BoatUS ANGLER's new "Bass of the Month" Fishing Contest runs July 1 through September 30, 2007.

Submit a photo of your Small or Largemouth Bass and be entered to win monthly prizes including BoatUS Visa Gift Cards, BoatUS ANGLER logo items, and Fishing Tackle and Gear from our Sponsors!

• Contest is open to all BoatUS Members and non-Members - not a Member yet? Click Here to Join BoatUS ANGLER for as little as $12.50!
  

• Submit your photo and catch info to info@BoatUSAngler.com
  

• Enter as often as you like - one catch per email please, no replicas or mounted fish.
  

• Two prizes will be awarded each month - one for "Biggest Smallmouth Bass";  one for "Biggest Largemouth Bass".
  
  Each month's winner will receive a $50 BoatUS Visa Gift Card and a Fishing Gear Goodie Bag filled with a variety of Fishing Tackle and Gear from our Sponsors.
  

• The Grand Prize - a high-quality, Fish Replica of your catch from Donnie Poore Fish'n Art- will be awarded in a drawing of all winning entries at the end of the contest period. (Retail Value approx. $150.00 ).
  
  Winning photo will be judged and selected by BoatUS Staff.

PLUS! Each winner will receive a "Bass of the Month" Catch Certificate from BoatUS ANGLER and their winning photo will be published in the bi-monthly ANGLER newsletter, "Tacklebox", of BoatUS Trailering Magazine.

     

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So send in your catch today and win!

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Ask the Expert: Steve Chaconas

Question:
How do I rig a shaky head worm and how should I work a Senko? Like a worm, a baitfish? I just don't know

Remick

Answer:
Rig it TEXAS style! Put the worm on and move it to the barbed head. I like 4-6 inch straight tail worms. Then stick the body on the hook point just like a TEXAS rig. Don't worry that it isn't straight. It will have more action this way. Just cast, let it go to the bottom and shake. The fish will swim with it. Set the hook!

For the Senko (this is a stickworm, there are many other brands of this 'do-nothing' bait), Texas rig, no weight, and cast.... fluorocarbon is best for this. Let it fall on slack line...SLACK line...let it sit...about 1 second for every foot deep. Watch the line. They will eat on the fall or as it sits. Then lift and drop again repeat back to the boat...the bait is really great when left to fall horizontally! You can also hook in the middle called wacky rigging!

Capt. Steve

Question:
How do you a fish a Swim Jig??
Thanks!

Answer:
Good Question. For the past three years, this has been a very hot, not-so-new technique. I had the opportunity to fish with Skeeter/Yamaha pro Alton Jones a few yeas ago and he was excited to show this technique to me. He uses a very fast and very erratic jerky motion on his retrieve to keep that half ounce jig on or near the surface of the water. "If you are doing it right you feel stupid because you think nothing will hit it this fast." And they will hit it! This presentation produces a reaction strike.

Jones fishes a specially designed swimming jig, the Booyah Swimmin' jig with a YUM Sooie trailer. The flat head on this jig lets the bait to fly through and over cover while allowing the bait to "freeze" when jerked for a split second for fish to react to it. Jones also beefs up his equipment as he is throwing the Booyah jig into the heaviest cover. A 7' heavy action Kistler MG rod with 50-pound test braid enables him to get to fish in deep heavy grass and wood. Snapping the jig from grass with a fast retrieve will get a reaction strike! Burning it around other cover, including docks will also work. Jones says the throw it in right place and keep it moving!

Capt. Steve

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