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Team Yamamoto - Central Region

Shane Allman, Brookeland, TX

Shane Allman lives with wife Christy in East Texas where he owns and operates Fish & Fowl Guide Service since 1996. Shane is a professional bass fishing and duck hunting guide on Lake Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend, and he's a professional tournament angler with 11 years tournament experience.

Shane fishes the FLW Pro Tour, the Texas Tournament Trail, and for the last three years on the Everstart Series Central Division, he's placed 3rd, 7th, and 7th in year-end standings. Shane has competed from Lake Okeechobee FL, to Champlain NY, to Lake St. Clair in Detroit, and everywhere that's wet in between.Visit Shane's web site at www.fishandfowl.net.

Janice Cheek is a 29 time women's bass fishing Classic qualifier. She has 7 national titles and 41 top ten finishes in her career. Janice was 1991 & 1992 Lady Bass Angler of the Year, and 1986 World Champion.

Charlie Hammack, New Caney, TX

Texas native Charlie Hammack is a well-liked fixture on the Texas bass scene. He states his fishing goal: To be able to go to any lake, on any day, in any weather and produce a competitive limit of fish. In 13 seasons he hasn’t done too badly, amassing the enviable record of eight wins, qualifier for 17 Championships, 13 time Big Bass winner, and Angler of the Year three times – twice individually and once as a team.

These days Hammack fishes the FLW Texas Tournament Trail (TTT), Anglers Choice Pro/Am Circuit, and a regional team circuit (Excel Bass). Charlie promotes his sponsors at seven major promotional events per year. It’s a busy schedule but Hammack manages, and still makes time to run his successful HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning) business in Houston, near where Charlie and his wife Mary make their home.

Jan Hudson is a 2 time women's bass fishing Classic qualifier. Jan has had 4 top ten finishes, and one BHS tournament win.

Connie & Tommy Kilpatrick, TX

Connie Kilpatrick and husband Tommy own and operate Lake Fork Tackle Repair. "We are proud to announce that we re-opened our company, Lake Fork Tackle Repair. Our experience thru the years of repair on many different reels, Shimano Reels have become our favorite."

We have decided to dedicate our shop exclusively to "Shimano Freshwater Baitcasters". We fish exclusively with Shimano reels and we want to offer this specialized service to Shimano anglers.

For more information visit Lake Fork Tackle Repair's web site at: www.lakeforktacklerepair.com

David Masterson, Center, TX

Forty-five year old David Masterson lives in East Texas. He and Mary his wife have been married for 18 years and have two children Michael, 12 and Michelle, 14, plus 3 big yellow labs. Known as "Ranger Dave," he has been a licensed guide for the last 14 years with a local reputation as a big bass guide with 19 bass over ten pounds to his name.

David has worked in the television industry for the last 7 years. He hosts and produces a weekly news segment for regional network television as well as a 30 minute television series, the Outdoor Chronicles, airing on stations in the Gulf Coast markets. Starting January 2003, you can view the Outdoor Chronicles presented by Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits coast to coast with a 26 week national run on the Outdoor Channel. Visit www.outdoorchronicles.tv site for more information.

David is a member of the Texas Outdoor Writers Association. A senior staff destination evaluator for X-Treme Angling worldwide adventures, he travels abroad evaluating new angling destinations. David is an accomplished artist. He works in all mediums but specializes in the art of Raku ceramic wares. His works have been featured in shows, galleries and trendy spots in Houston & Dallas.

Succeeding in Texas club and tournament trail competition since 1991, Mark Mitchell has earned six Angler of the Year titles, a seven time Championship Qualifier, six time Top Six finisher and held a number of Big Bass club records. But the tournament credentials and awards are not the important issues to Marc nowadays. What is important is being a positive role model and a leader in the fishing industry, in his community, and to all future fishermen, who are our children. That is why Mark participates in programs such as the Get Hooked on Fishing and Not on Drugs Tournament; Take a Kid Fishing Month; Gone Fishing For an Education Scholarship Bass Tournament; and American Heart Association Celebrity Tournament.

Mark's a Fireman/Paramedic in the Dallas Fire Department since 1989. Mark also owns and operates M. D. MITCHELL STUDIO since 1988, working as a free-lance fashion photographer providing a variety of photographic needs in the field of commercial, editorial, fashion, and nature/wildlife photography. Mark's goals also include producing a fishing TV show in the future.

Ken Smith, Dallas, TX

When he's not busy estate planning as a partner for IPS Advisors, Inc. in Dallas, Texas, Ken Smith is  performing board of director duties for the Our Children's Center of Irving. Ken's also active in Dallas Estate Planning Council, North Texas Estate Planning Council, and Dallas Association of Life Underwriters.

Other than that, he spends every available minute, over 100 days a year fishing with his longtime companion Magpie (the chocolate Lab) who turned 14 this year.

Ken has fished the BASSMASTER Central Open trail from 1993 to 1999, not being able to swing the last few years due to the travel required. Sticking closer to home lately, Ken now fishes two local team circuits, Honey Hole and Media Bass, plus two individual circuits, the BFL Cowboy Division and Media Bass. Ken is one of the reigning Anglers of the Year in his Honey Hole division. Incredibly, Ken has also managed to lower his golf score handicap from a 16 to a 9 while fishing 4 bass circuits the past 12 months. All that pitching and flipping helps hone the old golf stroke says Ken!

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