Kim moved to the US and entered some tournaments in the West divisions, fishing against male competitors. She began fishing the Woman's Bassmaster Tour (WBT) in 2008. She won the first tournament she fished and finished in the top six at all the others on the trail. She then won the WBT Championship at the end of the year and qualified for the Bassmasters Classic, the first female to fish it.
None of the male pros have any problem with a female competitor. Some of them have expressed concern about the way she qualified. Since all tournaments are open to women they think she should have to qualify just like the men do. Rather than fishing the Elite series against the top 100 or so bass competitors on the BASS trails, or fishing the Bass Opens against many of the top fishermen, she only competed against the 100 or so women on the WBT boater side.
Bass fishing is an equal opportunity sport. There is really no difference between women and men when it comes to fishing. The bass don't care.
Kim Bain Moore has gotten a huge amount of media coverage. Time magazine did an article with her. I don't remember Time ever doing an article about a male fisherman. Other media have covered her extensively, putting pressure on her above and beyond what the male competitor face. They face a huge amount of distractions but she has it even worse.
Kim married Bass pro Andre Moore, owner of Reaction Innovations lure company. They also fish saltwater tournaments.
Just fishing the Classic makes each angler a winner and boosts their career. After the first day Kim Bain Moore was in 46th place out of 51 anglers and was not in a position to make the cut to 25 anglers after the second day.
