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Mercury pro JT Kenney is known as an expert when fishing for bass in the shallows. He used that knowledge to take home a win and a check for $125,000 at a recent FLW Tour event on Lake Toho in Florida.
Ranger boats pro J.T. Kenney of Palm Bay, Florida, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Sunday weighing 9 pounds, 4 ounces to win $125,000 at the Walmart FLW Tour at Lake Toho presented by Mercury with a four-day cumulative total of 20 bass weighing 76 pounds even.
Looking over the tour-level events for the 2015 season on both major tours, the FLW and the Bassmaster Elite Series, there are some excellent locations to be sure. Some are old standbys (like the entire FLW schedule), and some that should be interesting (Sturgeon Bay in September and the Sacramento River in late April and early May peak my interest). However, only one event is a standout to me, Lake Havasu.
No more Cinderella stories!
ESCANABA, Mich. - Sept. 23, 2014 - It was a telling sign of how well Mercury pro Jacob Powroznik fished during the 2014 Bassmaster Elite Series season: 2004 Bassmaster Classic champion Takahiro Omori stopped Powroznik in the hallway during the pre-tournament rules meeting at the Angler of the Year Championship last weekend and shook his finger at the Virginia native.
Park Falls, WI (October 17, 2013) - Some tournament goers may have never given Tommy Skarlis a second glance during takeoff on day one of the 2013 Crappie Master National Championship - held September 27 and 28, on Grenada Lake out of Granada, Missouri.
With Bassmaster Classic berths on the line for several Elite Series anglers coming into this final event of the season, the Plano Championship Chase Bassmaster Series event on Lake St. Clair out of Detroit, Michigan was building up to be a very dramatic event. It was.
Jimmy Houston is fishing in the FLW Tour Championship! Yep, the world famous bang-wearing blonde angler is not just a TV show host folks. He is the real deal and has been for decades. A two-time B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year, Houston is a legit legend. So, why is there surprise that he qualified for this championship?
Fans of Larry "The General" Nixon, know he's been swinging his fishing rods for 37 years as a pro basser. Like any top-end athlete, Nixon knows time starts to catch up with him. However, never fear, The General will be swinging on his bassy quarry and striking fear into the hearts of his competition for the foreseeable future. Even though nearly four decades of competition are under his belt, Nixon has no plans to retire.
Tennessee’s Morgan Clinches Angler Of The Year Title, $100,000
DAYTON, Tenn. (June 30, 2013) – Rookie pro Casey Martin of New Hope, Ala., brought the biggest stringer of the tournament to the scales Sunday, a five-bass limit weighing 30 pounds, 1 ounce to win $125,500 at the Walmart FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Chevy. Martin’s four-day catch of 20 bass weighing 103-3 is the second-largest stringer ever weighed in FLW Tour competition.
