Category: "Central"
Chris Zaldain best pro of 2011 in Central Open
By editor on Oct 23, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Elites, BASS Opens, BASS, Pro Anglers, Central | Send feedback »
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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 editor on Oct 23, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central | Send feedback »
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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' Janet Parker out of contention for Bassmaster Elite Series
By editor on Oct 22, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Elites, BASS Opens, BASS, Pro Anglers, Central | Send feedback »
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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.
Texas' Tommy Martin making magic at Table Rock
By editor on Oct 22, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central | Send feedback »
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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 editor on Oct 21, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central | Send feedback »
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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.
B.A.S.S. Announces 2012 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open Schedule
By editor on Sep 22, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Northern, Southern, Central | Send feedback »
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CELEBRATION, Fla. — B.A.S.S. LLC announced the 2012 schedule today for a three-division Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open circuit that will hit nine bass fisheries in nine different states.
Timing on the fisheries was a top consideration in creation of the schedule — Lake Norman and Table Rock in April, and the James River in July, for example. So was geography: south to Florida, west into Texas, and north to Michigan. A fresh challenge was added with a Cayuga Lake tournament; that one is in August, perfect timing for upstate New York.
Tommy Biffle runs away with the Central Open
By editor on Sep 11, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central | Send feedback »
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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 editor on Sep 10, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Opens, BASS, Central | Send feedback »
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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.