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Accidental blessing

By Steve Bowman
ESPNOutdoors.com

Friday, June 12, 2009

An accident that took place on the first day of the Genuity River Rumble could have marred this event and its memory for several years. As it turned out, an unfortunate, almost freakish accident revealed the true nature of some of the anglers on the Bassmaster Elite Series. The accident occurred on Day One of the River Rumble when the Marshal for Elite angler Derek Remitz, Jerry Van Sickle of Oelwein, Iowa, was thrown from the boat. Remitz was following a line of anglers into one of the backwa ...

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