WON rumors circulating during the BAT

[JJCJR]

Based on conversations with tournament directors and from what was heard during the Bass-a-thon, here's are some WON observations we might be able to look forward to in the future:

I. The shared weight program for the Pro circuit will remain in effect as long as Harvey's running the show. Harvey introduced this format and it is unique to WON and very successful. It's had to imagine WON changing to a non-shared weight format on the pro side in the near future.

2. The Pro Circuit Tournament of Champions will be held a mystery lake a few weeks following the last regular Pro Circuit Event. The location will be held in secret but announced in enough time prior to the T of C for participants to prepare. One-day pre-fish prior to the weekend event will be allowed.

3. During the regular Pro Circuit season, the AAA angler will be invited to join the Pro Option offered which is about 100 bucks.

4. The WON BASS teams championship (Tri States Championship) will be held at a lake to be announced (late in the season). It will not be Lake Havasu or Lake Shasta in 2010 but on waters more geographically accessible to all WON BASS regions. The qualifying north and the south will be invited to fish a combined Tri States Championship.

With the resources Western Outdoors News and WON Bass processes, it make sense there will be "some hefty awards " in order for the Teams, the Pro Circuit Champions, the Pro Circuit Angler of the Year as well as the U.S. Open. As on pro was overheard to say at the BAT , Harvey can't change the world in only three days. We'll be hearing more in the days to come.

[FATGUY]

is this "pro circuit" that has starting to be mentioned..is that what was known before as the won bass pro/am ?? or is it something different??

[davejk]

I hope it happens.

[Marty]

That all sounds good for the Pro, but what about the payback for the Am’s? Am’s pay roughly half what the Pro’s pay for entry fees but only get roughly 10 to 20% of the award fee back. This is not only with WON Bass but also with the AC. I bring this up not to put down WON Bass or AC but to make it better for the Am’s. Currently only FLW gives back the Co-Angler a fare shack on paybacks! I don’t know Harvey but maybe he can look into that!

[basswest]

Hey Marty, I will speak for Anglers Choice, If you are saying that the Ams only get 10-20 percent payback and that Stren was the only decent payback. I would have to respectively disagree. Below is the first event from last year. Entry was 200.00 and we held back money for the TOC fund. Try like above 80 percent for the payback last years events on the Am Side. The Am TOC paid over 100 percent. Much Higher on the Pro Side. Not looking for a debate, but those are the real numbers. Not bashing, compare those paybacks to any circuit. I firmly believe that all fishing is good . Pick what circuit you like and works for you. I also feel that the FLW is a good deal for the anglers in terms of payback. Sponsors is a whole other issue, but at the end of the day they are a for profit business. Anglers Choice is sticking with our same format from last year. with a few twist like a three day TOC and final event. With some new incentives coming and with Bill Cook as the director, I feel very confident that we will again deliver a great product to the angler. Thanks for listening.

