I had the plesure of taking out Derek Brugman and his son  from North Carolina.
It was an exciting morning on the water, The Brugman guys 
boated about 12 bass in the morning with a monster 8 1/2 lbs Largemouth Bass. 
Derek was here his son, who is medical student at Nova  University.

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ESPN Inc., announced Tuesday that it has finalized the sale of BASS, LLC to a group of investors including Don Logan, Jerry McKinnis and Jim Copeland.  An agreement in principle was announced in August by ESPN and the transaction was completed Monday.

BASS is the largest membership organization of bass anglers in the U.S. with more than 500,000 members.  It was purchased by ESPN in 2001 and includes several media platforms, including three magazines and a popular web site.  The investor group is a powerful combination of business acumen and superior knowledge of the outdoors industry.

With the completion of the transaction, the purchasing party assumes ownership of BASS and will run the Celebration, Fla.,-based company.  As part of the agreement, ESPN will continue to air BASS core television programming assets – the Bassmaster Elite Series and Bassmaster Classic – for multiple years.

“We are proud of our employees’ contribution to BASS this past decade and we are pleased to continue ESPN’s association going forward,” said George Bodenheimer, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, ESPN. Inc.  “Under the direction of Don Logan, Jerry McKinnis and Jim Copeland, BASS will be well positioned to serve angler’s interests for many years to come.”

Investor and outdoorsman McKinnis has a long and rich history with ESPN as the host of the network’s second longest-running show, The Fishin’ Hole, which aired from 1980 until 2007.  McKinnis, who has been involved in outdoors television since hosting a fishing show for KATV in Little Rock, Ark., in 1964, has developed a special connection with outdoorsman and anglers with his innovative programming and accessibility. (more…)

The last of October trick n treating for Peacock bass with  Arnold Resnick and his good buddy . It was another great day on the water for catching the hard fighting bass.  These guys boated 27 fish for the up to 4 lbs. I’m looking forword the 
fishing with Arnold again in November.

From Staff Writer Capt. Tony Masiello (tonym@bassonline.com)
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Peacock Bass fishing with Palm Beach Charles Dominique on two boat trip.   These guys were great, using livebait they group caught of 50 exotic, beautiful, hard fighting, Peacock bass. This has become an annual event for Charles and his friends.  Looking forward fishing again with you.

Till next time tight lines and good fishing….
From Staff Writer Capt. Brett Isackson (bretti@bassonline.com)
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