The Berkley Conservation Institute is awarding even more prizes and money for conservation ideas. This time, college anglers can reap the benefits. To ...
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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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More awards: college
Friday, April 29, 2011
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Rock rescheduled to Pickwick
Friday, April 29, 2011
FLW Outdoors announced that the cancelled Table Rock FLW Tour Major, originally slated for next week, has indeed been rescheduled. The FLW Tour season ...
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Morgan spared tornado wrath
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The South continues to reel from the effects of a devastating set of storms and tornados, the scale of which has not been seen in nearly 40 years.
As ...
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Review: 'White Lightning'
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Have you checked out the new Abu Garcia Veritas rods? They come packed with high-end features but cost just $100. For the full scoop on the rods, check ...
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FLW Table Rock cancelled
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Table Rock FLW Tour Major scheduled for next week has been cancelled due to flood conditions at Table Rock. The lake today measured 935.4 feet – 20 ...
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FLW T-Rock: threatened?
Tuesday, April 26, 2011This weekend's Table Rock Bassmaster Central Open has been postponed. What about next week's Table Rock FLW Tour, with an official practice that begins ...
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T-Rock Open postponed
Tuesday, April 26, 2011Ultimately, the rain was just too much.
Initially, this week's Table Rock Bassmaster Central Open seemed threatened by record rains that rose the lake ...
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Nolan joins Sportsman
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Sportsman Channel announced this week the hire of Ryan Nolan as publicist within its communications department. Ryan will be responsible for day-to-day ...
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Who's Dakota Brown?
Monday, April 25, 2011An interesting piece over the weekend in the Charleston (W.V.) Daily Mail highlights a high-school junior who set a goal to become a bass pro. He fished ...
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Sonar: A refreshed outlook
Monday, April 25, 2011
Miles Burghoff didn't perform up to his own expectations at the recent FLW College Fishing National Championship, but he left the event with a renewed ...
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McKinnis Q&A: JM buy
Monday, April 25, 2011
B.A.S.S. ownership partner Jerry McKinnis recently closed a deal whereby he and B.A.S.S. repurchased the JM Associates (JM) production company he founded. ...
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Berkley rigs to Arizona, Minnesota
Friday, April 22, 2011
The Berkley Bass Tank will be at the Sportsman’s Warehouse store in Phoenix, Ariz. April 30 through May 1, featuring product demonstrations and technique ...
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Smith back in fishing
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Al Smith, former B.A.S.S. Federation director and chief of the BassFan Army membership program, landed a new fishing gig with prior employer Jay Kumar. ...
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Submit your project
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Are you a member of the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation? Did you, your club or your state conduct a conservation or youth-angling project in 2010? If so, you ...
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VanDam narrows the gap
Thursday, April 21, 2011The BassFan World Rankings have been updated and Bryan Thrift is still No. 1, but Kevin VanDam's knocking on the door. To view the updated World Rankings, ...
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Another way to spearfish
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Here's a funny happening. Power-Poles are a huge deal from the tour level on down. They're a mechanical anchoring system that drops a spike down to bottom ...
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Don't miss the boat
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The following is some advice from fishing personality and BassFan friend Mark Zona:
You see this jumbo check I'm holding? I borrowed it from my buddy ...
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Pirch picks Pirch
Thursday, April 21, 2011
It's not surprising that a brother would pick a brother to lead his fantasy team. But it is surprising that brothers won both a major event and the connected ...
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PAA hits Hubbard today
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The inaugural PAA All Star Series event begins today and runs through Thursday at Texas' Lake Ray Hubbard. The lake, which will be a new venue for most ...
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Big Bite Lookback: T-Bend
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Virginia veteran Rick Morris was the 13th-place finisher at the recent Toledo Bend Bassmaster Elite Series. It was an up-and-down event for him as he ...
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Luck-E-Strike joins FLW
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Luck-E-Strike U.S.A. announced that it's signed a sponsorship agreement with FLW Outdoors. The Missouri-based company has 40 years of manufacturing experience ...
