THE BUSINESS NEWS OF FISHING. |
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Pangrac And Bartusek Raise Money For St Jude |
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Together Bass Talk Live (Matt Pangrac), and Adam Bart Bartusek are raising funds to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's lifesaving mission of finding cures for children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases, and I need your help to reach my fundraising goal of $10,000!
If you'd like to donate directly you can do that here as well.
How your donation helps:
- Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
- Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. We won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.
Thank you for your support! Together we can help St. Jude change the world and we will teach Matt Pangrac how to catch Smallmouth on a Carolina Rig!
To donate and for more information click here.
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Wiley X High School Fishing Camp |
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MLF is proud to join with Wiley X and Tackle Warehouse for the return of our popular High School Fishing Camp! Held on the beautiful Murray State University campus, this is the ultimate summer camp for serious high school anglers, their parents, boat captains and coaches!
Camp starts Wednesday, June 8, and concludes Friday, June 10, followed by an MLF Foundation Benefit Tournament on June 11 for campers who would like to put their newfound skills to the test while helping raise money for the foundation’s High School Fishing scholarship fund. For more information click here.
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It may have taken Fayetville,TN Bassmaster Elite Series pro Brandon Lester 114 events to get his first victory, but it was well worth the wait. Lester secured his spot in the 2023 Bassmaster Classic in his home state of Tennessee with a win at the first Southern Open of the season on the Kissimmee Chain in Florida earlier this season. While Lester is pleased to have the Classic berth alreaady sewn up, it isn't changing his approach to the 2022 Elite Series season. "I thought a lot about how I might fish differently knowing that I was already qualified for the Classic, and honestly I can say I haven't changed much at all," said Lester. Why fix it if it isn't broke, would be the best way of looking at Lester's approach. In 120 B.A.S.S. events Lester has finished in the money an astonishing 74% of the time, earning $905,426 in the process. Numbers like these make Lester one of the most consistent pros on tour, logging 61 top 30 finishes in his eight years as a full time pro. "My style has never been to go try and catch just big fish, I have always gone out and caught as many as I can and let the big ones come in the process. I'm not going to totally change my approach just because I am already qualified for the Classic, although I can't rule out possibly taking a chance or two that I may have not normally taken if I think I am in a position to win." Lester concluded. Lester currently sits in 7th place in the Progressive Bassmaster AOY standings, so there is a good chance we may be discussing his chances of an AOY title as well by the end of the season. |
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5. Baits Not Being Talked About |
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Designed with innovative features for improved skipping, the Big Bite Baits Skipping Toad Buzzbait makes it easy for anglers to access the water under docks and overhanging cover where fish don’t often get a look at a topwater bait. Built with a slim head shape and double barbed bait keeper, this buzzbait was made specifically for rigging a soft plastic toad entirely over its compact frame. Equipped with a large blade to help keep the buzzbait on top of the water, the flat belly of the Tour Toad coupled with no resistance from a silicone skirt allows this buzzbait to skip into tight pockets with ease. The heavy wire construction combined with a razor-sharp jig hook ensures quality hook penetration and plenty of power to direct fish away from cover. Available in a range of proven colors with a matching blade and Tour Toad, the Big Bite Baits Skipping Toad Buzzbait generates savage blow-ups from fish using shallow heavy cover. Check out the full lineup here.
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6. What We're Watching & Listening To |
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Castledine Uses Getting Cut Off As Teachable Moment |
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Todd Castledine recently had a common issue occur during a Toyota Series event on Lake Texoma. Check out how Todd is trying to use this as a moment to teach anglers the proper on the water protocol, and how you should handle the situation. "I've debated posting this video because there where kids involved however I do believe that there is a lesson to be learned here. It's all happened to us before and will continue to happen in the future to all of us. For me this is nothing new and I'm used to dealing with this however when kids are involved it think this is the worst way to teach them how you should react on the water with fellow anglers. We all shared the water that day and everyone I encountered was great except this guy and it was disappointing to say the least. If nothing else watch the whole video agree or disagree this is how I view fishing and how I try and navigate on the water when its crowded." Todd Castledine See the full video here.
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Recent Grand Lake Toyota Series champion Jeff Reynold's sponsorship lineup includes Anderson Logging, Phoenix Boats, TH Marine, AFTCO, Sunline, Power-Pole, Optima Batteries, Tackle Addict, and Garmin just to name a few. |
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Picturesque Lakepoint State Park is located on the banks of the 45,000-acre Lake Eufaula, also known as "The Bass Capital of the World." Lakepoint offers a variety of amenities such as a full service restaurant and lounge, marina, hiking trails, modern campground, swimming complex, tennis courts and playgrounds. Enjoy activities such as hiking, swimming, fishing, boating, wildlife and bird watching, camping, dining, swimming pool, and picnic areas and playgrounds.
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Are your backlashes the reason your fluorocarbon is breaking? |
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The dreaded backlash in a baitcast spool can end the use of that reel very quickly. Whether it is an errant cast into the wind, or a skip cast that didn’t go as planned, a bad backlash can require a scissors to get you up and operational again. This video quickly shows you how to dial in a baitcast reel, to help you prevent this from happening. No matter how good you are, that errant cast still happens to even top-level tour pros. Protecting your line while removing a backlash will help your fluorocarbon last longer and prevent critical break offs.Anglers choosing to use fluorocarbon line with a baitcaster reel may experience backlashes or loops in their lines during use. Those errant casts cause the spool to overrun and that creates loops, kinks, and tangles in your line. Those overruns can cause a kink in the line when they occur or when an angler is working to remove them. You pull on the line when it is stuck, and a kink is created in the line in that spot. Those kinks can damage your fluorocarbon line and lead to failure later during your usage of that reel and line. The more kinks you cause in your line the more damage you are doing to it and the more likely it is that your line will break when casting or during hooksets. Read the full blog here.
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Which type of grips do you prefer on your rods?
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