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Along with putting away a couple hundred pounds of great brisket, chicken and sausage, just a deep fly ball away from Houston's Minute Maid Park, the high school and college age anglers attending the special Shimano reception also plenty of time to try out some new tackle. The Shimano SET crew took over the Jackson Street BBQ parking lot and turned it into practice casting lanes. Shimano photo with permission.


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He might not have had a great Classic 2017, but crowd pleaser Gerald Swindle demonstrated his heart for others in Houston. Swindle shaved his impressive beard for charity, raising more than $22,000 for breast cancer research.


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Houston is a major metropolitan area, but the love for fishing was obvious in the long lines that waited -patiently- each day for the Classic Expo to open.


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B.A.S.S. has made it plain that one of the strategies in their future is a larger internet presence. Over the weekend, bass fishing enthusiasts across the country were able to watch the action live via the internet.