The elite field of 60 anglers for the Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC), a three-day, world-class professional bass fishing tournament, has been finalized. The tournament takes place this weekend, October 16 – 18 at Lake Conroe in Montgomery, Texas. Following the conclusion of the Professional Anglers Association (PAA) Tournament Series event last week at Toledo Bend, the qualification standings were confirmed. The field is comprised of 20 anglers from the PAA Tour Level Standings and 40 anglers from the PAA Tournament Series Standings.
 
For the first year, the TTBC is positioned as the world championship of the PAA Tournament Series and the format will be an individual angling competition, making the event a true world championship. All anglers are qualified members of the PAA. The tournament is a no-entry fee event with a purse of $500,000 and $250,000 in cash and prizes going to the champion.

Here are the qualifiers:

Todd Auten
Chris Baumgardner
Tommy Biffle
Cody Bird
Shonn Blassingame
Dalton Bobo
Glenn Browne
Keith Caka
Russell Cecil
Jason Christie
Luke Clausen
Fred Contaoi
Chris Daves
Craig Dowling
Boyd Duckett
David P. Dudley
Guy Eaker, Sr.
Chris Elliott
Todd Faircloth
Shinichi Fukae
Anthony Gagliardi
Shaw Grigsby
Greg Hackney
Sean Hoernke
Timmy Horton
Duke Jenkel
Kelly Jordon
Steve Kennedy
J.T. Kenney
Stacey King
Jeff Kriet
Arnie Lane
Bobby Lane
Russ Lane
Dave Lefebre
Kyle Mabrey
Dave Mansue
Aaron Martens
Tommy Martin
Mike McClelland
Sandy Melvin
Andy Montgomery
Andy Morgan
Chad Morganthaler
Rick Morris
Matt Ogrodowicz
Takahiro Omori
Patrick Pierce
Justin Rackley
Matt Reed
Mark Rose
Dave Smith
Brian Snowden
Joe Thomas
Brian Thrift
Kevin VanDam
Lance Vick
David Walker
Clark Wendlandt
Michael Wurm