might have to cut and paste the URL, depending on your news clients.

Make sure you get all of it ending in .html


I'm eager to hear Ronnie's take -- but it looks like the local Ky boys
are leading -- wonder if it is the home water advantage -- or the fact
that this is river fishing vs lake fishing..... interesting stuff.


In go-bassn wrote:
None of these links appear to be working Fritz...

Warren

wrote in message
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Ronnie has 3 fish today but not a great day in general for the GA
team.

http://espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmast..._KY_Southern__
day2. html

tough water to fish in and the level is now dropping.......




In
wrote:
Ouch! Tough day

Standings here
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmast...D_KY_Southern_
stand_ day1.html

Story:

PADUCAH, Ky. ? Federation anglers fishing the CITGO BASS Federation
Southern Divisional presented by Busch Beer had a tougher time
launching their boats than catching fish Wednesday. The first of
three rounds of competition saw the Tennessee, Ohio and Cumberland
Rivers near flood stage, but anglers managed to find fish despite
the muddy, fast-moving waters. Alabama's John Welborn jumped out
to the early lead, bringing in 16 pounds, 1 ounce of bass to lead
both his team and the overall standings, but said credit was due
to his partner. Anglers from each of the seven state teams fish
with a different partner from a competing state each day. "I had
a good partner today. He put me on them," Welborn said. "I got
big bites today. I was just hoping to catch 8 or 10 pounds and I
didn't catch a fish until 10:30. From 10:30 to 11:30 I caught five.
I was fishing deep with a Carolina rig." The anglers fishing the
BASS Federation Southern Divisional are competing for a $23, 000
top prize that will go to the winning state federation. The top
angler from each of the seven states making up the Southern
Division will advance to the world championship of amateur bass
fishing, next spring's CITGO BASS Federation Championship
presented by Busch beer.

From there, the top angler from each of the five geographic BASS
divisions will advance to the crown jewel of bass fishing, the
CITGO Bassmaster Classic presented by Busch Beer.
That chance is something
that Kentucky's team leader, Kaoru O'Bryan, is chasing up and down
river.

"Bass fishing is about making the right decisions," O'Bryan said.
"I had a great partner. We had our limit by eight o'clock and I'll
tell you, we were bored the rest of the day. "We tried to find
different areas and different things, but what's bad about this
place is that the three bodies of water are so far apart that it
so hard to go all the way up to Cumberland and then make the run
all the way down ? so you have to dedicate your whole time to one
area. "I'm just thinking about helping our team and trying to
make sure I get five good bites each day and what happens at the
end is what happens at the end. I just need to help our team and
catch 5 or 10 pounds each day." The big bass of the day was
brought in by North Carolina's Charles Davis. If his 5-11 bass
holds out to be the biggest in competition, Davis will receive $1,
000 from Purolator for the Purolator Big Bass of the Tournament.
Day two of the Southern Divisional will take place Thursday at J.R.
's Executive Inn in Paducah, Ky. Launch is at 6:15 a. m., with the
weigh-in beginning at 2:45 p.m. BASS is the world's largest
fishing organization, sanctioning more than 20,000 tournaments
worldwide through its Federation. The CITGO Bassmaster Tournament
Trail is the oldest and most prestigious pro bass- fishing
tournament circuit and continues to set the standard for
credibility, professionalism and sportsmanship as it has since 1968.

BASS Federation sponsors include CITGO Petroleum Corp., Busch Beer,
Purolator, Triton Boats, Skeeter Boats, Mercury Marine, Yamaha
Outboards, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Lowrance Electronics, Flowmaster
Exhaust Systems, MotorGuide, Bass Pro Shops, Evan Williams and
BankOne. Associate Sponsors include G3 Boats. Local Sponsors
include J.R.'s Executive Inn and the Kentucky BASS Federation.



In go-bassn wrote:
Hugh,mine is next week, Thursday & Friday. Sure it doesn't start
tomorrow?

WW
wrote in message
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Dunno, I got all confused ***doh!*** and thought they started
Sunday ... couldn't figure out why BASS didn't have a thing on
their site about it.

Today was first day, I imagine they are mid - weigh in as I type.





In go-bassn wrote:
hows r guy ronnie doin fritz?

Warren

wrote in message
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DOH My bad, I had the wrong dates. they are still in
practice day

In zenbasser1@aol.
com wrote:
Anyone know or have a link to BASS Federation Southern
divisional daily standings?


BASS web site is weeks slow and out dated