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Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report – June 2014 – Lake Report By Captain Dale Wilson

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Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report – June 2014 – Lake Report By Captain Dale Wilson

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SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE FISHING REPORT
June 2014
DALE WILSON’S
SML GUIDE SERVICE
PHONE NO: 540-297-5650 / 540-874-4950
www.captaindalewilson.com

OVERVIEW: The weather has turned to summer time. Fishing has been different due to the rapidly changing weather. Water temperature will be in the 70’s. Most species of fish will be starting to feed in their summer post spawn patterns this month.

 

Largemouth Bass-Fishing will be good. Best lures will be Carolina rids, crank baits, Thunder Sticks, top water lures and shakey heads. Most largemouth bass will be caught on main points, humps, brush piles and deep docks. Largemouth bass will also feed at night when the shad come shallow. Most largemouth bass will start to move to areas to post spawn areas.. Best depths will be from the surface to 15 feet deep. Bass will start to feed on top water this month.

Smallmouth Bass- Fishing should be fair. Best areas will be humps, ledges and main points. Best lures will be jig & pig, top water lures, hair jigs and crank baits. Best areas will be in the mid to the lower sections of the lake. Most smallmouth bass will start to feed in open water on shad this month. Cloudy days are good times to try your luck! Light line and smaller lures work best most of the time.

Striped Bass- Fishing will be good. Stripers will be caught in the mid to lower sections of the lake.
and the larger creeks. Best lures will be Alabama rigs, swim baits, buck tails, Thunder Sticks, Red fins and Zoom flukes fished with 3/8 to 1/2 oz. lead heads. Live bait will also be productive. The best depths will be from the surface to 40 feet deep. Try to find areas with the largest concentrations of baitfish. Night fishing should be a fair time to try your luck.

Crappie-Fishing for crappie will be fair this month. They will be found in 5 to 15 feet deep this month. Best areas will be in the main creeks around docks, fallen trees, and brush piles in the mid to upper parts of the lake. Small live minnows and 1 ½ to 2 inch tubes or shad shaped plastic lures fished on 1/16 to 1/8 oz. lead heads will work best to catch crappie this month. Most crappie will have spawned this month.

TIP OF THE Month: Try fishing early morning and late afternoon. Please practice catch and release. Remember to always wear your life jacket and attach your kill switch. Warmer water temperatures and clearer water will make fish start to feed more at night this month.

Carolina Anglers Team Trail Spring Final May 24th 2014

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Carolina Anglers Team Trail Spring Final May 24th 2014

 

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Click Here To See Full Results

2014 CATT NC Championship
June 21, 2014
Kerr Lake – Buggs
New Nutbush Ramp

A minimum of $5,000.00 GUARANTEED to 1st Place
(Increases as participation increases)
To be eligible to enter a team only has to enter 1 NC CATT event
Check CATT site under 2014 schedules for more info
Check Fees & Qualifications for entry fee and BONUS $
We wrapped up the 2014 Old North Trail Saturday with 27 teams entering the Final. Since CATT pays back 100% of your entry fees the payback was still outstanding. Next year the Old North Qualifiers will feature the CATT GOLD format with a $120 entry fee. If we can reach 60 teams in a 2015 Old North qualifier 1st place will be $2,000.00 without the BONUS $ added in.
Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks weighed in 5 bass at 14.95 lbs and took 1st place along with the 2nd BF money with a 4.65 lbs bass. They added the 1st BONUS $ plus the Stratos 2x BONUS pushing their total winnings up to $8,056.00.
Glenn Elliott & Stump Bledsoe finished in 2nd with 5 bass weighing 14.81 lbs and earned the 2nd BONUS as well. All total they took home $1,180.00.
Eric Schell & Steve Vann claimed 3rd with 5 bass weighing 14.65 lbs. They took home $500.00.
4th went to Dan Jackson & John Yager with a limit weighing 14.35 lbs and received $250.00.
Ronnie Hatem & Brian West took home $150.00 for their 5th place finish with a limit weighing 13.95 lbs.
The Lew’s Big Bass Award went to Jeremy Sabo with a 5.05 lbs bass. He and Dale Campo received $182.00 and Jeremy took home a new Lew’s Bait Cast Reel.
Sometime before next year we plan to get together and cook a pig so keep checking in…
Brett Collins
Carolina Anglers Team Trail LLC

Weekend Forecast, May 30-June 1.

