Innholdsfortegnelse for July - August 2018 i Bassmaster

July 3 National Stay Out Of The Sun Day. You don’t have to fish in the shade to keep your skin safe. Treat yourself to a new UV-protected fishing shirt this week. 4 Independence Day. We will not go quietly into the night. We will not take out without a bite. 10 Amazon Prime Day. Grab a deal on new gear with big discounts from Amazon on its annual holiday. 15 National Give Something Away Day. A great excuse to give your fishing buddy a new lure, or give a young’un your old rod-and-reel combo. 31 National Mutt Day. Make like Mark Menendez and take your dog on the boat.…

A bass capital deep in the heart of the Mohave Desert lures in Western anglers from all over. At Lake Havasu City, bass anglers can cruise under the London Bridge and fish a variety of patterns to their heart’s content. From pitchin’ shallow tules to drop shotting rocky points, this desert oasis packs variety into a clear-water paradise. 50 Havasu coves that were littered with man-made fish habitat following $16 million worth of angler and government investment in the early 1990s 128 Arizona’s record high temperature in Fahrenheit, recorded at Lake Havasu City in 1994 3.84 inches The city’s average annual rainfall…

How do you decipher when to throw a moving bait (crankbait or swimbait) vs. a jig or big plastic worm?@Stantonmcduffie, Instagram Bassmaster Elite Series pro Randy HowellI ask myself that quite often. I usually try to make them bite a crankbait first, and if they don’t, I know to slow down and feed them the worm or jig, especially if my graph indicates the fish are there. What are some of the best techniques for catching pressured fish in late summer?@Austin_strawmyer, Instagram Bassmaster Elite Series pro Brent EhrlerFinesse fishing is always a pressured-fish technique for me. That means using a drop-shot spinning rod/reel with 12-pound braid and an 8-pound fluorocarbon leader. I will use that setup for either weightless wacky rigging in water 8 feet deep or less, or drop…

We asked, you shared pictures of you and your best catch of the summer! Billy-Tonya ReddingMy son Kaden with a Clear Lake 7.12-pounder. Byron JefferiesHome from college and Mother’s Day weekend at a local lake. 7.43-pounder! Duane LaChanceCaught that in Oklahoma just a couple days after I had my fourth cycle of chemotherapy for lymphoma. I really needed that fish at that time! April O’RourkeBig fish can be found in Washington state! Brian SawiskiMy daughter’s 5.5-pounder. By far the best catch I’ve been a part of.…

THIS MARKS THE seventh installment of Bassmaster’s 100 Best Bass Lakes research project. The process has been tweaked and refined over the years to bring to you the most up-to-date rankings of the hottest fishing destinations in the U.S. Watching the ebb and tide of the rankings is fascinating, as the cyclic nature of spawning classes, weather events and even fishing pressure can drastically impact the productivity of a lake. This year, a new king is crowned, a few stalwart fisheries decline (and a couple start trending upward) while some lakes make the list for the first time. 1. Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Texas [114,500 acres] One Texas biologist categorized this lake as “a fish factory,” and it lived up to that billing over the past 12 months by pumping out…

I HAVE DEVELOPED a love-hate relationship with this issue ever since it became the platform to announce “Bassmaster’s 100 Best Bass Lakes” rankings. And to be honest, it’s fairly difficult to identify the “love” part. After all, months of polling and research go into the creation of the list. Not that I’m opposed to work (unless you ask my wife about my penchant for avoiding dirty dishes); it’s just scouring the internet for recent tournament data is simply not my definition of a good time. And what’s more, the snide comments I receive from anglers after the list is published isn’t usually feel-good fodder. I get complaints that the rankings are wrong: “I can’t believe you put [fill in your home lake here] below [fill in the lake down the…

July 19-21 2018 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops 26-29 Huk Bassmaster Elite at Upper Chesapeake Bay presented by Mossy Oak Fishing August 2-4 2018 Bass Pro Shops Eastern Open #3 2-4 2018 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods 14-16 2018 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Classic Bracket presented by Bass Pro Shops 23-26 Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River presented by Black Velvet…

