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Lake Vermillion - Bassmasters Weekend Series Tournament #4 - August 23, 200
2008-08-30 12:30:00 Well I arrived at the Fortune Bay Casino RV Park around 4:30pm, just enough time to tie up some last minute stuff and walk down to the dock for a few minutes before it was time to head to the pre-tournament meeting. The meeting was at BayView Lodge and it was packed with anglers for the meeting. With my limited experience on the water, which is 5 hours, 3 weeks prior to this tournament, I was hoping for a late boat draw, so I would get the extra 30 minutes of fishing. As it turned out, I was boat #2 and drew a guy from Hibbing, MN who actually fishes the lake occasionally.The morning was cool, windy and a bit of a misty rain. I decided I would stick with a shallow stretch that I had found late in my mini-practice. I was the first boat there, but I was not alone very long. It did not take long before Brad Leifermann and Josh Douglas started just down the bank from me. I caught a 3.5lb smallie pretty quickly on a Black Yum 3" Tube and then a 1... More About: Series , Weekend , August , Lake , Tournament
BASS Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Winneconne Chain - Touranement
2008-08-22 23:12:00 My goal on day 2 was basically to repeat day 1, I figured that if I caught a 10lb limit every day, that would keep me moving up. My 2nd day partner was Robert Sullivan from Iowa, he had 2 keepers on Day 1, so he was up for letting me fish my fish, as long as we saved a little time for one key bank that he wanted to work.We were boat #36 out of 48, yet had no problem getting into my area first. The bites were a little slower this morning. I caught a couple short fish early and my partner had one that looked like it would have kept jump off. I then got on a little run and caught 3 keepers by about 8am. Here is how the flurry went down. I caught the first one on a dock piling (baby Brushhog) where there was some clumped weeds where a rock bank transitioned to a sea wall. The bite was kind of weird and I suspected there was another fish there by the way that fish bit. So I quickly pitched back and caught a 13" fish. I threw... More About: Nation , Bass , Northern , Chain
BASS Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Winneconne Chain - Touranement
2008-08-22 23:12:00 Day 3, my partner convinced me it would be to both of our benefits to use his boat, as he had a ton of waypoints for good smallies out on Winnebago. It took some convincing and some considerable thought on my part before I gave in. We discussed, that we would go back and forth on our water which was actually close to each other if needed and that he would have about an hour to prove the worth of his smallies reefs, before I would go back and forth on my largemouth water.There was a pretty decent wind from the Northeast coming down the lake, but we made it to our starting area. Chris worked the boat off the edges of his prime area trying to get some bigger bites for about the first 30 minutes or so, nothing doing. We then worked our way towards the sweet spot, he immediately boated a 14.5" smallie and reluctantly put in the box. I then caught a smallie on a Green Pumpkin Copper Flake tube that only the slime of his tail touched and I tosse... More About: Nation , Bass , Northern , Chain
BASS Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Winneconne Chain - Touranement
2008-08-21 11:10:00 One thing that I forgot to mention about practice, is how bad the power situation for charging batteries was at the hotel before the official practice. There were a bunch of guys sharing plug-ins and many guys woke up the next morning with almost no charge on their batteries. Guys had to give up time on the water to come in and charge their batteries or try to practice with no trolling motor. My StayNCharge and All Charge systems that kept my batteries charged from my outboard and tow vehicle were a life saver until the actual boat yard was ready. It sure is nice having piece of mind, not worrying about getting a charge no matter where you are.Day 1 I drew David Thompson from Illinois. Talking to him, he seemed like a good hook, fished a lot of the Stren Series & Opens. He had some pad fish going in Buttes De Mortes, so he agreed we would fish my fish first and save his fish for the afternoon. We were boat #21 and made it to my area in S... More About: Nation , Bass , Northern , Chain
BASS Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Winneconne Chain - Practice Da
