Pro Fishing Equipment Review

Now a year old, Daiwa's latest iteration of the Zillion TWS brings a variety of cool features to the table, all in the name of promoting longer, trouble-free casts while at the same time improving accuracy and durability in a lightweight package.

It's no coincidence that Annuzzi and Zapf walked away with the title. Both are seasoned anglers who have spent plenty of time on the Chesapeake Bay system through the years. The pair also hails from New Jersey - which is where Ramapo College is located - with Annuzzi growing up a two-hour drive from the Bay.

Brad Baldwin of Waynesville, Ohio, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 8 pounds even Sunday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Hoosier Division Super Tournament on the Ohio River with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 18 pounds, 1 ounce. For his victory, Baldwin earned $5,690.

Jason Wilson of Lincolnton, North Carolina, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 14 pounds, 14 ounces Sunday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division Super Tournament on Lake Norman with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 29 pounds, 4 ounces. For his victory, Wilson earned $6,817.

Dwight Fox of Gainesboro, Tennessee, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 14 pounds, 10 ounces Sunday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Mountain Division Super Tournament on the Barren River with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 26 pounds, 7 ounces. For his victory, Fox earned $5,886.

Travis Brueggen of Cashton, Wisconsin, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 13 ounces Sunday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Great Lakes Division Super Tournament on the Mississippi River with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 33 pounds, 2 ounces. For his victory, Brueggen earned $6,362.

Glen Freeman of Converse, Louisiana, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 19 pounds, 11 ounces Sunday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Cowboy Division Super Tournament on Toledo Bend with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 41 pounds, 11 ounces. For his victory, Freeman earned $7,874.

David Lowery of Phenix City, Alabama, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 17 pounds, 4 ounces Sunday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Bama Division Super Tournament on Lake Mitchell with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 33 pounds, 14 ounces. For his victory, Lowery earned $5,257.

Even Lake Chickamauga seemed to be in a giving Saturday as it served up its late-summer best for anglers in the NoogaStrong Memorial Bass Tournament out of Dayton. Though fishing on the Tennessee River chain typically enters the doldrums in early September, the winning stringer of 21 pounds, 1 ounce brought in by Walmart FLW Tour pro Wesley Strader and his partner, Cary Smith, proved it's not set in stone.

The Tennessee pro broke his right foot Thursday evening as he was preparing to fix a flat tire on his boat trailer in preparation for practicing on the lake Friday morning. The rear tire of the tandem rig was flat, and Knight was holding a chunk of wood in place ahead of the front tire when the accident happened. His wife Becky was driving his truck with trailer attached and Knight asked her to pull up so that the front tire would climb the chunk and the flat rear tied would be suspended. The front tire fell off the chunk, however, and onto Knight's foot.