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2006 Jr. World Bassmasters Classic 02/17/2006 - Day One
The week was busy for me, trash day is on Wednesday around my house and I "forgot" to take it out. Mom let is "slide" this time, since I was in a mind set a little out of the norm. I had to take all of my 6 weeks test on Thursday since I would be on an airplane on Friday morning headed to Orlando International. I also had to run 3 miles to make up for the track practices I would be missing, pack and think strategy for a lake I had never fished before. No pressure. Friday afternoon we registered for the tournament and received a lot of "stuff" from product sponsors. We were given hats, t-shirts, a blanket with the BASS logo on it (they came in handy on Sunday when the cold front moved in), life jackets, lures, tackle boxes, worms and other "stuff". Christmas came early! Next we were off to orientation and a banquet dinner with the world's top 50 anglers and their families.
Bedtime came early. That 4:30 wake up call came earlier! 02/18/2006 - Day Two Stay Tuned! |
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Awesome
is one word to describe the trip to the 2006 Jr. World Bassmasters
Classic, but there is also unforgettable. If you are a kid
that aspires to fish to pay his bills one day, or a grown man, and
you get the opportunity to fish with the world's top 50 anglers,
that is certainly an unforgettable trip to Kissimmee, Florida.
At
the banquet that night we ate dinner with the pros. We had
some kind of Italian chicken and lasagna, with green beans, I think.
We didn't care what we were eating, all we wanted to do was take
pictures, get autographs and shake these guy's hands. We had
been turned loose in a candy store.
There
are two age groups that compete in the Jr. Classic, 11-14 year olds
and 15 - 18 year olds. There is one angler from each age group
and a pro angler in each boat. The pro angler that we fished
with was 
