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All About Bass - Episode 1 - Part 4 "The Weigh-In"
2009-06-19 21:04:00 The Inaugural episode (webisode) is a 20lb Minnesota Bass Opener Challenge on a small south metro lake. I invite my buddy Josh Douglas to help me catch 20lbs in 7 hours of tournament style fishing. You may remember I blogged about my Bass Opener outing here. There are 4 segments to this first episode, here is a link to the previous segments. Embedded below is Segment 4 - "The Weigh -in".More webisodes will be coming soon, so check back to the blog often. Or better yet, consider signing up with Email or RSS subscription so you never miss an episode! Email subscription can be found on the upper left corner of this page in the side bar.You can also find these videos by searching YouTube or checking out MN Sun Newspapers.RichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog More About: Episode , Part , Episode 1
Mississippi River Rumble Fantasy Fishing Group Winner!
2009-06-16 21:02:00 Congratulations to Rob Busse of Farmington, MN; he was the highest scoring member of my Bassin' Blog group for ESPN Fantasy Fishing at the Mississippi River Rumble event. It was nice to see someone new win an event.Here are Rob's comments on his winning line-up:"KVD is the obvious choice, especially when you?re not much of a bass fisherman like me and he?s the only name you recognize. The rest of the line-up is pure luck. I know a lot of people change their line-up every week to go with local guys and while that makes sense, I don?t want to be like everybody else. I also heard a number of times that it was not smart to keep Elton Luce on my team (and it certainly wasn?t for the prior tournaments), but I stuck with him. I guess this proves the saying that ?every blind squirrel does eventually find a nut?. "Rob's Fantasy Picks:KVDElton LuceKevin ShortIkeAlton JonesFor Rob's efforts, he has won a bag of Tru-Tungsten fines... More About: Winner
Guntersville Fantasy Fishing Group Winner!
2009-06-13 02:20:00 Congratulations to Jason Mayer from IN, he was the highest scoring member of my Bassin' Blog group for ESPN Fantasy Fishing at the Kentucky Lake event. He is our first threepeat winner on the Bass side!!! Somebody needs to start winning prizes other then Jason & Brad.Jason said it was the same line-up he used for the past two tourneys, but he would be changing it up for this Mississippi river tournament.For Jason's efforts, he has won a bag of Tru-Tungsten finesse worms, should be great for catching those tough Indiana bass!! Thanks to Tru-Tungsten for helping out with the prizes. Its not too late to join my group, prizes will be awarded at every tournament and year end. Best regards, The CommissionerRichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog More About: Winner , Group
All About Bass - Episode 1 - Part 3 of 4
2009-06-12 20:19:00 The Inaugural episode (webisode) is a 20lb Minnesota Bass Opener Challenge on a small south metro lake. I invite my buddy Josh Douglas to help me catch 20lbs in 7 hours of tournament style fishing. You may remember I blogged about my Bass Opener outing here. There are 4 segments to this first episode, here is a link to the first 2 segments. Embedded below is Segment 3.Segment 4 will be coming soon, so check back to the blog often. Or better yet, consider signing up with Email or RSS subscription so you never miss an episode! Email subscription can be found on the upper left corner of this page in the side bar.If you are looking for Ring Frys, find them here!You can also find these videos by searching YouTube or checking out MN Sun Newspapers.RichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog More About: Episode , Part , Part 3 , Episode 1
Green Lake Practice Report
2009-06-11 19:21:00 This is my first attempt at a mobile blog post, so it will be short. Art and I got on the lake around 8am, started shallow caught some decent fish on soft plastics & swim jigs. We then hit some mid-depth areas & found another pod of decent fish. From there it got super slow, hope things are better this weekend. Tight lines,RichPardon the brevity of this message, sent from my BlackBerry® More About: Green , Report , Practice , Lake
Setting a FLW Fantasy Fishing Lineup for Kentucky Lake
