LAKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CLUB WINS 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CLEAR LAKE OPEN

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LAKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CLUB WINS 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CLEAR LAKE OPEN

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LAKEPORT, Calif. (May 20, 2019) – The Lake County High School Fishing Club duo of Cooper Goff and Nathan Phillips, both of Kelseyville, California, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 23 pounds, 9 ounces to win the 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Clear Lake Open.

A field of 53 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which was hosted by and launched out of Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina in Lakeport. In FLW and TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.

The top five teams on Clear Lake that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:

1st: Lake County High School Fishing Club – Cooper Goff and Nathan Phillips, both of Kelseyville, Calif., five bass, 23-9

2nd: Lake County High School Fishing Club – Sheldon Reese, Witter Springs, Calif., and Sam West, Fort Bragg, Calif., five bass, 19-14

3rd: Vista Del Lago High School, Folsom, Calif. – Christopher Gritts and Westly Gritts, both of Folsom, Calif., five bass, 19-3

4th: Anzar High School, San Benito County, Calif. – Michael Alaga, Aromas, Calif., and Brandon Delbridge, Tracy, Calif., five bass, 18-7

5th: Lodi High School, Lodi, Calif. – Kyle Mann, Lodi, Calif., and Cole Koenig, Woodbridge, Calif., five bass, 17-12

Rounding out the top 10 were:

6th: Alhambra High School, Alhambra, Calif. – James Alderman and Ryan Beaty, both of Martinez, Calif., five bass, 17-10

7th: Nor Cal Junior Bass Club – Gavin Eberhart and Evan Funk, both of Palo Cedro, Calif., five bass, 17-8

8th: Buchanan High School, Clovis, Calif. – Josh Poore and Brendan Holden, both of Clovis, Calif., 17-0

9th: Vista Del Lago High School, Folsom, Calif. – Hunter Jacobson, Orangevale, Calif., and Brennon Sharp, Folsom, Calif., five bass, 16-8

10th: Yuba Sutter Fishing Club – Brian Lopez, Yuba City, Calif., and Jake Keithly, Lakeport, Calif., five bass, 16-2

Complete results from the event can be found at FLWFishing.com.

The 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Clear Lake Open was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12, open to any Student Angler Federation (SAF) affiliated high school club in the United States. The top 10 percent of each Challenge, Open, and state championship field will advance to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship on a body of water that has yet to be revealed. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

In addition to the High School Fishing National Championship, all High School Fishing anglers nationwide automatically qualify for the world’s largest open high school bass tournament, the 2019 High School Fishing World Finals, held in conjunction with the National Championship. At the 2018 World Finals more than $150,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded.

Full schedules and the latest announcements are available at HighSchoolFishing.org and FLWFishing.com.

Clay Samples & Tony Milam Win Bass Nation of VA Team Championship on Kerr Lake May 20,2019

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CAn you say what a welcome to summer with two days in the mid 80’s & bluebird sky with little wind you can say it was a tough weekend as you can tell by the results. But one team who is no stranger to winning on Kerr lake the team of Clay Samples & Tony Milam was able to find the two day 30lb mark. Check out their interview below as well as the photos from Day 2.

CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL RESULTS

Records Continue to Fall During Elimination Round at Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber

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MLF pro Gary Klein was one of 15 anglers who snatched 100 pounds or more in two rounds at the Bass Pro Tour
Stage Six event on Missouri’s Table Rock Lake.

Records Continue to Fall During Elimination Round at Bass Pro Tour

Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber

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BRANSON, Mo., (May 19, 2019) – Three days into competition at the Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six presented by TrueTimber, we’re starting to run out of superlatives to describe the bite at Table Rock Lake. Choose your favorite – “stellar” and “outstanding” fit – but “record breaking” is still the most accurate.

Cliff Pace became the most recent record breaker, putting 38 fish on SCORETRACKER® for 60 pounds, 1 ounce on the day, giving the Mississippi pro a two-day total of 134-13 and obliterating the existing Elimination Round record of 105-6 held by Zack Birge. Pace’s two-day fish total of 89 is another record. The field combined to catch 407 fish in the first period, and weighed 684-9 (both records).

And while all of the above numbers are impressive, the fact that 15 of the 20 anglers advancing out of the round surpassed the 100-pound mark tells the story of just how prolific this impoundment of the White River has been.

