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Welcome to BassFan's Dock Talk section, where you will see brief, newsworthy items that for one reason or another can't be made into full-blown news articles. Despite the name, and in keeping with BassFan's editorial policy, every effort will be made to avoid publishing outright rumors.
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Balog: Top pros have always 'manufactured' wins
Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Sonar: Strategic shortcomings
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Miles "Sonar" Burghoff has had a lackluster campaign in the new Bassmaster Opens Elite Qualifier Division. with two triple-digit bombs relegating ...
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Give summer largmouth oversized lures
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
(Editor's note: This feature comes from Alan McGuckin at Dynamic Sponsorships.)
East Texas bass fishing legend Stephen Johnston doesn’t always carry ...
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B.A.S.S. launches members-only area of website
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
B.A.S.S. announced today that it's launching a new members-only area of its website with exclusive discounts, access to B.A.S.S.’s archived television ...
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O.H. Ivie tops Bassmaster's list of best lakes
Monday, June 26, 2023
Things really are bigger in Texas and that includes the bass coming out of O.H. Ivie Lake, which claims the spot atop the 2023 Bassmaster Magazine 100 ...
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Carnright holds off cousin for Champlain win
Sunday, June 25, 2023
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Local pro Brett Carnright of Plattsburgh, N.Y., brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday totaling 19 pounds, 4 ounces, to win ...
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Minnesota duo captures high school title
Sunday, June 25, 2023
LA CROSSE, Wis. – Minnesota’s Cambridge-Isanti Blue Jackets duo of Zachary Piescher of Cambridge, Minn., and Cole Semler, of Dalbo, Minn., brought a final-day ...
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Jones in wreck en route to St. Clair
Friday, June 23, 2023
Alton Jones announced in a Facebook post that he was involved in a serious auto accident on his way to this week's Bass Pro Tour event at Lake St. Clair ...
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FIU student wins Females in Fisheries Scholarship
Friday, June 23, 2023
The 7th annual Noreen Clough Memorial Scholarship for Females in Fisheries has been awarded to Florida International University graduate student Shakira ...
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MLF announces results of Team Series Draft
Friday, June 23, 2023
Major League Fishing announced today the results of the 2023 Team Series Draft, which took place Wednesday in Harrison Township, Mich. The Top 27 Bass ...
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Balog: The mystery of smallmouth movements
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Joe Balog discusses a recent study of Great Lakes smallmouth by a couple of scientists from Ohio in this week's edition of Balog's Bass War. Their research ...
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Kriet out, McClelland in for St. Clair event
Monday, June 19, 2023
MLF announced today that Bass Pro Tour pro angler Jeff Kriet of Ardmore, Okla. has withdrawn from competing in this week's event at Lake St. Clair in ...
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Wheeler's squad takes Team Series crown
Monday, June 19, 2023
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – The final episode of the MLF General Tire Team Series Championship premiered Saturday, and Team Crockett Creek Beef Jerky, led by ...
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Local favorite Villa in front at Potomac
Sunday, June 18, 2023
MARBURY, Md. – Warmer temperatures and a lack of wind of Sunday created a more finicky fishery for the 150 anglers competing on Day 2 of the MLF Invitational ...
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Nania the new leader at Eufaula Open
Friday, June 16, 2023
EUFAULA, Okla. — Before the start of Day 2 of the Bassmaster Open at Lake Eufaula, Okla., Joey Nania had not caught a bass over 5 pounds. His fortunes ...
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Same angler, same fish: A Cayuga 9-pounder
Friday, June 16, 2023
On June 15, 2022, Thomas Russell caught a New York-record smallmouth in the Finger Lakes Open tournament at Cayuga Lake that weighed 8 pounds, 5.8 ounces. ...
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Maine resident grabs initial lead at Eufaula
Thursday, June 15, 2023
EUFAULA, Okla. – In preparation for the Bassmaster Open at Lake Eufaula, Okla., Tyler Williams spent the previous two weeks fishing Missouri’s Lake of ...
