TULSA, Okla. – Early frustration followed by an entertaining comeback effort by Mike Iaconelli are among Elimination Round highlights from the second webisode of Major League Fishing’s Challenge Cup. The program became available beginning Monday, February 20, on the league’s ADVANCE CAST Pay-Per-View online channel.

The second webisode features action from Day 2 of the Challenge Cup and can be seen by visiting www.majorleaguefishing.com/advancecast/. The lively day of fishing features an inside-the-boat look at the ups and downs of the volatile Mike Iaconelli, as well as come-from-behind runs by two other competitors.

Major League Fishing, a partnership with 24 of the world’s best anglers and Outdoor Channel, America’s Leader in Outdoor TV, features competitive bass fishing events designed to bring high-level challenges to participants and entertainment to audiences. The Challenge Cup, the league’s first event, includes six consecutive days of competition. The first three days comprise the Elimination Round, with eight anglers competing each day and the top four advancing.

"There's no doubt that some strong personalities take center stage on the second day of competition. And as we in this business know, there’s no stronger on-the-water personality than Mike Iaconelli. I think people will enjoy watching what happens with Mike and seeing if he’s able to make the cut to the next round," Major League Fishing Commissioner Don Rucks said.

Second-day anglers include: Iaconelli, Tommy Biffle, Takahiro Omori, Alton Jones, Todd Faircloth, Shaw Grigsby, Denny Brauer and Edwin Evers.

“Several of our anglers had especially interesting days. For example, I believe viewers will get caught up in what happens with Tommy Biffle,” Rucks said. “And, again we had a tight race to see which angler would get the critical fourth-place spot.”

During webisode one, which followed Elimination Round Day 1 Challenge Cup action, Jason Quinn, Gary Klein, Kevin VanDam and Brent Ehrler advanced to the next round of competition. Ehrler edged out Aaron Martens by a quarter of a pound to capture the critical fourth-place spot. Quinn took first place by catching nearly 60 pounds using an Alabama Rig.

Major League Fishing is offering seven webisodes, one airing each week. Each of the first six ADVANCE CAST webisodes follow the corresponding competition day. The seventh webisode will be a wrap-up show, featuring in-depth, on-the-water segments with the winners from each round and the Challenge Cup champion. The ADVANCE CAST total-event BassPass, a package of all seven webisodes costs $17.94, with individual episodes available for $2.99 each. The seven-event BassPass package features a “free” week.

The Challenge Cup included six consecutive days of competition. The Elimination Rounds took place during the first three days, with eight anglers competing each day. The top four anglers from each of the Elimination days advanced to the next round, called Sudden Death. During Sudden Death, six anglers competed on Day 4, the remaining six on Day 5. The top two anglers from each day of Sudden Death advanced, setting up a Day 6 Championship Final Round featuring the top four anglers.

Gerald Swindle says it could be worse. Flood warnings that resulted from torrential downpours in Shreveport’s Red River region this past Saturday morning have not turned Bassmaster Classic waters to looking like chocolate milk. And as far as he knows, his ribs aren’t broken following a missed step in rubber boots that sent his 6-foot-4-frame slamming into his Triton’s fiberglass gunnel wall during a rainy practice day earlier this week.

Swindle does warn however, that rubber boots don’t stick well to wet fiberglass, and this year’s Classic waters are far dirtier than the 2009 edition of bass fishing’s biggest event.

“No, the whole river doesn’t look like chocolate milk, but it’s three times dirtier than it was in 2009 when Skeet Reese won here,” said Swindle. “Surface temps are around 52-degrees, and the bass aren’t chasing real well, but there’s still some good looking water out there if you look hard enough to find it.“

“When the water rises, and gets off-colored, these bass are like me in a dark hotel room--they don’t move fast, and they don’t move far,” said Swindle, as he sat tying on shades of black, red and blue lures to a 6.6:1 gear ratio Quantum EXO reel, and 7’4” EXO pitchin’ stick.

BoatU.S. Angler member Terry Scroggins isn’t seeing as good as he used to either.  Scroggins, age 43, has recently experienced the post-40 slip in vision that a lot of folks do. “Yep, I got me a pair of cheaters,” said Scroggins, referencing a cheap pair of reading glasses.

“I spent about $550 with an optometrist, and the glasses he gave me weren’t worth a dang,” said Scroggins. “So I took my buddy’s advice and went to Walmart.  It’s great, you can pick out any lens you want for about twelve bucks,” he grinned. “ I don’t read much, but when I do it’s usually magazines. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition has been a big hit here in camp this week.”

