Champs, Peter Thliveros and Kevin VanDam. It’s the underwater sounds from Biosonix Systems STRATOS 186XT Bigger than any other 18-foot boat in its class for under $17,000 By Stratos Boats - 08/21/2007 New for 2008, the Stratos 186XT is an 18-foot, 9-inch boat that feels and fishes like a 20-footer Haywood is the Friday Night Fishin’ Friends Fish Off Winner By Bob Patrick - 08/19/2007 Matt Haywood from Lincolnton took the season ending fish off of the Friday Night Fishin’ Friends bass fishing series on Lake Norman Water too hot for all but most avid bass anglers at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 08/16/2007 “The water temperature was 92 degrees in Lake Marion at 1 o’clock Monday, and I know it got hotter than that by the end of the day. I’m not even seeing a lot of boats out on the water right now,” says veteran Santee Cooper guide Inky Davis Lake Hartwell bass fishing tough, but fish will bite sometime By Pat Robertson - 08/16/2007 For veteran tournament angler and fishing guide Tony Moran, now is about as good a time as there is for catching striped bass and hybrids in Lake Hartwell – for largemouth bass, well that’s another story NEW DAIWA LURES FEATURE DESIGNS AND ACTIONS IRRESISTIBLE TO BASS AND OTHER FRESHWATER PREDATORS By Team Daiwa - 08/14/2007 Daiwa has introduced a new selection of affordable, effective plugs, crankbaits, jerkbaits and spinnerbaits featuring life-like designs and actions bass and other predatory freshwater game fish simply can’t resist DAIWA INTRODUCES NEW DB MINNOW SP AND DC CLASSIC SHAD SP FRESHWATER LURES FOR 2008 By Team Daiwa - 08/14/2007 New “GV7-Sized” Model Also Added to Daiwa’s Popular Game Vibe Series TEAM DAIWA® PRO JAY YELAS WINS SECOND FLW ANGLER OF THE YEAR TITLE By Team Daiwa - 08/13/2007 Credits Daiwa Tackle with Playing a Major Role in his Success on the Tournament Trail Bass in Falls searching for water with dissolved oxygen By Pat Robertson - 08/09/2007 Common knowledge says that when the surface temperature of a lake gets really hot in the summer, bass tend to search for cooler refuge in deeper water. True to a point, but not always the case Bass fishing best late afternoon and night on West Point Lake By Pat Robertson - 08/09/2007 Bass fishing – spotted bass and largemouths – is best in the late afternoon during periods of power generation when water is being pulled through the reservoir, according to veteran guide Paul Parsons, or at night when the water cools slightly and the fish venture out of their temperature refuges to feed Night fishing best for Keowee bass in hot summertime By Pat Robertson - 08/03/2007 “Right now, nighttime is the only time to fish on Keowee,” said Rocky Wells at Gap Hill Landing, who conducts summer night tournaments three nights a week Fishing slow but flipping produces quality bass on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 08/03/2007 Bass fishing has slowed with the summer heat on Lake Guntersville, but some quality fish are still being caught, according to veteran guide Billy Ledbetter, who operates out of Waterfront Tackle on the lake RANGER BOATS CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY By Ranger Boats - 08/01/2007 Four Decades of Boat-Building Excellence Marked with Anniversary Models RANGER BOATS FACTORY TO UNDERGO EXPANSION PROJECT By Ranger Boats - 08/01/2007 The improvements done to the factory, headquartered in the heart of the Arkansas Ozarks, will continue to help Ranger remain efficient in its manufacturing processes while allowing the space to develop new technologies to enrich customers’ experiences Fish slow for summer bass on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 07/26/2007 The thing to remember in the middle of summer, says veteran Lake Wateree tournament angler and AnglersChannel.com Pro Staffer Dearal Rodgers, is that when the water heats up the bass get lethargic just like they do in mid-winter when the water gets very cold Bass fishing success determined day-to-day on Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 07/26/2007 The key to bass fishing success on Lake Oconee this summer is finding out where the bass are holding, exactly what lure they will take and how it is presented, says veteran Lake Oconee bass guide Larry King of Macon, Ga. Spook producing nice good bass catches on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 07/22/2007 Conventional fishing wisdom says that when summer heat drives the water temperature up bass head for deep water and stay there until fall when conditions are more favorable near the surface. But that is not always the case Bass holding on deep offshore structure on High Rock Lake By Pat Robertson - 07/20/2007 “Bass are usually offshore on High Rock this time of year. There was a tournament just a couple of weeks ago on High Rock and that is how they caught them – on crankbaits,” says veteran angler Gerald Beck. “They were using the Zoom 400 Look-A-Like Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Summer Final Results - Lake Wateree – July 14, 2007 By Brett Collins - 07/16/2007 Taking home a chunk of the Final loot were Larry and Josh McGregor weighing in 18 lbs 10 ozs to take 1st Place. They also collected some extra bonus cash pushing their total winning up to $1840.00! Night fishing the ticket this time of year on Lake Russell By Pat Robertson - 07/12/2007 The best fishing on Lake Russell this time of year is at night, said tournament angler Chip Grice of Belton. S.C. Lake Seminole bass setting up in hydrilla for the summer By Pat Robertson - 07/12/2007 The best way to start off a day of bass fishing on Lake Seminole is the “baby coot” pattern, according to David Mock, veteran tournament angler and a guide on Seminole for the past 15 years Fishing best in evenings and at night on Lake Thurmond / Clarks Hill By Pat Robertson - 07/05/2007 When scorching summer temperatures set in, Lake Thurmond – known to most fishermen by its original designation as Clarks Hill – becomes an awfully tough place to fish Bass moving out to ledges for the summer on Lake Eufaula By Pat Robertson - 07/05/2007 The ledges in Lake Eufaula are famous as summertime “bass magnets,” and Jackie Thompson, a guide who is also a lure designer, has perfected the ultimate technique for catching bass off those structures Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – June 30, 2007 By Brett Collins - 07/03/2007 The last CATT Summer 2007 Qualifier wrapped up this past Saturday with Craig Haven and Tim Haven bringing a whopping 19 lbs 6 ozs to take home 1st Place. They also had the1st Place Big Fish with a heavy 7 lb 4 oz bass which is by far the largest bass weighed in this Summer. All total they collected $675.00! Find current or colored water for summer bass on Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 06/29/2007 Summer is here and it’s already hot, hot, hot, which means the bass are going to be in out in deeper water than at more temperate times of the year. Well, not all the bass in Lake Murray are deep despite the summer temperatures, at least not this year Bass eating live spottail minnows on Lake Lanier By Pat Robertson - 06/29/2007 The bass are biting on Lake Lanier and, while most bass anglers prefer artificial fishing, for numbers of fish and a lot of fishing fun, this is the time of year to fish with live bait Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – June 23, 2007 By Brett Collins - 06/26/2007 Walt Almond and Chad