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THE CAPITAL TIMES, Madison, Weekend of March 4, 1 989 19 Cast aside all stereotypes with this bass master Field notes By Mary Sagal Special to The Capital Times If you were thinking only stereo-typically, youd have been partially correct in guessing that most of the folks at the Madison Fishing Expo last weekend were men. With a balmy wind blowing outside, teasing of spring days yet to come, about 15,000 anglers passed by booths selling rods, reels, outdoor magazines, a myriad of lures and even one anti-treaty rights booth sponsored by P.A.R.R., Protect Americas Rights and Resources. Yet if you looked beyond the obvious, youd have noticed that there were women shopping at those booths, both with their male companions and by themselves. And if you were enough of an angler to stay for the featured speakers, youd have noticed that one was Marie Brodnax, a professional angler and winner of the 1988 Lady Bass National Affiliate Club Tournament of Champions. Thats not to mention a two-page list of fishing accomplishments spanning a five-year career on the professional bass fishing circuit.

What strikes you first about this Louisiana lady is her size; shes very petite. Those stereotypical attitudes also would have us believe that women anglers must be large and somehow less feminine because they are participating in a male-dominated sport. Well, femininity and masculinity must be defined individually, not by society at large. And Brodnax brushes all those false images aside. Its common down South for women to fish, to have their own fishing clubs and to be good, said Brodnax, 41.

Most of the women I meet or who come up to me after I and then maybe not even get a bite, she said. But then I caught my first bass. Brodnax said she was siting in their boat, bored, when she asked him for a fishing pole. She took a pink spinner out of his tackle box, put it on the line and, within two casts, had a 2-pound bass in tow. It was love at first sight, she said.

Now I can sit there all day, which is good because thats my job. People tell me they wish they could get paid to fish like I do, but its strenuous because I have to fish a lot of two and three-day tournaments and Im usually out there from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. The largest bass she ever reeled in was from Lake Sam Rayburn in Texas. It weighed in at 11 pounds, 2 ounces.

After catching her first bass, she joined the local womens bass fish ing club. She stayed in the group for four years, winning and finishing high in their tournaments, while working full-time as a medical technician. After four years I thought it was time I tried fishing with the big girls, the professional anglers. My best friend, Janice Cheek, is a professional angler and she encouraged me, Brodnax said. But you dont know what kind of caliber youre up against until you get into professional fishing.

I certainly learned a lot that first year. She fished in the National Bassn Gal professional circuit, and although she didn't make the professional tour classic, she was voted Rookie of the Year. That award impressed Sam Davidson, president of Cajun Boats. He asked Brodnax to join his pro staff and to fish both the Bass Gal and the Lady Bass professional circuits the following year representing his company. (They are the two professional bass angling circuits for women.

There is only one coed circuit.) It meant I had to quit my job, Brodnax said. So my husband and I talked it over, and he supported me because he knew how much it meant to me. Now, thats what I do for a living and my husband runs a carpet installation business back home. Brodnax also travels the country talking about bass fishing and equipment. Sometimes I feel a little intimidated by the men when they look at me like Whats this little girl going to teach me about she said.

But after they hear me talk and see what I know, their first notions about me go away. give a talk say they want to learn to fish. They want to start their own bass club. Bom and raised near Alexandria, Brodnax has loved fishing since she was a girl But didnt really get bit by the angling bug until she went bass fishing with her husband, David. He spent a lot of time bass fishing and that just didnt seem that exciting to me because I couldnt see why youd want to wait all day HeisOreJo'atTeNd'a VZHADIOlCAIlEND'A Running SYTTENDE MAI TRAINING CLINIC Wednesdays beginning March 8, 8:30 p.m.

for discussion oi training specifics. Saturday morning runs beginning March 18 at 8:30 a.m. $40 for 11-week clinic or included with membership in Movin' Shoes Running Club. Call 255-311 1 or 251-0125 for more information. RUNNER'S WORKSHOP March 11.

Tripp Commons. Memorial Union. 8 a.m.-noon. $7. Sponsored by UW Sports Medicine and Fitness Center.

