Lane Hits Triple Digits In Winning Group B
Monday, May 24, 2021
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Bobby Lane said he missed quite a few flipping bites on the second day of the Group B qualifying round, but he nonetheless caught enough to top the group by a margin of more than 24 pounds.
By MLF Communications Staff Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Florida, boated 14 bass weighing 34-02 to hold off a hard-charging Ott DeFoe of Blaine, Tennessee, and win the two-day Group B Qualifying Round at the Harris Chain MLF Bass Pro Tour event in Leesburg, Florida. After Lane started the day with a 24-pound lead, DeFoes massive rally had him within 8 pounds early in the second period, but Lane pulled away in the third and prevailed with a two-day total of 39 bass weighing 102-06.
Lane Builds Big Lead As Group B Opens
Saturday, May 22, 2021
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Bobby Lane s haul on the first day of the Group B Qualifying Round included two 6-pounders and several 4s.
By MLF Communications Staff After a back-and-forth battle at the top of the leaderboard during Period 1, Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Florida, surged ahead in Period 2 of Group B s initial qualifying day at the Harris Chain Bass Pro Tour in his home state. Lane caught a total of 25 including a pair of 6-pounders and several 4s to lead the group with 68-04.
He ended the day with a 24-pound advantage over 2nd-place David Walker of Sevierville, Tennessee, who caught 14 bass weighing 44-04. Keith Poche of Pike Road, Alabama, sits 3-12 behind Walker, ending the day in 3rd place with 15 bass weighing 40-08.
By Sight or Sound, Mays Topwater Potential Shines
Thursday, May 20, 2021
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Veteran pro Kelly Jordon says that a topwater bite will often hold out all day in May.
By Lynn Burkhead
OSG Senior Digital Editor A stress test on the old ticker. Thats a good way to describe my most recent bass outing on a favorite water body in north Texas.
In a spring where everything seems off and a bit delayed in my vicinity, the bite on this fishery wasnt happening the other day. Heavy rain a few days earlier, overcast skies, a bit of a northeasterly breeze you know the old fishing adage that fish bite least when the wind is out of the east and cooler-than-normal water conditions for mid-May left me considering an early exit.
Birge Overtakes Wheeler For Group B Win
Monday, May 3, 2021
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Zack Birge joined Brent Chapman as early qualifiers for the Championship Round and the Lake Travis MLF Bass Pro Tour.
By MLF Communications Staff Zack Birge boated 15 scorable that combined to weigh 25-02 on his way to winning the two-day Qualifying Group B round at the Lake Travis MLF Bass Pro Tour in Austin, Texas. Birges two-day total of 33 bass weighing 67-04 earned him the victory by more than 9 pounds and advanced him directly into Wednesdays Championship Round.
Day-1 leader Jacob Wheeler caught a two-day total of 18 bass weighing 58-03 to end the round in 2nd place, and Andy Montgomery finished the round in 3rd place with a two-day total of 15 bass weighing 34-00.
Wheeler Tops Group B s Weather-Shortened Opener
Sunday, May 2, 2021
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By MLF Communications Staff It was a back-and-forth battle at the top for most of the day Saturday between Jacob Wheeler and Zack Birge at the Lake Travis MLF Bass Pro Tour in Austin, Texas. The duo traded the lead back and forth for most of Period 2, however Wheeler boated a 4-pounder right near the end of the period, then added another 4-pounder shortly after the start of Period 3 to increase his lead to just over 10 pounds.
Then, Mother Nature intervened.
Lightning in the area forced tournament officials to institute a weather-delay at 1:35 p.m. as the 40 anglers on the water stopped fishing and took shelter. After a two-hour delay, and with no end in sight, officials called the day and competition was over. It was the first time in BPT history that competitors did not complete three full periods and was also the shortest day of competition in history.