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Fishing Community Mourns Loss of Kyle Mabrey Kyle Mabrey, a former FLW Tour pro from McCalla, Ala., was killed in a single-car accident on Feb. 19. Mabrey was traveling north on Interstate 459 near Bessemer when his Tahoe left the roadway and went down the median until he came to a stop on some railroad tracks that passed under the interstate. At 11:51 p.m., a Norfolk Southern train struck the boat he was towing. When authori- ties arrived, he was pronounced dead on the scene. Mabrey, 42 at the time of his death, leaves behind a wife, Beth, and two young children – a son and daughter. FLW Tour pro Brad Knight and his wife, Becky, along with other pros who knew and traveled the Tour with Mabrey, set up a GoFundMe account with the goal of raising $30,000 to help Mabrey’s widow and children. More than $29,000 had been given by press time in early March. To donate to the fund, go to gofundme.com/3epmdzs. In addition to his career as a tournament fisherman, Mabrey was a res- piratory therapist at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Funeral services were held Feb. 24 at The Baptist Church at McAdory in McCalla. OOPS, WE MADE A MISTAKE … AND THE CHASE FOR THE LIMIT RECORD ENDS On page 21 of the January 2017 issue of FLW Bass Fishing magazine, in an article titled “Chasing 50: Tracking Down the FLW Tour Record for Consecutive Limits,” we incorrectly stated that Matt Arey had an active streak of 22 limits caught in FLW Tour competition. Arey’s streak actually ended prior to publi- cation on the second day of the 2016 Lake Norris FLW Tour Invitational. We regret the mistake. EXPANDED FLW LIVE A HIT 10 Velvick, a former Bassmaster Elite Series angler. Replays of the Lake Travis live shows can be viewed at YouTube.com/FLWFishing. Live shows will air at FLWFishing.com during the remaining FLW Tour events. Broadcast times are 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the time zone where each tournament is tak- ing place. FLW Live is broadcast from an all-new studio in FLW’s Benton, Ky., headquarters. The article correctly listed six other Tour pros who had a mathematical shot at breaking the consecutive limit record, which is 50 and was set by Cody Meyer in 2014. However, five of those streaks were ended at the 2017 Tour opener at Guntersville. Andy Morgan’s streak lasted until day one of stop No. 2 at Lake Travis when the Tennessee pro, suf- fering from the flu, weighed in only three bass. FLW rolled out a newly enhanced version of its popular FLW Live online video-streaming program during the FLW Tour event presented by Quaker State at Lake Travis in February. In addition to the already popular video stream from the daily weigh-ins, the new program also includes four hours of live video from the top anglers’ boats on days three and four of the tournament, with analysis provided by hosts Travis Moran and Byron FLWFISHING.COM I aprIL 2017