With a little rest and rejuvenation under this girl's rhinestone-studded belt, Janet Parker is excited and geared up for the 2012 tournament season. The first event in the Bass Pro Shops' Bassmaster Central Opens is slated for this week on Lake Lewisville in Texas-Parker's home waters.

The 2011 edition of the Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) will be bringing together some of the biggest names in country music with the biggest names in professional bass fishing for the annual three-day fishing and music festival Oct. 28-30 in Conroe and this year it's free!

The Stephen F. Austin team of Andrew Upshaw, Hemphill and Ryan Watkins, Rockport, Texas, won the National Guard FLW College Fishing Texas Regional Championship Saturday in record setting fashion.

Pvt. Ryan Kirkland of Trinity,and Pvt. Chris Higgins of Crocket, Texas, won the National Guard FLW Soldier Appreciation Tournament held on Lake Somerville Saturday. The team, fishing with National Guard College angler Jerod Hawkes from Texas A&M, Kingsville caught two bass for a total of 9 pounds, 8 ounces to take the title and bragging rights amongst their peers.

FLW Outdoors has announced the 2012 EverStart Series schedule. The EverStart Series will again consist of five divisions - Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western - with four qualifying events per division culminating in the no-entry-fee EverStart Series Championship Nov. 1-4 on the Ouachita River in Monroe, La.

Anglers from the University of Arkansas and the University of Texas at Tyler will face off later this week on Texas' famed Choke Canyon Reservoir in an exclusive, expense-paid trip made possible through their participation in the Ranger Cup University program.

Tyler Fisher and Matthew McClellan, seniors from the University of Texas at Tyler, recently became the first team of collegiate anglers to qualify for the Ranger Cup University Team of the Year finals - which includes an expense-paid trip to Texas' famed Choke Canyon Reservoir later this year where they will compete for over $2,000 in cash and prizes.

FLW Outdoors, in conjunction with The Bass Federation (TBF)-Student Angler Federation (SAF), has announced the formation of the National High School Fishing program, the largest student-angler initiative in history.

The mission statement behind ArmyBassAnglers (ABA) is "SUPPORT. DEFEND. FISH." Air Sports Watch (ASW) "improves your game and your life with ionic technology," remarks Robert Schrepfer, president of ASW, who announces his support of ABA through a multi-year sponsorship.

The Toyota Texas Bass Classic, a Professional Anglers Association- sanctioned event, returns to Lake Conroe Oct. 1-3. The competition benefits Texas Parks & Wildlife Department efforts to introduce young people and urban families to fishing and the outdoors.