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Weekend Forecast, May 30-June 1.

In the world of weather, we keep rolling up LUCKY 7…

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Another cold front is clearing the area and should be done early Friday AM at the latest, setting the table for ANOTHER great weekend.  The weekend will be Sunny and pleasant with high temps between 75 and 80 all weekend, with Sunday being the warmest of the days, where LOW 80’s will be possible.

Nighttime lows will be around 60 or so and expect light and variable winds all weekend.

Picture graph of weekend, courtesy of the NWS out of Blacksburg..

 

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As stated, rain should clear all areas by noon Friday and literally NO shot of rain over the weekend.

 

Looking towards the future, summer is nice in that ALL day rain events are not as common, but the showers and thunderstorms pop up. We are actually a little above normal temp wise for May, but it’s seemed a bit cooler compared to a run of May where temps where 5-6 degrees above normal. With a budding el Nino, June or July could end up a bit cooler than normal on average looking at past years.

 

Hurricane Flag

 

The NWS released it’s hurricane forecast and has a typical outlook of below normal.

 

Here are their stats:

Based on the current and expected conditions, combined with model forecasts, we estimate a 70% probability for each of the following ranges of activity during 2014:

 

  • 8-13 Named Storms
  • 3-6 Hurricanes
  • 1-2 Major Hurricanes
  • Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) range of 40%-100% of the median.

Sounds about right based on past growing El Nino’s. Basically, more energy from the Sub tropical Jet creates more shear, and shear prevents some Hurricane Growth in the Atlantic. Still, one storm can really make or break a season.  The official start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season is June 1st, or this Sunday.

 

Tips on throwing the Fluke – by Jason Houchins

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Tips on throwing the Fluke – by Jason Houchins

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Take a listen as Jason Houchins gives The Bass Cast another great tip on fishing spring time Spawn with a Fluke for those big bass.


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FLW Podcast Episode 29 – Ish Monroe – FLW Outdoors.com

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FLW Podcast Episode 29 – Ish Monroe – FLW Outdoors.com
Ish Monroe
with Ish Monroe
(Editor’s note: In an effort to bring tournament fishing closer to the fans, FLW has announced the creation of FLW Podcast. During each audio podcast, FLW hosts Joe Opager and Jody White will discuss a variety of different issues of interest to bass-fishing fans. In addition, during select podcasts, Opager and White will also interview compelling FLW Tour anglers and/or FLW officials in an attempt to get their thoughts on myriad intriguing topics.)In Episode 29, hosts Joe Opager and Jody White talk with FLW Tour pro Ish Monroe about his career, lure designing, accidently setting Chevy pro Luke Clausen’s roof on fire, eating right and much more. Then they break down some recent fishing news, ranging from a tournament filled weekend to some unfortunate news about Stacey King.

To listen to this podcast

Clark Wendlandt on the mend after Memorial Day heart attack FLW Communications

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Clark Wendlandt on the mend after Memorial Day heart attack FLW Communications

Clark Wendlandt on the mend after Memorial Day heart attack

 
27.May.2014 by Colin Moore
Veteran Texas pro Clark Wendlandt experienced a heart attack early Memorial Day Monday and will be sidelined for the remainder of the 2014 Walmart FLW Tour.Wendlandt is currently in St. Mary’s hospital in downtown Knoxville and anticipates being released Thursday evening or Friday morning. His wife, Patti, is at his bedside. Wendlandt, 48, had been practicing for a B.A.S.S. Open on Douglas Lake last weekend when he began to experience chest pains Sunday evening. He said that at about 3 a.m. Monday, the pain in his upper body became so excruciating that he decided to drive himself to the hospital in Jefferson City, Tenn. Because of the holiday, the cardiologist there was not on duty, and the emergency room staff decided to send him to Knoxville by ambulance. At St. Mary’s, a cardiologist was able to install a stent in the blocked artery that caused the heart attack without performing major surgery.