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B.A.S.S./JM deal finalized
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
B.A.S.S. announced today that it's completed its deal with Career Sports Entertainment (CSE) to acquire JM Associates, the media production company founded ...
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VanDam No. 19
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
ESPN.com published a package of stories on athletes' earnings today, and among those was a list of the top individual money-makers in each of 30 sports. ...
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Sunline Strong Performer: Chickamauga
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Last week's Chickamauga FLW Tour major presented an extraordinary number of climbs and falls within the field. That's because the rapidly changing conditions ...
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Big Bite Lookback: Chickamauga
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Shad Schenck worked a flipping bite at the recent Chickamauaga FLW Tour major, and followed the water level ...
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Sunline Strong Performer: T-Bend
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
David Walker had two finishes of 66th or lower in his first three Bassmaster Elite Series events upon his return to B.A.S.S. this year after 5 years as ...
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Sunday TV: 'Attack of the Bass'
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
BassFans will want to park it on the couch or set their DVRs this Sunday (Easter), because Sportsman Channel's running a bass mini-marathon.
The Attack ...
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Arthur with Fishing Hot Spots
Monday, April 18, 2011
FLW Tour pro Stuart Arthur has inked a sponsorship agreement with Fishing Hot Spots, the producer of waterproof, ...
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Ike signs with Rapala
Monday, April 18, 2011
When it comes to sponsors, a contract with Rapala is about as good as it gets. The company maintains a small but dedicated pro staff. Additions are rare, ...
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Typhoon announces contingencies
Monday, April 18, 2011
BassFans heard the name Typhoon Polarized Optics several times over the weekend. Chickamauga FLW Tour winner Cliff Pirch credited his sunglasses for sight-fishing ...
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Boyd wins TBF Nat Champ
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Emotions ran high today in a dramatic close to the 2011 TBF National Championship, which was held concurrently with the Chickamauga FLW Tour Major. It ...
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The ultimate spinning-reel line
Friday, April 15, 2011Early this summer, Berkley will introduce a new line that will be the ultimate for finesse-type presentations. NanoFil feels like a thin, smooth monofilament, ...
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PAA adds Optima, Pro Patterns
Thursday, April 14, 2011
PAA members have two more ways to add money to their pockets through the PAA PayDay Program with the addition of the Optima Batteries True Blue Rewards ...
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JM back to Jerry?
Thursday, April 14, 2011
There's a rampant rumor in the industry that Jerry McKinnis is in talks to purchase JM Associates back from Career Sports & Entertainment.
McKinnis ...
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Big Bite Lookback: Pickwick
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Jeff Kriet finished 13th at the Pickwick Bassmaster Elite Series – he missed the Top-12 cut by a mere 3 ...
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Sunline Strong Performer: Pickwick
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The recent Pickwick Bassmaster Elite Series was a tournament largely defined by moves. Perhaps that was because the fish were in transition between the ...
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Scouting Chickamauga
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Apologies to BassFans: The performance of civic duty by BassFan Staff precludes publication of a full scouting report for this week's Chickamauga FLW ...
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TBF Championship starts Thursday
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Nickajack Lake in Kimball, Tenn. will host the 2011 Federation National Championship beginning Thursday. The 94-angler field (boaters and co-anglers combined) ...
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Hite the biggest mover
Tuesday, April 12, 2011Last week's Bassmaster Elite Series event at Pickwick caused a big shakeup in the Toyota Tundra Angler-of-the Year (AOY) standings as more than half the ...
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Rough day at TB
Monday, April 11, 2011BassFan Big Stick Brent Chapman and the 98 other Bassmaster Elite Series pros endured a windy day as they got their first look Toledo Bend Reservoir in ...
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Berkley trailer: St. Cloud
Monday, April 11, 2011
The Berkley Experience Trailer will be at the Scheels store in St. Cloud, Minn. this Friday through Sunday (April 15-17). The trailer offers videos and ...
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Roberts takes his shot
Monday, April 11, 2011
Kentucky's Brad Roberts fished the FLW Tour as a co-angler the past 3 seasons, never finishing lower than 18th on the points list, and he won the back-seater ...
