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Today's Top 5
1. Why you don't eat the chili…
…the day before a tournament – you might have an 'mergency!
Bummer.
Check these pics of a LA marsh bass and its breakfast:
Are we fishin' with big-enuff rodents…and frogs? #idontthinkso
3. Rojas' frog box.
Didja notice the ones he has out on the deck?
4. #skittles
What Russ Lane musta been eatin' when he took this pic:
Taste de rainbow mang!
5. I’m going to pick that new kid, Justin Lucas, count me in for $5 a pound.
– Jerry McKinnis to don barone, talkin' 'bout donating money to Elite Series pro's Mark Menendez's family. Lots (maybe all?) Elites and other bassin' folks doin' it, very cool.
barone has Palaniuk. I gotta pick someone. Any idears?
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Facebook photo contest peeps! Win some free baits!
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Elite pro Mark Menendez's wife Donna recently lost her battle with cancer. She was an awesome person. If you can help Mark and his two young kids, please do so:
Menendez Family Benefit Account
Paducah Bank
PO Box 2600
Paducah, KY 42002
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News
1. Howeller on BassEdge radio.
3. Korean bass derby.
4. MO: Ozarks derby this weekend.
5. WI: New Merc museum…
…in Fond du Lac (hey – ain't American the official language in WI?). This is there – go Giants!
OH rez Bobby Kotch fishin' on Lake Istokpoga, FL. Caught a 25", 10.9-lb tilapia, which would've broken the state and world records, but he had no idea what it was and let it go.
Dude wuz fishin' fer basses with a spinnerbait!
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Tip of the Day
> I flip a jig 100% of the time until the water temperature gets above 70 degrees. Fish tend to feed more on crawfish up to the spawn, and then get on a more shad and bluegill diet.
> Fall rate is of utmost importance. Match the jig speed to the mood of the fish.
> Changing the sink rate of a jig does not mean cutting off one and tying on a heavier jig. I alter the fall rate just by varying my trailer. I fish a 1/2-oz jig 99% of the time, but I can make it act like a 3/8- or 1/4-oz just by switching to a bigger, bulkier trailer.
> I’m comfortable with that jig weight, and that eliminates one more decision I have to make on the water.
> Another way I’ve simplified my trailer selection is to limit myself to just two colors, black/blue for dark water or dark conditions and green pumpkin for clearer water and bright days.
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Quote of the Day
Going to try and stumble into a miracle tomorrow!
– Tweettered by Elite rookie Jason Lucas yesterday after: "Had the worst practice ever!"
Least he's honest…or sandbaggin'. If I wuz an Elite pro, would be tweetin' (with pic) "SLAYIN' 'em on a Carolina-rigged French fry" to mess wif some heds.
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Shot of the Day
Think Ott DeFoe is using the right color Wiggle Wart at Table Rock??
Lookin' like phantom green craw?
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