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Don't Be Alarmed
2009-09-23 09:39:00
I will be traveling to Spain for about 2 weeks, so no blog entries for awhile.  I will leave you with a few pics of my fun fishing outing last Sunday with my Dad.4.86lbs Largemouth on my hand scale, finger courtesy of my Dad Also, check out the great looking cover in this new lake that I had never been to before!!  I will return!!!RichRichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog

This should have me caught up....
2009-09-20 09:32:00
Last Saturday we stayed at a friend's cabin on Thunder Lake near Remer MN.  Got to go fishing for about 3 hours in the afternoon, it was the first time that I went fishing this year that I was not filming, practicing for or actually fishing a tournament.  Wow, how time flies during our short summers.  I ended up catching 7 largemouth, 1 smallmouth and a bunch or Rock Bass in that short time.  Most fish came on a Ring Fry around reeds, with a couple coming off the deeper drops on a mojo rig.  Kind of nice, just to go fishing, no strings attached other then an early curfew As for this weekend, I was planning to fish the last Bassmaster Weekend Series tourney out of Alma, then last minute decided not to.  Got a ton of stuff going on at work and big family vacation to Spain right afterward.  So this weekend will be preparation for that and probably another short Fun Fishing excursion on Sunday.  Possibility to shoot some more footage for "A...
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MN BASS Federation Nation Tournament of Champions - Pokegama
2009-09-16 15:28:00
I got back into Grand Rapids right before the pairings meeting after taking two days to work and skipping a day of practice.  Gopher Bass masters, my club, was the host club this year and ran our annual raffle and raised about $4,300 for local 2nd Harvest Food Bank & 4h-Club.  My drew boat 44, my partner was Nick Madison from Golden Hook for day 1.  We were greeted by a 3 hour fog delay on day 1.The first area we hit was a stretch of docks, it yielded one 12" fish for me and a nice 2lb fish for Nick out of a patch of reeds.  We then hit two weedline areas and I caught a couple more small largemouth.  I then hit a few other docks, where i was able to get a nice 3lb largemouth and then another good keeper on weightless ring frys.  It was finally good to get a couple good fish in the box.The next area was rock and weed area with a good drop off.  After a few casts I hooked and landed a big smallie on a Baby Fork Creature.  That did not yield a...
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Pokegama TOC Practice Report
2009-09-10 03:21:00
I am actually blogging from the road right now as my club member Henry navigates 169.  Overall I had a pretty productive practice over Saturday, Sunday and Monday.  Getting plenty of bites, catching a few and pulling on most fish.  I found fish from a foot deep to 15ft, plenty of fish biting soft plastics and Tru-Tungsten jigs, but no huge concentrations of fish, so I have a lot of areas to run and gun come tournament time.  I found lots of good keepers in the 1.5 - 2lb range, with a few big ones, hopefully the bite holds for tomorrow and Friday, should be a very good tournament.Here are a few pictures from my practice, check back soon for tournament report, hopefully another Top 12 and trip to divisionals is in my future.TIght Lines!RichRichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog
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Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Final Day
2009-09-04 03:19:00
Day 3 greeted all anglers with morning wins and myself an 8lb deficit.  I decided to write off Big Bay de Noc and stick with Little Bay and south of Escanaba.  My plan was to try an area north and then head down to the Ford River area where I caught a quick 13lbs the day prior.  We had 5 foot waves right away at the mouth of the harbor.  We managed a few followers early, but could not convert them on spinnerbait and jerkbaits.  My partner had one area to try up there, caught a pike and had another follow.By the time we got back down past the harbor, we were now looking at 6 foot plus waves, the interesting thing about this area of Lake Michigan, is we never had clean swells, they always had chop all over them and were breakers, which made running large waves particularly difficult.  It took us about 30 minutes to go the 8 miles, we were able to tuck in behind some shoals, which made the area very fishable.  Long story short, we never got any sun, a...
