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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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Rock, Roll and Win
Friday, March 31, 2006This week on the Ranger Cup site, Minnesota pro Jim Moynagh talks all about rock jigs. He's one of the best with them. Heck, he was one of the first to ...
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Jones speaks with BassFan
Friday, March 31, 2006
BassFan spoke with Alton Jones who did confirm that his son Alton ("Little Alton") provided him with assistance during practice.
Jones was ...
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Amistad lessons
Thursday, March 30, 2006In the latest Big Bass Zone update, authors Bill Siemantel and Michael Jones discuss how sight-fishermen who can bypass smaller bass on beds and target ...
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Jones DQd
Thursday, March 30, 2006BASS issued a statement that Alton Jones had been DQd from the Santee Cooper Bassmaster Elite Series for a violation of BASS Rules 3.2 and 12. BASS stated ...
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Braid, fluoro basics
Thursday, March 30, 2006Robert Hamilton discusses the pros and cons of braided and fluorocarbon lines in the latest edition of Hamilton's Lab. To find out the situations for ...
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The Mossy look
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Winning difference
Thursday, March 30, 2006
The Wal-Mart Open (Beaver FLW) begins next week, and one angler who's been consistent there is Texan Chris McCall. His last three Beaver finishes were ...
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Indiana votes TBF
Wednesday, March 29, 2006The Bass Federation Inc. (TBF) announced that the Indiana Bass Federation's general membership has voted to join TBF in its new partnership with FLW Outdoors. ...
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Pros booted from EOBS
Wednesday, March 29, 2006Beginning next year, weekend anglers who pursue a Bassmaster Classic berth through the ESPN Outdoors Bassmaster Series (EOBS) won't have to beat out tour ...
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A Merc hat – literally
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
What would you do to win a free outboard? Arrive prepared. That's what central Pennsylvania resident David Hough did at this year's Bassmaster Classic.
Last ...
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Last Rebel?
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Why is this photo in here? One reason is we remembered that we forgot some photos from the 2006 Bassmaster Classic. The more important reason is that ...
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Illinois team ready
Wednesday, March 29, 2006Steve Majewski and Jeff Gee were stuck in frigid northern Illinois all winter, and they can't wait to get to Kentucky Lake for the Team Supreme National ...
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Browning: more air time
Tuesday, March 28, 2006Bassmaster Elite Series angler Stephen Browning of Arkansas recently participated in the taping of an episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. ...
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Times runs bass op-ed
Tuesday, March 28, 2006Mac Weakley's big catch is still generating headlines outside of the fishing press. One example: The New York Times today ran an opinion piece by Sowbelly ...
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Eufaula correction
Tuesday, March 28, 2006The following paragraph was included in BassFan's day 1 coverage of the Eufaula Southeastern Stren: "But Alabama Power pulled a fast one, dropping ...
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Vinyl money
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
FLW Tour rookie Mike Ellenstein from Newburgh, Ind. sent us a photo of his wrap. The sponsor is Fifth Third Bank, and note the cool $100 bill theme.
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VanDam DQd from Santee
Tuesday, March 28, 2006Kevin VanDam was DQd from the entire Santee Cooper Bassmaster Elite Series, which begins this Thursday, March 30. According to BASS, he was DQd for a ...
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Not eager for Beaver
Tuesday, March 28, 2006Andre Moore has won the Wal-Mart Open (Beaver FLW) twice in the past 4 years, so he must be chomping at the bit to get to Rogers, Ark. for the start of ...
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Fed. Nation numbers
Monday, March 27, 2006BASS announced recently that its new Federation Nation has more than 20,000 members and that leadership has been established in 47 states and six foreign ...
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N.C. record spot?
Monday, March 27, 2006Two weeks ago, Greg Natiello hooked and landed what he said was an 8 1/2-pound spotted bass from Lake Norman, N.C. At that weight, it would have easily ...
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Sisk's jump-start
Monday, March 27, 2006How did Marty Sisk jump-start his brand new pro career? He won the Skeeter BassFan Army Weekend Warrior Championship. Read the Indianapolis Star piece ...
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Sasquatch? UFO? Elvis?
Monday, March 27, 2006Here's the quote of the weekend. It's from Tony Smock, supervisor at Dixon Lake, the 72-acre lake in Escondido, Calif. (about 40 miles north of San Diego) ...
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BassFan adds angler
Monday, March 27, 2006
Although BassFan has supported anglers in the past, we've never had an "official" pro team. That changed this month with Alabama pro Clay Dyer. ...
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Svebek and Coates
Friday, March 24, 2006Want to know all about wacky-worming? Look no further than FLW Tour pro Carl Svebek III. This week on the Ranger Cup site, he gives up his tips for fishing ...
