| __________________________________________________ May 4, 2004 - Vol. 5 No. 12 __________________________________________________ YAMAMOTO PRO JUDY WONG WINS WBFA AT DARDANELLE Judy Wong of Sugarland, Texas won the Women's Bass Fishing Association (WBFA) "Beauty and the Bass" tournament on Lake Dardanelle in Russellville, AR Friday. For her winning weight of 26.09 pounds, Judy received a certificate for a fully rigged Triton Bass Boat and Mercury engine worth $25,000. It was an emotional win for the touring lady pro. Through tears, she reminded the crowd that "Only in America do women have the freedom to fish for a living." Wong accompanied the Yamamoto national pro staff (of which she is a member) on a trip to Germany last fall to thank American troops returning from Iraq for protecting our freedom. Wong is a skilled angler with many titles - the most impressive being back-to-back WBFA Classic world championship titles in 2001 and 2002. To win on Dardanelle, Judy fished shallow grass near deep water with a 5 inch Yamamoto green pumpkin / purple and green flake Senko (color 301). She fished it very slowly with a method called "deadsticking" where the lure is left motionless. She caught her largest bass - a 5.95 pound beauty on a 4" green pumpkin Yamamoto tube. For more information and photo of Judy Wong, please see: YAMAMOTO PRO JUDY WONG WINS WBFA AT DARDANELLE http://www.insideline.net/ez-forum/ez-forum.pl?read=24333 __________________________________________________ ZEN OF THE BIG IKA ~ By Mike Whitten The Big Ika at first appears to be a hybrid between a hunk of a Senko and a decapitated Yamamoto Hula Grub. Mike Whitten would be hard-pressed to argue that's not how the combination happened. But however it came together, Mike says the Big Ika is by far the most effective pitching lure he's ever dropped in a brushpile. Mike lets all his Big Ika secrets eke out in: ZEN OF THE BIG IKA ~ By Mike Whitten http://www.insideline.net/articles/zenofika.html The Zen of the Big Ika calls you, will you listen or ignore? Only the bass will know for sure! __________________________________________________
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