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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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  • Hibdon duo's 'new deal'

    Hibdon duo's 'new deal'

    The FLW Series visits Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks in 12 days. Legends Guido and Dion Hibdon live in Gravois Mills and call the lake home. What do they ...

  • Hold up on hookset

    Have you ever wondered why that bass that just clobbered your worm or jig seemed to have no problem spitting out the bait after you set the hook? That ...

  • Champlain champ

    Mark Rorke hails from Canada, and he'd never been to Lake Champlain prior to last week's BASS Federation Nation Eastern Divisional. He encountered conditions ...

  • Looking for war footage

    <font color=red>Looking for war footage</font>

    The National Combat History Archive (NCHA), a BassFan sister company, is currently developing a project for DVD distribution related to the current Iraq ...

  • Day 2 Champlain cancelled

    Day 2 Champlain cancelled

    Day 2 of competition at the Champlain Northeastern Stren has been cancelled due to hazardous weather conditions. Weather permitting, competition will ...

  • Giggy = Gambler

    Ever heard of the Giggy head? It one of the hotter, but lesser-known, finesse jigheads out there right now. BassFans in the know might recall that Clark ...

  • Morgenthaler deadline

    Sign-ups for the Chad Morgenthaler Bass Tournament for Special Olympics Illinois will be taken through 6 p.m. CST Friday.

    Morgenthaler has teamed with ...

  • 7-Eleven drops Citgo

    Numerous news outlets, including the Associated Press and Forbes, announced within the last hour that 7-Eleven stores have dropped Citgo as a gasoline ...

  • Shaky when, when not?

    Team Evinrude pro Dion Hibdon knows plastics. And like a lot of BassFans, he's turned to a shaky head more and more lately – to the point where he has ...

  • Lane on Lay

    Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, Bass Cat pro Russ Lane talks about his year in the Elite Series and his excitement about making the Bassmaster ...

  • General Al down, not out

    The BassFan Army's General Al was recently laid up. What's a beyond-middle-aged man doing playing an aggressive kickball game with a bunch of kids? Good ...

  • Ike: KVD best in world

    Ike: KVD best in world

    Three names surfaced in this year's Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year (AOY) race. There was Mike Iaconelli, of course, who won the whole darn ...

  • Save $5k on a Skeeter

    Save $5k on a Skeeter

    BassFans know that Field & Stream magazine recently gave Skeeter its Best of the Best award for the i-Class Series. To help build on that award, Skeeter ...

  • Mercury breaks new ground

    Mercury Marine recently announced it would build a new manufacturing and warehouse facility in Oshkosh, Wisc. The company broke ground on the project ...

  • Angling Against Cancer

    BassFans are likely well aware of the work Terry Segraves does to benefit the V Foundation and its cancer research. His Angling Against Cancer Benefit ...

  • Little spot, big bags

    Michigan's Barry Bucciarelli and his 16-year-old son Jarrid worked a tiny area en route to winning the Fishers of Men (FOM) Midwest Regional Championship. ...

  • 'Bama shoal bass no-go

    Shoal bass, as of Oct. 1, will be illegal to possess in Alabama waters. The Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer recently ran a full-length story on the new ...

  • Gags and Buckeye

    Gags and Buckeye

    FLW Tour Angler of the Year Anthony Gagliardi continues to fill out his sponsor portfolio. His latest addition is Buckeye Lures.

    "We've had a ...

  • Strike King deadline near

    There's still time to submit your wrap design for Strike King Lure Company's ...

  • Jawing with Bolton

    Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, Yamaha angler Terry Bolton talks about finding the "right" bass in the fall with spinnerbaits. He breaks ...

  • New lake, no problem

    Alabama's Russ Lane finished 15th in the Bassmaster Elite Series points this year despite having never been to five of the lakes on the schedule. To learn ...

  • Operation Adventure set

    A weekend-long event to help disabled servicemen and women enjoy outdoor recreational activities will be conducted Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Camp ASCCA (Alabama's ...

  • Ray's backstories

    In the newest Scott On-Line column, Ray Scott dishes out some hardcore BASS trivia. But the kicker is that each answer comes with an in-depth backstory. ...

  • Gags: his best five

    This week on the Team Evinrude site, Anthony Gagliardi answers a hypothetical question. What's the question? What's his answer? Click ...

