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1) KVD 2) Hank 3) Ike Honorable Mention - Brauer, Martens, & Clunn. This really is a tough one. I like my top three, super tough competitors and proven winners. The HM are jsut fellows I have heard speak and really enjoyed what and how I learned.

I have twice caught smallies weighing 6lb 14 ozs, the first on the Columbia River at Vantage, WA. Split-shotting 4-inch watermelon zoom lizard in 10 feet of water. Second was on a Lucky Craft 100 pointer in gold over a grass bed in 10 feet of water on Banks Lake in Washington, fishing at night. Good solid fish. Have heard of many 7lb+ fish out of the Columbia River from Grand Coulee to Portland.