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by | Mar 10, 2015 | , | 0 Comments

This weeks featured lure is the Strike King Sexy Dawg.

1. Application- the Sexy Dawg is great to use around schooling fish, fish that are guarding fry, and also for fish that are hanging around bream beds.

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2. Modifications- I usually switch out the back hook with a heavier gauge #2 Owner STS 41. This change makes the back sit deeper in the water & kicks the nose up which makes the bait easier to work. You’ll also get less short strikes.

3. Recommended Tackle-
Power Tackle PG143 6-10.
Shimano Chronarch 7:0:1.
Seaguar 20-40 lb Smackdown

WIN this weeks featured lure. All you have to do is “LIKE” & “SHARE” this post. A random winner will be selected Friday.

Good Fishing!
Keith Combs

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The Blaylock Blog

by | Mar 10, 2015 | , | 0 Comments

Hey guys just wrapped up the FLW Tour event on Lake Toho. Ended up finishing 6th overall ! I am very pleased with this finish and hope that it carries over into the rest of the season. This week at Lake Toho I had a pretty mediocre practice. I found a few small areas where I was able to catch them on a Livingston Lures Primetyme 2.0 with the EBS Multi-touch technology.
 
The best color for getting the most quality bites was Gold Shad. I was throwing this on a 7’1 medium 13 Fishing Envy Black Crankenstein with a 13 Fishing Concept E 6:6.1 reel. I was fishing current breaks in canals and the Crankenstein was just short enough that I could make short accurate casts into the breaks and around coverage. I also caught a few each day on a Carolina Rigged Gary Yamamoto D Shad in Watermelon Red on shell beds. I was throwing this on a 7’6 heavy 13 Fishing Envy Black with at 13 Fishing Concept E 7:3.1 reel where I could make long cast but also get the proper hook set at longer distances.
 
I used 12lb and 20lb Seaguar Invizx Fluorocarbon line for both techniques. Although these are not normal fishing patterns for Florida lakes sometimes you have to think outside the box to get the results you want. 

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Classic Headed Back to Oklahoma

by | Mar 9, 2015 | , | 0 Comments

TULSA, Okla. — B.A.S.S. and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa have signed a “Local Partnership Agreement” to present the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro March 4-6, 2016, in Tulsa and on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees out of Grove, Okla.

Under terms of the agreement, which was announced today during a press conference revealing Tulsa as the host city for the Classic world championship, the Cherokee Nation resort complex will be the exclusive casino for the Bassmaster Classic and will host private, invitation-only events for Classic anglers, sponsors and special guests.

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa will exhibit at the Classic Outdoors Expo to be held March 4-6, 2016, at the Cox Business Center, and will partner with B.A.S.S. in promoting the event.

Hard Rock is also sponsoring a portion of the popular takeoff ceremonies each competition day from Wolf Creek Ramp on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees. The dock will be designated the “Hard Rock Dock.”

“We are extremely pleased to be working with the Cherokee Nation and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa again this year,” said Bruce Akin, CEO of B.A.S.S., which conducts the annual “Super Bowl of Bass Fishing.” “As part of their presenting sponsorship in 2013, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino hosted some of our most enjoyable events, and I’m told that fishing fans on hand for the Classic packed their facilities during fan appreciation night.”

“We’re proud to once again partner with B.A.S.S. to bring the Bassmaster Classic back to northeast Oklahoma, and showcase Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa to the thousands of visitors to our region,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker. “The Cherokee Nation is known for being a strong ally in building the regional economy, and this partnership is just one more example of our commitment to that mission.”

“We couldn’t be more excited to sponsor the Bassmaster Classic for the second time, and also serve as the official casino resort complex for the event,” said Shawn Slaton, CEO of Cherokee Nation Businesses. “Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa is the premier entertainment destination in this region, with facilities rivaling those of Las Vegas. With a casino, resort, golf course, dining and concert venue, we’re sure to provide our out of town guests a world class entertainment experience.” 

The agreement also provides for advertising and promotion of Hard Rock in the industry leading fishing magazines, Bassmaster and B.A.S.S Times, as well as on the website, Bassmaster.com.

Hosts of the 2016 Classic will be Tulsa Metro Chamber, VisitTulsa, Grand Lake Association and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.

The annual Bassmaster Classic tournament is considered the world’s premier fishing event, attracting an average attendance of more than 100,000 each year for the past five years. The Classic champion earns $300,000, and the 54 other competitors will divide the remainder of the $1 million payout.

About B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S. is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and keeper of the culture of the sport. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., the 500,000-member organization’s fully integrated media platforms include the industry’s leading magazines (Bassmaster and B.A.S.S. Times), website (Bassmaster.com), television show (The Bassmasters on ESPN2), social media programs and events. For more than 45 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
 
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open Series presented by Allstate, Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation events, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Costa Bassmaster High School Series, Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team Championship and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro.

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Cold Water Springtime Cranking

by | Mar 9, 2015 | , | 0 Comments

When the water temperatures begin to rise in the early spring, cranking can be one of the best techniques for covering water and catching the big female bass that are on their migration to the spawning areas. Pete Gluszek will share his best tactics and crankbaits for catching these fat female bass.   Click here to watch the entire class

Pete “the Dean of The Bass University” has been competing on the highest professional levels for more than ten years, as he has qualified for the Bassmaster Classic three times and the FLW Outdoors Championship. Pete won the Bassmaster Northern Open on Cayuga Lake in 2012 and he currently has the record for the heaviest winning margin in the history of the FLW Stren Series, finishing almost 18 pounds in front of 2nd place.  Pete is a river specialist and has won on both the Bassmaster and FLW Outdoors tournament trails.  Grab a seat at Pete’s next seminar or watch his filmed classes now on The Bass University TV.  You won’t want to miss his informative and entertaining classes!

