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Today's Top 5
1. Debra Hengst is tougher than you.
Yep, that gal, tougher'n me too. Just one example:
> “I was treated [for cancer] on my left side so I was limited to steering the boat with my right hand. I had to raise up in my seat to absorb shock from the waves.”
> That wasn’t easy after an arctic blast came through northern Texas. High winds and rough water…. One-hand steering was difficult. So was standing on a casting deck in the waves….
> The prevailing pattern was pre-spawn bass gathering on main-lake flats. That meant yanking a jerkbait from takeoff until weigh-in time…lots of running-and-gunning.
> “I needed to make a showing to keep in the standings. I made it but it was mentally and physically a tremendous challenge.”
Wow. Word is Debra's even tougher than this:
Just kiddin' Debra! We all know no one can do that….
2. Gville BFL: Basstrix, Red Eye.
This weekend a Guntersville BFL 1-dayer was won by AL's James Sumerel with 29-08. Important because a wee derby called the Classic coming there soon:
> Sumerel mined the edge of a ledge…"the same ledge all day long. I basically just had a 250-yard stretch that I went up and down. We would throw up on top of the ledge into 4-6'. The fish were in some greener hydrilla that was right on the edge of the ledge before it broke off into 18-20'.
> Four of the fish he weighed in came on a 6" Basstrix swimbait and his fifth ate a Strike King Red Eye Shad.
> He caught about 15 keepers throughout the day, an impressive feat in an event where only 18 limits were weighed….
3. Hite's bait NOT a Senko??
Hahahaha! Why do you think I picked that pic out of 'em all to publish?? Many folks have said (tx for writing in) that looks like a Lake Fork Live Magic Shad rather than a Swimming Senko. You tell me:
To me that tail is a dead giveaway:
4. The BassBlaster app is out!
Rather read it thataway? No prob, got ya covered:
BassGold app comin' next….
5. These Oakleys…cool?
Lotsa want out there for these. To me they look ski-slope '80s but whatever:
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News
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1. Murray gets Protect the Harvest.
Very cool. Folks fightin' the antis. He also has Toray line, Plano and Frabill this year.
And…his last Facebook post was Christmas 2012??
3. CA: Spots comin' to Cuyamaca.
Meantime drool over these Shasta spots:
5. New Merc Enertia ECO props.
> At cruising speeds, the Enertia ECO posts a minimum of 10 percent fuel economy gain….
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Tip of the Day
> Brandon Palaniuk knows the mental part of professional tournament bass fishing can be as important as the physical part, so he relies on a technique known as ‘positive visualization.' It’s something the Yamaha pro learned as a wrestler, and he continued it when he began fishing professionally.
> “In high school it became an important part of our practices. We would lie on the wrestling mats with the lights out, and the coach would walk us through every part of a match, from warmups to a take-down to winning and having the referee raise our hand in victory at the end of the match. It always ended in success, so it wasn’t hard to apply that process to bass fishing.”
> He credits his two Bassmaster Elite wins, each of which he led from start to finish, as well as his runnerup finish in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic to his positive visualization process.
> During his initial Elite Series win at Bull Shoals in 2012, Palaniuk caught his fish in deep water offshore, so he was casting only to a GPS point. He could see bass on his electronics, so as he lay in bed at night he imagined how the fish related to the structure he couldn’t see, how he needed to position his boat, and how he would make each cast. He continued the visualization process all the way through receiving the winner’s trophy.
> “During the St. Lawrence tournament this past season, I also lay awake each night visualizing every detail of the 100-mile boat ride to my fishing spot in Lake Ontario,” he said. “I would continue that thought process during the ride itself the next morning, visualizing how I would see the bass on my electronics, dropping a lure to them, and then landing them."
> Prior to the 2013 Classic, Palaniuk visited Grand Lake in February 2012, a full year in advance, and found the pattern he actually used during the event itself. So he was able to spend 12 months visualizing very precisely how he would fish the tournament. He finished second by just over 3 pounds to fellow Yamaha pro Cliff Pace.
> As the 2014 Classic nears, Palaniuk says he's using positive visualization nearly every day.
Right now I'm visualizing that somewhere near my hotel in B'ham will be the South's best jalapeno cheeseburger.
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Quote of the Day
We bought 80 miles of stainless steel wire to supply the demand for umbrella rigs.
– Lawrence Taylor of Pradco talkin' 'bout Yumbrella rigs. And that's just one company!
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Shot of the Day
Very cool shot of Jon VanDam taken by Garrick Dixon. Yep, he can make you look this cool too….
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