> What: Bassmaster Central Open
> Where: Arkansas River (Muskogee, Okla.)
> When: Thursday through Saturday (April 19-21)
> At stake: Cash prizes (winner receives boat/motor package and berth in Open Championship)
> Expected field size: 140 boats
> Last Open at Arkansas River: June 2-4, 2016
> Winner: Skylar Hamilton (45-06) – Click here to read about Hamilton's Winning Pattern.
> What they’re saying: “These fish, for the most part, are going to be more in the backwaters,” said Elite Series angler and Oklahoma native Jason Christie. “It is that time of year and that’s where they spawn. They get in little bitty places. You can have a backwater that is 20 acres and 1 acre of it is where a lot of the fish will spawn. It is kind of hard to find those places but the fishing is good enough so there will be a lot of fish caught and a lot of nice fish caught.
"That river is old and full of silt, but there are little places with hard bottoms where these fish spawn. They will also spawn around a log or a stump or something like that. There is just a ton of different stuff to fish."
Some of the information above was taken from a B.A.S.S. press release.
