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Bill's '98 World Record Suwanee Bass
Bill Vanderford
has lived his dream, and now earns his living by fishing, writing, or
traveling. He also talks, teaches, and writes about those favorite
subjects, including road racing, throughout the country.
After a successful auto racing career in Europe, Bill turned to
professional bass tournament fishing and simultaneously started his
guide service in 1971. Though he won many local tournaments and placed
well in national events sponsored by BASS, BCA, and Project Sports,
Inc., his love was the slower-paced pleasure of taking other people
fishing. So, in 1977, he gave up competitive fishing to concentrate on
his flourishing guide business. Since then, Bill has become a fishing
legend in this area. In fact, during 1993, he was inducted into the
Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin as a legendary
guide . . . the first southerner to receive this honor. |
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Current Catch and Release
World Records
Verified by the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame
These records are
all called "line class" world records for fish that were
caught, measured, and released before a witness. |
- Spotted Bass - Fly Fishing - 2
pound/test tippet
- Spotted Bass - Fly Fishing - 4
pound/test tippet
- Spotted Bass - Fly Fishing - 6
pound/test tippet
- Spotted Bass - Fly Fishing - 8
pound/test tippet
- Spotted Bass - Fly Fishing - 10
pound/test tippet
(A tippet is the
leader tied to the end of the fly line)
- Spotted Bass - Rod and Reel - 2
pound/test line
- Spotted Bass - Rod and Reel - 8
pound/test line
- Spotted Bass - Rod and Reel - 14
pound/test line
Bill caught all of these World Records on
Lake Lanier during mid-April, 2000 and all on his
Swirleybird
Spinners!
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Though Bill is recognized everywhere as "The Expert" on Lake Lanier, he has
also become well-known as a writer and photographer. His writing career has
flourished, and today, Bill is an award-winning member of the Outdoor
Writers Association of America
(OWAA),
the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association
(SEOPA),
the Society of American
Travel Writers (SATW),
and the Georgia Outdoor Writers Association
(GOWA).
Bill's byline and photography has appeared in many well-known publications,
including Field and Stream, Sports Afield, Bassin', North American
Fisherman, In-Fisherman,
many outdoor, travel, and
online magazines, numerous newspapers,
and he served many years as the Georgia Editor for Outdoor Life Magazine. In
addition, he has recorded fishing segments for national and local radio and
television shows, and
for four decades he taught an
adult education class on fishing for local community schools .
Bill has also produced educational video tapes on many facets of fishing.
Some of these still appear on his you tube site at:
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhum
In Bill's books, "Secrets of Fishing Lake Lanier" and the latest, "The New
Guide To Bank Fishing on Lake Lanier", one will learn the habits and
habitats of the most popular fish found in Lake Lanier. Throughout, the
reader will discover many of the tricks and tactics that Bill has employed
during his more than thirty-five years of fishing and guiding on Lake
Lanier, which makes him uniquely qualified as Lanier's Most Knowledgeable
Expert.
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