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Don’t be afraid to just go fishing – Will Petty – Story

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Don’t be afraid to just go fishing – Will Petty – Story

Don’t be afraid to just go fishing

So you had a terrible practice.  Trust me, it happens.  Maybe you tanked on the first day of an event and are looking up from the bottom of the standings.  Maybe you struggled a whole lot more than you should at a certain time of the year and the only chance you will have to win is if you miraculously catch a giant to go with your squeekers even though you had nothing to make you believe you can.  Come tournament day, just go fishing!  Don’t be afraid to throw most of your practice away and use the tournament day as another practice day.  That might mean for you to take a look at a different section of the lake if you feel that you had the right pattern dialed in but didn’t have the quality to show for it.  It could also mean that you need to go a drastic direction and fish a completely different style.
    A prime example was a regional championship a few years ago where I found myself sitting in 72nd place after the first day with a whopping 1lb 12oz.  Probably a good time to pack it in and get ready to haul bass out of town after the second day weigh in muttering something about “I’ll get them next time” right?  I chose not to and decided to scratch what I had done the day before and relocate to an area that I hadn’t fished in practice but had a gut feeling that it would produce.  The second day results proved that it was the correct move as I shot all the way up to 3rd in the standings with the largest bag of the event.  I went from thinking about making plans for trip home to making plans to fish the national championship the following January all in one day.  
    When I say that you can scrap what you figured out in practice or on day one of a multiple day event, I’m not saying to just randomly drive somewhere and hope for the best.  You have to use what information that you have gathered from the water, even if it isn’t much to go on.  In my case, I noticed that the water had dropped four or five inches over the course of the first tournament day so I relocated from shallow, slow tapering banks to a rip rap retaining wall that had a much steeper drop off because it offered the fish more protection from the falling water.  I proceeded to box the largest bag of the tournament by 11:30 and spend the rest of the day conserving fish and trying to expand my pattern.
    Just remember, failing to adjust will send you packing with your tail tucked more times than not!  You know what they say a definition of insanity is right?  Doing the same thing over and over but hoping for a different result.  How many of us just found out that we are less sane then we had thought?

Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report – October 2012 – Captain Dale Wilson

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Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report – October 2012 – Captain Dale Wilson

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE FISHING REPORT
October 2012
DALE WILSON’S
SML GUIDE SERVICE
PHONE NO:  540-297-5650 / 540-874-4950
www.captaindalewilson.com
Picture is of Chris Wilson from Apex, NC, son of Captain Dale Wilson. He is holding 2 largemouth bass caught 9/23/12 while fishing with his dad. They were competing in a tournament sponsored by: The Bass Cast website, held at Smith Mtn. lake.

OVERVIEW: October is usually a great month to fish! When the water temperature begins to fall most species of fish will actively feed as they prepare for winter. Water temperature will be in the 70s. Early morning, late afternoon and cloudy days will be the best times to try your luck.

Largemouth Bass-Fishing will be good. Best lures will be plastic worms, surface lures, Carolina rigs, shaky heads, football head jigs and crank baits. Most largemouth bass will be caught near humps, ledges, rocky shorelines and brush piles near water. Docks will also be productive.  Best depths will be from the surface to 15 feet deep. Top water fishing should be good this month.

Smallmouth Bass- Fishing should be fair. Best areas will be rocky banks, humps and the back of coves. Best lures will be crawfish colored crank baits, top water lures, drop shot rigs and shaky heads. Best areas will be in the mid to the lower sections of the lake. Cloudy days will be the best time to try your luck. Most smallmouth bass will be suspended near bait fish.

Striped Bass- Fishing will be good. Stripers will be caught mostly in the mid sections of the lake.. Best lures will be swim baits, buck tails, and Zoom flukes fished with 3/8 to ½ oz. jig heads. Vertical jigging and casting will be a good method to catch stripers this month. Live bait and trolling will also be productive. The best depths will be from the surface to 40 feet deep. Best time to try your luck will be early mornings & late afternoons. Schools of stripers will surface this month.

