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Today's Top 4
1. Spoonzillas come out at KY Lake.
Cali swimbaits skedaddle, there's a new gargantuan bassin' lure in town: the super ultra mega spoon, aka the Magnum Spoon. More:
> …the new Ben Parker Signature Series Magnum Spoon…more than 8 inches long, 2 inches wide and about 3 1/2 oz…created by professional bass angler Ben Parker….
> “The first time it was thrown was at the [B.A.S.S.] Open tournament on Douglas. Once it hit the Internet, the bass world started talking about it. All the ledge guys talked about it because we throw spoons a lot.”
> “It’ll fire them up, but mostly it’s going to catch the biggest fish in the school…he wanted a spoon to imitate those big shad that come up schooling. You see those big 6- to 8-inch gizzard shad come up schooling all the time.”
> Its size and broad profile make it very difficult to cast, especially in the wind. Lambert says he’s made casts into the wind with it that miss his target by 15 yards.
Ya think??
Btw four of the top 10 KY Lake FLW anglers used that spoon.
2. MI (really CA) rookie wins FLW.
Skip Johnson didn't use a spoonasaurus, but did have a spot to himself:
> His creek channel was located up the Tennessee River, near New Johnsonville. “It comes off the shore and makes a couple of real hard bends, and there are a couple of oxbows in it where there are two or three channels with humps in between.
> "I was ledge fishing, but it was the ledges of the creek channel that dropped off. The fish sat on the edges of those humps in 11 to 13 feet of water."
> His key baits throughout the week were black/blue and green-pumpkin 3/4-oz Strike King Tour Grade Football Jigs with Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craws with the claws dipped chartreuse. He said that he made a key adjustment [day 4] by slowing down with a 10" crawdad-colored Western Plastics worm.
TN's Andy Morgan wonned it fer the 2nd year in a row.
2 AOYs = stouter than stout = a stout FLOAT:
Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza, Steve Scherrey, 6.98-lb largie caught in the 8:00 hour on Saturday in the Dumas pool, $50,000.
> Scherrey beat out 2,277 other anglers to win the grand prize. This is his second time to take home the overall prize. In 2000, he won with a 6.76.
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BassBlaster Top Shot!
Think I'm finally startin' to unnderstand what this Miller High Life thing is hahaha!
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News
1. Great Lakes higher this year.
> Lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior are at least a foot higher than they were a year ago, and they are expected to rise 3 more inches over the next month. Lake Ontario and Lake Erie are 7 to 9 inches higher than a year ago.
2. Duckett gets Vicious Baits.
3. AL: State of AL bass waters.
Annual report, 2013 highlights:
> "…one thing that stands out…is the resurgence of Wheeler Lake."
> Millers Ferry on the Alabama River came in second in the overall category, followed by Wilson Reservoir, another Tennessee River impoundment.
> "Jordan has historically been near the top in all the categories. For several years now, it's been in the middle of pack, which is unusual…. There's nothing wrong. It's just been in a down cycle for two or three years. In 2014, it seems to be showing signs of rebounding."
4. Future Angler Federation launched.
Cool idea, Al Lindner on board. Website here.
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Tip of the Day
Chris Lane: Fishing deep grass.
> …mostly on deep flats. Some of the best ones are on ledges. And the best spots on those weed-covered ledges are along the outside edge where they drop into deeper water.
> One of the most productive baits for those outside edges is a crankbait. They’re not easy to fish down there, though. It takes a lot of experience to run a crankbait close enough to the weeds to provoke a strike but, at the same time, keep it from fouling in the weeds.
> If you’re willing and able to spend the time learning how to do it, you’ll be rewarded with some good catches.
> If not, you can fish them with a big, Texas-rigged worm. A carefully placed drop shot will also do the trick.
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Quote of the Day
Honestly, you need to just try and survive. I have learned how to survive, and if you do that then the pieces will fall into place for a good season.
– Andy Morgan sharin' his "how to win AOY" secret. Also be sayin':
> "You have to go out and try to get every dollar you can at every event."
Shot of the Day
Now THAT's how you fire up those ledge fish hahaha!
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