THE BUSINESS NEWS OF FISHING. |
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Helping you become a better angler and delivering interesting fishing news to you in a weekly email. |
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This face shield is the best value in the market right now for use as a sun shield or face mask. Priced at only $3.49 with Gamakatsu branding this is a great bargain.
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Open Anglers Weigh-In On Fantasy |
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Open anglers Todd Castledine and Bradley Hallman join Andrew Upshaw on his YouTube channel to break down picks for the Bassmaster Elite Series for each event of the Bassmaster Elite Series season. The trio have joined thousands of other players in the Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing league, testing their knowledge of the sport against the fans. The pros take into account weather, time of year and their overall knowledge of the fishermen to make picks. So far Oklahoma pro Bradley Hallman is leading the pack, ranking an impressive 91st in the overall fantasy standings. "Andrew had a great idea to get all of us together to pick fantasy fishing teams this season for his YouTube channel, and we have been having a blast making our picks," said Hallman. Getting to know the strengths and tendencies of some of the new Bassmaster Elite Series lineup has been a great learning experience for Hallman. "I try to base my picks on what I've learned about certain bodies of water over the years, seasonal patterns, and what I can figure out about the various anglers on tour. Some of the veteran anglers I was familiar with, so I know their strengths and weaknesses but the younger guys it has taken a while to figure out. It has been cool to see how these anglers have handled this season with the rescheduled events and more of a Fall schedule. I'm looking forward to seeing how it all turns out in the AOY race, and see if I can move up the fantasy fishing leaderboard." Hallman concluded.
We asked our readers if they played Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing and the results are below.
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Designing A New Hook Style |
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For years anglers typically used round bend style hooks for rigging soft plastics. Mike McClelland often used a round bend style worm hook for all of his plastic rigging as well. Even when rigging bulky baits like creatures and tubes, Mike still preferred the round bend style hook for better rigging and hooking ratio in his opinion. He envisioned a hybrid shape that was between ewg and round bend. He presented the idea to sponsor Gamakatsu and they started development of a new hook style. The G-Finesse Hybrid Worm Hook was born out of that idea for a hybrid style. It features a distinctive acute hook angle to keep baits aligned perfectly straight. It is also made from the stronger Tournament Grade Wire. Mike uses it when rigging any plastic, including big worms, jerk minnows, swim worms, tubes, beaver style and creature baits.
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Mike organizes his hooks by style inside zip lock style bags. He then places those bags inside of a plastic container to keep everything dry and secure. |
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5. Baits Not Being Talked About |
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The Lucky Craft Sammy 105 is a refined version of the traditional Sammy with additional deadly fish catching characteristics. Lucky Craft has added another hook to the Sammy 105, bringing the total up to 3 hooks. Topwater baits, Sammys included are notorious for having bass slap the lure and get away between actually hooking up. Give yourself a better chance at hooking up with those short strikers with the Sammy 105 this Fall.
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6. What We're Watching & Listening To |
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Topwater Action With Roland Martin |
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Legendary angler Roland Martin continues his assault on the YouTube world, amassing over 120,000 subscribers in a relatively short period of time. Roland recently spent some time with Jimmy Houston in Oklahoma and found time to get in on some awesome topwater action with the new SPRO E-Pop 80. Check out the video here.
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Frank Talley
Photo courtesy of Bassmaster
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Frank Talley has fished 21 career Bassmaster events and got his first win at Guntersville last week. He has a strong sponsor list for a second year pro including: Humminbird, Mercury, Triton, Lew's Reels, Strike King, Power-Pole, Angler Assets, Owner Hooks, Extreme Hoses & Hydraulics, Texas Boat World/ SDG Marine, Impulse Lithium Batteries, Southern Supply House and
Sublime Wear USA.
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8. Regional Recommendations |
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Tex’s Tackle is a locally owned and operated full line tackle shop offering quality fishing equipment and accessories since 1993. They stock a store full of top brands in saltwater fishing reels,rods,cast nets,bait and lures.
Based in Eastern Coastal North Carolina, Tex's has grown to over 6,000 sq. ft. of showroom, making it the largest tackle shop in the region. They pride themselves on exceptional service and a thorough knowledge of the products they sell. If you are in the Willmington, NC area stop by and check them out or simply visit their website here.
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Fall fishing brings a wide range of temperatures on many days and knowing what to wear can be a challenge to stay comfortable all day. Josh Bertrand gives us his breakdown of what he wears depending on the daily forecast to deal with the cool mornings and warmer afternoons. He breaks down what he wears in three temperature scenarios. |
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Which days do you buy the most tackle?
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