Register by March 6. Call 263-4765. MARCH 11 Basic Four Miler. 4M-2M. 10 a.m.

UW Natatorium. Call Janice Antoniewicz at 252-8251. MARCH 11 Hash House Harriers 50 Furlong. 6.25M. 1 p.m.

NautigaL Westport. Call Bill Hauda at 222-4858. MARCH 18 Vilas Park Hall Marathon. Noon. Advance registration suggested.

Send SASE to 1502 Wheeler Madison, 53704. MARCH 18 St Pat's BSA Charity Run. 10 a.m. 5M, 2M. Kromrey Middle School.

Middleton. Call Robert Koenig at 836-1251. APRIL 1 Black Earth 10-Mile Run. 10 a.m. Black Earth Elementary School Call Ben Stewart at (608) 356-9246.

APRIL 1 Frigid Five-Mile Run. Noon. Monona Community Center. Call Lee Barth at 221-8866. APRIL 15 Old Style Runs.

10 a.m. Warner Park Shelter. 10K, 5K. Sponsored by American Cancer Society. Call 249-0210.

APRIL 22 Race Judicata. 9 a.m. Vilas Park Shelter. 10K, 5K. Call Elizabeth Kent at 256-6833.

APRIL 23 Ogg Jog. 10 a.m. UW Natatorium. 5K, 3K, 1M. Call Joan Lambert at 262-5500.

APRIL 29 Elroy's Crazylegs Run. 10 a.m. State Capitol. 5M. Call UW Athletic Department at 262-9508.

Cross Country Skiing TODAY Madison Nordic Ski Club Tour of Black River State Forest Leaves 8 a.m. southeast comer oi Hilldale Mall parking lot Call Levi Wood, 233-5197. Footloose From Page 18 lected to go out there, said Hanson, 35, a physical education teacher at Edgewood Campus School Last year we stayed in downtown Manhattan. They really pamper you. Its a big deal out there.

Maxson wasnt a state team member last year, but he has plenty of experience running in big events. He ran a 2:16 at the Minneapolis Marathon last spring, fast enough to qualify for the U.S. Olympic trials, but an injury prevented him from competing. Last year I did not do a thing, so Im really looking forward to getting back into it, said Maxson, 28, a buyer for Famous Footwear. The upper Midwest really shines in distance running.

We do want to represent the state welL Unfortunately, several of the states top runners will not be competing in the Ekiden due to a conflict with their Nike sponsorship. The Ekiden is sponsored by AsicsTiger and Nike apparently doesnt want its athletes wearing the jersey of another shoe company. That affects us pretty seriously, Hanson said. Tim Hacker and Keith Hanson are two of the best runners in the state. It will affect us more than some other states.

The Cheesehead lineup is Doug Scott of Eau Claire (5k), Ian Bouche of Casco (8k), Hanson (8k), Allen (10k) and Maxon (11.19k). Tim Renzelman of Oshkosh is the alternate. Big turnout: Even artic-like temperatures couldnt spoil the first Badger State Winter Games in Wausau in February. At final count 1,938 athletes entered events in alpine and cross country skiing, curling, figure skating and youth hockey. Our unofficial goal was to attract 1,000 athletes, so we are extremely pleased and proud of this first-time event, said Otto Breiten-bach, executive director of the Badger State Games.

Cross country skiing was the top participation sport with 1,035 entrants. Alpine skiing drew 414; youth hockey, 226; curling, 160; and figure skating, 103. Marathon County, with 418 entrants, had 26 percent of the total number of participating athletes. Dane County was second with 190 entrants. TODAY Tala vision Noon Collega Basketball Iowa at Michigan.

Channel 3. 1 pan. Collega Basketball MAAC Tournament semifinal. Channel 54. 1 p.m.

Auto Racing NASCAR Good wrench 200. ESPN. 1:30 pun. College Basketball Arizona at UCLA. Channel 15.

2 p.m. Pro Bowling Showboat Atlantic City Open. Channel 27. 2 p.m. Exhibition Baseball Oakland A vs.

