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B.A.S.S. LLC announced today that a new combination of sites Birmingham and Lake Guntersville has been selected for the 2014 Bassmaster Classic, the world championship of bass fishing.
The 2013 Bassmaster Classic will be held in Tulsa, Okla., where 53 of the worlds best will compete Feb. 22-24 on Grand Lake o the Cherokees.
Massive Lake Guntersville will provide first-class competition for the Feb. 21-23, 2014, event. Birmingham will host the daily weigh-ins and the Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC).
We are extremely pleased to bring the Classic back to Birmingham, now the home of B.A.S.S., said Don Logan, co-owner of the company. Alabama-born, B.A.S.S. returned to its roots after Logan, Jim Copeland and Jerry McKinnis purchased the company from ESPN in 2010.
The Birmingham-Guntersville combination gives the Classic a new twist, but the city is a tried-and-true Classic site. This is the eighth time that Birmingham has been named the host city. And Alabama will welcome its 12th Classic. Gov. Robert Bentley marked the milestone by being on hand at the BJCCs Arena Club for Thursdays announcement.
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Anxious to fish one more bass tourney?
Youll get that opportunity yet this month when the annual Thanksgiving bass tourney will be held on Diamond Lake.
The event will be fished Saturday, Nov. 24 at Diamond Lake near Cassopolis, Mich. Tournament hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and entry fee is $45, including the big bass pot.
For more information, call Bob Evans 574-320-3366.
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There may be no greater birthday present for a bass fisherman than to hoist a tournament trophy over his head, one that hes been wanting for at least 15 years.
Mark DoveThat was Hoosier Mark Doves gift last week when he won the 2012 Cabelas Bassmaster Federation Nation Championship on Alabamas Wheeler Lake and earned a Bassmaster Classic berth.
Mark Dove, 2012 Cabelas Bassmaster Federation Nation Champion
I crossed the Bassmaster Classic off my bucket list back in 1997, said Dove after his big win, referencing the last time he qualified for the Classic through the Federation Nation. I am looking forward to going back again. But the best thing for me is to be able to say that I was at the top of my peers here at the Federation Nation, at least for a period of time. For me, it was more about winning the tournament.
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Dave Eggers and Jason DittmarDave Eggers (Granger) and Jason Dittmar (North Liberty) won the Poor Boys Bass Attack at Winona Lake and the victory helped them to the Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Tournament Series Season Championship.
On a day when the fish were few and far between (only six teams weighed in fish), their four bass weighed 14.90 pounds and was anchored by a 5.39-pound largemouth that took the Travel Tender Bait and Tackle Big Bass Award.
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Seventeen teams braved foul weather last weekend in the Northwest Indiana Bass Club Open Tournament on Shafer Lake.
Team Kelly/Vandergraff won with five bass weighing 14.47 pounds while Don McLain was second with five weighing 9.96 pounds. Team Evans/Tilley was third with 8.37 pounds while Fuzzy Dunn was fourth with 7.95 pounds. Ron Dusek won big bass with a 5.03-pound smallmouth.
For more information, visit northwestindianabassclub on facebook.