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  • Kriet: Winning the Battle
    on the Water and Within

    Published: February 8, 2013

    When Jack Link’s Major League Fishing pro Jeff Kriet enters championship day, he can't afford to overlook the obvious; this final day at Chautauqua Lake is one of the biggest fishing days in the Oklahoma pro's career. Read More

  • Monroe: Docks, Backup Plans and Bananas

    Published: February 8, 2013

    In the Elimination and Sudden Death Rounds, for pro Ish Monroe, it's been all about getting in the boat, idling out from the dock, getting to the zone of competition, putting the trolling motor down and just going fishing. Read More

  • Train Wrecks, Big Bass and
    Keeping it All Together

    Published: February 8, 2013

    Jack Link’s Major League Fishing analyst Marty Stone says the Championship Round is all about one thing: keeping the train wreck from happening. Read More

  • Man in the Moon Could Be the X-Factor

    Published: February 8, 2013

    Jack Link’s Major League Fishing analyst Marty Stone thinks the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup Champion could be decided by a personality overlooked by many observers during the event. Read More

  • Hackney Building, Adapting
    and Fishing with Heroes

    Published: February 7, 2013

    During the Summit Cup competition on western New York's beautiful Chautauqua Lake, the dock talk has been ... well, it's been about the docks and the bass that are biting around them on the 13,000-acre body of water. Read More

  • Fishing Event to Make a Splash on NBC

    Published: February 7, 2013

    Viewers are invited to tune in to NBC on Saturday, February 9, at 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT for a special airing of the Championship Round of the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup. Read More

  • Brauer Pulling Out the Blinders for Finals

    Published: February 6, 2013

    After a legendary career that has seen Denny Brauer accomplish virtually everything an angler can accomplish in the sport of professional bass fishing, how does he plan to go out and fish his first championship round? Read More

  • Major League Lessons: Dock Fishing 101

    Published: February 6, 2013

    Major League Fishing on Outdoor Channel will take a one-week break from the competition portion of the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup coverage to air Major League Lessons, a tips and techniques special edition of its weekly show. Read More

  • Major League Fishing Gets Vicious

    Published: February 6, 2013

    Jack Link’s Major League Fishing has announced that Vicious Fishing has joined the league’s prestigious and diverse group of sponsors. Vicious Fishing, based in Dora, Alabama, produces premium fishing line, apparel and other angling products. Read More

  • Grigsby First to Punch Finals
    Ticket on Sudden Death Day 2

    Published: February 5, 2013

    In Sudden Death Day 2, Major League Fishing pro Shaw Grigsby was the first to cross the 24-pound cutline and punch his ticket to the finals of the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup on Chautauqua Lake. Read More

  • Quinn First to Punch Ticket to Finals

    Published: February 4, 2013

    In a neck-and-neck race among three anglers, Major League Fishing pro Jason Quinn was the first to cross the 24-pound cutline and punch his ticket to the finals of the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup on Chautauqua Lake. Read More

  • Adverse Wind to Test Angler Skill and
    Composure During Sudden Death Day 2

    Published: January 29, 2013

    To say that the wind is supposed to blow during Sudden Death Day 2 in Western New York would be ... well, it would be a serious understatement. That's the challenge facing anglers as the competition continues at the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup on Chautauqua Lake. Read More

  • Chautauqua Institution Meets Major
    League Fishing – And Vice-Versa

    Published: January 27, 2013

    Bill Clinton was the last president to speak here, but there have been many. Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his “I Hate War” speech from the amphitheater. It’s a place where leaders, philosophers and trend-setters from both sides of the ideological spectrum are featured. Read More

  • Davis Goes Wire to Wire on Day 3

    Published: January 27, 2013

    Jack Link's Major League Fishing angler Mark Davis goes wire to wire across three periods to take the top qualifying spot of Elimination Day 3 at the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup on Chautauqua Lake. Read More

  • The Race to 24 Pounds in Primetime

    Published: January 24, 2013

    Jack Link’s Major League Fishing anglers scramble to reach a 24-pound cutline during Episode 4 of the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup, which will air in primetime Thursday, January 24, at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on Outdoor Channel. Read More

  • 'Sudden Death' Pressure Cooker

    Published: January 22, 2013

    Beautiful, serene Chautauqua Lake is about to become an explosive aquatic pressure cooker. That's because this fourth day of the event marks the beginning of the Sudden Death rounds at the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup competition on the picturesque Western New York lake. Read More

  • Ish Holds Off Kriet on Day 2

    Published: January 18, 2013

    Jack Link's Major League Fishing angler Ish Monroe came alive in the second and third periods to overtake Jeff Kriet, capturing the top qualifying spot of Elimination Day 2 at the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup on Chautauqua Lake. Read More

  • Another Primetime Battle to the Finish

    Published: January 16, 2013

    For the second episode in a row, two anglers battle to the end of the final period to earn a spot in the Sudden Death Round of the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup, which will air in primetime Thursday, January 17, at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on Outdoor Channel. Read More

  • Will Largemouth Continue to Prevail?

    Published: January 15, 2013

    Smallmouth bass or largemouth bass? Heading into the third and final Elimination Round, that was one of the storylines discussed at the Jack Link's Major League Fishing 2013 General Tire Summit Cup event at Chautauqua Lake. Read More

  • Looking for Big Mo at Chautauqua

    Published: January 15, 2013

    Boyd Duckett is no stranger to fishing success. Or to having Big Bass Mo - the bass angling version of momentum - riding shotgun in his bass rig. Read More