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Today’s Top 3
1. Cali angler wins 6 in a row.
Not talkin’ the highest levels, but everyone he’s entered. Impressive.
> Since March, he has won all six fishing tournaments he’s entered. Quilon, 37, has won all three California Bass Federation individual angler events in the Delta and Sacramento regions. Partnering with his father, he also has captured three team tournaments hosted by the Valley Backlashers club, and caught the eye of major sponsors, Dobyns Rods and River2C fishing tackle.
> “I’m on a good roll, fishing well and making good decisions. I feel like when I’m on the water, I’m in the zone, knowing where to fish and what artificial baits to throw.”
> While he works swing shift for The Wine Group as a forklift operator, he still has a dream to go pro. “It’s very difficult to make a living on tour, traveling all over the U.S. and the entry fees aren’t in my budget. It takes sponsors to do it.”
2. I don’t save anything. I go out and catch all that I can all 4 days.
– Back-to-back derby winner Jason Christie on a fishin’ approach that’ll fer sher raise some pro eyebrows. More:
> “Our events are 4 days. I go out and catch all that I can all 4 days because conditions change from day to day. I worry about the next day the next day.”
Kinda sounds like Ricky Clunn back in the day.
Why A-rigs rock. Caught in Lake Austin, TX, in 18-20′, an 11.80 and a 7.80.
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Didja check out the awesome StrikeBack spinnerbait yet?
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News
1. FL: Bassers hook 16′ python.
How is that there’s no pics of this snake, not even on Faceybook? Fellas??
> Holland made a cast with a topwater lure and one of its treble hooks snagged the back of the snake as it wriggled through the water.
> Darmody said the python “made a beeline for the bank and pulled the boat with it. It was way too powerful for Joe to do anything with it.”
> Darmody pulled alongside the python and said the snake was more than 16 feet long.
“Joe’s boat is 21 feet, and the snake went from the tip of the bow to the middle of the back deck.”
> After a couple of minutes, the hook pulled free and the python disappeared….
2. Win a 2-day trip with Z plus some coin.
3. MO: Seibert selling JT Bagwell baits.
4. Alex Langer back with Flying Lure, RotoTail.
Find the baits at flyinglure.com. And yep, the Flying Lure really does swim backwards, you just have to fish it on a SLACK LINE.
5. MI: KVD Charity Classic June 10.
6. GA: Cancer bennie tourney June 8-9 Clarks Hill.
7. VA: Smallie forecast great for Shenandoah.
8. MN: Ranger/’rude test drives this weekend.
How are they going to deal with the ice?
9. MN: Anglers spend $2.4bil in MN…
…and apparently the state thinks they all fish for walleye on Mille Lacs. Sheesh.
10. B.A.S.S. looking for marshals.
11. NYC looking for snakeheads.
Uh-oh. Hopefully the vampire fishies croak over the winter.
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Tip of the Day
Dave Wolak: Choosing what baits to buy.
> Whenever I pick up a lure, I pose one of these two important questions: Does it fill a functional void? Or, does it open up new and valid possibilities?
> If I do decide to pick up new lures to fill a void, the lowest priority for the purchase, believe it or not, is color. Too many buyers prioritize color too highly….
> If I pick up a new bait that I know isn’t filling a void, I then decide if I feel this lure or the surrounding concept can legitimately increase my catch rates or size of my catch.
> The decision to buy should be based first and foremost on where and how you fish most often.
> You will never see me buy the Double-Popping-Flapper-Crawler because there’s a cardboard cutout of a half-naked model on the display next to one of those tiny flat-screen TVs blaring metal music while some guy catches big bass on the Double-Popping-Flapper-Crawler.
Pretty sure I’ve seen a Double-Popping-Flapper-Crawler in Dave’s garage, behind a pack of ‘Copter Lures….
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Quote of the Day
Fishing’s not so much about catching fish anymore.
– Jason Christie gettin’ all Zen on us. Listen man, for us average Joes and Josephines, it’s all about catching fish (hahaha).
Words were from the above-linked Bassin’Fan post. Next part of Jason’s quote is: “It’s about the decisions that you make.”
Ahhhhhhhhh. I see it now…. Okay, not really.
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Shot of the Day
From B.A.S.S.’s Facebook page, a beautiful bassin’ shot in just about every way possible – look how happy a green fish can make someone. Whoever took that pic: Don’t let her jump off, man!
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