Rabon broke the 19 lb.mark bringing in a 5 bass limit weighing 19 lbs 1 oz to take 1st Place and $550.00! Quality bass being caught on Kerr/Buggs Island By Pat Robertson - 06/21/2007 “The fish are biting a Zoom Fluke and a Pop-R in the mornings on main lake points. After that we go to a Carolina rig with a Zoom 6-inch lizard in green pumpkin color with a chartreuse tail, fishing the same main lake points in 8 to 12 feet of water,” says bass pro and guide Joel Richardson Good numbers of bass being caught on Lake Gaston By Pat Robertson - 06/21/2007 “Most of the fish are an average keeper size – 12 to 14 inches, but we had a couple over 4 pounds weekend before last,” says Dennis Gilmer, who operates the Fishing Lake Country Guide Service out of Bracey, VA Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – June 16, 2007 By Brett Collins - 06/18/2007 Wallace Kniphfer fishing single laid a smokin on the rest of the field at the 2nd CATT Lake Wateree Summer Qualifier. Wallace brought in a fat 5-bass limit weighing in at 19 lbs 15 ozs. He collected a total of $550.00! Fishers of Men Piedmont Division of NC Results for Badin Lake – June 16, 2007 By Mike Sides - 06/17/2007 The winning team was the team of Jack Elkes and Eric Rothrock from Archdale N.C. with a total of 18.12 pounds and $1422.00! Go topwater early, deep later for Lake Norman bass By Pat Robertson - 06/14/2007 The formula for bass fishing success on Lake Norman this time of year is very simple, according to veteran guide Eric Weir of Belmont, N.C., -- “topwater in the morning and deep later in the day.” Bass are still “dirt shallow” on Lake Jordan By Pat Robertson - 06/14/2007 There is always a shallow water pattern for bass on Lake Jordan and now, when fish on most of the lakes in the Southeast have already begun to move into their summer patterns, there are still fish to be caught on the banks in Jordan Patrick Tierney from Denver to Represent NC as Top B.A.S.S. Angler-- NC State Team Finishes Second By Bob Patrick - 06/11/2007 The B.A.S.S. National Federation Nation held a southern divisional qualifying tournament on Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, Alabama, home of legendary bass fishing pioneer Tom Mann, Wednesday June 6th through June 8th, 2007 FROM THE BACK OF THE BOAT: WELLS MAKES WAY THROUGH TBF, ALL-AMERICAN TO QUALIFY FOR FORREST WOOD CUP By Ranger Boats - 06/11/2007 In a bass tournament situation, catching fish from the back of the boat can be a hit-and-miss proposition. Relinquishing control of the boat to someone else, co-anglers seldom get first crack at the best water and are left to scratch out limits. But sometimes fishing the back seat can take an angler on quite a ride Bass in Falls Reservoir done with spawn and are hungry By Pat Robertson - 06/07/2007 “The fish have come off the spawn and they are a little more aggressive,” said veteran guide Kennon Brown of Roxboro, N.C. “They are in a feeding mode which will last another two to three weeks on Falls.” Bass scattered in West Point Lake, but will bite when you find them By Pat Robertson - 06/07/2007 The bass are biting, but they are scattered in deep water so you have to hit a lot of areas with a deep diving crankbait such as a DD22 or the David Fritts Model deep diver from Rapala, according to veteran West Point Lake guide Ron Savage of Lagrange, Ga. 2007 Mid-Carolina Team Trail Classic Results for Santee Cooper – June 2-3, 2007 By Brett Collins - 06/05/2007 Henry McFadden and Brent Riley have proved in the past what they can do on the Santee Cooper lakes and they rose to the top again bringing in a 2-day total of 47 lbs 15 ozs. They also weighed in the Big Fish of the first competition day at 7 lbs 13 ozs. Henry and Brent left John C. Land with a total of $4230.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – May 26, 2007 By Brett Collins - 06/01/2007 Tim and Neil Huffstetler can catch ‘em deep and they did it again this past Saturday. They brought in a limit weighing 22 lbs 2 ozs and also had the Big Fish of the tournament at 6 lbs 14 ozs. All total they collected $578.00! Santee Cooper bass biting, catfish law passes By Pat Robertson - 05/31/2007 This time of year the spawn is over and the bass move out to the standing cypress and tupelo trees in the water, noted veteran bass guide Inky Davis Lake Hartwell stripers and hybrids feeding all over the lake By Pat Robertson - 05/30/2007 After taking nearly a week off to visit a hunting buddy in Iowa, Lake Hartwell striper guide Chip Hamilton was back on the lake Wednesday morning in search of striped bass and hybrids Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results - Lake Wateree – May 26, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/29/2007 Eddie Herlong and Greg Rikard found enough weight bringing in 15 lbs 12 ozs to take 1st Place and $500.00! Fishers of Men Piedmont Division of NC Results for High Rock Lake – May 26, 2007 By Mike Sides - 05/28/2007 Jon Morgan from Rockwell, NC and Rodney Eller of Salisbury, NC took home $1218 for a limit of 19.02 pounds of bass! Bass over spawn and biting good on Lake Keowee By Pat Robertson - 05/24/2007 Rocky Wells at Gap hill Landing reported two five-bass catches that weighed over 16 ˝ pounds in the last two weeks and the winner of a tournament out of Gap Hill last Saturday weighed in 15.04 pounds Bass are tearing it up at Lake Guntersville right now By Pat Robertson - 05/24/2007 “It took 28 ˝ pounds to win the last five-fish bass tournament here,” said Billy Ledbetter, veteran fishing guide and resident fishing authority at Doug Campbell’s Waterfront Tackle. “And I’m pretty sure it took 16 pounds, 7 ounces to win the three-fish tournament on the lake last weekend.” Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wylie – May 19, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/22/2007 Hugh Moss and Joe Estes weighed in a 5 bass limit at 18 lbs 3 ozs. and brought in the Big Fish of the Final weighing in at 5 lbs 1 oz to take the win and the majority of the cash up for grabs! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clarks Hill / Lake Thurmond – May 19, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/21/2007 Donald Miller and Ray Diamond weighed in 17 lbs 14 ozs to take 1st Place and $360.00 at Clark Hill / Lake Thurmond this past Saturday May 19th! Fish bluegill pattern for bass on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 05/20/2007 Bluegills can be a pretty good key to successful bass fishing on Lake Wateree this time of year Shallow water action producing on Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 05/20/2007 Fishing is absolutely phenomenal on Lake Oconee right now, according to veteran guide Al Bassett of Buckhead, Ga. SECOND RANGER OWNERS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES EVENT DRAWS 277 BOATS TO TABLE ROCK LAKE – MAY 12, 2007 By Ranger Boats - 05/15/2007 Event Qualifies Two More Teams for 2007 FLW Championship Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Invitational Results - Lake Wateree – May 12, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/14/2007 Donald Hinson and Pat Clark found the right fish and they cashed in to the tune of $2780.00. Donald and Pat weighed in 16 lbs 5 ozs to take 1st Place and 1st Place Big Fish! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – May 5, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/13/2007 Al and Dane Odom took home 1st Place and 1st Place Big Fish with a heavy 5 bass limit weighing in at 23 lbs 4 ozs. Their Big Fish weighed in at 7 lbs 11 ozs. All total they collected $585.