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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The 2014 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Series has something for everyone whether theyre a top professional angler, an aspiring pro or simply a fan of the sport.
Nine events in nine states covering three geographic regions will send winners to the 2015 Bassmaster Classic, top performers to the Bassmaster Elite Series and thousands of fans to weigh-ins where they can catch the action.
The Opens Series consists of nine events three tournaments each in Southern, Central and Northern divisions covering rivers, natural lakes and man-made reservoirs and running from January to October.
For the fourth season in a row, Opens tournament winners who compete in all three events in a single division will earn a berth in the Super Bowl of bass fishing, the 2015 Bassmaster Classic.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The fans have spoken, and democracy ruled in determining the final four Bassmaster Elite Series anglers who may be served a slice of the $100,000 pie during Toyota All-Star Week and the Evan Williams Bourbon Championship, Sept. 27-29, out of Muskegon, Mich.
The championship is an Elite Series postseason competition among the top performers from the 2013 tour, along with four pros whose avid fan support catapulted them into the postseason battle on Muskegon and White lakes.
Kalamazoos Kevin VanDam made it through Angler of Year points (top 8 received automatic berths) while his nephew, Jonathon, finished 12th in the voting.
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Rick Patton (Plymouth) and Dave Morrow (Knox) won the Hoosier Pro Tournament on Lake Maxinkuckee with 10.41 pounds.
Dan Milligan (Bremen) and Kris Shipley (Syracuse) were second with 8.83 pounds that included big bass prize 3.19-pound Largemouth. Steve Colema and Tim Rasala (Whiting, Ind.) were third with two fish weighing 3.53.
The next tournament will be Sept. 22 on Wawasee. Registration starts at 5:30 a.m. at the Syracuse ramp. Call Mitch Hayes, 219-716-4808.
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Mark Fennell and Andy Buss with winning catch.Andy Buss (North Liberty) and Mark Fennell (Lagrange) beat out 44 teams to win the R&B Circuit tournament on the St. Joseph River at Benton Harbor.
The winners 11.37-pound limit won them $712. All of their fish came from small points with submerged rock piles. Two fish fell for a Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper rigged with a D's Lures swimbait jig and three were fooled by an Xtreme Bass Tackle (Muskegon Goby) rigged on a ¼-ounce D's tube jig.
Greg Mangus (Fremont) and Kevin Fletcher (Elkhart) brought a limit of smallmouth weighing 9.99 pounds to finish second ($452) by fishing black/blue Mango jigs. They also caught the second heaviest fish of the event ($90), a 3.47-pound smallmouth. Their performance solidified their hold on the standings and earned them the 2013 Points Championship, worth another $400.
Trevor Paulus (Osceola) and Brad Sterling (Bremen) ran upriver and landed 20 keeper bass by tossing a combination of jigs, tubes, and split shot worms in eddies and other current breaks. Their third place fish weighed 9.84 pounds and won them $332.
The Money Mouth Baits Big Bass ($360) was a 4.44-pound smallmouth caught by Tom Montague (Elkhart) and Aaron Likens (Kendallville) while Justin Hahaj (Bridgman) and John Gipson, Jr. (Lafayette) won the The C Flash Big Bass with a 3-pound smallie.
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Randy Gaines (left) and Mike Rhoades finished 7th against 225 other teams.Mike Rhoades (South Bend) and Randy Gaines (Wellsville, O.) finished seventh in the Cabelas National Team Championship walleye tournament at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. recently.
The duo was representing the Michiana Walleye Association along with three other teams that consisted of of Rob and Zoe Burns (Osceola); Shawn Kintigh (Goshen) and Doug Burkhead (Osceola); and Scott Peeler (Elkhart) and Donnie Shelton (Berrien Center, Mich.). There were 225 teams in the event.
Rhoades and Gaines caught 45 pounds, 8 ounces of walleye in three days. They pitched weedless jigs to shallow weed beds.