2009-06-11 19:21:00 Kentucky Lake is in a big time upward cycle right now and kicking out a ton of fish and some real big ones. Both big smallies & largemouth could likely factor in during this event. Fishery Details:Type of water: Kentucky - Tennessee River (TVA) impoundment,Barkley - Cumberland River impoundmentSurface area: 160,000 acres for Kentucky, 58,000 acres for BarkleyShoreline: 2,064 miles for Kentucky, 1,004 for BarkleyAverage depth: 20 feet for Kentucky, 12 feet for BarkleyMax depth: Approximately 60 feet on both lakesPrimary structure/cover: rock, grass, bushes, lay-downs, points, off-shore ledges, brushSpecies: largemouth, smallmouth, spotted bassLength minimum: 15" for largemouths, 18" for smallmouths, 12" Spotted bass All indications is that this tournament will be a full on ledge bite. Here are my other anglers to watch:Dan MooreheadJim MoynaghGeorge Geane, Jr.Basically I am sticking with the strategy to keep littering my lineup with anglers that ... More About: Fishing , Fantasy , Kentucky , Lineup
Setting an ESPN Fantasy Fishing Line-up for Kentucky Lake
2009-06-10 12:23:00 The Mississippi River is one of the great bass fisheries in this country, but this particular section (Fort Madison) I think is under a little bit of hard times from last year's flodding. This time of year, fish should be really starting to gang up in pads and eel grass edges, but from the sounds of it, not much of it has grown back from last summer. So if you can find some good stretches, they could be loaded, but also very crowded. A strong wood flipping bite could play as well. Either way, its nice to see the Elites visit the upper midwest for a change, should be a very exciting tournament, they will catch plenty of fish. Look for Swimming Jigs to be a big player here.I am making some fairly serious changes this week to try to make some big moves, Alton Jones had to go, he was just too safe.Here are a few guys that I think would be solid fantasy fishing picks that are not on my team. Chris Lane, Tommy Biffle, Iaconelli and Jami ... More About: Fishing , Fantasy , Kentucky , Line , Lake
Beaver Lake Fantasy Fishing Group Winner!
2009-06-06 09:53:00 Congratulations to Tricia Heinecke from New Richmond, WI; she was the highest scoring member of my Bassin' Blog group for FLW Fantasy Fishing .Brief email interview with Tricia and this is what she had to say on her strategy:"My husband & I have Players Advantage. My husband made list of fishermen and my 5 year old son helped to pick his mommy's team! Wish I could have had a couple exactas for a really big prize!! " For Tricia's efforts, he has won a 5/16oz Threadfin Shad Secret Weapon Lure Sidearm Spinnerbait and will get a 30% off promo code to order anything he wants in the Secret Weapon Armory! I am sure Tricia & her family will catch plenty of bass with this great spinnerbait! Thanks to Secret Weapon Lures for helping out with the prizes.Its not too late to join my group, prizes will be awarded at every tournament and year end.Sign up today! Best regards, The CommissionerRichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog ... More About: Winner , Group , Lake
Presenting "All About Bass" - An Online Bass Fishing Show
2009-06-04 21:51:00 If you have been reading this blog and paying attention, I have been hinting & eluding to the possibility of some new video content. Well here it is! "All About Bass " will be an online bass fishing show that I will be working on, this blog will be one of many places you will be able to view it. The Inaugural episode (webisode) is a 20lb Minnesota Bass Opener Challenge on a small south metro lake. I invite my buddy Josh Douglas to help me catch 20lbs in 7 hours of touranment style fishing. You may remember I blogged about my Bass Opener outing here. There are 3 segments to this first episode, posted below are the first 2 segments. So what do you think? We learned a ton from this first shoot, we already have ideas to improve the audio and other things. I would appreciate comments after you have watched. Segment 3 will be coming soon, so check back to the blog often. Or better yet, consider signing up ... More About: Fishing , Show , Online , Presenting
Setting an ESPN Fantasy Fishing Line-up for Kentucky Lake
2009-06-03 03:01:00 Kentucky Lake is one of the great bass fisheries in this country. This time of year, fish should be really starting to stack up on ledges. Sounds like water levels have dropped, so flipping bushes probably won't play much, but you never know.By the way, you need to get it in by tomorrow 8am central, this tournament actually starts on a Wednesday and ends on Saturday to allow travel time to Iowa next week. The next 3 events Kentucky Lake, Mississippi River, & Lake Oneida are all vastly different fisheries, so trying to set your lineup to fit all 3 may be a bit of a challenge.Here are a few guys that I think would be solid fantasy fishing picks that are not on my team. Kelly Jordan, Kevin Wirth, Edwin Evers & Timmy Horton. The breakdown on my team is as follows:KVD - With a 3rd & a 1st last two June events on KY Lake, he is a lock.Matt Herren - For the money probably on my roster until the bitter end, should have a so... More About: Fishing , Fantasy , Kentucky , Line
