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8th Annual Pro-Bass Camp – 2019 Invitation for Session 3
You are cordially invited to the 8th Annual Kurt Dove’s Pro-Bass Camp.
Due to previous overwhelming response, this year we will offer 3 separate sessions of Camp.
Although, earlier this spring Session 1 and 2 @ Lake Amistad, TX have completely filled, we do have remaining availability at our new camp recently announced!
Session 3 @ Oneida Lake, NY
Aug. 26-30, 2019 – Oneida Lake, Brewerton, New York (20 campers)
The Days Inn in Brewerton, NY will be our camp housing headquarters at Oneida Lake. We will use the Comfort Inn and Suites Events Center in Cicero, NY for lunch/seminars/dinners in the afternoons/evenings once daily on the water instruction has completed.
Session 3 – Confirmed Camp Instructors (2 additional instructors TBD)
Kurt Dove – FLW Tour Angler, Major League Fishing Selects Champion
Jamie Hartman – BASS Elite Series Angler
Carl Jocumsen – BASS Elite Series Angler
Grae Buck – FLW Tour Angler
Bill Lortz – NY BASS Federation Angler, NY North Country Bass Guide
Buddy Cipoletti – BASS Eastern Open and NY BASS Federation Angler
Rick Harris – FLW Costa Angler, Big Bass Specialist
Burnie Haney – Inductee: New York State Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame
Camp Cost: $1,700 per camper
Includes: 4 Nights Lodging, All Meals, Tackle Pack, T-Shirt, Tournament Jersey, Flip-Pitch Contest, Camp Awards, Seminars, College Scholarships and 4 Days of on the water instruction with some of the best regional and national anglers in bass fishing.
A deposit of $700 and Camper Application form will guarantee participation.
Once we have filled to 20 campers, we will develop a waiting list. (camp is filled on a first come first serve basis)
To receive additional Information & Camp Applications please send an email inquiry to info@probasscamp.com
Gett more information here probassbootcamp.com
Hope you can make it!
FLW and KBF Announce Initial Sponsors for Kayak Fishing Events
MINNEAPOLIS (April 26, 2019) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, and Kayak Bass Fishing, LLC, (KBF) the nation’s foremost organization supporting kayak bass anglers, announced today the first group of companies named as sponsors of the two kayak bass fishing tournaments scheduled in 2019.
“Dee Zee is excited to explore new marketing opportunities with FLW and KBF. These established brands have proven their ability to empower their athletes through their business models and showcase their sport,” said Scott Moyer, Director of Marketing for Dee Zee. We are thrilled to have the chance to engage their audience and display how closely our products align with their lifestyles.”
“We couldn’t be more excited to be part of the FLW/KBF Open and the FLW/KBF Cup,” said Luther Cifers, President of YakAttack. “Kayak fishing is something that every angler should experience, and this partnership will help us introduce it to more anglers than ever before.”
Per terms of the agreements, all brands will receive prominent exposure at the FLW/KBF tournaments and expos, FLW Bass Fishing magazine, FLW and KBF social media channels and websites. They also will receive the opportunity to provide contingency program rewards for winning or highest-placing anglers with cash and/or prizes for anglers complying with their program guidelines. Bonafide Kayak and Jackson Kayak have already implemented their contingency programs, offering an extra $5,000 to anglers who win the event fishing out of a Bonafide- or Jackson-brand kayak.
“We’re excited that these nationally-recognized brands are joining KBF and FLW to take kayak fishing competitions to the next level,” said Chad Hoover, president of the KBF. “These events will be a big success and create excitement that gets anglers fired up, whether they have been fishing for several decades or just getting started.”
The first event, the Dee Zee FLW/KBF Open at Nickajack Lake presented by YakAttack, will be hosted byFish Dayton and Fish Lake Chickamauga next week, May 4-5, 2019. Entry fee for the event is $200 per kayak, with a $5,000 payout guaranteed for first place – $10,000 if contingency guidelines are met. The top 100 anglers will qualify to compete in the second event, the Dee Zee FLW/KBF Cup in Hot Springs, Arkansas presented by YakAttack. Of these 100 qualifiers, the top 20 receive free entry. All other qualifiers pay a $500 entry fee. The Dee Zee FLW/KBF Cup will be held Aug. 8-10, 2019, on a lake to be announced in conjunction with the Aug 9-11 FLW Cup on Lake Hamilton.
