Archive for June 24th, 2012

The Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville team of Zach Hartnagel of Edwardsville, Ill., and Brian Gass of Fallon, Ill., won the National Guard FLW College Fishing Central Conference event on Lake Shelbyville Sunday with five bass weighing 13 pounds, 2 ounces. The victory earned the team $5,000 for their fishing club. The win also helped them advance [...]

Time was running out. About 15 minutes to go before he had to call it a day, Todd Faircloth hooked into a solid 3-pounder. And even though he had led for two days, only then did he feel that maybe, just maybe, he had nailed the Mississippi River Rumble in La Crosse, Wis. Faircloth was [...]

He slipped from a two-finger hold to hanging by a fingernail, but Todd Faircloth was the leader again Saturday in the Mississippi River Rumble. Starting in eighth place after Thursday, Faircloth of Jasper, Texas, jumped into the lead Friday by 12 ounces. By Saturday, the event’s third day, his hold on the lead was a [...]

Collegiate anglers throughout the country have converged on Paris, Tennessee for the 2012 Collegiate Bass Fishing Open, Presented by Pepsi. More than 40 different universities, most with multiple teams, will be sweating it out over the weekend on Kentucky Lake. Serving as host for the third consecutive year, The Henry County Alliance of Paris, Tennessee, [...]

In the Mississippi River Rumble on Friday, a 5-pound bass was worth its weight in gold. Probably more. “That’s the key here. I had a 5-pounder today and that makes a big difference when you’re talking about mostly 2- and 3-pounders,” said Todd Faircloth, as he took the Day 2 lead in the Bassmaster Elite [...]