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November 26, 2002 - Vol. 3 No. 45
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!

We would like to wish all our friends and their families a
healthy and happy Thanksgiving Day, from your friends at
Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.

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Special Yamamoto Open Report
OROVILLE ANGLERS SEE SPOTS BEFORE THEIR EYES

November 23, 2002 - Husband and wife team Calvin and Jan
Fredrick swept the inaugural Yamamoto Open tournament on
Lake Oroville, California. Not only had they the best five
fish limit, but biggest bass too, all on white 33-series
Yamamoto tube baits.

In all, over 140 teams of anglers came out despite low water
conditions to catch tons of spotted bass and share in
camaraderie at a gala social evening and banquet at Feather
Falls Casino in Oroville, California during Angler's Choice
inaugural Yamamoto Open on November 23, 2002.

To read the full story all about the inaugural Yamamoto Open
event and to find out what Yamamoto baits were used by the
top five winning teams, please visit:

http://www.insideline.net/articles/yo-oroville.html

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Special Yamamoto Open Report
NEXT UP, THE YAMAMOTO OPEN AT OKEECHOBEE IN APRIL!

We've christened the Yamamoto Open series. The official
opener was held this weekend in Oroville, California. The
next Yamamoto Open at Okeechobee, Florida on April 12th will
feature a pig roast outdoor barbecue, courtesy of Roland &
Mary Ann Martin's Marina & Resort.

Team Yamamoto's Mike DelVisco is tentatively planning to
catapult Okeechobee right into the multimedia age with his
full-blown big screen presentation featuring Yamamoto baits.

"We are working on being able to bring a big bass tub tanker
there so our Team Yamamoto Florida guys such as Paul
Crawford and Tony Strickland can climb up top to show and
instruct the anglers, specifically for Okeechobee, how to
fish Yamamoto baits," says Bassdozer.

The Yamamoto Okeechobee Open is about four months away, but
the excitement is mounting already.

"The Yamamoto Okeechobee Open is going to be a first rate
event that you will enjoy fishing. We're out to show anglers
a good time," says Team Yamamoto pro Paul Crawford from
Orlando, Florida.

To read all about everything being planned for the Yamamoto
Open at Lake Okeechobee on April 12 and to sign up, please
visit:

http://www.insideline.net/articles/yo-okeechobee.html

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Special Yamamoto Open Report
YAMAMOTO CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIP

There will be four Yamamoto Opens in all. The first was at
Lake Oroville, California on November 23, 2002. The second
will be at Lake Okeechobee, Florida on April 12, 2003.
Locations and dates of the third and fourth events will be
announced shortly.

Although there are four events, each one is a separate
event. So you can fish just the one event nearest you. Of
course, if you want to fish more than one, you sure can, but
there are no points or anything carried over from one event
to the next.

A fifth and final crowning Yamamoto Classic will occur at
the end of 2003, when the top forty teams from each of the
four qualifying Opens (160 teams in all) will be eligible to
fish for a grand prize, a Champion Boats 206 Elite bass
boat. A second bass boat, a Champion 188 Elite, will also be
awarded during the Yamamoto Classic to a lucky team. Yes,
you read that right! Champion Boats will give away two
Champion Elite bass boats, one 206 Elite to the first place
team, effectively the Yamamoto Anglers of the Year. Plus
Champion will award one 188 Elite to a lucky team in
attendence!

"At the Yamamoto Classic, we will crown the best Yamamoto
angler team in the country, quite a prestigious title. They
will drive home with a new Champion 206 bass boat. We have
always wanted to do something like this, and now the new US
Angler's Choice has made it possible for anglers," says an
enthusiastic Russ Bassdozer, the advertising and promotional
marketing director for Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.

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Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and their families
from your friends at Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.

Hope to see you at Okeechobee in April, where everyone is
sure to have a fun time, fast fishing, and the top forty
teams at Okeechobee will qualify for the prestigious
Yamamoto Classic to be held later in 2003.

Regards,

Russ Bassdozer
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CONTACT:
Gary Yamamoto, his Team Yamamoto pros and company staff can provide the media with expert commentary on a variety of topics relating to sportfishing. For an interview or for up-to-the-minute news on Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, outdoor writers and the media may contact Weekly News editor Russ "Bassdozer" Comeau at 800-645-2248, ext. 209, or rcomeau@baits.com.