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Hope For The Warriors® fishing event at Bassmaster Elite Series postseason
By editor on Jul 31, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Elites, BASS, Pro Anglers | Send feedback »
Travis Johnson felt a tug on his line while he was getting a bass fishing lesson Saturday morning from Bassmaster Elite Series pro Keith Poche. “I felt something, so I pulled on it a little bit, and it pulled back,” Johnson said. “I went to set the hook and it darn near took the pole out of my hands.” more »
DeFoe and Evers are the final match in Bassmaster Elite Series postseason
By editor on Jul 31, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS Elites, BASS, Pro Anglers | Send feedback »
Friday, on the eve of their faceoff Saturday on the Alabama River, Gerald Swindle jested that Ott DeFoe "ought" to go downriver, instead of upriver where DeFoe's been smashing big bags of bass each day of the Evan Williams Bourbon All-Star Championship. But DeFoe, the 25-year-old rookie phenom from Knoxville, Tenn., stuck to what brought him here. more »
Bassmaster Elite Series All-Stars visit heroes at VA hospital in Montgomery
By editor on Jul 30, 2011 | In BASS Elites, BASS, Pro Anglers | Send feedback »
"Visiting the vets is a very humbling experience; it always is," Bassmaster Elite Series pro Edwin Evers said outside of a Central Alabama Veterans Health System hospital. "They've given up so much so we can do what we do." Evers' sentiment was echoed by all of the Bassmaster Elite Series All-Stars who went to the Montgomery VA hospital this morning. more »