BASS Elite Pro Jeremy Starks on TFR

BASS Elite Pro and winner of the Elite tournament at Douglas Lake, Jeremy Starks is next week's guest on Tournament Fishing Radio.

The Douglas Lake win was the Elite victory in Starks' six year career and has moved him into the top 15 in the AOY race.

"A lot of folks haven't heard of Jeremy Starks." TFR Host Eric Prey said. "..... he's a solid angler, and the long lining technique he used at Douglas has draw a ton of attention."

Big Names skipping the US Open?

The biggest event in west coast bass fishing may be without two of it's top stars this year.

BASS Elite Pros (and fishing legends) Gary Klein and Rick Clunn will likely miss the Open attempting to qualify for the 2013 Bassmaster Classic.

Both Klein and Clunn are fishing the Elite Series and BASS Open Series to improve their chances of making the Classic through angler of the year points (Elite Series) or with a win (Elite or Open).

Hear David Dudley on TFR Now

FLW Tour Pro and AOY David Dudley is this week's guest on Tournament Fishing Radio.

Dudley won angler of the year last year and is poised to repeat this year. His recent win on Beaver Lake cements his reputation of versatility and consistency.

Dudley will discuss the event at Beaver, the FLW tour and the rest of the season on Tournament Fishing Radio.

KAST Kids' Derby a big success

Tray Lippe with his giant from the KAST Derby

K.A.S.T. (Kid's Are Special Too) had their first tournament of the year over the weekend at Table Rock Lake.

Mike Webb, Steve Boillot and Ryan Menser put on another great event with the help of Central Pro Am's Jim Thompson.

Kids with a parent or guardian headed out on the lake at 7:00am fishing for a three fish limit until 1:00pm .

Everyone that participated received prizes and great time was had by all.

The winning teams were:
Jim and Joey Dopp  11.71 lbs
Tom and Dillon Statler 9.84
Dustin and Tray Lippe 9.36
Jeff and Brandon Durr 7.45

Fuji Five Tips ........ Dang Good Advice

A month or so back Fuji introduced their five tips for buying you next rod.

Most thought it was like a lot of "tips" in the fishing world a thinly veiled marketing ploy to get you purchase a specific brand or brands of rods that use Fuji guides.

Well, not so much.

While the tips do suggest that you purchase a rod with Fuji guide they do not push any specific brand or brands.

In short the tips are good advice and a few nuggets of info that most anglers don't take into account when dropping a couple hundy on a new stick.

David Dudley on TFR

FLW Tour Pro and winner of the FLW tournament at Beaver Lake, David Dudley is next week's guest on Tournament Fishing Radio.

Dudley has won a Forrest Wood Cup, FLW Angler of the Year and six FLW events over his 16 year career.

"Dudley is a household name in the fishing industry" TFR Host Kory Mitchell said. "Over his career he has been a consistent angler winning almost three million dollars in lifetime earnings."

BRP To test Butanol for marine engines.......

Could Pond Scum be an answer.......

BRP, the parent company of Evinrude, has begun testing Butanol blend as an alternative fuel to Ethanol blended gasoline.

Butanol has a higher energy content than ethanol and may be a viable alternative to E15 fuel blends recently allowed by the EPA.

Tests of E15 blended gasoline have caused catastrophic failure of marine engines in test by BRP and Mercury marine in the past.