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Bass fishing losingest sport, K-Pink drops a bomb, How Biffle juices

By (mostly Jay)

Posted on February 16, 2016

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Today’s Top 5

This is the losingest sport you’ll ever participate in.

– Geraldo Swindle talkin‘ at a Bass U ’bout having PMA. Yep, PMA: Positive Mental Acrobatics or something like that. That + two PB&Js a day + junk fishing + a couple loose screws (in a good way…mostly) = Swindle. (Lol, take it the right way G-man!)

Swindle woulda been great in that movie — and yes, “losingest” is a word…in some states.

K-Pink looks into pro fishin’ payouts.

Accordin’ to his analysis, this:

Full column here on BassBlaster.rocks. Read it!

How Biffle applies his Bug Juice.

That how you do it? Gitcha some Biffle Juice here. (Don’t know ’bout you, but for me “Biffle Juice” is a bad visual.)

Special Farces.

The 4 letters — Z KVD — lookin’ all MI4 and whatnot. Weird how VanDam still looks like the sniper he is and Z still looks like he’s about to crack wise.

No clue what they’re doing but it’s something to do with Bass Pro Shops, black helicopters and Johnny Morris’ plan for world domination.

Keep your eyes peeled for a legit bass derby to benefit U.S. Special Forces families, deets coming here as soon as I get ’em.

You Jonesin’?

Me too but not this bad:

Dang son! #stout

Gitcha snow pants on and fish!

This bait is new peeps!

News

1. Bradley Roy helping USA Cares.

> USA Cares, the non-profit organization that provides immediate assistance to military families in crisis, is partnering with Elite Series angler Bradley Roy to help raise awareness for the many challenges — including combat injuries, PTSD, and transitioning from military to civilian life — that veterans and their families face.

Love folks helping vets.

2. Can Elam win the Classic?

OK local and Elite newbie James “the bass donut guy” Elam figures more than a few times in former Classic champs’ picks to win this-a-here Classic. Also mentioned several times are Evers, VanDam, Martens, Christie, Hackney, Ehrler, Faircloth, DeFoe, the CEO of BMP Fishing and Davis.

3. Howell’s wrap one of the coolest.

Diggin’ the blue water-flames, not sure about the alien writing on the hood tho:

4. Watch Zaldain’s time-lapse wrap.

5. Elite rookie Hunter will run VT2 livewell vents.

6. Elite rookie Rodriguez on BassEdge Radio.

7. FLWer Rose gets Mustad.

Made a vid about it, cool idea. Love how seriously Mark takes his sponsorships.

8. TX: T-Bend Rat-L-Trap Open this weekend.

If you’re not out there with some form of red you cray-zay!

9. TX: Husband-wife team beats 309 other teams on T-Bend.

Bassin’ Champs derby. 310 teams!!! Winning weight = 28.13 lbs, 18 teams over 20 lbs.

> Their original pattern of working a crankbait in the 20-foot depths didn’t pay off so they switched to a shallow water technique using a soft jerkbait with a splitshot weight.

10. CA: Cali Bass Federation looking for non-boaters…

…for Bullards Bar derby Feb 28. That may or may not be the Lake X of giant spotted bass.

11. CA: Clear Lake dredge results.

Lol. Not really. Just Mickey Ellis at 3:16 Swimbaits doing…something.

12. LA stocking 840K fingerlings in Toledo Bend.

One reason that fishery continues kickin’ some bass.

13. Meet Strike King’s Mark Copley.

Great guy, can’t fish a lick — hahaha gotcha Copley! Mark holds the distinction of being the only person ever to have gotten whacked in the face by KVD with a spinnerbait:

He still flinches around Kevin…but then a lot of people do….

14. Shimano now sponsors all B.A.S.S. events.

15. TX: TTBC now part of Texas Fest.

Pretty soon the state will be known as “Texas, presented Toyota Trucks.”

16. NE: Ram official truck of Cabela’s.

17. New scale accurately weighs flopping fish.

Website here.

18. ‘Rude wants seller/marketer.

Love of fishing isn’t in the requirements, but proficiency with Microsoft Office is….

19. Garmin buying DeLorme.

Stuff

1. Was reminded by BB readers that Ambassadeur, Abu and Shimano had 2-speed casting reels at one point. I think I remember one of those, never used one…. Tx peeps!

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Tip of the Day

Hank Cherry: Winter shallow crankin’.

> “I’ve spent a lot of time putting Aqua-Vu cameras around all kinds of shallow objects and the bass are there. I’ve seen a single brushpile, rock, dock post or bridge piling with dozens of bass on them in winter.”

> “It may take a lot of repetitive casts, but when one fish triggers, you have a pretty good idea of the cast to keep making. Once you recreate that presentation, you can catch a bunch of them.”

> “Everything in winter moves a little slower in the cold weather, and matching their movement is critical. If you choose a crankbait with too much movement, it can put fish off in cold water.”

> He said he tends to stick with flat-sided crankbaits this time of the year. “Flat-sided squarebills are the main thing to start with because they have a really tight wiggle, which is subtle for cold water. If I need a little more erratic action, I use a flatside with a coffin bill.”

Quote of the Day

There’s nothing like catching a good bass on spinning equipment!

– You got that right! #onlyifIhaveto

(From here.)

Shot of the Day

This is a 7 1/2 and an almost-8 — great pic of a stoked dude:

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Jay Kumar is the guy who created BassFan.com, co-hosted Loudmouth Bass with Zona, was a B.A.S.S. senior writer and a whole lot more in bassin’. His BassBlaster is a daily-ish roundup of the best in bassin’, and is the #2 daily read on any given day in the wide world o’ bass. Get the Blaster on an app too: