Summing Up the Season

A summary of the BASS and FLW seasons

“The sport has changed immensely. It was a lot easier back in 1974 when I started because we didn’t have all of the different lures and techniques that you have to decide between. We had less lures to fish with and there were only a few techniques out there. I think things were much simpler in those days.” - Tommy Martin

BASS

Tour: Toho/Kissimmee | Harris Chain | Guntersville | Clark Hill | Norman | Table Rock |

Elite 50 Series: Smith | Dardanelle | Lewisville | Wissota |

Classic: Three Rivers, PA

FLW

Tour: Okeechobee | Toho | Ouachita River | Beaver | Wheeler | Potomac |

Championship: Lake Hamilton, AR

Lakes Toho/Kissimmee - Takahiro Omori

Winning Lure: Team Daiwa TD Vibration (lipless crankbait)

Winning Weight: 50-11

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Harris Chain of Lakes - Peter Thliveros

Winning Lures: Team Supreme spinnerbait; Texas-rigged Zoom Baby Brush Hawg; paddle-tail worm.

Winning Weight: 69-05

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Lake Guntersville - Zell Rowland

Winning Lure: 3/8-ounce black/blue Booyah jig

Winning Weight: 87-00

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Clark Hill Lake - Mike Reynolds

Winning Lures: shallow crankbait; tube; Competitive Edge spinnerbait

Winning Weight: 52-11

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Lake Norman - Edwin Evers

Winning Lures: homemade jig, hand tied by fellow pro Brian Snowden; Rapala Shad Rap

Winning Weight: 46-06

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Table Rock Lake - Greg Hackney

Winning Lures: Wiggle Wart; Strike King 3X finesse worm on an 1/8-ounce jighead.

Winning Weight: 57-09

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Smith Lake - Mark Davis

Winning Lures: Strike King Quad-Shad spinnerbait; wacky-rigged 4-inch Yum Dinger

Winning Weight: 24-14

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Lake Dardanelle - Davy Hite

Winning Lures: 5/16 oz. green pumpkin jig tipped with Berkley Power Frog; green pumpkin Berkley Finesse worm on a 1/8-ounce jighead

Winning Weight: 32-12

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Lake Lewisville - Kevin VanDam

Winning Lure: spinnerbait with #6 Indiana Blade

Winning Weight:18-12

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Lake Wissota - Kevin VanDam

Winning Lures: Strike King Zero; old-style Smithwick Rogue

Winning Weight: 14-12

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Three Rivers - Kevin VanDam

Winning Lure: old-style, chrome-colored Smithwick Rogue

Winning Weight: 12-15

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Lake Okeechobee - Kelly Jordon

Winning Lure: Junebug Lake Fork Craw Tube with 1 3/8-ounce tungsten weight

Winning Weight: 30-13

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Lake Toho - Tom Mann, Jr.

Winning Lure: watermelon-red flake Senko

Winning Weight: 16-02

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Ouachita River - Toshinari Namiki

Winning Lure: black tube

Winning Weight: 30-14

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Beaver Lake - Andre Moore

Winning Lures: Smallie Beaver; Flirt finesse worm

Winning Weight: 24-05

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Wheeler Lake - Alvin Shaw

Winning Lures: green pumpkin Zoom Brush Hog with 5/16-ounce weight

Winning Weight: 24-08

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Potomac River - Mike Iaconelli

Winning Lure: 6-inch Berkley Sinking Minnow in watermelon color with black flakes

Winning Weight: 34-14

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Lake Hamilton - George Cochran

Winning Lures: Baby Chug Bug; buzzbaits; 5-inch trick worm

Winning Weight: 10-03

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By Brandon Shook

Also see:

2005 Schedule

2006 Schedule