Chicago Cubs from Mesa, Ariz. WGN. 2 p.m. College Basketball MAAC Toumamen semifinal. Channel 54.

3 p.m. College Basketball Louisville at Notre Dame. Channel 3. 3 p.m. College Basketball Ohio State at Wisconsin.

Channel 47. 3 p.m. College Basketball N. Carolina St at Wake Forest. ESPN.

3:30 pm. Pro Golf PGA Honda Classic, third round. Channel 15. 3:30 pan. Wide World of Sports Boxing, WBA light heavyweight championship, Virgil Hill vs.

Bobby Czyz, 12 rounds, from Bismarck, N.D.; horse racing, Florida Derby, from Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, Fla. Channel 27. 5:05 pan. U.S. Olympic Gold World Luge Championships, from Win-terburg.

West Germany, (taped), TBS. 6 pan. College Basketball Northeast Conference Tournament championship game, from Coraopolis, Pa. ESPN. 6:30 pm.

Pro Hockey Montreal at Hartford. Channel 54. 7:30 p.m. College Basketball Marquette at DePauL WGN. 8 p.m.

College Basketball Mid-Eastern Conference Tournament, championship game, from Greensboro, N.C. ESPN. 9:30 p.m. Pro Hockey Philadelphia Flyers at Los Angeles Kings. Channel 54.

10:30 pun. College Basketball Ohio State at Wisconsin (taped), Channel 21. 10:30 pm. College Basketball Wyoming at Utah. ESPN.

1:30 am. College Basketball Northeast Conference Tournament championship game, from Coraopolis, Pa (repeat), ESPN. 3:30 a.m. College Basketball Mid-Eastern Conference Tournament championship game, from Greensboro, N.C. (repeat), ESPN.

Radio 3 pm. College Basketball Ohio State at Wisconsin. WIBA-AM1310. 3 pm. College Basketball Ohio State at Wisconsin.

WTSO-AM1070. SUNDAY Television 11 am. Running Los Angeles Marathon. USA. 1 1 am.

Auto Racing NASCAR Good wrench 500. ESPN. Noon College Basketball Duke at North Carolina. Channel 15. 1 p.m.

Pro Golf Vintage Chrysler Senior Invitational, final round, from Indian Wells, Calif. Channel 27. 2 pm. SportsWorld Boxing, IBF junior lightweight championship, Tony Lopez vs. Rocky Lockridge, 12 rounds, from Sacramento, Cafif.

Channel 15. 2 pm. Exhibition Baseball Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers, from Chandler, Ariz. Channel 47.

2 pm. College Hockey WCHA Final Four, Wisconsin vs. Northern Michigan. Channel 54. 2 pm.

Pro Tennis U.S. Hard Court Championships, women's singles final from San Antonio, Texas. USA. 3 pm. Pro Golf PGA Honda Classic, final round.

Channel 15. 3 pnie College Basketball Illinois at Indiana Channel 27. 3:30 pm. Auto Racing Grand Prix of Miami. ESPN.

5 pm. College Hockey WCHA Final Four: Wisconsin vs. Northern Michigan (repeat). Channel 54. 6:30 pm.

College Basketball Southern Conference Tournament, championship game, from Asheville, N.C. ESPN. 6:30 p.m. The Steve Yoder Show Channel 3. 7 p.m.

College Basketball UNLV at New Mexico State. USA. 8 p.m. College Hockey WCHA Final Four, Minnesota vs. Denver.

Channel 54. 8:30 pm. College Basketball American South Conference Tournament, championship game, from Lafayette, La. ESPN. 1 1 pm.

College Basketball UNCC at Jacksonville. Channel 54. 1 1 pm. Women's Volleyball New York Liberties at Minnesota Mon-archs (taped), ESPN. 1:30 am.

College Basketball Southern Conference Tournament championship game, from Asheville, N.C. (repeat), ESPN. Radio 2 pm. College Hockey WCHA Final Four: Wisconsin vs. Northern Michigan.

WIBA-AM1310. 2 pm. College Hockey WCHA Final Four Wisconsin vs. Northern Michigan. WTSO-AM1070.

