Bass Season Count Down!

 

With a little more than one week left before bass fishing season opens in some zones,
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Kevin Hawk Explains When to Use Spy Baiting with IBASSIN

Kevin Hawk, 2010 FLW Cup Champ explains how to use spy baiting in new and productive ways such as helping with schooling and topwater fishing. Learn as IBASSIN.com listens to this BASS Elite angler explain the different sizes of the Duo Realis Spin bait.

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Edwin Evers Wins BASSFEST on Kentucky Lake with 97lb 4oz.!

Big bass make the difference for Ever's win. 

By Bryan Brasher

bass press release

Evers nails 8 pounder and the win. KVD finishes 2nd!
(Photo: Seigo Saito BASS)

Edwin Evers holds his 8-11 from Sunday. -- Seigo Saito photo

PARIS, Tenn. — After a tough start to the Bassmaster Elite Series season, Edwin Evers said he hasn’t been that much fun for his wife, Tuesday, to live with back home in Talala, Okla.

But things should be more pleasant for both of them now.

Not only did Evers win $100,000 as the champion of Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps, but he earned an automatic berth into the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro. Evers never relinquished the lead after seizing it on Day 2, and he sealed the victory Sunday with a catch of 25 pounds that pushed his four-day total to 97 pounds, 4 ounces.

Michigan pro Kevin VanDam finished second with 94-4.

“My wife’s been about ready to shoot me, because I’ve been in a pretty bad mood most of the season,” said Evers, who claimed his ninth B.A.S.S. victory and first since 2013. “I just have to be at that Classic, so this means the world to me. It’s so important.”

Edwin Evers wins 2015 BASSFEST on Kentucky Lake with 97 pounds!

Edwin wins with help from 8-11 pounder. KVD lands 2nd!

Canadian Cory Johnston Wins FLW Rayovac James River Northern Open Tournament with 46-14!

Jig and Crankbait seal first American win for Canadian!

by David A. Brown

FLW PRESS RELEASE

Cory Johnston’s bucket list just shrank. After a couple of close finishes, the pro from Peterborough, Ont., finally bagged his first Rayovac FLW Series victory with a winning total of 46 pounds, 14 ounces at the Northern Division opener on the James River Saturday.

Last day giant seal Cory's first US win!
(Photo FLW)

“I’ve always wanted to win one of these,” Johnston says of his accomplished Rayovac career, which hadn’t included a first-place finish until now. “I’ve won some other tournaments; I’ve been second (in Rayovacs) two times and my brother (Chris) has been second two or three times. So to win this really feels good.”

Fishing the Chickahominy River — a major James River tributary — Johnston got off to a lukewarm start, as a 10-pound, 9-ounce effort left him with a 27th-place showing on day one. Regrouping for day two, he formed a new game plan borne of a revelation that came early on day two.

2015 BASSfest at Kentucky Lake Day 2: Edwin Evers Take Lead with Giant Bag!

Ever's 8-pounder helps keep KVD at bay. 

By Bryan Brasher

bass press release

PARIS, Tenn. – Oklahoma pro Edwin Evers got the kind of bite Thursday that helps a professional angler separate himself from the field in a tournament like Zippo BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps.

Big fish make the difference for top leaders like Edwin.
(Photo: James Overstreet BASS)

But when the mammoth 8-pound largemouth first bit, he wasn’t sure what he had.

“I set the hook on that thing, and I thought I had the bottom,” Evers said. “It was a really cool bite. I didn’t think she would weigh that much, but she was solid.”

The big fish of the day helped Evers put together a five-bass limit that weighed 27 pounds, 2 ounces and pushed him into the lead with a two-day total of 51-2. Michigan superstar Kevin VanDam is second with 47-14, while Alabama pros Derek Remitz and Tim Horton are next with 47-4 each.

2015 BASSfest at Kentucky Lake Day 1: Ott DeFoe Lands Lead and Seven Pounder!

Big up-grade vaults Ott into lead.

By Bryan Brasher

BASS PRESS RELEASE

PARIS, Tenn. — Ott DeFoe admits he entered Wednesday’s opening round of the Zippo Bassmaster BASSfest at Kentucky Lake presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps feeling confident bordering on cocky.
But as excited as he was, he wasn’t expecting this.
DeFoe brought five bass to the scales that weighed 26 pounds, 7 ounces and claimed the Day 1 lead by more than a pound over South Carolina angler Andy Montgomery, who was second with 25-4.
Oklahoma pro Edwin Evers was third with 24-0, and Michigan superstar Kevin VanDam was fourth with 23-9 on a day when it took 20-4 just to make the Top 25.

Ott lucky to lead as pack is tight. (Photo: BASS)

“I had expectations, but I didn’t really think 26 pounds was where it was going to end up,” said DeFoe, who lives 4 1/2 hours away in Knoxville, Tenn. “I don’t want to say I was cocky, but I felt like I was going to have a pretty good day if I got on the place I wanted to fish – and if the fish stayed, which apparently they did.”
Like many in the 124-angler field, DeFoe caught most of his best fish before 10 a.m. and then went into “fish-management” mode.
Instead of pounding his best areas and potentially wasting fish that could help him later in the week, he backed away and went looking for new hot spots.
He was surprised when one of the new places he found actually produced his best fish — a 7-5 largemouth that ranked as the second-largest fish caught during the opening round.
“I’m not going to say I was killing time, because I was still fishing,” DeFoe said. “But I was kind of waiting on time to go by until it was time to come in. I got one bite there, and it was a 7 1/4-pounder.”

Advanced Spy baiting with Grant Goldbeck and IBASSIN

Spy baiting has become popular in regions across the country. This new Japanese technique is more versatile than many anglers imagined.  Ideal for largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, spy baiting can help you add more bass to your tournament limit. You don't have to be a bass pro to use this simple lure. Listen as BASS Elite angler and DUO REALIS fishing pro Grant Goldbeck explains how-to utilize a spy bait into your fishing.

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JACKALL Dowzvido Jerkbait

Experience a truly easy working deep running slash bait.
By Luigi De Rose

Jerkbaits or slashbaits are key lures for both smallmouth and largemouth anglers. Many consider them to be more of a winter lure but northern anglers have known for years that they work regardless of water temps. Getting a jerkbait down deep can be a chore. Large diving lips can melt muscles in minutes. Luckily, JACKALL has created a plug that will keep you fishing longer while targeting deep fish.

 At 3/8oz in weight and 3 1/2" long, it's shape mimics a host of baitfish. It's design allows for long casts, even when faced with stiff breezes and quickly achieves its running depth of 7 to 8 feet.  A suspending bait, it remain at it's peak depth longer than floater models. The Dowzvido's long lip allows it to be cranked or ripped without creating excessive drag.

Attention to details is critical when purchasing plugs. Sporting an oval spit ring ensures knots will not rub on sharp edges and that the lure will respond well as the rod manipulates the bait.

Crafted by famed Japanese company JACKALL, finishes are top-quality and will last for seasons. The JACKALL Dowzvido is available in 8 colour patterns.