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Father’s Day Deals for Dad!

Father’s Day Deals for Dad!

by | Jun 10, 2014 | | 0 Comments

If you would live to give your father a Bass University TV membership, please sign up on The Bass University TV page and we will send an email containing instructions on how to transfer the membership.  We will also include the Father’s Day deals for dad, presented by Tackle Warehouse, Fishidy, and Mustang Survival (see deals below).

 

All new Bass U TV members from June 8 through June 15 will receive the following:

-Save $5 on your next purchase on TackleWarehouse.com

-15% off Gift Cards on TackleWarehouse.com

–All new Bass University TV members will be entered into a contest to receive one of three new Mustang M.I.T. 100 PFDs!  On the next episode of Ike Live, Ike will draw the names of three new Bass U TV members from June 8-15 and each of the three winners will receive a M.I.T. 100 Automatic Inflatable PFD (model #MD2016) from our friends at Mustang Survival!

-25% off premium memberships to Fishidy.com’s social and mapping network

With Fishidy’s Premium Membership you will find the best places to fish. Without a doubt, connecting with buddies and sharing fishing stories is fun, and that’s what Fishidy is all about! But sometimes you just want to know where the fish are, and be confident you’re fishing the right areas, at the right times, with the right techniques. If you need an edge on the competition, or need to find fish fast, then Fishidy’s Premium Membership is for you.  Take a look at Fishidy, –> Click Here

-Father’s Day card for Dad

 

Father’s Day Deals for Dad!

New from Bass Mafia

by | Jun 9, 2014 | | 0 Comments

FLW Tour pro Stetson Blaylock introduces the new Bait Casket from Bass Mafia. This new see through box is more durable than other clear boxes, never worry about rusted hooks because this new Casket it is water proof.

See what the family has to offer here.

Father’s Day Deals for Dad!

Hackney Wins Pickwick

by | Jun 8, 2014 | | 0 Comments

FLORENCE, Ala. (June 8, 2014) – Professional angler Greg Hackney of Gonzales, La., won $100,000 at the Walmart FLW Tour on Pickwick Lake presented by Straight Talk Wireless Sunday with a four-day total of 20 bass weighing 97 pounds, 7 ounces, the heaviest four-day catch ever weighed at Pickwick Lake in FLW Tour competition. Hackney brought a five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 9 ounces to the scale Sunday to clinch the victory.
     The catch gave the 2009 Forrest Wood Cup Champion the win by a 4-pound, 1-ounce margin over 23-year-old Michael Neal of Dayton, Tenn., who brought a total of 20 bass weighing 93 pounds, 6 ounces to the scale and earned $30,000.
     “I was beginning to wonder if this would ever happen again,” said Hackney, who has earned more than $1.1 million in FLW competition. “It’s so hard to win one of these because it’s four days. There are so many variables and these guys are so good. These tournaments are getting harder and harder, so to get the win is a blessing.”
     Hackney said that he fished differently than most of the other professionals competing in the tournament this week. Instead of targeting deep ledges, Hackney keyed on a shallow bar that had three different mussel piles on it.
     “The bar is maybe a couple of hundred yards long, half-way between the bank and the river channel,” Hackney said. “The fish were set up on the mussels on the upstream side of it. I found the school about 45 minutes into the first day of practice. There was an oil slick about the size of my boat and truck. It was from the bass feeding on gizzard shad. I’d seen it before while saltwater fishing, but I’ve never seen it in freshwater. I made a cast and could feel my crankbait running over their backs because there was so many fish there.
     “I didn’t realize until the first day of the tournament that it was a live bottom – covered in big mussels. I would set up on top of the bar in 5-feet of water and cast out to about 7½-feet deep and drag back up the heel. That’s where they were. Every fish that I weighed in this week came from 6-feet of water or less.”
     Hackney said that his key baits for the first two days were a Strike King KVD HC 2.5 square-bill crankbait and a 7 ½-inch Strike King Shadalicious swimbait fished on a ¾-ounce jig head. After the gizzard shad left his area on Saturday, Hackney switched to a ¾-ounce Strike King Denny Brauer Structure Jig in two specific colors – a green-pumpkin jig with a Double Header-colored Strike King Rage Craw and a black and blue jig with a Plum Crazy-colored Rage Craw.
     “You always think you have a shot at winning – it’s why we fish these tournaments. But, I had no idea that I was going to,” Hackney went on to say. “It’s been a heck of a week. I must have had 60 spectator boats watching me yesterday. These kind of tournaments don’t just happen. When you find a spot like that, it’s the spot of a lifetime.”
     The top 10 pros finished the tournament in:
            1st:    Greg Hackney, Gonzales, La., 20 bass, 97-7, $100,000
            2nd:   Michael Neal, Dayton, Tenn., 20 bass, 93-6, $30,000
            3rd:    Brent Ehrler, Redlands, Calif., 20 bass, 92-11, $25,000
            4th:    Troy Morrow, Eastanollee, Ga., 20 bass, 86-5, $20,000
            5th:    Robbie Dodson, Harrison, Ark., 20 bass, 85-15, $19,000
            6th:    Spencer Shuffield, Bismarck, Ark., 20 bass, 81-3, $18,000
            7th:    Michael Wooley, Collierville, Tenn., 20 bass, 80-11, $17,000
            8th:    Jason Lambert, Pickwick Dam, Tenn., 20 bass, 80-1, $16,000
            9th:    Shad Schenck, Waynetown, Ind., 20 bass, 76-7, $15,000
            10th:  Casey Ashley, Donalds, S.C, 20 bass, 72-4, $14,000
     Final results for the remaining field can be found at FLWOutdoors.com.
     Overall there were 50 bass weighing 207 pounds, 14 ounces caught by pros Sunday. Each of the final 10 pros brought a five-bass limit to the scale.
     Braxton Setzer of Auburn, Ala., won the co-angler division and $20,000 Saturday with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 51 pounds, 7 ounces, followed by John Jacobs of Birmingham, Ala., in second place with 15 bass weighing 50 pounds, 8 ounces worth $7,500.
     Pros competed for a top award of up to $125,000 this week plus valuable points in the hope of qualifying for the 2014 Forrest Wood Cup presented by Walmart, the world championship of bass fishing. The top 35 anglers in the point standings from the six events on the 2014 Walmart FLW Tour will qualify. The 2014 Forrest Wood Cup will be in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 14-17 on Lake Murray and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country. The winning angler in that event will win $500,000 – professional bass-fishing’s richest prize.
     The Walmart FLW Tour stop on Pickwick Lake presented by Straight Talk Wireless was hosted by Florence/Lauderdale Tourism. It was the fifth of six events in the FLW Tour’s 2014 season. The sixth Walmart FLW Tour event of 2014 will be held at Kentucky Lake June 26-29 in Paris, Tenn., and is presented by Evinrude. The event will be hosted by the Henry County Alliance, and boats will launch from Paris Landing State Park in Buchanan, Tenn. For a complete schedule, visit FLWOutdoors.com.
     Coverage of the Pickwick Lake tournament will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network when “FLW” airs Aug. 10 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. ET. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show is hosted by Jason Harper 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 complete details and updated information visit FLWOutdoors.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 2014 over the course of 229 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 FLWOutdoors.com and look for FLW on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube.

Father’s Day Deals for Dad!

Dream Smashing Ledges

by | Jun 8, 2014 | | 0 Comments

Pro Angler Josh Douglas uses the new Dream Smasher Swimbait prototype to fish deep ledges while competing in the 2014 Bassmaster Northern Open on Douglas Lake, TN. Bonus footage from Lake Chickamauga, TN. June 2014

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