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Pro's Corner and
Rig's Tips
Chris Lappert at
O.B.F.N. 2nd Place
at Rocky Fork
Jason Root at Lake
Champlain
Warm weather makes
for hot bass bite
Ragan and Robinson
win King of the
Glades qualifier
with 19.93 pounds of
fish
9:05 PM EST, March
8, 2010
By Steve Waters
Sun Sentinel
The weather heated
up Sunday and so did
the fishing for big
bass, as Thadeus
Ragan and Linda
Robinson caught
19.94 pounds of fish
to top a 49-boat
field and win the
third King of the
Glades 4 qualifier
tournament out of
Everglades Holiday
Park.
Ragan and Robinson
used Venom Frogs to
catch their fish in
the morning, then
switched to jigs to
catch fish in the
canals along
Alligator Alley.
They won $1,000 and
earned a spot in the
trail's May 2
classic.
Ray Peterson and
Bill Davis were
second at 16.42 to
win $500, followed
by Steve McDonald
and Steve Papp at
16.22, Justin
Felzetti and Mike
Menke at 15.62 and
Bruce Swain and
Wayne Fellows at
14.99.
Papp had the biggest
bass at 6.52. Davis
had the second
biggest at 6.5. The
final qualifier
event is April 4.
Call Mike Lendl at
754-246-3198.
In cooler
temperatures
Saturday, Dave
Piasecki caught
12.82 pounds of fish
using a Gambler
weighted Wacky Head
along Alligator
Alley to win the
South Florida Bass
Pros? monthly club
tournament out of
Everglades Holiday
Park. Greg Swinea
was second at 10.98
using a Gambler Big
Easy swimbait and a
Giggy Head around
lily pads on the
Alley. Jim Wiese was
third at 10.65
pitching a plastic
worm to the lily
pads. Carlos Suche
had the big bass at
4.45 flipping a
Gambler BB Cricket.
Fish of the week
Capt. Alan Zaremba,
of Hollywood, guided
Colin O'Farrel and
Chris Konoue, of
Toronto, to 12
peacock bass up to 3
pounds and a snook
using floating
Rapalas during a
morning trip in the
C-4 Canal. Bill
Buckens, of Davie,
caught 33 largemouth
bass up to 2.5 using
Senkos during an
afternoon trip in
the C-60 Canal. Dan
Dengate, of
Hallandale Beach,
caught 30
largemouths up to
4.5 pounds using
Zoom Centipedes and
floating Rapalas
during an afternoon
trip in the L-28
Canal. Bob Brown, of
Needham, Mass.,
caught eight
peacocks on Rapalas
and Clouser minnows
during an afternoon
trip in the C-2
Canal. Warm weather
makes for hot bass
bite - South Florida
Sun-Sentinel.com
3/9/10 7:19 AM
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/outdoors/fl-fishing-report-tuesday-0309-20100308,0,7158307,print.story
Page 2 of 2 Capt.
Dave Kostyo of Knot
Nancy reported
outstanding fishing
for tarpon 30-100
pounds at Government
Cut now that shrimp
have been running
with some regularity
in Biscayne Bay.
Kostyo guided Josh
Klinghagen and David
Booth to four tarpon
drifting with live
shrimp, then guided
Rocky Taranto, Bryan
Gallagher and Randy
Fisher to nine
tarpon in two
nights. Kostyo added
that Faye Vincent,
Charly Bates and
Brad Coren all
caught sailfish
anywhere from
115-448 feet.
Copyright © 2010,
South Florida
Sun-Sentinel
Fellas,
Yesterday Outcast Bass Anglers had our second
tournament of the
year on Candlewood
Lake in Connecticut.
With water temps in
the low 60's we all
know bass will be in
the shallows.
Despite knowing
there
were bedding fish, I
didn't site fish due
to the water
being a little murky
and windy blowing
15-20 for a good
part of the day. I
opted to work the
inside weed edges
just next to all
possible spawning
flats. I pitched a
4inch VENOM TUBE in
green pumpkin/
copper flake
t-rigged with a 1/4
oz. tungsten bullet
and a 4/0 hook. They
absolutely wrecked
it all day! I had
about 20 keepers and
went through a dozen
tubes. I finished in
1st place with 13.9
lbs.. This smallie
was tx. lunker and
weighed 4.9 lbs.
