| __________________________________________________ November 5, 2002 - VOL. 3 NO. 42 __________________________________________________ QUICK TRICKS by Gary Dobyns Gary Dobyns is one of the few people in our sport who has won over one million dollars from fishing tournaments. This week, we have a heavy weigh-in bag full of Gary Dobyns' money-winning tips and pointers for you at: QUICK TRICKS by Gary Dobyns http://www.insideline.net/2002/1112.html __________________________________________________ DROPSHOT CLASS - NOW IN SESSION by Jim Alphin Ben Matsubu, operator of Gary Yamamoto's Toledo Bend Pro Shop, has started a new dropshot class for their customers on beautiful Toledo Bend Reservoir. Texas pro staffer Jim Alphin will be giving classes too, in addition to Ben. So stop in next time you are on your way down to Toledo Bend or Sam Rayburn. The shop is on Highway 21 at the Pendleton Bridge just outside Hemphill, Texas (phone 409-625-0495). And if you aren't going over that way soon, why just click here to study a homework page out of dropshot professor Jim Alphin's text book (the exam will be on Friday): DROPSHOT CLASS - NOW IN SESSION by Jim Alphin http://www.insideline.net/articles/dropshot-class.html __________________________________________________ BEN MATSUBU AND RUSS BASSDOZER UNCANNILY MATCH ON COLORS B.A.S.S. pro Ben Matsubu and Internet fishing guru Russ Bassdozer live about a 20-22 hour driving distance from each other. They fish totally different waters. They have never fished together. They have several decades of dissimilar fishing experiences. Yet in comparing top color choices, both experts find amazing similarities. Ben operates Yamamoto's Toledo Bend Pro Shop in Texas and Ben fishes across the country on the B.A.S.S. Tour. Russ lives the last two years in Arizona, where he fishes the "dry desert lakes" of Arizona, Utah and Nevada since his arrival. Before that, Russ lived in the East, fishing in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, or making fishing forays across the country. You'd never know where this Fishin' Yank could turn up with a rod in his hand. What is uncanny is that Ben Matsubu's top color choices are almost exactly what I use, says Russ Bassdozer. Ben's top choices for Texas and the BASS Tour are what I use here on the Western desert lakes, but they were, and would still be my top choices if I was back East today, says Bassdozer. "Well, let's not keep our fellow readers waiting any longer, Russ. Here are the colors that work great for me anywhere in the United States for largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass," says Ben Matsubu: 1. 912 - Green pumpkin pepper / watermelon pepper laminate 2. 323 - Watermelon - with black & small gold flakes 3. 194J - Watermelon - with black flakes 4. 221 - Cinnamon - with black & purple flakes 5. 213 - Junebug - purple with emerald flakes 6. 208 - Watermelon - with black & red flakes 7. 214 - Smoke - with black, blue & gold flakes 8. 222 - Watermelon - with large red & large green flakes 9. 051 - Black - with red flakes "Ben's list would be exactly the best for me for any bass, any time, anywhere," says Bassdozer. In addition, Bassdozer would not want to fish without: 1. 240 - Something blue 2. 300 - Something white 3. 169 - Something chartreuse, especially for smallies 4. 905 - Senko Shiner (clear with gold, silver & black) The blue 240 is among the best Yamamoto colors I have ever thrown, but you do not read about "blue worms" in magazines, you never hear about blue anywhere else, and there's nothing blue swimming around the lake. Most guys wouldn't suspect it, but blue 240 can be incredible at times, says Russ. Senko means "Flash" and that's just what the 905 Senko Shiner does, says Bassdozer. When bass are on the 905, there is no other Senko color quite like it, he says. The new CoreShots, 913 and 914 may prove to become perennial favorites of mine in time also, says Russ. Plus the 908 rainbow trout. Even where rainbow trout don't exist, I can almost always catch bass on 908. "Russ, one tip on the 908 from my customers at the Toledo Bend Pro Shop is that they throw a few fading 194J watermelon baits into a bag of 908, then leave them out in the sun," says Ben Matsubu. (Note: 194"J" will fade. 194 with no "J" does not fade.) The watermelon dye fades out of the "J" baits, and the bubblegum bellies of the 908s turn a subtle fleshy color when that happens. This accomplishes two things, both very cool. First, you have some nicely-faded 194J on your hands. Second, you have customized some rainbow trout Senkos. They seem to work better at times with the custom-faded bellies than the original shocking bright pink bellies, says Ben. There is a reason why Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits offers over 100 colors of soft plastics. You see, every color has been proven to perform well in magic moments for someone, somewhere, and will repeat this proven success