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April 5th, Michael met with the local anglers of the Panama City Bassmasters to talk about techniques for their upcoming tourney at Lake Seminole. |
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I'm happy to announce my deal with BassTackleSupply.com is in place and we just got the logos up on the boat this past week. They are a growing online tackle store and I'll be working closely with them to get the word out about the company. |
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Michael Bennett, the California native who won the 2008 Forrest Wood Cup at age 24, is now officially a resident of the state of Florida. He still owns a home in the northern California city of Roseville, where he grew up, but plans to rent it out soon. |
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Put Bennett in the same predicament as Powroznik – his beds were empty and he had to scramble. He caught his first fish at 9:30 though – 2 hours early than Powroznik's first mark.
Notable for Bennett is he has the chance to make his second consecutive c |
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Michael Bennett, the 2008 Forrest Wood Cup champion and the top pick according to the Fantasy Trend didn’t disappoint today as he sacked a limit weighing 13-10. |
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Michael Bennett of Lincoln, Calif., caught one of the biggest limits of day two – 19 pounds – to compliment his 20-2 catch from day one. He now lurks in second with a two-day total of 39-2. |
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Michael Bennett of Lincoln, Calif., rounds out the top five at Table Rock after day one with a five-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 2 ounces. Bennett’s bag included all largemouths as well. |
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What's life like the first 2 months after a pro wins $1 million at the Forrest Wood Cup? Busy, according to Lincoln, Calif. champion Michael Bennett.
Things have been "pretty crazy" since August, the 24-year-old pro said. During that time, he's bargaine |
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It's certainly not unheard of, but nonetheless rare to see a 3rd-year pro end the season inside the Top 10. Michael Bennett did just that this season when he edged out Jacob Powroznik by 0.3 points to end the year ranked 10th. |
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“FLW Fantasy Fishing has been one of the best things that ever happened to pro bass fishing and for bass fishing in general,” said bass pro Michael Bennett, who won $1 million after claiming victory at the 2008 Forrest Wood Cup championship, the pinnacle |
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Long before the scum frog surged back into the national focus, California anglers were using it to win hundreds of thousands of dollars in California, Nevada and Arizona. Eastern anglers began to take notice when the Snag Proof Open, with more than 200 bo |
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You'd have to be living under a rock if you haven't already heard that 24-year-old Michael Bennett is bass fishing's most recent millionaire by way of his convincing victory at last week's FLW Forrest Wood Cup championship.
A few things stand out about |
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First there was 25-year-old Luke Clausen. Then came 29-year-old Brent Ehrler. And today at the Forrest Wood Cup in Columbia, S.C., Michael Bennett from Lincoln, Calif. became the third western young gun in the past 5 years to win bass fishing's biggest pa |
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No one understands that more than Duracell pro Michael Bennett of Lincoln, Calif., who turned his junk-fishing ways into a bass-producing pattern to win $1 million dollars in the 2008 Forrest Wood Cup. |
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There are differences, and similarities today at the Forrest Wood Cup. There's 24-year-old Michael Bennett, who in 3 short years rose from relative California obscurity to become the 15th-ranked angler in the world. He's narrowed down what started as a ju |
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The 2008 Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Murray is quickly turning into professional bass fishing’s version of Junkyard Wars. All afternoon the words “junk-fishing” have been the primary vernacular to describe the type of fishing that seems to be allowing pros |
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There is an interesting fishing battle setting up in South Carolina at the Forrest Wood Cup, and the winner of that battle is going to get a million dollars Sunday afternoon. |
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Michael Bennett junked up 15-05 today at Lake Murray to move up nine spots and lead the cut with 27-04. He fished about 30 spots, he said. And he's the big buzz among the pros backstage who think he's got a "knack" for catching clear-water cruising fish. |