2008-08-19 16:13:00 Too speed things up here, I am going to combine practice days 3. There was a whole lot of fishing done in those 2 days, but only 4 or 5 keepers caught in my boat those days.Day 3 was calm as predicted, so Ryan & I launched my boat at Miller's Park and ran across to the Stockbridge area, hunting and pecking on reefs. We caught a couple smallies pretty quickly, but nothing that would measure. We kept working our way down, visiting areas around Winnebago point as well. Same story, nothing but small smallmouth. The last area we visited was in front of Pipe Creek / Calumet Harbor. There we found a nice rock pile that lined the channel and we actually caught one nice keeper and had another 3lb fish jump off. Both of those fish fell for a Green Pumpkin Fork Craw on a Picasso Shakedown head.From there we came back across the lake and started looking for largemouth down around the Long Point Island. We caught fish all around working our way... More About: Practice , Nation , Bass , Northern , Chain
BASS Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Winneconne Chain - Practice Da
2008-08-18 16:12:00 First off, I brought my laptop along intending to blog while I was there, but left my charger at home Sorry for that, but I intend to bring you all up to speed quickly, but if you cannot wait, check out bassmaster.com and look at the results under Federation Nation .Ryan Brant & I got on the water at about 10:30am on Saturday morning. My intention was to spend a day fishing the south end of the Wolf River and around Poygan and some of those lakes so that I would have water in that area if my partner took his time over there.We started fishing the lower Wolf, we caught several short smallmouth and largemouth. I did get one nice keeper largemouth on a black blue fleck tube on some eel grass near a cut. We then ventured out in to Poygan, we fished a cut on the north end and I got a keeper largemouth on a Stanley Ribbit using the new 4/0 Tru-Tungsten Hack Hook. We got a couple more bites theres in the duck weed, but that was it. We then headed to Willow... More About: Practice , Bass , Northern , Chain
BASS Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Winneconne Chain - Practice Da
2008-08-18 16:12:00 Practice day 2 started with me figuring our why I was not getting power to my front graph. It only took me about 20-30 minutes to get that squared away. Ryan & I got the boat gassed up and launched just south of the fox rive on Lake Winnebago. We started fishing some weeds and scattered rock in 3-5 feet in North Asylum bay, this was an area that we fished in the June Bass master Weekend Series tournament. I quickly caught several fish on White/Blue Secret Weapon Spinnerbait, none of them were keepers and Ryan got a short smallie on a Gold 1/4oz Rat-L-Trap. We moved down and I tried some soft plastics and caught a short largemouth, I had one other good bite, but that was it.From there we moved into the docks, we fished about 40 of them and got bites on 3, I marked those with the GPS to revisit later if I was looking for a good bite, as the one fish I caught was over 3lbs on a tube. After docks, we spent a couple hours hopping reefs looking for a... More About: Practice , Nation , Northern , Chain
Pokegama - Bassmasters Weekend Series Tournament #3 - August 2nd, 2008
2008-08-08 15:11:00 I was able to get on the water before 8am on Friday before the tournament to do a little practice. I went out on the water with my dad. On our first stop, my dad pulled on a good bite and I caught a 3lb plus smallie on a 3/8oz Texas Craw TT Jig and we got out of there. We spent the rest of the day checking some new & old water, getting no more them one quality bite and moving on. I would have had 14lbs plus, but I was pretty sure I could have done better catching multiple fish from some of the better areas.I drew boat #15 out of 52, so I was able to get to my first area with no competition. We pulled up and no bites right away, after about 20 minutes my partner & I had each boated a small keeper largemouth, which was weird, because this was a big fish smallmouth area. We then headed to my next deep smallie spot and caught nothing there. From there I hit up some reeds and caught one decent largemouth on a 1/2oz Fall Craw Tru-Tung... More About: Series , Weekend , August , Tournament , 2008
Summer Bass Fishing Tips
2008-07-31 21:21:00 5 Tips for Summer Bass Fishing Larry Thornhill 1. Go Dark If your water is a popular recreation destination consider fishing after dark. Things usually settle down at this time and the fish typically become more active. Safety is the big concern after dark. Don't fish alone; know your water; always wear a PFD; make sure your boat is properly lighted; and watch for other boat traffic. 2. If you can't fish after dark go early Most fish are more active at dawn than in the evening during the hottest days of summer. It's easy enough to get up around 4:00 a.m., fish a few hours, and then go home and take a nap. 3. Deep-diving crankbaits are hot Deep-diving crankbaits are super bass lures during July, August and into September. Throw them over offshore breaks and ledges. Long cast and very fast retrieves are usually your best option. 4. Fish schooling bass Often bass will surface-school during the hottest days of summer. Look for them breaking the surface and cast di...
