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Sept. 27, 2005
INSIDE BASS: Bassmaster
Pros' Rescue at Guntersville
On the first day of last week's CITGO Bassmaster Southern Open,
Ken Sheets was fishing on Lake Guntersville in Alabama when he
saw an emergency unfold that launched him into immediate action.
Sheets, who fished the CITGO Bassmaster Tour in
2003, looked up to see a low-flying plane coming down about 200
yards away.
"I told my partner (non-boater Todd Lee),
'Hey, check this out. This guy's going to land this plane on
the water.' I thought it was a (seaplane), but when I looked
closer I saw it had wheels," said the 52-year-old pro from
St. Louis, Mo. "I starting thinking I hoped he wasn't having
trouble about the time its wheels touched the water and then
it flipped upside down. It just crashed," he said.
"We threw our rods down and ran over there.
As I got over there, this elderly gentleman climbed out on the
wing, which was upside down. I hollered and asked him if there
was anybody else in the plane, which was my main concern. He
said he was alone. He said he was OK, but his face was busted
up a little bit and he was bleeding. But he was real coherent.
"By this time, the four or five boats that
had been fishing that area went over there. We got him up into
another guy's boat and then tied a marker buoy on the plane.
I called 911 and then I called his wife. Then I called the airport.
He was OK except for being shook up a little bit."
It sounded like the unusual rescue also left Sheets
a little shook.
"I've been doing this for a long time and
I hope it's a long time before I ever see anything like it again,"
he said.
ANOTHER NEW ALABAMA PRO. Connecticut's Lee
Bailey has joined the legion of Bassmaster pros who have relocated
to the state of Alabama. He joins Aaron Martens, Mark Rizk, Randy
Howell and others.
"We bought a house in Boaz and my wife and
I are Alabama residents now," Bailey said. "With the
costs involved in fishing the trail now, it's important to be
more centrally located."
Bailey was able to stay in his home state to compete
in last week's Southern Open on Lake Guntersville.
"I love the lake," he said. "I do
love it here. We moved in June so I've got to spend some time
on the lake, but not as much as I'd like to. I look forward to
it being my home lake."
SWINDLE'S SHIRT. His friends will say that
Gerald Swindle will give you the shirt off of his back. And that
is literally the case these days as the 2004 CITGO Bassmaster
Angler of the Year's tournament jersey recently was one of five
auctioned by CITGO to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association,
a voluntary health agency that fights against neuromuscular diseases
that affect more than one million Americans
Also auctioned were the autographed jerseys of
anglers Shaw Grigsby, Skeet Reese, Marty Stone and Zell Rowland.
Bids for the jerseys on eBay started at $225.
"During the Classic, I had an opportunity
to meet a lot of the children afflicted with this terrible disease,"
Swindle said. "It really brought home to me the significance
of what we are doing here."
The auction was part of CITGO's successful "Weigh
In for MDA" event held just prior to last month's CITGO
Bassmaster Classic in Pittsburgh, Pa. That event, hosted by Swindle,
raised more than $30,000.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. Raising your BASS IQ
is more possible than ever with recent additions to BASS Insider,
the Web site available as an upgrade to BASS members or anyone
else who wants to join.
Coming on line soon will be a series of audio features
by Bassmaster magazine senior writer Tim Tucker, who will tap
into the minds of the top pros on the CITGO Bassmaster Tournament
Trail. Other add-ons include video clips from Bassmaster University
instructors (40 clips are now contained in the library) and a
growing archive of animated "how to" movies, a BASS
Insider exclusive. And each month, Insider members will have
access to content tied to Bassmaster magazine, such as the audio
interview in the current issue with David Hayes, who caught the
world record smallmouth.
WEIRDEST CATCH. Alabama Tour pro Jimmy Mason's
weirdest catch is unlike any other caught before.
"I once caught an Indian pot, a clay pot,"
he said. "I was fishing an old shell mound on Pickwick in
the winter with a grub and caught the inside of the clay pot.
It was probably 90 percent intact."
Mason respectfully dropped the Indian artifact
back into the spot from which it came.
DID YOU KNOW? Rick Clunn holds the record
for the largest winning margin in a Classic (25 pounds, 8 ounces
in 1984). The late Don Butler is second with a cushion of 13
pounds, 7 ounces in the 1972 Classic.
IF I HADN'T BECOME A BASS PRO - Angler Stephen
Browning says he would likely still be working for the state
of Arkansas as an inspector of wastewater treatment plants. "I
don't miss that at all," he said.
THEY SAID IT. "I think the timing of
the Elite Series is perfect. A lot of guys are complaining about
(the increased entry fees), but if they would take the effort
they're putting in complaining about it into getting out there
and make the phone calls (for sponsorships), they could see it
happen for them." South Carolina pro Jason Quinn, who
says the built-in exposure in the new Elite Series enabled him
to get a six-figure wrapped boat and vehicle deal promoting Evan
Williams bourbon.
BASS is the worldwide authority on bass fishing, sanctioning
more than 20,000 events through the BASS Federation annually.
Guided by its mission to serve all fishing fans, BASS sets the
standard for credibility, professionalism, sportsmanship and
conservation, as it has for nearly 40 years.
BASS stages bass fishing tournaments for every
skill level and culminates with the CITGO Bassmaster Classic.
Through its clubs, youth programs, aquatic resource advocacy,
magazine publishing and multimedia platforms, BASS offers the
industry's widest array of services and support to its nearly
550,000 members. The organization is headquartered in Celebration,
Fla.
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