Kim Bain-Moore has a great fish-out-of-water story – Los Angeles Times

She is making history as the first woman to compete in the Bassmaster Classic, but many of the male anglers she is fishing against aren’t happy about it.

By Steve Waters

February 20, 2009

Reporting from Shreveport, La. — Kim Bain-Moore is making history as the first woman to compete in the Bassmaster Classic, but many of the 50 male anglers she is fishing against aren’t happy about it.

They insist they have nothing personal against the 28-year-old Australian native; they just don’t think she deserves a shot at the $500,000 first prize and the endorsements that come with a Classic victory.

The Classic, today through Sunday on the Red River, has the top 37 anglers from the Bassmaster Elite Series, an 11-tournament circuit, plus qualifiers from other events.

Bain-Moore, who lives in Pelham, Ala., 30 miles south of Birmingham, qualified as the 2008 angler of the year from the five-tournament Women’s Bassmaster Tour. That policy was instituted last year by BASS, which is owned by ESPN. The cable network is televising the event.  Click Link Below for full story.

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