Mark Mendez
Anglers Choice

1 BILL PUENGATE 10.57 11.48 22.05 $3,800.00
2 RANDY WALKER 10.28 11.2 21.48 $2,200.00
3 MIKE CRIDER 11.22 10.24 21.46 $1,650.00
4 JACK GOODBY 10.74 10.36 21.1 $1,250.00
5 BRUCE SAECHAO 9.09 11.53 20.62 $800.00
6 TOM JANOUSEK 9.91 10.61 20.52 $700.00
7 RICH CAVANAGH 10.41 9.83 20.24 $800.00
8 RICK KNIGHT 9.73 10 19.73 $500.00
9 FIL TORRES 10.95 8.76 19.71 $400.00
10 BRIAN WECHT 9.01 10.39 19.4 $350.00
11 JONATHON BRADFORD 9.56 9.82 19.38 $325.00
12 JON BAKKEN 9.9 9.47 19.37 $300.00
13 KELLY COOK 9.96 9.39 19.35 $606.25
14 NICK FEDOROFF 10.53 8.75 19.28 $250.00
15 DON STONE 9.51 9.75 19.26 $235.00
16 JOHN MCCLELLAN 10.35 8.9 19.25 $0.00
17 EDDY VELAZQUEZ 9.89 9.22 19.11 $0.00
18 JOHN ZINDA 9.22 9.82 19.04 $0.00
19 RON RODGERS 9.49 9.53 19.02 $0.00
20 JOHN THOMPSON 10.41 8.49 18.9 $0.00
21 VERN ROBERTS 8.92 9.93 18.85 $0.00
22 MARK HISER 9.45 9.36 18.81 $0.00
23 TONI CORPE 9.36 9.37 18.73 $0.00
24 KEVIN EVANS 8.75 9.89 18.64 $0.00
25 DON ANDERSON 10.1 8.51 18.61 $0.00
26 CHRIS KARLOWSKY 8.56 10.02 18.58 $0.00
27 KEN ALLERTON 10.31 8.17 18.48 $0.00
28 PHIL LOPEZ 9.1 9.36 18.46 $0.00
29 JESSE KIRK-OBS 8.45 9.96 18.41 $0.00
30 PATRICK BLOOMFIELD 8.56 9.81 18.37 $0.00
31 TERRY DEVINCENZI 9.09 9.25 18.34 $0.00
32 RAFAEL ORTIZ 8.74 9.57 18.31 $0.00
33 TERRY BENNETT 6.32 11.94 18.26 $0.00
34 JUSTIN EVANS 9.76 8.43 18.19 $356.25
35 RYAN HABENICHT 9.51 8.68 18.19 $0.00
36 CRAIG KRAFT 9.1 8.87 17.97 $0.00
37 PAUL CUNNINGHAM 9.45 8.47 17.92 $0.00
38 NEVADA BRETZ 9.1 8.74 17.84 $0.00
39 BRIAN STAFFORD 9.04 8.67 17.71 $0.00
40 FRANK ONO 7.61 10.03 17.64 $0.00
41 STEVE FLANDERS 9.58 7.98 17.56 $0.00
42 DANIEL LEUE 7.79 9.71 17.5 $0.00
43 JASON BUBIER 9.1 8.37 17.47 $0.00
44 GLENN THOMAS 9.09 8.36 17.45 $0.00
45 JACK KEMPER 9.76 7.69 17.45 $0.00
46 MIKE BALDWIN 8.52 8.87 17.39 $0.00
47 CESAR LAGUNA 8.44 8.9 17.34 $0.00
48 BILL WENTWORTH 9.39 7.8 17.19 $0.00
49 JOEL ADAMS 10.47 6.65 17.12 $0.00
50 MITCHELL BLOOMFIELD 8.18 8.75 16.93 $0.00
51 JEREMY HIGHTOWER 7.99 8.84 16.83 $0.00
52 DANNY PRODOEHL 8.98 7.82 16.8 $0.00
53 TERRY STARK 12.11 4.51 16.62 $0.00
54 CHAD SMITH 8.97 7.56 16.53 $0.00
55 JON VINCZE 8.4 7.88 16.28 $0.00
56 KYLE DURAN-OBS 7.22 8.98 16.2 $0.00
57 GARY SOUZA 8.64 7.53 16.17 $0.00
58 MIKE NICHOLSON 6.28 9.89 16.17 $0.00
59 NICOLE FEDOROFF 9.01 6.72 15.73 $0.00
60 KEVIN MCBEAN 7.79 7.53 15.32 $0.00
61 ROBERT BREWER 8.9 6.42 15.32 $0.00
62 NICK ENRIQUEZ 7.39 7.82 15.21 $0.00
63 JAMES RIOS 7.12 7.74 14.86 $0.00
64 JAMES AVALOS 7.64 7.21 14.85 $0.00
65 ROBBIE MERWIN 8.74 5.88 14.62 $0.00
66 MIKE WILDES 6.14 8.34 14.48 $0.00
67 GARRETT MADDEX 8.84 5.14 13.98 $0.00
68 KEN MEHL 8.71 5.05 13.76 $0.00
69 JAMES BONHAM 4.29 9.33 13.62 $0.00
70 CHAD GATES 10.32 3.29 13.61 $0.00
71 CURT PEARCY 7.83 5.12 12.95 $0.00
72 RAYMOND SANDOVAL 8.51 3.91 12.42 $0.00
73 DON DELOREFICE 7.03 5.31 12.34 $0.00
74 TERRY KLEINGARTNER 1.94 9.37 11.31 $712.50
75 KYLE JACOBS 7.26 0 7.26 $0.00
76 JESSE OCHOA 1.92 8.04 9.96 $0.00
77 TOM DIGIULIO 2.21 7.19 9.4 $0.00
78 SCOTT CRAWFORD 0 8.65 8.65 $0.00
79 CHUCK MESSICK 0 8.63 8.63 $0.00
80 JOE DURAN-OBS 8.58 0 8.58 $0.00
81 KELLY HILL 0 8.5 8.5 $0.00
82 RANDY CHAPMAN 6.44 0 6.44 $0.00
83 NELSON BLAKEMAN 5.88 0 5.88 $0.00
84 BRUCE GIBSON-OBS 5.42 0 5.42 $0.00



