Missouri Fishing News

BRANSON, Mo. (March 6, 2010) - National Guard pro Brent Ehrler of Redlands, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 13 ounces Saturday to win $125,000 at the FLW Tour event presented by Cabela's on Table Rock Lake with a four-day catch of 20-bass weighing 69-11.

CLINTON, MISSOURI - The Ozark Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Truman Lake in Clinton, Missouri, June 13 for the fourth of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Department of Conservation invites women to get hands-on outdoor skills training at its Discover Nature-Women Summer Workshop, June 12-14, at the Windermere Conference Center in Roach, Missouri. Formerly known as Missouri Outdoor Women (MOW), the Discover Nature-Women Summer Workshop continues the tradition of helping women learn popular outdoor activities in a safe and friendly environment. Workshops include: archery, basic hunting, canoeing, outdoor cooking, an introduction to firearms, camping, fishing fundamentals, fly tying, map/compass/GPS reading and shotgun shooting.

BRANSON, MISSOURI - Wes Endicott of Joplin, Missouri, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League® Ozark Division tournament on Table Rock Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 16 pounds, 7 ounces. The victory earned Endicott $4,463 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the DeGray Lake Regional Championship in Arkadelphia, Ark., Oct. 22-24, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

BRANSON, MISSOURI- The Ozark Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, April 18 for the third of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

WASHINGTON, MISSOURI - The fishing is good against a backdrop of flooded cypress trees and Spanish moss. Bass Edge host Aaron Martin and 2007 Forest Wood Cup winner Scott Suggs take on Caddo Lake in Uncertain, Texas in the episode to air Mach 19-21 and June 18-20 on Outdoor Channel. Catch Bass Edge in high-definition at 8 a.m. EST Thursdays, 9 a.m. Fridays and 2:30 p.m. Saturdays.

BRANSON, MISSOURI- Robert Harkness of Elizabeth, West Virginia, a 50-year-old health care purchasing manager, is now "Living the Dream" after catching a five bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 11 ounces on the final day of The Bass Federation National Championship presented by the National Guard Saturday on Bull Shoals Lake. He captured the TBF National Championship title with a three-day total catch of 15 bass weighing 40 pounds, 13 ounces.

BRANSON, MISSOURI - Chevy pro Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity, South Carolina, caught a final-round total of 10 bass weighing 28 pounds, 14 ounces to win $125,000 in the Walmart FLW Tour on Table Rock Lake. Gagliardi outlasted one of the best final fields of top-10 anglers in FLW Outdoors history, who have a combined career earnings of more than $7.8 million which included four Land O' Lakes Angler's of the Year, three Forrest Wood Cup champions and the 2008 Rookie of the Year. With nearly a four-day total of 15,000 people in attendance, the final day of the FLW Tour qualifying event in Branson was the largest in FLW Outdoors' history.

BERKLEY BASS TANK HEADED TO BRANSON, MISSOURI

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - The Berkley Bass Tank will be at the FLW Tour Family Fun Zone in Branson, Missouri, March 14 - 15 and will feature seminars and appearances by Berkley Pro Anglers.

OSAGE BEACH, MISSOURI - Roger Fitzpatrick of Eldon, Missouri, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League® Ozark Division tournament on Lake of the Ozarks Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 22pounds, 11 ounces. The victory earned Fitzpatrick $4,981 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the DeGray Lake Regional Championship in Arkadelphia, Ark., Oct. 22-24, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.