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How Dustin Connell won his third one this season 🤯 at Mille Lacs.
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WTHeck! Dustin Connell won another Bass Pro Tour event?!?! I mean, he just won the last one – at Cayuga, NY – and before that won another one this season at Smith Lake, AL! Has anyone else won 3 tour-level events in 1 year before?? Amazing.
Here's how this one went down – some deets here, all deets on the BB website:
> "I knew what these fish would be doing at about about 9:00-10:00, but we started at 8:00. It took the fish an hour or 2 to really start setting up.
> "The 1st day of the tournament I fished the south end of the lake. More or less I sampled everything I had. I was into the cut well...wasn't really concerned about winning the round after the first 2 days. ...advantages and disadvantages of winning a round. Alton was gonna win the round....
> "I got to idle the whole 2nd day because I made the cut and felt confident enough about the Knockout Round. ...3rd period I got to go practice and gained on all this knowledge I had [about the S/SE area of the lake].
> "Fast forward into the Championship Round...here comes the wind. I felt really good about it and started running all my stuff. They were not set up yet...cloudy morning championship day.
> "I started on the east side, where I caught them during the Knockout Round. But it wasn't happening, so [at around 10:00] I said, 'We gotta go' and rolled back to that far south end just basically to get out of the wind.
> "That's when my tournament changed. I made an 8-mile run that took 20 minutes out of my time...and in this format 20 minutes is a long time. I started running places I'd idled and never fished, stuff that I'd marked.
> "They set up in that 3rd period, and I got after it. I'd run to a place, drop on them twice to see if they were there, and if not I'd get up and go to the other place.
> "I was catching them in 15-30', and the big big ones were in 20'."
Pattern
> "My main pattern was running as many isolated places as I could. I'd pull up, catch 1-2, leave, let 'em set up. I had a good milk run of places. I won that tournament on maybe 12-15 places I just rotated through. I'd run through where I caught one earlier and they would be set back up.
> "One of my best places was just significantly bigger rock. It did not have to be the world famous giant rocks in Mille Lacs – because those were the highly-pressured places. All these guys know how to use side imaging, all that stuff, [so] a lot of that stuff was found already. I had to find the sneakiest stuff I could.
> "If I was on a flat that did not have a lot of big rock, I would just find the biggest in that area. Sometimes it would just be a rough patch on a sand flat – anywhere those fish could relate to that was different."
Baits
He only fished dropshots: "I never caught them on a Ned rig all week." He had 6 dropshots on deck.
> "Some places I would use a 1/2-oz with a wacky-rigged 4-inch Googan Baits Lunker Log (baby bass)." Googan Baits Tungsten Teardrop Dropshot Weight, #1 Googan Dropshot Hook and a 1/0 (other brand) dropshot hook, 15-lb Seaguar Flash Green Smackdown Braid to 12-lb Seaguar Gold Label fluoro leader, 7' 2" MH Favorite Hex Rod.
> "The main [rig] I used was 3/8-oz – I felt like I could see it better on my electronics [Active Target] because it had a slower fall...track as it was going down...get it near that rock better." Same weight, 1/0 Googan Weedless Dropshot Hook, Googan Rattlin Ned ("go goby" was best, also "Canada craw"). "Any kind of crawfish color. All these fish eat crawfish big-time."
> "I threaded that bait on there. The main reason I like threading all my dropshot stuff is that a lot of times those fish up there really nip at the bait. I feel them tapping at it, and instead of them pulling my bait off, they would nip at it and I would get 'em."
> Same rod and line for the 3/8-oz rig: 15-lb Seaguar Flash Green Smackdown Braid to 12-lb Seaguar Gold Label fluoro leader, 7' 2" MH Favorite Hex Rod.
> "The biggest key for me was making very accurate casts. I would roll up to these places and be as stealthy as I could, and make a good pitch to 'em staying like 50' away. Everyone wanted to get close. If I got right on top of those fish I'd see...sometimes they would be suspended, and when I would get on top of them they would ease off and swim to the bottom.
> "You gotta realize 20' isn't deep. It's not. It's just the length of your bass boat. So I'd stay off them.
> "I would pitch to the back side of the rock. If I pitched to the front side, you could see them go down on it but then they'd break off...shells and stuff.... I would cast to the back side of the rock and I would never move my bait. They did not like shaking it...take 3-4 minutes for them to bite."
