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Momentum Continues to Build for McClelland after Cayuga Lake Event

Momentum Continues to Build for McClelland after Cayuga Lake Event

by | Aug 23, 2014 | | 0 Comments

UNION SPRINGS, N.Y. (Aug. 23) — Continuing to cull his way up the Bassmaster Elite Series leaderboard, pro angler Mike McClelland put up a great fight to come within ounces of the top 12.

Starting off Day 3 on Cayuga Lake with 33 pounds, 10 ounces, the Cabela’s/GEICO For Your Boat Elite angler kept his consistent pace going. With a solid bag of 15 pounds, 5 ounces, McClelland barely missed the final cut in 13th position with 48 pounds, 15 ounces.

 

“I feel pretty good about this tournament overall,” McClelland. “I felt comfortable with my practice but I didn’t catch a lot, so I didn’t know what I would actually catch on the weekend. I was very happily surprised the first day to have almost 18 pounds and then to halfway back it up the second day.

 

“Today was definitely a day though that I had to completely abandon what I had been doing because the wind blew so hard it laid the grass down. You couldn’t really fish because it was so rough. So essentially I just went shallow in the same areas I had been catching them. I had to use a vibrating bait up on the docks and in the shallow grass in the area.”

 

Even though McClelland barely missed the cut to fish on Championship Sunday, he did put himself in a great position in regards to the Angler of the Year race. His top-15 spot on Cayuga Lake helped build a nice cushion for McClelland heading into the next event. If he maintains his 29th position after the Escanaba, Mich., event not only will McClelland qualify for the Angler of the Year tournament but the Bassmaster Classic as well.

 

“This weekend definitely gives me a little bit of a cushion in the Angler of the Year standings,” McClelland said. “Especially if I stay in the top 15 or 18 this week, it gets me up into the position where I should be a double qualifier. As long as I go to Escanaba and do my job next week, I’m going to make someone further down the points list happy.

 

“I didn’t want to be that angler that only went to the Bassmaster Classic because of a win. I’ve maintained a relatively good year this year and only had a couple stumbles that I feel like I’ve recovered from. Overall, the year’s been a really successful year and it’s great to have the backing of Cabela’s, GEICO, and everyone else that makes this possible.”

 

Cabela’s/GEICO For Your Boat angler Mike McClelland came within ounces of advancing to Championship Sunday at Cayuga Lake.

Please visit www.Cabelas.com and www.GEICO.com for more information.

Momentum Continues to Build for McClelland after Cayuga Lake Event

Hard-Fought Weekend on Cayuga Lake Pays Dividends for Walker

by | Aug 23, 2014 | | 0 Comments

UNION SPRINGS, N.Y. (Aug. 23) — Focused fully on gaining momentum after the past few tournaments, pro angler David Walker showed he was a force to be reckoned with at the Bassmaster Elite event on Cayuga Lake.

Launching on the third day with 32 pounds, 13 ounces, the Cabela’s/GEICO For Your Boat angler was in the hunt all day to grab a spot in the final 12 according to Basstrakk. Unfortunately, his 15-pound, 6-ounce bag fell just short of the final spot, but his total weekend weight of 48 pounds, 3 ounces was nothing to hang his head over.

 

“It was a good thing that today was so overcast,” Walker said. “With the overcast conditions I was able to fish fast. The really good news was I could cast and retrieve because I had a strong wind at my back. I could basically cover a lot of water, which was what I needed to do today. Yesterday it was sunny and slick, which made you move along and pick your targets.

 

“Today I was much happier with the conditions and it showed in my results. I caught a lot more fish today than I did yesterday, but that’s because I never really got a big fish to bite. The first day is the one that really carried me through this event where I caught my biggest fish of the weekend. Today, a three- or four-pounder got away that could have really made a difference. It was just within a few hundred yards of the big one the first day. It really was a shot to the gut when that fish came off, but as the day went on I caught another good fish that made me feel better about my chances.”

 

Heading to Cayuga Lake in crunch mode, Walker was focused on gaining as many points as possible towards the Angler of the Year tournament. His solid performance all weekend not only gained him valuable points overall but gave him a solid gap over the cutoff spot. If his success continues next weekend, Walker will be solidly in the chase for the Angler of the Year title.

 

“All in all no matter the finish it was a good day and a good weekend,” Walker said. “It was all about getting a good solid finish and securing points for me. I just really wanted to get out of this thing with my head held high, and that’s really what I feel like I accomplished.

 

“I got the fish the way I like to, I caught a lot of fish, and I felt like I made the right choices this weekend. I’m not going to get in the truck and go home tonight thinking, ‘Oh, I wish I would have done this or I wish I would have done that.’ With as many fish as I have caught this weekend, to lose one, I’ll take that percentage any day.”

 

Cabela’s/GEICO For Your Boat angler David Walker caught 48 pounds, 3 ounces in a solid performance at the Bassmaster Elite event on Cayuga Lake.

 

 

Please visit www.Cabelas.com and www.GEICO.com for more information.