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Greenwood – May 12, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/12/2007 Ken Frazier and Larry King weighed in 11 lbs 2 ozs to take home the check for $1520.00! You can choose your weapons for good bass fishing on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 05/10/2007 Fishing guide Eric Weir fished the shoreline for spawning bass Sunday and enjoyed the day because catching bass was so easy Catch crappie ‘blindfolded’ on High Rock Lake right now By Pat Robertson - 05/10/2007 The crappie fishing on High Rock really is that good, said veteran guide Jerry Neeley of Bessemer City, N.C., and he added he does not expect it to change for at least another six weeks or so Mid-Carolina Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – May 5, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/08/2007 Jeff Rikard and Travis Parrish took home a big share of the purse with a 7 bass limit weighing 29 lbs 13 ozs to take 1st Place. They also brought in a fat 6 lb 11 ozs Lake Murray bass to take 2nd Place Big Fish. Jeff and Travis collected a total of $1852.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clarks Hill / Lake Thurmond – April 28, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/07/2007 John Boy Long and Camille Crook made it two in a row April 28th at Clark Hill / Lake Thurmond with a heavy 5 bass limit coming in at 23 lbs 2 ozs. They also had the Big Fish of the day with a 6 lb. 5 ozs bass. All total they took home $405.00! Bass fishing on Lake Russell should be good for next month or more By Pat Robertson - 05/03/2007 “Fishing has been really good except when we had those gale force winds. But we’ve had some good days lately. Right now the water temperature has cooled off. It was up to 71 degrees and it went back down to 57 degrees,” says guide Wendell Wilson Fishing flushed down the river at Lake Seminole By Pat Robertson - 05/03/2007 Fishing was very good on Lake Seminole until the Corps of Engineers pulled the plug and dropped the lake level almost two feet, according to veteran bass guide Randy Weaver of Bainbridge, Ga. Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wylie – April 28, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/02/2007 Tim Chapman and Chris Carroll made it two in a row after weighing in a Lake Wylie limit of largemouth totaling 13 lbs 15 ozs. They collected $400.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – April 28, 2007 By Brett Collins - 05/02/2007 Donald Miller and Ray Diamond brought in a big sack at Murray this past Saturday to take 1st Place and also they took home 1st Place Big Fish money with a 6 lb 11 oz bass. Their 5 bass limit weighed in at 24 lbs 11 ozs and they collected $501.00! Fishers of Men NC Piedmont Division Results – Lake Norman – April 21, 2007 By Mike Sides - 04/30/2007 Robert Mixon and Robert Lambert of Lexington NC brought in the heaviest limit of the day weighing in at 14.16 pounds. All five of their largemouths came from the upper areas of the Lake and were caught in shallow water on a crankbait. They won $1287! Good bass action on Lake Eufaula expected to get better By Pat Robertson - 04/26/2007 It’s been an unusual year with unusual weather on Lake Eufaula, but bass fishing is good with a lot of fish on the bed now and some already beginning to come off the bed, said veteran guide Jackie Thompson of Eufaula, Ala. Despite cold fronts, stripers and hybrids active in Clarks Hill / Lake Thurmond By Pat Robertson - 04/26/2007 Despite the unusual weather this spring, stripers and hybrids in Clark Hill / Lake Thurmond are still in a feeding mode according to Captain David Willard Mid-Carolina Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – April 21, 2007 By Brett Collins - 04/24/2007 Mark Stuckey and Phillip Crocker found what they were looking for as they brought in a solid 7 bass limit weighing in at 23 lbs 11 ozs. They collected $1850.00 for the win! Jocassee Outdoor Center Trout Tournament Results for Lake Jocassee – April 14, 2007 By Ken Sloan - 04/19/2007 This was a winner take all event for the biggest fish brought to the scales. Bubba Brunson “Brick Man” reeled in the 5.95 pound winning fish with assistance from his wife, Carol “Brick Chick” and angler buddy Stewart Burgess “Mud Minnow” (all from Spartanburg)! Bass being caught ‘coming and going’ at Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 04/19/2007 The bass in Lake Murray are both coming and going and the fishing right now is about as diverse as it will get, according to veteran Lake Murray tournament angler turned bass guide Ben Lee Weather has Lake Lanier stripers scattered all over By Pat Robertson - 04/19/2007 Overall striper fishing on Georgia’s lake Lanier has been good recently, but a little unpredictable because of the weather, said says veteran guide Shane Watson of Cumming, Ga. RANGER CUP: INDUSTRY’S MOST LUCRATIVE CONTINGENCY PROGRAM TOPS $3 MILLION IN CASH PAYOUTS By Ranger Boats - 04/18/2007 When you own a Ranger boat, you don’t have to be the one hoisting the cardboard check on the final day of the tournament to be fishing for real money! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wylie – April 14, 2007 By Brett Collins - 04/18/2007 Chris Carroll and Tim Chapman weighed in a 5 bass limit at 17 lbs. 6 ozs to take 1st Place at the 3rd Lake Wylie Spring 2007 CATT Qualifier. They also weighed in a 5 lb 2 oz bass to take 2nd Place Big Fish. All total they collected $566.00! FIRST-EVER RANGER OWNERS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES EVENT DRAWS 334 BOATS TO KERR LAKE By Ranger Boats - 04/17/2007 Event Qualifies Two Teams for 2007 FLW Championship With warming trend bass should bust loose on Kerr Reservoir By Pat Robertson - 04/12/2007 Fluctuating water levels and cold fronts have made bass fishing kind of tough on Kerr Reservoir, but with the levels stabilized and warmer weather coming, spring bass fishing is about to bust wide open Lake Sinclair bass are in spawn and post-spawn By Pat Robertson - 04/12/2007 “Up until this last cold front hit there were a lot of fish in the middle of the spawn. Probably over half the fish in Sinclair have finished spawning,” said veteran bass guide Larry King of Macon, Ga. Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – April 7, 2007 By Brett Collins - 04/10/2007 Patrick Boone and Charlie Catoe hit the jackpot with a 5 bass limit weighing 18 lbs 6 ozs. and collected $2000.00 for 1st and another $500.00 from Cliff Sporting Goods. All total they took home $2500.