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2008 Official WBT Rules
2008 Women's Bassmaster Tour
Competition Dates
# 1 - April 10-12 - Complete
Lake Lewisville - Texas
Pro-Angler results
Co-Angler results
# 2 - May 22-24 - Complete
Lake Neely Henry - Gadsden, Ala
Pro-Angler Results
Co-Angler Results
# 3 - June 19-21 - Complete
Old Hickory - Hendersonville, Tenn
Pro-Angler Results
Co-Angler Results
# 4 - September 18-20
Clarks Hill Lake - Evans, Georgia
Wildwood Park Ramp
6212 Holloway Rd.
Appling, GA 30802
Pre - Tournament Registration
Wednesday - September 17th
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tournament Meal
4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Tournament Briefing and Pairings
5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
Meet and Greet
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Academy Sports & Outdoors
4120 Washington Rd.
Evans, GA 42044
706.210.6100
Official Housing Headquarters
Jameson Inn
1062 Claussen road
Augusta, Georgia 30907
706.733.4656
Weigh-In Locations
September 18th and 19th
3 p.m. - Wildwood Park
September 20th - 4 p.m.
Academy Sports & Outdoors
4120 Washington Road
Appling, Georgia
2008 WBT Championship
October 23-25
Lake Hamilton - Hot Springs, Ark
A.G.F.C. Hulsey Hatchery Access
350 Fish Rd.
Hot Springs, AR. 71931
Registration and Briefing - TBA
Bassmaster Classic
Red River - Shreveport, LA
February 20 - 22, 2009
Birmingham, Alabama
February 19 - 21, 2010
New Orleans, LA
February 18 - 20, 2011
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Lisa Johnson - A Southern Charm in
the WBT
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photo by Denese Freeman
Lisa Johnson shows off part of her day's catch on the
ESPN stage
A small ad in the December 2005 issue
of her husband’s Bassmaster magazine caught the eye of Lisa
Johnson of Centre, Alabama. The ad was about the Women’s
Bassmaster Tour. The next day, she mailed her membership fee
to BASS and her entry fee for her very first bass
tournament. It was the inaugural WBT event on Neely Henry
in Gadsden, Alabama and Lisa signed up as a pro.
photo by Linda Berry
Lisa Johnson prepares to pre-fish at her
very first tournament in Gadsden, Alabama
In
preparation for the tournament, Lisa and her husband Mike,
traded in his Bass Tracker and motorcycle for her very first
bass boat. Two weeks before the tournament, the motor on her
boat blew up. Lisa ended up fishing the event in a borrowed
boat. The first day of the tournament, she fouled a plug, ran
out of gas and failed to catch fish. Lisa did not let her bad
luck dampen her spirits and on day two she crossed the weigh-in
stage with fish. Three weeks later, she bought a used Triton and
was looking forward to the next tournament in Lewisville, Texas.
Lisa’s love of fishing was a gift to her from her Dad. Although
he did not fish, he often took her fishing for brim after she
was old enough to hold a cane pole. Family vacations were spent
camping in the Smoky Mountains. She was born and raised in Rome,
Georgia. In high school she competed in several sports and
received awards in basketball, shot put and high jump. Track was
her least favorite sport. Math was her favorite subject.
After
high school, Lisa married Mike Johnson just before he finished a
4-year tour of duty with the Marines. Mike is the one who taught
her to bass fish. He is also her biggest fan and an excellent
“bass caddie”. Mike owns a tree service company and he and Lisa
work side by side every day, when not fishing. Driving a chipper
truck and running a chain saw is second nature for Lisa. Mike
will quickly tell you that she can work circles around any man
on his crew.
Both
Mike and Lisa love animals, and before she got into tournament
fishing, they had a farm and enjoyed riding the two horses that
they owned. One of the hardest obstacles they face when
traveling to the WBT tournaments is leaving behind “Boo” their
3-year-old Great Dane who is on medication for seizures, Cleo a
13-year-old Red Bone and Angel, a Harlequin Great Dane who is 2.
Mike’s mother Linda takes good care of their “kids” while they
are away, but they still miss them. Lisa’s other hobby is
shooting skeet and clay targets and she loves flower gardening.
She and Mike also enjoy hunting together.
