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• Mike Guerra of Las Vegas, NV writes:

  Friday, July 19, 2024

  RE: Balog on weight gains – Great article, Joe. Also seeing this on the Colorado River lakes. Bigger stringers and kicker fish in months that normally don’t produce those kind of weights.

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• John Neer of Alexandria, VA writes:

  Tuesday, July 16, 2024

  RE: New N.Y. record – A true giant for a Northern-strain largemouth. The whole setup of the event including the humble angler’s reaction, comments and ultimate release of a once-in-a-lifetime catch were captured well by the article.

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• Pat McDonough of Inglewood, CA writes:

  Monday, July 8, 2024

  Back in the '80s, I fished the half-day boat the City Of Redondo ran every weekend. Scrounger jigheads with the original spade trailers, along with anchovy-shaped swimbaits, were my go-to lures fished on freshwater bass gear. I wasn't the first to do this, but I was among the earliest.

  The Scroungers were outstanding for calico and sand bass as well as barracuda. I moved to Utah in the '90s and took the opportunity to go to Lake Powell to fish for stripers. I still had a few Scrounger heads and tails and the stripers loved them. After a few more trips to Powell, I'd used up all but one or two heads and tails.

  About seven years ago I was planning another trip to Powell but was unable to find a source for more of them so I decided to make my own. With the products from MakeLure I was able to get it done, then I began to design my own original tails and other soft plastic baits. I think I did pretty good. I have several short videos of them on YouTube under ScroungerPat McDonough if you'd like to see some of them.

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