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Hickory – April 7, 2007 By Brett Collins - 04/10/2007 Robert Bauguess and Charles Farrington brought in 17 lbs 6 ozs and also had the Big Fish at 4 lbs 7 ozs to take home $1560.00! Lake Norman bass are on the beds and biting By Pat Robertson - 04/05/2007 “They are all over the beds and we are catching them on floating worms. They’re also hitting topwater a little bit. But mainly, it’s just whatever you like to throw at bedding fish. Everybody has their own favorites,” says guide and tournament angler Eric Weir Bass spawning underway on Jordan Lake By Pat Robertson - 04/05/2007 With a cold front moving through this weekend, the bass that are on the beds in Jordan Lake might move back off a little bit, said Veteran tournament angler and guide Jeffrey Thomas of Broadway, N.C. Mid-Carolina Team Trail Results for Santee Cooper – March 31, 2007 By Brett Collins - 04/04/2007 Nelson Walker and Chris Brunson brought in a solid 7 bass limit weighing 33 lbs 2ozs and also weighed in a lunker Santee bass coming in at 8 lbs 10 ozs. to take both 1st Place and 1st Place Big Fish. All total they collected $2270.00! Top BASS Pros, including Michael Iaconelli and Denny Brauer, Name their Favorite Reels, Rods By AnglersChannel.com courtesy Daiwa Corp. - 04/02/2007 As 2003 Bassmaster Classic champ and 2006 Angler of the Year Mike Iaconelli puts it, “These are the tools of our trade – we depend on these products to get the job done, day in and day out, under all types of conditions.” Everything about to bust loose on Lake Hartwell By Pat Robertson - 03/29/2007 With the weather warming and the dogwoods blooming, good fishing is beginning to bust wide open on Lake Hartwell Everything is biting at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 03/29/2007 Some folks think that nothing could be finer than to be fishing at Santee Cooper in the springtime – with good reason Piedmont North Carolina Division of Fishers Of Men Results – Lake Wylie – March 24, 2007 By Mike Sides - 03/29/2007 Chris Carrol and Tim Chapman brought in the heaviest limit of the day weighing in at 17.76 pounds. All five of their largemouths came from the lower areas of the Lake and were caught in shallow water on a jig Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clarks Hill / Lake Thurmond – March 24, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/28/2007 John Boy Long and Camille Crook both of Grovetown, Georgia brought in a heavy bag of Clarks Hill Largemouth this past Saturday at the 3rd Clark Hill / Lake Thurmond CATT Qualifier out of Wildwood Park to take home 1st Place and $480.00. Their limit weighed in at 22 lbs. 14 ozs! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – March 24, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/27/2007 Ken McFarland and Darryl Watson came out on top Saturday with a 5 bass limit weighing in at 22 lbs 3 ozs. They also brought the 2nd Place Big Fish to the scales weighing 6 lbs. 2ozs. They collected a fat check in the amount of $1066.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Greenwood – March 17, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/22/2007 Jeff Snyder and Jason Skinner weighed in 15 lbs 15 ozs and also had the Big Fish at 5 lbs 1 oz to take home $160.00 at Lake Greenwood this past Saturday March 17! Lake Keowee makes anglers adapt to conditions By Pat Robertson - 03/22/2007 “Some fish have begun bedding on the south end of the lake. There is some 65-degree water around if you look for it,” said Rogers, who is the assistant tournament director of the S.C. Bass Anglers Invitational Trail. “We started off fishing a steep point and caught our first two fish on a jerkbait and a Chatterbait. Our biggest fish was a spot that weighed 3.8 pounds. It came on a blonde and black Team Daiwa Jerkbait.” Bass spawn starting up on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 03/22/2007 “The bass are biting pretty good, mainly in shallow water back in the creeks. Hit the banks with red Rat-L-Traps. Some are hitting shad colored jerkbaits and some are being caught on Texas-rigged watermelon-colored lizards,” says Garrett Coxwell who works out of Waterfront Tackle on the lake Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Hickory – March 18, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/21/2007 Bron Hemphill and Bradley Woodie weighed in a sold limit of Lake Hickory bass totaling up to 15 lbs 2 ozs and they also had the Big Fish of the day with a 6 lb. 4 oz bass. All total they collected $325.00! 2nd Annual WARRIORS ON THE WATER™ Fishing Tournament to be held on Jordan Lake May 11, 2007 By Warriors On The Water - 03/20/2007 Come help us say “Thank You” to our men and women in uniform by participating in a day of fishing on Jordan Lake, just south of Raleigh, NC Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – March 17, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/19/2007 Jerry Way almost reached the mid-range 20 pound mark with a 5 bass limit weighing 24 lbs. 3 ozs and walked away with 1st Place and $725.00. Jerry was back at the ramp at 2:00 pm tired of fighting the wind all day but he said this was one of his best days fishing on Lake Wateree. Jerry also received a couple of spools of Izorline and a bottle of Bass Rx! Western NC’s Top Bass Anglers Determined By Bob Patrick - 03/18/2007 A State Western Division Bass Tournament was held Saturday on Lake Hickory with the top six finishers being honored with positions on the NC State BASS Federation Nation fishing team Everything is on the move on West Point Lake By Pat Robertson - 03/15/2007 Veteran West Point guide Paul Parsons of LaGrange, Ga., said the bass are starting to move shallow, the crappie are in the creeks and up the river, and the hybrids have started to run up the river along with the stripers Bass fishing on Falls Lake ready to ‘explode’ By Pat Robertson - 03/15/2007 Bass fishing on Falls Lake is just about ready to bust loose, according to veteran guide Kennon Brown of Roxboro, N.C. Jocassee Outdoor Center Trout Tournament Results - March 10, 2007 By Ken Sloan - 03/14/2007 Conditions were perfect for trout fishing and Zan Maddox (Rock Hill) took top honors with a 5.06 lb Brown Trout and pocketed $597 for his efforts DAIWA’S NEW PROCASTER® ROJO BAITCASTER OFFERS STATE-OF-THE-ART FEATURES WITHOUT THE HIGH PRICE TAG By Daiwa - 03/14/2007 Daiwa’s new Procaster® Rojo baitcaster, equipped with advanced features you’d expect to find only on higher-priced reels, is a value-packed, fish-catching machine Fishers of Men Rocky NC State Directors Challenge Championship Results – March 10, 2007 By Mike Sides - 03/12/2007 The 2006 North Carolina Directors Challenge State Championship Was Held On Lake Wylie on 3-10-07 Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – March 11, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/12/2007 1st Place with a nice limit was Kevin Sanders and Keith Henderson. They brought in 21 lbs 10 ozs and took the win and also had 2nd Place Big Fish with a 7 lb 2 oz bass to take home $563.00! 21st Jim Ledbetter Memorial Team Bass Tournament – Lake Norman – March 10, 2007 By Bob Patrick - 03/11/2007 Ledbetter Memorial Bass Tournament Raises over $35,000 to Fight Cancer! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wylie – March 10, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/11/2007 Todd Moss and Donnis Hanshaw have been fishing CATT ever since we came to Wylie and Saturday they cashed in. Todd and Donnis weighed in a great bag of bass anchored by a 6 lb 1 oz hawg that also took 1st Place Big Fish. All total the pair collected $809.