The Professional Anglers Association (PAA) today announced the details for its Toyota Texas Bass Classic and Qualifier. The Qualifier is the tournament ...
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Dock Talk
Welcome to BassFan's Dock Talk section, where you will see brief, newsworthy items that for one reason or another can't be made into full-blown news articles. Despite the name, and in keeping with BassFan's editorial policy, every effort will be made to avoid publishing outright rumors.
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PAA qualifier, conflict
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Everything's Rosey
Wednesday, October 31, 2007Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, Mark Rose talks about how the stars aligned, having his fish all to himself, and his approach at Pickwick in ...
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TTT cancel called "realignment"
Wednesday, October 31, 2007FLW Outdoors recently issued a press release with the official word on its cancellation of the Texas Tournament Trail (TTT). In that release, the company ...
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The haunted lodge?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007Don Barone over at ESPNOutdoors.com published a lengthy piece today in the spirit of Halloween. Tour pro Kevin Short, a haunted fishing lodge, backwoods ...
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Three generations of Lindners
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
On Monday, Ron Lindner was enshrined in the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame for his lasting national impact toward the promotion and advancement ...
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Sharp on the WBT spot
Tuesday, October 30, 2007What's Harold Sharp think about BASS inviting the WBT Angler of the Year to fish the Classic? Well, he was there the first time a woman attempted to enter ...
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Jenny Craig Fish of a Lifetime
Tuesday, October 30, 2007Okay, it's an Abu Garcia Fish of a Lifetime, but it's a smallmouth that in the words of the man who caught it (Rodney Hurst of Santaquin, Utah) is a little ...
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Lane 1st, 2nd
Monday, October 29, 2007Florida Bassmaster Elite Series pro Chris Lane caught a 17.47-pound limit to pocket $35,000 and claim top professional honors at the 8th annual Lake Toho ...
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AES Oxbow: Brown's thoughts
Monday, October 29, 2007BassFan's Terry Brown fondly remembers his first pair of fishing glasses. They cost $12 and were endorsed by Bill Dance. Things have come a long way since ...
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Davis chooses: both?!
Monday, October 29, 2007Mark Davis came out of the woods, literally, for a brief moment today to update BassFans on his league choice for the 2008 season. (He's hunting right ...
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Ranger offer: free gas, more
Monday, October 29, 2007Ranger recently announced the start of its "Free Fall Fuel" incentive for buyers. The incentive package totals $1,775, and from now through ...
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Davis' decision
Monday, October 29, 2007Mark Davis opens up on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown today about deciding between the Elite Series and FLW Tour. He also sheds some light on what's going ...
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Klinger comes up, wins Clear Lake
Monday, October 29, 2007Tim Klinger of Boulder City, Nev. slapped a whopping 32-09 limit on the scales Saturday and came up from 6th to win the Clear Lake Western FLW Series ...
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Fishoff site: Amistad
Monday, October 29, 2007FLW Outdoors surprised no one when it recently announced that its 2008 East/West Fishoff will be held at Lake Amistad in Texas. Although the date had ...
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Oklahoma beats Texas
Friday, October 26, 2007The Texas-Oklahoma Shootout has been around for a few years now. It's a made-for-TV event patterned after golf's Ryder Cup, notable for its high-caliber ...
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Zaldain leads Clear lake
Friday, October 26, 2007With a 25-11 limit, Chris Zaldain of San Jose, Calif., moved up from 18th into the lead after day 2 of the Clear Lake Western FLW Series. He leads by ...
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Drought cancels PAA events
Friday, October 26, 2007The Go Fish Georgia campaign partnered with the Professional Anglers Association in planning two events – a pro-am this fall at Georgia's Lake Lanier, ...
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Auten on his decision
Friday, October 26, 2007
As promised, here's the skinny on Todd Auten's decision to the fish the Bassmaster Elite Series rather than the FLW Tour (he qualified for the Elite Series ...
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BASS promotes Wilkinson
Thursday, October 25, 2007Jamie Wilkinson, who was most recently BASS director of communications, has been promoted to senior director of event operations and business development, ...
