WON’s ‘Freshwater Guy’ takes the reigns as new WON BASS editor
You probably know him as the “Freshwater Guy” at WON. You may also have seen him on the water or even fished with him at one point or another. More than likely you’ve read a number of his features, columns, articles or weekly freshwater reports for Southern California and beyond. He is Bradley Schweit and has been covering the freshwater side of Western Outdoor News for the past six years.
Schweit’s duties have been expanded to include the title of WON BASS editor.
Of the recent promotion Schweit remarked, "I look forward to making my editorial mark and contributing my knowledge of and experience in the bass fishing world to our WON BASS anglers and readership.”
UPCOMING WON BASS TOURNAMENTS
WON BASS Pro-AM at Lake Mead - September 10-11, 2010 - The final event of the Southern Division and another great WON BASS event at Lake Mead. Held on the same lake as the U.S. OPEN this figure to be another battle in the desert in one of Americas top vacation dstination spots. To download an online entry form click HERE . If you have any questions or would like to enter by phone as a Pro or AAA angler please call 949-366-3303 ext 38 and ask for Ashley.
WON BASS GRAND FINALE at The Delta, October 22-23 2010 - This tournament will result in TWO fully rigged NITRO/Mercury boats being awarded. One will go to the winner of the event, and this will also be the final event of the year and theWON BASS Angler of the YEAR will also be crowned and will be awarded a fully rigged boat. This is going to be a spectacular season ending regular season event.
The WESTERN CLASSIC - November 5-6, 2010 at Lake Mead. WON BASS Pro/AAA Championships for the year end point leaders, with a fully rigged Nitro / Mercury going to the Pro winner.
TEAM EVENTS-
WON BASS NEVADA Teams Saturday August 14, 2010 at Lake Mohave - The final event for the growing Nevada team region
WONBASS Delta Team Event - Sunday, September 19, 2010- at Russo's on the Delta- this is a great tune up for the WON BASSS grand fianle next month
WON BASS TRI-STATES Team Championshipsheld at New Melones October 15-16, 2010
RESULTS FROM THE 2010 U.S. OPEN of BASS FISHING
New Tammi Curtis U.S. OPEN Video !!
Complete 2010 U.S. OPEN Blog Tournament Coverage
(click here )
Read the US OPEN blog on WONEWS.com to follow events leading up to the US OPEN and for the days happenings and the story and images behind the results.
PREVIEW OF A SPECIAL EVENT PLANNED FOR ICAST
Western Outdoor News is hosting an event titled “A Tribute to the Legends”. A sit down dinner on Friday evening, July 16 at Boulder Station Hotel & Casino. (this, on the heels of the ICAST show and prior to the U.S. Open tournament on Lake Mead). . The honorees will be Cotton Cordell, Darrell Lowrance, Ray Scott, Johnny Morris and Forrest L. Wood. All have committed to be there and seem quite enthusiastic about it.
The dinner will feature a few options; New York strip, Halibut, Salmon, Chicken, etc. It carries $50 price tag and and advance reservations are a must. Tables may reserved 8 or 10 people, thus a table reservations will be $400 for eight - $500 for 10.
The cocktail hour is being hosted by Johnny Morris.
Should you and your friends plan on attending please call Ashley at WESTERN OUTDOOR NEWS 949 366 0030 Ext 38.
TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDS ITINERARY
Place: Boulder Station Hotel/Casino
5:00 p.m: Cocktails (hosted by Johnny Morris)
6:30 p.m. Dinner/Tribute Ceremony
Dress Code: Clean and Casual – No shorts.
Thanks To Nitro Boats and Mercury Outboards!
The 1st Place cash prize at this years U.S. Open also comes with a fully-rigged Nitro Z8 with a Mercury 225 ProXS
I can win what?!!! That's right, Listen Up...
The Lowrance HDS-7 Sonar, GPS & Chartplotter
base unit alone is smoking hot. With the SIRIUSR real-time weather and
radio PLUS and the New Structure Scan options this unit is certified BadAss'
state of the art, top of the line and loaded piece of hardware... pushin
2G's worth !
$1000 cash to the top 5 Big Bass each day, Costa Sunglasses will add a pair of thier fantastic shades... 5 per day to go along with $1000.00 cash. Costa will also be giving out many other pairs of their world reknown fishing sunglasses
We ain't stopping there...It Gets better. Seguar Fluorocarbon is adding a 3 spools of thier fishing catching mainline to the Daily Big Bass take; 1 each of thier New Tatsu, InvizX and AbrazX to each of the 5 big bass winners every day
Quantum Performance Tuned Casting outfit. The outfit consists on a Kinetic KT100H PT with Matching 7'6” Energy Casting Rods.