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clarks Hill / Thurmond – March 4, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/09/2007 David Smith and Joe Ludwig came in with 5 bass weighing 12 lbs 14 ozs and also had the Big Fish of the tourney at 3 lbs 14 ozs. They collected $320.00! Mid-Carolina Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – March 3, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/08/2007 Kevin Fulmer of Prosperity and Randy Hall of Batesburg weighed in 7 bass at 32 lbs 1 oz and also brought in the Big Fish of the tournament with a fat 8 lb. 3 oz bass. All total they walked away with $2270.00! Fish the front yard pattern for bass at Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 03/08/2007 For bass fishing success on Lake Wateree this week go with the front lawn pattern. Tie on a jig and pitch it to the picnic tables and lawn chairs Muddy water slows fishing at Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 03/08/2007 You can catch fish in Lake Oconee right now, despite feeling like you are fishing in a mud hole, according to veteran guide Big Al Bassett of Buckhead, GA Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – March 3, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/06/2007 Donald Hinson and Jeremy Rabon somehow coaxed 3 Lake Wateree bass into biting and their total weight was 12 lbs 8 ozs. They also had the Big Fish of the day at 5 lbs 5 ozs. All total they collected $626.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Hickory – March 3, 2007 By Brett Collins - 03/05/2007 Charles Farrington and Robert Bauguess weighed in a sold limit of Lake Hickory bass at 16 lbs 8 ozs and also had Big Fish with a 4 lb. 14 oz bass. They collected $320.00! Crappie biting good on High Rock, bass picking up By Pat Robertson - 03/02/2007 Warmer weather and rising temperatures should have both the bass and the crappie moving to shallower levels in High Rock Lake, said Capt. Jerry Neeley of Bessemer City, N.C. Bass fishing ready to bust open on Lake Seminole By Pat Robertson - 03/02/2007 Warming water temperatures have the bass in Lake Seminole moving shallow and some are even working on beds, but the bite has fluctuated this week because of a falling water level, according to veteran bass guide Randy Weaver of Bainbridge, GA Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Greenwood – February 24, 2007 By Brett Collins - 02/28/2007 Ken Frazier and Kevin Knotts weighed a solid limit of Greenwood bass totaling 16 lbs 4 ozs. They also weighed in a nice 5 lb 8 oz bass and took 2nd place Big Fish. All total they collected $270.00! Piedmont North Carolina Division of Fishers Of Men Results – Belews Creek – February 24, 2007 By Mike Sides - 02/28/2007 First Place went to Gary Preston (top Adult/Jr Angler in 2006 and his new partner, Kenny Haley with 14.88 pounds and with a big fish of 4.82 pounds! Don’t tell hungry Lake Wylie bass that it’s winter By Pat Robertson - 02/22/2007 Fishing may be slow on some other lakes because of the late winter cold snap that sent water temperatures plummeting, but nobody told the bass in Lake Wylie to stop biting Fishing is the toughest in memory on Lake Russell By Pat Robertson - 02/22/2007 Fishing has been tough on Lake Russell recently as the bass are in the final stages of a winter pattern, crappie bites are few and far between and the perch are not interested at all, according to veteran guide Wendell Wilson of Elberton, GA Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clarks Hill / Thurmond – February 17, 2007 By Brett Collins - 02/22/2007 1st Place and 1st Place Big Fish at Clark Hill / Thurmond went to Michael Brown and David Lapsley with 3 bass weighing 10 lb 7 ozs and collected $320.00. They take the point lead and possible could earn free entry at the Final! Champion Homes bonus money available for the first three weeks of the Monday Night Madness tournaments on Lake Norman By Scott Turner - 02/22/2007 Click to see details!! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – February 17, 2007 By Brett Collins - 02/19/2007 Andy Owens only had 3 bass but their total weight of 10 lb 8 ozs was good enough to take 1st Place. He also had a 4 lb 13 oz bass to take 1st Place BF and collect a total of $580.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – February 11, 2007 By Brett Collins - 02/16/2007 Neil and Tim Huffstetler continued their Spring domination at Lake Murray February 11, 2007 with a heavy 5 bass limit weighing in at 25 lbs 1 oz. They also had 2nd Place Big Fish with a 7 lb 5 oz bass taking home a total of $355.00! Ranger Boats opens Rangers Owners Tournaments to all anglers By Ranger Boats - 02/15/2007 Revised rules require only team boaters to be registered Ranger owners Clarks Hill / Lake Thurmond cold, but stripers hitting good on planer boards By Pat Robertson - 02/15/2007 Although winter weather has dropped the water temperature in Clark Hill / Lake Thurmond, slowing the fishing, some nice stripers have been caught recently, said Capt. David Willard, veteran striper/hybrid guide on the lowest lake in the Savannah River Chain Stable water temperature needed for consistent fishing on Lake Eufaula By Pat Robertson - 02/15/2007 Right now, due to the changing water temperature and other factors, fishing is fairly slow, says veteran guide Jackie Thompson, although they have been catching some nice bass Strike King Lure Company announces James Niggemeyer as newest member of its Elite Pro-Staff By Strike King - 02/14/2007 Niggemeyer had an incredible year in 2006 and capped it off by qualifying for this year’s BassMaster’s Classic and the 2007 Elite Series! Jocassee Outdoor Center Trout Tournament Results - February 10, 2007 By Ken Sloan - 02/14/2007 Pat Patrick took top honors with a 6.38 pound Brown NEW DAIWA TRIFORCE® “SHORTY” RODS ARE JUST THE TICKET FOR FISHING IN TIGHT QUARTERS By Daiwa - 02/13/2007 Unique, three-foot rods allow anglers to easily access areas where obstructions make it difficult to use longer rods Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Hickory – February 10, 2007 By Brett Collins - 02/12/2007 Shannon Stafford fished solo Saturday at Lake Hickory and took home 1st Place with 7 lb. 3 ozs. Shannon also weighed in a nice 5 lb 6 oz to take 1st Place Big Fish and collected $320.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wylie – February 10, 2007 By Brett Collins - 02/12/2007 Evidently when it’s cold Tom Russell and Doug Gilmer know where the Lake Wylie bass reside. They brought in a solid limit of Wylie bass weighing 16 lbs 13 ozs and also had the BF of the day at 4 lbs 13 ozs. All total Tom and Doug raked in $580.00 and took the Wylie points lead! Lake Lanier fishing good as lake settles into winter pattern By Pat Robertson - 02/09/2007 Veteran Lake Lanier guide Mack Farr is temporarily off the water while waiting on his new boat, but that has not kept him from staying up to date on what the fish are doing on the Georgia lake Fish deep for hungry Lake Murray bass By Pat Robertson - 02/09/2007 Frigid temperatures have gripped the Southeast in recent weeks, sending water temperatures plummeting and the fish have responded by moving back into deeper water Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Hickory – February 3, 2007 By Brett Collins - 02/08/2007 Charles Farrington and Robert Bauguess weighed in 2 bass at 5 lbs 8 ozs and they also had a 2 lb. 15 oz bass good enough to take the Big Fish of the day. We decided to pay back all the entry fee today so they collected $240.00! 