Willie Lee wins derby

September 21, 2022 Field Reporter Fishing Reports

Six-year-old Willie Lee aka “Hammer Time” caught this 3.10 pound bass from Bayou Lacombe on a Booyah Pad Crasher to win an evening derby against 7 men.

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SLU freshman Grayson Aguillard, left, and SLU senior Champ Morales stick out the “pigs” they stuck to win it all April 4 in the Louisiana B.A.S.S. Nation College Series regular-season finale at Caney Lake.

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Charles Thompson cradles a big bass he caught on a swim jig at Caddo Lake.

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After Pad Crashers and Poppin’ Pad Crashers were released, Booyah’s plastic frog line got so popular it is one of the company’s best sellers.[…]

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