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Bassmaster Weekend Series News (READ MORE BWS STORIES)

Louisiana Anglers Head to Atchafalaya Basin

The first Louisiana Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament will be held at Atchafalaya Basin on Saturday January 28, 2012 out of Doiron`s Landing located in Morgan City, LA

Parts of the Atchafalaya Basin suffered fish kills during hurricanes in 2005 and 2008, but natural reproduction and stockings of Florida bass helped the system recover quickly. The lower Atchafalaya Basin doesn’t produce many giant bass, but it does hold enormous numbers of 1- to 3-pound fish. Anglers sometimes catch 6- to 8-pounders.

In the winter, deep dead-end channels off the main Atchafalaya River and its two outlets to the Gulf of Mexico may hold good pockets of fish. Some anglers fish Flat Lake, one of four interconnected natural lakes north of Morgan City. Through various bayous and channels, Flat Lake connects to the 11,500-acre Lake Palourde and the 1,024-acre Grassy Lake. Just to the north, these lakes connect to the 14,000-acre Lake Verret at the southern end of the Atchafalaya Basin.

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South Carolina Kicks Off On Lake Murray

The first South Carolina Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament will be held at Lake Murray on Saturday January 28, 2012 out of Dreher Island State Park.

Dating to the 1920s, Lake Murray covers about 50,000 acres near Columbia. Fed by the Saluda River, the lake offers anglers more than 525 miles of shorelines. When it reached full pool stage in 1930 with the completion of the Dreher Shoals Dam for hydroelectric power, the lake was the largest man-made reservoir in the world. It stretches about 41 miles long by 14 miles at its widest point.

A perennial largemouth bass producer, Lake Murray holds some big fish. The relatively clear highland reservoir can offer excellent sight fishing opportunities during the spring spawn. In addition, the lake contains abundant deep-water structure such as humps, ledges, rock piles, brush piles, stump fields and channel drops with some vegetation in a few coves and along the shorelines.

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Trudeau opens new BWS season with win

ATHENS, Ala. – Raymond Trudeau started the new season right by winning the first Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series, operated by American Bass Anglers event of 2012. He won the Florida Division 6 and BWS season opener, held Jan. 21, 2012, on Lake Tohopekaliga south of Orlando, Fla.

Running out of Lakefront Park in the town of Kissimmee, the angler from nearby St. Cloud won the Boater Division by landing five keeper bass weighing 23.19 pounds. He anchored his bag with an 8.11-pound bucketmouth.

“I was fishing a hard jerkbait in about six feet of water all day,” Trudeau explained. “We just happened to ........

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American Fishing Tour News (READ MORE AFT STORIES)

Kevin Jackson Takes First Place at Bull Shoals Lake

From Division 64 in Missouri on January 21, 2012 Kevin Jackson from Monett, MO is one step closer to the ABA National Championship with a first place win worth 338.00 dollars in the American Fishing Tour bass tournament held on Bull Shoals Lake this past weekend. Kevin’s 5 bass limit weighed in at 12.01 pounds. Second place went to Joe Hreha with a weight of 10.51 pounds; third place was Bryan Jackson with a weight of 10.01 pounds. Big bass was awarded to Dale Pichalmayer for catching a 4.10 pound bass.

These anglers are acquiring valuable points to insure their birth in division’s two-day champion and the American Fishing Tour National Championship that will be held this fall. Their points are also being used to determine the divisional angler of the year. The top angler by points earned in this division will represent the division in the Angler of the Year final round.

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Ray Neighbors Whacks 22+, Takes First Place

Division 47, Arkansas held its fifth qualifying tournament of the 2012 season on Lake Ouachita 21 Jan 2012. Overcast skies, wind and dropping temperatures made for a chilly day of fishing. The water temp dropped several degrees, down into the upper 40’s, since our last visit to Lake Ouachita two weeks ago. The shad in some parts of the lake have made major moves since two weeks ago leaving some areas that had large concentrations of shad now barren which may have accounted for less fish weighed-in. 28 anglers weighed-in 68 fish for a total weight of 153.08 lbs.

Ray Neighbors of Haskell, Arkansas won in a commanding fashion and took home $725.00 with 5 bass that bent the scales to 22.48 lbs including Big Bass of the day at 5.05 lbs. Ray caught his fish on jigs and yes…an A-rig. Danny Gwinn of Mount Ida, Arkansas hauled in second place with a total weight of 13.37 lbs. Eddy Robertson of Hot Springs, Arkansas, fishing his first tournament of the 2012 Division 47 season, rounded out the top three with 12.76 lbs.

American Couples Series News (READ MORE ABA COUPLES STORIES)

Team of David and Michele Gunderman Win at Lake Norman

From Division 4, on Nov. 19, 2011 - North Carolina Couples Series David and Michele Gunderman from Gastonia, NC are one step closer to the American Couples Series Championship with this first place win and $270.00 in the American Couples Series Team tournament held on Lake Nornman this past weekend. David and Michele`s five bass limit weighed in at 9.66 pounds. The second place team was John and Victoria English from Black Mountain, NC with a weight of 7.98 pounds. The third place team was Kyle Whisnant and Lorna Poe from Charllotte, NC with a total weight of 6.90 pounds. Big bass was awarded on the ladies side to Michelle Gunderman with a 1.55 pound bass and on the gentlemen’s side it was David Gunderman with 3.45 pound bass.