“Of all the years I’ve been around fishing, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything like this as far as sheer volume of fish,” said MLF NOW! analyst Marty Stone. “I knew when we came here that this lake was in good shape, but I’ve never seen a like that’s so good from one end to the next. We’re looking at where guys are catching fish, and we’re seeing anglers who are literally 50 miles apart catching them. It’s harder right now to find a place where there’s not a fish than a place there is.”

Pace was followed by Gary Klein (130-2), Birge (129-11), Greg Vinson (125-12), Aaron Martens (121-15) and Jacob Powroznik (116-15). Jesse Wiggins, Michael Neal, Mark Rose, Fletcher Shryock, Russ Lane, Jeff Sprague, Anthony Gagliardi, Casey Ashley, Dave Lefebre, Andy Montgomery, Fred Roumbanis, Brent Chapman, Randy Howell and Randall Tharp qualified for Tuesday’s Knockout Round.

Tharp Escapes Elimination

As has become the daily storyline during Elimination Round competition, the race around the Elimination Line came down to a difference of a single fish. Trailing Jason Christie by 7 ounces entering the final 10 minutes of official competition time, Randall Tharp caught two fish for 2-13 in the final seven minutes, finishing with 94-12 and moving past Jason Christie into 20th.

“It was extremely intense,” Tharp admitted. “I struggled at times in the second period – dropped all the way to 25th or 26th – so to get on something that late and catch one with 5 to go to get to 20th, and then hook one with 15 seconds left … it was a stressful afternoon for me. I’m glad it worked out the way it did.”

“It’s crazy that you can catch 92 pounds and not make it,” said Christie, who finished with 92-6 on 48 fish.

Elimination Round 2 Set for Monday

The Bass Pro Tour will see its first Monday action of the season when Group B returns to Table Rock tomorrow for the second Elimination Round of the event. Viewers tuning in on the MLF NOW! live stream will likely see 5 ½ hours of fish catches: 16 Group B anglers put 50-plus pounds on SCORETRACKER in their Shotgun Round on Saturday, led by Josh Bertrand’s 89-5. The biggest X-factor, though, is the water level, which sits at 917.54 as of this writing (just over 1 foot lower than when practice began on May 16).

“This lake was way up when we got here, but water has been dropping: instead of there being a fish on every bush, there’s a fish on every 10th bush,” Stone said. “These anglers are having to cover more water to get the number of bites they need. As the week goes on, the 45-degree banks will become more relevant, and the guys fishing offshore will become more relevant. But the challenge for these Group B guys on Monday is that whatever they found in the first day of practice is five days old now – they might as well just go ahead and start practicing again. Group B has a big challenge in front of them.”

Today’s Round By The Numbers

The 40 pros caught 1,023 fish in Elimination Round 1, the third day in a row with over 1,000 fish making it into SCORETRACKER.

Daily Winners

Elimination Round 1 daily awards were:

* The Berkley Big Bass of the day was a 5-9 largemouth caught by Mark Rose

* Andy Montgomery was the Berkley Catch Count winner with 42 fish

* Birge earned the Phoenix Boats Daily Leader award with 69-14

When, Where & How to Watch

Elimination Round 2 competition begins at 6:30 a.m. CT, with live, official scoring available from “lines in” via SCORETRACKER on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage and analysis provided by Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone and Natalie Dillon until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show – hosted by Steven “Lurch” Scott – will start at 4 p.m. daily.

Elimination Round 1 Final Results

To see Elimination Round 1 final results for all Group A anglers, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click ” results.”

Chris Rutland and Coby Carden Win 2019 Alabama Bass Trail Lay Lakeby Dan O’Sullivan

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Chris Rutland and Coby Carden Win 2019 Alabama Bass Trail Lay Lake
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May 19, 2019 – Florence, Ala. – Every time the Alabama Bass Trail’s Southern Division hits Lay Lake, the team of Chris Rutland and Coby Carden have to be considered dangerous. With bass heading into the postspawn and a shad spawn kicking off on the morning on Lay Lake, Rutland and Carden become even more dangerous.

On Saturday, at the ABT South’s fourth stop of the 2019 season, despite a nearly two hour fog delay, Rutland and Carden provided clarity at the end of the day. Having earned Alabama Bass Trail victories two previous times, the pair claimed the win for the third time on Lay Lake with a total weight of 24.47 pounds; their catch included a 6.40-pound largemouth that was the Mountain Dew Big Bass of the event. Their total earnings for the competition came to $10,500.

