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  Kim Bain of Alabama Pulls Off Upset Win at Women’s Bassmaster Tour
In the co-angler division, Denese Freeman of Lawton, Okla.,
scored a wire-to-wire victory
  LEWISVILLE, Texas — Toting more than 17 pounds of bass to the scales Saturday, Kim Bain of Alabaster, Ala., leapfrogged over 19 other pros to win the Women’s Bassmaster Tour presented by Academy Outdoors event on Lewisville Lake.
The 27-year-old Australian native squeaked past first-day leader Patti Campbell of Waxahachie, Texas, by just 3 ounces. Bain’s total was 27-11 to Campbell’s 27-8.
“I can’t believe it,” said a shocked Bain, who took home $51,000 in cash and merchandise, including a Triton/Mercury boat rig. Saturday’s victory was not only her first BASS win, it was also her first WBT event.
Second-day leader Cindy Hill of Smyrna, Tenn., managed just one fish Saturday, for a 26-14 total and third place. Fourth was Christiana Bradley of Bealeton, Va., with 26-12. Jan Heavener of Sherwood, Ark., was fifth with 24-9.
The leaders racked up the most points in the race for 2008 Toyota Women’s Bassmaster Tour Angler of the Year. Besides a 2009 Toyota Tundra, the AOY will be awarded a berth in the 2009 Bassmaster Classic, Feb. 20-22 on the Red River out of Shreveport-Bossier City, La., becoming the first woman to qualify for the prestigious world championship of bass fishing.
With a “day job” of writing and hosting radio and TV programming, Bain has been competing in U.S. bass tournaments for several years. She has her sights set on the Classic berth.
“It’s been my goal ever since I was a little girl to be in a Bassmaster Classic,” she said.
Bain was surprised at her upset win. Her first-day catch was 6-7, good enough for 18th place in the three-day competition on tough, rough, wind-swept Lewisville Lake. On the second day she weighed in just 4-3 and dropped to 20th. Fighting a cold Saturday and feeling slightly discouraged, she said she decided to “just survive the day.”
“When I caught my first fish, it took the pressure off, so I decided to just cruise around and fish at my own pace,” she said. “I did nothing different today than what I had done the past two days.”
One of her primary patterns was flipping to pockets of brush about half a mile from the launch site on Lewisville Lake. “The rising water helped me there, and I was protected from the wind,” she said. She worked Reaction Innovations’ Sweet Beaver plastics, blue and black and watermelon red/black.
She also fished Tower Bay and Stewart Creek, and points with flooded brush in various spots around the lake.
Coming up short by 3 ounces made second-place finisher Campbell recall a bass that broke off after the line wrapped around the shaft of her trolling motor.
“I’ve thought a lot about that fish,” she said. “But these things happen. It could have gone better, but I’m happy with second.”
 In the co-angler division, Denese Freeman of Lawton, Okla., scored a wire-to-wire victory and her first BASS tournament title. She took home a $25,500 prize package, which included a Skeeter/Yamaha boat rig.
Freeman’s three-day total of 18 pounds, 10 ounces, trounced the co-angler field even though she brought in only a single fish weighing 1-8 on Saturday, which she figured might be enough.
“I knew I had to catch at least one fish to bump up my weight at least a little bit,” said Freeman, who owns a computer graphics business that designs Web sites for professional anglers.
Sponsors for the Women’s Bassmaster Tour include Academy Sports & Outdoors, Toyota Tundra, Advance Auto Parts, Lowrance, Mercury, Skeeter, Yamaha, OPTIMA Batteries, Triton Boats, Legend Boats and Mustang.
 Lady Angler lands the third 2007-2008 ShareLunker from Lake Fork
 Saturday evening, April 5, 2008, Pamela Plummer of Fort Worth was fishing in seven feet of water off a dock on Lake Fork when her ZOOM watermelon red plastic worm got hung up in some vegetation—or so she thought. “Then my pole bent, and I realized I had a fish,” she said. “It jumped and I realized I had a big fish. It jumped three times before I got it in. My husband almost had a heart attack.” Plummer’s fish weighed 13.11 pounds and was 25.5 inches long and 22 inches in girth
Photo courtesy of David Campbell, TPWD
Announcing a Lady Bass Angler exclusive
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 Alton Jones, Pres Bush, Judy Wong
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Women's Bassmaster Tour Champion Judy Wong met with President Bush
on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. in the Oval room of the White House.
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BASS is the worldwide authority on bass fishing, sanctioning more than 20,000 events through the BASS Federation Nation annually. Guided by its mission to serve all fishing fans, BASS sets the standard for credibility, professionalism, sportsmanship and conservation, as it has for nearly 40 years.
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FISHING FOR SPAWNING BASS
Yelas Tips On Fishing the Spawn
Among anglers, there is perhaps no more controversial topic than whether or not, as conservationists, we ought to fish for bass while they are spawning. Battle lines on this issue were drawn in the sand long ago – some northern laws that prohibit it date back to the 1800s – with no end to the argument in sight.
Those against fishing for bass during the spawn contend that it disrupts the breeding cycle, resulting in fewer fish in the future. However, studies indicate that fishing during the spawn, even if specifically for trophies, does not appear to harm the bass populations. Obviously, taking a spawn-ready female from the bed will, if she dies, reduce the numbers of young bass produced. But bass produce thousands of spawn every year, leaving the surplus millions of juvenile fish to become food for other species – so numbers aren’t an issue. Further research has shown that if a big female hasn't spawned yet and is released in good shape, then it is likely she will spawn.