As always, I thank VENOM LURES for allowing me to
represent and for
the RIDICULOUSLY
GREAT FISHING
CATCHING BAITS!!!
Thanks, Mike
Wiltshire
Kim and Big Bass
Billy / Bass
Josh Peacock has
this nice smallmouth
bass on a Venom Jig
Everglades
Bassmaster Open
Tournament, 15.17
lbs,
2nd place and 2nd
biggest fish.
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Smallie
on Vibra
Max3 |
Steelhead
on Vibra
Max |
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Redfish
Caught
With
Venom
Skip
Shad
(Medium) |
Doubles
on Vibra
Max |
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Jeff
Sweet
Dream |
Jig with
Dream
Crawl |
Troy Sweet Dream
Rex Dream Crawl
Rex Vibra Max
Rex Vibra Max
Rex Sweet Dream
Chad Dream Crawl
Venom Strikes again,
with all of the
wacky weather the
water is still
alittle chilly down
here but Venom did
me right!
I finished 2nd in a
recent event with
first only being .03
pounds away! The
Dream Craw was
Killer! Admittedly I
have not fished it
as much as I should.
Used the roadkill
color (with died
chartreuse tips) to
slam big fish of the
day and nearly the
win! Great Bait
Dave!
Douglas Sauls, NBC /
Universal Orlando,
Manager Technical
Entertainment,
Construction/Design
23+ lbs, March 14,
Renegades Bass
tournament, Holiday
Park
First place for the
tournament plus 2nd
biggest at 7.33. Big
bass was 7.42 and
our biggy spit out a
bluegill in the
livewell. The
bluegill was worth
2-3 ounces and there
went big bass. Will
send copy of
newspaper article
when it comes out.
Thadeus is really
good, expect an
order for more piggy
grubs very soon.
The ice has melted
so we went out for
the first time
fishing tonight
after work. I caught
a 12" bass my first
cast and nothing
else. Billy caught
two less than 1 lb.
each. Trey fished
patiently for an
hour without even a
bite and then landed
this nice one.
Probably 3 1/2 lbs.
He set the hook hard
and even got it in
through lots of
brush in the water.
He's going to show
us up again this
year!
King of the Glades
round 3- win with
19.94 lbs
1ST PLACE WIN
5.74 lb large mouth
I caught last year
on Waldron Lake in
one of our "Those
Salty Slings are my
favorite "Go to
bait" when nothing
else works. I caught
a solid limit with
the Green Pumpkin
Candy.
Thanks guys, keep
putting those tight
mouthed fish in my
livewell.
Steve Weber-
Williams County
Anglers
Pro Staff Douglas
Sauls
Fish caught
yesterday on a Venom
Sweet Dream!
This highlighted a
19.92 bag all caught
on Vemon Tubes and
the Sweet Dream
pictured. Sweet
start to the year.
Pro Staff Jeff
Tipple
Holding an Ohio
public water 5-pound
5oz. bass caught on
one of
Venom Lures 5-inch
Salty Slings
Pro Staff Travis
Hunter
Bass caught on June
Bug colored Salty
Sling. Bass Weighed
8.2
Outcast Bass Anglers
had our Classic on
the Mohawk River in
upstate NY. The top
ten anglers for the
year qualify for the
Classic. I finished
second for the year
in the AOY race. I
don't like second
and was on a
mission. I arrived
on Friday for one
day of practice. Not
knowing the 10 mile
section of river I
covered as much
water as possible
looking for fish and
options. I got on
some quality fish
and probably had
17lbs. for the day.
On day 1 one I put
the first few fish
in the box on a
spinner bait and a
jerkbait. A small
SWEET DREAMS on a
jighead also put a
keeper in the well.
I found some trees
on an outside
channel bend that
looked promising
considering that I
like wood in the
fall and most wood I
found was on
extremely shallow
flats. This one tree
fell into 10 fow. I
picked up my VENOM
3/8 BLACK AND BLUE
JIG and pitched it
to the outside limb.
Got a small tick and
set the hook. In a
minutes I had my
hands gripping a
5.13 largie. This
would be tx. lunker.
I weighed 16.03 for
the day 1 lead. Up
by over 4lbs. I was
some what confident
going into Sunday.
