For me the West Point Lake Battle began with a gift of an Elvis Bobblehead and a young child's invite to her ballet recital...
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...make no mistake, none of this would be possible without sponsors, and all of those nameless and faceless people who help us out...
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...one of the best, hardest working stiffs on the tour, Bassmaster Classic winner Cliff Pace...you see that beat up lunchpail in front of him, it's vintage, it came from a working stiff, and at the end of the year I will give it to the hardest working stiff on the tour...
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...but many of the anglers are also daddies...and onshore, their families wait...some come in soon...
Photo: Don Barone
Photo: Don Barone
I put this in the gallery for my wife's male Shih Tzu, Riley...see, Riles, there is a reason to come out with us on the tour.
Photo: Don Barone
Photo: Don Barone