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Another possible WR spotted bass…
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…from that CA reservoir that can’t be named but rhymes with “Summers Tar:”
Dang!
Shazazam!
Nick Dulleck caught it on a bait that can’t be named yet (so he told me), weighed between 11.24 and 11.26, 24.5″ long, 20.75″ girth. Said: > “These past 4 days, I haven’t slept more than 2 hours a day. I wasn’t sure if when I woke up it’d still be real.”
It’s real dude! Lucky for him he got it all on GoPros, but no vid yet.
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Rose wins 2nd FLW in a row!
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What the…? Believe he’s the first-ever FLWer to win back to back events? 2 weekends back it was the Guntersville FLW, this weekend it was the Travis, TX FLW.
Don’t have all the deets yet, but here’s a shot of his actual baits — plus the good book:
Word is the new Lew’s Ledge Series rods Mark designed and has been crushing it with will be out in May.
Now that Marky Mark is making rapper $$$ he’s looking for a posse. Told me TN homeboys are go to the head of the line but you never know….
Okay he didn’t say that, but it’s not a bad idea?
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Bryan Thrift’s 2nd 2nd in a row.
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Rose won the first two FLWs, and Thrift finished 2nd in them. In the first one he lost by 15 oz. At Travis he lost by 12 oz. Brutal. Guess he’s like:
A-Mart, Thrift might beat your 2nds record man! lol
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Before we get into that, here’s Travis — a Colorado River impoundment that looks like what we’d call a “riverine reservoir” on BassGold (don’t subscribe yet!) but is a highland reservoir (deep, clear, rocky):
So here you go, a breakdown of the top 10 baits used. And btw this is a % of the top 10 that used a particular bait/technique — so the %s do NOT add up to 100: Shakey head/TX rig/Flip = 50% (not surprising given fish phase and water body type)
Football jig = 40% (football jigs are the ones that look like they have a milk dud-shaped head…or you could call it a football — here’s what I mean)
Jig = 30%
Spinnerbait = 20%
Soft jerkbait = 20%
Swimbait = 20% (most interesting was 10th-place Steve Patek using a River2Sea S-Waver in party crasher)
10% each = Carolina rig, floating worm (merthiolate!), swimjig, spoon. Shout out to Clark Wendlandt (5th) for owning up to C-rigging a Strike King Rage Hawg:
Most-mentioned color was green pumpkin. Most-mentioned brand was Strike King, with Zoom #2.
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The Havasu Costa was a kitchen-sink derby, meaning no one bait or technique dominated. Kinda rare — even more so that some guys were shallow and others were deep. So here we go, the top 10 baits broken down: Lipless Crank = 20%
Swimjig = 20%
Jerkbait = 20%
Spinnerbait = 20%
That fly was designed for the float n fly rig, but CA’s Gary Collins (6th) used it for prespawners thisaway:
> “If I got into any coves where the water was shallow, I’d pick up that hair jig. It was just little hops on the bottom.”
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News
> As crazy as this sounds, having the potential to win a tournament is a greater feeling than winning the tournament itself.
Maybe it’s the black shirt, shorts, hat, boat, rods, reels, truck, listening to Black Sabbath, playing COD Black Ops every dang night, etc.? Seems a little dark, man.
6. KVD not pre-fishing Conroe.
Doesn’t do it anywhere else so makes sense for him.
7. DeFoe gets jerky and walls.
Okay we get jerky, but walls? Yep walls, as in:
Ott, what up with putting up all these walls man? Chill. lol
8. Why was Jacob Wheeler laughing at Cherokee?
Check it:
First I thought he was laughing about the crazy twists and turns his tournament was taking. But when I asked him he told me that when he was waiting for those Cherokee smallies to bite, it got boring. So he stuck his Parks and Recreation chip in the bigger Lowrance unit.
Asked him if he was serious and he told me:
I was like, “Dude I think I hear my dog calling me, gotta run.”
9. Another March Classic.
Well, guess that answers everyone’s wonderation (not a real word kids!) about whether this year’s Classic in March was a one-time thing…since next year’s is March 16-18 at Lake Hartwell, SC. Hoping it’s not as cold as it was there when Casey Ashley won it, and we get to see baits other than underspins….
10. FLW rookie Fisher gets 3 sponsors.
One is garden tools company EZ Kut…which in Huk world would be pronounced “Koot,” like “foot” but with a K.
11. TN: 39.63 limit at Chickamauga.
This prize pack be featurin’ their Froglet, but a lot more besides! Same deal as always: Give up yer email addy, get a link, share it, cross your fingers. Good luck bass-heads!
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Tip of the Day
Since it’s that time in KY/TN and probly elsewhere if you wanna give it a shot:
> Born in the deep, clear lakes of east TN and inspired by crappie anglers complaining of big smallmouth bass breaking off tiny hair jigs fished deep in the winter months, the float-and-fly technique employs long, light to medium-light power spinning rods and 4-lb line to present 1/16- to 1/8-oz jigs under a bobber.
> The tiny jig is the “fly” in the float-and-fly technique. For generations, smallmouth anglers in KY and TN have called hair jigs “flies.”
> …spinning rod 8-11’…is necessary as you suspend the diminutive jig 8-14′ deep. Casting such a presentation on a rod shorter than 8′ is nearly impossible.
> All you do is load the spinning reel with 4-lb co-polymer or fluorocarbon line, and clip on a 7/8″ pear-shaped plastic bobber [ cheaper version, better version] 8′ above the fly. Adjust the depth of the fly until you get a “pull down” on the bobber from a fish. > “Threadfin shad get thermally stressed by winter water temperatures, especially in late winter. They begin to twitch and spasm as they try to fight off death.” The float-and-fly technique imitates stressed shad in cold water as good as anything.
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Quote of the Day
If I’d caught him in practice, I’d have messed my pants.
– Larry Nixon talkin‘ ’bout sasquatch the 8+ he caught at the Gville FLW. Unfortunately I have seen that in a bassin’ tub a time or two, and I’m not talkin’ ’bout the 8-lber. Not talkin’ ’bout Larry either. Let’s just say those were memorable days…sorta summed up like this: Didn’t know Larry recently had a quad bypass. Dude is still tough as nails. Mr. Bee Branch!
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Shot of the Day
WTHeck did this dang feesh swaller? Looks like maybe a…shoe tree??
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Random
Belichick renamed his boat…
 …to “VII Rings” after already renaming it to “VI Rings.” Pretty sure renaming a boat is supposed to be bad luck…guess not.
Reminds me — bass-heads SHOULD name their boats! Mine was “Fished Out” when I sold BassFan. Now it’s “Melon Chaser.”
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Sign up another bass-head!
If you’re forwarding every Blaster to other bass crackheads, tx much — or you can email me the addys and we’ll take care of it! We’ll never send spam, sell the list or anything else crazy….
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