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Electronics
> "Side imaging, just idling, using my side scan, finding these areas.
> "A lot of times in practice I would throw down the trolling motor and pan over there to just see if they lived in those areas...finding those hot little areas where they're at. I could pan over there [with Lowrance Active Target] without messing up the fish...."
Shout-outs
> "I'm gonna shout out Triton Boats. I ran my boat in big waves all week long, and just being able to run that big water, to get to and from my places and not take any over the bow...being able to get there smooth, I guess you could say.
> "My graph setup is bada**. I run 4 Lowrance 12s and the MillerTech lithium batteries – those things are awesome. I run one 12-volt MillerTech battery and runs all of 4 of my graphs all day long. [I asked him – no backup?? – and he said no.] "We're not running any livewells. If we did I'd have 2 in there.
> "I'm a big believer in that Sea Clear harness. That thing is very efficient with the graphs. My graphs read clear daylight to dark."
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5 Qs with the 3-time back to back winner! 👀
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1. Seriously man WTHeck is going on! How do you explain this?
> "I would say confidence goes a long way in every sport. Doesn't matter what sport you're in.... Confidence in my decisions. I don't second-guess myself. Having confidence is just believing also. If you visualize yourself doing something, you intrinsically start making moves.
> "It's just one of those deals where you make decisions on the fly, don't question them and you're there to win. I'm making risky moves...but it's just confidence and maturing as an angler. Slowing down and trusting your decisions.
> "It's God's plan. I don't question myself anymore. I know this is my job. This is what I'm here to do. I trust every decision now. I fully rely on my decisions and I know at the end of the day, if it's meant for me to win this tournament I will, and if not I don't even get mad anymore. It's just not my time.
> "So it is God's plan. Ultimately it's not up to me. I'm gonna go out and do my best, and leave it out there. I know I'm going to give it my 100% – nobody is out there working harder than me...."
2. I feel like if something is going on that is unexplainably, illogically bad or good, it's spiritual. Do you think maybe what's going on here?
> "100% fact. Everything always happens for a reason. There's always an ultimate plan we never see.
> "The first tournament of the year I had a tough tournament. I broke fish off...had crappy tournament. I left that tournament so mad I wanted to sell my boat I was so mad. Nobody wants to start the year off with a bad finish.
> "I went home and [eventually thought]...I know there's a bigger deal here. That motivated me. I went out and fished harder than ever...I won Smith Lake and then at the Ozarks I had a crappy tournament.
> "Watts Bar – I was mad when I left there. I fished the winning spot 2 straight days, where Salzman won the tournament. I knew every corner the fish were on, I knew the sunlight, I knew the shade line.... I left there for the Knockout Round and ran up the river because I felt like it had played out, and Salzman won the tournament there. If I stayed I could have potentially won 4 tournaments this year."
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3. I'm pretty sure 3 tour-level wins in a season has never been done before. So you made history. You set a new bar. Do you have a sense yet of what a big deal that is? I mean, that's something that a whole lot of great fishermen have never done.
> "Yeah it's set in for sure. I was driving home yesterday and I was like, Man this is incredible.
> "I'm a big believer in keeping the momentum going. The work never ends. I feel like when I leave a tournament, whether I win or not, it's time to start preparing for the next one. Because you could very easily be on the other side of that next year and I don't want to do that. So it's a never-ending process.
> "It's been a great year. I'm very blessed. I don't know how to explain it. It's just one of those deals, I'm working as hard as I can."
4. What one factor would you say was most important to your wins this season?
> "I would say understanding my electronics. Being on the front end of learning more and more about forward-facing sonar, understanding how fish react...trying tap into that 80%. I feel like 10 months out of the year, fish live offshore...suspended, fish that live on brush, fish that live on big boulders in Mille Lacs. That's their home, that's their safe zone. If you can find that 80%, that's how you win tournaments. I found that 3 times this year.
> "Those are the [fish] we honestly haven't tapped into yet.
> "And being open-minded. Learning these electronics – there's so much hate on 'em now [but] since when did we stop learning? When did the curve ever stop? It never does. The curve and the learning is always gonna be here. In every technique there's always another thing we can learn about it."
5. What's the most important factor in winning a MLF-style catch all you can tournament?
> "I would say the biggest factor is strategizing – having a strategy in the whole deal. Understanding fish management, understanding what you're really on and what you're not.
> "...you have to plan for the long game – dude these are long tournaments. So my first day of the tournament, I'm not going to run to my best spot and blast the whole thing, then the rest of the tournament I'm wondering where to go.
> "...having a strategy and planning for the final day, the long game – that's how you win these tournaments. Jacob [Wheeler] is one of the best I've ever seen at that."
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Bonus Q: What was your most important bait and setup this year?
> "A dropshot. I won 3 tournaments on a dropshot. That's insane. The other day I thought about Aaron...I would love to see Aaron using forward-facing sonar and understand all that.
> "I've practiced and learned a dropshot a ton around my house, but to win 3 tournaments doing that is crazy. I never thought I'd do that. That spinning rod with understanding your electronics...the possibilities are endless...anywhere you go."
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Jay Yelas is retiring from pro bassin'.
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Man this is a big deal. Jay is one of the best of all time – in fact back in the day was in the top 10 of ESPN's "Greatest Angler Debate." Hank Parker, Roland Martin, Larry Nixon, KVD, Bill Dance, Rick Clunn, Denny Brauer, Mark Davis, Gary Klein and Jay. Here's what was said about him at the time (2005):
> As a testimony to his consistency as a perennial top-notch bass angler, Jay Yelas holds the longest "active" Classic streak at 14, shared with Kevin VanDam.
> Yelas qualified for the 1991 Classic in his first full season on the tour. He's been hot ever since, winning his first BASS event in 1993 and 4 more since then. Along the way, Yelas has scored 49 BASS top 10 finishes through the 2004 season, including a paycheck cashed in 127 of 189 events fished.
> A crowning achievement so far for Yelas has been his back-to-back Classic and BASS Angler of the Year titles in 2002 and 2003, respectively. Yelas not only won the title in 2002 {and he also won the FLW Tour AOY that year], but went on to hit the trail and earn the 2003 BASS AOY point title, all the while fulfilling the myriad obligations dealt him by his Classic success.
Jay was also a 2-time FLW Tour AOY, winning the second one in 2007, and is in the Bassin' Hall of Famous Folks.
To all that and more – including some wins and many top 10s – I'll add that Jay was one of the pioneering fishermen coming outta the West, living in his van to do anything to make it to the bigs. I'm sure you all know he also got to know Jesus while a pro fisherman because he's for sure talked about it and back in the day wrote the book "Jay Yelas: A Champion's Journey of Faith, Family, and Fishing" to inspire folks.
So what you need to know about Jay is that even though he seems mellow and laid back, he was a ferocious competitor as all that stuff shows. Now he's retiring to work with disabled kids and their families through the C.A.S.T. for Kids Foundation, which he's been involved with for years. Pretty dang #stout and I'm not surprised.
Anyhow here's 5 with him even though he deserves a lot more.
1. Are you okay with retiring?
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> "Oh yeah for sure. I'm actually excited about it. I'm retiring to my full-time role as executive director of the C.A.S.T. for Kids Foundation, and really find myself more passionate about that than anything else in life at this point. I'm just thankful God's given me a foundation to serve these special needs kids with a fun day of fishing.
> "So I'm retiring to something...it's not like I'm laying on a beach with my feet up in the air.
> "During the tournament season I worked 2 full-time jobs [for 8 years]....which is great, all good, but I think it's God's perfect plan for me to do this and I'm excited to be in the center of His will. That's where you wanna be. I'm just delighted He chose me to do it...."
2. Did this decision have anything to do with your injury?
> "No it's something I've been planning for a while...everything's always just tentative. You can't say you will retire in 5 years or whatever – it depends on a lot of other factors. It's something I've been monitoring as a possibility over the years, and each year that goes by it's been looking more and more as a reality.
> "So my injury [severe tendonitis in both elbows] has nothing to do with it. I'm still not 100% but would be by later this fall."
3. Are you putting your competitiveness to bed or do you have another outlet for it?
> "My competitiveness is focused now on providing opportunities for these kids. It's a totally new challenge, and I love that. Our success is now measured by how many events we have and by our financial performances, just like any non-profit....
> "It's a lot different than 20-lb bags of fish and making cuts and stuff, but it's still a great challenge, and so I'm still really competitive. It's not like we have competitions...just wanting to do our very best to provide as many children as possible an opportunity to be celebrated and go fishing."