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Minnetonka Gopher Bassmaster Club Tournaments
2009-09-04 03:19:00
This past weekend we had our last two regular season club tournaments on Lake Minnetonka , we fished the West side on Saturday and the East on Sunday as two separate events.  There were quite a few things on the line this weekend.  I was in the final four for our Match Championship, I was leading the Angler of Year by a tiny margin and in position to be our State Team Captain and guaranteed boater next September at the MNBFN TOC on Lake Minnetonka.On day 1, I had practiced one day the previous weekend and tried to find some deeper fish on the west side with my partner Henry.  We caught some fish, but nothing consistent, big or schooled.  With the mostly unproductive practice and my limited knowledge of that side of the lake, I decided to stick to my strength and fish shallow with a jig for the majority of the day.  I caught about 15 keepers, one on a black Secret Weapon Lure Buzzbait and the rest all came on various 3/8oz and 1/2oz Tru-Tungsten jigs flip...
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Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Day 1
2009-08-29 03:17:00
As I waited with my partner in the Escanaba harbor, I had a good bit of excitement at the possibility of what I could catch and my chances to do well in this tournament.  The plan was to head all the way to the east side of Big Bay de Noc and work several of the key spots and areas that we had so much success on during Monday's practice.The first area, was an absolute ghost town, no fish or bait.  Probably wasted too much time there.  My next area was a large peninsula/point, there were 2 other boats working the area, I caught a nice keeper on a Quickstrike spinnerbait, then just a few shorts from there.  We hopped around to a few areas, finally I missed and then caught a nice 3lb plus smallmouth on a 6" BassTrix swimbait.  I then went back through this area only to have a giant smallie climb all over the swimbait and somehow not get a hook.The next area I caught another keeper on my spinnerbait, I then went to my bigger swimbait, 5" Optimum Baby Line Thru ...
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Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Day 2
2009-08-29 03:17:00
Day 2 brought a little more wind, so we had a good 3-4 foot chop for my 23 mile run to my first area in Big Bay de Noc.  It took around 40 mins.  I had told myself the way to get back into the tourney was to bust a big bag with the swimbait.  The bite I found on Monday had turned into nothing but short fish and few follows.  We fished Big Bay until about noon and neither my partner or I had a keeper fish.  I decided it was time to hit the panic button and run to an area around Ford River that I had found fish around on Tuesday.  It took about 45 mins to get there.When we got there, it did not take long before we found a large group of fish.  My partner caught a quick limit and I caught a nice limit on a SWL QuickStrike spinnerbait.  Being able to easily swap blades on my spinnerbait this week was a big deal, you really needed to burn your spinnerbaits, so matching smaller blades with heavier heads was the ticket for catching a lot of smal...
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Bay De Noc Practice Days 1 and 2
2009-08-21 15:07:00
I drove pretty much straight through from MN to the UP on Friday night/Saturday morning so I could start fishing early on Saturday morning for the Northern Divisional that would start on Wednesday.  I arrived around Cedar River area at about 8am, I was greeted with 6 foot plus waves, I fished a little in the harbor and caught a northern and headed 8 miles out to Whaleback Shoal, I found it to windy to fish when I got there.  It was time to meet a team member Tim back at the landing.  We headed up to Ford River area, had a couple bites but no fish.  We then decided to check into our cabin for the evening at Lindberg's Cove up in Gladstone, great resort right on the lake!  Tim and I decided we needed to catch a fish before dinner.  We goofed around, ended up catching 1 keeper largemouth on a white Super K swim jig and then Tim got a nice smallie on a tube, we also caught a few short fish, time for dinner and bed.Day 2 we tried more deep areas, fishing br...
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Bay De Noc Practice Days 3 and 4
2009-08-21 15:07:00
Monday morning greeted us with very light winds and a calm LIttle and Big Bay de Nocs to run around on.  We spent just a few minutes checking some pencil reeds between Escanaba and Gladstone, not even a bite.  It was time to check the fish in Big Bay de Noc that we found late Sunday.  When we got there it did not take long for me to catch a beautiful 4lbs smallmouth on a Tru-Tungsten Depth Shad.  Tim ended up catching a 4 and 5lb bass on small spinnerbait, then we got the heck out of there, 3 quick fish for 14lbs and we saw plenty more there.We spent the rest of the day covering water looking for more of the same type structure and cover, we did best on spinnerbaits, jerkbaits and swimbaits.  I alternated between a 13/16oz Golden Shiner Secret Weapon Lures spinnerbait, Ima Flit in Chartreuse Shad, 6" BassTrix in BlueBack Herring and the best bait for me was the 5" Optimum Baby Line Thru Swimbait in Ayu.  Both Tim and I would have had around 20...
