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Lineburgers River Re-cap
The James River was definitely a challenge for me as this was only the second time I had been on tidal water. I started practice as usual and tried to break the water down fairly quickly. From my studies I had decided to devote most all of my practice in the Chickahominy River based on past tournament history. I done most of my practicing with crankbaits, some pitching, and topwater baits and did not find any strong patterns during the official practice and wasn’t too sure of what to expect.
Day 1
I made the long run from takeoff to the Chickahominy River and began to go to work. I immediately caught a 5lb. flipping pads with a ¼ Reins tungsten weight accompanied with a junebug Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver and got the day started out right. Although this was the only fish I would catch flipping it gave me a clue as to what the fish were doing. I came across some water of the same makings and picked up my Brains Bees Crankbait in Citrus Plemmons color and caught the rest of my limit. I had a great day 1 and ended the day in 9th place with 14.10
Day 2
I headed back to the same water where I had left off. What I had discovered was the last 1 ½ hours of the outgoing tide and dead low tide had the fish pulling out of the pads and onto the grass lines that had milfoil along the edges. I had to make sure I was there to capitalize on the perfect timing. I threw my Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver and nothing, picked up my Brains Bees Skinny B2 Crankbait and still come up empty handed. I had covered to spectrums of the water column and there was only one left, the topwater bite was on. I picked up my TrueSouth VTwin buzzbait (3/8 Black) and went to work. The fish were still in the same area I just had to adjust. I weighed in 12-5 and moved into 7th place. This put me in the first top 12 cut of the year and I was eager to get day 3 started.
Day 3
The final day was still teaching me things I did not know about tidal waters and I hope that this helps some of you. The winds were coming out of the East and blowing right into the Chickahominy River which had a huge impact on the outgoing tide. It was to forces working against one another and caused a stale mate, not very much movement at all. The fish I had been on had no reasons to return to the places I was catching them but instead stayed deep into the pads and arrowheads. I did manage to catch two more on the TrueSouth VTwin buzzbait and two on the Brains Bees Skinny B2 Crankbait. My fifth keeper never came but I felt I left it all on the table. As I traveled to the Bass Pro Shops in Ashland, VA, I reflected on the lessons learned and cantell you one thing, TIDE DOES MATTER. This has been an enjoyable and humbling tournament that has taught me a lot in a week. I approached the scales and weighed in 6-11 for a total of 33-10 and finished in 9th place.
Good fishing Shane Lineburger
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Sunline Assassin FC PR 100% Fluorocarbon New for 2015
Sunline will be launching a new 100% fluorocarbon product at ICAST called Assassin FC. This is the first US product featuring P-ion Technology. P-ion technology is a patented line processing technique developed in conjunction with Plasma Concept Tokyo Inc, a Tokyo Institute of Technology venture. P-ion processing is the world’s first atmospheric –pressure plasma to fishing line. When applied to fishing line P-ion processing improves slickness, abrasion resistance and longevity of line by altering the line’s surface to allow resin to bond at a molecular level.
This allows the line to retain key characteristics much longer than traditional resin processing.
Development of the patented process originally began in 2008 with a university professor. In 2009, Sunline began working with the professor to develop plasma treated fishing lines. From 2010-2014 Sunline R&D Department tested the technology and it’s capabilities in the lab and in fishing conditions to fine tune the process and fully determine the capabilities of the P-ion process. In September 2014, Sunline begins shipping the first product in Japan utilizing the P- ion process, Fine Float II. Orders and sales in the first month were both records for the product and have continued into 2015. In October 2014, a patent was awarded for US, Japan and China. US Patent#8866389. Now in July 2015, the first US product with P-ion processing is being launched in the US. Assassin FC features the P-ion processing for a high performing line offered at a competitive retail that will perform better and last longer than lines at similar prices. Assassin FC features a 225 yards per spool providing an angler over 10% more line than standard spools.
Assassin FC is being offered in 8lb, 10lb, 12lb, 15lb, 20lb and 25lb.
MSRP of $19.99-$21.99. Availability is expected for early July 2015.
ICAST 2015 New Product Release: FG2 Tournament Jacket and Trousers
Gill has a 40 year history of developing superior ultra-technical clothing for the global marine and sailing industry. A unique collaboration has been established between some of the best fishing Pros and Gill’s experienced in-house product development team with a simple mission in mind: to produce the best foul weather gear available in the fishing market. The design foundation is based on three Gill guiding light principles: read more…
Under Armour Iso-Chill Clothing – Jamey Caldwell, Professional Angler
College Anglers Bensema, Lo Face Off For Bassmaster Classic Berth
Trevor Lo of the University of Minnesota and Josh Bensema of Texas A&M University move on to the final day of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Classic Bracket. At stake is a berth in the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro to be held on Grand Lake out of Tulsa, Okla. Photo by Shaye Baker/Bassmaster read more…