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Pepper Custom Jigs Commando Roumbler
The Chatterbait is quickly becoming a major producer across the tournament-fishing world. Brett Hite won the opening FLW Tour Event on Okeechobee and the Bassmaster Elite at Lake Seminole this year using a chatterbait as his main presentation. Remember that monster Fred Roumbanis landed at the Bassmaster Classic on Guntersville? Caught on a chatterbait.
It’s a versatile presentation, a hybrid between jig and crankbait, and it provides a unique profile in the water.
As tournament anglers, we look for versatile baits that are capable of handling a variety of situations: open water, clear water, stained water, grass, brush, the list goes on and on. For this reason, we try to find baits that allow us to cover as many different conditions as possible, for simplicity and storage reasons. When it comes to chatterbaits, one stands out above the rest: The Pepper Custom Baits Commando Roumbler.
From Pepper Custom Baits: “This is the bait that caught Fred’s 9 lb 3 oz monster largemouth at the 2014 Bassmaster Classic. The commando Roumbler is a revolutionary vibrating bait that incorporates a free swinging hook behind an oscillating coffin style blade. The free swinging hook provides a new dimension in fish catching action to an already proven bait style. As with all of the Pepper Commando series baits, the free swinging hook eliminates the fishes ability to leverage themselves loose which translates to more fish in your boat. The Roumbler comes with a 4/O Trokar swimbait hook, a hand tied #2 Gamakatsu feathered treble hook and a soft plastic swimbait. The swimbait and treble hooks can be interchanged to meet any fishing condition. The feathered treble is perfect for open water conditions, or to provide a smaller profile for tough to catch fish. The weedless swimbait hook is excellent in all conditions but shines in heavy cover.” Pepper Custom Baits uses the highest quality components on all of their designs, so you can be sure that these baits will be durable and effective.
Having the ability to switch within seconds between a Trokar swimbait hook with a larger profile swimbait trailer to a more compact feathered treble hook for open water/finicky bass situations, all without having to retie, is a HUGE bonus on the water. Every situation is covered, just make changes according to what the bass indicate they want. Tight cover or grass? Use the swimbait hook setup. Open water or a tough bite? Use the treble hook.
In addition to eliminating the leverage fish use to “throw the hook”, the free swinging hook of the Pepper Custom Baits Commando Roumbler also provides some very unique bait movement as it shimmies through the water, especially with the swimbait hook attached. I tested the Roumbler on Lake Anna during post spawn when the bass were on a shad bite, and fish prowling the shadows blasted the Trokar set up.
I used a Denali Signature Series Mark Tyler Rod with a Daiwa Tatula 100HS reel spooled with 20 pound Toray Superhard Premium plus fluorocarbon when fishing the Roumbler. The softer action rod allows you to really feel the Roumbler’s blade vibrate, and like a crankbait bite, allows you to set the hook without fear of ripping it out of the fish’s mouth.
Fishing a chatterbait can put a lot of fish in the boat come tournament day; using the Commando Roumber will afford you the versatility to adapt to changing conditions quickly and provide a new look to the fish that other baits can’t match. Go to www.pepperjigs.com and check out the entire selection of Commando series baits today.
By Chris Murphy
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Sight Fishing with the Kalin’s Scrub | Underwater Catch
Brandon Card demonstrates how to use the Kalin’s Scrub for sight fishing for bedding bass. Watch the action as we placed a GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition on the bed to see the underwater action of the Scrub and how a fish reacts to it while pitching it onto a bed.
Major League Fishing Concludes Filming of Select Event
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (May 26, 2014) – Major League Fishing has completed the filming of its first GEICO Select event, which features 24 mostly first-time league anglers. The competition “far exceeded our highest hopes,” according to Major League Fishing Commissioner Don Rucks.
The event – the Bass Pro Shops Summit Select, presented by BACAS – was filmed on lakes in the Muskogee, Oklahoma region. The Summit Select will first be offered in the fall 2014 as a two-hours-plus, web-based production. It will be shown in early 2015 as a series on Outdoor Channel, America’s Leader In Outdoor TV.
“I was blown away by the intensity and the drama we found at this Select event. Day after day after day we had tight finishes. You never knew what was going to happen until the final minute. It was really amazing,” Rucks said.
“The television shows will be great. There is no doubt about that.”
The Summit Select features 24 anglers that are not regular competitors in the Major League Fishing Cup series, which is the original MLF Series. Anglers participating in Muskogee were: Scott Ashmore, Brent Chapman, Jason Christie, Keith Combs, Ott DeFoe, Kurt Dove, Paul Elias, Todd Faircloth, Randy Howell, Andy Montgomery, Cliff Pace, Brandon Palaniuk, Keith Poche, Marty Robinson, Mark Rose, Casey Scanlon, Morizo Shimizu, Kevin Short, Fletcher Shryock, Michael Simonton, Scott Suggs, Gerald Swindle, James Watson and Jacob Wheeler.
Six anglers from the Summit Select earned a spot in the companion Major League Fishing Summit Cup, which will feature the original 24 MLF anglers. The Summit Cup, with the addition of the six Select anglers, will increase in size to 30 competing anglers.
“This is still Major League Fishing. We use the same on-the-water format in the Cup and the Select events. There are leader boards and penalties and all of those things. But there are some structural differences in the Cup and the Select events. The competition setup isn’t the same,” Rucks said.
“We changed things in away that I’m pretty certain viewers will find interesting. Real interesting, in fact.”
Three Select anglers have actually competed in Major League Fishing Cup events. Chapman, Faircloth and Howell have filled in for anglers that were unable to compete in previous Cup events.
As in all Major League Fishing events, competing anglers are not allowed to practice or research venues. The anglers are chauffeured by boat officials to their fishing sites and are not told the actual location until they reach a staging area.
Select events utilize the innovative Major League Fishing format, in which anglers are allowed to weigh all the “scorable” bass they catch. The bass are immediately weighed after they are caught, then are released back into the water. In Major League Fishing competition, anglers know where they rank in the standings at all times via SCORETRACKER LIVE devices in their boats. Anglers are not allowed to practice before events and were notified of the Summit Select location two days before the start.
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About Major League Fishing
Major League Fishing is a partnership of 24 of the world’s most talented, influential professional bass anglers and Outdoor Channel. Jack Link’s is the organization’s title sponsor. For more information, visit www.majorleaguefishing.com.
About Outdoor Channel
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Crews Control: Trip 14
Do you know what powers the Crews Missile? In this edition of Crews Control you will find out.
Cajun Baby’s 2nd Youth Fishing Day
Cliff Crochet is at it again it’s time for the second annual “Cliff Crochet Fishing Day”. It will be held on June 7th 2014 at Bayside Tackle in Pierre Part.
The first annual Cliff Crochet Youth Fishing Day was held on July 20th at Bayside Tackle in Pierre Part. 50 kids attended and were instructed by Cliff and numerous volunteers from the community. The event was made possible by Cliff Ourso State Farm, Bass Pro Shops, Biobor, LA Contracting, Kylie Sparks, Falcon Rods, Humdinger, Skeeter, Yamaha, Rat L Trap, Power Pole, Swamp Style Customs, Flambeau, Bayside Tackle and K2 Coolers
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