Not far from Scroggins, sat two-time Bassmaster Elite Series tournament champ, Casey Ashley rifling his sites on one lure -- a jig -- that he uses just about everywhere the pro tour takes him.  “It’s a hand-tied jig that an older gentleman back home makes, and it hardly ever gets hung-up or snagged compared to most jigs,” said Ashley, age 28.

“The man’s name that makes these jigs is Louie Hull, and he calls them Shooter Lures. He sells them stapled on these cardboard cards, and I’m pretty sure that’s his home phone number printed on the top of the card,” grinned Ashley, who has a deep appreciation for life’s simplest approaches.

“It’s pretty much the only jig I throw everywhere we go. I mostly throw a black-blue, 3/8-ounce version trimmed with a blue Zoom Super Chunk Junior. Once in a while, I use a color called Brown Craw. I cast it, pitch it, flip it, whatever – Louie’s jigs just don’t hang-up much, and they get bit,” said Casey, who understands well, that simplicity is often the best approach to seeing his way to tournament success, even if the Red River was once threatening to cloud up like chocolate milk.

The new Android app showcasing Timmy Horton's career as a bass fishing professional was released today. "I asked Bigfishtools.com for something  innovative and they flipped the fish in the boat. I am glad to have another tool that my fans can use to follow my career."

The app contains the latest news, results, tweets, facebook postings and can be downloaded for free at

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.timmyhortonprobassangler

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - FLW announced today that it has added Grime Boss, a heavy-duty hand cleaning wipe distributed by Nice-Pak Products, Inc., to its sponsorship lineup for the 2012 season.

Grime Boss will receive exposure across all of FLW’s platforms, including its tournaments and Expos, multiple websites, FLW Bass Fishing and FLW Walleye Fishing magazines and the “FLW” television show on NBC Sports Network. "FLW" is broadcast Sundays in high-definition (HD) to more than 559 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world.

Grime Boss Heavy Duty Hand Cleaning Wipes eliminate grime, grease, gunk, paint, adhesives, oils, fish odors, and “just about anything else you can get yourself into.”  Grime Boss Hand Wipes are located in Walmart and other fine retailers.

“We’re proud to have Grime Boss join our extensive list of FLW sponsors,” said Trisha Blake, President of FLW Marketing Division. “Anglers of all skill levels, from weekend participants to seasoned FLW Tour pros, will certainly benefit from our relationship with Grime Boss.”

“Grime Boss Hand Wipes are an innovative new product that will clean all the toughest messes while leaving hands soft and moisturized.  This is an ideal product for on-the-go uses such as fishing and boating, so a partnership with the FLW is a perfect match,” said Tom Hernquist, President Consumer Division of Nice-Pak Products, Inc.

He joins a roster of veteran marketers at Dynamic that includes Kendell Callaway, Alan McGuckin, Lance Peck and Jeff Tolle. Together the existing group has over 60 years of working on well-known outdoor industry brands.

James will bolster Dynamic’s on-site efforts such as consumer show promotions, along with managing the many tasks associated with coordinating national tours and delivering a professional presence.

“Jon’s background is custom made for Dynamic, he will help make us a better company and his experience will be of great value to our clients,” said Lance Peck.

“Jon was a member of his college bass fishing team while earning a 4-year degree in mass communications, has extensive event production experience, drives a Toyota Tundra and has spent the last 8-months working in the retail trenches as a Bass Pro Shops sales associate,” reflected Peck. “In addition to those tangibles, our time with him revealed a humble soul, with a heart for service. Needless to say, we are all excited to have Jon as part of our team,” concluded Peck.

James, age 29, is originally from southeast Oklahoma. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Northeastern State University. He’s been married for three years to Ashley, a 5th grade teacher.  He loves to watch bass smash his topwater lure on Oklahoma’s Broken Bow Reservoir, and when he’s not fishing, he’s writing songs and playing guitar.

Dynamic Sponsorships, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, launched in January of 2006 and combines more than 60 years of fishing, boating and hunting industry experience; 80,000 annual highway miles going to and from fishing and hunting related events and countless inter-industry relationships to help our clients reach the outdoor enthusiast with unparalleled authenticity.  To learn more visit www.dynamicsponsorships.com

On Monday, February 20th from 6-7 PM, Brent Chapman will be signing collector trading cards and handing out free Pegetables dog chew treats at the PETCO in Shreveport.