“I’ve never had any heart problems before, but any time you have a chest pain you wonder to yourself if you’re having a heart attack. Usually you aren’t – or at least that’s been the case with me,” said Wendlandt. “This time it felt different, though. My whole body hurt, and there was a lot of pressure on my upper arms and even in my jaw.”

The doctor told Wendlandt that he should rest for the next six to eight weeks before resuming his normal routine. That precludes him from fishing the final two Walmart FLW Tour events on Pickwick Lake (June 5-8) and Kentucky Lake (June 26-29).

“I’m going to do what the doctor tells me, but he said I should make a full recovery and that’s what I’m counting on,” Wendlandt said. “I was planning on fishing a couple of B.A.S.S. Opens later on, but I’m going to play that by ear now. But I do look forward to fishing the [Walmart FLW] Tour next year.”

Wendlandt, the first three-time Walmart FLW Tour Angler of the Year, is currently in 95th place in the 2014 AOY standings. During his career he has won almost $2 million, has qualified for 15 Forrest Wood Cup championships and has finished in the top 10 in six of them.

UGA Wins 2104 Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship by: admin

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UGA Wins 2104 Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship by: admin

May 25th, 2014
UGA Wins 2104 Collegiate Bass Fishing

Championship

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The 9th annual BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship has wrapped up with the

University of Georgia taking the title in convincing fashion on Pickwick Lake.   Finishing

in 2nd and 3rd respectively were the teams from Tennessee Tech University and

The University of North Alabama.   This is the University of Georgia’s second

National Championship having won their first on Lake Lewisville in 2010.

The team of Byron Kenney and William Treadwell, from Georgia, caught over 49

pounds of fish in two days beating 160 other schools from across the nation.

The rest of the top ten is listed below and for a complete list of teams and

how they finished click here.

Christie Wins LEER Cover Cash Bonus at Dardanelle by: Chad Brauer

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Christie Wins LEER Cover Cash Bonus at Dardanelle by: Chad Brauer

Christie Wins LEER Cover Cash Bonus at Dardanelle

by: Chad Brauer

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Thanks to LEER truck caps and tonneau covers, the two most recent Bassmaster Elite Series winners have hauled home more than just the $100,000 prize.

Both Jacob Powroznik and Jason Christie got an extra $500 simply for having a LEER truck cap on their tow vehicles, and signing-up for the LEER “Cover Cash” bonus program.

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Reel Drag Bass Anglers May 25th – Kerr Results

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Reel Drag Bass Anglers May 25th – Kerr Results

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Thirteen boats competed Sunday and the ramp was full when we were done.
Plenty box fish were caught and you could tell the spawn was done.
First was,
Tyler Trent and Eddie Fore with 12.51
Second,
Marty Warren with 12.23 he also had lunker of 3.42.
Third,
Todd Hale and Kolton Uhl with 11.38.
Good job all.
 
Fishing was good but lunkers were hard to find.
Thanks to all who fished and good luck fishing the rest of the year.
Next stop will be Smith Mt. June 8 out of Smith Mt Dock and Lodge.
Please call Donna for reservations that weekend at 336-280-1920 for special rate.
 
Hope to see ya there. Kevin Lankford 434-941-8822

Fishing for Beginners – Types of Fishing Line By Gene Jensen

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Fishing for Beginners – Types of Fishing Line By Gene Jensen

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Picking the right fishing line is something all new anglers should know how to do. Take a listen as Gene gives us a look at what we should all know.

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