Mississippi River - Bassmasters Weekend Series Tournament #1 - May 31, 2009
2009-06-02 03:00:00 Based on my practice, I realized that winning this event would take some good fortune and the bass in my areas to grow, but I thought if I fished hard and fished clean I could put together a respectable finish and have chance to cash a check. My practice had not been stellar, but I had found a couple of areas holding fish both on Lake Pepin and down in the top of Wabasha backwaters; plus a few back up spots if I needed a fish near Red Wing. This tournament was a little unique, because I had never fished an event that launched out of Everts Resort on the north end of Pool 4 before.After running south through the Wisconsin channel, I started on a rocky area of Lake Pepin, my partner had one fish on that looked to be a keeper on a spinnerbait, other then that we caught several close but short fish on finesse jigs and Fork Craws. From there I went to my second spot on Pepin, my partner caught 1 on his spinnerbait and another on his jig. I ended up... More About: Mississippi , Series , River , Weekend , Tournament
Mississippi River Pool 4 Practice Day 1
2009-05-29 21:15:00 Memorial Day, my dad and I got out on Pool 4 to start preparing for the upcoming Bassmasters Weekend Series tournament on May 30th. We decided to launch from Red wing and check some areas in Lake Pepin and stuff closer to the launch ramp. The first two areas we checked produced some decent bites on a Secret Weapon Lures Quickstrike spinnerbait that I custom built for the water conditions, which were fairly muddy just about every where we fished. I also picked up a few decent fish on a White Flash Super K Swim Jig. The 3rd area produced one good smallie, the next handful of areas were spotty to say the least. At the very end of the day we found two more areas where we got several bites, a few keepers but nothing over about 2lbs. Again the spinnerbait & swim jig produced, I also finally got a few fish on my trusty 3/8oz PB&J Tru-Tungsten jig. Overall, I think I got a few areas that can produce a check cashing bag, but on my next trip I plan to search ou... More About: Mississippi , Practice , River
Mississippi River Pool 4 Practice Day 2
2009-05-29 21:15:00 Yesterday for the most part was a struggle for my dad & I on pool 4, our first area produced two small keeper smallies and the next 4 areas had zero action. Then on a hunch we decided to check a two other areas and we actually found some keeper largemouth & smallmouth in those areas, nothing great, but much better then nothing.Then with 5 minutes before we had to go, I caught this really nice 18.5" smallie on a White Flash 1/4oz Super K swim jig. This was probably the lone bright spot of my two days of prefishing thus far. At least its another cull in the BP Bass Derby.I will get out for a few hours on Saturday, but some of that time must be dedicated to finding Everts resort and best navigation route out of there. On a positive note, I have not burned my fish...... A strong practice does not always mean a good tournament and Vice Versa.RichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog More About: Mississippi , Practice , River , Pool
Bass Opener Outing
2009-05-26 21:13:00 Josh Douglas & I headed out to one of our favorite south metro bass lakes, we were on the water around 7:30am, just after the rain had passed. We also brought along Greg, as he had a camera and were hoping to shoot some video footage of fish catches. We also decided to impose a challenge on ourselves. We had a goal of trying to catch 20lbs plus by 2pm for a 5 fish limit between Josh & I. We did a similar big bag challenge last year!It took us about 20 minutes or so to get in the groove, but once we started catching them, it was pretty steady action for most of the day. We did about 90% of our damage with Lake Fork Ring frys rigged weightless on 4/0 Heavy OWG Super Strong Youvella hooks. I am really starting to dig both the hook up and land ratio with my new Youvella hooks.We actually went through 3 full bags of the Ring Frys in the natural green colors, catching 2-3 fish on average per bait. We also caught a few fish on paddle tail s... More About: Outing , Bass
More Blogging!
