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This past weekend was the fourth annual Fishing Frenzy at a local boat dealer in Spokane. It is a great event that hosts several manufacturers, speakers, local clubs and a tackle swap and sell. This year the main speaker was Jay Yelas who followed other top western pros Brent Ehrler, John Murray and...

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I just had someone ask me which Seaguar braid to use and thought I would share my experiences with both. i have used both extensively and like each of them, but there are some key differences between the two. First of all, they are both very, very thin compared to what you might be using now. I did ...

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The Revo MGX is my favorite of all the Abu reels. It's lightweight, works great and looks even better. I was excited to see that they decided to come out with a spinning reel and just got one in my hands. I'll be doing a complete review and article about it soon, but my first impression is that they...

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I was able to pull it right up on Chrome.

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The Shimano Curado 300 and Daiwa Lexa 300 are awesome reels for swimbaits. I really like the Lexa and it is the only Daiwa I own. It holds 20-30lb line well and casts great.

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At ICAST last year Berkley introduced a whole line of hardbaits just for bass anglers. They have made crankbaits and other baits a few times that I can recall, but these appear to be the best ones yet. All of them look like they would cost much than the $7-$8 range they are retailing for. They were ...

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The great thing about using a drop-shot is that just about any soft plastic will work. Over the years doing it, I have tried just about every shape, size and color of soft plastics on the market. My favorites over the past year are all over the board. What are your go-to baits? Here is what worked w...

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Jpdavis wrote:Is anyone else having problems with loading the new update for the Gen2 Touch. Can't get it to load.

Yes, the latest update from 12/21 didn't update for me when plugged into my graph

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Owning a tackle store has advantages. You get to see what sells and what the top anglers are buying. I asked Blake from Becker's Tackle Shop in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho what sold best in 2015. He had a hard time picking just three items, but there were three things that sold great all year long. Items t...

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trevorvandam wrote:I use a gamukatsu size 1 drop shot hook, I mostly wacky rig my worms. And I use a short pencil weight, 1/8 or 3/16oz.

good choices Trevor!

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Tyler, Great job on the webinars. Just out of curiousity do you or have you ever used the swivel rigged dropshot hooks? I use them and have never had a problem but just curious on your opinion on cons/pros. Thanks Thanks reddog. I personally do not like the swivel hooks, just too much hardware and ...

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The fishing has slowed down in my area and I am beginning my annual tackle prep and organization and re-organization. One big thing for me this year is to evaluate my terminal tackle and when and where I should use each piece. This was brought on by several follow-up questions I just recently receiv...

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When the water starts to get cold many anglers give up crankbaits, but this Fall and up until the water dropped below 40 degrees, crankbaits were one of my top producers. I made a few changes and downsized both my line and the size of my crankbaits to continue catching them in colder water than I ev...

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A few months ago received a new combo to try out. It's a new rod combo from Berkley and part of the Lightning Rod series. I have hardly any experience with any of their rods and reels, but was impressed with this one...especially because the rod and reel combo was $69.99. I am used to fishing much h...

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The new Flippin' line from Seaguar has been awesome in the time I have used it. I have been asked a few times today what makes it different and what other Seaguar line would I compare it to. Here is an overview of my thoughts on it based on my own personal experience. It comes in heavy lb tests only...

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I have been experimenting with various sizes, brands and colors for smallmouth this fall. I have had my best luck fishing deep with paddle tail type swimbaits on big jigheads. If I try something different, my results are not as good and I keep finding myself picking up the Keitechs and similar swimb...

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This fall was a good one for me with smallmouth. I typically drop shot for them most of the time when the water starts to cool, but there are a few different techniques that worked very well for me this year. I caught tons on swimbaits, but also used an underspin, thin swimbait and the double fluke ...

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I have sold several of these sets and have 1 set left. Contact me if you are interested.

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Last week I had my best ever day of smallmouth on Long Lake near my house. I fish for smallmouth quite a bit and this was by far the best day I have ever had. The weekend prior, Dan Rice weighed in a 22.92lb bag of all smallmouth in our Spokane Bass Club tournament. I had to get back out there after...

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Our final event of the season was held at Long Lake out of Willow Bay. The 27 anglers were faced with blustery conditions throughout the day. Even with the challenging fishing conditions, Long Lake showed off some of the great fish that make it one of our favorite lakes in the area. WesternBass.com ...

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One of my favorite lakes in my area is Long Lake. It's close to Spokane (formed by the Spokane River after they built the dams), its full of giant smallmouth and largemouth and just overall a cool place to fish. I fish it every chance I can and during the fall I could fish it every day. It's that go...

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yes, still have a set available. will call you this afternoon

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I have more than one set available. I will call you two today. Thanks!

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The October tournament was held on Lake Coeur d'Alene out of Sun Up Bay. The fishing was good and several nice largemouth and smallmouth were brought to the scales under the excellent fall fishing conditions. Fish were caught on a variety of techniques and across the lake. Taking first place and big...

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Last week I posted about my trip to Lake CDA in northern Idaho. I went back out yesterday and targeted largemouth only (last time it was smallie time) and the results were mixed. Much better size, but much lower quantity. With the Spokane Bass Club event this weekend I will most likely get a quick l...

