PAA Pros Continue to Contribute to Professional Anglers’ Auctions

Benton, KY, November 4, 2009 – Professional Anglers’ Auctions are starting again Friday November 6, 2009 and will run for 10 days.  This round of auctions includes a variety of fishing memorabilia from big names like Denny Brauer, Paul Elias, and Tim Horton, along with several other PAA Pros.  In addition to these collector’s items, fans will have a chance to bid on more great fishing trips as well.  PAA President John Crews is offering up a full day of instruction as part of his Bass Angler Academy classes, where John will spend the day educating one lucky fan on everything from electronics, to tournament tactics.  This trip will take place on Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake, where John has honed his skills over the years.    

A portion of the proceeds will go to the Catch-A-Dream Foundation, the Official Charity of the PAA. Catch-A-Dream is an international, charitable, non-profit 501(c)(3) foundation, that provides once-in-a-lifetime dream hunting and fishing trips to children across the United States and Canada, age 18 and younger, who suffer from life-threatening illnesses. Through these adventures, and exposure to outdoors-minded people who care, the program instills in these children a message of encouragement at a time when they need to know that hope does indeed exist. 

To learn more, or to participate in the auction, please visit the all new auction page hosted within www.fishpaa.com:

http://www.fishpaa.com//programs/paa_auction.htm

Whether you want to learn from John Crews, collect some great fishing memorabilia, or pick out that perfect holiday gift for the angler that has it all, Professional Anglers’ Auctions has something for you. 

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The Professional Anglers Association is a non-profit organization that gives professional anglers a unified voice in order to aid in the growth of the sport of professional bass fishing. The PAA also aims to administer educational programs to the average angler, to increase enjoyment of the sport, and to embrace sound conservation practices to further the future of the sport. For more information, visit www.FishPAA.com.

Great Instructional Video

Hey there-if you all want to see a great video on reel maintenence, then check out this video AC Insider Vance McCullough shot with Jake Tippee from Ardent Reels:

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Thanks Strike King!

I just want to send out a big THANK YOU to Chris Brown of Strike King Lures who put me up at Blue Bank Resort on beautiful, cypress-lined Reelfoot Lake in Northwest Tennessee last week. The folks at Blue Bank, and their restaurant, Blue Bank Fish House, were very gracious. They fed us like hogs right before slaughtering time.

As I continue to send videos of America’s best bass pros, including Denny Brauer, Greg Hackney and Kevin VanDam, notice the ryhtym with which each man works. They all hit the same stretch of bank. Of course, KVD did it in an hour, while Brauer and Hackney picked it apart from every angle over the course of 3-plus hours.

The advice each gives is absolutely priceless – I guess that’s why you get it for free at AnglersChannel.com. Seriously, though, while Hackney sacked a limit with the new Hack Attack Jig, VanDam had the most exciting blow-ups on the Strike King Rage Toad. VanDam went on to say that, given enough time, he too would have fished a jig – a swimming jig. “I have won a lot of money swimming a jig” said the man who has put over 2 million dollars in the bank. The real key may be the trailer he uses. It’s the same one Denny Brauer called ”the best trailer there is for a jig, especially a swimming jig.” To find out what these two bassing multi-millionaires consider their ‘money’ bait, see the videos.

In addition to helping you cash tournament checks, I wanted to share some know-how that will help y’all save money as well. Jake from Ardent shows us how to strip, clean and lube our baitcasters. The Reel Clean Kit he shows will help preserve any reels you own – not just those made by Ardent. Although, as Denny shares with us, you need to take a look at the F700 flippin’ machine he has designed for Ardent. It’s what this reel doesn’t have that makes it so effective.

Well, the leaves are turning up in Tennessee and the trip was beautiful, but I’m back down here in Florida where we swim through the muggy air and enjoy the semisweet smell of maple leaves rotting in swamp water. Of course we also catch some big bass. We don’t generally throw jigs down here but after Hackney schooled me the other day you can bet I’m gona try to feed his Hack Attack Jig to some of these Florida bass when I fish the Kissimmee Chain later this month. I got some 1-ouncers in Okeechobee Craw color. I also got some of those Ragetail-er, um, secret trailers Denny and Kevin shared (Want in on the secret? watch the videos). Now if those grass mats have thinned out just a little . . .

