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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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B.A.S.S. to be honored
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Berkley trailer: Spokane
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The Berkley Experience Trailer will be at the White Elephant in Spokane, Wash. July 7-9. The trailer offers videos and interactive demonstrations, along ...
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Nine ams for every pro
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The results of a recent poll conducted by AnglerSurvey.com concluded that for every professional tournament angler in the U.S., there are roughly nine ...
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Review: Bass like Bling, too
Thursday, June 30, 2011
BassFan Product Specialist Jim Crowley recently tried out the Jackall Bling 55 crankbait and liked several of its features, including its shape, its wobble ...
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An overseas BBZ
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Ashley's CD, cover art
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Casey Ashley's country-music CD titled Released is now available. To right is a look at the cover art. The six-track CD costs $10 plus shipping ...
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Swindle, Morgan debut on hunting show
Tuesday, June 28, 2011Moultrie's The Hit List, the new technology-based hunting show featuring professional anglers Gerald Swindle and Andy Morgan as two of the four co-hosts, ...
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Kumho coming
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Product news continues to surface as the ICAST industry tradeshow approaches, and the latest update concerns a hook company.
Anglers Select LLC president ...
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Oneida bass wars
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
When BassFans think of New York State, three waterbodies come to mind: Erie, Champlain and Oneida. Anglers can catch and release bass year-round on Erie ...
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VanDam all by himself
Tuesday, June 28, 2011A new edition of the BassFan World Rankings was published today. Click here to check ...
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Win a trip with Roy or Crochet
Monday, June 27, 2011
Hammonds Fuel Additives, Inc. has announced a contest in which the grand-prize winner and two guests will fish with Biobor EB pro-staff members Bradley ...
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Bagley Bait Co. bought
Monday, June 27, 2011The Bagley Bait Co. has been sold, and to pretty recognizable names.
According to the Bagley ...
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The 'new' Mead?
Monday, June 27, 2011Interesting word from George Kramer as the U.S. Open draws near: Due to a water influx, Mead might fish differently than it has in a long, long time. ...
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Crews, Lane make pledges
Monday, June 27, 2011
There are 91 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers vying to be voted into Toyota Trucks All-Star week (the post-season series that will take place at two venues ...
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KY Lake: Patterns 2-5
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Fed Nat Champ: Ouachita R.
Friday, June 24, 2011B.A.S.S. this week announced the dates and location of its 2011 B.A.S.S. Federation Nation National Championship.
The event is slated for Nov. 3-5, ...
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New FLW Outdoors PR boss
Friday, June 24, 2011Jeff McCoy, former FLW Outdoors director of public relations, is no longer with the company. His replacement is Andie Belfry.
FLW Outdoors PR manager ...
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Two heirlooms and an intriguing find
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Three new entries in the Abu Garcia For Life! contest were published today. Two of them are about reels that have been passed down through generations ...
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Big Bite Lookback – KY Lake
Thursday, June 23, 2011
The Kentucky Lake FLW Tour Major was an event where it was particularly heartbreaking to miss a cut. That's because weather, weights and standings underwent ...
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Sunline Strong Performer – Wheeler
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Alabama veteran Randy Howell concluded a strong Bassmaster Elite season last weekend with a 14th-place finish at Lake Wheeler in his home state. After ...
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Big Bite Lookback – Wheeler
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Rookie Travis Manson of Wisconsin was first out of the 12-cut at the recent Wheeler Bassmaster Elite Series and his 13th-place showing was easily the ...
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T-Rock PAA: King's plan
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Fukae accident update
Tuesday, June 21, 2011FLW outdoors published an update regarding Shin Fukae's boat accident Sunday at the Kentucky Lake FLW Tour Major.
According to FLW Outdoors, camerman ...
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Chapman breathing easy
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Sunday was a stressful day for BassFan Big Stick Brent Chapman, who'd departed the Wheeler Bassmaster Elite Series a day earlier with a 24th place finish. ...
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Britt calls for boat help
Monday, June 20, 2011
Mechanically inclined Bassmaster Elite Series pro Britt Myers is a good-mood kind of guy who loves to tell a funny story. But there was nothing funny ...