Lake Minnetonka - Club Tournament #6 - July 27, 2008
2008-07-30 21:20:00 Well Rick Taft and I hit the water launching out of Gray's bay hoping to turn Saturday's performance around. I started on my favorite weedline in Wayzata Bay. It only took me about 5 casts to lose a 1/2oz TT Jig to a toothy predator. I then picked up my trusty bluegill Vixen topwater and started working over the top of the Milfoil. About 10 casts later a nice bass crushed it, I finally dragged it out of the milfoil and it was a nice 3lb plus bass. Way better start to today then yesterday We continued to work this area on top and the deep edge, only to come up empty handed. We then headed to where I had caught a 3lb bass late in the day yesterday, I managed to pick up a small keeper there on soft plastics, but that was it, a little disappointed.The next area I wanted to hit had a boat on it, so we fished a few boat docks and I ended up getting 3 more small keepers on a 3/8oz Texas Craw Tru-Tungsten Jig, but nothing to brag about. We ... More About: Club , July , Lake , Tournament , Minnetonka
Lake Minnetonka - Club Tournament #5 - July 26, 2008
2008-07-30 21:20:00 Saturday morning was Gopher Bassmasters 5th tournament out of 8 this year. We launched out of Maxwell bay public ramp on famed Lake Minnetonka . Minnetonka is an interesting lake for me, I know its one of the best bass fisheries in the world, yet i rarely make it out there. It really seems unless I have a tournament out there, which is rarely, I don't venture out that way. I really did not practice for this tournament, other then a guide trip that i had back on July 4th.My partner was David Larsen and this was his first time even on Tonka, so I was kind of winging it and kind of fishing on a few distant memories for this club tournament. We decided to start on a set of marina docks, this place has a history of giving up some big bites, but all we caught were a few barely legals and shorts there. I threw back 2 or 3 fish that were probably keepers that I did not want to waste time culling later and David boxed one small keeper there on a Ring Fry.&... More About: Club , Tournament
Minnetonka Club Tournaments this Weeked & more.....
2008-07-27 21:15:00 I have two club tournaments this weekend on Minnetonka , Saturday we launch from the west side and the east side on Sunday. I have been not been out on Tonka since July 4th and before that it was probably May last year. It will be interesting as neither of my partners have been out there, so we will just have to wing it a bit. I am hoping to do well enough this weekend to lock up a spot on next year's State TOC team without fishing the last two club tournaments on Pokegama. Look for tournaments report early next week!Last Sunday I spent some time on Pokegama, fished all new water, caught a few nice fish, not sure it is anything I will use in the Weekend Series tournament, so hind sight, I wish I would have went to Tonka that day instead. If you have not been to Bass Fishing the Midwest to check out my Podcast, you can now listen to it here.Also, feel free to go back and visit my other two podcasts:Rich Lindgren on Outdoors This WeekCatch'N.com Radio In... More About: Club , Tournaments
Whitefish Chain - Bassmasters Weekend Series Tournament #2 - July 19th, 200
2008-07-25 20:29:00 I was able to practice for this event only on the Friday before the tournament. I spent about 7 hours out on the water and found a few decent deep weed edges that were producing and checked a few shallow areas with mixed results. I drew boat #21 out of 50. Not too bad, but I actually would have preferred the 3rd flight and the extra time to fish.I started out on a deep weed edge that created an inside turn that had some good coontail clumps on it off of Swede's Bar. I caught 2 small keepers there, but nothing like the bites I had in practice. I then ran to a small shallow weed depression near by and caught a quick limit on a green Brovarney Swim Jig and actually caught one nice fish that was over 2.5lbs. From there I hit another deep coontail area and we caught a couple more small bass. I then ran some docks that had been good to me in the past and another weedline and just a couple short fish. So I hit a small slop area that I h... More About: Series , Weekend , July , Chain , Tournament
