2017 flw tour potomac river

IBASSIN is your first choice for all things bass fishing. Tournaments, new lures, articles, interviews and resources centred around bass fishing.

Monday, June 19, 2017

Tom monsoor wins 2017 walmart flw tour potomac river 66-11lbs, no comments:, post a comment.

Ranger Boats Pro Tom Wins FLW Tour Event on Potomac River

About Westernbass.com

WesternBass

• Tips & Techniques
• Affiliate / Field Team Programs
• Affiliate / Field Team Application
• Affiliate Login

Select Page

2017 FLW TV | Potomac River

Bass Fishing , Freshwater , Tips & Techniques , Tournaments , Videos | 0 |

The final FLW Tour stop of 2017 hits the Potomac River for a shallow showdown. Can Tom Monsoor redeem himself from a disaster at the Mississippi or will a young gun knock him off?

Subscribe for more great fishing content.

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/FLWFishing/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/flwfishing/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/flwfishing Snapchat – https://www.snapchat.com/add/flwofficial FLW Website – https://www.flwfishing.com/

Related Posts

Bassmaster – Chris Zaldain starts strong on Eufaula

June 10, 2020

Lawson Lindsey – Overcast Day for Big Snook and Jack

May 3, 2017

TRAILER for 27series Ep. 2!

March 21, 2017

Drop-Shot Fishing with Luke Dunkin

July 22, 2022

Leave a reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Commissions & Discounts

Top categories.

• Tournaments

• Shop Brands
• Reels Shop All
• Casting Reels
• Spinning Reels
• Spincast Reels
• Rods Shop All
• Casting Rods
• Spinning Rods
• Combos Shop All
• Casting Combos
• Spinning Combos
• Spincast Combos
• Fishing Line
• Baits Shop All
• Spinnerbaits
• Umbrella Rigs
• Technique Specific
• Lure Making & Customization
• Hooks, Weights & Terminal Tackle Shop All
• Accessories
• Fish Finders & Chartplotters
• Boating Accessories
• TW Exclusives
• Learning Learning Center
• Video Vault Video Vault
• New New Items
• Trophy Best Sellers
• Pro Spotlight Pro Spotlight
• Support Support Center
• Account Account
• Wishlist Wishlist
• Gift Cards Gift Cards
• Mailing List Mailing List

Cody Meyer's 2017 FLW Potomac River Recap

Product featured in this video.

Video Vault: Tournament

Please Note: Jared used the G. Loomis GLX 7'5" Heavy 894C FPR for flipping during the tournament.

• 2018 Classic
• World Rankings
• Angler of the Year Races
• Money Rankings
• Weight Rankings
• State Rankings
• Pro Tour News
• BassFan Opinion
• Pro View Reports
• Angler Profiles
• New Gear/Product Reviews

• previous article
• next article

Potomac In Good Shape For Pro Circuit Event

Veteran Tom Monsoor captured his first tour-level win the last time the MLF Pro Circuit (formerly FLW Tour) visited the Potomac River in 2017.

The MLF Pro Circuit visits Marbury, Md. this week for the fifth stop on the 2021 Pro Circuit. The tournament gets under way today and runs through Sunday.

The Pro Circuit last stopped at the Potomac in 2017, when Wisconsin veteran pro Tom Monsoor hoisted the trophy for his first tour-levl win, bringing a four-day total 66-11 to the stage. Prior to that, in 2015, Texas pro Clark Wendlandt – a three-time Angler of the Year (AOY) – won his fourth career Pro Circuit event on the fishery bringing with 60 pounds even. Washington's Luke Clausen , a former FLW Cup and Bassmaster Classic champion, holds the record for the heaviest four-day winning weight on the Potomac with a total of 69-14 back in 2011.

“The fishery is very healthy with a tremendous population of largemouth bass that are pretty eager to bite, so it should be a fun tournament,” said Pro Circuit angler Todd Walters of Kernersville, N.C., who finished 2nd MLF Toyota Series event held on the Potomac in 2020. “Everyone is really looking forward to this event.”

The Potomac is a tidal fishery, running roughly north to south into Chesapeake Bay, with water that fluctuates a couple of feet per day. Due to the constant ebb and flow, fishing is almost always shallow, either in the grass and pads or around hard cover such as rock and wood.

“The water is in really good condition,” said Walters. “The grass is just starting to grow about 2 to 4 feet off the bottom, so that’s where you’ll find most of the bass."

While there are a few sections of the main river that come into play, the bulk of the damage tends to be done in the mouths of the creeks, with some hot creek arms attracting a ton of fishing pressure.