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7th: Michael Bennett - "I thought I'd be able to make up some ground today, but I only managed to get one big bite early this morning. I caught that fish on a Berkley Gulp! 5-inch leech in black olive color. Today was just a little too windy for me to con |
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7th: Michael Bennett (5, 12-02) – "I don't know what happened. I thought my area had a lot more fish in it, but I just didn't catch them today. I know there are big ones out there, but I think they moved a little bit today and I didn't adjust with them. I |
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Berkley pro Michael Bennett said he's "very happy" with how his day went, but like Baksay, he was expecting a little more weight from his spot. "The fish I caught today weighed more than I thought they would, but the fish I caught in practice were a lot h |
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"It's tough – a lot tougher than normal. This place isn't a great fishery to being with, but this week it's especially tough for me at least. The water's extremely high, and I'd say 90% of the lake's muddy. There's a little bit of clear water, but there's |
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California pro Michael Bennett's decidedly not a local. He's been fairly hot lately and is now ranked 12th in the BassFan World Rankings presented by Tru-Tungsten. He tends to fare well in these types of events – maybe because they resemble the ounce-batt |
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The consensus opinion going into the Lewis Smith FLW Tour was that spawning fish would likely play a role in the outcome, but there weren't enough on the beds to carry an angler to victory. That's exactly how it played out. |
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Michael Bennett is only 23, but he's already in his 4th season on the FLW Tour. He's proven he belongs at the sport's top level by qualifying for every Forrest Wood Cup he's been eligible for. |
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Team Duracell pro Michael Bennett of Roseville, Calif., caught a final-round total of 10 bass weighing 27 pounds, 8 ounces to win $125,000 in the $1 million Wal-Mart FLW Tour event on Lewis Smith Lake. Bennett topped his closest rival, Scott Canterbury of |
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As the second Wal-Mart FLW Tour event of the season completed its third leg Saturday, yet another Western pro appeared well on his way to making a killing in the bass-fishing rich state of Alabama.
In 2004, Chevy pro Luke Clausen won $500,000 at the F |
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First it was Terry Baksay, then Glenn Browne, and now Michael Bennett. If your last name doesn't begin with a B, you apparently can't be a daily leader at the Lewis Smith FLW Tour in Jasper, Ala.
Bennett, the 23-year-old Californian who's already notc |
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When the sun finally broke through the overcast skies above Smith Lake on Sunday afternoon of the FLW Tour’s second stop of the 2008 season, California pro Michael Bennett was the only one left standing. With a solid weekend performance of 14 pounds, 9 ou |
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Michael Bennett made the Top 10 with back to back limits of over 12 pounds. On Saturday, he upped the ante by bringing in a 14-9 limit, giving him a lead of just over two pounds heading into the final day of competition. |
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If you've ever finished way down in the standings on the first day of a multi-day tournament, then you know how hard it is to motivate yourself to go out and compete the next day. California pro Michael Bennett faced that exact situation last weekend at t |
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Michael Bennett got to weigh in with the Angler of the Year leader bag for a few tournament days this past season. Someday he hopes to hoist the AOY trophy. |
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Michael Bennett saw two big weaknesses in his fishing – grass and jigs – and spent a lot of time working to improve both areas. |
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The 22-year-old Bennett fished a lot of new water today and caught six of his seven keepers from locales he hadn't previously visited. "I'm very happy with how today went," he said. "I'm just taking it 1 day at a time.
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Many tour pros choose to travel with partners to help defray the cost of fishing a tour – and some father/son teams travel together – but Bennett's fairly unique in that he travels alongside his brother Richard. |
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Taking second place and collecting $36,000 was 21-year-old FLW Tour rookie Michael Bennett of Roseville, Calif. He caught three bass Saturday – weighing 9 pounds, 1 ounce – and finished with a final weight of 24 pounds, 4 ounces. |
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Second place went to Michael Bennett of Roseville, Calif., who turned on his bass-bed radar yesterday and used those spots today to catch a 15-pound, 3-ounce limit. |
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