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…after squeakin' by G-man (4 oz) and the Hack Attack (8 oz), a killa for those guys:
> His main game keyed in on current in Illinois Bayou, he said, triggering reaction bites by swimming a jig…a 1/2-ounce Booyah jig with a black-and-blue Yum Craw Chunk.
> “I was fishing pretty dirty water, and that jig has really loud rattles. I would stroke that jig, trying to get the big ones to react.”
> “I saw every bass that came up and got it. Every fish that bit didn’t come up to get it. They came horizontally.
> Christie searched for larger bass by looking for matted weeds. “All of a sudden you’d see a point that had a mat. That’s a perfect place for a big one…." He hit transition areas between where bass are known to spawn, and “choke-down” currents, where the channel narrowed.
> “Once I felt the current really, really get moving, I cast where the current hit it directly. Wind helped too. If I could get current and wind, that’s what I needed."
> “I found there’s two times of the day when they’re really eating, and if you’re not around them at those times, you can fish right by them.”
That's the claim for this fish:
Pic taken from this vid – which is kinda painful to watch in an infomercial way (they call a net a Frabill, etc.).
THIS THE ONLY SCALE THEY HAD?? DERRRRRRRP!!
3. Sturgeon Bay Open results killer!
Looks like no one on staff had a camera or internet connection (derp) but:
- Winners had 65.62 lbs of smallies over 2 days
- Runners-up also 60+
- At least 6 30+ bags of smallies on day 1
- 8.29 was big fish:
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News
Expertise seems to be in sturgeon and spearing. Ugh. Just what WI bassers need….
3. MN: Let's kill bass!
'While fisheries managers try to figure out how to restore the struggling walleye population on Mille Lacs Lake, they’re encouraging anglers to consider what had been unthinkable for many: eat bass instead.'
– From this article. Genius.
…on Ouachita River. What, no swimbaits there?
5. MS: 'We had the Bassmaster tournament out here last fall and a lot of them said, ‘It’s a beautiful lake, but you need some more fish in here.'
– Why FL bass are being stocked in Ross Barnett.
6. MI: Thieves steal bassin' tackle.
7. Elite-requested 'Trap floaters.
> …special run of the SuperNatural patterns in the Floater model. This stemmed from some conversations with Elite pros Cliff Crochet and Boyd Duckett about how effective our Floater Rat-L-Trap is but how few colors we make it in.
> This model is perfect for fishing over shallow wing-dam cuts on rivers, grass just under the surface, and all shallow waters.
Limited run, git 'em while ya can! Jess click here-like:
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BP on the Storm Arashi Deep 10:
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Tip of the Day
Good article:
> His boat looks like the cockpit of a 747. He has two wide-screen Humminbird graphs at the console and at the bow, which have GPS/mapping and offer down- and side-imaging sonar and are connected by an Ethernet cable.
> His front units are also wired into a 360 imaging unit mounted on the trolling motor shaft that provides a view around the boat, with the emphasis on the area ahead.
> Transducers and GPS antennas mounted at the bow and transom provide a more accurate and thorough view of his surroundings.
> One of the bow screens displays 360 imaging while the other has mapping and sonar simultaneously. The 360 allows him to see fish and cover ahead of the boat.
> One console unit is programmed with split-screen viewing of three sonar views – down-imaging, two-dimensional, and side-imaging – while another screen displays a topo map.
> Once he’s in a potential area, he zig-zags near structure looking for subtleties, such as isolated weedbeds away from a major weedline, logs/stumps, or small rock piles – all of which can hold bass that get overlooked by most anglers.
> “Most anglers overlook the importance of changes in bottom composition. An area where two different bottom types (sand to rock, soft to hard) come together can be a fish magnet, especially for smallmouths. And with the different color schemes offered on a graph, these changes become quite noticeable.”
> When he sees something noteworthy, he’ll move the cursor on the graph on top of the spot and save a waypoint. "I don’t have to drive on top of it and disturb whatever fish may be lurking there."
> Down-imaging comes into play in deep water for summer and winter fishing. It gives a clearer view of individual fish and a more detailed picture than 2D sonar.
> VanDam will run a split screen with down-imaging on one side and 2D on the other. “It’s great for dropshotting because you’ll see fish that don’t always show up on 2D sonar. However, there are things I don’t see on down-imaging that I see on 2D, such as sand grass or cover close to the bottom."
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Quote of the Day
That's what happens when you weigh in less than 10 lbs in Arkansas.
– Elite pro Chad Morgenthaler talkin' 'bout a squirrel stealin' a Power Bar outta his hand. #oldmanreflexes hahaha!
Shot of the Day
Only in Cali…cool.
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