being given away to the heaviest
bass each hour and one more
given for the heaviest overall
bass, several
ArmyBassAnglers Pro Staff teams and Coalition teams tried to determine the best Course of Action for the chance
to at the hourly winnings.
For the team of Cody Roberson, President and Founder of ArmyBassAnglers, and
AirForceBassAngler Mike Carrol, the plan was to look for spawning fish in shallow water. Of
course, the weather always gets a vote and was less than cooperative on this day. The
temperature dropped forty degrees in the 24 hours leading up to launch and stayed cold all
day, making the usually great spawn bite very difficult on Lake Fork. However, Mike caught his
first fish on a
on a
hold out for a limit of good fish before heading to any of the weigh-ins. With over 1300 anglers
fishing this event, they were afraid to give up a productive spot to other competitors. They
continued to catch fish, including several “in the slot.” Any fish between 16 and 24 inches on
Lake Fork had to be immediately thrown back. “Always hard to throw those guys back…that
hurts,” Cody admits. As it turns out, Cody and Mike had a $400 fish in their livewell had they
weighed in earlier in the day. But, events like this are based on taking chances and being able
to guess better than others the right time to head to the scales.
Another success story for ArmyBassAnglers Coalition Pro Staff Dale Hughes has to be written.
Following a lucrative day on Lake Conroe in the Oakley Big Bass event a few weeks earlier, Dale
chose to fish with his Father, Danny Hughes. The two spent their day punching grass with a
Lake Fork Trophy Lures Hyper Lizard and Cody followed closely with one caughtFury Lures F4 Zoro square billed crankbait. They caught these fish early and decided to Lake Fork Trophy Lures 4” Craw
Magic Shads
were in the slot. They decided to take their two legal keepers to the noon weigh-in. They split
their two fish between two hourly weigh-ins. While the second weigh-in only yielded a gift card
for the team thanks to a random drawing, they tied for fourth with their first fish. With this
in redbug and throwing vibrating jigs tipped with Fire Perch Live. They caught several good fish, to include a couple of six pounders, but they too event being so highly supported, they still received a nice check. Dale’s sentiments after the
day were all positive. “It was a great event, we had a blast working with the Pro Staff and
Coalition and raising awareness for the nonprofit organizations. Thanks to LFT,
Dobyns Rods, Ardent
Overall the organization had a great turnout from ArmyBassAngler Pros and Coalition Pros
across the board. They ran a fundraising event for the nonprofit charities they support on
March 26
there were 7 Ram Trucks awarded, plus over 70 hourly checks for a total payback of more than
$175,000 in cash and prizes! There were 1,371 anglers from 14 different states. For more
information visit the Bass Champs story at:
, Skeeter and all the other sponsors.”th, during the event’s registration. A ton of money and awareness was raised. In total http://basschamps.com/basschamps/newsBigBass.cfm?tournament_id=21&type=bigbass&year
Selected=2011
HOOAH!
SUPPORT.DEFEND.FISH.
On March 27
hosted the fishing world’s richest
one day event and the Army
BassAnglers were there hoping
to cash in. With a