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Jewel's pigskin: thumbs up
Thursday, October 25, 2007BassFan's Terry Brown used a Jewel Football jig a lot this summer, and had one of his best offshore seasons ever. He tested the jig over several months, ...
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Stricker dives into TV
Thursday, October 25, 2007Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, Michigan pro Kim Stricker talks about his new television program that debuts in January. It's called Hook and ...
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Morgan's 'own' deal
Thursday, October 25, 2007Count Andy Morgan among the FLW pros currently without an FLW team deal. The good news for him is that's he's close to signing a major sponsor deal he ...
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Lane declares: Elites
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Florida pro Bobby Lane, who until now has fished the FLW Tour, qualified for the 2008 Bassmaster Elite Series through the Bassmaster Southern Opens. Like ...
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Clear Lake Series update
Thursday, October 25, 2007Randy McAbee of Bakersfield, Calif. caught 27-11 yesterday and leads after day 1 of the 196-boat Clear Lake Western FLW Series. Sieg Taylor (26-11) is ...
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The Berkley grin
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Being the child of a BassFan frequent contributor can have strange effects on you – witness the choice of jack-o-lantern designs picked by Jared Manteuffel ...
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How they hear 2
Thursday, October 25, 2007Today we get some more learnin' about bass hearing, imparted by Berkley's Dr. Keith "Doc" Jones. Read part 2 of the Bass Hearing article today ...
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Ippoliti's pattern
Wednesday, October 24, 2007The much awaited Winning Pattern story with Frank Ippoliti from the Wheeler Bassmaster Southern Open has just been published on BassFanArmy.com. To check ...
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Merc's guarantee
Wednesday, October 24, 2007Mercury's offering what it says us the ultimate warranty on the ultimate engines. Consumers who purchase any qualifying Mercury outboard from now through ...
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Recon: Clear Lake
Wednesday, October 24, 2007Go shallow, fish the wind and catch 80 to 90 pounds. That's the way to win at the Clear Lake FLW National Guard Series tournament there this week, says ...
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Bush helps anglers
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Put the war on terror aside for a moment (but never forget the soldiers fighting it). Put the impending Presidential race aside. Let's focus on Presidential ...
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Hartley's 2nd crown
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Charlie Hartley has proven once again that he can dominate at bass fishing's triple-A level. Now he just needs to figure out a way transfer some of that ...
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Martin joins Zebco
Wednesday, October 24, 2007Dave Martin, a longtime Penn Reels executive, will join Zebco as VP of product development and manufacturing.
In his new role, Martin will oversee ...
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Drought photos?
Wednesday, October 24, 2007We've heard a lot about the drought in the Southeast and seen a few photos, but many bass fishermen haven't. What are you seeing? Fellow BassFans want ...
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TTT: No go in '08
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
It appears as if FLW Outdoors felt it had oversaturated the Lone Star State, and the Texas Tournament Trail (TTT) is the odd circuit out for 2008.
FLW ...
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Davis: disappointed, undecided
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Veteran Mark Davis was one of the BASS legends who left BASS to fish FLW after the Elite Series was announced. But BassFans know he returned to BASS competition ...
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Auten declares: Elites
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
North Carolina pro Todd Auten recently finished 3rd in the Bassmaster Southern Open points, which means two things. One, he gets a berth in the 2008 Bassmaster ...
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'Unbelievable' 2 hours
Tuesday, October 23, 2007How would you feel if you had the winning bag of fish in the box, but were stuck in a creek? How about if you got out of that creek, but your big motor ...
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How they hear
Monday, October 22, 2007How do bass hear? How close does a bait have to be for a bass to hear it and respond to it? Learn about that and more in part 1 of a 2-parter on bass ...
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Kicker Kontest winner(s)
Monday, October 22, 2007
The BassFan Army would like to thank everyone who entered last week's Kicker Fish Kontest. The response was amazing!
The winner of the Kicker Fish ...
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Lane, Hartley, Auten = Classic
Sunday, October 21, 2007
The final Bassmaster Southern Open of the season, at Alabama's Lake Wheeler, juggled the points race big time. Here's a synopsis.