On day 2 it was only
33 degrees out and
the water dropped to
49.5. This was a 3
degree drop. I could
manage 1 keeper on
the spinner bait
along with huge
pickerels and a
walleye. I knew I
had to change. I
stuck a 4.8 lb
largie on a spider
in 12 ft.. I then
ran to a small
island that butts up
to the channel. I
flipped my VENOM JIG
to some of the only
"good" grass I could
find and stuck a
smallie just shy of
3 lbs.. On the
channel side I hit a
keeper largie on the
VENOM JIG. Knowing
the guy in 2nd was
on fish I knew I
needed another good
one. With 7 minutes
to go I find a tree
on a rock point with
8 feet on it. I
throw the VENOM JIG
to the biggest limb
and my line swims
off. A 3 1/2 lb.
largie helps me get
rid of a 1.05 from
the well. I weigh
13.8 lbs. on day 2.
I finished up just
shy of 30 lbs. for
the 2 days and
claimed the top spot
as Classic Champ by
over 8 lbs!
Just want to thank
Venom Lures for
great products and a
great jig that is
already winning
tournaments and
putting lunkers in
the boat!
Thanks,
Mike Wiltshire
Bill Hennery pro
staff member largest
catch and
largest bass out of
lake Logan 2009
Traie Henery and big
bass.
I caught this 6.57
lb largemouth the
last night using a
white sweet dream
texas riged .Big
bass of the night
and of the year.
Chad Poff
This 6lb12oz. post
spawn smallmouth was
caught on the main
lake at Erie, PA. It
was caught on a 3"
smokey purple sling
worm on a 3/8oz.
ball jig. I caught
10 fish that day
only 2 under 4lbs. I
had 5 over 5lbs. The
best 5 would have
been over 28lbs.
Great Bait
Larry Uhl
Dave and
Al
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Chad
Grigsby
“My
favorite
bait to
use is a
Sweet
Dream. I
Texas
rig it
with an
once and
a half
tungsten
weight
using 25
lb Big
Game and
flip
into the
heaviest
cover I
can
find.”
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Thanks
for all
the
effort
at the
recent
Sports
Specialists
Show.
Her are
a couple
of
photo's
with
proof
the Big
Shot
Tube
works.
We had a
great
Saturday
after
the
show. 6
fish
went
29.7lbs.
3 over 5
and 3
over 4.
Of
course
when you
find
them,
mother
nature
doesn't
let you
go back.
We got
blown
off both
Sunday
and
Monday.
Thanks
again
for
everything
including
the Big
Shots.....
-- Mike
Bonadonnna
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The
Salty
sling is
the most
versatile
soft
plastic
bait
available.
"They'll
eat it
when
they are
not
feeding"
Pre-Spawn
& Spawn:
Texas
Rig
Weight
less &
fish it
around
spawning
areas on
a 4/0
Venom
wide gap
worm
hook. If
wind
won't
allow
for
weight
less,
insert a
1/16
ounce
Venom
worm
spike in
the tail
of the
sling.
Post
Spawn &
Summer:
Carolina
Rig with
a 3/4
ounce
weight
and a
2--3'
leader
with a
Venom
wide gap
hook.
Fall
& Winter:
Drop
shot it!
Hook in
the
center
(wacky
style)
on a 1/0
Venom
octopus
break
hook
with an
18" drop
line & a
3/8 drop
shot
weight.
Large
Mouth ,
Small
Mouth &
Spotted
Bass
LOVE IT!
At the
B.A.S.S.
Elite
Opener @
Lake
Amistad
in Del
Rio, TX
A 10
pound -1
ounce
Bass
engulfed
my 5"
Watermelon
/. Red
Flake
Salty
Sling,
on the
very
last
cast! I
culled
out a 2
pounder
and made
the cut
$10,000
+
PAYDAY!
I was
screaming
all the
way to
the
Weight
-In!
Thank
you
Venom
Lures!
Charlie
Hartley
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The "go
too"
lure of
choice
for me
would be
the
Venom
lures
Skip
Shad in
pearl
white.
Partnering
this
with the
5/0
Death
Grip
Hook.
The
hooks
ultra
sharp
but
light
wire
allows
for the
"natural"
action
of the
skip
shad too
flourish.
No more
spinning
or
twisting
as that
big #5/0
hook
"glides"
the bait
through
the
water.
This
combination
has
worked
from
north to
south.
Good
Luck.
Douglas
M. Sauls
Orlando,
Florida
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