Boat U.S. Anglers Weigh To Win program is back for the 2012 season, which means more incentives and money to be earned! Be sure to follow the link to their website for all the details on how to sign up for the 2012 season!! http://www.boatus.com/Angler/tournament_incentives.asp

Fishing with confidence is a huge part in being successful when tournament fishing. Being confident in what you're doing causes you to stay focused, and fish to your greatest potential.

 A few recent wins should be more than enough to keep Eastern Kentucky University ranked #1 in the nation. Everything seems to be going our way, and now we are looking forward to our regional on Lake Kinkaid in Illinois.

Finally home from a dissapointing finish at Lake Lewisville in Lewisville Texas, but on the bright side partner Jonas Ertel and myself were able to get big fish for the tournament which landed us a cool $1000 and two new Abu Garcia Revo SX's along with rods. Now we are looking ahead to a couple of tournaments that we won last year and are prepared to have another strong run towards the top of the leaderboard.

Tyler Moberly and Jonas Ertel of Eastern Kentucky University looked at a map of Brewer Lake for about 10 seconds Friday night. They had just been told it’s where they’d fish for the College Bass National Championship and this was their first look at the body of water.

“Where would you go?” Ertel asked Moberly. Moberly pointed to a spot offshore. Ertel smiled, “That’s exactly what I was thinking.”

College angling experienced explosive growth the last two years with full divisional trails, college rivalries and even scholarships to college for highly recruited anglers. In fact we believe a lot of the next superstars in professional bass fishing are already in college circuits. Just like at the professional levels, some of the same names keep showing up regardless of the tournament circuit. One of those names is Tyler Moberly.

Tournament fishing is unlike any other competitive sport in the world. Period. The number of uncontrolled variables in professional fishing far exceeds the variables found in other sports. Therefore when a bass pro consistently performs at a high level against so many dynamic challenges – when they are on their ‘A’ game – it warrants a closer look. As a fan and writer of the sport of professional bass fishing, I’m fascinated with what makes the best pros the best pros. At today’s top levels of tournament competition, pros have access to all of the best equipment money can buy. What intrigues me, however, are the intangibles – the visceral, the things beyond boats, motors, line and lures. This is what separates the best from the best. When you go beyond luck to the core of a champion. > see full story

EverStart Batteries, the No. 1 retail selling automotive and marine battery brand in the world, announced a sponsorship with FLW Outdoors, making it the official automotive and marine battery of the tournament-fishing organization. Effective immediately, EverStart will assume title sponsorship of the FLW American Fishing Series, which recently published increased paybacks and an impressive schedule of lakes for 2011. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

We put our heads together and came up with five picks each. Some are within the five groups that Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing forces you to choose from, and some of the picks are just the best choices for anglers to win the event. A lot of thought went into these picks, but we also did a lot of guessing. We think a lot of anglers got educated at the last event, and we expect everyone to step up their game moving just 90 miles to fish this event. So we expect to see big weights and a lot closer shootout this week. At any rate, Todd, Terry and I make our case for our picks. See which ones you like and don’t like and let us know who you think. > see the picks