| __________________________________________________ February 10, 2004 - Vol. 5 No. 4 __________________________________________________ PART TWO IN A SERIES ON LAKE TOHO DRAWDOWN Read the second in a series by Paul Crawford on the state-mandated draw down currently in progress on West Lake (better known as Toho) in Florida. Paul talks about the good and the not so good of an invasive plant found on many bass waters - hydrilla. LOWDOWN ON LAKE TOHO DRAWDOWN - PART 2: HYDRILLA http://www.insideline.net/articles/toho-drawdown2.html __________________________________________________ CAN BASS FEDERATION ANGLER JOEL ST. GERMAIN BEAT CHARLIE MOORE? Charlie Moore from Massachusetts has an ego as large as Boston Harbor. Charlie Moore doesn't think he's pretty good at fishing, he thinks he's fantastic, and he's got a TV show to prove it! "Beat Charlie Moore" is a new series on ESPN Outdoors where Charlie will gladly take on all comers and accept any challenge involving a rod and reel. On next week's episode, 2003 Bassmaster Classic qualifier and Yamamoto pro Joel St. Germain challenges the bigmouth from Beantown to a mano y mano fishing tournament on Lake Winnipesaukee. Heaviest stringer wins! Anything goes! Now Joel finished 29th in the 2003 Bassmaster Classic, 1st in the Eastern Division in the 2003 BASS Federation Nationals, and 11th in the 2002 BASS Federation Eastern Divisionals, but... Does BASS Federation angler and Yamamoto pro Joel St. Germain have what it takes to beat Charlie Moore? Or will Charlie Moore whoop Joel in front of millions of TV viewers? Tune in to ESPN2 next week to find out! CAN JOEL ST. GERMAIN BEAT CHARLIE MOORE? Sun, Feb 15 10:00 AM (All times Eastern) Tue, Feb 17 6:30 AM Thu, Feb 19 6:30 AM Sat, Feb 21 7:00 AM __________________________________________________ MISTER RIPPIN' - BY GARY DOBYNS WITH JON STORM This week we've got a "brand new" reprint of a great article from the January 2003 issue of Bass West USA magazine for you. Jerkbaits (also called ripbaits) are especially valuable in cold and cool water when other lure types can be less effective. MISTER RIPPIN' - BY GARY DOBYNS WITH JON STORM http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/bw-rippin.shtml (Reprinted with permission of BassWestUSA) If you'd like a double dose of rippin' wisdom from Dobyns, also read: RIPBAITS AS TAUGHT BY GARY DOBYNS http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/ripbaits-dobyns.shtml Seriously study the above two articles on jerkbaits by Gary Dobyns. He's the uncontested master of Western Rippin'. Study the above articles and absorb, in full, one of Dobyn's most important, and deadly, bass techniques. __________________________________________________
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