Special Olympics-North Shelby School Tournament

Here is some more detail on this big event……………….

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Water Fowl Weekend at Sportsmans Warehouse this Sat and Sun!!

This Sat and Sun will be busy at Sportsmans Warehouse in Columbia, SC. Here are just a few of the activities that will be taking place:
-Seminars from Fishing and Hunting Industry Pro’s starting at 9am this Sat, October 31st lasting all day!!
-Activities for kids beginning at 9am all day Sat and Sun
-Cooking Demo at Lunch time
-ATV Dealers coming in to demo all the new 2010 ATV’s!!
-Door prizes for the 1st 100 customers both days!!
If you have not been to this store and don’t have any tournaments scheduled to fish, this will be a good thing to go to with the family. First class facility and the speakers will be top notch-have fun!

C & S Motor Sports Champions on AC Video!

Brian New and Shane Lehew join AC Pro Staffer Brett Collins with some info as to how they sacked 16 plus on Wylie this past Sat in what most anglers are calling one of the toughest days anyone can remember on this lake!! Click the video link below and you’ll get the whole story-

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Falls Lake Report

October 24~ Falls Lake~Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp~Results

Conditions 69 to 79 degrees. Water Dingy. Wind 15 to 30 mph. Water Temps to 73+ degrees. At
Ledge Rock the weather was great up until 15 minutes before weigh-in. Then the bottom fell
out! The wind blew steady all day. I don’t know if it was the front coming in or just the time of
year, but only 7 keepers were weighed in with 0 deceased. Bass seemed to be on channel or
point dropoffs and around stump bottoms from 2 to 10 feet in depth. Plastics seemed to be the
ticket for keeper bass. Only 4 out of the 11 teams weighed in. We still need some more rain but
the lake level is holding steady.

Bass Division~11 Teams Entered
1st~Jeff & Todd Sumner of Southern Pines…2 Fish…7.19 lbs…$575
2nd~William Small & Lee Williams of Durham…3 fish…6.65 lbs…$305
Big Fish Award…1st Place Team above….4.53 lbs…..$110

Final Event for 2009………….

Sunday ~ November 8th
PIEDMONT 2-MAN TEAM BASS CLASSIC
Falls Lake Super Tournament !!
I’ll be at Ledge Rock Ramp at 5:15 am taking late entries.
$200 team entry~$20 Big Fish~90% Payback!
‘Cash Only Please’ at the ramp. 1 place paid for every 5 boats.
Blast Off at about 6:30 am and Weigh-In at 3:00pm
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Note: The Team Crappie event will also be held this day and they can
start at 5:45 am..Please call me if you plan on fishing the crappie event!
Entry Information Available For All Tournaments on the website:

www.piedmontcrappieclassics.com

or call Phil McCarson at 1-919-471-1571
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YEAR END BONUS LEADERS as of 10/25~Prizes to be awarded Nov. 8th at Falls
$1,000 Heaviest Bag~~~ Matthews & Matthews….26.49
$500 Heaviest Bag~~~ Inscoe….24.19
$250 Heaviest Bass Falls~~~ Houser & Keryan….9.77
$250 Heaviest Bass Jordan~~~ Sharp & Judson….9.36 (Winner!!!)

This will be the last tournament to have a chance at winning one of these
awards!!! They will be awarded following the weigh-in.

It’s been a great fishing year and I hope to see everyone at Falls Nov. 8th…Tight Lines & Lower Taxes! Phil

Two New Ranger Models for 2010

The Z-Series continues its evolution as one of the best lines ever for Ranger Boats….

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Great Tournament Coming Up

On Sat Nov 7th, the Special Olympics and North Shelby School will host their annual benifit tournament on Lake Norman going out of Pinnacle access…………it’s only $100 per team and is one of the better tournaments of the year in this region. We have an interview posted below with tournament director Ricky Piece-and he is one of the best- Below is a link for more info:

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Where is Vance McCullough this Week?

AC Insider Vance McCullough is with Strike King Lure company for the first half of this week as he is going out on the water with many of their Pro Staff who get to show off lots of their new 2010 product line! He’ll be with some of the best in the business, and will be shooting video’s to us after they are done. He’ll also be with multiple other writers/reporters who are up there as well. Keep your eyes open for what hopefully will be some great educational content video’s that will get you ready for next year!