Before any of this happened, though, I had to make sure the Ranger livewells would operate well enough to keep the fish alive for the weigh-in. I called Mickey Wood at Ranger Boats and told him that I needed to know how good the livewells worked and this is what I needed him to do.
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The Bassmaster AOY race was headed by two-year pro Jimmy Houston with Bill Dance in a close second. Tommy Martin, Don Mann and Roger Moore rounded out the top 5.
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The second day of the event Thomas made a run for the Theodosia area and put eight bass in the boat for 15-14, the top daily weight of the tournament.
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“Before that the top anglers didn’t think much of us at all. They didn’t even think we had bass out west much less than whether or not we could compete with them. After the Open, though, anglers like Roland [Martin] and Jimmy [Houston] would actually tell sponsors that we were good fishermen.
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1975 Bassmaster Tournament Patches is a gallery of Bassmaster Tournament Patches from the collection of Jeff Haines.
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1976 Bassmaster Tournament Patches is a gallery of Bassmaster Tournament Patches from the collection of Jeff Haines.
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1977 Bassmaster Tournament Patches is a gallery of Bassmaster Tournament Patches from the collection of Jeff Haines.
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