B.A.S.S. Pics

[Old_Coot]

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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]I Just got back from a business trip to Montgomery, Alabama. I was eating breakfast at the motel the first morning when a lady sat down at our table and we began a little chit-chat about why we were there. As it turns out, she was the tournament director for all of the CITGO BASSMASTER competitions. She informed me that the B.A.S.S. headquarters was just a block away from where we were staying![/size][/black][/font]

[font "Arial"][black][size 3]That day, during lunch, I went and bought a cheepO disposable camera and took a few pics of all the boats and sponsor vehicles that were getting ready for the big weekend BASMASTER Shootout.[/size][/black][/font]

[font "Arial"][black][size 3]It was quite interesting to hear from her all the details about getting ready for a Shootout or a Classic and how the locations are kept highly secret from the contestants until they get their plane tickets. [/size][/black][/font]

[font "Arial"][black][size 3]Here is a pic of the B.A.S.S. headquarters in Montgomery (moving to Florida).[/size][/black][/font]

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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]Here are the Outdoor World and CITGO trucks:[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]CITGO truck and boat:[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]Triton truck:[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]Berkley truck:[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]Berkley truck and boat:[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]Busch truck:[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]Busch truck and boat:[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]These are the Triton boats that are given to (loaned to) the contestants to use during the contest. There were about 20 of them:[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]They all have Mercury 225 Optimaxes:[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Arial"][black][size 3]The tour director showered me with B.A.S.S. souvenirs like a couple different baseball caps, a BASSMASTERS towel to use while fishing, some B.A.S.S. patches, and a copy of the 2004 BASSMASTER Clasic on CD. Cool![/size][/black][/font]

[font "Arial"][black][size 3]As I always do when I travel, I had my fishing photo album with me. I showed it to her. She was pretty impressed with the big lake trout and tiger musky we have out west. And, she thought the wipers were "beautiful". (I always take my photo album with on business trips. Always makes for fun conversations. I know, it's a little vain and immature. But it's part of the passion.)[/size][/black][/font]
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[tomegun]

[black]Thats cool, I bet it was fun. Are you the reason they are now moving to Florida?[/black]
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[DonInDenver]

Thanks for sharing that with us, Old Coot-

That looks like it was a lot of fun!
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[UTBASS]

Way cool! Us Bass Fisherman would have payed big money to be in your shoes! That's Cool Man!
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