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A few days after the 2021 Bassmaster Elite Series event on the St. Lawrence River, the final tournament of the Elite season, Bill Lowen stood on the deck of his bass boat, bobbing on Lake Ontario. Below, he watched scattered smallmouth bass cruising around rocks 15 feet beneath the waves. “Son, would you please let me catch one?” he joked to 9-year-old Fischer at his side.

Fischer was hooking the eighth smallmouth he’d spotted on

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