Outdoors DNR DIALOGUE For up-to-date information on all DNR board meetings, hearings, decisions and legislative actions, call 608-267-7787. DNR OUTDOOR REPORT Updated weekly. Call 266-2277. DNR POSTER CONTEST Open to students grades 3-5. Deadline May 8.

Call 266-0870. MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETY BIRDING HOTLINE Call 255-BIRM. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION HOTLINE Call (202) 737-2024. TURKEY HUNTING CLINICS Mount Horeb Community Center, today, 9 a.m.; Wisconsin Heights High School March 14, 6:30 p.m.; Madison Memorial High School, March 18, 8:30 1 p.m., March 30, 6:30 p.m.; Madison East High School, March 4, 1 p.m., March 8, 6:15 p.m., March 11, 9 March 16, 6:15 p.m. Call Ed Frank, 266-8840.

Channel 54s figures worst Dobrowolski is in the past SPORTS OH THE AIR WILD RENDEZVOUS AND ENDANGERED RESOURCES SERIES March 9, 16, 30. Havenwood Environmental Center, Milwaukee. Call (414) 527-0232. MARCH 19-25 National Wildliie Week. Call 266-0870 for educational materials.

WALLEYE SEMINAR March 5. Wisconsin River Walleye Rally Seminar and Trade Show. Wisconsin Dells Holiday Inn. 9 a.m. Call (608) 254-8088.

SENTINEL SPORTS SHOW March 10-19. MECCA Convention Hall Milwaukee. CaU (414) 224-2419. MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETY BANQUET March 10. Yahctra Conference Center.

6:30 p.m. Call 233-7762 or 258-7140 for more information. DNR ANGLING WORKSHOP March 11. Mount Horeb. Call (608) 328-9440 for more information.

DUCKS UNLIMITED BANQUET March 7. Heritage House. 5 p.m. Tickets $50 at Steve Gerhardt Sports or Dom Hardware on Monona Drive. Call Steve Villand at 244-5681.

Softball VERONA LEAGUE The Verona Athletic Commission is looking for both men's and women's fastpitch teams for Tuesday night league and men's over 35 slowpitch teams for Thursday nights. Call Jeff at 845-9254, Geoff at 273-8563 or Randy at 845-6495. 1 MARCH 11-12 Willows Tavern Snowflake Fiesta. 8-team slowpitch. 16-team volleyball.

Horseshoes. Tug-o-war. Call 244-8458. WILLOWS TAVERN LEAGUE Teams needed for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday men's slowpitch; Thursday women's slowpitch; Friday coed. Call 244-8458.

Miscellaneous RUN, JOG, WALK La Follette High School indoor track. 6-7 a.m. Monday through Friday through March 17. Showers available. Free.

SPORTS MEDICINE SYMPOSIUM March 9-11. Embassy Hotel in Green Bay. Call Dan Davis, Sports Medicine Clinic of Green Bay, (414) 496-4750. ODANA nn.T-S GOLF COURSE LOCKER LOTTERY Register March 15-18 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

$27.50 deposit required. Call Tom Benson at 266-4724. PLATTEVHLE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT March 11. Plattevifle Wrestling Club Old-Timers Tournament Plattevifle High School Gymnasium Weigh-in 8:30 a.m-10 a.m Matches begin at 11 a.m $5.50 for individuals, $10 team. Call (608) 348-7086 or (608) 348-4424.

U.S. HOT ROD SPRING NATIONALS March 11-12. Rockford Metro Centre. Call (815) 968-5222 for ticket information. INDOOR BIATHLON March 16 through 19.

UW Hospital and Sports Medicine and Fitness Center. 2.5K row on Concept II rowing machine and 10-mile ride on a Schwinn Aridyne stationary bike. $12. Register by March 6. CaU 263-7936.

BASEBALL CARD CONVENTION Chicago Hyatt Regency. June 29-July 2. CaU (312) 205-0342 or (312) 644-6610. BOATING SAFETY COURSE April 8 and April 15. Verona High School.

8 a.m. to noon. Ages 10 and over. $3. Register in advance by calling 273-1818 or 833-7024.

