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Bait Shop - Movie on Bass Fishing

Administrator — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:33:31 +0000

Bait Shop — a comedy movie set for release this spring focusing on pro bass fishing

Taken from an article published on February 21, 2008, Page 7D, Miami Herald, The (FL)

To enhance the film’s realism, bass pros Preston Clark of Palatka and J.P. Prouty of Vero Beach have bit parts and also serve as impromptu consultants.Clark, a Bassmaster Elite Series pro, said he’s enjoying the experience.

‘We were taking off one time, and Billy Ray said, ‘I haven’t wrecked yet,’ and I said, ‘Well, that’s not realistic. We wreck all the time.’ So far, it’s been a really good time.”

Between takes, Clark and Prouty do what they do best — catch fish.

During a recent hot afternoon of shooting, Clark caught and released a 3-pounder near the boat ramp at Kissimmee Lakefront Park.

Engvall noticed and feigned jealousy.

“Man, there’s a real fisherman!” the star said. “That’s just disgusting, you know that? What’d you catch him on?”

Prouty, tied up to the dock, invited Engvall on board his boat and set him up with spinning rod baited with a Gambler Sweebo worm. Engvall was rewarded with a bass about 1 ½ pounds.

“God, fishing is fun,” he said. “I’ll be good all day for that.”

It was Engvall’s lifelong love of fishing, he said, that prompted the Bait Shop screenplay.

“It’s one of the few things they’ve never done a movie about,” he said. “I go fly fishing, saltwater fishing. For me, it’s the fun of the catch, then I let it go. Everybody should take their kids fishing.”

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Tim Horton vs Tim Hortons?

Administrator — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 03:39:00 +0000

When is a professional angler’s name not his own property? This is the strange but true circumstance that Tim Horton is currently experiencing.
   The former Bassmaster Angler of the Year is facing possible legal action from Tim Hortons, a chain of 2,800 coffee and donut shops in Canada and the U.S. Attorneys for the corporation are threatening the pro with a lawsuit if he uses his name to promote any products.
   “They’ve asked me to quit using my name,” Horton said. “When my attorney first contacted me I thought he was playing a joke on me. He wasn’t.
   “It’s up in the air right now. It’s almost comical; I can’t believe it. They don’t want me to sell shirts with my name on them, lures with my name on them, DVD’s with my name on them. I told them in 1972 my mother didn’t have a clue what Tim Hortons was when she named me.”
   The conflict emerged last year when Horton registered his name and a number (1) with the U.S. Patent Office for a trademark.
   “When they saw I had registered for a trademark they went and looked at everything I had in my name,” he said. “They saw lures and DVDs that were for sale, and they started telling me that I couldn’t be selling stuff with my name on it.
   “I even offered to change it to Timmy Horton, which was the reason I asked BASS officials to refer to me as Timmy last year. But they’re still fighting me on it. When I heard from them last year we decided to [register] Timmy Horton. Then about three weeks ago they contacted me again. They claim they have that name registered, too.”
   Horton pointed out that one of his sponsors, lure-maker PRADCO, has his name on several lures.
   It was jokingly suggested that he consider changing his name.
   “What about ‘The Fisherman Formerly Known as Tim Horton?’ ” he replied.

TournamentWear Received this article from Ultimate Bass Fishing Guide

What are your thoughts? I have never even heard of Tim Hortons!!!