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Beef 'O'Brady in Granger will host its 6th Annual Bassmaster Classic party night Feb. 23.
The restaurant will stream live coverage of the final round of the Bassmaster classic on its 50-inch flat screen television beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Anglers are encouraged to bring their fishing tackle for trade or sale and tournament groups should have 2014 fliers to pass out.
The restaurant will have specials and offer free serving of chips and salsa for anglers. Door prizes will be given away.
For more information, call (574) 271-1415.
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If you don’t think bass boats have come a long way, check out this interesting video about a man who purchased and restored one of the first Bassmaster Classic boats ever used in a BASS championship.
Years ago, B.A.S.S. provided identically matched rigs for Classic contenders to use during the tournament and those boats were sold afterwards. (Today, Bassmaster Classic contenders use their own boats.)
The $4,000 “Rebel Fastback” boat rigged with a 90-HP Mercruiser inboard/outboard was the first Classic Boat offered. Avid, North Carolina bass angler Doyle Hodgin stumbled onto one by accident one day, bought it and restored it. This fascinating video tells the story behind the boat, old classic photos and illustrates the restoration process.
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A spin-off of the successful Bassmaster Elite Series Marshal program, the new Elite Experience offers intense instruction and personal coaching by Elite pros — and the opportunity for fans to actually go fishing with one.
Offered in conjunction with the 2014 Bassmaster Elite Series season, most Elite Experience sessions will happen Saturdays and Sundays.
Saturdays will be filled with seminars and workshops conducted by Elite pros. The next day will be a pro-am tournament in which two Elite Experience participants will be paired with an Elite pro to form a three-angler team.
Each team will compete against all other Elite Experience pro-am teams on a body of water near the concurrent Elite event’s fishery. Each team can weigh in five bass. The heaviest bag will determine the winner.
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Michigan offers website for tournament scheduling, reporting catch data
The Michigan DNR recently completed development of a web application designed to allow bass tournament directors to schedule events at DNR access sites and to report their catch results online.
The Michigan Fishing Tournament Information System (MFTIS) is now available to tournament directors for use in scheduling their 2014 tournaments. This application gives tournament directors the ability to view other bass tournaments scheduled on a selected waterbody, so they can plan appropriately.
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Bassmaster Team ChampionshipMany of today’s top professional anglers cut their competitive teeth in team tournaments. But to compete at a higher level, they had to leave their fishing buddies behind and strike out on one of the many draw or pro-am circuits.
With the introduction of the Toyota Bassmaster Team Championship, America’s most successful fishing teams will soon be able to prove their skills against competition from throughout the nation.
“Not only will we crown the national championship team, but we will also provide an opportunity for one outstanding grass-roots fisherman to qualify for the 2015 Bassmaster Classic,” said B.A.S.S. CEO Bruce Akin.
The championship will be held in late fall of 2014 at a date and location to be announced later. Teams from across the country will compete for the Team Championship crown. Following the team portion of the event, the Top 3 pairs of fishermen will be split up and will compete individually, from separate boats, for a berth in the Classic, Akin explained. The format is similar to the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series championship, which has qualified a collegiate angler for the Classic for the past three years.