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Today’s Top 5
1. A-Mart comes in 1st in AOY.
Hey, Mr. 2nd (not really, but…) finished 1st – congrats! Even though this is his, uh, 2nd AOY title (haha!). Anyhow, he played it cool about all the 2nds he’s had, but couple quotes from this weekend’s derby tell a different story:
“I’ve got too many 2nd places. I’ve got to put some 1sts in there.”
– After day 1 on St. Clair/Erie
“Aaron wasn’t ever worried about whether he was going to be 1st again. He’s confident in his abilities. And it’s not like I’m not confident in him. But I just feel horrible every time he gets second. I don’t want that to be his legacy.”
– Lesley, Aaron’s better half.
To quote the Rainman on that 2nd legacy thang, “Definitely not. Definitely not.”
2. Chris Lane comes in 1st at St. Clair/Erie.
Loads of boats went to Erie, but Chris Lane fished somewhere else…
> Lane’s winning pattern was drifting a dropshot rig in current at the Lake Huron mouth of the St. Clair River (from Bassmaster.com).
…sounds like a spot Alton Jones found – musta been a pile o’ fish since they finished 1st and 3rd:
> He and Lane took turns drifting a 250-yard stretch of current Jones found in practice that was loaded with big bronzebacks (from Bassin’Fan).
And Chris beat Aaron…?
> “However it happened, I beat the best dropshot fisherman in the world. The only reason I could do it, though, is because of what he’s taught me about it.
> “We’ve fished around each other a few times and he’s shown me some stuff. Maybe he taught me too much.”
3. I about cried.
– Mark Davis, who coulda won the Elite, talkin’ ’bout his fifth fish getting off twice on day 4.
4. What up with all the fish-sniffin’?
Apparently the right quality o’ fish meant they had to smell good too:
Other fun-sized snacks from the Elite I found interesting:
> Martens didn’t weigh a fish on day 4…because his outboard came off!
> Sure enough, pleny o’ guys were fired up by BP takin’ it to ’em at the St. Lawrence, and ran a ways to find the fish.
> Congrats to Hank Cherry for winning ROY. Watch out for that dude.
5. Here’s Aaron’s smallie secret.
Now that the season’s over, he gave me the okay to reveal it:
The more chartreuse you got, the more the smallies love you, mang!
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News
1. NY: Oneida winner to speak Sept. 4.
2. NY: Waddington bass/walleye derby Sept. 14.
Contests of the Day
2. Win a K2 Cooler stuffed with Cajun Baby gear.
3. Win a Trip with Howell, Chapman or Martens.
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THIS is why you should be using this shaky head:
Tip of the Day
Very cool article:
> I’ve often found what I believe to be a thermocline in about 3 feet of water below heavy lily pads and vegetation. The total water depth might be 5 feet. The bass seem to hold right above it — maybe around 2 1/2 feet.
> This formula generally holds true around other kinds of structure and cover as well. Sometimes you’ll find good bass holding at 4 1/2 feet around docks when the thermocline is at 5 feet and the total water depth is no more than 10 feet.
> The truth is that I don’t have any solid scientific evidence to support my theory that thermoclines can be as shallow as I’m suggesting. Nevertheless, years on the water have convinced me I’m onto something.
> Check it out for yourself. Set the sensitivity up on your electronics and cruise some of the areas I’ve talked about. You’ll see that all-important gray band across the screen. It’ll be surprisingly shallow, and in surprisingly shallow water, too.
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Quote of the Day
Our banjo player went fishing, he caught some ugly looking largemouth bass and came back saying, ‘That would be a pretty rad band name.’
– Dude in the Largemouth Bastards.
Ugly?
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Shot of the Day
Hey – Chris Lane got a taste of fishing in New Jersey!
Yep, it’s a fact that once your boat length is over 22′, you’re exempt from all boating etiquette – except the one-fingered salute, of course….
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