TOC

1 RONALD ROGERS 21.48 20.38 41.86 $3,000.00
2 DAVE KEITHAHN 15.97 25.71 41.68 $2,675.00
3 MERL NUNES 17.97 22.67 40.64 $1,800.00
4 Nick Federoff 18.52 20.77 39.29 $2,825.00
5 DON DELOREFICE 17.65 21.57 39.22 $1,800.00
6 Jackson Juarez 18.56 20.3 38.86 $700.00
7 WAYNE MYERS 24.61 13.75 38.36 $600.00
8 DAVID MENARD 19.25 19.04 38.29 $500.00
9 TOM CHILTON 23.70 14.37 38.07 $400.00
10 JOEL ADAMS 16.37 21.69 38.06 $1,150.00
11 TERRY BENNETT 21.44 16.11 37.55 $1,000.00
12 TERRY KLEINGARTNER 19.27 17.9 37.17 $900.00
13 TOM DIGIULIO 17.32 19.77 37.09 $800.00
14 DANNY PRODEHL 19.25 17.59 36.84 $400.00
15 DAVE HENRY 15.55 21.28 36.83 $0.00
16 GEORGE DAGNINO 18.58 17.92 36.5 $575.00
17 KEVIN MCBEAN 18.48 17.78 36.26 $400.00
18 JAMES RIOS 18.64 17.53 36.17 $300.00
19 JOHN LUNDEEN 14.86 20.96 35.82 $0.00
20 TONI CORPE 16.34 18.75 35.09 $0.00
21 Jonathon Bradford 16.66 18.28 34.94 $300.00
22 MIKE CRIDER 14.03 20.78 34.81 $0.00
23 RANDY WALKER 15.93 18.83 34.76 $0.00
24 DON FRAILEY 14.08 20.44 34.52 $0.00
25 CHRIS KARLOWSKY 20.19 14.05 34.24 $0.00
26 SCOTT CRAWFORD 18.18 16.04 34.22 $0.00
27 GEORGE NORRIS 20.29 13.75 34.04 $0.00
28 BILL PUENGATTE 18.07 15.92 33.99 $0.00
29 BRIAN WECHT 15.37 18.6 33.97 $0.00
30 FRANKLIN VELARDE 17.76 16.07 33.83 $0.00
31 BILL WENTWORTH 17.14 16.31 33.45 $0.00
32 LANCE HOLLON 16.18 17.03 33.21 $0.00
33 GLENN THOMAS 14.63 18.44 33.07 $0.00
34 Jose Juarez 15.48 17.57 33.05 $0.00
35 BEN DAVIDSON 16.61 16.39 33 $0.00
36 KEN MEHL 17.58 15.28 32.86 $0.00
37 BRIAN STAFFORD 19.97 12.71 32.68 $0.00
38 DANIEL RAUB 16.46 16.18 32.64 $0.00
39 ARTHUR NARVERUD 19.07 13.56 32.63 $0.00
40 BRANDON FENNER 13.87 18.63 32.5 $0.00
41 CHUCK SCHRODER 18.71 13.77 32.48 $0.00
42 HOWARD PICKERSGILL 15.21 16.92 32.13 $0.00
43 TERRY DEVINCENZI 13.42 18.51 31.93 $0.00
44 NELSON BLAKEMAN 13.66 17.83 31.49 $0.00
45 JAMES KIMURA 16.17 14.85 31.02 $0.00
46 JIM DAVIS 11.38 19.6 30.98 $0.00
47 ANTHONY BORGES 14.53 16.44 30.97 $0.00
48 MICHAEL WILDES 14.92 15.98 30.9 $0.00
49 TIM CHAPMAN 16.28 14.18 30.46 $0.00
50 RICH CAVANAGH 12.16 18.18 30.34 $0.00
51 JEFF ANTENUCCI 18.00 12.32 30.32 $0.00
52 Derek Rowan 15.95 14.21 30.16 $0.00
53 DON ANDERSON 17.11 13.03 30.14 $0.00
54 JACK GOODBY 14.87 14.98 29.85 $0.00
55 Ed Dickey 14.18 15.46 29.64 $0.00
56 GARRETT MADDEX 15.47 14.07 29.54 $0.00
57 VERN ROBERTS 15.69 13.54 29.23 $0.00
58 JUSTIN VONSPRECKELSEN 13.32 15.73 29.05 $0.00
59 ZACK MACDONALD 13.80 15.19 28.99 $0.00
60 FIL TORRES 13.11 15.85 28.96 $0.00
61 JOHN THOMPSON 16.76 12.01 28.77 $0.00
62 Aaron Minami 13.21 14.75 27.96 $0.00
63 Matt Rogers 13.36 13.97 27.33 $0.00
64 ANDY SANCHEZ 12.08 14.92 27 $0.00
65 RICK KNIGHT 13.88 12.08 25.96 $0.00
66 JASON BUBIER 12.45 13.03 25.48 $0.00
67 TOM JANOUSEK 14.79 10.35 25.14 $0.00
68 TERRY STARK 15.91 15.91 $0.00