> Points leader Terry ...
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FLW registration dates
Friday, October 19, 2007FLW Outdoors just released registration information for all its trails except the TTT. The full info can be found on the company's site.
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WBT: BassFans sound off
Friday, October 19, 2007The current BassFan poll asks BassFans to vote on their opinion of the new WBT Classic berth. So far, the majority of readers feel it's a good move. (To ...
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Lane leads Wheeler
Friday, October 19, 2007
BassFan yesterday laid out several storylines that bear watching at the current Wheeler Bassmaster Southern Open. The Top 3 in the year-end Southern points ...
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Wheeler watch
Thursday, October 18, 2007The final Bassmaster Southern Open begins this week at Alabama's Lake Wheeler, and several storylines bear watching. The biggest is probably former Bassmaster ...
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TBF/Tour combo event
Thursday, October 18, 2007The Bass Federation (TBF) announced today that North Carolina's Lake Wylie will again be the site of its National Championship, but the news comes with ...
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Tree fish?!
Thursday, October 18, 2007We all wish money would grow on trees, and we all know that fish don't live in trees, right? We can dream all we want, but money will probably never grow ...
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Kamp Kota
Thursday, October 18, 2007Many of the 2008 tournament schedules are already set, which means BassFans have probably begun to plan out their year. That means the inevitable question ...
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Recon: D'Arbonne
Wednesday, October 17, 2007Teams will find a lot of bass at Louisiana's Lake D'Arbonne, but it'll take some doing to get the right ones to win this weekend's Media Bass Teams tournament ...
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Bubble bath
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Ever heard of the Oxygenator? It's a killer livewell system that separates hydrogen from water molecules to create pure oxygen. BassFan's Terry Brown ...
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Under Armour enters college
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
More good news for college bass fishing – Under Armour has just signed on as title sponsor of the College Bass National Championship (CBNC).
In case ...
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Tru-life radio
Wednesday, October 17, 2007Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, Tru-Tungsten and Picasso pro-staff manager Tom Branch, Jr. speaks candidly about his company's products and what ...
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Fishoff/Classic conflict resolved
Wednesday, October 17, 2007FLW Outdoors originally announced a January 17–19 date for its FLW Series East/West Fishoff, then switched the date to Feb. 14–16, which put it right ...
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Fish story winner
Tuesday, October 16, 2007Our crack team of BassFan Army judges have chosen the winner of the Abu Garcia "Tell Us Your Fishing Story" contest, and the winner by a landslide ...
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Murphy's uncertainties
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Michael Murphy's first FLW Tour season was this year, and it was a decent campaign. He finished 30th in the points, fished the Forrest Wood Cup, and is ...
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Walker on Series AOY
Tuesday, October 16, 2007Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, Eastern FLW Series points champion David Walker talks about his year and what the points title means to him. ...
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Monsoor on Jig-Swimming
Tuesday, October 16, 2007Wisconsin pro Tom Monsoor knows jig-swimming about like Thomas Edison knew electricity. In today's Pro Lesson on the Berkley: ...
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King Shad member test
Tuesday, October 16, 2007BassFan Army member Keith Silvia of Lakeside, Calif. recently tested the King Shad hard swimbait from Strike King Lure Co. His results were published ...
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The other stats
Tuesday, October 16, 2007Readers of BassFan know about the BassFan World Rankings presented by Tru-Tungsten, and that Kevin VanDam again ended the year as the No. 1 ranked angler ...
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Kicker Fish Kontest
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Ever heard of the Kicker Fish Bait Co.? If you're a serious bass angler, the answer has to be yes. And if by some chance you haven't heard the name, it's ...
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Poll: WBT Classic berth
Monday, October 15, 2007A new BassFan poll askes about BASS's decision to invite the Women's Bassmaster Tour Angler of the Year to the Classic. What's your opinion? To vote, ...
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2008 Stren schedule
Monday, October 15, 2007FLW Outdoors just released its 2008 Stren schedule. The full schedule can be found below. First though, a few key points.
