Early on Monday, Randy Amenrud woke up around 2 a.m. not able to sleep and not knowing what to do. He got dressed in his fishing outfit, readied the boat, loaded the rods, reels, and tackle boxes, and went back inside his room at the Rainbow Motel here. He went […]
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Jim Barnick lived the high life Monday. He was able to do the two things he loves most in this world in the same day—fishing in the morning, with baseball coming in the afternoon. Barnick, from Hollywood, Fla., is an angler competing in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship later […]
Young anglers had the first crack at the bass yesterday during the Kid-Pro tournament held annually in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Each participant fished with at least one adult angler who will be competing in the FFCBC later this week, taking pictures of their catch, recording […]
They’re not here to lose, they’ve come to win—or at least make it inside the big tent for the final weigh-in a week from Saturday. No other result will be good enough for Ted Krause and Brent Lake in this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, which runs next Thursday […]
It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t graceful, and it certainly wasn’t routine, but Taggs took what they had and netted a 2-1 victory against Curves yesterday evening in women’s Borderland Soccer Association action. Taggs had a some extra motivation going into the game after being trounced by Curves 7-2 the previous […]
We were sitting in the lower part of the Kitchen Creek clubhouse last Wednesday around 2 p.m. “Snake” Krawchuk took a seat on a semi-comfortable chair, placed his arms on the rests, and leaned back. He wore a red golf shirt with basche shorts and a white Cleveland golf hat […]
She has braked the ache, nuttered, butter slided, durfed, loaded the line, burnt the toast, teared an eyelid, and even suffered from an occasional kook. But now, former Fort Frances resident Tressa Main would like to “spread the love” of wakeboarding by holding a clinic in her hometown and where […]
Entries are now being accepted for the second-annual Rick Pearson Memorial golf tournament which is slated for Monday, Aug. 2 at Kitchen Creek. The entry fee is $50 per person, which includes a round of golf, a steak dinner, and prizes. Each foursome also is required to collect at least […]
The last team to leave the dock Saturday morning wound up taking first place in the fourth-annual “Castin’ For Cash” tournament at Lake Despair. First-time partners Greg Swire (Devlin) and Don Copenace (Nestor Falls) came in Saturday with a whopping weight of 14.08 pounds for their five bass, then added […]
With the fourth-annual “Castin’ for Cash” bass derby coming up this weekend on Lake Despair, I headed out Monday to try my luck with the fish. Granted, the weather wasn’t great—but if The Weather Network can be trusted, this weekend is supposed to be beautiful. Some 56 teams have signed […]
The man stands six feet tall and pushes the scales at 225 pounds, he smokes close to a pack of cigarettes a day, a beer is fancied every so often, and he enjoys the taste of grease on his hotdogs and hamburgers. Not the normal credentials for an athlete, but […]
Don’t tell Ken Anderson he’s crazy for racing. He’s heard it before from his family, his friends, and co-workers. But they never convinced him to give up his obsession with race car driving, so the chances you would are slim. And besides, who wants to argue with a guy with […]
