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Classic déjà vu

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

I've been doing a little number crunching and analysis of Bassmaster Classics past in an effort to learn whatever that might teach me. I wanted to know what previous Classic-water experience might be worth .

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 16, 2009

Let's go bowling

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

What if BASS had a series of heads-up tournaments involving the top names in the sport? We could set them up just like bowl games and listen in as the pundits and talk radio callers take us to task for our selections!

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 09, 2009

Greatest Angler Debate redux, part 2

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

Last week I ran down my picks for the sixth through 10th best anglers if the Greatest Angler Debate were held again today. This week, I'm going to count down the top five, with a brief explanation about why I rank each where they are.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 02, 2009

Greatest Angler Debate redux, part 1

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

A couple of years ago, ESPN conducted what was called "The Greatest Angler Debate." Some folks at BASS nominated 35 bass pros from the earliest days of professional fishing right up to the end of 2004.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009

SHO time at Yamaha

Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS Publications

"This changes everything."

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

The great beat down

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

One of the great things about working for BASS is that we have so much of the history of our great sport — not all of it, mind you, but a lot.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009

More than a fish

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

Do you know the story of Leroy Brown? No, not the Leroy Brown in the Jim Croce song from the early 1970s. I'm talking about Tom Mann's Leroy Brown — the fish.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Where have you gone, Harold Hays?

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

Did you know that 26 men won the very first BASS tournament they ever fished? Talk about starting off on the right foot! That's as good as it gets.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Notes from backstage

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

I hope that everyone reading this took a look at the postseason coverage on BASS Insider and Bassmaster.com. A lot of work from a lot of people went into it, and I thought it was pretty successful.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009

The best without a major title

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

I want to find the best angler who has never won a major championship — either a Bassmaster Classic or a Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year award.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009

Teach your jig to swim, part 2

Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS Publications

If you're like most bass anglers, you've cast jigs, flipped jigs, pitched jigs, hopped jigs, crawled jigs and even jigged jigs, but the only time you ever swam a jig was when you sprinted it back to the boat to make another pitch, flip or cast.

Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009

The best without a major title

Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976

I want to find the best angler who has never won a major championship — either a Bassmaster Classic or a Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year award.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009

Teach your jig to swim, part 1

Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS Publications

If you're like most bass anglers, you've cast jigs, flipped jigs, pitched jigs, hopped jigs, crawled jigs and even jigged jigs, but the only time you ever swam a jig was when you sprinted it back to the boat to make another pitch, flip or cast.

Story | Conversation | September 16, 2009

The candidates narrow

Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS Publications

A couple of weeks ago, we posted a story about the anglers competing in the postseason entitled, "Anyone Can Win!"

Story | Conversation | September 14, 2009

Insiders get Backstage Pass

Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS Publications

If you're an Insider — or even if you're just giving our premium Web site a free test drive for a month — we think you're going to love what we have in store for you at BASS' very first postseason.

Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009