Guiding You In Your Quest For More And Bigger Fish
This weekend, the FLW Tour will make it’s third stop of the year and Lake Seminole will be the host.
A long time favorite fishery of those of us in the southeast, Lake Seminole is nevertheless not quite the big name as some of our other fisheries.
With that in mind, let’s take a quick look at this fishery and what we can likely expect over the weekend.
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Gwinnett County Ga – The Bassmaster Elite Series blew into my home town over the weekend for a stop at fabled Lake Lanier. Shifting weather patterns and intermittent rain and wind weren’t enough to keep the bag limits low. This was a spotted bass tournament, but it was a big one.
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Daiwa has been on a tear in recent years. They have introduced new reels and rods that are designed for the mass market but are feature rich in technologies that, in the past, have been reserved for the higher end consumers.
The result of this is, those who are on a more modest budget can now acquire top quality gear that simply was not available in these price ranges in the not too distant past.
We obtained the new Daiwa Tatula Elite Spinning rod to mate with the Tatula LT Spinning Reel. The specific model we’ll be reviewing is the TAEL701MLFS. This rod is the 7’ Med Lt Meyer. It’s lure rating is 1/16-3/8 with a line rating of 4-10. A finesse rod for sure.
A major shake up in the world of professional bass fishing has just occurred. In what can only be described as a mass exodus from the Elite and FLW series’ has seen 80 of the worlds top pros move to the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour.
While the numbers are staggering, the names are exponentially more so. Household names such as Edwin Evers, Brent Erhler, Shaw Grigsby, Jordan Lee, and even the GOAT — KVD, have all made the jump. [Read more…]
Ellijay, GA — Three Elite Series pros won their respective brackets to punch a ticket to the 2019 Bassmaster Classic.
Chris Lane, Gerald “G-man” Swindle, and New Jersey Pro Adrian Avena all won their head-to-head match ups to get the coveted invite to big show in Tennessee next year. [Read more…]
La Crosse Wi — In a tournament that saw four leaders on four different days, Ish Monroe’s story of victory was as improbable as one could get.
On the first day of fishing on the Mississippi River, Ish got stuck on a sandbar and couldn’t move.
“That was as stuck as I’ve ever been in a bass boat,” he said, “And it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.”
After freeing his boat, Ish noticed some grass and duckweed and went to work. “I ended up catching a solid limit of bass before I ever got to my original destination,” he said. The frustrating start ended up revealing a winning strategy. [Read more…]
Orange, Texas — On the final day of the B.A.S.S. Elite Series event on the Sabine River, Greg Hackney only brought 7 pounds 5 ounces to the weigh in stage, and that didn’t matter in the slightest.
The previous three days he’d dominated so thoroughly that it was enough to bring home the trophy, the $100,000 check, and the ticket to the Bassmaster Classic. [Read more…]
Paris, TN — Last week saw the a true legend of the sport bring home the trophy.
After a short turn around, the Elite Series pros were back on the water and it was first-year pro Wesley Strader taking the podium. [Read more…]
Grove, OK — Every time Kevin VanDam boards a boat and casts a lure in a Bassmaster Elite Series event, he has the potential to add to a legacy that is already untouchable.
Every. Single. Time.
Over the weekend, he did just that, adding an impossible 25th Bassmaster win to his GOAT status resume on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake. [Read more…]
Greenville, SC — There was plenty of drama to go around this weekend at the Bassmaster Classic, despite Lake Hartwell being stingy for all three days of the tournament. At the end of it all, the young Jordan Lee joined legends Rick Clunn and Kevin VanDam as the only anglers to go back-to-back as Classic champs. [Read more…]