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COMPETITIONS
With the 2008 Bassmaster Elite Series season in the books, the brunt of the qualifying spots for both the 2009 Bassmaster Classic and Bassmaster Elite Series have been determined. Thirty-six anglers were able to punch their tickets to the 2009 Bassmaster Classic and 84 received qualifying berths into the Elite Series.
Boater Mark Myers of Cedar Falls, Iowa, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Great Lakes Division tournament on the Mississippi River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 16 pounds, 12 ounces. Boater Chip Harrison of Bremen, Indiana, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® Michigan Division tournament on the St. Clair River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 24 pounds. Bryan Schmitt of Deale, Maryland, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® Northeast Division tournament on Chesapeake Bay Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 17 pounds, 13 ounces.
Putting to rest a seven-year drought, Dean Rojas of Lake Havasu, Arizona, scored a win at the final Bassmaster Elite Series event of the season, the Champion's Choice on New York's Oneida Lake.
Duke Gunnell and his partner Dr. Hugh Bennett won the Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza fishing River2Sea Bully Wa 75 frog lures. EVENTS
The Berkley Experience Trailer is headed to Lake Murray and the FLW Cup in Columbia, South Carolina. The trailer will roll in August 14-17 and will offer demonstrations and interactive games for kids and adults. FISHING
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has announced recreational fishery in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) is will re-open for the retention of hatchery chinook salmon today (Tuesday, August 12) through Friday August 15. MISCELLANEOUS
BoatU.S. offers an online Launch Ramp Locator on their website, with thousands of locations to launch, including municipal or state boat ramps, marinas, boat clubs, private sites and other locations for trailer boat access. Only three months are left to buy your tickets for a chance at winning a custom designed Yamaha bass fishing boat. Yamaha Motor Corporation has exclusively provided the one-of-a-kind Skeeter 20i dual console bass fishing boat with Yamaha VZ250 HPDI for the Kennesaw Museum Foundation. TELEVISION
Tune in Sunday, August 17, to "FLW Outdoors" on FSN for the conclusion of the $1 million Wal-Mart FLW Tour event on the Fort Loudoun-Tellico lakes in Knoxville, Tennessee. YOUTH
New Jersey's Kyle Harrigan, 18, and New Mexico's Jordan McMorris, 15, won their respective age divisions Saturday at the Junior Bassmaster World Championship on New York's Onondaga Lake. The pair of teenagers took home $5,000 each in scholarships and a Triton boat package. TODAY'S FEATURE NOAA Expands Comment Period
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has extended the public comment period for the proposed National Saltwater Angler Registry rule until August 21, 2008. |
 Fishing Wire Snapshot - Week Of August 11, 2008  Washington County, Florida resident James Mitchell now holds the Florida state-record for blue catfish. Last Monday afternoon, Mitchell took the 64 pound, 8 ounce, 53 1/2 inch long blue cat on the Choctawhatchee River, breaking the previous state record by three pounds. The 64-year-old Mitchell, who is disabled but still enjoys fishing, needed the help of his son and grandson to pull the fish over the side of his boat. He said the one-minute fight left him worn out.
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