THE BUSINESS NEWS OF FISHING.
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Best on Tour will bring you a business perspective of the fishing industry to help keep you up to date. 2019 will be the biggest year pro fishing has ever seen!
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Bassmaster Elite Series Anglers Trolling Motors by Brand
Will rumors of new trolling motors be able to change the Minn Kota dominance?
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BPT anglers are competing on Lake Chickamauga this week in their fourth event. Who are the top 10 money winners after three events? Reminder they pay no entry fees on the BPT in 2019 also which makes the earnings even higher than an angler having similar results on the FLW Tour or Elite Series.
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Edwin Evers $166,000
Jordan Lee $116,800
Jacob Powroznik $106,000
Jeff Sprague $72,000
Jared Lintner $49,200
Jacob Wheeler $48,000
Takahiro Omori $42,000
Boyd Duckett $30,000
Brent Ehrler $30,000
Randall Tharp $27,600
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Fourteen of the 80 anglers have no winnings to this point and the average winnings per angler that have cashed a check are over $21,000 to this point.
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The saying "If you build it they will come" holds true when it comes to the
Green Pond Landing and Event Center
in Anderson, SC. What was once an off the beaten path, one boat ramp after thought, is now arguably the nicest facility of its kind in the country. Under the watchful eye of executive director of Visit Anderson/Anderson County CVB Neil Paul the facility has flourished, drawing numerous high profile events along the way. Most recently the Bassmaster Elite Series held a regular season event at Green Pond facility, which has also hosted two Bassmaster Classics, FLW tour events, and too many regional and local events to mention. The facility has been an integral part of bringing tens of millions of dollars of economic impact to the upstate of South Carolina, and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
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For the first time in 2019 all three major tours will be taking place during the same week. Major League Fishing's Bass Pro Tour, FLW, and the Bassmaster Elite Series will all be streaming live content vying for your viewership. We recently conducted a poll of 100 random fishing fans to see how they will be dividing their time between the brands. Above are the results.
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5. Baits Not Being Talked About
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Painted blade spinnerbaits are less popular than traditional gold and silver blades, but they have a long history of helping anglers win events. Jeremy Lawyer recently used a spinnerbait with white and chartreuse double willow blades. The
War Eagle Double Willow Painted Blades
and
Nichols 33 Mini Double Willow
spinnerbait are two of the few spinnerbaits offered with painted blades for sale any longer. Originally, painted blades were popular for smallmouth fishing or in select parts of the country like the Ozarks region. Red or orange kicker blades on tandem spinnerbaits have long been popular in Oklahoma and also made a resurgence at the recent FLW stop at Grand Lake. As spinnerbaits continue their resurgence it will be interesting to see if painted blades become popular again.
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6. What We're Watching & Listening To
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Season 2 of AFTCO's BASS BOOTCAMP is in full swing. This season's recruit is Bass Talk Live co-host Matt Pangrac. Follow along as Matt competes in two divisions of the Costa FLW Series, and covers the professional fishing game in his day job. Subscribe to the
AFTCO YouTube
channel to see how his journey unfolds.
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Googan Baits
started with it's popularity with successful
YouTube anglers
, but this year the company added Tour level anglers to their staff. Jacob Wheeler, Dustin Connell and Scott Martin all joined their staff this year. Wheeler and Connell switched from Gene Larew and Netbait respectively.
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8. Regional Recommendations
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Traveling to a lake and looking for the best place to stay, launch your boat, get gas or buy tackle? See the top choices for LaCrosse Wisconsin on the MS River here:
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Clinton Street Ramp
Kwik Trip
Perkins
Freight House
AmericInn
Brand Dealers
Team Marine
Island Tackle
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Sight fishing is just part of the equation if you are going to compete in Spring tournaments. While sight fishing techniques are often discussed, how to find those bedding fish is often overlooked. Bass Pro Tour angler Michael Neal doesn't like to waste time not fishing while cruising down the bank looking for those giant spawners. Neal, and many other top level anglers have adopted throwing a large paddle tail style swimbait like the
Big Bite Baits B5 Line Thru
as a great tool to locate bedding fish. "The reality is that no matter how good your eyes are you aren't going to see all of the bedding fish in an area. I like throwing that larger swimbait as a search tool of sorts," says Neal. While trolling down the bank Neal is able to locate fish that flash on, or follow the B5 when it gets near the area of their nest. "Sometimes you will actually catch one on the swimbait, but what I am using it for is to show me where those fish are. Once I see one show itself I can spin around and typically figure out where it is bedding, and then determine how I need to approach that particular fish in order to catch it." concluded Neal. Stop wasting your time standing on the trolling motor looking for beds. The next time you are on the water around the spawn try a large paddle tail style swimbait to help you search out your personal best.
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