- Entry fees remain unchanged: ...
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Monsoor retraction
Monday, October 15, 2007FLW Tour pro Tom Monsoor was included in BassFan's recent story about the FLW Tour's new off-limits rule. His remarks appeared in part 2 of the article, ...
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Rose wins, Top 30 look
Monday, October 15, 2007Mark Rose dominated last week's Pickwick Eastern FLW Series. He led every day, and with a 60-10, 4-day total, edged runner-up Jim Moynagh by a little ...
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Suzuki's back
Friday, October 12, 2007Suzuki Marine has gotten back into the bass-fishing marketplace with its new 250SS V6 outboard, engineered specifically for freshwater enthusiasts. A ...
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The ultimate drop stick?
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Yammy promo begins
Friday, October 12, 2007Yamaha Marine Group announced the beginning of its "Why Wait?" Y.E.S. promotion, which runs through Nov. 21. The special program, which also ...
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Gillette sentenced
Friday, October 12, 2007A few weeks ago, former Team Supreme owner Nevin Gillette was sentenced to a term of 11 years in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme. Several news ...
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New Merc R&D chief
Friday, October 12, 2007
Brunswick Corp., parent company of Mercury Marine, announced it had named David Foulkes as Mercury's VP of research and development.
Foulkes, 46, joins ...
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Pre-Pickwick cont.
Friday, October 12, 2007To follow up on yesterday's Dock Talk, here's a look at the Top 35 in the FLW Eastern Series points prior to this week's Pickwick event. The year-end ...
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How they see
Friday, October 12, 2007How do bass see? Or, more importantly to us, what do they see and how do they see differently than we do? Berkley's head fish (fish head?) scientist Dr. ...
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Jones on bait-building
Thursday, October 11, 2007Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, KickerFish's Kelly Jones talks about building baits specifically designed by pros, and how they help all anglers ...
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High School bass?
Thursday, October 11, 2007We've seen bass fishing grow quickly at the collegiate level, but what about bass fishing as a high-school sport? It could be coming, and Illinois appears ...
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BASS moves Okee Open
Thursday, October 11, 2007The controversy over the Okeechobee double-up appears to have been resolved. BASS stepped up and confirmed that it would move its Okeechobee Bassmaster ...
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Pre-Pickwick look
Thursday, October 11, 2007Day 1 of the Pickwick Eastern FLW Series was yesterday. This is the final Eastern Series event of the season, after which the Top 30 in the points qualify ...
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Stren Super Knot
Wednesday, October 10, 2007If knots are the part of the line most likely to break most of the time, why not create a Super Knot line? Well, Stren did it and you can read about it ...
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WBT Classic berth
Wednesday, October 10, 2007BASS today announced several new developments for its Women's Bassmaster Tour (WBT), and by far the biggest is that the 2008 WBT Angler of the Year will ...
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Recon: Clarks Hill
Wednesday, October 10, 2007Who's Pat Golden? If you fish South Carolina's Clarks Hill Reservoir you should know the name, and since that lake is the subject of this week's Bass ...
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Rackley in the news
Wednesday, October 10, 2007Sports columnist Kevin Sherrington of the Dallas Morning News recently did a piece on National Collegiate Bass champion Justin Rackley. It's some solid ...
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Sega announces bass game
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
The news hit yesterday that Sega has a bass=fishing game in development for the Nintendo Wii. The game, being developed in-house, is tagged for an early ...
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Marks-manship at PF
Tuesday, October 9, 2007Pure Fishing's Andrew Marks talks on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown about all of the elements that must come together for the launch of a product or program, ...
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John Powell dies
Tuesday, October 9, 2007Six-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier John Powell died Sunday at his home in Alabama. He was 78.
The Montgomery native became one of the early stars ...
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Archie's artwork
Tuesday, October 9, 2007In his latest Scott On-Line column, Ray Scott writes about his old college pal Archie Phillips, who's gone on to become a renowned taxidermist. At one ...
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More contingency winners
Monday, October 8, 2007The BassFan Army contingency winners for August are Sam Moody of Athens, Ala., and Art Simms of Coon Rapids, Mich.
