@jeremiahjohnsonfishing is all like, “How you like me now?” With his 7.4 lbs of Mille Lacs, MN smallmouth fat-tay, dropshotted it on a Strike King Half Shell (desert craw):

Here’s what that bass would look like, waiting down there to eat, if he was a human:

Dude named Jeff swimbaited this 11+ ditchie on a @lowdowncustomrods stick:

!!!!! How much does this thing weigh?? That Lunkerhunt Fetch swimbait is 4.5″ so…:

Top row L to R:
> Jerry Rago made a mink-sized swimbait…seriously.
> This Bass Dynasty Dynapaddle should be called the Dynawacky.
> Looks like a new swimbait called The Citizen by @working.class.zero.

Middle row L to R:
> LOVE the packaging on this Japanese crank.
> Great side-by-side vid comparison of a couple Japanese swimbaits on the back of jigs. They make look the same outta the water but nuh-uh.
> Roman Made is making cranks now? Will they only cost $200??

Bottom row L to R:
> The Deps Gurkha Knife Magnum Flutter Spoons are bent!
> Would you fish a leather “chunk”?
> Anything will catch a bass….

From the FLW Series. Congrats to winner Greg Troughton who beat a stacked field by almost 7 lbs. He mostly punched a Yamamoto Flappin Hog, but he also a Jack Hammer and a Don Iovino Splash-It popper.

Here’s the baits of the top 10 finishers broken down:

Punch soft plastics = 80% — Sweet Beaver = 50%, Missile D Bomb = 20%

Frog = 60% — including a SPRO Bronzeye, Snagproof Wobbletron and here’s Ish Monroe with his Phat Mat Daddy. The dude was like, “Smile, Ish!” Ish was like:

Bladed jig = 40% — Jack Hammer = 20%

Crankbait = 20% — Bill Lewis MR-6 and Lucky Craft squarebill

Buzzbait = 20%

Worm/Senko = 20% — both wacky-rigged

10% each = Football jig, Glide bait, Popper

Every once in a while the guys’ll let somethin’ slip on the interwebz…here you go:

Clockwise from top left:

> Ott DeFoe training his cattle to swim at an early age AND/OR testing out a new swimbait idea.

> Wesley Strader’s kryptonite — expect his competitors to drop some of these by his cabin the night before an event.

> Brandon Lester actually texted me this shot, said it was in his livewell at the last tourney — but come to find out it was actually a shot of what was left in Rick Clunn’s lunchbox. #bethebass

> Who knew James Watson was a certified car seat inspector? Love the public service man!

Aaaaand if you expected fishin’ secrets, well this is the BassBlaster…tho that could and does happen at times….

Called the Aqua Weed Stick — just a thing that’ll attach to a broomstick or whatever that makes it dang easy to clean the veggies from your trailer…which is the law in some states:

Invented by this competitive bassin’ gal and her engineer boyfriend — must be a proud dad or two somewhere….

Click it here for the vid to see how it works. Haven’t tried it myself but if it works it’s cool. $20 to find out, get one here.