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Lowen finds bronze mine

By Steve Wright and Lynn Burkhead
ESPNOutdoors.com

Sunday, August 10, 2008

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Bill Lowen had barely seen a smallmouth this week at Oneida Lake during practice and the first two days of competition in the Bassmaster Elite Series Champion's Choice presented by Ramada Worldwide. And that was intentional. Lowen, a self-proclaimed Ohio river rat, cut his teeth targeting largemouth bass in the shallow water of river systems. "I don't use electronics," said the 33-year-old Lowen, only half-jokingly. "I fish in knee-deep water. "I don't have to stick my ...

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