2009-05-23 07:57:00 Actually you may have noticed a slight decline in activity on this blog, partly because I have been commissioned to provide content for a new blog for VersusCountry.com. If you head on over to the Versus Country site, you will find a Bassin' Insider Blog that I am writing for them. If you like what you find here, then I suggest checking it out, it is all original content and you will not find it here at the Bassin' Blog. You will find less about my personal fishing endeavors at the Bassin' Insider, but more about bass intensive fishing techniques, FLW Tour happenings, and general bass fishing topics. As of now, you will find 2 fresh entries every week on the Bassin' Insider Blog, if things continue to go well, it could be more. There is already 3 weeks plus of content posted, so your first trip will be well worth it. Plus there are a lot of other cool fishing articles and videos from your favorite Versus Network fishing shows. So if you have a thirs... More About: Blogging
Guntersville Fantasy Fishing Group Winner!
2009-05-21 07:56:00 Congratulations to Brad Veech from MN, he was the highest scoring member of my Bassin' Blog group for ESPN Fantasy Fishing at the Lake Guntersville event. He is our 2nd repeat winner on the Bass side!!!No word on Brad's lineup strategy, I think he is trying to withhold info, so that he can make a run at the points title....His winning team was:Todd FairclothSkeet ReeseBret ChapmanAaron MartensMatt HerrenFor Brad's efforts, he has won a bag of Tru-Tungsten finesse worms, should be great for catching our clear water bass!! Thanks to Tru-Tungsten for helping out with the prizes. Its not too late to join my group, prizes will be awarded at every tournament and year end. Best regards, The CommissionerRichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog More About: Winner , Group
Mississippi River - Pool 2 - Club Tournament #1 - May 17, 2009
2009-05-21 07:56:00 Sunday was my first club tournament of this year on Pool 2 of the Mississippi River . Because this is a special regulation continuous catch & release body of water, our tournament is a paper tournament, where we measure the length of the fish, have our partners verify the length and then convert to pounds back at the landing.My partner John Haynes and I were able to get out prefishing, so we have a pretty good idea of where we wanted to start and fish during the tournament. The first area we started was a small pocket not very far off the main river. Two other boats also started in and around this cut, John managed to catch 2 largemouth pretty quickly on a 3/8oz Sunfish Tru-Tungsten jig, and I launched a 12" bass over the boat on the hookset, which came off. After that, the bite slowed. We continued to fish this cut and fish behind other anglers and as the sun came up, we picked up a few fish, my first fish was a 12" smallmouth on 3/8oz PB&J Tru-... More About: Club , Tournament
Lake Norman Fantasy Fishing Group Winner!
