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End-Of-Year Rankings Analysis (Cont.)
Significant Climbs Outside The Top 10

(Editor's note: This is part 2 of a 3-part story that analyzes the 2008 BassFan World Rankings. To read part 1, click here.)

Each season, there seems to be at least a few names that ascend the Rankings by mammoth leaps. Last year it was guys like More...

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Significant Climbs Outside The Top 10
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8/28/2008
BASS Reveals Schedule, Qualifying Format
BASS just now released its much-anticipated 2009 Bassmaster Opens schedule, including the reinstated Northern ...More
8/27/2008
VanDam Still Dominant, FLW Pros Gain Ground
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8/26/2008
Anglers Like Field Reduction, But Payouts A Concern
Multiple changes in a working environment are almost always greeted with a mix of reactions from the rank-and-file, ...More
8/26/2008
Davis Vows That BassFans Will See Less Of Him In '09
Mark Davis is about 100 pounds lighter than he was in the early 1990s, and the records show that he fished pretty ...More
8/25/2008
Baumgardner Threw Toad, Vida Tossed Tops
To follow up on BassFan's coverage of the Top 3 patterns from the recent Forrest Wood cup at Lake Murray, S.C., ...More
8/22/2008
Bolton Threw Kitchen Sink In Little Saluda
BassFan previously published Michael Bennett's winning pattern from the recent Forrest Wood Cup, as well as Dave ...More
8/21/2008
Lefebre Threw 'Old-Style' Worm, Depressions Key
The recent Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Murray in South Carolina played out a lot like past Cups. The fishing overall ...More
8/20/2008
Bennett Flew Loose, Frog Biggest Factor Final 2 Days
Long before the scum frog surged back into the national focus, California anglers were using it to win hundreds ...More
8/19/2008
Bennett Leaves Field In 5-Pound Exhaust Cloud
First there was 25-year-old Luke Clausen. Then came 29-year-old Brent Ehrler. And today at the Forrest Wood Cup ...More
8/17/2008
Bennett's 16 Leads Lefebre's 13, Bolton's Got 11
There are differences, and similarities today at the Forrest Wood Cup. There's 24-year-old Michael Bennett, who ...More
8/16/2008
Bennett Leads Cup Cut On Up/Down Day 2
The National Anthem marks the start of each Forrest Wood Cup weigh-in at the Columbia Center in Columbia, S.C. ...More
8/15/2008
Rose Wallops 20, Vida Follows With 17
Junk-fishing and shallow water largely ruled today at the Forrest Wood Cup in Columbia, S.C. The river's in play ...More
8/14/2008
Ehrler, Reese, Hickey Faced Tough Cup Practice
As day 1 dawned at Lake Murray, S.C. for the Forrest Wood Cup, questions still remained as to how tough the fishing ...More
8/14/2008
FLW Changes For '09 Include Smaller Tour, Series Fields
(Editor's note: FLW Outdoors issued the following press release this evening. BassFan's analysis of the changes ...More
8/13/2008
Many Qs Remain As Cup Pros Sit Through Rain
A day off can be a great thing, but when you're a pro fishing this week's Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Murray in South ...More
8/13/2008
Bronzebacks for Langill, Others Mixed It Up
The anglers who finished 1st and 2nd at the recent Oneida Bassmaster Elite Series were species-specific: Winner ...More
8/13/2008
BASS Pros Kennedy, Remitz Face Short Cup Practice
The overlap in tour schedules and a grueling 11-event Elite Series has made it impossible these days to be a true ...More
8/12/2008
Rojas Was Confident That Largemouths Would Hold Up
A lot of competitors did a bit of largemouth fishing at the recent Oneida Bassmaster Elite Series in New York, ...More
8/12/2008
Dudley On Cup: Murray Fish 'Crazy'
As this week's Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Murray in South Carolina draws nearer, one pro high on the radar is FLW ...More
8/11/2008
  BASS End Game: How The Points Play Out
Over the past several years, the BASS points have been fairly difficult for a fan to follow. The now-defunct Elite ...More
8/11/2008
Rojas Sacks 14-08 To Snap 7-Year Victory Drought
What better way to cap off a season of redemption than with a victory in the final event? After a subpar 2007 ...More
8/10/2008
VanDam Says This AOY Carries Added Significance
Kevin VanDam's 38th-place finish at the Oneida Bassmaster Elite Series was this third-worst of the season, but ...More
8/10/2008
Rojas' 18-Pound Day Puts Him Solidly Out Front
Dean Rojas' bags at the Oneida Bassmaster Elite Series keep getting bigger and bigger, and they've now taken him ...More
8/9/2008
Ike Reels In 20 To Edge Rojas For Midway Lead
So much for the notion that there wouldn't be any 20-pound bags caught this week at the final Bassmaster Elite ...More
8/8/2008
Kennedy Busts 17-10 To Lead Tight Field By A Pound
The Oneida Bassmaster Elite Series might end up being won with smallmouths, but largemouths dominated stormy day ...More
8/7/2008
Oneida Will Make Contenders Earn Their Accolades
A tougher Lake Oneida than the Bassmaster Elite Series pros have seen in either of the past 2 years is set to ...More
8/7/2008
Dropshot Ruled On Big, Deep Erie
BassFan yesterday detailed how Kota Kiriyama won the recent Erie/Niagara Bassmaster Elite Series out of Buffalo, ...More
8/6/2008
Kota Ran Past Dunkirk, Scored On Breakthrough Technique
As bass anglers, it's easy to think the sport's top level has evolved to a point where revolutions are largely ...More
8/5/2008
Kiriyama Clobbers 25 Again, Smokes Martens By 8-05
It represented the ultimate gamble – a patch of water well past Dunkirk and near the Pennsylvania state line. ...More
8/3/2008
Emotional Kota Slams 25, Wants To Win For Sick Father
A 25-pound limit of largemouths is a phenomenal catch any day of the week. But a 25-pound limit of smallmouths? ...More
8/2/2008
Ike Overtakes Reed On Day 2, Evers 3rd
Lake Erie's the type of fishery where a hot hump or reef can keep kicking fish out for 4 straight days. It's also ...More
8/1/2008
Reed Leads With 23-03 After Day-1 Blow, Dunkirk In Play
Take last year's Top 12 from the Erie/Niagara Bassmaster Elite Series, paste it over today's Top 12 at the same ...More
7/31/2008
Fish Seem Dispersed, West Wind Looms
The number of trophy class smallmouths packed into the eastern basin of Lake Erie seems mind-boggling. So when ...More
7/30/2008
Better Focus, Off-Limits Rule Keyed Dillard's Turnaround
In his two previous full seasons on the FLW Tour, Jim Dillard finished 137th and 153rd in the Angler of the Year ...More
7/30/2008
How Wind Affects Great Lakes Tackle Choice
(Editor's note: BassFan Pro Fishing Tips, sponsored by ...More
7/29/2008
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