BassBlaster

Morgenthaler=He-Man?, Winning smallie bait color, So u wanna Blast?

By (mostly Jay)

Posted on September 30, 2014

Welcome to the BassBlaster, your daily-ish roundup of everything you need to know in bassin’!

Today’s Top 5

We’re at the point in the year (huntin’ season) where we ratchet down to TWO Blasters a week…but I got some bait-related ideas that might keep it at three…. Tx for reading!

New B.A.S.S./FLW drone rules coming.

> “I can tell you that our intent is to prohibit the use of drones for the purposes of locating fish or otherwise gaining a competitive advantage during practice and competition,” said Dave Precht, B.A.S.S.’s VP of communications.

> Talkin’ ’bout no drones during off-limits: “I don’t think there a lot of people who would try to do it,” said FLW TD Bill Taylor. “It takes somebody with quite a skill set to operate one of those.”

Yes Bill. Yes it does:

Chad Morgenthaler = He-Man??

Shot at that angle, yep:

Hahaha!

Set the Hook tube wins St. Lawrence.

Actually Ontario B.A.S.S. Nation angler Doug Brownridge won the 2014 Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Divisional there:

He did it with this, a 3.5″ Set the Hook tubeÂ in “ten point” color:

> The difference with STH Tubes when compared to others is the body of the STH is 40% and the tail 60% of the tube, giving you better hook exposure.

He fished “a sunken current break with clean rock all over it” in 20-22′. Was bouncing the tube “as hard as I could.”

If you’ve never heard of Doug or Set the Hook, word is they’re from a place called Can-Ade-a or Cana-DIA or something like that.

New BPS Toyota Tundra.

Kinda cool, 2015 Toyota Tundra Bass Pro Shops Off-Road Edition:

> This special bass fishing-themed Tundra will be built at the San Antonio, TX assembly plant and available exclusively at Toyota dealers in the Gulf States Region which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

> The SR5 is powered by the Toyota 381 hp 5.7L i-Force V8 engine mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission.

> …available only in silver. The package includes 20-inch milled matte black wheels with an all-terrain upgrade, 5-inch oval black step tubes, spray-on bedliner, pocketed fender flares, stainless steel exhaust tip and Bass Pro Shops carpeted floor mats and off-road bed decals.

> …each customer will receive their choice of a special fishing, hunting, camping or marine outdoor gear lifestyle package from Bass Pro Shops, each with a retail value of $1,000.

So you wanna Blast?

Be careful wachoo wish fer:

Okay bassin’ blasterers â€“ We’re still redoing the format of the BassBlaster a bit, so have to ask:

Do you have an ear to the ground…water? Sense o’ humor (optional)? A serious bass itch that can only be scratched by [nothing works]? Then you might be what I’m looking for, namely regional/state peeps.

What’s going on in Cali? The Pacific Northwest? New England? The state the Lindners live in with skeeters the size of seagulls? Indiana, which has a lot of B.A.S.S. members but no tournaments (lol)? Does anyone fish Lanier anymore? etc?

If you know bassin’ “stuff” about your state/region (or maybe you’re a swimbait expert or whatever) and can email/post an update every once in a while â€“ which gotsta be interesting and different, with a pic or vid â€“ you may be a…possible BassBlaster contributioner.

What will you get if you’re selected? Other than a whole lotta people seeing your name…not sure. Do NOT get stars in your eyes like you’ll get a VIP seat at the Classic or whatever:

Up for it? Hit me back at this email addy ALONG WITH a BRIEF sample of what you could send semi-regularly. No more than 50 words plus a pic or vid on something TOPICAL â€“ nothing from the spring, from when Guido Hibdon won the Classic, etc.

So much the better if you can write snarky but not insulting (do not TRY to be funny!), have an eye for interesting pics, or can make your own with cam or photoshop skillz.

Have at it. No promises I can get back to everyone who submits, sorry, but tx!

News

1. Pradco buys Bandit.

Pradco = Yum, Excalibur, Booyah, Bomber, Heddon, etc.

That’s Bruce Stanton (right), head of Pradco and the dude who made the Blaster possible (tx man!), with the head Bandito.

2. OH: Lottery winner will buy a Ranger…

…for his dad. Cool.

3. KY: BFL Wild Card, Oct 24-25.

Kentucky/Barkley.

4. TX: Sasser not stoked about ShareLunker…

…program anymore after revelations that the state has been giving away giant bass to private landowners in the name of “research.” Anyone smell anything?

5. OK: TBF and HS on Grand in 2015.

6. OK: 50 years of Eufaula.

7. GA: Lanier bass starting fall patterns.

There’s still bass in Lanier?? (heehee)

8. Coffee Day today.

This cool or what:

Those Bass Brigade cats got it goin’ on…just don’t know what “it” is besides cool Instagram shots….

Headline of the Day

Live worms for largemouths.

No.

Way.

Someone tell Mr. Creme….

Contests of the Day

1. Fish with KVD and win a boat.

2. Win an Ike-signed giant Rapala.

3. Charity raffle for Bass Cat.

Tip of the Day

Paul Mueller: Crankin’ the fall turnover.

Wow â€“ Mueller actually knows that he’s doing! (haha!) Good vid:

Check this awesome smallie shot with Paulito:

Quote of the Day

The whole bass fishing world used to be made up of weekend warriors hoping to hit it big…it “has grown leaps and bounds….there’s a lot more money coming in.

– What?? Where is this world? If it’s Bizarro World, I don’t wanna go cuz this is what the Flash looks like there:

Anyhow, quote was from a CNBC article on providing wealth management for bass anglers…which apparently ain’t no oxymoron.

Shot of the Day

Suh-weet swamp bassin’ shot:

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Jay Kumar is the guy who created BassFan, co-hosted Loudmouth Bass with Zona, was a B.A.S.S. senior writer and a whole lot more in bassin’. His BassBlaster is a daily-ish roundup of the best in bassin’, and is the #2 or #3 daily read on any given day in the wide world o’ bass. Also available as an app: