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GEORGE KRaMER
California native George Kramer has covered the bass fishing scene for the better part of four decades, including most of the major competitive events and angling records over that span. He has written hundreds of news stories, columns and magazine features, plus a pair of bass fishing books, and hopes to complete a third (The Triangle of Fishing) later this year.
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JIM noVoTnY
Jim Novotny is a full-time Fire Captain/Paramedic and part time professional angler. He has 16 years tournament fishing experience and has several first place team tournament finishes in West Coast Bass, ABA, Anglers Choice tournaments including a 1st place finish at ABA Clearlake fish off in 2001, winning a Nitro 882 bassboat with a Mercury 175 outboard. Novotny is a seminar speaker and published author on fishing related topics in Bass Anglers Guide magazine and Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits (GYCB) inside-line magazine. He can often be found as a sports show participant representing companies such as Dobyns Rods and Cost del Mar sunglasses
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JODY onlY
Jody Only has been fishing her entire life and team fishes bass tournaments with her husband. She has been a writer in the healthcare/psychiatric industry for over ten years. Jody is a columnist, freelance sports and outdoor writer and photographer and a member of the OWAC. Jody is a featured columnist for the Examiner as the Stockton Fishing reporter and the National Bass Fishing reporter. She is an ongoing contributor to the International print publication Bass Angler Magazine along with BassWest USA, NorCal Fishing News and Advanced Angler. In December Jody nailed the cover shot for the Bass Angler Magazine with a creative image of Bub Tosh busting through a hyacinth mat helping the publication to the first ever sellout in its 20-year history. Here she is pictured with a Delta double digit.
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JOHN baRRon
John Barron,originallyfromPasoRobles,Ca,startedfishingbasstournamentswiththeSanLuisObispo Bass Ambushers in theearly80’s.OvertheyearsBarronhasfishedthefollowingcircuits:USBass,West Coast Bass, Western Bass,WONBass,AnglersChoiceandTopStickProAms.He’stheOwnerTopStick Teamswww.topsticktour.com.Whenhe’snotfishing,JohnhasbeentheWesternStatesDivisionManger foranationalindustrialconstructioncompanyfor34years.Hehasamarvelousmarriageof24yearswitha blended family that includesfourboysandeightgrandchildren,allofwhomlovetofish.Hiscurrentsponsors include:RangerBoats,MercuryMotors,RevengeBaits,DobynsRods,AnglersMarine,MaximaFishingLine, Costa Del MarFishingGlasses,RoboWorms,ColumbiaSpeciality,CaliforniaSandblastingTrollingMotorDr.
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