Rutland and Carden said that they were only able to catch a couple of fish early because of the fog, but they made up for it with main lake and mid-depth offshore patterns as the day wore on. “We caught a couple fish on the frog early, but went deep the rest of the day,” they said. “In the afternoon we covered as many deep spots as we could and filled our limit; it was a really good day.” They reported catching fish on frogs in the morning, then flipping grass and docks as well as cranking mid depth areas in 8 to 10 feet of water to fill their creel.

With the win, they become the first team to win three Alabama Bass Trail tournaments, and they moved into the 2019 Southern Division points lead with only Lake Eufaula remaining on the calendar.

As impressive as the accomplishment of Rutland and Carden is, had it not been for the misfortune of the second place team, the win would not have happened. Foster Bradley and Nick Harris brought 24.58 pounds to the Beeswax Creek scales, but a deceased fish cost them a one-pound penalty, and dropped their total weight to 23.58 pounds. The result was a second place finish, and the $5,000 runner’s up prize.

Despite the outcome, the team was upbeat about the occurrence. That’s just the way things go sometimes,” they said. “It was our biggest fish, and it was hooked in the tongue, so we knew it wasn’t going to make it. It was almost six pounds, so there was no way we couldn’t keep it; but, we had a good day.”

They reported starting the morning with a frog, but the fog limited their bites. After that, they turned to running a multitude of deep water areas with a 3/4-ounce football jig in either green pumpkin or Peanut Butter and Jelly with a double tailed grub or Rage Craw trailer. They said they fished from three miles above Beeswax Creek to downlake near Paint Creek. “We would have liked the win, but can’t complain,” they said. “We really did everything we could, and had a great day; we’re satisfied with the finish.”

The team of Nicholas Turner and Joe Lay posted a 22.95-pound limit and finished the day in third place; earning $4,000 for the day.

The Southern Division of the Alabama Bass Trail wraps up their 2019 season on June 15 at Lake Eufaula.

The Top 10 Standings are below, for complete standings, visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/ll-results/

Place	Team	Fish Caught / Dead Fish	Total Weight	Penalty	Big Fish	Winnings
1	Chris Rutland / Coby Carden	5/0	24.47		6.40	$10,000
2	Foster Bradley / Nick Harris	5/1	23.58	1.00	5.93	$5,000
3	Nicholas Turner / Joe Lay	5/0	22.95		6.16	$4,000
4	Chris Cook / Lawson Cook	5/0	20.59		5.86	$3,000
5	Ryan Kizziah / Justin Choron	5/0	19.31		5.62	$2,000
6	Brannon Hurst / Mike Freeman	5/0	18.94			$1,500
7	Marty Giddens / Josh Stracner	5/0	18.83			$1,100
8	John Brown / Trey Sorrells	5/0	17.96			$1,100
9	Randall Carter / Travis Wyatt	5/0	17.94		5.74	$1,100
10	Todd Sharpe / Mike Fesler	5/0	17.56			$1,100

The sponsors of the 2019 Alabama Bass Trail include; Phoenix Bass Boats, Bill Penney Toyota, Garmin, Academy Sports & Outdoors, America’s First Federal Credit Union, Sweet Home Alabama, Alabama Tourism Department, Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association, T-H Marine Supplies, Wedowee Marine, Buffalo Rock, Mountain Dew, Jack’s, Fish Neely Henry Lake.com, Alabama Power Company, Lew’s Fishing, AFTCO, YETI, Power Pole, Big Bite Bait Company and E3 Apparel.

Fishing Creature Finesse Baits: 3 Ways To Rig A Sukoshi Bug – MTB

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Fishing Creature Finesse Baits: 3 Ways To Rig A Sukoshi Bug

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10,000 Fish is a new, JDM Inspired brand that will serve as the conduit connecting high-end Japanese inspired designs with engaged North American anglers. This all-new brand is brought to you by the team at Catch Co. so you know it’s going to kick bass.

The first product in the 10,000 Fish line-up is our Sukoshi Bug – Meaning ‘A Little’ in Japanese, the Sukoshi bug is the ideal soft bait for adding to the back of your favorite Ned Rig set-up. Designed with our proprietary Stretch-X material, this bug floats, stays pinned to your rig, and stretches like crazy.

The 2.5” plastic comes available in 8 mouth-watering colors to help match the hatch in your local waterways.