Momentum Continues to Build for McClelland after Cayuga Lake Event

Schmitt Wins Rayovac FLW Series Nothern Division Event on the James River

by | Aug 23, 2014 | | 0 Comments

RICHMOND, Va. (Aug. 23, 2014) – Bryan Schmitt of Deale, Md., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 15 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win the Rayovac FLW Series Northern Division event on the James River with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 52 pounds, 12 ounces. For his victory, Schmitt earned $29,329 and a Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Evinrude outboard.
“I caught 90 percent of my weight in the first 15 minutes every day,” said Schmitt, who is now tied with FLW Tour pros Koby Kreiger and Randy Haynes for most career Rayovac FLW Series wins with five. “I would catch a few giants in the morning and then work as hard as I could to fill my limit the rest of the day.”
Schmitt said that he targeted two key outside bends of a creek channel that had a mix of grass and pads on them for his early morning weight before targeting thicker vegetation the rest of the day. Schmitt reported catching most of his fish on a 6th Sense Core X Swimbait with a 6/0 Owner Beast Hook. He said he used P-Line braid when targeting the thicker vegetation and P-Line fluorocarbon on the outside edge. Schmitt also caught a few fish on a Strike King KVD HC 1.5 Squarebill Crankbait.
“The first day I caught nine fish, the second day I caught five bass and today I caught six,” said the tidal-water expert. “If I didn’t have that little window in the morning I wouldn’t have even made the top 10.
“I was making an hour long run,” said Schmitt. “By the time I got to my spot in the morning it was starting to get bright. The tide was low enough for three more hours for those big fish to stay there, but they would disappear. I almost think it was some sort of morning frenzy that didn’t have anything to do with the tide.”
The top 10 pros on the James River were:
                1st:           Bryan Schmitt, Deale, Md., 15 bass, 52-12, $29,329 + Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower outboard
                2nd:          Wayne Vaughan, Chester, Va., 15 bass, 50-3, $11,365
                3rd:          Kelly Pratt, Williamsburg, Va., 15 bass, 48-1, $8,799
                4th:           William Shelton III, La Crosse, Va., 15 bass, 42-7, $7,332
                5th:           Chris Baumgardner, Gastonia, N.C., 15 bass, 37-3, $6,599
                6th:           Bo Boltz, New Kent, Va., 15 bass, 33-6, $5,866
                7th:           Shayne Berlo, Fairfax, Va., 15 bass, 32-0, $5,133
                8th:           Frank Poirier, North Prince George, Va., 15 bass, 31-11, $4,399
                9th:           Robert Whitehurst, Henrico, Va., 15 bass, 30-5, $3,666
                10th:        Straight Talk Wireless pro J.T. Kenney, Palm Bay, Fla., 13 bass, 28-7, $2,933
Complete results can be found at FLWOutdoors.com.
Wil Hardy of Harlem, Ga., caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the pro division Thursday – a 9-pound, 1-ounce bass that earned him the day’s Big Bass award of $180.
Michael Crocker of Pasadena, Md., won the co-angler division and a Ranger Z117C with an Evinrude or Mercury outboard motor, with a three-day total of 11 bass weighing 27 pounds, 6 ounces.
 The top 10 co-anglers on the James River were:
                1st:           Michael Crocker, Pasadena, Md., 11 bass, 27-6, Ranger Z117C with a 90-horsepower outboard
                2nd:          David Williams, Fredericksburg, Va., 15 bass, 26-6, $3,719
                3rd:          Derek Brown, Charlottesville, Va., 15 bass, 26-5, $2,975
                4th:           Manuel Cruz, Clifton, N.J., 13 bass, 25-10, $2,603
                5th:           Lenny Baird, Stafford, Va., 15 bass, 25-6, $2,231
                6th:           Junior Allen, Biscoe, N.C., 15 bass, 24-7, $1,860
                7th:           Dick Gum, Woodbridge, Va., nine bass, 22-8, $1,488
                8th:           David Ball, Durham, N.C., 11 bass, 21-2, $1,302
                9th:           Cory Bechtel, Macungie, Pa., 13 bass, 18-10, $1,116
                10th:        Michael Martinez, Lanexa, Va., eight bass, 14-9, $930
John Shultz of Trucksville, Pa., caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division Thursday – a 6-pound, 10-ounce bass – that earned him the day’s Big Bass award of $120.
The Rayovac FLW Series consists of five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western. Each division consists of three tournaments and competitors will be vying for valuable points in each division that could earn them the opportunity to fish in the no-entry-fee Rayovac FLW Series Championship. The 2014 Rayovac FLW Series Championship is being held Oct. 30-Nov.1 on Wheeler Lake in Rogersville, Ala.
The Rayovac FLW Series on the James River was the third and final regular-season Northern Division event in 2014. For a complete schedule, visit FLWOutdoors.com.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWOutdoors.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow FLW on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWOutdoors.
ABOUT FLW
FLW is the industry’s premier tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money nationwide in 2014 over the course of 229 tournaments across five tournament circuits, four of which provide an avenue to the sport’s richest payday and most coveted championship trophy – the Forrest Wood Cup. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world. For more information about FLW visit FLWOutdoors.com and look for FLW on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Momentum Continues to Build for McClelland after Cayuga Lake Event

