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D & R SportsD&R Sports Center in Kalamazoo will conduct a four-event team bass tournament circuit that will pay up to $2,000 to win, offers additional incentive cash prizes and a championship in which a boat and cash will be offered.
The D&R Sports Center Tournament Series has backing from Mercury Outboards, Tracker and Nitro boats, Humminbird, Minn Kota, Talon, Strike King, Shimano, G. Loomis, Metro Toyota and TH Marine.
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Elite pro Keith CombsD&R Sports Center in Kalamazoo has announced a new team bass fishing tournament series in 2014.
The official launch of the new circuit will kick off March 1 during a free daylong Bass Tournament Day from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kalamazoo store.
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And How: Randy Howells Charmed Last Day Leads To Bassmaster Classic Victory - Photo by Gary Tramontina/BassmasterBIRMINGHAM, Ala. Every angler dreams of catching bass after giant bass like Randy Howell did on Sunday.
Howell began hauling in Lake Guntersville lunkers minutes into the final round of the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by Diet Mountain Dew and GoPro. He lost track of how many culls he was able to make, but at one point he was trading 4- and 5-pounders for even larger bass.
When Howell brought his bag to the scales, his five bass weighed 29 pounds, 2 ounces, with the largest going 7-3. The banner day beefed up his total to 67 pounds, 8 ounces.
I dont even know if Im going to win, but it doesnt matter, Howell said before all the 25 finalists came to the scales. It was the best day Ive ever had in 21 years of professional bass fishing, a day of a lifetime.
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Edwin Evers Eases Into Bassmaster Classic Lead By 1 Ounce - Photo by Gary Tramontina/BassmasterBIRMINGHAM, Ala. Just 1 ounce separated the two frontrunners Saturday in the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by Diet Mountain Dew and GoPro, but its far from being a duel in Sundays finale, said the leader.
Its not just me and him, said Edwin Evers, who replaced Randall Tharp in the catbird seat in the Lake Guntersville competition. There are a lot of anglers in this yet who can catch them. Thirty-pound bags are possible.
After adding 20-9 Saturday, Evers of Talala, Okla., racked up a two-day total of 47 pounds, 6 ounces, enough to budge him out of second place. Tharp of Port St. Joe, Fla., weighed 19-13 Saturday for a running total of 47-5, 1 ounce shy of keeping his lead.
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Randall Tharp Rolls On Bassmaster Classic Field With 27-Plus PoundsBIRMINGHAM, Ala. Losing what he called a really good fish right off the bat, Randall Tharps Friday didnt begin well.
But a few keepers later, Tharp began to roll straight toward the first-day lead of the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by Diet Mountain Dew and GoPro on Lake Guntersville.
At about my fifth stop, I finally got into a little school and caught an 8 1/2 and a 5. From then on, it got pretty easy, said the Floridian, who ended round one with 27 pounds, 8 ounces. I caught fish at about every stop I made.
Tharps huge haul of Lake Guntersville largemouth bass gave him the lead, but he didnt stomp the field. He had 11 ounces on Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., who posted 26-13 for second place.
Third place was taken by David Walker of Sevierville, Tenn., with 24-13.
Fourth place was a tie at 23-2 between Casey Ashley of Donalds, S.C., and Fred Roumbanis of Bixby, Okla. Roumbanis bag held the largest bass of the day, a 9-3. That Guntersville lunker positioned Roumbanis as the events frontrunner for the Carhartt Big Bass Award of up to $2,500 for the largest single catch.