TOP BASS Fishing Series 2012 Fall Combo Welcomes You!

TOP BASS Fishing Series 2012 Fall Combo Rice Lake!

TOP BASS Fishing Series 2012 Fall Combo rescheduled due to high winds will be held Sunday October 21, 2012.
on Rice Lake at BJ Tackle in Bewdley. Blast off will be at 7am or first safe light thereafter.
Registration is $200 plus tax per boat which allows 2 anglers per boat While registration will be available on site, feel free to print the registration form and bring it with you already filled out.See the  2012 TOP_BASS_ENTRY_FORM_2012_r14.pdf for more details

High Winds Postpone Top-Bass Rice Lake Combo!

TOP BASS Rice Lake Combo Date Change!

Due to high wind forecasts, this weekend’'s TOP BASS, Rice Lake  Combo is being rescheduled for Sunday, October 21, 2012.

While the date for the TOP BASS Rice Lake Combo has changed, the location and start time will remain the same. The TOP BASS Rice Lake Combo will  still be at B.J. Tackle in Bewdley, and blast  off will still be a 7am or first safe  light. 

The TOP BASS Fishing Series is sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kawartha Lakes – Coboconk :Top-Bass 2012 Classic Top 10 Scores!

Lures and Tours Shoots Top-Bass Winners and Participants !

Coboconk-Canadian Fresh Water Summit saw plenty of excitement Sunday,September 9,as Top – Bass Top teams were awarded thousands in cash and prizes. Rosa Sharpe.Lures and Tours captured contenders and winners on film at this exciting year end tournament organized by Ted Gallone.

Going into the 2012 Top-Bass Classic, much speculation centred around the leading contenders: Dean and Cocks who won the 2011 Top-Bass Classic. Would they win Top-Bass 2012?  All teams who participated in this weekend event are to be commended for their tenacity,and true sportsman attitude as they dealt with the challenging ,and changing weather –smiling through the wind and rain.Weather conditions over the two-day event,offered anglers a real challenge,especially on the first day with a very dark rainy cold start. Then,Sunday the sun shone for periods,but did little to remove the chill from the air.

So who won?

Here are the Top 10 Top Bass 2012 Classic Winners

	Wt	#	Fish	Bass	Captain Last Name	Team Mate Last Name
1	32.79	18	10	491	SCOTT BURNS	JAY MACDONALD
2	30.98	4	10	5.19	MIKE WILLIAMS	DUANE JACOBS
3	29.94	67	10	409	RON PILKEY	JAY       MARTIN
4	28.30	1	10	0	JERROD DEAN	GERRARD COCKS
5	28.22	25	10	0	WATKINS	HASHIMOTO
6	28.02	22	9	403	HAWLEY	SLOCKI
7	27.82	33	10	0	COLUCCI	MAGLIO
8	27.50	24	10	0	ELLIS	GHOUNARIDE
9	26.88	10	8	0	CULBERT	JACOBS
10	26.55	47	10	4 .21	KENNEDY	KENNEDY

See full names and all standings on the Top-Bass Website.

First Place Winners Scott Burns and Jay MacDonald 

Runner Up Team Duane Jacobs and Captain Mike Williams

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Kawartha Lakes Tension Mounts Awaiting $12,000 Winner!

Top Anglers Vie For Top Awards in Coboconk Kawartha Lakes!

Kawartha Lakes -Coboconk Top-Bass Tournament organizer Ted Gallone will announce 2012 Top-Bass Classic Winners in just a few hours following the final weigh in at 3 pm. Tension is mounting after yesterday's live release weigh in,which saw Mike Williams edge out Spiro Agouras for this year's Big Fish award, a catch which could put Mike and his teammate Duane Jacobs in first place for the grand prize of $12,000. Check out this footage from yesterday's Top-Bass 2012 Classic Weigh In:

With very different conditions today, than yesterday, that Top-Bass top prize could go to any of the 75 teams competing in this season's final event in Coboconk-Home of Canada's Fresh Water Summit.
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Top-Bass 2012 Classic Coboconk Top Ten Day 1!

Top Bass 2012 Classic Coboconk  Unofficial Top Ten Day 1 !

Despite rainy conditions,Top-Bass 2012 Classic anglers were in good spirits as they weighed in their fish.
Here are the unofficial top ten angler team results for Saturday September 8, 2012.

Mike Williams shows us a pair of the fish his boat brought in to hold the lead in Day One of the Top Bass Classic on Balsam Lake.

1. 18.82 Williams & Jacobs BF 5.19 LBS
2. 17.59 Culbert & Jacobs 
3. 16.68 Pilkey & Martin 
4. 15.64 Bullock & Carlyle 
5. 15.50 Barton & Scott 
6. 15.26 Colucci & Maglio 
7. 14.43 Jojos & Tekada 
8. 14.42 Dean. & Cocks 
9.  14.18 Burns & MacDonald 
10.  14.10 Figueira & Gonzales 

Note: Mike Williams just took over the lead from Spiro Agouras by less than half a pound, in the Angler of the year race. Will he maintain his lead? Be sure to get in on the action at tomorrow's weigh in!
See more photos as they come online in the Lures and Tours Top Bass Classic 2012 photo album.

Seeking Top – Bass Classic 2012 Coboconk Photos? Posted!

Top-Bass Classic 2012 Coboconk Dawn Launch!

Coboconk launch was unavoidably soaking wet, and unusually dark for this time of year. However, Lures and Tours managed to squeeze off a few shots Top-Bass Classic shots, including one team member who seems really happy just to be out fishing.

Watch for more Top – Bass 2012 Classic photos and video clips through out the two days of the tournament this weekend –September 8th and 9th, 2012 in the Lures and Tours Top-Bass 2012 Classic Photo Album.

Top 10 Anglers Entering Top – Bass Classic : Fishing Freshwater Summit Waters!

September 8 and 9, 2012, long anticipated Top – Bass Classic will take place in Coboconk- Home of Canada’s Freshwater Summit . What could be more appropriate – Top Anglers at the highest navigable fresh water point in Canada.

Ted Gallone.organizes popular annual Top-Bass fishing tournament series; the Top-Bass Classic being the culminating event. The Top-Bass Classic 2012 is limited to the top 75 teams as determined by their scores in at least four qualifying events throughout the year. It is interesting to note ,that the top team going into the Top-Bass Classic are the winners of the Top-Bass Classic 2011. Will the 2011 Classic champion pair of: Jarrod Dean and Gerard Cocks remain undefeated,or will they be unseated this year?

Here are the Top Ten Unofficial Classic Qualifier Standings 2012 Classic Qualifier Standings (As of August 28, 2012) All teams listed have completed a 'minimum of 4 events' as of the August 28, 2012 and their weight is based on the 'Captain’s' best 6 of 8 events.

Top 10 Unofficial Top-Bass 2012 Classic Competitors

Position	Captain	Best 6 weights
1	DEAN, JARROD	98.65
2	MACNEIL, MICHAEL	98.27
3	AGOUROS, SPIRO	94.66
4	WILLIAMS, MIKE	86.75
5	CHAPMAN, GLENN	82.43
6	STOCKDALE, RICK	81.54
7	BARTON, JEFF	79.04
8	LANZINGER, RON	77.84
9	WESTALL, BARRY	76.41
10	CULBERT, CALEB	75

See the full list of competitors on the Top-Bass Website.