  • Practice poll

    A news BassFan poll asks the question: Should the FLW Tour limit its practice? To vote, click here to visit ...

  • Rock, kids' sports, fishing

    BassFan founder and CEO Jay Kumar travels a roundabout path in his latest BassFan Opinion. He talks rock music, kids sports, and of course, bass fishing. ...

  • KVD one fish shy

    KVD one fish shy

    Kevin VanDam finished 3rd in the Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year (AOY) race, ...

  • Nielsen leads Open

    Day 2 of the 3-day WON Bass U.S. Open at Lake Mead saw some movement within the Top 10. Most notably, day-1 leader Aaron Haring of California caught just ...

  • Californian leads Open

    Californian leads Open

    California's Aaron Haring (pictured) took the day 1 lead at the U.S. Open on Monday by catching a 14.50-pound limit at Nevada's Lake Mead.

    "It ...

  • Revenge at the Rock

    Revenge at the Rock

    What a difference a year and a half made at Missouri's Table Rock Lake.

    Nine of the anglers who made the Top 12 at the recent Table Rock Bassmaster ...

  • Ike's roller-coaster ride

    Newly crowned Bassmaster Angler of the Year (AOY) Mike Iaconelli talks about the low points he endured at the beginning of 2006, the highlights of his ...

  • U.S. Open history

    The WON Bass U.S. Open began this morning at Lake Mead, Nev. Nearly 150 boats will participate. For BassFans who haven't followed the U.S. Open over the ...

  • Boating, fishing illegal?

    A recent decision by Judge Robert James of the U.S. District Court, Western Division of Louisiana has severe ramifications for anglers not only in Louisiana, ...

  • A few points

    The first-ever Bassmaster Elite Series season is officially a wrap. BassFans know Mike Iaconelli is the 2006 Angler of the Year, but there are other stories ...

  • Busch Shootout field

    Busch Shootout field

    After yesterday's Table Rock Bassmaster Elite Series, BASS released the list of 13 competitors who qualified for the upcoming $100,000 Busch Shootout ...

  • Ike on AOY

    Did you miss BassFan's feature with 2006 BASS Angler of the Year Mike Iaconelli? We spoke with him shortly after he'd locked up the award. In case you ...

  • Clough leaves BASS

    A BASS official said today that Noreen Clough, the organization's conservation director since 2004, has retired. Today was her final day in the position.

    "We ...

  • New Yamaha promotion

    Yamaha Marine Group has launched a promotion designed to help authorized participating Yamaha outboard dealers continue sales momentum into the fall by ...

  • Endicott dominant

    Who's the hottest stick in the Midwest? It might be Missouri's Wes Endicott, who this year won the Heartland Trails Elite Angler of the Year race and ...

  • Gags gets Lucky

    Gags gets Lucky

    FLW Tour Angler of the Year Anthony Gagliardi recently inked a deal to join Team Lucky Craft. He joins current team members Brent Ehrler, Marty Stone, ...

  • Hoernke finishes 9th

    Texas FLW pro Sean Hoernke finished 9th out of 16 competitors in the 3rd annual Field & Stream Total Outdoorsman Challenge last weekend in Nashville, ...

  • First member review

    The BassFan Army Member Product Review program is running on all cylinders. Quite a few Army members are testing products this very minute, and the first ...

  • Hite hits stride

    Davy Hite's Bassmaster Elite Series season started pretty slowly, but he turned things up with a win at Clarks Hill, and built on that with a string of ...

  • Brauer on gambling

    Brauer on gambling

    Denny Brauer's had a pretty stout year. He won the Champlain Bassmaster Elite Series and he's 14th in the Elite ...

  • Wagner on summer bass

    Minnesota BASS Federation Nation conservation director Vern Wagner is dedicated to reducing fish mortality. In a new BassFan Army Opinion, he talks about ...

  • F&S, OL being sold

    Time Inc. will put the majority of its Time4 Media magazines up for sale. Included in the sale will be hook-and-bullet stalwarts Field & Stream and Outdoor ...

  • No-info talk

    Today on BassFan Radio with Terry Brown, FLW pros Clark Wendlandt and Dave Lefebre discuss the recent changes to the FLW Tour rules. Topics include the ...

