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Archive For October 2007
Three more in for the Classic
October 22, 2007 – espnoutdoors.com
DECATUR, Ala. — Bassmaster Elite Series pro Charlie Hartley of Grove City, Ohio, qualified Saturday for the 2008 Bassmaster Classic — his first — along with two-time Classic qualifier Todd Auten of Lake Wylie, S.C., and Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Fla., who will join his brother, Chris, in the Classic field.
Hartley, Auten and Lane qualified through the Bassmaster Southern Open circuit for the Feb. 22–24 Classic on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell. The three pros finished first, second and third, respectively, in the season-long points race, which ended Saturday at the Open’s final 2007 event on Alabama’s Wheeler Lake out of Decatur.
Points-race winner Hartley entered the Wheeler event in second, thanks to his third-place finish at the Kissimmee Southern Open in March and his second at the Santee Cooper event in May. With a solid 13th-place finish in Alabama, he skated to the win by a 27-point margin.
“It’s wonderful. Points winner is a great title to have on my resume — and I’m going to the Classic, a lifetime dream,” said the 43-year-old Hartley, a veteran Elite pro who’s been competing in BASS events since 1996. “I fished my first bass tournament when I was 8 years old, so I’ll be the proudest person there.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tournam…Virginia Tech leads College Bass National Championship
October 19, 2007 – espnoutdoors.com
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — If it feels good, go back for more.
For the five teams who will fish the final day of the Under Armour College Bass National Championship on Saturday, the key on Day Two was hitting the same areas on the Arkansas River that produced for them earlier in the week.
Despite cooler and even more blustery conditions than the 36-team field faced on Day One, several pools on the Arkansas River produced enough to reward perseverant teams such as Virginia Tech. The Hokies weighed in a tournament-best 26 pounds, 11 ounces over the first two days by “fishing fast and fishing rocks,” and using one dependable bait, angler Scott Wiley said.
“We were fairly alone out there, which made us feel good,” Wiley said of the four holes they were fishing.
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tournam…Niggemeyer’s Strike King Sponsorship
September 24, 2007 – proanglersassociation.com
Quick, what do Denny Brauer, Kevin VanDam and Mark Davis have in common? Easy, they’re all bass fishing legends, Bassmaster Classic winners and among the top 10 bass fishermen of all time.
What about anglers like George Cochran, Greg Hackney and Shaw Grigsby? They’re right up there too.
What do those six have in common with Bassmaster Elite Series rookie James Niggemeyer? All of them, along with a number of other tour level pros, are sponsored by Strike King Lures.
Coming into his inaugural tour-level campaign, Niggemeyer had credentials that were the envy of thousands of anglers across the country. In addition to a California pedigree and a successful Lake Fork guide service, he’d proven his mettle on the water with both BFL and Bassmaster weekender regional championships in 2005, followed by a Bassmaster Southern Open points championship in 2006. The latter championship included a big win at Santee Cooper and qualified him for the 2007 Classic at Lay Lake, where he finished a respectable 17th.
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