July 16, 2007Legendary bass writer Tim Tucker killed in car crashI just got the sad news that bass fishing writer Tim Tucker was killed earlier today in auto accident near Gainsville, Fla. Full details haven't been released, but the Gainsville Sun carried this breaking report on its Web site this afternoon. Tim isn't identified in the story but BASS, for which Tim was a senior writer, has confirmed HERE that he was killed. I saw Tim maybe once a year, but he always treated me like an old friend. It wasn't because we were both fathers of twins (although that gave us something other than bass fishing to talk about) or that we were both fascinated by the world of bass fishing (although I didn't get to cover it near as much or as well as he did). As far as I could tell, he treated about everybody that way. Not that he always went easy on me. If I screwed something up -- or he thought I did -- he'd send me an e-mail and tell me as much. Of course, he'd do the same thing with compliments. Tim didn't pull punches with his coverage of bass fishing and that didn't always sit well with some anglers and others in the sport who thought stories had to focus only on good news and ignore the not-so-good details. But Tim did it his way -- the right way. This is a profound loss for Tim's family and friends, and for everyone in the bass fishing community.
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures. Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism. After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters. .....Advertisement.....
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Comments
[July 18, 2007 5:41 PM]
Dago Luna : →http://basschannel.tvIm a bass fishing journalist in Mexico and just want to said this is really sad news
Here in Mexico all bass angler knows who was Tim and love to read his articles on bassmaster magazine.
Im feel sad, really sad. I just arrive from ICAST and trying to met Tim there, just to share comments about fishing in Mexico.