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

Tip of the month: Try fishing areas that hold the most baitfish.  Don’t forget that most species of fish also feed on crawfish in the fall. Keep your running lights on when fishing after dark. Take a kid fishing.

Martens edges Evers to claim All-Star title

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Martens edges Evers to claim All-Star title

Martens edges Evers to claim All-Star title

Aaron Martens

Seigo Saito

This one had it all — long runs, risky strategies, run-and-gun fishing and a dramatic save of a stranded competitor. In the end, Alabama’s Aaron Martens edged out Oklahoma’s Edwin Evers to win the 2012 Toyota Trucks All-Star Week championship. Martens’ strategy of staying close to the launch area to increase his fishing time bested Evers’ choice of making a long, difficult run up the Sangamon River. Martens’ win was the culmination of four days of fishing featuring 12 of the best anglers in the sport on two lakes that presented some of the most challenging fishing in B.A.S.S. tournament history. In the end, Martens’ final day catch of 13 pounds, 8 ounces on Lake Decatur was enough to outpace Evers by 1-4. Martens total was the heaviest catch of the week.

Though there were only two competitors on the water for the final round of the Evan Williams Bourbon All-Star Championship, the day had a little of everything. Evers made a long run up the lake, pushing through silt and mud for more than an hour to reach his best fishing area while Martens stayed closer to the launch area. Evers pitched and flipped stumps and laydowns or threw a crankbait to catch his bass; Martens did the same. Both missed bass that might have been game changers.

“I caught most of my fish on a Bagley Balsa B — chartreuse-and-blue — and a black-and-blue jig with a blue sapphire Paca Chunk trailer,” Martens said. “I covered a lot of water and focused on riprap and shallow cover with good access to deeper water.” He fished the crankbait on a prototype Megabass cranking rod, a Shimano Metanium reel (7:1 gear ratio) and 14- and 16-pound-test Sunline Sniper fluorocarbon line.

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Denny Brauer Retires

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Denny Brauer Retires

According to a story posted on the Strike King website last night, Denny Brauer has announced his retirement from the Bassmaster Elite Series following the 2012 season.

“While I will not ever fully retire from this great sport that has been my passion for so many years, it is time for me to step down from competing on the Bassmaster Elite Series,” said the 63-year-old Brauer in the release. “The last 32 years have been tremendous. Shirley and I are so appreciative of all that this sport has been for us.”

We hear at The Bass Cast would like to thank Denny for all of the great memories that he has brought to all of us while on the B.A.S.S Masters tour and we wish him and his wife a great retirement…

Catching Up with Bryant Copley – Winner of the 2012 Mid Atlantic on the Upper Chesapeake

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Catching Up with Bryant Copley – Winner of the 2012 Mid Atlantic on the Upper Chesapeake


We had the opportunity to catch up with VA’s own Mr. Bryant Copley to speak with him about his recent BASS federation Nation Mid Atlantic win on the Upper Chesapeake. Bryant will be traveling to Lake Wheeler for his next stop on his way to what we hope will be the Bass Master Classic in 2013.. Best of luck to Bryant….

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The BASS Cast 2012 Fall Tournament Trail – Stop #2 Results – 9.23.12

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The BASS Cast 2012 Fall Tournament Trail – Stop #2 Results – 9.23.12

Stop 2 of The Bass Cast team tournament trail started off on a cool fall morning but we ended the day with a nice after noon and a great win going by the team of Paul Byrd & Shannon Puckett. They brought in a great looking sack with a total weigh of 17.82lbs. Congratulations to them on this great Victory..

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No practice, no problem – Junior anglers take home titles at the Mid Atlantic Divisional – Bassmaster.com

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No practice, no problem – Junior anglers take home titles at the Mid Atlantic Divisional – Bassmaster.com

No practice, no problem

Junior anglers take home titles at the Mid Atlantic Divisional

Alex Goff and Tyler Maschal

Ed Harp
Alex Goff and Tyler Maschal

By Ed Harp

The Junior Bassmaster phase of the 2012 Cabela’s Bassmaster Federation Nation Mid Atlantic Divisional is in the books. And, if one thing’s for certain it’s that practice wasn’t the defining factor in either win.

