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Today's Top 5
We’ve got more weights in fish? 🤬
This time instead of lead weights, they were allegedly using the au naturel kind:

> “Another alleged cheating angler was banned from tournament competition for stuffing walleyes with other fish in an attempt to win prize money in a fishing event on Lake Erie in New York. In this incident, which occurred during the Bart’s Cove Duel in Dunkirk tournament on July 29-30, 2023, [🤡] was allegedly observed stuffing fish into walleyes in an attempt to increase his weight to win the prize money in the event.”
> “The NY State Department of Conservation officers were called in, and they examined the fish [🤡] presented for weigh-in to find that there were undigested, cut up fish stuffed into the fishes’ mouths and bellies. They confiscated the fish and their investigation is still ongoing.”
> “The tournament director, Mark Mohr, having seen the evidence and after consulting with the DEC, banned [🤡] from the event or ever fishing another of the events for life. [🤡] is not only in hot water over this debacle, but he’s already been charged in connection with two other recent incidents in July which caused the NY State Police to issue an extreme risk protection order against [🤡] in state Supreme Court of Chautauqua County, and he was charged in those incidents with second-degree menacing, criminal mischief and stalking, which are all misdemeanors.”

Here is another write-up from the Observer about the incident.
Tom Boley's favorite 3 tactics for "sharp-shooting" summertime walleyes. 🎯
In typical Tom Boley fashion 💪 his full video does a great job of breaking down the where/how/why of each presentation...and not just the what.

Quick Table of contents:
#2 (10:26): Dropshot
Now here’s the full vid where he breaks down the 3 presentations, and then ‘walks the walk’ catching a couple fish on each:
"Champ" the lake monster spotted!

> “Well I do believe we had the one and only legendary Lake Champlain “Champy “ the illusive monster appear on the Garmin this afternoon. He’s been folklore around here for years. There’s been many folks visiting Lake Champlain searching for him, from all over the country with high tech underwater technology over the years.

> “We had the pleasure of seeing this image appear on our Garmin Echomap UHD this afternoon while fishing lake trout. You can see lake trout on the bottom of the screen as this Champy image cruises above.
Looks like Tony Chmielewski found it too...
Those Lake Champlain baitfish know exactly what they're doing LOL.
As if we need another excuse to want to go fishing in Canada....
Sounds like they’ll only be offering cold brews/drinks 👀 wait, so no classic Timmy’s double double?!?!
New “Top 5” vid coming in hot! 🍿
I just posted episode 53 on our YouTube channel. Hope you dig it 👊 and thanks SO much for taking the time to watch and comment!
Big thx to our friends at Sea Foam for making this video series possible!
News

Their 2-day total of 81.86 lbs was 30+ pounds MORE than 2nd place. 😳


> Beginning Aug 1...the change allows anglers to keep ONE walleye between 20-23”, or 1 longer than 28”. The previous limit was one walleye 21-23” or 1 > 28”.


And I’ve gotta give a special shout-out to my buddy Jason Rylander and his son Rivers on taking home the “Hard Times” award and prize money for the smallest stringers of bass and walleye lol. 😮‍💨💪


I always drool over these drops – few things that caught my eye right away:
Then obviously if you know me, you know the Coldweather Cap and Tip-Up Pom Beanie are going to HAVE to find their way into my arsenal. 😎🔥

Beltrami County.


> “Just prior to ICAST, Ken Duke made the announcement that he would be leaving FTR. Ken was a big part of the magazine for nearly 9 yrs, most recently holding the position of Managing Editor overseeing the print magazine. Ken’s resignation left some big shoes to fill, and while it was not something we jumped into hastily, the decision was a rather easy one to make as our Digital Editor, Toby Lapinski, will be assuming the duties as Editor in Chief of Fishing Tackle Retailer.

> "Toby has been the Digital Editor of FTR for the past two and a half years, and for more than a year and a half of that he has also produced the Fishing Wire email...."


Comes in 3 different sizes. I believe the ‘Medium” is the original and most popular for all sizes of glide baits (Jigging Raps, Hyper-Rattles, Shiver Minnows, etc):
> …foam-lined denier nylon covers highly durable ABS plastic. On the inside, the case’s mesh bottom allows enough airflow to dry your lures and to prevent rust from forming. ...removable/adjustable dividers can accommodate lures without tangle due to proprietary Lure Saver hook slots. Made in the USA. Lifetime warranty.



Gotta say “chief of technology” has to be one of the coolest job titles I’ve heard.


...with an Acme Hyper-Rattle in hand (walking it around up above the fish) and it did not disappoint. The average size out there is insane. #roadtrip
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Tip of the Day

Lot of little tricks packed into the back half of this video with Larry Smith and ND guide Jason Feldner: sunny vs shady side of the hump, weight sizes, line angle, mono vs fluoro, rig-wrapping trick, speed, etc.
Meme of the Day
Good way to never get invited again.... 🥴 #Sketchy
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Today's 'Eye Candy
Huge props 🙌 to Cass Nelson on catching himself a 30-incher during a recent ‘Take A Kid Fishing’ event on Lake Vermilion!
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