StriperInc Lake Texoma Fishing Report 3/28/2011

It seems all the signs of spring are now upon us. Wild flowers are starting to bloom, the trees are getting their leaves, my garden is coming up, and most importantly, the fish are starting to bite here on Lake Texoma. With the warmer weather the surface temperature has climbed into the 60’s in the main lake [...]

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The Sweet Sixteen of Whitetail Brush Rifles, Division II

by Dave Hurteau

With nearly 800 votes cast, I have no choice but to call the winners for the first round of Division 1 matchups, and I have to tell you I’m sorely disappointed. This round should have been rife with upsets. What is this persistent fascination with the utterly outdated Model 94, a barrel-light pipsqueak chambered in cowboy-action rounds unsuited for deer by today’s standards? By the way, the Savage 99, always touted as a great brush gun, is in truth a thick-wristed, long-barreled slow-cycler that’s too clunky to the shoulder for thick-woods hunting, although I’ll admit those are mute points when you can’t find ammo for most of the chamberings. And I suppose you’ll go chalk with the 336 in Division II as well. Am I right? That overweight second cousin to the obsolete 94....

Okay enough of that. Check the date. Seriously, I own one of each. So the perfectly reasonable winners are the Winchester Model 94, Savage 99, Remington Model Seven (in upset fashion), and Marlin Model 308MXLR.

Now to Division II. Here are the rankings:

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Source: http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/whitetail-365/2011/04/sweet-sixteen-whitetail-brush-rifles-division-ii

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Huge Sale At Sportsmans Warehouse

Sportsmans Warehouse is having a huge Clearance Sale, just before hunting season! Most of what I saw on sale was camping gear, but heck, a sale is a sale and who doesn't need more camping gear? LOL Hurry though, this special sale ends SOON!. They're also running a special on their other products. Anymore, this [...]

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Check!

Spring Sun – Check!

Decorating chores partly complete – Check!

Water at a good height – Check!

Water at a good height!

A full fly box – Check!

Non leaky waders – Check

Bank covered in empty cider bottles carried their in blue plastic bags – Check!

Wanks - Check!

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2011 Bassmaster Classic Summary

Wow, what an event!  The weights did end up being huge like I expected, maybe even bigger then I expected, but not who I saw winning before it all started.  Cut right to the chase, Kevin VanDam dominated this event and rewrote a bunch of the record books this weekend.

In & around a host of fellow competitors, VanDam whacked a 28-00 day-3 creel at the 2011 New Orleans Bassmaster Classic & won easily by a monstrous 10 1/2-pound margin. His 69-11, 15-fish total smashed the previous Bassmaster Classic total-weight record of 56-02 set by Luke Clausen at Toho in 2006.

The win continues a streak that may never be matched for as long as the sport endures. With his win today:

# Equalled Rick Clunn for most Classic victories (4) & Joined Clunn, who was previously the only angler to win back-to-back Classics.
# Won his 3rd Classic in 6 years.
# Won 5 of the 6 most recent major B.A.S.S. titles ? Angler of the Year (AOY) in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the Classic in 2010 and 2011.
# Inched within a single win of Roland Martin's record for total career B.A.S.S. wins (19). (VanDam's 2 12-boat-field post-season wins not included.)
# Surpassed Roland Martin's record of 9 major B.A.S.S. titles. Roland won 9 AOY titles. VanDam has now won 6 AOY titles and 4 Classics. (Martin still holds the record for most AOY titles).
# Became the only angler ever to win 2 Classics on the same venue.
# Set a new 3-day (5 bass limit) Classic weight record of 69-11.
# Eclipsed the previously unthinkable mark of $5 million in career earnings. 


KVD: Photo courtesy of BASS - Jerry Cunningham

KVD did it by finding a great pod of big fish in an area that he had them coming to him, in true pre-spawn fashion, but so did several others.  So how did he separate him self from many other great anglers fishing the same water, luck?  Not hardly, after being glued to the coverage all they way through the post tourney press conferences, here are the bullet points on why I believe he pulled away from the field:
- Put tournament in his control, by finding right fish close enough he was not effected by fog and short fishing times
- Day 2, he felt the fish stop eating his spinnerbait they did on day 1 early on, he made a critical bait switch to a crankbait, his signature Strike King 1.5 Square Bill (chart blk back), before others clued in.  That is how he got his seperation on day 2.
- He also dialed in to the retrieves and what triggered this fish better each day then his competitors, example he used a 5.4:1 signature Quantam reel , which helped him slow down his crankbait better then other anglers that he said were fishing too fast much of the time.
- Magic Cookies don't hurt either!!!