Contrary to some beliefs, a bedding bass is not easy to catch, particularly the big females. It is true that the small males are often aggressive in their guardian duties, but the trophy fish is very difficult to catch. To catch fish during this time of year, I use two methods, depending on whether or not the water is clear enough to see the beds.
If the water is reasonably clear, I look for hard-bottomed coves, a place where the bottom will be mostly pea gravel and chunk rock. Once there, I get on the deck of my boat and watch for the mostly round nests, areas that have been cleared off by bass fanning their tails. Once I spot a nest, I either look for a bass or its shadow. Once I spot the fish – be it a small male or a large female – I use my spinning reel, spooled with 10-pound Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon line (especially if the fish have already been pressured) or a casting reel spooled with 17- or 20-pound 100% Fluorocarbon, and cast a white, Texas-rigged Berkley PowerBait Flippin’ Tube, with the hook barely piercing the skin of the bait.
I position my boat far enough away from the nest so as to not spook the bass, but close enough that I can still see what is going on. After casting just beyond the nest (if the fish hasn’t already gone for the bait), I hop the tube into the nest, working it through the nest area searching for the “sweet spot.” The sweet spot – for some unknown reason – is an area of the nest that, when a bait reaches it, will cause the fish to attack. It may take several minutes or several hours to get the bass to react, but when it does, it will turn itself sideways and scoop the bait off the bottom in an effort to remove the intruder from the nest – not always to eat it. Because the hook is barely in the bait, it will be easier to set the hook.
If the first approach doesn’t work, a like to turn to a dark colored Berkley Gulp! Lizard and try the same tactics. However, unlike the white tube, the dark lizard is harder to see in the water. If the water is too murky to see the nests, try Carolina rigging in the shallows. And if you’re after smallmouth bass, look for underwater cover to hold bedding fish.
Fishing the spawn can be fun, difficult and rewarding all at the same time. Just be sure to practice catch and release so that other anglers will have the opportunity to enjoy the fishing, too.
Berkley Pro Jay Yelas is the reigning FLW Tour Angler of the Year and a former Bassmaster Classic champion from Corvalis, Ore.
Article compliments of The Fishing Wire
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Fishing Hot Spots Releases New and Revised Fishing Maps For Arkansas....but, still no map for Lake Hamilton (site of 2008 WBT Championship).
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"All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney
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"Meet The Lady Bass Angler"
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Profiles of professional, amateur, and weekend lady bass anglers.
 Name: Lisa Diehl
 Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Occupation: Educational Counselor, Educational Opportunity Center of SWPA
Family: Phil, two dogs, and lots of family in/around Johnstown, PA
Years fishing: I’ve been fishing ever since I can remember. Bassin’ exclusively for the last 4 years. Finally joined a club in 2007.
Fishing mentor: My Aunt Jody
Angler(s) you admire: All, because I can learn something from everyone!!!
Your status: Co-angler
Sponsors: Working on that!
Tours that you fish: I fished one WBT in 2007 and am saving to fish them all in 2008. I fish club tournaments with the Holiday Park Bass Busters. I fished one PA B.A.S.S. Federation Nation District tournament in 2007 and plan on more next year.
Brand of boat: Working on that, too!
Notable fishing achievements: 25th Co-Angler at WBT Stop #4 at Kentucky Lake, my first professional tournament and sixth tournament ever; first female member of the Holiday Park Bass Busters.
Membership in fishing clubs: Holiday Park Bass Busters. www.hpbb.net
Favorite Fishing Spot: Yellowcreek Lake in Penn Run, PA, where my family and I fished as a child and continue to fish today
 Favorite Fishing Technique: Plastic worm on a shaky-head jigHobbies: Play bass guitar in an alternative rock cover band, “Giganto”
Favorite food: A turkey dinner, with all the trimmings and lots of gravy
Favorite vacation spot: Anywhere- I love taking vacations but rarely have the time.
Something people don't know about me: I will always be heartbroken that Santa never brought me a pony for Christmas!!
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Recipes from the files of
Lady Bass Anglers
Compiled by Conny Jenkins*
Linda Rodgers, Georgia
 *Conny Jenkins has compete in the Women’s Bassmaster Tour and is a lifetime member of BASS. She is sponsored by LubriMatic, if it pushes pulls, hums or purrs LubriMatic has something to use in it. Seaguar, The Inventor and World Leader in Fluorocarbon Fishing Line - not seeing is believing, Chompers, Triton Boats, and she proudly promotes the new Evolution Jig by Megastrike.
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Tip Of the Week
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Fishing Tip:Here’s a tip from Edwin Evers’ “Classic Patterns for Spring” to help anglers look for spawning bass:
While bass usually make their nests in 4 feet of water or less, ultra-clear lakes will have bass nesting as deep as 20 feet as long as the sunlight can penetrate the water. If you’re looking for bedding bass, don’t overlook the
deeper water in clear lakes.
Compliments of Arkansas Game and Fish Comission
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Health and Wellness
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April is National Autism Awareness Month
Learn more about CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, the only collaborative network to determine the prevalence of the autism spectrum disorders in the United States.
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