Although they live on almost exactly the same latitudinal line but nearly 2,000 miles apart, professional bass anglers John Murray of Phoenix, Ariz., and Michael Murphy of Lexington, S.C., have both inked new sponsorship deals with Lew's.
This was my second shot at a Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open on the James River, and I suffered another knockdown.
I'm ready to tackle the James River with a borrowed Phoenix 721 Pro XP for Bass Pro Shops Northern Open #1.
Anglers are pretty good at talking about making a difference, but John Murray lives what he preaches.
When Valerie and I signed up to fish Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open at Oneida Lake, I wasn’t sure how it would play out. She loves to come to these tournaments when I’m fishing them.
Doug Gilley won Super B.A.S.S. III in 1984, and he was a teacher, mentor and father figure to a legion of Florida anglers, many of whom fish the Bassmaster Elite Series today.
Elite Series pro John Murray calls himself a “desert rat,” and that’s precisely why he’s competing this week in the Northern Open on Lake Erie.
The first thing on my Lake Erie to-do list is: put three drift socks in the Phoenix 721.