  • $25,000 coin-flip

    The Berkley Big Bass Tournament presented by Bass Champs was held this past Sunday at Lake Fork. The monster 570-angler field competed for two top prizes. ...

  • PAA's official charity

    The Professional Anglers Association (PAA) and the Catch-A-Dream Foundation have entered into a unique partnership that will be formalized on Thursday ...

  • Kumar on 9/11

    BassFan founder and CEO Jay Kumar, a New Jersey native who grew up in the shadows of New York, today reflects on the 9/11 tragedy. To read his BassFan ...

  • Gutierrez must move up

    Gutierrez must move up

    California's Greg Gutierrez has missed the Top 50 cut in three of the last four Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments, and that's put him in a precarious ...

  • Three Classic berths

    Three Classic berths

    The Bassmaster Southern Tour regular season recently concluded at Georgia's Lake Lanier. Ryan Coleman of Flowery Branch, Ga. won the event and details ...

  • Spares save the day

    Veteran North Carolina pro Alvin Shaw has seen a lot of things blow out of boats over the years, so he keeps backups for just about everything on hand. ...

  • Frogfest set for Sept. 16

    Frogfest set for Sept. 16

    The 4th annual Snag Proof Open will take place Sept. 16 at Alabama's Lake Guntersville.

    Contestants can use only ...

  • Bolivar, Bain on TV

    FLW pros Gabe Bolivar and Kim Bain will be featured tonight on the Best Damn Sports Show Period.

    Bolivar, the FLW Tour Rookie of the Year (ROY), will ...

  • Optimum's leg hair

    Optimum's leg hair

    Remember the buzz about Optimum's Furbit after the ICAST trade show? The high-test frog and popping frog – with a trailer blade and rabbit-hair legs – ...

  • Intersex bass

    According to an article in the Washington Post, bass possessing both male and female characteristics have been discovered in the Potomac River and some ...

  • Largemouths to links

    Arkansas pro Mike Wurm can hold his own with a fishing rod. But do you know what his golf handicap is? Would you believe it's a 2? Today on the Team Evinrude ...

  • PAA/Toyota: clarification

    PAA/Toyota: clarification

    The Professional Anglers Association (PAA) recently released new details about its April 2007 Toyota Texas Bass Classic event at Lake Fork, Texas. The ...

  • Yamamotos at White House

    Yamamotos at White House

    Professional angler and bait manufacturer Gary Yamamoto and wife Beverly were among 130 guests who attended a dinner and reception at the White House ...

  • Kumar on Croc Hunter

    Whether you watched him or not, you probably know who Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin was. And you probably know that he passed away last ...

  • FOM gets kids involved

    The Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail will launch its Legacy Series next year. Many of the trail's 53 divisions will conduct two adult/junior team ...

  • Skeeter Northern site: Patoka

    Skeeter Northern site: Patoka

    Skeeter Boats today announced the location of its 8th Annual Northern Skeeter Owner's Tournament. The event will take place a month from now (Oct. 7–8) ...

  • FLW/ConAgra deal set

    FLW Outdoors announced today that Slim Jim, maker of popular meat sticks, will become a premier-level sponsor in 2007 and four other ConAgra Foods, Inc. ...

  • Terminator: find the diamond

    Terminator: find the diamond

    Back in 1997, Dr. Ben Johnson – a world-renowned root-canal specialist and lifelong outdoorsman – revolutionized spinnerbait design when he created the ...

  • Daly's 1-year test

    Massachusetts angler Rob Daly wanted to find out if he could play with the big sticks, so he gave himself a year to find out. So far, he's holding ground. ...

  • Svebek on championships

    Two days ago, Denny Brauer gave BassFans his tips for boat preparation before a fall championship. There's more championship talk in the air, and today, ...

  • Houston and the entry fee

    Houston and the entry fee

    Jimmy Houston is one of the most successful people in the bass fishing business, with a pro fishing career that continues to this day, his TV show, a ...

  • Daves benefit next weekend

    Daves benefit next weekend

    BassFans are probably well aware of Woo Daves' long-running charity tournament, which takes place each fall. Next Sunday, Sept. 10 marks the 15th consecutive ...

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    Hamner Goes Wire To Wire At Classic

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    Hamner Tops 20 Pounds Again, Leads By 5 1/2

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