ICAST Preview, New Bassmaster Elite Series Schedule and Bass Fishing PodCas
2008-07-19 13:28:00 As many of you know ICAST show in Las Vegas is in progress of getting going. Here is a peak at what the Fish Harder company is showing off this week!!! Tru-Tungsten has also completely revamped their website, so check that out. As anglers ourselves we realized that as popular and effective as plastic swimbaits are they have one drawback - weight. Sometimes we need to cast further or fish deeper. To solve that problem Fish Harder Companies, LLC, designed the Picasso Quick Change Swimbait Weight. It easily attaches to any hook style or size with two wire clips. Picasso Quick Change Swimbait Weights are available in four sizes to meet every angler's needs - 3/16oz, Ľoz, 3/8oz and ˝oz. They're sold 2 to a pack. The Pill Jig is designed for skipping docks.Pill Jigs are offered in two colors - black and unpainted - and in three sizes - 1/8oz, 3/16oz & Ľoz. They are sold 3 to a pack. Our Tru-Life Swimbaits now come in a 4"size. They f... More About: Preview , Fishing , Series , Schedule , Bass
July 4th Holiday Weekend Bass Fishing Recap
2008-07-19 13:28:00 No better way to spend a long holiday weekend then doing a little bass fishing!!! Friday July 4th, I had a guide trip out on Lake Minnetonka. We launched out of Gray's Bay and kind of stuck to the east end of the lake. We started throwing some topwater and spinnerbaits over some weedlines that I had caught fish on in the past. I caught a pike and a nice little bass pretty quick on a Vixen. We then started working the deeper edge, quickly Daryl boated a bass on a black 10" Power Worm. I then caught several fish on soft plastics ranging from ring frys, robo worms and Big show paddle tails. Daryl caught his fair share on a wacky rigged Yamamoto Senko. We probably caught close to 10 bass on the first area. The next area we each caught one keeper on soft plastics. The 3rd area produced 3 small bass on spinnerbaits and another on a drop shot. We tried a couple more deep areas, but the boat traffic started to be too much to... More About: Holiday , Fishing , Weekend , Recap , Bass
Lake Marion - Pan-O-Prog Days Tournament - July 12th, 2008
2008-07-19 13:28:00 So yesterday I fished the Pan-O-Prog tournament on Lake Marion for the 4th year in a row. The 3rd time with Ryan Brant as my partner. We took 3rd the previous two years and really had our sight on trying to win it this year. Its hard to have a real solid game plan, because with 40 boats on this little lake, boat draw can really dictate how you start your tournament day.I stepped up and drew boat #38 out of the bag, so that means we had to kind of wait and see what would be left for us to start on. Most of our good areas were already covered up, so we made a quick 15 minute pass in a shallow area and I got one decent keeper on a 3/8oz Green Pumpkin/Brown Tru-Tungsten Jig. We started down the lake and saw an opening on one of our deep weedlines. I quickly boated another small keeper on the jig and lost another one that was pretty small as well. I did not feel bad about losing that one, because we would need to get rid of him anyways. We ... More About: Days , July , Tournament
Fishing Last Weekend
