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Today’s Top 3

Sorry for no Blaster yesterday, might have to go to 3x/week until NJ gets out of and over these storms. Stay safe fellow bassin’ heads!

1. 2014 Classic at Guntersville?

That’s the rumor published by Bassin’Fan, and we all know how rumors are in bassin’. But…how awesome would that be? I might have to fish the Opens (haha)….

Guess we’ll find out either way tomorrow, when the 2014 Classic announcement’s coming.

2. At almost every tournament over the last 2 years, there was rarely 2 days in a row where I knew how I was going to catch them.

– The always dangerous and somehow mature beyond his Elite-level experience Ott DeFoe. Also said:

> “It seems like almost every day I was having to figure out things about the places I was fishing, or else go and find new water.”

> “You hear a lot of people say it, but it’s about on-the-water decisions and fishing what I see right now. I’ve been willing to make changes on the fly.”

3. Would you fish a rig called the…Dangle Berry?!

Man, the names bassers come up with for baits and rigs just keep a-comin’.

> Lee Sisson…says his creation is what helped him get into the Elite Series before he retired from professional tournament fishing a couple years ago. “I was making it for myself and a few friends, but it caught on and I took it to full production,” says Sisson. “It’s a great way to catch a nice limit.”

> The rig consists of a 4/0 offset Mustad hook with a free sliding weight on the hook shank. “One advantage this has over weighted hooks is it doesn’t dampen the action. The free swinging weight allows the bait to roll side-to-side during the retrieve.”

> “The secret is to fish it slow and let it settle to the bottom. It fishes great over grass because the weight doesn’t dig in like other weighted rigs.”

> The Dangle Berry is only offered in one weight size. “When I was experimenting, I discovered getting the precise weight is critical,” Sisson says. “I have no idea what it weighs – I just know the weight and hook are perfectly matched to achieve the action I desired.”

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Tip of the Day

Today on the BassGold Blog, Pete Gluszek gives up the deets on his new signature shallow crankbait: Pete’s Quiet Killer. Tidbits below, worth a full read:

> “A lot of fishing I do is ultra-shallow, like in the 1-2′ zone,” he said. “A lot of fish – a lot of big fish – are in that zone, especially pre-spawn. They’re big and tricky to catch, so you can’t bulldoze them. You’ve got to get in there and finesse that bite. That’s what this bait is so good at doing.”

> “I use it in scenarios well-suited to finesse cranking: heavy-pressures situations, low water or low tide, clear water, bright skies – situations where you won’t think of cranking.”

> The bait runs nose-down and flashes to the side when you stop reeling, “like a bluegill trying to put on the brakes,” and “that sideways flash also triggers strikes.”

> “It works well on riprap, wood, everything, but really shines in grass,” he said. A big reason for that is the round bill…. “When I’m working it through the inside grass edges in shallow water, I want it to get hung up in the grass. But I’m not ripping it out. What you want to do is repetitively twitch it and it’ll come through grass.”

> His reel of choice: the always-reliable and awesome Shimano Curado.

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Quote of the Day

She finally answered, and when I asked her where she was, she said she didn’t know.

– 2x EverStart Championship winner Kob Kreiger talking about his wife driving from FL to see the weigh-in on the Ouachita River (AR).

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Shot of the Day

A great smile always makes a bass look better. Nice Shot from NY’s Oneida lake, from B.A.S.S.’s Facebook page.

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