 NATIONAL HARBOR, MD- The Potomac River, described by several of the world's best bass anglers in the country as one of the top-10 fisheries in the country, really showed her true colors Thursday as 123 of the 144 pro anglers in the Walmart FLW Tour on the Potomac River presented by the National Guard caught a five-bass limit on day one of the event.
Leading the pack was National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., who crossed the stage with a five-bass limit weighing 22 pounds, 10 ounces. Martin now holds a comfortable 4 pound, 6 ounce lead over Snickers pro Chris Baumgardner of Gastonia, N.C., and fellow National Guard pro Mark Rose of West Memphis, Ark., who each caught five bass weighing 18-4. The tournament features a field of anglers from all across the United States, Canada, Spain and Japan.
North Carolina John Hoyle Banned for life from FLW
Boater John Hoyle of Rutherfordton, N.C., who finished Saturday’s competition in third place at the Walmart Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division event on Lake Wylie, was disqualified for violation of BFL rule No. 9 Sportsmanship. Officials found an 11-ounce weight in the stomach of one of the fish he weighed in Saturday’s competition. Hoyle’s tournament winnings were forfeited and fourth through 11th place moved up one spot in the tournament’s final standings.
Hoyle will not be permitted entry into any future FLW tournaments.
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 BRANSON, MO - Watching fellow Bassmaster Elite Series' pro Brandon Palaniuk win the Elite Series event at Bull Shoals Lake gave Casey Scanlon an idea. He decided to replicate Palaniuk's pattern this week during the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open at Table Rock Lake.
His strategy paid off as the Lenexa, Kansas, pro won his first B.A.S.S. event and a berth to the 2013 Bassmaster Classic by catching 49 pounds, 4 ounces of Table Rock bass. He also took home a Triton/Yamaha rig valued at $45,000 and $6,720 in cash.
"Last week on Bull Shoals, a lot of the fish were being caught on (Storm Lures) Wiggle Warts," Scanlon said . "I caught some deep fish in practice here on a deep crankbait, and everybody knows that Brandon Palaniuk kind of put us to shame with the bags he brought in on that deep crankbait. So I looked for that pattern in practice. I caught a lot of good fish doing that in practice, and I was catching some bigger ones on the bluffs."
He stared fishing the bluffs the first day but he noticed that bite he had in practice was fading, so he switched to the deep-diving crankbait - a chartreuse sexy shad Strike King 6XD model that produced for him in the afternoon.
 ROGERS, AR- Coming in to this event Castrol pro David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia had career winnings of $2.9 million dollars - the most of any professional angler on the FLW Tour. Dudley widened that gap today by winning the Walmart FLW Tour Major on Beaver Lake presented by Straight Talk. The $125,000 victory has pushed him over the $3 million mark. Dudley weighed in a five-bass limit worth 16 pounds, 9 ounces to win the tournament, besting the best bass-fishing pros from all across the United States, Canada, Spain and Japan.
Dudley weighed in 20 bass totaling 54 pounds, 7 ounces during four days of competition fishing. He edged out a man who had previously won this event in 2007, Andy Morgan of Dayton, Tenn., who weighed in five bass today totaling 17 pounds, 8 ounces. Morgan's four-day total of 53-15 was good enough for second place - and a $35,000 check.
 Ish Monroe: 104-8 pounds total. OKEECHOBEE, Fla. - When Ish Monroe wins in the Bassmaster Elite Series, he goes big.
Monroe of Hughson, Calif., won the Power-Pole Slam Sunday on Lake Okeechobee with a four-day total of 108 pounds, 5 ounces. It was his second Elite Series win. His first, six years ago on Lake Amistad in the inaugural event of the newly formed series, was also by more than 100 pounds - 104-8 to be exact.
"Winning with over 100 pounds is awesome," said Monroe, who took home $100,000 and an instant-in for the 2013 Bassmaster Classic. "I really wanted to break my own record today, and it feels really good."
His Sunday check pushed his Bassmaster career earnings to more than $1 million. Weighing more than 100 pounds of bass over four days gave him a second entry in what's known as the B.A.S.S. Century Club, an exclusive group of Bassmaster Elite Series pros who have busted the mark.
 BAINBRIDGE, GA - Brandon McMillan continues his dominance in tournament competition , as the Clewiston, Fla., pro weighed a five-bass limit totaling 17 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday to win the EverStart Series Southeast Division event on Lake Seminole with a three-day total of 13 bass weighing 51 pounds, 11 ounces. For his victory, McMillan earned $35,000 and a Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard motor.
"Today was perfect timing for me to catch that shad spawn," said McMillan. "The weather was overcast, breezy and foggy and that kept the shad around for another 20 minutes. I was fishing on the sand bars near Spring Creek, and just swinging a 4x4 Bass Jigs 3/8-ounce white swimjig. I was just swimming it through that grass early this morning, and the overcast weather allowed me to get the extra key minutes that really helped me to catch them.
 This past Saturday March 24th the Cabela's King Kat Tournament Trail hit the waters of the Pickwick/Wilson Lakes at Sheffield, Alabama. In the event over 100 top anglers from 13 different states were competing not only for cash and prizes, but the opportunity to qualify for the 2012 Cabela's King Kat Classic. This year's Cabela's King Kat Classic will be held at Selma, Alabama September 27/28/29, 2012.
"Angler noticed a drop in the fishing when the current dropped from 80,000 cubic feet to 20,000 cubic feet tournament morning changing up conditions drastically from Friday. Plus a stiff 20 plus MPH breeze was blowing right down Wilson Lake making it extremely rough with 4 foot plus waves later in the day. Over 100 anglers from 13 states participated and over 300 spectators were on hand cheering on their favorite anglers as they came to the weigh-in", said Tabor.
 A new Oklahoma state record largemouth bass was caught Friday, March 23, at Cedar Lake in southeast Oklahoma. The fish weighed 14 lbs. 12.3 oz. and was caught by Poteau angler Benny Williams, Jr. while on a camping trip at the 78-acre LeFlore Co. lake.
Williams caught the bass at 11 a.m. on a ¼ oz. Striker King jig. This fish measured 26 inches in length and 22 3/8 inches in girth.
Williams' fish breaks a state record held since 1999 when William Cross caught a 14-lb. 11.52-oz. bass from Broken Bow Lake.
"Catching the state record largemouth bass in Oklahoma is a big deal and catching a fish this large is a big deal," said Barry Bolton, chief of fisheries for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. "It speaks to the quality of fishing we have in Oklahoma and also to the anglers who get out there and fish for them. We congratulate him on his great catch."
 FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will remove stunted white crappie from Boltz Lake in Grant County beginning at dusk on Monday, March 26.
The fisheries division plans to utilize electrofishing boats to remove 5- to 8-inch white crappie for restocking into Taylorsville Lake in Spencer County.
"Even though these crappie are small in size, they are mature fish that will spawn this year in Taylorsville Lake," said Gerry Buynak, assistant director of fisheries for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. "With hope, this will improve the white crappie population in Taylorsville Lake which has declined in recent years."
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