for you under the same conditions elsewhere. However, the short list of top colors discussed by Ben and Russ above will get you anywhere you need to go, until you uncover your own "uncanny list of confidence colors" that work well for you everywhere! __________________________________________________ DID YOU KNOW? Did you know 2002 was a most innovative year for Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits? Our new Yamamoto dropshot rod exceeded expectations, new laminates like green pumpkin/watermelon (912), Core Shots (913 & 914), the hot 323 color, 908 rainbow trout, flashing 905 Senko shiners, three new sizes of Cut Tails, Flat Tails, shrunken 9C Senkos and more! Over 100 new colors, sizes and models of soft baits were designed and tested for you in 2002...a VERY good year! That does not even count our industry-leading field test research and development program (for Inside Line magazine readers), which features innovative new research items in every magazine issue for a limited time only. Click here for a year-in-review of new products: GARY YAMAMOTO INNOVATES OVER 100 NEW SOFT BAITS FOR 2002 http://www.insideline.net/articles/new-products.htm We hope you enjoyed using 2002's new Yamamoto baits as much as we enjoyed making them for you. __________________________________________________ NEW 2003 CATALOGS TO BE THE BEST EVER New 2003 Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits catalogs are being designed now, even as you read this. In the interim, we have not been sending out any 2002 catalogs any longer. If you have been waiting patiently for a catalog, we thank you. When 2003 catalogs are ready to send out, you will get a new catalog then. I hope you don't mind the delay. It will be worth the wait! The new 2003 catalog will have a stylish new look, rigging tips pages, plus the most awesome underwater photography of bass biting Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits! The new catalogs will be printed and available before year end. Thank you again for waiting for the new 2003 catalog. We appreciate your patience. __________________________________________________ CLEANING THE BATTERY PLATES by Jay Liu Jay Liu talks often about batteries because he has so many customers and phone calls about trolling motor problems and finds that low batteries cause many of them. Most of the new boats come with an on board charger and they are good chargers, says Jay. One of the problems is that the auto shut off voltage is set a little lower so the battery is not as fully charged as I would like it. Having the shut off voltage a little lower also keeps the battery water from evaporating so much. The problem with these chargers is they do not produce high amps and we do need high amps to clean the battery plates. If you go fishing every weekend, you should put high amps to your batteries at least every three months. You will need at least a 30-amp charger and charge the battery for about an hour, then go back to a lower rate of charge. Do not leave it on for a long period (on high amps) of time as you can warp the plates in the battery. By charging with high amps, two actions are taking place. One, the plates expand and two, the boiling action washes the plates. This will give you more area for chemical action to make electricity so your battery will last longer. It is best to fill your battery water right after you have finished charging, and the battery is still warm because the water expands when you fill it to the mark and when it cools down, it will have room to expand again without spilling over the caps. You do not have to remove the cap when charging, but be sure to leave the deck cover open. The gases from the battery are corrosive and if you leave the cover closed, the gases travel all over inside the hull corroding everything. Jay Liu's Service Trolling Motor Repair & Black Bass Tackle Newark, California Ph (510) 794-4089 __________________________________________________ FREE DOWNLOAD! GET A BASSDOZER LOGO FOR YOUR FISHING SHIRT If your favorite fishing shirt was not so lucky for you before, it can be now, once you download your free Bassdozer Worldwide Bass Fishing shirt logo embroidery file courtesy of Mike Gordon at Pro Images Line. Mike fashions custom tournament fishing shirts for the top pros, including Gary Yamamoto, and he has made a stylish downloadable Bassdozer logo file you can have embroidered on your shirt too! Next time you visit www.bassdozer.com, click on the embroidery download file, save it to disk and bring it with your favorite fishing shirt to any embroiderer who can work in Tajima (embroidery industry standard) file format. It's that easy to be looking good and fishing good...be the envy of all your friends in a Bassdozer Worldwide Bass Fishing embroidered fishing shirt! Thank you. Regards, Russ Bassdozer __________________________________________________
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