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B.A.S.S.: DeFoe best 'rookie'
Monday, June 20, 2011
B.A.S.S. announced that Knoxville, Tenn. pro Ott DeFoe won its 2011 Rookie of the Year award. DeFoe finished 4th in the final Elite Series points and ...
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2012 Classic field: update
Monday, June 20, 2011
Under B.A.S.S.'s new win-you're-in Bassmaster Classic qualifying structure, it can be a little difficult to track the evolution of the 2012 Red River ...
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Q&A with KVD
Sunday, June 19, 2011Kevin VanDam wrapped up his fourth consecutive Toyota Tundra B.A.S.S. Angler-of-the-Year crown and the seventh of his career on day 3 of the Bassmaster ...
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Big Bite Lookback – Ark. River
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Randy Howell was the 13th-place finisher at the recent Arkansas River Bassmaster Elite Series – the first angler out of the final-day cut. His 26-06 total ...
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Plano locks up Ehrler
Friday, June 17, 2011
Brent Ehrler announced this week that he joined the Plano pro staff. The California pro said he's excited ...
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First Look: Revo MGX
Friday, June 17, 2011
Just in: An actual, working production model of the highly anticipated Abu Garcia Revo MGX. It weighs in at a featherlight 5.4 ounces and looks downright ...
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Kenney asks for help
Thursday, June 16, 2011
FLW Tour pro JT Kenney's dad, Bill, is in need of a kidney transplant. Bill's currently on dialysis 7 days a week for 15 hours each day. While the transplant ...
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Sunline Strong Performer – Ark. River
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Jonathon VanDam zeroed on day 1 of the recent Arkansas River Bassmaster Elite Series and thus found himself in a tie for last place at the conclusion ...
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BoatUS: $200 giftcard winner
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Last week, BassFans heard about a cool prize giveaway: Register for the BoatUS ...
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FLW releases '12 schedule
Thursday, June 16, 2011
FLW Outdoors released the 2012 FLW Tour schedule today. It's similar to this year's slate as it contains 10 events and begins with an Open in Florida, ...
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Pickett at Pickwick: 4 1/2-pound average
Tuesday, June 14, 2011Lloyd Pickett, Jr. totally dominated the recent Pickwick Southeastern EverStart. He did it with some sacrifice and a lot of savvy. In case you missed ...
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Get found quick
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
When you're on big water – the Great Lakes, for example, or Champlain or Kentucky Lake during a blow – things can go downhill real quick. Minutes matter, ...
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Wheeler: tougher than before
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Inside 'Cool Hand's' head
Monday, June 13, 2011
A cool piece was recently published that gives a blow-by-blow account of "Cool Hand Luke" Clausen's Potomac win. It's over at Z-Man's site, ...
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Quinn joins Duckett
Monday, June 13, 2011
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Jason Quinn signed a sponsor agreement with Duckett Fishing rods, the company ...
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Dobyns signs FLW deal
Monday, June 13, 2011
Dobyns Rods is now an associate sponsor of FLW Outdoors, the league announced today.
Company founder Gary Dobyns, a western angling legend, noted: ...
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VanDam, Evers, Thrift
Monday, June 13, 2011A new edition of the BassFan World Rankings was published today. Although there's no change among the Top 3 – it's still Kevin VanDam, Edwin Evers and ...
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Sunline Strong Performer: Potomac
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Potomac FLW Tour Open was, in essence, a battle of camping vs. running. Vast grassbeds held tremendous numbers of fish, but tide had everything to ...
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Big Bite Lookback: Potomac
Monday, June 13, 2011
Tournaments are stacked back-to-back through the month of June and results fly in faster than KVD winds a spinnerbait. But after-analysis is always important ...
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Potomac FLW: Ike's pattern
Thursday, June 9, 2011Just published: Mike Iaconelli's runner-up pattern information from the recent Potomac FLW Tour Open. Want to know what he threw during high tide? Low ...
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Review: Some darn fine FrogZ
Thursday, June 9, 2011BassFan Product Specialist Jim Crowley recently put a couple of Z-Man FrogZ to the test and came away impressed with their effectiveness and durability. ...
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Win a $200 giftcard
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Here's some cool news for BassFans: Sign up this week for the BoatUS Angler Weigh-to-Win contingency program and you might win a $200 Visa giftcard.
