Looking to stock up for summertime fishing? SPRO has some great offers going on this month. Take advantage of the awesome savings and deals here.
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Bass Fishing 2023 HOF Conservation Grants |
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As part of its mission to celebrate, promote and preserve the sport of bass fishing, the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors is again providing financial support to six major conservation projects that will enhance habitat in lakes in Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, along with supporting a smallmouth bass tracking study at Lake St. Clair in Michigan.
Over the past four years, the BFHOF’s Board has reached out to local and state bass fishing clubs working with state agencies to provide needed funding for various conservation projects they initiated. “With these new grants, we’ll exceed a total of more than $100,000 in support of fishery enhancement projects, assistance with building live release trailers, and even an information campaign to encourage bass anglers to rid their bass fishing waters in Virginia of invasive species,” said BFHOF conservation committee chair Gene Gilliland. “These bass clubs have ‘boots-on-the-ground’ members who donate their sweat equity on these projects, while the Hall provides financial support for needed equipment, fish-holding underwater structures, and other needed gear to help make the projects a reality.” Read more about the conservation grants here.
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In this How We Do-it Video, Benjamin Nowak shows you just how easy it is to get perfect two tone baits using two different techniques. You can dual inject almost every mold in Do-it’s arsenal, but also check to see if your mold has a laminate plate before you order to see if you have this cheaper option!
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Built to commemorate Teckel’s 10th Anniversary, the limited edition Teckel 10-Year Anniversary Series Kicknocker features a natural bone ABS plastic body that emits a higher-pitched sound from the original to provide a distinct and unique appeal. The front rattle chamber consists of small plastics BBs to provide a subtle, yet erratic clambering as the bait sashays over the surface, and at the back end, a large single knocker creates a steady rhythmic thud to extend casting distance and provides easy walking action. Armed with a trio of razor-sharp treble hooks to increase your hook-up ratio with finicky short-striking bass, the Teckel Kicknocker uses the same mold as Hideki Maeda’s original design to deliver raw topwater attraction and explosive reaction bites. Available only while supplies last, the Teckel 10-Year Anniversary Series Kicknocker is an exclusive offering to celebrate Teckel’s amazing milestone offered in a variety of slick limited-run color options that the fish have never seen before! Check out the full lineup here.
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Matt Arey and Bryan Thrift discuss the happenings in the world of professional bass fishing including some of the discussions swirling around Stage Five of the BPT on Cayuga Lake in the latest edition of Let's Talk Fish. Check out the full episode here. |
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Photo Courtesy Major League Fishing
Major League Fishing professional Adrian Avena recently scored his first major win at Stage Five of the Bass Pro Tour at Cayuga Lake. Avena's sponsors include TackleDirect, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Suzuki, Grundens, BassCat, Lowrance, TH Marine and Power-Pole just to name a few.
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Featuring an additional anti-spy layer that limits the viewing angle of your fish finder, the Graph Glass Privacy Glass Fishfinder Screen Protectors serve as a screen protector to keep your display scratch-free while also keeping your data safe from prying eyes. Ideal for tournament anglers who are fishing Pro-Am formats with multiple co-anglers, the Privacy Graph Glass Screen Protector ensures your passengers will be unable to view any of your waypoints or other sensitive information. Built using the highest-grade Japanese-quality 9-H tempered glass, Graph Glass Screen Protectors were designed to protect your most valuable asset on your boat from the harshest elements. Whether it’s an errant cast, flipping weight sailing out of the water at sonic speeds, or your favorite fishing pliers escaping wet hands and plummeting towards your graphs, the Graph Glass Screen Protectors take the beating to save your units from certain destruction. Not only are they designed to offer serious defense against airborne tackle and other debris, but they also provide distortion-free viewing that is impervious to dirt, dust, water, oils, and other particulates, creating an easy-to-clean surface. Easy to install, touch-screen friendly, and compatible with a wide range of fish finders, the Graph Glass Privacy Glass Fishfinder Screen Protectors provide enhanced protection for your expensive electronics and your favorite fishing spot! Check it out here!
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In Response to Heavy Demand, the Big BassTour Heads North |
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After establishing a popular and ever-growing series of tournaments throughout the southeast, ranging from Virginia down to Florida and over to Texas, the Big Bass Tour has heeded the call of northern anglers and will expand to smallmouth country this year. The 10th and 11th events of the 2023 BBT season will take place at the St. Lawrence River and the Mississippi River (La Crosse, Wisconsin), in July and August, respectively. Actually, referring to the northern fisheries as “smallmouth country” is a bit misleading, because both of these venues have exceptional largemouth fishing, too – a sneaky-good an almost untouched one in New York, and a better-known one in Wisconsin. The St. Lawrence may currently be the country’s premier smallmouth tournament venue. Last year in an Elite Series event two anglers topped the 100 pound mark with four limits of smallies apiece, and it seems that each major tournament produces at least one 7-plus-pounder, if not a near-8. The waters of Lake Ontario will be off-limits to the competition, but the main river and it’s tributaries and canals hold more than enough fish to produce a compelling outcome. Oftentimes anglers cull through dozens if not more 4- and 5-pound fish, moving up by ounces, so this event will be one where hourly awards are tightly packed, and paying attention to the live leaderboard will be critical. This is the fishery that made the Berkley Flatworm famous – and, for a period of time, hard to obtain – but power fishing techniques like a Berkley Stunna jerkbait will also come into play. A spy bait or deep diving crankbait, along with Ned Rigs, will likely be on the decks of many top competitors’ boats, too. In Wisconsin, anglers may have to choose between the main river smallmouths, who live on wing dams, rock cover and various spillways, versus traversing the numerous weedy backwaters in search of the ample largemouths. Both species will be in play for the overall big bass winner, and again weights will be jam-packed in the 3- to 4-pound range, with 5-pounders being likely contenders, although the occasional 6-pounder shows up, too. For the smallmouths, various finesse plastics, crankbaits and ribbed swimbaits will produce quality fish, while the largemouths under the canopies respond well to hollow bodied frogs and punched creature baits. This is also the venue that made northern swim jigging famous and helped the local masters refine it, so expect those chasing both species to have one or more of those on deck. They may not be doing the “Alabama Shake” with them, but they’ll be setting the hook plenty nonetheless. The BBT will compete on the St. Lawrence from July 28-30, and on the Mighty Mississippi from August 4-6, and will then resume the schedule at the end of September with consecutive tournaments on Smith Mountain Lake, Douglas Lake and Guntersville to cap off what we expect to be a record-setting and prolific season of big bass weigh ins. Learn more about the Big Bass Tour here.
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