21ST ANNUAL JIM LEDBETTER MEMORIAL TEAM BASS TOURNAMENT OFFERS FAMILY FUN FOR ALL AGES ON LAKE NORMAN By Bob Patrick - 02/05/2007 The Tournament is set for Saturday, March 10th at Queen’s Landing on Highway 150 in Mooresville, NC. Time for a jigging spoon on Kerr/Buggs Island By Pat Robertson - 01/31/2007 “There’s not much to do right now, just deep jigging,” says bass pro and guide Joel Richardson. “Find the clearest water in the lake – and that will be in Nutbush Creek and Butchers Creek – and work the jigging spoon.” Lake Gaston producing variety of species on jigging spoon By Pat Robertson - 01/31/2007 The jigging spoon is the ticket just downstream on Lake Gaston, too, said pro bass tournament angler and bass/striper guide Joel Richardson of Kernersville, N.C. Lake Norman bass wondering whether to act like spring or winter By Pat Robertson - 01/26/2007 “The water in Lake Norman is finally starting to cool off and it’s finally starting to feel like winter,” said Eric Weir, who guides for bass on both Lakes Norman and Wylie. “The water temperature has been in the mid-50s, but we need for it to cool down so the fish will bunch up a little and get into a good predictable winter pattern.” Sleet, plummeting temperatures push Lake Jordan into winter mode By Pat Robertson - 01/26/2007 The bass in Lake Jordan were all ready for spring to arrive and the spawn to begin, but a winter storm last week that dumped sleet on the area and caused temperatures to plummet have got them back in a winter mode How to fish the “MO-WAK” Rig By Roger Lee Brown - 01/23/2007 “Since I have been using and teaching this new rig, all my clients and students have been amazed at how well it actually works and plan to keep a rod rigged with it always on deck,” says Roger Lee Brown, The Bass Coach Jocassee Outdoor Center Trout Tournament Results - January 13, 2007 By Ken Sloan - 01/18/2007 Roy Phillips of Greenville wins 1st Place with 5.35 lbs! Question on Lake Hartwell is whether to go fishing or plant a garden By Pat Robertson - 01/18/2007 “We fished last Friday and Saturday and the fishing was tough. We got on some massive schools of fish Friday and they would not bite. Then late in the afternoon we found another school of fish – big fish – and they finally decided to feed,” said Captain Rick Owen of Anderson, SC Woodham hopes winter weather will end ‘confusion’ on Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 01/18/2007 Temperatures in the mid-70s have had the fish in Santee Cooper confused, said Capt. Gus Woodham, who guides out of Randolph’s Landing Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clark Hill / Thurmond – January 13, 2007 By Brett Collins - 01/15/2007 John Boy Long and Steve Kelly walked away with 1st Place and a total of $1542.00 with a 5 bass limit weighing in at 14 lbs 8 ozs. They also brought in a healthy 5 lb 14 oz bass and took 2nd Place Big Fish! Bass biting good in isolated areas of West Point Lake By Pat Robertson - 01/12/2007 “A little less than a month ago the DNR shocked up more 6-pound-plus largemouth bass on West Point Lake than they have in years. That’s great news and I know you’d like to get one of those big bass this spring.” Bass bite slow on Falls, but they are aggressive on Hyco By Pat Robertson - 01/12/2007 Tournament angler David Farman of Semora, N.C., fishes Falls Lake regularly, but right now his attention is all on Hyco Lake, a 3,750-acre reservoir 10 miles west of Roxboro, N.C., that backs up the Hyco River and three main tributaries – North and South Hyco Creeks and Cobbs Creek Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – January 6, 2007 By Brett Collins - 01/11/2007 Neil Huffstetler and Kevin Gordon took home 1st Place and $1500.00 at the Lake Murray 2006 Fall Final held this past Saturday January 6 at Billy Dreher Island. They weighed in a limit of bass totaling 15 lbs 11 ozs! NEW DAIWA LURES FEATURE DESIGNS AND ACTIONS IRRESISTIBLE TO BASS AND OTHER FRESHWATER PREDATORS By Daiwa - 01/09/2007 Daiwa has introduced a new selection of affordable, effective plugs, crankbaits, jerkbaits and spinnerbaits featuring life-like designs and actions bass and other predatory freshwater game fish simply can’t resist Warm weather equals good bass fishing on Lake Keowee By Pat Robertson - 01/05/2007 Normally this time of year the bass in Lake Keowee are holding around 70 feet deep and schooling regularly on the surface. But so far this has not been a normal winter Cold snap, low water affect Lake Guntersville bass fishing By Pat Robertson - 01/05/2007 Bass fishing on Lake Guntersville is not very good right now, but it should get better in a hurry, according to veteran guide Billy Ledbetter, who operates out of Waterfront Tackle on the lake Hot New Fishing Technique - the “INCHI WACKY” aka The Jig Head Wacky By Captain Karl Bunch - 12/29/2006 The hottest new fishing technique to come to the U.S. since the Dropshot is explained by Captain Karl Bunch Tough fishing on Lake Oconee calls for light tackle By Pat Robertson - 12/28/2006 Fishing has been tough in Georgia’s Lake Oconee and when the fishing gets tough, Al Bassett goes light, like he did in a December bass tournament Bass relating to deep water near rocks on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 12/28/2006 “The bass in Wateree always relate to rocks except in the spring. The shad are relating to the creek channels and river channels now, so they are getting around the deeper water,” says tournament angler and AnglersChannel.com Pro Staffer Dearal Rodgers Crappie, channel cats biting good on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 12/21/2006 Despite reports of the demise of the crappie population in Lake Wylie, crappie are biting pretty good in the reservoir that straddles the North Carolina-South Carolina line just south of Charlotte, N.C. Crappie on High Rock Lake not bothered by the cold By Pat Robertson - 12/21/2006 Guide Jerry Neeley wouldn’t mind another day this holiday season like the one he had on High Rock Lake the week after Christmas last year Parker wins Strike King’s “Design Denny’s Ride” Contest By Strike King Lure Company - 12/19/2006 Bill Parker of Huntsville, Alabama won a fishing trip with Denny Brauer on a lake to be determined! Bass fishing and duck hunting both good on Lake Seminole By Pat Robertson - 12/14/2006 Bass fishing is good and so is the duck hunting on Lake Seminole, according to veteran fishing and waterfowl guide Steven Wells of Bainbridge, Ga. Bass and perch schooling together on Lake Russell By Pat Robertson - 12/14/2006 A bass angler can catch and release lots of quality bass while landing plenty of tasty yellow perch for the table at the same time on Lake Russell, according to veteran guide Wendell Wilson of Elberton, Ga. Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wylie – December 9, 2006 By Brett Collins - 12/11/2006 Louie Hull and Bryan Thrift put a hurtin on the Lake Wylie largemouth bringing in a heavy sack of bass weighing 23 lbs 12 ozs and also had the Big Fish of the tournament at 5 lbs 6 ozs. They collected $1633.00 for their 1st Place finish! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – December 9, 2006 By Brett Collins - 12/11/2006 Tim Harmon and David Schnieder were among the first teams to enter the CATT Trail when CATT first came to Lake Murray way back in 1998 at P & L Landing. They have been gone for a while but they came back in a big way weighing in a whopping 26 lbs 5 oz limit and also had Big Fish at 6 lbs 15 ozs to take home a total of $501.00! Rocky structure near deep water key to winter bass on Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 12/08/2006 Doug Lown’s fishing buddy Beau Dixon found a jig to be effective for bass on rocky humps with deep water all around in Lake Murray last Saturday, a typical location for this time of year Umbrella rigs catching numbers of stripers on Lake Lanier By Pat Robertson - 12/08/2006 “The stripers are getting on their winter pattern and the umbrella rig bite is really good for numbers of fish,” says veteran guide Captain Shane Watson, noting, however, that the bigger fish are coming on free lines and planer boards with rainbow trout for bait Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clark Hill / Thurmond – December 2, 2006 By Brett Collins - 12/04/2006 Taking 1st Place was Shannon Jordan and Mack Kitchens with a heavy sack of bass weighing in at 17 lbs 10 ozs. They also had the Big Fish of the tournament at 7 lbs 11 ozs. All total they collected $395.00! Lake Thurmond fishermen limiting on stripers and hybrids By Pat Robertson - 11/29/2006 “We're catching mostly stripers and a few hybrids and some really nice 5- and 6-pound largemouths, which we have been releasing,” says striper/hybrid guide Captain Dave Willard Bass are scattered on Lake Eufaula By Pat Robertson - 11/29/2006 “It’s typical fall fishing on Lake Eufaula,” says veteran guide Jackie Thompson. “You can go out there and catch fish, but you have to work for what you get.” Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wylie – November 25, 2006 By Brett Collins - 11/27/2006 Gene Webster has been on a streak this Fall and he extended it Saturday. Gene brought in 16 lbs 13 ozs to make it 2 wins in a row. Gene also took over 1st Place in the Points and now will receive free entry and #1 Blast Off position at the December 9th Lake Wylie Final. Along with 1st Place money he also brought in a 4lb. 4 oz. bass and took 1st Place Big Fish and received a total of $585.00! Catfish biting and stripers are schooling on Lake Greenwood By Pat Robertson - 11/22/2006 The channel catfish have been biting really good on Lake Greenwood and the stripers are schooling around the lake, according to trophy catfish-striper guide Chris Simpson of Ninety Six, S.C. Largemouth bass and stripers are in the creeks on Kerr Reservoir By Pat Robertson - 11/22/2006 “The largemouth bass are in the back two-thirds of the creeks around the schools of shad,” said Joel Richardson, a pro bass tournament angler and bass/striper guide on Kerr. “The stripers have been schooling really good in the mouths of Eastland Creek, Butchers Creek and Neal Creek.” Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clark Hill / Thurmond – November 18, 2006 By Brett Collins - 11/21/2006 Bart Blackburn and Joe Ludwig weighed in 13 lbs 3 ozs and took 1st Place at the 3rd CATT Clarks Hill / Thurmond Qualifier. They collected $300.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – November 18, 2006 By Brett Collins - 11/20/2006 Dennis Shumate and Jay Keith took 1st Place with 15 lbs 5 ozs and they pocketed $1500.00! Catfish are hot ticket on Lake Norman By Pat Robertson - 11/17/2006 Bass and crappie fishing may be good, but catfish are biting really good on Lake Norman, said veteran guide Jerry Neely of Bessemer City, N.C. Rains raise water level, fishing success on Jordan Lake By Pat Robertson - 11/17/2006 Recent rains have brought the water level up in Jordan Lake and that has turned the bass on, said Jeffrey Thomas of Broadway, N.C., veteran tournament angler and fishing guide Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – November 11, 2006 By Brett Collins - 11/15/2006 Tommy King and Clayton King made the trip to Lake Murray and walked away with 1st Place and 1st Place Big Fish. They weighed in 5 bass at 17 lbs 8 ozs and a 7 lb 11 ozs bass to collect a total of $612.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – November 11, 2006 By Brett Collins - 11/14/2006 1st Place went to Cliff Cantey and Wayne King with 15 lbs 11 ozs of Lake Wateree bass worth $500.00! Ryan Newman Foundation Celebrity Bass Tournament – Lake Norman - December 16, 2006 By Ryan Newman Foundation - 11/13/2006 On December 16, 2006 Ryan Newman will combine his love for fishing with his passion for philanthropy while hosting the inaugural Ryan Newman Foundation Celebrity Charity Fishing Tournament on Lake Norman in Huntersville, North Carolina National Bass Circuit Pro Series Championship - Lake Norman - Final Results - November 12, 2006 By Scott Turner - 11/12/2006 Andy Montgomery and Louie Hull brought 15.21 lbs to the scales on the final day to take home the 2006 NBC Championship and $25,000!! National Bass Circuit "Pro Series" Championship - Lake Norman - Day 1 - November 10, 2006 By Scott Turner - 11/11/2006 McCready and Dyer lead with 12.27 lbs. Bass are shallow in the backs of the pockets on Falls By Pat Robertson - 11/09/2006 “The fish are in Falls definitely chasing shad from two-thirds of the way back to all the way back in the pockets to where there is no water,” said veteran guide Kennon Brown of Roxboro, N.C. “I’ve actually seen fish in there tailing.” Bass and hybrids chasing shad in backs of pockets and creeks in West Point By Pat Robertson - 11/09/2006 Although they are running a few weeks later than normal the shad are finally in the backs of the pockets and creeks on West Point Lake and the bass and hybrids have moved in right behind them Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wylie – November 5, 2006 By Brett Collins - 11/06/2006 Gene Webster put a smacking on the bass as he fished single and brought in 16 lbs 10 oz to take 1st Place. He also had 2nd Place Big Fish with a nice 4 lb 5 oz bass to take home a total of $450.00! NEW STEEZ™ BASS GEAR FROM DAIWA IS THE WORLD’S LIGHTEST By Daiwa Corporation - 11/03/2006 New from Daiwa is a complete, state-of-the-art system of spinning and baitcasting reels, rods and matching fluorocarbon line, all under the Steez™ logo Fish The Fall Tournament Trail Lake Greenwood Results – October 28, 2006 By Randy Morrison - 11/02/2006 Fish the Fall would like to congratulate Mark Smith and Scott Jeter for their catch of over 13lbs and their first win of this season. The two took home a nice check for $2800 for their effort! Lake Hartwell in turnover, but excellent striper fishing expected any day By Pat Robertson - 11/02/2006 Lake Hartwell appears to still be in turnover, which has put a dent in striper-hybrid fishing success, but that should change any time now, according to veteran guide Chip Hamilton of Piedmont Blue catfish are biting good at Santee Cooper By Pat Robertson - 11/02/2006 It’s the fall of the year, the air is beginning to get crisp in the early morning but warms up in the autumn sunshine during the day, and the catfish are biting at Santee Cooper Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clark Hill / Thurmond – October 28, 2006 By Brett Collins - 11/02/2006 John Boy Long and Steve Kelly weighed in 15 lbs 11 ozs to take 1st Place at the 2nd Clarks Hill CATT Qualifier out of the Cherokee Ramp. They also weighed in a fat 7 lb 2 oz bass caught on a crank bait to take 1st Place Big Fish. All total they collected $395.00! AnglesChannel.com Member Appreciation Tournament Results – Lake Wylie – October 28, 2006 By AnglersChannel.com - 10/30/2006 Eric Weir and John Strempke took First Place with a 5-fish limit that weighed in at 15.47 lbs., good for the grand prize of $5,000 cash!! Fish deep but keep a topwater rig handy for Lake Keowee bass By Pat Robertson - 10/26/2006 Anytime you fish Lake Keowee you’d better have a topwater plug tied on. That’s the advice of Rocky Wells, long-time Keowee bass angler and owner of Gap Hill Landing on the lake Be prepared to fish every which way on Lake Guntersville By Pat Robertson - 10/26/2006 The key to bass fishing Lake Guntersville this time of year is to have four or five rods rigged with different type lures because you never know what the fish will want, according to Levi Coxwell at Waterfront Tackle on the lake Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – October 21, 2006 By Brett Collins - 10/25/2006 Rhett Manus and Michael Stribble took 1st Place with a 5 bass limit coming in at 15 lbs 11 ozs and also had 2nd Place Big Fish with a 4 lb 3 oz bass. They collected a total of $355.