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Too Busy....
2009-08-07 21:28:00
Traveling the past two weeks, so this blog entry will try to get me all caught up in one shot.  I was home last weekend between trips, my buddy Ryan Brant decided to fish the Celebration OUtdoors tournament on Lake Marion kind of last minute.  Neither of us had fished Marion since last summer, but we thought it would be fun none the less.  We did not get to practice at all, so we had a couple ideas and decided to start on one of our favorite deeps spots.  We fished the area pretty good and only had 1 missed bite.  We then tried  a few shallow areas, we caught a couple shorts and then I got a good bite on my favorite 3/8oz Green Pumpkin/Brown Tru-Tungsten jig using a 3" Green Pumpkin Chigger craw as a trailer, it ended up being about 3.5lbs.  Definitely a good first fish! The next are we fished was a mid-depth area that usually has good coontail clumps, after a few casts I got a decent 2lb fish on my jig and that was the only bite we got there....
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Bassmaster Weekend Series Tourney at Prairie Du Chien - 2009
2009-08-01 21:26:00
Sunday was my 3rd Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament of this year.  In general river fishing suits my fishing strengths well, so even though I had not fished this strech of river in about 10 years, i still felt I could compete down there.  I ended up getting 3 full practice days inn.  Fishing both pools 9 and 10, based on that, I really felt I had two areas in Pool 9 that could produce a potentail winning bag.I am not sure what happened, we got a lot of rain and most things got muddied, but my area remained in great shape, but the fish seemed to have vanished.  Long story short, I was back at the lock around 11am and neither myself or partner had a fish in the livewell.  We hit a rock point just below the lock, nothing happening there.  At that time, I pushed the panic button and went to the area I was most confident that I could get a keeper bite and put at least one in the well.  It was a shallow flat backwater area with just a little wood...

FLW Fantasy Fishing Group Prizes Keep on Giving!
2009-07-25 21:24:00
Hey all,Got some great feedback on some fish catches on the some of the prizes given away on my FLW Fantasy Fishing group from the Lake Norman event.  Mychal proves that the west side bass like their Tru-Tungsten hand pour worms!"I got the Tru-Tungsten worms and you even sent them in green pumpkin... you are the man!  Put them to use yesterday, attached is a picture of the 4lb result.  I just figured I'd let you know that this one definitely worked for your sponsors, I am picking up a few more packs tomorrow after work, awesome worms, I was fishing senkos most of the day but things started to slow down, popped the TT's on and the fish kept eating them up (not to mention they last a hell of a lot longer than senkos).  Take care man.Mychal Boerman"If anyone else has had success with their prizes, feel free to drop me an email as well.  Thanks for the feedback Mychal!RichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog  
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Catch Up Time
2009-07-23 21:23:00
Man not enough time to blog in the day these days....Couple things to update on:Check out this 7lb 2oz pig that Richard Wong caught from a local metro lake, see a story here.  Hard to believe this thing did not weigh more, guess it was lacking in length, but not girth!  Either way, I am sure Mark Zona would label this as a "Man Bear Pic", "Slaunch Kong" or "Fence Panda"!!! Richard Westley Wong of Minneapolis caught and released this 7-pound, 2-ounce largemouth bass last week on a Twin Cities lake.--> I had a fairly rough practice down on Mississippi River this past weekend.  I was practicing for an upcoming Bassmaster Weekend Series.  I fish both Pools 9 & 10, not much current in either pool, made it tough to pin down any schools of fish.  Got a couple areas that have some potential, one more day to nail them down before practice.I actually just add a new tournament to my tournament schedule, I will be fishing the Celebration Bass Tournament on Augu...
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Knife Lake - Gopher Bassmasters Tournament - July 12, 2009
2009-07-17 21:21:00
I was able to get up to Knife Lake on Friday night for about 3 hours to scout the lake for my tournament that was on Sunday, prior to that I had never been on the lake.  I did catch a few fish, but nothing bigger then about 2lbs, learned my way around the lake anyways.  Because of some last minute adjustments, I ended up fishing alone in this tournament and there for was last boat to take off.  So I decided to just start by the landing.  After working the shallows with buzzbaits, frogs, jigs and a chatterbait, I decided to toss my Carolina Rig out from one of the small points, it did not take long to put a nice solid keeper in the boat on a ring fry.  I ended up catching one more fish on the C-Rig and another on a Chompers Twin Tail Grub  on a TackleSmith Tungsten Bronzeback Football head jig.  Not too long after that, I picked up two smaller keepers on a chart/white Fishing Magician VooDoo.  Fished a few docks along there and got nothing on t...
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All About Bass - Episode 2 - Part 1 - Practicing on Mississippi River
2009-07-17 21:21:00
Episode 2 of "All About Bass '' is finally off the production floor and ready for viewing.  This episode brings us to the Mississippi River Pool 4, where I am practicing for an upcoming Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament.  Little bit like Joe Thomas' "Angler On Tour" show that used to be on the Outdoor Channel.In this segment, I pick apart a backwater cut with a few different baits:3/8oz Tru-Tungsten Jig - PB&J1/4oz Super K Swim Jig - BlueStrike King Game Hawg - Bama Bug on 3/16oz TT Weight & 3/0 Youvella OWG hookSegment 2 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!  You can also find these videos by searching YouTube or checking out MN Sun Newspapers."All About Bass" is produced, photographed and directed by mnsun.com editor Greg Huff. If you are a professional in the fishing and/or boating industry and have a story idea, a produc...
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Rush Lakes - Gopher Bassmasters Tournament - July 11, 2009
2009-07-17 21:21:00
Saturday morning came very early this weekend, as several Gopher members stayed up in Hinckley the night before and participated in the town festival on Friday night.  I actually was retying most of my rods as my partner Rick was parking the truck and others launched.  We were boat #2 and boat #1 actually went to the same area on East Rush that we did.  We set down about 75 yards apart and worked a weedline towards each other.  I made sure I had my buoy on my deck, so if we ran into the school that I hoped was there, we would be able to stay on them.  (More on Buoys here)  Sure enough a few pitches with my 3/8oz Tru-Tungsten jig and I had a nice fish hooked and in the boat, as I fought it, I kicked the buoy in with my foot and it was game on.  I was able to boat 6 fish on my jig, lost 3, and my partner got 2 and lost 1.  After that the fish stopped biting, we tried a few other baits, but then left.On the next spot, I cracked a nice fish o...
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Rush Lakes Practice Report
2009-07-10 09:19:00
Sunday I was able to get up to Rush City with John Haynes to get a little practice on  East & West Rush Lakes for my upcoming club tournament.  We did not get a super early start, probably on the water a little after 8am.  We checked a few reed & dock areas early, not much water on them to speak of, but John did manage a single small keeper.I then drove around East Rush and found what i thought looked to be a good looking inside turn in the outside weedline.  We caught 4 keeper bass from there and big pike, felt we did not need to catch anymore and left.  We then went froggin for a bit, had about 4 hits on my new Mad Maxx Frog, but they all just slapped at it or bumped, they would not commit.  We checked a few more deep areas, trying to duplicate our first area.  John got one bass and I went through a bunch of jig worm hooks, lost to pike.  After that, I went to check some more shallow stuff, did catch the nice 3.44lb bass pictured bel...
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Kentucky Lake Fantasy Fishing Group Winner!
2009-07-08 21:17:00
Congratulations to Shawn Holt from Princeton, KY!  He was the highest scoring member of my Bassin' Blog group for FLW Fantasy Fishing that did not win an FLW prize.Brief email interview with Shawn and this is what he had to say on his strategy:"I live near KY & Barkley Lakes and I did pick 4 locals & only one (David Young) made the top ten.  I picked Larry Nixon because I remember he did quite well on KY Lake in a BASS tournament back in the mid 90?s, I felt good about his chances to find some fish.  The other two of my picks that made the top ten (Keith Williams & Mark Rose) were made based on tips from Players Advantage."For Shawn's efforts, he has won a 9/16oz Citrus Shad Secret Weapon Lure QuickStrike Spinnerbait and will get a 30% off promo code to order anything he wants in the Secret Weapon Armory! I am sure Shawn will catch plenty of bass with this great spinnerbait!  Thanks to Secret Weapon Lures for helping out wi...
