Bass Tournament News

The Bassmaster Elite Series Mystery Lake location for the June 28-July 1 tournament has been a mystery to pros and fans alike since the surprise was announced last summer. On Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 1 PM CT, B.A.S.S. will announce the location on Bassmaster.com. B.A.S.S. Social Media Editor Tyler W. Reed reveals that the Mystery Lake is within 500 miles of La Crosse, Wisconsin. His Mystery Lake — where is it? article on Bassmaster.com includes a map of the target area.

B.A.S.S. News

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S., upon the recommendation of its Bassmaster Elite Series Rules Committee, has amended its tournament rules to limit anglers competing in the Bassmaster Classic and Bassmaster Elite Series to the use of a single lure during practice and competition.

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B.A.S.S. News

B.A.S.S. Reporter’s Notebook: A more savvy Kyle Fox is ready for the Elites; Boat giveaway marks 50 years for Rebel; A ‘who’s who’ of the Red; and … Plan for it with a Planner

A more savvy Kyle Fox is ready for the Elites: It is somewhat ironic that after only one season in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Opens, Florida-born and Southern-bred angler Kyle Fox made it into the 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series. The irony is sharper because his Northern success came after toiling four seasons in the closer-to-home Bassmaster Southern and Central Opens.

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B.A.S.S. News

Casey Scanlon of Lenexa, Kan., has been offered a berth in the 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series.

Scanlon, 27, was No. 6 in points when the 2011 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open tour concluded Oct. 22. Since that day, of the five who qualified that day to step up to the Elite Series, Texas’ Tommy Martin has declined, and a spot opened up for Scanlon.

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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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B.A.S.S. News

BRANSON, Mo. — Janet Parker fell out of contention Friday for a Bassmaster Elite Series berth in 2012.

The bass pro from Little Elm, Texas, finished in 100th place in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open on Table Rock Lake, knocking her out of the top five in the circuit’s points race. She was aiming to garner a top-5 invitation to turn Elite and become the first female Elite pro in the sport’s history.

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B.A.S.S. News

BRANSON, Mo. — Kevin VanDam has his cookies, Boyd Duckett his red shoes, Ish Monroe his sandwiches. Scratch any superstar fishing pro and you’ll find some sort of lucky charm he or she would not leave home without. Janet Parker of Little Elm, Texas, is no different.

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B.A.S.S. News

BRANSON, Mo. — In the 14th century, a nun and outdoor-sports addict named Dame Juliana Berners wrote a book that’s now generally accepted as the oldest known work on fishing by a woman.

Centuries later, Janet Parker of Little Elm, Texas, is poised to be the next pioneer of women in fishing. She’s second in points in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open circuit, a prime position to close on an invitation issued to the season’s top five to move up to the Bassmaster Elite Series. The 2012 Elite qualifiers from the Central Open will be determined when the season wraps up Saturday on Table Rock Lake out of Branson.

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