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 |