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Weekend Series Championship

Nation's top weekend anglers take to the water for a chance to fish at the highest level as they compete for a chance to gain entry into the 2011 Bassmaster Classic in New Orleans.

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On the cutting edge

This week we're going to talk about a dream I've had for a longtime; making new lures. I started messing with them when I was about 10 years old. I'd use a butane lighter to melt plastics together to make new shapes and designs. When I wasn't doing that, I was refinishing hardbaits with fingernail polish.

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Junior World champs

In what could be the most hotly contested Junior Bassmaster World Championship ever, Alex Wetherell and Chris Catucci, both from the Eastern Division, captured Junior World Championship titles.

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Late fall baits, Part 2

It's important to remember that these fish are still feeding heavily. With that in mind, I start with something that moves and elicits a reaction bite. For me that's a LaserLure crankbait. I want one that runs just a little deeper than the underwater structure and that matches the hatch.

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Get creative with colors

Soft plastic manufacturers are doing a good job of giving anglers excellent colors, but there are times when you may need to tweak a bait to suit your need or preference.

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Late fall baits, part 1

This topic gets two parts because it's a little bit complicated, and because it's the one time of the year that you can have the best day of your life on the water.

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Never stop learning

We at The Bass University adopted "Never Stop Learning" as our motto because we believe that bass fishing is a never ending educational process. No matter how long we fish, or at what level we fish, we'll never know it all.

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The art of deflection

The term "deflection" gets thrown around a lot when anglers talk about fishing lures on the bottom or around cover.

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