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All Quiet on the Record Front

By Ken Duke
Bassmaster.com

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Seventy-seven years ago today George Washington Perry and Jack Page launched a small wooden boat on an oxbow off the Ocmulgee River and made bass fishing history. They took turns casting the only rod and reel and "ready-made" lure (a Creek Chub Fintail Shiner) they had between them. While one fished, the other paddled the boat. Fortunately for Perry, he was holding the rod when he saw a disturbance in the shallows near a submerged stump. He made a cast and connected almost immediately. "I tho ...

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