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
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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
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