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Chris Zaldain best pro of 2011 in Central Open
By djkimmel on Oct 23, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Elites, BASS Opens, BASS, Pro Anglers, Central
B.A.S.S. News
Five qualify for 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series
BRANSON, Mo. — Chris Zaldain of San Jose, Calif., led the list of five anglers who qualified Saturday to move up in 2012 into the top tier of competition, the Bassmaster Elite Series, through the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open circuit.
With 804 points over the circuit’s three events of 2011, Zaldain wrapped up the season as the top angler.
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Kevin Short comes on strong to win Table Rock
By djkimmel on Oct 23, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central
B.A.S.S. News
BRANSON, Mo. — Kevin Short kept plugging away each day and saved his best performance for last to win the season finale Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open at Table Rock Lake.
After catching only three fish and sitting in 22nd place on Day One, Short added four keepers and jumped up to fifth place the next day to make the Final 12 cut. The Mayflower, Ark., angler bagged a five-fish limit weighing 15 pounds, 7 ounces today to amass 33 pounds, 8 ounces and claim his fifth B.A.S.S. victory.
Texas' Tommy Martin making magic at Table Rock
By djkimmel on Oct 22, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central
B.A.S.S. News
BRANSON, Mo. — Tommy Martin is spinning some of that old magic that has made him a 19-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier.
The Hemphill, Texas, pro will turn 71 next month, but he has showed no signs of slowing down during the first two days of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open at Table Rock Lake. Instead, Martin is full of vim and vigor as he leads the event with 22 pounds, 5 ounces and is the only angler in the entire field to catch a limit each day. The first day he weighed in a 10-6 limit to move into 10th place and followed up with an 11-15 bag today to take the lead.
Arkansas' Dodson knows best at Table Rock
By djkimmel on Oct 21, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central
B.A.S.S. News
BRANSON, Mo. — Fishing was tough enough before Mother Nature threw a curve for the opening pitch of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open today at Table Rock Lake.
A prolonged Indian summer has kept bass in a holding pattern for weeks at Table Rock and the first major cold front of autumn hit this week to put the fish into more of a fall funk. Despite the tough conditions, Harrison, Ark., angler Robbie Dodson Jr. relied on his experience at Table Rock Lake to amass a five-fish limit weighing 15 pounds, 9 ounces to take the pro division lead in the third and final Bassmaster Central Open.
Tommy Biffle runs away with the Central Open
By djkimmel on Sep 11, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central
B.A.S.S. News
Smiley goes from fifth to first in Co-Angler
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Wagoner, Okla., Elite Series pro Tommy Biffle built on his 9-pound, 15-ounce lead with a five-fish stringer weighing 11-8 for a three-day total of 45-13, good enough to win the Bass Pro Shops Central Open in Muskogee, Okla., by more than 8 pounds. While the win was expected, it didn’t come easy.
Finding unpressured fish gives Biffle a 9-pound, 11-ounce lead in Central Open
By djkimmel on Sep 10, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central
B.A.S.S. News
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Bassmaster Elite Series pro Tommy Biffle came to the scales with the second largest five-fish limit of the day, good enough to put the Wagoner, Okla., angler into a commanding lead in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open going into the final day of fishing.
Tommy Biffle leads first day of Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open on the Arkansas River
By djkimmel on Sep 10, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central
B.A.S.S. News
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Low water levels on the Arkansas River are providing distinct advantages to the anglers who can get shallow, as the top two anglers in the Bass Pro Shops Central Open on the Arkansas River utilized shallow draft jet boats to access fish the rest of the field couldn’t reach. The majority of big fish on Day One came out of the Grand River for anglers fishing along rocky bars and way up in shallow creeks.
Look for locals to dominate the potentially fickle and hazardous Arkansas River
By djkimmel on Sep 2, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, Central
B.A.S.S. News
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The Arkansas River is where many Elite Series pros cut their angling teeth, and they’re better off for it. The river can provide a bounty of bass just as quickly as it can seem barren. The second Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open should lie somewhere in the middle of these extremes, says Talala, Okla., native and Elite Series pro Terry Butcher.
