"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."
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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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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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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<i>(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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The Labor Day holiday
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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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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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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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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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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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