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6/25/10
National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., catches his marker key chain on the beginning of day three. (photo by Brian Lindberg) |
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4/9/10
National Guard bass pro Scott Martin |
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4/9/10
National Guard pro Scott Martin says dragging a bait is important when fishing for bedding bass. |
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3/25/10
National Guard pro Scott Martin prepares to depart Blythe Landing and head out onto the open waters of Lake Norman. |
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3/4/10
National Guard pro Scott Martin holds up an 8-pounder that put him in 6th after day two with 25-8. |
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3/3/10
Scott Martin sits in ninth place after catching a limit Wednesday worth 14-7. |
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1/30/10
Scott Martin gets a victory hug from his proud mom Mary Ann Martin. |
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1/30/10
Scott Martin left male bass in his best areas to attract big females like this one that sealed his home lake win. |
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1/30/10
Home sweet home: Scott Martin celebrates his first major win on Lake Okeechobee with his mom, wife and the rest of his family. |
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1/29/10
Scott Martin's 7/0 Trokar hook he calls "the gaff." |
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1/28/10
National Guard pro Scott Martin moved into the second place position with a 17-14 limit today which gave him a two-day total of 39-2. |
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1/27/10
National Guard pro Scott Martin gets off to a fourth place start on Okeechobee with a 21-4 catch. |
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9/16/09
National Guard pro Scott Martin plans on using the same crankbait he used to win the Lake Champlain FLW Tour event on Clarks Hill. |
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7/31/09
National Guard pro Scott Martin holds up a 4-pound Three Rivers smallmouth. |
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7/12/09
Pro leader Scott Martin is mainly using a Berkley Chigger Craw and a shallow-running Lucky Craft crankbait. |
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7/12/09
Pro leader Scott Martin is eager to win his third FLW Tour title today. |
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7/12/09
Pro winner Scott Martin holds up his largest bass from day four on Lake Champlain. |
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7/12/09
Pro winner Scott Martin holds up his largest bass from day four on Lake Champlain. |
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7/12/09
National Guard pro Scott Martin celebrates after learning he won the Walmart FLW Tour event on Lake Champlain. |
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7/12/09
For winning the FLW Tour event on Lake Champlain, pro Scott Martin earned $125,000. |
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7/12/09
Scott Martin boats one of his winning bass. |
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7/12/09
Scott Martin bows up on another one. |
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7/12/09
Scott Martin used a crankbait to do a lot of his damage on day four. |
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7/12/09
Scott Martin picks grass off his crankbait. |
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7/12/09
Scott Martin takes the FLW Tour Lake Champlain win with this bass. |
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7/11/09
National Guard pro Scott Martin leads the FLW Tour event on Lake Champlain with 18 pounds, 8 ounces. |
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7/10/09
Florida pro Scott Martin finished the opening round in ninth place with 35 pounds, 13 ounces. |
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7/9/09
National Guard pro Scott Martin is eager to begin the final FLW Tour qualifier of the year on Lake Champlain. |
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7/9/09
National Guard pro Scott Martin sacked up all largemouths for 19-2 for fifth place on day one. |
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6/12/09
Scott Martin with a nice Keeper. |
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4/23/09
National Guard pro Scott Martin is fifth with 13 pounds, 1 ounce. |
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4/1/09
National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., is tied for eighth with five bass for 18-8. |
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1/30/09
National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., caught his best limit of the week, 21 pounds, 10 ounces, today to move into third place with a three-day total of 53 pounds, 4 ounces. |
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1/13/09
FLW Tour bass pro Scott Martin |
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10/25/08
National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., finished third with a four-day total of 43 pounds, 8 ounces worth $31,351. |
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10/24/08
National Guard pro Scott Martin shows off his Spro crankbaits: a Little John and an Aruka Shad. |
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10/24/08
Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., is in fifth place with a three-day total 35 pounds, 1 ounce. |
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10/23/08
National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., is in second place with a two-day total of 25 pounds, 11 ounces. |
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10/22/08
National Guard pro Scott Martin is just outside the top-10 cut with 13-0. |
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6/22/08
National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., finished second with a two-day total of 28 pounds, 7 ounces. |
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6/21/08
National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., weighed in all brown fish today – some smallmouth, some meanmouth – for 13 pounds, 10 ounces to take third place. |
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6/20/08
National Guard pro Scott Martin holds down the third place spot with 32-7 |
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6/19/08
Heavy artillery: National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., checks in 20 pounds, 11 ounces for the day-one lead in the Wal-Mart FLW Tour on Fort Loudoun-Tellico lakes. |
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2/7/08
National Guard pro Scott Martin goes ahead of fellow National Guard pro Clifford Pirch with this 7-pound, 13-ounce bass. |
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1/24/08
Okeechobee local Scott Martin plans to fish rock with a Spro crankbait on day two. |
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9/6/07
National Guard pro Scott Martin brings in two anglers who broke down. |
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8/3/07
National Guard pro Scott Martin prepares for the day-two takeoff at the 2007 Forrest Wood Cup. |
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8/3/07
