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Marietta angler wins bass title

31.12.69

A Marietta man scored big at a Bassmaster fishing tournament recently in North Carolina.

Glynn Goodwin, 30, won first place in the co-angler division at the Bassmaster Southern Open Tournament at Lake Norman near Charlotte, N.C. His prize is a Nitro bass boat with a Mercury outboard worth $35,000.

There were 184 boats in the professional division. As a co-angler, Goodwin rides along in a boat with a pro and fishes out of the back. The pro decides where to take the boat and where to fish.

''The co-angler has no say in where the boat goes,'' he said. ''We have to adapt and fish where we end up.''

Co-anglers are on the boats to help keep the pros honest, Goodwin said, adding the competition evolved to where co-anglers could win prizes and so on.

Source: Marietta Times

Adams Masters Norman

31.12.69

A big opening day followed by double-digit limits the next two days made a winner of Tracy Adams at the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open on Lake Norman.

The Wilkesboro, N.C., angler set the pace the first day of the tournament with a 20-pound, 13-ounce limit and kept adding to his lead the next two rounds. Today, he bagged a 10-12 limit to finish with 45-6, which netted him the pro division top prize of a Triton bass boat/Mercury outboard rig valued at $45,000 and $7,360 in cash. The victory also ensured Adams a berth in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic provided he fishes all three Southern Opens.

Adams said he believes his heavy catch

Source: FishingWorld.com

ROBERT DEWITT: A reason to hate crappie

31.12.69

Let me start out by saying I really hate crappie. I don't like to eat them. I know that may sound strange to some of you because they have pretty, white meat. But it's too mushy for me and I'd much rather eat a pound-and-a-half bass.

They don't fight very well, either. The one quality I want in just about any fish I catch is giving me a good pull. It's why I love pompano and king mackerel so much. Crappie often feel like a big lump of grass wadded up on your hook. Of course, they don't have to pull very much because it doesn't take anything to tear a hook from their ridiculously tender mouth.

Then there's their habitat. Crappie lay up in big stump fields that are just hell on boats. They knock holes in hulls and tear up lower units on motors.

Source: Tuscaloosa News (subscription)