Eighteen-year-old, Tyler Maschal (Virginia), who fishes with the Lynchburg Bass Anglers and competed today in the 15-18 age group, won his first Divisional with absolutely no practice whatsoever. He’s a student at Virginia Tech, had classes and exams this week, and wasn’t able to do anything other than show up at the ramp this morning.

“I did get some help over the phone but that was about it. Fortunately, I had a good partner who helped me out a lot” he said, immediately after his win was made official. “I caught most of my fish on a drop shot around rock, but I did take a couple from offshore structure. They hit it as soon as it went to the bottom. I used a Roboworm for bait. I think that made a big difference.”

The lack of practice might have actually helped. The weather has been changing, and the fishing has been getting better. Maybe what some guys learned in practice earlier in the week actually hurt them. It’s one of those things you never know about.”

Fifteen-year-old, Alex Goff, won in the 11-15 age group by throwing a drop shot and a Chatterbait into shallow grass. And, like Maschal, the young Mon. Valley Bassmaster member was fishing with very little knowledge of the Upper Chesapeake Bay.

“I only had about two hours of practice and only caught one fish,” Goff said. “We didn’t get here early enough for any more than that. I’m very lucky to be where I’m at today.

“My drop shot bait was a pinkish-looking plastic. It was a Berkley PowerBait, but I don’t know which one. I fished it real shallow in 2-4 feet of water around grass and rock. I’d pretty much just let it sink and then shake it. They seemed to like it. If that didn’t work I’d throw the Chatterbait.”

Both anglers expressed their thanks to their families for their support, their clubs and state organizations, their sponsors, the boat captains, and to B.A.S.S. Both young men expressed their intent to fish the Bassmaster Junior World Championship.

Evers, DeFoe dominate All-Star Week – 2012 Elite Series – All-Star Semi-final

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Evers, DeFoe dominate All-Star Week – 2012 Elite Series – All-Star Semi-final

Evers, DeFoe dominate All-Star Week

Edwin Evers

Seigo Saito
Edwin Evers leads the top four Elites going into the final rounds of competition that comprise All-Star Week with 23 pounds, 1 ounce.

Day Two of Toyota Trucks All-Star Week looked a lot like Day One when Edwin Evers and Ott DeFoe jumped out to big leads while the rest of the field struggled on Lake Shelbyville. The goal of each of the 12 All-Stars was to finish the first two rounds in the top four and advance to the Evan Williams Bourbon All-Star Championship on Lake Decatur. Evers and DeFoe held onto the top spots easily with 23 pounds, 1 ounce and 22-15, respectively. Aaron Martens stayed in third with a two-day total of 10-13, and Gerald Swindle rounded out the top four with 10-6.

DeFoe and Evers have been here before. In 2011, at the inaugural All-Star competition, they finished first and second, respectively. In the championship rounds, the anglers will be seeded and paired in a match fishing format. Evers, the No. 1 seed will be fishing against Swindle, the No. 4 seed. DeFoe (No. 2) will be up against Martens (No. 3).

The winners of those two matches will advance to the finals on Sunday where the champion will earn a $60,000 payday. With Evers and DeFoe in different brackets, the stage is set for a rematch.

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Evers, DeFoe dominate All-Star Week – 2012 Elite Series – All-Star Semi-final

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Evers, DeFoe dominate All-Star Week – 2012 Elite Series – All-Star Semi-final

Evers, DeFoe dominate All-Star Week

Edwin Evers

Seigo Saito
Edwin Evers leads the top four Elites going into the final rounds of competition that comprise All-Star Week with 23 pounds, 1 ounce.