2009-05-13 11:53:00 Congratulations to Mychal Boerman from CA, he was the 5th highest scoring member of my Bassin' Blog group for FLW Fantasy Fishing at the Lake Norman event. Our top 3 guys won some nice FLW prizes and the #4 guy never returned my emails. Sometimes it pays to pay attention!Brief email interview with Mychal and this is what he had to say on his strategy:"I made my picks by utilizing the tools from FLW's Player's Advantage. I tried to cross reference the local finder, the post practice rankings, fantasy trends, and lake/angler matchups in order to pick who I thought would finish in the top ten. I also picked Bennett and Ehrler because I know that my fellow Californians are generally awesome sight fishermen. The rest was just up to the fishing gods!"For Mychal's efforts, he has won a bag of Tru-Tungsten finesse worms, should be great for catching Cali's clear water bass!! Thanks to Tru-Tungsten for helping out with the prizes.&nb... More About: Winner , Group
Setting a FLW Fantasy Fishing Lineup for Beaver Lake
2009-05-13 11:53:00 Beaver Lake is a staple in the FLW Tour schedule. This lake is known for huge numbers of fish, but not always very big. One cool thing, is anglers get to fish for the trifecta, as all 3 bass species are present. Water is reported about 6-8ft high for this tournament, but very clear.Type of water: highland impoundment of White RiverSurface acres: 28,370 acresShoreline: 487 milesAverage depth: approximately 55 feetMax depth: 204 feet Primary structure/cover: rocks, bushes, lay-downs, docks, points, off-shore brushSpecies: largemouth, smallmouth, spotted bassLength minimum: 15 inches for largemouths and smallmouths, 12 inches for spotted bassAll indications is that this tournament will again be a combination of spawn & post-spawn fish. Here are my other anglers to watch:Scot SuggsJacob PowroznikBasically I am sticking with the strategy to keep littering my lineup with anglers that are hot right now and have past experience and lots of wins & top 10... More About: Fishing , Fantasy , Lineup , Beaver
Raining 4 pounders!
2009-05-09 21:52:00 The short term forecast for Gadsden, AL is continued downpour of 4lb and bigger bass. To put it simply, the fishing is out of this world right now at Lake Guntersville. The weights are unbelievable!! The top 50 cut sits at 20lbs - 11oz; 20lbs even puts you in 64th place out of 99 anglers. Todd Faircloth leads with 31lbs and the 12 cut after day 1 is currently held by Rick Clunn with 25-14.How Jacked my the Stone Pony be to have weighed 27lbs! - Photo of Courtesy ESPNOutdoors.comSounds like most guys are working a shallow shad spawn bite early and following the fish back out a bit as the day wears on. But guys are reporting catching them about any way they want to. Faircloth reports catching most of his 31lbs by 8am and throwing back 20lb limits in the afternoon. Aaron Marten's Marshall reports him catching 130 fish, many other anglers talk about sorting through any where between 60 - 200 bass during the day. Sound like fishi... More About: Raining
Setting an ESPN Fantasy Fishing Line-up for Lake Guntersville
2009-05-06 21:08:00 Guntersville is one of the all time bass factories that Bassmasters stops at. This time of year, there are a lot of different bites going on. A few fish are still moving up, so staging and sight fish can probably be a part of someone's bags, but most of the fish are wadding up in post spawn areas or looking to gorge on the shad spawn bite that should be in full swing.There are lot of local Alabama anglers and most of them are very good hooks, so take a loot at some of these guys to fill your roster out. By the way, you need to get it in by tomorrow 8am central. Feel free to peruse the Pundit Picks from ESPN.You probably will not need to change your line-ups much for this event and the next event on Kentucky Lake .Here are a few guys that I think would be solid fantasy fishing picks that are not on my team. Ike, Kelly Jordan, G-man, Roumbanis & Mark Davis. The breakdown on my team is as follows:KVD - He showed last week, he... More About: Fishing , Fantasy , Line , Espn
Mississippi River Pool 2 Redemption - Club Tournament Practice
2009-05-06 21:08:00 A complete 180 occurred this past Saturday on Pool 2. In short, John Haynes & I were each able to bag a nice limit on the very same body of water that skunked me the weekend before. I personally believe it had to do with location, we fished many of the same lures & techniques, conditions were pretty similar but the scenery had changed.We started off fishing some rocks on the mouth of a backwater, where John quickly tempted some nice smallmouth with a 3/8oz Sunfish Tru-Tungsten Jig. Those same fish, showed no interest in my Reaction Innovations Method Crank that I was trying to make work. When John caught a nice chunky largemouth on that same jig further back in a backwater pocket, I picked up my Black Neon 3" Yum Tube and quickly caught a 12" keeper. A few pitches later I swung a 19" sow into John's lap while he was re-tying his texas rig.Nice 19" Pool 2 Bass!After proving to myself that the tube would work, I switched to a green pumpkin chatte... More About: Mississippi , Practice , River , Redemption , Club
Smith Mountain Fantasy Fishing Group Winner!
