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Combs' Brute Gives Him Massive Lead After Day 1

Only one angler topped the 20-pound mark on day 1 of the Tawakoni PAA Tournament Series, and he exceeded it by a large margin.

Texan Keith Combs, fishing
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Available Cover, Weather Are Biggest Factors

Lake Tawakoni won't present anything that's too complicated for the anglers who've gathered there for the third event of the 2010 PAA Tournament Series
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Tawakoni Setup Limits Choices For Those In Hunt

After a day of rest today, the third event of the PAA Tournament Series kicks off tomorrow (Thursday) at Lake Tawakoni in Texas. While there's one event
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Blaylock Vows To Learn From Rugged Second Season

Whether he was in the back of the boat or the front, catching quality fish on tournament days had come pretty easily for Stetson Blaylock over the past
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Morgenthaler Says PAA Has 'Evolved'

(Editor's note: In observance of the Labor Day holiday, BassFan will not publish on Monday unless breaking news emerges.)

The Labor Day holiday
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DQ Costly For Gildea, But Not Entirely Negative

Jim Gildea's first experience fishing against a field loaded with tour pros was certainly a memorable one. He performed extremely well on the water, and
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Fukae Found Bronze Fortune Deeper Than Most

Shinichi Fukae's recent triumph at the Champlain Eastern FLW Series was twice as sweet, he said. First, it marked his first win since the Walmart Open
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Despite Roommate, Hawk Dealt Lesson At Detroit

So much for momentum.

Recent Forrest Wood Cup champ Kevin Hawk followed up his career-changing win with a 2-day bagel at the Detroit River Bassmaster
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Tough Cup Doesn't Negate Clausen's Strong Season

A lot of people expected a much better performance from Luke Clausen in the recent Forrest Wood Cup at Georgia's Lake Lanier than the 66th-place showing
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Elite Anglers Hope To See The Passion Come Back

Out of the more than 300 million people living in the U.S., only a very small percentage give a hoot about bass fishing. But most of those who care at
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BASS From The Rucks Era To The 2010 Sale

(Editor's note: This is part 3 of a 3-part story that chronicles, in timeline form, major milestones and events during the ESPN era of BASS. To read
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Schmitz Stayed With St. Clair And Relocated Big School

Todd Schmitz's practice for the Detroit River Bassmaster Open was cut short due to a commitment to his day job as a regional sales representative for
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2005 Redefined And Further Split The Sport

(Editor's note: This is the second part of a multi-part story that chronicles, in timeline form, major milestones and events during the ESPN era of
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Charting The ESPN Decade In Timeline Form

(Editor's note: This is the first part of a multi-part story that chronicles, in timeline form, major milestones and events during the ESPN era of
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Expanded Schedule, Hands-On Workshops Are Highlights

<a href="http://www.thebassuniversity.com/front"target="_blank">The Bass University</a>, the seminar series founded by pro
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Jones Won't Dwell On Negatives From A Tough 2010

Out of eight Bassmaster Elite Series regular-season events in 2009, Alton Jones finished among the Top 20 seven times and came within a single placement
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AAA-Level Events Affect Championships, Tour Fields

The 2010 tour season officially concluded 10 days ago in Atlanta, Ga. at the Forrest Wood Cup. But there's still plenty of activity for BassFans to watch.

The
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Reese Still Dominant, Ehrler And Thrift Ascend

Although 2010 was a topsy-turvy year for business in the sport of pro bass fishing, the pros pretty much went about their own business and fished a full
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Evers' Deep-Shallow Combo Attack Was Right Recipe

Finding just one reliable way to catch keepers on a clear-water impoundment in late summer can be a severe challenge. If you've got more than one, then
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Evers Wins By Nearly 6 Pounds As Fukae Falters

The cloud cover that showed up today in the Charlotte, N.C. area for the final day of the Norman PAA Tournament Series helped some anglers and hurt others.
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Fukae Now The Solo Leader; Evers Trails By 1 1/2

After four visits to Lake Norman with the FLW Tour, Shinichi Fukae has nearly 1,000 GPS waypoints pegged on the North Carolina reservoir. He stores them
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Late Penalty Drops Evers Into Deadlock With Fukae

Edwin Evers' timing on the water today was just about spot-on. It was his judgment of distance that was a little bit lacking.

The Oklahoman caught
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Identifying Most-Productive Brush Was Critical

It was a virtual certainty that the recent Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Lanier in Georgia would be won off of deep brushpiles. However, there are untold thousands
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Spot Experience Helped Meyer; Nixon Sought Solitude

The two anglers who finished directly behind winner Kevin Hawk at the Forrest Wood Cup share some similarities, but the contrasts between them are striking.
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Hawk Maxed Out His GPS Storage, Ran Hard

Lake Lanier is undoubtedly one of the premier spotted-bass fisheries in the nation, but it's an aging reservoir, and thus the primary structure is now
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Scott Fired Up, Just Like The Very First Days

Ray Scott, the founder of BASS and face of the organization throughout its entire existence, has yet to go public with his thoughts about the proposed
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Hawk Swoops In For Kill, Claims Cup

Veteran pro anglers talk a lot about paying dues - that you have to slave and starve and get beat down until you nearly give up. Only then can you become
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Ehrler Erupts! Slams 14-14 And Leads With 1 Day Left

