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June 27, 2006

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Selected for College Bass Fishing’s Biggest Tournament Arkansas River City Has Storied Bass Fishing History

Rick Clunn, the man recently voted “Greatest Bass Angler of All Time,” became a legend in Pine Bluff, Arkansas more than two decades ago, when he blew away the competition and shared his victory on stage with then Vice President George H. Bush and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton.

This August college bass anglers from across the country will look to make their own history when they compete in the second annual College Smash-Mouth Bass Fishing Championship on the Arkansas River in Pine Bluff August 26-29. “The city of Pine Bluff is excited that College Smash-Mouth Bass is coming to our area which was known as the Bass Capital of the World in the mid 1980's,” says Pine Bluff Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Director Greg Gustek. “With two back to back Bassmaster Classics, Pine Bluff was put on the map as a tournament fishery and is still thriving today.”

Thirty five colleges and universities are participating in sanctioned College Smash-Mouth events and are scheduled to compete in the event. After qualifying events at each school the top two anglers with the most qualifying points move on to the Smash-Mouth finale. In Pine Bluff those student anglers will work as a team, representing their school in college bass fishing’s national championship.

Defending champion, Stephen F. Austin will return two new anglers in an effort to repeat. Schools like Oregon, Iowa, Alabama, Kentucky and Texas Tech will look to capture their first Smash-Mouth Championship and bring bass fishing glory back to campus this fall. During the event all student anglers will be a part of festivities surrounding the CITGO Bassmaster Legends event that will be held that same weekend in nearby Little Rock, Arkansas. The College Smash-Mouth Bass Championship is the largest college bass fishing event in the world and will be televised to more than 90 million households on ESPN2 and ESPNU in September.
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College Smash-Mouth Bass is owned and operated by JM Associates, Inc. CS-MB sanctions more than seventy bass fishing events for clubs at college and universities around the country. For more
information about College Smash-Mouth Bass log on to www.collegebass.com or contact David Healy
at 888-372-6544.