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War stories

By Steve Wright
ESPNOutdoors.com

Thursday, July 31, 2008

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The youngest member of the Bassmaster Elite Series, 20-year-old rookie Cory Waldrop, knew he was in trouble when he found himself standing in knee-deep water — in his boat. And Waldrop didn't even have his outboard motor started when his Skeeter began filling to the brim. "My motor was hydro-locked," Waldrop said. "I was back there tinkering with it when the waves started coming over (the stern)." The story has a happy ending, like everyone else's on the opening da ...

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