Today’s Top 5
Sorta:
> [A rigs] will no longer be permitted in the Bassmaster Opens or any other B.A.S.S. event that leads directly to a Bassmaster Classic qualification.
> KVD: “It’s a good call. If it’s not allowed on the Elite Series, the rules should be the same across all platforms.”
> Chris Lane: “What’s to keep me from stringing six of those (umbrella rigs) together, letting all the line off my reel as I troll to the other side of the lake, and then reeling in 12 bass?”
[Never happen…lol]
> Shaw Grigsby: “It’s not the greatest thing to ever hit. It’s a very situational lure. It has also taken away some other neat tools, like the two-fluke rig and the (Norman) Front Runner.”
> Paul Elias: “The majority of anglers want to beat the banks, and they don’t want to fish against it. …it’s a lot better cold-water bait than it is during the rest of the year. There are just not that many tournaments when it would be a factor. The only one (on the Elite Series) last year that I can think of would have been Rock.”
It’s not a lot of bites – it might only be eight. That many bites makes a difference in your whole year because you’re always one or two fish away.
– Greg “I am not a Hack” Hackney talkin‘ ’bout how he got the same amount of bites last year but this year converted ’em.
Alton for Prez!
Workin’ it….
Martens high ‘n dry.
Shot from an MLF event, A-A-ron Martens stuck good!
Reminds me of this tune, High n Dry from the Def Leppard – yep, Def Lep – album of the same name…back when they were a ROCK BAND. Let it Go (aka, “the cull song” haha!) another awesome one.
A lot of people confuse doodle socking with flipping.
– Arcane stuff from the bassin’ archives.
This little dude’s not confused!
Oh wait….noodle…sucking…[snicker].
News
> Pro-Bass Class, Session 4, will be held at Toledo Bend Reservoir in Many, LA, Nov. 16-18. Instructors include James Niggemeyer, Keith Combs, Dave Mansue, Kurt Dove and Stephen Johnston.
Worth the $!
3. MN: New Elite gives back already.
Submitted:
> Seth Feider a young Minnesota angler who just qualified for the 2015 Elite series, spent last Saturday with 28 kids on Lake Minnetonka at the 10th annual Bassinators Fall Brawl, then Sunday won the 37th annual Viking Invitational. Both events were no pay, just for fun. He just wants to give back to the sport that he loves.
> “Proposals that show the best integration of B.A.S.S. youth members, partnering with other organizations or agencies and leveraging matching funds or donated materials will receive the highest consideration.”
Ex-sheriff said:
> …some bass fishermen are fans…since there is virtually no patrolling presence on the water after dark (when the Lake’s speed limit is 35 mph), and they can drive fast, to make it to the final weigh-in for fishing tournaments.
…in World Fishing Network ranking. Hoo boy everyone’s doin’ the lake-ranking thang now. Stay tuned for the BassBlaster’s ranking of the top 100,000 lakes in America….
…from a real Cajun:
Tip of the Day
Magnum spoon tips:
> Magnum Spoon experts are few, but here’s how four of the best run these outsize bass baits:
> Randy Haynes: “I use it primarily as a search bait. I’ll see fish on my [sonar unit], turn around, cast the spoon as far as I can, and work it up.”
> Ben Parker: “I’ll use it in the fall if the bass are chasing big gizzard shad on gravel bars that top out around 5 to 6 feet. The spoon is not weedless, so you can’t fish it around grass and wood. But you can sit in 10 feet and fish it relatively shallow across those bars. Cast out, count it down, and then use a twitching retrieve.”
> Clent Davis: “On the retrieve, I just reel down to it as hard and fast as I can to get it up off the bottom while raising the rod tip high. If I don’t get a bite, I’ll drop the rod tip to let the spoon dart away and then repeat.”
> Jason Lambert: “If you see fish 6 to 8 feet off the bottom, the Mag Spoon will catch them. It’s not like a swimbait, where they trail it. It’s just suddenly there and they hit it.”
Git the Ben Parker Magnum Flutter Spoon here at Tackle Warehouse.
Quote of the Day
If I have a stereotype of tournament guys, it surely isn’t dumb rednecks – it’s smart, hyper-competitive anglers with a case of obsessive-compulsive disorder….
– Idaho fly fisherman, who got it all right ‘cept for the redneck part…yee-haw!
Shot of the Day
Does fish size always matter? No. No it doesn’t.
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