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Storming to the top

By Lynn Burkhead
ESPNOutdoors.com

Thursday, August 7, 2008

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — On a day when mere survival appeared to be the order of the day, local co-angler Ron Plocek dodged the severe weather gripping the Oneida Lake region of central New York to bolt to the Day One lead. Thanks to his co-angler limit of three bass weighing 10 pounds, 13 ounces, the 42-year-old from Liverpool, N.Y., took the early lead in the final co-angler event to ever be held on the Bassmaster Elite Series circuit. When asked what he used to catch his mixed bag of smallmou ...

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