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Major League Fishing is sponsored by a number of fishing-related companies and external organizations including Bass Pro Shops, General Tire, Lowrance, SIG Sauer and Geico. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Many other fishing clubs around the country now use the MLF format for their tournaments, including the Brecknell digital scales used in competition and ...
Byron Paul Velvick (born June 24, 1964) is an American professional angler, television personality, and sportscaster. He is a two-time WON Bass U.S. Open champion fisherman who previously held the BASS record for three-day limit (April 13–15, 2000 in Clear Lake California). [1]
Most B.A.S.S. tournaments won: 25, Kevin VanDam 19, Roland Martin 17, Denny Brauer; 16, Rick Clunn 14, Larry Nixon At the 2020 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, winner and Bassmaster Elite Series angler Patrick Walters set a Bassmaster record for margin of victory by finishing 29 pounds, 10 ounces ahead of the second-place finisher.
The Bassmaster Classic (known as the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic for sponsorship reasons) is a tournament in the sport of professional bass fishing, organized by the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. It was first held in 1971 on Lake Mead, Nevada. Originally it was a fall event, (1971-1983) but it switched to a summer event in 1984 and then ...
Kevin VanDam (L), with Anthony Ball, USMC, Warriors on the Water Bass Fishing Tournament, Lake Jordan, Raleigh, N.C., April 2010. Kevin VanDam (born October 14, 1967), often called simply "KVD," is a professional bass fisherman from Otsego, Michigan. He is the all-time money winner in professional bass fishing, having earned $7,089,388 through ...
In 2021, the Bass Pro Shops U.S. Open National Bass Fishing Amateur Team Championships awarded a $1 million first-place prize to the winning team, Tucker Smith and Logan Parks, two students from Auburn University. [20] [21] In 2022, Bass Pro Shops announced a new Bass Pro fishing resort would be built in Marathon, Florida, on Valhalla Island. [22]
Roland Martin (born March 14, 1940) is a professional sport fisherman. Martin is host of Fishing with Roland Martin on the NBCSN television channel.. Fishing in 291 tournaments, Martin's BASSMASTER career includes the following achievements – 19 tournaments won, 9 B.A.S.S. Angler-of-the-Year titles, [1] nearly 100 Top Ten finishes, and 25 appearances in bass fishing's world championship ...
Largemouth bass (M. salmoides) caught by an angler in Iowa. All black bass are fished recreationally and are well known as strong fighters when hooked. Depending upon species and various other factors such as water quality and availability of food, black bass may be found in lakes, reservoirs, ponds, rivers, streams, creeks, and even roadside ditches. [1]