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Fishing Tournaments
On Friday, 56 professional anglers will launch their boats on Lake Guntersville knowing that either them or one of their brethren has a date with destiny. For one of those professional anglers, a win in the Bassmasters Classic on Sunday afternoon will be life changing. To study the 56 contestants and try to predict a…
Through all his tournament travels Patrick Bone has never had the opportunity to be in attendance at a Bassmaster Classic. He’ll see his first one in a few weeks from one of the best seats available. Patrick, a native of Cleveland, Ga., will be Georgia’s lone entry in bass fishing’s biggest event when it comes…
A hunting accident has forced defending Bassmaster Classic champion Cliff Pace to withdraw from the upcoming Classic to be held on Lake Guntersville in three weeks. Pace fell from a treestand and broke his left leg in two places on Friday while bow hunting for deer near his home in Petal, Miss. “I was actually…
As the host team, there were expectations for Brad Rutherford and Matthew Peeler of Young Harris College to fish well on the mountain reservoir in the backyard of their college campus. The pair didn’t fold to the pressure, placing second at the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship tournament on Lake Chatuge Aug. 1-3. Brad…
School is out for the summer for the majority of college students across the country, but for 136 collegiate bass anglers, the biggest test of the year still lies ahead of them. Sixty-eight two-angler teams representing 49 colleges and universities are doing their homework in preparation for the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship to be…
The Georgia Bass Chapter Federation (GBCF) youth division held their 2012 Top-6 championship tournament on Lake Blackshear on March 31. Held under the FLW program, the best young tournament anglers from bass clubs in Georgia fished for bragging rights and state-championship honors. Six youth clubs sent teams to the tournament, and their top anglers competed…
An adjustment on the water earned two McIntosh High School seniors a national championship at Lake Murray, S.C. April 15. Dalton Anderson and Dawson Lenz, both of Peachtree City, won the FLW/TBF National Championship with 16-lbs., 12-ozs. The two 18-year-olds beat out their closest competition by more than 8 pounds when the spawning blueback pattern…
Two 18-year-old tournament anglers from Peachtree City can arguably call themselves two of the top-10 high school bass anglers in the nation. When McIntosh High School seniors Dalton Anderson and Dawson Lenz started a school bass club their sophomore year, there’s no way they could have known it would take them this far. On April…
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