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4. Other than C.A.S.T. for Kids events, will you be around bass fishing in any other way?
> "Oh yeah we have a booth at the Classic each year so I will continue to attend that. I'll attend the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame banquet on Oct 6, and I'm gonna keep in touch with all my buddies who are still competing out there.
> "I love the sport of bass fishing and all the friendships and relationships I've made over the years – none of that's gonna change. These guys are buddies for life. I just won't be at the tournaments competing is all."
5. You are without a doubt one of the best bass fishermen of all time. What do you hope to be remembered for in bass fishing?
> "Just as a good ambassador for the sport – you know, someone looks at your career and body of work and nods positively, and says, 'That's how it should be done.' Just like that. A good role model....
> "I'm not the best fisherman who ever came a long, but I'm sure thankful for the opportunity and I've always tried to stay true to myself and my faith, to bring glory to God and serve other people...to try to make the world a better place."
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Quick story/little known fact: The year Jay won the Classic, I was recovering from surgery and couldn't be there – that was the early BassFan days. Jay called me every day on the way back to the arena to tell me about his day so I could cover his win. How cool is that. It was so cool that when B.A.S.S. found out – which at that time had some angry ESPN peeps around and was kinda anti-BassFan (all good now) – they made a rule about not talking to the media before the weigh in, a rule which I believe is still in effect.
Always cracks me up when I think of that....
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Jay Yelas' magical 2007 swimbait and focusing on one deal to win.
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> As for the fishing end of Yelas' winning season, he can sum it up in three words: swimbaits and [Berkley] Gulp! "That was the 1-2 punch for me all year. The swimbaits played a bigger role at Loudon, Norman and Beaver, but dropshotting Berkley Gulp! at Travis and Detroit helped seal the deal."
> Yelas used several swimbaits throughout the year, but one in particular – a 6" paddle-tail model that must be Texas-rigged on a weighted hook – was most definitely the driver.... [It was the Basstrix which sadly is no longer made...just messin' lol! Here they are on TW.]
> "Every Angler of the Year has that one defining moment where his season takes a drastic change for the better. ...for me that moment came in a tournament where I was not even acquiring FLW Tour points. I was fishing with...Jimmy Mason in that PAA tournament, and he had just come from the Clear Lake B.A.S.S. event where they caught all those giant bass on swimbaits.
> "He pulled out this one swimbait and began clobbering big bass on it. Those 4 hours of watching Jimmy catch those big bass on that swimbait changed my whole season."
> Yelas immediately ordered some of the swimbaits, and at the very next FLW Tour event on Lake Norman...Yelas was in 9th place going into the last day. ...he glued the swimbait into his hands and never put it down. He got just 5 bites that final day, but the limit weighed 16-06...rocketing him into 2nd place.
> "From that point on, that swimbait became an extension of myself. And here's the part I really don't know how to explain: For some reason, I just inherently knew where and when to throw that swimbait.
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> "I purposely began looking for water that was suited for it. In practice, instead of pulling up to good-looking water and thinking, Well what should I throw here? I drove around with that swimbait strapped to the deck saying, 'I'm not going to stop and fish until I find water that's right for the swimbait.' And I did that for the rest of the year."
> "Did the fish really like a swimbait that much more than other baits? Or is it all in my head? Did the confidence I exude when I fished with that bait make the difference? That's one of those mysterious things about fishing I don't know if we'll ever understand."
> ...as Yelas points out, each time he has won an AOY title he has been dedicated to 1 bait for an entire season. "When I won the BASS Angler of the Year in 2003, that was a spinnerbait year for me. And then when I won the FLW Tour Angler of the Year in 2002, that was spinning rod year – I fished light line and finesse plastics that entire season. Then this year it has been the swimbait that dominated my year."
Real innerestin' eh?
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Know who Hunter Baughman is?
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You might after this weekend! He won the MLF Toyota on Truman Lake, MO by 1-10 after weighing the biggest bag of the tourney on day 3: 19-01. MLF noted that he "considers himself 'limb-challenged.'" He lost both his legs below the knees, his left hand and fingers on his right hand to bacterial meningitis when he was 9 months old. Amazing dude and win! More deets from MLF:
> Having never fished Truman Lake before, Baughman leaned heavily on the 100-plus waypoints he logged during 3 days of practice. He targeted bass in offshore brush and rockpiles, ranging from 5' to 15'....