2008-07-08 18:30:00 Well this past weekend I got out on one of my favorite south metro lakes to do some fun fishing. I quickly found some of the larger bass keying in on bluegill beds. This is an often overlooked pattern and at the same time one of my favorite ways to target post spawn largemouth bass. You can hear more about Bluegills beds and post-spawn fishing very soon on a Podcast I did with John Haynes and Bass Fishing the Midwest. I actually won a tournament on Chisago & Lindstrom Lakes last year on the bedding bluegill pattern. I caught most of my nicer this past weekend in 1-4ft of water on frogs and a Deps BuzzJet in a Bluegill pattern. You cannot complain catching 3-4lbs bass on topwater. The frog fish were fun, but the strikes that the Buzzjet drew were some of the most ferocious I can remember. I think it does such a great job of imitating a wounded bluegill, the big bass cannot resist hunting it down and destroying it, its pretty wild!!! ... More About: Weekend
Green Lake - Club Tournament #4 - June 22, 2008
2008-06-25 22:39:00 You may have noticed there was no Club Tournament #3, I skipped Lake Koronis to spend the day with my wife on our 5th Wedding Anniversary. So on to Green Lake....When we arrived at the launch, that was my first look at Green Lake, no time to pre-fish and no prior history. Always makes for an interesting tournament. I did do a little research and talked to a few guys in the club to get an idea of what stage the smallmouth were in, as they are the predominant species and how most tournaments are won on this lake. My partner Frank did get out one day on the lake, scouted out a few things but it was terribly windy that day.We started on one of the main lake reefs in the middle of the wide open lake, the wind was already coming across pretty good. Frank and I both started with assorted reaction baits, topwater, Ima Flit Jerkbait, etc. Nothing doing on the reaction baits. I then switched to dragging a Fork Craw on a Petey Rig, and was pretty quick... More About: June
The Green Curado Returns
2008-06-24 09:49:00 If you have been paying attention lately, you know that Shimano has been giving some good deals on their current Curados & Citicas, either via rebate or store sales. When a manufacturer does this, they are usually trying to clear inventory, thus the introduction of a new model or models to replace the existing.Well the first glimpses of the newly revamped Shimano Curado & Citica are here!!!!! The new line will be the Curado E and Citica E's.Pictures by TackleTour.comCouple things you will notice right away, they are going back to the muted Green finish of the Curado Bantam that was so popular with many bass anglers and many of us still have several of these, as they were proven workhorses. The profile is a bit smaller to compete with the Abu Revos that have entered the market in the last couple years. Even better news, the price point of the Curado E is thought to be $179.99 vs. the Curado D currently at $199.99Looks like these reals will launch in a...
More new IMA Baits
2008-06-24 09:49:00 Welcome! To the ima EMAILER ~ June 2008 IssueThe IMA EMAILER brings you news from IMA pro staff members Bill Smith, Fred Roumbanis, Michael Murphy and other Ima pro staffers across the USA and worldwide. Good News! This month's emailer is about two brand new ima hardbaits! Fred Roumbanis Wins First Place in Bassmaster Elite on Lake Murray! Congratulations to ima pro Fred Roumbanis on his $101,000 win in mid-May at Lake Murray. Fred won the Bassmaster Elite Series event out of Columbia, S.C. For more information, visit Fred's home page at: www.swimbaitfred.com. ima Intros New Surface Skimmer and Vibrating Rock N Vibe Determined to bring their lure expertise and originality to the U.S. lure market, ima Japan has developed two new bass baits to be presented to the U.S. wholesale and retail tackle-buying community & the fishing media at ICAST, the sportfishing industry's annual trade show in Las Vegas, NV in mid-July. First is the Rock N Vibe, a new vibratin...
