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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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  • FLW Sponsor News

    A few updates:

    Tyson Foods

    In July FLW Outdoors landed another heavyweight, this time in the form of Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Foods ...

  • Evinrude/Johnson Sold

    Today Canadian industrial giant Bombardier Inc. announced that it sold its Recreational Products Division for $1.225 billion (Canadian) to a corporation ...

  • Ray on the E50s

    In his latest Scott On-Line column, Ray Scott talks about BASS's new Elite 50 series. Check it out by ...

  • Junior Champs

    Junior Champs

    Last month the Federation held its first Junior Bassmaster National Championship. The Federation has held Junior Invitationals since 1996, but this was ...

  • Klein Shooter Caught?

    A week ago today, Dale Silbernagel of Venice, La. was arrested by the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office for allegedly shooting over the boats of Gary ...

  • Alton and the Prez

    Alton and the Prez

    About 9 years ago, Alton Jones fished a day with George W. Bush. That's when the President was a mere candidate for governor, and Jones hadn't yet hit ...

  • Classic Bugs

    Classic Bugs

    It's a well-known fact that sometimes tour pros don't tell the whole truth about what baits they use in a tournament. Sometimes it's because they want ...

  • Becky Auten's Picks

    Becky Auten, wife of Kentucky pro Mike Auten, picked the 2001 and 2002 Bassmaster Classic winners, but her streak ended this year. She had Alton Jones ...

  • Top Gun Questions?

    BassFan head cheese Jay Kumar will be answering some of your questions – and ours – about the new Top Gun Championship in an interview that will run next ...

  • Don Corkran is Back

    Don Corkran is Back

    First Ray, now Don. BASS announced today that former BASS Federation director Don Corkran is back as BASS Federation director.

    Corkran had that position ...

  • Reynolds Crowned ROY

    Reynolds Crowned ROY

    California's Mike Reynolds is the best true rookie in all of tour-level bass fishing this year, period. At the Bassmaster Classic outdoor show, he was ...

  • 6th Man Awarded

    6th Man Awarded

    After the end of last year's tour season, Dave Simmons won the 2002 BassFan 6th Man Award, the first one ever given in the industry. The award is given ...

  • Wylie Classic?

    Right now it looks like the 2004 Bassmaster Classic will be held on North Carolina's Lake Wylie. That was the rumor at this year's Classic, and according ...

  • Kung Fu Fighting

    Someone at ESPN/BASS had the cool idea of letting Bassmaster Classic pros pick their own entrance music for the Classic weigh-ins. Who picked what? ...

  • Browning's Spoon

    Browning's Spoon

    It seems that Arkansas tour pro Stephen Browning was part of an adventure in British Columbia that was filmed for an ESPN-produced Survivor-type show. ...

  • Forrest is Fine

    Forrest is Fine

    If you saw Ranger Boats founder Forrest Wood at the Bassmaster Classic, you had no hint that he'd been in a major accident just a month or two before. ...

  • Chat with Ike

    BassZone.com will have Classic winner Mike "Ike" Iaconelli on a live internet chat this Thursday (Aug. 14) evening. The chat begins at 7:00 ...

  • Federation: Ray's Take

    For Ray Scott's take on what happened at the Classic Federation meetings, and what it means, ...

  • Mr. X's Classic

    Today BassFan's always-astute, always-funny, at-times-controversial media critic, Mr. X, gives you his thoughts on the 2003 Bassmaster Classic. To read ...

  • Writing on Ray's Wall?

    Writing on Ray's Wall?

    As recently as last year, BASS didn't acknowledge (at least not publicly) that Ray Scott even existed. But at last week's Classic, Ray and the ESPN/BASS ...

  • Laney on Day 3

    Check out Scot Laney's final Bassmaster Classic impressions by clicking here ...

  • Laney on Day 2

    Click here to check out Scot Laney's thoughts from day 2 of the Bassmaster ...

  • Laney on Day 1

    What are Scot Laney's day 1 impressions of the 2003 Bassmaster Classic? Click here ...

  • Jay's Book Review

    Haven't read Jay Yelas' autobiography yet? Curious about it? Check out our ...

  • Team Boler

    Team Boler

    First the Chapmaniacs started showing up at Bassmaster Classics. Now it's Team Boler. Pictured are a few of Boler's supporters, caught as they checked ...

  • One Boat, One Motor?

    The scuttlebutt among people who should know is that BASS will go back to one boat and one motor sponsor after the 2004 season. Two industry sources said ...

  • Wurm, Skeet, TCR

    Wurm, Skeet, TCR

    For years Aaron Martens and Peter T. have been the heavy hitters on Team Crown Royal. But last night the number of heavy hitters doubled, as two of the ...

  • Like Rocks

    Like Rocks

    Yesterday Chevy Trucks honored Gary Klein and Chevy pro Jay Yelas at the Bassmaster Classic for breaking the $1 million mark in BASS winnings this year. ...

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