Top b ass man is Japanese [no more]

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Japan's Shinichi Fukae Poised to Make Bass-Fishing History on Lake Champlain Open
PR Newswire -
BENTON, Ky., June 16 /PRNewswire/ --Reigning Japan Bass Angler of the Year Shinichi Fukae of Osaka, Japan, is poised to make professional bass- fishing history in New York on Lake Champlain June 23-26 if he holds on to his 33-point lead over his closest American challenger to win the Wal-Mart FLW Tour's coveted Land O'Lakes Angler of the Year title....
...top American anglers visiting Japan for fishing tackle shows, which attract extraordinary crowds, are often mobbed by autograph seekers and treated with rock-star-like reverence. "I've been there five times, and basically every time it has been absolutely insane," said Randy Blaukat, a Fujifilm pro from Lamar, Mo., who is also sponsored by Japanese lure maker Megabass. "The last time I was there, people stood in a line that stretched at least 300 yards ....

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Japan's Shinichi Fukae Poised to Make Bass-Fishing History on Lake Champlain Open
PR Newswire -
BENTON, Ky., June 16 /PRNewswire/ --....

Catch of the day
AL.com, AL - August 1
CHARLOTTE -After spending most of his life growing up in Japan, it is unlikely that 2004 Bassmaster Classic winner Takahiro Omori understands many American sayings like "saving the best for last."
... Omori caught two bass with five minutes remaining Sunday to win bass fishing's world championship and become the first foreign-born angler to win the event in its 34 years.

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Takahiro Omori, formerly of Tokyo, Japan...during the 2005 Bassmaster Classic near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 30, 2005. Omori, the first international angler to win the Classic in 2004, did not make the cut in this year's tournament, catching only two small fish during days one and two of the event.
REUTERS/ July 30, 2005

[Greji]

Takahiro Omori, formerly of Tokyo, Japan...during the 2005 Bassmaster Classic near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 30, 2005. Omori, the first international angler to win the Classic in 2004, did not make the cut in this year's tournament, catching only two small fish during days one and two of the event

What will they do now? The dream of the J-media is a J-champion of an international event!

This will be tough to crow about since at home they have just declared the black bass an alien species that must be exterminated at once! I know, they will get Blinky to issue a statement that it was a new unsavory trend by the alien bass to embarass the country and discriminate against Japanese hooks and lures!

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