2009-05-02 15:09:00 Congratulations to Brad Longerbone from MN, he was the highest scoring member of my Bassin' Blog group for ESPN Fantasy Fishing at the Smith Mtn Lake event. He also won my FLW group, but received a nice Berkley Prize Pack for his efforts, so someone else will win this group prize. What a solif Fantasy Fishing week for Brad!!! Brad had a nice event and slid up to 3rd in the group standings, lets see if he can keep it going and catch our leader J Mayer.Brief email interview with Brad and this is what he had to say on his strategy:"I just got lucky, its the same lineup I set for the Bassmasters Classic on the Red River" Who would have thought that the team picked for the Red River would win on Smith Mountain?His winning team was:Todd FairclothKevin VanDamSteve KennedyGreg HackneyMatt HerrenFor Brad's efforts, he has won a bag of Tru-Tungsten finesse worms, should be great for catching our clear water bass!! Thanks to&nb... More About: Winner , Group
ima Emailer ~ April 2009
2009-05-02 15:09:00 April 2009 Issue - The IMA EMAILER brings you news from IMA pro staff members across the USA and worldwide. Anglers everywhere experience down cycles on their favorite waterways. Maybe a drought or other inclement weather conditions cause the fish population to be less than abundant. Or perhaps a shad die-off or a couple of poor spawns have limited the number of fish that are willing and able to bite. Even worse, sometimes your secret honey hole gets a reputation as a top producer and is suddenly flooded with anglers from all over the region, or even all over the country, and the added pressure causes the quality of the fishery to nosedive. Whatever the reason, you still need to fish and you still want to have bulging livewells at the end of the day. There's no time for excuses -- life is too short to fish with subpar baits. Luckily IMA has specifically created lures aimed at dealing with these difficult conditions, and they work from coast to coast, wherever bass swim. Our IMA p... More About: April
Pool 2 early practice results
2009-04-28 19:18:00 Well let's get right to the point! Yep, no fish..... I did have two very good bites on a tube, they were either both pike or I had bad spots in my line on both hooksets, tough to say. I may have had a couple bites on a Rapala Fat 3 and a SWL Quickstrike spinnerbait, but tough to say. I spent most of the day alternating between a tube & a white swim jig. I also threw crankbaits, jerkbaits, spinnerbait and jigs. Kind of amased I could not get bit on reaction baits with water in the main channel at 54 degrees.To add insult to injury, I snapped my transducer off my trolling motor and my FLW fantasy did not fall in the right order, so no big prizes this week.I am hoping to get back out on Pool 2 this Saturday. Congrats to KVD for being a stud and winning on an unlikely body of water (Smith Mtn) for him and Stetson Blaylock had a great win on Lake Norman, former co-angler phenom, now FLW tour pro winner! Too bad Mr. Moynagh could no... More About: Results , Practice , Early
New Swim Jig Arsenal!
2009-04-28 19:18:00 I just recently ordered and received a big batch of custom swim jigs from Super K. I don't throw a lot of different colors, so I just stocked up on the ones I normally throw. Hard to see from this picture, but I ordered all my jigs with custom red thread to tie the skirts. The two left colors (White Flash & Kizew Gill) are stock colors and the ones on the right are two of my favorite colors that I custom selected.Left to Right: White Flash, Kizew Gill, Chocolate Sparkle, Purple HazeThe turn around time was awesome, i emailed my custom order in and got my jigs in just a few business days, not bad for custom hand tied jigs! If you are looking for some very high quality swim jigs, check them out here.RichLindgren.com Bass Fishing TodayRich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog More About: Arsenal , Swim
Pool 2 Bass Fishing....