I
first met Lisa Johnson at the city docks in Gadsden, Alabama in
April of 2006. She and Mike were getting ready to launch her
borrowed boat to pre-fish. I asked her permission to take a
photo. Her southern accent and manners were charming as she
shyly posed for the photo. We met again briefly in Charlotte,
North Carolina at the WBT event on Lake Norman in August of
2006. It was there that our husbands became friends. At the Bull
Shoals tournament in September of 2006, I had the opportunity to
pre-fish with Lisa and to witness first-hand, her passion for
fishing and her skills as an angler. One would never know that
she was a rookie pro who had only fished 4 tournaments
previously. She finished in 12th place and cashed her
first check at Bull Shoals. To date, she has had two Top 20
finishes and five Top 50 finishes.
Lisa and Mike
both enjoy traveling to new lakes and meeting new people. The
hunt for bass and the fight they give once they are hooked is
what excites Lisa the most. The frustrating part of bass fishing
is when she doesn’t catch anything and wonders what she might
have done different to put fish in the boat. Her favorite lake
thus far is Lake Amistad. Her favorite lure is crankbaits. Her
personal goal is to fish a WBT Classic and find some sponsors
for 2008. She regrets not knowing about the women’s tour in time
to fish the premier event on Lake Lewisville in October of 2005,
but is thankful she noticed the small ad in the Bassmaster
magazine that changed her life overnight.
photo by Denese Freeman
Lisa receives her first check at
Bull Shoals in September of 2006
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Watch for WBT pro
angler
Robin Babb
of Livingston, Texas
on this week's
Academy Outdoors
with Chad Brauer
Saturday, August 2nd
at 8:30 (CST)
on FSN South and
Southwest. The
episode is titled
"Babb to the Bone"
and was filmed on
Choke Canyon
Reservoir in
southern Texas. It
is scheduled to
re-air
November 1st.
See what pro angler
and guide
Debra Hengst
has been up to on
Falcon Lake.
Click here.
Sam Cam - Episode
1
starring WBT pro
angler Sammie Jo
Denyes is now
showing on
youtube.com.
Click here to view
Attention Triton
boat owners!
A new website called
tritongirl.com
is now up and
running. It was
created and designed
by pro-angler
Dana Beavers
of Alabama and is
all about anything
Triton.
WBT Pro-anglers
Robin Babb
of Texas and
Angie
Douthit
of Florida are
featured in an
article in the
July/August issue of
BassMaster Magazine.
Check out the great
article beginning on
page 74 by Robert
Montgomery titled
"Modifying the Mann
Killer".
Sport Fishing
Ventures Unlimited
is now doing a $200
monthly product
giveaway. SFVU
recently added pro
angler
Marsha Gipson
of Arkansas to their
pro staff.
When you fill out
the entry form
online, please
reference Marsha as
the direct reason
you visited.
Also, if you go to
Fishermensheaven.com
and would like to
make a purchase,
enter coupon code
888MG444 to receive
a discount at
checkout. This lets
them know that you
were referred by
Marsha.
On Saturday Aug.
16,
pro anglers
Christiana
Bradley
of Bealeton,
Virginia and
Bridget Allen
of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania along
with
several other professional
anglers will
participate in a
benefit tournament
on the Upper
Chesapeake Bay for a
young angler named
Ron Phillips. He's
a wonderful young
man who's fighting
Leukemia. Visit
this site to read
Ron's story and for
information about
the tournament: Ron
Phillips Benefit
Tournament
On August 23rd,
Christiana will be
at the Virginia
Outdoor Sportsmens
Classic Summer
Edition, in Roanoke,
VA doing a couple of
tank seminars.
On September 6th
Christiana will
appear at the GEICO
Motorcycle
Bikers For Tykes
fundraiser event in
Virginia Beach,
Virginia.
The event helps
raise money for the
Children's Hospital
of the King's
Daughters.
Pro angler
Melinda Mize
of Arkansas is the
first WBT angler to
win Bonus Bucks
through the Toyota
Tundra Contingency
Program offered to
all anglers who
drive a Toyota
Tundra truck and are
members of BASS.
WBT pro angler
Sheri Glasgow
of Muskogee, Okla.,
took
delivery Friday,
July 18, on a 2008
Toyota Tundra, her
prize for being the
2007 Toyota Women’s Bassmaster Tour
Angler of the Year.
Recycled Fish is
hoping to sign up
2500 new pledge
takers this summer.
Have you taken the
Pledge?
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