Snickers presented Scott Martin with a $5,000 check today for catching the heaviest bass of the 2007 FLW Tour season - an 8-pound, 12-ouncer. |
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5/9/07
Hoo-ahh! National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., leads the FLW Series BP Eastern event on Lake Dardanelle with 21-1. |
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5/8/07
FLW pro Scott Martin hoists a spoon-caught bass. |
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2/16/07
Pro Scott Martin shows off the biggest bass of the tournament thus far. This Lake Travis monster weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces. |
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1/27/07
Scott Martin shows his best lake Okeechobee lures from the week. |
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1/27/07
Clewiston, Fla., native Scott Martin finished the event in fourth place. |
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1/27/07
Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., finished fourth with a four-day total of 45-09. |
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1/26/07
Pro Scott Martin rebounded nicely on day three with a limit weighing 19-7. |
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8/4/06
David Dudley weighs in 10-14 and beats Scott Martin by just 14 ounces. |
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8/2/06
Pro Scott Martin and co-angler James Fredieu idle out for takeoff. |
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6/24/06
Fourth-place pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., caught 10 bass weighing 30-9 in the finals at Lake Champlain. |
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6/24/06
Scott Martin talkes to weighmaster Charlie Evans about bringing in his first largemouth out of Lake Champlain. |
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6/23/06
Scott Martin may be in eighth place with 13 pounds, 11 ounces, but he still feels confident about his day-four chances. |
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6/22/06
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., earned another trip to the finals by catching a total of 34 pounds, 9 ounces in the opening round and placing fourth. |
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6/21/06
Former Champlain winner Scott Martin ended day one in third with a limit weighing 18-13. |
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5/10/06
Scott Martin shares the 10th position with Blaukat, as he too caught 17-7 on day one. |
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3/8/06
Team BFGoodrich Tires pro Scott Martin |
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8/14/04
Luke Clausen (right) earned his win, edging past Scott Martin (left) by just 6 ounces. |
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8/14/04
Luke Clausen (right) reacts as Scott Martin (center) weighs his last, kicker bass. FLW weighmaster Charlie Evans holds the microphone. |
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8/14/04
Scott Martin put up another nice limit – 14 pounds, 4 ounces – and nearly won his second FLW tournament in a row. |
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8/14/04
BFGoodrich Tires pro Scott Martin, who ultimately finished second in the championship, makes contact with fans on the way to the final weigh-in. |
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8/13/04
Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., (left) weighs in a nice spotted bass and edges out Lee Bailey Jr. of Amston, Conn., (right) by weight of 11-10 to 10-9. |
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8/12/04
Scott Martin (left) overcame more than a pound deficit on Alvin Shaw (second from right) and defeated him by more than 4 ½ pounds. Martin caught 21 pounds, 12 ounces in the opening round and Shaw caught 17-0. At far right is Martin's semifinal-round opponent, Lee Bailey Jr. |
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8/11/04
Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., prepares to weigh-in. |
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6/26/04
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., won the $200,000 first-place award in the 2004 Forrest Wood Open on Lake Champlain. |
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6/26/04
Scott Martin carries his last bass to the scale for victory at the Forrest Wood Open. |
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6/26/04
Scott Martin caught a total of 10 smallmouths weighing 32 pounds, 8 ounces over the last two days. |
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6/26/04
Scott Martin (left) accepts congratulations from a family friend and this tournament's namesake, Forrest Wood. |
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6/26/04
Scott Martin (right), who makes no bones about his reliance on GPS technology during tournaments, accepts the Garmin Grand award. |
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6/25/04
Pro Scott Martin (top) and co-angler Rick Parnell zip around a corner during takeoff. |
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6/25/04
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., heads into the finals in seventh place. |
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6/24/04
Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., qualified in fifth place in the Pro Division with an opening-round weight of 34 pounds, 11 ounces. |
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6/23/04
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., shows off his 18-pound, 7-ounce limit. |
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5/19/04
Given the fact that Scott Martin grew up on the banks of Lake Okeechobee, it is no surprise that he knows the fine points of fishing aquatic vegetation. |
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5/19/04
FLW Tour pro Scott Martin relies heavily on his Garmin GPS chartplotters on the water. |
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5/19/04
BFGoodrich Tires pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., begins his search for productive points by studying a contour lake map. |
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5/12/04
Pro Tom Monsoor (left), who finished at Kentucky Lake in 2003, has a laugh with fellow pro Scott Martin (center)before Wednesday's competition. Also pictured is Martin's co-angler partner, Curt Fannin (right). Monsoor's partner, Jim Blake, is behind Martin. |
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4/27/04
Scott Martin |
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3/10/04
Pro Scott Martin pulls out a nice bass Wednesday. |
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2/18/04
FLW Outdoors pro angler Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., shows a young angler some of the tricks of his trade. |
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1/7/04
Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., says conditions have been 'too nice for too long' on the Big O and he welcomes some cooler temperatures and wind. |
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9/10/03
Always good for a camera-friendly smile is pro Scott Martin (left), who, despite his appearance here, actually suffered a bout of food poisoning just prior to the tournament. He is fishing with co-angler Derek Jones (right) on day one. |
