It started!

[Cecil]

1st BASS event (southern open) started tdy! I LOVE IT!!!!

[TR21HP]

On the big O! Sounds like the water level is up and the grass is finally thick. Should provide for a good tourney. I agree Cecil, this with the new shows on television means it's just around the corner - a long corner but it's coming!

[Cecil]

All that and the 1st big sport show... Gonna be a LONG 3-4 months...

[TonkaBass]

I am twitching for open water....

[grab the net]

Pre fishing was tough as nails according to some of the reports I read on a couple of other sites.

[TonkaBass]

somebody always gets them... well, almost always

[delmuts]

Well, i'm good for a couple of days. My new Pflueger Patriarch came today! It should be worth a few days of day dreaming!

[Central Bassman]

No surprise how is leading... JT Kenney is a STUD on the big O!!! I think he is sick of fishing the FLW and wants to fish the Elite Series as well.

[TR21HP]

Anybody notice how many FLW pros were fishing the tourney?

I wonder if that is any indication of the FLW being a little shaky. There's always a few guys that fish both series but this seemed like quite a few more were fishing it. I wonder if we are going to see more women on the circuit as well this year since their tourney was shut down?

[Central Bassman]

I think the FLW needs to make the FLW Tour a 100 boat or a 75 boat series. That would make it more like the Elite series. This time of year you always see guys fishing in any event that goes on but it does seem like more anglers have left FLW to go fish the Elite then the other way around

[bassNspear]

i agree with ya central. I think there is just way to many people in it now, however, they need that many im sure to make it run!

[TR21HP]

Chris and Bobby Lane go 1 and 2 for the Southern Open. Tharp only got 1 fish on the final day - ouch.