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1. Stat of the Day
PRESENTED BY: Sunline
2. Money Matters
PRESENTED BY: Big Bite Baits
Could Anglers Find A Title Boat Wrap On Social Media
Marcus Lemonis(CEO of Camping World) made a social media post ahead of a recent Nascar Trucks race offering a title sponsorship Camping World wrap deal of $15,000 for any driver that didn't have a title sponsorship for that race. Several racers like Jesse Iwuji responded and soon after had a Camping World wrap to compete in the race. Would potential sponsors or Camping World consider wrapping boats for an event?
3. Behind the Scenes
PRESENTED BY: SPRO
Bringing A Bait To Life
For the past year, Stephen Kocis has served as Product Design Manager for SPRO/Gamakatsu. With a background in industrial design, Kocis came to SPRO with over 30 years of experience in product and packaging design outside of the fishing industry. After a new product is conceptualized and sketched, it is Kocis’ job to bring that product to life using a CAD (Computer Aided Design) drawing. “A CAD drawing is basically a geometric model of what we intend the final part or product to look like,” he explains. “We are creating a design with tolerances in place like length, width, and thickness that are all dimensionally correct. It is a three-dimensional model that you can rotate and see from any angle. You can apply materials and measure density and weight of the finished part, all on the drawing within the three-dimensional model.” 
Here is one of SPRO’s new soft plastics, the 3” Wavetail Grub compared to the CAD drawing for the same bait:  
4. Anglers Tribunebe
Improve Your Gas Mileage When Towing
Founded in 1985, Hypertech is the world leader in high-performance engine tuning products for diesel and gasoline powered cars, trucks, SUVs and UTVs. They recently launched a pro fishing team with Mark Menendez, Buddy Gross and John Garrett. The team was launched to showcase the benefits of Hypertech products for anglers to improve vehicle performance in power, torque, fuel economy, and drivability.
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Mark Menendez is excited about the results he has seen so far from the product. "I am thrilled with my early results of my Hypertech React (throttle optimizer around $329) and My Hypertech Speedometer Calibrator (around $229). My in town mileage of my Ford F-150 is up approximately 15% to over 19 miles per gallon in the city! I can't wait to head to the Pickwick Elite to check towing mileage. I know what mileage I got on the St. John's trip. I will drive basically the same roads for the Pickwick trip. Going to be fun to see how much fuel I save!!" said Menendez.
5. Baits Not Being Talked About
One of the original staples in the lipless crankbait market, the Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap is still going strong. Loud, flashy attention getters, Rattletraps can be fished in a variety of situations from shallow to deep and everything in between. Check out the full lineup here.
6. What We're Watching & Listening To
PRESENTED BY: Gamakatsu
Team Marine Service
Team Marine Service is a marine repair shop located in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. They specialize in repairing motors of all brands quickly. They also have a growing Youtube channel that has a lot of interesting content about boats and motors of all brands, often in an unfiltered presentation.
7. Jersey Watch
PRESENTED BY: Denali
Jacob Powroznik
Photo Courtesy B.A.S.S.
Former Bassmaster Elite Series and Bass Pro Tour champion Jacob Powroznik will be competing in all 9 Bassmaster Opens in 2021. Powroznik's sponsorship lineup includes Falcon Boats, Mercury Marine, Livingston Lures, V&M, Bass Mafia, and Lowrance just to name a few.
8. Recommendations
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9. Best for Last
PRESENTED BY: AFTCO
High School Angler Lands Record Bass
Pake South (16 Years Old and a junior at Harmony High School) caught a new Lake Bob Sandlin Jr. Lake record for Largemouth Bass with a 12.80 (previously 11.3). The bass was the largest single fish weighed in at any THSBA (Texas High School Bass Association) tournament (previously 11+). Pake won the THSBA Bob Sandlin Tournament with 4 fish weighing 22.27, securing his spot at the Regionals on Lake O’ The Pines. His next tournament is on Lake Tawakoni where he and his partner Eric Lopez won the Regional Championship last season. Pake is fishing solo this year. 
For his work on Lake Bob Sandlin this past Saturday he won:
$2,000 Scholarship
$420.00 in gift cards to Lew’s and Strike King
A pair of Costa Sunglasses for Big Bass 
The fish was also measured and some scales were removed to submit to the Toyota Sharelunker Elite Class program in Athens.
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