“This is an area that I’m familiar with and that I’ve fished before – it has a tremendous population of largemouth bass and they are going to bite at some point in the day. It just depends on the tide during the tournament,” said Walters. “On the Potomac River, 90 percent of the fish are in 10 percent of the water, so it will fish small. But there are plenty of fish in those areas to be able to handle the 163 boats in the field and everyone should catch some fish.

“I expect to see guys dropshotting Senkos in a slack tide, then when the water’s moving, they’ll be throwing swimjigs, ChatterBaits and shallow-running crankbaits,” continued Walters. “You’re always going to have some dock fish and you can catch them flipping jigs and creature baits. I didn’t see any areas with matted grass where you’d need to punch it, but I expect to see guys flipping their jigs and creature baits in those thicker grass beds when the tide’s slack.”

Walters said he believes it will take 13 to 14 pounds per day to make it to the final round and anticipates a four-day total of 70 to 75 pounds will win the event.

Anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. ET from Smallwood State Park, located at 2750 Sweden Point Road in Marbury. Weigh-ins will also be held at the park daily at 3 p.m. Fans are welcome to attend the event or follow the action online through the MLF NOW! livestream and coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com .

The full field of 163 anglers compete in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The Top 50 pros based on their two-day cumulative weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition on Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

• Butler finishes wire-to-wire Open triumph
• Hawk finally gets another home-lake victory
• Tennessean sets Toyota margin mark at Chick
• Butler still leads Open despite tough day
• High School Combine registration starts May 7

Latest News

Early decision pays off handsomely for birge.

EUFAULA, Okla. – As he idled out of Peter’s Point-Nichols Point Marina for the Championship Round on Lake Eufaula, Zack Birge

LeBrun Paces Top 10 Into Finals At Eufaula

EUFAULA, Okla. – Through five days of fishing at the MLF Bass Pro Tour event on Lake Eufaula, central Oklahoma’s notoriously

Unsettled Conditions Playing To Omori's Strength

EUFAULA, Okla. – Rising water. Falling water. Muddy water. Clearing water. Fish moving into flooded brush and onto beds. Oklahoma’s

Video You May Like

• Follow us on Facebook
• Follow us on Twitter
• Follow us on YoutTube
• Advertising
• Your California Privacy Rights
• ADA Statement
• Cookie Policy
• Do Not Sell My Personal Information
• Affiliate Advertising Policy
• Your Privacy Choices

Get Weekly Updates

• AdvancedAngler's 2016 ICAST Best of Show Awards
• Edwin Evers Megabass iloud
• Wesley Strader PH Custom Lures
• Cliff Crochet Falcon Rods BuCoo
• Takahiro Omoria Daiwa Tatula Rods
• Stetson Blaylock T-H Marine Kong Bridge Style Mount

Clark Wendlandt Leads Day One of FLW Tour Potomac River

FLW 2017 Potomac River Day One Leader Clark Wendlandt – photo courtesy FLW

MARBURY, Md. (June 15, 2017) – Pro Clark Wendlandt of Leander, Texas , grabbed the early lead Thursday after Day One of the FLW Tour on the Potomac River presented by Costa Sunglasses with five bass weighing 19 pounds, 11 ounces. Wendlandt will begin Day Two with a 5-ounce advantage over second place angler Yamamoto Baits pro Tom Monsoor of La Crosse, Wisconsin , in the four-day event that features the world’s best bass anglers competing for a top award of up to $125,000.

“To be honest, I didn’t really think I’d catch them like that today,” said Wendlandt, who won on the Potomac River when the FLW Tour last visited in 2015. “I really struggled early on. I only had three fish in the boat at noon. I thought I would do better later on in the day, but couldn’t get anything going then either. The middle of the day was really the only time I did well.”

Wendlandt said he caught around 18 keepers throughout the day, and that the bulk of his weight came from one area.

“I practiced from Washington D.C. all the way down to just about as far as you can go on the river, and it was the best place that I found,” said Wendlandt. “There were a lot of boats in there today, so I think tomorrow could be a lot harder. At some point I may just have to bail and go do something else.”

Wendlandt said that there are still plenty of options for him to catch a decent limit, even if his primary area is overcrowded.

“The Potomac River is a unique fishery because you can catch them from grass one day and out of wood and rocks the next,” said Wendlandt. “Everything can be good, it just depends on the tide. I guess I’ve been good at knowing the right places to fish at the right time.”

The top 10 pros after Day One on the Potomac River are:

               1 st :          Clark Wendlandt, Leander, Texas, five bass, 19-11

               2 nd :         Yamamoto Baits pro Tom Monsoor, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 19-6

               3 rd :          Kurt Dove, Del Rio, Texas, five bass, 18-14

               4 th :          Carl Jocumsen, Frisco, Texas, five bass, 18-11

               5 th :          Robert Behrle, Hoover, Ala., five bass, 18-10

               6 th :          Clark Reehm, Huntington, Texas, five bass, 18-2

               7 th :          Quaker State pro Matt Arey, Shelby, N.C., five bass, 18-1

               8 th :          Andy Young, Mound, Minn., five bass, 17-15

               9 th :          Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 17-8

               10 th :        Chris Johnston, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, five bass, 17-7

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com . 

