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The One that Got Away

By Mark Tucker
BASS Member since 1992

Thursday, September 17, 2009

My story is from this year. It's a tough one, because this one fish may have ended my career. It was at the Elite Series event at Guntersville. On Day 1, I had about 20 pounds in the well, and I was throwing a Picasso spinnerbait when a big fish hit. As soon as I saw how big it was, I kind of hurried up and rushed him in. When it got to the boat, I saw it was an honest 7-pounder. In my excitement, I bent down to lip it and when I did I accidentally hit the power tilt on the throttle. When that ...

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