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3 practice days and 10 fish

I can summarize things by saying that this is Classic number 15 for me and I’ve never had a practice this bad. Seriously, this is the worse one ever. It’s bad. There are no two ways around it.

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Ike Live! debuts in February

OK folks, I’m really excited about our new project. It’s called Ike Live! What we’re going to do is take our fan interaction to a new level.

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This time it’s for real, Part 2

One interesting thing about the 2014 GEICO Bassmaster Classic is that there won’t be one main pattern that dominates.

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Sponsorship’s bottom line

People hate me (yes, hate me) for admiring Danica Patrick. They say I’m on this beauty queen and no skill campaign. Those people are clueless.

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This time it’s for real

The Geico Bassmaster Classic will be here in just a few short weeks, and this one is going to be special.

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Guntersville and Christmas time

I’m writing this on Friday so I can spend next week and the week after with Becky and the kids. Right now I’m down on Guntersville trying to get ready for the Classic.

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Beatdown on Okeechobee

How do you measure tournament dominance ... and what was the most impressive tournament win in B.A.S.S. history?

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The physical side of fishing, Part 1

Last season, as I traveled around the country competing in bass fishing tournaments, I noticed something. The guys who were (are) the most physically fit seem to have the best years and they seemed to be able to hold up the best going into the late summer and early fall.

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Stuffs and Thanksgiving

I’m in the office working today. I was going to call this column "Stuff and Thanksgiving," but that would imply there’s a limit to what I have to do so I decided to create a new word that’ll describe how far behind I am — stuffs. It means stuff that never ends.

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Beatdown (and a sort-of history of flippin’)

On January 28, 1977, Dave Gliebe of won the American Bass Fisherman Hurst Open on Lake Okeechobee. You may remember Gliebe as one of the original Bassmaster Elite Series anglers in 2006, but I remember him from much further back.

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