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reduced to $1500 each

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Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho was ranked #4 in the 2014 Bassmaster Top 100 lakes and then #11 in the 2015 edition of the rankings. That's why it is embarrassing for me to say that yesterday was the first time I have fished in in two years when it is less than an hour from my house. We just ha...

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This past month I have been addicted to deep cranking. It really isn't something I have done much in the Pacific Northwest but it has been working great lately. I have been rotating through several different baits and experimenting with line size to get them as deep as possible. 20ft seems to be the...

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I have certificates for Power Pole Blades in 8ft. These can be redeemed at any authorized Power Pole dealer. UPDATED: More available with expiration of June, 2018 They retail for $1899 and I am selling them for $1,500 each. Contact me for more details and see image for more restrictions on using the...

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Our two day event this year was held on Potholes Reservoir. We had quite a few fish caught by our anglers and the weights were very close. Both largemouth and smallmouth played a role for the top finishers and most everyone had mixed bags at the scales, along with many reports of big walleye being c...

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A few weeks ago I posted about how good the fishing has been for me at Newman Lake and it hasn't slowed down. I have been out a few more times and caught several nice largemouth and smallmouth. I also had the chance to try out the Vexilar SonarPhone and do some SonarChart live mapping with the Navio...

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You are right elfish16, big fish will bite them!

I'll have to look into that Owner setup Reddog.

Thanks for the tips.

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Newman Lake is a small Spokane-area lake (1100 acres or so), but it has been pumping out big bass for weeks. It seems like every time I am on Facebook I see pics of new PBs. 5, 6 and 7+lb fish are being posted by my bass buddies almost daily. I finally made it out yesterday and even though it was wi...

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I have used under spins for a long time but after this year's Classic win by Casey Ashley they are even more popular. I kind of stopped using them and haven't used them much. At ICAST there were tons of new ones on the market. The new interest in them got me using them again recently and they have b...

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Hardy Buchanan was a local bass angler in the Spokane area who died tragically in a boating accident while fishing. His dream was to unite all of the clubs in the area and create a friendly competition and sense of community between the Spokane based club and the neighboring Idaho Panhandle Bass Ang...

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mark poulson wrote:Congrats to her for what is clearly a great career, and to you, for marrying her!

Thanks Mark!

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My wife Tanya is a serious bass angler just like me, she even has her own bass boat if that gives you an idea how much she is into it. She is also a morning show DJ for a local country radio station so gets the chance to do some cool things in the area. One thing she just did was filming with a loca...

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The Spokane Bass Club August tournament was held on Badger Lake and club members faced rainy and stormy conditions in the morning followed by hot temperatures and calm waters in the afternoon. Since the Washington Department of Fish and Game has plans to kill off the lake this fall, they sent a tran...

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I have certificates for Power Pole Blades in 8ft. These can be redeemed at any Power Pole dealer and come from a pro fisherman who is sponsored by them. They retail for $1899 and I am selling them for $1,600 each. Contact me for more details on how to redeem them. No accessories or brackets are incl...

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Brian D. wrote:Ahh... time to recycle the innovation. I still have hooks that are Teflon coated and were in .5 sizes .. I.e. 4.5, 1.5 etc...

Agreed. Like clothing, styles leave and come back.

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Berkley is known for a lot of things, but hooks are not one of them. I was surprised to see they came out with a new hook lineup at ICAST, but was immediately impressed. If you have noticed, several brands are now coming out with hooks that have a coating on them to make them stronger and sharper at...

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Last month I made a post here about the plight of Badger Lake, a small lake near Spokane, WA. Basically they are trying to kill off the entire lake and restock it with trout only to keep the bass out for good. I started a petition when they tried to do this two years ago and believe it may have help...

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The LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body won a best of show award for soft baits at ICAST and it was really the one thing that stood out in that category for me. I was lucky enough to get one to test out and have used it twice so far for a limited time each time. It does what it says it will do, it walks ...

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The 2015 Spokane Bass Club night event was held on Loon Lake north of Spokane. The hours for the event were 7pm to 7am and the anglers were able to experience an evening and morning bite as well as traditional night fishing. Most anglers reported catching several fish throughout the night on a varie...

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Just got a pack of the new Berkley PowerBait Shaky Snakes. It's a cool bait and kind of has an old school feel to me. Maybe it is that I don't use PowerWorms as much as I used to, but the scent brings me back a little. The bait also has a ribbed side, which again reminds me of the PowerBait ringworm...

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There are many, many little hidden gems among the lakes in my area. One of these is a 215 acre lake called Badger Lake outside of Cheney. WA. I fish it as much as I can because it has giant bass in it. The problem is they are planning to kill it off because the state fish and game wants to make it t...

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Looks like a largemouth to me as well, but when its dead like that it's pretty hard to tell based on the colors.

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Just got my first Mike Iaconelli signature rod and I am impressed. I don't know what I was expecting from purple rod that says "Never Give Up!" on it, but it has exceeded my expectations so far. I probably picked the worst rod and the best rod at the same time when it comes to determining ...

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Richard, Looking at this compatibility guide ( http://www.navionics.com/sites/default/files/documents/americas_compatibilityguide_2.pdf ), it looks like your units will accept several cards but are limited in what you can do. The Gold, Navionics+ and Hotmaps Premium will all work but will not get th...

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