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More big bass
Friday, March 24, 2006
It's pretty much been big-bass week here at BassFan, so why not talk about another big fish? This photo shows Edward Reid's 14.48-pounder that he caught ...
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About the scale
Friday, March 24, 2006Mac Weakley, who caught a potential new world-record bass from California's Lake Dixon this week, weighed the fish on a handheld scale. The scale read ...
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Rojas on Radio
Friday, March 24, 2006Dean Rojas discusses his 2nd-place finish at the recent Rayburn Bassmaster Elite Series in a new BassFan Radio interview with Terry Brown. To listen, ...
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Bondy's link to KVD
Friday, March 24, 2006
Bassmaster Elite Series angler Jon Bondy's wrap features D&R Sports Center, a boat, tackle and hunting store in Kalamazoo, Mich. The store is owned by ...
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Lucky sweatshirt?
Friday, March 24, 2006
Yes, Georgia rookie Tim Farley won $100,000 at the FLW Series opener on Lake Lanier.
Yes, 2005 Skeeter BassFan Army Weekend Warrior champ Marty Sisk ...
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A shirt story
Thursday, March 23, 2006Spring is here and warm weather is just around the corner, and BassFan T-shirts are a perfect choice to look good on the water. They're 100% pre-shrunk ...
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Skeeter demo events
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Potential Skeeter boat owners now have the opportunity to test their dream boat on the water at a local Skeeter dealer with the "Skeeter Spring Demo ...
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Skeeter site picked
Thursday, March 23, 2006Skeeter Boats announced that Texas' Lake Fork will host its 13th annual Skeeter Owners' Tournament, scheduled for June 8-11. The event consists of family-oriented ...
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FLW adds SIRIUS
Thursday, March 23, 2006FLW Outdoors announced that Sirius Satellite Radio has signed a multi-year agreement to become the official satellite radio provider for the organization.
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Rayburn options
Thursday, March 23, 2006The anglers who finished 2nd through 5th at the recent Rayburn Bassmaster Elite Series used a variety of baits. Jigs, spinnerbaits and numerous plastics ...
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New weigh-in system
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Those who watched the day 4 weigh-in at the recent Lanier FLW Series online might have noticed that the fish did not come to the stage in bags. Instead, ...
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Kriet bushwacked
Thursday, March 23, 2006
At the recent Rayburn Bassmaster Elite Series event, Jeff Kriet was bushwacked by poachers – hole poachers. Granted he was fishing an area (known as the ...
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Mossy Oak makes grade
Wednesday, March 22, 2006The BassFan staff has tested Mossy Oak Classic line under tournament conditions for more than a year now, and we can't find any chinks in its armor. It's ...
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The new No. 1 (again)
Wednesday, March 22, 2006Greg Hackney, the top-ranked angler in the BassFan World Rankings, discusses his recent win at the Rayburn Bassmaster Elite Series and talks about the ...
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Hunting ranch wrap
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Bassmaster Elite Series angler Ken Cook's wrap features his own website (kencookoutdoors.com) and Tarbone Ranch, his big-game hunting property in Oklahoma. ...
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Classic TV ratings
Wednesday, March 22, 2006BASS reported that the 2006 Bassmaster Classic averaged a 21% larger TV audience than last year, and was the highest-rated Classic since ESPN2 began airing ...
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A better setter
Tuesday, March 21, 2006Dustin Wilks is down with elbow problems. Mark Davis and Larry Nixon have suffered from fishing-induced injuries for years. Maybe you have arm problems ...
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Bass on Drudge
Tuesday, March 21, 2006Just in case the whole world didn't know about Mac Weakley's catch of a potential new world-record bass, it does now. The Drudge Report currently includes ...
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Jones on world record
Tuesday, March 21, 2006The ink was barely dry on his Mike Iaconelli opinion, but Mike Jones couldn't let the potential new world-record bass pass without comment. He says it's ...
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Brauer's impressions
Tuesday, March 21, 2006Denny Brauer discusses his 10th-place finish at the recent Rayburn Bassmaster Elite Series and gives his impressions of the of the tour's new format in ...
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Wisconsin bass regs
Tuesday, March 21, 2006The Wisconsin Conservation Congress and Dept. of Natural Resources will hold its statewide sessions April 10, at which a number of proposed regulations ...
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World record catch?
Monday, March 20, 2006(Editor's note: Ed Zieralski of the San Diego Union-Tribune broke this story earlier this morning. Currently, his story includes the only published ...
