Lake Martin has been good to Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) veteran Rickie Harp.
A member of the Lake Tuscaloosa Bassmasters, Harp used a tournament win 20 years ago as a springboard to a spot in the Bassmasters Classic. He won another major championship on the lake last fall. Returning to Martin Saturday (Feb. 2) for the first ABN qualifier of the year, Harp put his extensive knowledge of the lake to good use.
The Alabama State Team pictured above…complete listing and more information coming soon.
The small city of Headland is located about 50 miles south of Lake Eufaula.
Over the weekend, a youth movement from the city invaded Eufaula and made the lake their own personal playground, dominating competition in the Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) State Championship Friday and Saturday (Oct. 19-20).
Many Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) competitors were disappointed that stormy weather forced the cancellation of the Pickwick Lake qualifier in April.
The lake was fishing exceptionally well at the time, giving up huge numbers of both largemouth and smallmouth bass. For brothers Jim and Jonathan Barnette, the delayed tournament date worked out perfectly.
For Coby Carden, the Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) qualifier at Lay Lake was just another routine day on the water.
For Lee Hanvey, the occasion represented almost 30 years of sustained effort.
he odds of a bass fisherman winning a tournament are slim, the odds of winning consecutive tournaments even slimmer.
A couple of Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation fishermen proved long shots are not impossible to overcome, however.
Boater Coby Carden and co-angler Chandler Teems, who each won the first ABN qualifier of 2018 on Lake Eufaula in March, repeated their wins Saturday (May 19) on Lake Guntersville.
Coby Carden has long proved to be a dominant force not only in Alabama bass fishing but even beyond state tournament boundaries.
Carden, who twice advanced to the Bassmaster Classic through Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN), regional, and national events, exerted his dominance once more Saturday (March 17) on Lake Eufaula, easily winning the first ABN qualifier of the year.
