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Issue #127
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With electronics playing a larger roll in bass fishing than ever before many anglers are choosing their next rig based on which brand comes packaged with the boat. Below is a breakdown of some of the most popular boat brands and which electronics are available with each.
Nitro- Lowrance
Ranger- Lowrance
Triton- Lowrance
Skeeter- Humminbird
Phoenix- Lowrance
Basscat- Humminbird
Falcon- Humminbird (F185 is Lowrance)
Xpress- Humminbird
Caymas- Lowrance
Vexus- Humminbird
Blazer- Lowrance
Ballistic- Lowrance
Charger- Optional
Lund- Humminbird
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As we have seen the fishing industry grow throughout the COVID-19 pandemic we are starting to see more growth in tournament bass fishing. Since 1980, the National Scouting Report (NSR) has recruited students in other sports such as football, baseball, and basketball. Starting September 1, NSR will be recruiting high school anglers through sponsoring different high school tournament trails such as Airport Marine in Shelby County, Alabama. The first Airport Marine high school trail is September 4 on the Alabama River. According to Airport Marine, the new recruiting platform called “NSR Fishing” will be helping the Airport Marine high school trail build a platform for high school anglers through recruiting, sponsorship, social media, and presence. According to MLF Bass Pro Tour Angler Dustin Connell, scouts of NSR Fishing will be recruiting on the water at high school tournaments, and they will provide help for high school anglers to receive scholarships, gain sponsorships, and even helping to improve ACT scores. For more information in the future, you can keep up with it at nsrfishing.com.
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Hallman Gives Up The Goods On Summetime Frogging |
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The frog can be a deadly effective tool for bass during the heat of the summer when most anglers are using other techniques. Bradley Hallman breaks down some of the frogging techniques he likes to use to target bass in the hottest months of the year. Check out the video here.
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5. Baits Not Being Talked About |
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Molded with a highly realistic baitfish profile, the Hyperlastics By A Band Of Anglers Dartspin jig 2.5" features a premium willow leaf blade attached by a patent pending screw connection system, which creates a subtle flash and enticing swimming action that fish simply can’t resist. It also features a jighead embedded into the body that ensures perfectly balanced swimming action and a phenomenal hook up ratio.Offering incredible durability as well, the Hyperlastics By A Band Of Anglers Dartspin Jig 2.5" is made from an exclusive SofTough plastic that is super flexible but can also withstand several vicious strikes from toothy fish. In the testing phases one angler caught over 140 largemouth bass on one bait. Check out the full lineup here.
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6. What We're Watching & Listening To |
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Summer Bass Fishing Rock & Weeds |
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James Lindner and Jeremy Smith show you how and where they look for and target bass while they are out fishing summer time weeds near rock structure. Check out the full video here.
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Photo Courtesy of Bassmaster
Bassmaster Open Pro Masayuki Matsushita is currently in 2nd place in the overall Open AOY race. His sponsorship lineup includes Deps, Owner, Sunline, Shimano, Bass Cat Boats, and Gain Element just to name a few.
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I remember the days as a kid watching today’s fishing royalty on TV and saying to myself. I wish could record myself fishing, setting the hook, and ultimately landing a great catch on camera!
Fast forward to today and the ability to do that is just about second nature.
Well today we are going to talk about a feature that is on today’s most popular action camera but not a lot of people talk about and even more people either don’t know about it or don’t know how to use it.
Introducing:
“Looping Mode”
How does Looping mode work? Looping is available on the majority of GoPro cameras and can be a valuable asset for specific usage scenarios. Simply put, Looping video enables continuous video recording; overwriting the beginning of your video to allow for new footage to be captured, which can help to conserve space on your microSD card.
Alright, then when should I use it?
- Protune cannot be enabled for Looping
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Looping is not available when Max Lens Mode is enabled
1. SD Card Space - We've all done it. We've recorded fantastic videos and photos from that epic family barbecue (last June), and tidbits of footage from the 13 other events that followed, and they're still on the card. Looping will overwrite footage from the same recording but not those forgotten prior precious moments. We still recommend that you loop with a relatively clear SD card. The last thing you want is to not be able to select a long enough interval for your activity.
2. Choose the Appropriate Interval - The camera provides Looping intervals of 5, 20, 60, 120 minutes and MAX. If you're just trying to get a successful backflip, 5 minutes should provide more than enough footage (before, during, after). Waiting for your friend to walk into their surprise party, and still want to capture the pre and post "SURPRISE!" shenanigans? 20 or 60 minute intervals might be a bit more appropriate. The interval determines the approximate length of video that you'll have after you stop recording.
3. Chaptering - If you've ever recorded a GoPro video longer than 15-20 minutes and then reviewed it on your computer, you're likely familiar with chaptering; it's how the camera splits a longer (continuous) video recording into smaller files.
For example: a HERO4 with Looping set to a 20 minute interval will divide your video into 5-minute chapters. So we start our recording, and we hit 20m:0s, what happens then? The goal is to make sure that you always have at least 20 minutes of footage to work with after you stop the recording.
A few minutes pass and the camera continues to record, then we get to about 24m:59s--just before we fill up another 5-minute chapter--your GoPro will automatically delete the first chapter (the footage recorded in the first 5 minutes) to complete that 25th minute, and continue recording. If we were to let the video run for another three minutes, we'd end up with a total of 23 minutes of video footage, from our total elapsed time of 28 minutes.
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Should the Tour seasons end with smallmouth tournaments each year?
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Like what you see, refer a friend.
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