Brent Ehrler, who earlier this year was the <a href="http://www.bassfan.com/rankings.asp">No. 1 ranked angler in the world</a>, stunned
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Meyer Makes His Move, Leads Day 2 By 1-04

Every day of the previous year, Cody Meyer thought about the Pittsburgh Forrest Wood Cup that he very nearly won. It was on his mind yesterday when he
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Hawk's 14-12 Leads A Light Day 1, Christie Trails

Georgia's Lake Lanier doesn't have a slot limit - there's a 14-inch minimum. But day 1 at the Forrest Wood Cup was a lot like playing a slot machine:
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Bigger Spots Could Be Scarce At Balmy Lanier

Georgia's Lake Lanier won't be at its very best this week when it hosts the Forrest Wood Cup. One thing's for sure, though - it'll kick out much bigger
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McKinnis, Logan, BASS Discuss Pending Sale

Rumors of a BASS sale have circulated throughout the industry for months. At first, chatter involved possible talks between ESPN and Outdoor Channel,
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VanDam Says This Year's Title Was 'Hardest-Fought'

With each passing year, Kevin VanDam continues to reach what seems unattainable heights. His latest triumph - a third consecutive Toyota Trucks BASS Angler
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VanDam Bests Reese At Montgomery Once Again

Ghosts of BASS's past walk the streets of Montgomery, Ala. - a city that was once headquarters of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society.

And ghosts seemed
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VanDam & Reese 1-2 At River And In Race

Over the course of BASS history, the Angler of the Year (AOY) title was decided either by total weight across the regular season, or total points across
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Once-Fierce Competitors Now Under Single Roof

For the second time this year, a major bass-boat brand changed ownership.

In January, the Ranger, Stratos and Champion brands went to Platinum Equity,
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Bentz's Retention Buoys Anglers' Confidence

Along with the rest of the bass-fishing world, the 20 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers who run Triton boats learned yesterday that the long-rumored sale
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Brunswick Sells Triton To Platinum

The pillars of bass fishing continue to shake with today's news that Brunswick Corp. sold its Triton Boats brand to Platinum Equity.

Platinum, which
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Lanier Expert Meninger Breaks Down Cup Setup

Official practice for next week's Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Lanier near Atlanta, Ga. opens soon. Contestants aren't allowed on the water until practice
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Wolak's Hot Grassbed Had Hard Bottom

Sometimes the best practice is a tournament.

It certainly was for North Carolina pro Dave Wolak. The former Pennsylvanian recently returned north for
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Lane Relied On Current, Series Of Deep Ledges

Russ Lane's tournament experience on Lake Jordan is so extensive that a lot of people would've been surprised if he hadn't won the first leg of
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Race Tightens Up As Lane Wins, Reese Finishes 10th

Skeet Reese notched two victories among his six Top-5 finishes during the Bassmaster Elite Series regular season. He might need another triumph in the
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Mediocre Day 1 Doesn't Hinder Reese

Skeet Reese settled into the middle of the pack on day 1 of the Toyota Trucks BASS Championship Week at Lake Jordan, but that didn't hurt his quest to
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Pirch Junked With Right Stuff At Right Time

Junk-fishing is a general term that means an angler didn't fish a specific pattern. It's characterized by several rods on the deck and a willingness to
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Nevada Authorities Looking Into Allegations

Cheating scandals most often occur at local- and regional-level events, which is perhaps why yesterday's events at the WON Bass U.S. Open continue to
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Pirch Wins 2nd U.S. Open, Clunn Finishes 3rd

A two-time U.S. Open winner and legend in the sport almost clinched another U.S. Open crown at Lake Mead, but western young gun Cliff Pirch rose to the
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Lane Will Be Right At Home For Elite Post-Season

Russ Lane can walk to one of the Bassmaster Elite Series post-season venues from his home in Prattville, Ala., and he can drive to the other in about
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Skeet Or The Field? Some Elite Anglers Weigh In

For all that Skeet Reese achieved during the 2010 Bassmaster Elite Series regular season, he's still got some fishing to do to claim the Angler of the
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Reynolds Committed To Grandma But Will Fish Cup

One of the most memorable wins of the past decade was Mike Reynolds' triumph at the 2005 Clarks Hill Bassmaster Tour.

The former truck driver from
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ASA Announces Renewed Campaign To Fight For Access

Access to fishable waters, and fishable populations of fish, are core issues at the center of a battle to hook the next generation on fishing.

Most
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2010 Cup: Handicapper's Guide

BassFan previously published a story that listed the full 2010 Forrest Cup field, with a few notes about how each participant qualified (<a href="http://www.bassfan.com/news_article.asp?ID=3662">click
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BASS Emcee Alan Knew He Had To Wear His Own Shoes

Unlike his predecessor as the front man for BASS' stage shows, Keith Alan didn't come into the gig as an "insider." Fish Fishburne had lived
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Consistent Cochran Ready For Another Crack At Cup

George Cochran has at least one number on his side as he prepares for the Forrest Wood Cup - sweet 16.

The Arkansas veteran gained his berth in the
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Biffle Fished Ultra Shallow In Dead Of Summer

Pretty much everyone assumed there'd at least be a decent deep bite at the recent Cherokee PAA Series near Knoxville, Tenn. It's mid-summer, the shallows
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| Date published: 9/10/2010 3:55:30 PM

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