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1. Did spectators cost VanDam…
…the win at Chickamauga? He'd never say that but:
- Fact: Spectator boats aren't going away.
- Fact: KVD gets more of them than most.
- Fact: He has to set his tournament strategy with that in mind – so it's not the best fishing strategy, but the best "fishing with 50 boats around you" strategy.
From that article:
> After the first two rounds, VanDam was a threat to win it all at BASSfest. On Saturday, a floating gallery of 50 spectator boats greeted him at the ledge shared with Jeff Kriet and Russ Lane.
> That day, VanDam would return with one bass shy of a limit. Four bass on the scales can make or break a winning effort. It did for VanDam at BASSfest.
> “I’ll think about that day for a long time,” he said. “It killed my chances because I had a really good shot at the win.”
Clashin' is workin' for him so why not?
3. Herren's line tangled in camera.
Good way to get a camera trashed by a fisherman:
#yourefired #gitagopro
4. Crazy Eye-talian bassin' rig.
Check the bassin' tub meets ski boat look:
No bridges on Italian lakes I guess?
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This fish was caught on a 10" swimbait! Okay, not really but…last month to win! Git yer pics up on the BB FB page or hit @bassblaster or #bassblaster on Instagram.
Elite News
1. Scientists freak about soft-plastics.
> Researchers are searching for ways to reduce the harm soft plastic fishing lures cause fish.
> Snorkelers in Charleston Lake in eastern Ontario found as many as 80 lures every 50 miles….
Whatever. They are FISH!
This Saturday, June 21.
…to be discussed at June 25 meeting, currently at 15".
5. MN: Biologists getting a clue…
…at Mille Lacs:
> The lake's burgeoning smallmouth bass population appears en route to exoneration in the walleye mystery. Smallies rarely eat much walleye, researchers are finding.
My bud Tony's had enough of this anti-smallie crap already:
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Tip of the Day
> …he’s learned there is one constant factor when tournaments are won on river channel ledges…current.
> …making precision casts while keeping watch on the graph display.
> VanDam learned that current speed, not just the current itself, is the determining factor for how fish set up on a ledge. “The speed of flow concentrated the fish more to a particular side of that piece of cover. You had to put the bait precisely on that sweet spot.”
> The “sweet spot” moved around a lot at BASSfest. “Every time the current moved, the bass were on a different spot. You had to constantly adjust to where they were setting up on the ledge cover.”
Quote of the Day
You think that's cool?
– KVD to Ike after running him off his spot on Saturday. Ike responded: "C'mon man, be nice." Do NOT think the worst of Ike, read the whole blog entry.
> …Ike didn't realize he was passing over the spot where Kevin had done much of his bass whacking in this tournament. In fact, he may have just been passing through the area.
Those guys know each other well, must have been fun to watch.
Shot of the Day
Lake Biwa, Japan slabbo largie. Ain't big bass kinda…sexy? Or are the PowerBait fumes gittin' to me?
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