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COPYRIGHT 2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: Steve Waters
KISSIMMEE, Fla. _ Timing is everything when you're after a big bass. And unfortunately for me and my buddy Angus Phillips, our timing was off by the barest of margins.
Phillips is the outdoors writer for the Washington Post. He had an assignment in Orlando, and he called me to ask about the bass fishing on nearby Lake Toho.
Having heard about the record-setting catch of Dean Rojas in the BASSMASTER Florida Top 150 on Toho in January, Phillips wanted to stay an extra day and try to catch a true trophy bass, and he wondered if I could join him.
I had covered the Top 150, which Rojas led from start to finish. The first day, the Lake Havasu City pro caught a BASSMASTER Tournament Trail record of five fish weighing 45 pounds, 2 ounces. That stringer included two 10-pounders. Rojas finished with a four-day total of 20 bass weighing 108-12, another BASSMASTER record.
Because I was covering the tournament, I didn't get to fish on Toho. The thought of catching a couple of 10-pounders of my own was appealing, and it didn't take any coaxing from Phillips to get me back up there.
A couple of phone calls...
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