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Carol Boykin

Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana (13 Years)

Date of Birth: March 27, 1933 – Ft. Worth, Texas

Occupation: Retired Registered Nurse and Retired Outdoor Writer

Hobbies: Enjoying my daughter, son & pets; fishing with my roomie, Sue Parrish; hunting, gardening & cooking

Years Fishing: Since 1977

Tours I Fish: I have always been in the “Production” side of bass tours rather than on the “Angler” side. I did fish some Bass’n Gal Tournaments and the Top 4’s prior to the time I went to work for them, fished the WBFA Federation Top 4’s each year, fished the “Big Buck’s Bass” tour out of Ohio, now fish the “Got to Love It” Tour in Indiana, fish the W.I.S.H., Riley Children’s Hospital, and Hospice benefits in Indianapolis, and now, the Women’s Bassmaster Tour.

Sponsors: I am sponsored by the following Local, National and International businesses: Blackhawk Custom Outfitters, Killbuck Valley Sports (Premier Ranger Dealership), Outdoorsman Sport Shop, Precision Propeller, Inc, Seaton Tackle Solutions, Shimano, Watt-a-Copy Printing, and Waymire Trailer Towing Systems.

Career Highlights

I consider myself to be a very ordinary person. I have never “swept” the field like many of our anglers. However, I have always enjoyed my life and the many activities in which I have participated. I found satisfaction in nursing, Radiology business office procedures, tournament production details, writing, hunting and fishing. As I age, I can look back on a very happy life – filled with the love of my children and most people that I have come in contact with. I don’t feel as if I missed a thing. I do enjoy encouraging the young anglers that I come in contact with and renewing old friendships that I have missed in the past few years. My hopes, prayers, and dreams, after the demise of BNG, was that someone (ANYONE) with the money, time, and desires to do something for women’s fishing, and the industry, would step up to the plate and make this opportunity available to us. As I see it, BASS has opened the door for us, we just have to have the courage (and money) to step through it - and, I saw a LOT OF COURAGE at the WBT Inaugarel Event at Lake Lewisville, Texas. I’m Happy!

Congratulations Donna Rutledge of Orland Park, Illinois on her 2nd place finish in the Bassmaster Weekend Series Co-Angler Division on Pools 4 & 5 Mississippi River in Wabasha, Minnesota July 25th.

The 9th Annual “Legends of the Outdoors” National Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony - will take place Saturday, August 14 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in beautiful downtown Nashville, TN. The doors will open at 10:00 a.m., enabling guests to socialize with Honorees and other attending “Legends of the Outdoors” members - the Banquet and Induction Ceremony will begin at noon.

The 2010 Induction Class consists of Judy Wong, Charlie Ingram, Peggy Vallery, Dick Cabela, Mary Cabela, and Jack Minor – posthumously. In addition, Ducks Unlimited will be recognized as the 2010 “American Outdoor Organization of the Year.”

Congratulations to Melinda Mize of Ben Lomond, Arkansas for winning the recent Bassmaster Weekend Series event on Lake Millwood, Arkansas. Click here to read story.

FLW co-angler Judy Israel of Wimauma, Florida retired in May after 14 years of tournament fishing. She retired as the only female co-angler to win 2 events on the FLW Tour. During her career she had 15 Top 10 finishes.

Congratulations to Dianna Clark of Bumpus Mills, Tennessee for her 5th place finish in the Bassmaster Central Open on the Red River June 5th.

Check out the Raleigh, NC News and Observer to read an article about women's bass fishing featuring comments from former North Carolina WBT anglers Monica Altman, Renee Brisendine, Susan Orton and Linda Berry.