"I'd rather not divulge that information at this time."
When you hear those words from a politician it usually means that they've been caught with their fingers in the cookie jar. But when you hear them from an Elite Series angler it usually means he's on fish.
And so it is with Peter Thliveros at the Harris Chain, site of the first 2008 Elite Series event. When asked about his prefishing on the Harris Chain some 36 hours before the first cast, he'll admit to "putting together a pretty consistent pattern that's as plain as the nose on your face. It's slow and doesn't cover a lot of water but I think it'll put some bass in my livewell. I think it'll hold."
Take last year's Top 12 from the Erie/Niagara Bassmaster Elite Series, paste it over today's Top 12 at the same event 1 year later, and there'll be more
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A tougher Lake Oneida than the Bassmaster Elite Series pros have seen in either of the past 2 years is set to host the finale of the circuit's 11-tournament
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BassFan yesterday detailed how Kota Kiriyama won the recent Erie/Niagara Bassmaster Elite Series out of Buffalo, N.Y. with a revolutionary technique.
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In his two previous full seasons on the FLW Tour, Jim Dillard finished 137th and 153rd in the Angler of the Year race. This year he was 15th.
He placed
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As bass anglers, it's easy to think the sport's top level has evolved to a point where revolutions are largely over, and winning is more about decisions
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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 the type of place where it can be hard
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It represented the ultimate gamble - a patch of water well past Dunkirk and near the Pennsylvania state line. That's what Kota Kiriyama put his quarters
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The number of trophy class smallmouths packed into the eastern basin of Lake Erie seems mind-boggling. So when you hear the fishing's "a little tougher"
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A 25-pound limit of largemouths is a phenomenal catch any day of the week. But a 25-pound limit of smallmouths? There's probably only one place left where
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"I'd rather not divulge that information at this time."
