News Archive For March 2011
Evers Catches 19 To Eclipse Hometowner Scroggins
March 21, 2011 (bassfan.com, March 21, 2011)
You want to talk about who's the hottest professional bass angler on the planet right now? Edwin Evers has to be part of that discussion. The quiet Oklahoman is still hindered in the BassFan World Rankings by a sub-par 2009 season and a couple of bombs on the FLW Tour last year, but "Steady Eddie" has been spectacularly consistent over …Read more »Keeping up with Jones’
March 20, 2011 (bassmaster.com, March 20, 2011)
PALATKA, Fla. -- If only it were lonelier at the top. Leading by 7 pounds, 9 ounces on Friday, Alton Jones hung on Saturday at the Power-Pole Citrus Slam with a 60-10 total, but his lead shrunk to 2 pounds, 9 ounces, and he has 11 anglers to watch out for Sunday. "I did the same thing today as on …Read more »Building momentum
March 20, 2011 – by Kevin VanDam
PALATKA, Fla. -- I'm thrilled with my fourth-place finish at the Harris Chain and would love a similar result this week at the St. Johns River for the Power-Pole Citrus Slam. My success in Florida has been spotty throughout my career, although I did win at Toho a few years ago. So, to kick the season off with a Top …Read more »Citrus Slam day 3 notes
March 19, 2011 (bassmaster.com, March 19, 2011)
PALATKA, Fla. -- After leading the Power-Pole Citrus Slam for two days, can Alton Jones be caught on Day Three? The expected — and received — answer from the pros trying to overtake him in the St. Johns River event was "yes." Seigo SaitoAlton Jones bags up his big bass. Jones had 49 pounds, 6 ounces going into Saturday, …Read more »Backing it up
March 19, 2011 (bassmaster.com, March 19, 2011)
PALATKA, Fla. -- Alton Jones has a plan, and he's sticking to it. After all, it's taken the pro from Waco, Texas, into the lead for two days running at the March 17-20 Power-Pole Citrus Slam on the St. Johns River. On Friday, Jones brought in 22 pounds, 13 ounces, more than enough to keep his lead. His 49-6 total …Read more »Alton’s Giants
March 18, 2011 (bassmaster.com, March 17, 2011)
PALATKA, Fla. -- Alton Jones is leading the Power-Pole Citrus Slam with 26 pounds, 9 ounces, and he sweated every ounce. "It's a grind," he said. "You have to work for every one of those big bites." Jones meant not only himself, but all the Bassmaster Elite Series anglers. Like Jones, most are trying to get big bass off the …Read more »KVD expects most of field to crowd Lake George
March 17, 2011
PALATKA, Fla. -- The closest actual zoo to the city of Palatka is in Jacksonville. That's not counting the alligator farm in St. Augustine. That could change tomorrow with the start of the Power-Pole Citrus Slam on the St. Johns River. Kevin VanDam, who has already been on the merry-go-round of Lake Cataouatche in the Bassmaster Classic, describes what he …Read more »B.A.S.S.‘s biggest Comeback ever?
March 16, 2011 (bassmaster.com, March 16, 2011)
On the first day of the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Florida's Harris Chain of Lakes, Grant Goldbeck weighed in one small bass for 1 pound, 1 ounce. If one is the loneliest number — as Three Dog Night once claimed — Goldbeck was in a lonely place, indeed, ranking a dismal 97th out of 99 anglers. It was …Read more »‘Supermoon,’ for slamming
March 16, 2011 (bassmaster.com, March 16, 2011)
PALATKA, Fla. -- The March 19 "supermoon" will look bigger than other full moons, and it could play big in the March 17-20 Bassmaster Elite Series event on the St. Johns River. According to astronomers at earthsky.org, a supermoon is a full moon that falls on the same date as perigee within a lunar month. Perigee is the closest point …Read more »The Great Grigsby
March 13, 2011 (bassmaster.com, March 14, 2011)
TAVARES, Fla. -- Shaw Grigsby, you still have it. The veteran pro from Gainesville, Fla., outfished the 99-man Bassmaster Elite Series field in a nerve-jangling contest over four days that hinged on an on-again, off-again sight bite on the Harris Chain of Lakes. Sunshine Showdown, it was called. For Grigsby, it was a personal test as well as a competition. …Read more »
