Yo bass-heads. So I get this call from Shimano and G. Loomis, they say, “You wanna check out some of our new products…at La Perla Ranch?” Wondered if that was a trick question, but here I is in Texas…
Today’s Top 5
Zander from TackleTour.com smashed this slightly above average La Perla largie on a bladed jig:
Yeah, I caught a decent one this mornin’ — amazing hahaha! If you show up at this place without Strike King Hack Attack Heavy Cover Swim Jigs and Strike King Rage Craws (black/blue best), you will be sorry.
Btw, the new G. Loomis rods I can’t tell you about yet (name blurred in the pic) are suh-weet. All I been fishing with so far:
Hope Shaye played football.
A congratulatory slappin’ the cheeks in bassin’? Hello, Trip? I’d like to report a violation….
Chris Trist Zaldain posted this pic. Gotta ask what those baits are lookin’ at — what’s goin’ on off-camera?? Seems horrifying….
News
1. Mark Davis doing better.
Texted: “I’m doing well, health-wise I haven’t fished any since surgery. I spent a week on Hartwell — I’d never fished it before so I had a lot to learn. I really liked the lake, it should set up well for me — can’t wait to get back for Classic practice.”
Liked it and set up well for him because it’s an upland reservoir, just like his some lake: Ouachita.
A-Mart sho-nuff is part of a new company called enigma fishing. First products are rods, retail for $170 apiece. Check ’em here.
3. Faircloth catches a Gopher.
5. FLWer Arey gets Lunkerhunt…
…which also has former Dallas Cowboy Gerald Sensabaugh.
6. Ponds gets TDJ Oilfield Services.
8. NC: Worst ethanol ever coming.
> Convenience store chain Sheetz announced on January 21 that it would offer E15 fuel – gas containing up to 15% ethanol – at 60 of their North Carolina locations beginning in early 2015.
Just say no to Sheetz.
9. From cradle to grave, corn ethanol is more polluting than gasoline by 33%, according to recent research by the EPA.
– From a KeepAmericaFishing.org post. More:
> …5 gallons of water are needed to refine 1 gallon of gasoline compared to 170 gallons needed for one gallon of E10. [This is nuts!]
#ethanolsux
Sounds like a mix of different plastics but they need to use spellcheck a little better:
> ABS body provides functions not seen in PBC frogs
Three other letters come to mind: DOH!
11. LiveTarget gets Patrick Campeau.
12. College anglers: Win a killer trip.
> This year the GEOBASS anglers are going to 5 exotic destinations such as Japan, Australia, and Papua New Guinea, and for one college angler, this monumental bass fishing excursion could become a reality.
Need some hair and I’m there yo!
Tip of the Day
> If there are smallmouth in that same area, you’ll mostly find them around the edges of the vegetation. For some reason they don’t seem to like to go inside. And, lots of times when you find the smallmouth around grass, you’ll notice that there’s some rock mixed in with it.
> Kentucky spots seem to have a little of both in them. Sometimes they’ll bury in the thick stuff, but at other times they’ll hang around the edges. I wish I could be more specific than that. I can’t.
> While we’re talking about Kentucky spots I might as well throw one of my other observations into this mix. It seems to me that they tend to bite in tough largemouth conditions. Terrible weather — terrible from a largemouth angler’s perspective — will often turn them on. You’ll notice a lot of tournament guys target them under those conditions.
Quote of the Day
It’s a fun sport. It’s not washing machines or life insurance.
– Bob Mahoney of Shimano. Dang straight bassers! Remember that the next time you enter a lock:
Shot of the Day
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