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6/21/03
Before Saturday's action, finalists (foreground, left to right) Chad Cook, Scott Martin and Keith Williams rise for the national anthem. |
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6/21/03
Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., weighs in part of his two-day 18-pound, 13-ounce catch. Martin, who finished the tournament in fifth place, won $30,000 for his efforts. |
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6/20/03
Pro Scott Martin and co-angler Masafumi Kato head out towards the open waters of Wheeler Lake. |
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6/20/03
Pro Scott Martin checks his equipment before the start of the day's action. |
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6/20/03
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., finished the day in third place after landing a total catch of 11 pounds, 5 ounces. |
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6/19/03
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., placed 10th with a catch of 26 pounds, 10 ounces. |
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4/12/03
Scott Martin used a catch of 11 pounds, 4 ounces to finish the tournament in eighth place. |
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4/11/03
Pro Scott Martin is all smiles Friday morning, knowing that he caught the second-heaviest amount of bass in the opening round. |
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4/11/03
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., placed sixth with a catch of 7 pounds, 3 ounces. |
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4/10/03
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., used a two-day catch of 27 pounds, 4 ounces to grab the second overall qualifying position heading into tomorrow?s semifinals. |
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2/12/03
Pro Scott Martin (left), known for using two different GPS systems in competition, checks his map and plugs in coordinates to make sure he finds his way through the maze of the Atchafalaya Basin. His co-angler partner is Kim Huey. |
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1/10/03
Scott Martin, who is in sixth place, makes a few final preparations before the start of day three. |
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1/10/03
Stanley pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., blew the field away today with 21 pounds, 5 ounces. |
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1/8/03
Okeechobee?s son, Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., shined bright today. He is in fourth place with 22 pounds, 15 ounces. |
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11/18/02
Scott Martin checks the display on his front-deck GPS unit. |
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11/18/02
Scott Martin uses two GPS units while tournament fishing. |
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9/13/02
Stanley pro Scott Martin was on a Champlain high with a fourth-place finish. |
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6/22/02
Finalist Scott Martin ties on some bait. |
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6/22/02
Stanley pro Scott Martin makes his run for final-round competition. |
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6/22/02
Stanley Works pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., finished fourth and collected $39,000 with five bass weighing 13 pounds, 14 ounces. |
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6/21/02
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., used a 13-pound, 7-ounce catch to finish the day in ninth place. |
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6/20/02
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., turned in a two-day, 34-pound, 10-ounce catch to take over third place heading into the semifinals. |
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6/20/02
The Pro Division top three following Lake Champlain's opening round: (left to right) Chad Grigsby, Rojas and Scott Martin |
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2/27/02
The last time pro Scott Martin fished an FLW Outdoors tournament on Mobile Bay, he won. "I think it's going to be a good day," he said shortly before pulling his hood up over his head to stay warm. |
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2/16/02
Scott Martin prepares to shove off from Joe Wheeler State Park Marina. |
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2/16/02
Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., took fourth place after registering a total catch weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces. Martin won $20,000. |
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2/15/02
Pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., qualified for the finals in seventh place after registering a 7-pound, 3-ounce catch. |
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2/4/02
Scott Martin with son, Jacob |
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1/23/02
Pro Scott Martin, with son, Jacob, in tow, spent some time talking fishing strategy during today's weigh-in. Martin, the son of fishing legend Roland Martin, is currently in 85th place. |
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12/6/01
Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., won the 1999 Co-angler of the Year title before crossing over to the pro side and eventually winning $100,000. He says that the Co-angler Division was a necessary step in his tournament-fishing education and that he would do it again if he had it to do over. |
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2/14/01
Pro Scott Martin does some last-minute maintenance on his boat with the help of the Ranger Boat mechanical staff. |
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1/24/01
Scott Martin (left) discusses both the joy and perils of fishing on his home waters of Lake Okeechobee with Operation Bass host, Charlie Evans. Martin was in 42nd place at the end of the first day of competition. |
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6/23/00
Pro Division places 6-10: (l to r) Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., Wendlandt, Randy Morris of Garfield, Ark., Roger Stegall of Iuka, Miss., and Art Berry of Lakeside Calif. |
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6/22/00
Pro Scott Martin, the son of Roland Martin, entertains the audience with his day-two fishing exploits. |
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3/14/00
Scott Martin shows off his huge bass. |
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2/19/00
Scott Martin shows off the bass that clinched his victory. |
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2/19/00
Charlie Evans (left), Scott Martin (center) and Tommy Sanders. |
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2/19/00
Scott Martin, $100,000 winner of the pro division, proudly displays his first-place award. |
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2/19/00
Scott Martin signs autographs following the final weigh-in. |
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2/18/00
Scott Martin and his fishing legend father, Roland Martin. |
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2/17/00
Day two runner-up Scott Martin and his biggest bass. |
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