> "...when I'd find several piles I'd go 700 or 800 yards graphing with the LiveScope and find little stumps no one was seeing on their side imaging. I might catch one on every 10th stump, but it would be a good one."
> Baughman had a role in designing the Brazalo jigs he did most of his damage with this week, utilizing both a 3/4-oz football jig and a 5/16-oz finesse jig.
> "There were a lot of things that shouldn't have went the way they did. Especially with fish I should've lost. Sometimes when it's meant to be, it's meant to be."
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Here's what he's talkin' 'bout:
> "I had one little rockpile I found, I flipped up there with a football jig and got hung immediately. I kicked the trolling motor on high and went to get it, then I looked on LiveScope and saw a fish swim around the pile. I stopped, dropped my [Power-Poles], broke my jig off, picked up the finesse jig and caught a 5-lb kicker.
> "I broke a fish off on day 1 that was a keeper, and I went back to that spot on day 3 and caught a fish and didn't think anything about it. ...that jig I lost on the first day was in the livewell – that same fish had spit it up.
> "I had one that was hung in a brushpile for 5 minutes that finally came out. I had another 4.5-lber that I tried to break off, and when I tried to snap the line it ended up coming out of the pile."
Definitely was his time, glad we are all around to see it. Congrats brother!
Like to say sometimes that one thing I love about bassin' is the fish don't care what color you are, what sex you are, how old you are, whatever – so get after 'em when you can!
But they do care if you tie your knots wrong, get lazy with how straight your plastics are, bang docks before you zip it under 'em and such...😁
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1. VA: We lost 2 bassin' brothers on Saturday.
From the article:
> State authorities are investigating a collision between 2 boats that killed 2 people during a bass fishing tournament on Lake Chesdin on Saturday.
> Preliminary reports indicate a bass boat and an aluminum jon boat collided on the Dinwiddie County side of the lake.... The operator and passenger of each boat were ejected into the water. The occupants of one of the boats were rescued by a good Samaritan – the occupants of the second boat did not resurface....
> She added that no life jackets were worn.
> According to social media reports, witnesses said the 2 boats approached a curve in the lake from different directions and hit head-on.
Please pray for everyone affected. 🙏✝️
2. Japan's Daisuke Aoki leaves Elites after 1 season.
He said Greg Hackney was too scary...just messin' (sorta!):
> Being in a new place, far from home, for extended periods of time while trying to qualify for the Elite Series over the last few years was hard enough on Aoki. But this year, piled on top of this were the rigors of competing in the Bassmaster Elite Series, and Aoki was simply overwhelmed before the season even started.
Daisuke is a 3-time AOY in Japan – a hammer. Much respect to everyone who comes over here to try to make it in the bigs. It's gotta be so hard.
3. Keith Comb's Rayburn Slam tourney Oct 1.
Benefits C.A.S.T. for Kids. Banquet and live auction Friday evening Sept 30, and tourney and C.A.S.T. for Kids event Saturday Oct 1. Online auction is here.
Here's the event info on FB.
4. Here's the 3 guys back on the Elites.
From the above posts:
> Aoki's decision opens 1 more spot on the Elite Series. ...when Chad Morganthaler retired, that opened a spot for Frank Talley. When Jay Yelas retired, that opened a spot for Justin Atkins. And with Aoki's departure that opens a spot for Rick Clunn, without using his Legend points.
5. Seth Feider shows his smallmouth rigs.
Photo deal on Bassmaster.com, shows some dropshot, Damiki and Ned. Here's a dropshot with the Z-Man Trick Shotz I think in "bad shad":
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Seth said that reel came outta the box 2 days before that photo was taken...😆 just messin'!
6. Carl Jocumsen says this was his best season yet.
> This year, I was always around fish. I was around winning areas or top 10 areas, and then I just missed opportunities.
> That's where I saw the growth. In fact, this is probably the year my fishing experience has seen the most growth.
> Probably the worst of my missed opportunities was a glidebait fish falling off at Lake Chickamauga. That was nearly a career event where I could have won an Elite event start to finish on a glidebait. I was 2 lost fish away from winning that event.
7. I was on the world's slowest-growing podcast. 😁
Talkin' to Chris Wells the Bass Chaplain on YT about my faith journey and bassin', plus a little bigfoot story in there too....
