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• John Gaulke of Ithaca, NY writes:

  Saturday, May 27, 2023

  MLF/BPT will be on Cayuga Lake in early June for an unprecedented early-season tournament. Their hope is that a record-class smallmouth bass will be caught. My fear is that these guys will be here during the peak of the spawn in a goby-infested lake.

  If you wanted to destroy a year-class of smallmouth bass on Cayuga Lake, I can't think of a better way to do it. Have pros going from bed to bed removing bass from their nests just long enough for gobies to dine on their progeny. Cayuga Lake had a big smallmouth bass die-off in the mid-2000s. The population was just starting to bounce back when the gobies showed up around 2012.

  For those interested, NYS just released their 2022 State of Lake Erie report. One sentence caught my attention: Smallmouth bass abundance has declined annually since the year 2000 in Lake Erie. People who tout the "greatness" of round gobies need to step back and reconsider. Smallmouth bass abundance is also down on Oneida Lake. You may get record-class bass with gobies, but your numbers will go down. How far down is going to be the question. We have not yet seen the full implications of the goby invasion.

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• David Harrison of Huntsville, AL writes:

  Friday, May 26, 2023

  RE: Duckett's 10-minute penalty – Agree, Duckett should have been DQ'd for the entire event. Crappie fishermen are using the same electronics to find their fish and schools. He was practicing for the bass tournament.

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• John A. Argese of Greer, SC writes:

  Monday, May 22, 2023

  It's nice for the spectators to have a weigh-in stage with all the fixin's and hoopla. It's better for the resource to have a catch, weigh, release format. I'll have to cast my ballot for CWR format.

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• Chance Huiet of Liberty, TX writes:

  Wednesday, May 17, 2023

  RE: Duckett's 10-minute penalty – Oh, go figure, the owner and CEO is AGAIN breaking rules and nothing happens. B.S. He should be DQ'd for the whole tournament. Ridiculous.

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• Kenneth R. Jackson of Stonewall , LA writes:

  Wednesday, May 17, 2023

  I personally think that anyone who has any real boat smarts would chomp at the bit to return Champion to the market. It is undoubtably the absolute best-riding boat on the water. I would love to see the flagship, which in my opinion was the 210, come back into play, but all of them were and will always be top of the pack. You may pay more but never receive better than what a Champ delivers.

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• Jeff Smith of Oneonta, NY writes:

  Wednesday, May 17, 2023

  RE: Duckett's 10-minute penalty – Duckett has always been suspected of cheating and now is the CEO of the organization that will make it OK for him to do so. As the CEO he should definitely know better. And not only did he commit the crime, he appealed the decision. His business partners should not let his behavior go unnoticed. And all the anglers whose livelihood comes from MLF better look out for his next scheme to get your money into his pocket, like cutting payouts on the TW Pro Circuit.

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• Mike Guerra of Las Vegas, NV writes:

  Thursday, May 11, 2023

  RE: Balog on must-have items – Great article, Joe. The buff advice is spot-on. Can’t tell you how important a buff is here in the desert Southwest.

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• Scott McLamb of Salemburg, NC writes:

  Thursday, May 11, 2023

  RE: Wilks on the lithium advantage – Insightful lesson without the sales pitch. Guess that's why I read the whole thing till the end. Yes Dustin, I like to catch the big girls too.

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• Phil Lampert of Lees Summit, MO writes:

  Wednesday, May 10, 2023

  RE: Wilks on the lithium advantage – $1,999 per battery and $1,499 for the Power-Pole CHARGE. $5,500 to power the trolling motor .. crazy.

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• Reddy Cox of DeBary, FL writes:

  Monday, May 8, 2023

  RE: Lake of the Ozarks Toyota Series – Great job, John and Keith! Be safe and God Bless! Dad.

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