By Mitch Calvert, Fort Frances Times LTD.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Matt Christy of Superior, Wis. and partner Chris Hay of Brooklyn Centre, Mn. had a great day on the waters of Rainy Lake yesterday after bringing in an 18.88-pound bag to sit in second place behind defending champs Jim Moynagh and Joe Thrun after Day 1 of the 15th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.
There’s a familiar team atop the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championships standings after Day 1, but they’re far from in the clear.

By Mitch Calvert, Fort Frances Times LTD.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Chad Buist and Rick Cooper of Fort Frances (Team #141) roared out from under the Causeway en route to the north arm of Rainy Lake this morning to begin the 15th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.

FORT FRANCES—A field of 124 teams took to the waters of Rainy Lake early Thursday morning to kick off the 15th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.

By Mitch Calvert, Fort Frances Times LTD.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

        Conditions have been far from ideal for those teams pre-fishing ahead of tomorrow’s start of the 15th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.
    Cold rains and strong winds haunted anglers all last week before briefly subsiding over the weekend—only to return in full force again Monday and Tuesday during the last couple of days teams were allowed to test the waters.

By Elisabeth Heslop, Fort Frances Times LTD.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The day of the 11th-annual “Kid-Pro” tournament dawned sunny and warm, boding well for the 14 youngster who gathered under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina on Sunday morning to meet their pro angling partners.
As the third of her siblings to participate in the tourney, 10-year-old Harleigh Brow-Rose knew something of what to expect—her two older brothers had told her stories of their experiences. Now it was her turn.