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Today's Top 5
1. Jacob Wheeler's winning baits.
Jake the Snake crushed 'em on Chickamauga, which btw is a Native American term for "fish only in 10 places on whole lake." Here's what he did/used:
> The upshot of his lake knowledge was being able to break away, and not feeling forced to share water on community holes and well-known ledges of the riverine fishery.
> …rotation of spots, both deep and shallow…swimbait hole [was] a secondary ledge with a shell bottom.
> “I caught the majority of my fish on a swimbait, but some of the bigger ones were on a hair jig, a few on a worm and some on a crankbait. The lures were a 6-inch Basstrix swimbait (Tennessee shad) on a 3/4-oz VMC Ike Approved swimbait head, a Rapala DT20 in disco shad, and a homemade hair jig (1/2-oz, white).
What about the worm?
Several pros used that hair jig at times including KVD who finished 2nd:
2. Did Wheeler distract Weldon?
Final day, final weight, you be the judge:
Trip don't get distracted easy so mebbe he was jus' 'spressin his disapproval…or checkin' if'n 'twas a innie or a outie…. (Yeah, my kids think I'm nuts too!)
3. FLWers win 3 of 6 Elites.
Check the FLWers who finished in the top 10 so far on the Elites. Tight, eh?
Chick
- 1st (Wheeler)
- 5th (Brett "I only throw Chatterbaits" Hite)
- 9th (Luke "I won a Classic yo!" Clausen)
Dardanelle
- 0 in the top 10
TBend
- 1st (J-Pow, sounds like he hates that nickname??)
- 2nd (Chad "needs a nickname" Morgenthaler)
- 3rd (Randall "not Randy" Tharp)
Table Rock
- 0 in the top 10
St. Johns
- 9th (Justin "not Jason" Lucas)
Seminole
- 1st (Brett Hite)
- 10th (Justin Lucas)
Yep, we used BassGold.com to preview Chickamauga on Bassmaster.com, and once again it nailed the winning pattern…notably that the tournament would be won offshore but not necessarily deep. BAM! Works!
5. Here's the new ETEC.
Looks Robocop-ish which I kinda like, and choose your color combo = smart. Let's see how it runs. More deets here, hopefully the motor ain't as slow as that website…sheesh.
My fave color so far:
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Elite News
3rd session of Pro Bass Class on Lake Fork July 8-10. S-s-s-sweet!
> Instructors include Kurt Dove, Matt Reed, Keith Combs and James Niggemeyer.
> Class participants spend 4-hour sessions of On-The-Water education with each instructor over 2 full days and attend evening seminar and ‘Think Tank’ style discussions that address any and all questions you may have about the sport of pro bass fishing.
I totally want to go. Git thar if'n ya can!
2. Brandon Card sellin' his '13 Triton.
Otro News
1. OK: 2nd best bass stocking year.
2. GA: New trophy regs for Grace.
3. TX: HOF fame nominations wanted.
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BP on the Storm Arashi Rattlin' Flat 7:
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Tip of the Day
Good article:
> Stephen Browning defines the perfect laydown as having a straight, medium-size trunk and six or seven branches with limbs about as wide as a man’s arm or leg. The fallen tree should extend from the bank out to 15 to 20 feet of water. “It gives the fish different depth ranges that they can possibly use."
> The perfect laydown to John Crews is a toppled hardwood tree that has been in the water for a while. The Elite Series pro prefers for the laydown to extend about 20 to 30 feet off the shoreline and sit over a depth change, such as a channel swing that nudges up to the end of the tree lying along a flat bank.
> Cover availability determines which type of laydown is perfect for Davy Hite. In sparse cover situations, Hite’s ideal laydown is an old log that has been sitting in the water for a long time and has only one or two pieces of branches still sticking out of the trunk.
> Hite…believes the sparse log is best because it allows him to land fish more easily without worrying about snagging in a bunch of limbs. “In our business, the fish that we are able to land and put on the scales are the ones that count.
> If he fishes an area full of blowdowns, Hite keys on the tree with lots of thick limbs because it will hold the biggest fish in that area. The South Carolina pro also looks for the laydown with the best depth under it when fishing an area loaded with fallen trees.
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Quote of the Day
Without my dad, I know I wouldn’t be here.
– Jacob Wheeler from the stage on Father's Day. Pretty sure none of us would be here without our dads, but lemme ask another fisherman. George?
Hahaha! Easy, don't git yer political skirts in a twist peeps!
Shot of the Day
By the one and only James Overstreet, aka J O, aka "Awesome." Hard to believe he don't Photoshop this stuff but he don't:
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