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Professional Angler-top tier performer and
currently ranked 6th in the nation on the Woman's
Bassmaster Tour.
She has been mentioned
or featured in every 4th issue of the 2008
Bassmaster magazine.
Professional Guide on Lake Okeechobee and
nearby bodies of water. Capt. Angie will work with
you as your guide to teach you the latest techniques
and offer tips that can help you today.
Contributing Writer to "Woods 'N Waters" Lake
Okeechobee Reports. Monthly publication focused on
the year round bass fisheries in Florida and
adjoining southern states.
Contributing Writer "Fishing Lake Okeechobee
from Clewiston”¼.Outdoors
Florida.
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BASS
Reporter's Notebook: With A Little Help from Her
Friends, Angie
Douthit Makes it to This Week's Historic WBT
Championship in Arkansas
Angie
Douthit, a Women's Bassmaster Tour presented by
Academy Sports &
Outdoors pro from Clewiston, Fla., likely would
not be one of the 20
pros in this week's Women's Bassmaster Tour
Championship presented by
Academy Sports & Outdoors in Hot Springs, Ark.,
if not for an unusual
sponsor.
"Actually,
it's a person I've never met," Douthit said of
her good
Samaritan. "His name is Doug Chapman, and he's
from Odessa, Texas. He's
a friend of Debra Hengst, who fishes the WBT
trail too. She made a phone
call to Doug to see if he'd help me out (with
expenses) before the Old
Hickory event in June. He did, and then he
helped me at Clarks Hill and
with the Championship.
"He did it
because he has a very good job, but can't get
off to fish
much, and he wanted to support me because I'm so
enthusiastic about bass
fishing. He's just glad to help out."
Two friends
have opened their homes to Douthit, who earned
her first
Championship berth by finishing in seventh place
in the Toyota Tundra
WBT Angler of the Year points race.
Fellow WBT
pro Sharon Rushton invited Douthit to her
Missouri home so
Douthit wouldn't have to travel back to Florida
between the Oct. 12
cutoff, after which competition waters are
off-limits, and the start of
the championship. Then Bobby and Sylvia Murray
invited Douthit and her
husband, Chet, to stay at their Hot Springs home
during the event. Bobby
Murray holds the title to the first Bassmaster
Classic, in 1971, and
will attend the WBT Championship. More on
Murray's presence at the WBT
Championship can be found below.
Douthit
likes her chances to win the Oct. 23-25
championship on Lake
Hamilton. She said during practice she found a
largemouth bite, a key to
a bigger limit on Lake Hamilton, known for its
spotted bass.
"I caught
some nice fish in practice," she said. "They
were good-sized
keepers. I practiced up until the cutoff, as
most of us did, but now
temperatures are getting colder in the evenings,
and that's going to
change the pattern that worked before the
cutoff. I practiced for both
patterns.
"I feel
really good about my chances."
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