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Bass Madness: Bigmouths, Big Money, and Big Dreams at the Bassmaster Classic

America’s foremost fishing authority goes behind the scenes at the 2005 and 2006 CITGO Bassmaster Classic, the Super Bowl of professional bass fishing

Competitive bass fishing has hit the big time, with weekly bass fishing shows on ESPN2; fan magazines such as Bassmaster, which boasts a circulation of 550,000; and Web sites like bassfan.com, which has one million monthly readers. In this fascinating chronicle, Schultz takes us along as he covers the sport’s iconic event, the Bassmaster Classic, in 2005 and 2006. He observes elite anglers (such as Mike Iocanelli, a hyperactive 32-year-old who yells at his fish), talks to the sport’s rabid fans, shares the history and lore of America’s most popular game fish, and explores whether the success and marketing of competitive bass fishing is undermining the sport itself.

Ken Schultz (Forestburgh, NY) was a commentator for the weekly show BassCenter on ESPN2 and is the Fishing Editor and a featured columnist for ESPNOutdoors.com. For three decades, he was fishing editor and a staff writer at Field & Stream. He is also the author of the award-winning Ken Schultz’s Fishing Encyclopedia: Worldwide Angling Guide (0-02-862057-7).

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