Background:
Loren began his bass fishing career with the Minnesota B.A.S.S.
Federation club,
Gopher Bass, in
1990.
As a member of Gopher Bass, he won the Minnesota B.A.S.S. State Championship
in his third year.
That win gave him the confidence to seek out other tournaments,
which proved to be more difficult than it is today.
Most of the information about tournaments in the state was "word of mouth", there was no single source of information.
In 1994, Loren began publishing the Classic Bass Newsletter that
listed all of the tournaments, and the results, that were held in the state.
In 1995, with the advent of the Internet, and with the help of the
founding members of Classic Bass, the Classic Bass website was born.
It is now the most complete, and accessible, source of tournament
information for anglers in the state.
Tournament Highlights:
3rd Place, Camp Confidence Team
4th Place, Denny's Super 30, Gull Lake
Minnesota's Team Captain in the B.A.S.S. Northern
Divisional Tournament.
2nd Place, Team of the Year, Denny's Super 30.
6th Place,
B.A.S.S. MN State Championship Tournament
2nd Place Team,
B.A.S.S. MN State Championship Tournament
3rd Place, Skeeter Yamaha Pro-Am Championship.
1st Place, White Bear Dodge Draw tournament-Coon
Lake.
2nd Place, White Bear Dodge Tournament of Champions.
4th Place, White Bear Dodge Draw Angler of the Year.
A second place finish in the Silverado Pro/Am Bass Tournament on the Whitefish
Chain helped to propel him to Third Place in the race for the Angler of the
Year.
3rd Place, Denny’s Super 30 Tournament of Champions.
2nd Place, Limited Predator Tournament of Champions.
9th Place, Silverado Tournament of Champions.
Minnesota's Team Captain in the B.A.S.S. Northern Divisional
Tournament.
