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Lane on Stress, Ike’s Classic ‘Plan’, Bass Clubs Losing Members?

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Today's Top 4

1. It doesn’t put any financial stress on my wife and kids.

Chris Lane talking about how he has some cashish now and doesn't have to stress about it.

2. I'll move around from one spot to another until (hopefully) I find a bunch of bass big enough to win.

– Mike Iaconelli on his Classic strategy. Could be anyone's strategy anywhere…! Also said:

> The thing is about Grand Lake is that it’s really big. Running around on it can eat up a lot of fishing time. You have to be right, most of the time anyway, for that strategy to work.

3. Some bass clubs have seen dip from recession.

Yours?

> “Tournament fishing as a whole is growing, but at the club level it seems to be declining. There are still plenty of clubs, but the members per club is fewer. I personally think a number of things has caused it, and first and foremost it’s the economy.”

> The Middle Tennessee Bass Anglers has lost more than half of its members over the past few years.

> Being a member of a fishing club is not cheap. There are dues, a commitment to fish tournaments and, of course, the high cost of fuel and bait.

4. PA actually asks people to go around its own DEP.

PA Dept of Environmental Protection is fiddling while the Susquehanna River smallie fishery burns, so the PA Fish and Boat Commission is asking state residents to go right to Congress and the federal EPA. Crazy!

> In 2005, which was then the hottest year on record, my two sons and I were fishing the Susquehanna. That weekend, we saw hundreds of fingerling bass floating downstream, killed by a common soil and water bacteria called Columnaris.

> Six miles above Harrisburg I took a water temperature of 91 degrees. We didn't know it at the time, but what we were witnessing was the beginning of a nearly annual kill of smallmouth. For the past seven years, high water temperatures have lowered oxygen levels in the river, stressing the bass and making them susceptible to bacterial infection.

Also, guy claims climate change may be at root of Susq smallie issues.

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News

1. Lew's signs John Murray, another Murray.

2. B.A.S.S. releases first app.

Done by ScoutLook, seems like weather only.

> Weather information, wind mapping, solunar times, tides and moon, and hourly barometric changes all in one free app.

3. Chapman No. 1 in world.

Congrats to a great guy who fished out of his mind last year. And hey – BassFan got a redesign!

> "That's really exciting," Chapman said. "What a cool way to start the season for me. Other than (Kevin) VanDam, the guys who've gotten there have found it hard to stay for very long, so a good goal for me will be to try to stay there the whole year."

4. Palaniuk sponsored by Simms.

Watch out for Brandon in waders! (lol)

5. Smallies "invading" Yellowstone River cited as evidence of global warming.

Word is the smallies are seen as evil because they like Big Macs instead of granola.

6. db on the lunch pail Classic champ.

A must-read as usual. Best…fishing…writer…ever.

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Tip of the Day

Using electronics to find basses.

Some good basics from FLW pro Jonathan Newton:

> Crappies will stack up close together in a shape like a Christmas tree, or sometimes like an inverted Christmas tree. Bass might be stacked up, but seldom more than two deep and they’ll be more scattered out – especially spots.

> If you can even see the fish hugging the bottom, those fish are probably loafing. That’s not to say you can’t catch them – especially if you can get the first one to bite – but they’re not as easy as the fish you see up in the water around cover or structure.

> It’s been said that suspended fish holding way off the bottom are hard to catch, and while that’s generally true, you can’t tell just by looking. I’ve gone over fish suspended 5 to 8 feet in water more than 20 feet deep, and come back later and caught them. A lot of times those suspended fish won’t bite right away because your boat disturbed them, but you can waypoint them and get them later with a swimbait or crankbait.

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Quote of the Day

That's the greatest thing about bug fishing – you don't have to be good.

Quote from a FL fly fisherman who's all about the popping bug. This true for froggin' too??

Also said that the keys are speed and the bubble trail.

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Shot of the Day

Detail of cool smallie digital art. But that bait needs a lip….

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