Other than individual preference, is there any advantage to using flush mounts over RAM mounts for electronics on a bass boat?@Andrewkrawczyk1832, Instagram Bill Carson of Humminbird says it’s more about fishability than preference. Mounting the graph flush to the bow or console puts it in direct line with your eyesight, especially at the console. When it’s mounted on an adjustable mount, you have the ability to turn the unit slightly for a better view or move the graph from one place to another, and it makes it easier to take the unit off the boat for storage. Is a keel protector worth the money?@dreaming_of_bass, Instagram Absolutely, especially if you fish around rocky bottoms, beach the boat or drive it up on the trailer. Jeff Uetrecht of Lake Drive Marine in…

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Season: Summer Water Type: Upper Mississippi River side channel Water Temp: 76 to 78 degrees Clarity: 1 to 2 feet Depth: 5 to 7 feet Structure: Sandbar Cover: River grass Forage: Small shad, emerald shiners, yellow perch Weather: Cloudy, air temps in the low 80s Wind: Moderate wind Experts: A trio of Elite Series pros who know how to round ’em up on the river 1 HIGH HOPES IN LOW LIGHT Mike Iaconelli Pittsgrove, Pa. First move: Always starting from a downstream position, so baits cast upcurrent travel in a natural-looking course, Iaconelli cherishes a daybreak shot at the sandbar scenario, especially when cloud cover extends the roaming period. Baits/tackle to use: Iaconelli’s superconfident in cranking such scenarios, and he’ll throw a Rapala DT4, DT6 and DT10 until he determines…

FIFTY YEARS AGO, when B.A.S.S. began conducting tournaments, some people opposed them, saying, “Fishing ought to be contemplative, not competitive.” Those people never fished a tournament like I’m about to describe. Over the past five years, I have been enjoying a form of competition that gets the juices flowing for me more than any other. It’s a tournament among close friends that is patterned after the old MegaBucks tournaments, and it’s one anyone can enjoy. Here’s how our version works: Six friends gather to spend a couple of days fishing on a small, well-stocked lake. We fish as teammates, two to a boat. The lake is divided into three sections, and the tournament is divided into six sessions. We swap partners after each session so that everyone fishes with everyone…

Chris Zaldain Hometown: Laughlin, Nev. The 50th anniversary of the Bassmaster Classic is coming up in a few years. Some people are clamoring for a Lake Mead event. As a Nevada resident, what would you think of a return to Lake Mead? It would be so cool. I spend a lot of time on Mead and Havasu, and a lot has changed since the first Classic was held on Mead. Smallmouth have really taken over that fishery, and if they visit it for the 50th anniversary, I think it would showcase an awesome smallmouth fishery. The scenery, of course, is beautiful. You’ve got crystal-clear water surrounded by desert mountains. Everyone knows about Lake Havasu and the California Delta, but what are some other fisheries out West that you’d like to…

More than 100 soldiers from Fort Drum recently participated in the New York B.A.S.S. Nation’s 10th annual Take a Soldier Fishing Day. The soldiers were taken out on glimmering Lake Oneida in 86 boats from the local Nation chapter. In addition to a much-needed day on the water, the soldiers were each given a fishing rod and a breakfast of hot coffee, bagels and doughnuts courtesy of Dunkin Donuts. The event honored Cpl. Kyle Schneider, a U.S. Marine who gave his life for the global war on terror in 2011, and featured a plethora of catches from walleye to panfish and, of course, bass.…

“It’s Just A Fishing Spot” I just read your September/October 2017 issue of Bassmaster Magazine and the article (page 21) regarding the folks in Louisiana who encountered legal problems over a fishing matter in the Sabine Parish. It reminds me of my own serio-humorous short story titled “The Spot” (March 2017 issue of The Fictional Café online literary magazine) set in the waters of Hampton Roads, Va., my home territory, in which two cousins compete over a choice of fishing locations. As you surely know, poaching another’s fishing grounds is serious business with watermen, who still carry firearms to work. But it can be awfully funny for someone like me who grew up around the James River and Chesapeake Bay. Thanks for the article!Dan Coleman, North Carolina Caring Elite Pro…

Donning a dry suit is not intuitive. The first time I tried, I ended up on my back, on my bed, with my wife shoving the rubber booties over my feet. I felt like a toddler. The whole process took about 45 minutes and was such a strain I had the ironic thought I might have a heart attack putting on a suit meant to save my life. Now, since I’ve learned the step-by-step method from Jackson Kayak pro Roberto Briones, I can do it in just over 5 minutes — all by myself like a big boy. With cold-weather kayak angling approaching, a dry suit is a great safeguard against hypothermia if you fall in. They keep you nice and dry in rainstorms, too. 1 Start with one leg,…