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Setting a FLW Fantasy Fishing Lineup for Lake Champlain
2009-07-07 21:17:00
Lake Champlain is an awesome fishery and a favorite for the anglers whenever a tour stops here, abundant big smallies and largemouth available, but as of late, largemouths have been winning most of the summer events of late, so think Green for you winners, although some solid finishes will likely come from Brown fish as well.Fishery Details:Type of water: natural lake - 6th largest in US behind the great lakesSurface area: 271,000 acresShoreline: 587 milesAverage depth: 64 feetMax depth: approximately 400 feetPrimary structure/cover: rocks, grass, flats, drops, docksSpecies: largemouth, smallmouthLength minimum: 12 inches for all speciesShould be lots of patterns, frogs and flipping milfoil to deep rock reefs for smallies.Here are my other anglers to watch:Dion HibdonJim MoynaghDave LefebreBasically 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's this week.  Plus a little m...
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Two Big Bass Tackle Sales this Weekend!
2009-07-04 21:15:00
20% off Everything at Bass Tackle Depot this weekend!Deep discounts and Free Shipping Offer at Secret Weapon Lures!Enjoy these sales to stock up for your big summer push!
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Another Potential World Record Bass Caught?
2009-07-04 21:15:00
Yesterday, reports of a potential world record largemouth bass started surfacing based a giant largemouth being caught out of Lake Biwa in Japan.  I think we will learn more today, but based on early reports, it actually may be a tie for the record and not a new World Record .So here are a few pictures that have surfaced, for fun of comparison, I have also posted a picture of Dotty when she was caught but not hooked legally and weighed 25.1lbs. Guess we will just have to wait as more details unfold....RichLindgren.com Rich's Bass in' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog  
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Give this a try, I think you'll dig it!
2009-07-01 09:12:00
Here is a little tool that I developed mainly for my own use last spring and shared with a few close fishing buddies last year.  I finally decided it was too handy not to share with all of you.  Basically, I created a downloadable and printable PDF Tru-Tungsten Size chart that you can adhere to the inside lid of your terminal tackle box.  If you are like me, your hook box is a disaster and all your Tru-Tungsten weights are all mixed up, this way you can keep track of what weight you are using and when someone asks you, you can tell them.  Or when you get busted off, you can go back and make sure you use the same size that was working.You can see how handy this can be for my hook and weight box!Here it is in use, you can see, I also created a Flipping Weight Chart as well.Click Here to Download TT Weight ChartClick Here to Download Tru-Tungsten Flipping Weight ChartCouple things to note, make sure your print settings are set to 100% or No Scaling to get the right ...
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Quick Weekend Series Tourney Update
2009-06-30 09:11:00
Quick mobile blog post from my phone. Had a solid 8th place finish today, caught most of my bag flipping. I weighed 14.32, 16lbs plus to win. Pictures and more details to come. Moved up to 3rd in points for the year so far :)Pardon the brevity of this message, sent from my BlackBerry
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Mississippi River - Bassmasters Weekend Series Tournament #2 - June 28, 200
2009-06-30 09:11:00
Yesterday was my 2nd Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament, I was able to get two days of practice in for this event.  It sure would be nice to get some more time so I could expand my water and areas, but there is only so much time.  Based on my practice, I had one really strong area that I felt good about and a couple back up areas, plus some stuff that I had fished in that past that I felt could produce a few bites in a pinch.I drew boat #15 and a heck of a nice co-angler named Sam.  We arrived in my starting area and were the only boat there, I shut down a little short and used the trolling motor to get into position and as we approached I saw a surface swirl.  All ready with my Yellow Magic Popper in hand, I started firing casts towards the area the fish were boiling and they started biting pretty fast and furious.  A mixture of smallies and largemouths were biting, as well as some white bass and a walleye.  Once the topwater fizzled I switched to a ...