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Dove gets reprieve
Friday, April 8, 2011
Former Bassmaster Elite Series angler Kurt Dove, now a full-time guide at Lake Amistad in Texas (www.SWTexasBassGuide.com), breathed a sigh of relief ...
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Strader: Expect big weights
Friday, April 8, 2011
Tennessee FLW Tour pro Wesley Strader is predicting that it could take as much as 20 pounds a day to win next week's Major at Lake Chickamauga in his ...
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Evers giving away winning combo
Friday, April 8, 2011
Edwin Evers is giving away the rod and reel that he used to win the St. Johns River Bassmaster Elite Series in Florida last month. No purchase is necessary ...
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CLU adds plastics
Friday, April 8, 2011Hardbait manufacturer Custom Lures Unlimited (CLU) of Raleigh, N.C. is expanding into plastics, announcing that it's purchased the company and exclusive ...
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Thump Worm a mover, shaker
Friday, April 8, 2011The new Berkley PowerBait Heavy Weight Thump Worm delivers a phenomenal amount of versatility. The key to catching fish on it is movement, whether the ...
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Nice start for Larson
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Nick Larson's pro career has gotten off to a strong start, especially when you consider that the Georgian originally planned to fish as a co-angler on ...
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King not thinking AOY – yet
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Stacey King would dearly love to win his first tour-level Angler of the Year (AOY) award at age 62, and he's tied with reigning title-holder Bryan Thrift ...
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Rapala's Fisher honored
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TBF testifies in Wisconsin (updated)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
In addition to B.A.S.S. conservation director Noreen Clough (reported yesterday), The Bass Federation (TBF) president and CEO Robert Cartlidge, VP and ...
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A kid and a big cat
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Blake Terry, a 12-year-old from Odessa, Texas, was practicing for the Jr. Bassmasters State Championship recently at Sam Rayburn Reservoir when he hooked ...
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Evers on tour
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Edwin Evers, winner of the recent Bassmaster Elite Series event at the St. Johns River in Florida, has ...
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More hope for Wisconsin
Tuesday, April 5, 2011The bill to eliminate the Wisconsin regulation that disallows culling in bass tournaments now has a number and is working its way through the State Assembly. ...
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Chapman checks in
Tuesday, April 5, 2011Two practice days down, one to go at Pickwick.
Brent Chapman says there's water in the bushes – too much really, and he'd like to see the water drop ...
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Perilous Pickwick blow
Monday, April 4, 2011
Schools are closing early in north Alabama today – officials are trying to get the kids home before a powerful wall of thunderstorms blows through the ...
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Invisa offer
Monday, April 4, 2011
BassFans searching for the next big thing in rigging should give the Aquateko Invisa Swivel a close look. The concept's simple, the advantages immense.
The ...
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True-To-Test
Friday, April 1, 2011
Ever seen this trick? A company claims its line is extra tough and super abrasion-resistant. Then you look at the package and see that all the company ...
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Reversal for Roumbanis
Friday, April 1, 2011
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Fred Roumbanis started and ended the 2010 season on sour notes, but 2011 has ...
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Pickwick: out of the bushes?
Friday, April 1, 2011
One pattern the field would like to see next week at the Pickwick Bassmaster Elite Series is pre-spawn fish up in the flooded bushes. That makes for some ...
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Duckett's plan revived
Friday, April 1, 2011
There was substantial buzz about a year and a half ago concerning 2007 Bassmaster Classic winner and successful businessman Boyd Duckett developing a ...
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Pickwick pre, not post
Friday, April 1, 2011
Last year, Kevin Short cranked to win the Pickwick Bassmaster Elite Series. He focused on the first drop outside the spawning areas and intercepted post-spawn ...
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McKinnis in EverStart
Friday, April 1, 2011
Jerry McKinnis' status as one of three new owners of B.A.S.S. hasn't stopped him from making an occasional foray into the FLW EverStarts. He's competing ...
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Surman, 64, Making A Run At Elite Qualification
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Johnston Wins By A Bunch At St. Johns
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