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Brother tandem tops Ike Foundation Pro-Am
Thursday, June 15, 2023
The team of Keith and Nate Cowan, who've partipated in every Ike's Pro-Am Bass Tournament to date, recently got their first win in the event by catching ...
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Balog: No room to mess around
Thursday, June 15, 2023
The recent Bass Pro Tour event at Cayuga Lake produced eye-popping numbers as 25-pound bags of smallmouth weren't sufficient to advance to the final round ...
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Lester talks bad-day rebounds
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
(Editor's note: Alan McGuckin of Dynamic Sponsorships submitted this short feature.)
You’d be hard-pressed to find a professional bass angler with ...
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Montevallo duo takes Team of the Year title
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Since their sophomore year of high school in Grand Rapids, Minn., Easton Fothergill and Nick Dumke have been tournament partners. Now as juniors at Alabama’s ...
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Bonus Bucks tournament to be held at Pickwick
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
The 12th annual Toyota Bonus Bucks Owners event will be held at Pickwick Lake in Florence, Ala. Oct. 21-22. Teams will aim for a 20-pound limit of smallmouth ...
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Top high school anglers headed to La Crosse
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
The Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wis. will host the 14th annual High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship dual event next week. Competition ...
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BFHOF announces support for 6 habitat projects
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – As part of its mission to celebrate, promote and preserve the sport of bass fishing, the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors ...
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Ex-B.A.S.S. executive acquires FTR media
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
The trade publication Fishing Tackle Retailer reported today that its media platform, which also includes The Fishing Wire, has been acquired by former ...
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Nixon having fun despite tough finishes
Monday, June 12, 2023
Larry Nixon's first season on Bassmaster's top tour since 2005 hasn't gone the way he'd hoped from a competitive perspective – he's posted just one Top-50 ...
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A Chicken McNugget as a topwater bait?
Monday, June 12, 2023McDonald's has sold millions of Chicken McNuggets since they were first introduced 40 years ago, but it's not likely that many of them were purchased ...
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Balog: The art of angler interrogation
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Joe Balog conducts a lot of phone interviews with professional anglers for his various jobs in the bass fishing industry and asks a lot of pointed questions ...
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Country music star Keith buys Luck E Strike
Monday, June 5, 2023
Veteran country music performer Toby Keith has purchased tackle manufacturing company Luck E Strike, the singer announced on his Instagram page. The post ...
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Wagner holds on for All-American victory
Friday, June 2, 2023
SENECA, S.C. – Emil Wagner of Marietta, Georgia, a 25-year-old bass-fishing guide on Lake Lanier who competes in the BFL Bulldog Division, said after ...
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Why Swindle loves the Sabine and Orange
Thursday, June 1, 2023
(Editor's note: This feature was submitted by Alan McGuckin of Dynamic Sponsorships.)
Orange, Texas, population 20,000, situated along Interstate 10 ...
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New A-A leader catches 20-pound stringer
Thursday, June 1, 2023
SENECA, S.C. – After the first day of competition of the 40th annual BFL All-American Championship on Lake Hartwell, Emil Wagner of Marietta, Ga. sat ...
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Balog: The severe test of the Sabine River
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Joe Balog is very interested in watching this week's Bassmaster Elite Series event at the Sabine River play out. Arguably the toughest venue in professional ...
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Bags Should Be Big At Cooled-Down La Crosse
By B.A.S.S. Communications Staff
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Cool times could lead to hot action. So says Bassmaster Elite Series angler Seth Feider, as the Minnesota
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Frogs An Option Just About Anywhere
By David A. Brown Special to BassFan
If you had quizzed the field on likely bait use prior to Day 1 of mid-July’s Bassmaster Open at Lake St. Clair,
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No More Multiple Transducers On Elite Series
By B.A.S.S. Communications Staff
(Editor's note: A press release issued by B.A.S.S. today regarding the use of technological advancements in top-level