To learn more, visit www.petegluszek.com.

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Kenney Wins Wire-to-Wire at Toho

by | Mar 9, 2015 | , , | 0 Comments

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (March 8, 2015) – FLW Tour pro J.T. Kenney of Palm Bay, Florida, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Sunday weighing 9 pounds, 4 ounces to win $125,000 at the Walmart FLW Tour at Lake Toho presented by Mercury with a four-day cumulative total of 20 bass weighing 76 pounds even.

 
 
After dominating the tournament for the first three days of competition and taking a 12-pound, 8-ounce lead into the final day, Kenney slipped a bit Sunday. But, despite valiant final-day efforts from Tour-veterans Quaker State pro Scott Canterbury of Springville, Alabama and Wesley Strader of Spring City, Tennessee, Kenney managed to hang on and win by a narrow 11-ounce margin.
 
“The weather was nice today so I went back and tried to catch the big ones in Kissimmee on the Gambler Fat Ace,” said Kenney, who earned the second Walmart FLW Tour victory of his career. “I think that they must be done with their reproductive cycle – they were gone.
 
“I did the best that I could do,” Kenney said. “I hate to use the cliché, but I left everything out on the water this week. It obviously worked out really good for me, but it has been a long week.”
 
Kenney said that on the first two days of competition that he landed his big fish in Lake Kissimmee using a Gambler Fat Ace in black and blue, X-mas and watermelon red colors using 17-pound test Berkley Trilene fluorocarbon line on his J.T. Kenney-signature series Halo Rods. He was forced to scramble on day three, opting to fish in Lake Toho and switching to a Nichols Lures Pulsator spinnerbait to fill his limit. Kenney returned to Lake Kissimmee Sunday and managed to catch his limit and seal the win.
 
“There is no way that I could have won this tournament without the Power-Poles on the back of my boat,” Kenney said. “I had exact spots that were the size of a five-gallon bucket that I needed to cast to, and I could pull up, pole down and sit there and milk it. Without those Power-Pole shallow water anchors there is no way that I could have did this.
 
“I stayed focus and stuck with my guns,” Kenney went on to say. “If we had to restart this tournament tomorrow, there is not one single thing that I would do differently.”
 
The top 10 pros finished the tournament:
 
1st:          J.T. Kenney, Palm Bay, Fla., 20 bass, 76-0, $125,000
2nd:         Quaker State pro Scott Canterbury, Springville, Ala., 20 bass, 75-5, $30,000
3rd:          Wesley Strader, Spring City, Tenn., 20 bass, 74-11, $25,000
4th:          Stacey King, Reeds Spring, Mo., 20 bass, 67-9, $20,000
5th:          Bridgford Foods pro Luke Clausen, Spokane, Wash., 20 bass, 65-6, $19,000
6th:          Stetson Blaylock, Benton, Ark., 20 bass, 60-10, $18,000
7th:          Bridgford Foods pro Randy Blaukat, Joplin, Mo., 20 bass, 59-9, $17,000
8th:          Troy Morrow, Eastanollee, Ga., 20 bass, 56-8, $16,000
9th:          Mark Daniels Jr., Tuskegee, Ala., 18 bass, 53-12, $15,000
10th:        Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., 18 bass, 50-9, $14,500
 
A complete list of results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
 
Overall there were 46 bass weighing 124 pounds, 6 ounces caught by pros Sunday. Eight of the final 10 pros caught five-bass limits.
 
Bridgford Foods co-angler Chad Randles of Elkhorn, Nebraska, won the co-angler division and $20,000 Friday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 29 pounds, 15 ounces, followed by Mark Holman of Cornelius, North Carolina, in second place with nine bass weighing 27 pounds, 11 ounces worth $7,500.
 
In addition to casting for top awards of up to $125,000 cash in the pro division and up to $25,000 cash in the co-angler division, anglers are also competing this week for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2015 Forrest Wood Cup, the world championship of bass fishing. The 2015 Forrest Wood Cup will be in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 20-23 on Lake Ouachita and is hosted by Visit Hot Springs. The Forrest Wood Cup Champion could win as much as $500,000 – professional bass-fishing’s richest prize.
 
Coverage of the Lake Toho tournament will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) when Season 20 of “FLW” premieres Sept. 28 from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. ET. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs on NBCSN, the Pursuit Channel and the World Fishing Network and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world.
 
The Walmart FLW Tour stop on Lake Toho presented by Mercury was hosted by Experience Kissimmee and the Osceola County Department of Tourism. It was the first of six regular-season events in the FLW Tour’s 2015 season. The second Walmart FLW Tour event of 2015 will be held at Lewis Smith Lake March 26-29 in Jasper, Alabama, and is presented by Evinrude. The event will be hosted by the Chamber Commerce of Walker County. Boats will launch from the Smith Lake Dam Access in Jasper, Alabama. For a complete schedule, visit FLWFishing.com.
 
For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing.
 
ABOUT FLW
FLW is the industry’s premier tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money nationwide in 2015 over the course of 240 tournaments across five tournament circuits, four of which provide an avenue to the sport’s richest payday and most coveted championship trophy – the Forrest Wood Cup. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world. For more information about FLW visit FLWFishing.com and look for FLW on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
 
 

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