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Bulbous! (That’s for you Mercer.) Probly seen pics of this, but here are some deets: Caught on an A-rig (word is it was a YUMbrella) by MN resident Lyal Held on Horseshoe Lake. 7-03, which would break the existing record by 3 oz — 19″ long with a 19″ girth.
> [He and bud Casey Ehlert] had been scouting, studying and fishing Horseshoe Lake for 3 years. They began after reading that the previous state record was caught in the lake in October 2013.
> “Casey’s…spent a lot of time looking at it and figuring out good-looking spots. We’ve spent a lot of time fishing over there and had some bad days. We kind of found a honey hole. Good friend of ours caught a 6-lber last fall and actually Casey caught two personal bests this morning before I got the record.”
RAAAAAAAAARR:
11.2 lbs of Shrek green caught on the Dali Delta with a Berkley Havoc Flat Dawg (Senko-like):
No weight given but fo sho a DD at 27 7/8 inches long with a 20 9/16-inch girth, caught I believe out of a Delaware pond on — get this — a Rebel crawfish crank. THIS is how you hold a fish for a fotergraf yo:
> A mile-long stretch of shoreline on the west side of the lake produced most of Woods’ winning fish. It was a sloping gravel bank with several rock piles providing cover. …shad were spawning in the area…prespawn bass were staging in the area and feeding up on the spawning shad.
> “I’d switch between a swimbait and an umbrella rig. I’d work the swimbait up shallow and use the umbrella rig in the deeper water.” Woods used long casts parallel to the shoreline.
But the most amazing thing about his fishing was — LOOKIT THOSE PANTS:
> Swimbaits = 40%
> Underspins = 30%
> Yamamoto plastics = 30%
> YUMbrella rigs = 20%
5th-place Hunter Schlander was the other guy to toss a YUMbrella Flash Mob but with Keitechs (rainbow shad):
> Keitech Fats = 20%
> Jigs = 10%
> Dropshot = 10%
> Bladed jig = 10%
> Topwater = 10%
Craziest bait goes to 8th-place finisher Garrett Dixon, who made this rat and got his big bites on it:
News
1. Check out BP’s cloud shorts.
Last year (or was it 2014?) plaid shorts surfaced on the Elites. Now this:
2. What Skeet and Herren used for the ping-pong.
Bull Shoals/Norfork. Skeet was 2nd, Matt was 4th.
Skeet fished (L to R): a Berkley Havoc Pit Boss (gp) on a 5/0 Laser TroKar flipping hook with a 1/4-oz tungsten weight; a Lucky Craft squarebill on one of his glass rods; and a 6″ Berkley PowerBait Hollow Belly and a 5/0 Laser TroKar 1/4-oz weighted swimbait hook.
Happy to see anything written about Matt, good dude.
4. AR: Nixon seminar at CBC May 14.
5. B.A.S.S. gets Phoenix Boats.
Good folks, good boats.
6. Yelas auctioning off fishing trip.
New jig company.
Here’s Ott DeFoe talkin‘ after the recent MLF win.
What is Stray Casts?
Cool. #girlpower
12. WV: Big new ramp being built on Mon River.
Contest too, can win a trip to fish wif KVD. Downside is if you squeeze a fish and drink what comes out it will taste better…lol.
Don’t know if it’s Palaniuk’s, but either way dang — got the WANT:
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Tip of the Day
…for Ozark lakes, which as BassGold shows will also work on all highland reservoirs because all water bodies of the same type fish the same:
We grew up in [Los Angeles] around the boys in the ‘hood, where there was a lot of bad stuff going on. He didn’t want us involved in the gangs.
– Clear Lake Costa winner Todd “boys in the” Wood talkin‘ ’bout his dad:
> The elder Woods, a bus driver, asked a co-worker who fished to introduce his sons to the sport. The man took the kids to Lake Piru, where they caught some big redear sunfish, and Todd was instantly captivated.
Gotta give it up to Todd’s old man:
Shot of the Day
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