Where The Sukoshi Shines

Shop The Sukoshi Bug

The ideal bait for targeting clear water or pressured fish, the Sukoshi Bug pairs perfectly with any Ned Rig style jighead. The ribbed body design combined with it’s eight dangling tentacles allows for a slower rate of fall compared to your typical ned rig bait. The added ridges and tentacles give the bait extra action on the way down while also serving as little pockets to store fish attracting scent.

Sleeper Sukoshi Bug Techniques

The Sukoshi Bug paired with a Molix Finesse Jig

Shop Finesse Jigs

In addition to the ned rig, try rigging the Sukoshi Bug on the back of a finesse jig or while fishing a mini finesse Carolina Rig (AKA The Mojo Rig). The added buoyancy from the Stretch-X plastic keeps the Sukoshi Bug floating which is ideal on either set-up. The ability to float while at rest helps the Sukoshi Bug mimic the defensive posture of a crawfish which bass really seem to like.

Rigging The Sukoshi Bug

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Spinning tackle will be the best option for both castability and sensitivity when fishing this bait. I like to use 10-15lb braided main line attached to a 6-8 pound fluorocarbonleader. The added castability and sensitivity from the braid help me detect bites and bottom contour with ease. The abrasion resistance and clear nature of the fluorocarbon fishing line help prevent break offs and spooking finicky fish. Any good drop shot or hair jig rod will work well with this bait.

Sukoshi Bug FAQ’S

What is the Sukoshi Bug made of?
The Sukoshi Bug is made from a proprietary plastic material that we’ve dubbed ‘Stretch X’. It’s insanely strong and allows your bait to stay pinned on your rig, stretch like and crazy, and hold up after continued fish catches.

What Does Sukoshi Mean?
Sukoshi means ‘a little bit’ in Japanese which we feel accurately represents this micro bass snack!

Will it damage other soft plastics?
The unique blend of the plastic materials will damage other soft plastic baits so storing your Stretch-X plastic baits in a safe place is a good idea.

Does It Actually float?
Yes! It’s completely buoyant!

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA’S GROVER WINS COSTA FLW SERIES TOURNAMENT ON CLEAR LAKE PRESENTED BY RANGER BOATS

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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA’S GROVER WINS COSTA FLW SERIES TOURNAMENT ON CLEAR LAKE PRESENTED BY RANGER BOATS

California Pro Catches 26-Pound Final-Day Limit, Wins $80,303

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LAKEPORT, Calif. (May 18, 2019) – Pro Kyle Grover of Rancho Santa Margarita, California, caught a five-bass limit weighing 26 pounds, 2 ounces, Saturday – the heaviest limit weighed in the three-day tournament – to win the Costa FLW Series on Clear Lake presented by Ranger Boats. Grover’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 66 pounds, 13 ounces, was enough to earn him the victory by an 8-pound, 13-ounce margin and the top prize of $80,303, including a new Ranger Z518L boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

Grover said he started out the tournament Thursday flipping tules with jigs and wacky-rigged, green-pumpkin-colored Yamamoto Custom Baits Senkos. Friday he started at an area he’d fished only a couple of times on Thursday, and caught a 7-pounder within the first few casts.

“I didn’t realize the area’s potential, but when I caught the 7-pounder on my second cast that made me hunker down,” said Grover, who earned his first win in FLW competition. “I ended up staying there all Saturday today, too. I think on my second cast I caught a 6-pounder and then a 3¾ right after that.

“I was catching them on jigs the past two days,” continued Grover. “The area we were fishing had so many in there. I caught 40 yesterday, and probably 30 today. You’d just rattle off 2½- to 3¾-pounders, and then you’d catch a big one.”

Grover said his key area was a 300-yard stretch called Henderson Point, near Soda Bay.

“It’s a popular community hole, but I think the weather made it difficult to fish,” said Grover. “I stuck it out though, and had a special day out there today.”

Grover said he primarily used a 3/8-ounce, brown with green-pumpkin-colored Phoenix football jig with a 3-inch, green-pumpkin Berkley PowerBait Chigger Craw, as well as a ½-ounce version of the jig with a Falcon Lake Craw-colored Strike King Rage Bug. He also had some key bites on a Chili Bowl-colored Norman DD22 crankbait.

