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Biggest bass in the U.S. this year…far as I know…from Miramar Lake, CA:
> Jay Saberon caught and released a 16.2-lb largemouth bass Friday while fishing an 8" Huddleston swimbait [in] rainbow trout.
> He fishes strictly from the shore after finding cleared spots on the lake’s tule-lined bank.
> "I was reeling excruciatingly slow when it hit a spot 10 feet out in the shade. When it hit, it da*n near ripped the rod out of my hands. I thought it was a smaller one, because they’ll rip like that.”
> The entire battle lasted no more than 20 seconds. He was using 15-lb P-Line fluorocarbon….
> “I don’t want to sound cocky, but it’s really easy for me to go out and use a 5" Zoom shad and catch a limit of 5- and 6-pounders. But I decided to put that small stuff down and go for a big bass."
2. Hand-lined a 10-lber…in a derby!!
Happened day 2 of this weekend's Okeechobee FLW Series, to Keith Fels who won with 14 fish for 54-15:
> “I made a pitch, got a bite, set the hook and missed. I pitched right back in there, got another bite, set the hook and it was on. I fought the fish until it bogged up into a huge wad of vegetation."
> "As I was heaving on the line pulling the wad in, my 65-pound test braid broke up in the rod. The tag end of the line laid across a mat of hydrilla. The fish was so bogged down, it didn’t move."
> "I reached out, grabbed the tag end of line and basically hand-lined the giant wad of weeds to the boat – and wrapped up inside was that 10-pounder.”
Sweet! Gitcha a different line?
3. Gambler wins on Big O again.
Not the BB Cricket this time. Fels used a 1-1/4-oz Jigzilla with a Gambler Megadaddy trailer (both black/blue). Hydrilla holes, dingy water.
Gambler baits also won 2nd and 4th – the Gambler Why Not…which looks just a bit like a certain water mammal bait….
3rd was Missile D-Bombs and Strike King Rodents, and 5th was 7" Senkos. Search baits figured too.
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News
Booyah gits one o' the most popular Elites…interesting.
2. Jap co sues Bass Pro Shops.
Duel is better-known in bassin as Yo-Zuri:
> In the lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Miami, Duel Co. accuses Bass Pro of selling products that infringe on U.S. Patent No. 7,752,801, which was issued in July 2010.
> “In general, the technology at issue in the ’801 Patent describes an improved fishing lure that changes color according to a viewing direction,” the complaint reads.
Be bringin' yer wallet, Duel!
Run by Keith Green, former tour pro and son of Ricky Green, who needs your prayers.
On Owasco during Cayuga Elite.
RIP bassin' brother.
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Tip of the Day
Chris Zaldain: Pre-spawn crankin'.
> Your home lake is just a few degrees shy of freezing. Most bass fishermen would opt to drag a finesse jig slowly across the bottom in water this cold, but California pro Chris Zaldain scores lunkers now on shallow-diving crankbaits.
> “Female bass are gobbling large crayfish, bulking up big-time prior to their spring spawn."
> Zaldain relies on a squat, shallow-running square-billed crank – the Strike King KVD 1.5, which dives 3-6'. The lure’s short, rectangular lip allows it to deflect off cover such as submerged logs, stumps, and rocks without hanging up.
> Since the lake is usually murky to muddy now due to runoff from seasonal rains, Zaldain favors bright colors. “You need 15- to 20-pound line with squarebills since you’re constantly grinding them off abrasive cover."
> “I call it kamikaze-style cranking. Cast the lure directly at shallow cover, then grind it down hard against the wood or rocks with the reel handle so the plug roots erratically around the gnarly stuff, then suddenly deflects off it, like a frightened crawdad."
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Quote of the Day
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve smoked them dragging a 12" worm on the bottom in the middle of the canal.
– FL guide Ray Peterson talkin' 'bout goin' 'gainst the grain to catch bass, in that case in Everglades canals.
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Shot of the Day
Porschia Gabrielse, 10-04 in FL. Nice…bass!
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