Great YouTube Videos from LuckyCraft & ProStaff
2008-06-24 09:49:00 Surfing around the web today and stumbled onto a boat load of really good short interviews with all the Lucky Craft BASS & FLW Tour Pros. Skeet Reese, Casey Ashly, Takahiro Omori, Anthony Gagliardi, Marty Stone, Kelly Jordan, Brent Ehler.....Here is where you can find them all, on the FishLuckyCraft YouTube ChannelAnd here are a couple that I thought were interesting to get you started:Hope you enjoy digging into these as much I have!!! Also, welcome to the newest email subscribers, we are up to #72!!! Also, do not forget you can easily subscribe via RSS as well!!RichRichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog More About: Videos , Youtube , Great
Must see bass fishing video
2008-06-24 09:49:00 Kind of a bonus blog entry today, I usually do not do more then one entry per day, but this was too good. Things you will learn/see in this video:Instructional info on catching schooling bassEarly glance at Prototype Lipless crankbait from Ima LureBill Smith hooking Michael Murphy in face with said Lipless crankThe entire removal processIt is a little graphic, but very educational. Not sure if I am more impressed with Murphy on his calmness and toughness during hook removal process or how he finished his cast with the jerkbait even with hook in face. Bill Smith had to feel a little dumb hooking his Ima ProStaff teammate on camera. This actually happend to my in my very first club bass tourney at age 14, fishing with my uncle, I took a Zara Spook right under my chin about 10 minutes into the day. Pretty much the same drill, push hook through, cut the barb off and back it out. Slap a band-aid on it and finished the tourney, only weighed two fish though.Sh... More About: Video , Fishing , Bass
Le Homme Dieu Chain - Bassmasters Weekend Series Tournament #1 - June 7th,
2008-06-24 09:49:00 I was able to get out fishing on Friday before the tournament to get some practice in and put together a pattern. I did not get on the water until 10am and the weather was brutal at best. Sustained winds at 20-25mph with gusts up to 39mph, that mixed in with plenty of rain. I started out by covering water, targeting mostly flats with a swim jig, SWL Spinnerbait, Sebile Flatt Shad and an Ima Shaker. That water temp was around 59-60 degrees. The more I fished, the more confident I was, that most of the fish were still pre-spawn.The spinnerbait and swim jig yielded the most bites early on, they were keepers but nothing great. I checked a few docks here and there with my trusty 3/8oz Tru-Tungsten jig and got some bites, some felt decent, I did not set on those fish. Most of my deep areas were too tough to fish in the wind and there was not the usual weed growth present as in past years, probably due to a late ice out.I was able to fish one insid... More About: June , Series , Weekend , Chain , Tournament
First look: 4" Tru-Tungsten Tru-Life Swimbait
2008-06-24 09:49:00 First look: 4" Tru-Life 6/13/2008 - BassFan Dock Talk Tru-Tungsten made quite a splash last year when it debuted its Tru-Life swimbait at the industry's ICAST tradeshow. Logically, the line is set to expand, and the company has released a sneak peek of its new 4-inch Tru-Life swimbait. It'll be available in two models ? wakebait/slow-sink and slow-sink/fast-sink ? and six colors. Pictured to right is baby bass. Sink-rate can be adjusted by adding tungsten balls. Should be a dynamite bait for catching those medium size tournament quality bass, as well as the big ones!!! More About: Tru Life
Winneconne Bassmasters Weekend Series - June 14, 2008
2008-06-24 09:49:00 I was going to write a preview blog entry for this event on Thursday or Friday last week, but never got around to it. My buddy Ryan & I decided to fish this Bassmaster Weekend Series event on the Winneconne/Winnebago chain to help learn this system as we had never been there before. So we drove over on Friday afternoon to make the pairings meeting. I was paired with Justin Newkirk from the Milwaukee area. We were boat #6 & he told me we were fishing Bago and chasing Smallies, which I was pretty excited about. Ryan drew boat #22 and he was headed up the Wolf River.It took us nearly an hour to get to our first area. I started chucking reaction baits, Vixen, RedEye Shad, & Spinnerbait across this rocky gravel & grass flat without a bite. I then switched to dragging soft plastics with a 3/16oz Tru-Tungsten sinker, about 15 minutes later I caught my first Smallmouth. I caught quite a few smallies on this setup and then Justi... More About: June , 2008
Lake O'dowd Gopher Bassmasters Jr. Tournament - June 15, 2008