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results – CATT Invitational - Lake Wateree – October 21-22, 2006 By Brett Collins - 10/24/2006 For the 3rd week in a row Andy Owens ended up on top and this time he received his largest 1st Place check to date. His two day total of 22 lbs 11ozs put $3,000.00 in his pocket! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – October 14, 2006 By Brett Collins - 10/23/2006 Andy Owens squeaked by to win 1st Place with a total weight of 15 lbs 15 ozs and also weighed in a fat 4 lb 11 oz Lake Wateree largemouth taking 1st Place Big Fish to collect a total of $692.00! Pig on a dock is top bass combination on Lake Wateree By Pat Robertson - 10/18/2006 “The bass have come in and they are catching a lot of fish on the docks now,” said Stanley Spriggs at Marshall’s Marine in Lake City. “For the most part they are catching them on some sort of plastic, such as a Carolina-rigged worm, or a jig ‘n pig.” Bass fishing tough all summer but picking up on Lake Oconee By Pat Robertson - 10/18/2006 Bass fishing was slow on Georgia’s Lake Oconee all summer long, says veteran tournament angler Pat Fisher of Buckhead, Ga. but with the cooler weather it is starting to get better Find the bass to catch channel cats on Lake Wylie By Pat Robertson - 10/12/2006 This is the time of year when you can use the actions of schooling largemouth bass to enjoy some of the finest catfishing of the year on Lake Wylie, said veteran catfish guide Rodger Taylor of Rock Hill, S.C. Cold snap a temporary setback to great fall fishing on High Rock Lake By Pat Robertson - 10/12/2006 “Two weeks earlier they were biting like crazy. Even the day before they were biting like crazy. But our water temperature dropped 11 degrees in two days and that shut some fish down,” says guide Maynard Edwards Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wylie – October 8, 2006 By Brett Collins - 10/11/2006 Coming in 1st was Tom Russell and Doug Gilmer with a solid limit of Lake Wylie bass. Their 5 best for the day weighed in at 14 lbs 14 ozs and they also brought in a fat 3 lb 14 oz bass. All total they collected $620.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Norman – October 7, 2006 By Brett Collins - 10/11/2006 Rick McKinzie and Van Sexton took home the $1500.00 1st Place check with a 5 bass limit weighing in at 12 lbs 5 oz. Rick and Van are longtime CATT participants and evidently these guys know their way around Norman! Fish The Fall Lake Hartwell results – September 30, 2006 By Randy Morrison - 10/09/2006 Kyle Penland and Bobby Stanfield won $3,000 with a sack of five fish that weighed 22.08 lbs!! Lake Russell crappie and bass beginning to turn on By Pat Robertson - 10/05/2006 Crappie are probably the best thing going on Lake Russell right now, although conditions are building for bass fishing, which is good already, to really pick up Lake Seminole bass slow to get into normal fall pattern By Pat Robertson - 10/05/2006 “It’s really slow right now and it shouldn’t be,” Wells said. “The water temperature has dropped, there are shad everywhere and the pockets should be just filling up with bass, but they are not.” Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Clark Hill / Thurmond – September 30, 2006 By Brett Collins - 10/05/2006 Brett and Van Collins came in with a 5 bass limit weighing in at 13 lbs 10 oz and also had 1st Place Big Fish with a nice 4 lb 14 oz. Largemouth. All total we took home $400.00! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Murray – October 1, 2006 By Brett Collins - 10/05/2006 Kevin Sanders and Keith Henderson found the right bite and weighed in 18 lb 2 ozs with 5 bass and also took home 1st Place Big Fish money with a 4 lb 8 oz Lake Murray . All total they received $612.00! 25th Annual Eliada Home Benefit Bass Tournament - Lake Keowee - September 30, 2006 By Gary Abernethy - 10/02/2006 Don Robinson and Jeff Wood win with 15.30 lbs. to take home a check for $1000! Crappie fishing good, stripers scattered on Lake Thurmond By Pat Robertson - 09/29/2006 Striper fishing at the very upper end of Lake Thurmond in the Russell Tailrace had been extremely good – until it fell apart about a week or 10 days ago – but right now crappie are providing the best fishing, said veteran guide Wendell Wilson of Elberton, Ga. Lake Eufaula bass shallow early and late, deep during the day By Pat Robertson - 09/29/2006 Lake Eufaula is beginning to turn over and that makes fishing a day to day situation, said veteran guide Jackie Thompson of Eufaula, Ala. Product Review for STICK-JACKET – a protective jacket for your fishing rods By Doug Tinsley - 09/26/2006 Once in a long while someone comes along with a product that fills a legitimate need, a product so obvious, so simple, effective and easy to use that we all shrug our shoulders and say, “now why didn’t I think of that.” Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Norman – September 23, 2006 By Brett Collins - 09/25/2006 After their rough day on the water 1st Place and a check for $500.00 went to Jody Wright and Lester Elton with 5 bass weighing in at 11 lbs, 15 oz! Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Wateree – September 23, 2006 By Brett Collins - 09/25/2006 After the weigh-in scales were closed down Randall Driggers and Josh McGregor had weighed in a 5 bass limit at 12 lbs 15 oz good enough for 1st Place and a check for $575.00 They also had the 2nd Place Big Fish weighing in at 4 lbs 4 oz! Cooler weather means bass fishing bonanza on Lake Murray By Pat Robertson - 09/22/2006 Thursday was the last day of summer, a welcome transition for bass anglers eagerly waiting on the bass fishing bonanza that fall typically brings to South Carolina’s Lake Murray Lake Lanier bass feeding up on shad in the creeks By Pat Robertson - 09/22/2006 Bass in Lake Lanier are heading into a fall pattern, schooling up in the middle of the backs of creeks and feeding on shad, said Joey McBride, who guides for stripers and spotted bass on the Georgia reservoir just north of Atlanta Carolina Angler’s Team Trail Results for Lake Norman – September 16, 2006 By Brett Collins - 09/19/2006 Cliff and John Kirby made it 2 in a row with another nice 16 lb. 2 oz. sack of bass and they also had a fat 4 lb 3 oz Largemouth good enough for 2nd place Big Fish. All total they took home $557.00! Lake Jocassee down but trout, bass still biting By Pat Robertson - 09/15/2006 Because of high electrical consumption combined with work to replace generators at the Jocassee Dam, the mountain lake is down 16-20 feet this fall, says Russ Reynolds of Lake Jocassee Guide Service Anglers’ choice of tactics right now on Kerr/Buggs Island By Pat Robertson - 09/15/2006 Bass fishing on Kerr Reservoir right now is pretty much open to whatever way an angler wants to fish, said James Marshall at Tri-City Bait & Tackle in Kernersvi