8. Here's the new Opens "divisions" and 2023 schedule.
Division 1
- Mar 2-4, Lake Eufaula, AL
- May 18-20, Wheeler Lake, AL
- Oct 12-14, Harris Chain, FL
Division 2
- Apr 13-15, Toledo Bend, LA
- Jun 15-17, Lake Eufaula, OK
- Sep 21-23, Lake of the Ozarks, MO
Division 3
- May 3-5, Buggs Island, VA
- Jul 20-22, St. Lawrence River outta Waddington, NY
- Sept 13-15, Watts Bar, TN
So does that mean that you can be a division 1, 2 and 3 bassthlete all at the same time?? 🤔
9. Why B.A.S.S. changed Elite qualification from the Opens.
Good explanation by B.A.S.S.'s Bryan B. Brasher, aka B4:
> As one Elite pro told me at ICAST, it's possible in a three-tournament format for a guy to do well in one event because he lives on that lake and then do well in a second event because his best friend lives on that fishery.
> Those who don't like the changes say the new format is unfair to the working man. But think about this: The price tag to fish all 9 Opens is about $16,000. The price to fish all 9 Elites is upwards of $40,000. If you can't afford $16,000 in 2023, what makes you believe you'll be able to afford $40,000 in 2024?
10. AZ/NV: WON Bass US Open Oct 10-12 on Mohave.
11. How 'bout this Okuma giveaway!
A real nice Okuma Psycho Stick Bass Spin Rod, the ultra-cool-looking Limited Edition Okuma GT Spinning Reel and some swag, a $500+ value. Jump on it peeps!
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12. TX HS Bass Assn helped raise money for young man in the hospital.
Sounds like a bassin' team member got seriously hurt in a football game.🙏✝️
13. TX Fishing Hall of Fame wants nominations.
14. ON: Round gobies found in the Otonabee River.
To my knowledge this statement is false:
> "These fish will just voraciously eat our native species, thus, over time, leading to fewer native species within an ecosystem or within a water body."
15. DC: USFWS did ban lead tackle in some places.
For no reason. Here's the tackle industry's lobbying organization, the American Sportfishing Assn:
> "It is deeply disappointing that the USFWS ignored science and the concerns of the sportfishing industry. USFWS is charged with ensuring fish and wildlife resource management is rooted in the best available data and science. This proposed rule runs counter to that charge and sets a dangerous precedent for future unwarranted bans on fishing tackle.
> "...USFWS provided zero evidence of lead fishing tackle causing any negative impacts in these refuges."
16. Didja miss the Sea Foam Top 5 of the Week last week?
If so here you go, on YT:
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Brandon Lester: Fall froggin'.
Good lil YT vid, here's a couple highlights:
> "...here on Guntersville or any other lake that has grass, when the grass starts to die off and condense, those fish start to get tighter in those mats because there's not as many mats for them to get in. So it's easier to find 'em.
> "When that fish blows up on it and I see that line move, I know he's got it."
Shows how he puts BBs in the frogs too, for fishing cheesy mats:
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"When I figured out I can go to college for catching a bass, I was like, This is so much better than any sport I've played in my life. Fish in college? That is absolutely insane."
- Yes it is! That's upstate NYer Christian Misciagna talkin' who is now a frosh at Bryan College in TN. Little more on him:
> "He used to practice in the backyard standing on a chair, casting in a coffee can for hours."
> At school he'd often set his phone on his computer, plug in his headphones, and secretly watch fishing videos on YouTube instead of doing class work.
Hahaha there it is! Watch out for him!
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How 'bout these bass from MX's El Cuchillo Lake – ever see tails that red that aren't red from nesting? 🤔 Are these Mexican red-tailed bass or somethin'?? 😁 @black_basshunter on Insta:
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Meet the FL Man Who Survived 4 Days Lost in Swamp After Gator Took His Arm: 'I'm No Longer Afraid of Death'
Incredible. Here's where it went wrong:
> After nearly 3 hours of exploring, Merda was thirsty and hopelessly lost. He eventually spotted his van on the other side of the 2 sq mile reservoir that he'd just spent hours bushwhacking around and decided to swim back to it.
If God didn't keep that guy alive there's no other way to explain it man, come on. 4 days! Nekkid in the swamp! Arm ripped off!🤯
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