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Wilks: Lipless baits in the tailrace Wednesday, May 12, 2021    (Editors note: "Catching Bass with Dustin Wilks" airs four times per week on Sportsman Channel – 6:30 a.m. ET Monday, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, 5 a.m. Saturday and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The six-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier provides BassFans with additional insight about each episode in these submissions.) Last week’s show was all about avoiding the tough fall turnover by fishing below dams in tailraces. I’ve encountered this...

Cal Delta will be primarily post-spawn Wednesday, May 12, 2021    The MLF Toyota Series Western Division will kick off its 2021 season with a tournament this week at the California Delta in Oakley, Calif. Competition days are Thursday through Saturday (May 13-15). With two Top-10 finishes in MLF competition on the Delta, Toyota Series angler Kyle Grover of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. isn’t a local, but he stays in tune with the fishery. “It’s like a giant golf course pond – it...

Wheeler Repels Lanes Late Charge – Just Barely Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Photo: MLF/Phoenix Moore Jacob Wheelers third Bass Pro Tour win was achieved by the smallest margin in the circuits 3-year history. By MLF Communications Staff In a crazy finish that had bass-fishing fans watching the MLF NOW! livestream on the edges of their seats, Jacob Wheeler of held off a late charge from Bobby Lane to win the Lake Travis MLF Bass Pro Tour event in Austin, Texas and capture the top prize of $100,000...

Elites starting over at Neely Henry Wednesday, May 5, 2021 (Editors note: This feature comes from Alan McGuckin at Dynamic Sponsorships.) Rain fell on Alabama Tuesday with the same equivalency as Crimson Tide football players being taken in the first round of last week’s NFL draft. Four to six inches of rain soaked the Gadsden, area during the second day of practice for this week’s Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Neely Henry Lake. Streets flooded, lots of lightning strikes caused...

Birge Overtakes Wheeler For Group B Win Monday, May 3, 2021 Photo: MLF Zack Birge joined Brent Chapman as early qualifiers for the Championship Round and the Lake Travis MLF Bass Pro Tour. By MLF Communications Staff Zack Birge boated 15 scorable that combined to weigh 25-02 on his way to winning the two-day Qualifying Group B round at the Lake Travis MLF Bass Pro Tour in Austin, Texas. Birge’s two-day total of 33 bass weighing 67-04 earned him the victory by more than 9 pounds and advance...

Combs notches wire-to-wire win at Rayburn Sunday, May 2, 2021    Bassmaster Elite Series competitor Keith Combs cruised to a wire-to-wire victory at the Sam Rayburn Reservoir Southwestern MLF Toyota Series, finishing with a three-day total of 63-03. He prevailed by an 8-10 margin over runner-up Josh Bensema and earned $36,764. Combs said it was actually his first win of any kind on Sam Rayburn, which was surprising considering his Huntington, Texas address and his years as a top-level ...

Bait change lifts Nania to Pickwick Open win Sunday, May 2, 2021    An astute observation led Joey Nania to a strategic bait change that delivered a five-bass limit of 18-10 and sealed his first B.A.S.S. win at the Pickwick Lake Bassmaster Central Open out of Counce, Tenn. After placing 3rd on day 1 with 21-11, the Cropwell, Ala. resident added 17-13 and held his position in the second round. With his final-day weight, Nania tallied a 58-02 total and edged day-22 leader Lonnie Cochran ...

Wheeler Tops Group Bs Weather-Shortened Opener Sunday, May 2, 2021 Photo: MLF By MLF Communications Staff It was a back-and-forth battle at the top for most of the day Saturday between Jacob Wheeler and Zack Birge at the Lake Travis MLF Bass Pro Tour in Austin, Texas. The duo traded the lead back and forth for most of Period 2, however Wheeler boated a 4-pounder right near the end of the period, then added another 4-pounder shortly after the start of Period 3 to increase his lead to just ov...

Cochran strikes quickly to take Pickwick lead Friday, April 30, 2021    Lonnie Cochran of Section, Ala., spent all day on his spot, but only needed the first two hours to sack up a day-2 limit of 25-03 to take the lead at the Pickwick Lake Bassmaster Central Open. Adding the tournament’s heaviest bag to his day-1 limit of 18-10, Cochran rose from 11th place with a two-day total of 43-13. After a cloudy, rainy opening round, day 2 brought bright, sunny conditions. However, Cochran cred...

Chapman Surprises Himself With Big Day 1 Friday, April 30, 2021 By MLF Communications Staff Brent Chapman caught 21 bass totaling 46-02 to grab the early lead in Qualifying Group A on day 1 of the Lake Travis MLF Bass Pro Tour event in Texas. The six-day event, hosted by the Austin Sports Commission, features 80 of the top professional anglers from around the world competing for a purse of $805,000, including a top cash prize of $100,000 to the winner. Chapman will take a 5-06 lead into Sun...