Moody won a Team Trails event at ...
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Clausen on the mend
Monday, October 8, 2007
Luke Clausen told BassFan last night that his injured elbow is improving and he's started to resume his normal activities for this time of year.
"My ...
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Biosonix deal
Friday, October 5, 2007One of the coolest pieces of technology to come out in the past few years is the Biosonix unit. Kevin VanDam, Aaron Martens, Boyd Duckett and Peter Thliveros ...
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Shad Cook-ies
Friday, October 5, 2007A couple weeks ago Ken Cook schooled us on why shad move into creeks in the fall. Today he talks about how to get bass with stomachs full of shad to eat ...
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FLW sponsor clarification
Thursday, October 4, 2007Regarding the Dock Talk published last night about potential FLW Tour sponsor departures, BassFan received the following clarification from FLW Outdoors ...
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For the soldiers
Thursday, October 4, 2007Burnie Haney was instrumental in organizing the ABA's recent Take a Soldier Fishing event at Henderson Harbor in New York. To read his opinion about how ...
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Thomas talks
Thursday, October 4, 2007Professional angler and TV personality Joe Thomas talks about switching leagues to FLW, AES Eyewear, Ultimate Match Fishing and hunting moose in British ...
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FLW Tour sponsor dropout?
Wednesday, October 3, 2007FLW Tour pros recently began to receive their FLW Tour packets in the mail, and the sponsor page includes some noticeable absences. There were persistent ...
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Ardent's objectives
Wednesday, October 3, 2007Mike Brooks, CEO of Ardent Outdoors, discusses his company's business plan and its objective to bring the best American-made reel to the marketplace in ...
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Abu Max reels
Wednesday, October 3, 2007Can't afford an Abu Garcia Revo or just want a good backup? Check out the new Abu Garcia Max line of reels – read about them today on the Berkley: ...
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Recon: Potomac
Wednesday, October 3, 2007With a BFL Regional on the horizon at the Potomac River, we asked Virginia pro Kurt Dove how he'd fish the river this time of year for this week's ...
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Euro rout
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
The U.S. team continued its dominance of the Eurobass Cup with a 22-2 victory over the European squad last week at Spain's Ricobayo Reservoir. The U.S. ...
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How good is Falcon?
Wednesday, October 3, 2007Based on current buzz, Falcon Lake in Texas will soon unseat Lake Amistad (and Choke Canyon) as the newest "undiscovered" big-bass lake. We'll ...
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RBFF, ESPN link up
Wednesday, October 3, 2007The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) announced a deal that will give viewers of ESPNOutdoors.com direct access to the TakeMeFishing.org ...
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Chapman at the races
Tuesday, October 2, 2007Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, pro Brent Chapman talks about the dynamics of bass fishing and NASCAR, and about attending races with his sponsor ...
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'Bird contest winners
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
The BassFan Army's Humminbird contest is over, and we thank all the members who entered. We'd love to give everyone a prize, but under contest rules, ...
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'Anglers only' shows
Tuesday, October 2, 2007The Sportsman Channel (TSC) announced the addition of several fishing-only shows to its fall lineup. Here's a synopsis with show titles and air times.
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Can't miss fall smallies?
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Dyer & the Seahawks
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
This summer, pro angler Clay Dyer made an appearance at the Seattle Seahawks Charity Fishing Tournament to benefit the C.A.S.T. for Kids foundation. Mike ...
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Angling Against Cancer
Monday, October 1, 2007The Angling Against Cancer Benefit Dinner and Tournament, one of the biggest fishing-related charity events of the year, will take place Oct. 27-28 at ...
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Gober goes on the air
Monday, October 1, 2007Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, Red River Women's Bassmaster Tour winner Laura Gober talks about women in fishing, the untapped potential for ...
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Hallman: what happened?
Monday, October 1, 2007
As noted in a Dock Talk item yesterday, Bradley Hallman – a Bassmaster Elite Series pro from Oklahoma – missed his last shot at a Bassmaster Classic berth ...
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