Kieser: Gone fishing for some Arkansas white bass
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Arkansas is a beautiful state in the spring when dogwoods are blooming, mushrooms are popping, turkeys are gobbling and white bass are gorging.
My fishing buddy Steve Matt, one of the best fishermen in this country, invited me to help field test several fishing products including his new G-3 bass boat, so it was easy to accept his kind invitation. The fishing excursion took place on Table Rock Lake in Arkansas where signs of the White River channels are still visible before the dams were built.
We were also field testing Pradco's new Silent Yumbrella Rig, a device designed to make jigs or lures look like a school of fish. Arkansas allows five hooks so we used the five armed version tipped with different colored Road Runners, the remarkable 1/32-ounce jig head with spinner just below the lead head. Yellow and white plastic bodies with swirly tails completed this unique rigging.
Source: Leavenworth Times
Cory McCartney:
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Paul Menard spent the NASCAR break last week far removed from Charlotte, N.C., the epicenter of the Sprint Cup series.
He was over 2,300 miles away in Anguilla, part of the British West Indies, a place where boat racing is the national sport and NASCAR is as foreign as driving on the right side of the road.
"I had been promising [my girlfriend] a warm trip for several years and finally did it," he said in a phone interview.
It was an escape, and now Menard is looking to pull off one of a different sort as he attempts to avoid a repeat of the late-spring fades that beseeched him the last two seasons.
On the Facebook page The Paul Menard Empire , a group of over 1,100 fans, they long ago dubbed the first full month of the season "Menarch." The Wisconsin driver has traditionally started fast, ranking ninth in driver points after the first five races of 2010, and a year later he stood fifth four races in.
Source: SI.com
Hybrid Boat Design Charts the Future for Pleasure Craft
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#HYBRID – Go to any international car show these days and the buzz word is 'hybrid'. It means two engines within the car. The first engine is a gas-powered engine and the second is an electric engine. The world is on a once off transition from fossil fuel to electric motors and the boating world has been remarkably slow to catch on. It's time for change and amazingly that change is being spearheaded not by the major manufacturers but by a small team of talented thinkers located high in the Alps.
A Slovenian firm that is as much at home developing niche products such as wind turbine blades for the renewable energy industry has stolen a march on established boat building giants by developing the world's first production fleet of hybrid and solar powered motorboats.
Source: Afloat
A Greene County man objected to paying local sales taxes on a boat, motor and trailer that he purchased in Maryland and brought into Missouri. The high court ruled state sales taxes only apply to purchases made within the state.