Dove caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 15 ounces – the largest in the Pro Division – which earned him the day’s $500 Big Bass award.

Overall there were 752 bass weighing 2,160 pounds, 13 ounces caught by 160 pros Thursday. The catch included 135 five-bass limits.

David Larson of Mound, Minnesota, leads the Co-angler Division with five bass weighing 17 pounds, 12 ounces, followed by Mark Horton of Nicholasville, Kentucky, in second place with five bass totaling 17 pounds, 2 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers after Day One on the Potomac River are:

               1 st :          David Larson, Mound, Minn., five bass, 17-12

               2 nd :         Mark Horton, Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 17-2

               3 rd :          Ryan Cannon, Bullard, Texas, five bass, 16-13

               4 th :          Douglas Colson, Cadiz, Ky., five bass, 16-8

               4 th :          Richie Eaves, Nauvoo, Ill., five bass, 16-8

               6 th :          Larry Kempler, Bluemont, Va., five bass, 16-0

               7 th :          Greg Mansfield, Burnsville, Minn., five bass, 15-13

               8 th :          Jason Williams, Alexandria, Va., five bass, 15-8

               9 th :          Larry Mulllikin, Lauderhill, Fla., five bass, 15-6

               10 th :        Keith Honeycutt, Temple, Texas, five bass, 14-15

Eaves earned $250 for the Big Bass award in the Co-angler Division with a 4-pound, 14-ounce largemouth.

Overall there were 481 bass weighing 1,275 pounds, 14 ounces caught by 152 co-anglers Thursday. The catch included 44 five-bass limits.

In FLW Tour competition, pros and co-anglers are randomly paired each day, with pros supplying the boat, controlling boat movement and competing against other pros. Co-anglers fish from the back deck against other co-anglers. The full field competes in the two-day opening round. Co-angler competition concludes following Friday’s weigh-in, while the top 20 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2017 Forrest Wood Cup, the world-championship of professional bass fishing. The 2017 Forrest Wood Cup will be on Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 11-13.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at the Potomac River presented by Costa Sunglasses is more than $800,000, including $10,000 through 50th place in the Pro Division.

Competitors will take off at 6:30 a.m. EDT each day from Smallwood State Park, located at 2750 Sweden Point Road, in Marbury. Friday’s weigh-in will be held at Smallwood State Park beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins, June 17-18, will also be held at Smallwood State Park, but will begin at 4 p.m.

Prior to the weigh-ins Saturday and Sunday, fans are invited to come out and experience the free FLW Expo at Smallwood State Park from noon to 4 p.m. The FLW Expo is a great opportunity for fishing fans of all ages to meet-and-greet with top FLW Tour anglers, enjoy games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.

Youth are also invited to participate in the free FLW Foundation Unified Fishing Derby at Smallwood State Park on Saturday, June 17, from 9-11 a.m. The event, hosted by FLW Foundation pro Cody Kelley along with other FLW Tour anglers, is free and open to area youth (18 years of age and younger) and Special Olympics athletes (all ages). Rods and reels are available for the first 50 participants to use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at the Potomac River presented by Costa Sunglasses will premiere in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) Sept. 20 from 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs on NBCSN, the Pursuit Channel and the World Fishing Network and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com . For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing .

FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2017 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW conducts more than 274 bass-fishing tournaments annually across the United States and sanctions tournaments in Canada, China, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show, broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit  FLWFishing.com  and follow FLW at  Facebook ,  Twitter ,  Instagram ,  YouTube  and Snapchat .

• Fishing Tournaments
• MLF Tournament News

Bryan Schmitt wins Mississippi River FLW Tour

SCHMITT WINS FLW TOUR ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRESENTED BY EVINRUDE

Maryland Pro claims first FLW Tour victory, wins $125,000

LA CROSSE, Wis. (May 21, 2017) – Pro Bryan Schmitt of Deale, Maryland , weighed a five-bass limit totaling 14 pounds, 10 ounces Sunday to win the FLW Tour at the Mississippi River presented by Evinrude . Schmitt’s four-day total of 20 bass weighing 61 pounds, 6 ounces, was enough to edge second-place pro Joshua Weaver of Macon, Georgia, and win the top prize of $125,000 in the four-day event that featured 160 of the world’s best bass anglers competing in La Crosse.

Already a well-known river expert, Schmitt built his career by picking apart the Potomac and James rivers. Schmitt was able to apply that expertise to Pools 7, 8 and 9 on the Mississippi River this week and earn his first career win on the FLW Tour.

