Bass, challenge continue to lure local anglers

Two members of the Callaway Bass Anglers show off their first place check at the group’s last outing at the Lake of the Ozarks on June 12. The Anglers next tournament is scheduled for July 9. (Contributed photo)

By Josh Mosley

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Twenty years ago, Daryl Dzurick got an old bass boat as a birthday present from his wife. A fisherman since he was a young boy, the gift could scratch that itch he gets for going out and catching a big mouth bass. Pretty soon he had a small group of wranglers get together for private amateur bass fishing competitions.

And that has turned into, what is now, the Callaway Bass Anglers — a group of 30 fishers from around the county getting together to out-bass the boat next to them. The group’s next excursion, scheduled for July 9, will be from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. at Coffman Beach Access on the Lake of the Ozarks.

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