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Alleged cheaters, but:
> On July 15th, RFC Tim Hutto received a complaint from a US Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Officer that a subject was involved in buying and selling a trophy bass at Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Lakeland. RFC Hutto began an investigation….
> On July 18th, RFC Tim Hutto and intern Johnathan Day concluded the investigation which resulted in the confiscation of an 11 1/2 pound trophy largemouth bass and the issuance of five separate citations.
> During the investigation RFC Hutto discovered that two subjects caught the bass in Banks Lake on July 12th during a local bass tournament. The two individuals who caught the bass agreed to sell the bass for $250.00 to a two man team fishing in the tournament so that they could use the fish to win the tournament.
What?? Hahaha genius! More, from the eventual winner:
> Since such time, I have received both written & verbal apologizes from one team member. Personally, I have forgiven both guilty parties involved in this situation…however, I will never forget their betrayal to the sport.
Dang straight. Here's the club meeting after the cheaters were caught:
2. ICAST highlights.
ICAST is the name of the fishing tackle trade show, happened all last week in Orlando. Awesome. Few thangs:
> Spro Rat wins best hard bait of show – seriously!
I'm sure it works, but I think the secret is when the bass see it they laugh so hard they roll up to the surface and can't swim…hahaha just kiddin' Siemantel!
> Guess I scared JVD?? And do I go the full-Mercer or Bosley Hair Club…be needin' soemthin'….
> Looked for, finally found, the Nichols Lures Ben Parker Magnum PI spoon:
Haha! All for now, more ICASTin' tomorrow.
3. Best of bassin' Instagram…
…from last week:
> This guy gets his bassin' freak on a hair too much yo!
911 the butterfly net guys. That one's fer you, Z….
> Jep ketches one, gits wet:
> Happiness is….
> Strange way to hold up a fish but…she must work out:
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News
1. KVD, Swindle, others Huk it up.
New clothing line, those guys involved, website is blank right now. Huk = "hook."
…gits Scatter lip:
Caught more shoreline bass on that broken back Rapala back in the day than I can count. Need to revisit it….
3. TN: Campbellsville U gets basser.
> Two-time National Bass Fishing Trail junior national champion Dakota Cantrell signed a scholarship Saturday, July 12 to join the inaugural Campbellsville University co-ed bass fishing team.
Awesome.
Gitcha one:
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Tip of the Day
> Clear water with great visibility calls for a black and blue Fluke, and dark, low-visibility calls for a pearl color. I have been using both these colors for years and always a one of the two tied on at all times.
> One side note for color is on northern lakes that have herring running during the spring…I always use pearl with…I take a black sharpie marker and draw a line on the top of both sides. In most of these lakes the big bass are keyed in on the passing herring and this small change tricks many of them into think that the fluke is a small dying herring.
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Quote of the Day
When I started, the weather was the biggest variable in finding and catching bass.
– Ricky Clunn, after bein' honored for being awesome at ICAST. Badly wanted to be there, couldn't make it, bummed. Rick also be sayin':
> "Today it's fishing pressure. We are the number one variable."
Shot of the Day
Crazy Dave Mercer shot, kinda more than I ever wanted to see of a bass' innards. Reminds me of the time I saw the inside of my bladder, didn't want to see that either…story for another time…!
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Chad Keogh
July 21, 2014 at 3:57 pm
RE: “Guess I scared JVD?? And do I go the full-Mercer or Bosley Hair Club…be needin’ soemthin’….”
Go the full-Mercer. After all, he probably copied me… 🙂
Chad
JB
July 21, 2014 at 9:10 pm
That clown on the water is legit. Scares the bass onto the line for sure!