I think Brent Chapman had a chance, but I think in the end it was "our" warm water up north that cost him on the final day.  He said his Mississippi River fed area dropped water temperature 10 degrees over night.  So my guess is that all the melting snow in the Midwest finally reached him and cooled the water down enough to push back his fish enough to take him out of shot, although it's doubtful that Venice area even when perfect could produce 25lb plus bags like Lake Cataouatche did.

KVD credited all his signature Quantam gear spooled with 20lb fluorocarbon, and two lures (Signature Spinnerbait in Chartreuse Sexy Shad Exclusive to BassPro& his new Strike King 1.5 Square Bill in Chart/Blk), better get them fast, because they will sell fast!!!

http://www.basstackledepot.com/basstackle/strike-king/Square-Bill-Black-Back-Chartreuse.jpg

Hats off to Derek Remitz, fished a great tourney, just could not get big bites on day 1 ended in 3rd and also Federation Nation Champion Brandon Palaniuk who ended up 4th, not sure why I took him off my Fantasy Team at the last minute   I look forward to watching Brandon on the Elite Series this year.

 

Source: http://bassinblog.richlindgren.com/2011/02/20/2011-bassmaster-classic-summary.aspx?ref=rss

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2011 Bassmaster Classic Summary

Wow, what an event!  The weights did end up being huge like I expected, maybe even bigger then I expected, but not who I saw winning before it all started.  Cut right to the chase, Kevin VanDam dominated this event and rewrote a bunch of the record books this weekend.

In & around a host of fellow competitors, VanDam whacked a 28-00 day-3 creel at the 2011 New Orleans Bassmaster Classic & won easily by a monstrous 10 1/2-pound margin. His 69-11, 15-fish total smashed the previous Bassmaster Classic total-weight record of 56-02 set by Luke Clausen at Toho in 2006.

The win continues a streak that may never be matched for as long as the sport endures. With his win today:

# Equalled Rick Clunn for most Classic victories (4) & Joined Clunn, who was previously the only angler to win back-to-back Classics.
# Won his 3rd Classic in 6 years.
# Won 5 of the 6 most recent major B.A.S.S. titles ? Angler of the Year (AOY) in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the Classic in 2010 and 2011.
# Inched within a single win of Roland Martin's record for total career B.A.S.S. wins (19). (VanDam's 2 12-boat-field post-season wins not included.)
# Surpassed Roland Martin's record of 9 major B.A.S.S. titles. Roland won 9 AOY titles. VanDam has now won 6 AOY titles and 4 Classics. (Martin still holds the record for most AOY titles).
# Became the only angler ever to win 2 Classics on the same venue.
# Set a new 3-day (5 bass limit) Classic weight record of 69-11.
# Eclipsed the previously unthinkable mark of $5 million in career earnings. 


KVD: Photo courtesy of BASS - Jerry Cunningham

KVD did it by finding a great pod of big fish in an area that he had them coming to him, in true pre-spawn fashion, but so did several others.  So how did he separate him self from many other great anglers fishing the same water, luck?  Not hardly, after being glued to the coverage all they way through the post tourney press conferences, here are the bullet points on why I believe he pulled away from the field:
- Put tournament in his control, by finding right fish close enough he was not effected by fog and short fishing times
- Day 2, he felt the fish stop eating his spinnerbait they did on day 1 early on, he made a critical bait switch to a crankbait, his signature Strike King 1.5 Square Bill (chart blk back), before others clued in.  That is how he got his seperation on day 2.
- He also dialed in to the retrieves and what triggered this fish better each day then his competitors, example he used a 5.4:1 signature Quantam reel , which helped him slow down his crankbait better then other anglers that he said were fishing too fast much of the time.
- Magic Cookies don't hurt either!!!

I think Brent Chapman had a chance, but I think in the end it was "our" warm water up north that cost him on the final day.  He said his Mississippi River fed area dropped water temperature 10 degrees over night.  So my guess is that all the melting snow in the Midwest finally reached him and cooled the water down enough to push back his fish enough to take him out of shot, although it's doubtful that Venice area even when perfect could produce 25lb plus bags like Lake Cataouatche did.

