Category: Tournament Fishing
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How Gerald Swindle Approaches a Lake He’s Never Seen Before
Contributed Story Alabama’s Gerald Swindle is in his 18th year as a pro angler. He’s competed from California to Vermont and won more than $2 Million dollars. Yet he had never been to famous Lake Fork until he began practicing for the Toyota Texas Bass Classic in May of 2014.
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FLW Recap: A Grand Ole’ Time
By James Hill With all my fishing gear packed tightly inside my truck, I hit the highway! Destination: Grove, Oklahoma, the site of the first stop in the central division of the FLW Rayovac bass tour. After battling white-out blizzards that turned into torrential rains in Minnesota, I crossed the Iowa border to be greeted…
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Gerald Swindle Classy in Classic Calamity
By David A. Brown Those who saw Gerald Swindle’s Bassmaster Classic Day 2 weigh-in tirade may not have initially thought of the second verse from Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem, “If,” but the wisdom certainly applies to the Bassmaster Elite Series pro from Warrior, Ala.
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Ups and Downs of the Lake Havasu FLW Event
By James Hill 2,152 miles separate Thunder Bay, Ontario from Lake Havasu, Arizona which was the site of my very first FLW Rayovac event that saw me finish in the upper half of the field. After 2,152 miles worth of reflecting on my largest individual tournament to date that saw me go through both the…
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Unfamiliar Waters
By James Hill If there ever was a mile high club for writers I have now joined it… 35,000 feet above earth somewhere between Chicago and Phoenix… probably Kansas, I sit here slightly warmer than I’d like to be. When I land, a PVC tube full of St. Croix rods and a bag filled with…