Pavilion angler lands B.A.S.S. fishing dream

There were many days when Matt Sphar worked as a tree surgeon that he wished he could make a living fishing bass tournaments full time.

For the past three years, the Rochester Bassmasters club member has competed professionally on the B.A.S.S. Tournament Trail's Northern tour, consistently cashing checks. Still, after the weekend tournaments were over Sphar would find himself back up a tree or working construction.


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