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A little side-speak
Monday, March 20, 2006On today's edition of BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, Mark Gibson of Humminbird talks about the "new" Humminbird and the advantages of side-imaging ...
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More MAG stores
Monday, March 20, 2006A number of retailers across the country wrote in and requested copies of the inaugural BassFan MAG. Some of those shipments went out, so here's a new ...
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Lock look
Monday, March 20, 2006
As BassFan receives more and more images of anglers' new wraps, we'll post them here for a quick look. Here's Paul Hirosky's Channellock-wrapped Gambler, ...
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Paper-bound pig
Monday, March 20, 2006
Well, it's not really a pig, but Monte Burke's landmark book is now out in paperback. Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World Record Largemouth Bass ...
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Real Money reminder
Monday, March 20, 2006
The Skeeter Real Money program began Jan. 1, but in case your tournament season hasn't started yet, here's a reminder about how and what you can win.
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Waiting their turn
Monday, March 20, 2006
Rick Boyd of West Newton, Pa. sent us this cool photo. He snapped the image as Kevin VanDam and Luke Clausen waited in the boat line at the 2005 Bassmaster ...
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An inside line
Friday, March 17, 2006Want some hot tips for catching spring bass in grass lakes? Look to the inside. Ranger pro Sam Newby tells you how in a new Pro Tip story on the Ranger ...
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The nose grows
Friday, March 17, 2006Talk about growth, Mann's launched its HardNose line in 2005 with six products. The line has already swelled to 11 baits, including a finesse worm, grub, ...
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McElroy's rod art
Friday, March 17, 2006
Scales and Tales cartoonist Bill McElroy wants to apologize to BassFans for his lack of new cartoons lately. He's been busy. What's he been up to? Take ...
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Rowland set for surgery
Thursday, March 16, 2006Zell Rowland confirmed today that he'll undergo an operation to fix a disk in his back immediately after the Santee Cooper Bassmaster Elite Series, which ...
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Amistad patterns
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Habitat work pays off
Thursday, March 16, 2006Marcus Sykora of Osage Beach, Mo. knows the location of many of the best bass hangouts at Lake of the Ozarks. He helped create them by sinking brushpiles ...
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Top pro preparation
Thursday, March 16, 2006Legendary pros Gary Klein and Kevin VanDam talk about what they do to prepare for tournaments like the Bassmaster Classic in a BassFan Radio interview ...
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New wrap partnership
Wednesday, March 15, 2006Gemini Sport Marketing announced recently that it's joined forces with Large Format Digital Inc. in an effort to provide the outdoor industry with "the ...
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Build a Skeeter
Wednesday, March 15, 2006Skeeter Boats recently unveiled a program that allows Skeeter buyers to build their own personalized boat online.
"Skeeter Boats has made the ...
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2 apologies
Wednesday, March 15, 2006Two apologies from BassFan:
> For those who sent in $1 or $2 to have BassFan MAG sent to you, apologies that retail stores received the MAG first. ...
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Kumar on Classic
Wednesday, March 15, 2006The whole spectacle must have taken a while to process, because Jay Kumar finally put a pen to paper for his annual Bassmaster Classic opinion column. ...
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Swimbaits now
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
At the recent Amistad Bassmaster Elite Series, Fred Roumbanis finished 2nd with a 4-day total of 101-13. He caught all his fish on swimbaits. Ken Cook ...
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Fish Head Spin again
Wednesday, March 15, 2006Like Lanier FLW Series winner Tim Farley, runner-up Terry Baksay also relied on the Sworming Hornet Fish Head Spin for a high percentage of his weigh-in ...
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Elite Series a success?
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
So the first-ever Bassmaster Elite Series event has come and passed. But how did the pros really feel about the event? Reactions from the field are available ...
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Rowland reaches $1 mil
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Amistad anomaly
Monday, March 13, 2006Before this past weekend, had three anglers from the same state ever finished 1-2-3 in a tour-level event that was not held in that state? It might have ...
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What's up at Evinrude?
Monday, March 13, 2006Krista Heidgerken, pro staff and events director for Evinrude, talks about the company and what's in store for 2006 in a BassFan Radio interview with ...
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Road to Rayburn
Monday, March 13, 2006The Amistad Bassmaster Elite Series ended yesterday in Del Rio, Texas. But practice for the Rayburn Elite Series in Jasper, Texas began this morning. ...
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Blade basics
Friday, March 10, 2006Rob Kilby, a 23-year tour pro from Arkansas, is well-known for his prowess with a spinnerbait. He tailors his bait selection to specific sets of conditions ...
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Rating monos
Friday, March 10, 2006In the latest edition of Hamilton's Lab, Robert Hamilton tackles the subject of mono. For all you need to know about line properties, plus his "Good, ...
