Voting for Toyota All-Star Week is in full swing now. Fans have the opportunity to vote in their four favorite anglers to compete in the All-Star tournament, which runs Sept. 27-29. Voting ends at midnight ET on Sept. 6. Below you’ll find a list of the 50 anglers with the most votes so far.
Ten anglers have already qualified for All-Star Week. They include the top eight in Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points — Aaron Martens, Edwin Evers, Kevin VanDam, Bobby Lane, Keith Combs, Alton Jones, John Crews and Chris Zaldain. This year’s All-Star event also includes 2013 Classic champ Cliff Pace and Rookie of the Year Hank Cherry.
The Fan Favorite Angler Sweepstakes is run by a third party, US Sweeps, and fans can vote once a day for four anglers. Oh, and by the way, one lucky participant will win a 2014 Toyota Tundra.
All-Star Top 50*
*Unofficial votes as of 9:30 p.m. ET on Thurs., Sept. 5, 2013. This is the final update on the numbers. Visit Bassmaster.com on Monday to see which four anglers have the highest vote total after voting ends on Friday, midnight ET.
Place |
Angler |
Votes |
1 |
Brandon Palaniuk |
25,900 |
2 |
Michael Iaconelli |
24,689 |
3 |
Gerald Swindle |
21,995 |
4 |
Randy Howell |
17,855 |
5 |
Skeet Reese |
17,532 |
6 |
Jason Christie |
15,741 |
7 |
Tommy Biffle |
14,820 |
8 |
Brent Chapman |
13,215 |
9 |
Ott DeFoe |
12,979 |
10 |
Casey Ashley |
12,851 |
11 |
Jeff Kriet |
12,552 |
12 |
Jonathon VanDam |
12,175 |
13 |
Rick Clunn |
12,152 |
14 |
Ish Monroe |
11,590 |
15 |
Terry Scroggins |
10,488 |
16 |
Shaw Grigsby |
10,222 |
17 |
Greg Hackney |
10,116 |
18 |
Chris Lane |
10,034 |
19 |
Timmy Horton |
9,328 |
20 |
Todd Faircloth |
8,825 |
21 |
Jason Quinn |
8,615 |
22 |
Takahiro Omori |
8,384 |
23 |
Mark Davis |
7,296 |
24 |
Kevin Hawk |
7,250 |
25 |
Josh Bertrand |
7,009 |
26 |
Dean Rojas |
6,799 |
27 |
Scott Ashmore |
6,737 |
28 |
Yusuke Miyazaki |
6,653 |
29 |
Kevin Ledoux |
6,393 |
30 |
Grant Goldbeck |
6,312 |
31 |
James Niggemeyer |
6,210 |
32 |
Jared Miller |
6,153 |
33 |
Steve Kennedy |
6,042 |
34 |
Davy Hite |
5,999 |
35 |
Matt Reed |
5,955 |
36 |
Gary Klein |
5,932 |
37 |
Brandon Card |
5,853 |
38 |
Mike McClelland |
5,851 |
39 |
Russ Lane |
5,667 |
40 |
Morizo Shimizu |
5,584 |
41 |
Jamie Horton |
5,579 |
42 |
Bill Lowen |
5,539 |
43 |
Cliff Crochet |
5,499 |
44 |
Jared Lintner |
5,388 |
45 |
Zell Rowland |
5,367 |
46 |
Matt Greenblatt |
5,321 |
47 |
Kevin Short |
5,264 |
48 |
Charlie Hartley |
5,242 |
49 |
David Walker |
5,148 |
50 |
John Murray |
4,994 |
Previous Tally
All-Star Top 50 as of 9/5/2013 at 9:30 a.m. ET
All-Star Top 50 as of 9/4/2013
All-Star Top 50 as of 9/3/2013