2008-06-24 09:49:00 We had our first Jr Gopher Bassmaster Club event on O'dowd in Shakopee this past Sunday. I was available to be a boat captain, and I always like to fish these when I can. This tournament, we had one adult club member acting as captain and a jr. angler to form teams. It was a shared 5 bass limit, but the catch was, that the adult angler could only weigh a maximum of 2 bass. I drew Cody Sieben who is a very accomplished youth bass angler, he has 2 state titles to his credit along with many other wins and high finishes.I had been on the lake once before earlier this spring, so we started near one of the island working topwater, I started with a Vixen and Cody a buzz frog. Nothing happening, we try some adjacent vegetation and pads, one little dink on a ring fry. We then moved to a small section of pads and I catch a solid 2lb fish on a floating frog and Cody gets a good one keeper on a green pumpkin jig. We continue working shallow vegeta... More About: June , Lake , Tournament , 2008
Looking ahead to Le Homme Dieu
2008-06-06 00:00:00 Well my work travels for the week are over, finally back in town, spent some time getting my gear together, need to spend some more time tomorrow before I will be tournament ready. I leave tomorrow morning to drive up to Alexandria to get my one day of practice in before my first Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on Saturday.My main goal tomorrow is to establish what the fish are doing. Bases on what I have read on reports and water temps from the chain, I believe there will be fish in all 3 stages during our tourney. Although, my sneaking suspicion is that most of the fish will still be pre-spawn, but we'll find out tomorrow. My secondary goal is to attempt to establish some areas or a pattern where I can get a few good fish in the boat. One or two 3lb plus fish on this lake can make all the difference in the world and limits are bound to be plentiful.We are having quite a bit of rain and turbulent weather leading into this event, which could make ... More About: Ahead
Good Read on Tungsten and Bass Fishing
2008-05-31 00:00:00 Tungsten Weights:Are They Worth The Extra Cost?Story By Margie AndersonWho could ever have imagined that anglers would be paying more than $5 for a single worm weight? Boggles the mind, doesn?t it??You have to keep in mind that if something puts otherwise impossible fish in the boat for you, the check you cash after a tournament makes it well worth the few bucks you spent at the tackle shop,? says professional bass fisherman Gary Dobyns. ?Tungsten weights opened up the whole world of punching to us. Bass school up under thick, dense mats of weeds when the sun is high, and it is almost impossible to get anything but a tungsten weight through those mats. The lead you?d have to use would be as big as your finger, and a lot of times it really turned the fish off.?In fact, that very dilemma is what led to the first tungsten weights. Sam Aversa was a pro bass fisherman who wasn?t content to simply flip the edges of impenetrable weedbeds. He wanted in there. His company, Penetrater Weights... More About: Fishing , Read , Good
ima Shaker
2008-05-31 00:00:00 Welcome! To the ima EMAILER ~ May 2008 IssueThe IMA EMAILER brings you news from IMA pro staff members Bill Smith, Fred Roumbanis, Michael Murphy and other Ima pro staffers across the USA and worldwide. Good News! This month's emailer is all about the ima Shaker crankbait. Designer Bill Smith Debuts Long-Awaited ima Shaker Crankbait Hello. It is BASSMASTER Elite Angler Bill Smith here and I am proud to say that I designed the ima Shaker for you. It is a small, flat-sided, shallow-diving crankbait with a thin computer board lip. At 2-3/4 inches long, the Shaker weighs 3/8 oz and runs 3 to 5 feet deep. With its internal weight transfer system, the Shaker let's one reach unprecedented casting distances with a crankbait of this kind. I designed the ima Shaker to improve upon and replace the flat-sided balsa crankbaits that are regional favorites in my section of the country, the southeast USA. I grew up fishing balsa crankbaits for over twenty years, and I know them...
MN Bass Opener Big Bag Challenge!!!
More articles from this author:2008-05-31 00:00:00 Here is the deal, my buddy Josh Douglas decided to do some fun fishing on Memorial Day, not practicing for a tournament, just going out and trying to really whack'em!!! But being the competitors that we are, we had to spice it up a little. We decided we would make it a team tournament, US vs. the Bass !!!We picked a South Metro lake, calculated a loft goal, set that as our mark. Two guys, 6 hours, the goal....Best 5 Bass = 20lbs. I told you, we had lofty goals!!! They sound familiar if you watched the episode of World's Greatest Fishing Show where Zona and KVD set a 20lb goal on Lake St. Clair in the fall. Nobody said we were original.. LOL!!! Neither one of us would claim to be as talented as Kevin VanDam, but the antics that happen in our boats are not much different then you see on Mark Zona's show.We decided to fish out of Josh's boat, we got to the landing and were fishing by about 8am. We started the day shallow, working... More About: Challenge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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