The Leisure Calendar appears each Saturday In The Capital Times sports section. Please send your outdoor or recreation calendar notice to the Leisure Calendar, Sports Department, The Capital Times, P. O. Box 8060, Madison, Wl 53708) By TOM KESSENICH Special to The Capital Times Finally, the dust has settled. After two months of ownership maneuvers and delayed starts, WSSM-TVChannel 54, Madisons low-power sports and movie station, finally is in high gear.

Not too long ago, general manager Dan DobrowolsM had the same game plan with another low-power station, TV-5. But after several months on the air, TV-5 was extinguished following a highly publicized attempt by Dobrowolski to wrest full control of the station from co-owner Warren Cave. But Cave pulled out and took some of his satellite equipment with him. That forced Dobrowolski, who had been planning on establishing Channel 54 all along, to put off his plans to bring his new stronger-signal station on the air. But that is all in the past Now Channel 54 is on the air and Dobrowolski is looking to the future, not the past Theres no comparison between the people who get us now and who saw us before, he said.

Were reaching people in northern Janesville, Verona and Stoughton. There have been a few ments. Im very pleased with the way things are going. Dobrowolski was dealt another setback a few weeks ago when the Implied consent now law for snowmobiles, ATV Dan Dobrowolski UW announced Channel 54 would no longer be able to carry UW events. The decision was based on the fact the original contract with WVTV-TVChannel 18 in Milwaukee called for WMSM-TVChannel 47 and TV-5 to be the Madison outlet for UW events.

Since Channel 54 was a separate entity from TV-5, the new station was no longer under contract That was just a minor setback, according to Dobrowolski Fortunately, most of the season was already over, he said. We are committed to local sports and we have no intention of changing our commitment to them. The last 10 years, what station has broadcast more UW sports than we did? We have been pioneers in bringing the Madison area these sports. So I think youll see our commitment expanding, not contracting." Channel 54 may no longer have the UW, but it is hardly without sports alternatives. The station has been carrying weeknight Big 10 basketball games and will have exclusive rights to the Western Collegiate Hockey Associations Final Four Sunday and Monday.

Dobrowolski says having a bigger audience is the best news oi all. Were getting a much better response, he said. I feel weve shored up our programming. Weve been able to inciease our sports coverage and now more people are watching. Thats real important to us.

Oconto. Northerns were hitting consistently on frozen smelt and golden shiners along the shore at Longtail Point. Fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass was good on Lake Columbia. Nice catches of panfish and northern pike were reported on Lake Puckaway. Little Green Lake provided good northern and walleye action last week fish as long as the ice holds out.

The agency said that permanent fishing shanties on inland lakes south of Wisconsin 64 must be removed from the ice by Sunday, March 5. Portable shanties may be used after that date, but must be removed at the end of each fishing day, the DNR said. The DNR said nice catches of perch were taken last week on the west shore of Green Bay near ESPN is only available through authorized distributors Programming subject to blackout or change 1988 ESPN Inc The Associated Press The new implied consent law for snowmobile and all-terrain vehicles has gone into effect in Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources says. The DNR said the new law, effective last Wednesday, is much like drunken driving laws governing vehicles on roads. Any snowmobile or ATV operator with a blood alcohol level of 0.1 percent or higher can be arrested for drunken driving.

If an operator refuses to take the breathalyzer, the law presumes intoxication, the DNR said. The new law provides first offense penalties of up to $386 plus rniirt Meanwhile, the DNR said the general season for most Wisconsin game fish closed, but March still can be an excellent month for pan Monroe bowler places 24th in PBA meet ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -Curtis Odom hung on to earn the No. 1 seed after six qualifying rounds of the Professional Bowlers Association $150,000 Showboat Atlantic City Open Friday night. Monroe's Dan Goepfert finished 24th in his first appearance in the PBA finals.

Goepfert collected $1,400 for his effort. Odom, a part-time pro who won more than $26,000 last year, is guaranteed a berth in the title game and a shot at his first PBA Tour victory and the $27,000 top prize. iTHElmPlTHlTimES 'I.