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Today’s Top 3

1. PAA gives thumbs down to A-rig…for now?

Remember earlier this year the membership voted thumbs up to use the A-rig, then they had their Douglas Lake, TN derby that was an A-rig fest, then lots of folks complained. (what?? fishermen complain? lol)

Latest chapter is:

> The result of the survey was overwhelmingly against the use of umbrella style rigs. Of the 147 members participating in the survey, 96 were against the use of umbrella rigs and 51 were for the use of the umbrella rigs.

Overwhelmingly? That’s 65% against the A-rig, less than 2 of every 3 peeps. Hey, guys for the rig: Demand a recount in Florida!

2. The future of fish-finders?

Could be…here now, the Raymarine Dragonfly. Niiiiiiice. Caught wind of it from a Bernie Shultz post. (Also dug the G-man’s G-Force trolling motor handle, which apparently all the Elites use.) Dragonfly: Too many buttons (haha!), but how ’bout that rez!

3. The future of holding up fish?

This pic’s from a recent world-record sword catch. Can’t you just see it now, plastering logos on bass for photos.

And btw, this shot spoonin’ that fish is a little too weird.

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All you buzz-heads, check out MegaStrike’s Cavitron buzzbait. Worth a quick watch – all buzzbaits are not created equal!

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News

1. B.A.S.S.: Corkran, Clough retiring.

Don Corkran, Nation (Federation) director, will be leaving July 8, and Noreen Clough, conservation director, will be leaving Aug. 9. Bummer. Don is being replaced by Daily Show host Jon Stewart who now helps Don with the Nation. No word on whether Noreen will be replaced.

2. WV: Starks wails on Kanawha River smalls.

The biggest one is a 6! Charleston city limits – who knew?

3. CA: SoCal bassers help Crisis House.

Cool.

4. OK: Merc in fish warnings.

5. New Doug Hannon bassin’ game.

6. Scatter Rap derby.

6 guys, Rap’la Scatter Raps only, some lake in MN where every fish will bite a bare hook (lol). Interesting marketing – I like it.

7. Ethanol lobbyists still want E15.

Oil/gas biz fighting it….but E10 sucks for outboards anyhow.

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Tip of the Day

Jeff Kriet: Dropshotting bait balls.

Good one from W2F:

> “I’m always watching my Lowrance for any signs of heavy bait activity. Schools of bait will show up as big balls on your sonar, and that tells you bass are nearby. Shad don’t just travel in balls—something is pushing them into that position.”

> While he catches plenty of fish dropshotting in the middle of these bait balls…if he notices a ball of bait on his graph, he’ll slowly circle the school looking for big, rogue bass. “If you see arches on your graph that are 10 or 20 yards away from the bait pod, it’s probably a big one.”

> “I start out by positioning my boat right above the bait ball and drop my dropshot directly through the middle of it. Many times you’ll see a bass break out of the bait ball and follow your worm to eat it. Most of the time, however, you have to play with them. I’ll reel back up, drop my bait right above the bait, shake it around and then drop it back down through the bait. If you see the bass reacting, you’ll eventually catch it.”

> “Realistically, you’ll probably only catch a couple fish from each school. I have a fairly simple rule of thumb when I drop shot for suspended fish – as long as they’re reacting to my presentation on the graph, I’ll keep dropping on them. If they’re ‘flat-lining’ and not paying any attention to your bait, you probably won’t catch them.”

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Quote of the Day

Stupid is doing the same stupid thing over and over again and thinking that you’re a genius for doing it.

– The best writer in bassin’, don barone, talkin’ ’bout guys who use the line “you gotta dance with the one who brung ya” when they lose – and contrasting that with KVD who said:

> “I’m patiently smart. When my gut says something has changed, bang, I’m gone, I’m done doing what I have been doing. On to something else.”

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Shot of the Day

10-lber caught on LA’s Calcasieu River, really nice fish from that water. Healthy-lookin’ too. Said it was caught with a frog…but that looks like a jig?

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