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Take it from the pros
Friday, March 10, 2006Mark Fisher of Rapala talks about product development and the company's utilization of its pro staff for input into making better products for bass anglers ...
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Clausen out, but why?
Thursday, March 9, 2006BassFan received a final answer from BASS about why Bassmaster Classic champion Luke Clausen is not an invited angler to the 2007 Classic. It has to do ...
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BASS records in jeopardy?
Thursday, March 9, 2006The Amistad Bassmaster Elite Series is now underway, and the bite's red-hot. We won't know how hot until today's weigh-in, but considering what took place ...
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Amistad info
Wednesday, March 8, 2006The Bassmaster Elite Series begins today at Lake Amistad and the bite's off the charts. For BassFan's scouting report, and a recommendation on the Top ...
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Better buzzer
Wednesday, March 8, 2006If you loved the original Cavitron buzzbait, you'll like the new one even better. It features a redesigned head and colored blade, plus bent-wire construction. ...
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Let the rookie in
Tuesday, March 7, 2006When you play holo-chess aboard the Millennium Falcon, you let the wookie win. When you design a new tournament format, you let the rookie in, and that's ...
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Classic comments
Tuesday, March 7, 2006When Ray Scott looks back on the 2006 Bassmaster Classic, he'll focus on the positive things that occurred rather than Mike Iaconelli's day 1 blow-up ...
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Rap wrap
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
If you see a big Rapala jerkbait going down the road, Bernie Schultz is inside. He's the first, and right now only, guy to sport a Rapala wrap on his ...
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BassFans interview Ike
Tuesday, March 7, 2006Here's your chance to interview Mike Iaconelli. Submit your questions by clicking ...
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Thrift's double life
Monday, March 6, 2006Bryan Thrift of North Carolina in on his way to becoming a double-qualifier for the 2007
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Clausen confusion
Monday, March 6, 2006
There's quite a bit of confusion about what Luke Clausen's Bassmaster Classic win allows him to fish. First BASS stated that he could not fish the 2006 ...
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Series specifics
Monday, March 6, 2006The first day of competition in the new FLW Series is this Wednesday at Georgia's Lake Lanier. For a quick look at what makes the Series different than ...
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Classic look-back
Monday, March 6, 2006Now on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, veterans George Cochran, Tommy Biffle and Larry Nixon talk about how important this last Bassmaster Classic was ...
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New BBG CFO
Friday, March 3, 2006The Brunswick Boat Group (BBG) announced that Scott Kent has been named VP and CFO, and will report to BBG president Peter Hamilton. Kent was most recently ...
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Better flipping
Friday, March 3, 2006Everywhere there's bass, you'll find flippers. That's especially true of Florida, arguably the flipping capital of the bass world. Today on the Ranger ...
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BBZ double-shot
Friday, March 3, 2006Nothing like a solid dose of Big Bass Zone reading to kick off the weekend. There are two updates today. The first is a Reaction Strike to a reader's ...
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Kids get head start
Thursday, March 2, 2006Matt Eisenbacher of Missouri is a successful tournament angler on several circuits in the midwest. As a member of the National Guard, he served a 14-month ...
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Bobby Garland: 1938–2006
Thursday, March 2, 2006Maybe you know the name Bobby Garland. Maybe you don't. But if you look in your tacklebox right now, it's virtually guaranteed his revolutionary invention ...
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Retailers: Need MAGs?
Thursday, March 2, 2006If you are a tackle retailer and would like free copies of the new BassFan MAG to distribute at your store, send us the following information (ASAP!) ...
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FLW promoting BASS?
Thursday, March 2, 2006For years, when one major league talked about the other, it was usually phrased something like: "XX angler, who also fishes another national tour..." ...
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Top Fed finisher
Wednesday, March 1, 2006Jimmy Johnson of Wisconsin turned in the best performance – by far – of the six anglers who qualified for the Bassmaster Classic through the BASS Federation. ...
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Lee Smith passes
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Lee Smith of Mossy Oak fishing lines died 2 days ago (Monday) in a tragic car accident at the age of 38. He's survived most immediately by his wife Jennifer, ...
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Ike on Ranger, Classic
Wednesday, March 1, 2006BassFan spoke with Mike Iaconelli about losing his Ranger sponsorship. He also clarified what was going through his mind during his outburst at the recent ...
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More Classic stuff
Wednesday, March 1, 2006Due to time constraints, BassFan was unable to publish reports from each angler in the Top 25 field in the day 3 story on the Bassmaster Classic. Segments ...
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Pickwick scouting report
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
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