Anglers can register for the FLW/KBF Open atKayakBassFishing.com/FLW .
KBF was formed in 2009 to offer kayak anglers the opportunity to compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes at premier fisheries around the country. Currently in its seventh season for live events, KBF offers more than 25 professional-level bass-fishing tournaments to kayak anglers. For complete KBF details, schedules and updated information, visitKayakBassFishing.com.
For complete details and updated information about FLW, visitFLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram andYouTube.
About FLW
FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2019 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW and their partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa and Spain. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
A Moment
Our buddy Alan McGuckin shared this story on his Face Book page.This may be the best read of 2019 thus far….. simple but touching.
Nineteen years ago I placed a ‘Ranger Boat for Sale’ ad in the Tulsa World newspaper. Some guy from nearby Sand Springs called to inquire, then came to my home the next night to look at the white model 518SVX.
A few days later, he gave me a check for about 40% of what comparable boats are selling for today.
I sold a boat that night. And I gained an Adopted Dad named Mike Waresback.
“Wares” is uniquely funny, wisdom rich, loyal, and brutally honest to the point some might be offended.
But he’s got a golden heart. He picks his own elderberries to make wine, loads his own bullets, and recently started making redwood furniture.
Now look, all of you know, Ken McGuckin and I are tighter than two layers of transom fiberglass, but he’s 1,025 geographic miles away.
So “Wares” – having a gift for mentoring younger guys – has stood in the gap for 19 years.
Anytime I’ve needed anything from a home cooked meal to a homemade fishing tackle cabinet built, as well as concert tickets, or spare bedroom — whatever a Dad might give his son – well, Wares has been there to give it to me.
Including a ride to the Osage County Courthouse in Pawhuska on Friday morning August 22, 2014.
He looked at me on his porch the night before, and said, “Son, do you need me to go with you tomorrow?”
The answer of course was “yes”.
Without Wares, I’d have likely had nobody on that sunny but dark late summer morning.
Looking back at it – I’ll man up and tell you, I can’t hardly imagine me making that 50-minute commute by myself to raise my right hand in the company of shackled criminals wearing orange jumpsuits.
Thank God “Wares” was there, hiding his own broken heart and tears in the shadows of what was taking place, all in an effort to make sure I wasn’t alone.
Last night on my back porch brought way better times over a bag of blue catfish fillets, cornmeal, cold beers, hot grease, and side dishes from Mac’s BBQ.
Toss in a funny, sweet, God-fearing, leggy blonde, an old grey toed black Labrador, and 50s malt shop music playing on my outdoor speakers to entertain the older folks – and there was plenty of evidence that eventually things get better.
But “Wares” has never hidden from reality. Actually, he’s pretty damn bold about it.
Sometimes calls himself an old man. Says his days on the front deck of a bass boat are challenging. Says a pontoon would suit him better right now.
He also knows of my deep love for our sport, my respect for bass fishing’s history, and him.
So the highlight of last night’s back porch fish fry was a gift from him to me. A wearable keepsake rolled in tons of sentimental goodness like a wet blue catfish fillet tossed into a sack of cornmeal.
A 40-year-old navy blue jacket I’ll display in my rustic home to show the depths of “Wares’” and I’s relationship runs a little deeper than the waters of Salt or Boggy Creek.
Not just any blue jacket. Instead, his “Keystone Bassmasters” jacket covered in embroidered bass fishing accolades from the 1970s and early 1980s.
That’s how it was back then.
Bass anglers wore the brands of sponsors, as well as bass club patches and fishing accomplishments embroidered to jackets, vests, and jumpsuits much like a proud Eagle Scout might.
The Keystone Bassmasters Club was historically rich with as much angling talent as just about any bass club in America – and “Wares” has the patches to prove that for a time, he was one of their best.
Fact is, “Wares” still owns that Ranger boat I sold him 19 years ago.
So who knows, if he buys a pontoon, maybe things will come full circle in the coolest of ways once again.
I love ya, buddy. Alan
Dude Lets Fish a Jerkbait!
Springtime jerkbait fishing on a windy day… nothing beats it!
Todd Faircloth Stage 4 2019
Here is a look at Todd Faircloth’s Stage 4 from Lake Chickamauga.