The top 10 pros on Clear Lake finished:

1^st: Kyle Grover, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., 15 bass, 66-13, $80,303

2^nd: Gary Collins, Upper Lake, Calif., 15 bass, 58-0, $13,099

3^rd: Joe Uribe Jr., Surprise, Ariz., 15 bass, 56-13, $10,456

4^th: David Valdivia, Norwalk, Calif., 15 bass, 56-9, $8,551

5^th: Andrew Loberg, Rocklin, Calif., 15 bass, 56-8, $7,606

6^th: Ryan German, Fairfield, Calif., 15 bass, 53-8, $6,761

7^th: Lane Olson, Forest Grove, Ore., 15 bass, 53-4, $6,031

8^th: Bryant Smith, Roseville, Calif., 15 bass, 51-15, $5,070

9^th: Travis Archer, Covington, Wash., 15 bass, 48-13, $4,225

10^th: Jim McLaughlin, Bakersfield, Calif., 15 bass, 48-7, $4,880

A complete list of results will be posted at FLWFishing.com.

Uribe and Olson both weighed in 8-pound, 11-ounce bass on Thursday – the heaviest fish of the tournament in the Pro Division. The each shared the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $230.

Logan Huntze of Discovery Bay, California, won the Co-angler Division with a three-day total catch of 15 bass weighing 57 pounds, 15 ounces. For his win, Huntze took home a $27,000 prize package, including a Ranger Z175 with a 115-horsepower outboard motor.

The top 10 co-anglers on Clear Lake finished:

1^st: Logan Huntze, Discovery Bay, Calif., 15 bass, 57-15, $27,000

2^nd: Andrew Wallar, Lakeport, Calif., 15 bass, 50-0, $4,564

3^rd: Jesse Parks, Avondale, Ariz., 15 bass, 49-3, $3,779

4^th: Joe Bolen, Durham, Calif., 15 bass, 46-1, $3,288

5^th: Tom White, Costa Mesa, 15 bass, 45-4, $2,697

6^th: Austin Bonjour, Broken Arrow, Okla., 15 bass, 44-13, $2,206

7^th: Jack Farage, Discovery Bay, Calif., 15 bass, 44-2, $1,865

8^th: Bailey Hurst, Placerville, Calif., 15 bass, 42-7, $1,544

9^th: Tara Borofka, Salinas, Calif., 15 bass, 41-10, $1,324

10^th: Dominic Amato, Las Vegas, Nev., 14 bass, 39-2, $1,103

Wallar caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Co-angler Division Friday, a fish weighing 7 pounds even. Wallar earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $152.

The Costa FLW Series on Clear Lake presented by Ranger Boats was hosted by the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina. It was the second Western Division tournament of the 2019 regular season. The next tournament for FLW Series anglers will be the Costa FLW Series at Grand Lake presented by T-H Marine, held June 13-15 in Grove, Oklahoma. For a complete schedule, visit FLWFishing.com.

The Costa FLW Series consists of five U.S. divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western – along with the International division. Each U.S. division consists of three regular-season tournaments with competitors vying for valuable points that could earn them the opportunity to compete in the season-ending Costa FLW Series Championship. The 2019 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Costa FLW Series on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

The Mojo Rig: A Finesse Technique That Lights Up Finicky Fish

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The Mojo Rig: A Finesse Technique That Lights Up Finicky Fish

The Mojo Rig has quickly become my favorite finesse fishing technique. The Carolina rig with a heavy sinker is great for fishing deeper than 10 feet but it becomes too awkward for me to fish when bass are shallower yet still want a lure close to the bottom. During this situation, a finesse version of the Carolina rig works best for me, especially in clear to stained water. The finesse Carolina rig is better known as the Mojo Rig, which is thrown on lighter line with spinning tackle.

Lunkers TV’s Mojo Rig Video

How To Rig The Mojo Rig

Some anglers set up their Mojo rigs with a small barrel sinker followed by a small swivel with a leader line of about 1 to 2 feet attached to the swivel. Tied to the leader is a light wire 1/0 or 2/0 hook. I prefer setting up my Mojo rig with a faster and easier method. I use a Mojo rig kit which allows me to slip my main line of 10-pound fluorocarbon through a 1/16- or 1/8-ounce cylinder-shaped sinker pegged with rubber strands. The kit has a special Mojo rig tool for pulling the rubber strands through the sinker to peg the weight. Attached to the end of my line about 12 inches away from the sinker is a 3/0 worm hook that I stick into a 6-inch plastic lizard.