“My knowledge of the rivers I fish back home was 100-percent key for me this week,” said Schmitt, a five-year Tour veteran who has amassed more than $680,000 in FLW competition. “I’ve never been here, but I fell in love with how it was setting up.”

Schmitt said his sweet spot this week was a barricaded pond on the lower end of Pool No. 8. He described it as a section of water near the main-river channel that was surrounded by sandbars which protected fish in multiple phases of the spawn.

“I don’t know if it was there from years and years of current building up the sandbars, but at some point local authorities may have added riprap to make it stay,” said Schmitt. “It had two main trenches that ran through it and had plenty of deep water. At the very top there was a hole in the rock jetty that let current flow in. It had all the right variables – just enough current to bring food in, grass and spawning habitat, and the deep water for when they were done.”

Schmitt said he spent the majority of his tournament in the area, noting that all but three of the fish he weighed in came from it.  

“I think the fish that I was catching were both prespawn and postspawn,” Schmitt said. “Fresh fish were moving in and the big ones that were done were moving out.”

Schmitt said that his primary lure this week was a black and blue-colored prototype Riot Baits Swim Jig with a swimming trailer. He also used a black and blue-skirted vibrating jig with a Riot T3 Tattle Tail Swimbait and a 5-inch Texas-rigged Riot Stick stickbait with a 1/2-ounce tungsten weight .

“Before my main pattern evolved, I caught quite a few by just pitching the stickbait to grass,” said Schmitt. “It got me a lot of key fish on the first two days, but the bigger ones wanted the moving baits.”

The final event on the FLW Tour schedule for the 2017 regular-season happens to be on the Potomac River – a place where Schmitt has three Costa FLW Series wins. Schmitt expressed that he is eager to finish the season on a high note.

“I’ve got the momentum now,” said Schmitt. “After all of this, words can’t describe how excited I am to get back out there and compete on the Potomac.”

The top 10 pros finished on the Mississippi River:

               1 st :          Bryan Schmitt, Deale, Md., 20 bass, 61-6, $125,000

               2 nd :         Joshua Weaver, Macon, Ga., 20 bass, 58-11, $30,700

               3 rd :          Livingston Lures pro Andy Morgan, Dayton, Tenn., 20 bass, 58-10, $25,100

               4 th :          Todd Auten, Lake Wylie, S.C., 20 bass, 58-0, $20,000

               5 th :          Yamamoto Baits pro Larry Nixon, Bee Branch, Ark., 20 bass, 57-9, $19,000

               6 th :          Wesley Strader, Spring City, Tenn., 20 bass, 56-14, $18,000

               7 th :          Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., 20 bass, 56-8, $17,000

               8 th :          Matt Stefan, Junction City, Wis., 20 bass, 55-10, $16,000

               9 th :          Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 20 bass, 54-10, $15,000

               10 th :        Justin Atkins, Florence, Ala., 20 bass, 53-3, $14,000

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com . 

Overall there were 50 bass weighing 132 pounds, 2 ounces caught by pros Sunday. All of the final 10 pros brought in five-bass limits.

Cole Herb of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, won the co-angler division and $20,000 Friday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 24 pounds, 11 ounces, followed by Jeremiah Shaver of Holmen, Wisconsin, who finished in second place with 10 bass weighing 23 pounds, 11 ounces, worth $7,600.

In FLW Tour competition, pros and co-anglers are randomly paired each day, with pros supplying the boat, controlling boat movement and competing against other pros. Co-anglers fish from the back deck against other co-anglers. The full field of anglers competed Thursday and Friday. Co-angler competition concluded following Friday’s weigh-in, while the top 20 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2017 Forrest Wood Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2017 Forrest Wood Cup will be on Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 11-13.

The FLW Tour at Mississippi River presented by Evinrude was hosted by Visit La Crosse. The next event for FLW Tour anglers will be the 2017 regular-season finale, the FLW Tour at the Potomac River presented by Costa Del Mar, June 15-18 in Marbury, Maryland.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Mississippi River presented by Evinrude will premiere in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) Aug. 2 from Noon-1 p.m. EDT. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs on NBCSN, the Pursuit Channel and the World Fishing Network and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com . For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing .

FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2017 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW conducts more than 274 bass-fishing tournaments annually across the United States and sanctions tournaments in Canada, China, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show, broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit  FLWFishing.com  and follow FLW at  Facebook ,  Twitter ,  Instagram ,  YouTube  and Snapchat .

Kelly Jordan – Featured on Bass Edge Radio

Palaniuk earns 2018 classic berth at texas bass fest, related posts, grigsby lands almost 100 pounds of smallies for $125,000, virginia tech – mark adams and kile quick win flw college on smith mt lake, washam wins mlf guntersville.