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Guy jailed for cheating, Christie ain’t no KVD, secret bait revealed

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1. 72-yr-old jailed for cheating.

> A Long Prairie (MN) angler was given seven days in jail Monday for cheating at the Park Rapids American Legion Community Fishing Derby this winter.

> Alfred “Tom” Mead, 72,  pleaded guilty in Hubbard County District Court to a felony charge of theft by swindle…for sneaking a previously caught fish into the tournament Feb. 2.

> Mead admitted to catching two northern pike on another lake and keeping them alive to bring to the American Legion tournament.

> The judge also pulled Mead’s fishing and hunting privileges for two years in Hubbard County and all adjacent counties. Mead will be on probation for four years, during which he is barred from the Legion Club, [and] was fined $200 and ordered to pay a $75 public defender co-payment.

A 72-year-old guy cheating in a local ice derby for his OWN CLUB! Nutty.

2. Christie’s good, but he ain’t no KVD.

In light of Jason’s three wins this year, I guess, the Bass Zone put together a pretty much apples-apples comparison of the two. Won’t run down the whole shootin’ match, but:

Average Finish over first 5 years [of career]


KVD = 22.34

Jason = 48.29

Average Weight per Tournament over first 5 years

KVD = 32.42

Jason = 30.88

# of Tournaments in top 50 over first 5 years

KVD = 57 or 93.44 % of the time – UNREAL

Jason = 38 or 60.32 % of the time – Impressive

# of Tournaments in top 10 over first 5 years

KVD = 16

Jason = 15

# of Tournaments in top 5 over first 5 years


KVD = 11

Jason = 7

3. Here’s one man’s secret weapon.

> The secret weapon is a simple 3-inch jig. The reason it’s so effective, Joey Monteleone said, is that its silver color mimics a minnow when it darts and flashes in the water.

> The company that made the lure did not do so intentionally. Monteleone, a longtime guide and fishing seminar speaker, spotted the jig at a boat show in 1995 while visiting a booth manned by Midsouth Tackle of Jonesboro, Ark.

> “They had a bunch of tubes sitting in a box and I saw one little bag of those and asked, ‘What are those?’ ” Monteleone said. “The lady said, ‘We made those by accident, do you want them?’”

> Monteleone started catching lots of fish on the lure. He then called and asked the folks at Midsouth Tackle to make 500 more. The problem was the jig was made by accident and the company didn’t have a formula for the color. With Monteleone’s help, they worked at it and came up with something close to a perfect match.

> The bait never became available to the public because Monteleone told Midsouth Tackle he would purchase all it produced.

> “It matches the look of a minnow exactly when a minnow is getting chased,” Monteleone said. “They dart and they flash when they are getting chased, and that’s what a crappie, bass or any other fish sees. The reason it catches so many different kinds of fish is that everything in the water eats minnows. And everything has seen that flash.”

I buy that it works, but gets me to a-wonderin’ – how many other secret baits are out there?

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News

1. Guess the Elite winning weight, win BassGold!

Deets here, on the Ztrain’s Facebook page.

Z say, “Don’t be a bassin’ dork – use BassGold!”

2. Here’s what’s happening on the upper Miss…

…Elite, zackly what BassGold predicted should happen (again).

3. New Loomis NRX Umbrella Rig rod!

Will be checking it out at the ICAST trade show, but I did get a pic in advance:

Hahaha! Kidding…I’m sure it won’t be made outta wood. Hope the skirt is optional, though I understand Z and Mercer will be there to talk about the rod so….

4. TackleTour reviews $400 Roman Made swimbait.

They like it. I should hope so!!!

5. New treble hook skirts.

Hmmmm.

6. TX: Hatcheries being hit by drought.

7. OH: From the Clyde po-lice blotter:

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

• 11:38 a.m., someone placed a live catfish in a mailbox which victimized the mail lady in the 100 block of Paula Drive.

Maybe I’ll never grow up, but that’s pretty funny….

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Tip of the Day

Interestin’ Spook tricks.

From some Florida big-bass hunters – check that rod/reel setup:

> “I don’t know how he does it. He throws [a Spook] all day….”

> He uses a 5-foot, 6-inch spinning outfit with 40-pound PowerPro braided line. The braid gives the Spook action and it’s strong enough for Sayler to pull the lure free if it gets snagged.

> He can make the lure “walk the dog” in a left-right-left-right motion without the short rod’s tip hitting the water, and he makes long, accurate casts with the spinning reel.

> “You’ve got to get that Spook out there far enough because fish hear the trolling motor,” said Sayler, who uses different colors until he gets a good strike, then sticks with that color. “That long cast will get it out there where the fish don’t know you’re there yet.”

> Sayler has had bass follow the Spook to within a few feet of the boat, so he walks the lure all the way back. “Ninety percent of the time it’s going to be in first 10 or 15 feet.”

> He replaces the factory hooks with No. 2 extra strong trebles and ties his own Mylar tail to put on the rear hook. The tail lets the Spook walk at a 90-degree angle, which means it is aggravating bass way more than if it walked at a 45-degree angle.

> If a bass simply misses the Spook, Sayler said to leave the lure there. “Nine times out of 10, if he missed that Spook clean and you know he didn’t get it or feel it in his mouth, you’ve got to twitch it real slow and he’ll hit it.”

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Quote of the Day

This lady was the catch I was SUPPOSED to make, here in this parking lot, not out there on Douglas Lake.

Gerald Swindle talkin‘ ’bout literally catching an elderly lady who was about to fall in a parking lot at a restaurant where he and his wife were called to eat – after a crappy day on the water. Cool story.

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Shot of the Day

How in the heck do the Linders keep boating fish like this? Wait…oh yeah. They live in MN, where a branch with a hook will slaughter anything with fins. Just kidding guys! (sorta)

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