Day Two of Toyota Trucks All-Star Week looked a lot like Day One when Edwin Evers and Ott DeFoe jumped out to big leads while the rest of the field struggled on Lake Shelbyville. The goal of each of the 12 All-Stars was to finish the first two rounds in the top four and advance to the Evan Williams Bourbon All-Star Championship on Lake Decatur. Evers and DeFoe held onto the top spots easily with 23 pounds, 1 ounce and 22-15, respectively. Aaron Martens stayed in third with a two-day total of 10-13, and Gerald Swindle rounded out the top four with 10-6.

DeFoe and Evers have been here before. In 2011, at the inaugural All-Star competition, they finished first and second, respectively. In the championship rounds, the anglers will be seeded and paired in a match fishing format. Evers, the No. 1 seed will be fishing against Swindle, the No. 4 seed. DeFoe (No. 2) will be up against Martens (No. 3).

The winners of those two matches will advance to the finals on Sunday where the champion will earn a $60,000 payday. With Evers and DeFoe in different brackets, the stage is set for a rematch.

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Bryant Copley Wins it all ……2012 Cabela's B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Mid Atlantic Divisional

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Bryant Copley Wins it all ……2012 Cabela's B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Mid Atlantic Divisional

Mr Bryant Copley from Lynchburg VA, wins the 2012 Cabela’s B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Mid Atlantic Divisional. Bryant Finished the event with a total weight of 51.8 lbs to take the win.

The Guys at The Bass Cast.Com would like to congratulate him on this amazing win..


STORY BY BASSMATER.COM

Copley wins Mid-Atlantic by an ounce

Massive bag from Elk River puts Virginian over top

Bryant Copley
Ed Harp
Bryant Copley (here on Day One in third place with 15-3) found three milfoil beds in 2- to 3-feet of water. He used a spinnerbait in those spots all three days, and the fishing “was getting better every day.”

NORTHEAST, Md. — Bryant Copley of Virginia won the overall 2012 Cabela’s Bassmaster Federation Nation Mid-Atlantic Divisional this afternoon in a come-from-behind performance. He brought in 21 pounds, 2 ounces today to make his total weight 52-4. He edged two-day leader Robby Fleshman of West Virginia by a single ounce.

Copley shunned the flats: “I knew a lot of the other guys would be out there.” He instead chose the Elk River, where he found three milfoil beds in 2 to 3 feet of water. He ran a spinnerbait through those three spots all three days.

“I knew they were there and the fishing was getting better every day, so why would I go anywhere else?” Copley explained. “I wanted something that looked like the Potomac River, and this was it. I’m just glad it paid off in the end. One ounce isn’t much of a margin of victory.”

Both Copley and Fleshman finished more than 10 pounds ahead of their nearest competitor, Jeff Freeman of Virginia, who placed third.

The Maryland B.A.S.S. Federation Nation state team won the state competition. The team bested second-place Delaware by less than 4 pounds. Seven of winning team Maryland’s competitors brought more than 10 pounds each to the scales to help make up the state’s total weight of 314 pounds, 6 ounces. The team weighed 119 fish over the three-day event.

Richard Svoboda is tops for Maryland with a total of 35 pounds, 7 ounces, and he’ll be representing the state at the 2012 Cabela’s Bassmaster Federation Nation Championship, Oct. 25-27, on Alabama’s Wheeler Lake.

Other championship qualifiers are Robby Fleshman, West Virginia; Mike Morris, Delaware; Bryant Copley, Virginia; Darin Doll, Pennsylvania; Dean Lewis, Zimbabwe; and Antonio Gomez, New Jersey. Because Zimbabwe only competes every other year, Lewis will fish the 2013 Cabela’s Bassmaster Federation Nation Championship instead.

The Cabela’s Big Bass award went to Mike Morris (Delaware) for his 7-pound, 3-ounce catch. It was also the biggest bass of the tournament. Morris caught her on his third cast this morning. She grabbed a frog.

A total of 300 bass were caught today. That’s 44 more than yesterday and 97 more than Wednesday. The total weight was 752 pounds, 2 ounces, making today’s average weight per fish 2 1/2 pounds. That weight is consistent with the average fish weight all week.

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