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Two-Time Winner Pirch Takes Top Slot With 13.40 Stringer

The 2012 WON Bass U.S. Open has been a major struggle for most of the event's past champions – Clifford Pirch notwithstanding

The FLW Tour pro from Arizona, who won at Lake Mead in both 2007 and 2010, bolted to the top of the leaderboard with a tournament-best 13.40-pound sack that gave him a 2-day total of 24.33. Tomorrow, he'll attempt to join Aaron Martens and Mike Folkestad as the derby's only three-time winners.

He has an advantage of 12 hundredths of a pound over day-1 leader Derek Yamamoto, who sacked 10.95 today to bump his total to 24.21. Dick Watson moved up from 5th to 3rd with a 10.18 bag that gave him a 22.17 aggregate. Read More

 

Pirch Opts To Accept His Elite Series Invitation

Cliff Pirch hopes to fish both major professional circuits in 2013. But if finances limit him to one, it'll be the Bassmaster Elite Series.

The Arizona pro, a five-time Forrest Wood Cup qualifier and winner of the 2011 Chickamauga FLW Tour Major, will accept the invitation to fish the Elites that stemmed from his 2nd-place finish in this year's Northern Open points.

"I just think it opens up a few more sponsor opportunities," he said. "I still have a lot of good friends at FLW and I'll still fish there when I can, but this seems like the better direction for me right now.

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Video Interview Clifford Pirch U.S. Open 2nd place

The following is a video interview taken from the final weigh-in of the 2012 U.S. Open at Lake Mead. The event is considered by many to be the toughest tournament in professional bass fishing, due to the extreme nature of competing in the desert outside of Las Vegas.

Here is a video interview with Clifford Pirch, the third place finisher View Video
 

2012 US Open Video - Clifford Pirch Day Two

The following is a video interview taken from the day two weigh-in of the 2012 U.S. Open at Lake Mead. The event is considered by many to be the toughest tournament in professional bass fishing, due to the extreme nature of competing in the desert outside of Las Vegas.

Here is a video interview with Clifford Pirch, second place finisher on day two Watch Video
 

Clifford Pirch Grabs Day 2 Lead at U.S. OPEN

Las Vegas, Nev. – September 11, 2012 – The one constant of a bass tournament is that change is going to happen.  Don’t like the weather conditions? Wait a while.  When the field of anglers for the 30th Anniversary WON Bass Nitro Boats / Mercury U.S. Open awoke at Boulder Station Casino, it was obvious that change had occurred.

The cloudy, blustery weather that had been predicted for the first day had held off, but it decided to make an appearance on day two.  The day two takeoff conditions featured higher winds and a thick layer of storm clouds building out of the eastern shores of Lake Mead.
Normally, clouds and wind often signal an improved bite for anglers as baitfish are stirred up bringing a lake’s bass population to life.  However, being that the venue for this event is Lake Mead; those conditions can often have a negative effect. Read More
 
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