Sept. 20-22: WBT Tournament on the Red River in Shreveport, LA August 20th- Private farewell lunch for WFAA weatherman Troy Dungan August 31st- 5-7pm Radio Remote and autograph signing at Toyota of Plano - The first 100 kids receive a free Shakespeare rod and reel combo! 1001 Preston Rd. Plano, TX

“I will be taking the next two tournaments off (Guntersville and Kentucky Lake) for the WBT. I have an incredible opportunity to fish on a regular basis with the Lake Texoma small mouth bass record holder Jay Fuller as well as two other Pro male fisherman (I’ll leave their names anonymous). I will also be spending this time to promote my sponsors as well as fish in local tournaments! Keep checking my website as I add new events and appearance dates so that you can come by and say hello! I am very excited about this decision and can’t wait to come back to the WBT for our last tournament on the Red River!”

Reporter’s Notebook
ESPN Online-By BASS Communications- June 29, 2006
WBT getting wrapped

NASCAR-style signage on boats has become a staple for anglers on the CITGO Bassmaster Elite Series, but those anglers aren't the only ones getting in on the wrapped-boat act.

Mercury Marine Women's Bassmaster Tour presented by Triton Boats angler Jen Carroll of Texas will soon compete out of a wrapped boat on the women's tour, joining other WBT anglers who already run sponsor-wrapped boats.

One of Carroll's sponsors, BigFishTackle.com, presented a sponsorship plan to Boats.net, which agreed to provide a wrapped boat for Carroll's use in the women's events.

Though details of the boat's design are still in the works, Carroll said it most likely will include a pink cowboy hat, which Carroll wears during competition. She plans to pick up the new boat in time to use it in the women's tour stop at Lake Norman, near Charlotte, N.C., on July 27-29.

"When I found out it was going to happen, I nearly fell out of my chair I was so excited," Carroll said.

Carroll competed as a co-angler in the first two WBT events this season. She said she wanted to compete as a professional, but not owning a bass boat was holding her back.

"I fish out of a canoe with a 30-year-old outboard, and I can't use that on the big water where we have the tournaments," she said.

"My husband gave me the pink cowboy hat a while back because I'm from Texas and I do a lot of (farm work) on our farm north of Dallas," Carroll explained. "But I'm a girl, so the pink cowboy hat perfectly suits what I'm all about."

Other women anglers with wrapped boats include Susan Gregory of Mississippi, who runs a KeelShield-wrapped Triton and Sheri Glasgow of Oklahoma, who has a Ranger wrapped in a Biosonix and Rat-L-Trap design.