(c) Copyright 2006

[N.A.R]

John are you saying that this seasons TOC (Tristates) isn't being held at Havasu? Or are you talking about next year?

[GW]

From the WON Bass Web site:


Tri-States Team Championship North September 24-25, 2010
Clear Lake

Tri-States Team Championship South
October 8-8, 2010
Lake Mead

[N.A.R]

4. The WON BASS teams championship (Tri States Championship) will be held at a lake to be announced (late in the season). It will not be Lake Havasu or Lake Shasta in 2010 but on waters more geographically accessible to all WON BASS regions. The qualifying north and the south will be invited to fish a combined Tri States Championship.

The only body of water that is geographically accessible to all WonBass Regions would be the Pacific Ocean.

[Robert F]

Don't tempt him Tony. John loves sand bass tournaments.

[Schneider Fishing]

Sand bass

I'm all in and I have the boat for it too. LOL

[Robert F]

It would be a real playing field leveler.

[JJCJR]

From what was heard up at the Delta this past weekend, it was Harvey's intention to change the location of 2010 Tri-States to a more "neutral" location for the convenience of both north and south teams.

Sand Bass....I'm on top of that. My problem is fishing enough events to qualify. Are there Sand Bass if S. F. Bay?

[Ricky-S]

The only rumor that I heard at the BAT was that the tournaments WERE NOT going to be $300.


Other than that let's play ball.