KVD credited all his signature Quantam gear spooled with 20lb fluorocarbon, and two lures (Signature Spinnerbait in Chartreuse Sexy Shad Exclusive to BassPro& his new Strike King 1.5 Square Bill in Chart/Blk), better get them fast, because they will sell fast!!!

http://www.basstackledepot.com/basstackle/strike-king/Square-Bill-Black-Back-Chartreuse.jpg

Hats off to Derek Remitz, fished a great tourney, just could not get big bites on day 1 ended in 3rd and also Federation Nation Champion Brandon Palaniuk who ended up 4th, not sure why I took him off my Fantasy Team at the last minute   I look forward to watching Brandon on the Elite Series this year.

 

Source: http://bassinblog.richlindgren.com/2011/02/20/2011-bassmaster-classic-summary.aspx?ref=rss

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Winter Fishing Rod Maintenance

This post may be a little late for you anglers down south, but there are many of us that have plenty of time to clean up our rods and get them ready for spring fishing.  I was cleaning up a few rods to sell on my Bass Fishing eBay Store and the rest to clean them up for spring.  Once cork handles get super dirty, then tend to get slippery and lose their grip, which is not a formula for success when fighting big fish in the rain.

So while cleaning my rods, I made a quick video.  Click here if you don't see it on page.

Hope some of you find it useful and make sure you follow my tip on not using your spouse's good towels

As long as we are watching videos, here is an extended clip of Kevin VanDam's post Bassmaster Classic press conference in case you missed streaming live on the internet.  KVD shares some really good nuggets about how he adapted and outfished some of the best anglers in the world. 

Click here for video

Also, congrats to Bryan Thrift for his FLW win on Beaver Lake today.  He is quickly becoming the biggest name on the FLW tour.  Thrift and Ehrler are pretty equivalent of what KvD & Skeet are on the Elite Series.

Stay tuned for Elite Series BASS Fantasy Fishing picks for the Harris Chain early this week!


Source: http://bassinblog.richlindgren.com/2011/03/06/winter-fishing-rod-maintenance.aspx?ref=rss

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Dec Hogan Spey/Two Handed Classes April 9th & 10th - Sign Up Now!!!

Spey Casting Guru Dec Hogan is coming to teach two classes for Kaufmann Streamborn Fly Fishing on April 9th and April 10th. Classes will be on the water and they will be conducted from 9am to 3pm, and they will be instructed by Dec Hogan. Classes will be small and personalized with only 6 spots available on each day. You can either sign up for the April 9th or April 10th class, and we will limit the class to only 6 students. Location will be determined according to water levels at the time, but will be at the Sandy River or the Clackamas River.

Quoted from Dec Hogan regarding the class:
I like to meet with the students early enough so that we can be in place and start the on-river show at 9:00AM. Class typically ends at 3:00PM. My class is best suited for students who've had at least some experience to even experienced casters. Rank beginners are welcome, but be fore-warned that the class moves along. Below you will find more particulars and a brief message from me about the class.

Quoted from Dec Hogan regarding the class:
" As a full-time steelhead guide for 16 years and an instructor of the two-handed rod for 21 years I've learned a few things about the cast and how to teach it. My goal is for folks to understand the important physics behind the cast in simple to understand terms, conveying to them how they have control of every move they make. People leave the class controlling their cast, not the other way around! It's all about being able to "fish" effectively in any situation and condition. In addition to my many philosophies, I cover and teach 6 casts that are the foundation to "cover everything and anything" the river throws at us in a given day. This takes us through most of the day. I leave a full hour at the end of class where I give an intense fishing clinic that covers how to approach and start a run to fishing it in its entirety. Both floating line and sunk fly tactics are addressed. Wading depth and cadence and how to thoroughly cover a run etc. is covered. Hooking, playing and landed steelhead....it's all in there in addition to answering all the enthusiastic questions!"


Class Logistics:
Price: $250/per person - 6 slots available per class
Schedule: Saturday April 9, 2011 9am-3pm -or- Sunday April 10, 2011 9am-3pm
Lunch is included

If you are interested in signing up for the class, call us at (503)-639-6400 or email us at info@kman.com.

This class is extremely high in demand; so call us asap to secure your spot. Full payment will be due at the time when signing up to secure your spot.

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Weekly water photo ? 11 of 52

Ok – so the race is on to actually see a rising trout. Last year the first trout I seen rising was this wee burn running through Dalmuir.

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