Randall Tharp,
the 2013 Forrest Wood
Cup Champion and a noted big fish pro, has joined the pro staff of Zoom
Bait Company, the pros’ choice for soft plastics when it comes to
everything from ultra-finesse to oversized lures. If there’s a specific
situation at hand, Zoom offers a lure that excels in that application.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re fishing
in your local pond or you’re competing in the Bassmaster Classic, Zoom baits are the very
best and catch fish all over the world,” Tharp said.
In a relatively short time on the
national fishing scene, he’s amassed a tremendous list of accomplishments on
circuits including both the FLW Tour and, more recently, the Bassmaster Elite
Series. In addition to the Forrest Wood Cup victory on Louisiana’s Red River,
he’s added an FLW Tour Open victory on Lake Okeechobee and three Bassmaster
Open victories – on Ross Barnett, Santee Cooper and Guntersville. What do those
bodies of water have in common? Most likely it’s that they harbor big fish in
gnarly cover, most often grass. While Tharp has proven exceptionally versatile
over the years, it’s those big fish, heavy cover situations that call out to
him most.
“My first national win was the 2008
EverStart championship on Lake Eufaula,” he recalled. “The winning lures were a
Zoom 6-inch lizard, a Zoom Big Critter Craw and
a Chatterbait with a Zoom Speed Craw trailer.
That seems like a long time ago but one thing hasn’t changed – Zoom is a
company that is obsessed with building the very best lures you can use to catch
a bass, and their lineup gives me everything I need to do my job.”
Tharp competed in five consecutive
Forrest Wood Cups from 2010 through 2014, and next month he’ll compete in his
third Bassmaster Classic. Savvy followers of the sport expect him to be in the
running to become one of just a handful of pros to have won both major
championships – and if that happens you can bet that Zoom baits will be a part
of it.
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