In its 32nd year, the U.S. Open promises to be an event that anyone has the potential to win because of the fact that Lake Mead presents anglers with the opportunity to catch fish in a variety of ways. Lake Mead is also the kind of fishery that gives few anglers a true home field advantage.
The desert conditions also present challenges to the anglers and their equipment. Past events have featured days eclipsing 100 degrees and afternoon monsoons that drop temperatures dramatically, bring high winds and torrential downpours to the event.
Winning the event is no easy task, and being the last angler perched atop the Costa See What's Out There Hot Seat on the final day will be an angler who has earned his trophy and one year reign as the U.S. Open Champion.
The field consists of more than 150 Pro anglers and their AAA partners and typically features some of the premier names in bass fishing. The WON Bass Nitro Boats / Mercury U.S. Open gathers the best anglers from the Western United States, as well as some of the legendary names in bass fishing history.
Included in the field each year are past U.S. Open champions; FLW Tour and Bassmaster Elite Series winners, Bassmaster Anglers of the Year and Bassmaster Classic Champions. The 32nd WON Bass Nitro Boats / Mercury U.S. Open and the Costa See What's Out There Live Coverage is sure to provide competitors and viewers plenty of fireworks throughout the three day event.
You can download the 2014 U.S. OPEN mail in entry form by clicking HERE.
Once again our great title sponsors, Nitro Boats and Mercury Motors, have joined forces to offer the 2014 U.S. Open Champion a brand-new, ready-to-drive-away Nitro Z8 with a Mercury 225 ProSX OptiMax package, plus the first place payout earnings based on our official 2014 boat count. Based on 150 boats entering this year’s event, we plan on dolling out over $180,000 in cash to the Pro side, with $50,000 on the AAA side.