Many other casting and spinning outfits with a minimum retail of $250 -$350 will also be raffled off.
Hell yeah! You sure gotta love those boys over at Quantum.
Win a free stay at Byron Velvick's Amistad Lake Resort, and go fishing with Byron himself. Located in Del Rio, Texas, Lake Amistad is a four season desert playground with year-round activities including world-class bass fishing, hunting, bird-watching, and diving, to name just a few.
US OPEN anglers will be among the first consumers to receive a new state of the art cleaner for sunglasses, protective lenses and readers. Called BRILLIANT LENSES, This solution not only gives lenses unbelievable clarity but also helps protect them from scratches and soiling caused by water, sweat, dust and dirt.
Boat Bling will be giving away 10 packages that will include 1 qt of Hot Sauce,
1 qt of Vinyl Sauce, 1 qt of Condition Sauce and 1 qt of Quickie Sauce. Retail value is $90 each.
They will also bringing 250 samples ofHot Sauce which are 5 oz's each and valued at $5.00
Will provide baits for every angler at Sponsors Showcase
Excitement over the U.S. Open July 18-21 is building around the WON
BASS offices at the Western Outdoor News headquarters in San Clemente
as the entries come in and evoke the very best in bass fishing.
Rick Clunn, Mike Folkestad, Aaron Martens, Byron Velvick and John Murray — all have won the U.S. Open not once, but twice (Folkestad three times). And all have said they are fishing this year’s event on Lake Mead. Defending champion Gary Dobyns will be looking for his second title and another Nitro Z-8 bass boat fully rigged with a Mercury Pro XS 225 outboard, MotorGuide troll motor and Lowrance electronics.
Entry fee is $1250 for Pro anglers and $350 for AAA co-anglers. The U.S. Open features the same shared weight format used on the WON BASS circuit, with Pros and AAAs competing for cash prizes in each division. Top prize for the first place Pro is the Nitro/Mercury combo and $50,000, with $7500 for the first place AAA (cash based on a full field of 150 boats).
For a mere additional $100 entry fee, both Pros and AAAs fishing the U.S. Open can fish the daily Big Bass Cash Bash. Each day of competition, the five biggest fish will be worth $1000 apiece to the anglers who caught them. That’s $5000 a day for a total tournament payout of $15,000.
There’s more! Two other prizes are on tap for big fish that require nothing more than the regular tournament entry fee.
The angler who catches the biggest bass of the U.S. Open competition will win a Lowrance HDS 7 broadband sonar with the Structure Scan module.
And if any angler manages to beat the WON BASS record fish on Lake Mead of 8.45 pounds (by a full tenth of a pound), they’ll drive home in a Ford F-150 XLT Crew Cab with a 5.4 litre engine courtesy of El Cajon Ford.
Headquarters for this year’s U.S. Open is the Boulder Station Hotel and Casino, 4111 Boulder Highway, in Las Vegas. Call 1 (800) 683-7777 and ask for the WON BASS group discount when making your room reservation.
The Boulder Station’s Railhead Room will host the Tribute to the Legends dinner Friday night, July 16, the event that will kick off the U.S. Open festivities.
Sunday, July 18 is the only day Lake Mead is closed to tournament fishermen. Sunday starts off with the Texas Hold ’Em tournament in the Boulder Station Casino at 9 a.m. Check-in begins in the Railhead Room (located in the casino) at 10 a.m. and runs to 4 p.m. The Sponsor Showcase will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the same location. The mandatory tournament meeting and partner pairings begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Railhead Room.
The U.S. Open starts at 5 a.m. Monday, July 19 with boat inspections at the Callville Bay Marina ramp. At 6:10 a.m. the National Colors will be presented and the first flight leaves at 6:15. The first flight is set to return at 2 p.m. with the weigh-in to be held adjacent to the Callville Lounge. The following two days of competitionwill follow the same schedule, There will be no host cocktails and posting of results at 5:30 at the Boulder Station the first two days of competition, with a draw for final day partners after the second day. No-host cocktails begtin at 5 p.m. in the Railhead Room on the final day, with awards to follow at 6 p.m.
For more information or to sign up, call (949) 366-0030 ext. 38 and ask for Ashley. There is also a link to the U.S. Open entry form PDF on this HERE. For even more information and updates there is an ongoing COUNTDOWN to the U.S. OPEN Blog site updated by WON BASS editor Rich Holland with all of the latest updates and news regarding the US OPEN at our WONEWS.com website.
Now that Mike has won the first two events of the southern section of the WON BASS season, the question now is can anyone beat Mike on the Colorado River chain.
With the US OPEN up next and many national pros already signed up, Mike has to be among the heavy favorites going into his favorite event of them all.
