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Ol' Stump Jumper

By Louie Stout
Senior Writer, Bassmaster Magazine

Saturday, February 21, 2009

SHREVEPORT — If it weren't for the fancy Kinami Baits logo wrapped on the gunnels of Steve Kennedy's boat, you'd think he was just one of the locals pitching to the stumps in the Red River backwaters. However, Kennedy was one of 51 Bassmaster Classic contenders and one of only two contestants fishing from an aluminum boat. Rick Clunn is the other. While Clunn fishes from a new Tracker, Kennedy's rig is an old Triton flat bottom that he and his father bought a few years ago. The 18-footer ...

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