Classic déjà vu
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976I'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 .
Story | Conversation | December 16, 2009
Let's go bowling
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976What 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!
Story | Conversation | December 09, 2009
Greatest Angler Debate redux, part 2
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976Last 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.
Story | Conversation | December 02, 2009
Greatest Angler Debate redux, part 1
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976A 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.
Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009
The great beat down
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976One 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.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009
The great debate
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976There is a great debate between professional anglers and outdoor writers — to tell or not to tell. Quite often, the pros will have some special bait or technique.
Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009
More than a fish
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976Do 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.
Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009
Where have you gone, Harold Hays?
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976Did 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.
Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009
Outliers
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976A couple of months ago I read Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers. At the risk of oversimplifying it, it's about the unusual or unexpected factors in life that set up one person for success and another for failure.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 2009
Notes from backstage
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976I 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.
Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009
The best without a major title
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976I 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.
Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009
The best without a major title
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976I 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.
Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009
The best without a major title
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976A few months back, I wrote a column about the best angler who never won a BASS event and concluded that it was Paul Chamblee. I wrote another column about the best angler who never won the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year award and decided it was Tommy Martin. But who is the greatest angler who never won a major championship — that is, a Bassmaster Classic or an Angler of the Year title?
Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009
What's on your bass bucket list?
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976The first time I ever heard the term "bucket list" was when watching a commercial for the Jack Nicholson/Morgan Freeman movie, where the two characters list the things they want to accomplish before they "kick the bucket." Here are some of the things that would have to be on my bass fishing bucket list.
Story | Conversation | September 02, 2009
What's on your bass bucket list?
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976The first time I ever heard the term "bucket list" was when watching a commercial for the Jack Nicholson/Morgan Freeman movie. You know the concept, I'm sure.
Story | Conversation | August 25, 2009
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