Another way to set up a quick-and-easy Mojo rig is pinching one or two bb split shots on your main line about 1 foot above a soft plastic bait.
Several soft plastic lures in smaller sizes work on the Mojo rig. I know Table Rock Lake guides favor Mojo rigging with do-nothing worms such as the Centipede or French fry. Other ideal lures to use on Mojo rigs include 4- or 6-inch finesse worms, 4-inch plastic craws or Senkos and 3- or 4-inch swimbaits.

The Mojo rig produces for me in the spring when bass are spawning or cruising the shallows. I started throwing the rig when I noticed my jigs and other lures I like to drag along the bottom were bogging down in the moss-covered rocks. The Mojo rig solved this problem as my cylinder weight pulled through the moss easier and the trailing plastic lizard rode above the rocks to prevent the lure from snagging the slime. I retrieve the Mojo rig by sweeping my rod similar to retrieving a Carolina rig and then pausing the bait for a couple of seconds before the next sweep.

Table Rock Lake, Greg Vinson Show Out on Shotgun Round Day 1 at Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTImber

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MLF pro Greg Vinson battles one of his record 52 fish in Friday’s Shotgun Round of Group A anglers at the Bass Pro Tour Stage Six event on Missouri’s Table Rock Lake. (Photo by Josh Gassmann.

Table Rock Lake, Greg Vinson Show Out on Shotgun Round Day 1

at Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTImber

BRANSON, Mo. (May 17, 2019) – There’s an old saying about records being made to be broken. Greg Vinson got that memo. Twice.

The Alabama pro staked a claim to the Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour record books Thursday in the first Shotgun Round of the Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber, stacking a record 52 bass from Table Rock Lake onto SCORETRACKER® for 83 pounds, 6 ounces (also a record). Vinson was one of seven anglers who weighed 60 pounds on the day (yet another Bass Pro Tour record).

Vinson’s performance was part of the most prolific day of fish-catching in the young history of the Bass Pro Tour.

Vinson Voracious

After a slow start to the morning, Vinson staked a claim to the top of SCORETRACKER® midway through the first period. After moving to the lower end of the White River arm, he weighed 18 fish in the first period for 28-5, and followed that up with 25 pounds in Period 2. Over the course of the 7 ½ hours of official competition time, the Mercury pro averaged a fish every 8.6 minutes.

“That was the most unbelievable day of fishing I ever had,” Vinson admitted. “I got off to a slow start, but once I made a move to something new, everything I did seemed like it was right. Everywhere I went, I caught fish, and I didn’t see another angler all day long. To be on something that good and not see another competitor in this field is pretty rare.”

Shotgun Round 1 Loaded with Heavyweights

If professional bass fishing doesn’t work out for Jeff Sprague, he has a future in fortune telling. As reported in the live blog, Sprague’s assessment of the Table Rock bite was that “Somebody is going to wreck ’em today.”

Sprague was absolutely correct, if a little understated. SCORETRACKER® was loaded with anglers who indeed wrecked ’em in Group A: 26 anglers weighed 40 pounds or more, 17 connected with 50 pounds or more, and four surpassed the 70-pound mark.

The overall catch weight for the field of 40 anglers was 1,894 pounds of bass on 1,173 fish (both Bass Pro Tour records).

“This place has just been pelted with tournaments and locals, and it’s putting out numbers and fish like it did today,” said Sprague, who finished fourth on the day with 70-4. “This is just an amazing fishery. I actually expected to catch bigger fish than I caught today, so I know there are some bigger ones that aren’t being caught. And we’re going to catch those fish. There are going to be some more phenomenal numbers ahead.”

Group B Takes Its Shot at the Rock

Now that the Elimination Line has been established above the 50-pound mark, the 40 anglers in Group B will take their turn on Table Rock on Saturday for Shotgun Round 2. Unlike the anglers in the first round – who fished in mostly sunny, sometimes-breezy conditions – Group B heads into Saturday morning just ahead of a storm system that will bring 20- to 30-mph winds and possible thunderstorms.

As outlandish as it sounds, that could make the bite even better.

“I’m looking at a forecast for south wind, seeing 10 to 20 (mph),” said MLF NOW! analyst Marty Stone. “The harder the wind blows on these Ozarks Mountains lakes, the more the fish bite, and the bigger they are. Our grade of 3- to 5 pounders could go up if it blows 20. This lake is slam-full of 3- to 5-pounders, and they didn’t really show on Friday.

