2018 Opens Championship qualifiers

For the 2018 season, the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens will undergo some exciting changes. First, here's a look at the eight venues representing the two divisions of the 2018 Opens Series.

The Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open Championship features 14 pro anglers from each Opens division (28 total) as well as 14 co-anglers from each region (28 total).

Central

Here is the breakdown of the qualifiers from the Central Opens and how they did. The Top 10 in points and the four individual winners advance, if one of the event winners is also in the Top 10 the list moves down to the next angler, the only requirement for the event winners is they had to fish all four of the Opens events.

Pro Division
Frank Talley  1st in AOY
Brad Whatley 2nd in AOY
Toby Hartsell  3rd in AOY
Derek Hudnall  4th in AOY
Mark Rose  5th in AOY
Caleb Sumrall  6th in AOY
Luke Palmer  7th in AOY
Brock Mosley 8th in AOY
Patrick Walters Red River Winner & 9th in AOY
Yusuke Miyazaki 10th in AOY
Tyler Rivet  11th in AOY, extra spot via Walters win
Stephen Browning  Ross Barnett Winner
Harvey Horne  Arkansas River Winner
Justin Atkins  Logan Martin Winner
Co-Angler Division
Alex Heintze  1st in AOY
Joe Lee  Arkansas River Winner & 2nd in AOY
John Connell  3rd in AOY
Mark Powers  4th in AOY
Noel Allen Jr.  Red River Winner & 5th in AOY
Brian Murphy  6th in AOY
Jordan Lane 7th in AOY
Daniel Corkern 8th in AOY
Beau Browning 9th in AOY
Brett Walker 10th in AOY
Stephen Parnell  11th in AOY, extra spot via Lee’s win
Jeff Wallace  12th in AOY, extra spot via Allen’s win
Justin Leet  Ross Barnett Winner
William McNutt II  Logan Martin Winner

Eastern

Here are the anglers from the Eastern Opens Division that qualified for the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Championship on Table Rock Lake.

Pro Division      
Bobby Lane Kissimmee Chain winner & 1st in AOY
Brandon Lester 2nd in AOY
Garrett Paquette  3rd in AOY
John Cox  4th in AOY
Wesley Strader  Lake Norman winner & 5th in AOY
Mike Huff  6th in AOY
Drew Cook  7th in AOY
Scott Suggs  8th in AOY
Jared Lintner  9th in AOY
Chad Pipkens 10th in AOY
Patrick Walters  11th in AOY via Central Opens
Todd Auten  12th in AOY via Strader win
Carl Jocumsen 13th in AOY via Champlain winner didn’t fish every event

Rob Digh

Ed Loughran

14th in AOY via Douglas winner didn’t fish every event

15th in AOY via Walters qualification

Co-Angler Division
Austin Bonjour  Lake Champlain winner & 1st in AOY
Chad Smith  Lake Norman winner & 2nd in AOY
Bobby Bakewell  3rd in AOY
Todd Lee 4th in AOY
Mandel Pettit 5th in AOY
Gary Haraguchi  6th in AOY
Todd Walters 7th in AOY
Jonathan Hankins  8th in AOY
Eulon Lee Jr.  9th in AOY
Dennis Akers 10th in AOY
Paul Tabisz  11th in AOY, extra spot via Bonjour’s win
Jared Rudd  12th in AOY, extra spot via Smith’s win
Skyler Anderson  13th in AOY via Douglas winner didn’t fish every event
Steve Robbins Kissimmee Chain winner