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Fishing Opens tops Cosner’s bucket list

Austin, Texas — Former Texas State University angler David Cosner refuses to let a terminal disease stop him from fishing professionally. Despite suffering from Wegener’s Granulomatosis, a rare disease that...

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When I grow up I want to be a fisherman

Each season of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens, there are the familiar faces of the Bassmaster Elite Series pros that compete in the events and also new faces among...

St. Croix Bassmaster Opens

Daily Limit: Ike’s Classic streak lives

With a little luck, a little bit of help from new friends and some increased efforts out of himself, Mike Iaconelli kept alive the longest active streak of qualifying to...

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West Texas teen living tournament dream

ODESSA, Texas — Andy Ortega recalled with a laugh the moment that sparked his dream of becoming a tournament angler. The 8-year-old was channel surfing when the remote control found...

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Daily Limit: Wiggins opens and closes

What a tasty sandwich Jesse Wiggins made himself in the 2017 Bassmaster season. He opened and closed his year with victories, and in between fished well enough to triple qualify...

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Opens profile: Svebek’s long Classic trek

Carl Svebek III of Orange, Tex., was 8 years old when he told his father that someday he would fish in the Bassmaster Classic. “I didn’t know it would take...

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Opens profile: ‘Tin Man’ John Cox

John Cox’s tournament successes have become more frequent over the past three years. The Floridian’s most recent accomplishment is winning the 2017 Bassmaster Southern Open on Lake Chickamauga in April....

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Opens profile: Poirier making noise

With only Douglas Lake in Tennessee left to fish on the 2017 Bassmaster Northern Opens, Virginian Frank Poirier is third in the AOY standings. This lean, 60-year-old, wood-flooring distributor is...

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