2009-04-25 07:16:00 Last weekend was busy with birthday parties for my 1 yard old daughter, last night & tonight are all about lawn work and then finally tomorrow, my first real bass fishing trip in my boat. I will probably be up late getting some new line on a few reels, most of them have terribly old line right now, plus i have 3 new reels, so it would be nice to get some line on those and get them broke in.My plan is to get out on Pool 2, learn some of the water for a club tournament i have there in middle of May. I have never been there, so mostly this will be about learning some of the water, but I plan on doing some catching as well. The nice thing is if i find a wad of fish, I can sit there and catch them a bit, because they will likely move before the tournament. Check back for a fishing report Sunday or Monday. I do have some things in the work, where I may be able to get some film from this fishing trip, so stay tuned on that may reveal itself on the blog in ... More About: Fishing , Bass
Setting an ESPN Fantasy Fishing Line-up for Smith Mountain Lake
2009-04-23 19:14:00 Happy Earth Day!Smith Mountain Lake may be one of the toughest to pick all year. Clear deep water lake, with lots of pressure and boat traffic on the weekends. All indications say that sight fishing and finesse will be the ticket, but its been a little cool lately, so maybe some angler can get on a wad of big females in a pre-spawn stage.The local talent pool is thing for this lake, few anglers from Virgina, John Crews is probably the closest to calling it his home lake.After Smith mountain, you should probably be prepared to settle into a little groove with your roster on the next two TVA lakes.Here are a few guys that I think would be solid picks that are not on my team. Ike, Kriet, John Murray & Mark Davis. The breakdown on my team is as follows:KVD - He will likely be on my team all year, he should be near dominate on these TVA lakes, can't give him up just because this may not be the best fit.Matt Herren - For the money probably on m... More About: Fishing , Fantasy , Line
Setting a FLW Fantasy Fishing Lineup for Lake Norman
2009-04-22 19:13:00 Lake Norman is the largest man made lake in North Carolina, it definitely seems to be a more of a numbers lake with both Largemouth & Spotted Bass. Widely known as a dock lake, also has a fair amount of rock & wood. Unlike Table Rock, most bass are likely to come fairly shallow. It is similar in the respect there is not much for grass, like the first tournament on Lake Guntersville.Type of water: lowland impoundment of Catawba RiverSurface acres: 32,500 acresShoreline: 520 milesAverage depth: approximately 30 feetMax depth: 110 feet Primary structure/cover: docks, piers, pilings, grass, stumps, lay-downs, rocksSpecies: largemouth, spotted bassLength minimum: 14 inches for all speciesAll indications is that this tournament will again be a combination of spawn & post-spawn fish. Shad spawn could play a roll as well for the top finishers. If you look to my previous post about how BassFan.com identified some Lake Norman studs, they are lik... More About: Fishing , Fantasy , Lake , Lineup
Lake Norman Bass Fishing Sharks
More articles from this author:2009-04-19 19:12:00 Hey all, next week we need to finalize our fantasy fishing picks for both Lake Norman and Smith Mountain Lakes. I saw some cool date that Bass Fan.com provided about the guys that have excelled the last two years at Norman FLW events. Interestingly enough, there are 9 pros who finished inside the Top 30 at both the previous Norman events. Listed with their '07 and '08 finishes followed by average finish: > Jim Moynagh -- 6th, 2nd (4th-place average) > Greg Pugh -- 8th, 4th (6th-place average) > Brent Ehrler -- 13th, 6th (10th-place average) > Michael Bennett -- 7th, 18th (13th-place average) > Andy Morgan -- 12th, 11th (17th-place average) > Craig Powers -- 18th, 15th (17th-place average) > Luke Clausen -- 22nd, 25th (24th-place average) > David Dudley -- 24th, 28th (26th-place average) > Tony Couch -- 28th, 30th (29th-place average) For FLW, Top 10's are gold when it comes to Fantasy Fishing , so Jim Moynagh & Greg Pugh seem like no-brainers!&n... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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