Ohio State U Wins on Chautauqua Lake

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CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (Aug. 23, 2014) – The Ohio State University team of Sidney Hoover of Findlay, Ohio, and Brett Warrick of  Westerville, Ohio, won the FLW College Fishing Northern Conference tournament on Chautauqua Lake Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 15 ounces. The victory earned the club $2,000 and advanced the team to the FLW College Fishing Northern Conference Invitational tournament on the Potomac River.
“We started off the morning fishing deeper for smallmouth and once it got bright we went and fished docks with Senkos,” said Warrick. “We had a limit of smallmouth, with two really good ones within the first two or three hours.
“The smallmouth area was a weedline,” explained Warrick. “I found it about a month ago. We went back there on the first day of practice and I caught a 4½-pounder and after that we just left it alone.”
The duo said that after filling their limit with smallmouth they caught three more big largemouth fishing docks with a Yamamoto Senko. They estimated that they caught about 12 keeper bass throughout the course of the day.
“It was pretty wild to win, and we executed really well today,” said Hoover. “We put in a pretty good effort in practice, so it’s nice to have it pay off.”
“I’ve been fishing BFL events as a co-angler for a while,” added Warrick. “That has absolutely helped me. It exposed me to a lot of techniques I wouldn’t have tried otherwise.”
The pair said that they caught most of their fish on a small green pumpkin-colored jig and a green pumpkin-colored 5-inch Yamamoto Senko.
The top 15 teams that advanced to the 2014 FLW College Fishing Northern Conference Invitational are:
  1st: Ohio State University – Sidney Hoover, Findlay Ohio, and Brett Warrick, Westerville, Ohio (five bass, 17-15, $2,000)
  2nd: State University of New York-Buffalo – Ronald Penders, Rochester, N.Y., and Morgon Fernaays, Buffalo, N.Y. (five bass, 16-6, $1,000)
  3rd: Michigan State University – Seth Gibson, Union City, Mich., and Ross Parsons, Dewitt, Mich. (five bass, 15-8, $500)
  4th: Slippery Rock University – Tyler Branca and Tyler Sheppard, both of Hermitage, Pa. (five bass, 15-3, $500)
  5th: Youngstown State University – Stan Miketa, New Middleton, Ohio, and Charles Cremeans, Youngstown, Ohio (five bass, 14-3, $500)
  6th: Kent State University – Trevor White, Newton Falls, Ohio, and Greg Perry, Cortland, Ohio (five bass, 13-4)
  7th: Michigan State University – Kenny Bennett, Sterling Heights, Mich., and Dylan Jones, Warren, Mich. (five bass, 13-3)
  8th: Central Michigan University – Blake Goodell, Traverse City, Mich., and Brian Bustamante, Dearborn, Mich. (five bass, 13-1)
  9th: Shippensburg University – Kevin Hollasch, Marriotsville, Md., and Hunter Chamberlin, Shippensburg, Pa. (five bass, 12-9)
  10th: University of Akron – Robert Webber, Elyria, Ohio, and Sean Connelly, Amsterdam, Ohio (five bass, 12-0)
  11th: Xavier University – Andrew Decilles, Batesville, Ind., and Alex Vaisvil, St. Charles, Ill. (five bass, 11-13)
  12th: Mansfield University – Bryan Rupp, Mansfield, Pa., and Colton Otto, Carlisle, Pa. (five bass, 11-9)
  13th: State University of New York-Plattsburgh – Brendan Bolis, Canton, N.Y., and Richard Lee, Port Kent, N.Y. (five bass, 11-7)
  14th: Northern Michigan University – Brody Layher, Grass Lake, Mich., and Justin Brown, Bear Lake, Mich. (five bass, 11-6)
  15th: Western Michigan University – Erik Rogoszewski, Dewitt, Mich., and Shandon Miller, Frankenmuth, Mich. (five bass, 11-5)
Complete results can be found at CollegeFishing.com.
FLW College Fishing teams compete in three qualifying events in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top 15 teams from each regular-season tournament will qualify for one of five conference invitational tournaments. The top 10 teams from each conference invitational tournament will advance to the 2015 FLW College Fishing National Championship.
College Fishing is free to enter. All participants must be registered, full-time undergraduate students at a four-year college or university and members of a fishing club recognized by their college or university.
This FLW College Fishing Northern Conference tournament was hosted by the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau. The Northern Conference Invitational tournament is scheduled for Oct. 11-12 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Md., and is hosted by the Charles County Board of Commissioners.
For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow College Fishing on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing. Visit CollegeFishing.com to sign up or to start a club at your school.
ABOUT FLW
FLW is the industry’s premier tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money nationwide in 2014 over the course of 229 tournaments across five tournament circuits, four of which provide an avenue to the sport’s richest payday and most coveted championship trophy – the Forrest Wood Cup. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world. For more information about FLW visit FLWOutdoors.com and look for FLW on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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