This is a great opportunity for fishing fans and dog lovers to stop by, meet Brent and get a free Pegetables sample for their dog. Brent Chapman will make his appearance at PETCO, 6596 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA 71105, Monday, February 20th, 2012 from 6-7 P.M. (318) 524-0540.

TULSA, Okla. – Advantage Bait Company officials say they were immediately intrigued when they heard Major League Fishing’s motto: New Game, New Rules, No Limits.

“Major League Fishing is aggressive and bold,” said Advantage Bait Company President Jason Schwartz. “We decided quickly that this is something we want to be part of.”

And Advantage Bait is now officially part of Major League Fishing. The league announced today that the custom spinnerbait company, located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, is a sponsor of Major League Fishing.

“With its ‘new game, new rules, no limits’ approach, Major League Fishing has broken the mold of competitive bass fishing, taking tournament fishing to an unprecedented higher level,” Schwartz said. “We’d like to think that, similarly, Advantage Bait Company is revolutionizing the spinnerbait market with our version of Major League Fishing’s motto: new blades, new skirts, no limits.”

Major League Fishing Commissioner Don Rucks said he is pleased that a specialized company such as Advantage Bait is finding Major League Fishing attractive.

“We welcome a young, ambitious company such as Advantage Bait to Major League Fishing. We appreciate that fact that Advantage Bait Company is truly enthusiastic about Major League Fishing, and we look forward to a long-term partnership,” Rucks said.

Advantage Bait Company joins several other announced Major League Fishing sponsors: GEICO, Bass Pro Shops/Nitro, Mercury/MotorGuide, Quantum and BassCat.

“We’ve got a terrific group of sponsors, and we’re not done yet,” Rucks said.

Major League Fishing, a partnership between Outdoor Channel and 24 of the world’s best anglers, features made-for-television bass fishing events designed to bring high-level challenges to participants and entertainment, as well as insight, to audiences.

The league’s first event, the Challenge Cup, will be offered beginning February 13 on a series of Internet-based pay-per-view broadcasts. The event will also air on Outdoor Channelbeginning in late March.

The Challenge Cup took place November 6-11 on Lake Amistad near Del Rio, Texas. The Lake Amistad event debuted Major League Fishing’s innovative format that allows anglers to compete with no limit on the number of legal fish they can catch and weigh. Competitors were not allowed to begin competition with stored, user-generated GPS waypoints, and were not allowed any practice time. The anglers also were equipped with real-time leader boards in their boats.

Tamarac, FL – Florida Pro Anthony “5oz.” Hunt has added a unique sponsor to his portfolio, by securing a deal with Looxcie, Inc. (www.looxcie.com)  Looxcie are the makers of the first wearable mobile-connected video camera.  The Looxcie camera, along with the LooxcieLive service allows anyone to use their smartphone to share video as it happens in real time while remaining completely immersed in the action.

Hunt, who is constantly utilizing the benefits of social media to connect with his fans and promote his sponsors, is excited about the new possibilities that Looxcie unlocks.  “The Looxcie camera and the LooxcieLive service are going to open up some great opportunities for me to tell my story while I am out on tour.  You can use this device to connect with all the people in your contacts list and they can watch you live while you are on the water, or doing anything else you would like to share with them,” said Hunt.

Utilizing all his ingredients is something Anthony has become accustomed to in his professional career as a Chef.  He is planning on using the Looxcie to not only give us a look into the world of professional bass fishing, but also into the world of culinary arts as well.  “While I am on the road in 2012 following my dream of being a professional angler I am also going to use the Looxcie to educate my fans on cooking and culinary arts as well.  I plan on using the Looxcie to give you a behind the scenes look at life in the kitchen by crashing a restaurant in every city I go to.  This will give everyone an inside look at the unique cuisine of every region I visit while on tour this year.”

Along with bass fishing tips and behind the scenes looks at restaurants around the country, “5oz.” is going to use the Looxcie to provide anglers with information on how to eat healthy while on the road.  “It is a lot easier to eat healthy while you are out on tour than guys make it out to be.  As a chef I haven’t eaten as healthy as I should at certain points in my life, but have been taking my diet a lot more seriously over the past few years and have noticed a huge difference.  In the past I wouldn’t eat properly before and during a long tournament and really noticed the toll it was taking on me both mentally and physically.  Since I have been conscience of that and utilizing a good nutrition program while competing, my results in tournaments have improved as well as my mental and physical performance out on the water.  Using the Looxcie I can give anglers quick tips on how to properly eat while on tour, as well as demonstrate easy healthy recipes that you can handle while on the road,” Hunt concluded.