For ...
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How Ferguson dominated
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Last RC for LC
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
In a somewhat puzzling announcement, Lucky Craft announced that it would end production of its ultra-popular RC Series square-bill cranks.
The RC Series ...
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Sneak Peek Sweepstakes
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Here's a cool contest. The Abu Garcia Sneak Peek Sweepstakes will draw weekly winners through August. The weekly prize? A chance to fish with new Abu ...
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Arkansas River: The heat is on
Monday, June 6, 2011BassFan Big Stick Brent Chapman checked in with his initial practice report from the Arkansas River. He said the bite appears to be fairly strong, but ...
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Ferguson wins, but no Classic
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Local ace Bobby Ferguson dominated the 160-boat field at the Douglas Bassmaster Southern Open in Tennessee and cemented his wire-to-wire victory with ...
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VanDam: Points shake-up looms
Saturday, June 4, 2011
With two events remaining in the Bassmaster Elite Series season, Kevin VanDam is in serious contention for his fourth consecutive Toyota Tundra Angler ...
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Ferguson boosts lead at Douglas
Friday, June 3, 2011
Local ace Bobby Ferguson caught the biggest bag of the day for the second straight day at the Douglas Bassmaster Southern Open in Tennessee and stretched ...
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Short's big chance
Friday, June 3, 2011
Kevin Short lives 6 miles from the Arkansas River and has won numerous tournaments at that venue over the last two decades. Next week he'll get an opportunity ...
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Berkley rigs to Ark., Pa.
Friday, June 3, 2011
The Berkley Bass Tank will be at the Bassmaster Elite Series event at the Arkansas River next week, featuring product demonstrations and technique seminars. ...
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Boats & balls
Friday, June 3, 2011
Tom Gores, founder, chairman and CEO of Platinum Equity, got into the boat business last year when he purchased several brands (including Ranger, Stratos ...
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Of spiders and such
Friday, June 3, 2011
Three new entries in the Abu Garcia For Life! contest were published today, including a humorous account of an angler catching an eight-legged critter ...
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Tennesseans dominating at Douglas
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Home-state anglers occupied 10 of the Top 11 places after day 1 at the final 2011 Bassmaster Southern Open at Douglas Lake. Leading the way was local ...
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Reel in a Million is back
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Early Times Kentucky Whisky announced that its Reel in a Million contest will return for 2011. The winner will receive a trip to Lake Louise, Lake Butler ...
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Sonar: Breaking through
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
In a new Sonar Sound-Off column, Miles Burghoff details the victory by he and University of Central Florida teammate Casey O'Donnell at last week's BoatU.S. ...
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Evers giveaway: jersey
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Edwin Evers' latest fan giveaway is a framed, autographed tournament jersey.
“I only get six tournament jerseys a year, and considering I wear one ...
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Investment firm buys Academy
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Texas-based Academy Sports + Outdoors will be acquired by a multibillion investment firm known for its participation in some of the largest buyouts in ...
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DeFoe to Onyx
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Ott DeFoe has signed a sponsorship deal with Onyx and the water-safety product manufacturer will wrap the Bass Tracker Grizzly ...
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Redesign track
Wednesday, June 1, 2011It's interesting to watch the paths that major tackle companies take in terms of their web presence. Certainly, any redesign of a multi-brand portfolio ...
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New FLW contingency program
Wednesday, June 1, 2011Last month, Typhoon Polarized Optics announced an aggressive contingency program for FLW Outdoors events, ranging from the BFLs to the FLW Tour. Recently, ...
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Consistent Rojas Finishes Atop Group A
By MLF Communications Staff
EUFAULA, Okla. – After a week of erratic weather and fluctuating water levels and clarity, conditions are finally stabilizing
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Villa Tops Trio With 30-Pound Hauls
By MLF Communications Staff
EUFAULA, Okla. – A Lake Eufaula that had been stingy on Day 1 of the MLF Bass Pro Tour event proved a bit more fruitful when
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Rookie Vance Surges To 5 1/2-Pound Lead
By MLF Communications Staff
EUFAULA, Okla. – If anglers thought they knew what to expect when Lake Eufaula made its MLF Bass Pro Tour debut, Mother Nature