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New Tournament Jerseys
2009-06-26 21:09:00
Well I finally got around to designing and ordering some new tournament jerseys for this year.  After shopping around a bit, I decided to go with Boombah for this year's jerseys, they are quite competitive when it comes to pricing.  Here is where we landed based on digitial mock ups.Here are a few shots from my phone camera of the actual jerseys, from design to getting shirts was less then 2 weeks.And a closer detail of the frontI already wore one during a 90 degree day with no wind for practice, very comfortable, should be great for this weekend's Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on the river!RichLindgren.com Rich's Bassin' Forum Bass Fishing Tackle Blog  
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More Mad Maxx Pictures and Info
2009-06-25 21:08:00
While I patiently wait for my BassPro.com order to come in with my new frogs, i have come across some more images of the new Mad Maxx frog by Tru-Tungsten, thought I would share them with y'all.Also, check out this face shot of the Mad Maxx TwitPic from FLW_MagazineIf anyone else, had got their hand on them already, give us a shout to let everyone know what you think of them!
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Mississippi River - Pool 4 Practice
2009-06-25 21:08:00
This past Saturday I had a window to get some fishing in, so I decided to get down to Pool 4 to start practicing for my next Bassamaster Weekend Series tourney.  Overall practice was hit and miss, found some fish in area that I practiced in for previous tournament, but its a long ways from Alma where we are launching from.Chunky bass that fell fer a Game Hawg creature bait on 3/16oz TT WeightMost of the other areas were hit and miss, but found one nice batch of fish relating to some grass, that was the bright spot of the day other then some ealry flipping and swim jig fish.  Other then that, it was an awesome weather day on the river and Lake Pepin, made it easy to get around other then the boat traffic.I did catch some nice fish on a new bait that i just tried.  KVD Perfect Plastics Game Hawg seems like a really nice bait, its like a Baby Brush How, but just a little bigger and some fine ribbing, very soft and scent built in.  I would reccomend in trying a ...
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TRU-TUNGSTEN INTRODUCES MAD MAXX HOLLOW BODY FROG
2009-06-22 21:06:00
TRU-TUNGSTEN INTRODUCES MAD MAXX HOLLOW BODY FROG Tru-Tungsten is proud to announce the release of our newest fishing lure, the Mad Maxx Hollow body frog. Designed by Mike Iaconelli, Marty Stone and Greg Hackney. Mad Maxx features the MiHatchii super sharp, super strong custom hook; 3D eyes, tungsten rattles, a unique pro drain hole that is scientifically designed that allows accumulated water to escape. Also, design into the body is a unique keel that allows it to glide along the surface like the real thing. This design makes walking the dog almost effortless.Mad Maxx is available in seven original colors - Gremlin, Sweet Revenge, Swamp Monster, Rotten Pumpkin, Hydrilla, Bluegrass and Grapes of Wrath.The Mad Maxx can be purchased exclusively at both Bass Pro Shops or BassPro.com.  I already odered mine, get yours before they run out!!!
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Last Weekend Club Tournament Recaps
2009-06-19 21:04:00
This past weekend, I had two Gopher Bassmasters club tournaments on Big & LIttle Green Lakes on Saturday, and Sunday we fished the Chisago/Lindstrom chain.  I was able to briefly practice the weekend before on Green.My partner Art & I started in a little shallow water pocket that had lots of pads, wood & other grass.  We were both able to get a limit from this area by a little after 8am.  I caught 2 of my better sized fish on a frog and on Kizew Gill Super K swim jig, the rest of the limit was filled with a tube & a weightless Green Pumpkin Ring Fry.  Art caught all 5 of his fish on a 8" Green Pumpkin Fork Worm on a 1/8oz texas rig.  The rest of the day, we pecked around docks, bluegill beds and other shallow cover, where I was able to cull 3 times, twice on the Ring Fry and once on a 3/8oz Tru-Tungsten Jig.  My final weight was 14.32lbs with a big fish of 3.82lbs.  It was good enough for 2nd place.  Art had around 7lbs an...
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