“Group B now knows that they have to go out and catch 50 pounds, so they’re going to be a lot less patient with marginal water, and they’ll get more aggressive. Our total weight could be more. I won’t say something crazy like we’ll catch more scoreable bass, but I’m not going to rule it out, either.”

Looking Ahead to the Weekend

The field will carry their Shotgun Round weights into the Elimination Rounds on Sunday and Monday. The Top 20 anglers from each of those Elimination groups will advance to a 40-angler Knockout Round on Tuesday – weights will be zeroed, making the Knockout a one-day scramble. The Top 10 anglers in the Knockout Round will advance to the Championship Round on Wednesday, May 22.

Daily Winners

Shotgun Round 1 daily awards were:
* The Berkley Big Bass of the day was a 5-2 largemouth caught by Jeff Kriet
* Vinson was the Berkley Catch Count winner with 52 fish
* Vinson also earned the Phoenix Boats Daily Leader award with record-breaking 83-6

How, When and Where to Watch

Shotgun Round 2 competition begins Saturday at 6:30 a.m. CT with live, official scoring available at “lines in” via SCORETRACKER® on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage and analysis provided by Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone, and Natalie Dillon until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show – hosted by Steven “Lurch” Scott – will start at 4 p.m.

Group A Standings Shotgun Round 1

To see Shotgun Round 1 standings for all Group A anglers, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click “results.”

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B.A.S.S. Is Giving Away A 2019 Toyota Tacoma Pickup

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S. is offering fishing fans a chance to win a new Toyota Tacoma pickup truck in its “Ultimate Tacoma Sweepstakes” contest, which began this week.

The grand prize winner will receive a 2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road truck with Genuine Toyota accessories and other accessories packages from other manufacturers, all with a total value of $43,167.

The contest runs through Sept. 29. Contestants can enter up to once a day by going to Bassmaster.com/toyotatacomasweepstakes.

Genuine Toyota accessories include all-weather floor liners, a bed mat and a bed extender. Other extras include a B&W Trailer Hitches Tow & Stow adjustable ball-mount hitch, Covercraft custom seat covers for front and back seats and a cover and Dropsteps from Truck Gear by Line-X.

Go to Bassmaster.com for rules and additional information.

Drop Shot Vs. Shaky Head: A Finesse Fishing Battle Royale – MTB

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Drop Shot Vs. Shaky Head: A Finesse Fishing Battle Royale

Dropshot and shaky heads are two of the most effective finesse tactics for bass fishing present lures differently but produce similar results. A shaky head jig and a drop-shot rig both catch lots of bass on pressured waters but present lures differently in the water column. Here’s a look at when and where to use each finesse tactic on your favorite bass waters.

Shaky Head Vs Drop Shot

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The basic shaky head setup is a lightweight jighead (1/16 to 1/4 ounce) matched with a finesse worm or other soft plastic baits. This setup works best for bottom-hugging bass but you should use as light of a weight as possible to keep from snagging on the bottom yet it is heavy enough to keep contact with the bottom.

I favor using a shaky head any time bass are shallower than 10 feet. The soft plastic lure can be rigged on the jighead with either an open hook or weedless with the hook point buried in the body of the lure. So it is a great lure for shaking in a spawning bass’ nest with the hook exposed or for flipping with a weedless setup into shallow cover in the fall after a cold front. I also catch post-spawn bass suspended under docks with a 1/8-ounce shaky head and a beaver-style bait. The slow fall of the shaky head keeps the lure in the strike zone of the suspended bass longer to trigger more strikes.

Drop Shot Vs Shaky Head

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The basic drop-shot rig consists of a mainline tied to a small hook followed by a small round or cylinder weight at the end of the line. A finesse worm or other small soft plastic minnow bait is usually impaled on the hook.

With this setup, you can tie the hook at various distances from the weight, which allows you to fish your lure closer to or farther from the bottom depending on the depth of the bass you are targeting. A drop shot with a round weight is ideal for fishing along sand or gravel bottoms, while the drop shot with the cylinder weight works best for rocky or weedy bottoms.
I prefer fishing a drop shot when bass are deeper than 15 feet along ledges and dropoffs. If I am fishing crystal clear water I will cast and present the rig horizontally to bass less than 20 feet deep. I will present the rig vertically when fishing for deeper bass.

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