THE BUSINESS NEWS OF FISHING. |
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Spend $50 Receive A FREE SPRO Reversible Box |
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Take advantage of this awesome promotional deal happening right now from SPRO U.S.A. Spend $50 on any SPRO U.S.A. products on their website and receive a reversible tackle box absolutely FREE. Shop now while supplies last here.
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The Line Sensei Wants Your Questions |
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The Sunline Line Sensei is here to answer all your questions about fishing line. More than 10% of Sunline’s employees work in their R&D Department and the line Sensei (expert) can help answer your line questions. Sunline will post graphics updates regularly, but feel free to ask the Line Sensei your questions, by emailing your questions to info@sunlineamerica.com.
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You Don't Have To See It To Believe It |
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Blakely, GA Bassmaster Elite Series pro Drew Benton is off to a hot start in 2022. With the majority of the early season schedule playing into one of Drew's strengths, sight fishing, this shouldn't come as a big surprise. Currently sitting in 5th place in the Progressive Bassmaster AOY standings, Benton has been on a roll as of late logging two top 10 finishes in his last two tournaments. While catching bedding bass has played a prominent roll in his recent success, being able to see them isn't always necessarily a guarantee. "Sight fishing is obviously one of my favorite things to do when I have the opportunity, but you have to realize that conditions are not always going to line up perfectly for you to visually be able to see every fish you catch of the bed," says Benton. Day three of the recent Santee Cooper Elite Series was a prime example of Benton relying on his instincts to put together one of the biggest bags of the event (28-15), and vault into championship Monday (Saturday was canceled due to weather). "I had found some fish late in the afternoon on Friday that I had planned on starting on first thing Saturday morning. When they canceled Saturday due to high winds, I was not very confident that those fish would still be where I left them." Benton continued. Greeted by cloudy, windy, low light conditions on Sunday Benton headed straight to his pair of bedding bass, hoping to get the day off to a good start. "As soon as I got to the fish I realized that there was no way I could see them. The wind was blowing straight in on the bed, and it was really dark out. In a scenario like that I have to believe the fish are still there and try to visualize how my bait is positioned, and how those fish might be reacting to it." After upsizing the weight of his tungsten slip sinker to combat the wind, Benton went on to quickly catch two fish that he couldn't visually see off a bed on his Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog to get the ball rolling on his best day of the event. "Sometimes even if you can't see the fish, you just have to believe that they are there and fish accordingly." Benton concluded.
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5. Baits Not Being Talked About |
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Offering undoubted durability and quality, the 6 Sense Sweep Swimbait delivers a highly realistic baitfish presentation that anglers can fish in any environment. Molded with a unique square tail shape, the 6 Sense Sweep Swimbait produces a signature sweeping action that mimics the actual movements of a real live baitfish. The pectoral fins on each side are also intentionally placed in such a way that maintains a balanced swimming action no matter what retrieve speed anglers utilize. Another extremely beneficial feature of the 6 Sense Sweep Swimbait is its belly hook slot, which is designed to perfectly accommodate the 7/0 or smaller 6th Sense Core-X Keel Weighted Swimbait Hook, making the hardware virtually invisible and giving anglers a completely weedless profile that can go through grass, docks, trees, and boulders without getting snagged. Finished with molded scales, 3D gill plates, 3D eyes, and available in highly detailed baitfish colors, the 6 Sense Sweep Swimbait is an incredibly lifelike swimbait that will make bass hungry and want to feed.
Check out the full lineup here.
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6. What We're Watching & Listening To |
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Two Huge Mistakes Average Anglers Make |
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In this video Randy Blaukat goes over the two biggest mistakes he sees anglers make that cost them catching lots of fish and gives tips and advice on how to fix it. See the full video here.
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Bassmaster Elite Series rookie Jonathan Kelley's sponsorship lineup includes Ark Rods, Bass Pro Shops, Blackfish, Catch Commander, Decked, Lowrance, Mercury, Nichols Lures, Owner Hooks, P-Line, Power-Pole, Ranger Boats, Relion Batteries, Six Gill, and SPRO just to name a few.
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Aftco Moto Straw Hat Green Digi Camo |
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Boost your comfort on the water and under the sun with the Aftco Moto Straw Hat. Made with 100% rye straw, the Aftco Moto Straw Hat boasts a UPF 50+ rating and comes fitted with a deployable neck cape for extended coverage. Offering understated styling, the Aftco Moto Straw Hat sports a camo underbrim, a matching cinch cord, and a subtle green Aftco patch. Whether you’re headed to the lake or mowing the lawn on a blistering hot day, the Aftco Moto Straw Hat provides the comprehensive coverage that you’ve been looking for.
-100% Rye Straw hat, with neck cape
-Adjustable cinch cord
-UPF 50+ sun protection
-Aftco logo patch
-One size fits most
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Billfishing Tournaments Create Separate Divisons Based On Electronics |
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The Omni Sonar from Furuno has done nothing short of evolutionize sportfishing. Each year, Omni-equipped boats cash millions of dollars in checks from the biggest tournaments in the world. Sporting a $200,000 price tag this sonar is a must have for the Billfish tournaments. Imagine this sonar being like live forward facing, 360, and side scan all in one and capable of looking a ½ mile out and can “lock” on a single fish to track it. While this technology is a huge advantage to some, others cannot afford it creating a huge riff in the world of tournament Billfishing. The Pirate's Cove Billfish Tour has taken matters into their own hands, creating separate divisions for boats equipped with Omni Directional Sonar, and those that are not. Read the full explanation here. Will actions such as these from other tournament trails spark the conversation of separate bass tournament divisions that would exclude forward facing sonar? Only time will tell, but it does spark an interesting debate.
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Is there a need for a tournament trail that excludes forward facing and 360 sonar?
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